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08TELAVIV265	UAE EQUIPMENT FOR THE PA [...] (C) In response to Ref A instructions, USSC confirmed to DATT that USSC has discussed this UAE-offered equipment with the PA's Hazem Atallah. The next step is for Atallah to write a letter to USSC officially requesting the equipment. USSC will then coordinate with the GOI about allowing the [...]	2008-02-01 12:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS KPAL IS AE

08TELAVIV2745	CODEL WEXLER'S MEETING WITH MILITARY INTELLIGENCE [...] (S) Summary. In his December 3 meeting with Israel Defense Intelligence Director Yadlin, Representative Robert Wexler (D-Florida) referred to his previous meeting with Likud Party leader Netanyahu (reftel) and asked for Yadlin's assessment of the possibility of Israel and the Palestinian movin [...]	2008-12-08 15:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2757	SHAS: YES WE CAN? [...] (C) Summary: The Sephardi ultra-orthodox Shas party, which officially launched its election campaign at a rally on December 3, has adopted President-elect Obama's campaign slogan, "Yes We Can," in attempt to capitalize on a political moment when minorities feel empowered by Obama,s victory in [...]	2008-12-09 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
08TELAVIV2760	U/S LEVEY REASSURES GOI THAT NO MOMENTUM WILL BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 08:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	KTFN EFIN ECON KWBG IR IS
08TELAVIV2783	DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Foreign Minister Livni met in Tel Aviv December 9. They discussed Israeli domestic politics, the impact of the Israeli elections on the peace process, and Iran. Livni said the Israeli electorate feels apprehensive and is looking for strong leade [...]	2008-12-12 12:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2788	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE LIVNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eynat Schlein-Michael, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Maghreb, Syria, and Lebanon Affairs met with Poloff on December 10. She confirmed recent Israeli press reports of a possible upcoming visit to Morocco by Foreign Minister Livni, but was pessimistic the [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO TS IS
08TELAVIV2793	LABOR PRIMARIES BENEFIT BARAK WHILE LIKUD PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Labor and Likud primaries are over, and the results provide some insight into what the two historic, mainstream Israeli parties may look like, as those on the rank-ordered slate will become members of the Knesset depending on the percentage of the popular vote that the party [...]	2008-12-12 18:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2798	UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS
08TELAVIV2799	UN Rapporteur Falk Denied Entry Into Israel [...] (U) On the night of December 14, Israel denied entry at Ben Gurion airport to AmCit Richard Falk. Falk, who was attempting to enter on his U.S. tourist passport, is the UN Human Rights CommitteeQs Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KWBG UN IS
08TELAVIV2853	PM OLMERT TO VISIT ANKARA DECEMBER 22 [...] (U) The Israeli popular daily "Yediot Aharonot" reported December 19 that Prime Minister Olmert will visit Ankara December 22 to meet PM Erdogan. According to the article, which was written by Olmert's favorite correspondent, Shim'on Schiffer, "the purpose of the visit, from the Prime Minist [...]	2008-12-19 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY TU IS GB
08TELAVIV2854	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media quoted PM Olmert as saying yesterday in London that he hopes for peace with Syria. Media reported that on Monday he will travel to Ankara for a meeting with Turkish PM Recep [...]	2008-12-19 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2887	ISRAEL: DAS HALE'S DECEMBER 17 DISCUSSION WITH BG [...] (S) Summary: NEA DAS Hale met with IDF Strategic Division Head Brigadier General Yossi Heimann on December 17. DAS Hale gave a brief update of USG discussions regarding a Third Party Mechanism (TPM) in the Palestinian territories within the context of a two-state solution, noting the USG has [...]	2008-12-24 05:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2906	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 29, 18:00 [...] (C) Summary: The IDF continued its deployment of ground forces around the Gaza periphery on December 29, with elements of at least three armored and two infatry brigades taking up positions opposite Gaza City and Beit Hanoun. Air strikes against strategic and tactical targets continued throug [...]	2008-12-29 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2922	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 30, 18:00 [...] (S) Summary: The IDF continued to reinforce and increase ground forces around the Gaza periphery, including robust logistical support and elements from brigades not typically deployed in the Gaza sector. No ground operations have been initiated; the senior GOI leadership is discussing a range [...]	2008-12-30 17:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV2930	GAZA SITUATION REPORT, DECEMBER 31, 14:30 [...] (S) SUMMARY: While IDF troops remained on hold but still poised for a ground attack, rocket fire continues into Israel from Gaza, including increased attacks beyond 30km, and the first hit in the city of Be'er Sheva. Israeli airstrikes are ongoing, although at a slowed tempo, with attacks rep [...]	2008-12-31 13:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG MOPS PREL PTER PINR EAID EFIN IS
08TELAVIV463	RAIDS OUTRAGE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY AS GOI CRACKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 24, following extensive Israeli media coverage of the African refugee issue, Prime Minister Olmert ordered relevant government authorities to remove illegal infiltrators who entered Israel via the Egyptian border, if the infiltrators had no legal restrictions on depo [...]	2008-02-28 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV IS EG SU ER IV
08TELAVIV786	ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND [...] (C) On April 1, Embassy Refugee Reporting Office Alan Holst delivered suggested points from Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Simona Halperin. Halperin reiterated GOI willingness to participate in tripartite talks (Reftels [...]	2008-04-03 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF EG IS SU ER
08TELAVIV900	GENERAL JONES' MEETING WITH SHIMON PERES [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security (SEMERS) General James Jones met with President Shimon Peres April 13. General Jones briefed Peres on his mission, including the Jenin project that is being coordinated with Tony Blair. Peres said he was skeptical that a politica [...]	2008-04-18 07:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KPAL IS JO TU GE JA
08THEHAGUE1008	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: HIGH PLAINS SHORT SHRIFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Dutch diplomat expressed frustration with the GOB's unfair treatment of eastern communities. Eastern Bolivia appears to oppose the January 25 constitutional referendum, for which the EU will provide observers. On the DEA expulsion, the EU is likely to demarche the GOB within a [...]	2008-12-05 14:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NARR ECON NL BL
08THEHAGUE1010	NETHERLANDS/EU: CROATIA CONDITIONALITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ahead of the December 8-9 GAERC, the Dutch are pleased by the draft conclusions on enlargement but concerned about Croatia's cooperation on war crimes issues. The Dutch support progress on WTO negotiations and active responses to the situations in Africa, Kosovo, and elsewhere. [...]	2008-12-05 14:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EAID ECON EU HR NL
08THEHAGUE1021	CWC: MEETINGS ON THE MARGINS OF THE CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) As always, the Conference of the States Parties offered a platform for a variety of meetings on its margins. The European Union hosted a day of meetings for National Authorities on December 1 that bridged the gap between the official National Authorities' meetings and the CSP; notable a [...]	2008-12-15 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08THEHAGUE1024	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: AID DECISION PENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 09:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PK EAID ECON EFIN NL
08THEHAGUE1030	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (U) In response to Ref A, following is an analysis of Dutch relations with Cuba in the last half of 2008. (Note: Ref B reports on Dutch relations with Cuba in the first half of 2008. End note.) The Dutch Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Economic Affairs provided this information to embassy [...]	2008-12-18 15:34:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU NL
08THEHAGUE123	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH FM PUSHES SYRIA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008, poloff discussed Dutch FM Verhagen's January 23-24 trip to Syria with Gert Kampman, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East. Kampman, who accompanied Verhagen during the trip, said that the FM reviewed the Middle East peace process, Lebanon, Iran, and human r [...]	2008-02-11 13:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL SY IS TU LE
08THEHAGUE126	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH CONSIDERING KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008 Charge delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA acting DG Wim Geerts, following up on the conversation with DG de Gooijer the day before (reftel B). Charge and poloff also shared the information in ref email C. EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels participated in the [...]	2008-02-11 14:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL KV
08THEHAGUE131	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: STILL NO DECISION [...] (C) The GONL appreciates reftel A points, but continues to hold firm on the perceived need to review the Kosovar constitution, declaration of independence, and treatment of minorities prior to any recognition decision. According to MFA EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels, the GONL is still "coll [...]	2008-02-12 16:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NL KV
08THEHAGUE559	NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH PM, FM CALLS TO MBEKI, [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra gave poloff a summary of June 25 calls between FM Verhagen and Mr. Tsvangirai, and between PM Balkenende and President Thabo Mbeki. Tsvangirai wants greater AU engagement in resolving the situation and proposes a ceremoni [...]	2008-06-30 07:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU AU ZI NL
08THEHAGUE686	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH OPPOSE DRAFT NSG EXCEPTION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch oppose the draft Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) exception for India because it does not include Hyde Act provisions. Further political-level U.S.-Dutch contacts may be needed, but the Dutch are not ready. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On August 12, poloff delivered ref B point [...]	2008-08-14 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC NL
08THEHAGUE832	(S/NF) NETHERLANDS FM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: FM Verhagen has serious concerns over the status of Afghan detainee, Mulla Bari Gul, who is reportedly in U.S. custody in Iraq. On November 5 the Foreign Minister must report to Parliament on detainees in Afghanistan and will be questioned as to the status of each detainee the Dutch [...]	2008-10-03 14:32:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM AF IZ NL
08THEHAGUE903	NETHERLANDS/BOSNIA: CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 10:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK NL
08THEHAGUE920	NETHERLANDS/GUANTANAMO: UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are not likely to accept a Guantanamo detainee without an overall solution to close the prison, but they are considering ways to assist the United States when that time comes. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Asked about accepting reftel A detainee, Peter Potman, MFA Deputy Direc [...]	2008-10-31 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO NL
08THEHAGUE927	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: "REAL CHANGE" BEFORE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch state they want "real change" in Syria's behavior before expanding relations. At the same time, the Dutch have exchanged high-level visits with Syria, including an October 22 meeting between FM Verhagen and D/PM Dardari. The Dutch requested more information on the repo [...]	2008-11-04 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SY EU NL
08THEHAGUE936	NETHERLANDS: INITIAL REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's key Dutch government contacts on energy informally tell us they agree on the importance of all the points raised in President Bush's letter to Prime Minister Balkenende: securing Caspian gas supply to Europe via non-Russian controlled routes; enforcing and strengthening EU [...]	2008-11-07 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL NL
08THEHAGUE984	CWC: SCENESETTER FOR THE CONFERENCE OF THE STATES [...] (U) Meetings continued apace in anticipation of the Conference of the States Parties (CSP),without any significant progress on the budget or other CSP issues. The budget consultations remain in the same deadlock reached at the Executive Council (EC) in October, with the key difference remain [...]	2008-11-26 09:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08TIRANA174	ELECTORAL REFORMS FOR NATO LEAD TO A "THIRD POLE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Albanian political spectrum changed abruptly when Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta declared that his party would no longer participate in the left-wing coalition. Rather, Meta registered a new, competing coalition, to which he hopes to attract [...]	2008-03-07 13:32:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA175	EXBS: ALBANIA MARITIME, ADRIATIC REGION REPORTING CABLE [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -- February 17, KOSOVO: Formerly declared independence; the event was at the forefront of regional media (Albania, Croatia, Bosnia I Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia and Serbia) reports. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTI [...]	2008-03-07 14:30:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP AL
08TIRANA177	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TO DECLARE DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a decision that is yet to be announced, the Albanian Constitutional Court has ruled in favor of former Prosecutor General (PG) Theodor Sollaku, finding the Parliamentary Commission that headed the dismissal procedure against Sollaku violated the constitutional principle of s [...]	2008-03-07 16:52:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AL
08TIRANA328	GERDEC AFTERMATH - GOA INDECISIVE [...] (C) In response to the March 15 Gerdec tragedy, the international community has mobilized efforts to provide humanitarian relief and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and stepped up plans to rid Albania of over 100,000 tons of decaying munitions before another catastrophe happens. The GOA ha [...]	2008-04-23 13:38:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PARM PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA388	SCENESETTER FOR GAZMOND OKETA, ALBANIA'S DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gazmond Oketa visits Washington May 21-23 for his first official visit as Defense Minister. Oketa is eager to fulfill all military requirements necessary for his country to enter NATO next year, and he would be receptive to any suggestions of what should be [...]	2008-05-19 13:04:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL
08TIRANA406	ALBANIA: BUILDING A HAZWASTE FACILITY SHOULD BE A [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 10. 2. (C) Leaking containers of hazardous waste left behind by U.S. contractors after a successful chemical agent elimination program have again sparked MOD,s interest for help in building a hazardous waste storage facility. According to [...]	2008-05-30 12:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV CWC PARM MASS AL
08TIRANA469	GOA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Ambassador Withers demarched Foreign Minister Basha on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report findings (Ref A) and DCM and Poloff delivered the same to Minister of Interior Nishani, Deputy Minister Zajmi, and Director of Police Prenci on June 3. Foreign Minister Basha was the first to rec [...]	2008-06-20 13:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AL
08TIRANA56	ALBANIA: ASSESSMENT OF NATO READINESS [...] (U) The following headings track those in Ref A: All Intel Topics ---------------- 2. (SBU) Please see Ref B for an overview of Albania's intelligence services. 3. (C) Successive democratic Albanian governments, both Democratic Party (DP) and Socialist Party (SP) led, have worked to [...]	2008-01-22 15:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PINR AL
08TIRANA564	GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...]	2008-07-25 15:40:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL
08TIRANA611	ALBANIA AGREES TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT OF GITMO [...] (C) Summary: On 17 June 2008, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson met with Albanian government officials to encourage them to talk about their experiences in accepting detainees from the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. The GOA was very open to discussing their experience wi [...]	2008-08-08 07:37:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH AL
08TIRANA653	IS ALBANIA FACING A BANKING CRISIS? [...] (C) Despite slowing economic growth in the U.S. and EU, Albania continues to report a six percent GDP growth. However, one prominent Albanian banker worries that the rapidly rising number of non-performing retail loans could soon lead to bank failures and consolidations and weaken the banking [...]	2008-08-26 15:15:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON AL
08TIRANA723	ALBANIA WILL OPPOSE KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Director General for Multilateral Affairs Spiro Koci. Koci said Albania will oppose the Serbian resolution, and will make a statement opposing the resolution during the debate on October 8. CRISTINA [...]	2008-10-06 12:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA752	BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...]	2008-10-14 15:15:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL
08TIRANA775	REQUEST FOR DOD EOD SUPPORT TO ALBANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST - SEE ALSO PARAGRAPHS 7 AND 8. Post requests Department assistance in securing EOD support from the Department of Defense to assist the government of Albania in its efforts to eliminate 100,000 tons of destabilized unexploded conventional munitions (DUCMs) that [...]	2008-10-27 10:21:00	Embassy Tirana	SECRET	MARR PREL MASS AL
08TIRANA873	FM BASHA BATTLING PROSECUTORS, POLITICAL RIVALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long and contentious investigation, prosecutors have forwarded the indictment of Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha to the Supreme Court, which will rule on Basha's guilt or innocence (ref a). To make matters worse for Basha, newspapers today printed lengthy excerpts from the [...]	2008-12-12 07:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA875	ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...]	2008-12-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA892	ALBANIA'S INSURANCE PRIVATIZATION: DIRTY MONEY? [...] (C) Dallas-based American Reserve Life Insurance Company (ARL) on December 9 was awarded the tender for the GOA's 61 percent of Albanian insurance company INSIG for 25 million euro. The remaining 39 percent is owned by EBRD and IFC. The Ministry of Finance organized the tender, which to many [...]	2008-12-19 15:25:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON KCRM PREL AL
08TOKYO1445	JAPAN'S VIEWS ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is closely following the situation in Lebanon and on May 27, MOFA's spokesperson issued a statement of support following the election of President Suleiman. However, Japan is not likely to make statements critical of Iran or Syria at this time. Likewise, Japan is hesitant t [...]	2008-05-27 09:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR JA
08TOKYO1528	JAPAN REACTS NEGATIVELY TO TIP REPORT TIER RANKING [...] (C) Summary: Japan is very disappointed with being ranked Tier 2 in the 2008 TIP Report, DVM Kawai told the DCM June 4. The result will make it harder for Japan to cooperate with the United States in preparing the next report. In addition, Japan is being held to a different standard than Tie [...]	2008-06-04 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN JA
08TOKYO1623	(S) MOD DEFENSE POLICY BUREAU DG ON POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) DCM spoke with Ministry of Defense (MOD) Defense Policy Bureau Director General Nobushise Takamizawa June 13 to explore what new steps Japan could take in Afghanistan. Takamizawa said that MOD Minister Ishiba had concluded that it would not be possible to dispatch CH-47 helicopters to [...]	2008-06-13 09:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV IZ AFIN JA
08TOKYO1745	ASD SHINN PRESSES JAPAN ON REALIGNMENT, PLANNING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs Shinn used June 16 meetings with Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) counterparts to register strong concerns about delays in base realignment, emphasize the importance of robust bi [...]	2008-06-25 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR PGOV JA
08TOKYO1755	ABE, YAMASAKI SPAR OVER DPRK POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between rival Diet groups on both sides of the DPRK issue is heating up again. Former LDP Vice President Taku Yamasaki is pitted against former Prime Minister Abe; both are joined by several dozen like-minded Diet members. Days after the June 13 announcement that [...]	2008-06-26 04:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO1762	REQUEST PASSED TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 08:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AFIN ASCH CACM GM
08TOKYO1765	MOD DG TAKAMIZAWA DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) In a June 25 dinner Ministry of Defense (MOD) Director General for Defense Policy Nobushige Takamizawa cited technical and political challenges to the possibility of Japan deploying helicopters or PRTs to Afghanistan. He also underscored the Japanese Government's need to convince Japan's [...]	2008-06-27 03:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF JA
08TOKYO1778	FUKUDA ATTEMPTS DAMAGE CONTROL AS PRESS CRITICIZE [...] (C) Summary: Public statements from senior Japanese officials to the decision to delist the DPRK as a state sponsor of terrorism have been largely positive, tempering negative media editorial opinion. Prime Minister Fukuda and other senior officials have assured the public that Japan and the [...]	2008-06-27 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JA KN
08TOKYO205	COLLECTIVE SELF-DEFENSE REPORT SLOWLY MOVES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: A high-level panel of foreign affairs and other experts has completed a first draft of a report examining scenarios involving collective self-defense -- currently considered unconstitutional -- and making legal and policy recommendations to address these issues. The panel, estab [...]	2008-01-25 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS JA
08TOKYO2110	JAPAN'S AGENDA ON REGIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The priority of trade liberalization in the future economic architecture of Asia dominated debate among the 16 country representatives preparing the Japanese-sponsored "Track II" study on a possible ASEAN Plus 6 economic agreement. Japanese participants in the study group ind [...]	2008-07-31 09:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA
08TOKYO2189	CLIMATE CHANGE: NEW ENVIRONMENT MINISTER [...] (C) New Environment Minister Tetsuo Saito will represent the views of the New Komeito Party on climate change, which are more pro-Kyoto than those of the LDP or other ministries, according to Ministry of Environment, Office of International Strategy on Climate Change Director Hiroaki Takiguchi [...]	2008-08-08 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO2190	MOFA WARNS OF POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE ALLIANCE [...] (C) The U.S.-Japan Alliance would suffer lasting damage if the U.S. Board of Geographic Names were to relist the Senkaku (Diaoyutai) Islands as undesignated territory, according MOFA North American Affairs Director General Shunichi Nishimiya. Nishimiya told the DCM on August 8 that changes rela [...]	2008-08-08 08:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR JA
08TOKYO2533	BROADCASTING TO NORTH KOREA FOLLOW-UP [...] (C) Post delivered reftel BBG paper on September 16 to MOFA Northeast Asia Director Shigeo Yamada. Acknowledging that the paper included new technical and other information, Yamada pledged to pass it on to the appropriate authorities and respond as soon as possible. On the subject of a possi [...]	2008-09-16 09:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	BBG PHUM PGOV KN JA
08TOKYO2534	ABDUCTIONS: MOFA NOT COUNTING ON A DPRK RESPONSE [...] (C) Soon after Prime Minister Fukuda's sudden resignation announcement on September 1, the DPRK informed the Japanese that it will delay standing up its abductions reinvestigation committee until after it "can confirm the policy of the new Japanese administration," Foreign Minister Koumura anno [...]	2008-09-16 09:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN JA
08TOKYO2577	JAPAN CONSIDERING WITHDRAWING COOPERATION ON TIP [...] (U) Charge James Zumwalt met Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho for lunch on Tuesday, September, 17. Bessho was accompanied by Akihiko Nakajima, Deputy Director-General for Foreign Policy, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation, who also handles trafficking-in-persons issues fo [...]	2008-09-18 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL JA KTIP
08TOKYO2598	UPPER HOUSE PRESIDENT,S MEETING WITH MOJ ABOUT [...] (SBU) As a follow-up to his meeting with the DCM on September 12, Upper House President Satsuki Eda notified the Embassy that Ministry of Justice (MOJ) officials had told him during a meeting on September 18 that their ministry is at the beginning stage of considering accession to the Hague C [...]	2008-09-22 00:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KOCI CASC JP
08TOKYO2610	IAEA: JAPAN OPPOSES IRAN AND SYRIA BUT UNDECIDED [...] (C) A/EMIN delivered demarche in ref. to MOFA Nonproliferation, Science and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa September 19. Ichikawa said Japan agreed with the U.S. that Syria and Iran were unacceptable candidates for the IAEA Middle East and South Asia group Board of Governor [...]	2008-09-22 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC JA
08TOKYO2681	METI VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES APEC, WTO, [...] (C) Summary: Japan and the U.S. must work together to develop a strong agenda to support their back-to-back tenures as APEC Chair in 2010 and 2011, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Investment (METI) Vice Minister Hiroyuki Ishige told the DCM September 25. Ishige said he personally is "very in [...]	2008-09-28 23:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAGR SENV EINV JP
08TOKYO2779	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/06/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2895	SEN. HAGEL'S MEETINGS WITH PM ASO AND OTHER [...] (C) During an October 16 visit to Tokyo, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) exchanged views on his visits to China and South Korea, regional security, and the global financial crisis with Prime Minister Aso and other Japanese officials and Diet members. Aso and Finance Minister Nakagawa both stressed [...]	2008-10-17 07:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MNUC OVIP JA
08TOKYO2966	METI VM MOCHIZUKI ON ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) Vice Minister Harufumi Mochizuki focused on energy, climate change, the WTO, and China, in an October 22 meeting with the DCM. Mochizuki noted a shared interest in an effective and inclusive post-Kyoto framework, as well as energy s [...]	2008-10-23 22:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG ETRD JA PREL SENV CH
08TOKYO2976	ASO STILL UNDECIDED, AS UNCERTAINTY OVER NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary. Embassy contacts from both the ruling and opposition parties remain unanimous that the chances for an election before the end of this year remain no better than 50/50. They are also in agreement that PM Aso has yet to make up his mind on the timing, and is still in the process o [...]	2008-10-24 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON JA
08TOKYO2984	JAPAN-AUSTRALIA FTA? DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH [...] (C) Successful conclusion of an Australia-Japan free trade agreement remains uncertain, Allan McKinnon, DCM at the Australian embassy, told EMIN October 16. With a seventh round of negotiations slated to commence October 27 in Canberra, he described the process to date as "onerous." The GOJ [...]	2008-10-27 02:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD JA USTR
08TOKYO2994	GOSS/TKS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: Embassy conveyed ref A demarche regarding U.S. company Goss International at the DCM level to METI Vice Minister and Econoffs followed up with METI senior working level contacts. EMIN also discussed the case with the MOFA Director General for Economic Affairs. METI,s Director of [...]	2008-10-27 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD JA
08TOKYO3033	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 22:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3085	DPJ RAMPS UP ATTACK, AS MOD TAKES HIT FOR TAMOGAMI [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hamada and three other parliamentarians have taken voluntary pay cuts and three senior MOD bureaucrats have been disciplined as the government continues to manage the controversy over an essay published by former ASDF Chief Tamogami. The country's most senior m [...]	2008-11-05 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO3100	JAPAN ON RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, AND THE DPRK [...] (C) Japan sees "eye to eye" with the United States on UNGA Third Committee resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK, and will vote with us on them, Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Koro Bessho told DCM Jim Zumwalt November 7. He assured DCM that Japan opposes "no action" motions on pri [...]	2008-11-07 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA IR BM KN JA
08TOKYO3197	WHALING: JAPAN REJECTS PROPOSAL TO CURTAIL LETHAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Japan rejects Australia's proposal that it curtail its lethal research whaling activity this year in exchange for Australia's consideration of Japan's coastal whaling proposal, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries (MAFF) Vice Minister Murakami told the DCM November [...]	2008-11-19 07:42:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV PREL IWC JA
08TOKYO3229	JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, EST Chief demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa November 25. Econoff and poloff previously had delivered points contained in ref B to MOFA counterparts in the Non-proliferat [...]	2008-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO3310	JAPAN REAFFIRMS UNSC GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Koro Bessho reaffirmed Japan's goal of becoming a permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC). He stated that for its upcoming two-year UNSC rotation, Japan's focus will include Afghanistan, East Timor, African issues, and the UN's [...]	2008-12-04 07:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO3382	PAKISTAN DONOR'S CONFERENCE: JAPAN SEEKS FURTHER [...] (C) Japan strongly supports Pakistan and recognizes that the country has significant financial needs, MOFA Southwest Asia Division Deputy Director Aya Yoshida told Embassy Tokyo December 12. Furthermore, Japan wants to play a leadership role in assistance to both Pakistan and Afghanistan, she [...]	2008-12-12 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD PREL IMF PK JA
08TOKYO3435	DPJ SECURITY POLICY STILL MUDDLED, AS ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. The possible shift from an LDP-led administration to one led by the DPJ has potentially serious implications for Japan's security policy, as well as for the future direction of the U.S.-Japan alliance. The leading opposition party has opposed the war in Iraq and used its majorit [...]	2008-12-17 08:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA
08TOKYO366	JAPAN PROTESTS INCURSION BY RUSSIAN BOMBER [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Masahiko Koumura delivered a "severe protest" to Russian authorities over the February 9 incursion by a Russian Tu-95 strategic "Bear" bomber into Japanese airspace, Foreign Ministry officials tell Embassy Tokyo. Tokyo officials provided Moscow with coordinates [...]	2008-02-12 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA RU
08TOKYO386	JAPAN WILL NEED TIME TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Japan will need time to review the text of Kosovo's declaration of independence before it can recognize Kosovo, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM February 13 in response to reftel demarche. To [...]	2008-02-13 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU JA
08TOKYO403	DPJ AND SDP DELIVER MARINE SEXUAL ASSAULT PROTEST [...] (C) Summary. On February 13, DCM Donovan met separately with representatives from the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) to receive protests regarding the alleged February 10 sexual assault on a junior high girl by a Marine in Okinawa. Both groups [...]	2008-02-14 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
08TOKYO423	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 01:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO493	JAPAN WILL ISSUE STATEMENT ON DEMOCRACY IN CUBA [...] (C) DCM contacted MOFA Director General of North American Affairs Shinichi Nishimiya and Deputy Director General for Latin American Affairs Masahi Mizukami separately February 24. Drawing from reftel points, he urged the government of Japan to publicly express the need for real democracy and [...]	2008-02-25 10:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU JA
08TOKYO515	SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI TO BURMA ON MARCH 6 [...] (C) UN Special Advisor for Burma Ibrahim Gambari, in Tokyo for consultations with Japanese officials, telephoned Deputy Chief of Mission February 27 to thank Embassy for conveying to him the previous evening ref points regarding the Treasury Department's designation under U.S. sanctions law of [...]	2008-02-27 05:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM JA
08TOKYO752	TIBET: JAPANESE CALL ON CHINA TO EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: Japan is deeply concerned about the violence in Tibet and has called on the Chinese authorities to respond calmly, MOFA contacts told Embassy Tokyo on March 18. Japan raised its concerns with the Chinese Embassy in Tokyo, and the Japanese Embassy in Beijing called on the Chines [...]	2008-03-19 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH JA
08TOKYO782	JAPAN SUBMISSION FOR TIP REPORT [...] Embassy's point of contact on TIP issues is Political Officer Scott Hansen, Office Phone: 81 (3) 3224-5558, Fax: 81 (3) 3224-5322, Email: hansensw@state.gov. 2. Embassy Tokyo has spent a total of 608 hours researching trafficking issues, conducting awareness-raising campaigns, drafting [...]	2008-03-21 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF SMIG JA
08TOKYO860	FUKUDA GAS TAX COMPROMISE FALLS FLAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Emulating former Prime Minister Koizumi in facing down powerful interests in his own party, Prime Minister Fukuda put forward a compromise plan to resolve the ongoing gasoline tax controversy without securing the agreement of other Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leaders. The o [...]	2008-03-28 08:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV JA
08TOKYO912	JAPAN DISCUSSIONS OF TRILATERAL ECON TIES FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Japan's desire to leverage cooperation with the U.S. in dealing with China figured prominently in discussions March 27 between Japanese officials and visiting economic section heads from Embassies Beijing and Seoul. On climate change, for example, the GOJ wants U.S. assistance [...]	2008-04-03 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ENRG EINV PREL ETTC JA CH KS OECD
08TORONTO288	MISSION CANADA ASSESSES ELECTION 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Mission Canada-wide digital video conference (DVC) on September 29 resulted in a consensus assessment that the Conservatives will pick up additional seats in the October 14 Canadian federal elections, but not yet that the Conservatives will gain enough seats for a majority. [...]	2008-09-30 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CA
08TRIPOLI12	GOL TELLS IRANIAN VP IT OPPOSES IRAN RESOLUTION, SHARES [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 09:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PREL PGOV KTFN KNNP PARM ETTC EFIN IR IZ LE LY
08TRIPOLI14	QADHAFI TELLS MUBARAK HE "MAY" SEEK TO ATTEND UNSC IN NEW YORK TRIPOLI 00000014 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, A/DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 14:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP UN PHUM AU SU EG LY
08TRIPOLI227	BACK TO THE FUTURE? QADHAFI CALLS FOR DRAMATIC SOCIO-ECONOMIC CHANGE IN GPC SPEECH REF: TRIPOLI 166 TRIPOLI 00000227 001.2 OF 005 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 10:09:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN LY
08TRIPOLI231	LIBYA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON IRAN BANKING MOU REF: TRIPOLI 0012 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 17:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN ECIN PGOV PREL PINR LY IR
08TRIPOLI297	PUTIN VISIT TO LIBYA EXPECTED BY END OF APRIL TRIPOLI 00000297 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary. Although the Russian Embassy has received "nothing official" from Moscow, it expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Libya by the end of April. Putin's projected travel to Libya is the "primary issue" in Libyan-Russian relations; in a recent meeting with Emboffs, the Russian [...]	2008-04-08 13:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY

08TRIPOLI36	GOL SUGGESTS U.S.-LIBYAN BILATERAL TIES "GREATLY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 17:40:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER LY
08TRIPOLI4	LIBYA: FAMILY VISIT FOR RETURNED GTMO DETAINEE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 09:17:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	KDRG PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS LY
08TRIPOLI453	QADHAFI AND ASAD [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 13:18:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE LY
08TRIPOLI466	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): CONVERSION OF THE RABTA CHEMICAL WEAPONS PRODUCTION FACILITY [...] (C) Summary: The GOL's lead interlocutor on CWC issues told us: 1) conversion of the Rabta chemical weapons production facility would not be completed until December 2009 (which the GOL appears to have known since early 2006),2) the GOL would not submit a new National Paper at the upcoming June 2 [...]	2008-06-15 15:48:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW CH JA IT LY
08TRIPOLI530	LIBYA'S BERBER MINORITY STILL OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:54:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP LY
08TRIPOLI538	LIBYA FAVORS MORE TIME FOR AFRICAN MEDIATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. The GOL is "bound by the AU decision" to support a South Africa-led national reconciliation process in Zimbabwe and will not support a draft UNSC resolution calling for targeted sanctions on key Mugabe regime figures. Libya's top officials responsible for African affairs urged [...]	2008-07-07 15:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SU CD UN LY
08TRIPOLI567	THE EU-LIBYA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT: VENI, VISAS, VETO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 07:39:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU ECIN ECON PBTS LY
08TRIPOLI829	AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE? [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 14:46:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS LY BO RS UP VZ
08TRIPOLI901	LIBYA'S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND TRADE WELCOMES COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams, Under Secretary for Economy, Trade and Investment Taher Sarkaz emphasized the importance of U.S.-Libya cooperation and outlined steps his ministry taking to facilitate trade and investment. Libya is keenly intereste [...]	2008-11-20 16:04:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI913	TREASURY OFAC DIRECTOR ADAM SZUBIN'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN MFA [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with MFA officials on November 12 on UNSCR 1267-related issues, visiting Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control Director Adam Szubin: 1) stressed the need for better U.S.-GOL coordination with respect to refining the GOL's UNSCR 1267 listing submissions; 2) encourag [...]	2008-11-26 11:49:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL PGOV UNSC LY
08TRIPOLI916	TREASURY OFAC DIRECTOR SZUBIN'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Libyan finance, banking and security officials on November 12, visiting Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control Director Adam Szubin stressed two key messages: 1) the U.S. stands ready to help the GOL engage more effectively with the U.N 1267 Committee to ensur [...]	2008-11-26 14:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL PGOV UNSC LY
08TRIPOLI917	HEAD OF LIBYA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD: U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS NOT JUST ABOUT OIL REF: TRIPOLI 227 [...] (C) Summary: The head of Libya's national economic planning apparatus and the effort to implement Muammar al-Qadhafi's vision for government restructuring and privatization told the visiting NEA/MAG Director that a new, commonly agreed frame of reference for U.S.-Libya relations that took into a [...]	2008-11-26 14:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPAO SCUL KMPI EAID EPET LY
08TRIPOLI918	LIBYA: WE ARE AN EFFECTIVE MEDIATOR FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Libyan officials were evasive on whether the GOL had agreed to offer financial support to Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) - they suggested that Libya would not be in a position to deny "humanitarian assistance" to its "Somali brothers" - during the recent visit to [...]	2008-11-26 15:44:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU SO DJ LY
08TRIPOLI919	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG NEGOTIATIONS WITH QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION REF: A) TRIPOLI 819, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 280, D) TRIPOLI 577 [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pursue [...]	2008-11-26 16:33:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI920	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND LIFG [...] (C) In a meeting with Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) Executive Director Yusuf Sawani, visiting NEA/MAG Director a Stephanie Williams urged the GOL to release detained human rights activist Fathi el-Jahmi without conditions and facilitate his travel abroad for medical care if he chose to pu [...]	2008-11-26 16:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI937	LIBYA'S NASCENT BUSINESS INCUBATOR PROGRAMS A POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, experts at Libya's Economic Development Board (EDB) described their nascent Business Incubator Program to a visiting U.S. Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) specialist. The Libyan program seeks to support existing businesses and to create [...]	2008-12-10 10:10:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ELAB EPET EMIN KIPR PGOV BBSR LY
08TRIPOLI987	THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...]	2008-12-30 15:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY
08TRIPOLI988	LIBYA'S VIEWS ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL MEETING ON GAZA [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Americas Desk Director Ahmed Aoun on December 30. Aoun took our points on board, but stressed that while HAMAS' decision to break the ceasefire had precipitated Israel's military strikes in Gaza, the decision to execute rocket attacks had come against [...]	2008-12-30 15:36:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM UN IS LY
08TRIPOLI991	READOUT OF U.S.-UK-LIBYA TSCC BIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, NOVEMBER 24-26 REF: 06 TRIPOLI 498 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, Acting DCM, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] (C) Summary: The Libyan Permanent National Committee on Bioethics and Biosafety (LPNCBB) hosted the Trilateral Steering and Coordination Committee (TSCC) Biological Subcommittee in Tripoli November 24-26 for their first meeting since November 2007. After several years of productive meetings, UK an [...]	2008-12-31 12:21:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV PHUM TBIO LY UK
08TRIPOLI992	LIBYA INTERESTED IN U.S. WEAPONS, MORE AMBIVALENT ON OTHER MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) MFA Secretary for the Americas Ahmed Fituri told A/DCM on December 23 that Muammar al-Qadhafi's much-publicized discussions about possible weapons purchases during his recent visit to Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (ref A) were "largely for show". Citing a conversation with National Security A [...]	2008-12-31 14:22:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR LY
08TRIPOLI994	THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...]	2008-12-31 14:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY
08TUNIS1111	THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON FM ABDALLAH: BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting with the Ambassador on October 18, FM Abdulwaheb Abdallah said he was making his first trip to Russia in the coming days, accompanied by 23 businessmen. An economic agreement is to be signed. The Ambassador asked for an explanation on the withdrawal of police [...]	2008-10-20 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR PINS PHUM IZ RS TS YM
08TUNIS1135	GOT QUESTIONS STATUS OF AMERICAN COMMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA held a surprise meeting on October 30 to review the status of the American Community School of Tunis (ACST). In attendance were senior school and Embassy officials. The Ministry wanted clarification for the basis of the school's existence in Tunis since 1959 since it [...]	2008-11-03 16:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH PREL PGOV TS
08TUNIS1145	JOURNALIST, LAWYER POSSIBLE TARGETS OF GOT [...] (C) Journalist Neziha Rejiba, better known by her pen name Om Zied, and her husband attorney Mokhtar Jallali have both had recent legal difficulties, giving rise to speculation that they are the targets of GOT harassment. As is common in Tunisia, Jallali remains in prison following a car ac [...]	2008-11-06 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS183	TUNIS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. (SBU) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The Government of Tunisia (GOT) is capable of controlling and dispersing any demonstration directed against U.S. facilities. That being [...]	2008-02-29 10:16:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
08TUNIS349	CALL ON CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES [...] (C) Salah Tabarki, President of the Commission of Political Affairs and External Relations in the Chamber of Deputies, told the DCM April 2 that there were strong debates in the Chamber of Deputies, notably within the commissions. In plenary sessions, party discipline is the rule. Although a [...]	2008-04-07 15:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
08TUNIS362	GOT CRACKS DOWN ON MINING REGION PROTESTS [...] (SBU) After several months, and the March replacement of the regional governor, the GOT took police action to disrupt economic protests in south-central Tunisia. Demonstrators, including labor activists and the unemployed, organized in January to protest high unemployment, inflation and a lack [...]	2008-04-11 11:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV KDEM TS
08TUNIS376	TRANS SAHARA RSI CONFERENCE: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (S/NF) During the April 1 Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) - Trans Sahara conference, Ambassadors and other officials from missions in Trans Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) countries, as well as representatives of the interagency community, discussed the rising terrorist threat [...]	2008-04-17 11:17:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PINR TS
08TUNIS39	SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR AWAY: TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi on January 8 told PolOffs that while discussions with GOT officials had initially left him optimistic about prospects for resolving the almost eight year-long standoff between the GOT and the LTDH, the GOT has failed to deliver [...]	2008-01-11 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS615	VIOLENT PROTESTS IN SOUTHERN MINING REGION LEAVE [...] (C) One person was shot and killed and several others were injured in violent protests in Redeyef on June 6. Two quite different narratives have emerged about the events: the official version, put out by GOT sources in a communique, stipulates that protesters instigated the violence by throwi [...]	2008-06-09 18:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS TS
08TUNIS691	FOOD AND ENERGY SUBSIDIES PUT PRESSURE ON GOT [...] (C) With the recent spike in world commodity prices, the GOT's subsidy bill has ballooned, straining public finances. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has praised Tunisia's prudent fiscal management, which has kept budget deficits low, even with subsidies. Yet, as subsidies for energy and [...]	2008-06-26 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EAGR TS
08TUNIS712	MFA SAYS FSI WRITTEN AGREEMENT WOULD CODIFY THE [...] (C) Summary: On June 28, three senior MFA officials assured the DCM and FSI school director that the GOT wishes to simply put in writing the existing arrangements for the presence of the FSI Arabic Language Field School in Tunisia. They said the prospective move onto the Embassy compound gave [...]	2008-06-30 12:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT PGOV AFSI TS
08TUNIS789	MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO SARKOZY'S "CLUB MED" [...] (C) Even while Tunisia harbors aspirations to host the headquarters of the Sarkozy-backed Union for the Mediterranean (UPM),the domestic reaction to the July 13 launch of this new entity has been mixed. From the beginning, the GOT has been supportive of the initiative, but among the busine [...]	2008-07-17 15:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU TS
08TUNIS851	PROMULGATION OF LAW RESTRICTING ELIGIBILITY OF [...] (C) President Ben Ali on July 28 approved a law changing the criteria for presidential candidates. Among those potential candidates who will now be excluded by the new eligibility requirements are Nejib Chebbi, the announced candidate of the opposition Progressive Democratic Party. Politici [...]	2008-07-29 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS863	SEMI-INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PARTY SAYS RULING [...] (C) In a July 30 meeting with A/DCM, Ahmed Brahim, First Secretary of the opposition at-Tajdid (Renewal) Party, argued that Tunisia's ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) Party needs to allow increased political participation and greater freedom of expression. Brahim outlined his par [...]	2008-07-31 16:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08ULAANBAATAR116	IMF: 17% INFLATION THREATENS MONGOLIA'S ECONOMIC STABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF Article IV Consultation mission that visited Ulaanbaatar last week, Mongolia's macroeconomic stability is threatened by rapidly rising inflation, measured at 17% in January and climbing. Prices are being pushed upward by increased government spending, rapid [...]	2008-03-17 01:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR124	MFA STATE SECRETARY BEKHBAT PREVIEWS TRIPS BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Secretary (and soon to be Ambassador to the U.S.) of Mongolia's Foreign Ministry, Kh. Bekhbat, told the Ambassador that President N. Enkhbayar will attend a business forum on the Chinese island of Hainan in April and head to New York in October to attend the UN General A [...]	2008-03-21 08:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR126	DG THOMAS VISITS MONGOLIA MARCH 18-19 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of a multi-stop tour of the EAP region, Director General Ambassador Harry Thomas and James Forbes, Office Director, HR/ER, visited Ulaanbaatar March 18-19. While in Ulaanbaatar, Ambassador Thomas met with the Ambassador and DCM, the Management section, Entry-Level Officer [...]	2008-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREL ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR149	MCA-Mongolia Holds First Board Meeting, Approves Documents, [...] Prime Minister S. Bayar, the Chairman of Millennium Challenge Account - Mongolia's (MCA-M) Board of Directors, convened the first ever full-scale board mlevig!tje orn`ne ofhEprm\|!Q> Inqd`itIo. po!he@E(0`n!Biv0QiniSveRaHr&br!b"cJqlO3,y(,V! nyov2QMkC=u43sqQmQaf2QFpJ`v$l5}6cX?t,L(/LQ W[mhuOQ&-Qor t [...]	2008-04-03 08:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EINV EON PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR159	(C) MFA, GIA REPS SAY MONGOLIA WON'T DEPORT DPRK [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senior officials of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency (GIA) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),in separate early-April meetings, offered somewhat divergent views on a number of DPRK refugee-related issues, but both denied that the Mongolian Government has cha [...]	2008-04-11 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREF SMIG PREL KMCA PHUM PINR MG
08ULAANBAATAR191	2008 US-Mongolia TIFA, Report I: Progress on Transparency [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia and the United States held their fourth annual Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Talks on February 4, with the Mongolian side continuing its push for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Tim Stratford explained that wh [...]	2008-04-28 02:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR193	FBI AGENTS SUCCESSFULLY TRAIN MONGOLIAN CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three FBI Special Agents carried out a successful week-long training session in Ulaanbaatar March 24 to 28 for 30 criminal investigators from the Mongolian National Police Agency (MNPA) and the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC). Beijing-based Legal Attach Hendershot [...]	2008-04-29 04:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL EFIN KCOR PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR202	JAPANESE EMBOFFS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese DCM Kobayashi met with the Charge on May 1 for an exchange of views across the full array of Mongolian domestic and bilateral issues. On Mongolia,s June 29 Parliamentary elections, Japan believes that the post-election Parliament will look a lot like it does at present. [...]	2008-05-01 09:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KCOR ECON MG JP KN KS
08ULAANBAATAR310	MONGOLIA'S DECISION CYCLE ON TIMING FOR POST-UNSCR [...] (S) As requested in reftels, the Ambassador, DCM, E/P Chief, and DATT have approached counter-parts in the Government of Mongolia (GOM),to include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' State Secretary and the Acting Director General for the Americas, Middle East, and Africa, the Foreign Policy Ad [...]	2008-06-23 04:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL IZ MG
08ULAANBAATAR355	Candidate Profile: On the Campaign Trail--The Mongol Way [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade, S.Otgonbat (strictly protect) shared his experience as a campaign manager for J. Enkbayar, an upstart Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) businessman in his 30's and a candidate in Mongolia's remote southwestern [...]	2008-07-21 00:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KCOR PGOV KMCA SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR361	MONGOLIA'S OPPOSITION MPS WALK OUT OF FIRST PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolians elected to Parliament in the contested June 29 elections gathered at Government House on July 23 for Parliament's opening session. But after energetically criticizing the head of the General Election Commission (GEC),members of the opposition Democratic Party left th [...]	2008-07-24 00:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM ENRG SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR43	MONGOLIAN VIEWS REGARDING IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) Tsogtbaatar told the DCM January 23 that President Enkhbayar, SIPDIS his boss, firmly supports Mongolia's continued presence, stressing Mongolia is essentially in Iraq to support the U.S. In general, Mongolians support such a presence, [...]	2008-01-24 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ MG
08ULAANBAATAR44	MONGOLIA OFFERS TO HOST 6-PARTY PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (C) Mongolian Foreign Ministry Advisor to the Foreign Minister Ambassador B. Doljintseren invited the DCM in January 23 to note that Mongolia wants to be helpful in the peace process in Northeast Asia and that last year Mong [...]	2008-01-24 09:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNUC MARR KS KN MG
08ULAANBAATAR5	Mongolian Vice Foreign Minister Formally Conveys [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Enkhmandakh confirmed to the Ambassador January 3 that Mongolia would deploy a full 9th rotation of troops to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and that the troops would depart for Iraq sometime the following week. The Ambassador expres [...]	2008-01-03 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL ETRD EPET SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR500	U.S. SUPPORT FOR FIGHTING FLU IN MONGOLIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia's recent national influenza workshop demonstrated that U.S. support for both a Mongolian influenza surveillance network and an assessment of the country's pandemic readiness is helping the government address several needs. On the surveillance front, U.S. funding has allo [...]	2008-11-10 00:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR524	U.S. DOE IS SECURING MONGOLIA'S BORDERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. Department of Energy-provided radiation detection portals are now operational at Ulaanbaatar's international airport, as well as at Mongolia's borders with Russia (rail at Sukhbaatar and vehicle at Altanbulag) and China (rail and vehicle at Zamiin-Uud). A November 14 inaugur [...]	2008-12-03 02:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR7	Ambassador Pays Initial Call on Prime Minister Bayar [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's initial official courtesy call January 4 on Prime Minister Bayar, Bayar said he hoped to make already excellent U.S.-Mongolian relations even better. He reiterated President Enkhbayar's invitation to President Bush to visit Mongolia, and he reconfirmed Mo [...]	2008-01-04 08:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ETRD SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR8	Ambassador Calls on Chief Cabinet Secretary N. Enkhbold [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call January 7 on Chief Cabinet Secretary N. Enkhbold, who, until recently, served as Mongolia's Foreign Minister. The Ambassador thanked Enkhbold for the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) recent decision to send a 9th full troop rotation to [...]	2008-01-08 00:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ETRD SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR89	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES 6 PARTY TALKS, IRAQ, KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Oyun told the Ambassador over dinner February 22 that Russia and the other six party talks (6PT) members had responded favorably to Mongolia's proposal to host the next 6PT Peace and Security Working Group (PSWG) meeting. Regarding the recent announcement that the Government [...]	2008-02-25 01:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MARR PGOV MG IQ
08UNVIEVIENNA129	IAEA/IRAN: EU-3 PREPARED TO SPONSOR A BOARD [...] (S) At a UK hosted-meeting on February 26, like-minded COMs (P3 1, Canada, Australia and Japan) agreed to pursue a Board of Governor's resolution on Iran assuming adoption of a UNSCR on Friday, February 29. The EU-3 agreed to prepare a draft. In order to mitigate any risk of interfering with [...]	2008-02-27 13:24:00	UNVIE	SECRET	KNPP PARM IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA140	IAEA/GC: ARAB LEAGUE SEEKS DIALOGUE ON ISRAELI [...] (C) Arab League representative Wael Al-Assad met with like-minded Missions (EU-3, U.S., Australia, Norway, Japan) on February 21 to discuss the General Conference (GC) resolution on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT). Al-Assad appealed for dialogue with those Missions that had successfully opp [...]	2008-02-28 15:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNPP AORC IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA164	IAEA/DG SELECTION: PFIRTER JOINS AMANO IN THE RACE [...] (S) Summary: This cable is provided solely for the purpose of updating the Department on the state-of-play on IAEA DG succession. Consistent with previous instructions, Mission is not engaging publicly or privately in this campaign. The campaign for DG succession has coalesced around two mo [...]	2008-03-14 08:53:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KNPP JA AR
08UNVIEVIENNA185	IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 CONSIDER "WHAT NEXT?" [...] (C) At a U.S. hosted meeting of P5 1 Ambassadors on March 26, the EU-3 shared their assessments of the March Board and considered next steps on Iran in the lead up to the June Board. Ambassador Schulte underlined the need to support the Secretariat's investigation of past weaponization activit [...]	2008-03-27 17:33:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PARM AROC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA196	IAEA/BOG: SEEKING A LEADERHIP ROLE, UAE TO [...] (S) Ambassador Schulte shared ref a points on April 4 with UAE Ambassador Al Dosari encouraging the UAE to consider running for the MESA seat on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. Al Dosari expressed interest in doing so and indicated he would raise the issue with capital. The UAE was last on [...]	2008-04-04 15:29:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KNPP AE
08UNVIEVIENNA20	IAEA/IRAN: ELBARADEI SEES PROGRESS FROM TEHRAN TRIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 15:02:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNPP IAEA PARM AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA223	NPT: UKRAINIAN CHAIRMAN PREVIEWS PREPCOM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Schulte discussed the forthcoming NPT PrepCom with Ukraine PrepCom Chair Yelchenko on April 16. Yelchenko is intent on getting procedural issues out of the way, and seeks to have a productive outcome but did not insist on consensus - he preferred a strong Working Paper [...]	2008-04-18 11:37:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AROC KNPP UP
08UNVIEVIENNA232	IAEA/GC: AL PROPOSES NON-THREATENING RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Arab League (AL) SYG Amr Moussa conducted consultations in Vienna April 16-18 regarding an AL sponsored agenda item in the IAEA General Conference (GC) on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat." In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte, Moussa insisted that the AL would re-introduce an agenda [...]	2008-04-21 16:37:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA240	IAEA/IRAN: FRANCE PUSHES P5+1 FOR AN EXPERTS [...] (C) Summary: At a French-hosted meeting April 22, P5 1 COMs exchanged views on Iran developments post-Shanghai and expectations for forthcoming Iran-IAEA discussions on weaponization. The UK, Germany and U.S. were skeptical of this latest development while Russia and China predictably highli [...]	2008-04-25 13:41:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA271	IAEA/IRAN: ACTING U/S ROOD DISCUSSES A POSSIBLE [...] (S) Over lunch with P5 1 Ambassadors May 6, Acting U/S Rood pressed for a Board resolution on Iran in June. The EU-3 agreed that Board and UNSC actions were complimentary and not mutually exclusive; the UK was particularly frustrated by the lack of Board action. EU-3 members joined the Actin [...]	2008-05-13 06:32:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PARM AORC KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA290	IAEA/SYRIA: SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE JUNE BOARD [...] (S) During a series of technical briefings on Syria May 16 and 19, following up on discussions during his Washington consultations, Ambassador Schulte canvassed Board member views on discussion of Syria in the June Board. Ambassador Schulte outlined U.S. objectives for the Board: to spotlight [...]	2008-05-20 18:09:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PARM MNUC AORC KNPP SY IS
08UNVIEVIENNA309	IAEA/IRAN: GETTING TO CONSENSUS ON A CHAIRMAN,S [...] (C) P5 1 Deputies/Counselors meeting May 29 agreed to seek instructions on a Canadian draft Chairman's Statement (para 13) by Friday May 30. Russia did not have any readout from the PolDir phone conference. China said it had instructions to "explore" the possibility of a Chairman's Statement. [...]	2008-05-29 16:46:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM KNPP IAEA IR
08UNVIEVIENNA31	IAEA/IRAN: TIME TO KILL THE WORK PLAN? [...] (C) Summary: Like-minded Ambassadors and Charges (P3 1, Australia, Canada, Japan) took stock of the DG's weekend trip to Tehran and the status of the work plan in a January 15 Australian-hosted meeting. All agreed that the DG had not made any breakthrough on key issues (disclosure of the past [...]	2008-01-17 15:05:00	UNVIE	SECRET	IAEA KNPP PARM IR
08UNVIEVIENNA343	IAEA/GC: ONE MIDDLE EAST, TWO RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Both Egypt and the Arab League have circulated their respective draft IAEA General Conference resolutions (paras 27-28). The revised Egyptian text purports to be based on consensus UNGA language and incorporates some of the French-proposed amendments rejected last year, but is still not a [...]	2008-06-13 08:33:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM AORC KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA368	CONSULTATIONS WITH INCOMING FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) On June 24 Mission discussed upcoming issues for Vienna-based international organizations with the French Mission, the next EU Presidency. France welcomed early consultation with the U.S. and outlined priorities for its Presidency, focusing on those relevant to Vienna organizations: energ [...]	2008-06-27 14:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM MNUC KNPP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA417	IAEA SHARES COST ESTIMATE FOR INDIA SAFEGUARDS [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has shared with us on a confidential basis their estimates for the near term costs of implementing safeguards in India as part of the US-India nuclear deal, which could total Euro 19 million by 2016. Speaking with DCM on July 23, Deputy Director General Heinon [...]	2008-07-24 12:58:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
08UNVIEVIENNA431	IAEA/BOARD:KAKODKAR PROMISES PRUDENCE AT INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 12:22:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IN
08UNVIEVIENNA445	IAEA/SYRIA: AS KAZAKHS DAWDLE, AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Kazakhstan is still not prepared to challenge Syria's candidacy for the open MESA seat on the Board of Governors (2008-2010) absent a "100 percent" guarantee of victory, Kazakh Ambassador Abdrakhmanov told Ambassador Schulte August 6. He continued to stress Arab support for Syria, despite [...]	2008-08-07 15:34:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IAEA KZ AF SY
08UNVIEVIENNA511	IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 WILL TAKE CUES FROM POLDIRS ON [...] (C) In a German-hosted P5 1 Ambassadors meeting on September 16, no members of the group were instructed as to a possible Iran resolution at next week's IAEA Board meeting, and all awaited the scheduled September 19 5 1 Political Directors meeting for guidance. While Germany appealed for a Bo [...]	2008-09-16 17:36:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KNNP IR
08UNVIEVIENNA532	IMPROVING FINANCE AND GOVERNANCE AT UNODC [...] (U) The open ended Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov) of the UNODC will have its first meeting on October 7. This meeting is intended for member states to submit their position papers, which the chair (Namibia and Sweden) will use for developing a single paper that will be circulat [...]	2008-09-29 10:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM UN AU
08UNVIEVIENNA569	IAEA/TC: SYRIA NUCLEAR POWER PROJECT MAY DROP FROM [...] (C) As reported ref a para 6, the IAEA Secretariat indicated to us a Technical Cooperation (TC) proposal was forthcoming from Syria on the economic feasibility of nuclear power. Msnoffs stated at the time the U.S. view that nuclear power cooperation with Syria was inappropriate while Syria w [...]	2008-10-22 15:57:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA TRGY SY
08UNVIEVIENNA575	IRAN,S UPCOMING NUCLEAR CONFERENCE ON 30 NOVEMBER [...] (C) IAEA participation in the November 30-December 1 Iranian-hosted conference on "Nuclear Power Plants, Environmental and Sustainable Development" would be confined, per current plans, to the presentation of one paper on reactor safety issues. DCM on October 28 alerted the DG's Special Assi [...]	2008-10-28 15:21:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR
08UNVIEVIENNA579	UNGASS WORKING GROUPS DEMAND REDUCTION ANND CONTROL OF [...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) convened the last two of five Intergovernmental Working Groups (WG) to review progress achieved since the 1998 UN General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS) on Drugs. These two most recent working groups approved recommendations in the areas of (1) Dema [...]	2008-10-31 10:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCOR PGOV AORC UNCND
08UNVIEVIENNA584	IAEA TECHNICAL COOPERATION: IRAN, SYRIA, BURMA [...] (C) On October 28, the IAEA officially released the documentation for the 2009-2011 Technical Cooperation cycle in advance of the November Technical Assistance Cooperation Committee (TACC) and Board of Governors meetings. All documentation released on the IAEA's GOVATOM restricted distributio [...]	2008-11-03 06:52:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC IR SY BM
08UNVIEVIENNA587	IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - A BUDGET ISSUE THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has no clear policy on the application of Program Support Costs (PSCs) to extrabudgetary contributions. In recent months, however, the Secretariat has dabbled with implementing a universal fee of 7 percent. The U.S. and Australia have so far refused to pay the 7 perce [...]	2008-11-06 15:23:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
08UNVIEVIENNA590	ANSWERING THE MAIL ON SUPPORT TO IAEA SAMPLE [...] (S) Summary and Recommendation: The IAEA is proceeding toward expansion of the Clean Laboratory at the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL) in Seibersdorf to house an Ultra-High Sensitivity (UHS-SIMS) mass spectrometer. The Japanese Government has agreed to fund the UHS-SIMS machine, and [...]	2008-11-07 16:45:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
08UNVIEVIENNA611	IAEA/TC: LIKE-MINDED MOVE TOWARD CONSENSUS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Mission met with like-minded counterparts to discuss the Agency's request to approve a Syrian technical cooperation (TC) project SYR/0/020 Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power Plant during the November 24-2 [...]	2008-11-19 12:15:00	UNVIE	SECRET	KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC SY
08UNVIEVIENNA652	ISRAELI DDG HIGHLIGHTS GROWING INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 16:49:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KCRM
08UNVIEVIENNA655	IRAN: TEHRAN EDUCATES DELEGATION ON ITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 16:03:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR IR KNNP
08UNVIEVIENNA660	INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 15:45:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08USEUBRUSSELS1564	PRESIDENT'S LETTER DELIVERED TO EU'S BARROSO [...] On October 7, USEU DCM delivered reftel message on food issues, from the President and the UK Prime Minister, to the office of European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso. Scanned text of letter with signatures, as received from Washington, was transmitted under a cover letter from DCM, [...]	2008-10-08 15:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC AMGT EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS1765	DRL PDAS STEWART URGES PROGRESS ON IRAN, HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on November 19 with Karel Kovanda, Deputy Director-General for External Relations at the European Commission (EC),DRL PDAS Karen Stewart asked for EU support against no-action resolutions at UNGA and an early review of the Human Rights Council (HRC). Kovanda u [...]	2008-11-21 16:43:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA PTER EUN SR IR
08USEUBRUSSELS1946	EU COUNCIL ASKS FOR INTEL-SHARING ON SOMALIA [...] (C) On December 22, the USEU Ambassador received a letter dated December 19 from the EU Council Secretariat's Director for Defense Issues, Claude-France Arnould. The letter requests the USG to share intelligence information with the EU in support of the EU-led Operation Atalanta, which is d [...]	2008-12-23 06:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS1949	EULEX COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS PRAISES SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary: EULEX Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon briefed the Committee of Contributors on December 19 in Brussels, describing a successful deployment throughout Kosovo, the importance of close interaction with other international actors, and the challenges of implementing customs and cou [...]	2008-12-23 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL UNMIK PGOV EUN SR KV
08USNATO103	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 19, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee Henault briefed the military chain of command's poppy assessment. In the operations update, IMS Assistant Director for Operations MG Li Gobbi briefed on the increased ability of Opposing Militant Forces [...]	2008-03-20 18:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO120	ISAF'S STRATEGIC VISION STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO and ISAF Heads of State and Government in Bucharest agreed a stand alone public declaration outlining "ISAF's Strategic Vision." The statement ) separate from the Summit communique ) was designed to reinforce to Allied and Partner publics why NATO went to Afghanistan, to hig [...]	2008-04-08 17:47:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AFDB PK
08USNATO130	READOUT OF NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING - APRIL [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The NATO IS was tasked to lay out how ISAF,s &internal plan8 agreed at Bucharest will be implemented. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault announced the opening of a Border Coordination Center in Nangarhar. SHAPE anticipa [...]	2008-04-14 05:20:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO138	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General Kai Eide briefed the NAC in ISAF format (to SIPDIS be reported septel). A/SYG Howard laid out initial thoughts on implementing the Bucharest "Comprehensive Strategic Politi [...]	2008-04-16 14:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO151	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - APRIL 30, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that Karzai urged caution in judging the Kabul security situation following the April 27 assassination attempt. IMS Assistant Director for Operations Li Gobbi stated that Pakistani "peace deal [...]	2008-04-30 18:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO159	AMBASSADOR NULAND BRIEFS NAC ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a brief to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Wednesday, May 7, Ambassador Nuland presented the NAC a Washington produced PowerPoint presentation entitled:"Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorists into Iraq." Highlighting the fact that foreign fighters account for 90 percent of [...]	2008-05-08 13:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PBTS PREL PTER IZ SY
08USNATO160	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 7, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Secretary General announced his choice of an Italian as the new NATO Senior Civilian Representative. The IMS reported it hopes to have consolidated Bucharest force generation review from SHAPE by May 13. The ANSF are leading approxima [...]	2008-05-08 14:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO174	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 14, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Independent Directorate for Local Governance Head Jelani Popal briefed the NAC in ISAF format on his goals and challenges, and took questions on the Paris Conference, the delivery of assistance by PRTs, reconciliation, and Musa Qala. He c [...]	2008-05-16 15:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO181	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 21, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that a draft report by UN Human Rights Rapporteur Alston was critical of international forces and ISAF in Afghanistan, but NATO was providing Alston with more information to make the final report more balanced. The SHAPE Ope [...]	2008-05-22 15:24:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO186	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 28, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Acting Secretary General (A/SYG) Bisogniero thanked the U.S. for arranging the May 22 brief with COMCSTC-A MG Cone. Chairman of the Military Committee Henault stated that 62 ANA kandaks would be fielded by August 2008, called for more pol [...]	2008-05-29 12:06:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO199	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JUNE 4, 2008 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Former COMISAF General McNeill commended Allied unity and enhanced efforts in ISAF over the course of his command, but stressed the need for Allies to fill ISAF force requirements, open a political avenue to address the challenge of Pakistani [...]	2008-06-06 14:56:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO2	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TOUR OF AFGHAN REGIONAL LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, USNATO sponsored a NATO tour for Afghan provincial officials to Brussels and Berlin December 11-14. This joint effort with Embassy Kabul brought influential decision makers and leaders of society from vital Afghan provinces to the centers of decision making an [...]	2008-01-03 15:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PREL

08USNATO205	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JUNE 11, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) again urged more action on providing embedded trainers (OMLTs). SHAPE reported a 45 percent increase in theater-wide activity levels in May 2008, with the vast majority occurring in the south a [...]	2008-06-11 17:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO206	CORRECTED COPY: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - [...] (U) This corrected copy is being circulated to include information on the Medium-Term Resource Plan. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) again urged more action on providing embedded trainers (OMLTs). SHAPE reported a 45 pe [...]	2008-06-11 17:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO210	NATO: JUNE 9 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (C) Summary: At the Experts, Meeting, the U.S. obtained all of the goals specified in Reference A. These discussions will continue on July 8 with new versions of the discussion papers transformed into shorter proposed NATO agreed papers to be distributed by the International Staff. At the [...]	2008-06-18 13:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCFE PARM PREL NATO
08USNATO213	NATO-GEORGIA NAC JUNE 18: FM TKESHELASHVILI [...] (C) Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili exchanged views with NATO PermReps June 18 on Georgia's democratic transition and its tensions with Russia. She acknowledged that the May 21 Parliamentary elections had not been perfect, but said they had avoided the worst shortcomings that observers had identif [...]	2008-06-19 11:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO GG
08USNATO215	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 18 2008 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- The NAC exchange of views with Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili reported septel, USNATO 00213. -- Farewell to Ambassador Nuland: Secretary General Hoop de Scheffer (SYG) gave an emotional and affectionate tribute to Ambassador Nuland, in this, her last NAC after two tours at NAT [...]	2008-06-20 16:55:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO217	APRIL 16-17 NAC VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 16-17 visit to Ukraine, the North Atlantic Council found a Ukrainian leadership team--President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Rada, as well as the Foreign and Defense Ministers--united on achieving a positive decision on Kyiv's application to join NATO's Memb [...]	2008-06-24 14:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV UP
08USNATO22	PM SANADER DISCUSSES CROATIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Sanader discussed with NATO PermReps on January 16 Croatia's progress in meeting NATO,s performance-based standards. He stressed that all parties in the governing coalition supported joining the Alliance, and that the new government would expand its contribution to ISAF, wo [...]	2008-01-18 06:04:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO PREF PINR HR
08USNATO225	HOW UKRAINIAN, GEORGIAN MAP IS PLAYING AT NATO [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 18:39:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO UP GG
08USNATO236	JUNE 24, 2008 HLTF: ALLIES UNANIMOUS ON CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the June 24 HLTF meeting and meetings on the margins, Allies agreed to continue NATO,s current approach to dealing with the impasse brought on by the Russian Federation,s suspension of implementation of (i.e. compliance with) the CFE Treaty by: -- continuing Allies, unaltere [...]	2008-07-07 07:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS
08USNATO25	D/NIO BRIEFS NATO ALLIES ON STATE OF PLAY IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On 18 January, John Dister, the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for South Asia, briefed NATO PermReps in a Secretary General's (SYG) Coffee format. Mr. Dister's presentation focused on three themes requested by the SYG: Pakistan stability; Pakistan's impact on Afghanistan; a [...]	2008-01-18 16:18:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR NATO PINR PREL PTER PK AF
08USNATO279	GEORGIA REQUESTS FORMAL NATO CONSULTATIONS NEXT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-10 11:44:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO GG
08USNATO281	NATO ALLIES LACK COHESION DURING FIRST MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the August 11 NATO Political Committee meeting on the fighting in Georgia, Allies unanimously deplored the Aug 8-11 developments but differed on how these events should affect NATO's relations with Russia. The Balts and Poland would like to suspend the NATO-Russia Council, but Germa [...]	2008-08-11 18:30:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS
08USNATO287	DEBATE ON RUSSIAN ROLE IN OAE FORESHADOWS DIVIDING [...] (C) Summary: During the August 13 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, the U.S., Poland, the Balts, UK, and Czech Republic, and Canada, giving teeth to the "no business-as-usual" approach to NATO relations with Russia, opposed participation of the Russian ship Ladniy in Operation Active Endeavor ( [...]	2008-08-13 18:39:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO289	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT: AUGUST 13, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary: NATO Foreign Ministerial: Perm Reps welcomed the U.S. proposal to hold a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels August 19 to discuss the implications of events in Georgia for NATO and the NATO-Russia relationship. Other topics were: --Afghanistan: SHAPE reported the IED [...]	2008-08-14 17:43:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO294	TFGG01: TEXT OF THE INITIAL NATO SUPPORT PACKAGE [...] (SBU) The North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting at ministerial level on August 19 approved the following package of measures in response to the ongoing crisis in Georgia. This constitutes an initial reply to Georgia's August 12 formal request for assistance in eight specific areas (reftel). Th [...]	2008-08-19 16:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU
08USNATO30	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 23, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occurred in 40 districts, largely in RC-South and RC-East, and urged nations to provide forces to deal with this reality. SHAPE bri [...]	2008-01-24 17:22:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO31	CORRECTED COPY: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - [...] (C/NF) The purpose of this corrected copy is to add additional addressees. The substance of the cable remains the same. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occu [...]	2008-01-25 08:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO314	RUSSIA THROWS ITS WEIGHT AROUND IN THE EAPC [...] (C) Summary: The EAPCs first meeting after the summer break featured Georgian protests about Russian action and a Russian response made memorable by a claim that, if the Russian response had been proportionate, "Tbilisi would now lie in ruins." Russia announced it has withdrawn from the PfP SOFA. T [...]	2008-09-02 17:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP SP BO SR
08USNATO316	OUTGOING KFOR COMMANDER GIVES SOBERING ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Outgoing Kosovo Force (KFOR) commander Lieutenant General de Marnhac on 3 September told NATO Perm Reps and non-NATO KFOR contributors that KFOR needed adapted guidance from the NAC and that getting working arrangements right between KFOR, the EU Rule of Law Mission in K [...]	2008-09-03 17:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS KV
08USNATO320	AFGHAN MOD WARDAK PUSHES ANA EXPANSION AT NAC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Defense Minister Wardak briefed the NAC with ISAF contributors on September 4 on the current security situation in Afghanistan, the rationale for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) and methods to reduce civilian casualties. He portrayed the security situation as [...]	2008-09-05 16:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF UN
08USNATO321	UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO Allies, partners, EU representatives and the World Bank on September 3 on UNODC's 2008 Afghanistan Opium Survey report. Costa reported that poppy cultivation d [...]	2008-09-05 17:22:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO336	SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 HLTF: ALLIES GRAPPLE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 11 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) and related meetings Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE in the context of Russian actions in Georgia and Russias continued "suspension" of CFE, based largely on the options advanced by the U.S. (ref a). There was general a [...]	2008-09-18 10:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USNATO337	SEPTEMBER 15 2008 VCC AND EXPERTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In the VCC, Experts agreed with the U.S. position that discussion papers should not be tabled in Vienna prior to the AIAM. Papers on Sensitive Points and Concrete Parameters for Specified Areas were dropped, but the Chair will introduce a new paper on the Definition of Defense I [...]	2008-09-18 10:18:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO KCFE PARM
08USNATO341	NATO: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON FUTURE OF CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel briefing to International Staff Arms Control and Coordination Section Head Mike Miggins on 22 September. Miggins mused that the Russians consistently claim to want the limits and "discipline" that the CFE treaty imposes, yet there have been no concrete moves toward [...]	2008-09-23 12:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USNATO348	(C) VISEGRAD, BALTIC ALLIES DESIRE INCREASED NATO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 17:09:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR
08USNATO354	A/S BOUCHER NATO VISIT, 17 SEP 08 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During September 14 meetings at NATO, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told NATO Perm Reps that NATO and the Afghans need to be more effective in holding territory, particularly with strengthened Afghan police, provincial and local governme [...]	2008-10-01 12:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO358	READOUT: OCTOBER 1 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH SERBIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE SUTANOVAC: Reported septel. -- AFGHANISTAN: The Operations brief noted insurgent activities were high despite the Ramadan holidays. MG Li Gobbi, Assistant Director of the Ops Division, briefed on [...]	2008-10-03 11:39:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO36	ALLIES HEAR U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Department and OSD representatives briefed NATO Deputy Permanent Representatives January 24 on U.S. concerns over the proposed international ban on cluster munitions and the effect it could have on NATO interoperability. Richard Kidd of the Political-Military Affairs Bure [...]	2008-01-29 10:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO363	SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS NATO [...] (C) Summary: Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac signed an information security agreement between Serbia and NATO during an October 1 visit to NATO and, in an address to PermReps, he said Serbia will expand its contact with NATO, but criticized the Alliance for taking on the task of r [...]	2008-10-07 15:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL SR KV
08USNATO371	NATO-RUSSIA WAY FOWARD: READOUT OF OCTOBER 14 SPC [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Allies delivered their initial responses to the IS-drafted policy paper "NATO-Russia Relations in the Aftermath of the Georgia Crisis." At its base, the document's language of "targeted conditionality" and "selective engagement" and emphasis on unity pleased most Allies. Fran [...]	2008-10-15 17:13:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO PGOV KCFE RS
08USNATO373	MACEDONIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Macedonia presented its Annual National Program for 2008-2009 to NATO Allies for comment on October 6. Greece was less critical than it could have been, but several Allies admonished Macedonia for portraying Greece, in its ANP summary (signed by PM Gruevski),as the lone hold [...]	2008-10-15 18:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MK
08USNATO381	LITHUANIAN NON-PAPERS ON POSSIBLE U.S. DEFENSE [...] (C) Lithuanian DCM Gediminas Varvuolis called on A/DCM Reid on 14 October to discuss Vilnius' ideas for increased U.S. military investment and cooperation. In addition to raising the Lithuanian MFA's non-paper which had been passed to the United States on the margins of UNGA, he also provided [...]	2008-10-17 15:56:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LH
08USNATO396	ALBANIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, a senior-level Albanian delegation presented Tirana's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO'S Senior Political Committee. The presentation drew praise from Allies. At the same time, several delegations, led by the U.S., raised serious concerns about perceived b [...]	2008-10-24 14:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AL
08USNATO397	CROATIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: On October 16, a senior-level Croatian delegation presented Zagreb's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO Allies. The presentation drew praise from Allies in a warm and friendly meeting. Allies looked forward to Croatia becoming a full member of the Alliance. End Summary. [...]	2008-10-24 14:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR
08USNATO40	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 30, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer said he will write to non-NATO ISAF contributors prior to Vilnius Ministerial to update them on progress in drafting ISAF's Comprehensive Strategic Political Military Guidance. Chairman of the Milit [...]	2008-01-31 16:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO403	USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS [...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Wightman and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on October 27 [...]	2008-10-29 19:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS
08USNATO406	RESULTS FROM 23 OCTOBER 2008 VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) Summary. During the 23 October VCC and Experts Meetings, the IS requested that Allies resubmit their 2009 bids for Vienna Document (VD) 1999 evaluation visits and inspections by 28 October in accordance with newly agreed procedures in the revised draft Implementation Coordination working [...]	2008-10-31 12:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO
08USNATO43	PM BERISHA DISCUSSES ALBANIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha discussed Albania's prospects for being invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit with the NAC on January 30, concluding Albania's ninth MAP cycle. The participation of opposition figures in his delegation, a recent unanimous parliamentary motion of support for NAT [...]	2008-02-06 13:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR PGOV AL
08USNATO436	READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Claudio Bisogniero chaired the NAC and announced that the Secretary General will soon issue a &roadmap8 to the April 2009 Summit for Afghanistan, outlining ways for the Council to have strategic discussions [...]	2008-11-21 13:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF NATO PREL
08USNATO441	VCC/EXPERTS: U.S. TO CONDUCT VD99 EVALUATION VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During the 17 November VCC Experts meeting, USDel secured all primary and secondary objectives for U.S. VD99 verification activities in 2009. Experts debated alternative language for the IS working paper on Implementation Coordination, putting off consideration of three alternat [...]	2008-11-26 18:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO442	NOVEMBER 21 HLTF: ALLIES AGREE TO CFE LANGUAGE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the November 21 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, Allies agreed on CFE language for the upcoming NATO Ministerial communique and how to deploy agreed language at subsequent key dates in December. The text (agreed via silence procedure on November 24) is closely based [...]	2008-11-26 18:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
08USNATO460	READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) said election support was a time critical issue with Afghan elections taking place as early as May 2009. He received NAC approval to task the Military Committee to provide advice on a NATO Election Support Forc [...]	2008-12-11 16:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF NATO PREL
08USNATO463	NATO: FORMATION OF HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY CONTACT [...] (C/NF) The Acting Political Advisor delivered reftel demarche to NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Maurits Jochems on December 12. Jochems welcomed an observer role for NATO in the proposed Contact Group as "excellent work" for the Alliance. He noted that the issue of pi [...]	2008-12-15 14:55:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08USNATO468	ALLIES VOICE CONCERNS OVER LEGAL STATUS OF NTM-I [...] (C) Summary: During the December 17, 2008 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, Allies expressed serious concern about the possibility of a lapse in the authorization and legal protections for the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). They also expressed concerns that the draft law approved b [...]	2008-12-17 18:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ ES RO AS EN UK
08USNATO473	UPDATE ON NATO AIR SURVEILLANCE AND TRAINING [...] (C) In November, the financial crisis in Iceland and the ensuing dispute between Iceland and the UK threw into question NATO air surveillance and training missions in Iceland. The UK was scheduled to fill the December 5 ) 21, 2008 rotation, but after a period of negotiation, the UK ultimatel [...]	2008-12-19 08:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PGOV PREF PREL IC
08USNATO50	SINGAPORE,S EVOLVING COOPERATION WITH NATO, THEIR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Singapore,s DCM in Brussels confirmed Singapore is considering an increased yet modest contribution to ISAF in the summer months of 2008. He has also been asking cautious questions about what opportunities could derive from deeper Singapore-NATO cooperation. He implied inform [...]	2008-02-08 15:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV MARR PREL SN AF
08USNATO78	DAS KRAMER GIVES NATO ALLIES READOUT ON US-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed NATO Allies in Brussels on Assistant Secretary Fried's February 19 meeting with Russian Deputy SIPDIS Foreign Minister and Disarmament Director Antonov regarding the CFE Parallel Actions Package. Kramer reported th [...]	2008-02-27 12:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USNATO79	SUPPORTING USG PROPOSALS FOR CIVIL AVIATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. USNATO delivered reftel points on civil aviation in Afghanistan to NATO Assistant Secretary for Operations Martin Howard on February 26. Howard gave assurances NATO shares U.S. objectives for civil aviation in Afghanistan and said he would instruct NATO representatives who wil [...]	2008-02-27 15:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR NATO PREL AF
08USNATO82	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 27, 2008 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on ISAF flood relief, and Ambassador Nuland urged quick work and additional resources to make flood relief a good news story at Bucharest. SHAPE described excellent cooperation between ISAF and ANSF resulting in a counter-IED s [...]	2008-02-28 14:43:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO93	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 5, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer thanked the NAC for strengthening the Senior Civilian Representative's office and, in later discussion, reiterated his disagreement with a U.S. intelligence report that concluded the Afghan governme [...]	2008-03-11 13:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO96	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 12, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Afghanistan, and urged Allies to support him fully. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) LTG Eik [...]	2008-03-13 12:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USUNNEWYORK526	UN SECURITY CHIEF DISCUSSES SECURITY FOR IOM, UNAMI [...] (SBU) Per ref A demarche, D/Political Counselor met with Under Secretary-General for Safety and Security David Veness June 11 to request UN approval of a plan to provide IOM caseworkers with housing, office space and security coverage by the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. Veness said he had only rec [...]	2008-06-16 15:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF UNSC IZ
08VALLETTA132	MALTA TO PREVENT UK-BASED IRANIAN BANKS FROM [...] (C) In an April 1 meeting with new Maltese Finance Minister Tonio Fenech, Ambassador drew on Ref A points to urge Malta not to allow Iranian banks to use Malta's Euro payment system. Bank Melli had been singled out in UNSCR 1803 as an entity of particular concern, the Ambassador pointed out, a [...]	2008-04-03 15:41:00	Embassy Valletta	SECRET	KNNP EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD MT
08VALLETTA211	MALTESE FIRM REQUESTS GUIDANCE ON BUSINESS [...] (C) As reported reftels, Malta's Financial Services Authority (MFSA) has been quick to recognize the risks that financial transactions with Iranian banks pose to Malta's reputation. In that context, MFSA Director General Andre Camilleri contacted post regarding a Maltese businessman, Mark Ca [...]	2008-05-21 05:27:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN PARM PGOV ETRD MT
08VALLETTA215	MALTA'S RESPONSE TO BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 12:15:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PGOV MT
08VALLETTA216	MALTA: RESPONSE TO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS DEMARCHE [...] DCM conveyed reftel objectives and CV of Dr. Hulebek to Mr. Simon Pullicino at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. John Attard Kingswell, Director of Public Health Regulation Division. 2. Kingswell informed post that he plans to attend the Codex Alimentarius meeting in June. He said th [...]	2008-05-23 14:18:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO MT
08VALLETTA227	MALTA: FOREIGN MINISTER PUNTS ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a May 30 meeting, Ambassador asked new Minister of Foreign Affairs Tonio Borg for an update regarding GoM recognition of Kosovo. The Ambassador reminded the FM that he had earlier (Ref A) told us Malta could recognize Kosovo only after the FM had had a chance to brief Parliament,s Eur [...]	2008-06-02 14:29:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK MT
08VALLETTA228	MALTA'S REACTION TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed key Maltese military and civilian officials about GMP. The Maltese expressed enthusiasm about the concept. Several GMP-related areas of cooperation already exist, and the Maltese were eager to explore further areas. Malta,s Foreign Minister said that at an [...]	2008-06-02 14:31:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MAS MCAP
08VALLETTA270	MALTA: LATEST ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) In a July 1 working unch with Foreign Minister Tonio Borg and the mebers of the Maltese Parliament's European and Foeign Affairs Committee, Ambassador Bordonaro drew n Ref A talking points to urge that Malta recognze Kosovo at the earliest opportunity. 2. (C) M Borg responded that Kosov [...]	2008-07-03 13:12:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KPKO MT
08VALLETTA273	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRISL SHIPMENTS [...] (C) On July 2 Ambassador and DCM met with Minister of Finance Tonio Fenech and his chief of staff Alan Caruana to convey the IRISL-related points contained reftel. Ambassador emphasized that all UN member states had a responsibility under UNSCR 1803 to exercise vigilance over IRISL cargoes tr [...]	2008-07-08 14:09:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER ETTC UNSC MT PREL
08VALLETTA294	MALTA'S FM: KOSOVO RECOGNITION BY END OF JULY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 14:31:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK KPKO MT
08VALLETTA303	MALTA INVESTIGATES TRAFFICKING CLAIMS AMONG [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, DCM and PolOff met with a GOM interagency group on trafficking to discuss reports from representatives of NGOs based in Malta that four Nigerian women being trafficked to Italy had ended up in a Maltese detention centers after being rescued at sea. After an animated [...]	2008-07-21 13:19:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MT
08VALLETTA304	MALTESE FIRM REPORTS BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH IRAN [...] (C) As reported reftel, Mark Camilleri, a Maltese businessman who represents private business interests based in Iran, met with Embassy officials as part of his due diligence in concluding a deal with the Iranian entity "Iranian Investment Company" (IIC). Subsequent to this conversation, Cami [...]	2008-07-21 13:19:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	FIN KTFN PTER ETTC UNSC MT PREL
08VALLETTA314	MALTA'S FM: KOSOVO RECOGNITION ON AUGUST 15 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 14:56:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MT
08VALLETTA339	MALTA SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 10:47:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MT
08VALLETTA354	MALTA SUPPORTIVE OF NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 11:01:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC MT
08VALLETTA420	MALTA STUDYING USG REQUEST TO TAKE ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On October 2, Ambassador and DCM met with Minister of Finance Tonio Fenech and MinFin Head of Secretariat Alan Caruana to deliver reftel demarche. Emphasizing that action would be consistent with UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803, the Ambassador told the Finance Minister that the U.S. was urging [...]	2008-10-03 14:28:00	Embassy Valletta	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL MT IR
08VALLETTA517	MALTA AGREES TO DENY REQUESTS BY IRANIAN BANKS TO [...] (U) On December 11, DCM called on MinFin Head of Secretariat Alan Caruana to get the GoM's formal response to Ref A demarche, which asked that Malta agree to adopt "at least one" of several proposed "preventative measures to address the specific risks posed by Iran." 2. (C) The text of the [...]	2008-12-11 15:28:00	Embassy Valletta	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP MT IR
08VALLETTA89	MALTA: FINANCE MINISTRY CONCERNED AT ATTEMPTS BY [...] (S) Alan Caruana, Head of Secretariat at the Maltese Ministry of Finance, contacted DCM late March 5 to express concern at attempts by two Iranian banks, which he thought had branches in London and Germany, to "use Malta's payment system, via London." These were banks that did not have a branc [...]	2008-03-06 13:33:00	Embassy Valletta	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL MT
08VATICAN1	HOLY SEE-ISRAEL: NO PROGRESS ON FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Holy See officials report that the December 12-13 talks with Israel did not result in any further progress towards the conclusion of agreements on taxation of Church property in Israel and other outstanding bilateral issues. Some Church officials characterized the meeting as a [...]	2008-01-04 10:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
08VATICAN10	HOLY SEE: SECRETARY OF STATE BERTONE DISCUSSES CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See Secretary of State Bertone previewed his February trip to Cuba with Ambassador, and also discussed Israel and the Pope's spring visit to the United States. Bertone hopes to see Fidel and Raul Castro, to deliver a speech at a Cuban university, to inaugurate a monument to Po [...]	2008-01-10 13:37:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI OVIP CU IS VT
08VATICAN2	HOLY SEE AND ANNAPOLIS: VATICAN HOPES TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) During a December 21 meeting with DCM and poloff, Monsignor Franco Coppola, Holy See director for the Middle East, expressed the Holy See's appreciation at being invited to participate in the post-Annapolis December 17 donors' meeting in Paris. The Holy See was represented by its Nuncio i [...]	2008-01-04 11:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS VT
08VATICAN29	HOLY SEE RECEIVES CUBA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 09:52:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU VT
08VATICAN31	HOLY SEE SECRETARY OF STATE TALKS ABOUT CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Cardinal Bertone told the Ambassador that Raul Castro is a practical man, and asked the US to consider dropping sanctions against Cuba to encourage change at this crucial political time on the island. The Ambassador underlined the need for the Cuban government to free political [...]	2008-03-07 13:30:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KIRF CU VT
08VATICAN32	HUMAN RIGHTS AT CENTER OF HOLY SEE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: The belief that all people are created by God with equal dignity and worth is at the core of the Holy See's promotion of human rights. The Holy See's human rights foreign policy aims to assure that the inherent dignity of the human person is guaranteed by law. The UN and other [...]	2008-03-26 10:07:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF VT
08VATICAN34	CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador Glendon delivered reftel demarche -- regarding the recent trip to Cuba of the Holy See's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, and his reference to Raul Castro's comments on the five Cuban spies imprisoned in the US -- to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecr [...]	2008-04-03 14:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KJUS CU VT
08VATICAN38	HOLY SEE HAS RECOGNIZED KOSOVO "DE FACTO", SAYS VATICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Holy See is not ready to formally recognize Kosovo but will continue to promote dialogue in a way that implicitly acknowledges and respects Kosovo's de facto independence. The Holy See's diplomatic objectives are to balance relations with Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Churc [...]	2008-04-30 10:15:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KIRF KJUS UN UNMIK YI EU VT
08VATICAN44	CATHOLIC-MUSLIM FORUM TO MEET IN NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See will host in November the first meeting of the Catholic-Muslim Forum established in response to the dialogue proposal included in the October 13, 2007 "A Common Word" letter from Muslim scholars to the Pope and other Christian leaders. An original signatory of the [...]	2008-06-18 14:05:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08VATICAN52	HOLY SEE VIEWS ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is cautiously optimistic about the possibilities for opening new spaces for the Catholic Church in Belarus, following the June 18 to 22 visit to the country by Cardinal Bertone, the Holy See's Secretary of State. The Holy See values the recognition of Catholicism in [...]	2008-07-18 13:34:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF BO VT
08VATICAN55	HOLY SEE ON TARIQ AZIZ [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See has expressed verbally and in writing its wishes that Tariq Aziz, who as Saddam Hussein's Deputy Prime Minister was the highest ranking Christian in the Iraqi government, be tried fairly. The Holy See opposes the death penalty in Iraq, and would appreciate Aziz be giv [...]	2008-07-23 14:30:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IZ VT
08VATICAN58	LEVINSON CASE UPDATE [...] (SBU) As reported in ref. A, Monsignor Franco Coppola, Director for the Middle East at the Holy See Secretariat of State, informed A/DCM on July 4 that the Holy See Nuncio in Teheran, Archbishop Jean Paul Gobel, has sent a diplomatic note to the Government of Iran requesting a meeting to discus [...]	2008-07-30 14:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KJUS PREL PHUM PTER KIRF IR VT
08VATICAN60	IRAQI AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON MALIKI'S MEETING WITH THE POPE [...] (C) Summary: During his recent meeting with the Pope and with Holy See Secretary of State Bertone, Maliki both recognized the need and committed to protect and assist Christians in Iraq. The Pope also asked Maliki to assist Iraqi refugees and internally displaced persons. In a separate meeting [...]	2008-08-04 13:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KIRF IZ VT
08VATICAN61	HOLY SEE ON MADRID INTER-RELIGIOUS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the Holy See, the most important aspect of the July 16 to 18 Madrid inter-religious conference (reftel A) is the fact that the Saudi King was firmly behind it. The Madrid conference was disappointing in its failure to address religious freedom and, to a lesser extent, to set u [...]	2008-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SA SP VT
08VATICAN66	DEMARCHE DELIVERED, UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] DCM delivered reftel demarche on US human rights priorities for the Third Committee meetings of the 2008 UN General Assembly to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, on September 9. 2. Additionally, Pol Chief discussed reftel points with Monsignor Christophe El [...]	2008-09-12 14:50:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF UN VT
08VATICAN67	BELIEVERS, NOT RELIGIONS, HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Believers, not religions, have human rights, according to the Holy See's point person on human rights. The Holy See opposes the Defamation of Religions resolution and is skeptical about a UN special session on religion. End summary. 2. (U) Pol Chief met on September 11 with [...]	2008-09-17 08:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08VATICAN68	VATICAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS GEORGIA CRISIS, RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, Vice Presidential Advisor Joseph Wood, accompanied by the DCM , held separate meetings with two senior Vatican officials to seek views from the Holy See on the situation between Russia and Georgia. Vatican officials raised humanitarian issues as the primary conc [...]	2008-09-19 13:56:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF GG RS UP IR KZ VT
08VATICAN77	HOLY SEE ON SAUDI PROPOSAL FOR UNGA INTERFAITH HIGH LEVEL [...] (S) Summary: The Vatican and the Saudi government apparently have reached agreement on revisions to the Madrid Declaration, the ostensible outcome document for the first round of their inter-religious dialogue. This could pave the way for Vatican concurrence to a high-level discussion at the [...]	2008-10-15 14:59:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA KISL KIRF SA VT
08VATICAN91	(C) NEA DAS DAVID HALE DISCUSSES LEBANON WITH THE VATICAN [...] (C) The Holy See shares the USG goal of a peaceful, free and sovereign Lebanon. The Vatican advocates a cautious approach that focuses on consensus and restraint to achieve this goal. The Vatican's point person for Lebanon urged the U.S. and the West to support March 14, but to discourage "unr [...]	2008-12-05 18:52:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF LE VT
08VIENNA1007	AUSTRIA ON THE UNSC: POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary: If Austria is successful in its bid for a 2009-10 rotating UNSC seat, its positions on most urgent Security Council issues would reflect the EU consensus, MFA contacts convincingly tell us. On Iran, however, successive Austrian governments have shown a deep-seated philosophical b [...]	2008-07-16 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC PARM PINR KNNP ENRG MNUC
08VIENNA1057	AUSTRIAN MFA ON RELATIONS WITH SYRIA: "CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Austria acknowledges the problems of dealing with Syria and the lack of concrete progress in the European dialogue with Damascus thus far. Nonetheless, Vienna sees multiple potential dangers to the broader Middle East should Syria be isolated. Austria does and will continue to m [...]	2008-07-25 14:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EUN AU
08VIENNA1058	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL AND IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Austrian FM Plassnik and State Secretary Winkler told U/S Burns in Vienna July 18 that they were encouraged that Burns would attend the July 19 meeting in Geneva with Javier Solana, other members of the P-5 1, and Iran. They also said they were pleased by press reports indicating [...]	2008-07-25 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETTC PARM PINR KNNP PHUM IR AU
08VIENNA1059	AUSTRIA: CYBERCRIME CONVENTION RATIFICATION; [...] (U) Summary. Austrian plans to seek ratification of the Cybercrime Convention in the second half of 2008 have been delayed by the collapse of the government and call for early election. Ratification is now likely in the first half of 2009. Austria would welcome bilateral consultations on th [...]	2008-07-25 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL AU
08VIENNA1095	AUSTRIANS PROMOTE JOINT STATEMENT OF CONCERN AT [...] (C) Pushed by long-standing principle and short-term political calculations, Austria, with Norwegian support, is seeking support from "like-minded" states to agree to a statement of concerns about the terms of the IAEA Safeguards Agreement to be approved August 1. The Austrians do not believe [...]	2008-07-31 14:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP AU
08VIENNA1259	AUSTRIA UNLIKELY TO CANCEL SOUTH STREAM PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Austrian government representatives admit the timing is poor but appear unlikely to cancel or postpone official talks in Moscow next week on participation in the South Stream gas pipeline. Only the addition of significant pressure from EU partners is likely to move the GOA from i [...]	2008-09-02 15:57:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG AU RU GG
08VIENNA1400	GC VOTE ON MESA SEAT AT IAEA BOG; AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 13:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUC AU
08VIENNA1414	TREASURY U-S LEVEY TALKS IRAN WITH AUSTRIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 10, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey met Austrian financial regulators and representatives of the Raiffeisen and Bank Austria-Creditanstalt groups to warn of the continued risks of doing business with Iranian entities. Austrian regulators were receptive but quest [...]	2008-09-24 14:46:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1643	IRAN/AUSTRIA: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador Girard-diCarlo, accompanied by DCM, delivered Ref A demarche on November 4 to Ministry of Finance State Secretary Christoph Matznetter, and on November 5 to MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle. The demarche captured our interlocutors, attention. Matznetter committed [...]	2008-11-06 16:58:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN KNNP PARM PREL AU
08VIENNA1646	"ELECTION 2008" PROGRAMS DIVERTED ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE [...] (U) Summary: The 2008 presidential election proved to be an excellent and sustained opportunity for PAS Vienna to reach and influence audiences across Austria. Recognizing keen interest in this year's historic election, post utilized the full range of public diplomacy vehicles - speakers, vid [...]	2008-11-07 14:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AGS KPAO IIP ECA AU
08VIENNA1663	GOA DENIES RANSOM PAID FOR HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (U) Summary: Top GOA officials have denied media speculation that Austria had paid up to 5 million euros for the release of two hostages held by an al Qaeda affiliate in Mali since February 2008. According to some reports, a charity fund run by a son of Libyan leader Gaddafi paid the ransom. [...]	2008-11-13 13:15:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AU
08VIENNA170	SUPPORT LEBANON: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting on the margins of a previously-scheduled February 4 luncheon at the DCM Residence. Mayr-Harting had no immediate response on most elements of the USG approach. In the context of FonMin Plassnik's ongoi [...]	2008-02-04 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LE SY AU

08VIENNA1717	IRAN/FATF: FOLLOW-UP WITH GOA AND RAIFFEISEN BANK [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy followed up again with GOA and Raiffeisen officials to press for strong implementation of FATF Iran recommendations. GOA reps say Austria already implements virtually all of the measures in Ref A demarche. Raiffeisen gave us recent data they believe support their asse [...]	2008-11-24 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	ECON EFIN IR AU
08VIENNA1796	FRENCH CONSIDERING RENEWED APPROACH TO AUSTRIA ON [...] (C) Summary. Incoming French Embassy DCM reported Dec. 5 that France is considering a joint approach together with the UK, Germany, and perhaps the U.S., to Austria on several aspects of Austrian-Iranian relations: possible gas activities, to include the Nabucco pipeline, lack of support for [...]	2008-12-05 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR FR AU
08VIENNA1844	OMV says TGI, Not Turkey, Is Chief Worry For [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The head of OMV's gas business, Werner Auli, told us December 11 that TGI, not Turkey, has become the main obstacle to moving ahead with the Nabucco gas pipeline. Expressing confidence that a deal with Turkey would be forthcoming, Auli fretted that "if Azerbaijan sells its gas [...]	2008-12-16 08:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PREL AU RU IR TU IT
08VIENNA1893	AUSTRIA: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, Econ/Pol Counselor, DATT and Polchief discussed reftel demarche with GOA officials across the government, as well as with the German Ambassador to Austria during a series of meetings December 17 to 23. Austrian officials said the MFA and Defense Ministry would rev [...]	2008-12-24 12:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
08VIENNA216	AUSTRIA: INPUT FOR REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 11:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD
08VIENNA518	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY WITH OMV AND [...] (C) During a March 27 meeting with U/S Jeffery, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer pointed to Turkey as the critical piece for the Nabucco pipeline's success. Ruttenstorfer hopes that Turkey will sign an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA),which EU Nabucco Coordinator is negotiating, by September [...]	2008-04-15 08:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EPET SENV PGOV AU
08VIENNA752	SARKOZY IN VIENNA: IRAN, SYRIA, ENERGY, AND [...] (C) Summary. French President Sarkozy made little progress in efforts to persuade Austria to accept autonomous EU sanctions on Iran; was briefed on Austrian plans for their June 23 conference on reconstruction of a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, discussed European energy strategy in gene [...]	2008-06-02 14:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU
08VIENNA87	FRENCH EMBASSY ON EU-3 SANCTIONS INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. According to the French Embassy in Vienna, the EU-3 expect some progress on adding names of Iranian entities and individuals to existing sanctions lists. The French willl enlist German help in persuading the Austrians to accept the addition of Bank Melli to the existing sanction [...]	2008-01-18 15:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP EU AU
08VIENTIANE116	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HAGUE ADOPTION CONVENTION [...] The DCM called on MFA's Acting Director General for International Organizations Saleumxay Kommasith on February 14 regarding the Hague Adoption Convention. She informed Mr. Saleumxay that the U.S. has become a party to the convention and is encouraging the government of Laos (GOL) to consider [...]	2008-02-19 00:29:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KOCI CASC PREL LA
08VIENTIANE143	SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 03:14:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM LA PBTS PREL SO
08VIENTIANE228	MFA'S YONG DISCUSSES GOL EFFORTS TO END HMONG [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 conversation with Poloff, MFA spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy, who oversees Hmong returnee issues within the GOL, discussed the remaining Hmong insurgent groups within Laos. He predicted that situation of the final two groups would be resolved within months, noting [...]	2008-04-11 07:00:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV LA TH
08VIENTIANE265	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: BURMA REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In response to delivery of Reftel demarche, a MFA official said that the GOL sees the referendum process in Burma as an internal affair, adding that the GOL hopes that the referendum and new constitution are successful. Asked whether the GOL has encouraged a more transparent p [...]	2008-05-05 10:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LA BM
08VIENTIANE272	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: According to an MFA official who traveled to Rangoon on May 7 with the Lao Vice Foreign Minister, Burmese officials expressed appreciation for Lao material assistance ($20,000 and three tons of food) and said that they would welcome more, but declined the GOL's offer to send an [...]	2008-05-09 10:25:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL BM LA
08VIENTIANE291	LAO GOVERNMENT ALLOWS BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Reversing a 33-year-old policy, Lao officials notified the Embassy on May 19 that they would grant blanket overflight clearances for U.S. planes providing humanitarian support for Burma. This is another in a series of positive developments in U.S.-Lao military-to-military ties [...]	2008-05-21 09:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL EAID PGOV LA US BM
08VIENTIANE355	837 HMONG RETURN FROM THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 22, Thai authorities repatriated to Laos 837 ethnic Hmong who had been residing at the Petchaboun camp. According to Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, they are currently in a temporary processing facility and most will soon be resettled in their home villages. [...]	2008-06-23 11:17:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM LA TH
08VIENTIANE385	DEMARCHE TO LAOS: SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM delivered reftel demarche on July 2. In response, an official at the foreign ministry's Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Department noted that many of the principles set forth in the demarche were consistent with the conclusions of the UN-ASEAN-Burmese T [...]	2008-07-07 09:11:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BM EAID LA PREL
08VIENTIANE508	LAOS DEMARCHE: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) Embassy Vientiane approached the French and German missions September 11 regarding reftel. Neither was aware of the Serbian proposal nor had they received any instructions to approach the Government of Laos (GOL) on the issue. On September 12 Econoff spoke with Deputy Director General of [...]	2008-09-12 06:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KVIR UN LA
08VIENTIANE578	LAO GOVERNMENT INFORMED OF DEPLETED URANIUM [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Embassy Vientiane on October 23 spoke with Mr. Thammavong Phiphatsely to request he encourage his friend, the purported owner of the depleted uranium aircraft counterweight notified in ref. A and identified in ref. B, to turn th [...]	2008-10-27 09:54:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC ASEC ENRG KCRM PARM TRGY LA
08VIENTIANE611	LAO MINIMALIST RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Kham-Inh Khitchadeth. He acknowledged the longstanding problems presented by Burma but pointed out that the "ASEAN approach" to dealing with problems -- including the principle of non-interference -- [...]	2008-11-21 00:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	BM LA PGOV PHUM PREL
08VIENTIANE671	LAOS: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] General Assessment Since 2002, the Government of Laos has consistently denounced international terrorism and expressed a willingness to cooperate with the international community on counterterrorism. While there are domestic opposition elements that have in the past employed terrorist tacti [...]	2008-12-29 10:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC LA
08VIENTIANE68	CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN SOUTHERN LAOS ABATING [...] (U) Summary: The cholera outbreak in southern Laos that began in mid-December (reftel) appears to be abating. The director of the World Heath Organization's (WHO) office in Laos expressed appreciation for USG interest in assisting but said that no additional resources are necessary at this [...]	2008-01-30 07:18:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS SOCI PREL AMED EAID LA
08VIENTIANE83	SECOND U.S.-LAO COMPREHENSIVE BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The second U.S.-Lao Comprehensive Bilateral Dialogue (CBD),led by Department of State East Asia and Pacific Bureau (EAP) Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Scot Marciel on January 25, highlighted the slowly maturing relationship between Laos and the United States. Unlike the pr [...]	2008-02-06 06:48:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KHDP MARR MASS MOPS OTRA PGOV PHUM
08VILNIUS1040	LITHUANIAN ACTIVITY TOWARD CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 06:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU LH
08VILNIUS1046	LITHUANIA WILL CONSIDER FUNDING SPECIAL TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 11:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC EUN LE LH
08VILNIUS1047	YUSHCHENKO VISITS LITHUANIA, REBUFFED ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: President Adamkus and Ukrainian President Yushchenko met December 9 in Vilnius to sign a "roadmap" for the Joint Declaration of Strategic Partnership, previously announced in May. They also discussed Ukraine's membership in the new EU Eastern Partnership initiative, and the NATO- [...]	2008-12-18 15:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG UP LH
08VILNIUS193	JUDGE ORDERS CONTINUANCE IN KIM CASE, TRIAL TO BE [...] (C) After opening formalities, Andrey Kim's trial for an alleged assault against a police officer during a January entrepreneurs' demonstration was halted April 1. The presiding judge ordered both a continuance in the case and the joining of this trial with another trial of Kim and numerous [...]	2008-04-03 10:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR BO LH
08VILNIUS220	ONE MORE BELARUSIAN OPPOSITION LIST FOR PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met April 9 with opposition politician Sergey Skrebets. Skrebets, who formerly served as counsel to political prisoner and former presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, thanked the Charge for the Embassy's work to gain Kozulin's freedom. He told Charge of a draft le [...]	2008-04-10 09:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS222	OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST RECEIVES FINE [...] (SBU) Polotsk City Court fined 19-year-old Malady Front activist Yekaterina Solovyova BYR 1,750,000 (USD 814) April 8 for violating Article 193 of the Criminal Code of Belarus -- Activity on Behalf of an Unregistered Organization. Her sentence was significantly less than the BYR 7,000,000 (US [...]	2008-04-10 11:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR OFDP BO
08VILNIUS227	KOZULINAS DESCRIBE PRESSURE ON PRISONER FATHER [...] (SBU) Charge and A/DCM met April 10 with Olga and Yuliya Kozulina, the daughters of former presidential candidate and political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin. The Charge briefly informed the Kozulinas that the Embassy was under increasing pressure from the Belarusian authorities but that both Be [...]	2008-04-11 10:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS236	FORMER POLITICAL PRISONER KLIMOV TO VISIT U.S. [...] (SBU) Charge, A/DCM and A/Pol/Econ Chief met April 14 with former political prisoner Andrey Klimov. Klimov -- released from his third long-term sentence as a prisoner of conscience in February, and known for being somewhat eccentric -- described for Charge and Emboffs how the stress of his de [...]	2008-04-15 11:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS259	NO ROOM IN MINSK FOR UCP CONGRESS? [...] (SBU) After receiving refusals from 22 sites as well as from the Minsk Municipal Executive Committee, the United Civic Party (UCP) held an emergency session of its Political Council April 17 and voted to hold its 11th Party Congress at the Minsk headquarters of the Belarusian Popular Front (BP [...]	2008-04-18 14:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS279	SERGEY PARSYUKEVICH: THIRD POLITICAL PRISONER [...] (SBU) Minsk's Moskovskiy District Court sentenced entrepreneur activist Sergey Parsyukevich to two and a half years' imprisonment and about USD 500 in damages for allegedly striking a prison guard while incarcerated for participation in a peaceful demonstration. The harsh sentence -- which som [...]	2008-04-24 10:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS294	SPECIAL 301 REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED - BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 13:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR BO
08VILNIUS309	1,200 MARCH TO MARK CHERNOBYL DISASTER [...] (SBU) About twelve hundred peaceful demonstrators attended the opposition's annual Chernobyl March April 28, which followed a state-approved route from the Academy of Sciences past Minsk's Bangalore Square to a small church dedicated to victims of the Chernobyl tragedy 22 years ago. In spite [...]	2008-04-30 08:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS313	REGIME PNG'S TEN U.S. DIPLOMATS [...] (SBU) When Charge delivered Washington's refusal to submit to diplomatic staff cuts demanded by Belarus (refs A, B),MFA Americas Department Chief Vadim Lazerko delivered him with a list of ten U.S. diplomats declared "persona non grata" and ordered to depart the country by 1500 local time May [...]	2008-05-02 04:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CASC OFDP BO
08VILNIUS341	U.S. EMBASSY MINSK -- THE POWER OF ONE [...] (SBU) On April 30, together with nine colleagues, I was declared "persona non grata" and given seventy-two hours to depart Belarus (reftel). The days since my departure have afforded me an opportunity to reflect on my tour and on some policy and management decisions that proved critical to o [...]	2008-05-09 09:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT PGOV PHUM PREL BO
08VILNIUS365	BELARUS: POLL POINTS OPPOSITION TOWARD BREAD AND [...] (C) An April 2008 poll commissioned by the USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) demonstrated that the Belarusian public remains concerned about socio-economic issues like cuts in state benefits. Following a presentation on these data, the Presidium of the United Democratic [...]	2008-05-16 07:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM BO
08VILNIUS477	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WASHINGTON MEETINGS WITH PM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Cloud met June 18 with Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas to discuss his July 2 meetings with the Vice President and other senior officials in Washington. Kirkilas said there is no decision yet on extending Lithuanian troops in Iraq past July; said Lithuan [...]	2008-06-18 13:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR ENRG SCUL PHUM XH IZ AF LH
08VILNIUS708	RUSSIA, GEORGIA, GERMANY, LITHUANIA AND THE EU: [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador told the GOL August 27 that it would pay a price, including being subject to "not ordinary measures," for its outspoken support for Georgia, according to Lithuanian MFA U/S Zygimantas Pavilionis. He also reported that FRG Chancellor Merkel, in her visit to [...]	2008-08-27 15:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG RU LH
08VILNIUS735	SNIPISKES CEMETERY UPDATE: GPR STUDY RESULTS AND [...] (U) Arieh Klein, Israeli geotechnical consultant, and Amit Ronen, representative of the Israeli firm Geotech, presented the results of their Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) study to the GOL's Geological Service on September 3. The study revealed dozens of "anomalies" in the ground that are co [...]	2008-09-05 15:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PREL LH
08VILNIUS757	LITHUANIA WILL CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO ISAF OPLAN ON [...] (C) MoND Undersecretary Andrius Krivas told Post September 11 that the Lithuanians are still considering their position on authorizing ISAF to participate in drug interdiction activity in Afghanistan (reftel). He did speculate however that if they agree to it, Lithuanian SOF operating in the [...]	2008-09-12 06:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR NATO AF LH
08VILNIUS759	IRAQ COALITION CHANGES: LITHUANIAN MNF-I AND NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IZ LH
08VILNIUS761	GAERC: LITHUANIA SUPPORTS ESDP ACCESS TO ALL OF [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post September 11 that GOL FM Petras Vaitiekunas will speak at the September 15-16 GAERC mainly on Georgia and Belarus. Navikas said Vaitiekunas favors conclusion language calling for Russia to decrease forces in Georgia to [...]	2008-09-12 12:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN XG GG BO LH
08VILNIUS780	LITHUANIANS WILL CONSIDER MORE TRAINERS FOR NTM-I [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 11:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR NATO IZ LH
08VILNIUS830	LITHUANIA"S PROSECUTOR DROPS CASE AGAINST YITZHAK [...] (U) On September 25, the Prosecutor's office issued a statement noting that, in the investigation into the "Vilnius" partisan squad's activities during World War II, the part of the investigation dealing with Yitzhak Arad's involvement, was closed due to a lack of evidence on September 19. T [...]	2008-10-07 08:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS843	GAERC: LITHUANIA WORRIED DRAFT LANGUAGE NOT STRONG [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post October 8 that Lithuania is concerned that current GAERC draft language "welcoming the progress of withdrawal" by the Russians in Georgia implies Russia is close to completing the commitments it made August 12 and Septe [...]	2008-10-09 09:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PHUM GG BO UZ ZI LH
08VILNIUS940	BELARUS: STATUS OF EMBASSY OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) All but four of Embassy Minsk's 35 State and other agency Americans departed post in two phases -- March 27 and May 3, 2008 -- as a result of demands by the GOB, lashing out in response to expanded USG economic sanctions. One of our highest priorities is maintaining the employment of ou [...]	2008-11-04 10:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08VILNIUS951	BELARUS: PROSPECTS FOR REGIME APPROVAL OF INCREASE [...] (U) This message builds on ref A, which provides a report on the current status of operations at Embassy Minsk. 2. (C) Post anticipates that Lukashenka -- who is under increasing economic pressure and is now seeking a USD 2 billion loan for the IMF as reported ref B -- may soon make some [...]	2008-11-06 10:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT APER CMGT PREL ABUD BO
08VILNIUS956	GAERC: LITHUANIA WILL NOT JOIN CONSENSUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 15:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS XG LH
08VILNIUS957	(C) LITHUANIA WANTS NATO CONSENSUS ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius discussed with Post November 5 Lithuanian views on both the Medvedev Proposals and the recent Russian announcement of plans to deploy the short-range "Iskander" missile system in neighboring Kaliningrad. Le [...]	2008-11-06 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO XG LH
08VILNIUS958	(U) PARLIAMENT REJECTS LAW TO EQUATE NAZI AND [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania,s outgoing parliament on November 6 failed to outlaw praise or denial of Soviet aggression against Lithuania, but backers of the measure expect to try again next year. They said their bill was the first step in an effort to have the European Union legally equate the Sovi [...]	2008-11-06 15:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	LH PGOV PREL EUN
08VILNIUS994	LITHUANIA DOUBTFUL ON PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTION THIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 12:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IBRD IMF PK LH
08VILNIUS995	RUSSIAN LOBBYING LITHUANIA FOR MEDVEDEV PROPOSALS [...] (C) MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius told Post November 21 that the Russians are not lobbying the Lithuanians in Vilnius for the Medvedev proposals (ref). He said it would be a waste of time looking for support from the Lithuanians and the Rus [...]	2008-11-26 12:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN NATO RU LH
08WARSAW102	POLAND: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) In accordance with ref A, poloff engaged Polish diplomats, Juliusz Gojlo, Iraq Desk, and Piotr Erenfeicht, NATO Operations Action Officer, on the future of Polish engagement in Iraq, its legal basis and the possibility of a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Polish government has declared [...]	2008-01-24 16:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL
08WARSAW1039	POLES SUPPORT AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (C) Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski thanked DCM September 4 for reftel information about plans to increase the capabilities of the Afghan National Army, and expressed support for the effort. Komorowski reminded that Poland has been seeking to join the Joint Coordination Board. [...]	2008-09-05 07:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF PL
08WARSAW1053	BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...]	2008-09-09 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1060	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV OPEN TO MD CONFIDENCE-BUILDING [...] (C) The fact alone that FM Lavrov followed through on a planned visit to Warsaw September 11 spoke volumes about Russia's and Poland's ability to talk to each other despite major differences over Missile Defense (MD) and the Caucasus. The respectful atmospherics were as important as the visi [...]	2008-09-12 11:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG PL
08WARSAW1074	BELARUS/POLAND - MFA CONTINUES TO LOBBY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish MFA officials told us that Belarusian FM Martynov took a "soft, friendly" tone in his September 12 meeting with FM Sikorski. They attributed the meeting's success -- and Belarus' apparent warming to the West -- as a reaction to Russian actions in Georgia and a growing Bel [...]	2008-09-16 12:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW108	POLISH MFA'S RUSSIA EXPERT SEES CHANGE IN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's newly-appointed Eastern Policy Director, Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, described the atmosphere during FM Radek Sikorski's recent visit to Russia as warm, but doubted it reflected any fundamental change in Russian outlooks. He said the Russians now say publicly that they acknow [...]	2008-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
08WARSAW1086	NO TO IRAN DEAL FOR NOW; BUT WHAT NEXT ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) EEB DAS Doug Hengel met the week of September 8 with government officials and leadership of the state-controlled oil and gas company (PGNiG) and was assured that no energy deal with Iran was imminent. All agreed on the importance of ensuring that Iran did not develop nuclear weapons and [...]	2008-09-18 11:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL PL
08WARSAW1093	THE END OF A SUCCESSFUL IRAQ MISSION: EVALUATING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 15, Poland will bring to a close her five-year mission in Iraq. On balance, the Polish military presence in Iraq must be seen as a success. The deployment dates from the earliest days of the coalition in 2003; it survived two changes in government in Warsaw; and the [...]	2008-09-19 10:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW1099	POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 05:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL
08WARSAW1112	POLES AGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 05:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1138	GOP TO PUT FORWARD DRAFT PRIVATE PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish Treasury Vice Minister Krzysztof Laszkiewicz told visiting Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy September 12 that draft legislation on compensation for WWII and Communist-era confiscations is ready to be introduced to the Sejm (the lower house [...]	2008-09-29 11:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PL
08WARSAW1173	POLES DEEPEN AFGHANISTAN ENGAGEMENT DESPITE PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 1, Poland will increase its military presence and take on new responsibilities in Afghanistan. Polish forces will consolidate control over military operations in Ghazni province, and a Polish civilian contingent will replace its U.S. PRT counterpart over the course [...]	2008-10-07 06:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PL MAPP
08WARSAW1175	POLAND TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) Poland will abstain on Serbia's UNGA resolution to refer a question on the legality of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ),according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. In response to reftel demarche, Sobkow, who is responsible for EU foreign policy an [...]	2008-10-07 10:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV PL
08WARSAW1176	RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (SBU) DCM and Legatt delivered reftel demarche to Lukasz Redziniak, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) October 3. 2. (SBU) DCM took the opportunity to raise our disappointment in the outcome of a Polish court case involving Randy Craig Levine, who allegedly committed [...]	2008-10-07 12:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE EI GR
08WARSAW1188	GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 13 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us October 9 that while Belarusian elections were flawed and there has been no significant improvement in terms of democracy and human rights, Poland will support a temporary suspension of the travel ban. The ban should be lifted, [...]	2008-10-10 06:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO GC RS UZ ZI PL
08WARSAW1236	EXPERTS LEVEL ECONOMIC/COMMERCIAL DIALOGUE(ECD) CONTINUES [...] Commerce/ITA DAS for Europe Paul Dyck held a series of meetings Oct. 1-2 in Warsaw with U.S. industry and the Ministry of Economy as a part of continuing our Bilateral Economic and Commercial Dialogue (ECD) with the Polish government. He was accompanied by Commerce/ITA Director for European Cou [...]	2008-10-23 13:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP PL
08WARSAW1285	POLISH VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, Poland will oppose the unconditional resumption of negotiations on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia, but will take a "careful" approach at the November 10-11 EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GAERC). B [...]	2008-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN GA RS BK AF SY IZ PL
08WARSAW1346	USEU AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG DISCUSSES RUSSIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish officials told USEU Ambassador Kristen Silverberg that Poland reluctantly agreed to support resumption of negotiations on the EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement after the French Presidency made clear no consensus was needed to move forward. The decision not to [...]	2008-11-25 15:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG SENV KGHG ECON EAGR EUN
08WARSAW1350	POLAND: PRESIDENT'S SECURITY ADVISOR HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 26 meeting with DCM, Wladyslaw Stasiak, the Head of the Polish President's National Security Bureau, highlighted the Presidential Administration's policy towards Poland's Eastern neighbors, emphasizing President Kaczynski's desire to revive Europe's waning inter [...]	2008-11-26 15:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AJ BO GG UP PL
08WARSAW1387	STAFFDEL YOUNG: POLES LOOKING FOR DEFENSE AID IF [...] (C) StaffDel Young told GoP interlocutors November 26 that the new U.S. administration's review of missile defense (MD) effectiveness could take longer than 8-10 months. In response, working-level officials from the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs replied that a long delay or cance [...]	2008-12-08 12:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MCAP PL
08WARSAW1392	POLAND/GERMANY - ALL SMILES, BUT HALTING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit here, GoP officials are pointing to an improved Polish-German relationship as one of the top accomplishments of the government's first year in office. However, despite the Germans' poorly hidden preference for Prime Minister Tu [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL
08WARSAW1409	POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...]	2008-12-12 06:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL
08WARSAW1425	Poland - 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence [...] (U) Summary. Mission Poland actively participated in the 2008 international campaign "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" by raising awareness of the problem through a series of profiles posted on Embassy Warsaw's website of individuals and institutions actively working against g [...]	2008-12-16 13:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM SCUL PL OIIP
08WARSAW1428	POLES EAGER FOR DEBRIEF ON FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PREF PARM NATO PL
08WARSAW1437	CODEL SCHWARTZ/POLAND - NATO, EU MUST DO MORE ON [...] (C) Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak and prominent Polish MPs, including Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Krzysztof Lisek, told CODEL Schwartz that NATO must do more to address Georgia's security problems. If NATO does not offer MAP, it must offer something tangible to r [...]	2008-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV CG PL
08WARSAW1446	FOURTH SOFA PLENARY CONCLUDES AMID STEADY PROGRESS [...] (SBU) U.S. and Polish delegations convened in Warsaw December 16-18 for the fourth plenary round of negotiations on the supplemental bilateral SOFA. Deputy Defense Minister Stanyslaw Komorowski and Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer led the Polish delegation. PM Senior Advisor Ambassado [...]	2008-12-23 09:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PL
08WARSAW244	POLAND INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Poland produces limited quantities of oil and gas for domestic consumption and serves as a transit route for Russian gas pipelines to Western Europe. Poland has significant coal reserves which are used to produce 90% of its electricity. In response to reftel request, post is pleased to prov [...]	2008-02-22 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER ABUD PL
08WARSAW309	POLISH RESPONSES TO THE MARCH 10 GAERC [...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Pawel Herczynski of the MFA's EU Department on March 7 to discuss the March 10 GAERC. Owing to FM Sikorski accompanying PM Tusk to Washington that day, the Polish delegation will be led by MFA Undersecretary Grazyna Bernatowicz. Herczynski said the GOP's top prio [...]	2008-03-10 06:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN PL
08WARSAW314	MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLISH MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) Summary: A State-DOD delegation led by PM Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull met with Polish counterparts February 29, in Warsaw to propose a way forward on U.S.-Polish collaboration in support of Poland,s defense modernization as related to U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations. [...]	2008-03-10 15:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR PL RS
08WARSAW361	DOMESTIC POLITICAL SQUABBLE DELAYS LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Summary: Prospects for ratifying the EU's Lisbon Treaty in the Polish parliament are anything but clear, as the treaty has taken center stage in a domestic political ruckus pitting PM Tusk against the Kaczynski brothers. After hard-headed negotiating by President Kaczynski over Poland's [...]	2008-03-19 16:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
08WARSAW597	POLAND-MISSILE DEFENSE: MILITARY MODERNIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In support of USG commitments to work with Poland on the latter,s military modernization, and to secure Poland,s earliest return to missile defense (MD) talks, PM AA/S Stephen Mull led an interagency team (including DASD Fata and EUCOM BG Mayville and BG Carr) to a bilateral Secur [...]	2008-05-15 15:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MCAP PL
08WARSAW631	FRENCH PRESIDENT SIGNS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Poland on May 28, signing a "strategic partnership" agreement with Poland that is more symbol than substance. The French DCM admitted to Poloffs on May 29 that they were relieved that the trip, cancelled three times since the first proposed date i [...]	2008-05-30 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
08WARSAW643	POLAND - MISSILE DEFENSE: FINDING A WAY FORWARD? [...] (C-NF) After a lengthy hiatus, there are high expectations in Warsaw that Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement (BMDA) negotiations will resume soon. As irritating as the pause has been, Polish positions on defense modernization have softened in the interim, and we may actually be better positi [...]	2008-06-04 12:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS PL RS IR
08WARSAW806	PGNIG ON REPORTED GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: The president of Poland's state-owned gas company, PGNiG, confirmed that his company is in discussions with Iran to develop the Lavan gas field. However, contrary to press reports, he stated the company is not on the verge of signing a deal. End summary. 2. (C) On June 30 [...]	2008-07-07 15:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL IR
08WARSAW984	POLAND ASKING WHAT'S NEXT? RESPONSE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. In an August 22 meeting with DCM, Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak commended the creation of the NATO Commission on Georgia as "a good first step," but had little to offer in terms of Polish thinking on follow-up, despite President Kaczynski demonstrated flair for [...]	2008-08-25 15:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG PL
08WELLINGTON15	CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH GNZ LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 9, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Deputy and Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Chief Executive Simon Murdoch to discu [...]	2008-01-18 03:37:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGHG MOPS MARR AF NK NZ
08WELLINGTON158	NEW ZEALAND CONTRIBUTING TO BURMA RELIEF, PRESSING [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel instruction, DCM contacted David Taylor, the Director of the Asia Division in New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 7, Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that the New Zealand Government committed NZD 500,000 (USD 387,000) to New Zealan [...]	2008-05-09 03:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BM NZ
08WELLINGTON257	NEW ZEALAND HAS CONDITIONS FOR US-INDIA DEAL [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting between the Ambassador and Minister for Disarmament Phil Goff, the Ambassador pointed out the strategic and historic importance of the US-India deal, and the very real possibility that the Indians could shelve it if the NSG demands proved too politically difficult [...]	2008-08-20 04:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC NZ
08WELLINGTON264	DASD CLAD/MAJOR GENERAL CONANT'S AUGUST 4-6 VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During a joint visit by DASD James Clad and PACOM J-5 Major General Conant to New Zealand, both met with Minister of Defense Phil Goff, Secretary of Defense John McKinnon, and Vice Chief of the Defense Force Jack Steer. Senior MOD officials welcomed enhanced bilateral military [...]	2008-08-27 01:12:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MOPS NZ
08WELLINGTON322	NEW ZEALAND AND ANA EXPANSION [...] (C) On September 18, A/DCM met with Wayne Higgins, Director for the Ministry of Defense International Relations Division, MOD defense policy and planning analyst Greg Mitchell, Ron Logan, MOD staff officer to the Chief of Defense Force, and Richard Prendergast from the Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-09-30 01:47:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL AF NZ
08WELLINGTON414	FOREIGN MINISTER MCCULLY DISCUSSES FIJI AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador paid his introductory and farewell call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Murray McCully December 15. They agreed that there had been dramatic improvement in our bilateral relationship during Ambassador McCormick,s tenure due to the efforts of many leaders in both gover [...]	2008-12-15 04:08:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ENRG PREL NZ FJ AS XV
08WELLINGTON44	LOBBYING NEW ZEALAND ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) DCM presented the demarche reftel to Caroline Forsyth, MFAT Deputy Secretary for Multilateral and Global Affairs, on February 12. She responded that New Zealand has been following developments in Kosovo closely. GNZ has a long-standing established practice of not making declarations of rec [...]	2008-02-13 05:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ UN YI EU UNMIK
08WELLINGTON58	NEW ZEALAND DOES NOT SUPPORT ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) DCM David Keegan presented reftel demarche February 21 to Carolyn Forsyth, Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) responsible for international organization issues. After DCM reviewed U.S. concerns and our assessment of the importance of Israel into full membe [...]	2008-02-21 18:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AA IS KS LI NZ PHUM SZ
08WELLINGTON59	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary. Charge presented reftel demarche to MFAT Deputy Secretary Peter Hamilton who repeated Prime Minister Clark's earlier insistence that New Zealand has an established practice of not publicly announcing diplomatic recognition but allowing it to be inferred over time from its actions. [...]	2008-02-21 18:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NZ
08WELLINGTON66	NEW ZEALAND ACCEPTS U.S. PROPOSAL ON DEFENSE [...] (C/N) SUMMARY. DCM contacted MFAT to express once again our concern at New Zealand's continuing delay in formally accepted the proposed U.S. streamlining of our mil-mil relationship. On February 21, MFAT responded with a non-paper formally welcoming the U.S. proposal, and promising that NZ Amb [...]	2008-02-25 21:29:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL US NZ
08WELLINGTON73	US AND NEW ZEALAND ON THE SAME PAGE REGARDING CUBA [...] (C) On February 27, A/DCM met with MFAT Deputy Secretary John McArthur to deliver demarche points. A/DCM noted that the handover to Raul Castro would not constitute systemic change; only elections and improvement in human rights will signal meaningful progress towards democracy. McArthur a [...]	2008-02-27 19:19:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ CU
08WELLINGTON75	NEW ZEALAND SUPPORTS CHINA, INDIA OUTREACH WITHIN [...] (SBU) On February 28, MFAT economic policy staff official John Ballingall spoke with A/DCM regarding demarche points (reftel),which post had forwarded to MFAT for review. While Ballingall underscored that his remarks constituted an initial reaction, he said that like many IEA members, New [...]	2008-02-28 18:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL AORC NZ

08WELLINGTON76	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE [...] (C) On February 28, Andrew Robinson, a Middle East and Africa policy officer from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) contacted the Embassy to report on his initial feedback from the Ministry of Defense regarding possible GNZ assistance on addressing piracy off the Somalian coas [...]	2008-02-28 18:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KCRM EWWT NZ
08WELLINGTON77	NEW ZEALAND IN STEP WITH USG VIEWS ON TAIWANESE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 18:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON OECD NZ CM TW
08WELLINGTON92	NEW ZEALAND UNDECIDED ON ASSISTANCE TO KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 29 meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Europe Division Director, George Kroup, and Europe Policy Officer Kate Russell, Pol/Econ Counselor outlined planning for an upcoming donors conference regarding Kosovo, provided the needs table included in ref [...]	2008-03-07 03:17:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN NZ
08WINDHOEK107	CABINET SHUFFLE, MINISTERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND [...] (C) On April 8, President Pohamba announced a much anticipated cabinet reshuffle -- then fired no one. The few portfolio changes that Pohamba adopted appear to be those that did not challenge the traditional power base loyal to Founding President Sam Nujoma. Working around that big constraint [...]	2008-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM WA
08WINDHOEK229	NAMIBIA: DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE TALKS [...] (U) Acting DCM presented reftel points to MFA Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete on Tuesday, July 29. The meeting was cordial and Nghiwete made clear that the GRN hopes the negotiations in Zimbabwe will result in a unity government. Nonetheless, he stressed that the GRN sees sanctions on Zi [...]	2008-07-29 17:10:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI
08WINDHOEK265	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA: [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on August 27 to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Wilbard Hellao. He underscored our strong concern over Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, noting the move was inconsistent with previous UNSC resolutions (which Russia had voted in fa [...]	2008-08-28 16:37:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU WA
08WINDHOEK268	KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: NAMIBIA UNDECIDED [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel talking points on September 2 to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Martin Andjaba. He underscored that UNGA's approval of the Serbian resolution could have adverse consequences, impeding the international community's efforts to address the pressing needs of Kosov [...]	2008-09-03 08:16:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNAUS KVIR WA
08WINDHOEK290	NAMIBIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. According to Shiweva, Namibia had not yet been approached regarding the selection of a new Executive Director for the Joint Unit [...]	2008-09-17 08:52:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV UNGA EAID WA
08WINDHOEK291	NAMIBIA'S RESPONSE TO UNGA HR RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 15. Shiweva stated that Namibia would, in all likelihood, vote on the United Nations General Assembly's Third Committee Human Rights [...]	2008-09-17 10:38:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN WA
08WINDHOEK301	NAMIBIA: IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS VOTE [...] (C) Emboff met with the Namibian Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of Multilateral Affairs Julius Zaya Shiweva and delivered reftel demarche on September 22. Shiweva stated that "to his knowledge Namibia had not yet been approached by any country" with regards to the nomination of a memb [...]	2008-09-26 11:08:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PARM MNUCWA WA
08WINDHOEK314	NAMIBIA'S INFRASTRUCTURE: USITC RESPONSE [...] (U) This cable is in response to reftel request from the U.S. International Trade Commission for information on infrastructure conditions that effect export competitiveness. 2. (SBU) Compared to other Sub-Saharan African countries, Namibia has fairly well developed and maintained infras [...]	2008-10-03 08:50:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD OTRA ASEC WA
08WINDHOEK365	NAMIBIAN DEFENSE MINSTER INSISTS SOLDIERS WILL NOT [...] (U) Namibian papers reported on November 14 that Minister of Defense Charles Namoloh told journalists that, despite Angola's announcement this week that it would send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the GRN would not act unilaterally and send the Namibian National Defense Fo [...]	2008-11-14 11:03:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL WA
08WINDHOEK368	TSVANGIRAI MEETS QUIETLY WITH POHAMBA IN WINDHOEK [...] (C) In a November 14 meeting with Namibian MFA Permanent Secretary Ambassador Veiccoh Nghiwete, DCM asked about a press report that President Pohamaba had met in Windhoek with Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai before the November 8-9 SADC summit. Nghiwete confirmed the story, say [...]	2008-11-18 16:21:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM WA ZI
08YAOUNDE1133	TOWARD 2011: FOCUS ON "CHANGE" IN COUNTRY-WIDE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Yaounde's highest priority Mission Strategic Plan goal is strengthening democracy and good governance, an objective of great importance as President Biya celebrates 26 years in power and 2011 Cameroonian presidential elections approach. To that end, Post used the U.S. e [...]	2008-11-19 15:20:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRC KPAO PREL OIIP SCUL PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE190	CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]	2008-02-27 16:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE191	CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]	2008-02-27 19:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE192	CAMEROON: RIOTS AND TAXI STRIKE STILL IN FORCE [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 08:30am local time on February 27 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance were [...]	2008-02-28 09:03:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE194	Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]	2008-02-28 16:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE195	Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]	2008-02-28 17:07:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE197	Cameroon: Update on security situation [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 3:00 pm local time to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. Ambassador Garvey is requesting Authorized Departure for Eligible Family Members from Post. In attendance were DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. 2. (U) Several hot spots t [...]	2008-02-28 17:19:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE199	CAMEROON: UPDATE ON RIOTS, NATIONWIDE TAXI STRIKE, [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde convened the Emergency Action Committee at 09:45 am local time on February 26 to discuss the security situation throughout the country and to reaffirm the hold-fast travel policy in place for USG employees and other American citizens throughout the country. In attendance [...]	2008-02-29 06:46:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE203	TFCM-01: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde EAC met at 08:30 local time on February 29 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. "Enforced calm" throughout most of Cameroon -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2008-03-03 09:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT KFLO KSAC MARR PHUM PINR PGOV
08YAOUNDE204	Task Force Cameroon-01: SITREP 1 [...] (U) Embassy Yaounde EAC met at 08:30 local time on February 29 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. In attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, MGT, PA, CONS, and Peace Corps. "Enforced calm" throughout most of Cameroon -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2008-03-03 09:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT KFLO KSAC MARR PHUM PINR PGOV
08YAOUNDE215	CAMEROON: EAC MEETING AND UPDATE ON SECURITY SITUATION [...] (U) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Yaounde's EAC met at 0930 to discuss the security situation in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and in attendance were the DCM, RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, PA, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, Embassy Branch Office, GSO, and MGMT. 2. (U) The situation [...]	2008-03-05 14:15:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CM CASC PHUM PINR PGOV KPAO
08YAOUNDE259	YAOUNDE EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES [...] (SBU) Embassy Yaounde expanded Emergency Action Committee met on March 17 to discuss the security situation and reverse tripwires following recent violent civil unrest in Cameroon. The EAC was chaired by the DCM and in attendance were RSO, DAO, POL/ECON, CONS, PA, HU, MGMT, GSO, CLO and Peace C [...]	2008-03-17 12:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KSAC CASC PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO CM
08YAOUNDE33	CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary: President Paul Biya's New Year's speech, in which he announced his intention to "reconsider" changing the constitution, particularly presidential term limits (ref A),has sent shock waves throughout Cameroon. The private media, many civil society activists, and some opposition fi [...]	2008-01-11 11:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE873	CAMEROON: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON POLITICS, [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister for Parliamentary Affairs at the Presidency and Deputy Secretary General of the ruling CPDM party Gregoire Owona. Owona confirmed that the ruling CPDM party will hold a major Congress in the coming months, indicated that Preside [...]	2008-09-10 15:54:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON KCOR PGOV
08YAOUNDE909	IMF TEAM HEARS LITTLE FROM GRC BUT AN EARFUL FROM [...] (C) Summary: A joint IMF/World Bank/African Development Bank (ADB) team visited Cameroon from September 1-12 for the final assessment of its three-year program, which is scheduled to end in January 2009. The Government of Cameroon (GRC) did not indicate to the team whether it wants a follo [...]	2008-09-19 11:20:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL
08YEREVAN1011	AUTHORITIES OFFICIALLY DENY VENUE FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) The Armenian Government has officially denied permission for Armenia's largest political opposition group to hold its December 21 party congress in a publicly-owned facility commonly used for such events. The Armenian National Congress (ANC),led by former President Levon Ter-Petrossian ( [...]	2008-12-16 16:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1012	ARMENIA TO BACK EGYPT'S CULTURE MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Acting Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on December 16 to Tziunik Aghajanian, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aghajanian said Armenia has long committed to supporting the candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to be the next [...]	2008-12-16 16:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO AM
08YEREVAN1018	GOAM TO AUCTION SEIZED ASSETS OF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) The GOAM announced on December 9 that the Bjni mineral water bottling plant--one of the key parts of fugitive opposition oligarch Khachatur Sukiasian's SIL Group business holdings--will be put up for auction December 19. The announcement follows the October 23 seizure of the Bjni facilit [...]	2008-12-18 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1020	AUTHORITIES DROP COUP CHARGES AGAINST FOUR [...] (C) On December 17, Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS) announced it was dropping its charges against four prominent opposition politicians who supported Levon Ter-Petrossian in February's disputed presidential election. A senior SIS official said he dropped the charges due to a lack [...]	2008-12-18 14:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN1034	HOTELS CONFIRM GOAM PRESSURE TO DENY VENUES FOR [...] (C) Two western hotels operating in downtown Yerevan confirmed that the National Security Service (NSS) continues to pressure them to deny rented meeting space to organizations that seek to hold events of a political nature (reftel). Both the Armenian-American-owned "Marriott Armenia Yerevan" [...]	2008-12-23 14:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN1038	OPPOSITIONISTS' "COUP" TRIAL OFF TO CHAOTIC START [...] (C) The controversial trial of seven prominent opposition figures charged with an attempted coup d'etat during Armenia's post-election unrest has gotten off to a chaotic start. After a relatively peaceful first hearing on December 19, the second hearing on December 22 nearly erupted into fist [...]	2008-12-24 14:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN160	ARMENIAN DEMOCRACY LOOKING SHABBIER EVERY DAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: While most of Armenia gets on with life, a significant core of Yerevan's population -- especially the more educated -- remain bitterly unreconciled to the election outcome. And not without reason: while it is impossible to know how the election would have turned out if it had b [...]	2008-02-25 15:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN200	ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Rejecting dialogue with the opposition it used lethal force to subdue on March 1-2 following Armenia's disputed February 19 presidential election, the Armenian government in the last five days has taken extraordinary measures to clamp down on any would-be dissent and isolate opposition lead [...]	2008-03-07 14:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN244	ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]	2008-03-20 05:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN337	HRAZDAN RESIDENTS RALLY FOR JAILED MP [...] (C) Since March 24, residents of Hrazdan have staged daily protests against the arrest and continued detention of Sasun Mikaelian. A Republican member of parliament and Karabakh war hero, Mikaelian supported Levon Ter-Petrossian in the recent Presidential election. Mikaelian appears to enjoy [...]	2008-04-16 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN356	ARMENIA'S NEW CABINET: SLIGHTLY FRESHENED, BUT A [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sargsian's new cabinet is now complete, with the final appointments announced late April 21. Eleven of 17 ministers were reappointed, although several of these had their portfolios adjusted. The most positive developments (and probably the most deliberate signal send [...]	2008-04-23 14:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN438	YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADER SEVERELY BEATEN [...] (C) On May 28, several unidentified assailants attacked and severely beat in broad daylight Arsen Kharatian, leader of the HIMA (NOW) youth movement. Kharatian was hospitalized and placed in intensive care, but left the hospital on his own recognizance on May 29. Kharatian told Emboff he is s [...]	2008-05-29 13:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN599	ROAD RAGE ATTACK ON DUTCH BUSINESSMEN EMBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) BUSINESSMEN ASSAULTED: On Saturday, July 12, two pedestrians, Hans Boon and Jurgen Dolstra -- Dutch nationals who are senior executives of the semi-privatized postal corporation Haypost -- were attacked and beaten by two motorists in a road rage incident. The incident occured at about [...]	2008-07-28 14:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV EINV KJUS AM
08YEREVAN770	OPPOSITION/MEDIA CRY FOUL OVER CHANGE IN MEDIA [...] (C) A midnight amendment to Armenia's Law on TV and Radio imposes a two-year moratorium on new TV broadcasting licenses, and has sparked criticism by domestic and international observers. Armenia's opposition and independent media experts say the moratorium constitutes another attempt to muzz [...]	2008-09-26 12:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO AM
08YEREVAN773	ABRUPT SHAKE-UP AT ARMENIA'S CASSATION COURT [...] (SBU) The Head of Armenia's Cassation Court Hovhannes Manukian abruptly resigned September 16 and was subsequently replaced September 17 by one of his deputies, Arman Mkrtumian, who chaired the Cassation Court's Civil and Administrative Chamber. Local media have speculated as to the reasons f [...]	2008-09-26 13:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL AM
08YEREVAN778	EUR DAS BRYZA,S MEETING WITH ARMENIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Armenian President Sargsian and Foreign Minister Nalbandian on September 13 to discuss Armenia-Turkey rapprochement, Nagorno-Karabakh (NK),and the Russia-Georgia war. On Armenia-Turkey relations, Sargsian viewed the visit of Turkish President Gul [...]	2008-09-29 14:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
08YEREVAN780	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Acting Head of UN Department Nouneh Zastoukhova requesting staunch GOAM opposition to Iran and Syria's candidacy to the IAEA Board of Governors, support for Afghanistan's nomination to the Board of Governors, and support for Kazakhstan's bid to join [...]	2008-09-30 03:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PARM MUNC IAEA AM
08YEREVAN793	FOREIGN MINISTER READOUT OF NEW YORK MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Nalbandian briefed ambassador on his and President Sargsian's meetings in New York on the UNGA margins. He said the Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia trilateral had been successful symbolically, but light on substance. Nalbandian complained about Azerbaijani FM Mammadyarov's UNGA s [...]	2008-10-02 03:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU AJ RU IR AM
08YEREVAN861	OPPOSITION OLIGARCH'S COMPANY SHUT DOWN BY GOAM [...] (C) On October 23 the GOAM closed down the operations of the Bjni company, one of Armenia's leading bottled water brands and part of the SIL Group, owned by fugitive MP and opposition supporter Khachatur Sukiasian. The action followed an October 10 order by an administrative court to confisca [...]	2008-10-29 06:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN892	ARMENIA SAYS NO TO PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) Poloff met with Dziunik Aghajanian October 17 to deliver reftel demarche and solicit Armenia's interest in resettling to Armenia the Palestinian Guantanamo detainee Asim M. Al-Aasmi. Aghajanian said Armenia is unable to resettle such cases. 2. (S) Aghajanian said Armenia's refusal in s [...]	2008-11-10 14:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AM
08YEREVAN974	COURTS RELEASE SOME DETAINEES, BUT RULE AGAINST [...] (SBU) In the second half of November, several Armenian courts issued rulings on cases involving high-profile opposition supporters of ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). Two of these cases resulted in the release of opposition supporters. In one of these, Armenia's Cassation Court vacate [...]	2008-12-02 15:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08ZAGREB171	CROATIA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO BY MID-MARCH [...] (C) In a February 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said that he intended to have Croatia recognize Kosovo by mid-March. He told the Ambassador he had already spoken with Serbian President Tadic and PM Kostunica on February 15 to inform them that Croatia woul [...]	2008-02-29 11:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR KO
08ZAGREB172	GOC RESPONSE TO LATE FEBRUARY IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] Embassy PolOff delivered points outlined in reftels to Mario Horvatic, GOC's representative on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors. Horvatic expected a more positive response from the EU to the reports from Director General ElBaradei and Deputy Director General [...]	2008-02-29 11:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08ZAGREB244	CROATIAN GOVERNMENT APPROVES SUPPLEMENTAL SOFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 15:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV HR
08ZAGREB253	CROATIAN/MONTENEGRIN PRIME MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader met with his Montenegrin counterpart Milo Djukanovic on 12 March 2008 in Zagreb. According to the Montenegrin DCM in Zagreb, the two PMs held a 15 minute private meeting before turning discussions over to their advisors and relevant subject-matter expe [...]	2008-03-14 14:07:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB361	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AID ADMINISTRATOR FORE TO [...] I am delighted that you will be coming to Zagreb to mark the closing of our AID Mission here after nearly 16 years. During that period, with our assistance and the help of the international community, Croatia has made remarkable progress. Croatia has resisted the temptation of nationalist an [...]	2008-05-09 11:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL HR
08ZAGREB48	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 23, 2008 [...] (U) EMBASSY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO ROMA REFUGEES: On January 18, the DCM visited the village of Petrinjci near Sisak to deliver a donation from the U.S. Ambassador's Refugee Fund to seven Roma families. The donation, worth 50,000 Kuna ($10,000),provides legal assistance plus sma [...]	2008-01-24 09:03:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ECON HR
08ZAGREB510	DEMARCHING UNSC MEMBERS ON THE ARAB GROUP DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 13:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IS LE SY HR
08ZAGREB629	CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES [...] (U) Stu, the Croatia that you will be visiting on September 10 has changed greatly from your desk officer days and even from the time we worked together on NATO issues. Croatia has made steady progress in strengthening its democracy and rule of law, reforming its economy, cooperating with the [...]	2008-09-05 11:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB631	EMBASSY ZAGREB WARMLY WELCOMES DAS JONES [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary Stu Jones on September 10, 2008, for consultations with embassy and host government. --CONTROL OFFICER -- 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Chris Zimmer. Embassy telephone number is (385) (1) 661-2200; Mr. Zimmer's [...]	2008-09-05 12:51:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR
08ZAGREB70	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 30, 2008 [...] (U) US Supports Mine Risk Children's Book: Through PM/NADR demining funds, Post supported the development of a children's comic book for distribution in Croatia's schools. The project employed teen artists and writers to educate youth about the dangers of mines, which still remain a threat [...]	2008-01-31 10:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB767	AMBASSADOR HOLBROOKE VISITS ZAGREB, OCTOBER 29-31 [...] (SBU) Summary: During an Oct. 29-31 visit to Zagreb, his first in more than eight years, former Assistant Secretary of State Richard Holbrooke praised Croatia for its successful "transformation toward a free and open society." Holbrooke was in town to deliver a speech at a private business [...]	2008-11-03 07:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR
08ZAGREB782	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 7, 2008 [...] (U) ELECTION BREAKFAST FOR KEY CONTACTS GENERATES WIDE MEDIA COVERAGE: Ambassador Bradtke hosted a post-election breakfast early on November 5 for over 300 key embassy contacts from the Croatian government, the media, academia, and the business and diplomatic communities. Despite the early st [...]	2008-11-07 11:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB797	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2008 [...] (C) POSSIBLE DELAY OF GoC PURCHASE OF ADVANCED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT: On November 17 the local press, citing unnamed government sources, reported that the GoC would delay the tender for the purchase of new fighter jets until 2010 at the earliest for both political and economic reasons. Contacts i [...]	2008-11-20 12:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB869	BORDER DISPUTE WITH SLOVENIA DERAILING CROATIA'S [...] (C/NF) The optimism that existed in Croatia two months ago that the new government in Slovenia would enable Zagreb and Ljubljana to move forward on the ongoing border dispute has disappeared. On the eve of a Dec. 19 EU-Croatia accession conference meeting, where it is widely expected that Slov [...]	2008-12-19 15:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUC HR SI
09ABIDJAN166	COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT POSTPONES HANDOVER OF [...] (C) Summary: Just hours before it was to take place, Minister of Interior Desire Tagro forced the postponement of a March 4 ceremony marking the handover of administrative powers by the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in Bouake to civilian government authorities. He said that without mixed brigades (j [...]	2009-03-10 16:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR SOCI EAID IV
09ABIDJAN186	MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE UNDERSCORES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of a functioning government in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and ongoing insecurity in the west are having increasingly negative effects on the resident populations. A SMART survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate in northern [...]	2009-03-20 15:43:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PGOV PREL EAGR SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN227	DIFFICULT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN CENTRAL-WESTERN [...] Summary. During a March 16-19 visit to the central-western region of Cote d'Ivoire, DCM and econoff found residents and local leaders to be greatly concerned about economic conditions, despite improved security in the area. The national political crisis has hampered the area's economic progr [...]	2009-04-07 09:27:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EMIN SENV EAGR EFIN EAID IV
09ABIDJAN410	IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 AND INFORMATION ON [...] DCM delivered demarches in reftels and nonpaper in reftel B to Ambassador Idrissa Bayo, Director of the Americas division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bayo thanked DCM for the demarche and pledged the Government of Cote d'Ivoire's support in implementing UNSCR 1874. Ambassador B [...]	2009-07-06 12:24:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ECON EFIN MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL KN IV
09ABUDHABI1085	UAE GIVES NUCLEAR TENDER BIDDERS MORE TIME [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to a resident GE official, Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) has told the GE/Hitachi consortium they should submit a final offer on Abu Dhabi's $40+ billion nuclear power plant tender (reftels) by December 10. This surprise development came as many, including [...]	2009-11-16 11:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG KNNP PGOV ECON ETRD AE
09ABUDHABI1090	UAE - UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) On November 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi said he would be in contact with the UAE's UN delegation but offered no substantive response on Iran, Burma, or DPRK. OL [...]	2009-11-19 09:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA AE
09ABUDHABI1091	UAE ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS AND PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) On November 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi responded that resolutions in the UN are a secondary concern to the real issues of settlements and the status of Jerusalem. [...]	2009-11-19 10:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS AE
09ABUDHABI1092	UAE - UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) On November 19, DCM and French Deputy Head of Mission Vincent Floreani delivered reftel demarche to Mohammed Rashed Al Absi, Deputy Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al Absi asked several questions about the current assessment scale and associate [...]	2009-11-19 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AORC FR AE
09ABUDHABI133	UAE HOSTS ARAB DISCUSSION ON PA SUPPORT [...] (C) As previewed with the Ambassador (ref A),UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) hosted a gathering of nine Arab foreign ministers February 3 in Abu Dhabi to discuss coordination of Palestinian issues. Eight countries and the PA attended (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Bahrain, [...]	2009-02-04 14:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG EFIN AE
09ABUDHABI241	UAE: STRESSING THE URGENCY OF PAKISTAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 13:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PK AE
09ABUDHABI244	UNOFFICIAL TIP SHELTER OPTIONS IN UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE's main urban hubs, unofficial shelters have been established over time to accommodate the immediate needs of vulnerable groups (one of the more active being run by [...]	2009-03-13 17:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE
09ABUDHABI395	UAE WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO'S IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On April 19, DCM delivered reftel demarche urging the UAE to support Kosovo's World Bank and IMF membership to UAE Central Bank Governor Sultan Al Sowaidi. Al Sowaidi reiterated that the UAEG had recognized Kosovo and that he did not foresee a problem in approving WB/IMF membership for Kos [...]	2009-04-20 08:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV AE
09ABUDHABI53	A.Q. KHAN DESIGNATIONS NOTIFIED TO UAE [...] (S) As instructed reftels, Pol Chief pre-notified UAEG within a three-hour window of the impending public announcement of sanctions designations related to the A.Q. Khan network (ref A),and passed the substance of the press release at the appropriate hour (ref B). Pre-notification was made Ja [...]	2009-01-14 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM PINS ETTC EFIN KNNP MNUC AE
09ABUDHABI538	(C) UAE VOTES FOR KOSOVO WB MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-31 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV AE
09ABUDHABI54	UAE: IRISL AND OASIS FREIGHT AGENCY NAME CHANGE [...] (S) Presented with reftel concerns about Oasis Freight Agency's possible name change, MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani told Pol Chief January 13 that the UAEG kept a close eye on suspicious companies, implying close scrutiny of IRISL-related organizations. He said U [...]	2009-01-14 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MNUC KNNP AE IR
09ABUDHABI55	(S) UAE: INTERMEDIARY USED TO DISGUISE IDENTITY OF IRANIAN [...] (S) Pol Chief relayed reftel points January 13 to MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani, emphasizing that attempts to disguise the identity of end users of dual use products is indication of nefarious intent. Having often discussed the "dual use" dilemma with al-Hosani, [...]	2009-01-14 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM MTCRE MNUC ETTC SZ IR AE
09ABUDHABI583	(S) UAE DETAINS US MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, the UAE authorities detained two Russian IL-76 cargo planes operated by Volga-Dnepr Airlines (VDA),which were carrying US military cargo and two US service members from Kuwait to Afghanistan. Accor [...]	2009-06-10 15:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KU AE
09ABUDHABI607	UPDATE ON UAE DETENTION OF MILITARY CARGO, PERSONNEL ON [...] (C) Summary: Following overnight indications that four U.S. military escorts (reftel) might be prosecuted along with the Russian crew and carrier, Ambassador met June 15 with UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Rumaithi and Minister of Interior Saif to seek their intervention in the releas [...]	2009-06-15 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PTER PGOV PREL MOPS AF IZ KUAE
09ABUDHABI616	UAE AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) In our ongoing effort to keep the UAEG focused on Pakistan's funding needs, the DCM on June 15 asked MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Ambassador Tariq al-Haidan about the status of the $300 million pledged in Tokyo. Al-Haidan said that initial distribution of funds was underwa [...]	2009-06-16 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN PK AE
09ABUDHABI62	Demarche in Preparation for the January 16 Arab League [...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with MFA Asst U/S for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan, DCM delivered reftel points. With FM Abdullah currently in Washington, MFA Minstate Gargash is already on his way to Kuwait to participate in the January 16 Ministerial, Haidan promised to convey our points t [...]	2009-01-15 14:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL AE
09ABUDHABI716	UAE HOSTS COUNTER-PROLIFERATION EXPERTS [...] (C) The UAEG clarified its evolving institutional structure to deal more effectively with export control in a June 24 Working Group of experts affiliated with the Counter-proliferation Task Force (CTF),which most recently met on March 19. The U.S. delegation was led by Acting Assistant Secre [...]	2009-07-13 13:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC AE
09ABUDHABI746	(S) MBZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND PM A/S SHAPIRO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 12:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUDHABI754	(S) MbZ HOSTS GULF SECURITY DINNER WITH ISA ASD VERSHBOW AND [...] (S) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ, also Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces and de facto defense chief) hosted a July 19 executive session of the Gulf Security Dialogue in Abu Dhabi (July 20 plenary with UAE uniformed officers reported septel). The U.S. d [...]	2009-07-23 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PARM EAID MOPS IR IS AF PK SY LE SA
09ABUDHABI877	THE UAE AND TALIBAN FINANCING: Our Analysis and Action Plan [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Given the UAE's open financial system, sizeable sub-continent immigrant community and significant legitimate financial flows between the two countries, it comes as no surprise that Taliban financing originates in and transits the UAE to Afghanistan and third countries. Afghan drug p [...]	2009-09-03 08:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER PGOV PINR PK AF AE
09ABUDHABI916	"EXPANDING CHORUS ON IRAN" DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO UAE [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Emirati MFA Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Haidan. He urged the UAE to encourage Iran to engage in meaningful discussions with the P5+1 and respond to U.S. offers of engagement on its nuclear program. After discussing reftel points for GCC [...]	2009-09-16 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA AORC GCC MU QA IQ IR AE
09ABUJA1096	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL DISCUSSES NIGER DELTA DEVELOPMENT WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The challenges of economic development in the Niger Delta was the subject of a meeting on May 21 for EEB DAS Douglas Hengel with Group General Manager for Strategy, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC),Dr. Timothy Okon, and NNPC Manager of the Nigerian Content Divisio [...]	2009-06-17 13:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1099	NIGERIA: AKWA-IBOM GOV APPLAUDS JTF ACTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 10 courtesy call on the DCM, Akwa-Ibom Governor Godswill Akpabio expressed his full support for the offensive of the Joint Task Force (JTF) against "militants" in the Niger Delta, discussed the resettlement of persons from the Bakassi Peninsula, his recent instituti [...]	2009-06-18 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1109	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL MEETS WITH GON PERM SEC FOR PETROLEUM [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: After the conclusion of a two-day U.S.-NIGERIA roundtable on energy and climate change (Reftel),the U.S. delegation, headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met on May 22 with the Permanent Secretary of the Nig [...]	2009-06-19 07:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV ENRG ECON EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1139	NIGERIA: DAS HENGEL VISITS EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES [...] (SBU) Deputy Assistant Secretary Douglas Hengel of the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, met in Abuja on May 20 with the leadership of the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI),accompanied by DCM, Econ Counselor and Deptoff. NEITI Chairman Asobie noted [...]	2009-06-24 10:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG SENV EIND EINV TRGY TPHY NI
09ABUJA1256	NIGERIA: MISSION PLANS FOR POTUS GHANA SPEECH EVENT [...] (U) Summary. In response to the Department's request for using the POTUS speech in Accra, Ghana, as an opportunity to highlight U.S.-Africa policy, the Mission will hold simultaneous live viewing events in Abuja and Lagos that incorporate interactive information technology (texting, SMS-servic [...]	2009-07-09 05:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO NI
09ABUJA1333	NIGERIA: POST'S FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH AND [...] Summary: Following President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, Mission Nigeria has engaged audiences throughout Nigeria with various outreach activities, including meetings with journalists, government officials, civil society organizations, and traditional religious leaders. Post has also com [...]	2009-07-22 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCHUL ESENV SOCI
09ABUJA1410	NIGERIA: SHEKARAU DICUSSES ATTACKS, NATIONAL [...] (C) On July 29, Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau informed Ambassador and DCM (with PolOff notetaker) that apart from the Boko Haram attack on a police station on the outskirts of Kano, the state remains calm. He attributed the peace to the state's "Societal Reorientation Program" which he [...]	2009-08-03 11:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1435	NIGERIA: YAKUBU GOWON DISCUSSES BOKO HARAM, [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and Poloff met with former Head of State (1966-75) Yakubu Gowon July 31 to discuss Boko Haram violence, pharmaceutical testing and electoral reform. Ambassador thanked General Gowon for his role in settling the case between Pfizer pharmaceutical company and Kano State over [...]	2009-08-05 16:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1669	NIGER DELTA MILITANTS' CASH OUT NO HARBINGER OF [...] (C) With the announcement by President Yar,Adua that the Nigerian government (GON) would not extend the amnesty deadline beyond October 4, the two-month program has reached its half-way point with at best mixed results. Militants of varying importance have signed up for amnesty and surrendered [...]	2009-09-10 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI MX
09ABUJA1684	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments, not mentioned elsewhere in formal reporting. --------------------------------------------- -- ARREST WARRANT FOR YAR'ADUA'S PRIVATE SECRETARY --------------------------------------- [...]	2009-09-11 15:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI
09ABUJA1796	SENIOR GON LEADER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR BINATIONAL [...] (C) On September 28, Ambassador called on Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Alhaji Mahmud Yayale Ahmed to review bilateral issues. DCM accompanied. 2. (C) Ambassador thanked Ahmed for his assistance during the Secretary's successful visit in August, and underscored the im [...]	2009-09-29 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1884	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 16, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- GUINEAN PROTESTERS IN LAGOS DEMAND CIVIL RULE --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Member [...]	2009-10-16 12:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM SNAR GV NI

09ABUJA1907	(C) SHELL MD DISCUSSES THE STATUS OF THE PROPOSED PETROLEUM [...] (C) Shell EVP for Shell Companies in Africa met with the Ambassador on October 13 to discuss the status of the proposed Petroleum Industry Bill. She said the GON wanted the National Assembly to pass the bill by November 17 and that the international oil companies would have to move quickly if the H [...]	2009-10-20 06:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON ETRD PGOV NI
09ABUJA1943	JOS, NIGERIA INTERFAITH DAY OF SERVICE [...] On October 17, DCM led a group of 30 inter-agency volunteers to Jos to refurbish sports facilities in fulfillment of the President's call for an Interfaith Day of Service (ref A). This event was one of three community service activities undertaken by the Mission, which included the renovation [...]	2009-10-23 12:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL SOCI KPAO NI
09ABUJA1961	IMF TEAM PROVIDES BRIEFING ON ITS REVIEW OF THE [...] (C) An IMF team provided a briefing to the diplomatic and development community on its recent review of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB). The team was sympathetic with the PIB's intent but had a number of reservations. The team concluded that the proposed fiscal terms are too aggressive, th [...]	2009-10-26 17:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV EFIN NI
09ABUJA2017	FOREIGN MINISTER READY TO LAUNCH BINATIONAL [...] (C) On November 3, the Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, PolCouns, and Deputy PolChief (notetaker),met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Chief Ojo Maduekwe and four other MFA officials to review the objectives of the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission (BNC) and seek agreement on themes for the [...]	2009-11-04 13:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA2030	DELAY IN JUDICIAL DECISION AFFECTING ANAMBRA [...] (C) The five-member Enugu Division Court of Appeal in the south-eastern state of Anambra reportedly delayed publishing a decision on whether the ruling party's candidate from the 2007 gubernatorial race, Andy Uba, could take office in March 2010 and obviate the need for the February 6, 2010, g [...]	2009-11-09 13:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI
09ABUJA2040	NIGERIAN MILITARY OUTLINES AMBITIOUS PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) The Nigerian military plans to train 35,000 soldiers for peacekeeping missions by the end of 2009 and may be in a position to send forces to Chad, according to Nigerian Army Peacekeeping Center (NAPC) Commandant and Brigadier General Emeka Onwuamaegbu. He told PolMilOff during an October 3 [...]	2009-11-10 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MCAP NI
09ABUJA2042	NIGERIAN EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS [...] (U) Niger Delta ex-militants demonstrated in front of Chevron Nigeria Limited facilities in Warri, Delta State, to protest the lack of jobs post-amnesty. Demonstrators reportedly carried placards claiming: "We want peace but provide us employment," "ex-militants want employment, skills acquis [...]	2009-11-12 06:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KCRM EPET ECON NI
09ABUJA2043	NIGER DELTA EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS [...] (U) Niger Delta ex-militants demonstrated in front of Chevron Nigeria Limited facilities in Warri, Delta State, to protest the lack of jobs post-amnesty. Demonstrators reportedly carried placards claiming: "We want peace but provide us employment," "ex-militants want employment, skills acqui [...]	2009-11-12 06:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KCRM EPET ECON NI
09ABUJA2061	NIGERIA LIKELY TO REPEAT LAST YEAR'S VOTES ON UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche (Reftel) to Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central American Affairs Acting Director Rabia Shehu November 16. PolOff encouraged the Nigerian Government (GON) to vote against no-action motions on country specific human rights resolutions at the upcoming [...]	2009-11-16 17:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA NI
09ABUJA2062	TANDJA TALKS AFTER YAR'ADUA'S INTERVENTION [...] (C) Delegations representing Niger's ruling and opposition parties met separately with Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) appointed mediator Abdulsalami Abubakar in Abuja during the week of November 9. President Mamadou Tandja decided to send his delegation only after Nigerian [...]	2009-11-16 17:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA2076	ECOWAS VIEWS ON MILITARY INTERVENTION FORCE FOR [...] (C) Acting DCM and PolMilOff delivered demarche (reftel) to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Peace and Security Commissioner Colonel Mahamane Toure in Abuja November 17. According to Toure, ECOWAS has developed contingency plans, but does not intend to send a military interv [...]	2009-11-17 18:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM NI GV
09ABUJA2077	ABUBAKAR HEADED TO NIGER FOR TALKS WITH TANDJA [...] (C) Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Peace and Security Commissioner Colonel Mahamane Toure told Acting DCM and PolMilOff November 17 that ECOWAS-appointed Mediator Abdulsalami Abubakar would travel to Niamey the following day for negotiations with Niger President Mamadou Tan [...]	2009-11-17 18:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NI
09ABUJA2095	NIGERIA CALLS GUINEAN OBSERVER MISSION "PREMATURE" [...] (C) Acting DCM and PolMilOff delivered demarche (Ref A) on the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Observer Mission to Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) ECOWAS Director Felix Pwol in Abuja November 19. Pwol described the idea as "premature," indicating that the Nigerian Government [...]	2009-11-19 16:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2096	DEMARCHE WITH NIGERIA ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered demarche (Ref A) to Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central America Acting Director Rabia Shehu and International Organizations Deputy Director John Gana November 19, encouraging the Nigerian Government (GON) to vote against United Nations General Assemb [...]	2009-11-19 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL NI
09ABUJA2226	IBRAHIM GAMBARI ON NIGERIA'S UNSC SEAT AND SUDAN [...] (C) DCM met senior Nigerian diplomat Ibrahim Gambari December 7 to discuss the Government of Nigeria's (GON) upcoming non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council beginning January 1. Gambari said Nigeria is inclined to speak "not only for Africa, but beyond the continent." He [...]	2009-12-09 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC NI
09ABUJA2252	AMBASSADOR MEETS NIGERIAN VICE PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) On December 10, Ambassador met with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to note USG messages on following constitutional processes and rule of law in Nigeria's uncertain political environment. She also expressed good wishes for President Yar'Adua's speedy recovery. A relaxed Jonathan assert [...]	2009-12-11 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09ABUJA2334	NIGER DELTA EX-MILITANTS GROW IMPATIENT, BUT [...] (C) Ex-militants reportedly have grown increasingly impatient over perceived Nigerian Government (GON) inaction on post-amnesty rehabilitation and reintegration, but have refrained thus far from engaging in renewed attacks. A Movement for the Emancipation of the Delta (MEND) spokesperson atte [...]	2009-12-24 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET NI
09ABUJA308	NIGERIA: ABUJA ECON SECTION NATIONAL DAY OUTREACH TO [...] Summary: Led by Deputy Chief of Mission, EconStaff sponsored outreach events on February 16, 2009, as part of U.S. National Day celebration week, held in February because July is the rainy season, at the African School of Excellence (ASE) in Suleja, Niger State. DCM also delivered a lecture on [...]	2009-02-20 12:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL PGOV EAID NI
09ABUJA896	NIGERIA: THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S BRIEFING ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe summoned the members of Abuja's diplomatic corps on short notice for a briefing on the latest concerning the violence in the Niger Delta. FonMin opened his briefing with a history of the Delta's troubles, giving statistics for various c [...]	2009-05-22 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA925	NIGERIA: MINISTER MAY DENY CONTINENTAL AIRLINE'S NEW ROUTE [...] (SBU) During the course of a May 11 meeting arranged so that a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator could brief Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotoba on the status of reviews into the crashes of a two Nigerian Airliners several years ago, the Deputy Chief of Mission (D [...]	2009-05-28 14:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EAID ASEC ERTD EINV PGOV NI
09ACCRA131	ACCRA RESPONSE: ASSESSMENT ON THE NEED FOR LAW [...] (C) Ghana's law enforcement and judicial sectors have a wide range of training needs, from basic criminal investigation to intelligence and surveillance techniques. In September 2008 post hosted a State/INL interagency team which assessed to Ghana's counter-narcotics capabilities. The Mission's res [...]	2009-02-19 15:45:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ASEC KCRM SNAR GH
09ACCRA26	GHANA'S MUSLIM LEADERSHIP REMAINS NEUTRAL ON GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A trio of socialist organizations, backed by the Palestinian Embassy, is planning a demonstration on January 15 during which they will present a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urging the GOG to take firm action against Israel. Ghana's National Chief Imam was approach [...]	2009-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA935	RESPONSE FOR UNGA POTUS INVITATIONS - ACCRA [...] SUMMARY. President Mills will attend President Obama,s Peacekeeping meeting, but is unlikely to arrive in New York in time for the Africa working lunch. If the separate meeting he has requested with President Obama takes place, he does not expect to raise new issues, but to update issues rai [...]	2009-09-11 15:03:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA GH
09ACCRA968	DEMARCHE ON IRAN CHORUS [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana supports the peaceful use of nuclear technology and will work with the IAEA to ensure that nuclear te [...]	2009-09-16 16:10:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09ADANA79	TURKEY: BUSINESS ROUNDTABLES IN GAZIANTEP, ADANA AND MERSIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Douglas Silliman, accompanied by Adana PO and DPO, held three business roundtables in Gaziantep, Adana and Mersin to discuss President Obama's Cairo speech and the upcoming Summit on Entrepreneurship. During the roundtables, business leaders from Gaziantep, with their can [...]	2009-12-23 13:26:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TU
09ADDISABABA140	TWO YEARS ON: STRUCTURING USAU TO MEET THE [...] SUMMARY: The United States Mission to the African Union (USAU) has the opportunity to play a much more influential role in the deliberations and actions of the African Union (AU) in 2009 and beyond than it has had since its establishment as an observer mission in 2006. Both the AU Commission [...]	2009-01-20 09:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER AU EAID PGOV PREL
09ADDISABABA1971	SOMALILAND - ETHIOPIA CONCERNED THAT POLITICAL [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with Acting Deputy Chief of Mission on August 13, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi noted Ethiopia's concerns that the emerging political crisis in Somaliland risks undermining the region's stability, democratic record, and prospects for improved engagement with the inter [...]	2009-08-13 14:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
09ADDISABABA1972	SUDAN - ETHIOPIA'S ANALYSIS, FEARS, AND [...] (C) The failure of Sudan's Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) is Ethiopia's "nightmare scenario" Prime Minister Meles told Admiral (ret.) Bill Fallon, Dr. Steve Morrison from the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS),and Acting DCM on August 13. Meles assessed that the Nation [...]	2009-08-13 15:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SU ET
09ADDISABABA2076	ETHIOPIA - ENGAGING IGAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) The head of the IGAD Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT),Ambassador Hiruy suggested there is significant additional room for cooperation between Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) states. Amb. Hiruy noted that while member states do share intelligence on cou [...]	2009-08-26 11:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV
09ADDISABABA2208	DO NOT INTERVENT IN OUR AFFAIRS: GOE LAYS DOWN A MARKER [...] (SBU) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Mike Gonzales and Public Affairs Officer Alyson Grunder met with the Director of the Office of Government Communications Affairs, Minister Bereket Simon, on September 4 to discuss two opinion pieces published in the state-owned Amharic language Addis Zemen n [...]	2009-09-14 08:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2245	ETHIOPIAN G20 AGENDA CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Charge and DCM met with the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor, and G20 sherpa, Minister Newaye Christos Gebre-Ab September 15, at the latter,s request. Gebre-Ab had just returned from the G20 sherpa meeting in the U.S. 2. (SBU) Noting that PM Meles would be representing views from al [...]	2009-09-16 10:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2313	SOMALILAND ELECTIONS: HERDING SELF-DESTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With a good deal of activity yesterday stretching into the evening, and despite an apparently resistant President Riyale, it appears that an agreement has been reached in Hargeisa the morning of September 25 to avert the immediate crisis brewing over the issue of a president ter [...]	2009-09-25 10:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
09ADDISABABA2318	ETHIOPIA SEEKS ENERGY SECTOR INVESTMENT [...] (U) Charge d'Affairs (CDA) Meece met with Ethiopia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Mr. Alemayehu Tegenu, for a courtesy call on September 23, 2009. Accompanied by DCM Mushingi and the Regional Environment Officer, CDA requested a briefing on the GoE's energy sector development priorities. Ale [...]	2009-09-28 10:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2342	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WANTS INTERNATIONAL HELP, BUT [...] (C) On September 22, CDA hosted a lunch for 9 opposition political leaders at the CMR to discuss the domestic political environment, current talks regarding an electoral Code of Conduct, and 2010 elections. The two-hour event provided an opportunity the CDA and new country team members to me [...]	2009-09-30 12:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2423	USAU: AFRICAN LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS LEADERS [...] (U) On October 1, U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Michael Battle, A/DCM, and PolOff attended the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Labor and Social Affairs Commission held at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The conference theme was "Impact of the Global Crisis [...]	2009-10-09 07:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB ECON AU
09ADDISABABA2494	USAU AMBASSADOR AND AU'S PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra reviewed political crises on the African continent and each pledged to reinforce cooperation in the peace and security arena, including in the emerging counternarcotics effort. [...]	2009-10-20 08:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2495	USAU: AU DEPUTY CHAIRPERSON AND USAU AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In their first official meeting, USAU Ambassador Battle and AU Commission Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha affirmed the need to broaden and deepen the U.S./AU partnership that began when the AU emerged seven years ago. Specifically, the AU leadership is seeking a strategic di [...]	2009-10-20 09:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU
09ADDISABABA2554	OPPOSITION GROUP LOOKING MORE LIKE A PARTY, STILL [...] (C) Summary: The Forum for Democratic Dialogue (Forum) continues to try to transform itself from a collection of eight separate parties into a coherent whole. In a series of recent meetings with USG officials and the broader international diplomatic community, however, Forum representatives [...]	2009-10-28 15:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA258	ACTING A/S CARTER RAISES THE ISSUE OF POLITICAL [...] (S) In a January 30 lunch with ruling party officials, Acting Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Phil Carter dramatically expanded U.S.-Ethiopian bilateral dialogue in highlighting clearly the United States' view that Ethiopia's political space has been shrinking since 2005 and pressing f [...]	2009-02-02 14:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2808	USAU: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - THEME AND SCHEDULE OF [...] The African Union (AU) has announced that the theme of the 2010 AU Summit will be "Information and Communication Technologies in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development." 2. The schedule of meetings is as follows: a) Permanent Representative Committee of Ambassadors (PRC): 25- [...]	2009-11-25 14:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AU
09ADDISABABA2833	ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT PROTESTS FRENCH CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Affairs State Minister Tekada expressed strong concerns December 1 to CDA and DCM regarding reported French objections to a proposed UNSC resolution which includes sanctions directed at Eritrea. Tekada said that he and FM Seyoum had met earlier in the day with the French [...]	2009-12-02 14:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ER ET
09ADDISABABA2843	OCT-NOV REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: This Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter combines reporting from October and November 2009, with an emphasis on energy developments, the latest USG and Africa climate change positions in the run up to Copenhagen, updates on the Nile Basin Initiative, and an [...]	2009-12-03 12:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2878	DAS WYCOFF DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting DAS Karl Wycoff and CDA Meece hosted a luncheon on November 19 to discuss trade and investment issues with Government of Ethiopia (GoE) officials from the trade and finance ministries. All parties expressed an interest in moving forward with scheduling the second work [...]	2009-12-09 05:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON ET
09ADDISABABA63	ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]	2009-01-13 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA64	ETIOPIA CSO LAW AND OPPOSITION LEADER ARREST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the UK and French DCMs, called on Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu on behalf of the Ethiopia Partner's Group (EPG)(which consists of ambassadors accredited to Ethiopia) to provide an advance copy of a statement to be issued by the EP [...]	2009-01-13 13:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
09ADDISABABA662	ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS MARCH 18, 2009 TO REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 18, 2009 the Addis Ababa EAC convened to review Mission travel policy for travel to Ethiopia's Somali Region. EAC was chaired by COM and attended: DCM, CON, DAO, P/E, RSO, ORA and the United States Mission to the African Union. EAC agreed to continue to review closely prop [...]	2009-03-18 13:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
09ADDISABABA732	USAU: AFRICA COMMAND DEPUTY MEETS ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mary Yates, Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military Activities (DCMA) at Africa Command, met on March 25 with Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Their discussions covered a range of security issues including Somalia, Sudan, and Eritrea, as well as the command's fledgling m [...]	2009-03-30 08:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
09ALGIERS1041	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC [...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...]	2009-11-22 17:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1063	POLISARIO ASKS U.S. TO RESPOND TO MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Poloff travelled on November 21 to Tindouf, Algeria, to meet with senior Polisario Front leaders to discuss the future of UN-led mediation efforts on the Western Sahara conflict and to observe the conditions of life in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Polisario officials reitera [...]	2009-12-01 08:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS107	ALGERIA SCANDAL: LOCAL REACTIONS, EAC ACTIONS [...] (S/NF) As of Friday afternoon, January 30, there has been effectively no Algerian public reaction to the January 28 ABC News story (reftel). This could change in days to come depending on media coverage and government response. Initial government response, per reftel, has been restrained. We [...]	2009-01-30 17:45:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR KPAO MARR ASEC AMGT KMSG AG
09ALGIERS1082	NGOS IN TINDOUF ON HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: DCM on November 21 met with several UN officials working with the Sahrawi refugees near Tindouf, Algeria, to discuss the status of assistance and development programs. The groups included the UN peacekeeping force MINURSO, the World Food Program, and the UN High Commission for [...]	2009-12-07 12:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1162	OVER-FLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AFRICOM EP-3 MISSIONS: [...] (S/NF) OSC Chief delivered reftel request for EP-3 overflight permission to the Algerian Defense Ministry's Office of External Relations and Cooperation (DREC) on December 29. There was no immediate response, but the DREC summoned OSC Chief for a follow-up meeting December 30 to state that (1) no d [...]	2009-12-30 16:33:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR MOPS KCOM AG US
09ALGIERS12	GAZA: ALGERIAN DEMARCHE TO UNSC MEMBERS ON ARAB [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian MFA summoned us and other UN Security Council member missions separately on January 4 to deliver a demarche on the Arab League position developed at the December 31 Cairo ministerial, and to lay out the Algerian position on the situation in Gaza. The MFA informed us [...]	2009-01-04 18:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG
09ALGIERS122	PA BUDGET DEMARCHE: ALGERIA PLEDGES SUPPORT [...] (C) In response to reftel, MFA Acting Director of Arab League Affairs Mourad Merhoum told us that Algeria's support for the Palestinian people was a matter of principle, and that Algeria would continue its annual contributions of roughly USD 50 million to the Palestinian Authority (PA) throug [...]	2009-02-04 14:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG AG
09ALGIERS158	ALGERIA: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (C) As Algeria is in the process of implementing an ambitious 2006-2010 increase in its police forces, Embassy Algiers' Mission Strategic Plan reflects priorities and associated training aimed at boosting ourlD J"QQQEQY7W&rganized crime cooperation with law enforcement entities. Such non-mili [...]	2009-02-16 15:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC
09ALGIERS160	ALGERIA'S CIVILIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (U) This cable provides answers to questions in ref A. 2. OVERVIEW OF CIVILIAN NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM -- (C) Algeria currently operates two nuclear research reactors at Draria and Ain Oussera. We have been told (refs B and C) that Algeria is roughly twenty years from actually operating a [...]	2009-02-16 16:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PREL AG
09ALGIERS176	ALGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR DUMMIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The deadline for submitting candidate dossiers to the Constitutional Council will pass on February 23 at midnight, marking the first bureaucratic hurdle for presidential hopefuls who want to be included on the April 9 ballot. To qualify, potential candidates must meet basic citiz [...]	2009-02-23 16:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
09ALGIERS18	ALGIERS GAZA PROTESTS GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrations of Algerian popular anger over Israeli actions in Gaza and support for the Palestinian people have increased in the past several days. Since much of the frustration is directed at the Algerian regime for its perceived impotence in the face of the Palestinian crisis [...]	2009-01-05 14:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT KMSG PREL AG
09ALGIERS196	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (C) Post does not recommend any modification to the CI/KR list as it relates to Algeria at this time. We note, however, that Algeria and international joint venture partners are constructing two undersea natural gas pipelines to Europe, one of which may be operational in late 2009. Once opera [...]	2009-02-25 17:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP AG
09ALGIERS2	ALGERIA'S SMOKE-AND-MIRRORS DEATH PENALTY DEBATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: 2008 closed with disproportionate media and public attention being paid to the death penalty debate in Algeria -- a debate largely theoretical since no executions have taken place since 1993. Toward the end of the year human rights activists and an opposition party increased thei [...]	2009-01-04 08:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL AG
09ALGIERS224	ALGIERS: SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] DEMONSTRATIONS A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? (SBU) Algeria is a nominally secular state with a 99-percent Muslim population. There are no identifiable ethnic or religious communities that har [...]	2009-03-03 18:18:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER AG
09ALGIERS226	HOW TO GET AN ALGERIAN TO VOTE IN APRIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Achieving a respectable level of voter turnout for the April election appears to be the key government concern for legitimizing the presidential electoral process and delivering Bouteflika a landslide victory. Voter turnout has been in steady decline in recent years as Algerians [...]	2009-03-04 16:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
09ALGIERS268	ALGERIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR PA [...] (U) In response to ref A, MFA U.S. desk officer Ali Drouiche confirmed on March 14 that Algeria will provide approximately USD 200 million for reconstruction efforts in Palestinian territories, to be channeled through its membership in the Arab League. As reported in ref B, Algeria has alread [...]	2009-03-18 15:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN AG
09ALGIERS269	ALGERIA OF LIKE MIND ON MAURITANIA [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Arab Maghreb Affairs Ayeche Ouahouah told us on March 18 that Algeria shared the U.S. view on Mauritania, and was confident that the African Union would remain focused on the points contained in reftel demarche. Ouahouah said that Libya's Qadhafi "was playing a rol [...]	2009-03-18 16:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MR AG
09ALGIERS278	BIOLOGY FAVORS BOUTEFLIKA ON ELECTION EVE [...] (S) SUMMARY: General Larbi Belkheir, known for decades as the kingmaker within Algeria's military establishment, is in declining health and has all but formally faded from the political scene. His impending death will accelerate the decline of the army leaders (the "Janvieristes") who led the [...]	2009-03-23 14:11:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR AG
09ALGIERS279	THE PLAYBILL FOR ALGERIA'S ELECTION THEATER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 18:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL AG
09ALGIERS307	VIOLENCE ROCKS TIZI OUZOU ON THE EVE OF [...] (U) Tizi Ouzou was rocked by violence on the eve of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's March 26 campaign swing through the province, but thanks in part to a massive security presence his tour of two major Kabylie cities occurred without incident. Al'Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) launched [...]	2009-03-31 09:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL PINS AG
09ALGIERS308	GUANTANAMO: FORMER DETAINEE ALLEGEDLY ENCOURAGED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A letter received by the Embassy on March 25 accuses the spouse of former Algerian Guantanamo detainee Sofiane Abar Houari of encouraging her husband to attack the U.S. Embassy in Algiers. The letter, written in mediocre French, purports to be from a concerned citizen presumably [...]	2009-03-31 09:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL AG
09ALGIERS31	FIS WRITES TO AMBASSADOR AND RAISES STREET PROFILE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ali Benhadj, vice-president and spiritual leader of the disbanded and outlawed Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),wrote a letter to the Ambassador in which he advised the United States to revise its support of Israel in the wake of the current situation in Gaza, and in which he decri [...]	2009-01-12 10:24:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KISL PTER KDEM AG
09ALGIERS331	CHASTENED JOURNALISTS ADD TO ELECTION DAY CYNICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Tunisian journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was denied entry at Algiers airport on April 4 after being invited by the Algerian League for the Defense of Human Rights (LADDH) to participate in a program monitoring the media in the run-up to the April 9 presid [...]	2009-04-06 17:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO PHUM AG
09ALGIERS337	CRITICISM AND APATHY DEFINE PRE-ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of Algeria's presidential election, a mood of general apathy and cynicism has descended upon the capital, despite the government's best efforts to stimulate voter turnout on April 9. These efforts have consisted largely of an overwhelming Bouteflika propaganda machine, [...]	2009-04-07 10:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
09ALGIERS34	ALGERIA ALLOWS PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS OVER GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bowing to growing public pressure (ref A),the Algerian government allowed protests in the streets of Algiers and other cities January 9 for the first time since 2001 so Algerians could show public support for the Palestinians in Gaza. Thousands participated in demonstrations ar [...]	2009-01-12 18:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KISL AG
09ALGIERS370	BOUTEFLIKA REELECTED IN HEAVILY MANAGED CONTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: To the surprise of noone, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was elected to a third term on April 9 in a carefully choreographed and heavily controlled election with official results the main opposition leader called "Brezhnevian." Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni annou [...]	2009-04-13 19:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AG
09ALGIERS39	WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA AND POLISARIO WELCOME ROSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an official statement reported in the local press on January 12, the MFA welcomed the UN Secretary General's nomination of Ambassador Christopher Ross as Special Representative for the Western Sahara, expressing Algeria's readiness to cooperate with and assist Ross in his ef [...]	2009-01-13 19:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PBTS WI AG
09ALGIERS428	THE GESTATION OF A NEW ISLAMIST PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what appears to be a government-backed effort to energize an alientated Islamist electorate, the traditional tensions within the Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP - Muslim Brotherhood) have sprouted a new formal political movement, the Movement for Preaching and Change (MPC) [...]	2009-04-29 08:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM AG
09ALGIERS44	ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE: ALGERIA SUPPORTS EGYPT'S [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche January 14 to MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelhamid Bouzaher, who said that Algeria was in accord in principle with our points on Gaza. He said Algeria supported the UNSCR, and absolutely supported Egypt's efforts. But, he said, the sit [...]	2009-01-14 17:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM PREL AL XF AG
09ALGIERS442	WESTERN SAHARA: ALGERIA OPTIMISTIC, POLISARIO DOUR [...] (C) In response to ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Lounes Magramane told the DCM on May 3 that Algeria's response to the MINURSO rollover resolution had been "measured and positive" and that Algeria supported Ambassador Christopher Ross. The Algerian government issued a stateme [...]	2009-05-04 16:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UN MO AG
09ALGIERS443	ALGERIA TO ABSTAIN ON KOSOVO JOINING IMF [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Economic Affairs and International Cooperation (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Amar Abba on May 4. Abba reported that Algeria would cast an abstention vote at the IMF by the May 5 deadline. He also implied that Algeria would proba [...]	2009-05-04 16:28:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV AG
09ALGIERS447	THE RESILIENT CHRISTIANS OF TAMANRASSET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Some 2000 kilometers south of Algiers in the heart of the Sahara, a small group of Catholics continue to hold small, discreet services, despite the restrictions local officials have placed on their activities. Each week, 20-30 Christians attend services in a tiny sand and mud chur [...]	2009-05-06 11:25:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI PINR KISL AG
09ALGIERS463	GUNS IN THE DESERT: ROOTS OF SAHEL INSTABILITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: The stability of the vast Sahara region of southern Algeria, northern Mali and northern Niger has become a major source of concern to Algerian officials and local leaders we met during a March 23-30 trip to Tamanrasset and Djanet. They tell us a concerted development program and [...]	2009-05-11 08:46:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS ECON ASEC ML NG AG
09ALGIERS464	ALGERIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT SOUTH AFRICAN IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-11 11:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA PREL AG
09ALGIERS465	DISEASE IN THE DESERT: FIGHTING HIV/AIDS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A gradual rise in legal and illegal African migration to southern Algeria over the past 15 years has brought an increase in cases of infectious diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS. The Saharan crossroads of Tamanrasset, which with 130,000 inhabitants is the only city in an area large [...]	2009-05-11 13:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KHIV PGOV PREF AG
09ALGIERS469	PROBLEM CHILD: ALGERIA'S GROWING IMPATIENCE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria has long considered Mali an ally in the fight against terrorism in the Sahel, but is losing patience with its southern neighbor. During the week of April 25, the two major independent French-language dailies in Algiers, Liberte and El Watan, accused Malian President Amado [...]	2009-05-12 15:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR PREL ASEC ML AG
09ALGIERS483	ALGIERS EAC: DETAINEE PHOTOS AND THE SECURITY [...] (S) On May 17, 2009, the acting DCM convened a full EAC to assess the impact on mission and AMCIT security from media attention to unreleased detainee photographs (reftel) as well as to evaluate the security situation in and around the city of Constantine for upcoming Embassy travel and activit [...]	2009-05-18 14:30:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	ASEC PTER CASC AG
09ALGIERS492	DESPERATELY LOOKING NORTH: THE MIGRANTS OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The cities of Tamanrasset and Djanet in the Algerian south have become extended transit hubs for thousands of illegal migrants from sub Saharan Africa who are looking north to seek opportunity. With 130,000 residents, Tamanrasset is the largest population center in southern Alger [...]	2009-05-20 18:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER PINR PINS SOCI ML NG AG
09ALGIERS642	WESTERN SAHARA: BOUTEFLIKA TELLS ROSS THAT ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSYG Personal Envoy Christopher Ross met with President Bouteflika on June 24 to discuss participation in "informal" talks between Morocco and the Polisario regarding the Western Sahara. After his meetings with Bouteflika in Algiers and later with Polisario leaders in Tindouf, R [...]	2009-06-30 07:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UN MO AG
09ALGIERS729	ALGERIANS AND POLISARIO READY FOR VIENNA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Algerians and Polisario are both ready for the informal talks on Western Sahara August 9 in Vienna. In separate meetings August 3, representatives of both the GOA and the Polisario told us they respect the effort of UNSYG Special Envoy Ross and find that his no-agenda approac [...]	2009-08-04 19:16:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PBTS PREF KPKO AG MO MR
09ALGIERS781	POLISARIO VIEWS VIENNA AS POSITIVE STEP, BUT NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario "Ambassador" Brahim Ghali praised the positive atmosphere of the Vienna talks and reiterated the Polisario's commitment to continue its cooperation with UNSYG Special Envoy Christopher Ross. Although the talks were a good opportunity for direct dialogue between the part [...]	2009-08-27 17:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS824	ALGERIA: DEMARCHE ON IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief presented reftel demarche September 13 to Hamza Khelif, Deputy Director for Disarmament in the MFA's Office of Security and Disarmament. Khelif noted that as president of the IAEA Board of Governors, Algeria carried a special responsibility to be impartial and listen to all [...]	2009-09-14 16:32:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SY TRGY AG
09ALGIERS838	AMBASSADOR HOSTS IFTAR DINNER FOR ALGERIAN PRESS [...] (C) Human rights lawyers and editors of Algeria's independent French and Arabic language print dailies complained of a continuing oppressive environment for the press over the past year during an iftar hosted by the Ambassador September 15. Government unwillingness to share information with t [...]	2009-09-17 16:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AG KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL US
09ALGIERS96	U.S. COAST GUARD GIVES ALGERIAN PORTS HIGH MARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A delegation of four International Port Security Specialists from the U.S. Coast Guard visited the ports of Arzew and Algiers from January 10-14, marking the second visit by the Coast Guard since the implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) [...]	2009-01-27 17:49:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EWWT AG
09ALGIERS983	CTAG MEMBERS DISCUSS REGIONAL CT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Participants at the Italian-hosted Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting of G-8 Embassies in Algiers on October 25 discussed the current status of regional CT cooperation, ongoing Algerian and bilateral CT efforts, and the activities of the African Union Center for the Study and Res [...]	2009-11-04 10:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PGOV AG ML MR NG
09AMEMBASSYHANOI1284	(SBU) UNSIC advances planning for April 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior United Nations (UN),European Union (EU),and USG officials met with government of Vietnam (GVN) officials in Hanoi on November 25-27 in preparation for the 7th Inter-Ministerial Conference for Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IMCAPI) to be held in Hanoi on April 19-21. The [...]	2009-12-01 08:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID EAGR PREL KFLU VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI911	Thrown Under the Popemobile? Hanoi Archbishop Submits Letter [...] (C) Summary: Sources in the Hanoi Archdiocese have confirmed that embattled Archbishop Ngo Quang Kiet has offered to resign, citing health concerns and fatigue. The head of the Vatican's delegation to a Jubilee marking the Catholic Church's 350-year presence in Vietnam told the DCM November [...]	2009-11-25 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI917	Vietnam Says it is Pressing Burma for ASSK's Release [...] (SBU) Acting DCM and Poloff met with the MFA's Deputy DG for ASEAN Affairs, Vu Hung, December 2 to discuss EAP A/S Campbell and DAS Marciel's November 3-4 visit to Burma and to urge Vietnam to use its influence with Burma to press for genuine dialogue with Burma's democratic opposition and eth [...]	2009-12-02 05:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN BM VM
09AMMAN1219	ISRAELI EMBASSY IN JORDAN QUESTIONS JORDAN,S WATER [...] (C/NF) Jordan and Israel, which both suffer from water shortages, have enjoyed a healthy collaboration on this critical issue. The 1994 peace treaty stipulated water exchange provisions between the two countries and as recently as the summer 2008 drought, Israel loaned Jordan extra water (ref [...]	2009-05-28 07:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO IS
09AMMAN1263	JORDAN: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REACT TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian government officials and members of parliament lauded the tone and content of the President's speech during a lunchtime viewing and discussion at the DCM's residence. Contacts were laudatory of the speech's frankness and sense of balance. While noting the speech's bro [...]	2009-06-04 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1519	JORDAN: SWEDISH AMBASSADOR OUTLINES LOCAL PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Swedish ambassador to Jordan outlined her mission's plans to support national objectives for the EU Presidency, which began on July 1. Internationally, Sweden plans to take a leadership role in the preparations for the December 2009 UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhage [...]	2009-07-07 07:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SENV EUN ECON KWMN SW JO
09AMMAN1528	JORDAN FORMALLY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-08 10:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV JO
09AMMAN165	JOINT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON FIFTH GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 05:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER KGIC JO

09AMMAN2013	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS WARN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE; [...] (C) Iraqi Parliamentarian Dr. Saleh al-Mutlaq repeated to Emboffs previous allegations of continuing extensive corruption in the Iraqi government and wide-spread influence by Iran. Mutlaq claimed that the Iraqi government, military, and media, are all under the influence of Iranian-supported [...]	2009-09-03 06:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON JO IZ
09AMMAN2039	JORDANIAN MFA ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL, SOMALI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Samer Naber, Director of the Americas Department at the MFA. On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Naber said that Jordan's goal at the Arab League Ministerial was to "keep momentum going, avert negativity, and be as positive as possible." [...]	2009-09-08 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL IS SA SO JO
09AMMAN2053	RE-ENGAGING WITH JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Amman is moving forward with a strategy to re-establish political contact with Islamists in Jordan. Engagement with the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),languished in the wake of September 11, 2001, and eventua [...]	2009-09-10 06:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN2114	JORDAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN, IAEA MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC JO
09AMMAN2144	JORDAN ALIGNED WITH IPCC AND G77 BUT OBSERVES [...] (SBU) Jordan is largely aligned with the recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the G77 negotiating block as it prepares for the COP15 in Copenhagen. While Jordan will not be represented at the September 22 UN Climate Summit, Minister of Environment Khaled [...]	2009-09-17 09:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL SENV KGCC JO
09AMMAN230	Update on Labor Issues in Jordan [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has continued to take measures to strengthen its institutional capacity to identify and correct labor violations, in part by hiring 60 new inspectors in 2008. Inspectors for the International Labour Office's (ILO) Better Work Jordan program have [...]	2009-01-27 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD EAID KTIP KTEX JO
09AMMAN2306	JORDAN'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR HOPES TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Yahoo's recent acquisition of the Jordanian internet portal company Maktoob has focused media and government attention on the technology sector and generated considerable excitement about Jordan's future as a regional IT hub. Recent meetings with industry and government officials [...]	2009-10-15 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINT TINT PGOV JO
09AMMAN2404	JORDAN: NSC DELEGATION DISCUSSES CAIRO INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) A five-member delegation led by NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy visited Jordan from October 6-9 to discuss initiatives laid out in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. The delegation also included representatives from the Secretary's Policy Planning Staf [...]	2009-11-01 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL OEXC SOCI JO
09AMMAN2492	JORDAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELECTIONS BRING [...] (U) Summary: Jordan held its first elections for chambers of commerce since 1998 in early October, choosing board members for 17 commerce organizations: 16 local chambers and the nationwide Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC). The results swept activist members into the Amman Chamber of Commerc [...]	2009-11-16 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR JO
09AMMAN2498	JORDAN AWARDS CONTRACT FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY PROJECT [...] (C) The Jordan Atomic Energy Commission (JAEC) on November 15 signed an $11.3 million agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to conduct a two-year technology selection and financial feasibility study for Jordan's first nuclear power plant planned to be built near Aqaba, according to t [...]	2009-11-17 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EMIN TRGY PARM KNNP JO
09AMMAN2709	JORDAN: REACTIONS TO PM NEGATIVE; CABINET SWORN IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 06:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
09AMMAN2791	JORDAN: REACTIONS TO PM NEGATIVE; CABINET SWORN IN [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The appointment of Samir al-Rifa'i on December 9 as Jordanian Prime Minister has been met by largely negative reactions from Embassy contacts and domestic media outlets. His ability to lead a new Cabinet has been questioned by Jordanian officials, political and business el [...]	2009-12-29 05:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR JO
09AMMAN2804	JORDAN'S NEW CABINET: SUMMARY AND SELECTED BIOS [...] (C/NF) The 29-member cabinet was sworn in by King Abdullah II on December 14. The new government, largely technocrats, is made up of 16 new ministers and 13 who served in the previous government. Of the new ministers, seven have served in previous cabinets. PM Samir Rifa'i's cabinet inclu [...]	2009-12-30 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR JO
09AMMAN459	JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the past year, Jordan demonstrated a strong commitment to and made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Progress includes the passage of a comprehensive anti-TIP law, an increase in forced labor cases being investigated and sent forward for [...]	2009-02-18 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09AMMAN516	JORDAN'S PM RESHUFFLES HIS CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The long-anticipated reshuffle of Jordanian PM Nader Al-Dahabi's cabinet took place on February 23, with ten ministers replaced and five ministers changing portfolios. At first glance, the reshuffled cabinet has fewer proponents of reform and gives a larger voice to security-co [...]	2009-02-24 15:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN768	JORDAN DEMARCHED ON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE; GOJ [...] (SBU) In accordance with reftel, Ambassador discussed Jordan's participation in the Afghanistan conference on March 24 with Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi who said that LTG Prince Faisal, who is the King's brother and the special assistant to the Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff [...]	2009-03-26 07:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK IR UN JO
09AMMAN834	AQABA'S ECONOMY TREADING WATER AMID CREDIT CRUNCH [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Aqaba, contacts told the DCM that most real estate development projects in the city were on hold due to the lack of financing. Although trade volume through Aqaba's port remains steady, some question whether the fundamentals of Aqaba's economy are strong enough [...]	2009-04-07 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV PGOV JO
09AMMAN862	(C) JORDAN TO SUPPORT KOSOVO'S BID FOR IMF AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 03:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV JO
09AMMAN92	JORDAN'S AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL NOT RECALLED [...] (C) Despite Israeli media reports over the weekend, Jordan's Ambassador to Israel Ali Al Ayed has not been officially recalled to Jordan and his family remains in Israel, based on repeated discussions with Foreign Ministry and Royal Court contacts. Ayed was attending a Jordanian chief of miss [...]	2009-01-12 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL JO
09AMMAN930	JORDAN ASKS FOR NON-PAPER TO FACILITATE PLANNING [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) PolChief and Netherlands DCM Johan Verboom delivered on April 21 reftel demarche and a proposed agenda for the June plenary of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) to Nabil Masarweh, Office Director to [...]	2009-04-22 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MNUC KNNP KGIC JO
09AMSTERDAM38	MARCH VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of AmEmbassy The Hague and ConGen Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The March Visas Viper meeting was held on April 2, 2009. The meeting was chaired by A/DCM James Foster and was coordinated by Consul Michael Barkin. 4. (SBU) The fol [...]	2009-04-09 12:51:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM72	AUGUST VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The August Visas Viper meeting took place on September 3, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consular Chief Stuart Wilson coordinated the meeting. [...]	2009-09-09 12:49:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM77	SEPTEMBER VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The September Visas Viper meeting took place on October 1, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consul General Julie Ruterbories coordinated the mee [...]	2009-10-05 07:06:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM86	OCTOBER VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The October Visas Viper meeting took place on November 5, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consular Section Chief Stuart Wilson coordinated the [...]	2009-11-09 09:54:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09AMSTERDAM93	NOVEMBER VISAS VIPER REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post sends Visas Viper cables on behalf of Embassy The Hague and Consulate General Amsterdam. 3. (SBU) The November Visas Viper meeting took place on December 3, 2009. DCM Michael Gallagher chaired the meeting. Consul Daniel King coordinated the meeting. 4. ( [...]	2009-12-09 15:16:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR PTER CVIS ASEC NL
09ANKARA1025	TURKEY: DPM CICEK REQUESTS US TRIP POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on July 15, Deputy Prime Minister Cemil Cicek requested of the Ambassador that his trip to the US -- scheduled for July 21-24 -- be postponed until September or October. Complaining bitterly about the lack of concrete results out of Northern Iraq to eliminate the P [...]	2009-07-16 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA1083	TURKEY: JUDICIARY LOGJAM CLEARS, BUT SCARS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: A 21-day logjam over judicial appointments has broken, allowing the prosecutors investigating the Ergenekon case to stay in place, but also putting them under greater scrutiny by the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK). The compromise allows judicial proceedings to c [...]	2009-07-29 04:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA1084	TURKEY-IRAN BORDER: A TALE OF TWO CUSTOMS POSTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 04:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PINS PTER EAID IR TU
09ANKARA1104	TURKEY: YOK LIFTS YOKE ON RELIGIOUS SCHOOL GRADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent decision by Turkey's Higher Education Council (YOK) has ended a decade-old official policy that made it much harder for religious school graduates to compete for regular University admissions. The decision has accentuated the current schism in Turkish society between [...]	2009-07-31 09:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA113	TURKEY'S NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STILL WON'T BUDGE [...] (C) Turkish Atomic Energy Administration (TAEK) Chairman Okay Cakiroglu told the Ambassador that, with its exponentially increasing energy demand, Turkey was not now ready to exclude any options or any technology from its consideration. Turkey needed time to decide whether it could accept re [...]	2009-01-23 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY TU
09ANKARA1131	TURKEY: SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL NAMES NEW DEPUTY [...] (U) The Supreme Military Council (YAS) results were announced on August 4. Turkish Land Forces Chief of Staff GEN Aslan Guner will replace GEN Hasan Igsiz as the deputy chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) and will thus become the lead Turkish representative at the next High Level Defense [...]	2009-08-04 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR TU
09ANKARA1136	TURKISH PARLIAMENT ELECTS PM LOYALIST AS SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) elected Mehmet Ali Sahin, a former Minister of Justice and a close ally of PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as its speaker August 5. Sahin's legal and ministerial experience will contribute to ushering the government's ambitious Kurdish initiat [...]	2009-08-05 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PINR TU
09ANKARA1149	US AND TURKEY REAFFIRM CT COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is generally pleased with the U.S.-Turkey-Iraq Trilateral Process, but Iraq must take concrete measures against the PKK, Turkish officials told S/CT Amb. Benjamin during his July 30-31 visit. Turkey is developing a new broader "democratization" approach to the Kurdish issu [...]	2009-08-07 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL EU IZ TU
09ANKARA1156	TURKEY: MFA BRIEFS CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel Murphy-McKeon attended a lunch on August 4 hosted by MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan during their visit to Ankara. The delegation discussed the importance of the U.S.-Turkish relationship and current issues in Afghanistan and Iraq. Apakan highlighted the need to build a national, [...]	2009-08-10 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL PGOV AF TU IZ KDEM
09ANKARA122	TURKEY: GOT HITTING POLITICALLY ACCEPTABLE LIMITS [...] (C) Treasury Undersecretary Ibrahim Canakci briefed DCM and Econ Couns on the status of IMF negotiations on January 23, the day the talks were scheduled to conclude. Canakci said that they had closed some issues but there were both technical and policy issues still open. The Fund Mission wil [...]	2009-01-23 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN TU
09ANKARA1293	NATO SYG'S INITIAL VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During his initial trip to Turkey as the new NATO SYG, Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged senior GoT officials to provide significant additional training support in Afghanistan and received strong push back when he pressed Turkey to show more flexibility to help improve NATO-EU cooperati [...]	2009-09-01 20:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO TU
09ANKARA1369	TURKEY: EUROPEAN MISSILE DEFENSE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR PREL TU
09ANKARA1373	TURKEY: EARLY REACTION IN THE MEDIA TO MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish media reaction to the White House announcement on European missile defense has been limited thus far and ranged from straightforward reporting based on the Presidential announcement to speculation that the announcement portends a greater role for Turkey in the new "Phase [...]	2009-09-18 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KMDR NATO IR TU
09ANKARA1434	(S) TURKEY AGREES TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST TRUCK [...] (S/NF) We shared the non-paper regarding the transit of a truck convoy from Iran to the Levant carrying a shipment of high concern (reftel) with MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun on October 2, and asked the GoT to take immediate action to disrupt the shipment. Gun agreed to alert rel [...]	2009-10-02 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER
09ANKARA1446	TURKEY PUSHES FOR STRATEGIC COOPERATION WITH IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Erdogan's October 15 visit to Baghdad is the culmination of a recently revitalized GoT effort to establish a strategic partnership with Iraq. He hopes to lay the foundations for bilateral cooperation in areas ranging from counter-terrorism cooperation and hydrocarbons trans [...]	2009-10-06 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ SY
09ANKARA1455	DAVUTOGLU TAKES THE CASE FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: EU embassy interlocutors here interpreted Davutoglu's October 1 Brussels statement urging the EU to admit Turkey by 2015 not as an ultimatum, but as a reaffirmation of the GoT's commitment to its EU candidacy. Progress on internal reforms and GoT actions that encourage hopes fo [...]	2009-10-07 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN TU
09ANKARA1497	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR PRODS D/PM ON DOGAN MEDIA FINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 14 discussion with the Ambassador, Deputy PM Arinc defended the tax evasion fine against the Dogan Media Group as simply a move by GOT auditing agencies to tackle the unregistered economy and eliminate "off-record" dealings. He portrayed Dogan as a powerful corpora [...]	2009-10-16 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
09ANKARA1500	TURKS ACCENT THE POSITIVE IN EU PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Minister for EU Affairs Egemen Bagis and the MFA offered a broadly positive official reaction to the European Commission's 12th annual progress report, released October 14. Both Bagis and the MFA portrayed the report in their public statements as endorsing the government's [...]	2009-10-16 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY EU PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1503	TURKEY: PHARMA INDUSTRY GIVES COUNTERPROPOSAL TO [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, the GOT published two decrees relating to pharmaceutical pricing in an effort to close the 2 billion TL Social Security budget gap described in reftel. U.S. firms have told us these decrees, with 70 percent of the cost expected to fall on foreign firms, will kil [...]	2009-10-19 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN TU
09ANKARA1528	ASD VERSHBOW BRIEFS TURKS ON MISSILE DEFENSE: GOOD [...] (S) ASD Vershbow briefed top Turkish MFA and General Staff officials on details of the proposed U.S. Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European ballistic missile defense and presented Turkey with a request to participate in this effort to protect NATO territory by agreeing to allow a radar an [...]	2009-10-22 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL NATO TU
09ANKARA1532	ISRAELI EMBASSY HOPES FOR BETTER TIMES AFTER [...] (C) Israeli DCM Menahem Kanafi told DCM October 21 that the Turkish MFA and Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) have been responsive to Israeli requests regarding a soap opera airing this week on TRT that dramatized graphic Israeli violence against Palestinian civilians. After the Israeli Amb [...]	2009-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS TU
09ANKARA1547	LEAHY VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IRBIL ASAYISH [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	TU
09ANKARA1564	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER [...] Summary: The EXBS Team and PMA Counselor met with the Director General of Customs Enforcement to discuss a shipment of concern (see Ankara Cables 1434,1438 and 1448),DOE/INECP conducted pre-deployment training of the XRF metal analysis device for Turkish Customs Officers. Additionally, INEC [...]	2009-10-28 07:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
09ANKARA1586	STANDSTILL LOOMS FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION BID [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is on track to open the Environment Chapter under the Swedish EU presidency, but has run out of "easy" technical chapters to open after the beginning of 2010 and could face a standstill in its EU accession bid. Ankara already has abandoned its previous policy of trying to [...]	2009-11-04 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1589	DOE DEP SEC PONEMAN VISIT: TURKS POSITIVE ON SOUTHERN CORRIDOR AND RENEWABLES [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Minister of Energy Yildiz and BOTAS Acting Director General Konuk, DoE Deputy Secretary Poneman stressed U.S. support for the Southern Corridor and the urgent need to resolve negotiations with the Azeris to make the Corridor a reality. Both Yildiz and Konu [...]	2009-11-05 09:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AZ
09ANKARA1590	STANDSTILL LOOMS FOR TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION BID [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is on track to open the Environment Chapter under the Swedish EU presidency, but has run out of "easy" technical chapters to open after the beginning of 2010 and could face a standstill in its EU accession bid. Ankara already has abandoned its previous policy of trying to [...]	2009-11-05 09:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1637	TURKEY'S LETTER TO GREECE: DEAR GEORGE [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA proudly points to Prime Minister Erdogan's October 30 letter to Greece as a positive step for the future of bilateral relations between the two countries, but admits that much depends on Greece's response -- and the ongoing Cyprus negotiations. In the letter, Erd [...]	2009-11-16 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU GR
09ANKARA1661	PLANS FOR AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN SUMMITS [...] (C) Turkey plans to involve itself actively in organizing meetings related to both Afghanistan and Pakistan in the coming year. Turkey's "Action Plan for Afghanistan" (included in para 4 below),which lists "immediate steps" for Turkish efforts in Afghanistan, includes convening the fourth Af [...]	2009-11-19 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1676	SUPPORT TO NEW KARZAI GOVERMENT REF: A. STATE 118297 B. ANKARA 1661 Classified By: DCM Doug Silliman for reasons 1.4 (b,d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1698	TURKISH NUCLEAR TENDER CANCELED [...] (U) On November 20, the Turkish Electricity Trading and Contracting Company (TETAS) canceled the September 2008 tender to build and operate Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The cancelation follows a November 10 decision by the Council of State (Danistay) to suspend several articles of the [...]	2009-11-25 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL TU
09ANKARA1702	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: MORE TRAINING POSSIBLE, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Aslan Guner November 24 on the President's plan to announce a significant increase in U.S. civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan (reftel) and pressed Turkey to strongly support this announcement and provide signifi [...]	2009-11-25 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TU
09ANKARA1704	TURKEY/IRAN NUCLEAR: TURKEY STILL WORKING TRR [...] (C) On November 25, DCM raised reftel points with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Engin Soysal. We delivered the same message to MFA Deputy DG for South Asia Burak Akcapar and Nonproliferation Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul. Soysal said that FM Davutoglu was planning to brief NSA Jones on his discu [...]	2009-11-25 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR TU
09ANKARA1724	TURKEY: MFA SEEKS NEW CURRENTS ON CAMP MAKHMOUR [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi authorities need to better isolate Makhmour Camp residents from PKK pressure to allow camp residents to express their feelings about returning to Turkey without coercion, newly appointed DG for Security Affairs Aydin Sezgin told us December 1. The DCM urged Turkey to involve t [...]	2009-12-04 11:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IZ TU
09ANKARA1725	TREASURY OFFICIAL ON FIGHT AGAINST TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary. During an October 19-20 visit to Ankara, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen cautioned government and banking officials about doing business with Iranian banks. GOT officials insisted they will comply with all UNSC obligations, but are [...]	2009-12-04 11:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EFIN PTER TU IR IS GZ KPAL ECON
09ANKARA1727	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: MORE TROOPS POSSIBLE, NO [...] (C) Despite initial wide-spread and deep skepticism in the media and reactions ranging from frustration to outrage from senior GoT contacts about the U.S. request for more Turkish troops in Afghanistan (reftel),several media outlets (pro-government Zaman, mass circulation Aksam, and secularist [...]	2009-12-04 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF TU
09ANKARA1729	GOT REQUESTS USTDA ASSISTANCE ON NEW NUCLEAR TENDER [...] (SBU) At the December 3 meeting of the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group (EWG) meeting, Hakki Akil, MFA deputy undersecretary for economic affairs and head of the Turkish EWG delegation, informed us that Energy Minister Yildiz is ready to accept USTDA's earlier offer of technical assistance on [...]	2009-12-04 13:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV TU
09ANKARA1767	ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING ACCESS TO POLITICAL LEVEL [...] (C) During a recent conversation with us, Israeli Embassy DCM Menahem Kanafi described Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben Eliezer's November 23 - 24 visit to Ankara as a modest step towards his government's goal of re-establishing a reliable communication channel to the GoT's s [...]	2009-12-11 19:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IS SY
09ANKARA1769	ISRAELIS STILL SEEKING ACCESS TO POLITICAL LEVEL [...] (C) During a recent conversation with us, Israeli Embassy DCM Menahem Kanafi described Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor Binyamin Ben Eliezer's November 23 - 24 visit to Ankara as a modest step towards his government's goal of re-establishing a reliable communication channel to the GoT's s [...]	2009-12-11 19:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IS SY
09ANKARA1773	FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: POLICE PRAISE "KINGPIN" [...] (C) SUMMARY. FBI Director Mueller urged Turkey to accept an information sharing arrangement on biometric data during a November 18 meeting with Turkish National Police Director General Koksal. The Director separately offered to post a second FBI officer in Ankara to strengthen CT teamwork. K [...]	2009-12-14 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PTER PREL SNAR KCRM IZ TU
09ANKARA1774	FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: DPM CICEK WELCOMES CLOSER CT [...] (C) SUMMARY. FBI Director Mueller offered to share biometric data with Turkey, post a second FBI agent in Ankara and assist Turkey with strengthening its counterterrorism legislation, FBI Director Mueller told DPM Cicek during a November 18 meeting. Biometric sharing would require changes to [...]	2009-12-14 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PTER PREL KCRM IZ TU
09ANKARA1775	FBI DIRECTOR'S VISIT: MINISTER OF JUSTICE READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 18 meeting, FBI Director Mueller pressed Justice Minister Ergin to establish a new bilateral framework that would facilitate the more rapid exchange of information. He also urged Turkey to revise its terrorism laws to better address the challenges brought by gl [...]	2009-12-14 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PTER PREL KCRM IZ TU
09ANKARA1788	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
09ANKARA1797	PM ERDOGAN AND MINISTER YILDIZ POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar on December 2, PM Erdogan and Energy Minister Yildiz both spoke positively of reaching agreement with the Azeris on Shah Deniz gas and cooperating more closely with the U.S. to develop Iraq's energy sector. E [...]	2009-12-17 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU
09ANKARA1834	TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT YIELDS A PROFFERED EMBRACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak's visit to Ankara December 15-16 focused on bilateral ties and the Middle East during lengthy separate discussions with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Deputy PM Babacan, FM Davutoglu, and Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug. Although the Tu [...]	2009-12-27 18:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU EG IS PREL IR
09ANKARA203	TURKEY: REPLACE MILITARY ENGAGEMENT WITH ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's Special Envoy for Iraq, Murat Ozcelik, argued to DCM February 5 that the US and Turkey must convince the GOI to make the strategic economic decision to send hydrocarbons north through Turkey to Europe. This is necessary to support US, Turkish, and European strategic ob [...]	2009-02-09 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IZ PREL TU
09ANKARA206	TURKISH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP LAUNCHES GENOCIDE CASE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Turkish NGO Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People (Mazlum-Der) has filed a legal complaint accusing the Israeli government and 19 Israeli officials of committing genocide and crimes against humanity for the recent operation in the Gaza Strip. The compl [...]	2009-02-09 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA226	ELDERLY AMERICAN SMUGGLED OUT OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary: American citizen Hossein Ghanbarzadeh Vahedi appeared in the Ankara Consular section around noon on January 9, 2009. Mr. Vahedi, age 75, told Conoff he had paid smugglers $7500 to take him across the Iranian/Turkish border after having been held against his will in Iran for seven month [...]	2009-02-11 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SNAR SOCI IR
09ANKARA238	ANTI-REGIMC O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000238 [...] (C) Summary: In mid January CONOFF interviewed XXXXXXXXXXXX, an anti-regime constitutional monarchist, for an immigrant visa. Soltani was repeatedly jailed and released by the Government of Iran for subversive activities and narrowly escaped re-imprisonment prior to his visa interview. XXXX [...]	2009-02-13 05:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI TR
09ANKARA273	TURKEY: 9TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: TIP SITUATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to ref A questions. This is part 1 of 3 (septels). Embassy point of contact is Anthony Renzulli, telephone 90-312-457-7178, fax 90-312-468-4775. Renzulli (FS-03) spent approximately 90 hours [...]	2009-02-20 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ANKARA276	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON SHARM AL-SHAYKH RECONSTRUCTION [...] Ambassador and DCM on February 18 separately delivered reftel points on the March 2 Sharm al-Shaykh conference to MFA Director General for the Middle East Huseyin Dirioz. DCM also demarched MFA Director General for International Organizations Hasan Gogus and Prime Ministry Deputy Undersecreta [...]	2009-02-20 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
09ANKARA277	TURKEY: DEMARCHE ON THE DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] DCM delivered reftel points on the preparatory work for the Durban Review Conference on February 18 to Hasan Gogus, MFA Director General for International Organizations. Gogus welcomed USG re-engagement in the process and its new approach to the Durban Conference; he was receptive of our con [...]	2009-02-20 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM TU
09ANKARA284	TURKISH VIEWS ON HANDLING IRAN AND SYRIA AT THE [...] (C) UNVIE Senior Advisor Andrea Hall, accompanied by Mission Turkey officers, met February 17 in Ankara with Turkish IAEA Governor Hakan Fidan and separately with the GOT Nonproliferation Task Force chaired by MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun to encourage [...]	2009-02-23 12:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP IAEA TU IR SY
09ANKARA31	TURKEY: 10TH ROUND OF ERGENEKON ARRESTS ROCK [...] (C) Summary and comment: A new wave of arrests on January 7 related to the Ergenekon investigation (ref a) included two retired four star generals and the former chair of the Higher Education Council (YOK). A former mayor of Istanbul, Bedrettin Dalan, who is in the U.S. currently, is also bein [...]	2009-01-08 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA329	MINISTER GULER LAYS OUT US-TURKEY ENERGY PRIORITIES [...] (C) Ambassador Jeffrey told Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on March 2 that regional energy security will be a priority issue for Secretary Clinton during her March 7 stop in Ankara. Ambassador expressed concern about Turkey's rapprochement with Russia on energy issues and urged continued GOT su [...]	2009-03-03 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
09ANKARA336	CODEL WEXLER TELLS ANKARA THAT GAZA RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congressman Wexler's message to Turkey's leaders during his February 17-20 visit was blunt. He told President Gul, PM Erdogan, Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Basbug, PM Foreign Policy Advisor Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan, and other GOT, Parliamentary and opposition party [...]	2009-03-04 16:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS TU
09ANKARA349	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR PLEADS FOR GREATER TURKISH [...] (C) The Afghan Ambassador in Ankara believes that Turkey, as a Muslim country, can provide more effective and acceptable support to Afghanistan than other NATO allies. Military and police training, education, construction, and religious messaging are Turkey's comparative strengths. He argue [...]	2009-03-05 16:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS AF TU
09ANKARA460	TURKEY AND IRAQ: PRESIDENT GUL GOES TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish President Abdullah Gul conducted what GOT officials described as a very successful, if largely symbolic, visit to Baghdad March 24-25. The Turks had low expectations for concrete deliverables emerging from the visit. What was more important was the fact a Turkish head of [...]	2009-03-26 10:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON ENRG IZ TU
09ANKARA516	TURKEY: PRAISE FOR POTUS'S SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's speech to Turkish Parliament -- the most public aspect of his Turkey visit -- was widely praised among our political and civil society contacts. All segments of the Turkish government and state in attendance resoundingly applauded the President's statement of s [...]	2009-04-07 10:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA522	TURKEY TO PLEDGE $100 MILLION AT PAKISTAN DONORS [...] (C) We delivered ref A follow-up points April 8 on the Pakistan Donors Conference to MFA South Asia Department Head Babur Girgin. Girgin confirmed that Foreign Minister Ali Babacan does plan to attend the conference. Accompanying him will be MFA Deputy U/S for South Asia and Middle East Ferid [...]	2009-04-08 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN IBRD IMF PK TU
09ANKARA549	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP FROM 8 APRIL 2009 E3 PLUS 3 [...] (S) Ambassador met April 14 with Ambassador Gurcan Turkoglu, Foreign Policy Advisor to President Gul, and urged the GOT to help persuade Iran to accept the renewed E3 Plus 3 approach and the freeze for freeze proposal. Turkoglu did not commit to taking any specific action, but said he underst [...]	2009-04-14 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM MNUC IR TU
09ANKARA560	TURKEY'S TOP GENERAL SPEAKS OUT ON CIVIL-MILITARY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug's April 14 address at the Turkish War Academies Command received blanket and mostly positive media coverage. Commentators called the speech "groundbreaking," "balanced" and "courageous," and characterized the conciliatory languag [...]	2009-04-15 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
09ANKARA582	FISCAL POLICY REALITY CHECK [...] (C) Summary and comment. On April 14, Treasury Minister Mehmet Simsek told Ambassador Jeffrey that Turkey will support Kosovo's bid to join the IMF and World Bank (Reftel B). In addition, Simsek offered to meet in Washington during the IMF/WB spring meetings with selected countries to encou [...]	2009-04-21 07:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON TU
09ANKARA608	TURKS RELIEVED THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction to the President's April 24 Armenian Remembrance Day statement was initial relief that he did not use the word "genocide," followed by deeper analysis and criticism of the words he chose to describe the events, particularly his use of the Armenian term 'Yeds Meghern' (Gre [...]	2009-04-27 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU AM
09ANKARA689	RECONCEPTUALIZING TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The stiff blowback Turkey has received from Azerbaijan over the normalization of relations with Armenia has annoyed many Turks even as official Ankara remains, for the most part, eager to mend relations with Baku. No matter what the final outcome of the Turkey-Armenia process, h [...]	2009-05-13 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09ANKARA696	TURKEY: SUN RISING ON KURDISH ISSUE? [...] (C) Summary: A series of events in recent weeks signal possible progress on Turkey's long-standing Kurdish issue. President Abdullah Gul, following a May 7 meeting with pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk, called the Kurdish issue Turkey's "most important problem" and [...]	2009-05-13 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
09ANKARA717	TURKEY: IO CONSULATIONS ON UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An IO delegation led by PDAS Warlick met May 14 with a wide range of MFA officials during an all-day session at the MFA to discuss UN Security Council issues, particularly Cyprus, Somali piracy, Georgia, Sudan, Iraq and Iran. The discussions also touched upon Turkey's role on the [...]	2009-05-20 04:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU UNSC
09ANKARA735	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ: A TURKISH [...] (C) In response to ref A para 12 request for an assessment of GOT views regarding creation of new regional networks on a host of issues beyond the existing Iraq-centric mechanisms, post notes specific GOT views conveyed in ref E, especially paras 10-12. As noted therein (as well as in refs B, [...]	2009-05-22 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09ANKARA833	TURKEY: FM DAVUTOGLU TO IRAQ; MORE WATER FOR [...] (S) FM Davutoglu is planning to visit Iraq beginning June 22, remaining in country at least through June 24 and perhaps until June 25, according to MFA Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Ozcelik. Ozcelik provided us June 15 with a provisional program for Davutoglu's upcoming visit. He plans to arri [...]	2009-06-16 04:54:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09ANKARA852	TURKEY: FM DAVUTOGLU VISIT TO PAKISTAN AND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Davutoglu presented $10 million for IDP support plus additional material aid to Pakistan during a recent visit to Afghanistan and Pakistan July 9-12. Turkey also agreed on a new mechanism for coope [...]	2009-06-18 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM AF PK TU
09ANKARA866	MALIKI AIMS AT BARZANI; HITS DAVUTOGLU, TURK-IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The GOT has postponed FM Davutoglu's planned June 22-24/5 visit to six cities in Iraq because of PM Maliki's reported insistence that Davutoglu not go to Erbil (nor to Kirkuk or Mosul) during the visit. Maliki's "request" was delivered in ham-handed fashion by Maliki advisor Sade [...]	2009-06-22 03:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ TU
09ANKARA87	UK HOME SECRETARY FINDS POSITIVE VIBES IN ANKARA [...] (C) Summary. UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith's January 5-7 Ankara visit was a success, both British and Turkish contacts agreed. Discussions focused heavily on counterterrorism (CT) and laid the groundwork for high-level counterterrorism consultations set to be held in London in the coming w [...]	2009-01-20 05:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL UK TU
09ANKARA882	TURKEY'S EXPLANATION FOR WEAK IAEA STATEMENT ON [...] (C) On June 22, DCM met with Hakan Fidan, PM Erdogan's Foreign Policy Adviser and also Turkey's governor on the IAEA, to discuss Turkey's national statement on Iran. DCM expressed regret that the Turkish national statement did not call for Iran to provide transparency and access to the IAEA [...]	2009-06-23 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC IAEA IR TU
09ANKARA940	MOVE ALLOWING CIVILIAN COURTS TO TRY MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Tension between the civilian government led by PM Erdogan's party and the military is sharpening, sparked by the military's denial of any involvement in an alleged secret military plan to undermine the government (reftel) and the government's successful effort to rush through legi [...]	2009-07-02 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
09ANKARA949	TURKEY'S NATO SUMMIT COMMITMENTS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Turkey is on track to meet its NATO summit ISAF commitments (reftel),according to MFA NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari. The four military teams pledged for the Election Support Force, totaling about eighty personnel, will deploy to Afghanistan by mid-July. Plans to reassume comma [...]	2009-07-02 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AF TU
09ANKARA959	TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]	2009-07-07 04:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNUC TU

09ANKARA960	TURKEY: GETTING PAST "NO" ON NEW NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (C) Summary: Our effort to persuade Turkey to change its view on supporting a "clean text" of guidelines on enrichment has continued after the Budapest NSG meeting in early June. Action Request: See Para. 7. End Summary 2. (C) DCM met with PM Erdogan's foreign policy advisor and IAEA Board [...]	2009-07-07 04:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNUC TU
09ANKARA985	GEN PETRAEUS VISITS ANKARA, FINDS BROAD AGREEMENT [...] (S) During a June 30 - July 1 visit to Turkey, CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus found broad agreement on and readiness to cooperate with the USG approach in Afghanistan, Pakistan and, generally speaking, Iraq. Turkey was already working to increase further its commitment to Afghanistan, b [...]	2009-07-10 08:34:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR TU
09ANTANANARIVO162	EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS RAJOELINA'S ASYLUM, [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Meeting, chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened at the DCR, (the Alternate Command Center (ACC)),on Sunday, March 8. Initially, the Ambassador called a meeting to provide updates to POL, PA, DAO and RSO on the current political situation, but given ev [...]	2009-03-09 09:56:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO167	EAC CONVENED MARCH 9 TO DISCUSS TRIPWIRES, [...] (SBU) This information has previously been reported through alternate channels. An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened on March 9, 2009 at the DCR to review the trip wires in light of the recent events and discuss the possibility of authorized departure (AD [...]	2009-03-12 10:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO186	EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS INCREASING ANTI-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened on March 17, 2009 to discuss the recent increase of anti-American press and the military take over of the Presidential Palace. Also discussed were the present status of the other Presidential Palace located in Ia [...]	2009-03-18 08:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO187	Engaging with the new Malagasy "Government" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post seeks guidance from the department on an expected request for contact with the transition government of Andry Rajoelina (see paragraph 3). The transfer of power from the short-lived military directorate to another unnamed entity with Rajoelina as its president occurred Tues [...]	2009-03-18 13:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO217	MADAGASCAR: UN, AU, AND SADC ROLES, GOING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The UN, SADC, and AU are working to coordinate and harmonize next steps in resolving the Madagascar crisis. Elections within six months are their shared goal. SADC says it will not seat Ravalomanana at the upcoming SADC Summit, but TGV -- perceiving SADC bias in favor of his [...]	2009-03-26 09:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO218	SUSPENDED PARLEMENT APPEALS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of the "suspended" Malagasy parliament - almost all belonging to Ravalomanana's TIM party -- published a statement Thursday condemning the recent coup d'etat, denying that Marc Ravalomanana resigned willingly, and calling on the international community to help restore and [...]	2009-03-26 14:10:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO221	EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS UPCOMING RALLIES, SECURITY [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) chaired by DCM Stromayer was convened on March 27, 2009 to discuss the current state of affairs, the upcoming proposed weekend rallies, the status of security measures and the need for additional tripwires and reverse tripwires. 2. (C) The DCM convene [...]	2009-03-30 05:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO227	"GOM" PRIORITIES MET WITH DIPLOMATIC SILENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Madagascar's "High Transitional Authority" (HAT) convened leaders of the diplomatic corps on March 31 to announce its priorities for the coming months, and advance a conciliatory posture towards the international community in Antananarivo. Transition Minister of Finance Benja Raz [...]	2009-03-31 13:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO261	MADAGASCAR: POLITICAL PROCESS MOVING HALTINGLY [...] (C) Summary: Malagasy political and civil society actors are moving haltingly forward toward a grand national dialogue, using separate but somewhat parallel processes that all attempt to address the same major questions before Madagascar: political reconciliation, constitutional reform, el [...]	2009-04-08 12:59:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MA UN
09ANTANANARIVO406	REQUEST TO LIFT ORDERED DEPARTURE STATUS FOR [...] (SBU) I hereby request M approval to lift Antananarivo's Ordered Departure (OD) status at the 90-day decision point. Reftel reported on yesterday's EAC meeting, which recommended again that I request OD to be lifted. I fully concur in the EAC's assessment and am hereby making my formal recomme [...]	2009-06-05 08:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC MA
09ANTANANARIVO414	SOUTH AFRICAN CHARGE DISCUSSES MEDIATION EFFORT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and DATT met June 8 with South African Charge Marius Conradie to discuss current state of mediation efforts and continuing rumors about possible recruitment of mercenaries by Marc Ravalomanana in South Africa or Swaziland to support his effort to return to power he [...]	2009-06-08 15:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MA PGOV PREL SA
09ANTANANARIVO515	MADAGASCAR: CHISSANO STAKES STOCK [...] (C) Summary: During his July 9-12 visit to Madagascar, SADC mediator Chissano solicited advice from the dip corps then met with transition authority (HAT) president Andry Rajoelina July 10, followe by weeekend meetings with the delegations of the other three movements (Zafy, Ratsiraka, Ravalom [...]	2009-07-13 13:29:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO547	EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TRIPWIRES, DISCUSS RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on July 20, 2009 to review the current tripwires, specifically those for Civil Disorder/Armed Combat and the updated Health and Environment tripwires. This was especially timely in light of the weekend plot reported by local authoriti [...]	2009-07-22 08:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC MA MP PGOV PREL PTER
09ANTANANARIVO548	HAT FM ALLEGES RAVALOMANANA ASSOCIATED FIGURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Note Verbal dated July 20 to the Diplomatic Corps the HAT Foreign Ministry alleges that Ravalomanana and figures close to him are responsible for the spate of bombing attempts and violence (ref A) directed at regime offices in the last week. At HAT Foreign Minister Ny Hasina [...]	2009-07-22 13:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO629	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for the week of August 31 to September 4, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. END SUMMARY. POLITICS -------- 2. (SBU) [...]	2009-09-04 09:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MA
09ANTANANARIVO693	AGOA SUSPENSION COULD JEOPARDIZE 80 PERCENT OF SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 29, DCM met with Maersk Madagascar (MM) local lawyer and sales manager to discuss a commercial dispute that occurred between MM and a local firm. MM sales manager advised that if this legal problem is not resolved and AGOA is suspended, Maersk may withdraw from Mada [...]	2009-10-01 07:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MA
09ANTANANARIVO72	MADAGASCAR: WEEKEND MEETINGS OF THE EACS REVIEW [...] (SBU) At 1800 on Friday, January 30, 2009, following a Town Hall Meeting, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by DCM Stromayer, met at the DCM's residence, to assess the security posture of the U.S. Embassy in Madagascar as the weekend begins. Another meeting of EAC was called to me [...]	2009-02-02 10:03:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO728	MADAGASCAR: BIG FOUR SUMMIT POSTPONED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Envoy Tiebile Drame convoked the diplomatic corps October 16 to seek their opinion on the next steps in finding a way out of Madagascar's political crisis. He explained that ousted President Ravalomanana had rejected the Geneva venue for the planned Oct 17-19 summit of Madag [...]	2009-10-16 12:39:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO756	SUBJECT: MADAGASCAR: WORRIED MALAGASY CHOD WARNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Malagasy Army Defense Chief, (newly-promoted) Brigadier General Andre Ndriarijaona, and his Chief of Staff, Colonel Raphael Ramasy called on the Ambassador and Defense Attache November 3, at their request. General Ndriarijaona expressed concern over the lack of concrete progress [...]	2009-11-03 14:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MA MOPS PREL PGOV
09ANTANANARIVO818	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE (27-NOV-2009) [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for November 16-27, an unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-8) - AU/UN Evaluation Mission - Continued [...]	2009-11-27 11:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
09ANTANANARIVO831	MAPUTO III: TGV FINALLY FEELING THE HEAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leaders of three out of four of Madagascar's main political movements -- all but Transition President Rajoelina -- departed Dec. 3 for a third summit to be held in Maputo Dec. 4 to discuss the allocation of cabinet posts in Madagascar's delayed power-sharing transition governm [...]	2009-12-03 14:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA
09ANTANANARIVO840	EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF AGOA [...] (C) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC),chaired by the ambassador and DCM, was convened on December 8 to assess potential security consequences if Madagascar's AGOA eligibility is terminated later this month. There was a general consensus amongst the EAC members that although there might even [...]	2009-12-08 09:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ANTANANARIVO846	AFTER MAPUTO III: A FOOLISH RAJOELINA ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Madagascar's four main political movements have taken a sharp turn for the worse following the latest "partial" summit in Maputo (ref A). Under the direction of President Chissano, former presidents Ravalomanana, Ratsiraka, and Zafy agreed on a compromise to unbl [...]	2009-12-09 13:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MA MZ
09ANTANANARIVO850	MADAGASCAR: TRYING TO AVOID THE WORST [...] (C) Summary: Madagascar's halting mediation and transition process has derailed dramatically following publication of Tuesday's "Maputo III" resolutions and Rajoelina's immediate, extreme, and negative reaction to them (reftel). Probably using the resolutions and the unfortunate letters sign [...]	2009-12-11 10:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MA
09ANTANANARIVO9	HARD LABOR PAYS DIVIDENDS FOR MALAGASY PRISONERS [...] (SBU) On January 4, 2009, 22 prisoners broke out of the high security prison located in Tsiafahy. The prison is located 17 kilometers south of Antananarivo and is considered Madagascar's most secure, housing the country's most violent criminals and a host of alleged political prisoners. 2. [...]	2009-01-07 10:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MA PTER
09ANTANANARIVO92	EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS MALAGASY SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) An Emergency Action Committee (EAC) Meeting, chaired by DCM Stromayer, was convened at the DCR, also the Alternate Command Center (ACC),on Sunday, February 8 to discuss the impact of Saturday's massacre at the Presidential Palace. In light of these events, the EAC met to review trip wire [...]	2009-02-09 09:43:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC MP PGOV PREL PTER MA
09ASHGABAT1049	TURKMENISTAN GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO DENY EXIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOTX continues to create roadblocks for students traveling to Kyrgyzstan, including students of the American University in Central Asia (AUCA). The Minister of Education told parents and AUCA students on August 18 that the decision to not permit students to study in Turkmenis [...]	2009-08-19 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1053	TURKMENISTAN: NEW ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT WITH UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A six-year assistance framework agreement signed by the UN and the Turkmen government last week covers a broader range of areas for cooperation than the previous agreement, perhaps a further indication that the Turkmen Government is slowly opening up to the world. Although many [...]	2009-08-20 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID UN TX
09ASHGABAT1060	TURKMENISTAN: JAPANESE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week, officials from Japan's development agency made a trip to Turkmenistan for the first time in 10 years to discuss broadening cooperation. Their talks focused on a plan to modernize the port at Turkmenbashy, which would then become a point on the east-west transit corrid [...]	2009-08-21 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN ELTN EWWT JA TX
09ASHGABAT1074	TURKMENISTAN RESPONDS TO LETTER FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Nor for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Hajiyev called in DCM on August 26 to discuss a letter Representative Joseph Pitts had sent to President Berdimuhamedov on the topic of religious freedom in Turkmenistan. Hajiyev said that w [...]	2009-08-26 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT1075	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON "ACTIVELY WAITS" FOR ONSHORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 25 Economic Officer met with the head of Chevron's local office to discuss Chevron's current plans in Turkmenistan's natural gas sector. The Chevron rep reiterated Chevron's interest in a production agreement for onshore deposits, while acknowledging the GOTX's policy to [...]	2009-08-26 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1107	HAVE A COKE AND A SMILE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 1, Economic Officer visited the Coca-Cola bottling plant in Ashgabat at the recent invitation of the plant General Manager Kadir Uslu (reftel). Uslu asserted that despite Turkmenistan's intense bureaucracy, Coca-Cola's brand name and multinational approach to Turkme [...]	2009-09-01 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT1108	TURKMENISTAN: SOME TRANSPARENCY IN DRAFTING A NEW [...] (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has been working with the British Embassy and the German development agency Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) for the last year and a half to rewrite Turkmenistan's Criminal Code. This effort is part of a range of legal reforms that the Turkm [...]	2009-09-01 13:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL PGOV KCRM TX
09ASHGABAT1121	TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCIAL EXPO REAFFIRMS TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 2, Economic Officer attended the opening of the Turkish National Export Exhibition in Ashgabat. The Turkish government sent State Minister for Trade and Industry Mehmet Zafer Caglayan to co-open the event with Turkmen officials. Almost 70 Turkish companies were pre [...]	2009-09-03 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND EINV ECON ETRD TU TX
09ASHGABAT1182	IRAN: WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? XXXXXXXXXXXX DIPLOMAT SHARES HIS PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXX's advised in a recent conversation with Ashgabat Iran Watcher that the U.S. would be ill-advised to begin talks with Iran, that it would be great disappointment to Iranians who have found hope in President Obama's message of change. He called Iran's leadership "untrustwort [...]	2009-09-16 11:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX UNESCO
09ASHGABAT1183	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH TURKEY STEADY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov visited the Turkish tourist area of Antalya in late August on an unofficial visit, getting a view of how the Turkish have developed their tourist industry through private investment and partnership with international tourist agencies. The Government of Tu [...]	2009-09-16 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ETRD PREL TU TX
09ASHGABAT1263	INDIA HOLDS MODEST EXPECTATIONS FOR RELATIONHSIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite positive reports in Turkmen newspapers about the Indian External Affairs Minister's trip to Turkmenistan, a contact at the Indian Embassy expressed frustration with the way of doing business in Turkmenistan and the results of previous projects. He noted that the Turkmen a [...]	2009-10-02 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET PREL IN AF TX
09ASHGABAT1281	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CRITIC FEELS THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of criticizing the Turkmen government in interviews on RFE/RL and through writings distributed on the Internet, a former lawyer and deputy school director is feeling the consequences of official displeasure. He recently lost his job and his son was barred from leavi [...]	2009-10-09 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1286	TURKMENISTAN: JAPAN HOPES TO REGAIN MOMENTUM IN [...] (SBU) Members of the Japanese-Turkmenistan Committee for Economic Cooperation visited Turkmenistan from October 4-8 and met with President Berdimuhamedov. Tetsuro Chida, Special Advisor to the Japanese Charge d'Affaires, told Poloff that the delegation included executives from Itochu, Komatsu [...]	2009-10-09 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL BTIO ECON ETRD JA TX
09ASHGABAT136	CONSULAR NOTIFICATION IN TURKMENISTAN: PERPETUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting to discuss the consular notification issues that arose in a recent deportation case, the Head of the MFA's Consular Department suggested that Turkmenistan's law enforcement agencies were unaware of all the requirements contained in the Vienna Convention. Specific [...]	2009-01-28 05:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1420	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS ON ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the Russian government and the Russian embassy in Ashgabat have been fully engaged in trying to find a resolution to the case of environmental activist Andrei Zatoka. According to the Russian DCM, he has been in touch with both the Russian Presidential Administration and the [...]	2009-11-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1423	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS SAY GAZPROM NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to Russian Embassy DCM Aleksey Demin, negotiations between the Russians and the Turkmen over gas are "very difficult." We met with Demin on November 5 to discuss the status of the Gazprom negotiations. He told us that currently the negotiations between Turkmengaz and Gazprom ar [...]	2009-11-06 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1427	SEPTEMBER 29 VISIT OF ST. PERSBURG GOVERNOR [...] (C) Russian Embassy DCM Aleksey Demin briefed us November 5 on the September 29 visit of St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko. According to Demin, two construction contracts totaling $700 million were signed. One was for building bridges, roads,and highways in Ashgabat and Ahal provi [...]	2009-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TX RS
09ASHGABAT1461	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 07:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1479	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE TX
09ASHGABAT1590	TURKMENISTAN: UNREGISTERED RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a recent Embassy-organized roundtable attended by leaders of unregistered religious groups, the participants were at a loss to describe a path forward. Two groups have had applications pending at the Ministry of Justice for a year, but inquiries about their status are left un [...]	2009-12-09 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1591	TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL ELECTRIC LOOKING TO DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. General Electric (GE) is the leading provider of power generation equipment to Turkmenistan. In addition to being the exclusive provider of gas turbines to the Turkmen, the company provides pipeline and oil field equipment, and delivers services such as much-needed technical and [...]	2009-12-09 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1592	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. COMPANY BELAM EYES [...] (C) On December 9, EconOff met with the president of the New Jersey-based company "Belam," who was participating in the International Electricity Industry Exhibition and Conference held in Ashgabat December 7-10 (septel). Belam is a provider and installer of high-tech communications systems. [...]	2009-12-09 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV BTIO ECPS ELTN TX
09ASHGABAT1596	TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS EMBASSY-ORGANIZED [...] (C) On December 9, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov called in the Acting DCM to "strongly protest" the Embassy-organized roundtable for leaders of non-registered religious groups that took place on December 3 (reftel). Bashimov complained that the MFA had not been notified in a [...]	2009-12-10 09:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT202	TURKMENISTAN: DIPLOMATIC POUCH ISSUE RESOLVED [...] (C) On February 5, the Embassy was able to resolve a contretemps regarding the diplomatic pouch that had started two weeks before when the Customs Department at the Ashgabat airport started to insist that the Embassy send diplomatic notes in order to receive or send the diplomatic pouch. L de [...]	2009-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AGMT ADPM TX
09ASHGABAT238	IRAN: TEHRAN PHYSICIAN COMMENTS ON EVERYDAY LIFE [...] (C) Iran Watcher recently met with a Turkmenistan-trained physician who has lived and worked in Iran for most of the last ten years. XXXXXXXXXXXX, originally from Ashgabat, has practiced medicine in Tehran since settling there with her husband, the son of a retired XXXXXXXXXXXX. They recently [...]	2009-02-18 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT244	TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) On February 20, DCM discussed reftel policy review with MFA Americas Department Chief Serdar Bashimov. Bashimov seemed gratified that the United States was inviting Turkmenistan's input. He said such a review, which sought the views of regional partners, was a "wise and correct" approach [...]	2009-02-20 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TX
09ASHGABAT256	READOUT FROM EMBASSY ASHGABAT LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Post,s Law Enforcement Working Group held its quarterly meeting on February 17, chaired by the DCM. DEA, POL/ECON (INL),DATT, RSO, EXBS and POL/MIL updated the group on their sections, activities in coordination with Turkmen law enforcement entities. DEA PRESENCE EXTENDED 2. (C) DE [...]	2009-02-24 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT264	TURKMENISTAN: FORENSICS OFFICIALS HAVE THEIR OWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-26 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT272	GERMAN FIRM WORKING WITH TURKMENISTAN -- ALLEGEDLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German consulting firm Goetzpartners is advising the Government of Turkmenistan on economic development and strategic planning. Sectors of focus include tourism, textiles, education, and infrastructure. The German Ambassador claimed that he doesn't know anything about the ag [...]	2009-02-27 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT273	TURKMENISTAN: REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS IZ TX
09ASHGABAT283	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]	2009-03-02 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT284	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]	2009-03-02 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT291	TURKMENISTAN: WINTERSHALL MANAGER REPORTS LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: German energy company Wintershall's general manager, Kal Sandhu, talked with poloff on March 2 about the company's failure in 2008 to find hydrocarbons in two Caspian blocks. Although Wintershall continues to talk to Turkmen officials about onshore work, the discussions have m [...]	2009-03-04 05:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET GM TX
09ASHGABAT294	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: MORE ON BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S TEHRAN [...] (C) The Charge met March 3 with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang, who offered further insight on the implications of President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Tehran (reftel). (NOTE: Ambassador Lang is a fluent Farsi speaker who has spent time in both Iran and Afghanistan and wrote a doctoral [...]	2009-03-04 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT301	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT FIRM [...] (C) Poloff met on March 4 with Cameron country manager Gurban Seyitli to hear how things were going for the US-based oil and gas equipment company. Seyitli said the company's main contracting partner here is Turkmen State Oil Concern, for whom he claimed Cameron currently provides for 75 per [...]	2009-03-05 15:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT305	TURKMENISTAN: ICRC OFFICIALS NOT EXPECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives are in Ashgabat to continue their discussions with the Turkmen Government regarding prison visits. After five years, it appears the two sides remain far from agreement, the main point of contention being one-on-one m [...]	2009-03-06 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT33	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: BACKGROUND ON TEHERAN MOU -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish diplomat told Embassy Ashgabat's Iran Watcher on January 8 that recent announcements of expanded cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan are more about the need to address the flow of Afghan opiates from Iran into Turkmenistan than anything else. Hakan Chengiz, the T [...]	2009-01-09 04:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR IR TX
09ASHGABAT365	TURKMENISTAN: OVERFLIGHT CAP ISSUE RAISED WITH MFA [...] (C) DCM raised on March 20 the cap on the number of overflights of U.S. humanitarian flights transiting Turkmenistan's airspace to Afghanistan with MFA America's Department Director, Serdar Bashimov. She noted that with the ramping up of operations in Afghanistan, the two sides needed to disc [...]	2009-03-20 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT368	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FOR OIL AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a visiting U.S. energy scholar, Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tagiyev emphasized the size of Turkmenistan's oil and gas resources and underscored the government's confidence that state enterprises will be able to manage the expense and complexity of developi [...]	2009-03-23 08:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT370	TURKMENISTAN: IRANIANS TRAVEL EN MASSE TO ASHGABAT [...] (SBU) Hundreds of Iranian tourists from the northern city of Mashhad have arrived in Ashgabat to spend part or all of the Nowruz holidays. Most made the 140-mile trip from Iran's second largest city by bus as part of one of several organized tour groups and are staying at the city's moderatel [...]	2009-03-23 14:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT386	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN SPEAKER APPROVED TO PREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 30-member New Apostolic Church, registered since 2007, is able to conduct its worship services without difficulty, acording to its pastor. For the first time, the group has received permission from the government for the visit in April of a church leader from Germany. Althou [...]	2009-03-26 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT387	TURKMENISTAN: NOT WELL-MANAGED, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EBRD's country manager recently painted a fairly stable picture of Turkmenistan's financial condition, in spite of the continuing global crisis. The EBRD, though not a significant player here, is hoping to do more to promote the development of small- and medium-sized busin [...]	2009-03-26 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET EFIN EBRD TX RS
09ASHGABAT390	TURKMENISTAN: REGIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL [...] (C) Carefully avoiding any reference to the term "conference," the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy (Center) held a two-day seminar in Ashgabat on March 11-12 entitled "Central Asia and Global Challenges." Iran Watcher got a read-out from Armands Pupols, a Political Officer with the Center [...]	2009-03-26 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN ZK TX
09ASHGABAT393	TURKMENISTAN: CHINA KNOWS PATIENCE PAYS OFF HERE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese ambassador to Turkmenistan described the relationship with Berdimuhamedov's government as positive, yet more stand-offish than in former President Niyazov's time. That said, CNPC is making progress on its Turkmenistan-China pipeline, although only half of this twin [...]	2009-03-27 08:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX CH
09ASHGABAT408	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met on March 30 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to discuss several bilateral issues and to learn more about President Berdimuhamedov's recent visits to Iran and Russia. Charge briefed Meredov on the Interagency Policy Group's Report on U.S. Policy toward Afghanistan a [...]	2009-03-31 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT415	TURKMENISTAN/UZBEKISTAN BORDER: ON THE ROAD WITH [...] (C) More than 40,000 Iranian truckers travel to or through Turkmenistan each year, the majority passing in either direction through the Farap border crossing on the Uzbek border. As night falls, dozens of drivers congregate at cafes and parking lots, or on the side of the road on either side [...]	2009-04-02 08:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT491	TURKISH GULENIST MOVEMENT IN TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish-run schools in Turkmenistan have been surprisingly successful since their start in 1993. The schools, which include language centers, high schools and a university, are loosely linked by their affiliation with the Beshkent Educational Firm, which is the financial organ [...]	2009-04-17 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS TU TX
09ASHGABAT516	BERDIMUHAMEDOV TO HONEYWELL CEO: WE WANT CLOSER [...] (C) On April 22, Honeywell Director for Government Relations, Europe, Middle East and Africa Daniela Pandrea discussed Honeywell's business plans for Turkmenistan with DCM and poloff. She described the circumstances that led to Honeywell's CEO meeting with President Berdimuhamedov on March 9. [...]	2009-04-23 08:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT558	SPECIAL 301 - TURKMENISTAN 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 14:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TX
09ASHGABAT624	"TIMING WAS RIGHT" FOR EUROPEAN INTERIM TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Several European diplomats agree that the time was right for the European Parliament to adopt an interim agreement on trade and trade-related matters with Turkmenistan, especially since Europe's top priority is energy. While the interim agreement mentions benchmarks, it does [...]	2009-05-15 11:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAGR EINV EPET ETRD TX EU
09ASHGABAT676	TURKMENISTAN: POINTS ON LETHAL TRANSIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-01 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS TX
09ASHGABAT735	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT954	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. On 6 July, EXBS Advisor and Assistant met with Gurbangeldi Temirov, Deputy Chief for Logistics of the State Border Service, Gurban Begliyev, Head of the State Immigration Service, and Hemra Amannazarov, MFA representative. The p [...]	2009-07-30 10:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT965	PRINCE ANDREW DISCUSSES ENERGY DURING JUNE 27-28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy of Great Britain on the issues of International Trade and Industry Prince Andrew, Duke of York, visited Turkmenistan July 27-28. Prince Andrew's talks with President Berdimuhamedov and Foreign Minister Meredov centered almost exclusively on energy issues. Andrew a [...]	2009-07-30 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT976	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL CEO NOT CONCERNED ABOUT LATEST EXCHANGES OVER CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) On July 30, poloff discussed recent developments in the Turkmenistan-Azerbaijan Caspian delimitation dispute with the CEO of Buried Hill Energy, Roger Haines. Buried Hill has a production sharing agreement (PSA) with the Turkmen government for an offshore block that includes the disputed [...]	2009-07-31 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT977	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OSCE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE TX
09ASHGABAT993	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: SCHOLAR PREDICTS MORE OF THE [...] (C) In a conversation this week with Iran Watcher, Ghandeem Gurbanov, Turkmenistan's most prominent Farsi language scholar, who currently teaches at the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center in Ashgabat, said that Iranians residing in Turkmenistan voted nearly unanimously for and continue to suppo [...]	2009-08-05 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASMARA100	PERSPECTIVES ON BASHIR'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese and Sudan watchers in Asmara agree Bashir's visit was a defiant move against the ICC. The disagreement lies, however, in Bashir's leadership capabilities. While the Sudanese Embassy stuck to the party line that Bashir is on his way to fixing the Darfur crisis, the Eritr [...]	2009-03-27 08:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA205	TENSIONS IN SUDAN-ERITREA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Sudan and Eritrea have become strained as a result of Sudan's vote to sanction Eritrea on the Somalia issue in IGAD and the AU. The Sudanese DCM said Sudan could not sacrifice its relationship with the region and the continent for the sake of Eritrea. In respons [...]	2009-06-30 05:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SU ER
09ASMARA245	SECURITY FORCES OPENLY HARASS GUESTS AT PD EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean National Security Forces openly harassed more than 200 guests at the embassy's monthly Public Diplomacy lecture series on July 30. Security forces posted themselves outside the event, coerced attendees into providing their national ID cards, and filmed guests in the lobb [...]	2009-08-03 14:32:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PGOV ASEC ER
09ASMARA293	EAC ON AUGUST 20TH INCIDENT (ASSAULT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAC met on 08/21/09 to discuss the August 20th incident in which plainclothes agents from the Eritrean National Security Organization (ENSO) assaulted a U.S. diplomat outside a regularly scheduled embassy outreach event. Members in attendance were: AMB, A/DCM-RSO, MO, PAO, POL, [...]	2009-08-27 08:35:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL ER
09ASMARA298	GSE SHUTS DOWN EMBASSY ASMARA IFTAR [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) Office of Protocol sent a note verbale on August 27 expressly forbidding the embassy from hosting a planned Iftar meal and showing the film "Islam in America." The note verbale was in response to the embassy's official protest of the August 20th incident wh [...]	2009-08-27 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC ER
09ASMARA323	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ERITREA (C-CI9-01825) [...] (C) Per Reftel post submits the following responses as requested: A. (C) There is no Russian trade representative in Eritrea. The Russian Embassy consists of three officers: an ambassador, a DCM, and one attache. B. (C) There are no Russian companies operating in Eritrea. The Russian Em [...]	2009-09-24 12:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV ER
09ASMARA35	GSE LIGHTENS UP ON TRAVEL, VISAS, AND POUCHES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Post has seen a marked loosening of restrictions in our interactions with the GSE, and since the inauguration of President Obama, GSE officials have been uncharacteristically cordial and cooperative. The three major local bilateral irritants-- TDY visas, pouches, [...]	2009-01-29 13:13:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT ER
09ASMARA438	ASMARA EAC REGARDING UNSC SANCTIONS ON ERITREA [...] (SBU) EAC met on 12/17/09 to discuss the ramifications of impending UNSC sanctions against Eritrea. Members in attendance were: Ambassador, DCM, MO, RSO, POL, PAO, and GSO. 2. (C) Ambassador briefed the EAC on the status of possible sanctions and stated the UNSC could vote as early as 1 [...]	2009-12-22 07:12:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL PINS ER
09ASMARA96	SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES SHARE CRIME INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post hosted a meeting of security officers and others who handle security affairs at their embassies. Topics of discussion included the rapid increase of crime in Asmara, food security in Eritrea, and reports of attacks outside of Asmara by insurgent groups. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2009-03-23 13:00:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASTANA1018	KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA TRUMPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent evidence suggests the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Customs Union that Russian Prime Minister Putin announced in Moscow on June 9 was already becoming concrete a reality in May, if not earlier. Even before that, we had ample warning that Kazakhstan was weighing the adva [...]	2009-06-15 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG WTRO EU RS BO
09ASTANA1035	KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, Energy Officer met separately with a Western manager from the U.S. oil services company Baker Hughes and an American partner with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, both of whom shared experience [...]	2009-06-17 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECON EPET EINV ELAB SMIG CH KZ
09ASTANA1516	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan presented its National Human Rights Action plan for 2009-2012 on September 9 at a well-attended event in Astana. Generally considered to be a well-prepared, ambitious document, its impl [...]	2009-09-11 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1518	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...]	2009-09-13 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1693	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis told the visiting First Deputy Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on September 19 that he does not want any special treatme [...]	2009-09-28 07:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1761	KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST DISCUSESS "HAWKS AND DOVES" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent political analyst XXXXXXXXXXXX believes that the elites surrounding President Nazarbayev are split into two camps -- the "hawks" and the "doves." The hawks, or the "old guard," believe that the international community can do little but accept Kazakhstan "as is" becaus [...]	2009-10-02 05:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ

09ASTANA1856	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AGENCY? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Talgat Kaliyev, head of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new policy planning staff, told the DCM that with FM Saudabayev's endorsement, he is exploring plans to establish a bureau within [...]	2009-10-16 02:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI AF KZ
09ASTANA1891	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD BANK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, the DCM met Motoo Konishi, the World Bank's Regional Representative for Central Asia, who described his surprisingly positive views on each Central Asian country's economic situation, the potential i [...]	2009-10-20 05:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EAGR ECIN EINV KZ
09ASTANA1903	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LETS LOOSE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, the DCM met with Presidential Advisor Yermukhamed Yertysbayev, who explained his views on the development of democracy in Kazakhstan, presidential power, and the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, September 28-October 9. Yertysbayev also disc [...]	2009-10-21 10:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1904	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZENERGY VERSUS KIOGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This fall, two major energy conferences in Kazakhstan clashed head-on. On September 24-25, the KazEnergy business association, chaired by Timur Kulibayev, President Nursultan Nazarbayev's son-in-law, held its fou [...]	2009-10-22 00:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA1921	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH HEARS FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her first overseas trip as Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith visited Kazakhstan October 12-13. In Astana, Muslim civil society leaders told her that Kazakhs are "a different kind of [...]	2009-10-27 04:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF OIC OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1985	KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING AWARENESS CAMPAIGN COMPLETED [...] SUMMARY: INL's anti-trafficking information campaign, including 10 performances of the play "Night Stars," a roundtable, and press conference, received unanimously positive responses. "Night Stars," based on true-life stories of former victims of trafficking, was performed in Astana by the Kok [...]	2009-11-10 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB EAID SMIG SOCI KTIP KCRM KWKN KZ
09ASTANA2004	KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK HEARS VIEWS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, Staffdel Woolfork met with DCMs from several European embassies, who said that Kazakhstan has made some progress on liberalization, but it needs to do more. The Spanish DCM said Spain will not suppo [...]	2009-11-12 09:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2026	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...]	2009-11-13 08:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2027	KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...]	2009-11-16 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA2053	KAZAKHSTAN: SUBSTANCE BEFORE SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 16 dinner, representatives from the Embassies of Italy, Spain, the UK, and the Netherlands reasserted that their governments' insistence on substance before they commit to a 2010 OSCE Summit. Se [...]	2009-11-19 01:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2072	KAZAKHSTAN: OIL PRODUCTION PLANS AT THE SUPERGIANT FIELDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and Energy Officer visited Atyrau, toured the Tengiz oil field, and met with senior government officials and energy executives in November. Previous reports about the visit (ref A and B) have discussed th [...]	2009-11-23 05:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA21	KAZAKHSTAN: CONNECTIONS KEY TO SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is home to a number of government-sponsored initiatives to improve conditions for small and medium enterprises. However, such support from the highest levels of government still has little impact on th [...]	2009-01-08 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA2101	KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS IN KOKSHETAU - NGO [...] SUMMARY: During a November 12-13 visit to northern city of Kokshetau, the DCM reviewed efforts to fight trafficking in persons (TIP). She met with a local NGO, visited its shelter for victims of trafficking, and opened the anti-trafficking play "Night Stars" and a trafficking-prevention train [...]	2009-12-01 04:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2141	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIAL PANEL DECLINES TO REVIEW ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused on December 10 to review the conviction of prominent human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis for vehicular manslaughter, thus exhausting the last legal remedy [...]	2009-12-10 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2148	KAZAKHSTAN: PARTY POLITICS INSIDE AND OUT: TWO POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met on December 5 with the Secretary of the Nur Otan party, Yerlan Karin. In the surprisingly frank three-hour meeting, Karin readily admitted that Nur Otan's monopoly on power tarnishes Kazakhstan's democratic credentials. In his view, single-party rule is not sustai [...]	2009-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2153	KAZAKHSTAN: PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the DCM met with Meiram Ayubayev, Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, to discuss Zhovtis' November 13 statement, in which he alleges pressure to sign a contract to work in a penal colony enterp [...]	2009-12-15 09:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2197	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN HAND IN KAZATOMPROM DRAMA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The case against Mukhtar Dzhakishev, former head of the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom (KAP),finally is heading to court, as rumors intensify about the reasons behind his arrest. In videos posted on YouTube on November 4, Dzhakishev asserts that his arrest is linked to a [...]	2009-12-22 10:50:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EMIN ETRD TRGY RS KZ
09ASTANA2232	KAZAKHSTAN: GENDER RIGHTS ADVANCE WITH PASSAGE OF TWO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev signed into law legislation on domestic violence and gender equality. The gender-equality law introduces for the first time the legal concept of gender and outlaws gender-based discrimination. [...]	2009-12-24 04:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KZ
09ASTANA264	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...]	2009-02-13 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ
09ASTANA373	KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SENTENCED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following the conclusion of his criminal trial in Ridder on February 26, Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp was sentenced to two years in prison on explosives charges -- and taken away in handcuffs straight to jail. The Ambassador immediately raised this development with senior [...]	2009-03-02 10:41:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA442	KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]	2009-03-13 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA494	KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...]	2009-03-19 09:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA530	KAZAKHSTAN: THE POLITICS OF PIPELINES [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17-18, Energy Officer spoke with representatives from Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG) and international oil companies about planned oil and gas export projects, particularly the Casp [...]	2009-03-24 09:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA555	KAZAKHSTAN: AES AGREES TO EARLY BUY-OUT OF EKIBASTUZ [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Kazakhstan's largest private mining company, Kazakhmys, terminated after just 15 months a three-year management agreement for U.S. power company AES to run the Ekibastuz coal-fired power plant. The co [...]	2009-03-31 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA638	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...]	2009-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ
09ASTANA660	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...]	2009-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ
09ASTANA661	KAZAKHSTAN: WORLD TUBERCULOSIS DAY -- INSPIRING STUDENTS [...] SUMMARY: The DCM addressed a World Tuberculosis Day conference for medical students at the Kazakhstan National Medical University on April 7. The conference, entitled "We Can Stop TB," aimed to motivate students to get involved in the country's fight against tuberculosis (TB) -- a disease th [...]	2009-04-17 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID EINV TBIO SOCI KZ
09ASTANA662	KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF LARGEST BANKS REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments within the Kazakhstani banking sector -- specifically pertaining to BTA and Alliance banks -- indicate continued instability and increased risk of default on the repayment of foreign obligation [...]	2009-04-17 11:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA830	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...]	2009-05-13 03:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASUNCION103	IRAN MAKES COMMERCIAL OVERTURES TO PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Iran's Ambassador to Paraguay, Morteza Tafreshi, resident in Montevideo, met separately January 22 with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Hamed Franco and with Minister of Industry and Commerce Heisecke in Asuncion. During his meeting with Hamed, Tafreshi invited President Fernando Lugo to vis [...]	2009-02-17 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PA IR
09ASUNCION108	TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...]	2009-02-18 18:13:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION109	TOUCHING BASE WITH FM HAMED ON TRADE, COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hamed Franco told Ambassador February 12 that "we will see a change" regarding Paraguay's position in the World Trade Organization opposing U.S. waivers for trade preference programs. On biofuels, Hamed said the GOP just held a meeting among ministries with biofu [...]	2009-02-18 18:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PTER ETRD MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION150	CONVICTED NARCOS AND KIDNAPPER ESCAPE PARAGUAYAN [...] (U) Two convicted Brazilian narcotics traffickers and a convicted kidnapper escaped March 6 from a maximum-security police detention facility in Asuncion. Narcotrafficker Nilton Antunez Veron, a member of the Sao Paulo-based First Capital Brigade (PCC),narcotrafficker Eder Pedro de Ferrato, [...]	2009-03-10 22:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PA
09ASUNCION185	CORREA'S PARAGUAY VISIT PRODUCTIVE AND [...] (C) During his March 23-24 visit to Paraguay, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa signed three bilateral accords, unleashed populist rhetoric, bashed the press and "traditional" politicians, offered Paraguay free advice on renegotiating the Itaipu Dam treaty with Brazil, and exchanged medals [...]	2009-03-26 22:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EC PA
09ASUNCION188	SUCCESSFUL SOUTHCOM VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Spears conducted a successful visit to Paraguay March 24-26. Defense Minister Barreiro Spaini voiced his support to pursuing a general agreement on military cooperation (while cautioning that he is but one of many voices in the governm [...]	2009-03-28 19:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PA
09ASUNCION189	PARAGUAYAN POLS PLOT PARLIAMENTARY PUTSCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors persist that discredited General and UNACE party leader Lino Oviedo and ex-president Nicanor Duarte Frutos are now working together to assume power via (mostly) legal means should President Lugo stumble in coming months. Their goal: Capitalize on any Lugo mis-steps to break the [...]	2009-03-28 20:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR PINS PA
09ASUNCION214	ASUNCION RESPONSE - BLUE LANTERN DTC CASE 050139000 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	ETTC KOMC PA
09ASUNCION216	PARAGUAY INVESTS IN GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING COMPANY [...] (C) Paraguayan Military Forces Commander Admiral Cibar Benitez informed Ambassador by letter March 30 that he had authorized over USD 3.5 million in funds to support Paraguay's first United Nations (UN) Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineer (MRE) Company. The authorization follows Def [...]	2009-04-07 19:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA
09ASUNCION229	PRESIDENT (AND EX-BISHOP) LUGO FATHERS A CHILD [...] (U) Paraguay's bishop-turned-President is indeed a Father -- in more ways than one. President Fernando Lugo acknowledged during a brief April 13 press conference that he had had a romantic relationship with Viviana Rosalith Carrillo Canete while serving as bishop of San Pedro Department. He [...]	2009-04-13 22:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PA
09ASUNCION259	LUGO REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Fernando Lugo named MERCOSUR Parliament (Parlasur) Representative Hector Lacognata Foreign Minister April 28. The announcement follows Lacognata's April 7 resignation from the moderate Beloved Fatherland Party and political realignment with the leftist Paraguayan Movement Tow [...]	2009-04-29 21:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PGOV PA
09ASUNCION274	PARAGUAY: RESPONSE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 16:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV PA
09ASUNCION284	FAKE BOMB CAUSES DOWNTOWN CONFUSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At approximately 8:30 am on May 5, 2009, the Paraguayan police located what appeared to be an improvised explosive device (IED) in downtown Asuncion. After securing the area, the Government of Paraguay (GOP) requested U.S. Government assistance. RSO, FBI and SOCFWD elements re [...]	2009-05-05 20:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PA
09ASUNCION288	PETROPAR AND PDVSA: A NECESSARY EVIL FOR PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's state-owned oil company PETROPAR racked up short-term debts of 317 million USD with Venezuela's state-owned oil company PDVSA for diesel supplied since 2007 and about 270 million USD of that is past due. PETROPAR's total debt more than doubled since 2006 because Paragua [...]	2009-05-05 21:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PA VZ
09ASUNCION293	CIRCLING SHARKS IN LANDLOCKED PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Lugo approaches nine months in office, he faces increasing political and social instability. Rumors persist that former coup-plotting General Lino Oviedo, ex-President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, and/or Vice President Frederico Franco continue to look for ways to cut Lug [...]	2009-05-06 22:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
09ASUNCION295	PARAGUAYAN UPDATE ON ITAIPU NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) The Paraguayan government confirmed May 8 that President Fernando Lugo's May 7 meeting with Brazilian President Inacio Lula about Itaipu bi-national dam ended without any agreements. In more than two-and-a-half hours of discussion, Paraguay maintained its key negotiating points about fai [...]	2009-05-08 20:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA
09ASUNCION344	THREATS AND FAKE BOMBS IN ASUNCION [...] (U) SUMMARY: There have been 58 bomb threats in greater Asuncion since April 29, with one device actually detonating and four mock explosive devices found. This is likely part of a harassment campaign against the Government of Paraguay. The presence of multiple devices specifically designed t [...]	2009-05-26 21:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL PA
09ASUNCION361	FIRST MEETING WITH FM LACOGNATA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Ambassador's first formal meeting with Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata, President Lugo's new face to the world expressed a strong desire for close relations with the United States. Ambassador reviewed the range of U.S. assistance in Paraguay -- from Peace Corps to military a [...]	2009-06-10 13:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID PGOV PA
09ASUNCION380	US COMPANY INVESTMENT DISPUTE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Texas-based Crescent Global Oil disputes with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) the starting date for an oil exploration contract. While ambiguities in the contract were clarified by MOPC Resolution 583 in Crescent's favor under President Duarte's administrati [...]	2009-06-17 20:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA
09ASUNCION381	PARAGUAY AND BOLIVIA BRING PEACE TO THE CHACO [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo and Bolivian President Evo Morales met June 12 in Mariscal Estigarribia, Paraguay to celebrate the anniversary of the end of the 1932-35 Chaco War. The two presidents affirmed their countries' territorial sovereignty and pledged to strengthen their bilateral relat [...]	2009-06-17 21:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BL PA
09ASUNCION39	LUGO CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo summoned Charge January 12 as a follow-up to their January 5 meeting (reftel). On Lugo's top regional priority -- Brazil -- Lugo told Charge Brazilian President Lula expressed concern about the property rights of Brazilians in Paraguay; Lugo said he was telling Lula [...]	2009-01-16 18:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SNAR MASS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION471	DEPARTURE OF CHARGE D'AFFAIRES FITZPATRICK [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 20:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER PA
09ASUNCION497	US OIL COMPANY SUES PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Texas-based Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) will likely file a lawsuit against the government of Paraguay August 6 after efforts failed to find a solution to the dispute about the start date of Crescent's exploration contract (reftel). The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC [...]	2009-08-05 21:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA
09ASUNCION504	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR MISSION SPA2010TRP502W, [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),US Agency for International Development (USAID),and CHOD Benitez concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here ( [...]	2009-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PHUM MARR PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA MASS
09ASUNCION537	UPDATE: US OIL COMPANY LEGAL BATTLE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Texas based company PetroVictory/Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) is engaged in an escalating legal and public relations battle with the government of Paraguay after efforts to find a solution outside the courts failed, in spite of Embassy advocacy for the U.S. company. Crescent's [...]	2009-08-28 15:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA
09ASUNCION567	PETROPAR'S DEBT ALBATROSS WITH PDVSA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 15:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL VE PA
09ASUNCION569	REGIONAL TENSIONS MOVE PARAGUAY TO CANCEL NEW HORIZONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOP declined a USG a 2010 DOD-sponsored training and humanitarian exercise due to regional tensions over the Colombia-U.S. Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). President Lugo's moderate stance on the DCA agreement at Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) meetings receive [...]	2009-09-11 16:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV MOPS PA
09ASUNCION579	PRESS EXPLAINS REJECTION OF NEW HORIZONS [...] (U) Daily newspapers Ultima Hora and La Nacion published stories September 17 on Paraguay's decision to decline the U.S.-offered New Horizons military exercise. The articles placed the decision within the context of regional controversies discussed at recent UNASUR meetings, including t [...]	2009-09-18 18:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION613	Kidnapping by Paraguayan People's Army or EPP Seizes [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) kidnapped well-known rancher Fidel Zavala on October 15. According to initial reports, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of US $5 million for Zavala's release. The Zavala family initially refused involvement of the Paraguayan National Police, b [...]	2009-10-21 22:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR
09ASUNCION617	AMBASSADOR AYALDE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUGO TO REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: I met with President Lugo late October 16 at Lugo's request. Lugo was in good spirits but very concerned about the kidnapping of cattle rancher Fidel Zavala in Concepcion Department. Lugo recognized that the EPP (Paraguayan People's Army) was "very dangerous" and hoped for Zavala's saf [...]	2009-10-22 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PA
09ASUNCION621	LUGO IMPEACHMENT RUMORS ARE BACK, BUT NOTHING CONCRETE OR [...] (C) In the wake of the still unresolved Zavala kidnapping (RefTel A),rumors about possible impeachment proceedings against President Lugo are beginning anew. Many political actors (namely UNACE, the Liberals, and the Colorados) have been waiting for Lugo to make a mistake which could generat [...]	2009-10-23 14:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PA
09ASUNCION651	PARAGUAY: THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES WILL ALIGN WITH USG POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 19:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA PA IR BM KN
09ASUNCION667	THE PRESIDENT'S CHILDREN: RUMOR AND REALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Fernando Lugo refused to respond to new allegations that he has two additional children. His advisors and cabinet members refused comment, repeatedly citing the "private" nature of the issue. Colorado politicians and other Lugo detractors are attempting to use the [...]	2009-12-01 19:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PA
09ASUNCION67	DEFENSE MINISTER ON U.S. SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 30 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, Paraguayan Defense Minister Bareiro assessed his Government's response to the New Year's Eve attack on a small army outpost in Tacuati (San Pedro Department) and shared his thoughts regarding expanded security cooperation with the [...]	2009-02-04 22:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL MOPS PA
09ASUNCION675	SCENESETTER FOR A/S VALENZUELA'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela December 17-18. Your visit will serve as a boost to Paraguay's nascent democracy. An inexperienced President Fernando Lugo promised the electorate he would deliver change, but he has dashed expectations by failing [...]	2009-12-07 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PA
09ASUNCION681	PREPPING FOR A/S VALENZUELA: PARAGUAY'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Lacognata met December 10 to review the bilateral agenda before WHA Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December 17-18 visit. The Ambassador told Lacognata that we believe the investment climate is deteriorating. She also expressed concern about the sustain [...]	2009-12-15 17:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS ECON PREL MASS PA IR
09ASUNCION703	WHA A/S VALENZUELA TELLS PARAGUAYANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela visited Paraguay December 17-18. Congressional leaders from major political parties expressed frustration with their failed attempts to initiate dialogue with President Lugo on building a national agenda. They commented on swirling rumors of pre [...]	2009-12-31 17:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PA
09ASUNCION97	LUGO BACKS VENEZUELA'S ENTRY INTO MERCOSUR [...] (U) Paraguay's Vice Foreign Minister for Economic Affairs, Oscar Rodriguez Campuzano, said February 7 that President Fernando Lugo will prioritize Venezuela's entry into MERCOSUR during his tenure as president pro tempore, which began December 16. (NOTE: Paraguay and Brazil must approve Venezu [...]	2009-02-12 21:50:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PA
09ATHENS1023	Pakistan Displaced Persons Crisis-Greek Response [...] (SBU) On June 12 Ambassador Speckhard delivered reftel points to Greek Ambassador Chalistani, Chief of Staff to Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakayiannis. Ambassador Speckhard asked that the information be passed to the Foreign Minister (Note: who was then travelling in Scandinavia). The Ambass [...]	2009-06-18 11:21:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM PK PGOV
09ATHENS11	POLICE ATTACKED WITH WEAPON LINKED TO [...] (C) Greece abruptly shifted attention from Gaza back to domestic concerns when domestic terrorists fired upon a police patrol guarding the Ministry of Culture in the Exarchia region of Athens on January 5. One police officer was critically wounded. Police officials have announced that the pe [...]	2009-01-05 14:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI GR
09ATHENS141	NEW JUSTICE MINISTER SIGNS OFF ON U.S.-EU MUTUAL [...] (C) During an introductory call by the Ambassador January 27, new Greek Justice Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed that he had recently signed out to Parliament a legislative package for Greek ratification of the U.S.-EU Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) and Extradition agreements. Securing ratific [...]	2009-02-02 15:32:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KTIP CVIS KJUS GR
09ATHENS1451	Prime Minister's Economic Advisor on the Greek Economy & [...] (C) In a frank conversation with A/EconCouns, the Prime Minister's Economic Advisor, Apostolis Philippopoulos, recently discussed his views on the impact of the financial crisis on the Greek economy, Greek economic policy in response to the crisis, and the government's capacity to take on tough [...]	2009-08-28 16:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN PREL GR EFIN
09ATHENS1465	DAS Kaidanow's Sept. 1-2 visit to Athens Features Turkey, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Tina Kaidanow visited Athens September 1-2, meeting with FM Bakoyannis, PASOK Party president George Papandreou, Deputy FM Valinakis, Deputy MOD Tasoulas, Interior Ministry SecGen for Public Order Bitsios, Finance Ministry SecGen Sideropoulos, and Parliament External Affairs [...]	2009-09-11 09:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS MARR MOPS
09ATHENS147	GREECE/NATO: ACCESSION PROCESS STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Per ref A request, we have further followed-up with GOG officials on the status of the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO (ref B). The protocols are now pending in the Parliament, and various contacts have confirmed that the Parliament is expected to approve them in "Fe [...]	2009-02-03 10:34:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL HR AL GR
09ATHENS1489	Greece: UNGA Walkout Redline Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 12:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA GR
09ATHENS1511	Embassy Athens Engages with GoG on Iran [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens' Front Office and Political Section have engaged with our Greek partners from the highest levels to the working level at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to expand our dialogue on Iran. Characterizing the Iranian regime as weak, Greek interlocutors maintain [...]	2009-09-25 14:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA KPAL IR IS GR
09ATHENS154	GREECE: NEW TERRORIST ATTACK ON POLICE [...] (U) At about 0400 local time on February 3, at least three unidentified people reportedly threw a hand grenade and fired more than nineteen rounds from a 9 mm sub-machine gun at the police station in Korydallos, a western suburb of Athens. The grenade -- reportedly manufactured in "an East Euro [...]	2009-02-03 16:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC GR
09ATHENS1587	Greece: Uncertainty Reigns as Main Greek Opposition Party [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 12:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR
09ATHENS1613	Ambassador's Call on Parliament President Petsalnikos [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Parliament President Fhilippos Petsalnikos November 4 accompanied by DCM and POLOFF. On the Macedonia name issue Petsalnikos followed standard GoG lines, emphasizing the compound name used erga omnes, but also the Greek desire to move all of the Western Balkan [...]	2009-11-09 15:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIP ECON EFIN GR
09ATHENS1641	FRONTEX PRESENCE GROWING TO CONFRONT GREECE'S MIGRATION WAVE [...] (SBU) In keeping with one of its main social (and now security) challenges - the growing tide of illegal migrants arriving by sea after transiting Turkey - Greece has sought greater support from the EU, and has found a partner in FRONTEX, the EU's border security agency. FRONTEX has become inc [...]	2009-11-19 13:16:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG KCRM PTER EUN GR
09ATHENS1643	Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Citizens' Protection [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis provided Ambassador Speckhard with an outline on November 12 of his ambitious plan to reorganize and energize all of Greece's civilian security agencies, including the national police, the domestic intelligence servi [...]	2009-11-19 13:54:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV SOCI PTER KCRM KTIP SMIG GR
09ATHENS1677	GREECE: ENGAGEMENT ON OUR AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens took advantage of the Deputy Secretary's October 1-2 visit to press the Greek government for greater contributions in Afghanistan, and reinforce with the media the themes in the President's December 1 announcement. In a bilateral meeting October 2 with Greek PM Pa [...]	2009-12-04 14:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1721	Russia Looks to Court New GoG Officials, Displays Interest [...] (C) In recent weeks Russian officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, have reached out to Greek officials and the Greek public, in an effort to display reinvigorated Russian-Greek ties and paint a picture of close cooperation with the Greece on economic, political and cultur [...]	2009-12-22 11:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OSCE RS BU GR
09ATHENS184	GREECE/BOSNIA: FORMAL REQUEST TO SUPPORT [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting at his request with Pol-Mil Chief, Haris Lalacos, Director of the MFA A11 Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy, formally requested that the USG support the candidacy of Greek Ambassador to the United States, Alexandros P. Mallias, to serve as the EU [...]	2009-02-10 15:55:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK GR
09ATHENS226	TURKISH EMBASSY'S VIEWS ON MIGRANT READMISSIONS [...] (C) According to an official at the Turkish Embassy in Athens, there are two reasons why Turkey is unwilling to permit Greece to return third-country illegal migrants to Turkey at the port of Izmir, as called for in a 2001 bilateral protocol and which the Greeks believe would greatly reduce th [...]	2009-02-20 12:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU GR
09ATHENS234	TERRORISM FINANCE: GREECE RESPONSE TO PROPOSAL TO [...] (S) On February 20, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Panagiotis Thomopoulos, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. T [...]	2009-02-20 16:53:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	KTFN EFIN ETRD ETTC GR
09ATHENS318	GREECE TRIES TO COPE WITH HEIGHTENED DOMESTIC [...] (C) New terrorist attacks continue to rock Greece with a frequency not seen since 2000, unnerving the country's political and professional elite. A number of violent far-left groups -- some previously unknown -- have claimed responsibility for bombings, shootings, and arson incidents, and thi [...]	2009-03-16 05:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ABLD PGOV PREL GR
09ATHENS327	KARAMANLIS DEFENDS FOREIGN POLICY AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 12 unscheduled Parliamentary debate, PM Karamanlis defended his government's foreign policy, noting that its "red lines" on the Macedonia name issue remained unchanged, as did its insistence that Turkey must comply fully with all EU obligations for accession. Main opp [...]	2009-03-16 12:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU GR
09ATHENS40	GREECE ASSURING LNG-BASED GAS SUPPLIES FROM [...] (C) Summary. Greece's natural gas company (DEPA) has contracted LNG deliveries to supply the country through January 20 and is close to finalizing LNG supplies through the end of the month. Observers remain uncertain how Gazprom's gas cut off will affect Greek energy policy. One senior of [...]	2009-01-13 17:00:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL GR IT AJ RS BU
09ATHENS435	GREECE: Response to Afghanistan-Pakistan Stragegic Review [...] (C) POLCouns delivered ref a points to the Greek MFA's NATO on March 26 and to the MFA's Asian Affairs Department on March 27. MFA Counsellor Caterina Dimakis noted that, as the Hague conference was not a pledging conference - FM Bakoyiannis did not plan to make specific proposals for addition [...]	2009-04-01 10:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF NATO
09ATHENS471	Greek Contributions to Afghanistan [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A instruction to urge Allies and partners to provide specific support for Afghanistan, Post has reached out to a range of Greek contacts in the MFA and MOD. Ambassador spoke on April 2 with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Chief of the Foreign Minister's Diplomati [...]	2009-04-03 14:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR GR
09ATHENS551	GREECE LOOKS TO SUPPORT CYPRUS JOINING CONTACT GROUP ON [...] The leading Greek MFA participant in the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP),Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, has asked us to find a way to bring Cyprus into the CGSP in spite of Turkish objections. Paraskevopoulos argued that Cyprus met the criteria for membership, and that a rejection [...]	2009-04-09 13:48:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PTER GR CY
09ATHENS62	GREEKS ALERTED TO SIGNING OF U.S.-ISRAEL [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the signing of the U.S.-Israel Anti-Smuggling MOU to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Maria Zisi. Zisi was grateful for the information but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) It was the opinion of the Embassy Country Team th [...]	2009-01-16 15:55:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
09ATHENS707	RECALL 09 ATHENS 707 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 14:02:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ABLD PTER PREL KCRM GR
09ATHENS725	GREEK DEVELOPMENT AID TO THE BALKANS: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (U) Since 2001, Greece has given a consistent level of assistance to the Balkans, albeit not up to the level one might expect from a country with such regional leadership potential. In 2007, Greece programmed 83.3 million euro of official direct assistance (ODA) for development in the Balkans [...]	2009-05-06 13:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV GR EU
09ATHENS727	GREEK PRIVACY RULES THWART INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) According to a May 5 article in the newspaper Eleftheros Typos, Greek police utilizing video evidence have "positively" identified three hooded vandals who were among the forty who took part in a midday rampage in the upscale Kolonaki Square area of Athens on March 13. The attackers use [...]	2009-05-06 14:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ABLD PREL PTER KCRM GR
09ATHENS735	GREEK VIEWS ON CONTACT GROUP ON PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A points on U.S. goals for the urgent meting of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) to the senior Greek participant in the CGPCS, Ambassador Tryphon Paraskevopoulos, MFA D1 (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Director, on May 6. As on pr [...]	2009-05-07 14:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR ECON PREL PTER GR
09AUCKLAND7	NEW ZEALAND: MEETING ON VISA WAIVER PROGRAM LETTER [...] (U) Wellington A/DCM and Auckland Consul General met January 27 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials Catherine Nicol (Americas Division) and Lyndal Walker (Consular Division) to discuss the VWP letter from DHS A/S Baker. CG reviewed the points in ref A, explaining the legislat [...]	2009-01-30 11:21:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT PBTS PREL NZ
09BAGHDAD1304	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL [...] (C) During their May 12 meeting, Vice President Abdel Mahdi sought from U/S Burns reassurance of U.S. commitment to remain engaged in Iraq, even if security conditions deteriorated. U/S Burns underlined that the U.S. would honor its commitments, but is looking to the GOI to commit to developi [...]	2009-05-19 12:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET IZ IR
09BAGHDAD1388	TRADE MINISTER STEPS DOWN IN RESPONSE TO [...] 1. (C) SUMMARY: Trade Minister al-Sudani has finally resigned after weeks of public allegations of corruption in the Ministry of Trade (MOT),the arrest of three employees including his brother, and a looming vote of no confidence in the Council of Representatives (COR). The MOT scandal and t [...]	2009-05-27 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KCOR PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1389	AMBASSADOR AND CG MEET TURKISH SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik will be the next Turkish Ambassador to Iraq, Ozcelik told Ambassador Hill and General Odierno May 23. The main points he intended to raise in an anticipated meeting with PM Maliki were his May 17 meeting with KRG President Masoud Barzani and the [...]	2009-05-27 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU

09BAGHDAD1396	PARLIAMENTARY ACTIONS INCREASE TENSION WITH PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the recent resignation of Iraq's Trade Minister following high-profile questioning by Parliament on corruption allegations, Parliament's budget maneuvers to restrict prime ministerial power, and indications that Parliament will continue questioning senior officials on corrupt [...]	2009-05-28 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD141	NINEWA: NINEWA IIP LEADER TELLS PMIN THEY ARE [...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Ninewa Province, Mohammad Shaker, told us January 8 that both the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Al-Qaida Iraq (AQI) routinely intimidate and attack members of his party. The former has largely prevented IIP from campaigning in [...]	2009-01-20 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1496	SPEAKER SAMARRAIE SAYS THAT HE CONCURS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: Ayad al-Samarraie, Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),told the Ambassador and Commanding General June 4 that a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA) was unnecessary, but doubted the CoR could pass a law nullifying the referendum requirement because of e [...]	2009-06-08 06:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1524	NORWAY'S FM REQUESTS HELP TO FACILIATE BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 09:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IZ NO PREL
09BAGHDAD1546	A RARE AND VIGOROUS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: In another example of increasingly robust parliamentary assertions of oversight under the still new leadership of Speaker Ayad Samaraie, members of parliament slammed the Ministry of Interior for human rights abuses during the Council's June 11 session. Initiated by Sadrists, ot [...]	2009-06-14 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD1668	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT: POSSIBLE MOVEMENT, [...] (C) At a June 22 meeting with Mohammed Al-Hamaimidi, Director of the MFA's North America Office, Deputy PolCouns urged that Iraq appoint an ambassador to Kuwait, soon. Reiterating points made repeatedly by the Ambassador, DCM, and others to Iraqi officials over the past several months (refte [...]	2009-06-23 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1784	IRAQ-KUWAIT: CROSS-BORDER ISSUES AFFECTING IRAQ'S [...] (C) Iraq's unresolved disputes with Kuwait reflect years of history. Particularly on the issues centered around the land and maritime borders, however, Iraq's concerns touch directly on economics. Iraq's dependence on oil exports, primarily through the south, and on imported foodstuffs and [...]	2009-07-02 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD EWWT PBTS PREL IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1786	GOI OFFICIALS SUPPORT TRANSFER OF CIVILIAN [...] (C) Iraq's Ministry of Defense holds thousands of civilians in more than 65 detention facilities throughout the country, often for longer periods than permitted under Iraqi law. Conditions in MOD prisons are among the worst in Iraq, and inmates often remain outside the reach of the judicial [...]	2009-07-02 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1912	SOLVING THE IRAQ-KUWAIT MARITIME BOUNDARY ISSUES [...] (SBU) In paragraphs 16 and 17 of this message, we lay out a way forward to address Iraq's concerns with respect to its right to free access to the sea, including an unambiguous statement of Iraqi rights to international waters and a suggested expansion of the Khor Abdullah Interoperability P [...]	2009-07-14 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD EWWT PBTS PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1961	IRAQ'S NEW ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Council of Ministers (CoM) signed an order in April 2009 establishing the Iraqi National Atomic Energy Commission, an inter-ministry commission mandated to provide coordination and advice regard [...]	2009-07-20 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA
09BAGHDAD2008	FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET AND GOVERNMENT DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The DCM for Assistance Transition, BG Lanza, Emin, and Finatt met July 16 with Minister of Finance Jabr, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance Dr. Aziz, and Central Bank of Iraq Governor Shabibi to introduce the DCM and discuss a variety of issues. Minister Jabr discussed the [...]	2009-07-27 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD2015	CORRECTED COPY: FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The DCM for Assistance Transition, BG Lanza, Emin, and Finatt met July 16 with Minister of Finance Jabr, Special Advisor to the Minister of Finance Dr. Aziz, and Central Bank of Iraq Governor Shabibi to introduce the DCM and discuss a variety of issues. Minister Jabr discussed the [...]	2009-07-28 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD2071	THIRD TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-02 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER TU
09BAGHDAD2078	IRAQ AND THE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: At the Nabucco pipeline summit meeting in Ankara on July 13, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki made an unexpected pledge to supply roughly half of the pipeline's projected capacity by 2015. The announcement reflects Maliki's ambitions to see Iraq as a significant partner of Turkey and [...]	2009-08-03 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL EINV PINR IZ TU EUN
09BAGHDAD210	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: A SERIOUS CONTEST WITH [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's provincial elections represent a milestone in the country's political progression. In general, the campaigns have been competitive, sometimes Sharply so. Political parties and local officials in most regions have perceived the election commission to be competent and fair, [...]	2009-01-27 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2105	THE LIMITS OF CROSS-SECTARIAN POLITICS BEFORE THE [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi politicians are seeking to brand their parties as non-sectarian amid a whirl of alliance negotiations before the January national parliamentary election. A significant cross-sectarian, national electoral alliance would be a very positive development in Iraqi politics. Forma [...]	2009-08-05 08:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2120	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DISPELLING MEK CLAIMS OF [...] (C) Summary. U.S. military medical personnel will enter Ashraf, Diyala Province, in the next 24 hours to determine the extent of the hunger strike (reftel). While the residents of Ashraf have refused food shipments from the GOI, the residents' claims of GOI blockage of food shipments to Ash [...]	2009-08-06 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2181	IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI ON 3 AMCITS IN [...] (C) Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari confirmed to DCM August 12 that he had raised the situation of the three American citizens detained in Iran with Iranian Ambassador Qomi on August 8. Zebari said he had told Qomi that the three should be released immediately. According to Zebari, Qomi retu [...]	2009-08-12 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC IR IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2184	RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN TARGETS PROMPT CONCERN, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since late July, a series of explosions targeting political party offices, mosques and civilian gathering places across the country have unsettled Iraqis about the possibility of renewed sectarianism. While the number of overall casualties is relatively low compared t [...]	2009-08-13 06:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2186	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF:MEK DETAINEES VISITED; STILL NO [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. military medical team, with the consent and coordination of the GOI, visited Khalis detention facility in Diyala Province August 11 to perform a welfare check on the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) detainees currently in GOI custody. TF-134 reported that the MEK detainees appear [...]	2009-08-13 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2204	IRAQ MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion of petroleum issues in Iraq, Minister of Oil Husayn Al-Shahristani told DCM for Assistance Transition that he - is optimistic about significantly improved oil production; - expects the British Petroleum/CNPC contract to manage Rumaila field to be [...]	2009-08-14 13:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2256	MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY HAS A PLAN, BUT LACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging initial meeting with DCM for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach, Minister of Electricity Karim Hasan outlined Iraq,s significant infrastructural challenges; discussed his plans for short-term financing of an ongoing multi-billion dollar electricity generation [...]	2009-08-20 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2270	FM ZEBARI PROVIDES MESSAGE OF REASSURANCE, INSISTS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari met with foreign Ambassadors August 21 to provide an official reaction to the August 19 bombing of the MFA (and other GOI buildings) and to provide assurances that the MFA would soon be back up and functioning, using auxiliary buildings on the MFA compound [...]	2009-08-21 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2273	ACTION REQUEST: UK SEEKING OPTIONS TO RESUME NAVAL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. (C//NF) Summary: British officials in mid-August made multiple inquiries of Post and U.S. military in Iraq regarding options for resuming UK naval training in Iraq, highlighting the mission's uncertain future. The UK pulled its naval train [...]	2009-08-23 03:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK
09BAGHDAD2288	NEW SHIA ALLIANCE EXCLUDES MALIKI, BUT FINAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's main Shia parties, with the notable exception of PM Maliki's Da'wa, announced today the establishment of the Iraqi National Coalition (INC),a revitalized Shia grouping that seeks to run together during the national election scheduled for January. Saying the INC would buil [...]	2009-08-24 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2294	MANAGING IRAQI POLITICAL RESPONSE TO BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to reports that PM Maliki is considering firing senior officials, including Interior Minister and PM-hopeful Jawad al-Bolani, in reaction to the recent Baghdad bombings, the Ambassador and Emboffs engaged with members of the Presidency Council, parliament, and Malik [...]	2009-08-25 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2298	SRSG FOR UNAMI DISCUSSES ARAB-KURD, CHAPTER VII [...] (C) Summary: In an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, UNAMI SRSG Melkert expressed concern about the ability of GOI forces to provide security, in the wake of the breakdowns evident in the August 19 bombings. Melkert said he intended to convene the High Level Task Force on disputed intern [...]	2009-08-26 03:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KU IZ
09BAGHDAD2299	(C) IRAQ OIL: MINISTRY OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL AS [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the second oil and gas bid round, international oil companies (IOCs) are increasing their engagement with the Ministry of Oil (MOO). While the Government of Iraq (GOI) has yet to determine how it will deal with oil fields that were not awarded in the first bid roun [...]	2009-08-26 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2335	UNAMI SRSG TO DONOR PARTNERS: TOGETHER WE STAND OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: New UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert told a well-attended Iraq Partners Forum meeting on August 26 that it is "time to close the ICI chapter and open a new chapter" of the book on GoI-donor coordination. Melkert said his current thinking is to aim for an Ambassadorial-level, vi [...]	2009-08-30 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2336	UNAMI SRSG TO DONOR PARTNERS: TOGETHER WE STAND OR [...] (SBU) Summary: Summary: New UNAMI SRSG Ad Melkert told a well-attended Iraq Partners Forum meeting on August 26 that it is "time to close the ICI chapter and open a new chapter" of the book on GoI-donor coordination. Melkert said his current thinking is to aim for an Ambassadorial-level, vi [...]	2009-08-30 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2388	IRAQI MINISTER OF INTERIOR INVESTIGATES ATTACKS, [...] (S//NF) Summary: Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani told EmbOffs on August 31 that his primary focus now is security leading up to the national election, without which Iraq cannot have an effective democratic process. An important aspect of this to Bolani is the Iraqi government's response to [...]	2009-09-04 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PTER PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2390	MALIKI ADVISOR SAYS PM UNLIKELY TO JOIN SHI'A [...] (C) In a meeting with the DCM on September 2, PM Maliki's Chief of Staff, Tariq Abdullah, said it was "doubtful" that the PM would join the recently-formed Iraqi National Alliance (INA). (Note: As reported ref A, Iraq's main Shi'a parties, with the notable exception of Maliki's Da'wa Party, lau [...]	2009-09-05 07:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD245	ANBAR CANDIDATES CONFIDENT FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent discussions in the week before Provincial Council (PC) elections, Anbari candidates and the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) expressed enthusiasm and confidence that the elections will be a strong step forward for Anbar. Candidates predicted the number o [...]	2009-01-30 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD247	ANBARI CANDIDTATES' FRET ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anbari Provincial Council (PC) elections candidates and the Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) recently detailed concerns to poloffs about potential campaign irregularities and/or electoral intimidation, especially by Iraqi Police (IP). Two candidates protested that Al Anbar t [...]	2009-01-30 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD248	PRT DIYALA ELECTIONS PREPARATION AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala and ePRT South Diyala reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Provincial Leaders in Diyala express confidence that preparations are on track for the January 31 Provincial Council (PC) elections. The Governorate Election Office (GEO) reports necessary resources are in pl [...]	2009-01-30 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM ASEC IZ
09BAGHDAD2491	MINORITY QUOTAS IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS LIKELY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minority political leaders tell us that it is increasingly likely that the forthcoming national election law will include reserved seats for Iraq's minority communities. Such a move would continue the trend of providing for minority representation that began in the Provincial Cou [...]	2009-09-15 10:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2507	DCM HASLACH MEETING WITH MINISTER OF TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with DCMAT Haslach, Transportation Minister Amir Abul Jabbar Ismail pressed the USG to make greater use of Iraqi transport assets, particularly air and rail. Ismail defended the GOI,s recent decision to enforce Iraqi Airways, monopolies of cargo and charter [...]	2009-09-16 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD252	DIYALA IDPS: SHIA AND KURDS' COLD CALCULATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala and ePRT South Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Controversial statements by Shi'a and Kurdish political leaders about internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Diyala aim to underdermine the credibility and legitimacy of the provincial elections in the province [...]	2009-01-30 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD254	MAYSAN SADRIST HUSSEIN IDEOLOGY FRONT TO SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Maysan Sadrist-affiliated Hussein Ideology Front (HIF) party official and Provincial Council (PC) member Mohammed Wahid told the PRT on January 28 that HIF would support three Sadrist lists in the provincial elections: the two OMS/S [...]	2009-01-30 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2586	PM MALIKI CHARGES IRAN, SYRIA WITH SHIPPING WEAPONS [...] (S) Iran and Syria have both been providing weapons -- including "Strela" (SA-7B) shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles -- to insurgent groups within Iraq, Prime Minister Maliki claimed to Ambassador Hill September 22. Five members of the Sadrist- affiliated Promise Day Brigade (also linked to the [...]	2009-09-27 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IZ IR SY
09BAGHDAD260	IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS -- POLLS OPEN, VOTING [...] (C) Summary: Voting in Iraq's provincial elections is underway. The vast majority of 39,000 polling stations around the country are reported to have opened as scheduled at 0700 and UNAMI confirmed at 1200 that all polling centers are now open. U.S. election observer teams report heavy sec [...]	2009-01-31 14:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2621	REFORMING THE PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM -- EASIER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GOI won't soon take the tough political decisions needed to reform Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS),despite the burden it places on national finances and the market distortions and corruption it engenders. The UN World Food Program (WFP) has proposed a [...]	2009-09-29 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD IZ KCOR PREF WFP
09BAGHDAD2627	SRSG MELKERT DISCUSSES IRAQ-SYRIA RELATIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 26 meeting with CDA Haslach and A/DCM Grappo, SRSG Ad Melkert assessed the role the UN might play in Iraqi-Syrian relations and in transitioning the Mujahideen-e-Khalq's (MEK) presence in Iraq. Melkert emphasized the need for broad regional and international [...]	2009-09-30 16:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2632	MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IRAQ'S OIL FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg, GOI Minister of Oil Hussayn Shahristani expressed optimism about the upcoming second oil licensing round, as well as for Iraq's future willingness to sign a gas agreement with Europe. In the wide ranging discussion, [...]	2009-10-01 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2671	PROMINENT SUNNI SHEIKH TO ANNOUNCE COALITION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Abdallah al-Yawar al-Shammari, acting paramount sheikh of the influential al-Shammari tribe and an architect of the major Arab political party in Ninewa, told the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq that he will soon announce a cross-sectarian, nationalist coalitio [...]	2009-10-05 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2678	36 MEK DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO MUTHANNA AIRFIELD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI tells us that the 36 Mujahideen al-Khalq (MEK) detainees arrested at Camp Ashraf on July 28 have been moved to a detention facility at Muthanna Airfield in Baghdad pursuant to a deportation order issued on October 1 declaring them illegally present in the country. An earli [...]	2009-10-05 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2695	IRAQI SPEAKER ON ELECTIONS LAW, INVESTMENT LAW, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Speaker of the Council of Representatives Ayad Sammarraie confirmed to the Ambassador October 5 that that the first reading of the draft election law took place the day before. He expressed hope that the election law would be passed in the next ten days. The speaker ackno [...]	2009-10-06 15:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD2698	UNAMI EXPLORING BIGGER ROLE ON MEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI is exploring the possibility of establishing an observation presence at Camp Ashraf and assuming a more direct role in mediating between the GOI and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) after two weeks in which the Embassy has worked with senior GOI officials, UN and ICRC representat [...]	2009-10-07 06:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2702	GOI SAYS MEK RELOCATION WILL HAPPEN BY END OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 6, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdullah and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told Pol M/C and SRSG Melkert that the GOI plans to initiate its plan to relocate the Muhajideen-e Khalq (MEK) from Camp Ashraf by the end of October. Yasser [...]	2009-10-07 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2703	36 MEK DETAINEES RETURNING TO ASHRAF AFTER DEAL [...] (C) The 36 detainees from the Muhajideen-e Khalq are set to return to Camp Ashraf on October 7 after agreeing to a deal with the GOI. In a meeting on October 6, the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told the Embassy, UNAMI, and ICRC that the GOI [...]	2009-10-07 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR PHUM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2704	CHALABI OFFERS VIEWS ON IMPROVING IRAQ'S ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary. On October 6, A/DCM Grappo discussed with Iraqi National Alliance (INA) member Ahmed Chalabi the poor state of Iraq's private economy, the INA's campaign platform of improving services and taming corruption, and his opinion about Saudi Arabia and Iran. Chalabi opposed the Amendmen [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2731	DPM ISSAWI ADVANCES NINEWA'S ARAB-KURD DIALOGUE [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al-Issawi visited Mosul and Erbil on October 1 to further efforts to resolve the (Kurdish) Ninewa Fraternal League's (NFL) boycott of the Ninewa Provincial Council (PC) and its r [...]	2009-10-10 19:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD274	IRAQ PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT [...] (C) Summary: Turnout for the Iraqi provincial elections held 31 January, 2009 was 51 percent nationwide, according to the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC). The votes have been counted, and the tally sheets are arriving in Baghdad two days after the elections, and the IHEC expect [...]	2009-02-02 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
09BAGHDAD2752	VP HASHIMI OFFERS ONE MORE NINEWA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: A key advisor to Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi said the VP intends to pursue a reconciliation initiative in Ninewa before the upcoming election, and to then focus on Kirkuk. In Ninewa, he plans to focus not just on brokering a power-sharing agreement between feuding Sunni Arabs [...]	2009-10-13 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD2753	VISAS VIPER: SEPTEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 04 Oct 2009 CHAIR: Consul General David Schwartz COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: POL, ECON, ORA, CONS, MNFI (CJ9),OHA, POLM, FBI, DHS 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON [...]	2009-10-13 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
09BAGHDAD2762	FM ZEBARI DEMARCHED ON IRAN, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: In an October 12 meeting, A/DCM delivered the (reftel) points relating to the P5 1 talks with Iran to FM Zebari. Zebari responded with a brief readout from a recent meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinajad, suggesting that Iran will not immediately comply with P5 1 demands. [...]	2009-10-14 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU SY
09BAGHDAD2766	SPEAKER PREDICTS PASSAGE OF ELECTION LAW OCTOBER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Speaker of the Council of Representatives (COR) Ayad Samarra'i told the Ambassador October 14 that he expects a vote (and passage) of the election law October 17 or 18. As a way of coaxing agreement over the divisive issue of Kirkuk, the Speaker said he would float a prop [...]	2009-10-14 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2767	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 14, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The COR did not address the election law in its session on October 14 (Ref A). Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i told the Ambassador October 14 that he hopes for a vote on the election law amendments under discussion in the Council of Representatives (COR) as early as October 17 but was [...]	2009-10-14 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2776	IRAQ INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: DELIVERING A CLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 Business and Investment Conference (BIC) will put the spotlight on Iraq's aspirations to participate more fully in the global economy. U.S. and Iraqi government officials can expect questions fro [...]	2009-10-15 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON POL PGOV PREL EINV ETRD EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD2794	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 17, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the Council of Representatives (COR) was out of session on October 17, it is clear that private discussions about the planned amendment to the election law continue among political leaders (Ref A). From the Ambassador's meeting with PM Nuri al-Maliki today (septel) to dis [...]	2009-10-17 17:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2797	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 18, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18, the Council Of Representatives (COR) postponed by a day consideration of a draft election law. On the margins of a pro-forma plenary session, committee chairs and bloc leaders continued the frenzy of informal meetings that may result in a draft law in time for a [...]	2009-10-18 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2798	PRT NINEWA: AMBASSADOR'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Alan Misenheimer, joined Ninewa PRT on September 22-24 for a tour of Ninewa, meeting key political and religious leaders and gaining a first-hand view of the province. In extended conversations, the Senior Advisor heard from Sun [...]	2009-10-18 19:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2800	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S OCTOBER 15 VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan arrived in Baghdad on October 15 for a one-day visit to meet with Iraqi President Talabani and Iraqi VPs al-Hashemi and Abdul-Mahdi, as well as to conduct bilateral and expanded talks with Iraqi PM al-Maliki as part of meetings of the Iraqi-Turkish Strategic [...]	2009-10-19 05:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU SY
09BAGHDAD2804	Dyncorp CP Incident Highlights Need for Additional PSD [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, Iraqi soldiers manning an international zone (IZ) checkpoint beat four U.S. citizen members of a Dyncorp International (DI) personal security detail (PSD) convoy. The DI PSD had violated at least two Embassy checkpoint policies, as well as Iraqi instructions. N [...]	2009-10-19 10:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS CASC IZ
09BAGHDAD2810	BARZANI ON NINEWA: KRG PRESIDENT LOOKS WEST [...] (C) Summary: During a joint MND-N DCG and Ninewa PRT Team Leader engagement on October 7, KRG President Barzani observed that security differences between the GOI and the KRG in disputed areas would not be solved without the presence of U.S. forces (USF). He expressed appreciation for joint [...]	2009-10-19 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2812	KIDNAPPINGS OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS RAISES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of high profile kidnappings of Iraqi Christians over the past several months in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad have raised concerns amongst Christian leaders that the community is being deliberately targeted by criminal gangs. Whether the kidnappings are politically motivated [...]	2009-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2813	GOI REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the past several months, the GOI has reinforced its commitment to Iraq's Christian community by inviting the Assyrian Church to relocate its headquarters back to Baghdad and by returning schools expropriated during the Saddam-era back to the Chaldean Church. At [...]	2009-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2824	INITIAL AGREEMENT ON NORTHERN SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary & Comment: GOI, KRG and U.S. senior officials agreed on the text of a Northern Security Initiative that would create a joint security architecture for the disputed internal boundary (DIBs) areas in the northern provinces of Ninewa, Kirkuk and Diyala. The plan would bring select [...]	2009-10-20 19:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MARR IZ
09BAGHDAD2825	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 20, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 20 parliamentarians dutifully reported to the Council of Representatives (COR),and likely comprised a quorum, but the session was never convened, as the deadlock on the Kirkuk issue continued. A/DCM held extensive meetings with COR members today, including key Kurdi [...]	2009-10-20 19:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2829	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 21, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Midday on October 21, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i announced that the Presidency Council of the Council of Representatives (COR) would refer the election law to the Political Council for National Security (PCNS). This action was predicted October 20 in conversations A/DCM had with [...]	2009-10-21 19:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2831	IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with econoffs, both the chair (KDP) and vice-chair (Da'wa) of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) reaffirmed that progress on hydrocarbons legislation must wait until the new central government is sea [...]	2009-10-22 06:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2834	KRG MAY BE PLOTTING AGAINST IRAQ OIL MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: The chair and vice-chair of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) disagree over whether the Council of Ministers (cabinet) or parliament has final authority to approve the large oil-field development contracts currently bei [...]	2009-10-22 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2842	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 22, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 22 the Council of Representatives (COR) was in recess and CDA and A/DCM continued political engagements with UNAMI, Vice Presidents Tariq al-Hashimi and Abd al-Mahdi and President Jalal Talabani (septels). Early indications are that the Political Council for National [...]	2009-10-22 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2856	IMPASSE ON KIRKUK: LEADERS DISAGREE BUT OFFER FEW [...] (C)Iraq's three Presidency Council members acknowledge that efforts to pass an elections law continue to founder on disputes over Kirkuk's participation in the elections. In separate meetings with with either General Odierno and/or CDA and A/DCM October 22, President Jalal Talabani, and Vice [...]	2009-10-24 09:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD286	US LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING NEEDED TO RETURN IRAQ,S [...] (C) Summary: Security gains have started to reverse the tide of displacement in Iraq ) UNHCR estimates that 185,000 IDPs and 23,000 refugees returned in 2008, out of nearly three million Iraqis displaced in 2006 and 2007. If security and other conditions continue to improve, UNHCR estimates [...]	2009-02-04 08:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2870	KURDISH PM CRITICIZES CELEBRATIONS FOR PKK [...] (U) Speaking with reporters in Erbil on October 25, outgoing KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani criticized Kurds in southeastern Turkey for throwing celebrations and giving a hero's welcome to PKK rebels who returned to Turkey on October 19 (reftel) as reported in international press. Barzani opined th [...]	2009-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PTER TU
09BAGHDAD2872	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 26, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Political Council for National Security (PCNS) met on October 25 to discuss the elements for an election law after the matter was referred to it by the Council of Representatives (COR) (Ref A). Contacts tell us that the meeting was very large, with several proposals, which [...]	2009-10-26 18:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2877	BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: Post has established an interagency working group to coordinate assistance to the GOI following the October 25 car bombings at several GOI buildings, including the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),Ministry of Interior (MOI),Higher Judicial Council (HJC),Ministry of Municipalities and [...]	2009-10-27 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2879	SADRIST TREND AND ISCI OFFER PRIMARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Declaring its commitment to an open-list electoral system, the Sadrist Trend this month held Iraq's first primary election, claiming a likely exaggerated turnout of 1.5 million. Days later, their electoral ally, the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),announced it too is acce [...]	2009-10-27 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2884	BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AS MOJ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the October 25 car bombings at several key GOI buildings, Embassy law enforcement personnel have visited both sites and are working with MOI investigators. Despite heavy damage, the MOJ and Higher Judicial Council (HJC) have resumed partial operations both at the h [...]	2009-10-28 09:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS PREL PTER PNAT KCRM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2886	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior GOI and judicial officials tell us that trafficking in women and young boys for the purposes of prostitution remains a widespread problem in Iraq, with victims either sold to traffickers by their families or kidnapped by criminal gangs. Iraqi trafficking victims often fi [...]	2009-10-28 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL PTER ELAB SMIG SY IZ
09BAGHDAD289	IRAQ-IRAN DIPLOMACY A SIGN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE OR [...] (S) Summary: Recent Iraqi-Iranian visits (most notably PM Maliki and National Security Advisor al-Rubaie's visits to Tehran) indicate that Iraq is being increasingly assertive toward its ambitious neighbor, and that Iran is showing Iraq overdue respect, although the relationship might be char [...]	2009-02-04 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR ECON EAIR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2890	IRAQ AGREES TO HOST UN SENIOR OFFICIAL AUGUST 19 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 17:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC UN IZ
09BAGHDAD2919	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ, [...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...]	2009-11-01 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD2920	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1, 2009: UNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Influential Arab and Turkoman lawmakers in Baghdad and Kirkuk told U.S. and UNAMI officials on November 1 they would support the UNAMI proposal, and Speaker Sammara'i agreed to call a vote on the election law the next day (November 2). Yet, although the vote may be near, it is [...]	2009-11-01 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2931	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unable to overcome Kurdish intransigence on the UNAMI proposal on Kirkuk in the national election, the Council of Representatives (COR) ended session November 2 without a vote but agreed to return for an additional session the next day. Embassy and UNAMI discussions with Kurdish [...]	2009-11-02 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2968	VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 04 November 2009 CHAIR: Consul General David Schwartz COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: RSO, ECON, POL/MIL, FBI, PAS, CONS 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWI [...]	2009-11-09 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
09BAGHDAD2976	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH BARZANI IN ERBIL [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with KRG President Masoud Barzani in Erbil October 24. She stressed the importance of holding national elections on time and including Kirkuk. She pressed for KRG flexibility to allow for the election law to move forwar [...]	2009-11-10 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2995	WILL SHI,A COALITIONS JOIN FORCES? BALANCING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Local media is rife with speculation that the two leading Shi'a electoral coalitions, the Prime Minister's State of Law Alliance (SLA) and the ISCI/Sadrist-led Iraqi National Alliance (INA),will merge before coalition registration ends on November 13. Sources from bo [...]	2009-11-13 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2998	PM MALIKI AND PRESIDENT TALABANI DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 25, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hosted General David Petraeus at his residence, shortly after returning from visiting the blast sites at the Ministry of Justice and Baghdad Provincial Council. The PM stressed that there continued to be successful operations aga [...]	2009-11-15 06:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PARM IZ KU
09BAGHDAD3033	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VP HASHIMI MULLS OVER IHEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi did not follow through on a threat to veto today the election law unless the percentage of compensatory seats was increased in consideration of the size of the out-of-country voter population. After a detailed discussion with election officials las [...]	2009-11-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3045	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI VETOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite indications to the contrary the previous day, Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi vetoed Iraq's amended election law shortly before noon on November 18. In an explanatory letter to the Council of Representative (COR),Hashimi asked the parliament to make several revisions to [...]	2009-11-18 19:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3157	DELAYED GRATIFICATION: ELECTION LAW ADOPTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following strong Embassy and UNAMI engagement with key Kurdish leaders in Baghdad, crucial calls by POTUS and VPOTUS to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani broke the logjam to permit consensus approval of a UNAMI election law compromise proposal late Decemb [...]	2009-12-07 16:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3177	EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ SET TO INCREASE [...] (C) The GOI appears set to accelerate the number of executions it carries out after the Eid holiday, having received signed death warrants from the Presidency Council for virtually all of the approximately 1,000 prisoners (including 17 women) currently sitting on death row. In a meeting on De [...]	2009-12-10 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD3184	DECEMBER 8 BOMBINGS TAKE THEIR TOLL, BUT IMPACT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The four car bomb blasts that hit Baghdad December 8 bore the hallmarks of a coordinated terrorist attack. The intended targets of two of the bombs, which may have detonated prematurely, remain unclear. Contrary to press reports, the Ministry of Labor was not directly target [...]	2009-12-10 17:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3210	PRESSURE MOUNTS TO OUST MOD'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Human Rights Director, Iman Naji, has come under increasing pressure as the Ministry has launched (seemingly baseless) investigations into her conduct on a recent prison inspection as well as her professional/academic crede [...]	2009-12-15 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD3228	IRAQ LICENSING OF BANK MELLI BRANCHES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	GM IR IZ KNNP MNUC XF XG XT ZP ZR
09BAGHDAD3232	VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: December 6, 2009 CHAIR: DCM Robert Ford COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: POL, ECON, CONS, MNFI (CJ9),OHA, POLM, FBI, DHS, PAS, RSO, MNF-I 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION [...]	2009-12-15 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
09BAGHDAD3257	IRAQ'S OIL BID ROUND 2: CAN IRAQ FULFILL THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's proposal to increase national oil production from 2.5 million barrels per day to perhaps as high as 12 million barrels per day is extremely aggressive and delivering on that promise poses significant challenges. These challenges include: limited project management capabil [...]	2009-12-17 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3295	DEC 8 BOMBINGS RESULT IN FINGER POINTING, NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The combination of Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) high profile questioning of senior Iraqi security officials, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, and Maliki's own public effort to coordinate intelligence agencies is doing little to bolster Iraqi public confidence i [...]	2009-12-22 13:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ

09BAGHDAD3299	HASHIMI ON ELECTION DIALOGUE, EMPOWERED [...] (C) Summary: DCM and PolM/C met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi on December 19 to follow up on a range of issues that NEA Assistant Secretary Feltman had raised with Iraqi leaders during his recent visit. During the meeting, Hashimi affirmed his dedication to pre-election dialogue with o [...]	2009-12-22 13:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ

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