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08BUDAPEST916	HUNGARY'S VIEW ON REBUTTING RUSSIA'S CLAIMS [...] (SBU) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Hamikus commented that Hungary would most likely work within the EU framework rather than making an individual statement on Russia's genocide claim. He noted that the September [...]	2008-09-19 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM HU RS GG

08BUDAPEST935	HUNGARIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 16:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRS EAID GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST940	DAS MERKEL'S CONSULTATIONS IN BUDAPEST [...] (SBU) Summary. During his September 9-11 visit to Budapest, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Russia David Merkel focused on energy and the Russia/Georgia conflict with a broad range of senior Hungarian officials. Encouraging greater visible support for Nabucco and a slow down/suspension of Sou [...]	2008-09-24 15:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS GG UP HU
08CAIRO1876	FOREIGN MINISTER ON GEORGIA, IRAQ, AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador he had not yet read the report and recommendations of an MFA team that recently traveled to Baghdad to assess security conditions in preparation for the potential return of an Egyptian ambassador. He [...]	2008-08-25 13:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KIRF RU GG IZ EG
08CAIRO1920	EGYPT: NO POSITION YET ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 28, ECPO Minister Counselor, together with British and Japanese DCMs (who had received nearly identical instructions),delivered reftel demarche to MFA spokesman and senior cabinet advisor Hossam Zaki. A very sober Zaki listened attentively. He said that Egypt took all issues of [...]	2008-08-28 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG GG RU
08CANBERRA1039	AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 00:02:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS AS
08CANBERRA921	AUSTRALIA ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN MISSTATEMENTS ON [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Annabel Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on September 16. 2. (SBU) In a preliminary response, Anderson said the U.S. position on Russia's claims about Georgia tracked pe [...]	2008-09-16 07:40:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL RS GG AS
08CARACAS1160	BRV BLAMES U.S. FOR GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) The BRV Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an August 14 press release asserting that the United States "planned, prepared, and ordered" the Georgian military offensive against the break-away region of South Ossetia. The statement continued, "The international community was once again w [...]	2008-08-18 16:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG VE
08CHISINAU434	MD WILL DISCUSS RUSSIAN "MECHANISMS" IN ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 12:31:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS MD
08CHISINAU883	Moldova Agrees with Non-Recognition of South Ossetia and [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 14:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU MD
08CONAKRY629	RUSSIAN EMBASSY DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON ABKHAZIA AND [...] (SBU) On October 16, Embassy received a paper from the Russian Embassy in Guinea, entitled "On the Origins of the Situation Around Abkhazia and South Ossetia." The paper is nine pages in length, in English, and provides a chronological history of events dating back to 1810. Post can scan th [...]	2008-10-23 16:02:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO GG RU GV
08COPENHAGEN230	DENMARK CONCERNED ABOUT RUSSIAN APPROACH ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 09:09:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS DA
08COPENHAGEN427	TFGG01: DANES SUPPORT NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:41:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EUN RU GG DA
08COPENHAGEN436	TFGG01: DENMARK FIRM ON RUSSIA, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (U) Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller warned publicly August 13 that Denmark will have to "reconsider" its relationship with Russia if Russian forces are in violation of the agreed cease-fire. Moeller, speaking after the GAERC EU foreign ministers meeting that day, acknowledged that Ge [...]	2008-08-14 14:14:00	Embassy Copenhagen	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PHUM OSCE UN GG RS DA
08COPENHAGEN458	GEORGIA: DANES WELCOME RECOGNITION WARNING, [...] (C) Danish MFA Head of Department for Eastern Europe Ruben Madsen allowed that his government did not have the sense that the Russians would recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia soon, but agreed that firm warnings to Moscow are prudent and necessary in any event. Madsen welcomed our ref B appr [...]	2008-08-25 10:00:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG DA
08COPENHAGEN480	DENMARK AT THE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Danish MFA European Correspondent Asif Amin told us that Denmark's primary focus at the upcoming GAERC remains Georgia. The Danes were generally pleased with EU decisions on Georgia and Russia at the recently-concluded Gymnich, Asif reported, adding that Co [...]	2008-09-11 08:10:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN GG RU DA
08COPENHAGEN553	OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 09:35:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL GG DA
08DHAKA905	BANGLADESH KEEPING A "LOW PROFILE" ON THE [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief August 25 delivered Ref A and B demarches to the Director of the Americas wing at the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Masudur Rahman. Rahman expressed concern about the conflict and the effect it was having on the lives of civilians living in the disp [...]	2008-08-26 10:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV KPKO RU GG BG
08DHAKA917	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (SBU) Deputy Pol/Econ Chief August 28 delivered Ref A demarche to Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americas Wing at Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Rahman said the MFA was still formulating its government's position on these events, which he pledged to share when it was finali [...]	2008-09-01 03:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RU BG
08DOHA602	QATAR PRIVATELY CRITICAL OF RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE IN [...] (C) MFA Director of American and European Affairs Ambassador Adel Al-Khal told DCM August 24 that Qatar had not taken an official position on the Russia-Georgia conflict but found Russia's military offensive troublesome. Al-Khal noted the Russian Ambassador had recently called on him "to expla [...]	2008-08-24 12:57:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RS GG QA
08DUBLIN208	IRISH VIEWS ON NEW RUSSIAN POLICY IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 15:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS EI
08DUBLIN487	IRELAND CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (U) The following statement on Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states was released by Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin on August 26, 2008. Begin Statement --------------- The Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheal Martin TD, has condemned today's dec [...]	2008-08-27 12:15:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU EI
08DUBLIN583	IRISH AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 14:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS EI
08DUSHANBE1094	TAJIKISTAN: RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT DEMARCHE [...] (C) On August 21 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Husrav Nosiri, MFA Director for North America and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent). Nosiri accepted the demarche with the comment that Tajikistan was unlikely to take any public stance on the conflict between Georgia [...]	2008-08-22 07:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL GG TI
08DUSHANBE1108	TAJIKISTAN - REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 27 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director of North American and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Khusrav Nosiri. Nosiri could not offer a substantive reply, but said he would try to pass the substance of the demarche to the Minister of Foreign [...]	2008-08-28 05:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TI
08DUSHANBE1109	TAJIKISTAN - SCO SUMMIT STATEMENT MENTIONS SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit has concluded with bland statements and some confusion about the members' positions on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Summit Declaration contradictorily endorsed Russian peacemaking efforts in South Ossetia, and also welcomed the [...]	2008-08-28 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TI
08DUSHANBE1121	TAJIKISTAN - CSTO MEETING AND POSSIBLE RECOGNITION [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel demarche to Khusrav Nosiri, Director of North American and European Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on September 1. Nosiri said he would pass the demarche to his superiors, and commented that Tajikistan would likely maintain its current policy of non-r [...]	2008-09-02 11:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS TI RS GG
08DUSHANBE1122	TAJIKISTAN - PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Charge and Acting DCM met on September 4 with Erkin Rahmatulloev, Presidential Adviser on Foreign Policy, to discuss a number of issues. Charge passed Rahmatulloev a copy of reftel demarche, and asked whether Tajikistan had received a letter from Russia officially informing the GOTI of Ru [...]	2008-09-04 08:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS GG TITI
08GENEVA1128	DECEMBER 17-18 GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA: SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 17-18 Geneva Talks on Georgia, the parties in the Security Working Group failed to reach agreement on a draft paper that would have established an "Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism." The Mechanism would have consisted of weekly consultative meetings [...]	2008-12-29 15:46:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08GENEVA727	GEORGIA CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS IN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 27 meeting, Georgian Deputy PermRep Teimuraz Bakradze told us that Tbilisi was considering using the upcoming Human Rights Council session to criticize Russia over recent events in Georgia, although no decision had yet been taken. It remains unclear whether Russia w [...]	2008-08-27 16:01:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC GG
08GENEVA759	RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's ambassador used the September 8 opening session of the Human Rights Council to criticize Georgia, which he accused of engaging in genocide. Georgia plans to respond on September 9, but to avoid getting into a retaliatory exchange, including charges and counter-charges, [...]	2008-09-08 16:49:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU
08GENEVA803	GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: AFTER A [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an initial burst of activity regarding the Georgia crisis in the early days of the UN Human Rights Council's current session, the Council took up the issue again on September 16-17. The plenary discussions featured harsh words from the Russian delegation and a more measured [...]	2008-09-23 15:02:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU
08GENEVA837	EU ENVOY MOREL BRIEFS THE AMBASSADOR ON LATEST [...] (C) On October 9. EU Special Representative for the Crisis in Georgia Pierre Morel briefed Ambassador Tichenor on the preparations for the Georgia talks to be held in Geneva October 15. He confirmed the plans for a plenary with two working groups, one on security and stability, the other on I [...]	2008-10-09 16:50:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC RS GG
08HELSINKI184	FINLAND: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) PolOffs delivered subject demarche to Antti Vanska, Counsellor, Unit for Russia and Paivi Pihlajamaki, Second Secretary Unit for Europe and Central Asia April 28. The GoF generally agreed with the points. Pihlajamaki noted that Foreign Minister Stubb used the opportunity of his April 25 [...]	2008-04-29 12:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS FI
08HELSINKI226	FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 GAERC [...] (U) PolChief and PolOff delivered the Department's GAERC talking points to Finnish European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola May 20. 2. (SBU) IRAN: Mikkola acknowledged that the EU has still been unable to reach consensus on implementation of UNSCR 1803. However, she noted that the EU did [...]	2008-05-22 13:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI LE IR GG SY
08HELSINKI374	FINNISH COMMENTS ON AUGUST 13 GEORGIA GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG RU FI
08HELSINKI380	FINLAND: DEMARCHE SUPPORT OSCE MONITORS GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 11:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS FI
08HELSINKI406	FINLAND: COMMENTS ON GYMNICH SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff delivered points from reftels to Markku Lampinen, Deputy Director Deputy European Correspondent, Unit for European Common Foreign and Security Policy on September 3. Lampinen stated that the extraordinary European Council (EC) meeting on Monday (September 1) left less fo [...]	2008-09-04 13:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG PHUM RU FI
08HELSINKI451	GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Econ Assistant delivered reftel points regarding the upcoming International Georgia Reconstruction Donors Conference in Brussels to Mr Jaakko Lehtovirta, Georgia Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA is working to determine how much room there is in Finland's [...]	2008-10-07 08:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EINV KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG FI
08HELSINKI456	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON IN FINLAND [...] (C) Ambassador Williamson briefed Finnish officials about his recent trip to Georgia on September 15. Williamson urged the Finns to use their chairmanship to push for a more robust OSCE monitoring mission that would have access to South Ossetia and Abkahzia and could document abuses. Finnis [...]	2008-10-08 13:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN ICJ GG RS FI
08HELSINKI463	FINNISH COMMENTS ON OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 10:32:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FI
08HELSINKI469	FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO SECOND GEORGIA DEMARCHE [...] Econ Officer delivered reftel talking points to Jaakko Lehtovirta, Georgia Desk Officer at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The MFA is currently formulating the amount and direction of aid it will provide for Georgia's recovery efforts. 2. The MFA received the Joint Needs As [...]	2008-10-16 10:49:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS FI
08HELSINKI561	U/S BURNS MEETS FINNISH FM AND OSCE CIO ALEXANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: U/S Burns met Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Alexander Stubb on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting December 4 in Helsinki. Burns provided Stubb an update on Secretary Rice's trip to India, and Stubb replied that was where she needed [...]	2008-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PHUM OSCE FI GG RS IR IS CH IN
08HELSINKI67	FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 13:14:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU FI
08ISLAMABAD2870	PAKISTAN: RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TOO FAR AWAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL RU GG KPKO MARR
08JAKARTA1532	TFGG01: URGING INDONESIA... [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1590	TFGG01 GEORGIA: CONTINUING TO ENGAGE INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Underscoring key points from Ref A, Mission continues to engage Indonesian officials on the situation in Georgia. Officials agree the situation is serious and have voiced support for a peaceful solution and Georgia's sovereignty. That said, Indonesia does not seem inclined to [...]	2008-08-21 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1600	GEORGIA -- REVIEWING POINTS RE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Mission has reviewed Ref B points with the GOI regarding Abkhazia/South Ossetia. Pol/C underscored that Russian recognition of the two entities as separate countries would be a serious mistake, setting a dangerous precedent that would lead to further instability. Department of [...]	2008-08-25 05:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1625	GEORGIA--UNDERSCORING USG POINTS REJECTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission underscored to GOI contacts the USG's rejection of Russia's August 26 recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states. Pol/C emphasized that this move undercuts efforts to mediate a lasting, peaceful resolution of the disputes in these two regions of Geo [...]	2008-08-27 07:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1633	GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged GOI officials to urge that representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia not be allowed to participate in the upcoming UNSC meeting on Georgia. Mission also urged Indonesia to press Russia to rethink its recognition of the breakaway regions, affirm Georgia [...]	2008-08-28 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1806	UNSC/GEORGIA -- OPPOSING SEPARATIST PARTICIPATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the Indonesian government to oppose participation by Abkhazia and South Ossetia in UN Security Council discussions on Georgia. GOI contacts took the points on board. One contact in the President's Office--noting Indonesia's longstanding concern about separati [...]	2008-09-23 07:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID GG RS
08JEDDAH335	OIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON COUP IN MAURITANIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 16:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREF PREL KISL AJ GG MR TU SA
08KATHMANDU1068	NEPAL'S PRIORITIES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On September 19, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that the priorities for the Government of Nepal (GON) at the 63rd UN General Assembly included landlocked least-developed countries, food security, t [...]	2008-09-23 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER OVIP KSEP UNGA CH IN RS GG
08KINGSTON741	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF POINTS RE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 19:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG JM XL
08KINGSTON764	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE REJECTING RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 13:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR GG RU JM XL
08KINSHASA721	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CG GG RU
08KINSHASA724	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 17:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CG GG RU
08KUALALUMPUR769	GOM CONSIDERING POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Drawing on points from demarche reftels, in an August 28 meeting with MFA Undersecretary for Europe Mahinder Singh, DCM Rapson stressed that Russia,s clearly disproportionate response to events in Georgia went against the grain of international practice and convention, and underlined U.S. [...]	2008-08-29 09:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS MY
08KUWAIT1061	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OCTOBER 22 DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 12:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KRCS KU
08KUWAIT922	KUWAIT PREPARED TO JOIN ASSISTANCE PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) POLCOUNS on August 25 discussed with Muteb Almutoteh, First Secretary of MFA's Europe Department, USG points raised reftels regarding Russian intransigence in Georgia and, in particular, concerns that Russia may be poised to recognize the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. P [...]	2008-08-26 07:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG KU
08KUWAIT945	(C) KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER: NO TO RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 16:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG KU
08KYIV109	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO TO LEAD DELEGATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko has asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to lead the Ukrainian delegation for the January 20 inauguration of Georgian President Elect Mikhail Saakashvili. Although some here were surprised that Yushchenko was not attending himself, both he and Tymoshenko [...]	2008-01-18 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UP PGOV PREL GG
08KYIV1627	TFGG01 Ukrainian Media on Georgian Conflict [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian media is split on its coverage of the conflict in Georgia, which occupied the front page of Ukrainian newspapers this week and featured prominently on broadcast and on-line media. Pro-Western and pro-presidential periodicals denounced Russia's support for separatist r [...]	2008-08-15 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL PGOV KPAI GG UK
08KYIV2530	WAY FORWARD ON THE SEPARATIST REGIONS OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to First Deputy Foreign Minister Vladymir Khandogiy on December 29. Khandogiy thanked the Ambassador for the consultation. He noted that Ukraine's position on Abkhazia and South Ossetian "independence" has been clear: Ukraine categorically opposes reco [...]	2008-12-30 14:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG UP
08KYIV365	UKRAINE OPPOSES, BUT DOUBTS THAT RUSSIA WILL [...] (C) As requested, PolCouns delivered the demarche contained reftel to Oleksandr Tsvetkov, Acting Director of the MFA's Political Department (with primary responsibility for the Kosovo issue) and Sergiy Kyslytsya, Director of the MFA's UN and Other International Organizations Department on Febr [...]	2008-02-15 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI UP
08LISBON1999	TFGG01: PORTUGAL NOT PLANNING TO SUPPORT STRONG NAC STATEMENT REF: STATE 85678 [...] (C) Portugal is concerned about the crisis in Georgia but is not ready to make a statement against Russian actions at this time, according to MFA Director for European Affairs Liliana Mascarenhas Neto. She told us that Portugal would wait to hear the French report at the special GAERC meeting on Au [...]	2008-08-11 18:08:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE PO RU GG
08LISBON2035	TFGG01: AS USUAL, PORTUGAL MILDLY SUPPORTIVE [...] (C/NF) Charge conveyed points to Diplomatic Advisors to the Foreign Minister and President. (On some controversial issues, the Presidency stakes out a position that differs from the MFA's.) 2. (C/NF) MFA: Diplomatic Advisor stated, "We totally share your concerns about the current state [...]	2008-08-14 15:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS PT
08LISBON2379	PORTUGAL BRIEFS SENATOR GREGG ON RUSSIA, CAUCASUS, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Portuguese MOD State Secretary Joao Mira Gomes told Senator Judd Gregg (R, NH) that Russia's illegal actions in Georgia required a diplomatic solution in which the West needed to stand firm on principle (including Georgia's territorial integrity) and suspend military cooperati [...]	2008-09-04 16:50:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP PREL GG AF RS IR UP PO KV EUN
08LISBON2388	PORTUGAL FOCUSES ON TRANS-ATLANTIC AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal is expected to remain in the background on most of the Gymnich discussions this week including Russia and Georgia, the Middle East, and EU Security Strategy, but will take the lead on the Trans-Atlantic presentation. Portuguese FM Amado will prompt the EU ministers [...]	2008-09-05 08:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL PGOV PHUM
08LISBON2514	PORTUGAL CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AT SEPTEMBER 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal has no plans to present or direct discussion at the September 15-16 GAERC meeting. MFA officials expressed cautious optimism about political developments in Zimbabwe and Belarus. They told us that the GOP fully supports EU efforts to stabilize the Somali coast and Geo [...]	2008-09-12 17:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	YI TU GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON2591	PORTUGAL FOLLOWS EU ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 09:44:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL RS GG PO EUN
08LISBON2602	NO PORTUGUESE RESPONSE YET ON "NO BUSINESS AS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 09:11:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	GG RS PREL PO
08LISBON2603	NO PORTUGUESE BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 09:11:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	GG RS KCRS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL PO
08LISBON2641	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS TOUGHER LINE ON BELARUS AT [...] (C) Summary: Portuguese MFA officials Isabel Ferreira and Florbela Cardy stressed that Portugal and the EU agree with the main points of reftel demarche on Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus. While Portugal plans to follow the EU consensus on most votes, Cardy did mention that Portugal and the Ne [...]	2008-10-09 15:52:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	BO GG RS PHUM PREL PGOV PO EUN
08LISBON594	PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON THE MARCH GAERC [...] (SBU) Assistant EU Correspondent Pedro Severo de Almeida responded to the reftel points with Portugal's views in advance of March's GAERC meeting. He confirmed that the ministers planned to discuss the Balkans, Middle East Peace Process, Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Iran. He also noted the possibil [...]	2008-03-10 12:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF IR GG IS PREL PGOV PO
08LJUBLJANA114	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 10-11 GAERC [...] (C) In their March 5 meeting, European Correspondent Aljaz Arih told ADCM that the Foreign Ministers would issue Council conclusions on Bosnia and Herzogovina, the Stability Pact/Regional Cooperation Council (RCC),Afghanistan, Pakistan, the WTO, and Zimbabwe. He noted that other than the Cou [...]	2008-03-06 11:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE SI
08LJUBLJANA136	SLOVENIA: DERMACHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED NATO STATEMENT ON CFE [...] (C) On March 25, Emboff delivered reftel points, cover letter, and draft proposed CFE statement to MFA Security Policy Division official Darija Goroz, who stated that the GOS will review the proposed statement and provide a response as soon as possible. COLEMAN [...]	2008-03-25 15:22:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KCFE MARR GG MD SI NATO
08LJUBLJANA185	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (C) On April 24, A/DCM delivered the April 28-29 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the GAERC would issue conclusions on Burma, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, and the Western Balkans. He noted that Iran, Lebanon, Syria, and China/Tibet/Olympics were not on the agenda. [...]	2008-04-24 13:23:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SI
08LJUBLJANA186	SLOVENIAN PRESIDENCY ISSUES STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF [...] (SBU) On April 22, Emboffs delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division, Ambassador Darja Bavdaz Kuret, raising our opposition to the upgrading of Russian relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Bavdaz Kuret said that the Slovenian EU Presidency had i [...]	2008-04-24 14:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA223	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF MAY 26-27 JUMBO GAERC [...] (C) On May 21, A/DCM delivered the May 26-27 GAERC points to European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih said that the "jumbo" GAERC, which would include Development and Defense Ministers, would issue conclusions on Lebanon, the Middle East Peace Process, Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia, the Western B [...]	2008-05-21 18:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08LJUBLJANA359	SLOVENIA ON U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) On August 11, Emboffs met with Marko Purkart, acting head of the MFA's Security Division, to brief him and urge Slovenia's support for a strong NAC statement condemning Russian actions in Georgia. Purkart took our points under consideration and undertook to pass them to Slovenia's Mission [...]	2008-08-11 08:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG SI
08LJUBLJANA365	U.S. PROPOSED ELEMENTS FOR EU STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:45:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA371	TFGG01: GORI DEMARCHE: SLOVENIANS STRESS EU UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 16:37:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UNGA GG RS SI
08LJUBLJANA386	TFGG01: SLOVENIA OPPOSES RECOGNITION OF BREAKAWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia strongly opposes Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, saying that it would be a setback to diplomatic efforts leading up to the September 1 European Council meeting. The Council is expected to endorse Chancellor Merkel's call for a "neighborhood conference [...]	2008-08-26 06:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG EUN SI
08LJUBLJANA389	SLOVENIA: EU SPEAKS WITH "ONE VOICE" ON RUSSIA'S [...] (C) On August 28, DCM met with Ambassador Ada Filip-Slivnik, Head of Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to encourage Slovenian opposition to Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia (reftel A). She said that she was surprised that Medved [...]	2008-08-29 09:59:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA398	SLOVENIA PREDICTS "DIFFICULT" SEPTEMBER 5-6 GYMNICH [...] (C) On September 4, Emboff delivered the points on Georgia and non-Georgia topics in advance of the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting (refs A and B) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Although Gymnichs are usually relaxed, Arih predicted that this one would be difficult because of Georgia. [...]	2008-09-04 15:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA413	SLOVENIA PREDICTS "BORING" SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) On September 11, Emboff delivered our points in advance of the September 15-16 GAERC meeting (reftel) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih, who commented that this would be a "pretty boring GAERC." Arih said there would be Council Conclusions on Somalia, which would be the GAERC's mos [...]	2008-09-11 14:07:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ZL ZI SOCI YI TU GG RS
08LJUBLJANA433	SLOVENIA LIKELY TO REMAIN A FOLLOWER RATHER THAN A [...] (C) On September 22, Emboff met with Jure Zerovec, Deputy Director of the Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to urge a strong and public response to Russia's claims against Georgia (reftel). Zerovec took our message on board, but was noncommittal. He admitted that Slovenia was "not [...]	2008-09-22 14:06:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GG RS SI
08LJUBLJANA454	SLOVENIA FOCUSED ON RUSSIA'S NEIGHBOURS AT OCTOBER [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 3. Summary ------- 2. (C) On October 9 Emboff delivered our points in advance of the October 13 GAERC meeting (ref A) to MFA European Correspondent Aljaz Arih. Arih indicated that the FMs' discussions of Georgia at the GAERC would be linked t [...]	2008-10-09 12:49:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS SI EUN PHUM
08LJUBLJANA470	SLOVENIA WILL NOT MAKE ANY BILATERAL PLEDGE AT THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 11:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUN KMCA KCRS SI
08LJUBLJANA488	SLOVENIA IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND [...] (C) On October 29, Emboff met with Aljaz Arih, European Correspondent, to deliver reftel's talking points for the November Gymnich and GAERC meetings. Arih stated that the November 3 Gymnich would focus on transatlantic relations and the French had circulated a revised food for thought paper. [...]	2008-10-30 13:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN RS GG SI ECON ETRD PGOV IS AF PK
08LJUBLJANA534	SLOVENIA: HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 16:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE GG RU SI
08LJUBLJANA566	SLOVENIA WANTS EU-U.S. UNITED FRONT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 13:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS SI
08LJUBLJANA79	SLOVENIA AGREES THAT KOSOVO IS NOT A PRECEDENT FOR [...] (C) On February 14, Emboff delivered reftel points to MFA official Dejan Vladic of the Division for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, who affirmed that Slovenia completely agrees with the U.S. position that Kosovo independence will not set a precedent for Abkhazia nor any other region. Vladic [...]	2008-02-19 12:30:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI SI
08LONDON2107	GEORGIA: HMG PREDICTS TOUGH DIPLOMATIC ROAD AHEAD [...] (C/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and South Caucuses Office Director) Louise Savile predicted a tough diplomatic struggle ahead to return the situation in Georgia to the status quo ante August 6. As an example, she cited part of an August 13 telephone exchange between FM Miliband and Russian [...]	2008-08-13 14:00:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RU GG UK
08LONDON2112	TFGG01: HMG AGREES ON NEED TO PRESSURE RUSSIA TO [...] (S/NF) FCO Georgia Task Force Director (and Head of International Organizations Department) Nick Hopton expressed appreciation for points reftel and noted HMG concurrence with U.S. view that Russia needs to comply with its agreement to remove its forces from Georgia, and to allow OSCE and other obs [...]	2008-08-14 13:54:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UNAUS GG RS UK
08LONDON2159	TFGGO1: FM MILIBAND'S AUGUST 27 VISIT TO KYIV DESIGNED TO SHOW UK SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE [...] (C/NF) FM Miliband will travel to Kyiv on August 27 to reinforce support for Ukraine's European and Transatlantic aspirations, and to demonstrate British solidarity with the Ukrainian people during a difficult period, as he did with the Georgians during his August 20 visit to Tbilisi (septel). The [...]	2008-08-20 15:49:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MOPS GG RU UP UK
08LONDON2171	TFGG01:FM MILIBAND TELLS GEORGIANS UK WILL PROVIDE [...] (C) During his August 19/20 visit to Georgia, FM Miliband pledged to government interlocutors and publicly that the UK will support Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity and Transatlantic aspirations, and will work bilaterally and through the EU to address short term humanitarian needs and l [...]	2008-08-21 17:38:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU UK
08LONDON2211	UK WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT GEORGIA; â€œON THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. The United Kingdom agrees that South Ossetian and Abkhazian representatives should not participate in UN Security Council (UNSC) meetings on Georgia, according to Mariot Leslie, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Director General (DG) for Defense and Intelligence. Leslie told th [...]	2008-08-28 17:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID UNSC PREL PGOV FR GG UK UP

08LUXEMBOURG106	PM JUNCKER WILL RAISE SITUATION IN GEORGIA WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 14:27:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS LU
08MADRID1010	SPAIN: NRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 16:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS
08MADRID176	SPAIN ON RUSSIA-ABKHAZIA, KOSOVO PRECEDENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 17:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP GG RU YI
08MADRID281	SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 10 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered GAERC demarche points to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director for ESDP Carlos Fernandez-Arias on March 6. Fernandez-Arias said that the GAERC would be somewhat light this month. Javier Solana will brief on the Middle East and the EU will go forward with new I [...]	2008-03-07 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08MADRID450	SPAIN AGREES ON "CREEPING ANNEXATION" [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 08:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS GG RS SP
08MADRID885	SPAIN RECEIVES U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] Reftel points are being conveyed to Director General for External Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias, who was enroute to Brussels today. His staff is transmitting to Fernandez-Arias our unclassified nonpaper with key points regarding tomorrow's NAC discussion of events in Geo [...]	2008-08-11 15:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG PREL SP
08MADRID897	SPAIN FOLLOWS EU LEAD ON GEORGIA CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 16:48:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS SP
08MADRID916	RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT: DIPLOMATIC ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel A points to Deputy FM Angel Lossada's chief of staff as well as Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Carlos Fernandez-Arias on August 20, stressing support for Georgia's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. As in our continuing demarches, Embassy [...]	2008-08-21 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID929	SPAIN REPSONDS TO POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 25, Polcouns spoke with Juan Sell, Chief of Staff to Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada. Sell said Spain's position was very clear - Spain supported the territorial integrity of Georgia. Likewise, Spain supported the efforts of France as EU President an [...]	2008-08-25 15:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID935	SPAIN LAMENTS RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel a to Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda on August 27. Lopez echoed the official statement released August 26 by Spanish Foreign Affairs Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, expressing Spain's regret at Russia's decision to recognize the independ [...]	2008-08-28 06:25:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG SP
08MADRID987	DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S SEPTEMBER 12,2009, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Chacon called September 12, 2009, on new MFA Director General for Europe (non-UE) and North America Luis Felipe Fernandez de La Pena. They discussed the bilateral relationship, Georgia, Kosovo, and intellectual property rights. End summary. 2. (C) The [...]	2008-09-15 06:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG KV SP
08MANAGUA1124	NICARAGUA RECOGNIZES INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2, during a late night speech to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Nicaraguan Army, President Daniel Ortega declared that Nicaragua would back the Russian government of Vladimir Putin, and recognize the independence of Georgia's separatist enclaves of South Osse [...]	2008-09-04 18:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL RU GG NU
08MANAGUA1138	NICARAGUA FORMALIZES RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (U) On September 5, the Ortega Administration issued Decrees 46 and 47, extending full diplomatic recognition to its "sisters," the Republic of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The decrees recognize the independence of the two "republics," welcomes them into the "community of independent nations of [...]	2008-09-05 22:11:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL RU GG NU
08MANAGUA1153	NICARAGUA DEMARCHE ON RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) On September 8, Ambassador Callahan delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Samuel Santos after informing him that the visit of Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez had been cancelled. Ambassador emphasized our surprise at the decision, stressing that recognition validated Russia's mi [...]	2008-09-11 13:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL GG NU RU
08MANAMA724	BAHRAIN: WAIT AND SEE ON GEORGIAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 06:43:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG RS BA
08MEXICO2815	MEXICO ON NICARAGUAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 21:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL GG NU RU MX
08MONROVIA677	LIBERIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] PolOff met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Cooperation and Economic Integration Conmany Wesseh August 29 to deliver reftel demarche. Wesseh said that to his knowledge there had been no internal GOL discussions as of yet on formulating a position with respect to Russia [...]	2008-09-03 08:59:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID RS GG LI
08MONTEVIDEO488	URUGUAY: NO RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Emboff passed Ref A & B points to MFA Europe director Minister Alfaro Malmierca on August 22 and 26, respectively. Malmierca noted that Uruguay had issued a public statement August 14 deploring the use of violence in Georgia and calling for a peaceful solution that respects the principles [...]	2008-08-27 17:52:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG UY
08MONTEVIDEO505	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH URUGUAYAN FM FERNANDEZ [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 16:54:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CJAN TBIO GG UY
08MOSCOW1005	GOR AT A LOSS AT GEORGIA'S REACTION TO THE JUSTICE [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Deputy Director Aleksey Pavlovskiy told us April 11 that the GOR was surprised at the GOG's "hysterical reaction" to the Russian Justice Ministry's letter to the GOG regarding the 35 Russian citizens detained in Abkhazia. According to Pavlovskiy, faced with a concrete case [...]	2008-04-11 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1033	RUSSIAN DFM DENISOV ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Denisov, the Ambassador expressed strong concern over Russian actions towards Abkhazia and South Ossetia, including reports of the opening of "offices" in the two territories. Denisov said Russia did not seek a re [...]	2008-04-15 15:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1055	PUTIN'S "INSTRUCTIONS" ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. Russia's new move on Abkhazia and South Ossetia was announced on April 16, not as a presidential decree but as instructions by Putin to the Russian government to protect the rights of residents of the two republics (including Russian passport holders) and to establish economic a [...]	2008-04-16 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1073	RUSSIA UNMOVED BY CONCERNS OVER PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In April 18 conversations with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov and Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Prikhodko, the Ambassador conveyed reftel concerns and urged Russia to repeal its Presidential Instructions and engage directly with Georgia to reduce tensions. Denisov p [...]	2008-04-18 10:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1122	GOR REACTION TO DOWNED GEORGIAN DRONE OVER ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. On April 22, the Ambassador raised the shootdown of a Georgian UAV over Abkhazia with DFM Denisov. Denisov offered no explanation but reiterated Russia's willingness to engage directly with the Georgians. Official Russian statements predictably put the best face possible on the [...]	2008-04-22 15:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1173	GOR UNMOVED BY UPROAR ON UAV INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: According to a debrief by the UK Embassy, UK Under Secretary Rickett used his April 24 meeting with First Deputy Foreign Minister Denisov to express concern over the UAV shoot-down and presidential "instructions," drawing from the four Friends' statement issued at the April 23 UN [...]	2008-04-25 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1211	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "FRIENDS" DEMARCHE; MORE TROOPS [...] (C) Summary. Russia responded to the April 29 joint demarche on Abkhazia by the four Friends with the well-rehearsed recitation of its policy and announcement of a plan to increase the number of CIS peacekeepers in Abkhazia to 3000. MFA Fourth CIS Department Director Kelin expressed displea [...]	2008-04-30 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1335	RUSSIA REACTS TO DAS BRYZA'S STATEMENTS [...] (C) Russian officials continue to respond sharply to public statements by DAS Bryza in Tbilisi and Sukhumi on responsibility for the increased tensions between Georgia and Abkhazia. On May 13, MFA Fourth CIS Department Deputy Director Dmitriy Tarabrin told us that the GOR was "surprised" th [...]	2008-05-13 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1404	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1406	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1407	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1408	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: "ZERO RESULT" YAKOBASHVILI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials told us that Georgian Reintegration Minister Yakobashvili's May 16-17 trip to Moscow yielded nothing "positive or substantive." Although DFM Karasin and other GOR officials discussed with Yakobashvili the key issues related to the separatist conflicts, the MFA [...]	2008-05-20 03:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1440	RUSSIA BAITS GEORGIA ON N. OSSETIA; NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. On May 21, MFA officials reiterated Russian respect for Georgia's territorial integrity and said there was no plan to recognize South Ossetia's independence, or annex the republic, despite the May 20 appeal by North Ossetian President Mamsurov for unification. The appeal, issue [...]	2008-05-22 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1448	GERMAN FM STEINMEIER REINFORCES RUSSIAN-GERMAN [...] (C) Summary: German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier's week-long visit to Russia May 12-16, which will be followed by Medvedev's first trip to Europe as President, to Berlin on June 5-6, reinforced Germany as Russia's principal European partner. Steinmeier led a large German busines [...]	2008-05-22 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ENRG GG GM IR RS
08MOSCOW1499	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN REACTION TO UNOMIG REPORT; GIVES [...] (C) Summary: Following two days of meetings in Moscow, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby told the Charge that the Russians seemed to be trying to send a more positive, forward-leaning message in an effort to begin a process that would lead to an agreement on non-u [...]	2008-05-28 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1512	WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...]	2008-05-30 03:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1514	WAR OF WORDS OVER ABKHAZIA CONTINUES; SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The verbal fireworks between Russia and Georgia continued May 28-29 with Russian FM Lavrov declaring that Russia could not negotiate with the current regime in Tbilisi and suggesting a "foreign hand" was guiding Georgia's actions, while Georgia called for an urgent UN Security Co [...]	2008-05-30 03:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1681	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary. In a June 5 meeting, DAS Bryza and Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov reviewed the latest developments in Abkhazia and discussed a possible joint effort to improve relations with Georgia. Both agreed that a military solution was not an option. DAS Bryza briefed Zu [...]	2008-06-13 05:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1743	RUSSIA - GEORGIA: NO PEACE ON PEACEKEEPING FORCES [...] (C) The GOR reacted angrily to the June 17 incident in Abkhazia involving Russian peacekeepers, calling it another senseless "provocation" by the GOG. In a short and curt exchange, MFA CIS Fourth Department Deputy Director Tarabrin told us that the Russian peacekeepers were engaged in a "rou [...]	2008-06-18 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1769	MARGELOV REFLECTS ON MEDVEDEV - PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov assured EUR DAS David Merkel June 18 that the GOR's unhappiness over Abkhazia was at bottom economic and that any friction would abate as the Sochi Olympics approached." Margelov comments on Iran were similar [...]	2008-06-20 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS GG UP
08MOSCOW1770	DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH DUMA CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV [...] (C) In a June 19 meeting, DAS Merkel and Duma International Affairs Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev discussed missile defense, NATO enlargement, Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Russia and the EU, and Russia's foreign policy structure. DAS Merkel briefed Kosachev on the status of missile de [...]	2008-06-20 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP GG MD RS
08MOSCOW1772	U/S BURNS'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary. Prior to the CTWG Core Group consultations, on June 19, U/S Burns met with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and covered Ukraine, Georgia, Belarus, Moldova and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin described to U/S Burns Russia's reaction to the increasing distance between Russia and Ukraine [...]	2008-06-20 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GG UP MD RS
08MOSCOW1774	SECURITY COUNCIL'S NAZAROV HOLDS FIRM ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a June 19 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick, EUR/DAS David Merkel and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly, Russian Federation Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov repeated the now well worn list of grievances against U.S. policy on Iran and [...]	2008-06-20 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GG IR RS
08MOSCOW1811	RUSSIAN ANALYST WARNS OF CONSEQUENCES IF UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary: Dmitriy Trenin of the Moscow Carnegie Center told NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly on June 19 that there was nothing the U.S. could do to convince Russia to accept Ukrainian membership in NATO. He thought that the GOR could abide by [...]	2008-06-24 20:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG UP RS
08MOSCOW1864	RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. Both the MFA and the Georgian Embassy rejected as "nonsense" Kommersant Daily's June 27 report that Georgia had proposed dividing Abkhazia into two separate zones, one controlled by Russia and the other by Georgia. The MFA termed Georgian DFM Vashadze's June 23 visit to Moscow a [...]	2008-07-01 14:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW192	RUSSIA-GEORGIA RELATIONS: A SMALL THAW? [...] (C) Summary. Amid abundant press coverage of FM Lavrov's attendance at Saakashvili's January 20 inauguration in Tbilisi, the MFA January 21 issued a terse statement reporting that Lavrov had met with the Georgian president, opposition leaders and the Catholic Patriarch during his visit. GOR [...]	2008-01-25 16:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1936	MFA ON KARASIN VISIT TO TBILISI; DENIES SUPPLYING [...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin's July 4 visit to Tbilisi focused on Russia's response to Georgia's June 23 proposals (reftel),as well as the situation in South Ossetia. MFA officials told us Russia's response was "in line with" the Friends of Georgia proposals, with the GOR emphasizing the need f [...]	2008-07-07 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1979	RUSSIA - GEORGIA RELATIONS: SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: The GOR's Special Envoy to the South Ossetian conflict worried to us July 8 about the potential for increased instability in Tskhinvali and urged that the Joint Control Commission be re-started as soon as possible in order to provide a forum for the parties to the dispute. Popov h [...]	2008-07-10 15:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW1980	GOR REACTS TO SECRETARY'S VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary. While affirming that the GOR welcomed U.S. high-level visits to Tbilisi as a stimulus to facilitate the negotiation process, MFA officials expressed unease over the message delivered by Secretary Rice during her visit to Tbilisi. They were particularly "alarmed" by her support f [...]	2008-07-10 16:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2055	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 17 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (S) Summary. During a 1 1/2 hour meeting July 17, the Ambassador and DFM Sergey Kislyak reviewed key issues in the relationship and agreed on the need to emphasize the positive areas of cooperation, as the Sochi Strategic Declaration had done. The Ambassador told Kislyak we expected a decisio [...]	2008-07-18 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM NATO GG IR RS
08MOSCOW2094	GEORGIA: STEINMEIER FAILS TO GET RUSSIAN SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Despite FM Lavrov's positive press spin about German FM Steinmeier's meetings in Moscow July 18, German colleagues characterized the trip as a "failure," and said Steinmeier made no progress in securing Russian support for direct Georgian-Abkhaz negotiations on security issues in [...]	2008-07-21 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2152	GEORGIA: RUSSIA MAY NOT ATTEND BERLIN FRIENDS' [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us July 25 that Russia had "nobody appropriate" to send to the Friends' meeting in Berlin next week. German Embassy officials confirmed that MFA 4th CIS Director Kelin told German envoy Lukas July 24 that they would try to find someone to attend the meeting, but wit [...]	2008-07-25 15:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2268	RUSSIA SEEKS TO CALM SITUATION IN SOUTH OSSETIA, [...] (C) Summary. MFA officials told us August 4 they were working to get direct talks between Georgian and South Ossetian leaders by the end of the week, in efforts to calm the situation there following the violence over the weekend. While acknowledging "provocative actions" by the South Ossetian [...]	2008-08-05 13:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2274	RUSSIA DENIES VOLUNTEER FLOW TO SOUTH OSSETIA; [...] (C) Summary. The MFA denied August 6 that "volunteers" were traveling from the North Caucasus to South Ossetia to join the fighting in case of conflict with Georgia, noting that the situation remained quiet. They said they could not answer whether the GOR or local authorities in North Ossetia [...]	2008-08-06 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RS
08MOSCOW2297	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH GENERAL BUZHINSKIY [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza August 1 that Russia shared the U.S.'s desire to avoid an armed conflict in Abkhazia. If there were such a conflict, Russia would likely not become directly involved, h [...]	2008-08-07 11:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO KCFE GG RS
08MOSCOW2317	RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP AUGUST [...] (C) Summary. The MFA claims Russia's principal goal in taking military action in South Ossetia is to stop the bloodshed. Blaming the current crisis on Georgia, alluding to (but not confirming) the dispatch of Russian military to South Ossetia, accusing Tbilisi of "ethnic cleansing" in South [...]	2008-08-08 16:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2319	TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. U.S. demarche will be delivered to the Russian MFA at 1400 Moscow time (0600 EDT). The Russian government continues to characterize its actions as "peace enforcement," with Russian media claiming that troops have reached Tskhinvali's outskirts. Officials emphasize they have a responsib [...]	2008-08-09 08:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2321	TFGGO1: RUSSIA-SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 3 AUGUST 9 [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to deny that Russia was waging war, claiming Russia was "performing a peacekeeping mission," while Russian media reported the MOD had confirmed that 2,000 more paratroopers would be sent to South Ossetia. Reaction in Moscow to the conflict generally s [...]	2008-08-10 06:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2324	TFGGO1: THE VIEW OF THE WAR IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. PM Putin moved into the spotlight with his visit to Vladikavkaz in North Ossetia late August 9, though he and President Medvedev appeared jointly this morning to emphasize the "humanitarian tragedy" in South Ossetia and the need for legal consequences. The GOR has not veered from [...]	2008-08-10 13:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2343	Russian TV paints Georgia-US plot in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian broadcast coverage of the events in South Ossetia has placed the onus of the conflict on Georgia. We have noticed signs that some broadcast and electronic media outlets are distorting coverage to suggest that the conflict is part of a U.S./NATO plot against Russia. Broa [...]	2008-08-11 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2351	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT SITREP 4 [...] (C) Summary. An American journalist was reported injured in South Ossetia and taken to North Ossetia for medical treatment. Post is working to contact him. PM Putin said Russia would continue its mission to "its logical end," and lashed out at the West, and the U.S. in particular, for suppo [...]	2008-08-11 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2364	RUSSIAN ONLINE OPINIONS LARGELY ANTI-AMERICAN, [...] (C) An analysis of Russian blogs and online fora on the South Ossetia conflict showed large resentment towards U.S. policy, and approval of Russia's handling of the conflict. However, a few online contributors spoke critically of Russia's military operations in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, co [...]	2008-08-12 15:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2366	(SBU) TFGG01: Russian media continues to push anti-U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tone reminiscent of the early 20th century "yellow press", Russian media continues its nonstop coverage of the South Ossetian-Georgian conflict, through the prism of Georgian violence against South Ossetians. The major themes focus on foreign, particularly U.S., involvement [...]	2008-08-13 03:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2370	TFGG01: MINIMAL BACKLASH FOR GEORGIAN DIASPORA [...] (C) Summary: Despite current hostilities, we see no evidence of a repeat of the fall 2006 anti-Georgian campaign in Russia. On August 12, Georgian Charge in Moscow told us that the Georgian community in Russia was suffering no backlash from the outbreak of hostilities. We also have not hea [...]	2008-08-13 03:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM PREF PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2380	DEMARCHE ON TRANSPORT OF EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 12:11:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	MARR EAID PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2383	TFGG01 Russian media on ceasefire and U.S. interference in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media treated the ceasefire with Georgia as a Russian victory that sent a message of strength to Georgia and the West, but noted that the conflict was far from settled. Broadcast images of shelled homes and weeping victims underlined the human costs of the conflict. [...]	2008-08-13 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2387	TFGG01: RUSSIA MAINTAINING HARD LINE, FOCUSING ON [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued their hard line towards Georgia August 13, repeating demands for a legally-binding non-use of force agreement between Georgia and the two zones of conflict, reiterating that Georgian peacekeepers could not be allowed to return to South Ossetia and Abkh [...]	2008-08-13 16:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2407	TFGG01: Russian Media on Humanitarian Situation, Regional [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in South Ossetia remained a front-page, top-of the news hour topic for Russian media, but the focus shifted from breaking events to refugees and humanitarian needs, and the long-term regional and geopolitical implications. In contrast to CNN's images of tanks and R [...]	2008-08-14 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2408	TFGG01: UNION OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS SAYS GOR SHOULD [...] (C) Valentina Melnikova of the Moscow Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee told us August 14 that her organization's only criticism of Russia's conduct on the South Ossetia conflict is that it waited too long to help the peacekeepers. She said the GOR should have intervened in South Ossetia w [...]	2008-08-14 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS MOPS GG RS
08MOSCOW2411	TFGG01: EFFECTS OF RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT ON GOR [...] (C) Summary: The war of words between Russia and Ukraine has intensified with the war in Georgia. Russia has decried Ukrainian announcements, including a presidential decree, calling for the Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) command to notify Ukraine about ships and aircraft returning to the Ukrainian [...]	2008-08-14 15:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS GG RS UP
08MOSCOW2413	TFGG01: IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2414	TFGG01: RUSSIA DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials August 13 and 14 continued a defiant line, with Medvedev insisting that Russia would support an international agreement that recognized the rights of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. FM Lavrov questioned Georgia's territorial integrity and said Washington would need to cho [...]	2008-08-14 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2415	TFGG01: SOUTH OSSETIA, ABKHAZIA LEADERS SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 16:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW2416	IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR? [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-15 02:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2426	TFGG01: ENERGY AND THE CONFLICT IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET GG PREL RS
08MOSCOW2428	TFGG01: Russian media declares war over - now what? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media decreased its coverage of the South Ossetian conflict, shifting the focus to a post-game analysis of the war. Many media reports examined the future of U.S.-Russian relations after the conflict, responding to statements by President Bush and other senior USG o [...]	2008-08-15 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2434	TFGG01: IMPACT OF GEORGIA CONFLICT ON RUSSIA'S WTO [...] (C) Foreign Minister Lavrov stated August 14 that Western threats over WTO contradicted previous promises and that Russia was now convinced it would never be accepted into the WTO. These comments track with what GOR officials have told us privately (reftels). Local experts believe WTO accessi [...]	2008-08-15 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON EAGR GG RS
08MOSCOW2438	TFGG01: DEMARCHE ON TRANSPORT OF HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR EAID PREL PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2439	TFGG01: RUSSIA FOCUSES ON SEALING DEAL [...] (C) Summary. As German Chancellor Merkel arrives in Sochi, the GOR is focusing on sealing the deal reached during French President Sarkozy's trip, and signed by the Abkhaz and South Ossetia leaders in Moscow on August 14. Despite press speculation whether Russia would recognize Abkhazia and S [...]	2008-08-15 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2453	TFGGO1: RUSSIA REACTS TO GEORGIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) Summary: Russian leaders have downplayed Georgia's decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Russian Duma Deputies and Federation Council members have argued that Georgia was only hurting itself by withdrawing from the CIS, and that neither Russia nor the or [...]	2008-08-18 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR MOPS RS GG CIS
08MOSCOW2460	MFA SAYS RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE STRAINED, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. While continuing to accuse Ukraine of supplying weapons to Georgia, and objecting to Kyiv's recent decrees on the Black Sea Fleet (BSF)(ref A),the MFA insisted to us that Russian relations with Ukraine were not threatened. Saying that Russia and Ukraine were interdependent in t [...]	2008-08-19 06:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP RS
08MOSCOW2484	TFGG01: DEMARCHE ON STATUS OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche and the list of U.S. military equipment in Poti to MFA North America on August 20, following the Ambassador's August 19 discussion of this issue with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin. The MFA reaffirmed DFM Karasin's commitment to look into the issue. DATT de [...]	2008-08-20 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2488	TFGG01: NO SYSTEMATIC HARASSMENT OF ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Georgian diplomats and a representative of the Georgian community in Moscow confirmed to us August 20 that they have not yet observed any significant or systematic increase in anti-Georgian harassment by Russian authorities or from the Russian public at large. While noting that th [...]	2008-08-20 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2490	TFGG01: NORTHERN CAUCASUS REPUBLICS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's northern Caucasus republics have supported Moscow's intervention in South Ossetia by offering to take in refugees from the conflict, donating humanitarian assistance and sending volunteer fighters. An internet-based news service, however, has picked up discontent from [...]	2008-08-20 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2491	DUMA, FEDERATION COUNCIL LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) Summary. Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev confirmed to Ambassador August 20 that Russia's Duma and upper chamber, the Federation Council, were likely to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia during an extraordinary session of the two chambers that ha [...]	2008-08-20 16:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2496	TFGG01: MIXED SIGNALS ON RUSSIAN TROOP WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia continues to send mixed signals on when Russian troops will withdraw from Georgia, as well as the size of the peacekeeping force it expects to leave behind in South Ossetia and in the security zone located in Georgia proper. Despite Medvedev's promises to withdraw Russian [...]	2008-08-21 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW2497	TFGG01: Russian media focuses on American hostility toward [...] (SBU) Summary: In the week since the signing of the six-point agreement, the Russian media concentrated largely on the conflict's aftermath, U.S. antagonism towards Russia, the division in Europe over how to deal with Moscow, and continued Western media bias. Outrageous characterizations of Sa [...]	2008-08-21 11:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2523	TFGG01: FURTHER DETAILS ON RUSSIAN "WITHDRAWAL" [...] (C) Summary: In private comments by MFA officials and the public statements of Deputy Chief of General Staff Nogovitsyn, the limits to the Russian withdrawal, as DFM Ryabkov explained to the Ambassador on August 22, are being spelled out: the peacekeeping presence will expand significantly wi [...]	2008-08-23 09:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG
08MOSCOW2535	TFGG01: PARLIAMENT TO URGE RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Russian upper (Federation Council) and lower (Duma) houses of parliament will hold simultaneous but separate emergency sessions at 10 a.m. local time on August 25 to review developments in South Ossetia and to consider steps in support of independence for both South Ossetia and [...]	2008-08-25 10:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2556	TFGG01: MEDVEDEV WILL RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIAN, [...] (C/NF) On August 26 at 12:00 p.m. local time, Russian DFM Grigoriy Karasin handed DCM a letter from President Medvedev to President Bush announcing Medvedev's intention to sign an order on August 26 recognizing the independence of the Georgian breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. A f [...]	2008-08-26 10:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OPDC GG RS
08MOSCOW2561	TFGG01: INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES FINALLY GET ACCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to heavy criticism in the Western press about the lack of access by representatives of international humanitarian and human rights groups to South Ossetia, the Russian government relented and allowed the International Committee of the Red Cross, UNHCR and the Counc [...]	2008-08-26 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2564	TFGG01: MEDVEDEV'S LETTER ON RECOGNITION [...] (C/NF) Text of Medvedev letter to Bush (Unofficial translation from the Russian) PRESIDENT OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION August 26, 2008 No. 1765 Dear Mr. President, Dear George: In the spirit of the existing candid relations between us, I would like to inform you that the Russian [...]	2008-08-26 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OPDC GG RS
08MOSCOW2565	TFGG01: MEDVEDEV'S LETTER ON RECOGNITION; AID AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. Convoking the DCM on August 26 to convey Medvedev's letter informing President Bush of Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, DFM Karasin said Russia had tried for many years to find a peaceful solution to the conflict territories, and was deeply disappointed by t [...]	2008-08-26 14:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OPDC GG RS
08MOSCOW2566	TFGG01: OSSETIAN IRREGULAR MILITIAS PRIMARILY [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been numerous reports of violence against ethnic Georgians both in South Ossetia and around the town of Gori committed by "irregulars" -- unorganized militias who followed behind the Russian army into South Ossetia. A human rights activist who was in South Ossetia [...]	2008-08-26 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PINR RS GG
08MOSCOW2583	CAUCASUS EXPERTS PRESAGE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a roundtable discussion with the DCM August 21, Russian experts on the Caucasus foreshadowed some of the arguments that Russian government officials are now making in defense of the decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. All supported Russian mil [...]	2008-08-28 09:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2586	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial but contentious discussion August 27, Ambassador Beyrle reviewed the Georgian-Russian conflict with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Ambassador Vladimir Lukin. Lukin, a liberal on the Russian political scene, said he had refused to label Georgian actions in South Osset [...]	2008-08-28 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2590	RUSSIANS REACT TO RECOGNITION: CRITICS [...] (C) Summary: Public and elite opinion in Russia is split into two, unequal camps over the decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The overwhelming majority of the population considers recognition unavoidable (87 percent),given the Georgian "aggression" and the [...]	2008-08-28 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG
08MOSCOW2601	MFA HANDS OVER PACKAGE DOCUMENTING GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin passed to the Ambassador a package of photos and a video documentary meant to document Georgian aggression in South Ossetia. The documentary argued that Georgians intended to kill the South Ossetian people and destroy the [...]	2008-08-29 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW2618	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS ISOLATION POST-SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Russia has used the relative silence from countries in Asia and the Middle East regarding events in Georgia, coupled with the "ambiguous" August 28 statement from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),to argue that its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not left it isolate [...]	2008-09-02 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS XD XE XF
08MOSCOW2629	RUSSIA CAMPAIGNS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister fanned out in an effort to gain support for the Russian decision to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Medvedev met with Armenian President Sargsyan in Sochi on September 2, while Putin went to Uzbe [...]	2008-09-03 06:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AM GG TU UZ RS
08MOSCOW2649	JORDANIAN KING'S VISIT FOCUSED ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian King Abdullah's August 24 meeting with Medvedev focused on bilateral issues and was not intended to demonstrate Jordan's support for Russian actions in Georgia, according to both Russian and Jordanian diplomats. The agenda was heavy on economic issues, including ways t [...]	2008-09-04 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR GG JO RS

08MOSCOW2655	RUSSIA: MIXED MESSAGES ON UKRAINE; IRE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials have sent mixed signals regarding their commitment to Ukraine's territorial integrity and the future of Russian-Ukrainian relations. While Putin reassured the international community that Russia had no intention of redefining borders with Ukraine, Medvedev po [...]	2008-09-04 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS UP GG
08MOSCOW2670	RUSSIA POCKETS EU COUNCIL STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian officials and observers pocketed the September 1 EU statement as a mild rebuke for Russian aggression in Georgia, with Putin and Medvedev praising Europe's "reasonable approach." While Sarkozy reportedly delivered tough messages to Medvedev on September 3, EU commission [...]	2008-09-05 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XG GG RS
08MOSCOW2686	MEDVEDEV'S MEETINGS WITH IRANIAN AND AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov shared with us his insights on Medvedev's August 28 meetings with Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Afghan President Karzai on the margins of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe, during which Kholkhov served as Medvedev's Persi [...]	2008-09-08 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF IR GG RS
08MOSCOW2687	RUSSIA WANTS TO CONTINUE COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov told us on September 5 that the GOR wanted to continue cooperating with the U.S. and NATO on achieving stability in Afghanistan, an issue that was too important to be sidetracked by tensions over Georgia. Kholkhov explained that there was a consensus wi [...]	2008-09-08 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF GG RS
08MOSCOW2701	NEW SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV AGREEMENT: QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: While achieving some key concessions from Russia on next steps in the Georgia conflict, the Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement from September 8 still leaves open questions about the nature and size of Russian troops, role of EU observers, and the format of October security talks. After [...]	2008-09-09 15:07:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2719	CSTO SUMMIT HAILED AS VICTORY FOR RUSSIAN DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: In what many here perceive to be a diplomatic victory for Russia, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) issued a statement at the end of its September 5 summit that blamed Georgia for recent events in South Ossetia. The organization also expressed its support for an [...]	2008-09-10 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PNAT MARR MOPS GG RS
08MOSCOW2721	MFA ON SARKOZY-MEDVEDEV PLAN; DIPLOMATIC TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 meeting, MFA Director Kelin said the September 8 Sarkozy-Medvedev agreement clearly limited new deployments of OSCE and EU monitors to Georgia proper, with Lavrov dismissing the Sarkozy-Barosso letter as an "unscrupulous attempt" to do Saakashvili's bidding. Ru [...]	2008-09-10 16:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG
08MOSCOW2735	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS ON "EGOCENTRIC" U.S., CHINA, [...] (C) Summary: During a September 8 roundtable held at the Embassy, several Russian analysts thought that the cooling in U.S.-Russia relations in the wake of the Georgia crisis was representative of the cyclical nature of the bilateral relationship, while others were pessimistic about achieving [...]	2008-09-11 14:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CH GG IN IR RS
08MOSCOW2761	RUSSIA ON NEW MONITORS, RELATIONS WITH WEST [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador pressed DFM Karasin on September 12 to agree to the text authorizing the additional OSCE monitors with access to Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Karasin blamed Georgia for holding up the mandate, acknowledged eight OSCE monitors in the two zones were not many, and ind [...]	2008-09-12 15:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2762	RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP CONTINUES OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The Russian leadership September 10 and 11 continued to justify Russia's actions in South Ossetia, while saying that Russia was not seeking a new Cold War. Putin told Western experts that Russia had no intention of invading any other former Soviet republics, and strongly refuted South O [...]	2008-09-12 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2785	RUSSIA "SATISFIED" WITH ISRAEL ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador Azeri told the Ambassador that Russia had urged Israel not to resume arms sales to Georgia, but did not directly link this issue to Russian arms sales to Syria and Iran. The MFA explained that Russia was "satisfied" with Israel's position on Georgia, which did [...]	2008-09-16 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG IR IS SY RS
08MOSCOW2805	RUSSIA SIGNS TREATIES OF FRIENDSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary. The treaties signed by Medvedev on September 17 with the Abkhaz and South Ossetian leaders give signatories the right to build military infrastructure and bases on each other's territory; call for joint consultations in the event of an attack or threat of attack on any party; pro [...]	2008-09-18 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2808	RUSSIA-CHINA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PAYING REAL [...] (C) Summary. The Russian government continues to claim publicly a diplomatic victory over what it declares as tacit Chinese support on Georgia despite Beijing's traditional emphasis on national sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is the latest example of successful coordination betwe [...]	2008-09-18 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD RS CH GG
08MOSCOW2823	MOD ON AID DELIVERIES INTO SECURITY ZONES IN [...] (U) On September 16, the Russian MOD delivered to Embassy Moscow's Defense Attache Office a response to U.S. Note 570, dated August 27, 2008, on the security zones in Georgia, South Ossetia, and Abkhazia that are controlled by Russian peacekeeping forces. The MOD reiterates that travel to the [...]	2008-09-19 11:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RS GG MARR PBTS
08MOSCOW2824	RUSSIAN POSITION ON IRAN REMAINS THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: Russia will not allow tension over Georgia to diminish unity among the P5 1, although the GOR is not ready to support a new UNSC resolution and prefers continued negotiations with Iran, according to the MFA. While Tehran hopes the current international situation will lead Moscow [...]	2008-09-19 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UNSC IAEA GG IR TU RS
08MOSCOW2831	EKHO'S VENEDIKTOV ON SHIFTING MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) On September 22, Ekho Moskvy Chief Editor Aleksey Venediktov elaborated on his brush with Putin (reftel),arguing that Prime Minister's August 29 attack on the radio station during a private gathering of editors and television producers in Sochi was a "demonstrative signal" that freedom [...]	2008-09-22 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2836	UNION OF RIGHT FORCES: A VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of Right Forces (SPS) party leader Nikita Belykh painted a very pessimistic picture for the Ambassador September 22 of the chances of uniting democratic opposition parties and of electoral prospects for Kremlin opponents in the next 5-7 years. Belykh said that either the p [...]	2008-09-22 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08MOSCOW2843	RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...]	2008-09-23 13:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS
08MOSCOW2857	MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR GRIGORIEV ON THE SITUATION IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director Semyon Grigoriev told us September 23 that any technical rollover of the UNOMIG mandate would need to be followed later by core revisions, by changing the name, splitting it into two units in Georgia proper and in Abkhazia, and renegotiating its mandate, inclu [...]	2008-09-24 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2916	DEMARCHE ON SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref B concerns in a meeting with DFM Karasin September 30, reported ref A. Separately, MFA Director for General European Cooperation Vladimir Voronkov told us October 1 that press reports that Russian forces were not allowing EU forces into the "security zone" were the [...]	2008-10-01 15:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2972	GOR HOLDS ON TO TROOP WITHDRAWAL DESPITE RECENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has termed the October 3 bombing in Tskhinvali, which killed eight Russian troops, a terrorist act. Variously calling the blast an attempt to provoke new military action, destabilize South Ossetia, or prevent Russia from fulfilling its Sarkozy-Medvedev obligations, GOR [...]	2008-10-07 12:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2990	DETAILS ON SWEDISH REPRESENTATION OF GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: While the Russian MFA must still officially concur, it appears certain that Sweden will represent Georgian interests in Moscow. Per Russian request, the Georgian interest section will contain both Georgian diplomatic and consular officers, instead of only consular officers, as [...]	2008-10-08 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2991	RUSSIAN MFA SOUTH OSSETIA ENVOY ON KOKOITY, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting, MFA Envoy for South Ossetia Popov reiterated that Russia would meet its October 10 withdrawal deadline. Predicting difficulty in establishing the framework for the October 15 Geneva meeting, Popov described Russia's South Ossetian clients as "elated" b [...]	2008-10-08 14:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW3059	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...]	2008-10-16 07:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR
08MOSCOW3076	USAID Team Examines Situation on the Ground in North [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 12:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KDEM RS GG
08MOSCOW3114	RUSSIA'S "AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE" TO ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. While noting concerns over the collapse of the October 15 talks, the newly-named Russian "Ambassador" to Abkhazia sees the fact the meeting took place at all as positive and a step towards fulfilling point six of the Medvedev-Sarkozy plan. The GOR is concerned that the security [...]	2008-10-22 13:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3127	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV: [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...]	2008-10-23 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3201	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary. Russian Security Council Secretary and former head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) Nikolay Patrushev told Ambassador October 29 that the U.S. and Russia need to rebuild trust and confidence. Citing past examples of U.S.-Russian counterterrorism (CT) cooperation, he contend [...]	2008-10-30 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3289	DFM KARASIN AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and EUR DAS and U.S. Minsk Group Co-Chair Matt Bryza discussed Georgia, with Karasin striking a more constructive tone but insisting that access for international monitors to Abkhazia and South Ossetia had to be ne [...]	2008-11-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AZ
08MOSCOW3290	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH SECURITY COUNCIL DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Russian Deputy Security Council Secretary Yuri Zubakov insinuated that Georgia started the August conflict with U.S. acquiescence, arms, and funds. He dismissed Bryza's avowal that Georgia was not prepared for war in Aug [...]	2008-11-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3303	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 08:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3309	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: GENEVA PROCESS, PEREVI; [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, MFA fourth CIS directorate chief Andrey Kelin described the procedural difficulties EU Special Representative Morel faced in lining up the November 18 Geneva process talks. Russia's primary goal for the talks was to launch security discussions focused [...]	2008-11-14 14:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3333	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FM LAVROV: [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov told U/S Burns and the Ambassador November 12 in Moscow that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations. He dismissed the contention that Medvedev's state of the union address had been a deliberate slap at President-elect O [...]	2008-11-18 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3352	UNDERSECRETARY BURNS' LUNCH WITH DFM RYABKOV: [...] (S) Summary. DFM Ryabkov November 12 reiterated FM Lavrov's message to U/S Burns and the Ambassador that Russia saw the Sochi Strategic Declaration as the basis for future U.S.-Russian relations, and Medvedev's state of the union address had not been intended as a deliberate slap at President [...]	2008-11-19 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KNNP KACT MNUC EFIN AF GG AM
08MOSCOW3386	GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN GEORGIAN/POLISH [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOR has rejected allegations of Russian involvement in the November 23 shooting at the Georgian-Polish presidential motorcade. In reaction to the incident that garnered little attention in the Russian media, the MFA, MOD and security services unanimously called the incide [...]	2008-11-24 11:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS GG PL
08MOSCOW3410	GENERAL BUZHINSKIY WARNS DAS BRYZA ABOUT REARMING [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial but firm meeting with EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza November 1, Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy articulated what are clearly GOR-wide talking points on Georgia, contending that "someone in the USG outside the State Department" had giv [...]	2008-11-25 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW3419	DFM KARASIN ON IRAQ, GEORGIA, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin sought further information on the alleged November 19 collision between a U.S. convoy vehicle and a Russian embassy vehicle in Baghdad (reftel). He called the November 23 shooting near the Georgian and Polish pre [...]	2008-11-26 09:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AZ UP MD IZ
08MOSCOW3431	RUSSIAN MFA QUESTIONED ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) On November 25, ESToff requested clarification regarding the status of the four high-level radioactive sources located in Sukhumi from Alexander Bolichiov, Second Secretary in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. Bolichiov stated that he could not provide a definitive [...]	2008-11-26 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW3475	POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) On November 26 MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed us a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itumkale, Chechnya. The video showed a raid on a home in Itumkale which housed a weapons cache, including small arms, ammunition, and MANPADS. According [...]	2008-12-02 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08MOSCOW3489	KITSMARISHVILI GETS AIRTIME IN RUSSIA, BRIEFLY [...] (C) Summary: While Russian government officials initially seized on the apparent sensationalism of former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili's November 25 testimony about Georgian responsibility for starting the war in August and his claims of U.S. support for Georgia's use o [...]	2008-12-03 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3492	SENATOR CORKER'S MEETING WITH DFM GRUSHKO: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko told visiting U.S. Senator Bob Corker the U.S. and Russia should build off the Sochi Declaration to move the relationship forward. The U.S. was trying to impose its security interests on Russia with its missile defense proposal. Grush [...]	2008-12-04 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP GG RS
08MOSCOW353	DFM KARASIN ON UKRAINE, GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Karasin strongly cautioned against the Ukrainian government's push for NATO membership, underlining that a decision by the Alliance would be met with counter measures that would test our strategic relationship. Karasin urged the [...]	2008-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG UP MD AM BO RS
08MOSCOW3605	SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) On December 12, ESToff requested an update on the four radioactive sources located in Sukhumi, Abkhazia from First Secretary Olga Kuznetsova, Nuclear Affairs Officer in the MFA Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. While she was aware of the issue and its history, she said that [...]	2008-12-12 14:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNP ENRG IAEA PARM PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW3612	RUSSIA'S APPOINTED AMBASSADOR ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Ambassador to Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriev assured us December 11 that Russia would not welcome or condone any Abkhaz effort to redraw boundaries along the Enguri river. In order to improve border security, Russia and Abkhazia planned to sign an agreement on joint b [...]	2008-12-12 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3719	GOR CALM ABOUT U.S.-UKRAINE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 22 meeting, MFA Ukraine desk Director Vyacheslav Yelagin told us that the GOR had not yet developed a formal position on the proposed U.S.-Ukraine strategic partnership agreement, but noted Ukraine had the right to conclude treaties with any country it wanted to. H [...]	2008-12-22 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS GG
08MOSCOW3753	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 24 meeting, Russia's ambassador to South Ossetia, Elbrus Kargiev, told us "president" Kokoity needed to gain experience in running a peacetime government, while making quiet progress on security and economic development instead of overreacting to accusations in the [...]	2008-12-29 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW3773	GOR NEVER RECEIVED INFO FROM POLAND REGARDING [...] (C) On December 30 we delivered ref A nonpaper to MFA DVBVR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral, who told us the GOR passed a diplomatic note regarding Polish GROM MANPADS sales to Georgia to the GOP via the Russian Embassy in Warsaw in June 2008, prior to the August conflict. To date, the GOR has [...]	2008-12-31 08:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08MOSCOW604	GOR ON GEORGIAN JOURNALISTS DETAINED IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) In a March 3 conversation, GOR Special Envoy to the Abkhazia conflict Vladislav Chernov took on board our request that Russia communicate to the Abkhaz leadership the need for restraint and speedy release of the Georgian journalists detained in Abkhazia, and welcomed U.S. efforts to lower [...]	2008-03-03 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW61	GOR ON GEORGIAN ELECTIONS AND BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) Summary. The GOR is watching closely the events in Georgia, and has been critical of the "hasty" stamp of approval given to the January 5 election by international organizations. It will continue to demand clarification of alleged election irregularities. Russian MFA officials stressed [...]	2008-01-11 13:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW655	GOR PULLOUT FROM CIS SANCTIONS AGAINST ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 6 statement, the MFA announced that the GOR would no longer honor the CIS sanctions against Abkhazia. The statement justified the move by detailing the changed situation in Abkhazia since signing of the sanctions agreement in 1996. Consequently, the sanctions regime [...]	2008-03-07 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW701	GOR DENIES INVOLVEMENT IN ABKHAZIA MILITARY [...] (C) All MFA Georgia handlers expressed surprise at the GOG's allegation that the GOR was providing military assistance to Abkhazia (ref B). MFA CIS Fourth Department Deputy Director Aleksey Pavlovskiy told us March 12 that he was hearing such news for the first time from us. Pavlovskiy went [...]	2008-03-13 12:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW797	TRANSFER OF HEU SAMPLE TO RUSSIA [...] (S) On March 24, we delivered to MFA reftel paper on logistics surrounding the transfer from the U.S. to Russia of the ten-gram HEU sample seized in Georgia in 2006. Mikhail Kondratenkov of the MFA Security and Disarmament told us he found it "a very interesting document." He expressed reli [...]	2008-03-24 12:41:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	KNNP ASEC ENRG PTER MNUC AU GG RS
08MOSCOW805	DUMA LINKS KOSOVO AND NATO MAP TO FROZEN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 16:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG RS
08MOSCOW806	RUSSIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary. According to the head of the NATO section at the MFA, Putin's swan song at the NATO Summit in Bucharest was envisioned to be "constructive" and to call for more NATO-Russia cooperation, but recent U.S. statements of support for a Membership Action Plan offer for Ukraine and Georg [...]	2008-03-25 04:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR PARM KCFE UP GG RS
08MOSCOW962	RUSSIA'S REACTION TO SAAKASHVILI'S NEW ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary. The Russians have taken a dim view of Saakashvili's new Abkhazia proposal, dismissing it as a political maneuver designed to make Georgia look better in Bucharest. In their view, the rollout to the international community rather than to the Abkhaz speaks for itself about the in [...]	2008-04-08 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MUNICH376	GERMANY/GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI OPENS HONORARY [...] (C) President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia officially opened a Georgian honorary consulate in Munich on November 20. While in Munich, he met privately with Horst Seehofer, Bavarian Minister President (Christian Social Union),and Emelia Mueller (CSU),Bavarian Minister for European Affairs [...]	2008-11-21 14:13:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG GE
08MUNICH63	A/S FRIED'S AND AMB NULAND'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference on February 9, EUR A/S Daniel Fried and US Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland urged President Mikheil Saakashvili to show leadership in convincing allies that Georgia is ready for a NATO Membership Action Pl [...]	2008-02-14 06:30:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	GM MARR NATO PARM PREL GG
08MUSCAT613	OMANI RESPONSE TO RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 13:53:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU GG MU
08MUSCAT724	OMAN UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) During an October 13 meeting with Mohammed al-Hassan, Director of Political Affairs for Minister of Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref A and B demarches and urged the Omani government to strongly consider making a contribution to reconstruction efforts in Georgia [...]	2008-10-15 09:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA GG MU
08NASSAU628	GEORGIA-RUSSIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche points rejecting Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia to newly-appoined Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (PS),Dr. Patricia Rodgers, September 2. PS Rodgers made no substantive comments in reply but indicated the GCOB was lik [...]	2008-09-03 18:53:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU BF
08NEWDELHI2373	INDIA NOT TAKING SIDES ON RUSSIA - GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 09:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG RU IN
08NEWDELHI2567	GOI CURRENTLY HAS NO PLANS TO OFFER AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 02:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS IN
08NICOSIA131	CYPRUS SUPPORTS GEORGIAN TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 14:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GG RU YI CY
08NICOSIA660	CYPRIOTS TORN BETWEEN SUPPORTING RUSSIA, GEORGIA'S [...] (C) In response to Ref A, PolChief on August 12 demarched Cyprus MFA Russia Desk Officer Alkys Ieromonachou and Ministerial Counselor Charis Christodoulidou, emphasizing that the Euro-Atlantic community must act in concert to condemn Russian aggression in Georgia, demand an immediate cease-fi [...]	2008-08-12 13:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY RU GG
08NICOSIA764	CYPRUS WILL NOT REBUT RUSSIA'S GENOCIDE CLAIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 14:25:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CY GG RS XG XH
08OSLO225	NORWAY WORKING THROUGH OSCE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 12:19:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GG NO
08OSLO452	NORWAY ON NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 15:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EUN RU GG NO
08OSLO458	NORWAY ON RUSSIAN PRESENSE IN GORI [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE GG NO
08OSLO478	NORWAY AGAINST POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 14:06:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS NO
08OSLO479	NORWAY STRONGLY REJECTS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere released an August 26 statement sharply criticizing Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Embassy had spoken with Norwegian MFA Assistant Director General Dag Halvorsen, leader of the MFA's Caucaus section on August 25 to explain U.S. obje [...]	2008-08-27 14:49:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG RU NO
08OSLO559	NORWEGIANS WILL DONATE: GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 08:37:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS NO
08OSLO587	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S OCTOBER 29 VISIT TO NORWAY [...] (U) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Oslo on October 29, meeting with PM Stoltenberg, and holding a public address at the Nobel Institute. Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili accompanied him and met with FM Stoere. In his remarks Saakashvili firmly blamed Russia for the conf [...]	2008-10-30 15:33:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO GG NO
08OTTAWA1064	CANADA SUPPORTS STRONG NAC STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 16:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS RU GG CA
08OTTAWA1090	CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GORI [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 18:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1092	CANADA REITERATES BACKING U.S. POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),called DCM August 15 to follow up on the Ambassador's demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Edwards (refs b and c). Swords said the Ambassador's points had been "well receiv [...]	2008-08-15 15:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1137	CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Minister Len Edwards called in Russian Ambassador to Canada Georgiy Mamedov on August 26 to encourage Russia to reconsider its actions and cooperate fully with the international community [...]	2008-08-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1140	CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Canada wants to deepen bilateral coordination on support to Georgia. Canadian officials have asked for specific advice regarding the potential deployment of OSCE monitors and separate explosives abatement capability to Georgia. They would also like to coordinate U.S. and Canad [...]	2008-08-27 16:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1243	CANADA EYEING C$10 MILLION ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 16:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL
08OTTAWA1259	NATO: CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW OF NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) Summary: Canada agrees with the U.S. position that there should be no business as usual at the NATO Russia Council (NRC),and at the NRC Prep Com, and Canada is making this point to its NATO allies. End summary. 2. (C) On September 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) [...]	2008-09-22 20:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PARM KCFE RS GG CA
08OTTAWA1343	CANADA TO PLEDGE C$3 MILLION AT GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 17:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL
08OTTAWA228	CANADA ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage on February 13 expressed appreciation for reftel views on possible Russian recognition of Abkhazia. He expressed mild surprise, however, explaining Canada's own reading [...]	2008-02-13 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI CA
08OTTAWA418	DELIVERY OF NATO HIGH LEVEL GROUP CHAIRMAN'S LETTER [...] On March 25, the Charge delivered reftel letter to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Swords expressed her thanks. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://w [...]	2008-03-26 14:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA420	CANADA ON PROPOSED NATO CFE STATEMENT [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge on March 25, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Colleen Swords expressed appreciation for reftel points on the CFE statement, explaining that she had not yet rece [...]	2008-03-26 14:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA594	CANADA UNLIKELY TO RAISE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed on April 25 that Canada remained unlikely -- for the time being, at least -- directly to raise Rus [...]	2008-04-25 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS CA
08OUAGADOUGOU791	TFGG01: BURKINA FASO SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON [...] 1. (C) On August 26, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Saidou Zongo, Acting Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Zongo noted that he was aware of the recent remarks made by President Bush concerning Russia's actions and agreed fully with the U.S. [...]	2008-08-27 17:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RS GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU792	BURKINA FASO SUPPORTS U.S. ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 17:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU795	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BURKINA FASO WILL NOT PUBLICLY CONDEMN [...] (C) On August 28, Acting DCM, accompanied by PolOff, presented reftel demarche to Vincent Zakane, Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although Zakane agreed in principle with the U.S. position, he called Russian control over the break-away regions a "fait accompli," and added th [...]	2008-08-29 14:32:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GG UV
08OUAGADOUGOU839	DEMARCHE ON ABKHAZ AND SOUTH OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 11:30:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG UV
08PARAMARIBO377	NO SURINAMESE POSITIONS ON GEORGIA, KOSOVO [...] (U) On September 9, per reftels A-E, Post delivered messages to Jerrel Moriah, head of the European Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname (GOS). Moriah said the GOS has no position on the relevant issues in Georgia or Kosovo at this time, but promised to [...]	2008-09-12 13:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL GG KV NS
08PARIS114	SARKOZY, KOUCHNER ADVISERS ON NATO, RUSSIA, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Joseph Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, met with Philippe Errera, strategic affairs adviser to FM Kouchner, and Francois Richier, strategic affairs adviser to President Sarkozy. Errera and Richier provided their views on [...]	2008-01-23 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO FR RU IR GG UP AG
08PARIS1380	FRENCH VIEWS ON JULY GAERC: UKRAINE, ZIMBABWE, [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, MFA Deputy Office Chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona reviewed the agenda items for the July GAERC meeting. Carmona said that the French Presidency had, at FM Kouchner's request, proposed a reduced list of topics, but that other member [...]	2008-07-21 15:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EUN IR SO SU CD IZ UP GG FR
08PARIS1561	WORKING WITH FRANCE TO ADVANCE A SOLUTION TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 07:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PGOV PREL PBTS EUN FR GE RU GG
08PARIS1587	TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...]	2008-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1600	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1601	TFGG01: AUGUST 20: FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON SITUATION [...] (C) We met August 20 with Boris Boillon, who normally covers NEA issues but was filling in for a colleague who covers Russia and the CIS, at the Elysee to discuss the missing copy of the six-point cease-fire accord with Russian President Medvedev's signature. Boillon handed over a Russian la [...]	2008-08-21 10:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1616	TFGG01: FRENCH VIEW OSCE MONITORS IN GEORGIA AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, French Elysee Advisor Boris Boillon and MFA A/S for Eurasia Roland Galharague, who traveled with FM Kouchner to the region, provided us with a consistent interpretation of the arrival of OSCE monitors: the new monitors are responding to the emergency situation; they [...]	2008-08-21 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1672	FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary: On September 4, MFA CFSP Deputy Mathieu Carmona shared his expectations for the September 5-6 Gymnich meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, responding to reftel demarches A and B. Carmona advised that Friday's discussion will focus on Transatlantic Relations, with an emphasis on mai [...]	2008-09-05 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU FR
08PARIS1696	SARKOZY PLANS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT [...] (S/NF) Summary. In a September 5 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker, Francois Richier, the Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, discussed EU plans for the September 8 meeting with Russian President Medvedev (other topics will be reported septel). Present for the Sep [...]	2008-09-09 08:36:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS RU GG FR UN
08PARIS1708	FRENCH READOUT OF EU MISSION TO MOSCOW AND NEXT [...] (C/NF) Summary. On September 10, Political M/C met with Damien Loras, Advisor to President Sarkozy on Russia and the Caucasus, who provided a readout of President Sarkozy,'s September 8 trip to Moscow and the reasoning behind the provisions in the final agreement on Georgia. Despite the dif [...]	2008-09-11 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL GG RU FR EU
08PARIS1718	FRENCH EXPECT A PRODUCTIVE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, MFA deputy for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said the September 15-16 GAERC will focus on implementation of next steps on Georgia, including deployment of the EU observer mission by October 1. The GAERC will also decide the mandate and n [...]	2008-09-12 18:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS GG ZI SO SR TU FR

08PARIS1745	MORE FROM EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA AND FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis Pierre Morel took a few minutes from intensive preparations for the EU/Central Asia forum to discuss his thinking about preparations for the mid-October Geneva meeting on Georgia. As noted in reftel, he plans to visit New York a [...]	2008-09-17 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR FR GG RS EU UN
08PARIS1750	FRANCE AND RUSSIA: PRIME MINISTERS TO MEET IN [...] (C) Late on September 17, FM Kouchner's adviser on Russia/Georgia/the Balkans Isabelle Dumont told us that a French FM Fillon would go to Sochi September 19-20 for a "governmental seminar" in Sochi where he would also meet Russian PM Putin. The event, scheduled before the Georgia crisis, was [...]	2008-09-18 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG FR
08PARIS1751	USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...]	2008-09-19 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR
08PARIS1785	DEMARCHE TO GOF ON RUSSIAN INITIATIVE TO ALLOW [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 15:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC FR RU GG
08PARIS1791	FRANCE JOINS U.S. IN OPPOSING NICARAGUAN [...] (C) The GOF shares USG opposition to Nicaragua's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia according to French MFA desk officer Philippe Garcia de la Rosa who spoke to poloff on September 22. Garcia said the GOF agrees with all points in reftel and further rejects efforts to liken the indepe [...]	2008-09-25 09:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EUN GG NU RU FR
08PARIS1875	FRENCH EU PRESIDENCY: GAERC PREPARATIONS STILL IN [...] (C) Summary. On October 10, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona provided an overview of French expectations for the October GAERC. In addition to Zimbabwe, Georgia, and Belarus, the topics of the U.S. demarche, Uzbekistan and Moldova, wil [...]	2008-10-10 17:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FR EUN
08PARIS1908	FRENCH PRESIDENCY REACTS TO GENEVA MEETING ON [...] (C) French presidency adviser for Russia, Central Asia, and the Americas Damien Loras on October 16 provided DCM an update on French thinking about Russia and Georgia following the October 15 meeting in Geneva. He argued that France preferred to regard the Russian withdrawal from areas adja [...]	2008-10-17 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1914	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GENEVA CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, Galharague told us October 17 that the fact that the Geneva meeting took place qualifies it as a success for the French. No one had any illusions that the Geneva meeting would be easy, given the Russian threat not to participate if South Ossetia [...]	2008-10-17 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1960	THE POLITICS OF NYET: RUSSIA, GEORGIA, AND THE COE [...] (C) Russian intransigence, lack of EU unity for meaningful action, general European desire for dialogue with Moscow at almost any price, and a cautious Council of Europe (COE) Secretariat combine to provide little hope that even minimal COE monitoring of Russia and Georgia will succeed. Incom [...]	2008-10-24 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM COE FR GG RU
08PARIS1983	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL TALKS ABOUT GEORGIA DONORS, [...] (C) French MFA DAS-equivalent for Eurasian Affairs Alexandre Vulic told us that the Georgia donors conference in Brussels on October 22 served as confirmation that the European Union has addressed the conflict in Georgia from every angle. All pledged money will be controlled by either the E [...]	2008-10-29 18:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EUN FR RU GG
08PARIS2088	EUR PDAS RIES DISCUSSES EU/RUSSIA RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 10, French presidency adviser on Russia, Damien Loras, confirmed that the EU/Russia summit will conclude November 14 with the announcement that talks on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) will resume, a decision Loras argued was not a "big step" and the mo [...]	2008-11-12 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS MARR UNSC EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS2284	RUSSIA/GEORGIA: FRENCH PRESIDENCY OFFICIAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a December 16 meeting with Pol MC, French Presidency (Elysee) advisor for Russia and the Americas Damien Loras asked for our assistance dealing with Georgia. Per Loras, President Sarkozy used the coming end of the French EU presidency to write to Russian President Medvedev in earl [...]	2008-12-17 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MCAP MARR FR GG RU
08PARIS2343	FRANCE AND THE WAY FORWARD ON GEORGIA'S SEPARATIST [...] (SBU) We conveyed ref a points December 29 to French MFA acting DAS-equivalent for Russia/CIS Affairs Eric Millet and to the office of vacationing French presidency adviser for Russia/the Americas Damien Loras. Millet said he would distribute the points among interested offices at the MFA bu [...]	2008-12-30 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS
08PARIS383	FRANCE: ONE MONTH FROM NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST [...] Summary. (C) With the NATO summit in Bucharest only a month away, the French are solidifying their positions and anxious to find consensus on the key issues on the agenda: NATO enlargement, missile defense and Afghanistan. GOF officials believe that the Bucharest summit, President Sarkozy' [...]	2008-03-04 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS NATO FR AF GG UK
08PARIS763	AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT: GOF LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. President Sarkozy is reportedly "very satisfied" with his first NATO summit, a meeting which demonstrated to the world the change in France's approach to the Alliance. President Bush's endorsement of a strong European defense in Bucharest gave the GOF the green light it wanted [...]	2008-04-22 09:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS FR AF GG UP UK MK GR
08PARIS77	USDP EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS [...] (S) On January 8, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, and Dr. Eliot Cohen, Counselor for the Department of State, met with Philippe Carre, Director of the Strategic Affairs bureau at the French MFA, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defens [...]	2008-01-14 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MOPS NATO FR RU CH GG AF IR
08PARIS811	FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On April 21, MFA Political Director Gerard Araud presented French views on the top-priority concerns of Iran and the Balkans, while on April 25, MFA Office Director for CFSP Patrick Maisonnave provided the general French reaction to the April GAERC demarche. Araud said that [...]	2008-04-25 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL EUN PGOV ZL PK ZI IR IZ IS CH BM GG
08PARIS976	FOSG PARIS MEETING MAY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: During a May 8 meeting in Paris, the Western Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia (FOSG),consisting of the U.S., UK, France, and Germany, enthusiastically endorsed EUR DAS Matt Bryza's proposal for reviving the Abkhazia peace process. Bryza laid out a new three-pronged ap [...]	2008-05-22 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS XH RS GG GM UK ZJ FR
08PARIS993	FRENCH GAERC RESPONSE HIGHLIGHTS ISRAEL-PALESTINE, [...] (C) Summary. On May 20 and 22, PolOff transmitted the U.S. demarche and supplemental points for the May GAERC to MFA Deputy Office Director for CFSP Mathieu Carmona. Separately, MFA DAS-equivalents Ludovic Pouille and Franck Gellet provided detailed information regarding French views on Israeli-Pal [...]	2008-05-23 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PGOV IR IZ IS LE GG AF CU SO SR
08PORTLOUIS298	GEORGIA: MAURITIUS UNDECIDED BUT MIGHT ACT AS PART [...] (C) On 25 August, DCM delivered ref points to Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to Cure, the GOM has no considered position on the Georgia/Russia conflict. The GOM, while generally sympathetic to Georgia, would [...]	2008-08-26 07:58:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG MP
08PORTLOUIS303	GEORGIA: MAURITIUS STILL UNDECIDED [...] (C) On August 28, Polchief delivered ref A points to Ambassador Patrice Cure, head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure noted that he is "trying for a position" within the Ministry, in case the support of Mauritian diplomats elsewhere is solicited. " [...]	2008-09-02 10:21:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU MP
08PORTLOUIS308	MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY OF [...] (SBU) On September 5, Ambassador Cabrera took advantage of a meeting with Mauritian Foreign Secretary Anund Neewoor to raise ref A and other Department provided points on Georgia. Neewoor responded that the GOM official position would be to "support the territorial integrity of Georgia." He ad [...]	2008-09-08 11:37:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU MP
08PRAGUE104	CZECHS CONCUR - ABKHAZIA IS NOT KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 16:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GG RU YI EZ EUN
08PRAGUE535	TFGGO1: CZECHS ENGAGED ON SITUATION IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs discussed the upcoming August 12 NAC with Czech MFA Director of Security Policy, Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, who noted that the Czechs share a similar perspective to the USG and offered her assurance that they want to coordinate closely with us. As noted in Ref B., Czech Fo [...]	2008-08-12 06:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PARM KCFE EUN RU GG EZ
08PRAGUE592	CZECHS SUPPORT GEORGIA AND TAKE TOUGH LINE ON [...] Summary: The GOCR has strongly condemned Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and shares the USG perspective on support for Georgia, especially its territorial integrity. The Czechs have pressed for strong statements in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the EU General Affairs [...]	2008-08-29 16:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE RU GG EZ EUN
08PRAGUE633	CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 15:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS EZ
08PRAGUE654	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the October 13 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). While the Czechs positively view recent developments in Georgia, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Zimba [...]	2008-10-10 20:06:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BO GG
08QUITO880	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) PolOff delivered points from reftels to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 5. Puma reiterated her regular mantra that the GOE was particularly sensitive to issues of sovereignty. She noted that the GOE would not make a public commitment for or against Ru [...]	2008-09-11 20:25:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO GG RU EC
08RABAT786	MOROCCO SUPPORTIVE OF QUICK RESOLUTION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 16:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG MO
08REYKJAVIK166	NAC STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 16:56:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG IC
08REYKJAVIK173	TFGG01: ICELAND ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) In discussion of the current situation in Georgia with Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir, the highest available MFA official, the Ambassador urged August 14 that Iceland press Russia to take the necessary steps detailed in reftel. Gunnarsdottir will raise the message with the Foreign [...]	2008-08-14 17:22:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM NATO UN GG RS IC
08REYKJAVIK188	GEORGIA: ICELAND OPPOSES RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker previewed reftel demarche in August 25 meetings with the Icelandic Foreign Minister and other senior officials, and embassy followed up on August 27 to reiterate the points. In press comments on August 26, Foreign Minister Gisladottir immediate [...]	2008-08-27 16:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF GG RU IC
08RIGA463	TFGG01: LATVIA ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA - BLAME RUSSIA [...] (C) On the afternoon of August 8, Charge was summoned to the MFA to meet with State Secretary Normans Penke to discuss developments in Georgia/South Ossetia, where Penke expressed the GOL's great concern about the escalating situation. While he initially described that he had held discussions earli [...]	2008-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU LG
08RIGA472	TFGG01: LATVIAN FM WANTS STRONG NATO AND EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 09:57:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ENRG NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA478	TFGG01: MFA STATE SECRETARY UNUSUALLY BLUNT IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 13:51:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID PINR EUN NATO RS GG LG
08RIGA492	TFGG01: PM GODMANIS ON VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) On... C O N F I D E N T I A L RIGA 000492 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2018 TAGS: PREL MARR MOPS RS GG UP LG [...]	2008-08-14 13:13:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS RS GG UP LG
08RIGA496	TFGG01: WHAT GEORGIA MEANS TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Events in Georgia have dominated the news and discussion here like few other events in recent memory. Latvians, at least ethic Latvians, look at Georgia and think that this could easily be them. As the EU and NATO have been unable to respond forcefully to Russia -- and many members a [...]	2008-08-15 10:13:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA497	TFGG01: LATVIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 13:53:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA511	TFGG01: SUPPORTING LATVIA IN LIGHT OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Post leadership met internally to discuss ways the USG could show support for Latvia in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Georgia, both to reassure the Latvians of our security commitment and to help them make policy adjustments to deal with the new international relationship with Ru [...]	2008-08-22 12:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA521	LATVIA SUPPORTS EU OBSERVER MISSION IN GEORGIA [...] (C) DCM and Pol-Econ Chief met for lunch with Edgars Skuja, MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs, on August 27. In discussions regarding Georgia, Skuja mentioned that at the August 28 EU COREPER meeting, Latvia would push for a strong, unanimous statement from the September 1 European Council regard [...]	2008-08-27 14:25:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU RS GG LG
08RIGA523	NO THREATS IN RUSSIAN AMB'S MESSAGE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Russian AMB Veshnyakov did not/not say anything that the Latvians interpreted as a threat in delivering Moscow's line on Georgia and Moscow's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in an August 28 meeting with Latvian FM Riekstins. Veshnyakov said that the planned visit of Rie [...]	2008-08-28 14:51:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR GG RS LG
08RIGA529	LATVIA HAPPY WITH EU COUNCIL ON GEROGIA; LOOKING [...] (C) Summary: Latvia views the Sep. 1 EU council on Georgia/Russia as a good first step and is pleased that many Latvian priorities were included in the final product. But they believe that the EU has much more it can do, including deployment of an ESDP mission. Latvia has been working closel [...]	2008-09-02 12:38:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN GG LG
08RIGA570	Latvia/Georgia - countering Russia; deploying in EU [...] Latvia has not directly countered Russian claims of genocide in South Ossetia, but senior officials have always rebutted it when asked. According to MFA contacts, Latvia prefers to work through international organizations to counter such claims rather than risk a bilateral spat with Moscow in [...]	2008-09-18 14:44:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS EUN RS GG LG
08RIGA641	LATVIA TO PLEDGE AT GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 14:45:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS LG
08RIGA682	LATVIA TELLS GEORGIA SUPPORT FOR MAP NOT UNLIMITED [...] (C) Summary: Latvian officials are telling Georgian counterparts that Tbilisi should not take Latvian support for MAP for Georgia for granted and that irresponsible actions/statements by the Georgians will cause Latvia to lessen its support. End summary. 2. (C) In recent days, officials at [...]	2008-11-07 13:24:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GG LG
08RIGA779	LATVIA SUPPORTS OSCE ADDRESSING GEORGIA INVASION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 13:37:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU LG
08RIGA83	LATVIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 11:10:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG LG
08RIYADH1344	SAUDI MFA ON RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA, ABKHAZIA [...] (C) On August 31, PolOffs delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Talal al-Malki, temporarily covering European issues in the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Al-Malki shared that he would seek the counsel of Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal before providing a response. He gave no ini [...]	2008-09-01 14:52:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PREL SA RU
08ROME1018	TFGG01: ITALIANS NOT LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL ON NAC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 16:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG IT
08ROME1045	TFGG01: DEBUNKING THE ITALIAN MYTH OF "BALANCE" ON [...] (C/NF) As originally predicted by post in the early days of the Berlusconi government, the GOI's close relationship with Russia could soon become a point of friction in the otherwise very close U.S.-Italy relationship. The GOI leadership, particularly FM Frattini, have gone to great lengths to insi [...]	2008-08-14 14:04:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG RU IT
08ROME1046	AMB URGES ITALY TO PUSH FOR RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 14:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU IT
08ROME1081	GGTF01: ITALY URGES RUSSIA NOT TO RECOGNIZE SOUTH [...] (C) Marco Clemente, MFA Russia Office Director told Poloff that Italy would "under no circumstances" recognize the independence of South Ossetia or Abkhazia. Clemente added that Italy would maintain a common Euro-Atlantic position on the conflict and would continue to support the efforts of th [...]	2008-08-25 16:05:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG IT
08ROME1092	ITALY DEFENDS GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY [...] DIBBLE [...]	2008-08-27 16:36:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU IT
08ROME1094	TFGG01: ITALY WILL SUPPORT GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL [...] (C) Poloffs delivered ref A and B demarches to MFA UN Desk Officer Leonardo Bencini and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Office Director Marco Clemente on August 28. Poloffs urged Italy to instruct the Italian PermRep in New York to forcefully denounce Russia's recognition of South Os [...]	2008-08-28 14:28:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG IT
08ROME1186	ITALY OPPOSES ABKHAZ AND SOUTH OSSETIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 12:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSCR PREL GG IT
08ROME1273	ITALY TO GIVE ONLY 1.6M EUROS IN BILATERAL AID FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) On 16 October Econoff delivered reftel A demarche on assistance to Georgia to Stefano Soliman, Deputy Director for Balkans/ Middle East Development Cooperation at the MFA. According to Soliman, Italy will provide a minimum of 1.6 million euros in bilateral general aid for displaced person [...]	2008-10-17 13:50:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN GG KMCA PREL RS KCRS
08ROME365	ITALY/CFE: GOI "POSITIVE" ON PROPOSED NATO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA OSCE Desk Officer Emilio Giribone on March 25. He said that Italy will be represented at the March 27 HLTF by Brunella Borzi, MFA Envoy for OSCE Political-Military Affairs, who has already seen the draft U.S.-German Statement on CFE. Althoug [...]	2008-03-25 17:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS MD GG IT
08ROME519	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: ITALIANS PREFER DISCUSSING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Marco Clemente, MFA Office Director for Russia and CIS affairs. Clemente agreed that Russia's Presidential Instructions on relations with Abkhazia represented a creeping annexation of the separatist region and stated that Italy was concerned by rising tens [...]	2008-04-23 13:25:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS IT
08SANJOSE762	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: COSTA RICA OPPOSES ABKHAZ AND [...] (C) On September 15, in a pull aside during local national day celebrations, DCM Brennan raised the Abkhazia and South Ossetia meeting idea with President Oscar Arias and FM Bruno Stagno as directed per Ref A. Because of the setting, the conversation was brief and general. Arias and Stagno [...]	2008-09-22 22:31:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	CR GG PGOV PREL UNGA
08SANTIAGO843	CHILE ON THE SIDELINES ON SOUTH OSSETIA/ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Eduardo Schott, MFA Deputy Director for European Affairs, on September 15. Schott reiterated the position he elaborated on August 27--Chile has no plans to recognize either South Ossetia or Abkhazia (Ref B). Schott was unconcerned by Nicaragua's recogni [...]	2008-09-16 17:38:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL GG NU RU KV CI
08SANTODOMINGO1360	REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF S. [...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on Russian recognition of the breakaway Georgian regions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please vi [...]	2008-08-28 18:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG RU DR
08SECTIN01OF02BUDAPEST836	HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...]	2008-08-22 12:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU
08SEOUL1686	ROKG SUPPORTS USG/INTERNATIONAL POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Kim Eun-joong, Director-General, European Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT),told Dep Pol M/C at an August 25 meeting that the ROKG supports international calls for the Russian Federation to abide by the August 12 ceasefire agreement, in response to reftel [...]	2008-08-26 00:51:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08SEOUL1688	ROKG AWAITING RUSSIAN SIGNNAL ON RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) In reply to Dep Pol M/C's August 25 presentation of reftel points regarding USG opposition to possible moves by the Russian Federation to recognize the independence of the separatist regions of South Ossetia and/or Abkhazia, Kim Eun-joong, Director-General, European Affairs Bureau of the M [...]	2008-08-26 01:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08SEOUL1826	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON FORMER PRSIDENT ROH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 9 meeting with former President Roh Moo-Hyun at his home in Bongha village, South Gyeongsang Province, Ambassador Vershbow and Roh discussed the accomplishments that took place in the U.S.-ROK bilateral relationship during the last two years of Mr. Roh's term, in [...]	2008-09-16 04:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU KS
08SHANGHAI386	GEORGIA CRISIS TESTS SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION (SCO) [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 08:49:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ENRG GG IR PREL RS XD XE
08SKOPJE538	MACEDONIA: CRVENKOVSKI POSITIVE ON NAME NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS [...] (C) UN Name Negotiator Nimetz's latest proposals are workable but the clock is ticking, President Crvenkovski told the Ambassador August 22. Macedonia can compromise on the name and its scope of use, but not on the adjective ("Macedonian") to describe the country's language and people. Howeve [...]	2008-08-25 15:19:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK GG RS
08SKOPJE556	GEORGIA: MACEDONIA SUPPORTS GEORGIA QUIETLY, ALSO SEEKS [...] (C) Charge called on FonMin Milososki Sept. 3 to reinforce reftel points condemning Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and called on the GoM to make a forceful public statement to that effect. Milososki replied that "we will never recognize" these territories, and Macedonia wan [...]	2008-09-04 05:23:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS MK
08SOFIA550	BULGARIA: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 15:57:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG BU
08SOFIA552	BULGARIA: ACTIVE ROLE IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy FM Keremedchiev agreed on a firm, united EU message to Russia and said Bulgaria would take an active role in providing and facilitating humanitarian assistance. It declined a Georgian request for military assistance. FM Kalfin will offer use of the port of Burgas as a [...]	2008-08-12 17:06:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG BU
08SOFIA566	TFGG01: BULGARIA STANDS BY GEORGIA; STILL AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Ambassador Ukleba told Ambassador McEldowney that Tbilisi has not accepted a Bulgarian offer to host talks between Russia and Georgia, which Deputy FM Keremedchiev later confirmed. Ukleba stressed that Tbilisi values U.S. support and humanitarian assistance and looks for [...]	2008-08-19 16:29:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS RU GG BU
08SOFIA590	BULGARIA: SEPT 5-6 FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 13:47:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08SOFIA592	BULGARIAN FM: GEORGIA CRISIS STRENGTHENS CASE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin told Ambassador Russia is using the Georgia crisis to create zones of influence throughout the former Soviet republics. This makes it all the more important that both Georgia and Ukraine be offered MAP at the NATO Ministerial in December. He urged continued U.S. inv [...]	2008-09-04 15:32:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU SR BU GG
08SOFIA609	BULGARIAN MEDIA INCLUDES CRITICISM OF RUSSIA IN GEORGIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Initial, widespread coverage in the Bulgarian media of the Georgia-Russia conflict was generally thin on hard facts, often derived from other, Western outlets, and generally critical of Georgia's actions leading up to the conflict. Over time, the story moved off the front page, bu [...]	2008-09-11 08:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PROP PREL PBTS PINS OPRC PGOV GG BU
08SOFIA636	BULGARIA WILL DECIDE ON ASSISTANCE AFTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 16:03:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS BU
08STATE100790	SEEKING ALLIED SUPPORT FOR NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On August 19, NATO Foreign Ministers agreed that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship, following Russia's brutal military action in Georgia, and Russia's subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Osset [...]	2008-09-20 03:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS
08STATE100791	GEORGIA - DEMARCHE REQUEST - ABKHAZ AND SOUTH [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Posts, with the exception of Moscow, should approach host government at Foreign Minister/NSA or appropriately high level immediately to urge them to oppose participation by separatist leaders of Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Georgia) in UN Security Council discussi [...]	2008-09-20 03:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	UNSCR PREL GG
08STATE100929	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S SEPTEMBER 9 MEETING [...] (U) September 9, 2008; 2:00-3:00 p.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Shannon (WHA) Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama Ambassador Federico Humbert 3. (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Panamanian Ambassador Federico Humbert [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS VE RS NU GG KV PM
08STATE100946	SECRETARY RICE'S SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) September 16, 2008; 9:30-10:00 a.m.; Washington, DC, USA. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon Assistant Secretary Sean McCormack Ambassador Barbara Stephenson Skye Justice (WHA Notetaker) Panama President Martin Torrijos First Vice Preside [...]	2008-09-22 14:23:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP ETRD PREL PGOV CFED PBTS RS GG KV BL PM
08STATE102928	INSTRUCTION CABLE - U.S. INTERVENTION AT OSCE [...] The Department requests that USUN deliver the following statement during the September 26 OSCE Chairman-in-Office Briefing to the UN Security Council. 2. Begin statement: I also would like to welcome the Chairman-in-Office and thank him for his comprehensive overview of OSCE activities un [...]	2008-09-25 23:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSCR PREL GG
08STATE104547	HALTING SOUTH OSSETIA MILITIA LOOTING OF GEORGIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Moscow -- see para. 4. Berlin, London and Paris -- see para. 5. USEU, USNATO, USOSCE, USUN and info addressees -- see para. 6. 2. (U) Notwithstanding the August 12 ceasefire in the Russo-Georgian war, there have been persistent reports of attacks on ethnic [...]	2008-09-30 23:13:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG
08STATE104778	QUINT POLITICAL DIRECTORS SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Political Directors (U.S., France, Germany, UK, and Italy) met on September 26 with EU Special Envoy for Georgia Pierre Morel to discuss the October 15 Geneva talks on Georgia. Morel presented his vision of the talks proceeding along two tracks: a plenary session that is co [...]	2008-10-01 14:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNSC RS GG
08STATE105685	(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 26, [...] (U) September 26, 2008; 3:30 p.m.; New York. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Fried Elaine Samson, Spain Desk Officer SPAIN Deputy Foreign Minister Angel Lossada Chief of Staff Juan Sell Belen Alfaro, Spanish Mission to the UN 3. (C) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary F [...]	2008-10-02 20:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA SP KV RU GG AF
08STATE106585	EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED'S 9/23/2008 MEETING WITH [...] (U) September 23, 2008; 2:00 p.m.; New York, New York. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried UNGA Senior Area Advisor for Europe William Pope Robert Gonzales (EUR/UMB Notetaker) GUAM GUAM Secretary General Valeri Chechelashvili Georgian Foreign Minister Eka [...]	2008-10-06 15:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UP GG MD AJ
08STATE108064	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Luxembourg on October 13. We expect the formal agenda to include: Zimbabwe, Georgia/Russia, Belarus, and Uzbekis [...]	2008-10-08 19:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS SIPDIS
08STATE108163	INSTRUCTION ON GEORGIA - GUIDANCE ON UNOMIG [...] (SBU) This is an action request: USUN is authorized to respond to comments made to the Security Council during UNOMIG consultations on October 9, 2008 drawing on the guidance below. The Department understands that there will not be debate, statements, or explanations of vote during the UNOM [...]	2008-10-09 02:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC GG RU PREL
08STATE112584	GEORGIA PM LAYS OUT ECONOMIC CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: Georgian PM Gurgenidze told U/S Jeffery October 13 that the economic situation in Georgia was still highly fragile because of the now combined effects of the August Russian invasion and the possible regional contagion from the financial crisis. He stated that in light of the glo [...]	2008-10-22 18:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EU GG KCRS KMCA PREL RS
08STATE114173	NORDIC AND BALTIC POLITICAL DIRECTORS, OCTOBER 2 [...] (C) Summary. On October 2, political directors and other senior officials from the nine members of the Expanded Partnership in Northern Europe (E-PINE),including EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried, met in Vilnius for semi-annual consultations. The principal issues discussed were Georgia, U [...]	2008-10-27 16:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PREL EUR BO GG RS UP XG SW NO LG LH IC EN FI
08STATE114792	INSTRUCTION - U.S. SECURITY COUNCIL INTERVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 19:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC GG PREL
08STATE115259	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 16:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	GG OSCE PHUM PREL
08STATE119280	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE NOVEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: The biannual EU-Russia Summit will take place on November 14 in Nice, France. In the wake of the crisis in Georgia, the French EU Presidency has announced that the discussions will focus on the implementation of the provis [...]	2008-11-07 23:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS SIPDIS
08STATE120342	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 13, 2008 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna if needed to respond to a Russian Federation statement on the OSCE monitors in Georgia. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, The United States notes the statement by the Russian [...]	2008-11-13 00:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PGOV GG
08STATE123048	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL ENVOY [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 20, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States welcomes you, Ambassador Talvitie, and commends your efforts ) and those of EU Special Representative Mo [...]	2008-11-19 22:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE125626	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. The annual OSCE Ministerial will take place in Helsinki 4-5 December. The Secretary will attend a portion of the meeting which forty-nine ministers are expected to attend. Posts are requested to engage host country officials to garner support for U.S. object [...]	2008-11-26 21:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08STATE126999	SEEKING RUSSIAN UPDATE ON SUKHUMI RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) Background: As outlined in Ref C, Washington has long been concerned about the possible existence of improperly secured, highly radioactive sources in Sukhumi, Abkhazia. We worked with the Georgian and Russian governments and the IAEA over the past few years to seek the removal of these so [...]	2008-12-02 21:07:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM PREL GG RS
08STATE128096	POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 3 below. 2. (C) On November 26, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed to Embassy Moscow a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itum-Kalinsk (Itumkale),Chechnya. The nonpaper requested from [...]	2008-12-04 23:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG PL RS
08STATE129756	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States wishes to call attention to reports of ongoing violence in the South Ossetian and Abkhaz regions of Geor [...]	2008-12-10 16:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE129974	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] This message updates the statement transmitted reftel. 2. Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 11, 2008, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The United States condemns the December 10 attack on our unar [...]	2008-12-10 23:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL GG
08STATE130687	UPDATED GEORGIA TRAVEL WARNING [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Georgia. This travel warning replaces the one dated September 10, 2008 to note travel restrictions for official Americans in Georgia and the risk that unexploded ordnance poses in the areas where fighting took place in Aug [...]	2008-12-12 16:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC GG
08STATE133417	CFE: A/S FRIED'S DECEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and an interagency team met for five-plus hours December 17 in Geneva to review the status of the CFE Parallel Actions Package with Russian Disarmament Director Anatoliy Antonov and his experts. The discussion combined Russian maximalism on CFE -- an [...]	2008-12-22 15:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD

08STATE133419	ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals, Embassy Tbilisi, and Embassy Chisinau are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. For full readout of the con [...]	2008-12-22 15:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE134448	SUBJECT: U.S. RESPONSE ON RUSSIAN NON-PAPER: [...] (SBU) This is an action message; please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Per reftel A, Russian MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed a nonpaper which requested any materials the USG has regarding an alleged incident of illegal trafficking of Polish MANPADS in Georgia. The Government of Ru [...]	2008-12-24 18:14:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08STATE18821	CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...]	2008-02-25 22:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR
08STATE22352	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 10-11 [...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on March 10-11. [...]	2008-03-04 22:42:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08STATE34313	GEORGIANS LOOK TO MAY 21 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential decree on March 21 set the date for upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. Against the backdrop of campaign preparations, events are unfolding quickly. The ruling National Movement (UNM) party replaced its Secretary General, effectively sidelining a leading r [...]	2008-04-03 02:38:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08STATE34314	OPCAT--GEORGIA WORKS ON IMPROVING PRISON CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) In June 2007 The Government of Georgia created an Inter-agency Coordination Council to address the issue of torture in prisons and other closed facilities. On March 31, this council met for the first time since September 2007 to discuss the action plan to implement the Optional Protoco [...]	2008-04-03 02:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GG
08STATE56861	E-PINE POLITICAL DIRECTORS, APRIL 30TH MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary. Senior U.S., Nordic, and Baltic officials met in Washington D.C. on April 30th for the eleventh Enhanced Partnership in Northern Europe (e-PINE) Political Directors' meeting. They agreed: that MAP for Georgia and Ukraine in December is desirable, but may be problematic; that the cu [...]	2008-05-28 15:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KNEI PREL EUR BO GG PL RS UP XZ ZB SW NO LG LH IC
08STATE57532	SECRETARY'S 5/19 MEETING WITH SPANISH FM [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED, REASONS; 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) MAY 19, 2008, 3:00 P.M., SECRETARY'S OFFICE 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES ------------- THE SECRETARY EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED PA A/S SEAN MCCORMACK S EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT STEVE BEECROFT EUR ELAINE SAMSON [...]	2008-05-29 18:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PHSA SP LE IR GG
08STATE77757	GEORGIA -- GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DISCUSSION ON [...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points in paragraph two during the discussion of recent events in Georgia in the UN Security Council on Monday, July 21. 2. Begin Points: Mr. President: I would like to welcome Ambassador Alasania from the Republic of Georgia t [...]	2008-07-18 22:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE7944	EUR DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 15 MEETING WITH ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza met on January 15 with Armenian Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian on the margins of a visit by the Minsk Group Co-Chairs to Yerevan, Baku, and Nagorno-Karabakh. DAS Bryza raised the issue of Armenia's relations with Turkey, noting that the Turkish government was s [...]	2008-01-25 17:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AR TU GG
08STATE80673	GEORGIA -- STATEMENT FOR JULY 29 UNSC DISCUSSION [...] The Department requests that USUN deliver the following statement during the July 29 UN Security Council discussion of the Secretary General's report on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). 2. Begin statement: Mr. President: I would like to welcome Ambassador Alasania to the Co [...]	2008-07-26 00:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC UNOMIG PREL GG
08STATE83009	GUAM BATUMI SUMMIT STRESSES TRADE, TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, the Black Sea port of Batumi played host to the 2008 Summit of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, familiarly known as GUAM for its members Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Georgia assumed the year-long GUAM presidency from Azerbaijan under [...]	2008-08-01 15:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE83014	EUR DAS MERKEL,S MEETINGS WITH THE GUAM NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Merkel met with the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) National Coordinators and Secretary General in advance of the GUAM Summit in Batumi on July 1. DAS Merkel also discussed GUAM and the conflicts in Abkhazia and South Ossetia in a separate meeting on June [...]	2008-08-01 16:06:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STATE85598	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-09 10:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE85614	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-09 21:27:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE85615	TFGG01 AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE FROM TBLISI, [...] Effective the date of this telegram August 9,2008 I hereby approve authorized departure (AD)of eligible family members from Tbilisi to Yerevan. Eligible family members who are currently outside of Tbilisi and unable to safely return may proceed to the nearest contiguous country. Members of Househol [...]	2008-08-09 21:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC GG
08STATE85639	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 04 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-10 13:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE85663	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-10 21:51:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE85678	ACTION REQUEST: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 05:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PARM KCFE RU GG
08STATE85725	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:12:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE86171	TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia. In light of the continued aerial bombings of civilian and military targets in several areas of the country, the Department of State warns U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel to Georgia and recommends [...]	2008-08-12 10:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER OTRA ASEC GG RS
08STATE86173	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi reports the city is calm, despite fears of a Russian advance into the capital. The OSCE mission reports the road to Tskinvali is clear. The Georgian government confirms reports of fresh Russian missile strikes in Gori, and notes it no longer has sufficient emergency ser [...]	2008-08-12 11:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE86603	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 9 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 00:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE87197	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RECENT [...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the August 14, 2008, special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Mr. Chairman, We appreciate so much that you scheduled this special session of the Permanent Council, and express our full support for [...]	2008-08-13 23:54:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
08STATE87210	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 01:28:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE87260	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 12 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 10:44:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE87557	TFGG01 GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi received unconfirmed reports Russian forces re-entered Gori, placed landmines around a Russian encampment, and established a presence in Poti in order to inspect the cargo of any incoming U.S. vessels. 2. (U) Media report Russian forces intend to hand over Gori to [...]	2008-08-14 18:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE87773	TFGG01 GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (S/NF) Although Russian forces remain in and around Gori, Georgian police forces have begun re-establishing control over the city. (TF/EUCOM e-mail) 2. (S/NF) Russian aircraft reportedly are confining their activity to Russian airspace and naval forces have moved north toward Sukhumi. ( [...]	2008-08-15 08:06:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE88216	TFGG01 GEORGIA -- GUIDANCE ON FRENCH DRAFT [...] (U) This is an... C O N F I D E N T I A L STATE 088216 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 08/14/2018 TAGS: UNSC PREL GG RU [...]	2008-08-15 23:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG RU
08STATE88235	TFGG01: ACTION REQUEST: DEMARCHE TO GAIN SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 08:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
08STATE88308	RUSSIA - GEORGIA CONFLICT: REMARKS BY PRESIDENT [...] IN REFERENCE TO RUSSIA'S ACTIONS IN GEORGIA, PRESIDENT BUSH STATED THE FOLLOWING: (QUOTE) "WITH ITS ACTIONS IN RECENT DAYS RUSSIA HAS DAMAGED ITS CREDIBILITY AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE NATIONS OF THE FREE WORLD. BULLYING AND INTIMIDATION ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE WAYS TO CONDUCT FOREIGN POLICY I [...]	2008-08-18 00:17:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR OIIP PBTS PREL RU GG
08STATE88627	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Russian checkpoints remain on the Gori-Tbilisi highway. Russia may raise a failed POW exchange as a reason for not withdrawing. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 2. (SBU) Russia denies allegations it blew up the Kaspi bridge. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) 3. (SBU) Russia denied acces [...]	2008-08-18 19:06:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE89062	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) Embassy Tbilisi confirms an exchange of five Russian and 20-21 Georgian prisoners, facilitated by the French Ambassador to Georgia. Meanwhile, Russians detained 20 Georgian police officers in Poti. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail, Reuters) 2. (SBU) Post confirms Russian troops seized fi [...]	2008-08-19 17:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE89540	TFGG01: GEORGIA - GUIDANCE ON FRENCH DRAFT UN [...] The Department requests that USUN support in consultations the draft resolution on Georgia circulated by the French on August 19. Please refer all proposed changes to the Department for guidance. The Department authorizes USUN to vote in favor of this resolution if there are no further chang [...]	2008-08-20 16:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE89870	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 29 [...] (SBU) Russian troops are using armored personnel carriers to block the bridge into Poti, media report. Embassy Tbilisi received reports of Gori checkpoints being moved to the city outskirts. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon, AP) 2. (SBU) Explosions were reported throughout August 20 at Senaki ba [...]	2008-08-21 13:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE90334	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 30 [...] (C) The timing for a Russian withdrawal and the size of its remaining peacekeeping force is unclear. (Moscow 2496) 2. (C) Separatist leader Kokoity told a rally in Tskhinvali he will ask the Kremlin to recognize South Ossetia's independence, according to media. Embassy Moscow notes the [...]	2008-08-21 23:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE90863	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (C) OSCE monitors patrolling east and west of Gori confirm Russian forces are heading north outside the city. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail) 2. (C) Embassy Tbilisi reports Russia intends to establish demilitarized "buffer zones" extending outside the boundaries of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. [...]	2008-08-22 21:19:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE90979	DEMARCHE: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. TRANSPORTATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Moscow is requested to inform immediately appropriate senior Russian officials concerning U.S. ships in the Black Sea transporting humanitarian assistance to Georgia. Currently, USS McFaul is scheduled to reach the Georg [...]	2008-08-23 17:46:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID GG MARR PHUM PREL RS
08STATE90980	GEORGIA: REBUTTING SPURIOUS RUSSIAN CLAIMS [...] (U) This is an action request for all posts, see end of para 2. 2. (C) Reftel lays out Russian efforts to misinterpret the August 12 Georgia ceasefire agreement mediated by French President Sarkozy. Among other things, Russia is claiming that the ceasefire allows for creation of a ?buffer z [...]	2008-08-23 18:03:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR GG RU
08STATE90996	TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia to include the return of U.S. Embassy eligible family members to Tbilisi, the resumption of visa services, and the status of roads within the country. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Ge [...]	2008-08-23 20:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER OTRA ASEC GG RS
08STATE90999	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. 34 [...] (SBU) Georgian military units will return immediately to bases in Gori and Senaki under terms of the cease-fire agreement. Georgia is considering returning military personnel to Poti. (TF/Georgian Embassy telcon) 2. (SBU) Russian troops have left Gori, Igoeti, and Kashuri. (Tbilisi 1 [...]	2008-08-23 21:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE91036	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) OSCE monitors confirm a potential flashpoint in the village of Akhalgori, where the Georgian MFA claims 400 South Ossetians have replaced the ethnically-Georgian mayor and police chief. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi e-mail) 2. (SBU) The Georgian MFA noted more than 100 Georgian hostages, [...]	2008-08-24 21:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE91052	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (U) The German Chancellor said Russia failed to honor the cease-fire and must pull out its troops immediately, adding ties with Moscow could be scaled back if the troops were not withdrawn. Merkel noted Georgia and Ukraine had the right to join NATO, although she did not expect a decision at [...]	2008-08-25 05:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE91076	TFGG01: GEORGIA TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT NO. [...] (SBU) The Georgian president attempted to explain what led to the armed conflict with Russia. (TF/Embassy Tbilisi telcon) EAST-WEST RAILWAY RE-OPENS FOLLOWING TRAIN EXPLOSION --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. (SBU) The British Ambassador, after a visit to the [...]	2008-08-25 12:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE92325	TFGG01 - GEORGIA - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SOUTH [...] (SBU) This is an action request: The Department requests that action addressees, with the exception of Moscow, Hanoi, Tripoli and Pretoria, approach host governments at the highest appropriate level to urge them to oppose the participation of representatives from the de facto governments of Abk [...]	2008-08-27 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE92342	GEORGIA -- GUIDANCE FOR POSSIBLE UNSC EMERGENCY [...] The Department understands that Georgia may ask for an emergency UNSC session as early as tomorrow in light of the Russian Federation's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia on August 26. If the UNSC does meet to discuss Georgia on August 28, the Department requests that USUN draw on the [...]	2008-08-28 01:40:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC GG
08STATE92371	TFGG01 - GEORGIA - URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST ON [...] (SBU) This is an action request: Georgia is seeking an emergency session of the UN Security Council meeting as early as August 28, 2008 to discuss Russia's recognition of the separatist Abkhazian and South Ossetian de facto governments. In anticipation of this meeting, the Department requests [...]	2008-08-28 02:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL GG
08STATE93264	APPROACHING THE EU REGARDING GEORGIA IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal "Gymnich" meeting in Avignon on September 5-6. We expect the agenda to include: Georgia and EU/Russia relations, the Israeli-Falestinian peace process, updating the 2003 EU Sec [...]	2008-08-29 21:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG
08STATE93272	APPROACHING THE EU ON NON-GEORGIA TOPICS IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold an informal "Gymnich" meeting in Avignon on September 5-6. We expect the agenda to include: Georgia and EU/Russia relations, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, updating the 2003 EU Security [...]	2008-08-29 21:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08STATE93447	NATO-RUSSIA: PUTTING "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" INTO [...] (C) Pursuant to the agreement among NATO Foreign Ministers at their August 19 meeting that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship under the current circumstances, Washington supports Mission's view (reftel) that it is important "not to use" the NRC as currently str [...]	2008-09-02 01:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PREL GG RS
08STATE96598	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] (U) Classified by Bill Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reasons: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 14. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on September 15-1 [...]	2008-09-10 02:34:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS
08STATE96923	TRAVEL WARNING - GEORGIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the current security situation in Georgia to include the risk of unexploded ordnance and the potential for an increased risk of crime. This Travel Warning supersedes the Travel Warning for Georgia issued August 23, 2008. 2. The Department of State [...]	2008-09-10 17:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PTER GG
08STATE97109	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL - STATEMENT ON GEORGIA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 22:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	GG RU OSCE PREL
08STATE97574	APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on September 15-16. We expect the formal agenda to include: Zimbabwe, Somalia, Serbia, Turkey, and Georg [...]	2008-09-11 21:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GG RS
08STATE98697	TFGG01: GEORGIA COORDINATING GROUP TRANSITION [...] As of 0800, September 15, 2008, the Executive Secretary has directed the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs (EUR) to assume leadership of the Georgia Coordinating Group (GCG) in coordinating and implementing the USG's strategy for the crisis, including both diplomatic efforts and assista [...]	2008-09-15 22:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GG
08STATE99702	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON EU OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE GG RS
08STOCKHOLM452	U.S.-SWEDEN PLAN WAY FORWARD FOR ABKHAZIA CONFLICT [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Matthew Bryza, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Carpenter, Conflicts Advisor Casey Christensen, Political Counselor Briana Olsen, Deputy Political Counselor (notetaker) Sweden ------ Carl Bildt, Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, State Secretary Bjorn [...]	2008-06-23 11:07:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK PBTS PINR KO RS GG XQ
08STOCKHOLM565	TFGG01: SWEDEN SHARES U.S. POSITION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 14:00:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM571	TFGG001: DEMARCHE DELIVERED--SWEDEN CONDEMNS [...] (C) Summary: A senior Swedish MFA official told poloff the EU is divided into two camps and the French have watered-down the GAERC conclusion. Unless the situation in Georgia worsens, the EU is unlikely to offer a stronger statement until after Sept. 6, when the foreign ministers will meet in [...]	2008-08-15 11:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU SW
08STOCKHOLM575	TFGG01: SWEDEN CANCELS JOINT RUSSIAN MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 15:36:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PGOV RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM576	TFGG01: SWEDEN PUSHES EU OBSERVERS TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 16:20:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU GG SE
08STOCKHOLM579	TTFGG01: SWEDEN TO SEND 2-3 OSCE MIL OBSERVERS TO [...] (SBU) Head of the Eastern European Department, Johan Frisell, told poloff that Sweden agreed to send two to three military observers to the OSCE's 28-observer contingent that will deploy immediately to Georgia. The MFA has asked the Defense Ministry to approve adding eight more military obser [...]	2008-08-20 14:00:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM586	TFGG01: SWEDEN'S HUMANITARIAN AND OBSERVER [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:11:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG EU SW
08STOCKHOLM587	TTFGG01: SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Sweden fully supports the US positions on Georgia, both measures to support the Georgian government and people (see ref b on their military observers and humanitarian aid to date),and measures to review relations with Russia. On the latter, MFA political director Lyrvall outline [...]	2008-08-22 15:22:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL RU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM590	TFGG01: SWEDEN'S DEPUTY FM SAYS FRENCH OPPOSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 14:32:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG SW
08STOCKHOLM591	GEORGIA DOMINATED MERKEL'S VISIT TO SWEDEN [...] (C) Russia's action in Georgia dominated the discussions when Merkel visited PM Reinfeldt in Stockholm, August 25. Germany and Sweden agree that Russia must withdraw its troops from Georgia and that the Russian President must not sign the referendum recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both [...]	2008-08-26 12:36:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON GG SW
08STOCKHOLM607	SWEDEN ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (C) Summary: Swedish MFA Political Director Lyrvall told us September 4 that Sweden will emphasize the "political side" in upcoming donor conferences to highlight the need to demonstrate solidarity with Georgia and restore investor confidence. FM Bildt will work to "send a strong message" to [...]	2008-09-04 15:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG RU SW
08STOCKHOLM625	SWEDISH RESPONSE TO SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Sweden thinks there is little to fear from a Serbian request to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to review the status of Kosovo, according to Hakan Emsgard, Deputy Director General of the EU Department at the MFA. The case would languish there for years, he asserted. Swed [...]	2008-09-15 14:57:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG SE RS EUN
08STOCKHOLM657	SWEDISH RESPONSE: ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA FOLLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 12:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL KCRS KMCA EUMEM GG RS SW
08STOCKHOLM695	SWEDISH SOC DEM LEADER AHLIN ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Urban Ahlin, the foreign policy spokesman of the opposition Social Democrats told DCM and POL counselor: -- On Afghanistan, he is working to cement Social Democratic support for the Government,s bill to expand troops, but it will be a "tough ride" for the bill. [...]	2008-10-20 10:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SW IR BO GG RS AF
08STOCKHOLM700	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SWEDEN TO PLEDGE 14 MILLION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 15:10:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG SW
08STOCKHOLM701	CORRECTED: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SWEDEN TO PLEDGE 15 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 08:47:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG SW
08STOCKHOLM719	SWEDEN'S GEORGIA AID PACKAGE: 40 MILLION EUROS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 16:49:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG SW
08STOCKHOLM739	SAAKASHVILI IN SWEDEN: "I REGRET NOTHING" [...] On October 30-31, Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Stockholm for talks with Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt (FM Bildt was in Afghanistan at the time). The visit, planned in 2007, originally was to sign a bilateral investment protection agreement to encourage Swedish investments [...]	2008-11-05 15:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL ENRG GG EU ZK SW
08STOCKHOLM749	SAAKASHVILI-PM REINFELDT MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 17:19:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG SW
08STOCKHOLM801	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 15:24:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU SW
08TALLINN103	ESTONIA: PM ANSIP's VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip visited Georgia February 4-6 (his first trip as Prime Minister). Following the visit, Kyllike Sillaste Elling, the PM's Foreign Policy Advisor, briefed interested journalists and diplomats on highlights of the trip. -- PM Ansip met with President Saak [...]	2008-03-11 14:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU NATO GG EN
08TALLINN139	ESTONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING STATEMENT ON [...] (C) On April 21, Poloff met with Lauri Kuusing, Russia Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA, to discuss points in reftel. According to Kuusing, Foreign Minister Paet has not yet decided whether to issue a statement formally condemning Russian actions in Georgia. Paet is consulting with experts i [...]	2008-04-21 14:21:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN145	ESTONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER AND PARLIAMENT SPEAK OUT [...] (U) On April 23, after an extraordinary session of Parliament, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and the Parliament released statements in support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. The parliament's statement called on Russia to suspend the regulation signed by Presid [...]	2008-04-24 14:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN RS GG EN
08TALLINN279	TFGGO1: ESTONIA SUPPORTS STRONG NAC STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 10:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG AM EN
08TALLINN282	TFGGO1: Estonian President Ilves Issues for [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 09:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN290	TFGG01: ESTONIAN FM PAET'S VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 15, Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet embarked on a three day visit to Georgia. In addition to meetings with Georgian Prime Minister Vladimir Gurgenidze and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili, Paet visited injured Georgians in a hospital and toured an Internally Di [...]	2008-08-21 13:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG AM EN
08TALLINN298	TFGG01: ESTONIA AND GERMANY CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Tallinn August 26th, German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Russia's decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia "completely unacceptable" and "illegal" and stressed the need to maintain EU unity vis-a-vis Russia. Estonian PM Ansip proposed the EU lau [...]	2008-08-27 12:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TALLINN301	ESTONIA: NO DIRECT THREAT FROM RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Harry Lahtein, MFA Division Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and Toomas Tirs, the Georgia Desk Officer, told Pol/Econ Chief August 29 that Russian Ambassador Nikolai Uspenski did not directly threaten Estonia during his meeting with Foreign Minister Paet on August 27th (ref C). [...]	2008-08-29 11:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG EN
08TALLINN303	ESTONIAN PRESIDENT ILVES EMPHASIZES NATO [...] (C) On September 2, Ambassador called on President Toomas Hendrik Ilves to discuss the situation in Georgia. Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and Pol/Econ Chief (notetaker). Sven Jurgenson, Ilves? Foreign Policy Advisor (and a former Ambassador to the United States) and Jana Vanaveski, Head [...]	2008-09-03 06:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU GG EN
08TALLINN326	ESTONIA CHARTS LEGAL, MILITARY FUTURE OF CYBER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the August cyber attacks against government websites in the Republic of Georgia, Estonia has provided both material and technical assistance to Tbilisi. Lawyers at the Cyber Center of Excellence in Tallinn have produced a legal analysis of the status of cyber [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TINT NATO RU GG EN
08TALLINN338	Scenesetter for A/S Fried's Visit to Estonia [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: I am delighted to welcome you to Tallinn and your visit on October 1 could not be better timed. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia and sensitivities related to Estonia's own large Russian- speaking minority, the Government of Estonia (GOE) is eager for assurances from [...]	2008-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG EN
08TALLINN354	ESTONIA: A/S FRIED VISITS TALLINN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR A/S Dan Fried's October 1 visit to Tallinn, Estonian government and political leaders urged that NATO military commanders update NATO's Article 5 contingency planning in the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia. Estonia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-10-07 10:30:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS RU GG AJ MD UP EN
08TALLINN377	ESTONIA: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VWP VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Tallinn October 29-30 to welcome formally Estonia into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),and to announce that eligible Estonian travelers will be able to commence visa-free travel to the United States on November 17, 2008. Both [...]	2008-10-30 15:00:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL EU RU GG IZ EN
08TALLINN72	ESTONIA: RUSSIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE AN INDEPENDENT [...] (SBU) On February 14, Poloff met with Simmu Tiik, Director General of the 3rd Political Department (Russia) and Toomas Tirs, Georgia Desk Officer, at the Estonian MFA to discuss reftel points. Tiik said, based on recent statements by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavarov, he does not think [...]	2008-02-22 12:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS GG EN
08TASHKENT1006	UZBEKISTAN: EXPECTING RUSSIA-GEORGIA DISCUSSION [...] (C) On August 27, Charge d'Affaires met with First Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Department Chief Mamadjanov to deliver reftel A demarche urging the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) to condemn and reject Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and A [...]	2008-08-28 10:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ASEC EAID GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT1022	UZBEKISTAN: CSTO DEMARCHE AND PUTIN VISIT [...] (C) On Sunday, August 31, we delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to relay it immediately to appropriate officials. Contacted at home on the September 1 Uzbek Independence Day holiday, Fayzullaev said a response had to be [...]	2008-09-02 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PBTS PREL RS UZ
08TASHKENT1029	UZBEKISTAN: NO EVIDENCE OF CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) On September 3, Pol-Econ Section Chief and Poloff met with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev to discuss reftel A demarche on the upcoming Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) meeting. Fayzullaev stated that he delivered this info [...]	2008-09-03 12:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PBTS PREL RS UZ
08TASHKENT1034	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DEMPSEY MEETS [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Tashkent on August 28, Acting CENTCOM Commander General Martin Dempsey met separately with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilkhom Nematov and Director of the National Drug Control Center Kamol Dusmetov. He also conducted mil-to-mil meetings with Ministe [...]	2008-09-05 03:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM EAID PINR AF PK GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT487	UZBEKISTAN STAYING CLEAR OF ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT991	UZBEKISTAN: EXPECTING RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON [...] (C) On August 25, Charge d'Affaires met with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department Chief Takhir Mamadjanov to urge the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) to press Russia not to recognize the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and to convey the other points in [...]	2008-08-26 12:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC EAID GG RS UZ
08TBILISI1019	GEORGIA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS OF GAZPROM [...] (C) Georgia's Minister of Energy, Aleksandr Khetaguri, met with Embassy Econoff and the Director of USAID's Office of Energy and Environment on June 10. Khetaguri said that he is deeply concerned by reports published the week of June 2 that Gazprom is interested in purchasing Azeri gas. Kheta [...]	2008-06-13 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG
08TBILISI1021	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, RULING PARTY NEGOTIATE; JOINT [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Giorgi Targamadze's Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) reached tentative agreement with Parliamentary Speaker Davit Bakradze and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) on many of the terms whereby the CDM would enter Parliament. These terms include changes to the [...]	2008-06-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1023	TWO KILLED, SEVERAL WOUNDED IN FIREFIGHT IN SOUTH [...] A firefight erupted in the South Ossetian conflict zone on the evening of Saturday, June 14, killing two Ossetians and wounding several more (Note: media reports estimate between five and seven wounded. End note). The fighting took place between the capital of the breakaway republic, Tskhinva [...]	2008-06-16 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1026	IMEDI TELEVISION RECOGNIZES THE CHANGED [...] (C) Summary. Imedi television - once the voice of the opposition in Georgia - has resumed broadcasting, but currently only broadcasts entertainment programming. Emboff met with station general manager and director of programming on June 10, 2008 to discuss when the station would restart news [...]	2008-06-16 13:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG

08TBILISI1029	GEORGIAN COAST GUARD READY FOR COOPERATION WITH [...] On June 16, Embassy Econoff presented the concept of the Global Maritime Partnership initiative to Ramaz Papidze, Head of the Resources Management Division of the Georgian Coast Guard Department. The Georgian Coast Guard is an organ of the Border Police, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs [...]	2008-06-18 04:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID PREL MARR SNAR GG
08TBILISI1030	GEORGIANS SEIZE PEACEKEEPERS' AMMO TRUCK IN ZUGDIDI [...] Summary and Comment: On the evening of June 17, Georgian police seized an CIS peacekeeping truck carrying ammunition and anti-tank missiles traveling from Abkhazia to a peacekeeping checkpoint near the Georgian village of Urta, on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Four peacekeepers wer [...]	2008-06-18 12:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1031	GEORGIANS SEIZE PEACEKEEPERS' AMMO TRUCK IN [...] Summary and Comment: On the evening of June 17, Georgian police seized an CIS peacekeeping truck carrying ammunition and anti-tank missiles traveling from Abkhazia to a peacekeeping checkpoint near the Georgian village of Urta, on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Four peacekeepers wer [...]	2008-06-18 12:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1065	GEORGIANS RELEASE PEACEKEEPERS' TRUCK, KEEP [...] The Georgian Ministry of Interior announced on June 19 that it had released the CIS PKF ammunition truck that was detained on June 17 (reftel) for unauthorized ammunition transfer through the Georgian side of the conflict zone. Deputy Minister of Interior Shota Utiashvili said that the Minist [...]	2008-06-20 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1066	2008 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION CAMPAIGN FINANCING [...] Summary: Pursuant to campaign funding disclosure requirements, all four parties that crossed the 5 percent election threshold in the May 21 parliamentary elections have submitted campaign funding reports to the Central Election Commission (CEC). An audit group contracted by the CEC studied th [...]	2008-06-20 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1072	AFTER ELECTIONS: BURJANADZE ANNOUNCES FOUNDATION, [...] Summary: On June 17, former Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze announced she is establishing a think-tank called the "Foundation for Democratic Development." Burjanadze said she sees her foundation not as a purely analytical, apolitical think-tank, but rather as a "new way for her to participate [...]	2008-06-23 04:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI109	GEORGIA'S LEGAL EAGLES PROSECUTE ELECTION CRIMES [...] Summary: For the first time in its history, Georgia's Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) charged individuals with committing election crimes. U.S.-trained OPP prosecutors charged that two individuals, during the January 5, 2008, election, cast fraudulent ballots. To prepare the OPP fo [...]	2008-01-23 13:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI1121	GEORGIAN TALKS WITH ABKHAZ IN SWEDEN:THE FAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Temuri Yakobishvili, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration, told the Ambassador that last week,s talks in Sweden between de facto Abkhaz representatives yielded no progress in resolving the conflict. The talks confirmed Georgian thinking that the highest pr [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1123	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES GETTING ATTENTION IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On June 9, 2006, President Saakashvili signed Georgia's first legislation on domestic violence. Although the law institutionalized a system designed to shield victims from their abusers, other provisions in the Domestic Violence Law Action Plan have languished due [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1136	GEORGIAN POLICE BLOCK CIS PKF TRUCK FROM ENTERING [...] Georgian media reported on June 27 that Georgian police had prevented a CIS peacekeeping truck, accompanied by an armored personnel carrier, from entering the Georgian side of the security zone. The truck was headed to the CIS PKF checkpoint in the Georgian village of Urta, south of Zugdidi. [...]	2008-07-01 08:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI114	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH SRSG ARNAULT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault, DAS Bryza discussed the current situation in Abkhazia and progress on the self-assessment of the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) operations. Arnault told Bryza [...]	2008-01-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNOMIG KPKO GG
08TBILISI1141	ABKHAZIA CLOSES BORDER AFTER BLASTS, GEORGIANS [...] (SBU) As a result of several blasts in Abkhazia on June 29 and 30, Abkhaz de facto President Sergey Bagapsh closed all border crossings with Georgia, including the Inguri River crossing, on July 1. UNOMIG confirmed on June 30 that around noon two blasts went off the same day in Sokhumi. One o [...]	2008-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1152	ANOTHER BLAST ON BORDER, ABHKAZIA DECLARES STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: An additional explosion occurred in Georgian-controlled territory near the administrative boundary with Abkhazia on July 2. No injuries were reported. Abkhaz separatist leaders declared a state of emergency on July 1, following earlier blasts (reftel). Georgian leaders blamed [...]	2008-07-02 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI116	DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 19 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN PRIME [...] (S) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza said that following Embassy Tbilisi's extensive review, the USG did not agree with opposition claims that massive fraud occurred or skewed the outcome of the January 5 presidential election, [...]	2008-01-24 12:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KCRM USTR GG RU
08TBILISI1160	GEORGIAN FM ON THE FRIENDS PLAN [...] (C) On July 3, Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili met with the Western Friends of Georgia to discuss the status of the plan from the Friends meetings in Berlin on June 30. Representatives from the German, British and French embassies joined the meeting. The German ambassador acknowledged that s [...]	2008-07-03 16:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PGOV PREL
08TBILISI1161	POLICE CHIEF KILLED, SANAKOYEV TARGETED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) OSCE told Poloff July 3 that separatist South Ossetian police chief Nodar Bibilov was killed in an explosion outside his home around 0600 in the South Ossetian village of Dmenisi on July 3. The OSCE told Post that a monitoring team had visited the site. They said an explosive device wa [...]	2008-07-04 08:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1163	A/S KRAMER MEETINGS WITH OPPOSITION, PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) David J. Kramer and the Ambassador met with the Public Defender, Georgian opposition leaders, civil society and those involved in judicial reforms to discuss the state of human rights [...]	2008-07-04 08:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI117	GEORGIA IMPROVES ITS RATING IN HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S [...] Summary: Georgia has improved its standing in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom. In 2008 it has moved up from 35th to 32nd out of 163 countries surveyed throughout the world. According to the conservative think tank's report, which measures countries' performance on [...]	2008-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI1170	FOUR KILLED IN ABKHAZIA BLAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of July 6, a powerful explosion ripped through a cafe in the city of Gali, killing four, including the de-facto chief of state security for Gali, Major Muratia, and an off-duty UN interpreter. Ten others, including another UN interpreter, were wounded. [...]	2008-07-07 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1182	EU SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE SEMNEBY DISCUSSES [...] (C) In a July 8 meeting with the Ambassador, EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby discussed his impressions of the June 16 talks in Sweden between Abkhaz de-facto authorities and Georgian government officials and the current situation in the conflict zones. Semneby, [...]	2008-07-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL GG
08TBILISI1204	GEORGIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR, ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Georgia Deputy Foreign Minister Grigory Vashadze called in the Ambassadors representing the Western Friends of the Secretary General to the MFA on July 11 to ask for Western support in the UNSC and OSCE regarding July 8 overflights by Russian fighter planes over South Ossetia. The Russian [...]	2008-07-11 12:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1205	ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE--PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 13:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1216	LEGAL PROFESSION REFORM INDEX SHOWS GEORGIA'S [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On July 10, the American Bar Association released the second volume of its Legal Profession Reform Index (LPRI) which assesses the performance of the legal profession in Georgia. Overall, there have been significant improvements since the first LPRI in 2005: out o [...]	2008-07-15 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1217	FREEDOM HOUSE NATIONS IN TRANSIT REPORT: GEORGIAN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Freedom House's 2007 Nations in Transit report released on June 24 covering the period of January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007, gives Georgia a "Democracy Score" of 4.79, down from the previous year's score of 4.68. The study describes Georgia's hybrid system of dem [...]	2008-07-15 13:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI122	FIVE EASY PRESENTATIONS - AMERICAN FILM DIRECTOR BOB [...] SUMMARY: Bob Rafelson was an ECA Cultural Envoy par excellence, representing the United States at the 8th Tbilisi International Film Festival from December 3-10, 2007. Mr. Rafelson is one of American cinema's leading figures, having distinguished himself over the past three decades as a directo [...]	2008-01-25 12:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI1228	GEORGIA: USG RESPONSE TO OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE ON [...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered a copy of the USG response to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...]	2008-07-16 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG
08TBILISI1229	GEORGIA: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] In response to ref A, post provides information on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in relation to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). This report combines input solicited from Georgian law enforcement officials, international organizat [...]	2008-07-16 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPKO GG
08TBILISI123	PM GURGENIDZE SUBMITS NEW CABINET TO PARLIAMENT [...] (U) On January 24, Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze held a press conference and announced President Saakashvili's nominations for his new cabinet of ministers. Gurgenidze submitted the list of nominees to the Georgian Parliament on January 25. Gurgenidze said that the new nominees are inclusiv [...]	2008-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR GG RU
08TBILISI1239	POLOFF DISCUSSES TROOP LEVEL AND DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for the United States, Irakli Machitidze, Director of Department of International Organizations, Alexander Nalbandov and Head of NATO Division, Tornike Parulava regarding press reports that Georgia is planning to [...]	2008-07-17 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1241	IDP RETURNEES TO GALI FACE CHALLENGES BEYOND [...] Summary and Comment: Poloff traveled to the largely ethnic-Georgian Gali district of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia June 23-25 to learn more about the lives of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had returned to their homes. Many of the estimated 40,000 IDPs who have returned [...]	2008-07-17 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1245	RECENT DOMESTIC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The parliamentary minority faction has nominated one of three vice-speaker positions in Parliament reserved for opposition lawmakers and has filled deputy chairmen positions on parliamentary committees. The Parliamentary Committee for Procedural Issues rejected the Labor Party' [...]	2008-07-18 13:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1246	GEORGIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel request, Poloff provided a copy of USG concerns and comments to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...]	2008-07-18 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG
08TBILISI125	PUBLIC DEMANDS, INTERNAL RIFTS IN GEORGIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, opposition leaders laid out the United Council of Opposition's (UNC) demands for electoral and political reforms to the international diplomatic corps. The joint memorandum, to be signed by three opposition presidential candidates and the leaders of 12 opposition p [...]	2008-01-28 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1265	LISTS OF SANCTIONED ENTITIES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited the new headquarters of the Financial Monitoring Service (FMS) and the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) and delivered reftel lists of sanctioned organizations to Giorgi Kadagidze of FSA. Poloffs learned little about money laundering in Abkhazia because neither [...]	2008-07-23 12:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GG KDEM
08TBILISI1268	SUMMARY OF RUSSIAN MILITARY ACTIVITIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador attended a July 22 meeting at the MFA for NATO Ambassadors. A paper prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was distributed, summarizing Russian military activities in Abkhazia this spring. The paper is not classified, but the MFA asked that it be treated [...]	2008-07-25 04:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1273	EKA BESELIA CLAIMS SON'S ARREST IS POLITICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eka Beselia, member of the Joint Opposition, activist and well-known defense lawyer, alleged her son's recent arrest is politically motivated and is the latest step by the GOG to repress members of the opposition. Beselia's son, Rati Milorava (age 15 or 16) is facing two to fiv [...]	2008-07-25 07:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1286	LABOR PARTY ACTIVIST ARRESTED, NATELASHVILI CLAIMS [...] (U) On July 25, Georgian police arrested Labor Party activist Archil Benidze on charges of money laundering. Chairman of the Labor Party Shalva Natelashvili held a press brief where he denounced the arrest as "political persecution by the government." Natelashvili alleged the arrest was engin [...]	2008-07-29 11:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1296	OSCE-JPKF JOINT PATROL COMES UNDER FIRE TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two OSCE-Joint Peacekeeping Forces (JPKF) monitoring patrols were denied access to two separate incident sites in the breakaway region of South Ossetia on July 28 and 29, with one patrol coming under direct fire. A firefight erupted near the village of Cholibauri, app [...]	2008-07-30 12:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1310	GEORGIA INFORMED OF NEW GI PARTNER NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 09:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI1313	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 1 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic and social interest concerning Georgia for the weeks of July 14-August Â [...]	2008-08-01 10:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM GG
08TBILISI1317	GEORGIANS DEMAND ABKHAZ LEAVE ACHAMKHARA HEIGHTS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In an August 1 meeting with Ambassadors from Western Friends of the Secretary General, Giga Bokeria, Deputy Foreign Minister, along with Vano Merabishvili, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA),and Shota Utiashvili, Chief, Analysis and Information, MOIA, relayed [...]	2008-08-01 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1327	GEORGIANS SEEK CALM IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ARE [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: On the evening of 1 August sniper activity erupted around South Ossetian villages and soon expanded into mortar fire which continued until the morning of 2 August when events calmed. OSCE military monitors said that the use of mortars by both sides and the ran [...]	2008-08-04 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1336	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1337	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1341	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2: GEORGIA CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: President Saakashvili in an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili in a briefing to the diplomatic corps, claimed that Georgia now controlled most of South Ossetia, including Tskhinvali, although fighting was continuing near the northern to [...]	2008-08-08 10:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1342	GEORGIA: AUGUST 8 EAC REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 17:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL AEMR CASC GG
08TBILISI1343	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA--SITREP 3: RUSSIAN BOMBS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: Multiple bases, airports, and Georgia's port of Poti were all bombed overnight by Russian aircraft, with bombing continuing in the daylight hours of August 9, with bombs hitting civilian targets in the Georgian city of Gori. Reports of casualties continue to come [...]	2008-08-09 07:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1348	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 4: GEORGIANS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-09 17:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI1349	GEORGIA: SITREP 5: GEORGIANS NEARLY EXHAUSTED; [...] (C) Begin Summary: FM Tkeshelashvili briefed the diplomatic corps August 10 that Georgia has suffered huge casualties. The FM described the situation as no longer about South Ossetia but rather was Russia aggression against an independent country. She said Russian planes have bombed hospitals in Go [...]	2008-08-10 09:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1350	GEORGIANS LOOKING TO WEST FOR HELP, OPPOSITION AND [...] (SBU) Post has reached out to notable opinion leaders in Georgia and found a common theme from all -- threats from Russia have unified the Georgian political class. Most have reported that Georgians are feeling terrorized by indiscriminate Russian bombing of Georgian cities, particularly Russ [...]	2008-08-10 12:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1351	GEORGIA: IDP UPDATE [...] Embassy officers attended a disaster response management meeting August 10 led by the UN Resident Country Director Robert Watkins. Representatives of the major UN agencies, NGO's and donor organizations discussed the GOG's stated humanitarian response requirements and how best to coordinate eff [...]	2008-08-10 15:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1355	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA, SITREP 6 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: French FM Kouchner and Finnish FM Stubbs met with President Saakashvili August 11 in Tbilisi to discuss a cease-fire package, with the goal of presenting it to Russian officials in Moscow later the same day. Swedish FM Carl Bildt and EUR DAS Bryza are both expected to arriv [...]	2008-08-11 09:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1356	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 7 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 13:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI136	DAS BRYZA'S JANUARY 19 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Acting President Nino Burjanadze told DAS Matthew Bryza at a January 19 meeting that she planned to continue talks with representatives of the opposition and also pledged to take steps to improve election procedures prior to the spring 2008 parliamentary elections. Burjanadze was [...]	2008-01-29 13:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1362	GEORGIA: SITREP 8: RUSSIANS PULL BACK, BUT BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 10:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1367	GEORGIA: GOG REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze presented a proposed stabilization and reconstruction package to us on August 12 on behalf of the Georgian government. The PM urged the USG to consider a quick, positive response to the request for a standby facility to bolster their efforts to ensure liquidity i [...]	2008-08-12 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1372	GEORGIA: SITREP 9: RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG RS PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI1379	GEORGIA: SITREP 10: RUSSIANS ON MOVE, IN GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1380	GEORGIA: SITREP 11: RUSSIANS HOLD IN PLACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: There were few reports of Russian troops movements on August 17, following a day of conflicting reports on the status, location, and direction of Russian forces in Georgia. It is clear that Russian troops control the east-west corridor through Georgia from Poti north and eas [...]	2008-08-17 13:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1385	GEORGIA: SITREP 12: WAITING FOR A RUSSIAN PULLOUT [...] (SBU) Summary. As of mid-day August 18, there is no evidence that Russian troops have begun to withdraw from Georgia. The road from Tbilisi to Gori remains closed and travelers are subject to Russian roadblocks. Next international visitor to Tbilisi will be UK Foreign Secretary Miliband o [...]	2008-08-18 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1386	GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili spoke with DAS Bryza, the Ambassador, and DATT about the MOD's current situation following Russia's invasion. Kezerashvili said Georgia's army troops are now at Vaziani and other bases around Tbilisi, trying to regroup. [...]	2008-08-18 13:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1387	GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA MEETING WITH MOIA VANO [...] (C) Begin Summary: On August 14, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili spoke with DAS Bryza and the Ambassador Tefft about the current situation following Russia's invasion, the status of Georgian troops, and how the attacks unfolded. Shota Utiashvili, nominally head of the [...]	2008-08-18 14:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG RU
08TBILISI1391	GEORGIA: SITREP 13 [...] (C) Summary: As of 1600 August 19, there is still no evidence of Russian troops withdrawing from Georgia. Russian checkpoints remain along the main East-West highway on both sides of Gori. Embassy officers who attempted to drive up the road from Tbilisi to Gori were turned back after the [...]	2008-08-19 11:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1403	GEORGIA: SITREP 14 - THE WAITING GAME CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Faint and uncertain signs of a Russian withdrawal are reported, but there is as yet no unmistakable sign of a pullback. Russian troops attempted August 19 to oust Georgian soldiers from a base in Western Georgia, to which the Georgians had retreated in conformity with the six-p [...]	2008-08-20 12:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON GG RU
08TBILISI1404	THE CASE FOR INTENTIONAL TARGETING OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: After visiting the site of the August 9 and August 12 Russian bombings of the Western Route (Baku-Supsa) pipeline, the Embassy believes a reasonable case can be made that the bombings were intentional. Three lines of craters cross the pipeline, and one missile, reportedly an SS-26 [...]	2008-08-20 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL MOPS GG RU
08TBILISI1405	USAID/DART GEORGIA COMPLEX EMERGENCY SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] In early August, heightened tension led to armed conflict involving Georgian and Russian armed forces and a South Ossetian separatist group, affecting populations along the Georgia-Russia border and areas within Georgia, including South Ossetia, parts of Abkhazia, and the town of Gori. While [...]	2008-08-21 04:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREF SOCI GG
08TBILISI1409	GEORGIA: SITREP 15: LITTLE OR NO CHANGE ON THE [...] (U) Summary. Observers are not reporting any real movement to withdraw by Russian troops in Georgia. According to the Georgian press, the Russians say they intend to set up a double line of checkpoints around South Ossetia with a buffer zone in between; however, Gori will not be in that zo [...]	2008-08-21 12:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI141	IRAKLI BATIASHVILI-BACK IN POLITICS? [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with Poloffs, Irakli Batiashvili, recently amnestied from Georgian prison on January 11, said that he sees his role as a coordinating force for the opposition prior to the Parliamentary elections, although he has not decided where in the spectrum of the opposition [...]	2008-01-30 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1412	GEORGIA: SITREP 16: LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF A RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary. As of mid-day, there were no definite sign of a Russian withdrawal from Georgia, but OSCE reported columns of Russian vehicles lining up in Gori and Kashuri on August 21. On the other hand, there also continue to be reports of erecting fortifications and the continued demoliti [...]	2008-08-22 10:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1417	GEORGIA - REQUEST TO LIFT AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] This is an action request to M from Ambassador John Tefft. See paragraph 2. 2. Embassy Tbilisi's Emergency Action Committee met August 23 and concurs with the Ambassador's recommendation to request the lifting of Authorized Departure for Embassy Tbilisi. Based on our assessment of the c [...]	2008-08-23 11:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO AFIN GG
08TBILISI1418	GEORGIA: SITREP 17: IT'S ABOUT TIME - BULK OF [...] (U) Summary. Multiple sources confirm Russian troops have withdrawn most troops from undisputed Georgian territory, although some remain near key positions such as Poti, Senaki and Sachkere. The eastern part of the east-west highway is reportedly open, with light civilian traffic underway, [...]	2008-08-23 12:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1420	PM GURGENIDZE URGES SENATOR BIDEN TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 17 meeting with U.S. Senator Joseph Biden, Georgian Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze outlined the economic cost of the Russian invasion of his country. He stressed the importance of continued existence of the reform-minded government of Georgia to continuing U.S. i [...]	2008-08-25 04:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL GG
08TBILISI143	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On January 19, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador Tefft met with key leaders of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC). The UNC's main contention was that Mikheil Saakashvili did not receive 50 percent of the vote in the January 5 election. Consequently, they said they a [...]	2008-01-30 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08TBILISI1437	GEORGIA: SITREP 18: ALL EYES ON AKHALGORI [...] (C) Summary. The situation remains tense in Akhalgori, with South Ossetian militia in an apparent standoff with Georgian police and interior forces; the Georgian government considers the location a potential flashpoint. The Russian presence in the west continues, maintaining a level of ten [...]	2008-08-25 12:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1470	GEORGIA: SITREP 19: RESPONDING TO MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary. Tbilisi is formulating its official response to Russian President Medvedev's announcement that Russia would recognize the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and per DFM Vashadze, is looking for a strong reaction from the West (more details to be provided septel). [...]	2008-08-26 14:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1472	TFGG01: GEORGIA: REQUEST FOR STRONG WESTERN [...] (C) Georgian DFM Vashadze called in the German, French, UK and U.S. Ambassadors August 26. Although the meeting was called initially for the MFA to present a non-paper (faxed to EUR/CARC) regarding principles and objectives for resolution of the conflict, President Medvedev's announcement tha [...]	2008-08-27 04:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1474	GEORGIA: SITREP 20: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION SOBERS [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili sought to reassure the nation in an upbeat televised speech, but Russia's recognition of the breakaway regions has increased the pressure on the president and the nation. The situation in Akhalgori seems to have been resolved for the moment with Georgian t [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1481	CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS/IDPS [...] (C) Summary. Congressman Chris Smith (NJ - 4) had separate meetings with Patriarch Ilia II, Human Rights Watch (HRW),and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to discuss human rights issues and the IDP situation in Georgia the week of August 18. The Patriarch, HRW, and the I [...]	2008-08-29 05:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08TBILISI1482	GEORGIA: SITREP 21: PARLIAMENT SAYS ALL RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 28, the Georgian Parliament adopted a resolution that declared Abkhazia and South Ossetia "territories occupied by the Russian Federation"; appeared to nullify the legal basis for any Russian forces, including peacekeepers, to be on Georgian territory; and urged the g [...]	2008-08-29 11:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1496	GEORGIA: SITREP 22: HUMAN CHAIN SHOWS GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary. On September 1 as many as 1.5 million Georgians rallied across the country to express national unity and opposition to Russia's actions. The OSCE did not observe any confrontations or movements, but did see the presence of heavy vehicles in an ethnically Georgian village southw [...]	2008-09-02 13:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1506	GEORGIA: SITREP 23: DOMESTIC POLITICIANS BEGIN [...] (C) Summary. On September 2 ruling party and opposition politicians met to find a way forward on the domestic political front that will maintain national unity while ensuring the opposition's concerns are not lost. The government sees next steps on the conflicts as the withdrawal of Russian [...]	2008-09-03 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1513	GEORGIA: SITREP 24: GEORGIANS WELCOME VICE [...] (C) Summary. President Saakashvili warmly welcomed Vice President Cheney to Georgia, with the visit receiving extensive local coverage. The September 3 announcement of a one-billion-dollar U.S. aid package was also well received, with some calling it a Marshall Plan for Georgia. The OSCE w [...]	2008-09-04 13:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1514	SENATOR CORKER SURVEYS DAMAGE IN GORI [...] (SBU) Senator Robert Corker (R-TN) traveled to Gori August 30, visiting an IDP center and meeting with various GOG officials to survey damage and assess the impact of the Russian invasion and occupation of Georgia. Governor Lado Vardzelashvili explained that the resettlement of Gori is on s [...]	2008-09-05 05:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU
08TBILISI152	REPUBLICANS VOTE FOR SEPARATE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: On January 30, opposition leader and Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told the Ambassador that the Republican party will not join the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) on a joint party list for the coming parliamentary elections. Former presidential candidat [...]	2008-01-31 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1522	CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN GEORGIA MERIT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In advance of S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's September 8-11 visit to Georgia, the Embassy has compiled a preliminary list of the many reports we have received of "ethnic cleansing" and accusations of "war crimes" that have taken place in the conflict zones and areas [...]	2008-09-05 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI1523	GEORGIA: SITREP 25: NO CONFIRMATION OF AN ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG has been unable to confirm press reports of a wall planned by Abkhaz "authorities" along the administrative border. The OSCE was finally allowed to patrol north of Russian checkpoints and came within four km of Tskhinvali, but was again refused access to Akhalgori. Polit [...]	2008-09-05 15:04:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1525	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT STABLE BUT THREATS LOOM [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Russia's public push to force regime change in Georgia may have failed in the short term, but judging by continued public statements critical of President Saakashvili, a longer-term strategy of eroding support for Saakashvili by weakening the economy appears to be in [...]	2008-09-08 05:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL GG
08TBILISI1527	GEORGIA: SITREP 26: STORIES ABOUND IN ABKHAZIA, [...] (SBU) Summary. Stories persist of Abkhaz plans to construct a wall along the border, but UNOMIG observers have discovered only limited evidence. Villagers are also reporting rumors of Abkhaz plans for Russian passports, conscription, and compulsory use of the Abkhaz language in schools. Th [...]	2008-09-08 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1530	GEORGIA: SITREP 27: SARKOZY IN TBILISI, OSCE MAKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Russian General Kulakhmetov canceled a September 8 meeting with OSCE to discuss access beyond Russian checkpoints. Opposition leader Shalva Natelashvili called for the resignation of the current Georgian leadership. The two Polish television news crew members detained on Sep [...]	2008-09-09 12:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI155	GEORGIA: INFORMATION PAPER ON MGD WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC GG
08TBILISI1550	GEORGIA: SITREP 28: GEORGIAN POLICEMAN KILLED AT [...] (C) Summary. A Georgian police officer was shot while manning his regular post in Karaleti, reportedly by an Ossetian irregular according to the Interior Ministry. Russian vehicles and South Ossetian militias seem to have begun withdrawing from positions inside Georgia proper on a limited ba [...]	2008-09-10 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1554	GEORGIA: SITREP 29: UN ASSISTANCE CONVOY GAINS [...] (C) Summary. The UN announced that a humanitarian assistance convoy was allowed to pass the Georgian checkpoint at Karaleti September 11, delivering four tons of assistance to the Georgian village of Patara Garadjivari. Georgia's Reintegration Minister formally announced a freeze on develop [...]	2008-09-11 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI156	GEORGIA: PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH ANT THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER IAEA KGIC GG
08TBILISI1571	GEORGIA: SITREP 30: OSSETIANS REFUSE ACCESS TO OSCE [...] (C) Summary. Russian forces allowed OSCE monitors past checkpoints outside Akhalgori, but an Ossetian checkpoint did not allow the OSCE into Akhalgori. This raises questions about the prospects for South Ossetian cooperation with OSCE and EU monitors in the future. A special letter has been [...]	2008-09-12 15:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1572	UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GEORGIAN MFA [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on September 9, 2008. Present at the meeting were MFA Head of International Organizations Office Alexander Nalbandov and MFA Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. 2. (C) After Poloff outlined th [...]	2008-09-13 09:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1595	INSIDE GEORGIA'S MINISTRY FOR REINTEGRATION - NO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a September 9 meeting with poloffs, Deputy Minister for Reintegration David Rakviashvili provided both the Ministry's and his own personal insights on Georgia's strategy on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Rakviashvili's comments suggested the government does not yet h [...]	2008-09-16 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1596	GEORGIA: SITREP 32: RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS [...] (C) Summary. UNOMIG observers reported a Russian propaganda campaign in Abkhazia. OSCE observers said that they have access to the Russian "buffer zone," but still have no access beyond the former administrative border into South Ossetia (with the exception of Mission Head Hakala's Septembe [...]	2008-09-16 15:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1602	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI'S STATE OF THE COUNTRY ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Saakashvili's September 16 state of the nation included concessions to the opposition, proposals to check executive power, and measures to increase judicial freedom and open media. Parliamentary opposition members said that most of the proposals were not n [...]	2008-09-17 14:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1603	REQUEST FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN GEORGIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) During the August 2008 conflict between Russian and Georgia, Russian air and ground forces inflicted significant damage to the military and coast guard side of the port in Poti. Several vessels were attacked by Russian air [...]	2008-09-18 05:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PARM GG
08TBILISI1608	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (C) Introduction and Comment: Tbilisi Mayor and Saakashvili insider Gigi Ugulava told the Ambassador that polling data indicates that Saakashvili and his Government enjoy broad public support, but noted that the Government needed to use the next 12-18 months to focus on rehabilitation and reco [...]	2008-09-19 07:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG

08TBILISI1620	GEORGIA: YOUR MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI [...] (C) In your meeting with President Saakashvili on the margins of the UN General Assembly you will find a leader who is newly focused on the concept of strategic patience. He is circling his wagons around several key objectives: reconstruction of damaged infrastructure and Georgia's economy; [...]	2008-09-22 05:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI164	GEORGIA'S ANNUAL NATO ASSESSMENT: ON BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: On January 31, NATO International Staff (IS) briefed NATO Ambassadors and Defense Attaches in Tbilisi on the highlights of their latest assessment of Georgia's International Partnership Action Plan (IPAP),the draft of which would be circulated to NATO Allies in Brussels by mid- [...]	2008-02-01 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1689	RUSSIAN CHECKPOINTS STILL PRESENT, POTENTIALLY [...] (C) Summary and comment. According to the Georgian National Security Council (NSC),13 Russian checkpoints remain on undisputed Georgian territory as of September 23 -- 6 in western Georgia and 7 in the east, outside South Ossetia, along with 1 supply base in the west and 1 communications cen [...]	2008-09-24 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TBILISI17	GEORGIAN ELECTION AND AFTERMATH: THE GOG ESTIMATE [...] (C) In recent meetings, Prosecutor General (PG) Adeishvili and key officials at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) have expressed serious concerns about security on election day and opposition protests after the election. Having uncovered Patarkatsishvili,s coup plot, the MoIA has taken [...]	2008-01-04 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM GG
08TBILISI1751	GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...]	2008-09-25 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI179	DAS BRYZA'S 19 JANUARY MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili told DAS Matthew Bryza at a 19 January meeting that Georgia still hopes to achieve a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the upcoming Bucharest NATO summit. Kezerashvili argued that failure to meet this goal before the spring 2008 Georgian [...]	2008-02-04 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI1793	GEORGIA: VIOLENT INCIDENTS UNDERSCORE FRAGILITY; [...] (C) Summary and comment. Three incidents on September 25 -- a car bombing in Sukhumi that caused damage to buildings, but no injuries, a landmine explosion outside Tskhinvali that killed a 13-year-old boy, and the shooting of a construction worker on the main road between Tbilisi and Gori -- [...]	2008-09-26 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TBILISI18	TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETINGS [...] (SBU) On December 30, 2007 and January 4, 2008, Post convened Emergency Action Committee meetings in preparation for the January 5 election for the Georgian presidency. The EAC acknowledged that polling place disruptions during the elections, and civil unrest after the election remain possib [...]	2008-01-04 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC GG
08TBILISI1810	EU MONITORS ARRIVE IN GEORGIA, PREPARE TO DEPLOY [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. At least 200 monitors will be in Georgia by September 30 and will start work October 1. The headquarters will be in Tbilisi, with satellite offices in Poti (30-40 observers),Zugdidi and Gori (70 monitors each) and a 25-member rapid-reaction force based in Tbilisi. [...]	2008-09-29 15:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR RU GG
08TBILISI183	DAS BRYZA MEETS ELECTION TASK FORCE MEMBERS [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, EUR DAS Matt Bryza and Ambassador met with Elections Task Force Members MP Nino Nakashidze, and D/MOIA Eka Zguladze, as well as with key Saakashvili insider MP Giga Bokeria and UNM Spokesman David Bakradze on leave from his position as Minister of Conflict Resolu [...]	2008-02-05 09:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1833	GEORGIA: HEAD OF EU MONITORING MISSION GIVES [...] (C) Summary and comment. On October 2, Head of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia, Ambassador Hansjorg Haber, informed diplomatic colleagues about the mission and its plans. Although all 225 civilian monitors are in place, the mission expects all 127 support staff will arrive only by the e [...]	2008-10-02 15:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI1834	ARMENIANS IN SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI EXPRESS SOLIDARITY [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's September 10-11 trip to the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, the president's representative to the region and local officials in Akhalkalaki expressed their solidarity with the federal government against Russian aggression. They said there we [...]	2008-10-03 05:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1837	GEORGIA FINALIZES CULTURAL AGREEMENT [...] (U) On September 18, post received a dipnote from the MFA indicating that Georgia had completed the internal legal procedures required for entry into the "Agreement between the Government of Georgia and the Government of the United States of America on the Protection and Preservation of Certain [...]	2008-10-03 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	GG PREL SCUL
08TBILISI1842	UNGA DEMARCHE ON FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. Nizharadze responded that the Georgian government attaches great importance to cooperating with the United Stat [...]	2008-10-03 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	CDG PARM PREL UNGA GG
08TBILISI1843	DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1835 DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. Nizharadze responded that the Americas Division follows Iran developments closely. He agreed to take the demar [...]	2008-10-03 14:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP MNUC PARM GG
08TBILISI1844	DEMARCHE ON EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. He agreed to take the demarche into consideration and transmit it to the appropriate division for review. TEFF [...]	2008-10-03 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER GG
08TBILISI1845	GEORGIA NOT WILLING TO ACCEPT ARRIA IN EXCHANGE [...] (S) Summary. Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili told the Ambassador October 3 that Georgia was opposed to inviting de facto Abkhaz and South Ossetian authorities to New York for an Arria-style meeting in exchange for the renewal of UNOMIG. She also asked for United States assistance in convin [...]	2008-10-06 10:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI186	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S JANUARY 20 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: During his January 20 visit to Tbilisi, Georgia for the inauguration of President Mikheil Saakashvili, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez met with the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Masimov, at Masimov's request. Masimov told the Secretary he is ready to come to the Unit [...]	2008-02-05 12:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG GG KZ
08TBILISI1862	GEORGIA: UPDATE ON THE CURRENT RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Although the Russian Embassy in Georgia officially closed on September 3, 2008, a fairly sizable Russian diplomatic presence remains in Tbilisi. According to press reports, only the Russian consul, two vice-consuls, and a small technical staff have remained behind. There is actually a m [...]	2008-10-07 15:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CVIS RU GG
08TBILISI1868	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN FORCES WITHDRAW [...] (C) Summary and comment. Multiple sources confirm Russian forces withdrew from nearly all remaining posts on undisputed Georgian territory on October 8, two days before the deadline. Russian military and local Georgian officials signed documents transferring the points outside Abkhazia back [...]	2008-10-08 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI188	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most politically significant period in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the OSCE and the Council of Europe to be the most competitive in [...]	2008-02-05 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP GG
08TBILISI1888	GEORGIA: EU OBSERVER MISSION DISCUSSES POST [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: European Monitoring Mission Head (EUMM) Hansjoerg Haber briefed Ambassadors on October 9 that Russian forces had withdrawn to positions outsid of Georgia proper. Several controversial observation posts remain, with competing claims regarding in which territor [...]	2008-10-10 14:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1890	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT REVIEWS MAESTRO LICENSE, [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Bakradze announced October 10 that the Parliament would modify the nature of the license for the radio station Maestro to enable it to broadcast political talk shows. Maestro, whose request to expand its entertainment broadcasting to include political pro [...]	2008-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI19	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/04/2008 [...] (U) On January 4, DCM, the diplomatic community, and ODIHR's Ambassador Boden, met with opposition members Levan Gachechiladze, United Opposition Candidate, Tina Khidasheli, Republican Party, Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's Way, and Kakha Kukava, Conservative Party. The tone of the candidat [...]	2008-01-04 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI190	GEORGIA'S ECONOMY HOLDS ITS BREATH AS 2008 BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia's GDP grew an estimated 12 percent in 2007, while inflation was reported at 11 percent for the year. Growth was based on increasing inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. Because political turmoil has caused foreign investors to hesitate, although [...]	2008-02-06 04:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI195	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Kosovo and the upcoming parliamentary elections will likely dominate your meeting with President Saakashvili at the Wehrkunde conference. Kosovo is nearly certain to be the first issue on Saakashvili's agenda, as he seeks more information about the timing of an independence decl [...]	2008-02-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1982	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED VISITS GORI, CHECKPOINTS [...] (C) Begin Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and the Ambassador visited the Gori Field Office of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM),which conducts patrols to the south and southwest of South Ossetia, October 19. So far, the EUMM has been denied access into South Ossetia [...]	2008-10-24 10:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1985	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED MEETS OPPOSITION, BOTH INSIDE [...] (C) Begin Summary: On October 20, Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Ambassador Tefft met with Georgian opposition parliamentarians. The MPs told Fried they were working to help the country through its post-invasion recovery and were pursuing democratic reforms. The group spoke about the A [...]	2008-10-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1987	GEORGIA: IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: GEORGIANS [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from September 23 to October 1, showed that the August war with Russia dominated the national mood. IRI said the poll showed that Georgians believed that Russian aggression wa [...]	2008-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1988	GEORGIA: LACK OF ACCESS KEEPS HOTSPOTS HOT [...] (C) Summary and comment. Georgia has so far avoided major provocations since Russian troops withdrew from most undisputed Georgian territory, but several potential sources of friction remain. Among them are Akhalgori; ongoing tension along the administrative boundaries of South Ossetia and [...]	2008-10-24 15:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI199	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]	2008-02-07 05:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2	AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY CLASSICAL COMPOSER BRINGS SHOCK [...] SUMMARY: American composer George Flynn's visit to Tbilisi was the first opportunity for Georgians to meet a living American classical composer and experience contemporary classical music that is uniquely American. Flynn and his music were featured in the Tbilisi Conservatory's "Eteriani - P [...]	2008-01-03 08:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI20	SAAKASHVILI LIKELY TO WIN (BUT NOT OVERWHELMINGLY) [...] (C) Summary: As the country gears up for presidential elections on January 5, the polls are unreliable and all over the map. Those commissioned by the opposition show former president Saakashvili not gaining enough votes to obtain a first round victory; those commissioned by the ruling Unite [...]	2008-01-04 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2009	GEORGIA: NEW PM MAY HAVE A SHORT TENURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Saakashvili announced on October 27 the resignation of Lado Gurgenidze from the post of Prime Minister and his nomination of Grigol Mgaloblishvili to the position. Gurgenidze's departure had been expected for many months, but the appointment of Mgaloblish [...]	2008-10-28 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2016	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...]	2008-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2017	GEORGIA: RED CROSS STAFF MEMBER SHARES [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: A Tbilisi-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member shared her observations about IDPs and GoG efforts to address their situation with Poloff during an October 22 meeting. ICRC is currently the only international organizations that has [...]	2008-10-30 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2018	GEORGIA: LOW TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR NOVEMBER 3 ELECTIONS IN [...] Summary and comment: On November 3 elections will be held for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, which is institutionally an important component of Adjara's autonomy but a plays a minimal national role. By-elections for the national Parliament will also take place in two [...]	2008-10-30 17:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2022	GEORGIA: BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Sumary: Business Executives for National Security (BENS),a nonpartisan organization of senior private-sector representatives, visited Tbilisi October 19-21, accompanied by the Deputy European Commander (EUCOM) Vice Admiral Gallagher and EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Katherine Canavan. The v [...]	2008-10-31 09:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2025	GEORGIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE DRAWS LITTLE REACTION [...] (C) Summary/Comment: In a widely anticipated move, four new Cabinet members were nominated October 29 to head up the Ministries of Justice, Culture, Refugees, and Environment. The shakeup drew little reaction among the press or opposition as all are familiar names and loyal Saakashvili backe [...]	2008-10-31 09:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI204	DAS BRYZA MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with DAS Bryza and Ambassador, representatives of civil society discussed the problems of the Presidential election and what impact it would have on Saakashvili's second term. The group was divided on whether Saakashvili won in the first round. Many thought that a [...]	2008-02-07 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG KDEM PHUM
08TBILISI2050	GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS TO FORMALIZE ARRANGEMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary and comment. The EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) has made some progress in expanding its reach and effectiveness by making initial contact with Russian and South Ossetian authorities, increasing its patrols, and initiating discussions with Georgian authorities on an agreement to pro [...]	2008-11-04 10:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2053	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA: VIOLENCE CONTINUES, TROOPS DIG [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two disturbing trends have emerged in Abkhazia in recent weeks. Abkhaz and Russian forces have taken steps to establish firmer control over the administrative boundary, such as reducing crossing points, extending trenches and limiting cooperation with UNOMIG. De fac [...]	2008-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2063	GEORGIA: U.S. ELECTION PARTY DRAWS ATTENTION OF [...] (U) The Embassy and American Chamber of Commerce co-sponsored an election party which drew a crowd of roughly five to six hundred attendees who watched the results of the U.S. Presidential election. Among the notables were newly-confirmed Prime Minister Grigol Mgaloblishvili; Mayor of Tbilis [...]	2008-11-05 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI207	SCENESETTER FOR GEO MINDEF DAVIT KEZERASHVILI [...] (C//NF) Summary: Continued U.S. support for Georgia's NATO aspirations and mil-mil cooperation will likely dominate your meeting with Minister of Defense Kezerashvili. The development and reform of the Georgian Armed Forces into a NATO interoperable force is part of the foundation for a Geo [...]	2008-02-08 04:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2071	GEORGIA: LAW ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary and comment. The "Law of Georgia on the Occupied Territories" was formally published with President Saakashvili's signature October 30. Georgian parliamentarians and staff described the law as a response to Russian aggression and an effort to prevent degradation of Georgian terri [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2072	GEORGIA: POLITICIZATION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER [...] (C) Begin Summary: Since November 2007, Public Defender Sozar Subari's statements have steadily become more politically charged, leading both the international community and his own staff to question his objectivity. As Georgia's Public Defender and Human Rights Ombudsman, Subari was appoi [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2073	GEORGIA: UNM STRONG IN ADJARA ELECTIONS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Extremely low turnout marked by-elections in two Tbilisi districts held on November 3 to fill two vacant seats that opposition parties refused to fill after the May elections. The Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) candidate won the Vake seat. In Didube, the National D [...]	2008-11-06 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2075	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION SCRAMBLING TO MOUNT NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, the United Opposition held a briefing for the Diplomatic Corps to discuss their plans for a political protest to begin at 2pm, November 7. The protest will commence in front of Parliament and then may proceed to the Presidential Palace, if it attracts enough parti [...]	2008-11-07 05:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2085	GEORGIA: GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON REMOVAL OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: In spite of the August conflict and loss of official Georgian access to the Abkhazia separatist region, MFA officials continue to seek U.S. assistance to develop a plan to remove four high-level radioactive [...]	2008-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG GR
08TBILISI2086	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES OUT [...] (C) Summary: The November 7 opposition demonstration to commemorate last year's rally that turned violent drew a very modest turnout and was not attended by many leading opposition leaders. Protests were peaceful and police presence was limited with various speakers standing in front of the [...]	2008-11-07 15:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2107	GEORGIA: CHANGES AT THE BORDER POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: General Zaza Gogava, former Chief of the Joint Staff of the Armed Forces at the Ministry of Defense, was appointed Chairman of the Georgian Border Police on November 4, following the resignation of Badri Bitsadze. This new position is widely seen as a demotion for G [...]	2008-11-12 05:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KSTC KNNP GG
08TBILISI2111	GEORGIA: ARRIVAL OF OSSETIAN FORCES WORSENS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Ossetian forces now control the primary checkpoint south of the village of Perevi, Russian forces have established a new checkpoint north of the village, and as many as 200 villagers may have fled. International organizations have been unable to gain access to the vil [...]	2008-11-13 05:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2117	GEORGIA: EFFECTS OF WAR CHALLENGE PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Following November 3 elections for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in southwestern Georgia (ref A),Poloff met local officials and the Turkish Consul. The region was recovering from lost tourism revenues as a result of the August war with Russia. L [...]	2008-11-13 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU GG
08TBILISI2118	GEORGIA: EUMM SEEKS CHANGES TO PROPOSED INFO [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: In a November 12 meeting, European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) Head Hansjoerg Haber told the Ambassador he is seeking additional modifications to the proposed Exchange of Information Agreement which is pending signature between the EUMM and the Georgian De [...]	2008-11-13 14:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2120	GEORGIA: GOG OUTLINES ITS VISION FOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The Government of Georgia recently released a document laying out a variety of political reforms currently underway in order to improve democracy and pluralism in Georgia. The document also acknowledges the mistakes the government made in its use of force to quell the [...]	2008-11-13 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2121	GEORGIA: GOG OUTLINES ITS VISION FOR POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: The Government of Georgia recently released a document laying out a variety of political reforms currently underway in order to improve democracy and pluralism in Georgia. The document also acknowledges the mistakes the government made in its use of force to quell the [...]	2008-11-14 05:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2172	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED ON NEXT STEP [...] (C) As requested by the Department (se ref A),on November 21, PolOffs and Brent Eastman (ISN/WDMT) called on Giorgi Dolidze, MFA's Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department, and Nestan Bejanishvili, Third Secretary of the same department. They informed D [...]	2008-11-21 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GR GG
08TBILISI2173	GEORGIA: TV NEWS MARKET LACKING BUT IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Access to television airtime has long been a source of opposition dissatisfaction with President Saakashvili and the GOG. While there is substantial evidence that the playing field is not level between the government and the opposition on the televised airwaves, the [...]	2008-11-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2174	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA, TORN BETWEEN TWO LOVERS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Two recent encounters with the Abkhaz de facto leadership produced two different perspectives on the current Abkhaz outlook. UN Special Representative Verbeke concluded that the Abkhaz realize they have burned their bridges with most of the international community a [...]	2008-11-21 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2176	GEORGIA: SERIOUS INCIDENTS, FATALITIES ON THE RISE [...] (C) Summary and comment. Recent weeks have seen an increase in the number and severity of boundary-line incidents, including several fatalities. The one exception is Perevi, where the withdrawal of Ossetian forces reduced tensions -- although Russian forces still occupy a checkpoint outside [...]	2008-11-24 05:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2189	GEORGIA: UNITED OPPOSITION SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: David Gamkrelidze (New Rights) provided poloffs with a view about the future of his party and hinted about that he would leave the united opposition soon. Gamkrelidze confirmed that he is working closely with David Usupashvili (Republicans) to form a new coalition, build [...]	2008-11-24 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2190	GEORGIA SIGNS 5 YEAR MOU FOR GAS WITH SOCAR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: After months of discussion, the Georgian government signed a five-year memorandum of understanding (MOU) with SOCAR, the Azerbaijani state oil and gas company, to provide natural gas to Georgia. The agreement will, in principle, take effect on January 1, 2009 follow [...]	2008-11-24 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL RU AZ GG
08TBILISI2191	GEORGIA: FORMER SPEAKER BURJANADZE LAUNCHES NEW [...] (C) Summary. On the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution, former Speaker of the Parliament Nino Burjanadze (and twice interim President of Georgia) officially launched her new political party "Democratic Movement United Georgia" in a packed basketball arena of 1800 supporters. In [...]	2008-11-24 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2192	GEORGIA QUIETLY MARKS ROSE REVOLUTION'S FIFTH [...] (U) On November 23, the fifth anniversary of Georgia's Rose Revolution, the Government held a party and concert to commemorate the occasion. The Ambassador attended both events Only a small number of foreign dignitaries attended the events, including Polish President Lech Kaczynski, UK Speci [...]	2008-11-24 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2193	GEORGIA: SHOOTING NEAR PRESIDENTIAL CONVOY [...] (C) Summary and comment. While observing Russian and Ossetian checkpoints on the edge of South Ossetia, Georgian President Saakashvili and Polish President Kaczynski heard gunfire from a seeming short distance away and quickly departed from the area. No one was injured. The motorcade was at [...]	2008-11-24 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG
08TBILISI2203	GEORGIA: DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SHOOTING NEAR [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. A more comprehensive readout of the November 23 incident at the South Ossetian administrative boundary (see reftel) indicates the motorcade went right up to a combined Russian/Ossetian checkpoint on the administrative boundary of South Ossetia, and the presidents t [...]	2008-11-25 14:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG
08TBILISI2212	GEORGIA: RECENT ARRESTS SHOW PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: Joint cooperation between the USG and the Georgian government has improved Georgia's ability to prevent nuclear smuggling. One area in which the government of Georgia continues to improve is the investigation of nuclear smuggling cases and the prosecution of traff [...]	2008-11-26 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2213	GEORGIA: DEPUTY FM SAYS OSSETIANS FIRED AT [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Giga Bokeria told the diplomatic corps November 26 that South Ossetian de facto spokesperson Irina Gagloyeva noted on the record that Ossetian forces had fired upon the Georgian and Polish Presidents on November 23 (reftel). The interview with Gagloyeva appeared [...]	2008-11-26 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI2219	GEORGIA: FORMER SAAKASHVILI ALLY ACCUSES TBILISI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a November 25 appearance before the Parliamentary Commission Investigating the August Conflict, former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili publicly stated his views that Georgia's leaders wanted conflict with Russia and that the United States gave [...]	2008-11-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI2224	GEORGIA: NEW JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: In a November 29 meeting, Ambassador raised two ongoing commercial cases involving U.S. companies with newly-appointed Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili. Regarding the Basel case, Adeishvili acknowledged that he had heard of allegations of corruption and bribe-taking by the jud [...]	2008-12-01 14:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EINV GG
08TBILISI2225	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI TAKES HIS CASE PUBLIC, MAKES [...] (U) Begin Summary: In an unprecedented development in modern Georgian history, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili voluntarily testified on November 28 in front of Parliament's "Ad Hoc Commission Investigating the August events and Russia's invasion." The country watched on live TV as t [...]	2008-12-01 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2229	GEORGIA: HALO TRUST CONTINUES TO CLEAR THE LAND [...] (C) Summary. The HALO Trust, a British Demining/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance NGO conducted an emergency ERW survey of Georgia, and is engaged in Battle Area Clearance (BAC) training, clearance operations, and mine/Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) risk education projects in Abkhazia and [...]	2008-12-02 12:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2236	GEORGIA: REVIEW OF POST'S AVIAN INFLUENZA PLAN AND [...] (U) On December 2, post's Pandemic Influenza Action Committee met per action request reftel. The committee was chaired by the DCM and included representatives from the following sections: Political-Economic, Consular, RSO and Med. Med reviewed post's avian influenza plan, and the committee a [...]	2008-12-04 04:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO GG
08TBILISI2252	GEORGIA: 2009 BUDGET REVENUE OUTLOOK IMPROVES BUT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Finance projects that budget revenues will increase by about GEL 160 million in 2009 even factoring in the PM's recent proposal for an accelerated tax cut. Revenue projections for 2009 reflect only the GEL 700 million in international aid for which an official a [...]	2008-12-05 14:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL GG EFIN
08TBILISI2254	GEORGIAN LEADERS HAIL NATO MINISTERIAL AS SUCCESS, [...] (U) Georgian government officials hailed this week's NATO Ministerial in Brussels as a victory for Georgia. They said the decision to intensify cooperation between Tbilisi and NATO and invigorate the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) would play a central role in moving Georgia toward membership. [...]	2008-12-08 05:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI2268	GEORGIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE TRIGGERED BY ALASANIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mgaloblishvili announced a cabinet reshuffle on December 6 almost immediately following the news that Irakli Alasania, Georgia's former Ambassador to the UN, had resigned. Grigol Vashadze, current Minister of Culture and former Deputy Foreign Minister, was named t [...]	2008-12-08 12:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2269	GEORGIA: IMPOSSIBLE TO GOVERN WITHOUT GOD AND BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church is a inherent part of Georgian society and for many, defines what it is to be Georgian. For those who are not ethnic Georgian, this close association threatens disenfranchisement. Most Georgians, even if not fervent parishioners, would not openly [...]	2008-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI227	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE February 8 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of January 26-February 8. New Governors Appointed ----------------------- 2. On February 4, President Saakashvili replaced three regional governors. Ramaz Nikoleishvili, the f [...]	2008-02-08 14:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI2271	GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA SITUATION UNTENABLE [...] (C) Summary and comment. During December 2-3 meetings in Zugdidi, government officials, EUMM and UNOMIG monitors, and NGO representatives all told the Ambassador that the security situation in and outside Abkhazia is precarious, with frequent violent incidents and provocations. Georgian poli [...]	2008-12-08 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI229	OPPOSITION SUSPENDS TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Koba Davitashvili, United National Council (UNC) announced the decision to suspend talks with the ruling party United National Movement (UNM) representatives on the afternoon of February 8 following an impasse on resolution of two of the 17 demands made by the opposition. In a follow [...]	2008-02-08 15:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2292	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP ROLLS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Cabinet shakeup continues with three new Ministers named December 9. The second shakeup follows the initial Cabinet changes announced on December 5 subsequent to Irakli Alasania's resignation as Ambassador to the UN and presumed return to Georgia to enter politics. Current [...]	2008-12-09 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI230	GEORGIA TO ATTEND UN.GIFT VIENNA FORUM [...] (U) This is Post's response to action request (reftel). 2. (U) Poloff confirmed with Keti Khutsishvili, A-TIP Coordinator, Prosecutor General's Office, on February 5, that Lali Papiashvili, Judge at the Constitutional Court of Georgia, and former Member of Parliament, will attend the above [...]	2008-02-08 15:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN GG
08TBILISI2302	GEORGIA: MOIA UPDATES IDP HOUSING STATUS [...] (C) Begin Summary: On December 9, Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Vano Merabishvili briefed members of the diplomatic community that internally displaced ersons (IDP) from South Ossetia and the Upper Kodori in Abkhazia would have homes or will receive compensation to repair existing home [...]	2008-12-09 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2303	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation of and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and no international monitors have had access [...]	2008-12-09 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2304	GEORGIA: NEW OPPOSITION ALLIANCE UPS THE ANTE [...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili (Republicans) and David Gamkrelidze (New Rights),two of the more moderate leaders in the opposition outside of parliament, formally announced their alliance, thereby making public their plans to work together as an opposition voice. The two also extended a pu [...]	2008-12-09 14:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2313	GEORGIA: GEORGIA MARKS WORLD AIDS DAY WITH EVENTS [...] (U) Summary: USAID funded STI/HIV Prevention Project (SHIP),in partnership with the Department of Social Public Health of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, organized a well-received public awareness campaign and series of events in Batumi on December 1 to mark World AIDS Day. The Minister o [...]	2008-12-10 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI GG
08TBILISI2315	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON AMENDMENT ISSUES AT LRTAP [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resource's Head of Sustainable Development Department Revaz Enukidze, and Head of Integrated Environmental Management and Biodiversity Department Nino Tkhilava on December 8. Georgia is currently not party [...]	2008-12-10 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SENV GG
08TBILISI2336	A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - - A YEAR OF REGIONAL MOCK JURY [...] Summary: In preparation for the new, Western style Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) built upon their 2007 "train the trainers" program and conduct [...]	2008-12-12 10:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI2378	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE TBILISI VISIT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and international monitors do not have access to So [...]	2008-12-15 11:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2399	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARIANS PROPOSE NEW [...] (U) Summary: Members of the Parliamentary minority faction Christian-Democrats (CDM) have presented a plan for a new national security initiative, including a new structure for the national security council. The initiative is intended to address the problems identified in the aftermath of Geor [...]	2008-12-15 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2400	GEORGIA: NOT ALL OPPONENTS SUPPORT EARLY ELECTIONS [...] (C) Comment: Although parliamentary and presidential elections are not scheduled to take place until 2012 and 2013 respetively, calls for early elections have become de rigueur in Georgia for some opposition leaders. Thus far, President Saakashvili does not appear inclined to call either pa [...]	2008-12-15 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2411	GEORGIA: ARMENIAN NORASHEN CHURCH - CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The latest in a series of disputes between the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) and the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) ignited November 18 when a construction crew using a bulldozer, hired by a Georgian Orthodox priest, moved the headstones of several Armenian graves at Norashen C [...]	2008-12-17 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AR GG
08TBILISI2413	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN FORCES RE-ENTER PEREVI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Russian forces once again control the checkpoint at Perevi. After dismantling the checkpoint and withdrawing on December 11, Russian spetsnaz forces returned on December 13 after Georgian Ministry of Internal Police (MOIA) police, and later MOIA special forces, moved [...]	2008-12-17 15:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2417	GEORGIA: ELECTION CODE REFORM BACK AGAIN [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Speaker Bakradze announced December 15 the formation of a special group of lawmakers from the Parliamentary majority and minority, NGO representatives, and non-Parliamentary opposition to improve the election code. It is generally agreed that the current code is flawed [...]	2008-12-18 09:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2418	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on December 17. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2008-12-18 09:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA GG
08TBILISI2419	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON DIRECTOR-GENERAL UNESCO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on December 17. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2008-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO GG
08TBILISI2420	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PREVIEWS FINDINGS [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of the ad-hoc of the Parliamentary Commission ("Commission") to look into events during and preceding the August war between Georgia and Russia, Paata Davitaia (Leader of "We Ourselves" Parliamentary Opposition),briefed the Diplomatic Corps December 17 on the upcom [...]	2008-12-18 12:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2426	GEORGIA: GAS PIPELINE TO TSKHINVALI SERIOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian Oil and Gas Company (GOGC) cannot resume the movement of gas to South Ossetia until unexploded ordnance is cleared and GOGC is given access to repair the gas pipeline which runs from Agara to Tskhinvali and on to Java. GOGC has already repaired all the damage to [...]	2008-12-19 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2438	GEORGIAN PATRIARCH ON CHURCH DISPUTE WITH ARMENIA [...] (C) Summary/Comment: Ambassador raised the ongoing dispute over Norashen church in Tbilisi with Georgian Orthodox Patriarch Ilia II on December 22. The Georgian Patriarch seemed open and willing to resolve contentious issues and noted the Georgian priest who was involved in moving graveston [...]	2008-12-22 13:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR GG
08TBILISI2439	GEORGIAN PARLIAMENT ENDORSES INVESTIGATORY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous vote of 88 to none on December 19, Georgia's Parliament formally endorsed the report and conclusion presented by the ad-hoc Committee to Investigate August Events (ref A). Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze spoke highly of the Committee's work. Opposition Vice- [...]	2008-12-22 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG

08TBILISI2458	GEORGIA: MILITARY MOVES FROM ABKHAZIA ON THE [...] (C) Summary and comment. The chilly winter air in Georgia is rife with rumors that the Abkhaz and Russians are planning military action in the near future, possibly to annex undisputed Georgian territory north of the Enguri River and establish the river as the "border." Facts on the ground [...]	2008-12-23 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI2459	TBILISI: PATRIARCH'S TAKE ON MOSCOW MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary: During a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II discussed his recent meeting in Moscow with Russian President Medvedev the current situation in Abkhazia, and the likely successor of Patriarch Alexei II. Ilia II expressed his desire to serve a positi [...]	2008-12-23 12:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL GG
08TBILISI246	REINTEGRATION MINISTER YAKOBASHVILI EAGER TO TRY [...] (C) New State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili has thus far managed to retain the penchant for provocative thinking and creative ideas that he exhibited in his years as an NGO leader. In a February 8 meeting with DCM, Yakobashvili detailed some of the ideas he has been discussin [...]	2008-02-12 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2482	GEORGIA: ALASANIA SPEAKS BUT SAYS LITTLE [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first public statement since his resignation, former Georgian Ambassador to the UN and newest opposition figure, Irakli Alasania, addressed the Georgian media on December 24th. His long anticipated "announcement" consisted largely of common opposition criticisms of Pre [...]	2008-12-30 10:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI249	OPPOSITION OLIGARCH PATARKATSISHVILI DEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 13 news broke in Georgia that Georgian oligarch and opposition figure Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili died in London. He was 52 years of age. Patarkatsishvili's Tbilisi-based lawyer, Shalva Khachapuridze, confirmed the news. The reported cause of death is a heart [...]	2008-02-13 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2492	IMPACT OF CLOSING THE OSCE MISSION TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary and comment. The OSCE Mission to Georgia offers the international community several unique tools in monitoring and facilitating Georgia's democratic, secure and prosperous development. As a monitoring mission, it provides information on the situation on the ground, with a special [...]	2008-12-30 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS EAID ECON SNAR KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2493	GEORGIA: SOCAR PURCHASES 22 OF GEORGIA'S INTERNAL [...] (C) The Georgian Government has sold 22 regional natural gas distribution companies to the Azerbaijani State Oil and Gas Company SOCAR. Georgia had originally pledged to sell a number of its natural gas delivery systems to SOCAR during negotiations with Azerbaijan in November that resulted i [...]	2008-12-30 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL AZ GG
08TBILISI2494	GEORGIA: AND JUSTICE FOR ALL--THE NEW POWER [...] (U) Summary: In October, amendments to the Constitution of Georgia officially authorized the merger of the Prosecution Service of Georgia with the Ministry of Justice. The Probation and Penitentiary Department, National Forensics Bureau and Legal Aid services, which formerly were subordinate [...]	2008-12-30 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2495	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA INCIDENTS: LESS FATAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Although the area around South Ossetia has not seen any conflict-related fatalities since November 17, several recent incidents have caused injuries and shown a brazen attitude by the South Ossetian or Russian perpetrators. Georgian Interior Ministry forces have been the target [...]	2008-12-30 14:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2498	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) New Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze's first visit to the United States will be an auspicious one, featuring the signing of the US-Georgian Charter on Strategic Partnership. The Georgian government is enthusiastic about the content and timing of the Charter, viewing it as a majo [...]	2008-12-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI254	GEORGIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S PLAN TO INVOKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 06:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI OSCE GG
08TBILISI262	HOW MUCH DISTANCE BETWEEN GEORGIANS AND ABKHAZ IN [...] (C) The convergence of several developments -- the apparently increasing anger of the Abkhaz de facto leadership, the strong focus on engagement by new Georgian State Minister for Reintegration Yakobashvili, and most of all the coincidence of timing with the Kosovo decision -- makes for a deci [...]	2008-02-15 12:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN GG
08TBILISI27	SAAKASHVILI TO WIN GEORGIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) Summary: In what has been the most competitive presidential race in Georgia's history, former president Saakashvili appears set to win the January 5 presidential elections with 52 percent of the vote. His biggest challenger, United Opposition's Levan Gachechiladze, is set to achieve 25 [...]	2008-01-08 16:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI271	OPPOSITION PROTESTS GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI277	GEORGIA RESPONDS TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence on February 17, most Georgian leaders, from President Saakashvili to the Patriarch, stated publicly that Kosovo does not constitute a precedent that can be followed by other breakaway regions, including Abkhazia and South [...]	2008-02-19 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI287	TBILISI REQUEST FOR TV CO-OP ON POLITICS AND ENDOWMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Tbilisi requests that a TV Co-op on politics and secondarily focused on endowments be scheduled for April 2008. The timing of this TV Co-op program is especially fortuitous as Georgia held highly contested presidential elections in January and will hold parliamentary elections [...]	2008-02-20 11:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC OIIP KPAO GG
08TBILISI296	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE FEBRUARY 22 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 9-22. Prime Minister Unveils Anti-Poverty Plan ---------------------------------------- 2. The Georgian government has presented its long-term plan for realization [...]	2008-02-22 12:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI299	GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 10:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU GG
08TBILISI304	OPPOSITION POSTPONES HUNGER STRIKE, RESUMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Early on February 22, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) voted to postpone a hunger strike and street protest scheduled to begin that afternoon (reftel). Following the vote, UNC leader MP Levan Gachechiladze wrote and delivered an address explaining the opposition [...]	2008-02-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI318	GOG AND OPPOSITION POINTS OF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Georgian government took concrete steps on February 26 in addressing the opposition's concerns (Reftel A,B,C) by releasing three more "political prisoners," replacing the board of the Georgian Public Broadcasting Station, and officially stating that Parliamentary elections [...]	2008-02-27 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI339	GEORGIAN RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 06:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO KCRM SO GG
08TBILISI343	GEORGIA AND RUSSIA CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS TO BREAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Econoff met with Deputy Minister of Economic Development Tamara Kovsiridze on February 26. Kovsiridze said an agreement has been reached in principle with the Russians to allow Georgian officials to staff border crossings between Russia and Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhaz [...]	2008-02-29 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
08TBILISI346	CODEL PRICE MEETS GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS, [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 23-24 members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) visited Tbilisi to support democratic reform and fair elections. CODEL Price met with ruling National Movement MPs and Parliament staff over dinner and, on February 24, met with opposition leaders fr [...]	2008-02-29 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM GG
08TBILISI35	SENATOR LUGAR'S JANUARY 10 MEETING WITH MIKHEIL [...] (C) Summary: During a January 10 refueling stop in Tbilisi, Senator Richard Lugar met with Mikheil Saakashvili and Acting President Nino Burjanadze. Although Saakashvili's re-election as President of Georgia has not yet been confirmed, acting President Nino Burjanadze clearly deferred to his [...]	2008-01-10 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG MARR GG
08TBILISI36	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/10/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Ambassador Dieter Boden, OSCE/ODIHR Observation Team Chief briefed the OSCE Ambassadorial Working group, stressing that no systemic fraud occurred during the January 5 Presidential Elections. On the same day, Chairman of the Central Elections Commission (CEC) Lev [...]	2008-01-10 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI362	NEW DIRECTION FOR PRISON REFORM? [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Penitentiary Service (PS) and Ministry Of Justice (MOJ) announced March 4 that Tbilisi Prison Number 5 pre-trial detainment facility is now officially closed. All prisoners have been transferred to other facilities and MOJ plans to demolish the building [...]	2008-03-05 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI364	ELECTION NEGOTIATIONS END (FOR NOW) IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 4 Georgia's Parliament approved the first reading of an amendment to the Constitution on elections. The proposed amendment changes the composition of Parliament to 75 party list seats, and 75 "majoritarian" single mandate seats. This move was in opposition to the poli [...]	2008-03-05 14:29:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI37	ALL ELECTIONS ALL THE TIME: PAS-TBILISI GOES ALL OUT IN [...] Summary. On November 8, in an effort to resolve a growing political crisis in the country, President Saakashvili proposed snap presidential elections for January 5. PAS-Tbilisi sat down as a section to brainstorm and develop a robust series of public diplomacy programs to support the electio [...]	2008-01-10 15:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI384	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 7 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 23-March 7. New Board for Public Broadcaster -------------------------------- 2. On February 26, the Georgian Parliament approved the new composition of the Supervi [...]	2008-03-07 11:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI385	EX-DEFENSE MINISTER OKRUASHVILI ATTACKS PRESIDENT [...] On March 6, Georgian pro-opposition television station Kavkasia aired an interview with ex-Defense Minister of Georgia Irakli Okruashvili, leader of the opposition political party Movement for United Georgia. The interview was recorded in Paris, where Okruashvili is under home-arrest awaiting [...]	2008-03-07 12:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO GG
08TBILISI387	GEORGIA MINISTER OF ENERGY ON BTC PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgian Minister of Energy Aleko Khetaguri on February 27. Khetaguri told the Ambassador that Georgia is not willing to approve expansion of the Baku Tbilisi Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline until it receives an explanation of BP's plans for re-opening the Baku-Supsa [...]	2008-03-07 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI388	GEORGIA STRONGLY PROTESTS RUSSIA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of March 6, President Saakashvili told the Ambassador that Russia had unilaterally announced its withdrawal from the 1996 Decision by CIS member states to impose sanctions against Abkhazia. Saakashvili condemned the action, which he believed would lead to the R [...]	2008-03-07 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI402	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador used his first official meeting with Nick Gvaramia, Minister of Justice to underscore the importance of rectifying problems identified previously to permit Parliamentary elections to take place in a transparent and positive environment. Ambassador stressed the need t [...]	2008-03-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM GG
08TBILISI403	RULING PARTY AGAINST CHANGING ELECTORAL SYSTEM, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other Embassy officials raised the issue of the newly proposed Parliamentary electoral system with key MPs on March 11. Speaker Burjanadze told Ambassador Tefft that some in the opposition are now calling for a return to the "winner-take-all" system, although [...]	2008-03-11 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI41	A DAY AT THE POLLS IN GEORGIA [...] (U) Twenty teams of U.S. Embassy observers spread out across Georgia on January 5 to observe the presidential election from the opening of polls to the completion of the count late into the night. In addition to providing material for our reports on the conduct and the results of the election, [...]	2008-01-11 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI42	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 52.21 percent. The nearest challenger, Levan Gachechiladze had 25.26 percent. On January 11, Irina Sarishvili, presidential candidate [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI425	GEORGIA'S REACTION TO ANTI ISLAM VIDEO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PINR XX GG
08TBILISI43	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI437	IRI NATIONAL VOTER SURVEY: NEW PUBLIC OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: The latest USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) poll, based on 1,500 surveys conducted from February 19-27, shows more optimism about the future than was seen in September 2007 (reftel). More people said the country is going in the right direction than in Septem [...]	2008-03-14 13:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI442	IMF MISSION UPBEAT ON GEORGIA'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] Summary: A March IMF mission to Georgia led by IMF senior advisor for the Caucasus David Owen offered a surprisingly upbeat assessment of Georgia's economy during a briefing of diplomats in Tbilisi at the conclusion of the mission. Overall, Owen said, "the economic outlook is pretty strong." [...]	2008-03-17 13:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV USTR GG
08TBILISI444	RULING PARTY AMENDS GEORGIAN CONSTITUTION AGAIN, [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 12, the ruling National Movement (UNM) amended the Georgian Constitution to maintain 75 single-mandate Parliamentary seats for the upcoming election (reftel) and establish 75 party list seats. In response to the proposed amendment, the Labor Party called on all the op [...]	2008-03-17 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI473	USUPASHVILI: UNITED OPPOSITION BROKEN, NO EASY END [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told Charge that the leadership of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) parties, weakened by their ongoing hunger strike (reftel),is nearly broken. According to Usupashvili, both the U [...]	2008-03-19 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI483	SOUTH OSSETIANS AGAIN BLOCK WORK OF OSCE [...] (SBU) OSCE officials have described to us how representatives of the South Ossetian de facto army and de facto intelligence service stopped an OSCE/UN team March 19 and confiscated cameras and video equipment. OSCE intends to send a letter to de facto officials to protest this interference, w [...]	2008-03-20 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
08TBILISI493	THE POLICE: INL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UPDATE - [...] Summary: INL Tbilisi activities in the first quarter of 2008 run the gamut from forensics to first aid. Some ongoing projects were completed with fanfare, e.g., opening of the Police Academy's English Language Center, while others are being launched, such as evaluation and assessment of Georgi [...]	2008-03-21 11:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MARR KCRM GG
08TBILISI495	FUTURE OF IMEDI TELEVISION IS CLOUDY [...] (U) The GOG's forcible closure of Imedi Television on November 7 was a serious setback on Georgia's path to democracy that drew international opprobrium at the time. The GOG allowed Imedi to return to the air on December 12. The station again ceased broadcasting on December 26, this time becau [...]	2008-03-21 13:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV GG
08TBILISI496	PATRIARCH CALLS FOR DIALOGUE, BURJANADZE REJECTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, Georgian Patriarch Ilia II called on the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) to end their hunger strike (reftel) and return to dialogue with the ruling National Movement (UNM). At the same time, Ilia II called on the UNM to "take [...]	2008-03-21 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI497	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 8-21. Okruashvili Asserts Control of Shrinking Party --------------------------------------------- - 2. On March 15, the political party United Georgia elected its most [...]	2008-03-21 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI503	THE TROUBLE WITH GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Recent protests and a hunger strike (ref A) by opposition MPs demonstrate the continuing radicalization of Georgia's opposition. The opposition's confrontational style and inability to negotiate effectively with the government beg the more important question: Why is Georgia's op [...]	2008-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI509	ELECTION CODE AMENDED FOR MAY 21 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: On March 21, the Parliament of Georgia amended Georgia's election code (reftel) by a vote of 134-2. All but one opposition member of Parliament boycotted the proceeding. The deadline for registering political parties is March 26. This cable summarizes the main points of the amen [...]	2008-03-26 05:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI51	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/14/2008 [...] (C) Summary: Early January 13, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced final results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 53.4 percent of the votes. Levan Gachechiladze had 25.67 percent. The CEC denied nearly all of the election complaints filed by the oppos [...]	2008-01-14 15:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI516	MEETING WITH UNION OF KURDS OF GEORGIA [...] (SBU) On 25 March 2008, Poloff met with Vitali Nabiev (Anqosi),chairman of the NGO Union of Kurds of Georgia. Nabiev's organization represents the Georgian Kurdish Diaspora in Tbilisi (about 30,000 people mainly in the capital whom he described as Yesids) and Iraqi Kurds in Kurdistan. His pu [...]	2008-03-26 14:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI519	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN GEORGIA [...] (U) Pursuant to reftel request, Embassy Tbilisi submits the following update of information on fiscal transparency in Georgia. 2. (SBU) Fiscal transparency in Georgia is much improved since the Rose Revolution in 2004. The Law on Budgetary Systems (December 29, 2004, as amended) specifies i [...]	2008-03-27 06:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL GG
08TBILISI52	SAAKASHVILI WINS A SECOND TERM IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Central Election Commission announced the final results of the January 5 presidential elections. Former president Saakashvili received 53.47% of the vote, giving him a narrow win on the first round. Leader of the 9-party opposition coalition Levan Gechachila [...]	2008-01-14 15:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI527	MAJOR IMPEDIMENTS REMAIN FOR IDPS SEEKING RETURN [...] (C) Summary: Despite recent Russian Foreign Ministry claims that a "majority" of ethnic Georgians have returned to Gali, nearly 230,000 of an estimated 270,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who fled Abkhazia during the 1992-3 war remain displaced and unable to return to their homes. S [...]	2008-03-28 11:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI528	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, after 16 days, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) party ended their hunger strike. They said they could not ignore a second appeal to stop by the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, after he visited them at Parl [...]	2008-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI544	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NSG IR MNUC GG
08TBILISI545	GEORGIANS LOOK TO MAY 21 ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: A Presidential decree on March 21 set the date for upcoming parliamentary elections on May 21. Against the backdrop of campaign preparations, events are unfolding quickly. The ruling National Movement (UNM) party replaced its Secretary General, effectively sidelining a leading r [...]	2008-04-02 13:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI546	OPCAT--GEORGIA WORKS ON IMPROVING PRISON CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) In June 2007 The Government of Georgia created an Inter-agency Coordination Council to address the issue of torture in prisons and other closed facilities. On March 31, this council met for the first time since September 2007 to discuss the action plan to implement the Optional Protoco [...]	2008-04-02 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GG
08TBILISI556	PRELIMINARY LOOK--JUDICIAL REFORM INDICATORS [...] (C) Summary: A independent judicial reform expert recently visited Georgia to evaluate progress since 2005. Preliminary results indicate much has been done to improve the professionalism, accountability and salaries of judges, but questions remain as to the independence of the judiciary. E [...]	2008-04-04 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI567	GEORGIA REACTS POSITIVELY TO NATO SUMMIT OUTCOME [...] Although Georgia did not receive a Membership Action (MAP) at the NATO summit in Bucharest, top Georgian officials have lauded the results as a major success, pointing to language in the April 3 summit communique that Georgia and Ukraine "will become members of NATO." In a broadcast from Bucha [...]	2008-04-04 13:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI568	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 4 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 22-April 4. Transport Links with Russia Re-Opening -------------------------------------- 2. Russia's closure of air and sea links with Georgia -- in effect since Octo [...]	2008-04-04 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI57	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/15/2008 [...] (C) Summary: United National Council of Opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told the Ambassador on January 15 that the UNC is indeed in serious negotiation with President-Elect Mikheil Saakashvili on 11 key issues. The first concession, announced as a "first victory" [...]	2008-01-15 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI589	INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY--RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the National Minorities Council of the Public Defender's Office hosted a roundtable in honor of International Roma Day. Representatives from government ministries and NGOs discussed information contained in the 2008 European Center for Minority Issue (ECMI) report which [...]	2008-04-10 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI590	GEORGIAN CONCERN OVER RUSSIA'S "CREEPING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of recent meetings with the Group of Friends of the Secretary General, Georgian government officials have expressed their strong concern that Russia continues to take steps to increase ties with the breakaway republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In an April 8 m [...]	2008-04-10 14:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI60	ANTI-TIP TRAINING AND AWARENESS FOR GEORGIAN MILITARY [...] Summary: With support from INL, the Ministry of Defense of Georgia has implemented an Anti-TIP training and awareness program for military personnel. Using curriculum materials developed by the International Organization for Migration (IOM),the program includes a training DVD and printed mate [...]	2008-01-16 11:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MARR KCRM GG
08TBILISI614	GEORGIANS REMAIN CONCERNED OVER "CREEPING [...] (C) Summary: On April 11, Minister of Foreign Affairs David Bakradze called in Ambassador Tefft to express Georgia's disappointment with the U.S. decision not to support a Georgian intervention at the OSCE over a Russian request to negotiate the extradition of Russian prisoners in Abkhazia w [...]	2008-04-14 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI64	POST SUPPORTS EUCOM FY08 PROPOSAL FOR TACTICAL [...] Chief of Mission fully supports EUCOM J2/USAREUR G2 FY08 proposal to train tactical military human intelligence (HUMINT) operators. This training program will provide the Georgian military a better understanding of the commander's intelligence needs, how to gather, report, analyze, and dissem [...]	2008-01-16 13:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP PINR GG
08TBILISI645	GEORGIA INFORMED OF U.S. APPOINTMENT OF MANPADS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PARM GG
08TBILISI646	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN AND [...] Per reftels A & B, Poloff spoke with Shalva Burdaurli, Head of the Division of Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Georgian implementation of the travel ban and travel vigilance requirements contained in UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803. Burdaurli said that Georgian government [...]	2008-04-15 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR GG
08TBILISI658	GEORGIANS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER EXPULSION OF PRIEST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador received the following letter, dated April 11, from Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze, drawing attention to the apprehension of an ethnic Georgian priest by "Abkhazian military intelligence" and his expulsion from Abkhazia. Vashadze describes this case as a violation [...]	2008-04-17 14:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF GG
08TBILISI665	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE APRIL 18 [...] (U) This cable contains current items of Political, Economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 4-18. New Director of Public TV ------------------------- 2. (U) Levan Kubaneishvili, the new Director of Public Television, is the former head of TBC Studios, a [...]	2008-04-18 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI666	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) On April 8, the Central Election Commission (CEC) kicked off Georgia's parliamentary elections and presented their election strategy to the international community. OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' (ODIHR) election observation mission (EOM) began operations on Ap [...]	2008-04-18 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI67	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RESOLVING KOSOVO,S STATUS IN [...] (C) DCM delivered demarche as requested by reftel to Deputy Foreign Minister Gogi Manjgaladze on January 15. Manjgaladze welcomed the update on the anticipated process and timing for resolving Kosovo,s status. Manjgaladze said the MFA has not yet formulated a plan for how to respond to a Kos [...]	2008-01-17 07:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI674	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI676	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE 04-21-2008 [...] Summary: Twelve registered parties/election blocs must submit their full party lists and majoritarian MP candidates by the evening of April 21. Once these lists are submitted, Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections will be much clearer. In addition, the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) a [...]	2008-04-21 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI68	GEORGIA: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] In response to ref A, post provides information on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) in relation to the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). This report combines input solicited from Georgian law enforcement officials, international organizat [...]	2008-01-17 09:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO GG
08TBILISI682	SOFT POWER RULES: A CASE STUDY FROM TBILISI IN COUNTERING [...] SUMMARY: Polls on U.S. policies, society, and values show support in the high 90%s in Georgia. But after Opposition politicians opportunistically introduced anti-American elements into public discourse this past winter, AmEmbassy Tbilisi re-calibrated its public diplomacy approach, including [...]	2008-04-22 12:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI69	WILL A WEAKER SAAKASHVILI GIVES RISE TO A STRONGER [...] (C) By narrowly crossing the fifty-percent threshold to gain a first-round victory January 5, Mikheil Saakashvili won another five-year term as Georgia's president. Nevertheless, the close result suggests that Georgian politics will be decidedly different in this term than in the first, when t [...]	2008-01-17 09:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI692	TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - APRIL [...] (SBU) Tensions have increased during the past couple of weeks due to Russian provocative actions toward Georgia. In particular, the Russian President has directed ministries to begin working with de facto authorities in the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in violation of Geo [...]	2008-04-23 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GG
08TBILISI707	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE APRIL 24 [...] (U) Summary: On the evening of April 21, Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze surprised most of Georgia and announced that she would not seek re-election May 21. Foreign Minister Davit Bakradze took her place atop the ruling United National Movement's (UNM) party list. Her announcement was [...]	2008-04-24 15:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI712	SEEKING INDEPENDENCE, ABKHAZ GET CLOSER TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During an April 18-20 visit to Abkhazia, we found Abkhaz de facto officials in an uncompromising mood, reiterating that they will never agree to be reintegrated into the Georgian state nor permit return of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) under current conditions. They were pl [...]	2008-04-29 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI713	SANAKOYEV'S HOPES AND FEARS FOR SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Dmitry Sanakoyev outlined for Washington and Embassy representatives April 21 his achievements in his first year as leader of the Georgian-recognized Temporary Administrative Unit of South Ossetia, and laid out his vision for a future in which young men in the region have other opportunitie [...]	2008-04-29 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI714	RUSSIA INCREASING NUMBER OF PEACEKEEPERS IN ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, the commander of the CIS peacekeeping forces in Abkhazia, Sergei Chaban, sent a letter to Georgian Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili informing him that the CIS PKF will increase the size of its peacekeeping contingent in the Abkhaz conflict zone. In the letter [...]	2008-04-29 14:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI718	GEORGIA REACTS TO RUSSIAN PEACEKEEPING INCREASE [...] (C) On April 29, acting Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told ambassadors and charges from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, and the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) that the increase in strength of the Russian peacekeeping force was the latest in a series of Russian steps intended to d [...]	2008-04-30 13:54:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI720	GEORGIA FREEZES NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA ON WTO [...] (C) On April 28 the GOG issued a statement to the members of the working party on the accession of the Russian Federation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) wherein it announced that it is temporarily halting its bilateral negotiations with Russia until Russia rescinds the instructions issu [...]	2008-04-30 13:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL WTO USTR GG RU
08TBILISI724	STATE MINISTER YAKOBASHVILI ON THE ABKHAZIA CRISIS [...] (C) State Minister for Reintegration Temuri Yakobashvili summarized his view of the situation in Abkhazia in a meeting with DCM on May 1, 2008, before departing on a tour of European capitals to build support for the Georgian peace initiative and discuss ideas for implementing it. Yakobashvil [...]	2008-05-01 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI726	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 1 [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the United National Movement's (UNM) pollster told the Ambassador that the UNM is polling around 57 percent among likely voters in the May 21 election. This will likely result in another UNM constitutional majority. He expects at least three other opposition parties [...]	2008-05-01 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI741	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES [...] Summary: Food price inflation was 14 percent in 2007 in Georgia. Higher food prices make meeting calorie intake needs more difficult for many Georgians, especially those living in poverty. The government does not subsidize agriculture, other than to provide some equipment that can be rented [...]	2008-05-02 14:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV GG
08TBILISI743	REPUBLICANS COOL BUT RESIGNED TO NATIONAL MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: David Usupashvili, Chairman of the Republican Party of Georgia, spoke on April 23 with EUR/CARC Director Paul Wohlers. Usupashvili regretted the decision of Nino Burjanadze not to run for a parliamentary seat because it sets up a confrontation between the radical wing of the Unit [...]	2008-05-02 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI749	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MAY 2 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 19-May 2. Two New Ministers, One New Deputy for Reintegration --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. Even before voters go to the polls, the May 21 par [...]	2008-05-05 13:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI750	RUSSIA COMPLETES PKF REINFORCEMENT, ABKHAZ CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: Russia completed its troop reinforcement of the (entirely Russian) CIS peacekeeping force over the weekend, bringing its total troop strength to somewhere between 2,500 and 3,000 soldiers, the upper limit allowed under the 1994 CIS decision governing the PKF. According to Unite [...]	2008-05-05 14:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI751	PARTIES FOCUS ON MAJORITARIAN RACES IN GEORGIA'S [...] Summary: On April 28, the Central Election Commission (CEC) approved the lists of candidates for the May 21 parliamentary elections that were submitted by political parties on April 21. Most of the party leaders, except Republicans, are both leading the party lists and running as majoritarian [...]	2008-05-05 14:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR GG
08TBILISI753	INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS GROUP FINISHES INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Ministry of Defense announced on May 5 that the group of international experts has completed its investigation of the April 20 shootdown (reftel) of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The report has been cleared for release and will be presented to the Georg [...]	2008-05-06 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI754	GEORGIA WITHDRAWS FROM AIR DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on May 5 that Georgia was withdrawing from a 1995 Air Defense Cooperation Agreement with Russia. Deputy Defense Minister Batu Kutelia explained to the media that the 1995 treaty was politically and technically incompatible with [...]	2008-05-06 14:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI755	PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the towns of Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti May 1-2 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOS, press, local government officials and general populace in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliam [...]	2008-05-06 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI756	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: The environment surrounding Georgia's parliamentary election campaign degraded during the week. The Joint Opposition scuffled outside the Central Election Commission (CEC),while their youth wing did the same near the CEC Chairman's home. The Joint Opposition called for rallie [...]	2008-05-06 14:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI757	STATUS OF TOPURIA, OKRUASHVILI, AND BATIASHVILI [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 29 the Tbilisi Appellate court announced that it upholds the guilty verdicts for the thirteen defendants tried in the Giorgadze treason cases. The announcement generated little public or media attention. On April 23, Georgian media announced that France granted asylu [...]	2008-05-06 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI76	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/17/2008 [...] (C) Summary: An OSCE Technical Working Group on Elections (TWG) met on January 17 and considered post-election processes by the Central Election Commission and courts. The CEC's and courts quick denial of observers' complaints regarding election-day violations and post-election counting proc [...]	2008-01-17 15:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI765	ELECTIONS UPDATE MAY 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 6 President Saakashvili stated publicly that United National Movement (UNM) intimidation of local officials will not be tolerated. The Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) publicly made a similar statement the same day telling police their role is to provide a safe envir [...]	2008-05-07 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI77	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most significant period of political uncertainty in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]	2008-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON GG

08TBILISI775	ODIHR TELLS AMBASSADORS: SO FAR, SO GOOD ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ODIHR's Election Observation Mission (EOM) monitoring Georgia's parliamentary elections briefed the Diplomatic Corps on May 8. The EOM said neither the government nor opposition was pleased with its first interim report, suggesting its balance was accurate. Overall, ODIHR Hea [...]	2008-05-08 16:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI791	EMBASSY TBILISI'S 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] Summary: For the FY08 Taft Fund for Refugees for Georgia, Post proposes supporting two projects, one in support of refugees living in the Pankisi Gorge and the other in support of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in western Georgia. The first project will renovate and equip a compu [...]	2008-05-14 08:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PHUM GG
08TBILISI803	IAKOBASHVILI OUTLINES CIS PKF VIOLATIONS IN LETTER [...] Summary: On May 2, State Minister for Conflict Resolution Temur Iakobashvili sent a letter (faxed to EUR/CARC) to Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault, with copies to the Group of Friends, outlining Russian violations of various CIS agreements resulting from Ru [...]	2008-05-15 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI808	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH GEORGIA MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza met on May 9 in Tbilisi with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MOIA) Eka Zguladze and the Head of the MOIA Analytical Department, Shota Utiashvili. On May 12, he met separately with Minister of Internal Affairs Vano Merabishvili. Bryza [...]	2008-05-16 11:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU
08TBILISI819	FOUR CIS PKF BRIEFLY DETAINED AFTER TRAFFIC [...] (C) Georgian media reported on May 18 that an armored vehicle from a CIS peacekeeping convoy hit a private vehicle while traveling to a PKF checkpoint on the Zugdidi side of the conflict zone. Reports claimed that the Russian troops were reinforcements for existing peacekeepers stationed on [...]	2008-05-19 13:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI828	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 20 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the election campaign entered its last week, ODIHR released its Second Interim Report on May 15. The report highlights active GOG election preparations, an extended deadline to check voter lists, increased campaign activity by opposition parties, and the broadly-equal TV cov [...]	2008-05-20 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI829	WEST GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES READY, OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the city of Zugdidi in Georgia's Western Samegrelo region for a pre-election visit May 6-7. Poloff met with regional government, the District Election Commission (DEC),four political parties, NGOs and journalists, and conducted an interview on free and fair elec [...]	2008-05-20 15:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI830	RULING PARTY SET TO WIN MAJORITY IN GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: As the election campaign wraps up its final day, Post predicts that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) party will easily win a majority of the 150 seats in Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The UNM may even win the 100 seats needed to obtain a c [...]	2008-05-20 15:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI831	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH JOINT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador Tefft, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met three leaders of the Joint Opposition, MP David Gamkrelidze, Salome Zourabichvili, and MP Levan Gachechiladze. Gamkrelidze focused on current problems with the election process and [...]	2008-05-20 16:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI832	COMPETITIVE PARLIAMENTARY RACES SHAPE UP IN ADJARA [...] (SBU) Summary: The autonomous region of Adjara will elect five majoritarian members of parliament on May 21, in addition to party list candidates that will be chosen according to the nationwide vote. Although the United National Movement (UNM) is strong in Adjara and is likely to win all but [...]	2008-05-20 17:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI833	PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO KUTAISI [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 1 and 2 Emboff visited Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city to gauge the pre-election mood in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliamentary elections. Kutaisi is the capitol of Imereti, and remains a pocket of persistent unemployment, with shuttered automobile factories that [...]	2008-05-20 17:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI835	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH THE ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting in Abkhazia with DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Tefft, Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh left open the possibility for meeting with Georgian officials despite stating officially that the Abkhaz would not resume talks until Georgia removes its troops fr [...]	2008-05-21 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI844	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ABKHAZIA WITH SRSG ARNAULT [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with DAS Bryza, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jean Arnault gave his assessment of the recent reinforcement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia, Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) overflights and the prospects for changing the neg [...]	2008-05-23 08:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI86	SAAKASHVILI'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS: HITTING THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 20, President Saakashvili was sworn into his second term as President. After a close presidential election, Saakashvili's inaugural speech was infused with the theme of reconciliation -- with the opposition, among the various ethnic groups in Georgia, and with Russ [...]	2008-01-22 14:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI867	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER VISIT MAY 28-30, 2008 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes just on the heels of the May 21 Parliamentary elections, with Saakashvili's United National Movement easily obtaining a strong majority in the new Parliament. These elections are the culmination of domestic tensions which peaked last fall between the dominant [...]	2008-05-23 14:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP GG
08TBILISI87	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]	2008-01-22 15:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI88	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mikheil Saakashvili was sworn in as President of Georgia for a second, 5-year term on January 20. A military parade and gala concert by Jose Carreras marked the occasion, attended by U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez and other foreign dignitaries. True to their word, the U [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI881	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 27 [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27, with 3604 precincts reporting, the ruling United National Movement has 59.22 percent of the vote in Georgia's parliamentary elections. This will likely give them a total of 120 out of 150 seats in Parliament. The opposition parties held a protest on May 26 against w [...]	2008-05-27 15:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI900	EPISODE III - - THE DEFENSE BAR STRIKES BACK [...] Summary: In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) conducted a series of in-court trial advocacy skills workshops using what will soon be Georgia's new Criminal Procedure Code ( [...]	2008-05-30 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI901	PM GURGENIDZE: GEORGIA BUILDING "IDIOT-PROOF" [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Lado Gurgenidze told the American Chamber of Commerce on April 30 that Georgia is living proof that "supply side economics works". His speech to the group was essentially the same as he presents to potential investors at the "Invest in Georgia" conferences the gov [...]	2008-05-30 11:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI904	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH FM TKESHELASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with DAS Bryza, Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili expressed appreciation for the strong support from the United States in response to recent Russian actions in Abkhazia. She said it was clear that the Russian troops in Abkhazia were no longer performing a p [...]	2008-05-30 13:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI905	GEORGIAN PRESENTS ITS DEMANDS TO RUSSIA FOLLOWING [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze delivered a non-paper (faxed to EUR/CARC) outlining Georgia's planned response to Russia in the wake of the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) fact finding report on the April 20 shoot-down of [...]	2008-05-30 13:46:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI906	UNOMIG REPORT CONCLUDES RUSSIAN JET SHOT DOWN [...] Summary: On May 26, the United Nations Observer Mission to Georgia (UNOMIG) released the results of its international fact finding team investigation into the April 20 downing of a Georgian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over Abkhazia (ref A). The report concluded that a Russian military jet, [...]	2008-05-30 13:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI907	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH REPUBLICAN USUPASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, the Ambassador, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met with Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili. Usupashvili said that democratic development is currently stalled. His prediction that Parliamentary Speaker Burjanadze would lose po [...]	2008-05-30 13:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI909	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CEC CHAIRMAN TARKHNISHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC),Levan Tarkhnishvili. Noting recent threats of violence around the elections, Tarkhnishvili said he considers violent protests at district (DEC) and precinct (PEC) e [...]	2008-05-30 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI910	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH TARGAMADZE [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with Chairman of the new opposition Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) party, Giorgi Targamadze. Before the meeting, Targamadze briefed the Ambassador on Imedi TV's current status, saying that a dispute regarding government [...]	2008-05-30 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI920	400 RUSSIAN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE RAILWAY ENGINEERS [...] (C) Summary: On Saturday, May 31, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze informed the Ambassador that ten trainloads of Russian construction troops had entered Abkhazia to begin reconstruction of the railroad at Dranda, north of Sukhumi. Russia did not notify the Georgian governme [...]	2008-06-02 12:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS GG
08TBILISI922	BUILDING DEMOCRATIC CULTURE THROUGH SUPPORT OF GEORGIA'S [...] Summary and Context: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Tbilisi developed and executed a robust public diplomacy strategy to support Georgia's parliamentary elections on May 21, taking into account the challenging political environment with powerful domestic political tensions and a looming [...]	2008-06-02 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI923	DAS BRYZA VISIT WITH DEFENSE MINISTER KEZERASHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, Georgian Defense Minister Kezerashvili and First Deputy Defense Minister Kutelia told DAS Bryza that they were very concerned by the build-up of Russian forces in Abkhazia, claiming that at least 600 of the forces that purported to be peacekeepers are actually paratroo [...]	2008-06-02 13:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KGOV RS GG
08TBILISI924	BOKERIA HARDLINE ON ELECTIONS AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister (and key Saakashvili insider) Giga Bokeria sounded a hard line on elections and Abkhazia. On elections, Bokeria attributed the ruling party's overwhelming win to the fact that opposition voters did not vote. He agreed with the [...]	2008-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI925	OPPOSITION LEADERS: ANGRY, CONFUSED, UNDER [...] (C) Summary: From May 27 through May 30, opposition leaders of the Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM),Republicans, and the New Rightists met the Ambassador to explain their positions and distance themselves from Joint Opposition leader Levan Gachechiladze's anti-U.S. comments at the May 26 o [...]	2008-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI926	WHAT THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS MEAN FOR [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Initial results from the May 21 Parliamentary elections indicate that President Saakashvili's ruling United National Movement (UNM) will receive an overwhelming majority in the new Parliament, taking some 120 out of 150 seats. Three factors appear to have contr [...]	2008-06-02 13:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI930	GEORGIA INFORMED OF IRELAND, MALTA, UAE AND SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI931	GEORGIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel request, Poloff asked Nestan Bejanishvili, Third Secretary for the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whether Georgia would attend the Fourth Global Initi [...]	2008-06-03 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI932	GEORGIA PLANS TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC GG
08TBILISI933	GEORGIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] Per reftel request, Poloff met with Alexander Nalbandov, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff thanked Nalbandov for Georgia's support for the U.S. candidate for IOM Director General, Ambassador Bill Swing, and encouraged the Georgian g [...]	2008-06-03 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC GG
08TBILISI934	GEORGIA: NON-PAPER ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 06:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM TRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA GG
08TBILISI935	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Ambassador Tefft and EU Representative Peter Semneby met with leading members of Georgian civil society. During a wide ranging lunch discussion, they discussed the upcoming May 21 Parliamentary elections and the current tension in Abkhazia. Much of t [...]	2008-06-04 07:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI957	PUBLIC BROADCASTING AGAIN SERVES AS OPPOSITION BATTLEGROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 27 leaders of the United Opposition (UNC) accompanied by a large contingent of reporters stormed the board of the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) and the office of the Director. They presented conflicting sets of demands to the Board, the Director, and in a following pr [...]	2008-06-06 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO GG
08TBILISI963	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION, BURJANADZE REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: As the first meeting of Georgia's next Parliament nears on June 10, the Joint Opposition and the Labor Party continue to talk about boycotting the new Parliament and even blocking access to the building, to reinforce their position that the May 21 election was invalidated by fraud [...]	2008-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI968	GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final vote count from Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The ruling United National Movement (UNM) won 119 seats in the 150-seat Parliament with 59.18 percent of the vote. A joint U.S.-UK election monitoring [...]	2008-06-10 14:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI969	PARLIAMENT MEETS, OPPOSITION UNITY DISSOLVES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move, President Saakashvili called the new Parliament into its first session on the morning of Saturday, June 7. Caught off-guard, the Joint Opposition was unable to force the mass protests they had planned for June 8, in anticipation of Parliament meeting on June [...]	2008-06-10 14:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI970	GEORGIA PREPARES TO OFFICIALLY CALL FOR [...] (C) Summary: Georgian Foreign Minister Tkeshalashvili provided the Ambassador on June 9 with a non-paper outlining the steps the Georgian government plans to take to replace the (all-Russian) CIS peacekeepers currently stationed in Abkhazia with an international police force. The paper state [...]	2008-06-10 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI972	2008 INVESTMENT DISPUTES REPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes. 2. A. Claimant A B. Year dispute arose: 2006. C. Case History: Claimant A and his partners purchased the shares of a company that owns a defunct garment factory in T [...]	2008-06-10 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PREL PGOV KIDE OPIC CASC GG
08TELAVIV1826	ISRAEL: MFA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, PolOff and Pol-MilOff met with several MFA officials to discuss the crisis in Georgia and Israel's response. In separate meetings, EmbOffs met Hillel Newman, FM Livni's chief policy advisor on Europe and Eurasia; Gary Koren, Director of the Eurasia Department; and [...]	2008-08-18 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG AJ IS
08TELAVIV1958	ISRAEL: SEEKING INPUT ON U.S. PLANS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials are seeking input on U.S. plans on the ground in Georgia prior to their interagency examination of a resumption of Israeli military assistance to Georgia. At the same time, Israel is reviewing -- and has approved several -- requests from Tbilisi for military assista [...]	2008-08-27 13:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO RU GG IS
08TELAVIV1959	ISRAEL: SEEKING INPUT ON U.S. PLANS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials are seeking input on U.S. plans on the ground in Georgia prior to their interagency examination of a resumption of Israeli military assistance to Georgia. At the same time, Israel is reviewing -- and has approved several -- requests from Tbilisi for military assista [...]	2008-08-27 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO RU GG IS
08TELAVIV2030	MFA DG ABRAMOVICH AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary. The Ambassador and MFA DG Abramovich discussed Georgia September 4. Abramovich said Israel was tracking Western reactions carefully and trying to analyze Russia's objectives. MFA and MOD are reviewing Israeli arms sales to Georgia and he expected approval soon to sell mine cle [...]	2008-09-05 16:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MASS RU GG IS
08TELAVIV2172	ISRAEL: CAUTIOUS WITH GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: The GOI is continuing to take a cautious approach in its relations with Georgia. According to MFA Director for Export Controls Roey Gilad, the Israelis continue to review Georgian military assistance requests on a case-by-case basis, and have approved several defensive requests. [...]	2008-09-24 09:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS RU GG IS
08THEHAGUE141	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel A points to MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts on February 15. Geerts noted that the GONL was aware of Russian machinations in Georgia. But as long as it was kept to a "war of words," he thought the Russian argument would do more to annoy than actually prove [...]	2008-02-15 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI NL
08THEHAGUE344	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: DUTCH SUPPORT EU STATEMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The GONL supports the recent statement by the Slovenian EU Presidency noting "serious concern" over the April 15 Russian Presidential instructions enhancing relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. According to MFA Deputy Director for South Eastern and Eastern Europe Henk Voska [...]	2008-04-21 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS NL
08THEHAGUE680	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: SEEKING "BALANCED" NAC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 16:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFC NATO PARM NL GG
08THEHAGUE684	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: SUPPORTING CONDEMNATION OF [...] (C) For the August 13 GAERC, the Dutch want a "strong, unified condemnation" of Russia's excessive use of force. Poloff shared ref A points on August 12 with Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, Carin Lobbezoo, deputy chief for East Europe and Central Asian Affairs, and Johanneke de Hoogh, Senior [...]	2008-08-12 15:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU NL GG
08THEHAGUE748	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: EU DEMARCHE TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect the EU demarche to Latin American governments to express opposition to recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and the Dutch are considering withholding aid to Nicaragua based on that country's Georgia policy and restrictions on domestic political parties. 2. ( [...]	2008-09-11 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID NL GG
08THEHAGUE789	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: STEP ONE, DEPLOY OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to keep the deployment of observers to Georgia on track. S/WCI Ambassador Williamson urged the Dutch to press within the EU for access to affected areas and an open investigation into war crimes, but the Dutch responded cautiously. Post assesses that the Dutch are [...]	2008-09-23 09:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV NL GG EU
08THEHAGUE793	NETHERLANDS/NATO/RUSSIA: KEEP COMMUNICATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 07:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RU NL
08THEHAGUE829	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: DUTCH ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL GG NL
08THEHAGUE851	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: GAERC UNLIKELY TO ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect no decisive action on Georgia/Russia at the upcoming GAERC October 13-14. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On October 3, Poloff delivered Department's GAERC non-paper to Hugo Klijn, MFA Chief of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Klijn responded October 7 that [...]	2008-10-08 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU GG NL
08THEHAGUE957	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PRESS RUSSIA ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 30, Dutch FM Verhagen urged Russian FM Lavrov to comply with the 6-point ceasefire plan for Russia and Georgia. Verhagen and Lavrov disagreed on Iran, with Lavrov suggesting Iran is being unfairly pressured. Lavrov urged support for the Medvedev plan for European secu [...]	2008-11-17 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EU NL GG RS IR
08THEHAGUE971	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: SUPPORT GEORGIA, ENGAGE RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff believe Russia/Georgia multilateral negotiations will be long and tedious. They do not see Russian aggression against Georgia as "first in a pattern," but more of a one-of-a-kind occurrence. They believe we need to engage Russia, but Russia doesn't "share our va [...]	2008-11-20 14:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EU GG NL PREL RS
08THESSALONIKI60	NORTHERN NOTES [...] On August 26, the Board of Directors of OLTH (Thessaloniki Port Authority) approved the transfer of the management of port's cargo station from the state to the partnership of Hutchison Port Holdings, Hutchison Port Investments, Alapis and LYD. Ioannis Tsaras, Managing Director of OLTH, stated [...]	2008-09-04 14:41:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI SMIG GG GR
08THESSALONIKI63	PM KARAMANLIS: STAY THE COURSE ON REFORMS, NO EARLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In his annual speech on economic policy at the Thessaloniki Trade Fair, PM Karamanlis promised to continue implementing the GoG's reform agenda, despite the global economic crisis and lack of public enthusiasm. Greece needs to reform its ineffective public sector, further reduce [...]	2008-09-10 07:06:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAIR PREL MK RU GG GR
08THESSALONIKI68	GEORGIAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS KILLED BY LANDMINIES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Four illegal immigrants from Georgia lost their lives on September 26, after accidentally entering a minefield. The minefield was fenced-off and had warning signs in three languages. Police maintain that smugglers often suggest the crossing of the minefield to their charges, a [...]	2008-10-09 12:53:00	Consulate Thessaloniki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREF PREL PGOV GR TU GG
08TOKYO2216	ACCS KAWAI ON OUTCOME OF PM FUKUDA'S MEETINGS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GG CH JA
08TOKYO2274	JAPAN ANNOUNCES GEORGIA ASSISTANCE, IS CONSIDERING [...] (C) Summary: Japan will provide USD one million in humanitarian assistance to Georgia, the composition of which will be determined by the content of an upcoming UN appeal. Japan continues to call on Russia to abide by its cease-fire with Georgia and to withdraw from Georgian territory "outside [...]	2008-08-18 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GG RU JA
08TOKYO2287	AMBASSADOR AND VFM YABUNAKA ON AFGHANISTAN, NORTH [...] (S) Japan's failure to extend its Indian Ocean refueling operations in support of OEF would be a shock to the United States and others in the coalition whose forces are in harm's way in Afghanistan, and would marginalize Japan internationally, the Ambassador told Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka [...]	2008-08-19 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PINR ETRD EAID EAGR RU IN GG
08TOKYO2340	JAPAN CALLS ON INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Tokyo will continue to call on the international community to respect Georgia,s sovereignty and territorial integrity, foreign ministry officials told Charge during an August 26 meeting. Japan supports the EU-negotiated six-point agreement calling for Russia,s withdrawal, but is [...]	2008-08-26 09:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR JA RS GG
08TOKYO2363	GEORGIA: RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION "REGRETTABLE" [...] (C) In discussing reftel points with Embassy Tokyo August 28, MOFA Caucasus Division Director Shigeyuki Shimamori echoed FM Koumura's statement August 27 that Russia's unilateral recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contravenes international efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conf [...]	2008-08-28 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG JA
08TOKYO2367	MOFA EUROPEAN AFFAIRS DDG ON JAPAN-RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) European Affairs Bureau Deputy Director General (DDG) Kanehara assured visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD)/East Asia David Sedney that Japan would continue to join the United States and the international communi [...]	2008-08-28 13:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR RS GG JA
08TOKYO2379	GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO TOKYO ASSERTS RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Russia's invasion of Georgia is designed to punish Tbilisi for efforts to move closer to the United States and to confront Washington by "fighting the U.S. in Georgia," Georgian Ambassador to Japan Ivane Matchavariani told Charge on August 29. The Georgian asked for assistance in [...]	2008-08-29 08:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR JA RS GG
08TOKYO2439	GEORGIA: JAPANESE COMMUNISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST [...] (C) The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) is "deeply concerned" by and "rejects" Russia's "hegemonic actions" in Georgia, calls on Russia to pull its troops out of Georgia and demands that Russia withdraw its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, JCP Diet member Akira Kasai told Embassy Toky [...]	2008-09-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU JA
08TOKYO2445	GEORGIA LETTER TO G8 SPEAKERS ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Embassy of Georgia in Tokyo delivered the following letter from the Chairman of Georgia's Parliament under cover of diplomatic note. The letter was addressed to the delegations attending Japan's G8 Speakers' Meeting in Tokyo and Hiroshima, September 1-3. A copy of the letter has been [...]	2008-09-05 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR OREP JA RS GG
08TOKYO2931	OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) DevCon Reed met with Hideki Uyama, Director of MOFA's Second Country Assistance Planning Division, International Cooperation Bureau to deliver the points contained in reftel on October 22. 2. (SBU) Mr. Uyama advised that Japan shares the same views with the United States and it is ver [...]	2008-10-21 05:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG JA
08TOKYO2980	INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT CONSULTS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Tokyo October 7, INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort consulted with counterparts from MOFA's Intelligence and Analysis Service, the Prime Minister's Cabinet and Intelligence Research Office (CIRO),the Ministry of Justice's Public Security Information Agency (PS [...]	2008-10-24 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PINR PREL CH KN GG PK RS JA
08TOKYO3224	JAPAN FM STATEMENT SUPPORTS OUTCOME OF RECENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 06:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JA RS GG
08TRIPOLI748	GEORGIA - ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA PARTICIPATION IN UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 12:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSCR PREL GG LY
08USEUBRUSSELS872	CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS: [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...]	2008-06-10 06:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08USEUBRUSSELS882	CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS: [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...]	2008-06-11 13:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08USNATO156	NATO-GEORGIA NAC APRIL 28: INTENSIFIED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) In the spirit of NATO,s new "Intensive Engagement" with Tbilisi, Georgian Special Envoy David Bakradze discussed Russian provocations over the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with NATO Permanent Representatives. Reiterating Georgia,s commitment to democratic reforms, B [...]	2008-05-06 16:37:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO GG
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
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
08USNATO251	JULY EAPC: OSCE BRIEF, UNSCR 1325, DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: During their July 9 meeting, EuroAtlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Ambassadors exchanged views with OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, covering issues such as Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Georgia. The EAPC also received a briefing on defense education and training fr [...]	2008-07-17 10:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AORC AM AJ RU GG SW FI AF
08USNATO265	A/S FRIED WARNS NATO SYG, PERM REPS OF DANGER OF UN, EU DELAY IN KOSOVO AND OF POLITICAL DRIFT IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 15:45:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EZ GG KV MK PL RS UNMIK
08USNATO274	NATO PRESS STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer released a statement on developments in South Ossetia early August 8. Text of the statement follows: "The NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is seriously concerned about the events that are taking place in the Georgian region of South Ossetia [...]	2008-08-08 11:29:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU
08USNATO275	GEORGIAN NATO MISSION STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) On August 8, the Georgian Mission to NATO distributed the following statement to Allies: Statement of the Government of Georgia regarding the situation in the South Ossetia region of Georgia Over the last several hours, separatist rebels in South Ossetia have undertaken a series of m [...]	2008-08-08 11:30:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS NATO PREL GG RS
08USNATO276	NATO STRUGGLES TO REACT TO SOUTH OSSETIA FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the crisis situation in Georgia unfolded on August 8, NATO Allies and the International Staff struggled with how to respond. While the possibility of an emergency meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) was briefly discussed, NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer does not supp [...]	2008-08-08 14:16:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU
08USNATO277	RUSSIAN NATO AMBASSADOR DECRIES "TREACHEROUS" [...] (SBU) Late on the afternoon of August 8, the Russian Mission distributed a letter addressed to Deputy Secretary General Bisogniero on the unfolding crisis in Georgia. 2. (SBU) The text of the letter is as follows: Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO Brussels, 8 Au [...]	2008-08-08 16:35:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL NATO GG RS
08USNATO278	NATO/GEORGIA: SITUATION AT NATO HQ AS OF COB ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 19:01:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS
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
08USNATO282	TFGG01: GEORGIA APPEALS AT NATO FOR IMMEDIATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 18:46:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS
08USNATO285	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DECRIES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 11 letter to the NATO Deputy Secretary General (see para 2 for full text),Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin accused the Georgian army of creating an ongoing humanitarian disaster in South Ossetia. Specifically, he asserted that the Georgian army killed 2 [...]	2008-08-13 09:54:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL MOPS 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
08USNATO290	UKRAINE, MAP, AND THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT [...] (S/NF) Summa... S E C R E T USNATO 000290 NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/05/2017 TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS GG RS [...]	2008-08-14 17:46:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO291	TFGG01: AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 18:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS
08USNATO292	TFGG01: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN RESCINDS [...] (SBU) On Monday, August 18, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO, Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin, circulated a letter to the Deputy Secretary General and distributed to all delegations rescinding his request for an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC). Th [...]	2008-08-18 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PINR PREL GG RS
08USNATO293	TFGG01: TEXT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (U) The North Atlantic Council released the following statement following its August 19 Special Ministerial to address the ongoing crisis in Georgia. Begin text of statement: STATEMENT BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS 19th AUGUST 2008 Â [...]	2008-08-19 16:51:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU
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
08USNATO297	RUSSIA HALTS MILITARY COOPERATION WITH NATO [...] (C) The Acting Russian Senior Military Representative to NATO informed the Chairman of the Military Committee in an August 21 letter that the MOD will halt military cooperation with NATO countries "until futher instructions" (text of letter para 2). In parallel, the NATO international staff r [...]	2008-08-22 09:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO301	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL REJECTS THE RUSSIAN [...] (U) The NATO Secretary General issued the following rejection of Russian President Medvedev,s statement recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on August 26. Perm Reps will discuss a possible North Atlantic Council (NAC) statement in their August 27 meeting. 2. (U) Beg [...]	2008-08-26 15:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS

08USNATO303	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) On Wednesday, August 27, the North Atlantic Council issued a statement in regards to Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. 2. (SBU) The text of the statement follows: Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia reg [...]	2008-08-27 13:49:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS NATO PINR PREL GG RS
08USNATO307	UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...]	2008-08-28 18:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU
08USNATO309	RFG: NATO-RUSSIA: A PROPOSED WAY FORWARD [...] (S) This is a request for guidance for a September 2 NATO PermReps informal discussion of the way ahead on NATO-Russia. See paragraph 13. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On September 2, NATO PermReps will discuss how to take forward the August 19 Foreign Ministerial decision that it is not "business as us [...]	2008-08-28 18:55:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO MOPS RS GG
08USNATO310	UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...]	2008-08-29 08:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP
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
08USNATO326	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES RUSSIA/GEORGIA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Lugar and staff had a series of productive meetings with the NATO Secretary General, SACEUR, the principal NATO supporters of Georgia, the German Permanent Representative to NATO, and a dinner that included notable EU, NATO, and bilateral dignitaries. The Senator stres [...]	2008-09-11 10:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO328	ALLIES SEND A UNIFIED MESSAGE TO RUSSIA IN EAPC [...] (S/NF) Summary: At the September 8 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Georgia and Russia traded accusations about who was to blame for the conflict between them. In rare form, Russian Ambassador Rogozin accused the Georgian Mission of organizing protests and threatenin [...]	2008-09-12 09:19:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO334	NATO-GEORGIA JOINT PRESS STATEMENT [...] (SBU) On September 15, the North Atlantic Council at the level of NATO Permanent Representatives traveled to Tbilisi for two days of meetings (details to be reported septel),including the inaugural meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC). 2. (U) Following the NGC meeting, the two side [...]	2008-09-17 17:06:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO MOPS GG RF
08USNATO338	NAC MEETING WITH AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During his comments to the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov extolled his country's priorities of continued integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, increased practical cooperation with Euro-Atlantic partners, participation in Partnershi [...]	2008-09-18 16:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PGOV PINR AF AJ GG
08USNATO352	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Georgia September 15-16 to take stock following Russia's invasion of Georgia, to reaffirm support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to strengthen NATO-Georgia relations (including by inaugurating the NATO-Georgia Comm [...]	2008-09-30 17:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU
08USNATO357	RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN: SORTING THE WHEAT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Russian officials have expressed a willingness to continue cooperation with NATO for Afghanistan (reftels) despite inconsistencies in the Russian message, but have also said all bets on cooperation are off if Georgia is offered NATO membership. Russian Ambassador to NATO Rogoz [...]	2008-10-03 11:16:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO366	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TARGETS NATO, UN AND UKRAINE AT [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin took center stage at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Ambassadorial meeting on Wednesday, October 8, taking out his anger over the situation in Georgia on NATO, the UN and Ukraine. In between rants by Rogozin, which generally [...]	2008-10-10 08:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL RS UP GG
08USNATO395	ALLIES SUPPORT MOREL, BUT MIXED ON GENEVA OUTCOMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite his claims of limited success, the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Georgia, Pierre Morel, underwhelmed many NATO PermReps with his account of the EU/UN/OSCE-sponsored talks on Georgia held in Geneva October 15. Morel admitted that the talks did n [...]	2008-10-23 17:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINR GG RS
08USNATO402	RFG: NATO-RUSSIA: MAINTAINING CONSENSUS ON "NO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Our current approach on preventing any policy level discussions with Russia at NATO will become unsustainable once the EU holds its Nice Summit with Russia on November 13. In the absence of any other proposals, Allies are alrea [...]	2008-10-29 19:54:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
08USNATO456	NATO POST-MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE READOUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-08 10:04:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MARR ECON PGOV UN XG XA AF GG UP
08USNATO469	THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-UKRAINE [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: [...]	2008-12-17 18:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PARM KCFE MARR GG UP RS
08USNATO470	THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-GEORGIA [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried EUR PDAS Ries NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Rober [...]	2008-12-17 19:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS
08USOSCE120	FSC APRIL 30: FSC DEFERS TO UNOMIG TO INVESTIGATE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of the Finnish Chairman-in-Office under the OSCE's "Bucharest mechanism," the Forum for Security Cooperation held initial discussions of the August 20 UAV incident in Abkhazia. The EU and several of its members deferred to UNOMIG--as it had the "main responsibili [...]	2008-05-02 16:02:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS OSCE KCFE GG RS XG
08USOSCE125	FSC MAY 7: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA RETURN TO UAV [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia and Russia at the May 7 Forum for Security Cooperation resumed trading accusations on the April 20 UAV incident, Georgia insisting that a Russian fighter shot down the Georgian "interior ministry" drone with a missile as it over-flew Abkhazia. Georgia responded to Russi [...]	2008-05-09 07:50:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG RS XG
08USOSCE132	GEORGIA/OSCE/RUSSIA: COMPREHENSIVE OSCE TOOLBOX TO [...] (C) Summary: With the increase in tensions between Georgia and Russia over Abkhazia, we understand that Washington is developing new proposals aimed at stabilizing the situation and eventually resolve the conflict (See Ref A). In this context, we believe that the OSCE has a number of tools w [...]	2008-05-16 15:22:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL OSCE GG RU
08USOSCE136	FSC MAY 21: GEORGIA WILL WAIT FOR UNOMIG REPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia told the FSC on May 21 it would defer release of the findings of the independent group of investigators of the April 20 UAV incident until the UNOMIG fact-finding team reports. Georgia did announce that the independent experts--from the three Baltic states and the U.S.- [...]	2008-05-23 10:15:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG RS XG
08USOSCE144	FSC MAY 28 - GEORGIA INVOKES VD99 CHAPTER III OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia announced in the May 28 Forum for Security Cooperation it would invoke the Vienna Document Chapter III risk reduction mechanism to call on Russia to explain its actions as described in the recently released UNOMIG investigation of the April 20 UAV incident. Russia rejo [...]	2008-05-30 14:43:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE GG MW RS XG
08USOSCE148	GEORGIA/RUSSIA/OSCE: RUSSIA STONEWALLS AT VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: To address tensions between Georgia and Russia, the Finnish CiO convened three back-to-back meetings in Vienna on June 4 at the request of both Georgia and Russia. This was the first ever invocation of the Vienna Document 1999(VD99) Chapter III Risk Reduction mechanism. In a [...]	2008-06-04 15:25:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM OSCE PREL GG RU
08USOSCE156	OSCE FSC/PC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA AGAIN EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of three Joint FSC-PC meetings held on June 11 in response to requests by Georgia and Russia to further address tensions based on recent events in Abkhazia, both sides traded now familiar accusations on Abkhazia. Russia categorically denied its involvement in the [...]	2008-06-12 09:37:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG GG RU
08USOSCE212	OSCE/FSC SEPTEMBER 10: RUSSIA WILL FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation began its autumn round on September 10 with an exchange of charges and counter-charges between Georgia and Russia. Georgia reports that large numbers of Russian forces remain on its territory, including South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and are engag [...]	2008-09-11 14:30:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
08USOSCE243	FSC OCTOBER 8: USCG COMMANDANT ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia and Georgia again traded innuendo and accusations at the October 8 Forum for Security Cooperation. Russia said "some" were still trying to aggravate the situation in South Ossetia and provoke new military action, citing the October 3 car bomb attack, which killed several [...]	2008-10-10 08:11:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
08USOSCE310	FSC AUTUMN 2008 END-OF-ROUND: GEORGIA-RUSSIA WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Recriminations from the August Georgia-Russia war echoed through the autumn session in the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),coloring Security Dialogue presentations and even reactions to an otherwise mundane decision describing the work of the Forum. Russia introduced a d [...]	2008-12-17 12:30:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
08USUNNEWYORK1181	GEORGIA SRSG VERBEKE CONSIDERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgia SRSG Johan Verbeke told Ambassador DiCarlo on December 16 he would likely propose a more robust UN mandate for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when drafting the next periodic report on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia. The report will be complet [...]	2008-12-17 19:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK1184	UN SECRETARIAT CONSIDERS CHANGES TO GEORGIA MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. The UN Secretariat is leaning toward recommending an enhanced mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when the SYG releases his periodic report in February 2009. The report will likely recommend a small peacekeeping mission for Georgia/Abkhazia of about 700 troops [...]	2008-12-18 23:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK136	GEORGIAN PERMREP ALASANIA DISCUSSES GENEVA MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgian Permrep Alasania told Ambassador Wolff on February 11 that he looks forward to the Friends of Georgia meeting as an opportunity to launch a UN-led review of the Abkhazia peace process. Alasania hoped to avoid giving Russia any pretext for harmful actions. Ambassador W [...]	2008-02-14 00:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
08USUNNEWYORK170	CROATIAN PERMREP JURICA DISCUSSES KOSOVO, IRAN AND [...] (SBU) Croatian Permrep Jurica assured Ambassador Khalilzad on February 21 that Croatia's positions in the Security Council will generally be in line with those of the U.S. and the mainstream of the EU. 2. (SBU) Khalilzad thanked Jurica for Croatia's helpful statement in the February 18 publ [...]	2008-02-22 20:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC HR UNMIK GG IR
08USUNNEWYORK356	RUSSIAN UN PERMREP CHURKIN CRITICIZES GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In April 14 Security Council consultations on the Secretary-General's quarterly report on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG),A/SYG Edmund Mulet reported that the situation in UNOMIG's area of responsibility has remained generally calm with the exception of recent incid [...]	2008-04-17 00:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
08USUNNEWYORK482	UN SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS SPECIAL SESSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 30 the UN Security Council held a special session on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia's (UNOMIG) report on the shootdown of a Georgian UAV on April 20. Georgian Permrep Alasania stated that he had come to discuss a direct threat to the sovereignty and territorial inte [...]	2008-05-30 23:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GG UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK682	A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...]	2008-07-30 23:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK
08USUNNEWYORK685	A/S FRIED'S JULY 29 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried told Under-Secretary General Pascoe July 29 that the Russians have slowed negotiations to stabilize the Abkhazia situation on basis of the German-drafted Friends of Georgia paper and there is a real possibility of an outbreak of hostilities. Pascoe sa [...]	2008-07-31 15:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK UNOMIG CY GG MK
08USUNNEWYORK720	GEORGIA CHALLENGES RUSSIA, SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The UN Security Council failed on August 8 to reach a consensus on a press statement in reaction to the developing conflict in South-Ossetia, Georgia. In a dramatic public session, the Georgian PermRep asked the Russian PermRep whether Russia was prepared to call off the bomber [...]	2008-08-09 03:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG PGOV PREL RS
08USUNNEWYORK721	TOUGH DAY FOR RUSSIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 00:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU GG UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK754	TFGGO1: RUSSIA INTRODUCES COMPETING RESOLUTION ON [...] Endorses the following plan agreed in Moscow on August 12, 2008: President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev and President of the Republic of France Nicolas Sarkozy support the following principles of resolving the conflicts and call on the parties concerned to adhere to these princi [...]	2008-08-21 00:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK757	ABKHAZ/OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION IN UNSC MEETING ON [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Churkin has proposed holding a Security Council session in Europe, as was done years ago by the General Assembly for Yassar Arafat, if the United States refuses to provide visas to representatives of Abkhaz and South Ossetian separatists to appear at a future meeting of [...]	2008-08-21 20:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RU GG
08USUNNEWYORK760	TFGG01: RUSSIA TESTS UNSC WATERS ON GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Churkin hastily called for Security Council consultations on Georgia this afternoon during which he announced that he was formally putting Russia's draft resolution before the Council "into blue," a procedural move that would allow but not require a vote on the res [...]	2008-08-22 03:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK801	RUSSIA REGROUPING ON ABKHAZ/OSSETIAN PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: In closed consultations on August 28, the Security Council decided to hold a public meeting as requested by Georgia and decided not to invite South Ossetian and Abkhaz representatives to participate in it as requested by Russia. Several Council members said inviting the separatis [...]	2008-09-05 16:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK802	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 19:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK807	GEORGIA:UN PLANNING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 23:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK819	GEORGIA: SRSG DESIGNATE VERBEKE ALARMED AT NEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 16:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK821	GEORGIA, KOSOVO: UN P3 PERMREPS CONSIDER NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA GG RS SR KV
08USUNNEWYORK833	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND P-3 MEET WITH THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 14:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK835	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: RUSSIA OFFERS UNOMIG EXTENSION FOR [...] Decides to extend the mandate of UNOMIG for a new period terminating on 15 April 2009; 2. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter. End Text. Khalilzad [...]	2008-09-18 17:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS
08USUNNEWYORK845	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS ARRIA VISAS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 18:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK853	SUMMARY OF SECRETARY GENERAL'S LUNCH WITH SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 18 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, during his monthly luncheon with Security Council Ambassadors, discussed the Georgia/UNOMIG mandate renewal (ref),Bolivia, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Although not part of the agenda, France raised the issue of Somalia and [...]	2008-09-22 15:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC RS GG SO
08USUNNEWYORK86	RUSSIA CRITICIZES GEORGIA IN UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In closed UNSC consultations on January 29, UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Jean Arnault reported to Council members that there had been few developments since the release of the SYG's latest quarterly report. Arna [...]	2008-01-30 00:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
08USUNNEWYORK899	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND SYG DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 18:58:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL UNSC RS GG
08VALLETTA350	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DEMANDING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On the afternoon of August 13, Ambassador Bordonaro raised reftel points with Maltese FM Tonio Borg, urging Malta to engage the Russian government about continued reports of Russian military activity around Gori, and to urge Russia to investigate and end any possible ongoing atrocities in [...]	2008-08-18 05:31:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL RS UN MT
08VATICAN63	RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: HOLY SEE FOCUSED ON CIVILIANS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Holy See is very concerned about the conflict in Georgia, and in particular about the needs of civilians affected by the fighting. The Pope has publicly addressed these concerns in recent statements. The Holy See has not been asked to mediate in the conflict. End summary [...]	2008-08-22 16:24:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF RU GG VT
08VATICAN64	(SBU) HOLY SEE NOT CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered reftel A demarche to Monsignor Julio Murat, Director for the Caucasus at the Holy See Secretariat of State Second Section (MFA equivalent),on August 29. Murat stated that the Holy See is not considering recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. 2. (SBU) Comme [...]	2008-08-29 15:44:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF RU GG 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
08VIENNA1162	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIANS PRIOR TO EU GAERC ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Charge and Polchief discussed reftel points August 12 with Ralph Scheide, Acting MFA Poldir. Charge emphasized that the U.S. and EU should deliver a strong, consistent message regarding the Georgia conflict. The U.S. and EU needed to make it clear that they support Georgia's sovereignty [...]	2008-08-12 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG AU
08VIENNA1216	RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: AUSTRIA SHARPLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Austrian FonMin Plassnik has delivered a sharply worded statement on Russia's invasion of Georgia, concluding that "business as usual" was not an option. The MFA official responsible for the Caucasus, however, was unsure of what that meant in practice and indicated that the MFA [...]	2008-08-22 08:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU GG EUN AU
08VIENNA1225	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON POSSIBLE RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed ref A points August 25 with MFA State Secretary Winkler, just minutes after the Duma vote in favor of recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Speaking on the margins of the Alpbach Forum in Tirol Province, the Ambassador urged the GOA to express its objections t [...]	2008-08-25 14:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG AU
08VIENNA1240	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel A points August 28 with Franz-Josef Kuglitsch, MFA director for the South Caucasus and Southeast Europe. Kuglitsch acknowledged that he was "shocked" by the Russian decision to recognize South Ossetia and Abkhazia. MFA officials had been convinced th [...]	2008-08-28 10:25:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU AU
08VIENNA1247	EMBASSY ACTION TO BLOCK AUSTRIA-RUSSIA GAS [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Embassy has learned that an Austrian Economics Ministry delegation is likely to travel to Moscow on Sept. 8 for negotiations on an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) on Austrian participation in the South Stream gas pipeline project. Embassy believes this step [...]	2008-08-29 15:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RU GG 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
08VIENNA1263	AUSTRIA POSTPONES SOUTH STREAM TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:52:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG AU RU GG
08VIENNA1264	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG RU AU
08VIENNA1272	GEORGIA: AUSTRIA TO SEND FIRST OF UP TO 5 OSCE MILITARY [...] (u) Austria plans to send "up to five" military observers to Georgia within the framework of the OSCE mission, Austrian officials said in Vienna September 2. According to Defense Minister Norbert Darabos (SPO),Austria will dispatch one military observer as soon as possible to Georgia. Darabos [...]	2008-09-05 07:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE GG AU
08VIENNA1337	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THEGAERC [...] (SBU) Polchief disussed reftel points September 10 with Klaus Famia, MFA European correspondent. Famira offered the following views on the agenda items for the September 15-16 GAERC: -- Georgia: EU members hope to approve the deployment of an ESDP mission to Georgia at the GAERC. The missi [...]	2008-09-11 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV SO ZI GG
08VIENNA1346	AUSTRIAN FM DISCUSSES GEORGIA IN MOSCOW [...] (U) Summary: The Georgia crisis dominated FM Plassnik's September 8-9 official visit to Moscow. Plassnik emphasized to Russian FM Lavrov that the GOA and EU view the mediation process as a step toward the goal of restoring Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and would continue to [...]	2008-09-12 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG AU
08VIENNA1416	AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points September 25 with Stefan Weidinger, MFA unit chief for Development Cooperation in Southeastern and Eastern Europe. Weidinger noted that the Southern Caucasus, including Georgia, is one of the MFA's seven priority regions for assistance worldwide. He said [...]	2008-09-25 12:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUMEM PREL GG RS AU
08VIENNA1508	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 14:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PGOV PHUM PREL BO GG RS UZ ZI AU
08VIENNA1784	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Polchief discussed reftel points December 3 with Ulrike Butschek, Counselor at the Austrian mission to the OSCE. Butschek said the GOA shares the USG's goals concerning a ministerial declaration, and agrees that a weak declaration would be worse than none. She said she is not optimistic [...]	2008-12-03 15:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU AU
08VIENNA316	AUSTRIA: GOA VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief discussed reftel points March 5 with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent. Famira said he did not believe Lebanon, Syria, or Afghanistan would be discussed at the March 10-11 GAERC, unless one of the participants wants to report on a recent visit to the region. Discussion on [...]	2008-03-05 16:46:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN ZL PK ZI IR GG IS SY LE AU
08VILNIUS146	LITHUANIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOL priority for the March 10-11 GAERC is increased EU engagement with Georgia. The Lithuanians are supportive of our positions on Kosovo and Pakistan, and we urged them to adopt a strong policy toward limited engagement with Syria and advocate it within the EU. The GOL doubt [...]	2008-03-07 14:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN ZL PK AF ZI IR GG IS SY LE
08VILNIUS657	TFGG01: LITHUANIA SUPPORTS NAC LANGUAGE ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Post shared reftel language August 11 with MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius, who predicted that Lithuania will agree to the statement language at the August 12 NAC. 2. (C) Leskevicius told us that FM Vaitiekunas, having just returned from Tbi [...]	2008-08-11 15:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG LH
08VILNIUS663	BELARUS: REGIME NEUTRAL ON GEORGIA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Utterly dependent on Russia for energy supplies and with close societal and military links, Belarusian relations with Moscow range from obeisant to defiant. At the same time, the GOB has maintained cordial relations with Georgia throughout that country's difficulties with Russia. Conta [...]	2008-08-12 12:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR BO GG
08VILNIUS666	TFGG01: LITHUANIA TO PUSH EU VISA FACILITATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG LH
08VILNIUS668	BELARUS: SPAT WITH RUSSIA OVER GEORGIA [...] (SBU) The neutrality of the Belarusian regime with regard to the conflict in Georgia (reftel) has now become the topic of a public bilateral dispute between Minsk and Moscow. Russian Ambassador Aleksandr Surikov, in remarks to the media August 12, decried the GOB's "timid silence" and complai [...]	2008-08-13 10:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINR BO GG
08VILNIUS689	TFGG01: LITHUANIA IMPRESSED WITH NATO SOLIDARITY; [...] (C) Lithuania remains very forward leaning in its reaction to the situation in Georgia. President Adamkus told Charge August 20 that he was pressing EU heads of state to take a more supportive stand on Georgia, and was pleased with the August 19 NAC statement. MFA Director of Transatlantic C [...]	2008-08-21 11:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XG GG 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
08VILNIUS715	ADAMKUS WILL RAISE SUSPENSION OF POST-PCA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 14:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG LH
08VILNIUS724	GYMNICH: LITHUANIA FAVORS ESDP MISSION FOR [...] (C) MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy Head Egidijus Navikas told Post September 4 that GOL Foreign Minister Petras Vaitiekunas will speak at the September 5 Gymnich (refs a and b) in favor of sending an ESDP Mission to Georgia (and contributing Lithuanian personnel),making a political de [...]	2008-09-04 15:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN RU GG 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
08VILNIUS786	BELARUS: REGIME AVOIDING RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (SBU) As discussed in reftels, the GOB has occasionally chosen a distinct approach to Georgia. Despite ridiculously elaborate praise of Russian aggression, Minsk has so far avoided calls from Moscow for the recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. For now, the regime continues to play for [...]	2008-09-19 15:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR BO GG
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
08VILNIUS865	LITHUANIA WILL PLEDGE ONE MILLION EUROS AT GEORGIA [...] MFA's Director of Development Cooperation and Democracy Promotion Renatas Juska told Post October 15 that the GOL plans to make a pledge of one million euros, to be spread over two years, at the Georgia Donors Conference October 22. Juska said that the Lithuanians intend their pledge to go tow [...]	2008-10-17 05:58:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID EFIN GG LH
08VILNIUS903	LITHUANIA, THE EU, AND RUSSIA: POSSIBLE VETO ON [...] (C) Lithuanian MFA U/S Zygimantas Pavilionis told Charge October 23 that he is very concerned that the EU is going to cave on normalizing relations with Russia in the coming weeks. Given pressure from France and Germany (along with southern tier countries),the November 10 GAERC will likely d [...]	2008-10-23 11:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU GG LH
08VILNIUS923	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS TO BUILD CONSENSUS TO DELAY [...] (C) Post discussed ref a points October 30 with MFA Head of the Common Foreign and Security Policy Division Egidijus Navikas in anticipation of the November 3 Gymnich and the November 10-11 GAERC. The most pressing issues to the Lithuanians for these two meetings are the resolution of the Geo [...]	2008-10-31 14:10:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN RS GG AF LH
08WARSAW1009	POLAND REJECTS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) MFA Director for Eastern Policy Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz told us that the Polish Foreign Minister's public statement of August 27 makes clear the GoP's rejection of Russian recognition of Georgia's breakaway regions. Bratkiewicz noted in particular that Russian actions are in violation of t [...]	2008-08-28 14:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU PL
08WARSAW1010	CODEL LIEBERMAN URGES UNITED SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Codel Lieberman met separately August 21 with Polish FM Sikorski and PM Tusk to express solidarity over events in Georgia. FM Sikorski said Western Europeans were starting to understand the nature of the Russian threat, although he warned of Russian "purchases" of leading Europ [...]	2008-08-28 15:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON ENRG GG PL
08WARSAW1032	POLISH VIEWS ON GEORGIA IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) The GOP stated officially that it was pleased with the results of the September 1 special EU Foreign Ministers' summit on Georgia and Russia, but in private, Poles express disappointment that more was not done. In response to reftel demarche, Tomasz Orlowski of the Polish MFA Department of [...]	2008-09-03 12:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG PL
08WARSAW1055	POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GoP has avoided responding "emotionally" on Georgia, notwithstanding the severity of the crisis. The GoP will not press for strong EU measures against Russia, preferring to give Russia time to reflect on developments. Although i [...]	2008-09-11 09:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS 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
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
08WARSAW1142	ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming Georgia donors conference in Brussels to Tomasz Orlowski, Georgia desk officer at the Polish MFA, as well as Barbara Gronowska and Joanna Poplawska in the MFA's Development Cooperation Department on September 22. The MFA is working [...]	2008-09-29 15:07:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KCRS EUMEM PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1218	POLISH MFA WORKING WITH FINANCE MINISTRY ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS PL
08WARSAW1295	POLAND SUPPORTS RESTARTING OF EU-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. An MFA official told us November 12 that the GoP had shifted policy and now supported the November 10 EU decision to re-initiate negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement, despite Russia's failure to meet its commitments in Georgia. The official denied press reports [...]	2008-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS PL
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
08WARSAW1374	POLAND SHARES U.S. CONCERNS ON OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The U.S. can rely on Polish support on the major issues of concern at the December 4-5 Helsinki ministerial meeting -- the Russian European security treaty initiative, Georgia, and the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). Jacek Emmel in the MFA Security Policy Department told us th [...]	2008-12-03 17:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KDEM GG RS PL PHUM
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
08WARSAW1435	POLISH MFA ON MANPADS: RUSSIA CAPITALIZING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Polish MFA attributed Russia's alleged October discovery of Polish-made GROM MANPADS in Chechnya (originally delivered to Tbilisi) to Georgia's unprofessional handling of the weapons. The Russians, in turn, capitalized on the discovery to "discredit Poland and Georgia." The M [...]	2008-12-18 14:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MCAP PREL PTER MASS GG RS PL
08WARSAW947	GOP RALLIES NEIGHBORS, EU TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has taken on a surprisingly forceful leadership role during the Georgia conflict. President Kaczynski has coordinated regional demonstrations of solidarity with Tbilisi -- including a planned August 11 joint trip to Tbilisi along with the Ukrainian and Baltic presidents -- and l [...]	2008-08-11 16:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL
08WARSAW949	TFGG01: POLES SUPPORT GEORGIA, PREDICT RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer told Charge August 12 that the GoP welcomes the Russian announcement of a cease-fire, and hopes for early Russian-Georgian talks. Kremer said President Kaczynski's visit to Georgia today is aimed at gathering information, and demonstratin [...]	2008-08-12 18:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL

08WARSAW953	TFGG01: POLAND'S CHOD ON GEORGIA, UKRAINE, AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 12:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL

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