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07BELGRADE1113	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WISNER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wisner, Serbia's leaders, led by Prime Minister Kostunica, have prepared for the new round of Kosovo talks and the first visit of the negotiating troika by affirming their unity on Kosovo policy and by submitting their "rules" for the format and substance of the talks. In sh [...]	2007-08-07 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV

07BELGRADE1130	Kosovo Weekly Report (August 6 - 10, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of August 6. 2. (sbu) Summary: This week was dominated by the Serbian government's preparation for the visit of the mediating Troika to Belgrade - the GoS's adoption of proposed rules for the talks, the forming of a new ne [...]	2007-08-10 10:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV SR KV
07BELGRADE1145	GOS RECEIVES TROIKA'S MESSAGE [...] On August 14, the Charge, along with the Russian and Portuguese (EU President) Ambassadors and German Charge, orally delivered the Troika's points in ref to the Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. With the Foreign Minister on vacation, the delegation was received by State Secretary Radojko Bog [...]	2007-08-14 17:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1160	KOSOVO WEEKLY: KOSTUNICA TARGETS NATO [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian leaders generally termed the Kosovo Troika's first visit to Belgrade as positive and a new start -- leaving behind the Ahtisaari's proposal. The DSS quickly dismissed partition of Kosovo as unacceptable and instead made pronouncements alleging that NATO is trying to for [...]	2007-08-17 17:26:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1181	KOSOVO MINISTRY PREVIEWS BELGRADE'S TROIKA APPROACH [...] (SBU) Summary: Dusan Prorokovic, State Secretary of Serbia's Kosovo Ministry, told us that Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic and Foreign Minister Jeremic will participate in August 30 discussions with the Kosovo Troika in Vienna and that the GOS will announce the names of the others in the del [...]	2007-08-24 08:42:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL SR KV
07BELGRADE1223	KOSOVO WEEKLY: RHETORIC OUTSHINES TROIKA TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-NATO rhetoric and talk of inflicting "injury" in response to a Kosovo unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),in Serbia, eclipsed the first week of talks in Vienna. Tadic and his Democratic Party (DS) remain silent, while Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia ( [...]	2007-08-31 16:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1252	KOSOVO WEEKLY: DS HITS BACK AT DSS RHETORIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Party (DS) responded to the Democratic Party of Serbia's (DSS) NATO-bashing and inflammatory comments about Serbian "use of force" or "severe measures" in Kosovo. Serbian media covered the U.S. and EU's reactions to the latest DSS rhetoric, which included a Kosovo [...]	2007-09-07 18:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1276	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:51:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1277	KOSOVO WEEKLY: GOS COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. THREAT; ADVISES [...] (SBU) Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica and his Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) protested throughout the week, through the media and to the UNSC, the perceived USG "threat" to Serbia's territorial integrity. Kostunica traveled to Brussels, in an attempt to organize EU opposition to an [...]	2007-09-14 19:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1302	KOSOVO WEEKLY: MORE OF THE SAME FROM BELGRADE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic and Kosovo Minister Slobodan Samardzic attended Troika-led discussions in London, bringing little new to the table or to the discussion back at home. The President and Prime Minister announced their participation in the next round of discussions to take place [...]	2007-09-24 07:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV KPAO KV SR
07BELGRADE1329	Serb Rhetoric on Kosovo Status Stronger than Resolve [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders, in New York for the UNGA and Troika-led Kosovo talks, continue to call on the international community to play by UN rules on Kosovo. At home, government officials echo that Serbia will do everything short of sending in the troops to hold on to Kosovo, while quietly sugg [...]	2007-09-28 17:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1359	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS CRITICIZE BELGRADE [...] (SBU) All ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia's Presevo Valley signed a declaration, September 29, criticizing the Government of Serbia for "delaying" political progress in the region. The parties alleged that the GOS was militarizing the region, failing to follow through on promised [...]	2007-10-05 17:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1363	BELGRADE FEIGNS OPTIMISIM AFTER DIRECT TALKS [...] (SBU) Serbian leaders returned from the September 28 Kosovo talks in New York boasting confidence in Serbia's Kosovo strategy and hopeful that the talks could produce an agreement. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador privately on October 1 that he believed the Troika was receptive to Pres [...]	2007-10-05 22:40:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL KPAO SR KV
07BELGRADE1380	SERBIA TO SEND DELEGATION TO BRUSSELS EMPTY-HANDED [...] (SBU) Serbia will bring no new ideas or proposals to the next round of Kosovo talks, Slobodan Samardzic, Serbia's Kosovo Minister and lead negotiator, told Ambassador. Resident European diplomats and a Government advisor echoed this message in conversations with the DCM and, further, conveyed [...]	2007-10-10 17:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KV SR
07BELGRADE1445	SERBIA'S FOURTEEN POINTS [...] (U) Serbia's delegation to the October 22 Troika talks held in Vienna submitted 14 principles on resolving Kosovo status. These points were an amended version of the Troika's fourteen points and did not differ substantively from Belgrade's previously announced "broad autonomy" plan for Kosovo. [...]	2007-10-23 18:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV
07BELGRADE1482	SOUTHERN SERBIA: AVOIDING CARGO CULT [...] The United States' objective in Southern Serbia is to integrate the Albanian-majority Presevo Valley with the rest of the country. While the region is currently stable, its relationship with Belgrade is dysfunctional and local Albanian leaders have failed to commit to a future with Serbia. Lo [...]	2007-10-31 17:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE1498	SERBIA: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR UNDERCUTS TROIKA ROLE [...] (SBU) The Russian ambassador to Serbia told a Belgrade daily November 2 that the Troika's 14 Points did not "100% reflect the stand of Russia," and reiterated that December 10 was not a deadline for a decision on Kosovo status. The local UN office (protect) confirmed that the Russian ambassad [...]	2007-11-02 16:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE158	PRIME MINISTER CHARTS COLLISION COURSE WITH NATO [...] (c) Summary: The DSS Kosovo platform released January 31 as the basis for coalition talks is further evidence that Kostunica is not likely to take a constructive path in the Kosovo status process. It also signals his willingness, just two months after the PfP invitation, to block or delay [...]	2007-02-02 16:46:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MARR NATO PREL SR YI
07BELGRADE1604	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS RAISE FLAG BUT EVENT PASSES WITH [...] (SBU) Local Albanians in Southern Serbia publicly celebrated Albanian Flag Day, more calmly than in past years. In the Presevo Valley, Albanians temporarily flew the Albanian flag alongside the Serbian flag, but caused little reaction. USG calls to local leaders from Belgrade and Pristina in [...]	2007-11-29 17:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW KV
07BELGRADE171	REACTION TO AHTISAARI'S BELGRADE VISIT [...] (U) Summary: Serbian political leaders have reacted almost universally negatively to Special Envoy Ahtisaari's 2/2 status plan. President Tadic has convened the representatives of all the parties to a meeting on 2/5 to chart the course ahead. End Summary 2. (U) Ahtisaari's time in Belgr [...]	2007-02-05 16:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM SR MW YI
07BELGRADE203	MORE REALISM OVER KOSOVO OUTSIDE SERBIA'S GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a working breakfast with Serbia's analytical community, the Ambassador, together with the French Ambassador, took stock of the Ahtisaari plan and the way forward on Kosovo. Ambassador Polt stressed that active participation in the next stage of negotiations is the only way t [...]	2007-02-12 10:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV UNSC SR
07BELGRADE207	AMBASSADOR WISNER'S FEB 6 VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Summary: In his 2/6 meetings in Belgrade, Ambassador Wisner affirmed full USG support for Ahtisaari and his proposal and urged Serbian leaders to commit fully to the UNOSEK negotiations as the Kosovo status process moves into its final stage. President Tadic offered assurances that he wou [...]	2007-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KPAO YI MW SR
07BELGRADE208	AMBASSADOR WISNER'S FEB 6 VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (C) Summary: In his 2/6 meetings in Belgrade, Ambassador Wisner affirmed full USG support for Ahtisaari and his proposal and urged Serbian leaders to commit fully to the UNOSEK negotiations as the Kosovo status process moves into its final stage. President Tadic offered assurances that he wou [...]	2007-02-13 14:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM KPAO YI MW SR
07BELGRADE249	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. UNOSEK: the view from Belgrade ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) For the week of 2/19, almost all Kosovo focus was on the UNOSEK talks in Vienna. The media reports from Vienna have been mostly straightforward. [...]	2007-02-23 17:01:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE275	KOSOVO SERB PROTEST AT EMBASSY BELGRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo-based Serbian National Council (SNV) staged a peaceful demonstration of approximately 10,000 - 20,000 people in front of the U.S. Embassy on February 27 to protest against the Ahtisaari proposal for Kosovo status and alleged USG support for "dividing up" Serbia. The s [...]	2007-03-01 09:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS SR YI
07BELGRADE284	K+1 ? FOCUS ON SERBIA?S FUTURE - A/S FRIED IN [...] (C) Dan, you are returning to a Serbia much like the one you found less than a year ago: uncertainty over government vision and direction and denial of the Kosovo reality. The country?s leadership offers very little perspective for the future to its citizens. The penultimate phase of Vienna [...]	2007-03-02 12:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SR YI
07BELGRADE291	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (2/26 - 3/2) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of February 26, the second week of UNOSEK talks, the SNV rally and Russian DFM Titov's visit were the most notable events related to Kosovo in Serbia. End Summary. UNOSEK: the view from B [...]	2007-03-02 16:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE323	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/5 - 3/9) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (U) Summary: For the week of March 5, Serbia's preparation for the final, top-level round of UNOSEK talks, as well as the visits of A/S Fried and NATO SYG Scheffer were the most notable events related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-09 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE364	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/12 - 3/16) [...] This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. Summary: For the week of March 12, the conclusion of UNOSEK talks and the presentation of the Ahtisaari plan to the UN Secretary General were the most notable events related to Kosovo and Serbia. Speculation about whethe [...]	2007-03-16 17:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE383	KOSOVO: SERBIA APPLAUDS RUSSIAN CALL FOR NEW TALKS [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Kostunica and other Serbian leaders rushed to lend their strong support to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and Security Council Secretary Ivanov's statements over the weekend in favor of continued talks on Kosovo status under a new mediator. The statements, along wi [...]	2007-03-21 09:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE408	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/19 - [...] (SBU) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of March 19, reports that Ahtisaari has recommended independence for Kosovo, followed by Russia's strong objections to any settlement other than a "compromise solution" through new talk [...]	2007-03-23 16:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE435	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (3/26 - 3/30) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (C) Summary: For the week of March 26, the announcement and international reactions to Ahtisaari's recommendation for the supervised independence of Kosovo were the dominant events of the week related to Kosovo and S [...]	2007-03-30 16:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE459	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/2 - 4/5) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 2, the UNSC meeting attended by Prime Minister Kostunica was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. Both before and after the April 3 session, Belgrade media speculated [...]	2007-04-05 16:05:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE489	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/9 - 4/13) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 9, Serbia's self-titled "diplomatic offensive" to block passage of a UNSC resolution on Kosovo was the dominant event related to Kosovo and Serbia. The Ambassador and his French [...]	2007-04-13 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE498	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETING WITH TADIC [...] (c) Congressman Rohrabacher's (R-CA) April 13-14 visit to Belgrade was dominated by a candid meeting with President Tadic on April 13. Tadic used the meeting to urge the Congressman not to move forward with a resolution supporting the Ahtisaari plan and supervised independence for Kosovo. T [...]	2007-04-16 14:15:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE533	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/16-4/20) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS -------------------- 2. (SBU) Summary: The first half of the week was dominated by GoS reactions to a mischaracterization of remarks by U/S Burns in testimony before Congress, while the second ha [...]	2007-04-20 16:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE534	LAVROV'S VISIT TO BELGRADE SHOWCASES HARDENING STANCE [...] (u) Russian FM Lavrov's visit was widely covered in local press, which focused on his meetings with Tadic and Kostunica. His statements to press following the meetings reiterated Russia's commitment to continued negotiations and respect for implementation of UNSCR 1244 - the provisions of wh [...]	2007-04-20 16:32:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PREL KPAO RU SR
07BELGRADE565	UNSC Visit to Belgrade [...] (c) The April 26 Security Council Mission (SCM) to Belgrade produced little new substance on the Kosovo status issue, but was spun by PM Kostunica as an endorsement of the re-start of negotiations. The GoS passed to SCM members its "new proposal" for an alternative solution to the status iss [...]	2007-04-26 18:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PBTS PREL SR
07BELGRADE569	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/23-4/27) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The focus for the week was three-fold: the dominant story was the run-up to and the aftermath of the Security Council Mission (SCM) to Belgrade April 26 (with follow-on travel to Kosovo). The [...]	2007-04-27 15:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE597	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (4/30-5/4) [...] (U) This cable summarizes notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. SUMMARY ------- 2. (sbu) This was an abbreviated week for Kosovo-related news owing to a 2-day May Day holiday. Media focus at the beginning of the week was on the SCM visit that concluded in Kosovo over the prece [...]	2007-05-04 16:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS UNSC PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO SR
07BELGRADE644	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (5/7 - 5/11) [...] (U) This cable summarizes the week's notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. (SBU) Summary: For the week of May 7, Kosovo news was muted by the dominant story of last-minute government formation. Nevertheless, Belgrade media still reported on speculation about the draft UNSC resolu [...]	2007-05-14 06:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE668	SERBIA'S NEW KOSOVO MINISTRY [...] (U) Summary: Serbian lawmakers have created a new Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija which will administer the GOS' functional institutions within Kosovo. Many of the Ministry's competencies assume the continuation of international negotiations to resolve Kosovo's status. Under the terms of the [...]	2007-05-15 13:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR MW YI
07BELGRADE694	Kosovo Weekly Report (May 14- 18, 2007) [...] (u) This report covers activities related to Kosovo for the week of May 14. 2. (sbu) Summary: Kosovo news took a back seat again this week to the announcement of the formation of a coalition government just before the deadline. Kostunica's policy speech during the government formation [...]	2007-05-18 15:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PGOV SR
07BELGRADE711	AMBASSADOR'S 5/21 MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT TADIC [...] (C) I met with President Tadic on May 21, our first meeting since Serbia's parties agreed on a new government. Tadic, joined by new Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, said he was weary after "so many problems" involved in the last minute government negotiations and claimed victory for avoiding the [...]	2007-05-21 17:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS YI SR
07BELGRADE738	KOSOVO: SERBIA WEEKLY UPDATE (5/21 - 5/25) [...] This cable summarizes the week's notable events relating to Serbia and Kosovo. 2. Summary: With a government formed, media and public attention in Serbia has returned to Kosovo and speculation on the likelihood of a UNSC resolution based on the Ahtisaari plan. In a late-breaking developmen [...]	2007-05-25 16:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE750	SERBIAN PRIME MINISTER ON KOSOVO AND NEW [...] (C) On 5/29, in our first meeting since the formation of the new Serbian government, I told Prime Minister Kostunica that we are in full agreement with four of the "five principles" of the new governing coalition, but remain concerned that the fifth -- Serbia's Kosovo policy --- will undermine [...]	2007-05-30 11:48:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS YI SR
07BELGRADE813	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE DELIGHTED WITH PART [...] (SBU) Summary: In a week dominated by speculation on the G8 Summit's impact on the Kosovo status process, the first substantive offer -- French President Sarkozy's proposal to delay a status decision for six months -- is seen by officials here as a triumph for Serbia's Kosovo policy. Serbia al [...]	2007-06-08 15:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR YI
07BELGRADE858	THE PRESIDENT ON KOSOVO STATUS: KOSOVO WEEKLY [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the President's visit to the region and direct statements on the need to move towards independence for Kosovo, post sustained an aggressive public campaign to reinforce the President's comments. The Ambassador's public comments this week countered Serbian offici [...]	2007-06-15 13:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE876	SOUTHERN SERBIA: SEPERATIST RALLY FIZZLES [...] SUMMARY: A June 15 rally in southern Serbia calling for the separation of three municipalities from Serbia (and joining with Kosovo) drew much lower numbers of participants than expected. Political leaders in the area were divided, and in the end none of the political leaders addressed the cr [...]	2007-06-21 06:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE896	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: STATUS DELAY GAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian officials, confident that a Kosovo status decision will be delayed considerably, augmented diplomatic overtures to Russia and European countries with the aim of isolating the USG in the push for independence. The GOS reacted quickly to the new draft UNSC resolution by [...]	2007-06-25 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE897	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: STATUS DELAY GAMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian officials, confident that a Kosovo status decision will be delayed considerably, augmented diplomatic overtures to Russia and European countries with the aim of isolating the USG in the push for independence. The GOS reacted quickly to the new draft UNSC resolution by e [...]	2007-06-25 06:34:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE915	MINISTRY OF KOSOVO: KOSTUNICA'S FULCRUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serbia's Ministry of Kosovo and Metohija (MOK) emerged as a new ministry during the government coalition negotiations following Serbia's January 2007 parliamentary elections. The Ministry aims to coordinate Serbia's Kosovo policy by combining the operational elements of the exi [...]	2007-06-26 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE920	SOUTHERN SERBIA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to Presevo and Bujanovac on June 19-20, poloff and polspec met with political leaders and various contacts from NGOs, the media and the Orthodox Church. In general, the region is currently acceptably calm and secure. Our contacts confirmed that the protest on June [...]	2007-06-27 12:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE933	KOSOVO DOMINATES BELGRADE COE MEETING [...] (U) Summary: Serbian President Boris Tadic and Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic used their speeches at the opening of the 1000th meeting of the CoE Ministers' Deputies to reiterate the GOS' position on Kosovo, advertise recent cooperation with The Hague, emphasize Serbia's sincere commitment to co [...]	2007-06-29 15:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE934	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: KOSTUNICA'S "BATTLE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: With news of another rejection by Russia on a UNSC draft resolution, Prime Minister Kostunica used his strongest anti-U.S. rhetoric to date in reaction to the Ambassador's direct speech about Serbia's path to Europe. Kostunica cast bilateral differences over Kosovo as a "battle [...]	2007-06-29 16:55:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE952	YOUR JULY 10-11 VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] (c) Dan - Your visit comes amidst a surprising, if brief, lull in heated Kosovo rhetoric from Serbia's leadership. The lack of a decisive statement out of Kennebunkport has left Kostunica and other Kosovo hardliners without a clear hook on which to hang additional Kosovo vitriol, and the ap [...]	2007-07-05 13:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL SR
07BELGRADE958	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: BELGRADE PREPARES FOR NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Without hard news on Kosovo out of Kennebunkport, Serbian media filled the vacuum with speculation about new status negotiations. Serbian officials doggedly continued their diplomatic offensive abroad and political entrenchment at home. Partition of Kosovo crept back into the ne [...]	2007-07-06 15:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE989	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEAN'S VISIT TO BELGRADE [...] Representative Bean, Your delegation is visiting Serbia at a time when local leaders are confident about the success so far of Serbia's policies on Kosovo and progress in integration with the European Union. In reality, the current Kosovo status delay is no more sustainable than the status [...]	2007-07-12 14:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BELGRADE991	KOSOVO WEEKLY UPDATE: RHETORIC HARDENS AS A/S FRIED AND FM [...] SUMMARY: A/S Fried and the French Foreign Minister both came to Belgrade this week to offer an additional 120 days of engagement on Kosovo, but also to confirm to Belgrade that without an agreement of the parties, Kosovo will be independent. Both men expressed U.S. and French eagerness to help [...]	2007-07-13 16:41:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KPAO SR MW YI
07BERLIN602	GERMAN PLANS TO HELP SECURE THE LEBANON-SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. Germany plans a four-step process to help Lebanon secure its border with Syria by 01/01/2008, beginning with a pilot project in the north. Equipment deliveries and training have begun. The 2006 German government team examining the prospects found, according to a recently releas [...]	2007-03-23 16:18:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV PBTS PREL GM LE SY
07BRASILIA2151	FORMER PRESIDENT URGES USG TO COUNTER CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Former President and sitting senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) urges the USG to do more to counter Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasingly destabilizing actions in the region. Sarney said Chavez threatens to c [...]	2007-11-19 15:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MASS MCAP BR GY VE IR RS
07BRIDGETOWN405	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL,S VISIT TO THE EASTERN [...] I look forward to welcoming Chairman Engel and his delegation to the Eastern Caribbean on April 13-16. In anticipation of our meetings with Grenada's Prime Minister Mitchell and Vincentian Prime Minister Gonsalves, I would like to offer the following background on the region and key U.S. pol [...]	2007-04-05 20:52:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP ECON PREL PGOV PBTS PINR VC GJ XL
07BRUSSELS2001	A NEW EU TREATY?: WHAT IT MEANS FOR US [...] (SBU) Summary. Given barely even odds six months ago, an agreement on institutional reform at the June 21-22 European summit has reached the realm of probability, with a strong Polish objection on voting weights as the most serious obstacle to agreement. The pressure to reach a deal is enorm [...]	2007-06-18 15:12:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ECIN PBTS
07BRUSSELS2473	EU REFORM TREATY: MAKING THE SAUSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 23, EU Foreign Ministers opened an Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) to draw up the EU's "Reform Treaty." The Portuguese Presidency wants to draft the treaty quickly on the basis of the mandate adopted by the leaders at the June 21-23 European Council. In fact, the Pr [...]	2007-08-02 14:56:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EUN PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
07BRUSSELS3046	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING AHEAD ON PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, USEU delivered the Black Sea Strategy demarche to Janos Herman, Principal Advisor for Regional Cooperation, DG RELEX on September 27. Herman agreed that the U.S. regional strategy complemented the EU's new "Black Sea Synergy" initiative approved by EU Foreign Mi [...]	2007-10-02 11:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07BRUSSELS3488	EU TREATY OF LISBON - THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) When EU leaders clink champagne glasses over the Treaty of Lisbon on December 13, the mood will be celebratory. Do not be deceived, however: in many ways, the real work and political maneuvering will be just beginning. Over the next year, the member states and institutions will have the [...]	2007-12-12 11:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ECIN PBTS
07BUCHAREST314	COMPARING NOTES ON MOLDOVA: AMB. KIRBY VISITS [...] (C) Summary: Romanian frustrations in dealing with Moldova were a leitmotif during Ambassador Kirby,s visit to Bucharest March 7-8, which included calls on senior Basescu advisors, the PM's Chief of Staff, the MFA State Secretary, and exchanges with MFA Moldova experts and representatives of l [...]	2007-03-16 16:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RO MD
07BUJUMBURA337	CONSULTANT TO US TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY VISITS BURUNDI TO [...] Summary. An energy consultant for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) met May 2-3 with senior Government of Burundi (GOB) officials and private energy officials to discuss a feasibility study for a petroleum pipeline to Burundi. Burundian government officials and private concerns res [...]	2007-05-08 05:29:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RW KE TZ UG BY
07CALCUTTA10	ULFA GOES ON A KILLING SPREE AGAINST HINDU "OUTSIDERS" [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the January 5-7 weekend, ethnic insurgent separatists from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) carried out a string of attacks in remote areas of Assam, killing more than 65 people. The majority of attacks targeted migrant Bihari workers from India's Hindi- speakin [...]	2007-01-08 12:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV IN BG PREL PBTS PHUM PINR
07CANBERRA1742	AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12 [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...]	2007-12-11 02:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID
07CHISINAU1275	TRANSNISTRIA: SMIRNOV'S POWER WEAKENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Transnistria's (TN) economic situation deteriorating, "President" Smirnov is showing unprecedented signs of weakness, and the previously unquestioned position of the TN leader now seems increasingly uncertain. While TN leaders formerly presented a united front, in recent mee [...]	2007-10-22 15:08:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON PHUM MD
07CHISINAU1281	PM TARLEV UPBEAT ON USG CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. DAS Kramer briefed Prime Minister Tarlev on U.S. efforts to persuade Russia not to suspend participation on CFE. Tarlev appreciated our efforts and stressed that getting Russian forces out of Transnistria soon would help to resolve the Transnistria conflict. Kramer's urging of [...]	2007-10-23 14:30:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD
07CHISINAU1283	FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN SUPPORTS US ON [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer's October 19 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan won willing support on U.S. positions regarding Transnistria (TN),CFE and the OSCE. Stratan expressed his appreciation for U.S. transparency on talks with Russia an [...]	2007-10-23 14:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PGOV PINR PREL MD
07CHISINAU1284	MINISTER SOVA INSISTS PLAN NEEDS CLEAR DEADLINES [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Sova welcomed and supported EUR DAS Kramer's outlines of the three-point proposal presented in Moscow, which looks at Transnistria in the context of the CFE treaty, but said clear timelines must be established. Sova proposed limiting to one year the tr [...]	2007-10-23 14:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PBTS PREL MD
07CHISINAU1301	TRANSNISTRIA OPTS TO DEAL WITH MOLDOVA -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a reversal of earlier policy, Transnistria's Foreign Minister Valery Litskai said at an informal 5 plus 2 gathering that he was open for dialogue with Chisinau and praised President Voronin's initiatives on Transnistria. Litskai said Transnistria was prepared to resolve the [...]	2007-10-25 12:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL PINR MD
07CHISINAU1330	CHISINAU ESTABLISHING SEVEN WORKING GROUPS ON [...] (C) Summary: As a follow up to President Voronin's confidence-building outreach to Transnistria (TN),the Government of Moldova is establishing seven working groups to elaborate specific projects for normalizing relations. Transnistria's "foreign minister" has already indicated interest in roa [...]	2007-11-02 13:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV EAID MD
07CHISINAU1362	SHEVCHUK: MOLDOVA NOT A RELIABLE PARTNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 9 meeting with Transnistria's Parliamentary Speaker Evgeny Shevchuk took place against the backdrop of a controversial decree adopted by the Government of Moldova on November 7, requiring that all TN vehicles register with Chisinau. Shevchuk charged tha [...]	2007-11-14 05:31:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EAID PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1366	SOVA: THE GOODWILL IS GONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 13 meeting we had requested to discuss the Moldovan decree on vehicle registration, Minister for Reintegration Sova lost no time in expressing his ire at Transnistrian "foreign minister" Litskai. Litskai had agreed to meet Sova by November 10, but instead had avoidin [...]	2007-11-14 15:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE KCFE MD
07CHISINAU1367	NO VORONIN-ZUBAKOV AGREEMENT ON TRANSNISTRIA; [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the DCM, Presidential advisor Marc Tkaciuk categorically denied the existence of any agreement made between President Voronin and Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov. The meeting with Zubakov mostly concerned domestic political issues and th [...]	2007-11-14 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV TN GM RS MD
07CHISINAU1377	VORONIN PERCEIVES KREMLIN-MFA SPLIT ON MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Voronin said his meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Yuri Zubakov produced little forward movement on Transnistria (TN). Instead, the meeting showed Voronin that the Russian MFA and Kremlin seeme [...]	2007-11-20 11:23:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV RS TN MD
07CHISINAU1400	LITSKAI: HEADING TO MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai intends to travel to Madrid for consultations on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial. In a November 23 meeting, Litskai told Ambassador Kirby he expected the Finns would provide much better leadership for OSCE than the Spanish had. Whi [...]	2007-11-27 15:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1406	SEEKING TO REGAIN MOMENTUM ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 27 meeting on the eve of his departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, Minister of Reintegration Sova was angry that the Spanish had given Litskai a visa and threatened a GOM walkout. Ambassador Kirby counseled a more measured diplomatic approach that would all [...]	2007-11-29 14:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1435	TRANSNISTRIAN CEMETERY HONORS ROMANIAN WAR DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: After earlier refusals, Transnistrian (TN) authorities allowed an Embassy officer to cross into TN-controlled territory to check conflicting claims about the graves of Romanian World War II dead in Bender. A visit to the Dragalina Cemetery revealed careful and sensitive restora [...]	2007-12-10 09:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MD
07CHISINAU1477	REFUSED ENTRY INTO TRANSNISTRIA [...] (U) On December 14 the Ambassador set out for Tiraspol, accompanied by MCC Director for Moldova Chris Williams, Pol/Econ Section Chief Daria Fane, Interpreter Vlad Kulminsky and a security follow car. At the Transnistrian border checkpoint the delegation was informed that the Ambassador could [...]	2007-12-14 13:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1505	STRATAN GETTING COLD SHOULDER FROM BOTH NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Foreign Minister Stratan complained that his Romanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Cioroianu, would be in Chisinau for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but had not requested a meeting with him. Stratan mentioned that Moldova also faces problems with its easte [...]	2007-12-21 13:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV RO UP MD
07CONAKRY40	Liberia Partners Forum -- Guinea [...] On January 9, Poloff delivered demarche on the Liberia Partners Forum (Ref A) to Ambassador Mamady Traore, Political Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Traore saluted the U.S. efforts to support rebuilding Liberia but cautioned that any instability in the region would stymie progre [...]	2007-01-10 10:08:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PPOL PREL PBTS EAID GV LI SL
07DARESSALAAM434	RIFT VALLEY FEVER SPREADS IN TANZANIA, FROM [...] (SBU) Rift Valley Fever (RVF),an acute fever-causing viral disease that affects livestock and humans, has spread from northern to central Tanzania, with Dodoma Region the hardest hit. While most RVF cases are not fatal, the 18 deaths in Tanzania since the February 2007 outbreak have sparked [...]	2007-03-26 06:20:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC PREL EAID PBTS TZ
07DARESSALAAM814	PISCES AND THE IMPERATIVE OF TANZANIA'S BORDER [...] (S) SUMMARY. This is an action request (see para 7). It would be a major mistake to cut off funding for Tanzania's Personal Identification Secure Comparison and Evaluation System (PISCES),which serves as an important border management tool for both Tanzania and the U.S. In a country with por [...]	2007-06-07 11:40:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINS PBTS PINR SNAR KFRD TZ XW
07DUBAI282	NEW UAE-OMANI BORDER FENCE AIMED AT STOPPING ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Poleconoffs met with Fahem Abdullah al-Habsi, the Customs Center Manager at Saqr Port in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK) on March 28. During the course of discussions about Saqr Port (reftel A) al-Habsi commented on the UAE-Oman border on the Musandam Peninsula and illegal immigrants. 2.(C) Accor [...]	2007-04-26 08:33:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS MU AE
07DUBLIN916	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met with Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern on December 19 to discuss a wide range of issues. In recent days, Ahern has tamped down the public reaction to a report of the Irish Human Rights Commission (IHRC) on extraordinary renditions. Ahern indicated that the 3500-stron [...]	2007-12-20 15:46:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECIN PBTS EAIR ECON PKFK EUN
07FRANKFURT1182	FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport [...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...]	2007-03-12 09:58:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM
07FRANKFURT1199	FRONTEX: EU Border Control Cooperation at Frankfurt Airport [...] SUMMARY: In a February 19-March 9 joint operation, FRONTEX border security guards from seven EU countries are screening passengers at Frankfurt Airport to curb illegal entry to the EU. FRONTEX officials are pleased with the operation, which has netted fifteen detentions, mainly from South Amer [...]	2007-03-13 08:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG ASEC EAIR PBTS PREL GM
07GEORGETOWN117	Guyana Immigration CWC Training Reveals Security [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At GoG request, U.S. Embassy Consular officers participated as trainers in a recent Cricket World Cup Border Security Training Course for Guyanese Immigration and Customs Officers. The training made it clear that while some senior officers have basic knowledge of APIS and the Ca [...]	2007-01-30 14:46:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS SMIG CVIS ASEC KFRD KHLS GY
07GEORGETOWN138	GUYANA PASSES WORLD CUP LEGISLATION - BETTER LATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guyana's National Assembly unanimously passed four bills allowing Guyana to participate fully with the nine other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries in a Single Domestic Space for the upcoming Cricket World Cup (CWC). The four bills were: (1) Immigration (Amendment) Act [...]	2007-02-06 20:29:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS SMIG CVIS ASEC KFRD KHLS GY
07GEORGETOWN141	GUYANA PREPARES FOR FIRST PETROCARIBE OIL DELIVERY [...] (U) Petrocaribe is making its formal debut in Guyana in May amid unrealistic expectations. Optimistic Guyanese government leaders are prepared to reap its promised benefits but unprepared for the logistics and ramifications of doing business under the untested program. GoG officials also exp [...]	2007-02-07 20:16:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ENRG PBTS XL VE GY
07GEORGETOWN283	JAGDEO ON HUMAN RIGHTS, DRUGS AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with President Bharrat Jagdeo in his office and at his request on March 15 to discuss the INCSR and Human Rights Report. Jagdeo objected to the methodology and tone of both documents, describing them as on-going irritants, and said he hoped to discuss their o [...]	2007-03-16 20:35:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PBTS KCRM VE GY
07HANOI1599	SINO-VIETNAM TERRITORIAL DISPUTE ENTANGLES [...] (C) Summary. The Sino-Vietnam territorial dispute in the South China Sea has now entangled multiple multinational energy companies, including four American and eight other foreign firms. Chinese coercion has persuaded British Petroleum (BP),ConocoPhillips, and Chevron-Petronas/Carigali to p [...]	2007-09-07 16:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07HANOI1623	FOREIGN MINISTRY SUMMONS AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Vu Dzung, called in the Ambassador on September 10 to discuss the ongoing Sino-Vietnamese territorial dispute in the South China Sea. The Vice Foreign Minister urged the Ambassador to press Chevron to resume operations in Block 122; spe [...]	2007-09-11 17:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
07ISLAMABAD5394	OPEN COMPETITION LEADS TO VERY LOW MOBILE PHONE RATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's telecommunication policy reforms earned the country USD 8.0 billion in investments over the past four years. Promotion of open competition in the telecom industry has led to some of the lowest mobile phone rates in the world and substantially increased the average Pa [...]	2007-12-30 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EICN EINV PBTS PGOV PK

07JAKARTA3086	INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia will go into effect on or about November 24, 2007. In an October 22, 2007 meeting with Embassy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials, Directorate General of Sea Transportation (DGST) officials told the Embassy they would not attempt [...]	2007-11-06 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT PBTS ID
07JAKARTA3255	INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY DELAY [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Visiting regional Coast Guard liaison officer informed Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and representatives from U.S. companies with private port facilities that the Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia would not be issued November 24 as originally [...]	2007-11-27 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT ID PBTS
07JERUSALEM112	HOME DEMOLITIONS IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished 81 structures, including 63 homes, in East Jerusalem for lack of permits in 2006, according to a report released by the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD). Activists from ICAHD and the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim argue P [...]	2007-01-22 11:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM120	SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK CONTINUES AT NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. IN A JANUARY 19 VISIT TO THE SITE, POLOFF SAW SIGNIFICANT NEW GRADING IN THE AREA THAT A PALESTINIAN FOREMAN HAD INDICATED ON DECEMBER 6 WILL BE THE LOCATION OF A POSSIBLE 600-UNIT HOUSING COM [...]	2007-01-22 15:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM138	EXCAVATION BEGUN TO CONNECT SILWAN TO THE OLD CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI ORGANIZATION ELAD HAS BEGUN EXCAVATION OF A TUNNEL FROM THE POOL OF SILWAN TOWARDS THE WESTERN WALL, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IR AMIN. IR AMIN REPORTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 METERS OF TUNNEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PALESTI [...]	2007-01-24 13:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1420	CONTINUED ROADWORK AND CONSTRUCTION ON POLICE [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed July 2 that construction work continues in the E-1 area between Ma'ale Adumim and Jerusalem, and the exterior of the police station building is near complete. Retaining walls for roadways and grading along the hillsides leading up to and surrounding the police s [...]	2007-07-09 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KWBG PREL IS
07JERUSALEM1491	VATICAN NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Chief Vatican negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told PolOff July 12 that his team had just wrapped up a "positive but incomplete" negotiating session with the GoI on a general legal/fiscal agreement and made some progress on tax exemptions, judicial remedies and property claims. Jaege [...]	2007-07-19 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF IS PBTS VT KWBG
07JERUSALEM153	U/S BURNS DISCUSSES NUG AND NEED TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem with U/S Nicholas Burns, PLC member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee Member Yasser Abed Rabbo put the Fatah-Hamas struggle in the context of the regional Iranian threat. They discussed the possibility that PA President Mahmoud Abbas ( [...]	2007-01-26 07:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM155	QADURA FARIS AND U/S BURNS: FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Former PLC member Qadura Faris told U/S Burns in a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem that Fatah needs serious reform and reform-minded leaders must work to restore public confidence in the party and Fatah's ability to administer the PA. He said efforts to establish a National Unity G [...]	2007-01-26 07:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1569	IDF BLOCKS HOMESH ENTRANCES, BUT ALLOWS SETTLERS [...] (SBU) Israeli settlers continue to gather at the site of the former Northern West Bank settlement of Homesh, dismantled as part of the Disengagement plan in August 2005. Several thousand settlers have visited the site or stayed overnight since the July 24-25 Tisha B'Av holiday, commemorating [...]	2007-07-27 15:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG IS PBTS
07JERUSALEM1570	NEW MUGHRABI GATE RAMP ROUTE STILL UNDEFINED [...] (C) Summary. Ir Amim founder Danny Seidemann told ConGen and Embassy PolOffs July 23-24 that Mughrabi Gate ramp plans are far from settled, contrary to Israel press reports claiming a new design has been adopted. Seidemann commented that PM Olmert is under pressure from religious-nationalist [...]	2007-07-27 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS KISL KIRF
07JERUSALEM184	EXCAVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION NEAR HARAM AL [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGISTS TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 26 THAT EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE OHEL YITZHAK SYNAGOGUE IN THE MUSLIM QUARTER OF THE OLD CITY HAS BEEN HALTED, PENDING AN ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY (IAA) DECISION ABOUT A CRUSADER-ERA HALL BELOW THE SYNAGOGUE. TH [...]	2007-01-30 11:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1859	AL-'AZARIYA: MAYOR ASKS FOR CHANGES IN BARRIER [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, al-'Azariya mayor Issam Farun said he hopes the GoI will re-route the separation barrier near Ma'ale Adumim to avoid cutting off al-'Azariya from its only vacant land. He said an alternate route would simplify barrier construction while retaining reside [...]	2007-09-05 07:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS PBTS
07JERUSALEM188	HOME DEMOLITIONS CONTINUE IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been fifteen demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes in East Jerusalem since the beginning of the year, including three on January 30. The Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) held a protest vigil later on January 30 at Jerusalem City Hall. End Summary. [...]	2007-01-30 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2004	UN OCHA: ISRAELI INFRASTRUCTURE NOW COVERS 38 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) released a 147 page report on August 30 on the humanitarian impact of settlements and their infrastructure in the West Bank. The report finds that 38 percent of the West Bank is "taken up by Israeli infrastructure, [...]	2007-09-25 06:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2020	UK REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE REGARDING PLANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with PolChief, the British Consul General requested USG support to prevent demolition of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem and the construction of an Israeli apartment complex in its place. Local contacts say a new Israeli development in East Jerusal [...]	2007-09-26 15:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PREL
07JERUSALEM204	WORK ONGOING AT E-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 15:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2044	SETTLERS TEMPORARILY ERECT 5 NEW OUTPOSTS IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Settler activists ascended five West Bank hilltops to establish new outposts on September 30. IDF forces and Israeli police maintained a low key presence at each site and began removing settlers and temporary dwellings on October 1. At Hashmonaim, west of Ramallah, four activi [...]	2007-10-01 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2060	MAALE ADUMIM MAYOR: NEXT PHASE OF E-1 CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maale Adumim Mayor Benny Kashriel told Poloffs September 25 that the E-1 police station is "finished, except for the road" and the next step is to construct 1200 housing units. Kashriel said he is frustrated with American resistance to the expansion of Maale Adumim into E-1 an [...]	2007-10-02 13:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2100	SETTLERS AND ACTIVISTS ENGAGE IN TIT FOR TAT AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 25 Poloff visited the Susiya settlement in the Southern Hebron Hills. Susiya is small, but known for its extremism (and proximity to the Hebron settlers). Susiya settlers have claimed five nearby hilltops since 2001 and have difficult, even violent relations with [...]	2007-10-09 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2104	HEBRON SETTLERS BRACE FOR ANOTHER EVICTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers in Hebron are bracing for another eviction after Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz ordered on October 1 that eviction orders proceed against two settler families squatting in Hebron's triangle market. According to Peace Now, which filed the original complaint agai [...]	2007-10-10 11:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2187	HEAD OF SETTLER COUNCIL ON CONSTRUCTION PERMITS [...] (C) Summary: Settler leader and Chairman of the Yesha Council Danny Dayan told Poloff on October 16 that Israeli Defense Minister Barak is "blackmailing" settlers by ceasing to issue permits for West Bank construction until there is an agreement on outposts. Dayan also told Poloff that he i [...]	2007-10-23 14:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2208	DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR THE WEST BANK AND [...] (SBU) Post continues to exert diplomatic and programmatic efforts to support peace between Israelis and Palestinians and the creation of an independent Palestinian state. There have been significant developments in the West Bank and Gaza since the Department approved post,s strategy in Augus [...]	2007-10-25 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO
07JERUSALEM225	GREEK PATRIARCH: RECOGNITION, BEIT SAHOUR HOME [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the Consul General and Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, discussed the Greek Orthodox Church's role in inter-faith dialogue. Theophilos requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli recognition of him as Patriarch and to pre [...]	2007-02-02 16:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2390	KIRYAT ARBA MAYOR PROUDLY GUIDES TOUR OF ILLEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kiryat Arba Mayor Zvi Katsover showed Poloff an encampment of five caravans near the settlement on November 14. Katsover said the outpost was built over the last three years "in the middle of the night," piece by piece, without required permits, and "despite President Bush." [...]	2007-11-19 12:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2400	OUTPOSTS CONTINUE TO GROW AMIDST SETTLER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 16, Congen Poloff and Peace Now Settlements Watch Director Hagit Ofran visited 13 West Bank outposts believed to be on the GoI's list of 26 outposts for possible removal. Each of the outposts has five to sixty caravans (mobile homes) on hilltops in the vicinity of exi [...]	2007-11-20 13:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2419	SETTLER LEADER SAYS OUTPOST REMOVAL IMPOSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following PM Olmert's November 19 announcement that he intends to evacuate ""illegal outposts,"" Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff that this is ""technically impossible"" and will produce violent reactions from settlers. Dayan said the Yesha previously thought the G [...]	2007-11-21 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2429	JORDAN VALLEY SETTLER: ANNAPOLIS "IRRELEVANT" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan Valley Regional Council chairman Dubi Tal told PolOffs 20 November that economics are the key to peace, and Israelis and Palestinians are only in the Jordan Valley "to make money." He did not press his previous claim (reftel) that GOI control of the Jordan Valley is crucia [...]	2007-11-23 11:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2430	HOMESH LEADER SHOT DEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many settlers are linking the November 19 killing of Ido Zoldan, a 28-year old settler activist, with the upcoming Annapolis meeting. Karnei Shomron settlers told PolOff November 21 that Annapolis is a dangerous mistake, because Palestinians will not act responsibly and "we are h [...]	2007-11-23 11:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2431	OFRA: A "FLAGSHIP" PESSIMISTIC AND ANGRY ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Residents of the West Bank settlement of Ofra told Poloffs November 16 that convening Annapolis is a mistake and they will stay in Ofra regardless of USG policy or political developments. Six long-time residents of this settlement movement "flagship" said the USG ignores lessons [...]	2007-11-23 11:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2447	PEDUEL: "ISRAEL'S FRONT PORCH" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peduel spokesman Yehoshua Ben David told PolOff during a November 23 visit to Peduel that the settlement is continuing to expand and settlers are concerned about Annapolis-related political developments. He noted an increase in security incidents along the road to the settleme [...]	2007-11-29 08:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2453	HAMAS AND PA DUEL FOR CONTROL OF HAJJ PILGRIMAGE [...] (C) Deputy Waqf/Religious Affairs Minister Salah Zuhaykah told PolOff November 29 that Hamas is obstructing PA efforts to move Hajj pilgrims out of Gaza through Erez Crossing in an effort to force the use of Rafah crossing and avoid Israeli screening of pilgrims. He said only 200 (out of over [...]	2007-11-29 16:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PREL PTER JO EG
07JERUSALEM2458	GUSH ETZION LEADERSHIP: ANNAPOLIS "INSANE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gush Etzion Regional Council chairman Shaul Goldstein told PolOff November 28 that USG efforts toward a two-state solution are "insane" and will result only in increased terrorism. He blamed PM Olmert and DefMin Barak for the language in President Bush's speech on settlement gro [...]	2007-11-30 10:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2463	HEBRON HILLS SETTLERS: STOPPING GROWTH "IMPOSSIBLE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Hebron Hills Regional Council chairman Zviki Bar Hai at Otniel settlement November 27. Bar Hai told PolOff the USG cannot understand the importance of a Jewish presence in the West Bank and that it is "impossible" to stop settlement growth. Bar Hai dismissed US [...]	2007-11-30 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2472	SETTLEMENT SUBURBIA: BUILDING GOES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In suburban settlements between the green line and the separation barrier, construction continues, property values are high, and settlers dismiss recent political developments. Poloff visited four such settlements - Barkan, Elkana, Oranit, and Hashmonaim - the week of 26 Novemb [...]	2007-12-04 13:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2473	BEIT EL RECEIVES NEW TRAILER WITH IDF PERMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beit El Settlement Mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff November 29 that he had received a new trailer with IDF permission. He said Givat Haor, the hillside outpost occupied by Beit El youth and removed in November, was only a ritual bath but he wants it to be reestablished as an e [...]	2007-12-04 13:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2476	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES THREE HOMES [...] (SBU) According to Jerusalem Municipality advisor Elad HaLevy and members of the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition (ICAHD),the Municipality demolished a multi-story house under construction in Bayt Hanina (belonging to the Hajluni family) and a house foundation in Abu Tor for lack of [...]	2007-12-04 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2498	PA ANGRY THAT HAJJ PILGRIMS ARE ALLOWED TO USE [...] (C) Summary. PA officials--including President Abbas and PM Fayyad--have strongly condemned Egypt and Saudi Arabia for their roles in facilitating the movement of Hajj pilgrims through Rafah Crossing, in coordination with Hamas. President Abbas called the Egyptian and Saudi action "shameful" [...]	2007-12-05 12:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG PBTS IS PREL PTER JO EG
07JERUSALEM2500	NEW HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) The GOI Interior Ministry demolished Amcit Mahir Siaj's home in Bayt Hanina, East Jerusalem on December 5. PolOff visited the site while the demolition was in progress and was told by Siaj that Israeli police had forced him, his wife and four children from the house at 0730. He said the [...]	2007-12-05 13:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2524	NEW HAR HOMA/JEBEL ABU GHNEIM TENDER RENDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the GOI's December 2 publication of a new tender for 307 housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim, Palestinians publicly and privately condemned the action and urged the USG to act quickly to reverse it. On December 5, PolOff visited the site to confirm its location [...]	2007-12-07 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2542	MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES OLD CITY HOME [...] (SBU) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished a Palestinian home in Jerusalem's Old City for lack of permits on December 11. About 100 police cordoned off the site and removed the family's belongings while contractors demolished the fully-built, 12x25 meter house off al-Wad Street in the Musl [...]	2007-12-12 14:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PHUM
07JERUSALEM2602	TRANSITION UNDERWAY IN YESHA COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The settlers' Yesha Council is in transition following the late November election of candidates from outside the traditional settlement pioneer leaders. Settler pioneers Benzi Lieberman and Pinchas Wallerstein are finishing their terms in office, having been accused of "losing t [...]	2007-12-21 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM2609	DECEMBER SETTLEMENT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff undertook a series of trips in December to assess West Bank settlement construction. At Tekoa, Beitar Illit, Modiin Illit, Elkana, and Har Adar, PolOff saw active construction on medium and large scale projects. PolOff saw no construction at Kedumim, Adam, and Shaare Tik [...]	2007-12-27 12:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM266	WAQF ADMINISTRATOR: EXCAVATIONS AT HARAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH WAQF ADMINISTRATOR ADNAN HUSSEINI, GRAND MUFTI MOHAMMED HUSSEIN AND SHEIKH ABDEL AZIZ SALHAB FEBRUARY 8 TO DISCUSS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT. HUSSEINI SAID THE GOI HAD NOT COORDINATED WITH THE WAQF ON THIS PROJECT. HUSS [...]	2007-02-09 07:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KHUM KWBG KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM274	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...]	2007-02-09 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM275	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...]	2007-02-09 17:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM291	JERUSALEM MAYOR DELAYS CONSTRUCTION; EXCAVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following several days of clashes in the Old City, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski announced February 11 that construction of a new ramp to the Mughrabi Gate would be postponed to allow for discussion of the plans by the Municipalities Planning and Construction committees. Howev [...]	2007-02-12 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM339	MUGHRABI GATE: JERUSALEM MAYOR OPEN TO TALKING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: JERUSALEM MAYOR URI LUPOLIANSKI TOLD CONSUL GENERAL FEBRUARY 16 HE IS WILLING TO MEET WITH MUSLIM LEADERS TO TRY TO DISPEL THEIR CONCERNS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. HE NOTED THAT EXCAVATIONS HAVE CONTINUED DESPITE HIS FEBRUARY 12 DECISION TO POSTPONE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP AT THE [...]	2007-02-16 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM367	UPDATE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Tourists and visitors were allowed access to the Temple Mount/Haram a-Sharif via the Mughrabi Gate February 21 for the first time in more than two weeks. Access had been restricted by Israeli officials following protests and occasional violence surrounding the excavations at the Mughrabi G [...]	2007-02-22 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM443	WAQF DIRECTOR REPLACED WHILE OUT OF THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Adnan Husseini was replaced March 2 as director of the Waqf by the Jordanian government while he was out of the country trying to gather support in Turkey and Qatar for protests against excavations by the Israeli Antiquities Authority at the Mughrabi Gate ramp. Husseini is being replaced b [...]	2007-03-05 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM449	PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO PALESTINIAN HOMES IN A-TUR SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION MARCH 6 RECEIVED A ONE-WEEK STAY ORDER. FOUR HOMES IN THE SAME AREA WERE DEMOLISHED IN FEBRUARY, AND ACTIVISTS WITH THE ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOME DEMOLITIONS (ICAHD) SAID THAT THE HOMES ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR [...]	2007-03-06 13:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM46	SEVERAL CENTRAL WEST BANK CHECKPOINTS REMOVED OR [...] (S) Summary. Following discussion on easing movement restrictions inside the West Bank between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Poloff surveyed the changes in Palestinian access/movement in the Nablus/Salfit/Ramallah area on January 5. The changes do not all [...]	2007-01-08 16:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PREL KWBG PBTS KPAL PINR IS
07JERUSALEM460	UPDATE ON WORK AT E-1 [...] (C) INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND GRADING OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE ISRAELI POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS CONTINUING IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. POLOFF OBSERVED ON MARCH 8 TWO ADDITIONAL GRADED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE LARGE GRADED AREA SOUTHWEST OF THE POLICE STATION. (NOTE: THE LAR [...]	2007-03-08 15:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM489	NEW WAQF DIRECTOR, BUT NO POLICY CHANGE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE WAQF SAID MARCH 13 THAT ISLAMIC AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP AND THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP THERE. HE SAID THAT LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, NEITHER HE NOR ANY WAQF OFFICIAL WILL MEET WITH JERUSALEM'S MAYOR OR [...]	2007-03-13 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM535	NEW CONSTRUCTION NEAR ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FIRST OF 50 HOUSING UNITS IN NOF HASHARON, NEAR THE WEST BANK SETTLEMENT OF ALFE MENASHE. POLOFF VISITED THE SITE ON MARCH 19. THE MAYOR OF ALFE MENASHE SAYS NOF HASHARON IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIS MUNICIPALITY AND THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS AN EXT [...]	2007-03-21 16:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM575	WAQF DIRECTOR HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF MARCH 27 THAT HE HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE UNESCO REPORT RELEASED ON THE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. THE REPORT, RELEASED MARCH 13, RECOMMENDS THAT THE GOI IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE SITE AND DEFINE A PLAN T [...]	2007-03-28 12:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM576	SETTLERS SEEK TO RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) According to local press, all of the roughly 300 settler activists who remained at the former settlement of Homesh following a March 26 march to the site had been evacuated by the IDF by mid-morning March 28. Dozens of settler activists burned tires and damaged IDF vehicles March 27 in an [...]	2007-03-28 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM577	SETTLEMENT EXPANSION WILL CONNECT WEST BANK [...] (C) Danny Seideman, founder of the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim told poloff March 27 that plans to expand the West Bank settlement of Adam, also known as Geve Binyamin, have been approved by the Higher Planning Council. He said the plan would expand the settlement of about 1500 people sou [...]	2007-03-28 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM639	ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTER TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM [...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 6 THAT RIGHT-WING ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTERED THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM A-SHARIF COMPOUND ON APRIL 4 AND 5. AL-KHATIB SAID ON APRIL 4 SIXTY ACTIVISTS ENTERED THROUGH THE MUGHRABI GATE AND TOURED THE COMPOUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, ESCORTED BY ISRA [...]	2007-04-06 12:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM649	CONSTRUCTION ON BARRIER AND POLICE STATION [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed April 6 that construction is active and ongoing on two sections of the separation barrier around the Ma,ale Adumim/E-1 settlement bloc. In addition, grading continues at the E-1 police station. (Note: Photos of the barrier construction and of E-1 sent by email to N [...]	2007-04-10 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM815	AZARIYAH: POSSIBLE LAND CONFISCATION [...] (C) Summary: Azariyah Mayor Isam Far'un told PolChief on April 23 that the route of the separation barrier will divide the town, east of Jerusalem, from 2000 dunums (about 510 acres) of its municipal land. Of this land, 800 dunums (205 acres) is a hill that the municipality zoned for commercia [...]	2007-05-07 13:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM867	NEW ROADS, GRADING AND TERRACING AT E-1 POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF OBSERVED MAY 10 THAT CONSTRUCTION IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM HAS CONTINUED AT A HEIGHTENED PACE SINCE POLOFF'S APRIL 27 VISIT. SUBSTANTIAL ROADWORK HAS BEGUN, TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN GRADED, AND ONE NEW AREA HAS BEEN TERRACED. (NOTE: PHOTOS SENT TO [...]	2007-05-11 12:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM93	NEW HAR HOMA HOUSING UNITS PART OF "VERY OLD PLAN" [...] (C) Summary: The construction of 1000 new housing units in Har Homa southeast of Jerusalem, announced January 8, are part of an existing plan and are not the result of the cancellation of the "Safdie plan" to build 20,000 housing units in the hills west of Jerusalem, according to both the For [...]	2007-01-18 15:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM970	JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE CHAIR: PLAN FOR [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA. 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY. FOLLOWING FEBRUARY 28 AND MAY 10 HAARETZ REPORTS OF EAST JERUSALEM CONSTRUCTION PLANS, JERUSALEM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, TOWN PLANNERS AND ATTORNEYS CONFIRMED TO POLOFF THAT DEPUTY MAYOR JOSHUA POLLAK DISCUSSED SEVERAL RE [...]	2007-05-25 11:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS PBTS KPAL PGOV
07KABUL3887	PRIVATIZATION OF AFGHAN TELECOM IMMINENT INCLUDING FIBER [...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor, Robert Deutsch, met with Afghan Minister of Communications, Amir Zia Sangin, on November 17 and received Afghan support for a conference fostering regional telecommunications interconnectivity. Minister Sangin also shared that plans for the privatization [...]	2007-11-21 09:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EICN PREL PGOV PBTS ETRD AF
07KHARTOUM1177	PRIVATE OIL FIELD SECURITY TIED TO NISS, SAYS AL-JAZ AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A July 28 Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) special session on the oil sector revealed new information on the sensitive subject of oil field security. The session featured a presentation by and dialogue with the Minister of Energy and Mining, Mr. Awad Al- [...]	2007-07-29 14:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV MARR MOPS SU
07KINSHASA318	CONGO ACKNOWLEDGES DISPUTED BORDER AREA IS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC and Angola commissioned a technical team to clarify their common border following high-level consultations March 13 in Kinshasa. The team is charged with locating the 112 colonial-era border monuments and laying groundwork for joint control of the frontier. The deleg [...]	2007-03-16 09:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS MOPS CG AG
07KUALALUMPUR1000	MALAYSIA: PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON THE UNITED [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-08 04:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA KTIA PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP KPAO MY
07KUWAIT147	VISIT TO THREE KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER FACILITIES [...] (U) Summary. On January 28, Ambassador and Emboffs participated in site visits to three border facilities on the Kuwait-Iraq border and to one Government of Kuwait (GOK) border outpost. Army Central Command (ARCENT) officials stated that the transition to the new military crossing point was p [...]	2007-01-31 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT1534	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BORDER [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr.Stephen Mangino, Mr. Souad Al-Atar, and Mr. Mark Samuel Riley to travel to post on October 19-24, 2007 to attend a Border Security Experts Meeting. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assi [...]	2007-10-18 09:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ KU OTRA PBTS PREL PTER
07KUWAIT1707	READOUT OF IRAN FM MOTTAKI VISIT TO KUWAIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 25, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Kuwait as part of his tour of Arabian Gulf States. According to the Kuwaiti media, FM Mottaki discussed the Kuwait-Iran maritime border, bilateral energy issues, foreign relations, Iraq and the Iranian nuclear pr [...]	2007-12-06 17:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PBTS PINR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT33	RECONNAISSANCE VISIT TO NEW IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER [...] (C/NF) On January 7, Econcouns participated in a site visit to the new border facilities at Kheybari Crossing (K-Crossing),scheduled to open later this spring, with U.S. military officials from Army Forces Central Command (ARCENT). K-crossing is located approximately forty-seven kilometers [...]	2007-01-09 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KU MARR PBTS
07KUWAIT730	NEW KUWAIT-IRAQ COALITION BORDER CROSSING TO OPEN [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 8, Econoff attended the final drill in preparation for the May 15 opening of the Khabari Al-Wazem Border Crossing (commonly referred to as K-Crossing or the Khabari Coalition Crossing, KCC),on the Kuwait-Iraq border. K-Crossing will replace Navistar as the primary lan [...]	2007-05-09 15:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT799	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER: NEW COALITION CROSSING OPENS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 15, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Chief and Kuwait Customs Advisor Jim Piatt conducted a site visit of newly-opened Khabari Crossing (K Crossing) to assess overall operations. The first convoy arrived from Iraq on May 15 at 0130. In general, the opening went smo [...]	2007-05-21 08:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KYIV133	UKRAINE: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE: DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary/comment: In view of Ukrainian officials' previous concerns about the impact of Kosovo independence on "frozen conflicts" in Moldova and elsewhere, acting DCM drew on ref A background to brief DFM Veselovsky January 18 on the Kosovo settlement process. While underscoring that Ukrain [...]	2007-01-19 14:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OPDC UNMIK UN YI MD RS UP
07KYIV2810	UKRAINE: Black Sea Strategy Presented to German Marshall [...] (SBU) Summary: Academics and NGO representatives considered the Euro-Atlantic community's approaches to the "Eastern European neighborhood" during a conference held in Kyiv October 26-27. Despite the theme, conference participants were focused on Ukraine and particularly Ukraine's prospects fo [...]	2007-11-13 10:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PBTS SENV EWWT PARM EUN UP
07KYIV2831	UKRAINE: PEACEKEEPERS AND KOSOVO POST-INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) This is a request for Department guidance. Please advise on how we should respond to Ukrainian Defense Minister Hrytsenko's inquiry on contingency planning for possible Kosovo independence. 2. (C) During a November 15 meeting with EUR DAS David Kramer, Defense Minister Hrytsenko inquir [...]	2007-11-16 12:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK OSCE YI MD RS UP
07KYIV478	UKRAINE: THINKING OF ENGAGING BELARUS PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, the Ukrainians floated a proposal to extend an overture to Belarusan President Lukashenko in the hope of obtaining progress on Ukraine-Belarus border issues and cooperation in forming a united front against Russian on energy issues. The initial proposal included [...]	2007-02-26 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07KYIV665	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: TRANSNISTRIA AND BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky told EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and Ambassador March 19 that he would continue to hold the concurrent duty as Ukrainian special negotiator for Transnistria, despite rumors to the contrary. National Security and Defense Council (NSDC [...]	2007-03-22 15:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
07LAPAZ3270	BOLIVIA CALM FOR PRODUCTIVE BRAZIL/CHILE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales joined his Brazilian and Chilean counterparts December 16 to sign a $900 million road project to link South America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts via Bolivia. He also received a $750 million commitment for natural gas investments from Brazil the next [...]	2007-12-17 22:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PBTS PGOV PREL CI VE BR
07LIBREVILLE62	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:01:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LIBREVILLE63	GABON AS EL DORADO [...] On January 29, 2007, 75 West African immigrants attempting to enter Gabon illegally were detained by local authorities as they disembarked from a boat. The group, which included 65 men, 9 women and one child, were nationals of Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Ghana and Burkina Faso. In an intervi [...]	2007-02-01 14:11:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS KTIP PGOV PHSA PHUM SMIG GB
07LILONGWE735	MALAWI: MOZAMBIQUE BLOCKS PATROL BOATS DONATION [...] (C) Summary: Malawi Defense Force Commander General Marko Chiziko told Ambassador that Government of Mozambique (GRM) was blocking the delivery of the Taiwan's donation of four patrol boats for use on Lake Malawi, probably at the urging of the Chinese Government. Chiziko claimed the government [...]	2007-09-26 07:49:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PBTS MI TZ MZ
07LISBON2199	PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...]	2007-08-28 17:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR
07LISBON2200	PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...]	2007-08-29 06:28:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR
07MADRID1155	SPAIN ON PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON LAW OF THE SEA [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-12 10:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	SP ID KSCA KTIA MY PBTS PGOV PHSA SENV UNEP
07MADRID1275	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 15:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1281	BRITISH AMBASSADOR TALKS ABOUT ODYSSEY [...] (C) In a June 26 courtesy call, newly arrived British Ambassador to Spain Denise Holt (strictly protect) told the Ambassador that tensions with Spain over Odyssey were continuing to pose an unnecessary threat on the two countries' bilateral relationship. Holt stated for the record that the Br [...]	2007-06-28 16:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1285	WHEN WILL ODYSSEY SHIPS SAIL OUT? [...] (C) Odyssey Marine Exploration representatives Marie Rogers and Ali Nasser requested a meeting with EconOff June 26 to informally update the Embassy on the American company's plans to sail out from Gibraltar. Despite assurances that the Spanish would indeed attempt to execute the warrant against Od [...]	2007-07-02 07:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON SP PREL EWWT SCUL PHSA PBTS
07MADRID1331	SPANISH POLDIR ON KOSOVO, HIZBALLAH, YEMEN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 5 meeting on a separate issue, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar and the DCM discussed key bilateral issues going forward. Dezcallar said that a crucial priority in coming months should be avoiding a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo. [...]	2007-07-06 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHSA PBTS EWWT SP LE YM VE YI
07MADRID167	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS WARN AGAINST PREMATURE [...] (U) January 25, 2007; 11:30 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Madrid, Spain. 2. (U) Participants: Observers United States - DAS David Kramer European Union - Amb. Adriaan Jacobovits, EU Special Representative Mediators Ukraine - Deputy FM Andriy Veselovsky Russian Federati [...]	2007-02-01 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS UP SP
07MADRID1670	ODYSSEY UPDATE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ODYSSEY [...] (C) Summary. On August 29, the Ambassador delivered reftel A dipnote to Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, who promised to provide a subsequent diplomatic note incorporating the necessary information and assurances. Post's DHS-ICE Attache, who already has in hand the import documentatio [...]	2007-08-31 14:08:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1722	ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...]	2007-09-07 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1723	ODYSSEY UPDATE: DHS DELIVERS CUSTOMS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On September 6, DHS-ICE Attache delivered the Odyssey Customs import documents to Director of Aduanas Nicolas Bonilla, as requested by GOS via the Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) on July 24. The DHS-ICE Attache advised Bonilla that the information was confidential and to be u [...]	2007-09-07 10:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PBTS PHSA SCUL SP CA
07MADRID1952	SPANISH DEMARCHES ON ODYSSEY ONCE AGAIN [...] (SBU) On October 9, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director for North American Affairs Fernando Prieto presented a nonpaper to desk officer Elaine Samson and EconOff reinforcing the GOS' desire to obtain broader access to the Odyssey import documents into the U.S. and requesting that the U.S. conduct [...]	2007-10-10 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK
07MADRID1977	SPAIN DETAINS ODYSSEY EXPLORER IN DISPUTED [...] (C) The Bahamian-flagged Odyssey Explorer sailed out of Gibraltar at 9:38 am local time the morning of October 16 and was immediately approached by the Spanish Navy and the Guardia Civil approximately 3.5 nautical miles south of Gibraltar in disputed waters. The Spanish authorities detained t [...]	2007-10-16 17:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA SCUL SP UK CA ECON
07MADRID340	INFORMING SPAIN ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff met with MFA Subdirector General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on February 21 to discuss recent developments on the Moroccan autonomy plan for Western Sahara. Gomez-Acebo noted that he recently had spoken with NEA DAS Gordon Gray about the visit to Washington of a [...]	2007-02-23 12:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SP UNSC WI
07MADRID529	SPAIN COURTS ALGERIA AND MOROCCO DESPITE WESTERN [...] (U) This is an action request message (see paragraphs 3 and 11). 2. (C) NOTE: The conversations in this message took place prior to receipt of reftel on briefing Spain and other countries on our latest Western Sahara efforts, which we will report via separate telegram. END NOTE. 3. (C [...]	2007-03-21 13:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI
07MADRID536	SPAIN FAVORS UN UMBRELLA FOR WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Poloff delivered ref. A demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on March 21, asking Spain to intervene with the Polisario Front (PF) and encourage them to agree to direct negotiations with Morocco under U.S. auspices at a neutral location. Poloff empha [...]	2007-03-22 14:51:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UNSC SP WI
07MADRID753	SPANISH ENCOURAGE LONGER MINURSO RENEWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: NEA DAS Gordon Gray discussed the Western Sahara over lunch with a team of high-level MFA officials April 19 in Madrid. Alvaro Iranzo, the Spanish DG for North Africa, told Gray that the Spanish want a UNSCR which impels the two sides to negotiate without preconditions. While favoring [...]	2007-04-26 07:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS SP MO AG WI

07MADRID937	VAN WALSUM IN MADRID MAY 18 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo on May 17. Gomez-Acebo told Poloff that UN Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum had postponed his planned May 16-22 tour of the Maghreb on May 15 and would instead be in Madrid May 18 for a me [...]	2007-05-17 14:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AG MO WI SP
07MANILA1991	NEXT STEP IN THE TRIPARTITE SEISMIC SURVEY IN [...] (C) Summary: Phase II should begin in July for the tripartite Marine Seismic Undertaking in the South China Sea. Philippine authorities had temporarily delayed authorization as the government decided whether to approve a Service Contract with a UK-based oil company in an area within the bo [...]	2007-06-15 06:10:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EPET CH VM RP
07MANILA2258	RENEWED REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING FOR MARITIME [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 10. 2. (U) Summary. After thorough review by all involved agencies and consultations with the Philippine National Police (PNP),Embassy would like to renew its $2 million funding request from FY2005 funds of the Bureau for International Narcotics a [...]	2007-07-03 07:55:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PREL ASEC PBTS SNAR RP
07MANILA3615	PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON M/V GOLDEN NORI PIRACY [...] (S) As relayed to Department via ref B telcon, poloff on November 2 delivered to the Department of Foreign Affairs reftel C points regarding the actions of U.S. naval vessels that responded to the Panamanian tanker M/V Golden Nori's call for assistance off the coast of Somalia. The DFA was u [...]	2007-11-07 08:38:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	EWWT IMO KCRM PBTS PGOV PHSA PM PREL RP SO
07MINSK198	UKRAINIAN CHARGE ON LUKASHENKO-YUSHCHENKO MEETING [...] (C) Ukrainian Charge Aksana Kitsun assured DCM March 5 that the Ukrainians want any meeting between Presidents Yushchenko and Lukashenko to bring concrete, positive results. She reported that Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Deputy Head for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy SIPDIS met wit [...]	2007-03-06 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07MONTEVIDEO947	URUGUAY ON HOST GOVERNMENT PRACTICES - INFORMATION [...] (C) Introduction: This telegram responds to reftel action request for information. Methodology and sources used to compile this report included an in-depth interview by regional LEGATT (Buenos Aires) with Dra. Carmen Conte, Director, Direccion Nacional de Migracion and with Comisario Jorge Sce [...]	2007-11-01 16:00:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KVPR PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PBTS
07MOSCOW1257	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN MFA NEGOTIATOR ON INCIDENTS [...] (C) On March 23 we raised with Russian MFA Ambassador-at-large Nesterushkin the March 16 refusal of Transnistrian authorities to allow diplomats from Amembassy Chisinau into the separatist region. We handed Nesterushkin a copy of Ambassador Finley's March 21 intervention at the OSCE Permanent [...]	2007-03-23 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW1316	RUSSIA-GEORGIA, TRANSNISTRIA: TOUGH TALK FROM DFM [...] (C) DFM Grigoriy Karasin showed little flexibility when Ambassador pressed him on relations with Georgia March 26. Karasin warned that a Georgian application to the European Court of Human Rights over last autumn's deportations would lead to a sharp Russian reaction. He said no process of nor [...]	2007-03-26 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE MD BO UP KZ GG RS
07MOSCOW1579	EUR DAS KRAMER'S MOSCOW TALKS ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) EUR DAS David Kramer held talks on Transnistria/Moldova in Moscow April 6 at the MFA with DFM Grigoriy Karasin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Kenyaikin, Ambassador-at-Large Valeriy Nesterushkin; at the Security Council with Andrey Kuzin; and at the Duma with Andrey Kokoshin. Kramer stressed [...]	2007-04-09 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW1835	TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS DENY "KOZAK-2" [...] (C) We raised the alleged "Kozak-2" negotiations between Russia and Moldova (reftels) with Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Transnistria (April 17); Viktor Sorokin, MFA 4th CIS Department Director (April 18); and Andrey Kuzin, Security Council (April 20). We mentioned article [...]	2007-04-20 12:42:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW2434	LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION SLOW BUT [...] (SBU) The GOR has begun the process of ratifying the border treaty with Latvia, which was signed March 27 by the two countries' prime ministers and ratified May 17 by the Latvian Parliament. We understand from the MFA that although there are a number of required bureaucratic steps that will [...]	2007-05-24 13:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS
07MOSCOW2595	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: IF THEY CAN JUST MAKE IT TO THE [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Kelin said May 31 that the upcoming Saakashvili-Putin meeting in St. Petersburg might serve one purpose: to overcome the legacy of bad blood left by last fall's confrontation. He warned that action on Kosovo between now and the meeting might ruin even that [...]	2007-06-01 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW2775	BURNS-KARASIN LETTER ON MOLDOVA [...] (C) On June 8 we sent Ref A Burns-Karasin letter to the MFA under cover of a diplomatic note. We also met with Ambassador at Large Nesterushkin to deliver a courtesy copy. 2. (C) Nesterushkin's first reaction was to criticize the U.S. for "leaking" the document; he said the EU had praised [...]	2007-06-11 09:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RS
07MOSCOW2860	SUMMIT TIDBITS: PUTIN WITH SAAKASHVILI AND VORININ [...] (C) Russian MFA and Security Council readouts of President Putin's meetings with Presidents Saakashvili of Georgia and Voronin of Moldova at the Commonwealth of Independent States Summit stressed their constructive and friendly atmosphere. Concrete results were not noted, however. The MFA has [...]	2007-06-15 06:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR GG MD RS
07MOSCOW2966	GEORGIA-SOUTH OSSETIA: POPOV PLEADS FOR ROY REEVE [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador-at-Large for South Ossetia Yuriy Popov pled with us to ensure that Roy Reeve is extended as OSCE Head of Mission in Georgia until December. He said Reeve is a key brake against armed conflict. The emergence of Sanakoyev has made Kokoity hard to control and pro [...]	2007-06-19 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW3519	SOUTH OSSETIA: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Russian South Ossetia Negotiator Yuri Popov told us Russian domestic concerns in the North Caucasus will keep Russia hostile to the Georgian-backed Sanakoyev regime. Russian loyalty to Kokoity will last at least until the 2008 Russian presidential transition. Popov got the South Ossetians [...]	2007-07-18 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW3531	ABKHAZIA: RUSSIAN MFA DEFENDS STATEMENT, ASKS FOR [...] (C) We took the Russian MFA to task July 18 for its statement on the UNOMIG report on the March 11 Kodori Gorge attack. MFA officials Chernov and Tarabrin said the statement in no way criticized the USG, claiming its criticism was aimed at press commentary after the State Department statement [...]	2007-07-19 09:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW405	RUSSIAN MFA CONFIRMS POSITIVE CHANGE IN ABKHAZIA [...] (C) MFA Fourth CIS Director Andrey Kelin briefed PolMinCouns on the Russian position toward Georgia's Kodori Gorge January 31, making explicit the positive change hinted to DAS Bryza in Berlin January 22. Russia will now accept the presence of up to 200 Georgian internal troops in Kodori (the [...]	2007-01-31 15:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
07MOSCOW4111	GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...]	2007-08-22 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4113	GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT: RUSSIA ISSUES ITS OWN [...] (C) MFA acting Department chief Tarabrin described to us a report compiled by Russian experts "proving" that Russia had nothing to do with the August 6 missile launch on Georgia. The report is being distributed in the UNSC and OSCE. We assured Tarabrin the U.S. considers all information, but t [...]	2007-08-22 13:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4163	MFA REITERATES TO VISITING OSCE SPECIAL ENVOY GOR [...] (C) Summary: According to MFA and Spanish diplomats, OSCE CiO Zuzul used his August 22-23 visit to stress the need to reduce Georgian-Russian tensions, without focusing on identifying the guilty party in the August 6 missile incident. The GOR accorded Zuzul a mid-level MFA hearing, expressed [...]	2007-08-24 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PINS UNSC GG RS
07MOSCOW4182	KOSOVO: RUSSIAN ENVOY PESSIMISTIC, PUSHING UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 24th meeting, Russian Envoy Botsan-Kharchenko characterized the first round of Troika talks as satisfactory, but was pessimistic about prospects for the August 30 Vienna session, given entrenched positions over the Ahtisaari plan, which were exacerbated by Serbian and [...]	2007-08-27 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SR PBTS KV RS
07MOSCOW4307	RUSSIA/GEORGIA: BAKRADZE VISIT FAILS TO EASE [...] (C) Russian MFA South Ossetia negotiator Yuriy Popov told us August 31 that visiting Georgian State Minister Bakradze did not hit it off well with DFM Karasin. The Russians appear to take Bakradze seriously. Popov worried that the planned "Peace March" to Tskhinvali could elicit a provocativ [...]	2007-08-31 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MOPS OSCE GG RS
07MOSCOW4309	LATVIAN BORDER TREATY: DUMA RATIFICATION IN EARLY [...] (C) Summary. The State Duma will likely ratify the border treaty with Latvia, but the MFA and the Latvian Embassy raised concerns about the treaty's passage in the Federation Council, where political grandstanding in an election year could possibly result in further delay. FM Lavrov postpon [...]	2007-08-31 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS
07MOSCOW4413	RUSSIAN-ESTONIAN RELATIONS: INCHING TOWARD NORMALCY [...] (C) Summary. The MFA and Estonian Embassy suggest that Russia-Estonia relations are slowly returning to normal, despite lingering GOR ill will and unhelpful political rhetoric in both countries. Although no high-level visits are on the horizon, the two countries are closely coordinating on m [...]	2007-09-07 13:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EN RU
07MOSCOW4626	FEDERATION COUNCIL PASSES LATVIAN BORDER TREATY [...] (SBU) On September 19, the Russian Federation Council voted 177 to one to ratify the border treaty with Latvia. Despite fears that the Just Russia party might cater to the nationalist vote in election-year politics (reftel),they instead voted for the treaty with near unanimity in the first r [...]	2007-09-19 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV LG RS
07MOSCOW4725	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIA SEES INCREASED U.S. [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Black Sea Economic Cooperation Division Second Secretary Aleksandar Fedorinov on September 26. He told us that Russia sees the Black Sea Economic Forum as the best way to increase multilateral cooperation in the region, noting that some of its working gr [...]	2007-09-26 14:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07MOSCOW4828	RUSSIA AT A LOSS ON HOW TO BREAK IMPASSE IN [...] (C) Summary: Although Russia has observed an improvement in its bilateral ties with Moldova, the GOR remains frustrated with its inability to pressure Chisinau into a compromise on the Transnistria conflict. Russia's de facto import ban on Moldovan wine and Putin's increasingly frequent one [...]	2007-10-02 12:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5006	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES CFE WITH DFM KISLYAK ON EVE OF [...] (C) Summary: On October 11, A/S Fried and U/S Defense Edelman continued bilateral discussions with DFM Sergey Kislyak on the U.S.-proposed CFE parallel actions plan in advance of October 12-13 2 2 talks. Fried warned that if Russia followed through on its threat to suspend implementation of [...]	2007-10-15 14:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5055	RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told us on October 17 that the recent exchange of positive signals between Chisinau and Tiraspol and the productive October 6 Putin-Voronin meeting may have created a "unique opportunity" for the possibility of renewed talks between Chisinau and Tiraspol in the "5 2" [...]	2007-10-18 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07MOSCOW5474	RUSSIA CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBILITY FOR VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) Summary. While the GOR supports UNSC Presidential Statement 9169 urging both Ethiopia and Eritrea to take concrete steps to implement the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC)'s delineation decision, the GOR does not support the EEBC's plan for "virtually" demarcating the border an [...]	2007-11-21 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS ET ER RS
07MOSCOW599	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: TINY STEPS FOR LITTLE FEET [...] (C) On January 22 Putin sent his ambassador back to Georgia with fanfare. On February 5-6 the two countries held constructive talks on restoring direct air links, with other talks soon to begin on restoring sea freight connections. The newly re-staffed Russian embassy in Tbilisi includes visa [...]	2007-02-09 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PBTS MARR MOPS GG RS
07MOSCOW674	RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: TIME OUT ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Russia and Moldova began negotiating a package in secret after the reconciliation last August between SIPDIS Presidents Putin and Voronin. The package included the status of Transnistria within a neutral Moldova, the modalities of governance and peacekeeping, and assurances that Transn [...]	2007-02-15 14:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
07NDJAMENA251	AERIAL RECONNAISSANCE IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) The Ambassador presented points in ref to Foreign Minister Allam-mi in a meeting on March 20. 2. (S) The Foreign Minister responded that the United States will require Libya's approval for the request for overflights even before Chad's. He said Chad prefers to solve its problems wit [...]	2007-03-21 16:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	SECRET	MARR PBTS PINR PREL GR LI SU CD
07NEWDELHI1050	INDIA AND U.S. HOLD COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Additional Secretary (International Organizations) K.C. Singh and Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic chaired the 8th U.S.-India Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) on February 28th in New Delhi. Calling the timing "late, but better late than ne [...]	2007-03-02 14:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI1250	INDO-FIJIAN RELATIONS GOOD DESPITE MILITARY COUP [...] (C) Summary: Fiji's interim Foreign Affairs and External Trade Minister, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, visited New Delhi March 3-4 (reftel). He met with both Ambika Soni, Indian Minister of Tourism and Culture, and Pranab Mukherjee, Minister of External Affairs, from whom Nailatikau reportedly re [...]	2007-03-14 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FJ IN PBTS PGOV PINR
07NEWDELHI1295	KASHMIRI REJECTIONIST HARDLINER GEELANI SEEKS U.S. [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST for CA, S/CT, DS, PA, SCA and others. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani applied March 16 for a visa to travel to the United States for medical treatment for cancer in his one remaining kid [...]	2007-03-16 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER CVIS ASEC PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
07NEWDELHI1532	DCM REVIEWS FULL SLATE OF BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) In a courtesy call on new Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta on March 30, the DCM recalled their long-standing friendship, briefed Gupta on the many ways that the USG works with the Home Ministry to advance our bilateral agenda, and sought Gupta's help to improve Embassy interactions with his M [...]	2007-03-30 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
07NEWDELHI1704	INDO-PAK DISCUSSIONS ON SAARC SIDELINES HINT AT [...] (C) Summary: The recently concluded SAARC Summit (April 3-4) was notable for its lack of major tension over the perennially contentious issues between India and Pakistan. Indo-Pak experts on the sidelines of SAARC saw signals that a proposal may be just around the corner to try to resolve l [...]	2007-04-11 09:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1727	PDP WINS PUBLIC BATTLE OVER JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) Summary: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mufti Muhammad Sayeed rather astutely and with exquisite timing caused a major dilemma that threatened to unravel the Congress-PDP coalition government of Jammu and Kashmir state. In negotiations before the SAARC Summit and on the eve of Ut [...]	2007-04-12 05:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI1827	INDIA OFFERS CREW LIST EXEMPTION [...] This is an action request for the Department - please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has presented a Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007, dated April 11, 2007) offering a bilateral resolution of the outstanding "crew list" issue, proposing exemption of t [...]	2007-04-17 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS KREC KTIA IN
07NEWDELHI1920	RECORD CROWD ATTENDS HARDLINE SEPARATIST GEELANI'S [...] (C) Summary: In a show of force as well as strength, hardline separatist Sayeed Ali Shah Geelani held a rally in Srinagar on April 22nd to mark his return to the Valley following cancer surgery in Mumbai. Our interlocutors say the rally was attended by several thousand mostly young people -- [...]	2007-04-23 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2072	G-8 SEEKING IMPROVED CT COOPERATION WITH INDIA [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns attended a meeting of the G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in New Delhi, which is now chaired by the German Political Counselor. The group attempts to coordinate G-8 efforts to partner with the Indian government against terrorism. The group discussed each coun [...]	2007-05-01 08:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI209	MUKHERJEE'S PAKISTAN TRIP YIELDS LITTLE FOR INDIA [...] (C) Summary. Indian Foreign Minister Mukherjee met with Pakistani leaders in Islamabad on January 13th and 14th, announcing that Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri will visit New Delhi in February, inaugurating the next round of composite dialogue with Foreign Secretary talks on March 13th a [...]	2007-01-16 10:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2102	PM HOSTS THIRD JAMMU AND KASHMIR ROUNDTABLE AS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh chaired a third Roundtable Conference in New Delhi with Kashmiri leaders on April 21st, although separatists from both moderate and hard-line political camps refused to attend. The Prime Minister sat through more than 10 hours of presentations by Kashmiri p [...]	2007-05-02 12:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2117	INDIAN DEOBANDIS SAY PAKISTANI JUI-F WILLING TO BROKER PEACE TALKS WITH TALIBAN [...] (S) Summary: Poloffs met on April 27th with Pandit N. K. Sharma -- who once headed Muslim Outreach for the Rao government and who claims close ties to the Gandhi family -- as well as Maulana Mahmood Madani, a member of Parliament and prominent leader of the Deobandi political organization Jamiat U [...]	2007-05-03 10:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2223	INDIA-PAKISTAN STILL STUCK ON SIACHEN TALKS [...] (S) Summary: Indian Defense Minister A K Antony traveled to the Army's Siachen base camp to demonstrate his administration's ongoing tough stance toward Pakistan in negotiations over troop withdrawal from the peaks surrounding the glacier, as well as to set a marker by which India can claim v [...]	2007-05-09 12:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2247	INDIA REQUESTS FORMAL TERRORISM WATCH LIST EXCHANGE [...] (S) This is an ACTION request for the Department S/CT and SCA. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Indian MEA Counter-Terrorism Cell Director I M Pandey passed a request to Poloff that the U.S. and India sign an agreement to create a formal and continuous channel to exchange terrorism [...]	2007-05-10 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL ASEC
07NEWDELHI2258	TERRORIST INFILTRATION FALLING IN INDIAN KASHMIR, INCREASING IN INDIAN HEARTLAND [...] (S) Summary: The Indian Home Ministry released its finding on May 10th that terrorist infiltration from Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir into Indian Kashmir fell to an all time low from January through March of 2007. Although these winter months are often considered a low period in violence and infil [...]	2007-05-10 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2621	KASHMIRI PARAMILITARY SEEKING US VISA [...] (S) This is an ACTION Request for the Department. SCA please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Summary: Kashmiri paramilitary leader and J&K State MLA Usman Abdul Majid is seeking a U.S. visa to attend functions hosted in Washington by the United States Institute of Peace starting on June 7th. Majid is a le [...]	2007-06-04 11:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2792	HOT, TENSE SUMMER AWAITS JAMMU AND KASHMIR [...] (S) SUMMARY: An unknown group claiming to be Al Qaeda's Indian wing has made and distributed in Jammu recorded statements declaring jihad on India. The Indian Army and several trusted analyst and journalist sources have scornfully dismissed the claim as a hoax, similar to last year's publici [...]	2007-06-15 01:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI2935	KASHMIR ANXIOUS WITH LITTLE SHORT-TERM HOPE FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Unknown terrorists threw a grenade at a bus stop in Doda in J & K June 25, wounding 15, three critically. Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims, both Shi'a and Sunni, staged minor, non-violent street actions and chanted anti-US slogans June 14 and 15 to protest the Iraq Samarra Mosque bom [...]	2007-06-25 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI3383	DELHI DIARY, JULY 17-25 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for July 17-25, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- MEA Questions General Toolan on China and Nepal -- Australia and India Raising the Bar on Defense Cooperation -- Indian Vice-Presidential [...]	2007-07-25 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR MCAP MASS KPKO PBTS
07NEWDELHI343	INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, CAUTIOUS [...] (S) Summary: National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan expressed optimism about the general trajectory of talks with Pakistan during a January 22nd meeting with Ambassador Mulford, although he said Prime Minister Singh was unlikely to schedule a trip to Islamabad before the SAARC summit in Ap [...]	2007-01-22 13:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
07NEWDELHI3521	INDIAN VIEWS ON CENTRAL ASIA: AIRBASE HOPES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Deputy Secretary for Eurasia L. Savithri denied that India was SIPDIS establishing a military base in Ayni, Tajikistan, as had been reported in the press, insisting that the Government of India (GOI) was only involved in a civilian project of runwa [...]	2007-08-03 10:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS MARR KISL SNAR AF KZ CH
07NEWDELHI362	INDIAN AND CHINESE OFFICIALS MUM ON BORDER TALKS [...] SUMMARY: (C) Indian and Chinese officials are adhering to a joint "gag rule" regarding their ninth round of border talks held on 17-18 January, probably exercising understandable caution after Chinese Ambassador Sun Yaxi's brash claims to the state of Arunachal Pradesh cast a pall over Pre [...]	2007-01-23 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS IN CH
07NEWDELHI406	INDIA MULLING TALKS WITH KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS [...] (S) Summary. Deputy PolCouns met with one of India's chief negotiators with the Kashmiri separatists, Union Cabinet Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz, himself a Kashmiri, to discuss Mirwaiz Omar Farooq's visit to Pakistan, New Delhi's response to the Mirwaiz's statements de [...]	2007-01-25 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI4473	INDIA AND NEPAL HOLD TALKS ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: India and Nepal held Home Secretary level talks on border security in Kathmandu September 26. The two sides agreed to set up a joint task force of security agencies for better cross border cooperation. Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta stated that the Government of India [...]	2007-10-03 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR NP IN
07NEWDELHI4690	DELHI DIARY, OCT 13-22 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for October 13-22, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Indo-Pak Dialogue on Conventional and Nuclear Confidence Building Measures -- SAARC Home Ministers Meeting Scheduled for Next Week -- [...]	2007-10-23 08:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PBTS PK BT IN
07NEWDELHI5098	TORRES STRAITS PILOTAGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Director (United Nations Political) Aveg Agarwal on November 26. He had no substantive comment at this time and offered to reply after consulting within the Ministry. MULFORD [...]	2007-11-27 06:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PBTS EWWT PREL KTIA SENV AS IN
07NEWDELHI511	SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...]	2007-02-01 15:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI513	SEPARATISTS CONTEMPLATING JOINING 2008 JAMMU AND [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for SCA. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Moderate Kashmiri separatist Bilal Lone met with Deputy PolCouns on January 31st to discuss his January 19 to 27 trip to Pakistan with All Parties Hurriyat Council (APHC) leader Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. Bilal told [...]	2007-02-02 01:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI582	NEPALI MPS FIND INDIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepali Congress - Democratic (NC-D) Members of Parliament Prakash Mahat and Arjun Thapa told Poloff February 1 that PM Singh had said one day earlier the government of India was ready to support the government of Nepal in addressing the unrest in Nepal's Terai region. In a meet [...]	2007-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SCUL ECON NP IN
07NEWDELHI636	KASHMIRIS IRATE OVER CUSTODIAL KILLINGS; PM SINGH TAKING ACTION [...] (S) Srinagar was once again gripped with protests on February 7th, as police officials announced that they had dug up five unmarked graves in an ongoing investigation of custodial killings. Our interlocutors say Prime Minister Singh is influencing the investigations as a confidence building [...]	2007-02-08 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI701	INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MIG-35, [...] (S) Summary: Lieutenant General Maples, Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, met with Indian National Security Advisor MK Narayanan on February 8th to discuss joint efforts to increase U.S.-India defense cooperation. NSA Narayanan explained India's longstanding concern about Chinese d [...]	2007-02-12 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI752	BOTH SIDES VICTORIOUS IN BAGLIHAR VERDICT, INDIA [...] (C) Summary. The World Bank-appointed neutral expert announced his ruling on February 12 regarding the controversial Baglihar dam project, which both Pakistan and India claimed as a victory. Several specifications contested by Pakistan are being addressed, but the overall design of the dam [...]	2007-02-14 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWWT ECON PBTS ENRG ECIN KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI779	INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER DEMANDS DEMARCATION ON [...] (U) Speaking to Indian reporters on February 10th on the sidelines of a conference on India and the ASEAN sponsored by the Institute for Defense Studies and Analysis, Indian Defense Minister AK Antony reiterated that any agreement with Pakistan over Siachen would be unacceptable to the Indian [...]	2007-02-15 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI783	GUTIERREZ WEIGHS IN WITH FM MUKHERJEE ON BELL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even while extolling the significant growth in U.S. ) India economic and political ties and assuring the GOI,s continued support, Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee stubbornly defended to Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez, Under Secretary Frank Lavin, and Ambas [...]	2007-02-15 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI849	SAMJHAUTA EXPRESS TRAIN BOMBINGS UNEXPECTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: Indian and Pakistani officials rushed to mobilize joint efforts in response to the February 18th attack on the New Delhi to Lahore Samjhauta ("friendship") Express train, which killed 67 Indian and Pakistani nationals. Indian press reports point out that this may be the first ti [...]	2007-02-20 14:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI872	INDIA AWASH WITH SPECULATION ABOUT FRIENDSHIP [...] (S) Summary. As the death toll in the February 19th Samjauta Express bombing continued to rise on February 21st, press reports in India began to hint at rumors that the likely culprits were Lashkar-e-Taiba or Jaish-e-Muhammad. Police and Indian officials, however, continue to join their Pakis [...]	2007-02-21 14:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI909	SCENESETTER: INDIA COUNTER-TERRORISM JOINT WORKING [...] (S) Summary: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes the visit of Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism Frank Urbancic, and looks forward to adding dynamism to the India-U.S. Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG) and developing an atmosphere where ideas and information are easily exchanged by b [...]	2007-02-23 11:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL KTFN
07OSLO1113	NORWAY AND AFRICA, A RELATIONSHIP UNDERGOING CHANGE [...] (U) Summary. The GON has made Africa a priority, expanding activities there beyond its long-standing development presence. One concrete example is the GON,s commitment to contribute a 200 person engineering battalion to the UN mission in Darfur. A more negative example is the recent expulsi [...]	2007-11-19 11:13:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER NO
07OUAGADOUGOU1080	Burkina Faso Believes Cote d'Ivoire Ready for Peace, [...] Classified by Amb. Jeanine Jackson for 1.5 (b) 2. (C) Summary. Intense diplomacy by Burkina Faso's President Compaore led to the November 29 signature by Ivorian President Gbagbo and Prime Minister Soro of two side agreements to the Ouagadougou Peace Accord (OPA). These side agreements pr [...]	2007-12-10 17:23:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MASS UNGA UV IV
07PANAMA1739	SOMOLIA PIRACY: PANAMA "PREPARED TO ASSUME CASE" [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) "Panama is prepared to assume the case" to prosecute the alleged pirates who have seized the GOLDEN NORI off the coast of Somalia, Public Ministry Secretary for International Affairs Greta Marchovsky told POLC [...]	2007-11-04 22:25:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07PANAMA85	PANAMA: SOUTHCOM COMMANDER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT TORRIJOS; 9:00 A.M., JANUARY 19; PALACIO DE LAS GARZAS, PANAMA CITY [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 20:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS ECON PN
07PARAMARIBO419	HOW MUCH DISPUTED OIL? GOVERNMENT, MEDIA DISAGREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government officials are reluctant to give an estimate of the amount of oil in the disputed maritime area between Guyana and Suriname. Nevertheless, in recent years the GOS has sought out foreign investment with offshore production sharing agreements. As for quantity, media rep [...]	2007-08-13 11:09:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG EPET KTDB PBTS EINV NS
07PARAMARIBO452	PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN IN SURINAME--OR INSURANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The owner of three fishing boats in Suriname,s second city, Nieuw Nickerie, reported a supposed act of piracy to the police on August 18-19. However, police inspectors told post insurance fraud, not pirates, is a more likely explanation of this incident near the Guyanese borde [...]	2007-08-23 18:35:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS NS
07PARAMARIBO529	MARITIME BORDER DECISION: SURINAMERS, DISAPPOINTED BUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. The fate of the disputed maritime area off the borders of Suriname and Guyana was settled September 20 in a long-awaited and much-anticipated decision by the U.N. International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). While GOS President Ronald Venetiaan expressed satisfaction and [...]	2007-09-27 20:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EINV EPET PGOV PREL NS
07PARAMARIBO534	BOUTERSE CALLS FOR MASS PROTESTS AFTER MARITIME BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. Desi Bouterse, former military strongman and chairman of the National Democratic Party (NDP),is attempting to mobilize mass protests against the Venetiaan government on October 1 during President Venetiaan's annual State of the Republic speech. These protests are likely Bouters [...]	2007-10-01 17:32:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EINV EPET PGOV PREL NS
07PARIS2485	FRENCH MFA: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO; VETO IS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hours before President Sarkozy announced his proposal at the G-8 to delay a Kosovo final status UNSCR for six months while the parties could continue discussions (reftel),MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Balkans and Russia, Isabelle Dumont, told us on June 7 that FM Kouchner wanted mo [...]	2007-06-08 16:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM PBTS KPAO YI FR
07PARIS3213	FRENCH VIEWS ON EU FORCE IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on July 26 said that France sought the deployment in eastern Chad of an EU peacekeeping force (2,000-2,500 troops) early in November. Prior to that, France would seek a UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the EU to undertake the mission; [...]	2007-07-30 09:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR
07PARIS3237	FRENCH MFA PUTS SARKOZY'S JULY 10-11 NORTH AFRICA [...] (C) Summary: President Sarkozy's first visit outside Europe July 10-11 to Algeria and Tunisia underscored his determination to proceed with his still vague Mediterranean Union initiative, establish his own relationships with the leaders in those countries, and pave the way for state visits in 20 [...]	2007-07-31 14:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PTER PBTS ETRD FR AG TU MO
07PARIS3292	NIGER: FRENCH VIEWS OF AREVA EXPULSION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The expulsion of AREVA executive Dominique Pin from Niger on July 26 represented the identification of a scapegoat for Niger's lack of success in quelling MNJ rebel elements and a settling of "personal scores," according to MFA Niger Desk Officer Michael Deslaimes. The July 30 [...]	2007-08-03 15:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EMIN PBTS ENRG LY NG FR
07PARIS379	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS380	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-31 16:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS384	FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...]	2007-01-31 17:05:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK
07PARIS864	BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...]	2007-03-07 07:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK
07PRAGUE39	EUCOM AND EMBASSY PRAGUE DELIVER DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 08:59:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	CJAN KCRM MARR PBTS EZ
07PRISTINA15	U.S. OFFICE PRISTINA EMERGENCY ACTION PROCEDURES - [...] (C) In the runup to Kosovo's final status process, post is reviewing its emergency procedures. This is the first in a series of messages. 2. (S/NF) USOP (to include State, USAID, SIMO, and DoD) has the following communications capabilities: State: ----- a. Video Teleconference (VT [...]	2007-01-09 15:24:00	Embassy Pristina	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT ACOA PBTS
07PRISTINA21	KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...]	2007-01-10 17:00:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI
07RABAT1223	PM CLAIMS AND RECEIVES CREDIT FOR SUCCESSFUL TERM [...] (SBU) Summary: In the customary end-of-term address, Prime Minister Driss Jettou gave parliament an upbeat assessment of his accomplishments since 2002. He focused on political, economic, and social reform, as well as stability and treatment of Berbers. Jettou also touched on ways in which [...]	2007-07-27 16:23:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM ECON MO
07RABAT1255	KING'S THRONE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI's July 30 Throne Day speech focused on his commitment to gradual reform as well as the two most pressing national issues: the Western Sahara and upcoming parliamentary elections. He reaffirmed Morocco's intention to negotiate on the basis of autonomy, but "noth [...]	2007-08-03 15:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO KDEM IZ LE SO SU XI
07RABAT1258	MOROCCO CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Speaking after the July 30 Arab League meeting, Moroccan Foreign Minister Mohammed Benaissa expressed support for President Bush's July 16 Middle East peace initiative. "We detected several positive elements in the recent speech of the U.S. president on the Palestinian issue which, we [...]	2007-08-06 09:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS XF MO
07RABAT1728	WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES MOROCCO DROPS UNHCR CBM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]	2007-11-09 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1729	CORRECTED COPY: WESTERN SAHARA/REFUGEES: MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Morocco has pulled out of next week's planned UNHCR Confidence-Building seminar. Charge, along with some dozen other COM's, was called in November 9 by MFA Secretary-General Hilale, who said Morocco's decision was SIPDIS based on its belief the seminar, and CBM's in general h [...]	2007-11-09 18:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PBTS UNHCR WI AG PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1807	MOROCCO/SAHARA: COMPLAINTS ABOUT POLISARIO, BUT [...] (C) MFA Director-General Hilale convoked Ambassador Riley and other P-5 Chiefs of Mission December 4 to discuss Sahara. Hilale said the GOM is concerned that the POLISARIO's General Congress will be held this year in Tifarity, on Moroccan-claimed territory but on the POLISARIO-controlled sid [...]	2007-12-04 18:39:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV AG MO WI
07RABAT1814	WESTERN SAHARA: TOUGH APPROACH TO NEXT ROUND, [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Bourita projected that the impending third round of negotiations for the Western Sahara with the POLISARIO would be a real challenge. The GOM believes it should focus on substance, but not at all on independence. While appreciating USG support, he ho [...]	2007-12-05 18:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PBTS MO WI
07RABAT224	WESTERN SAHARA: LANDMINES CLAIM LIVES, SPARK [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent landmine incidents, with at least three deaths, highlight the continuing danger of landmines in the Western Sahara. Two prominent Sahrawi figures, one a local leader and CORCAS member, the other a member of the upper house of parliament, were killed when the veh [...]	2007-02-06 18:41:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PBTS PHUM PREL EAID MOPS KHDP MO
07RABAT256	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM LAUNCHED [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) hastily convened in early February a series of meetings with Embassy officers to convey concerns about the U.S. Human Rights Report. The GOM used the sessions with senior officials from the Foreign Affairs, Interior and Justice ministries to: pr [...]	2007-02-08 15:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT493	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMALLY DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The [...]	2007-03-19 08:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP

07RABAT494	RABAT POL COUNSELORS INFORMAL DISCUSS WESTERN [...] (C) Spain hosted Polcounselors from U.S., U.K., France and EU-President Germany for an informal discussion of Western Sahara developments March 14. In general, participants noted the intensity of Moroccan diplomatic efforts, including multiple consultations with U.S., France, and Spain. The energy [...]	2007-03-19 08:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PGOV MO FR GE SP
07RABAT683	THEIR RABAT CHARGE SAYS SOUTH AFRICA MIGHT BE [...] (C) Summary: South African Charge to Morocco Charl Moller told Polcouns April 16 that South Africa will not abandon the principle of self determination for the Western Sahara without wavering, it would accept a political settlement agreed to by the POLISARIO. Moller said that South Africa is [...]	2007-04-18 21:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM PREL WI MO SF UNSC
07RABAT704	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS GOA MIGHT BE READY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algerian Ambassador Belkheir told Ambassador Riley April 17 that although Algeria was not prepared to listen to the Moroccans about their autonomy proposal, Algiers might accept a delegation from Rabat "after the end of the Security council debate," if it was not to talk about th [...]	2007-04-23 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL AG WI
07RABAT744	WESTERN SAHARA: CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's (GOM) efforts to sell its autonomy plan within the Sahara may be complicated by continuing repression and reported violations of human rights, although some recent improvement may help their case. Local human rights observers continue to report GOM [...]	2007-04-26 12:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT858	SAHRAWI AND BERBER (AMAZIGH) STUDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Sahrawi students have been demonstrating at several Moroccan universities, beginning May 3, calling for independence for the Western Sahara. Multiple sources confirm that the demonstrations, inspired by the UNSCR call for negotiations on Sahara, led to violent clashes with Mor [...]	2007-05-14 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT880	BERBER (AMAZIGH) POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Berber (Amazigh) activists are increasingly outspoken about their desire for political and constitutional change (reftels A and B). Eight Amazigh political activists gathered on May 11 to discuss their disagreement with the present political situation. Drawing on ear [...]	2007-05-17 11:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PBTS MO
07RABAT933	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH GOM CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials and the Embassy reached agreement on a new formula for regular human rights consultations that will include a mechanism for raising specific cases with the Government of Morocco (GOM). In a wide-ranging discussion, the MFA comp [...]	2007-05-30 12:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PBTS PGOV MO
07RABAT940	UPDATE ON CONDITIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary and Comment: While recent weeks have seen many demonstrations of Sahrawis in Moroccan universities, unrest inside the territory remains limited. At least nine Sahrawi students have recently received jail terms for their role in demonstrations. In Sahara, Layoune reportedly remains [...]	2007-05-31 18:27:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RABAT981	MFA DG BRIEFS DAS GRAY ON MOROCCAN PLANS FOR [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray and Ambassador Riley met with MFA Director General Bilateral (P-equiv.) Youssef Amrani June 11, on the margins of the AFRICOM briefing (septel) to discuss the Western Sahara. Amrani asserted that Morocco was faithfully implementing the UN Security Council Resolution on [...]	2007-06-11 17:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
07RANGOON1089	DEMARCHES ON PIRACY DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KCSY PHSA PBTS PGOV PREL EWWT UN UNSC
07RIGA100	LATVIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES SIGNING BORDER TREATY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvia's parliament voted 69-26 on February 8 to authorize the government to sign the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The legislation should become effective on March 5 and the Latvians have proposed a signing ceremony in Moscow March 6-7. Following the February 5-6 visit to Lat [...]	2007-02-08 15:31:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA193	Latvian cabinet authorizes signing of border treaty; still [...] On March 6, the Latvian cabinet granted PM Aigars Kalvitis the authority to sign the border treaty with Russia, pursuant to legislation adopted by the parliament in February (reftel). In its decision, the cabinet made reference to "respecting the OSCE principle of not changing accepted borders" [...]	2007-03-12 15:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA373	Latvian parliament approves Russian border treaty [...] Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 70-25 on May 17 to ratify the Latvia-Russia Border Treaty signed by both prime ministers on March 27. Although the two main opponents of ratification of the treaty - the coalition party For Fatherland and Freedom/LNNK (TB/LNNK) and the opposition part [...]	2007-05-21 10:39:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA53	GOL DECIDES TO TRY AGAIN ON LATVIA-RUSSIA BORDER [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Prime Minster Kalvitis has decided to renew discussion of the Latvia-Russia border treaty, with an aim to sign the document in the first half of 2007. He believes the political calendars in Russia and Latvia provide a unique window of opportunity. In order to avoid [...]	2007-01-18 14:21:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA591	LATVIA/RUSSIA: LAVROV TO RIGA? AND [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov has proposed coming to Riga September 17 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvia-Russia border treaty. The GOL is cautiously agreeing to this, although it could lead to public protests if the constitutional court has not yet ruled on the treaty's v [...]	2007-08-03 14:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA647	LATVIA/RUSSIA: BORDER TREATY SEEMINGLY DELAYED, [...] (C) Summary: Earlier reports of a September 17 Lavrov trip to Riga to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty appear unlikely. Moscow has told the Latvians of challenges in the sequencing of events mean they would not be ready for action on the treaty by Sept [...]	2007-08-29 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV RS LG
07RIGA648	LAVROV VISIT TO RIGA OFF FOR SEPTEMBER 17 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 08:21:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA794	LONG TRUCK LINES LIKELY TO CONTINUE ALONG LATVIAN-RUSSIAN [...] (U) Summary: A combination of factors, specifically, a significant increase in trade from the EU to Russia; a lack of action thus far to modernize and increase the capacity and efficiency of Russian checkpoint operations; and the lack of attractive alternative routes, have caused extended delay [...]	2007-10-24 10:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS PREL ETRD EUN RS LG
07RIGA831	LATVIA AND RUSSIA TO DELAY EXCHANGE OF [...] (C) Officials in both the PM's office and the MFA have confirmed what we expected - that the current political situation in Latvia has delayed the exchange of instruments of ratification for the Latvia-Russia border treaty. FM Lavrov's proposed visit for November 14 or 15 is off as there is c [...]	2007-11-07 07:19:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIGA86	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER EMSIS [...] (C) Summary: Saeima speaker Indulis Emsis was optimistic that legislation authorizing the government to sign the border treaty with Russia would pass on February 1, but was skeptical that nationalist party Fatherland and Freedom could remain in the coalition after its opposition to this legisl [...]	2007-01-31 14:59:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM RS LG
07RIGA872	LAVROV VISIT DEC. 18? KALVITIS TO STAY UNTIL DEC. [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov will likely visit Latvia December 18 to exchange instruments of ratification on the Latvian-Russian border treaty. As a result of this and other events, it seems likely that PM Kalvitis will resign as planned on December 5 but stay in caretaker mode through Dece [...]	2007-11-23 13:39:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EUN RS LG
07RIGA884	Court rules Latvia-Russia border treaty complies with [...] Summary. Latvia's Constitutional Court (ST) announced November 29 that the Latvia- Russia Border Treaty, which provides Latvia's acknowledgment to the transfer of the Abrene region of Latvia to Russia in Stalin's era, complies with the Constitution of Latvia. The court ruled that the Treaty its [...]	2007-11-29 16:07:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PBTS PREL RS LG
07RIGA92	Latvian parliament approves border treaty on first reading; [...] (SBU) Summary: Latvia's Saeima (parliament) voted 65 - 26 on February 1 to authorize the government to sign the border treaty with Russia that has been pending since 1997. This was only the first reading and the bill will have to pass again on February 8 before it is final. However, the near [...]	2007-02-02 14:36:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS RS LG
07RIYADH289	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SAUDI [...] (S) On January 30, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) James C. Oberwetter, and the DCM met with Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs HRH Prince Mohammed bin Naif to discuss recent developments in, and SAG views on, Ir [...]	2007-02-12 09:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS SA IZ IR LE
07SANSALVADOR50	EL SALVADOR RESPONSE TO U/S JOSEPH LETTER [...] (U) On December 28, 2006 post received the following dipnote in response to reftel A. 2. (SBU) Begin Text (unofficial translation): Mr. Under-Secretary: With great interest we received your message which makes reference to the role that the countries that participate in the Prolifer [...]	2007-01-11 21:10:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS ES
07SANTODOMINGO1588	DOMINICAN CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE CARIBBEAN [...] (U) The Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs seeks support for their candidate for president of the Caribbean Conference on Maritime Demarcation. 2. (U) Translation of Diplomatic Note: (Complimentary Opening) The Dominican Republic has decided to nominate the engineer Carlos Michelen Namnu [...]	2007-06-29 20:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV PBTS EFIS ECON DR
07SEOUL1826	MOFAT EQUIVOCAL ABOUT CONTINUING THE ROK PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary. In a June 7 meeting, DoS and OSD representatives presented the ROKG with a proposed course of action for the ROK's continued presence in Afghanistan beyond 2007. In response, Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs (MOFAT) North America III Division Director Lee Jeong-kyu acknowl [...]	2007-06-15 04:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
07SEOUL793	ROK INQUIRIES ON PRT LEADERSHIP IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (C) In a March 16 meeting with Director General for North American Affairs Bureau of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Cho Byung-jae, POL M/C raised the issue of ROKG plans to lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. C [...]	2007-03-19 09:05:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KS
07SOFIA1181	DEMARCHE ON BLACK SEA STRAGEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 13:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07STATE103146	DEMARCHE: WORKING WITH THE FRENCH IN EASTERN CHAD [...] (U) Department requests Embassy Paris to convey to French government officials the USG support for Foreign Minister Kouchner's plan to deploy a European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) bridging mission in Eastern Chad and to explore what types of assistance the French might need and desire [...]	2007-07-25 16:30:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MASS PBTS KPKO PREL PREF EUN CT CD FR
07STATE130669	DEMARCHE: APPROACHING THE UN SECRETARIAT ABOUT [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (C) Department requests USUN encourage the UN Secretariat to delay the release of the UNSC resolution 1701 report until late November in order to ensure consultations on the 1701 report take place after resolution of the Presidental election [...]	2007-09-17 22:52:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PBTS IS SY LE
07STATE145166	DEMARCHE: ENSURING 1701 REPORT DOES NOT INCLUDE [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 2. 2. (S//NF) Per Reftel, Department remains concerned that the upcoming 1701 report (scheduled for release on October 29) might contain conclusions about the sovereignty of Sheba'a Farms and/or proposals for its transfer to UN trusteeship. Such [...]	2007-10-17 14:30:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	UNSC LE SY IS PREL PBTS
07STATE165821	BONUCA- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON DECEMBER 11 [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for their December 11 consultations on BONUCA. Begin text: -- The United States is hopeful about the establishment of a 25-member Preparatory Committee to promote greater nationa [...]	2007-12-11 19:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PREF PHUM PBTS XZ ZF CT
07STATE166087	GUIDANCE: UNSC RESOLUTION 1701 CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) USUN may draw from the points in para 2 below during UN Security Council consultations on the implementation of UNSC resolution 1701 (2006) currently scheduled for December 12. 2. Begin points. -- We welcome the Secretary-General's report and the briefing by Mr. Pedersen (and Ge [...]	2007-12-12 15:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC LE IS PREL PBTS
07STATE23657	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: MAKING [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests that post demarche the GoG at the highest appropriate level drawing on the points in para 3 below to gain Georgian support for substantive discussions in formal meetings of the Joint Control Commission (JCC) as soon as dates can be agreed, even while G [...]	2007-02-27 00:59:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE GG
07STATE59324	CREW LIST EXEMPTION [...] (U) Please respond to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' Diplomatic Note (No. 794/JS/AMS/2007) on the crew list issue with the text below. 2. (U) Begin Text: (Complimentary Opening) and acknowledges receipt of the Ministry's Note no. 794/JS/AMS/2007 dated April 11, 2007 which reads [...]	2007-05-02 19:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KREC KTIA MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV IN
07TASHKENT1908	GOU EXPRESSES INTEREST IN FURTHER BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first bilateral border security assistance working groups met November 1. The GOU's delegation repeatedly expressed its desire for improved border security cooperation with the United States. GOU representatives from the MFA, Border Guards of the National Security Service [...]	2007-11-02 13:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2024	MINISTER OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Minister of Internal Affairs Bakhodir Matlyubov on November 22. Matlyubov cited counterterrorism and counternarcotics as key priorities, and repeatedly noted Uzbekistan's cooperation with a variety of other countries on these issues. He was also [...]	2007-11-23 14:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS PREL SNAR SOCI UZ
07TASHKENT2064	GOU INTERNAL SECURITY CAPABILITIES AND PLANNING [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan's vast internal security apparatus would play a critical role in any GOU efforts to deter or respond to civil disturbances. Security forces have trained to improve interoperability and to overcome potential breakdowns in command and control since 2005. We are not awar [...]	2007-12-03 11:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS MCAP SOCI PHUM ECON UZ
07TASHKENT2065	POST REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF EXBS PROJECTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Tashkent requests that the Department approve pursuit of three on-hold Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) items in Uzbekistan: training and provision of ten radioisotope detectors to the State Customs Committee, repair of one of their X-ray vans, and expor [...]	2007-12-03 12:12:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2162	HIGH-LEVEL GOU ATTENDANCE AT BORDER SECURITY [...] (U) Summary: On December 18, representatives of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),Government of Uzbekistan (GOU),American and British Embassies, and the Asian Development Bank took part in a border project dedication ceremony at Hayraton checkpoint on the Uzbekistan-Afghan [...]	2007-12-26 12:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREL SNAR PTER AF UZ
07TASHKENT793	EMBASSY TASHKENT COMMENTS ON OSCE BORDER [...] Enhancing Uzbekistan's capabilities to control its borders and interdict the illicit movement of people, narcotics, and weapons of mass destruction-related items is one of Post's highest priorities. Border security also remains an area in which the Government of Uzbekistan appears willing to a [...]	2007-04-17 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT877	HOW MANY UZBEKS DO YOU HAVE? MIGRANT LABORERS IN [...] (C) Summary: In coordination with Embassy Astana, Poloff conducted a one-day visit to Shymkent, Kazakhstan, to monitor the condition of Uzbek workers. Surprisingly, the vast majority of Uzbek workers claimed to be legally registered. Most of those interviewed were seasonal construction laborer [...]	2007-05-03 12:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB SMIG ECON PGOV PREL PBTS SOCI KZ UZ
07TBILISI1418	DEMARCHE BY FRIENDS OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (C) Summary. The Friends of the Secretary General (FSG) delivered a demarche, as agreed in capitals, to the Georgian Government on June 4 and to the Abkhaz de facto authorities in Sukhumi on June 8. The demarche pressed both sides to calm tensions, re-engage in dialog, implement confidence b [...]	2007-06-13 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC RU GG
07TBILISI1604	ABKHAZIA: GENEVA-STYLE MEETING IN BONN: SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27 and 28, representatives of the Friends of the UN Secretary General (FSG),together with the UN, met the Georgian and Abkhaz sides for a Geneva-style meeting in Bonn. Most significantly, the sides agreed to resume Quadripartite meetings on law enforcement cooperation i [...]	2007-07-06 11:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KPKO UNSC GG RU
07TBILISI2501	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON BLACK SEA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-05 11:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1678	SOTO CANO DUAL USE DISCUSSIONS: WE ARE ALL IN [...] (C) Summary: On October 18, U.S. and Honduran delegations met to discuss possible future commercial use of the air strip at Soto Cano airbase at Palmerola. The discussions were cordial and productive. The USG recognized the sovereign right of the GOH to use the strip for commercial purposes [...]	2007-10-19 14:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT
07TEGUCIGALPA1820	HONDURAS PASSES A NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (U) Summary. On September 10, the GOH publicized a decree in the national Gazette announcing the adoption of a National Security Strategy. The strategy has six main objectives (listed below) which now include counterterrorism work as an objective, and stresses regional and international coope [...]	2007-11-26 21:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PNAT KCRM
07TEGUCIGALPA1828	CHIEF OF DEFENSE ROMEO VASQUEZ VELASQUEZ TO STAY [...] (U) Late on November 26 it was announced that General Romeo Vasquez Velazquez, who was appointed by President Maduro as Chief of Defense (CHOD) in 2004, would be staying on in this position for an additional three years, for a total of six years in the position. Vasquez was slated for retire [...]	2007-11-27 21:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS HN
07TELAVIV3070	MK SCHNELLER'S MEMO ON THE INTERNATIONAL MEETING [...] (C) During Kadima Knesset member Otniel Schneller's October October 19 meeting with the Ambassador and emboffs (reftel),he gave us a memo elaborating on his ideas about how final status issues should and should not be handled at the international meeting if we want to gain broad support from [...]	2007-10-23 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAL IS
07TELAVIV508	DEMARCHE ON ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER INCIDENT [...] (S) Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns and Assistant Air Attache, called on MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad February 15 to deliver reftel demarche (DATT separately demarched IDF Head of Strategic Planning and International Cooperation Division BG Udi Dekel). Ambassador noted that after revi [...]	2007-02-16 10:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PBTS PREL KPKO LE IS
07TELAVIV620	FOLLOW-UP ON FEBRUARY 7 ISRAEL-LEBANON BORDER [...] (S) The Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns and Assistant Air Attache, called on MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad February 26. Noting that he had received authorization from Washington to share the imagery on which we had based our earlier demarche (reftels) on the February 7 border incident [...]	2007-02-27 12:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PBTS KPKO LE IS
07TELAVIV696	FURTHER DETAILS ON FEBRUARY 7 ISRAEL-LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: From a vantage point behind the Israeli security fence, the area cleared by IDF troops during the February 7 border incident with Lebanon appears to be south of the Blue Line, at least as marked by UNIFIL after the fact. The commander of the IDF unit involved in the incident des [...]	2007-03-05 09:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PBTS KPKO LE IS
07TELAVIV846	EU-BAM REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE FOR RAFAH [...] (C) Summary/comment: In a March 17 meeting with the Ambassador, EU-BAM Commander LTG Pietro Pistolese requested USG assistance for the EU's efforts to return to normalized operation of the Rafah Crossing Point. Pistolese said that Israel's continued failure to sign the Customs Protocol was ke [...]	2007-03-19 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG ECON KPAL PBTS EG IS
07TELAVIV913	GOI TO TAKE STEPS TO SPEED UP AMA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 22 meeting of the Core Group for implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA),Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh pointed to GOI progress in reducing obstacles to movement and increasing the flow of agricultural goods through crossing points. He [...]	2007-03-23 16:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KWBG PBTS IS
07TOKYO2097	JAPAN KEEPING A WATCHFUL EYE ON UNSCR-LISTED [...] (C) Embassy Political Officer delivered reftel demarche May 9 to UN Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Kentaro Fujimoto. Fujimoto said that Japan has very strict border controls in place, and immigration officials have instructions to notify the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately [...]	2007-05-10 06:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PBTS PARM KNNP IR JA
07TORONTO470	WHIT: ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW SECURE DRIVERS LICENSE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The new Ontario Drivers License, while incorporating new, badly needed security features, is unlikely to meet the threshold for use as a WHTI-approved passport alternative. Recently appointed Minster of Transportation Jim Bradley, has announced that he will begin discussions [...]	2007-12-10 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PBTS PREL CPAS CA
07TORONTO81	ONTARIO PURSUES DRIVERS' LICENSES AS PASSPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario plans to issue a secure drivers' license by the end of 2007 that provincial officials hope can be used to document identity and citizenship in lieu of passports for travel across the U.S. border. The initial, informal plan for use of the card to cross into the U.S. woul [...]	2007-03-07 09:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA
07USEUBRUSSELS3488	EU TREATY OF LISBON - THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) When EU leaders clink champagne glasses over the Treaty of Lisbon on December 13, the mood will be celebratory. Do not be deceived, however: in many ways, the real work and political maneuvering will be just beginning. Over the next year, the member states and institutions will have the [...]	2007-12-12 11:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ECIN PBTS
07USOSCE9	OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...]	2007-01-13 18:57:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF
07USUNNEWYORK597	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: RESPONSE TO USG INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (SBU) On July 20 Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ms. Margaret Vogt, Deputy Director of the Africa I Division in the United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA). Also present was DPA Africa I Division Political Officer Mamadi Toure and Poloff. (NOTE: DPA Under-Secretary-Ge [...]	2007-07-20 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PBTS PREL UNSC
07WARSAW2399	POLAND'S ENTRY INTO THE SCHENGEN ZONE [...] On December 21, 2007, Poland will join the European Union's Schengen area along with seven other Central European nations and Malta. After months of preparation and coordination with other EU members, Poland is ready to enter the Schengen zone and, with its 1185 km eastern frontier, defend the [...]	2007-12-19 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PREF SMIG PGOV EU PL
07WELLINGTON419	PROPOSED MARITIME LAW ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On June 7, Acting PolEcon Counselor and Poloff delivered to Sonya Kamana, Deputy High Commissioner, Cook Islands High Commission the proposed maritime law enforcement agreement (Ref A). Kamana positively received the agreement, and said she will share it with appropriate officials in Ra [...]	2007-06-07 05:22:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ CW
07WELLINGTON680	DISCUSSION WITH COOK ISLANDS DEPUTY PM ON MARITIME [...] (C) During a recent visit to Auckland, Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Sir Terepai Maoate, along with Associate Minister Junior Maoate (his son) and CEO Ratu Mato, met with the Ambassador and Auckland CG. Maoate explained that the Cooks are anxious to expand their thin economic base beyon [...]	2007-09-17 23:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT EMIN KTIA PBTS PREL SNAR XB XV NZ SW
07YAOUNDE32	CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) President Biya delivered his New Year's message to the diplomatic corps January 4, which largely echoed his New Year's address to the nation (septel). In his 20 minute remarks he named the June 12 Greentree Agreement on Bakassi and reaching the HIPC Completion Point in April as Cameroon' [...]	2007-01-08 15:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON CM NI TBIO SENV
07YEREVAN1069	OPPOSITION PARTY INTRODUCES BILL TO RECOGNIZE [...] (U) Fresh from his stinging defeat in the TEC 15 parliamentary election, on August 28 Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian introduced a bill into parliament which would extend Armenian recognition to the self-declared "Republic of Nagorno Karabagh." To date, no country, including Armenia, [...]	2007-08-30 05:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1235	LETTER FROM NAGORNO-KARABAKH "FOREIGN MINISTER" TO [...] (SBU) The "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" representative office in Yerevan forwarded the below letter, from "NKR Foreign Minister" Georgiy Petrossian to OSCE Special Representative Kasprzyk, with the request that we convey to U.S. Minsk Group negotiator Matthew Bryza. Post has no plans to forwar [...]	2007-10-12 08:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS AM AJ
07YEREVAN1257	EX-PRESIDENT (AND CANDIDATE) TER-PETROSSIAN MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) asked CDA to convey points on Nagorno-Karabakh to Minsk Group negotiator Matthew Bryza. LTP said he met recently with new NK "President" Bako Sahakian, and found in him a credible partner to discuss N-K settlement options. Ter-Petross [...]	2007-10-17 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PBTS PREL AJ AM
07YEREVAN47	FONMIN OSKANIAN CONFIRMS MAY 12 ELECTION DATE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 12 meeting to update the Foreign Minister on Iraq strategy (septel),CDA and Pol/Econ Chief were able to cover a range of issues, including election planning, Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ambassador-designate Hoagland's nomination, Armenia-Turkish relations, and Iran. As of [...]	2007-01-12 14:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AM AJ IR
08ABUDHABI1371	PIRACY CONCERNS NOTED TO UAEG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 11:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUDHABI1405	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-14 15:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUDHABI1419	MBZ OFFERS COUNTER PIRACY SUPPORT [...] (S) On December 14, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince (and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces) Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) discussed regional naval issues with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long in Abu Dhabi. MbZ said the UAE wanted to assist in the figh [...]	2008-12-18 08:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUDHABI1439	UAE REACTION TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 12:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PHSA MOPS AE
08ABUJA1201	NIGERIA: BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL AND REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: On June 18, 2008, Polcouns and Poloff met with Tony Eze, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) East and Central Africa Division, to discuss the MFA's views of the August 14 completion of Nigeria's withdrawal from the Bakassi peninsula. Eze affirmed the GON's overall c [...]	2008-06-23 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI
08ABUJA1337	NIGERIA: UNHCR AND ICRC ON BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Post contacted United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) representatives in Abuja to discuss the plight of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Bakassi Peninsula and to ask about contingency plans [...]	2008-07-15 08:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM ICRC UNHCR CM NI
08ABUJA1467	NIGERIA: YAR'ADUA COMMITTED TO BAKASSI WITHDRAWAL [...] (U) With the August 14 transfer of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon under the Greentree Agreement fast approaching, the GON has stepped up public statements expressing its commitment to go ahead with the handover. On July 25, President Yar'Adua stated at the credentialling of the new Cameroo [...]	2008-07-30 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM EAID MOPS PREF MASS SOCI
08ABUJA1494	BAKASSI: NIGERIAN FEDERAL COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, a Federal Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Senator Jubril Aminu (strictly protect),Chair of the Se [...]	2008-08-01 14:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV NI CM
08ABUJA1543	NIGERIA: GON BALANCING BAKASSI HANDOVER, COURT [...] (C) On July 31, a Federal High Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Poloff spoke on August 4 to Special Advisor to the Presiden [...]	2008-08-05 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM
08ABUJA1549	NIGERIAN MFA SAYS BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDING AS [...] (C) On August 6, A/DCM spoke with Amb. Chike Anigbo, MFA African Affairs Department Director (A/S equivalent) to discuss whether the handover of the Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon might be delayed by the court case against the handover recently filed by Bakassi residents (see ref A). Anigbo ins [...]	2008-08-06 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA ASEC CM NI
08ABUJA1626	BAKASSI HANDOVER [...] (SBU) Embassy Abuja has no problem with the proposed statement in para 8 of reftel. 2. (C) We are, however, concerned that attempting to build a public diplomacy campaign around the Bakassi handover might be seen by the GON as less than helpful, and strengthen the view among some Nigerians [...]	2008-08-13 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KPAO NI CM
08ABUJA1632	NIGERIA-CAMEROON: BAKASSI HANDOVER PROCEEDS [...] (C) Summary: The transfer of authority over the Bakassi Peninsula happened as scheduled on August 14. GON Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa headed the Nigerian delegation, and GRC Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice Ahmadu Ali led that of Cameroon. The ceremony took place in [...]	2008-08-15 06:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM
08ABUJA1636	NIGERIA: PRESS COVERAGE FOLLOWING AUG 14 BAKASSI [...] (SBU) In the first day following Nigeria's handover of the disputed Bakassi peninsula to Cameroon, press coverage was considerably less than the days preceding the handover and the rhetoric was noticeably reduced. Articles instead focused predominantly on reporting the details of the handover [...]	2008-08-15 13:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA NI CM
08ABUJA2131	NIGERIA TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to October 10 press reports, President Yar'Adua has ordered the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to "ensure the extension of Nigeria's continental shelf beyond the present 200 nautical mile limit." The GON believes this move will not/not upset relations with Nigeria [...]	2008-10-29 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EPET EFIS EMIN PHSA PGOV PREL GH CM TP
08ABUJA437	NIGERIA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 16:02:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO NI
08ADDISABABA1001	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 8, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir Masadeh, and UNMEE Addis Ababa Head of Office Joseph Stephanides briefed the Ambassador on the [...]	2008-04-10 15:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1022	ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER TO CALL ON UN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu on April 11 made it clear to Ambassadors representing PermReps to the UN Security Council that Ethiopia was frustrated and dismayed with the April 8 Secretary General's report on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border. SIPDIS [...]	2008-04-14 13:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA117	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE SRSG ENNIFAR REPORTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 12, Ambassador and PolOff attended a "Friends of UNMEE" meeting at United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters where acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar briefed the diplomatic community on the current state [...]	2008-01-15 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1198	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: SRSG ENNIFAR PROVIDES UNMEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community SIPDIS on April 29 that the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was coming to an end and that all of the contingent owned equipment would be shipped out of Er [...]	2008-04-30 14:07:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1285	ETHIOPIAN FRUSTRATION WITH THE UNSC OVER THE BORDER [...] (C) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles met with the UK, French and U.S. Ambassadors May 9 to state that Ethiopia would disengage and keep quiet on the Eritrea-Ethiopia border dispute. Meles said the Ethiopian Government (GoE) had developed a set of new proposals to break the impasse and push forw [...]	2008-05-13 14:57:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO PBTS PREL MARR ET ER
08ADDISABABA1324	ETHIOPIA: PURGED AIR FORCE COMMANDER SAYS MILITARY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Alemshet Degiffe, an Oromo Major-General purged in 2006 while serving as commander of the Ethiopian Air Force, told the Ambassador on May 12 that the Ethiopian military suffers from ethnic division and Tigrayan dominance. Alemshet said Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles cannot [...]	2008-05-14 13:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1367	Ethiopia to ignore UNSC, for now, on the border [...] (SBU) Ethiopian State Minister Tekeda Alemu told Ambassador May 17 that Ethiopia was deeply frustrated that Eritrea was allowed to restrict UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) troop movement and end the UNMEE mission without consequence, thus negating the Cessation of Hostilities Agreeme [...]	2008-05-19 08:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PBTS PGOV ET ER
08ADDISABABA1427	ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIALS SAY ALGIERS AGREEMENT NEAR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. United Nations in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer on May 15 that Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Tekeda Alemu told Stephanides on May 15 that Ethiopia insists that Eritrea must demil [...]	2008-05-23 05:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1494	UNMEE: A FORCE IN NEED OF A MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17-18, PolOff and visiting Eritrea Desk Officer visited United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) headquarters in Adigrat, Ethiopia and learned that Ethiopian military activity had declined following a burst of movement in April, when several Ethiopian milita [...]	2008-06-02 08:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA1564	ERITREAN OPPOSITION UNITES, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 5-11, 2008 Eritrean political opposition congress in Addis Ababa reformed and expanded the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) to serve as the umbrella organization for all Eritrean opposition groups. Embassy officers spoke with more than a dozen opposition leaders and [...]	2008-06-09 10:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER
08ADDISABABA1592	AMBASSADOR SETS DEMOCRATIC SPACE MARKER WITH [...] (SBU) In a June 3-4 visit to Tigray, Ambassador conveyed a clear message of concern over political space and the need for the core ruling party, the Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF),to ease its stranglehold on civil society and the political opposition in order to maintain stability in [...]	2008-06-11 04:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PBTS ET
08ADDISABABA173	ETHIOPIA FIRM ON LEAVING ALGIERS PROCESS IF UN [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin called in Ambassador January 19 to emphasize that the Ethiopian leadership had met January 18 and decided that if the UN Security Council should adopt this week to accept the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission's (EEBC) demarcation by map coordinates, or [...]	2008-01-23 04:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	KPKO PBTS PREL ET ER
08ADDISABABA174	ETHIOPIA PRIME MINISTER URGES AMBASSADORS FROM UN [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles called in the local Ambassadors from UN Security Council member states on January 21 to urge them to advise their respective representatives in New York to remain neutral during discussions by the UNSC on the Ethiopia-Eritrea border and extension of the mandate for the [...]	2008-01-23 12:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO PBTS PREL ER ET
08ADDISABABA1918	Ethiopia Now Opposes UN Follow-on Mission, for Now [...] (SBU) Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador that Ethiopia now opposes any UN follow-on mission upon the conclusion of UN Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) operations on July 31. Meles echoed the Foreign Minister's position (reftel)that Eritrea had so completely undercut the Algie [...]	2008-07-14 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PBTS PGOV MOPS ET
08ADDISABABA2157	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: UNMEE'S LIQUIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the final "Friends of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE)" meeting on August 4, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar told the diplomatic community that UNMEE did not fail at its job, rather it performed its mission well [...]	2008-08-07 13:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA216	ERITREAN OPPOSITION PARTIES AGREE TO FORM NEW [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 24, Ambassador and Embassy Officers met with the newly appointed three-man Liaison Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) Secretariat--Hussein Khalifa of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF),Mengesteab Asmerom of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (EL [...]	2008-01-29 10:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER

08ADDISABABA2749	THE VIEW FROM INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S ERITREAN REFUGEE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Acting RefCoord and PolOff visited the Eritrean refugee camps at Shimelba and My-Ayni from September 15 to September 19 in Tigray, northern Ethiopia, and met with Eritrean refugees, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials, Ethiopian Administration for Refugee/Return [...]	2008-10-06 13:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PBTS MOPS ET ER CH
08ADDISABABA286	ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 31, Assistant Secretary Frazer met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a broad ranging 100 minute discussion on Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, and the Eritrean border. Also in attendance were Ambassador Yamamoto, Ambassador Courville, Sudan S/E Will [...]	2008-02-06 07:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS PNAT MOPS KPKO ET ER SO SU KE
08ADDISABABA304	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE DECIDES TO WITHDRAW FROM [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On February 6, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar ordered the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to execute a complete withdrawal from Eritrea after being unable to obtain fuel from the Eritrean government since December 1 [...]	2008-02-07 12:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA338	ETHIOPIA: CENTCOM COMMANDER AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Visiting USCENTCOM commander Admiral William J. Fallon met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi on February 7 to reinforce CENTCOM's relationship with Ethiopia and to discuss regional dynamics. On Kenya, Meles suggested that the United States might look to informal non-s [...]	2008-02-11 14:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SO KE
08ADDISABABA352	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE'S RELOCATION TO ETHIOPIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 11, Acting Special Representative of the Secretary General Azouz Ennifar and United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Force Commander Major General Taisir Masadeh briefed the Ambassador and the diplomatic community that UNMEE's relocation from Eritrea [...]	2008-02-12 09:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PBTS MOPS ET ER
08ADDISABABA506	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE OFFICE HEAD SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 26, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides told visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) POLAD and PolOff that UNMEE's relocation to Asmara was going well and that UNMEE was in no dang [...]	2008-02-27 13:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA583	MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA/ERITREA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials from Ethiopia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs including State Minister Dr. Tekeda Alemu met for lunch with Ambassador Yamamoto and Emboffs. The discussion was wide-ranging and candid. On Somalia, the MFA shared information regarding the Foreign Minister,s February 27 tri [...]	2008-03-03 08:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ER ET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
08ADDISABABA719	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: WITHOUT TSZ THERE IS NO ALGIERS [...] (C) Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told Ambassador Yamamoto in a March 11 meeting that the actions by the UN Security Council over the coming days and weeks with regard to the Ethiopia-Eritrea border conflict will dictate how Ethiopia responds. Seyoum described the UN Security Counc [...]	2008-03-13 07:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PBTS PREL ET ER
08ADDISABABA723	ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: UNMEE'S DEPARTURE MORE THAN HALF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 12, United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Head of Addis Ababa Office Joseph Stephanides told PolOff that more than half of UNMEE personnel in Eritrea had already left the country. He said the remaining staff would be out of Eritrea by March 19, except [...]	2008-03-13 14:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
08ADDISABABA84	ERITREA: OPPOSITION GROUPS EXPLORING FORMATION OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 9, PolCouns and PolOff met with Noor M. Idris, Chairman of the opposition Eritrean Nahda Party (ENP),to discuss current opposition efforts to form a new, more inclusive umbrella group. Noor explained that at least 11 opposition parties would hold a conference in [...]	2008-01-11 08:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER
08ADDISABABA86	UTDS -- A TIGREAN OPPOSITION EMERGES [...] (SBU) Sixteen years after coming to power as part of the Tigrean People's Liberation Front (TPLF),six years after being ejected from the party, and two years after seeking formal registration, the Union of Tigreans for Democracy and Sovereignty (UTDS) emerged in November as Ethiopia's first r [...]	2008-01-14 04:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS ET
08ALGIERS1123	ALGERIAN WESTERN SAHARA POSITION UNYIELDING [...] (C) During an October 8 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel (U/S equivalent) asserted that Algeria's position on Western Sahara has not changed since 1965 and that Algeria continued to believe that the principle of se [...]	2008-10-16 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS1269	WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI YOUTH FRUSTRATION MOUNTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sahrawi youth are increasingly frustrated and speak of a return to armed conflict with Morocco, but there is no indication that they are preparing to do so, or that they are indeed capable. During a November 15 visit by poloff and visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer to a Sahraw [...]	2008-12-06 07:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PBTS WI AG
08ALGIERS1270	WESTERM SAHARA: SAHRAWI YOUTH FRUSTRATION MOUNTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-06 07:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PBTS WI AG
08ALGIERS1296	ALGERIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ON BOUTEFLIKA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliamentarians told Codel Hastings on December 2 that they believed the international community must play a greater role in resolving the Western Sahara question and that a third term for President Bouteflika is necessary for the well-being of Algeria. The Minister of Parliame [...]	2008-12-15 07:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OREP PBTS MO AG
08ALGIERS199	NEW POLISARIO AMBASSADOR IN ALGIERS HEWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting, new Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali and Polisario Minister-Delegate for African Affairs Mohammed Beissat told us that it was getting more difficult for the Polisario leadership to convince the Sahrawi people to be patient and respect the Man [...]	2008-02-22 11:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG
08ALGIERS21	SAHRAWI AMBASSADOR: POLISARIO ENERGIZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Polisario Ambassador to Algeria, the December 14-20 party congress in Tifariti has provided the Polisario with an injection of energy and confidence moving into the January 8-9 Manhasset negotiations. While the pledge to resume armed struggle against Morocco "has [...]	2008-01-07 14:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG
08ALGIERS335	NEW POLISARIO LEADERSHIP DEFIANT, SAHRAWIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12-14 visit to Tindouf by Emboff and visiting PRM officers, Polisario leaders expressed increasing frustration with the Manhasset negotiation process, consistent with recent public statements by Polisario officials in Algiers. Although the Polisario leadership was vagu [...]	2008-03-20 10:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS483	ALGERIA AND POLISARIO SLAM WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings April 27 and 28, Ambassador and DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Polisario ambassador in Algiers. The two recipients shared the same reaction to the recent statement of UNSG Special Envoy Peter Van Walsum, s [...]	2008-04-28 12:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS682	KING OF RAI LATEST WESTERN SAHARA CASUALTY [...] According to Algerian press reports and an Algerian concert goer in Morocco, Algerian pop star Cheb Khaled, known as the King of Rai music, was briefly assaulted on June 1 by a Moroccan concert audience angry at his known affection for the cause of Western Saharan independence. After a Spanish [...]	2008-06-11 08:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREF PREL SCUL KPAO WI MO AG
08ALGIERS935	POLISARIO COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATE BUT WITHOUT VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali told us on August 24 that the Sahrawi leadership is firmly committed to continuing negotiations with Morocco in the near future but only if a new moderator approved by the United Nations Secretary Genera [...]	2008-08-25 10:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS947	WESTERN SAHARA: FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In their introductory meeting August 28, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci raised the Western Sahara briefly with the Ambassador and flagged it as an issue that the Algerians would be interested to discuss during the Secretary's proposed September 6 visit. Medelci described relations among [...]	2008-08-28 09:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08AMMAN1057	JORDANIAN MFA PREVIEWS BORDER SECURITY WORKING [...] (C) Poloff outlined reftel objectives for the April 13 meeting of the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in Damascus with Nawaf Tell, the MFA's Negotiations Bureau Director. According to Tell, the GOJ delegation will be headed by Ministry of Interior Secretary General Mukhaimer Abu Jammous [...]	2008-04-10 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA
08AMMAN1750	BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN CIVIL [...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Jamal Shamaylah, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office on June 9. Shamaylah reported that Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir will attend the June 24 Berlin Conference subsequent to the June 23 conference in Vienna on the reconstruction of the Na [...]	2008-06-11 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN
08AMMAN3370	JORDAN TO CONSIDER ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS PHSA JO
08AMMAN663	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-02 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL KCRM UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JO
08ANKARA1110	TURKEY/BERLIN CONFERENCE: EAGER TO HELP, BUT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Security Affairs Department Head Metin Ersin on June 13. Ersin, who represented Turkey at a preparatory conference in Berlin, told us Foreign Minister Babacan is expected to lead the Turkish delega [...]	2008-06-16 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN
08ANKARA1810	TURKEY STILL OPPOSES OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFF [...] (C) We met October 16 with Basat Ozturk, DDG for Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA, to discuss Turkey,s position on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Cyprus. Ozturk said Turkey,s position has not changed from last year (reftel),and will not be affected by ongoing talks between the [...]	2008-10-17 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PBTS ENRG CY TU
08ANKARA2174	TURKEY/ISRAEL/SYRIA: OLMERT REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israeli PM Olmert visited Ankara December 22 in what was billed a "farewell" call, meeting privately with PM Erdogan (we believe PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu translated) and, with delegations, President Gul. Syria and Gaza dominated the agenda. According to Israeli Embass [...]	2008-12-24 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS SY TU
08ANKARA2190	TURKEY CONDEMNS GAZA ATTACKS [...] (U) Turkey has reacted strongly to Israeli attacks in Gaza. PM Erdogan has called the attacks a "crime against humanity," a "blow to world peace," and complained they showed a "lack of respect" for Turkey, which has been exerting great efforts to restore peace in the region. President Gul wa [...]	2008-12-30 17:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS TU
08ANKARA382	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel with MFA Department Head for Maritime Affairs, Mehmet Poroy, on February 27. Poroy provided us with some background on Turkey's previous engagement on this issue. Because of Turkey's involvement in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),the IMO Secretary Gen [...]	2008-02-27 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EWWT TU SO UN
08ASHGABAT1240	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV RESTATES THE FAMILIAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting September 8 which lasted more than 2 1/2 hours, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Special Envoy for European Energy C. Boyden Gray and U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Affairs Steve Mann that an audit by the British company Gaffney-Kline, due to be rele [...]	2008-09-17 10:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1512	TURKMEN PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV: "WE'LL DO IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov, accompanied by Foreign Minister Meredov, received U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Issues, Ambassador Mann, accompanied by Charge Miles, for an hour and a half conversation touching on Berdimuhamedov,s just concluded trip to Korea, Germany a [...]	2008-11-21 13:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1522	TURKMEN FOREIGN MINISTER: MORE OF THE SAME [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1550	TURKMEN FOREIGN MINISTER: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. On November 21, Foreign Minister Meredov received U.S Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann, accompanied by Charge Richard Miles, for an hour-long conversation which was very similar in content to Ambassador Mann's conversation on November 20 with Pres [...]	2008-12-02 07:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT354	TURKMENISTAN: NEIGHBORS APPEAR TO COOPERATE AT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At an OSCE conference on maritime security and environmental cooperation, participants attended presentations on ecological, transit, and trafficking/smuggling issues. The EU said that its "Special Strategy for Centra [...]	2008-03-18 11:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS EWWT SENV TX
08ASHGABAT536	TURKMENISTAN'S ETREK DISTRICT: WAITING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Burdened by an isolated location, poor roads and years of neglect from the center, Turkmenistan's Etrek District, located in western Turkmenistan on the border with Iran, has experienced little economic developmen [...]	2008-04-29 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR SNAR PBTS PREL TX
08ASMARA18	UNMEE FUEL UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir (protect) estimates UNMEE can continue operations at the current reduced levels until January 31. After that UNMEE would have to dip into its strategic fuel reserve, which Taisir said is only sufficient to move UNMEE's troops ba [...]	2008-01-14 08:37:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PBTS PREL MOPS ASEC ER ET XW
08ASMARA227	DJIBOUTI AMBASSADOR ON BORDER TENSION [...] (C) Somalia and the Eritrea)Djibouti Border: --------------------------------------------- --- "The Somali problem is not foreign to the border issue," claims Djibouti's ambassador to Eritrea. Ambassador Ahmed Issa Gabobeh, the dean of Asmara's diplomatic corps, warned against applying rat [...]	2008-04-23 13:08:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ER DJ
08ASMARA311	BORDER CLASH - MUM'S THE WORD IN ASMARA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean government, party, media, and military officials are maintaining complete silence on the June 10-11 border clashes with Djibouti. No Eritrean media outlets have reported the incidents and the citizenry of Asmara are going about their daily routines in grim normalcy. Th [...]	2008-06-11 13:28:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS ER DJ
08ASMARA4	ERITREAN CASUALTY FIGURES FROM DECEMBER 26 BORDER [...] (C) On December 28 an Embassy source spoke with a mid-level member of Eritrea's National Security Agency (ANS) about the December 26 border clash between Eritrean and Ethiopian forces. The ANS officer said that Eritrean military casualties from the clash were 5 dead and 24 captured. There w [...]	2008-01-04 07:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PBTS ER ET
08ASMARA86	UNMEE "REGROUPING" [...] (SBU) UNMEE Force Commander General Taisir told the ambassador February 20 that the movement to consolidate UNMEE forces in Asmara and Assab was underway and was generally "OK, except in some areas." 2. (SBU) He said 200 of the 500 Jordanians were back in Asmara and he expected the other 30 [...]	2008-02-20 13:22:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PBTS MOPS PREL ER
08ASTANA2481	KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL BORDER TOWN BALANCES RUSSIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aksai is a small, provincial border town in northern Kazakhstan much like many others -- with the notable exception that it has billions of dollars worth of oil and gas buried in its backyard. Unfortunately, it w [...]	2008-12-19 02:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SOCI PBTS RS KZ
08ATHENS1270	GREECE CLAIMS TURKEY DUMPED ILLEGAL ALIENS IN [...] (C) Greece has demarched Turkey following news reports that the Greek Coast Guard filmed the Turkish Coast Guard dumping illegal aliens off a ship into Greek territorial waters in the Aegean Sea. A Greek MFA official told us that the evidence of the alien dumping is strong and that it is not [...]	2008-09-08 14:10:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS TU GR
08ATHENS1387	GREEK SLANDS: A GATEWAY TO EUROPE FOR ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) ver-increasing numbers of illegal immigrants Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, and ohers) are using boats and rafts to travel fro Turkey to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, making the islands the preferred route for these immigrants into the EU. The wave of newcomers has all but o [...]	2008-10-02 05:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PRL PGOV PBTS PTER PHUM GR
08ATHENS1667	GREECE TO JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Greece is willing to increase its already active role in international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. Greece informed us December 12 that it would become a founding member of our proposed contact group on piracy, and recommended that the UN urge all s [...]	2008-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER UNSC EUN SO GR
08ATHENS1668	GREECE/TURKEY TALKS ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS: LITTLE [...] (SBU) A Greek delegation visited Ankara in mid-November for the third round of discussions aimed at improving implementation of the protocol the two countries signed in 2001 on re-admission of illegal migrants. Over the last two years, the number of migrants using Greece's Aegean islands as a [...]	2008-12-12 13:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU IZ SO AF IT GR
08ATHENS1717	GREECE/PIRACY: GREECE WILL ATTEND CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel invitation and points on December 22 on the inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Dimitrios Papandreou, Counselor for Non-proliferation and Security in the MFA's D1 (IO equivalent) Department. Papandreou immediately con [...]	2008-12-23 15:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER GR
08ATHENS309	DEAMRCHE DELIVERED ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA [...] (U) On February 26, DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche points to Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, Acting Director of the D1 Directorate for the United Nations and International Organizations and to Political Director Vassilopoulos at the A9 Division for Subsuaharan Africa at the MFA. 2. (C) [...]	2008-03-04 08:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNGA UNSC IMO GR
08ATHENS832	GREEKS BEARING GIFTS: FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND [...] (C) DepPolCouns reconfirmed that Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis would attend the Berlin conference on supporting the Palestinians with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis (refs A and B). Ayfantis said Bakoyannis did not want to show up at the conference "empty ha [...]	2008-06-11 13:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
08BAGHDAD1063	BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP: REQUEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR INSTRUCTIONS: Post requests the Department to instruct posts in capitals of participants in the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) to urge their host governments to support Iraqi efforts to secure agreement on concrete measures aimed at stopping the flow of terror [...]	2008-04-07 02:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA
08BAGHDAD1100	DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: In an April 7 call on Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi, Pol-Mil M/C discussed the upcoming Border Security Working Group, Iraq's preparations for the event, and what it could accomplish. Both agreed that a commitment to stopping the flow of weapons to criminal m [...]	2008-04-09 07:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ KU SY TU
08BAGHDAD1134	GOI DELEGATION PREPARES FOR BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) On April 10, Pol-Mil M/C, DHS Attach, MNF-I analysts, and PolMilOffs attended a meeting with the GOI delegation to the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in order to provide them with an intelligence briefing and USG recommendations for their course of action in Damascus (the latter deliv [...]	2008-04-12 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD1240	BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP IN DAMASCUS: DEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG MFA allowed the Iraqi delegation considerable latitude to pursue its agenda at Syria's second hosting of the Iraq Neighbors' Border Security Working Group (BSWG) April 13-14 (the first Damascus meeting was in August 2007). Surprisingly, given the state of Syrian Saudi relati [...]	2008-04-22 02:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PTER IZ KU
08BAGHDAD2137	IRAQI PLANS TO FACILITATE NAVIGATION IN THE KHOR [...] (C/REL MNFI) A proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) on improving navigation in the Khor Abdullah waterway is awaiting Prime Ministerial approval, Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on July 7. Citing the importance of the waterway, Hamoud expressed confidence the Prime Minister wil [...]	2008-07-09 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2163	IMPROVING IRAQI BORDER SECURITY: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Border security continues to be a focus of both GOI and Coalition attention as the security situation improves and Iraq takes increasing responsibility for its own affairs. Al Qaeda in Iraq's reliance on transnational networks is increasing as its operating space and popularity [...]	2008-07-11 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PBTS PREL PTER IR IZ SY
08BAGHDAD2427	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) In an August 2 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister Muhammad Hamoud discussed the state of relations between Iraq and Kuwait with Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray. Addressing a wide range of border and other bilateral issues, Ham [...]	2008-08-04 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2511	IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE: NEXT STOP, NINEWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL-MIL Minister-Counselor and her incoming successor met with Iraq Minister of Defense (MoD) Abdul Qadr August 6 to discuss security developments in Iraq. Citing with approval the current operation in Diyala, MoD said his plan was to next turn to Ninewa "to clean it out." He sai [...]	2008-08-11 03:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU IR
08BAGHDAD2531	IRAQ: POLMIL MINSCOUNS MEETS GENERAL ABUD [...] (C) During an August 6 meeting, Baghdad Operations Center commander General Abud told POL-MIL Minister Counselor and her incoming successor that GOI knows Special Groups (SG) are armed and funded by Iran. He explained the GOI is unwilling to state so publicly in a direct manner, but would do s [...]	2008-08-11 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD295	IRAN-IRAQ BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME IN FEBRUARY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a January 28 meeting with Acting PolMil Counselor, Iraqi MFA Under Secretary Mohammad Hamoud discussed GOI preparations for a further round of bilateral talks with Iran regarding their shared border. He indicated talks would take place on February 19, since negotiations pla [...]	2008-02-01 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PBTS IR IZ KU
08BAGHDAD2963	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on September 11 the Kuwaiti Prime Minister would visit Iraq shortly after Ramadan concludes. He said a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on clearing the Khor Abudllah waterway of shipwrecks remained 'stuck' in the Prime Minister's [...]	2008-09-14 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR
08BAGHDAD2981	IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO MOVE AHEAD - MAYBE [...] (C) Iraq and Iran appear ready to commence work soon to resolve outstanding border issues, assuming PM Maliki and other key GOI constituencies give the political green light and make available necessary funding. Senior MFA officials who participated in late-August bilateral talks in Tehran s [...]	2008-09-16 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3764	IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (S/REL MNFI) In a November 26 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Haj Hamoud told Senior Advisor Gordon Gray that the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for notifying Kuwait prior to undertaking a wreck-clearing project in the Khor Abdullah (KAA) waterway remained mired in the bureaucracy [...]	2008-11-30 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU
08BAGHDAD50	SEEKING KUWAITI CONCURRENCE ON MNF-I SALVAGE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. On December 18, 2007, the Kuwaiti Navy ordered two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) to depart disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway. These contracted vessels were surveying tw [...]	2008-01-07 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KU MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PINS PNAT PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD803	MFA U/S HAMOUD ON THE KHWAR ABD ALLAH WATERWAY [...] (C) Deputy PolMil Counselor passed to MFA Undersecretary Hamoud on March 15 proposed points for inclusion in an Iraqi-Kuwaiti MOU on the salvage operation related to the Khwar Abd Allah waterway project. Also conveyed was the information contained in ref A regarding Kuwaiti willingness to mee [...]	2008-03-17 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PTIA IZ KU
08BAGHDAD806	DFM ABBAWI ON BORDER SECURITY WORKING GROUP, THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a March 16 call on Pol-Mil M/C, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi discussed preparations for the next Border Security Working Group in Damascus and Iraqi participation in the Arab League Summit. PM Maliki would lead Iraq's delegation to the latter in what Abbawi attempted to portray as [...]	2008-03-17 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PBTS PREL PTER EG IR IZ LE RU SY
08BAKU129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LIKELY AZERBAIJANI REACTION [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel points on Kosovo's anticipated declaration of independence in a February 12 meeting with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov (other topics septel). Noting that he had discussed this issue with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried in Munich, Mammadyarov [...]	2008-02-12 14:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UNAUS UNMIK OSCE AJ
08BAKU136	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY PLAYERS GIVE STATUS UPDATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Azerbaijan energy interlocutors agree the key to timely development of the Shah Deniz Stage Two gas project is settling issues of gas transit through Turkey. BP and Statoil claim that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is moving too slowly in signing commercial cont [...]	2008-02-13 15:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PBTS TU AJ
08BAKU140	AZERBAIJAN'S OIL COMPANY UPBEAT ON COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR President Abdullayev was very upbeat upon hearing of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's willingness to increase bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijan and looked forward to follow up discussions with the USG as soon as possible. He denied European charges that SOCAR was no [...]	2008-02-14 14:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS TU TX AJ
08BAKU146	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO [...] (C) DCM delivered ref a points regarding possible Russian recognition of Abkhazia in a February 15 meeting with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khalaf Khalafov. Noting that Georgia is a neighbor with whom the GOAJ maintains close cooperation on a number of areas of mutual, strategic inter [...]	2008-02-15 13:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS GG RU YI AJ
08BAKU147	AZERBAIJAN KEEPING WARY EYE ON ARMENIAN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Senior Azerbaijani leaders are keeping a wary eye on Armenia's February 19 presidential election, worrying that the hotly contested election could have implications for the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Minister of National Security Mahmudov confirmed that the GOAJ has information [...]	2008-02-15 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PINR AM AJ
08BAKU150	AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The GOAJ's initial response to Kosovo's declaration of independence is to reject Kosovo's decision. MFA spokesperson Khazar Ibrahimov's February 18 statement was the first official reaction to Kosovo's independence. In the statement, Ibrahimov characterized Kosovo's independence as a "u [...]	2008-02-19 13:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU151	AZERBAIJANI REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) The GOAJ's initial response to Kosovo's declaration of independence is to reject Kosovo's decision. MFA spokesperson Khazar Ibrahimov's February 18 statement was the first official reaction to Kosovo's independence. In the statement, Ibrahimov characterized Kosovo's independence as a "u [...]	2008-02-19 13:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU160	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov on February 20 (FM Mammadyarov was out of the country). Despite Azerbaijan's opposition to Kosovo's independence, Azimov said, he had instructed the MFA to be "measured" in its public statements, making only two [...]	2008-02-21 15:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS UN AZ
08BAKU164	VISIT OF AZERBAIJANI MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO IRAN [...] (C) Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev visited Iran February 18-19, his first visit to the Islamic Republic since 2004. During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Abiyev noted that he was preparing for the trip. In addition to Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar [...]	2008-02-22 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
08BAKU185	IDEAS FOR PROMOTING A U.S.-AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Ankara and Baku. 2. (C) Embassy Ankara and Embassy Baku provide the following informal suggestions to follow up with EUR A/S Fried's December 2007 speech at the Mayflower Hotel on a strategic partnership among the U.S, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Bo [...]	2008-03-04 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG TU AJ
08BAKU187	DFM AZIMOV REQUESTS USG SUPPORT ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov requested a meeting with Ambassador Derse on February 29 to discuss Azerbaijan's pending UNGA resolution "on the situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan" (other topics septel). European embassies were similarly summoned to a gr [...]	2008-03-04 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS UN AZ
08BAKU188	REPORTED CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON THE [...] (C) The Embassy reached out to GOAJ contacts to hear their perspective on a reported truce violation on the Line of Contact near the Terter district. According to Embassy Yerevan, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian phoned the Charge d,Affaires this morning to inform him that the Azerb [...]	2008-03-04 15:11:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU192	AZERBAIJAN WITHDRAWING PEACEKEEPERS FROM KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 5. 2. (C) The Azerbaijani Parliament voted on March 4 to withdraw its 34 peacekeepers from Kosovo. The decision has been expected for several days, as local press and several MP's publicly stated as early as February 26 that President Aliyev r [...]	2008-03-05 11:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR MASS MOPS KPAO AJ
08BAKU193	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR AZERBAIJAN FOR S/CT [...] (C) The Embassy provides the following response to ref A's request for information on Azerbaijan's critical infrastructure (CI) and key resources (KI),which would "have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" if destroyed. Embassy recommends that Azerbaijan's primary energ [...]	2008-03-05 11:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU194	AZERBAIJAN: INTERIM SECURITY DIALOGUE REVIEW WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting PM/RSAT office director David Bame and OSD Eurasia Policy Director Colonel Jon Chicky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on February 26 for an interim review of the bilateral security dialogue. Azimov said Kosovo's independence creates a harmful perception of [...]	2008-03-05 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG AJ
08BAKU196	UPDATE ON CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: According to President Aliyev on March 5, the situation along the Line of Contact has de-escalated and Azerbaijan did not instigate the firefight and would not "take advantage of the situation." Based on our conversations with other GOAJ officials, initial press reports, and pu [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ASEC AM AJ
08BAKU250	SENATOR BROWNBACK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Aliyev affirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to developing new Caspian gas reserves and export routes to Europe in spite of increasing pressure from Russia and Iran. He said that continued U.S. support would be key to these i [...]	2008-03-14 06:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD PBTS AJ
08BAKU251	AZERBAIJANIS SEEK REPEAL OF SECTION 907 IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate February 20 meetings, the AmCham Board of Directors, Deputy Foreign Minister Pashayev and a group of reform-minded MPS told Senator Brownback (R-KS) that Azerbaijan sought to deepen its ties with the United States. In recognition of Azerbaijan's growing partnership [...]	2008-03-14 06:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG ECON KPAO AJ
08BAKU256	NATO ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR ATTRACTS DIVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's 68th Rose-Roth Seminar, focused on "Security in the Caspian Region," was held in Baku March 6-8. Speakers included a range of parliamentarians, scholars and government officials from Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; this was the first time that Central Asian states [...]	2008-03-14 10:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARK MASS PBTS NATO AJ
08BAKU262	AZERBAIJAN: 2007 HRR ROLLS OUT TO MIXED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12 press event, the Ambassador rolled out the 2007 Human Rights Report to a group of human rights activists, representatives of the Human Rights Ombudswoman's office, and Parliament's Human Rights Commission Chair. Although the Human Rights Commission Chair questioned [...]	2008-03-17 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU275	AZERBAIJAN'S NK UNGA RESOLUTION UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: The March 14 UNGA vote on Azerbaijan's "Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan" resolution reflects the GOAJ's broader attempt to underscore Azerbaijan's fundamental redlines in the Minsk Group negotiations and to find additional tools outside of the Minsk Group to [...]	2008-03-19 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AJ
08BAKU279	ACTION REQUEST: AZERBAIJAN REQUESTS CONFIRMATION [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (SBU) On March 19, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the GOAJ, requesting that the U.S. "confirm officially and in written form its adherence to respect and support of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the Republic of Azer [...]	2008-03-25 12:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AJ
08BAKU281	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL PARTIES, CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 4-5 visit to Baku, EUR/DAS Bryza met separately with a group of Islamic commentators, members of the Karabakh Forum (an informal association of prominent commentators),and leaders of many of Azerbaijan's prominent political parties. The Islamic commentators agreed [...]	2008-03-26 06:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KIRF KISL AJ
08BAKU283	HEADSCARVES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: A small but growing segment of Azerbaijani women wear an Islamic headscarf (hijab). While there is no ban against women wearing the hijab at government offices or universities, there are regular instances of local officials harassing women who choose to wear a headscarf; several [...]	2008-03-26 08:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU3	AZERBAIJAN'S INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In the past few years and especially the last year as oil revenues have come on-line, the GOAJ has adopted a strikingly more confident and activist foreign policy. The GOAJ's new activism is reflected in a high volume of foreign visits to and from Azerbaijan, the large number o [...]	2008-01-03 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAKU320	UPDATE ON AZERBAIJANI FRUSTRATION WITH CO-CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Public attention on the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries' vote against Azerbaijan's "Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan" UNGA resolution continues, as do GOAJ official statements and some orchestrated political activities. While the issue has gradually slipp [...]	2008-04-04 11:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KPAO AJ
08BAKU35	CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...]	2008-01-15 11:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ
08BAKU359	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RAMIZ MEHDIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev expressed the GOAJ's strong disappointment with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs' "no" vote on Azerbaijan's UNGA resolution regarding Nagorno Karabakh and the occupied territories. Stressing that [...]	2008-04-11 16:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU371	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 22-23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Energy continues to figure prominently in Azerbaijan's geostrategic vision, economic development, and partnership with the United States. President Aliyev and his senior advisors have repeatedly expressed their commitment to working with the U.S. on a new phase of energy coopera [...]	2008-04-17 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV PBTS AJ
08BAKU376	LEGAL CONFERENCE SEEKS TO BOLSTER AZERBAIJAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 11:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU377	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REJECTS CRITICISM ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting with visiting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Jeff Gedmin, President Aliyev firmly denied that Azerbaijan has any problems in the area of media freedom, and accused the U.S. of applying a "double standard" in its criticisms. The Preside [...]	2008-04-21 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS KDEM KISL AJ
08BAKU383	FATA-ALIYEV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial one-hour meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata on April 16, President Aliyev delivered a direct plea for greater US support for Azerbaijan's security in the face of growing regional pressures, especiall [...]	2008-04-23 08:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ
08BAKU390	AZERBAIJAN OPPOSES RUSSIAN MOVES TO UPGRADE [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to Foreign Minister Mammadyarov during an April 22 meeting with visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III (other topics septel). Mammadyarov responded that Azerbaijan supports Georgia's territorial in [...]	2008-04-23 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS GG RS AJ
08BAKU392	FATA-MAMMADYAROV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 16 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored increasing volatility in the region and pressure from Azerbaijan's neighbors, especially in connection with Azerbaijan's commitmen [...]	2008-04-24 06:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ

08BAKU404	DEPUTY FM AZIMOV SHARPLY CRITICIZES MINSK GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French Charge on April 24, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov sharply criticized the Minsk Group Co-Chairs and France in particular during an April 23 meeting with the EU heads of mission. Azimov claimed that the Co-Chairs had not made any effort to [...]	2008-04-29 05:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PBTS PGOV PREL
08BAKU44	AZERBAIJAN'S INTENTIONAL AMBIGUITY TOWARD NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) has not publicly defined its ultimate goal with respect to NATO membership, nor do we expect it to do so. Azerbaijan's NATO policy appears to be movement toward the organization while intentionally remaining silent on the question of ultimatel [...]	2008-01-17 08:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARK MASS PBTS NATO AJ
08BAKU460	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan. [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU499	RECOMMENDING GREATER ENGAGEMENT WITH AZERBAIJAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Azerbaijan is an increasingly important partner for the United States. A Muslim country bordered by Russia and Iran, it is a firmly secular, pro-American partner in a region beset by radical Islam. Our security cooperation is excellent and growing, and could take on still m [...]	2008-05-30 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ENRG MOPS KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU541	PRESIDENT ALIYEV "HURT" BY U.S. CRITICISMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, President Aliyev bluntly detailed his personal sense of "hurt" over statements by the Secretary and President that were critical of Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. He views the statements as part of a trend -- the UNGA vote, the Presidential statement [...]	2008-06-10 11:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU553	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF CONTINUES TO EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev told visiting EUR DAS Bryza that, as a strategic partner, Azerbaijan expects the U.S. to take a more active role in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. Mehdiyev said greater U.S. activism and pressure is needed to balance Rus [...]	2008-06-17 10:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM AJ
08BAKU602	PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...]	2008-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU604	CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 24 meeting with Representative Schiff and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored Azerbaijan's interest in an early peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict and the benefits that increased cooperation with a rapidly developing Azerbaija [...]	2008-06-26 10:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IN THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first state visit to Baku on July 3-4, following on the heels of recent stops in Azerbaijan from the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin, and Speaker of the Lower House of the Duma Boris G [...]	2008-07-02 04:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU625	AZERBAIJAN FACES CHALLENGE OF PROTECTING CRITICAL [...] (S) Summary: On June 9-13 an interagency team representing the Global Critical Energy Infrastructure Program (GCEIP) and consisting of representatives from the Department of State, Department of Energy, the Coast Guard, and EUCOM met with a number of government and private industry officials respon [...]	2008-07-02 06:27:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ
08BAKU646	RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV DISCUSSES ENERGY AND NK [...] (C) Summary: During his July 3-4 visit to Baku, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed energy and Nagorno-Karabakh with President Aliyev. Despite the usual public rhetoric of friendly relations, public statements from the leaders and press reporting indicate that no substantive agreement [...]	2008-07-07 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU652	DRL A/S KRAMER URGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: In a very frank June 27 meeting, DRL A/S Kramer urged President Aliyev to "turn an area of friction into an area of improvement" in the bilateral relationship by taking concrete steps to address Azerbaijan's human rights problems. Although initially cool and somewhat testy, Pre [...]	2008-07-08 08:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU658	DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Kramer and Foreign Minister Mammadaryov conducted the fourth round of the DRL-led U.S.-Azerbaijan Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue on June 27 in Baku. Mammadyarov defended Azerbaijan's recent electoral changes as in keeping with European standards and agreed that imp [...]	2008-07-09 07:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF PBTS AJ
08BAKU67	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RAMIZ MEHDIYEV REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev repeated long-standing policy that Azerbaijan is prepared to give Nagorno Karabakh "the highest autonomous status" but cannot agree to "give territory to Armenia." Arguing that [...]	2008-01-28 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU675	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S VISIT MEANT TO TELL [...] (C) Summary: According to the Russian Ambassador to Baku Vasily Istratov, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Baku had one major purpose: to convey the message to the GOAJ that "Azerbaijan matters" to Russia. Defining the new relationships as "same book, different page," Istratov c [...]	2008-07-11 15:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU73	AZERBAIJANI DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov remained noncommittal on a U.S. request to deploy an additional company to Iraq and a provision of a battalion for Afghanistan in the context of a potential TEP offer. Azimov said President Al [...]	2008-01-29 05:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PBTS IZ AJ
08BAKU833	AZERBAIJAN: VICE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Richard Cheney's September 3-4 visit to Baku was widely seen as significant and timely given concerns about energy and security in the wake of the Russian invasion of Georgia. Azerbaijan's media gave extensive and decidedly positive coverage to VP Cheney's visit [...]	2008-09-05 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BAKU90	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appeared unaware that Iran may soon move the Alborz oil rig, while noting that Azerbaijan would respond through diplomatic and legal means if Iran moves the rig into disputed waters. Mammadyarov raised the need for an EU energy summit in Brussels, co [...]	2008-02-01 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ IR
08BAKU968	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: LIMITED JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Local legal experts state the Azerbaijani judiciary has little independence in cases touching on the GOAJ or Azerbaijani elites' financial and political interests. In a political culture that favors personal relations and closed-door meetings over transparent processes and unif [...]	2008-10-10 13:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BANGKOK1486	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAIS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama intended to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple during a May 14 trip to Cambodia. According to a Thai MFA official, Noppadon hoped to discuss with the RGC in general terms a possible joint statement on the management of the [...]	2008-05-15 02:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1818	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAI GOVERNMENT REVIEWS NEW [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata told Poloff on June 11 that, after completion of an ongoing survey by the military and the Royal Thai Survey Department, the RTG would formulate a position on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map recently presented to the RTG in Paris. [...]	2008-06-13 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1877	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAHVIHEAR [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1878	THAI CABINET APPROVES CAMBODIAN MAP OF PREAH [...] (SBU) On June 17, the Cabinet approved the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map of Preah Vihear Temple, following approval by the National Security Council on June 16. MFA Second Secretary Suttamon Wiriyadamrong told us that MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata flew to Phnom Penh [...]	2008-06-18 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2167	THAIS DENY MILITARY INCURSION INTO CAMBODIA AFTER [...] (SBU) On July 15, a senior monk and two other Thais crossed into disputed territory between Thailand and Cambodia in protest of Preah Vihear temple's World Heritage status. Tempers flared on both sides when Cambodian and Thai press reported that large numbers of Thai troops had entered Cambodi [...]	2008-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2207	PREAH VIHEAR: TENSION, DIALOGUE, AND EMBASSY [...] (C) Tensions in the Thai-Cambodian border area remain high, with an influx of Thai soldiers to the area close to Preah Vihear temple. The Royal Thai Air Force is standing by to evacuate Thais from Cambodia should bilateral relations deteriorate dramatically before a Thai-Cambodian meeting of [...]	2008-07-18 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2233	PREAH VIHEAR: GBC TALKS END IN STALEMATE [...] (C) Thailand derived no definitive results from the July 21 General Border Committee (GBC) meeting with Cambodia, according to our MFA and military sources. The highest levels of the RTG were discussing possible next moves, an MFA official told us, although he declined to elaborate on what th [...]	2008-07-22 11:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2242	PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS URGE NO UNSC ACTION [...] (C) Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul called in the Ambassador on July 23 to discuss the disposition of the Preah Vihear temple. Virasakdi explained he was meeting separately with the Chiefs of Mission of all UNSC member states to explain Thailand's opposition to Cambodia's reque [...]	2008-07-23 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS UNSC TH
08BANGKOK2259	PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS EXPRESS STRONG APPRECIATION [...] (C) In several telephone conversations with us July 24, senior Thai Foreign Ministry officials expressed deep thanks for what they perceived as strong U.S. support July 23 in the UNSC for Thai efforts to keep attempts to resolve the Preah Vihear dispute with Cambodia in a bilateral track. They [...]	2008-07-24 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS ETRD
08BANGKOK2260	PREAH VIHEAR: THAIS CLAIM JULY 28 MINISTERS' [...] (C) In the late afternoon of July 24, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi called the Ambassador and informed him that Prime Minister Samak had just called him (Virasakdi) to explain that Thailand and Cambodia had agreed that their Foreign Ministers would meet on July 28 in Siem Reap, Cambodia, t [...]	2008-07-24 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2294	PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA ON JULY 28 TALKS, DAO VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok's Defense Attache visited the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple on July 28; the atmosphere was calm, and there were no signs of a significant military build-up on the Thai side. The Foreign Ministry described the atmosphere of the July 28 Thai-Cambodian talks on Preah Vi [...]	2008-07-29 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2303	PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA BRIEFS ON TALKS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 30 briefing, a Thai senior MFA official discussed with a select group of diplomats the Thai-Cambodian dialogue on the Preah Vihear temple. (DCM and Poloff attended.) The Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand was present and, in a show of harmony, echoed many of the Thai p [...]	2008-07-30 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK3234	THAI PARLIAMENT APPROVES FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT TO [...] (C) Summary. The Thai Parliament October 28 approved the August 19 Thai-Cambodian Foreign Ministers' Agreement that provides an interim framework to address the border conflict prior to final resolution. Thailand can now legally proceed through the Foreign Ministry-led Joint Border Commission [...]	2008-10-29 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3251	PRIVY COUNCILOR PREM SAYS SITUATION CALM; ARMY TO [...] (C) Summary: Privy Council Chair Prem Tinsulanonda told the Ambassador October 29 that the political situation was getting calmer and that he was not worried about a planned November 1 rally by pro-Thaksin supporters. In a separate October 29 meeting, Deputy Army Commander General Jiradej Kot [...]	2008-10-30 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3376	PROGRESS IN THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Thai and Cambodian Foreign Ministers agreed November 12 to a series of measures that will initiate the process of delineating disputed border areas. The two sides prioritized settling overlapping claims adjacent to the Preah Vihear temple for survey work scheduled to begin in Dece [...]	2008-11-14 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3440	NAVIGATING THAILAND-CAMBODIA RELATIONS NO EASY [...] (C) Summary: The Thai MFA Director responsible for Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos revealed to us November 18 that Thailand-Cambodia relations have dominated his division's workload the past several years, even factoring in the 2007 Saffron Uprising, Cyclone Nargis, and the international pr [...]	2008-11-21 07:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK780	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: REQUEST FOR FURTHER INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Please see paragraph two for questions from Thai MFA Africa Director Tomwit Jarnson regarding reftel request. 2. (SBU) Poloff on March 11 conveyed reftel points eliciting Thai assistance in addressing piracy off the Somali coast and views on a United Nations Security Council resolution [...]	2008-03-12 09:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO SO TH
08BASRAH21	BASRAH ISF COMMANDER SAYS ISF NOT READY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Basrah Operations Commander, LTG Mohan Hafith Fahad al-Fariji told us that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in his command are not capable of confronting the militias given their lack of training and equipment. Mohan asked the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force [...]	2008-03-17 17:01:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PROP
08BASRAH37	SAYYID AL SHUHADA ON BASRAH OPERATIONS, IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 15:31:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH39	BASRAH HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON OPERATION CHARGE OF THE [...] (C/REL MCFI) Regional Embassy Officers met with the head of the Ministry of Human Rights' Basrah office, Mahdi al-Tamimi, April 17 to discuss the humanitarian effects of the GOI's Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK). Mahdi noted that before CoK, Basrah was crime ridden, suffering a murder ra [...]	2008-04-28 16:55:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI IR IZ
08BASRAH41	SMALL IRAQI PARTY SEEKS SOUTHERN REGION & HIGH ELECTION [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) SUMMARY: Abd al-Rizak al-Saadi, the Secretary General of a minor political party called the Federal SIPDIS Democratic Iraq Coalition (FDIC) met Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah to explain his party's vision for a three-province southern region in Iraq to prohibit Irani [...]	2008-04-30 12:24:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL IR IZ
08BASRAH42	FADHILA MEMBER CRITICIZES MALIKI FOR BASRAH OPERATION [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member and Fadhila insider, Sheikh Khazl Jaloob Falih al-Saidi (aka Abu Salam),criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Charge of the Knights (CoK) as a political move to eliminate the Jaysh al-Mahdi so that the Islamic Supreme Counc [...]	2008-05-04 17:18:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL KDEM MOPS PBTS IR IZ
08BASRAH62	IRANIAN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iranian investment in Basrah province appears to be limited as Tehran focuses on influencing Basrah's political and security environment. Basrawis suspect Iranian front companies exist, but given their clandestine nature and the use of Iraqi intermediaries have difficulty [...]	2008-06-22 14:08:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELTN ENRG EPET ETRD PARM PBTS PGOV
08BASRAH63	BASRAH TRIBAL BATTALIONS FLOUNDERING [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The tribal battalions established in Basrah by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to assist the Iraqi Security Forces during Operation Charge of the Knights are dying a slow death due to a lack of GOI support (ref A). The Bani Tamim and Bani Malik tribes each organized [...]	2008-07-02 19:33:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH65	ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...]	2008-07-30 06:19:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
08BEIJING157	CHINESE SCHOLARS' INITIAL TAKE ON PM SINGH VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Echoing adulatory press coverage of Indian PM Singh's January 13-15 visit to Beijing, several Chinese scholars told PolOff the visit significantly enhanced trust between Chinese and Indian senior leaders and between the two countries' militaries. China, the scholars said, was als [...]	2008-01-16 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS ECON ETRD MARR CH IN
08BEIJING1656	PRC TOLD TO REFRAIN FROM INTERFERING WITH U.S. [...] (S) Summary: The continued harassment of U.S. vessels conducting lawful activities in China's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) is "provocative and potentially dangerous," the Charge told MFA Treaty and Law Department Director General Duan Jielong on April 28. Duan called the surveys "very close" [...]	2008-04-29 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING2305	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...]	2008-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING2371	INDIAN FM MUKHERJEE'S VISIT TO CHINA: MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Government and South Asia scholars agree that Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee's June 4-7 visit helped maintain momentum in China-India relations though the two sides achieved no progress on substantive bilateral issues. Chinese scholars note the Indian [...]	2008-06-17 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PBTS ECON ETRD MARR CH IN
08BEIJING2899	CHINA AGREES ON NEED TO TERMINATE UNMEE; WANTS [...] (C) China agrees on the need to terminate the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) in its current form, MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Officer Cheng Lie told PolOff on July 25 in response to reftel points. However, Cheng said China hopes t [...]	2008-07-27 23:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ER ET KPKO PBTS PREL UNSC
08BEIJING2988	PRC/RUSSIA: BOTH SIDES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 21-22 visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and July 26-27 visit of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Beijing reinforced the "strategic partnership" between China and Russia and provided another sign of warming ties between the former adversaries, according [...]	2008-08-01 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD ENRG RS CH
08BEIJING3192	CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) PolOff on August 20 delivered to MFA reftel points asking China to approach the UN Secretariat in support of holding a fifth round of talks on the Western Sahara before the end of the year and to express support for retaining Peter Van Walsum as the Secretary General's Personal Envoy on th [...]	2008-08-20 07:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI CH
08BEIJING3499	MFA: PRC HISTORICAL CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA NOT [...] (C) Summary: According to a MFA Treaty and Law Department official, China's territorial claims in the South China Sea outlined on PRC maps by the nine-segment dotted line (called "Cow's Tongue" or "Nine Dashes") do not contradict the 1982 UN Convention on Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). As a "reflec [...]	2008-09-09 09:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
08BEIJING355	VIETNAM DPM MAKES NO PROGRESS ON SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 10:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH VM
08BEIJING3744	TWELFTH ROUND OF CHINA-INDIA BORDER TALKS PRODUCES [...] (C) Summary: The twelfth round of the China-India border talks held in Beijing September 18-19 did not produce any significant breakthroughs, according to accounts from Chinese and Indian officials. According to Chinese scholars, the disposition of the Dawang region of Arunachal Pradesh remai [...]	2008-09-26 07:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PARM CH IN
08BEIJING3911	October 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: President Zadari's Visit, [...] Key points at the October 14 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China welcomes Pakistani President Zadari and looks forward to "in-depth discussions" and the signing of several "deals." -- China regains control of half of Heixiazi Island from Russia. -- China will "communicate and c [...]	2008-10-14 10:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PINR CH KN KS EC CS PK HK MC
08BEIJING4006	October 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TERRORIST LIST, NUCLEAR [...] Key points at the October 21 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China hopes that "relevant countries will work with China to bring eight terrorists to justice." -- China's cooperation with Pakistan on civilian nuclear energy is "subject to International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA [...]	2008-10-21 23:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER PK IN SU XG
08BEIJING4078	OCTOBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, SYRIA [...] Key points at the October 28 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China condemns the killing of five kidnapped Chinese citizens in a rescue attempt by the Sudanese government. -- China "opposes any deed which harms another country's sovereignty and territorial integrity," said the spoke [...]	2008-10-28 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM PTER ECON EFIN SU SY KN
08BEIJING4254	CHINA WARNED ON HARASSMENT OF U.S. NAVY VESSELS [...] (C) PolOff and Naval Attache delivered ref A demarche and nonpaper warning China to cease harassment of U.S. Navy vessels in China's EEZ to MFA Treaty and Law Department Oceans and Law of the Sea Division Director Yang Li on November 18. 2. (C) Yang responded that China "cannot accept the b [...]	2008-11-18 10:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PBTS MOPS KTIA CH
08BEIJING4373	CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on December 1 conveyed to MFA reftel points on deepening cooperation on countering piracy in the Horn of Africa region. International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said that China has been a victim of piracy in the Horn of Africa re [...]	2008-12-01 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4479	PRC SCHOLARS SAY XINJIANG SECURITY IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) Summary: China seeks to improve political and economic relations with Central Asia primarily to ensure PRC domestic security, especially in the restive Xinjiang region given deep cultural and religious links between China's western ethnic minorities and Central Asia, according to PRC scho [...]	2008-12-09 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS CH ZK
08BEIJING4520	CHINA NEEDS TIME TO STUDY HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on December 11 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A points inviting China's participation as a founding member in a new Contact Group (CG) on piracy off the Horn of Africa. Shen recalled that In [...]	2008-12-12 07:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4553	CHINA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff and Naval Attache on December 16 discussed the possibility of China sending a PLA naval vessel off the Horn of Africa to combat piracy with PLA Academy of Military Science Department of Strategic Studies Senior Fellow and Senior Colonel Chen Zhou and PLA National Defense University [...]	2008-12-16 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4624	MFA ON PLANNED PRC NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO COMBAT GULF [...] (C) Summary: China intends to deploy two destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast to combat piracy, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Zheng Zeguang informed the DCM on December 21. The ships plan to sail from China Decembe [...]	2008-12-22 08:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING4669	CHINA: INVITATIONS TO SOMALI PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) PolOff on December 22 conveyed to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department United Nations Division Deputy Director Shen Bo ref A invitation to the January 13-14 meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy. PolOff on December 23 delivered the ref B invitation to a pre-me [...]	2008-12-24 07:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING682	PRC-TAJIKISTAN: CHINA DISPLACING RUSSIA, NO BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 09:02:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS TI CH
08BEIJING687	PRC-Tajikistan: China Displacing Russia, No [...] (C) Summary: According to a diplomat at the Tajikistan Embassy, Tajikistan increasingly tilts toward China, which it regards as the best hope in the region for a patron, supplanting Russia's historical role. PRC-funded economic development projects (primarily infrastructure investment) furth [...]	2008-02-26 12:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS TI CH
08BEIJING924	MFA MAINTAINS CLAIMS TO SOUTH CHINA SEA; URGES [...] (C) Summary: China continues to explain its claims in the South China Sea (SCS),including the nine-segment dotted line that traces out its jurisdiction over islands and waters in the SCS and overlaps with territorial and economic exclusion zone claims of five other countries and Taiwan, throu [...]	2008-03-13 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PREL PGOV ECON CH TW XC
08BEIRUT1393	LEBANON: GOL, GERMANY PLAN TO EXPAND BORDER [...] (C) On September 18, a UK Embassy contact briefed PolOff on a recent meeting between the UK DCM and PM Siniora, in which Siniora said that the GOL was ready to extend the German led Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) to the east, but that Syria would use its contacts within GOL's security a [...]	2008-09-23 08:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINR PREL EC LE SY
08BEIRUT1575	LEBANON: NEED FOR EXPORT CONTROLS, CUSTOMS TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (C) GOL officials tell us there are few, if any, rules or regulations in place to halt or interdict potentially illicit radiological, biological or chemical material and other strategic goods that can be used in WMD devel [...]	2008-11-04 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PREL LE SY
08BEIRUT1584	LEBANON: NEW GOL BORDER PLAN DISAPPOINTS DONORS [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, PM Siniora told international donors that the GOL planned to create a national border force to operate along Lebanon's border with Syria. He acknowledged that parliamentary approval would be needed to proceed with such a plan. However, Siniora felt this was a m [...]	2008-11-05 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINR PREL EC LE SY
08BEIRUT208	LEBANON: WATER DISPUTE ALONG LEBANESE/ISRAELI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5 SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) During a February 6 International Donor Coordination meeting, Lillah Fearnley, a UNIFIL Civil Affairs Officer, briefed the group on a growing water dispute that is raising tensions between Lebanese and Israeli [...]	2008-02-11 16:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MASS PBTS PGOV PREL IS LE SY
08BEIRUT209	LEBANON: UK AND UNIFIL SEEK FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) International donor country representatives working with Lebanon's security sector met on February 6 to discuss a number of items pertaining to security sector reform and stabilization. Items ranged from a UK recommendation for the funding of a newly trained Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) "P [...]	2008-02-11 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MASS PBTS PGOV PREL IS LE SY
08BEIRUT483	VISIT OF INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO LEBANON MARCH 30-31, [...] (U) Summary: During his official visit to Lebanon March 30 to March 31, 2008, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),David T. Johnson reaffirmed the U.S. government commitment to a sovereign, democratic Lebanon, and discussed INL's continuing [...]	2008-04-08 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL PBTS NAS PGOV IS SY LE
08BEIRUT932	LEBANON: EC HIGHLY CRITICAL OF GERMAN-LED LEBANON [...] (C) On June 25, a UK Embassy contact in Beirut provided emboff with information on European Commission (EC) Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's planned statements that day to German Foreign Minister Steinmeier concerning the German-led Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) in Lebanon (refs). Waldne [...]	2008-06-25 17:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PBTS EC GE IS LE SY
08BELGRADE206	SERBIA: PM CALLS TO DISSOLVE PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica recommended on March 8 to dissolve parliament and for new parliamentary elections be held. He said this was the best solution for ending the ongoing government gridlock over Serbia's Kosovo policy and its path to Europe. President Tadic said he would a [...]	2008-03-10 11:25:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS KPAO KV XG SR
08BELGRADE273	SERBIA: KOSTUNICA'S CAMPAIGN: ALL KOSOVO, ALL THE TIME [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia will try to keep national attention on Kosovo, rather than European integration, as part of its electoral strategy for Serbia's May 11 elections. The DSS campaign will seize on and prolong stories of unrest in Kosovo, such as the Mar [...]	2008-03-21 14:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE279	SERBIA: LORD, HOW THIS SANDZAK IS GIVEN TO LYING [...] (SBU) The ethnically-Muslim region of Sandzak remains a tense volatile area, prone to sporadic violence as a result of a feud between two rival Islamic associations. The May 11 parliamentary and local elections in Sandzak provide both an opportunity to vote out a particularly distasteful loca [...]	2008-03-24 17:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE297	SERBIA: SAMARDZIC'S PROPOSAL TO UN: IT'S ALL DOMESTIC PARTY [...] (SBU) Making full use of the ambiguity surrounding a caretaker regime, Prime Minister Kostunica empowered his Kosovo Minister and chief advisor Slobodan Samardzic to offer an interim agreement with UNMIK. President Tadic's party has complained that its government ministers were not given a cha [...]	2008-03-26 14:45:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE309	SERBIA: PARTIES' IDEOLOGIES GIVE WAY TO "MATHEMATICAL [...] (SBU) Leaders of Prime Minister Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia and failed presidential candidate Nikolic's Radicals are openly discussing a likely post election coalition. President Tadic's Democratic Party has apparently seeks to keep all post election options open, though increasingl [...]	2008-03-31 10:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE324	SERBIA: DELIBERATIONS ON SERBIAN ELECTIONS IN KOSOVO [...] (SBU) Serbia's caretaker government will meet for the first time to discuss on April 3 how to hold May 11 local and parliamentary elections in Kosovo. No decision is expected. Parties have not yet reached agreement on technical details but Serbian officials generally support holding both nati [...]	2008-04-02 15:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE367	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: APRIL [...] (SBU) On April 10, refcord met with European Commission Delegation to Serbia's First Counselor and Head of Operations Ferenc Simon to discuss the 2007 and 2008 Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) support for internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees. The EC announced on April [...]	2008-04-11 15:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE372	SOUTHERN SERBIA COPES WITH NEW POLITICAL REALITIES [...] (SBU) In addition to the ongoing challenge of its integration with the rest of Serbia, the ethnically-mixed Presevo Valley is struggling with the impact of Kosovo independence on links across the new border. Politically, ethnic Albanian leaders are still divided between two camps: pro-integrat [...]	2008-04-14 14:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE396	SERBIA: SOCIALISTS EAGER TO DEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's Socialist Party appears to have enough support to win seats in the May 2008 parliamentary elections, and may even increase their parliamentary presence for the first time since the ouster from power of former party chairman and convicted war criminal Slobodan Milosevic. Party of [...]	2008-04-18 15:09:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE418	SERBIA: TO BRUSSELS OR MOSCOW? SAA AND GAZPROM DEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's leaders and media have seized on two pending agreements, the EU Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) and a bilateral energy deal with Russia, as symbols of the struggle between political allies turned adversaries to chart the country's direction. President Boris Tadic l [...]	2008-04-23 15:57:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON ENRG SR
08BELGRADE426	SERBIA GETS SAA, DEMOCRATS WIN BACK INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) A late-breaking decision by the EU to sign the SAA with Serbia boosts President Boris Tadic's Democratic Party coalition in advance of May 11 elections. Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic plans to travel to Luxembourg to sign today (April 29). Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic benefits po [...]	2008-04-29 13:47:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE428	SERBIA: REFUGEE COORDINATOR WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT APRIL [...] (SBU) Budget woes were a principal concern of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy Director for Europe Udo Janz in a April 23 meeting with refcoord to discuss UNHCR next steps in the Balkans. Janz said that the falling dollar had resulted in a $14-million loss for UNHC [...]	2008-04-30 09:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PHUM PREL SR KV PREF
08BELGRADE429	SERBIA: ALBANIANS ON NATIONAL BALLOT [...] Ethnic Albanian parties from southern Serbia gathered enough signatures to put them on Serbia's May 11 parliamentary ballot. Albanian participation had been at risk after the Serbian authorities increased the number of signatures necessary for minority party registration from 3,000 to 10,000. [...]	2008-04-30 12:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE485	SOUTHERN SERBIA: ALBANIANS RETURN TO PARLIAMENT, MODERATES [...] (U) Albanians in Southern Serbia's Presevo Valley voted in record numbers on May 11 to return one representative to Serbia's national parliament. In local elections, moderate Serb and Albanian parties made gains against their more radical opponents in Bujanovac and Presevo. With no outright m [...]	2008-05-15 15:17:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELGRADE800	SOUTHERN SERBIA: HIGH EXPECTATIONS, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES [...] (SBU) By not including Serbs in local governments, Southern Serbia's ethnic Albanian political leaders missed an opportunity to exercise political inclusiveness and set a course for stability in the multi-ethnic, economically depressed, politically volatile region. In Bujanovac and Presevo mun [...]	2008-08-07 08:54:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SR
08BELMOPAN333	(U) UK INTERESTED IN COORDINATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) The UK has been pleasantly surprised by the progress Belize and Guatemala have made in moving their border dispute to the International Court of Justice (ref) and is looking at ways to support the two countries' efforts. Matthew Forbes, FCO Section Head covering Central America, told Ch [...]	2008-07-18 14:00:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS BH
08BELMOPAN51	BELIZE OAS SANTA ROSA PROJECT UPDATE [...] On January 23, Poloff spoke with Sergio Benitez, the Deputy Director of the OAS closely working on the Santa Rosa relocation project in Belize. He stated that last week he received a special request from the GOB to expedite the completion of three of the remaining nine houses to February 4. [...]	2008-01-25 16:35:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS OAS GT BH
08BELMOPAN517	BELIZEANS REACT STRONGLY TO THE SIGNING OF THE ICJ [...] (SBU) FM Wilfred Elrington returned home to a barrage of questions from the local press after the signing of the compromis in Washington, DC on Monday December 8, 2008. He and Belize's lead negotiator, Ambassador Fred Martinez, held a press conference immediately upon their return. Elrington [...]	2008-12-15 15:01:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS GT BH
08BERLIN1597	GERMANY STICKING TO UNSCR 1816 BUT OPEN TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel to MFA Deputy Division Head of ESDP Jens Beikuefner, ESDP Desk Officer Stefan Roessel, and UN Policy Desk Officer Dirk Stockhausen on November 28. Although contacts strongly opposed a technical resolution delaying UNSCR 1816 for two weeks, they supported extending [...]	2008-11-28 15:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER
08BERLIN1665	GERMANY SUPPORTS CONTACT GROUP, BUT WARY OF ANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. While welcoming the establishment of the Contact Group as a useful way to improve coordination in counter-piracy efforts, MFA officials voiced concerns about the U.S. desire for the new proposed UNSC resolution to address the need to pursue pirates ashore. They pointed out that t [...]	2008-12-12 15:11:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PREL PTER GM
08BERN108	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: SEEKING SWISS VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff met February 28 with Rolf Ott, MFA Director for East African Affairs, to discuss the query in reftel. Ott appreciated the question, but said he would need to coordinate with other MFA offices and Swiss government agencies before he could respond. He undertook to try to provide su [...]	2008-02-28 16:37:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO SZ
08BOGOTA2091	SAN ANDRES: COLOMBIA'S CARIBBEAN PARADISE BANKS ON [...] SUMMARY: San Andres, Colombia's Caribbean island paradise, makes a living on tourists who come for the sun, sand, surf and shopping. The island hosts over a thousand visitors daily and looks to increase the number with increased domestic visibility, a new convention center, five-star hotel, [...]	2008-06-10 18:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI EAIR EFIS EAGR PBTS SENV SNAR TINT
08BOGOTA692	COLOMBIA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] On February 25, Post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. MFA officials thanked us for the information. We do not anticipate a substantive GOC response. Brownfiel [...]	2008-02-26 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL KCRM CO
08BRIDGETOWN123	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED KOSOVO, ARTICLE 98, CUBA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 21 meeting with the Ambassador, St. Lucian PM King reemphasized his support for Kosovo independence and Article 98, although the GOSL has yet to act on either issue. In discussing the deliverables from the June 2007 Conference on the Caribbean, King's advisor expla [...]	2008-02-27 18:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIA ETRD PBTS XL
08BRUSSELS1021	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV GETS A GOOD REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 15:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD ETTC EINV ECON PBTS EUN
08BRUSSELS1120	QUAD POLDIRS ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH

08BRUSSELS1138	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED ENCOURAGES EU TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors that the situation in Georgia was growing increasingly tense. He noted U.S. support for a German-drafted Western Friends' three-phase plan to reach a settlement [...]	2008-07-25 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH
08BRUSSELS1244	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...]	2008-08-12 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF
08BRUSSELS1260	TFGG01: GEORGIA CRISIS: BELGIUM SEES NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium, as with other EU members, continues to be concerned about the agreement reached between Russia and Georgia. Belgium agrees on the urgency of establishing a mechanism to support international observers in Georgia, with reliance on the OSCE observers already on the grou [...]	2008-08-14 11:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV RU GO PBTS BE
08BRUSSELS1287	BELGIUM, IN THE UNSC CHAIR THIS MONTH, WANTS UNSYG [...] (C) MFA Security Council Coordinator Rudi Brieven, accompanied by Attache for Middle East and North Africa Laura Poletto, received Poloff to discuss the referenced demarche on August 19. Brieven said that the GoB follows events in North Africa, especially Morocco and Algeria, very closely, be [...]	2008-08-20 08:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI BE
08BRUSSELS1878	EU INTERESTED IN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) On December 12, USEU delivered reftel points on U.S. plans for a new, stronger UN Security Council Resolution on Horn of Africa piracy, to include the formation of a Contact Group, to Didier Lenoir, Head of the Operations and Exercises Unit in the EU Council Secretariat's DG E VIII. Leno [...]	2008-12-12 15:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER EUN
08BRUSSELS1937	EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...]	2008-12-22 06:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08BRUSSELS23	DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 14:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH
08BRUSSELS295	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 08:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS303	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 17:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS832	BELGIUM SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE UNMEE DILEMMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points June 2 to Wilm Geurts and Rudi Brieven of the Belgian MFA UN Directorate, Security Council, and also shared the points with the MFA Eritrea and Ethiopia Desk Officer Isabelle Maduda-Lukebamoko. Although they have no specific instructions yet, they said B [...]	2008-06-02 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE
08BRUSSELS892	EU TREATY OF LISBON - JHA [...] Under the Treaty of Lisbon (entry in force targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters -- the so-called "third pillar" -- will become subject to the "Community" method under the renamed Treaty on [...]	2008-06-12 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUM PGOV KCRM ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS897	BELGIUM SUPPORTS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points June 12 to Hendrik Van de Velde, MFA Middle East Peace Process office. Van de Velde said Belgium is very supportive of the efforts for the Berlin Conference goals and they intend to pledge 100,000 to 200,000 Euros at the conference. He said Belgium also s [...]	2008-06-13 07:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS BE
08BUCHAREST475	ROMANIA ON BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. Tinca reported that Foreign Minister Comanescu would be attending the Berlin Conference. However, he added that Romania would be more focused on identifying possible project areas among [...]	2008-06-13 13:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RO
08BUCHAREST511	ROMANIA: BYSTROE CANAL HOPES SINKING DESPITE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent conference in Bucharest, 48 countries - including, surprisingly, Ukraine itself - agreed that Ukraine's work on the Bystroe Canal is not compliant with the Espoo Convention. Despite this public admonishment, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reported th [...]	2008-06-23 11:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS PREL SENV UP RO
08BUCHAREST561	ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: WARY NEIGHBORS, HESITANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOR interlocutors, including President Basescu, have made clear that prospects for concluding a border regime treaty between Romania and Moldova prior to parliamentary elections and the selection of a new Moldovan president are very low, even if there have been some limited posit [...]	2008-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PGOV PREL RO
08BUDAPEST602	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM HU
08BUENOSAIRES226	ARGENTINE FM TAIANA MEETS WITH CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Codel Engel enjoyed a warm meeting with Argentine FM Taiana on February 21. Meeting participants discussed Argentina's economic recovery and political progress, the bilateral relationship, and regional and world issues. The codel conveyed concern about Iranian [...]	2008-02-25 15:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP EFIN KDEM PHUM PBTS KV IR VZ BL AR
08BUENOSAIRES232	EVO MORALES, VISITING ARGENTINA, WARNS OF U.S. [...] Bolivian President Evo Morales, on the margins of a February 22 summit meeting in Buenos Aires with Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Brazilian President Lula da Silva, told largest-circulation daily newspaper "Clarin" that he wanted "the whole world to know that this con [...]	2008-02-26 10:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS BL KV AR
08BUENOSAIRES259	ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]	2008-02-29 16:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08BUENOSAIRES57	ARGENTINA ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana on January 10. Taiana indicated that the MFA would consider the matter, but noted that Kosovo is a complex issue. He asked whether European support for Kosovo independence included Spain. The Ambassador replied that we [...]	2008-01-16 07:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PBTS UNMIK PGOV YI ER AR
08CAIRO1197	FM ABOUL GHEIT PLANNING TO ATTEND BERLIN [...] DCM delivered points in reftel demarche June 11 to MFA Senior Cabinet Advisor Hossam Zaki. Zaki took the points, and said that FM Aboul Gheit is planning to lead the Egyptian delegation to the Berlin Conference on June 24. 2. We are following up with Arab League regarding its delegation an [...]	2008-06-11 13:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM
08CAIRO1240	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA TO ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 07:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EG
08CAIRO2319	EGYPT ORGANIZING REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PBTS EWWT MOPS SU SO ER SA JO DJ
08CAIRO2505	EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF UNSC RESOLUTION AND CONTACT [...] (C) Polmincouns on December 15 delivered demarche to Egyptian MFA Ambassador Abdelhameed Marzouk on the UNSC resolution and formation of a contact group (CG) to address piracy in the Horn of Africa (reftel). Marzouk already was aware of the resolution and the CG idea because he led the Egyptia [...]	2008-12-15 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KCRM EWWT EG
08CAIRO2578	CODEL HASTINGS' CAIRO MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: In December 6 meetings, senior Egyptian government officials told Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) that the incoming U.S. administration should focus on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process "from day one." FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit told Hastings that the Barcelona Process has been completely dis [...]	2008-12-30 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS OSCE PHUM KCRM OREP EUN PREF
08CANBERRA1232	AUSTRALIA RESPONDS TO COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C/NF) Australia cannot offer an immediate response to USG inquiries on counter-piracy efforts according to Jon Richardson, Director, Africa Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Richardson advised that contributions of Australian Defence assets is tied to pending decisions on the [...]	2008-12-08 03:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1298	NO ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DECISION UNTIL 2009 [...] (SBU) On December 19, Lee Kerr, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),United Nations and Commonwealth Section, told poloff that the GOA will not make a decision on either participation in a Contact Group or on any request for resources to combat Somali piracy until early 2009. DFAT [...]	2008-12-19 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA1308	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE - CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI [...] (U) We delivered the USG invitation to the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) meeting in January to Lee Kerr, Director, UN and Commonwealth Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). She will forward the invitation, CGSP objectives, and meeting details to senior DFAT officials [...]	2008-12-22 06:17:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER AS
08CANBERRA209	AUSTRALIAN ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON SOMALIAN PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 05:07:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS KCRM AS PREL
08CANBERRA225	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE ON ASSISTANCE FOR UN ACTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 03:46:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL KCRM AS
08CANBERRA892	IMSO ASSEMBLY: AUSTRALIA WILL NOT ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 02:43:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EWWT PBTS PHSA PREL KSCA AS
08CANBERRA995	TORRES STRAIT: AUSTRALIAN LETTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: After interagency consultations about changes to the Torres Strait Pilotage regime discussed in Washington in early August (reftel),the Australian Government is willing to move forward and seeks a more formal statement from the United States in order to bring modification to [...]	2008-09-30 06:59:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PHSA PBTS EWWT KTIA AS
08CARACAS625	CHAVEZ ACCUSES USG OF SECESSIONIST PLOT - AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez accused the USG of plotting with the Venezuelan opposition to promote secessionism in western Venezuela during his May 4 "Alo, Presidente" television program. Chavez explicitly linked the Santa Cruz autonomy referendum in Bolivia to the November state and local [...]	2008-05-07 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS VE
08CHISINAU1008	PRESIDENT VORONIN WORRIED ABOUT POSSIBLE "INCIDENT" PROVOKED [...] (C) Summary: In an October 7 meeting President Voronin told DAS David Merkel that he was more concerned about Transnistria now than at any point in his presidency. Voronin believed that Russia wanted to take over the negotiating process to the exclusion of the other 5-plus-2 members. Russia [...]	2008-10-09 05:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR RS MD
08CHISINAU1034	SPEAKER LUPU DEFENDS ELECTION LAW [...] (C) Summary: In his first official meeting with the Ambassador on October 6, Parliamentary Speaker Marian Lupu said he expected that the upcoming (and last) session of the Parliament would review economic legislation and monitor implementation of judicial reform, but would leave the January [...]	2008-10-14 15:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PBTS RS MD
08CHISINAU105	Anti-Russian Christian Democrat Leader Also Critical of [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Ambassador Kirby, Christian Democrat (PPCD) leader Iurie Rosca sought assurances that the USG would not "guarantee" Moldovan neutrality. The Ambassador explained that the U.S. was not in a position to guarantee the neutrality of another sovereign nati [...]	2008-02-04 13:36:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM MD
08CHISINAU107	MOLDOVANS, RUSSIANS AGREE TO NEUTRALITY LANGUAGE AS BASIS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a state of "cautious optimism" about his consultations in Moscow, Presidential Advisor Marc Tkaciuk described the outlines of a three-paragraph agreement on neutrality that Moldovan officials reached with their Russian counterp [...]	2008-02-04 16:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MD RU
08CHISINAU1078	EUROPEN COMMISSION HEAD DOWNBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: 1. In an October 9 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, the head of he European Commission delegation to Moldova, Ceare de Montis, gave a disapproving assessment of political and economic developments in Moldova. He painted a generally negative picture of MoldoaQs prospects for rea [...]	2008-10-31 08:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU1084	TRANSNISTRIAN BORDER GUARDS REFUSE [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova convened the Ambassador to inform him about an incident that had taken place earlier that morning. Transnistrian "border" guards had denied President Voronin access to his home village of Corjova, a central-government-control [...]	2008-11-03 15:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU1085	US AMBASSADORQS INITIAL MEETING WITH [...] (U) Summary: In an October 30 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry and Minister of Defense Vitalie Vrabie discussed Moldova's peacekeeping activities, the signing of an MCC compact agreement, U.S. and Moldovan central government security engagement with Transnistria, and the purchase of Ministry [...]	2008-11-03 15:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EU MD
08CHISINAU1095	UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR ON BORDER DISPUTES AND [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Ukrainian Ambassador Serhiy Pirozhkov underscored his desire for close cooperation with the U.S. and coordination on 5- plus-2. He reviewed three troublesome issues in border delineation that remain unresolved irritants to Ukra [...]	2008-11-06 14:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UK MD
08CHISINAU1106	ODESSA 5-PLUS-2 DISCUSSES CONFIDENCE- [...] (C) Summary: At the informal 5-plus-2 meeting in Odessa November 8, European Union Special Representative Kalman Mizsei put forth a package of confidence-building measures, to be undertaken by Chisinau and Tiraspol. Though Minister for Reintegration Sova said he was ready to sign on to all [...]	2008-11-12 15:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU112	BUDGET LOSSES RESULT IN PERSONAL PROFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the issues that will be on the agenda in any comprehensive Transnistrian (TN) peace settlement will be the resumption of railway traffic. TN authorities recently presented a railroad initiative, which appears to be a response to President Voronin's October 2007 proposal t [...]	2008-02-06 05:49:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS ELTN PINR MD
08CHISINAU1206	MEETING THE TRANSNISTRIANS IN TIRASPOL [...] (C) Summary: During his first working visit to Transnistria on November 24, Ambassador Chaudhry met separately with "President" Smirnov, Speaker Shevchuk, and Acting "Foreign Minister" Yastrebchak, and held a press conference with local media. The visit combined initial courtesy calls with [...]	2008-12-09 13:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU123	FEW OUTSTANDING ISSUES BLOCK MOLDOVAN-ROMANIAN BORDER AND [...] (C) Summary: Treaty specialists from the MFA Legal Department and the Romanian DCM explained Moldovan and Romanian views of the outstanding issues on the draft border and political treaties currently under negotiation. Only minor differences in wording remain. If the political will existed on [...]	2008-02-08 10:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD RO
08CHISINAU1235	Ambassador Presses Senior Presidential [...] (C) Summary: In a December 8 meeting, Ambassador Chaudhry pressed senior presidential advisor Sergiu Stati to end GOM harassment and renew the work and residence permit of National Democratic Institute (NDI) Country Director Alex Grigorievs. Stati said the issue would be solved in a few day [...]	2008-12-15 14:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR MD
08CHISINAU1258	Urechean's Implausible Presidential [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) party leader Serafim Urechean criticized his political enemies, lamented Moldova's decline under Voronin's rule, predicted his own election as president in the 2009 elections (despite ruling- party dir [...]	2008-12-22 14:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINR MD
08CHISINAU1260	IURIE ROSCA CLAIMS DEATH THREATS [...] (C) Summary: As part of a series of courtesy calls on political party leaders, the Ambassador met on December 17 with Iurie Rosca, chairman of the People's Christian Democratic Party (PPCD). In a rambling 2-1/2 hour long meeting, Rosca described his fundamental political position opposing Rus [...]	2008-12-23 12:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU1266	TRANSNISTRIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Transnistrian Supreme Soviet passed a bill on December 19, 2008, providing for a simplified travel regime for foreign diplomats. According to the new law, diplomats accredited in Chisinau would be able to travel to Transnistria without prior notification or coordination with [...]	2008-12-24 09:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM MD
08CHISINAU130	MORE TRANSNISTRIAN LEGAL TRADE IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Throughout 2007 the Government of Moldova (GOM) honored its commitment to facilitate legal Transnistrian (TN) trade. The GOM's final 2007 TN trade data document increases in certified exports and imports, increases in the numbers of companies registered with Chisinau, and increa [...]	2008-02-11 12:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV ETRD OSCE MD
08CHISINAU132	VORONIN: LOTS OF TALK, NO TRACTION ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with President Voronin and, separately, with Foreign Minister Andrei Stratan to discuss Transnistria (TN),Article 98, relations with Romania and Ukraine, and the upcoming Gagauzia parliamentary elections. Voronin discussed Moldovan neutrality a [...]	2008-02-13 10:03:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID MARR MD RO UP
08CHISINAU172	MOLDOVA FACES KOSOVO DILEMMA OVER TRANSNISTRIA ANALOGY: [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Moldova (GOM) and all major parties reacted to Kosovo's proclamation of independence with concerns that the analogy of Kosovo might be applied to Transnistria. Tiraspol authorities gladly accepted Kosovo's independence and said it should be a precedent for the [...]	2008-02-21 12:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PNAT PREL PGOV MD
08CHISINAU190	TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20, the Transnistrian (TN) Supreme Soviet (parliament) voted to override the Executive's partial veto of the 2008 budget law (reftel). The Supreme Soviet stood firm on measures which limit the Executive, forcing the transfer of revenues generated by ministries and ex [...]	2008-02-25 08:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU262	Shevchuk Wants MCC Roadwork Project; while Litskai Too Ill [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian Speaker Shevchuk expressed strong interest in the proposed MCC road reconstruction projects, which would make an important contribution to the Transnistrian transportation corridor linking Chisinau and the west with Ukraine. Sheriff Company Director Ilya Kazmaly comp [...]	2008-03-07 16:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR EAID ETRN MD
08CHISINAU272	GOM WILLING TO BUY ELECTRICITY FROM TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Industry Vladimir Antosii said that the Moldovan Government (GOM) was willing to buy electricity from Transnistria (TN) and that price, not politics, would drive any future decision to do so. Antosii confirmed that Moldova's contract with Ukraine for supplies of elect [...]	2008-03-12 12:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL PBTS MD
08CHISINAU304	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES OPPOSITION LEADERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 12:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU305	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES OPPOSITION LEADERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kirby met leaders of the three largest opposition parties to discuss recent 3+2 talks in Vienna and to discuss a future, acceptable settlement on Transnistria. The Ambassador shared his view that any durable solution would require broad political support, including tha [...]	2008-03-19 14:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU399	MOLDOVA: WHEN VORONIN CALLED SMIRNOV [...] (SBU) On Monday, April 7 the Presidential press office publicly confirmed that President Vladimir Voronin had telephoned Transnistrian (TN) leader Igor Smirnov earlier that day. This phone call, the first direct contact the two leaders have had in years, represents an historic breakthrough. A [...]	2008-04-08 15:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU400	NEW PRIME MINISTER GRECEANII - A VOTE FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the new Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, the Ambassador expressed his confidence that her appointment was a vote for reform. The two discussed the new government, President Voronin's progress with Transnistrian leader Smirnov and trafficking in persons [...]	2008-04-09 14:31:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS NATO MD
08CHISINAU401	FM STRATAN: SEES PROGRESS ON TRANSNISTRIA; IS UNHAPPY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador Foreign Minister Stratan discussed President Voronin's recent phone call to Transnistrian leader Smirnov, the NATO Summit, resignation of the NATO Documentation center leader and the EU Action Plan. The Ambassador asked whether the GOM wo [...]	2008-04-09 14:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS NATO MD
08CHISINAU416	DAS MERKEL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TRANSNISTRIA, MCC, [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, in a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan, DAS David Merkel discussed possibilities for a Transnistrian settlement, and warned against locking in neutrality. He encouraged Moldova to make progress on MCC, Article 98, and bo [...]	2008-04-16 14:19:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MD
08CHISINAU417	PRESIDENT VORONIN PUSHING FORWARD ON TRANSNISTRA SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 14 meeting with DAS David Merkel and the Ambassador, President Voronin focused predominantly on Transnistria, underlining repeatedly that settling this conflict was Moldova's most pressing issue. Voronin said he had presented proposals for confidence-building measures [...]	2008-04-16 14:25:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD
08CHISINAU418	FIRST QUARTER TRANSNISTRIAN TRADE GROWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Moldova's (GOM) Transnistrian (TN) trade data show significant increases in certified exports (+30%) and imports (+22%) documented by the Moldovan Customs Service (MCS) in the first quarter. Since January, 26 more TN companies have registered with Chisinau, inc [...]	2008-04-16 14:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PBTS ETRD MD
08CHISINAU419	MOLDOVA: DAS MERKEL'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 14 meeting with Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, DAS David Merkel expressed the USG's continued support for Moldova and a resolution to the Transnistrian (TN) conflict, noted Greceanii's positive reputation in Washington and Brussels as a reformer, and thanked her for [...]	2008-04-16 14:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD
08CHISINAU427	MOLDOVA: GAZPROM INCREASES GAS PRICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the Moldovan national energy regulator (ANRE) confirmed that Gazprom had increased the price of natural gas supplied to Moldova from USD 191 per thousand cubic meters (tcm) to USD 213 per tcm, an 11% increase. ANRE also noted that consumer tariffs would not increase [...]	2008-04-17 13:32:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PBTS ENRG MD
08CHISINAU48	TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET AND RUSSIAN AID: POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The gap between Transnistria's (TN) legislature (Supreme Soviet) and President Igor Smirnov widened further, as the Supreme Soviet reduced appropriations for the Executive in the 2008 budget. Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk and his Obnovlenie (Renewal) party continue to ascend, enjoying [...]	2008-01-17 09:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PBTS PREL MD
08CHISINAU49	TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET AND RUSSIAN AID: POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The gap between Transnistria's (TN) legislature (Supreme Soviet) and President Igor Smirnov widened further, as the Supreme Soviet reduced appropriations for the Executive in the 2008 budget. Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk and his Obnovlenie (Renewal) party continue to ascend, enjoying [...]	2008-01-17 09:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PBTS PREL MD
08CHISINAU496	TN SUPPORTS WORKING GROUPS NOT FULL PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 7 meeting, Charge Keiderling and P/E Chief Daria Fane met Transnistrian (TN) "Deputy Foreign Ministers" Yastrebchak and Simonenko to discuss TN participation in the working groups and USG assistance. The Transnistrians complained about one-sided discussions in the working [...]	2008-05-08 15:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS EAID PINR MD
08CHISINAU497	SOVA ON THE WORLD OF SMIRNOV [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Keiderling and P/E Chief Daria Fane met with Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova and Reintegration Vice Minister Ion Stavila on May 1 to brief them on Ambassador Kirby's April 30 meeting with Transnistrian (TN) "President" Igor Smirnov (reftel). Sova said tha [...]	2008-05-08 15:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINR MD
08CHISINAU538	LARGEST OPPOSITION RALLY EVER IN TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, some 2,000-3,000 people gathered in central Tiraspol to protest rising prices of food and utilities. The demonstrators adopted a resolution calling for Smirnov's dismissal and demanding early elections. The rally was organized by the Transnistrian Communist Party and [...]	2008-05-22 05:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM MD
08CHISINAU553	NEW NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT PASSES WITH A NARROW [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova's new National Security Concept (NSC) passed in Parliament on May 22. The document provides for neutrality as the cornerstone of Moldova's national security. Unlike the previous 1995 version, the new document focuses more on social and economic threats to national secur [...]	2008-05-27 09:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PBTS PARM PREL PTER PGOV MD
08CHISINAU556	MOLDOVA AND ROMANIA RESUME TALKS ON BORDER ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova and Romania resumed talks on the Border and Framework Treaties on May 14-15. These discussions are influenced by debates over the Local Border Traffic Convention proposed by Romania, which would establish a visa-free travel regime for residents of a 30-km zone along the [...]	2008-05-28 12:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV MD RO
08CHISINAU579	UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA SOLVE THAT DAM PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Moldova and Ukraine reached a settlement on the disputed ownership of the Novodnestrovsk hydroelectric power plant, which spans the Dniester River and partially sits on Moldovan territory. In return for Chisinau's recognition of Ukraine's full ownership of the power plant, Kyi [...]	2008-06-03 10:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL ENRG ECON UA MD
08CHISINAU602	MINISTER OF REINTEGRATION ON 3 PLUS 2 MEETING, OSTROVSKY [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kirby met with Minister of Reintegration Vasile Sova on May 29 to review progress on confidence-building measures. Sova shared details about his meeting with Russian Duma deputy Aleksei Ostrovsky. Sova stressed that the 5 plus 2 format was the only way to resolve the [...]	2008-06-06 14:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL RS MD
08CHISINAU625	LEFT-BANK COMMUNIST PARTY MOUNTS NEW PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Communist Party is facing opposition from Transnistrian authorities in its attempts to demonstrate in favor of the dismissal of Transnistrian "President" Smirnov and the holding of new elections. While Transnistrian demonstrators have mustered i [...]	2008-06-16 11:25:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM MD
08CHISINAU663	SOVA URGES MCC ROADS IN TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova urged the USG to move ahead with including Transnistrian (TN) roads in the Moldovan MCC compact. Sova said the biggest disappointment for TN "President" Smirnov would be a U.S. decision to finance these roads. Such a decision could turn t [...]	2008-06-24 12:57:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINR KMCA MD
08CHISINAU67	MOST TRANSNISTRIANS HOLD MOLDOVAN PASSPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 16 the Government of Moldova adopted a decree prolonging until July 1 the free issuance of internal passports for Transnistrian residents. Since free issuance was introduced in 2005, an additional hundred thousand TN residents have signed up for citizenship papers. T [...]	2008-01-25 12:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU68	TRANSNISTRIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY: THE CASE OF MMZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the economic and political challenges of doing business in Transnistria (TN),Moldova Metal Works (MMZ) managed to produce a record volume of steel in 2007. The case of MMZ highlights the complicating role that economic interests play in negotiating a resolution to the TN [...]	2008-01-25 14:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU687	TRANSNISTRIAN 5-PLUS-2 NEGOTIATOR LITSKAI OUT [...] (SBU) Transnistrian and Russian press have reported that Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Valery Litskai has been temporarily replaced by his First Deputy Vladimir Yastrebchak, who was officially named "Acting Foreign Minister" on June 26. Yastrebchak had informally begun assuming Litskai's du [...]	2008-07-01 07:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU71	SOVA: READY FOR NEXT STEPS AFTER VORONIN'S MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apparently, no major Transnistria (TN) initiatives flowed from the January 21-22 Putin-Voronin talks in Moscow. Minister Sova recently talked twice with Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai, who confidentially warned Sova that Smirnov or his inner circle may stage a provocat [...]	2008-01-28 10:58:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE RU UK MD
08CHISINAU746	TRANSNISTRIAN POWER STRUGGLES OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two succession-related power struggles are currently taking place in Transnistria. The first is the struggle to determine who will succeed Valeri Litskai as Transnistrian "Minister" for Foreign Affairs. Political insiders who attended the Embassy's 4th of July reception categor [...]	2008-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU762	SOVA WANT 5-PLUS-2 TO TACKLE STATUS [...] (C) Minister for Reintegration Sova believes 5-plus-2 needs to begin work on the status of Transnistria. He had hoped for concrete results in time for Moldova's elections and was disappointed with the slipping time frame. Sova reports that the fire has gone out of Smirnov's eyes, and that t [...]	2008-07-18 11:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MD
08CHISINAU765	A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT VORONIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 13:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON PINR KWMN MD
08CHISINAU781	FM STRATAN SAYS BALL IS IN ROMANIAN, UKRAINIAN, AND EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: At his April 21 meeting with EUR DAS Merkel and CDA Perina, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan stressed that Moldova had worked hard to make progress with Romania (on border and political treaties and consulates),Ukraine (on power plants and the D [...]	2008-07-24 13:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU786	3-PLUS-2 MEETING GIVES IMPULSE TO [...] (C) Summary: The July 21-23 meeting of observers and mediators to the 5-plus-2 process (known as the 3-plus-2) was successful in giving greater impulse to the working groups. The US, EU, OSCE, and to a lesser extent Ukraine reps repeatedly stressed the need for starting work on the political [...]	2008-07-28 12:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS ECON OSCE MD
08CHISINAU787	PRESIDENT VORONIN WANTS 5-PLUS-2 [...] (C) In a July 21 bilateral meeting with DAS Merkel before the start of 3-plus-2, President Voronin pressed for getting the negotiators to consider the Moldovan package proposal on Transnistria's status. Voronin believes that Russian President Medvedev personally wants to solve the Transnistria [...]	2008-07-28 13:01:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KWMN MD
08CHISINAU825	GOM TO IGNORE TRANSNISTRIAN ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Transnistrian "Foreign Ministry" issued a declaration August 12 announcing that it would sever links with the Moldovan government until Chisinau issued a decisive statement condemning Georgian "aggression" against South Ossetia. Minister Sova told Embassy that the GOM plans [...]	2008-08-14 12:52:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS MD
08CHISINAU846	RUSSIAN ENERGY GIANT COMPLETES TAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary: On August 1, Russian energy giant Inter RAO EES announced that it had completed acquisition of 100 per cent of shares in the Moldovan State Power Plant located in Kuchurgan, Transnistria, landing yet another major Transnistrian industrial site in Russian hands. This transaction [...]	2008-08-20 14:19:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RS MD
08CHISINAU871	GEORGIA DEMARCHES HEARD BY INTERESTED EARS [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarches on the Georgian crisis to Foreign Minister Stratan on August 28. The Foreign Minister promised to inform President Voronin of the USG position. Stratan said that Moldova found itself in a delicate situation, needing Russian assistance to resolve [...]	2008-08-29 13:25:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS RS MD
08CHISINAU872	MOLDOVA OPPOSES RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an August 28 meeting Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova stressed categorically that Moldova would not recognize South Ossetia or Abkhazia. President Voronin emerged from his August 25 meeting with Medvedev believing [...]	2008-08-29 14:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS MD
08CHISINAU90	GAZPROM AND MOLDOVAN (TRANSNISTRIAN) GAS DEBTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazprom continues to press Moldova to repay its debts to Gazprom, which have been mostly accrued by Transnistria (TN). One possible solution, a debt-for-share swap with Gazprom's obtaining more MoldovaGaz shares is gaining momentum. Gazprom remains concerned about property right [...]	2008-01-30 12:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PBTS PGOV PREL MD RU
08CHISINAU906	Foreign Minister Reiterates Moldova's [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's first meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Andrei Stratan, on September 8, the Foreign Minister reiterated Moldova's well-known policy positions. Moldovan officials would discuss the Transnistria (TN) conflict with Russian officials, but any final settleme [...]	2008-09-11 11:24:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD EU
08CHISINAU933	RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV TAKES INITIATIVE BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: While a formal 5-plus-2 meeting is now planned for early October, Russian President Medvedev has been pursuing his own initiatives with both Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin and Transnistrian leader Igor Smirnov. Medvedev has secured an agreement that left- and right-bank le [...]	2008-09-17 06:12:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU MD
08CHISINAU951	AN UNEXPECTEDLY WELCOMING TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (C) We don't expect broad smiles from Transnistrian (TN) "deputy foreign minister" Sergey Simonenko, who some Chisinau officials claim reports back-channel to Transnistrian Minister for State Security (and all-around bad guy) Vladimir Antiufeyev. But that's what USAID Assistant Administrator [...]	2008-09-23 14:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV EAID RS MD
08CHISINAU958	VORONIN-SMIRNOV: THE MEETING THAT DIDN'T [...] (C) Summary: Although a Voronin-Smirnov meeting was scheduled for September 25, on September 24 SmirnovQs press office announced that the meeting would be postponed because the sides could not agree upon a venue. The Transnistrian side attempted to blame the GOM for Chisinau's inflexibility [...]	2008-09-25 14:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR RU MD
08CHISINAU971	PRESIDENT VORONIN: RELYING ON 5-PLUS-2 TO AVOID RUSSIAN TRAP [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Ambassador, President Voronin expressed his commitment to solving the Transnistria conflict only in the 5-plus-2 format. He wanted to avoid falling into any Russian "traps" that could appear if he negotiated directly with the Russians. Outside interests [...]	2008-09-30 13:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR AMGT RU MD
08CHISINAU979	MOLDOVA VIGILANT FOR RUSSIAN TRAPS, SAYS REINTEGATION [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova, Ambassador Chaudhry found broad agreement on the basic issues: removing foreign troops from Moldovan territory, reforming the peacekeeping force, continuing confidence-building measures (CBMs),increasing EU partici [...]	2008-10-01 13:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EAID PINR MD RS
08CHISINAU983	KALMAN MISZEI BELIEVES MOLDOVA NEEDS 5- [...] (C) Summary: In a September 29 meeting EU Special Envoy Kalman Mizsei told Ambassador that he did not believe the Russians were committed to a 5-plus-2 meeting. Mizsei opined that Moldova needed the transparency of the 5-plus-2 process to protect it from walking into a Russian trap. The U.S [...]	2008-10-02 11:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR RS MD
08COPENHAGEN321	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-06 10:53:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08COPENHAGEN322	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA

08COPENHAGEN323	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...]	2008-06-06 10:57:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO
08COPENHAGEN335	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-11 11:13:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08COPENHAGEN336	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-11 11:17:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA
08COPENHAGEN337	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...]	2008-06-11 11:19:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO
08COTONOU124	BENIN'S VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 02:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL BN
08DAKAR830	IMPLEMENTATION OF CHAD/SUDAN PEACE ACCORD [...] (C) Summary: The fourth meeting of the Contact group for the implementation of the Dakar Accord between Chad and Sudan is scheduled to take place on June 17. The meeting follows the June 23-27 meeting military experts group, detailed below. The military experts adopted a basic draft operatio [...]	2008-07-16 19:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS CD SU SG GB CF ER LY
08DAKAR837	CONTACT GROUP ADOPTS MILITARY PLAN FOR SUDAN AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 17 at the fourth meeting of the Contact Group for the implementation of the Dakar Accord between Chad and Sudan, Foreign Ministers and representatives endorsed a draft military plan for the Peace and Security Force to monitor the border between Chad and Sudan. In additio [...]	2008-07-18 14:07:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS CD SU SG GB CF ER LY
08DAMASCUS609	FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4 [...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...]	2008-08-27 10:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR
08DAMASCUS610	FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4 [...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...]	2008-08-27 12:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR
08DAMASCUS841	UNSCO SERRY: SARG VIEWS ON SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator Robert Serry concluded a two-day visit to Damascus by briefing diplomats on his discussions with FM Muallim and VFM Miqdad. According to Serry, Muallim signaled continuing SARG interest in the Syrian-Israeli track but conditioned the holding of a fifth ro [...]	2008-11-25 14:34:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS TU IS UN SY
08DARESSALAAM564	ZANZIBAR: HARDLINE ISLAMISTS BLAST KIKWETE ON [...] (SBU) On September 1 Embassy Zanzibar Affairs Officer obtained an open letter (faxed to AF/E) to President Kikwete from Zanzibari Islamic activist group "The Association for Islamic Mobilization and Propagation," known locally as &UAMSHO.8 The first part of the letter purports to trace the his [...]	2008-09-03 13:58:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PBTS PINR KDEM PNAT TZ
08DARESSALAAM566	ZANZIBAR: OPPOSITION CUF CALLS GOVT DIALOGUE "DEAD" [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 30, a Zanzibar-based opposition party (CUF) Senior Political Strategist Dr. Juma Ameri Muchi told Emboff that &Muafaka,8 the power-sharing talks between the ruling CCM party and CUF, &was dead.8 CUF would now focus on consolidating its base and organizing the party in th [...]	2008-09-04 02:54:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PBTS TZ
08DHAKA1127	THE PROFOUND CHALLENGES OF SECURING BANGLADESH'S [...] (C) International terrorists seeking a safe haven find Bangladesh's porous land, sea and air borders inviting. Just how far Bangladesh must go to secure those borders has come into clear focus after several recent USG and United Kingdom assessments. The reviews indicate nothing short of a fund [...]	2008-10-28 11:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR PBTS MCAP MARR EAIR ASEC BM
08DHAKA1147	BURMA-BANGLADESH MARITIME DISPUTE FLARES [...] (S/NF) Dhaka, on November 2, strongly protested Burma's November 1 decision to explore for oil and gas and dispatch naval vessels in disputed waters between the two nations. The Government of Bangladesh demanded the withdrawal of four exploration ships, accompanied by two naval warships, from [...]	2008-11-03 11:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	BG BM ECON KDEM PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TRGY
08DHAKA1157	MARITIME TENSIONS BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND BURMA [...] (C) Diplomatic talks between Bangladesh and Burma ended inconclusively November 8, with no negotiated settlement over the current maritime border dispute. Tensions between the two states continued to escalate, with both nations placing border forces on alert. Bangladesh-based South Korean di [...]	2008-11-09 14:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG BM ECON PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TRGY
08DJIBOUTI1000	GODJ KEEPS COSTLY FORCE ON BORDER WITH ERITREA [...] (C) Summary: The Djiboutian Government maintains some 2,000 troops -- 40 percent of the country's total military assets -- on its desolate northern border with Eritrea. Since May, the GODJ has built protective berms, a new logistics base, a new communications tower, and an upgraded observat [...]	2008-12-14 09:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ ER MOPS PBTS PREL
08DJIBOUTI1003	GODJ IMPATIENT FOR UNSCR ON BORDER DISPUTE WITH [...] (C) Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Youssouf appealed to the Ambassador Dec. 14 for the USG to support rapid consideration and adoption of a French-drafted UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on the Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute. The draft UNSCR would establish a deadline for Eritre [...]	2008-12-15 08:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ ER PBTS PREL SF
08DJIBOUTI1011	ERITREAN OFFICER DEFECTS ACROSS DJIBOUTI BORDER [...] (C) Embassy Djibouti received reports of an incident on the Djibouti/Eritrea Border on December 15, 2008. At approximately 0930, an Eritrean officer (specific rank unknown) accompanied by several troops, defected to the Djibouti side in the area of Dadda'to, approximately 60 kilimeters south [...]	2008-12-16 13:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ ER MOPS PBTS PREL
08DJIBOUTI378	DJIBOUTI FM PROTESTS ALLEGED ERITREAN INTRUSION [...] (S) SUMMARY. Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf informed Charge on April 17 that the GODJ sought USG and French assistance to protest the alleged establishment of an Eritrean military outpost on Djiboutian territory, specifically at Dumeira, along the strategic Bab al Mandab strai [...]	2008-04-17 14:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS ASEC PBTS DJ ER
08DJIBOUTI380	DJIBOUTI FM REPORTS TALKS UNDERWAY WITH ERITREA TO [...] (S) SUMMARY. On April 20, senior Djiboutian officials--including Djibouti's defense minister, intelligence chief, and deputy CHOD--were involved in talks with Eritrean military officials in an attempt to defuse tensions arising from Eritrea's establishment of a military outpost on disputed territor [...]	2008-04-20 17:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS DJ ER ET
08DJIBOUTI389	DJIBOUTI PRESIDENT VISITS BORDER TO ASSESS [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Helicopter reconnaissance of Ras Doumeira on April 22, by Djibouti's President and Foreign Minister, found Eritrean troops, tents, and fortifications at the disputed border. Djiboutian and Eritrean military representatives will hold a [...]	2008-04-22 20:21:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PINR MOPS PBTS DJ ER SO
08DJIBOUTI393	DJIBOUTI FM CONCERNED ABOUT APPARENT ERITREAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf plans to travel to Asmara to protest Eritrea's ongoing construction of an apparent naval facility at Ras Doumeira, along the strategic Bab al Mandab strait. Imagery from the Djibouti President's April 22 visit to Ras Doumeira show [...]	2008-04-23 14:20:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER XW
08DJIBOUTI394	DJIBOUTI SEEKS DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION TO BORDER CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: On April 23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement in local state-run media informing the public of a growing border dispute with Eritrea near Doumeira (reftel). President Ismail Omar Geullah visited the border April 22 and urged the Djiboutian military not to "give in to [...]	2008-04-24 04:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PBTS MOPS DJ ER
08DJIBOUTI412	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: ACTING DEFENSE CHIEF REPORTS ON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Acting Chief of Defense, MG Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim, reports that an April 24 meeting with the Eritrean military resulted in an agreement to establish a buffer zone (along disputed territory in Ras Doumeira),but that such a zone had not been implemented. However, M [...]	2008-04-28 14:00:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI424	DJIBOUTI SEEKS MULTILATERAL SUPPORT ON ERITREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Djibouti's Foreign Minister called in Ambassadors today to say that the GODJ is now seeking an international fact-finding mission to visit the Djibouti-Eritrean border at Ras Doumeira (adjacent to the strategic Bab-al-Mandeb strait),assess the situation, and assist Eritrea and Dj [...]	2008-04-30 12:49:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA UN DJ ER AU
08DJIBOUTI428	DJIBOUTI PUBLICLY ANNOUNCES ERITREAN BORDER INCURSION [...] Embassy received via diplomatic note April 30 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs a statement and chronology of events regarding the Djibouti/Eritrean border dispute (reftels). 2. BEGIN EMBASSY TRANSLATION: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation presents its compl [...]	2008-04-30 15:39:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO MOPS PBTS PHSA ET ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI432	DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES CALL FOR [...] (S/REL FR/RS/UK) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with the Djiboutian Foreign Minister, and French, Belgian, Norwegian, Russian and British Ambassadors May 4 to discuss the Djibouti-Eritrean border issue at Ras Doumeira (reftels). Following Djibouti's public call on April 30 (refs A, C) for internation [...]	2008-05-05 16:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER AU UN
08DJIBOUTI449	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: FRANCE CAUTIOUS ABOUT U.N. ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bound by mutual defense treaties to defend Djibouti, and with over 3,000 troops stationed in the country, France seeks to deQe rising tensions between Djibouti and Eritrea through diplomatic means, including the possible dispatch of a special envoy. According to France's Ambassa [...]	2008-05-12 17:45:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER SO UN
08DJIBOUTI472	DJIBOUTI REPORTS ERITREAN "ULTIMATUM" TO REMOVE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf reports that Eritrean military officials have given Djibouti an "ultimatum" demanding the withdrawal of Djiboutian troops from Doumeira Island, claimed by Djibouti. Djibouti recently deployed troops on the island following Eritrea [...]	2008-05-20 17:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA DJ ER UN SO FR
08DJIBOUTI482	DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: U.S. OFFICERS VISIT RAS DOUMEIRA [...] (S) SUMMARY. A May 27 visit to the disputed Djibouti-Eritrea border at Ras Doumeira found opposing troops only meters apart in some areas. Eritrean forces are reportedly armed with RPGs and heavy machine guns, and are continuing to construct fortifications on Ras Doumeira. Approximately 20 E [...]	2008-05-27 14:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA
08DJIBOUTI513	SUBJECT: ONE SHOT FIRED ON DJIBOUTI-ERITREA BORDER [...] (C) ON JUNE 9, CDA MET BRIEFLY WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI DECHERF TO DISCUSS THE FRENCH POSITION ON THE DJIBOUTI-ERITREA BORDER. DECHERF STATED THAT FRANCE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ERITREANS TO REMIND THEM, IF THEY NEEDED REMINDING, THAT FRANCE HAD A TREATY OBLIGATION TO PROTECT [...]	2008-06-11 07:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA ER AU DJ
08DJIBOUTI514	DJIBOUTI FORMIN: "LONG ROAD" FOR TFG-ARS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 10 courtesy call with CDA, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf said he was pleased that Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) had reached an agreement at the close of talks in Djibouti on June [...]	2008-06-11 17:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS KPAO DJ ER SO
08DJIBOUTI518	DJIBOUTI: FONMIN APPRECIATIVE [...] (C) Chargee attended the Russian National Day celebration June 11 and spoke with numerous diplomats, all of whom seemed unaware that anything more serious than two dead in a Djiboutian skirmish with the Eritrean military at the border had occurred. 2. (C) Upon return to the Embassy, CDA cal [...]	2008-06-12 14:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA ER AU DJ
08DJIBOUTI519	FRENCH AMB TO DJIBOUTI ON RECENT EVENTS [...] (C) CDA met with French Ambassador to Djibouti Phillipe Decherf on June 12 to discuss the French response to fighting in the northeast of Djibouti between the Eritrean and Djiboutian militaries. The Ambassador said the Djiboutians had approached his government, requesting various kinds of m [...]	2008-06-12 15:33:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA AU ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI520	DJIBOUTI UPDATE--AFTER THE INITIAL MILITARY CLASHES [...] (SBU) One day after the initial military clash between Djiboutian and Eritrean soldiers at the disputed border in Ras Doumeras on June 10, cautious normalcy is underway in the capital of Djibouti. A night without any reported fighting brings reassurance to the general population that Djibouti [...]	2008-06-12 15:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC DJ PREL PBTS ER
08DJIBOUTI531	DJIBOUTI: FRENCH REPORT CALM ON BORDER [...] (C) CDA stopped by to see French Ambassador Dominique Decherf the afternoon of June 18 en route to the Maritime Safety and Security Conference being sponsored by CJTF-HOA. While discussing the mostly non-credible rumors floating around the capital, the Ambassador received a call from Brigadier [...]	2008-06-18 15:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PBTS MOPS PHSA AU ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI542	DJIBOUTIANS WANT MORE TEETH FROM UN [...] (C) Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf called CDA June 19 to put forward the concerns he and the Prime Minister, Dileita Mohamed Dileita, will present to the UN Security Council the afternoon of June 24. He mentioned Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's phone calls to Presiden [...]	2008-06-20 13:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS AU ER YM DJ
08DJIBOUTI767	DJIBOUTI: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH INTERVIEWS ERITREAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of Human Rights Watch (HRW) granted permission to interview Eritrean defectors/deserters now under GODJ control reported that there are currently 46 defectors/deserters in Djiboutian custody, along with an unknown number of prisoners of war. HRW representatives sa [...]	2008-09-21 14:48:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM DJ ER
08DJIBOUTI949	DJIBOUTI PM ON BORDER SITUATION; GOVERNANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an introductory courtesy call, Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita thanked the Ambassador for USG assistance in Djibouti, including USAID health and education programs, and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) civil affairs projects. On the Djibouti-Er [...]	2008-11-25 14:56:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM EAID ET DJ
08DJIBOUTI957	DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY - [...] (C) Per Ref A, Ambassador has raised USG talking points on combating Somali piracy with key Government of Djibouti principals, including Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Presidential National Security Advisor Hassan Said Khaireh, and Minister for Islamic Affairs Hamoud Abdi Sultan (whose [...]	2008-12-01 14:57:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO KPKO
08DJIBOUTI998	DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On Dec. 13, Ambassador delivered to Djiboutian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Youssouf Ref A demarche on U.S. objectives for the Dec. 16 UNSC Ministerial on Piracy and proposal to form a Contact Group. Youssouf said he had already been informed of the Ministerial by PermRep Roble Olha [...]	2008-12-14 08:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	DJ MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SO
08DUBLIN121	IRISH VIEWS ON SEEKING UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY IN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on March 6, 2008 to Pat Kelly, Acting Director, Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Kelly stated that Ireland was thoroughly appalled by piracy in Somalia (and elsewhere),and would strongly support a UNSC resolution to address the problem. Ke [...]	2008-03-07 14:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EI
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
08GENEVA1092	GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP MEETING: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting in Geneva of the Follow-up Committee on Implementation of the Greentree Agreement, Cameroon and Nigeria agreed that things were going smoothly with the transfer of authority on the Bakassi Peninsula. Cameroon noted its effort systematically to catalogu [...]	2008-12-18 09:32:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM PINR CM NI
08GENEVA537	GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 11 meeting of the Greentree Agreement Follow-up Committee attended by the U.S. and other witness states, Nigeria and Cameroon reaffirmed their commitment to carrying out the transfer of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon on August 14, although both also said they neede [...]	2008-07-15 10:17:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS PREF SMIG KDEM CM NI
08GUATEMALA1371	STAFFDEL TESS, GUATEMALA VISIT OCTOBER 12-14 [...] (C) Summary: Staffdel Tess visited Guatemala October 12 to 14 as part of a three-country fact finding tour of Central America. Delegation members held meetings with the members of the country team, civil society, and CICIG, as well as touring Guatemala's border with Mexico in the department of San [...]	2008-11-03 21:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PBTS PGOV ORP GT
08GUATEMALA150	UNE CONGRESSMAN DISCUSSES INTERNAL PARTY DIVISIONS [...] (C) Influential UNE Congressman Manuel Baldizon told the Ambassador that the governing UNE's congressional bench is divided, and that he is the leader of the largest sub-group within the UNE bench. He said many UNE deputies resent President Colom and UNE President of Congress Eduardo Meyer, [...]	2008-02-13 17:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS GT
08HANOI1016	NORWEIGAN-FLAGGED VESSEL SPOTTED NEAR DISPUTED [...] (C) The Australian military has informed U.S. PACOM of the presence of a Norwegian-flagged 3D/4D seismic survey vessel, the GEO ATLANTIC, in the vicinity of disputed South China Sea Block 5-2, offshore Vietnam. According to the Australian military, the GEO ATLANTIC belongs to Fugro GeoServices [...]	2008-09-04 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PREL VM
08HANOI1241	VIETNAM NEGOTIATES DEAL WITH GAZPROM, BYPASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: State-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and Russian energy firm Gazprom signed a lease agreement for four blocks in the South China Sea. ExxonMobil (EM) had been in periodic discussions with PVN for more than a year to negotiate a deal for the new acreage before PVN unexpectedly awarded the [...]	2008-11-06 05:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
08HANOI493	GVN STRETCHES HISTORICAL RECORD TO ENHANCE CLAIM FOR SOUTH [...] Summary: A recent ceremony to honor past heroes in Vietnam's fight for the Spratly and Paracel Islands received primetime attention on national television, highlighting Vietnam's historical claim to the islands. The ceremony was dedicated to the "tens of thousands" of 19th century Nguyen Dyna [...]	2008-04-28 08:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA PBTS SOCI VM
08HANOI579	BP TRANSFERS OPERATORSHIP OF SOUTH CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary: BP Vietnam has complied with an order by state-run PetroVietnam (PVN) and turned over operatorship of its South China Sea Blocks 5.2 and 5.3 to PetroVietnam Exploration and Production Company (PVEP),a PVN subsidiary. BP is a majority stakeholder with ConocoPhillips (CP) in 5.2/3 [...]	2008-05-16 08:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PBTS PREL VM
08HANOI87	EAP DAS MARCIEL AND GVN DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, GOVERNANCE, [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marciel discussed human rights, cooperation in governance reform and law enforcement, and a possible visit by Prime Minister Dung [...]	2008-01-25 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ABLD PBTS PHSA PHUM PREL ECON VM
08HANOI873	HANOI SAYS "CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES" NECESSARY FOR UNMEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER
08HANOI972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PBTS MO WI VM
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
08HELSINKI574	FINLAND: IRAQI HUMAN SMUGGLING CASES [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi asylum cases in Finland are on the rise, following a shift in the Government's refugee policy. As the Iraqi population rises, Finnish officials encounter instances of people trying to circumvent refugee processes abroad to reunite with family and former neighbors now resident in [...]	2008-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PBTS SMIG FI
08HELSINKI91	FINNISH VIEWS ON POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 07:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PBTS UN UNSC IMO SO XA XW FI
08ISLAMABAD1033	PAKISTAN AGREES TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE UNSCR ACTION [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with MFA Assistant Director Farhat Ayesha, Poloff drew on reftel points regarding concerns about piracy on Somalia's coast. Assistant Director Ayesha noted that Pakistan shared our concerns and welcomed a multilateral approach on the issue. Ayesha thanked Poloff for [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN SO PK
08ISLAMABAD1383	PAKISTAN: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PGOV PK PREL SO UNGA UNSC
08ISLAMABAD69	ECONOMIC ELECTION ISSUES; LOAD-SHEDDING AND WHEAT SHORTAGE [...] SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of the Bhutto assassination, recent civil unrest, and the upcoming elections, Pakistan now confronts power shortages and increasing domestic wheat prices. There are signs that the electricity shortage may abate by the end of January, but eight hours per day of "l [...]	2008-01-04 13:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PREL PK PBTS EAGR PGOV
08JAKARTA1581	WESTERN SAHARA -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed Reftel related to Western Sahara with the GOI. Department of Foreign Affairs contact, taking our points on board, said that the GOI has not yet formulated its position. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Mission has reviewed Reftel Western Sahara points with the GOI [...]	2008-08-20 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS ID MO WI
08JAKARTA399	CHINESE PRESSURE ON OIL/GAS FIRMS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) Indonesia is not party to the disputes centering on contested areas of the South China Sea, discussed in reftel. It does have the largest natural gas field in the South China Sea, the Natuna D-Alpha block production sharing contract (PSC),which contains an estimated 46 trillion cubic feet [...]	2008-02-28 06:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS EPET PREL ID
08JERUSALEM1004	MASKED SETTLERS CLUB 68-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN WOMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local NGOs have confirmed press reports of masked settlers beating Palestinians near Hebron on June 8. According to these sources, two elderly Palestinians were injured and one was hospitalized. The victims identified the assailants as settlers from Susiya. Susiya settlers, n [...]	2008-06-12 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1011	LEGAL SHOWDOWN OVER NINE OFRA HOUSES: SETTLERS SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli NGOs have petitioned the High Court of Justice (HCJ) to stop construction of nine homes in the West Bank Settlement of Ofra, asserting they are on private Palestinian land. According to the NGOs, the Civil Administration has confirmed Palestinian land registration and [...]	2008-06-13 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1027	SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TENDERS: MAJOR UPTICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement on June 13 of 1,300 new residential units in "Ramat Shlomo" (adjacent to the Palestinian neighborhood of Shufat) brings the post-Annapolis Conference total of housing units approved and awaiting public review or tender in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to 5,5 [...]	2008-06-18 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM103	YESHA LEADER SAYS THERE WAS A DEAL ON OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff January 16 that the settlers had reached a ""limited deal"" with MOD Barak to evacuate ""a few outposts"" in exchange for continued issuance of construction permits in existing settlement population centers, but PM Olmert vetoed the [...]	2008-01-18 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1055	YITZHAR SETTLERS ATTACK ISRAELI POLICE, THEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers clashed with some 200 Israeli police attempting to remove illegal structures in Yitzhar settlement near Nablus on June 19, resulting in injuries to four policemen and eleven settlers. Local Palestinian contacts told PolOff that settlers subsequently rampaged through n [...]	2008-06-20 14:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1098	200 PALESTINIAN OLIVE TREES UPROOTED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Israeli contractors guarded by IDF troops uprooted some 200 olive trees on private land in Bayt Hanina al-Balad, northwest of Jerusalem, and replanted them on other Palestinian-owned land, in conjunction with renewed separation barrier construction. Press reported [...]	2008-06-27 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1165	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS LAUNCH ROCKETS ON PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PA officials and press, two small rockets were launched July 1 from Bracha settlement south of Nablus toward the Palestinian village of Burin resulting in no injuries. PA Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat condemned the r [...]	2008-07-02 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1169	CODEL KERRY REVIEWS NEGOTIATIONS, SITUATION ON THE GROUND WITH EREKAT, FAYYAD [...] (S) Summary. In separate July 1 meetings with CODEL Kerry, PA PM Salam Fayyad reviewed progress on Roadmap implementation, while PLO Negotiations Affairs Chief Saeb Erekat summarized progress on permanent status negotiations. Fayyad thanked the USG for "unprecedented" assistance and said the PA is [...]	2008-07-03 12:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PREL PGOV PBTS IS OREP
08JERUSALEM1174	KHIRBET AL-AQABAH DEVELOPING MASTER PLAN TO [...] (C) Summary. Al-Aqabah Mayor Haj Sami Sadiq and Tubas Governor Sami Musallam told PolOff June 24 that al-Aqabah residents intend to file a master plan with the Israeli Civil Administration to counter a GOI-proposed plan they say leaves 18 structures with demolition orders outside the village's [...]	2008-07-03 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM1178	CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 356 DUNUMS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IDF issued an expropriation order for 356 dunums (89 acres) of land near al-Hadidiya village on June 15 for the expansion of a military camp. Local Palestinians are concerned the expropriation will block the only road to their village. The PA has retained the Jerusalem Leg [...]	2008-07-07 11:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG IS PHUM
08JERUSALEM1232	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) PolOffs visited E-1 on July 10 and observed normal traffic and activity at the police station. Security guards at the entrance said the station is fully functional. 2. (C) PolOff observed no activity at the former police station at Ras al-Amud on July 11. A security guard at the sit [...]	2008-07-14 07:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM1234	DISTRICT COMMITTEE APPROVES 1783 NEW RESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Nasrat Dakwar told PolOff July 9 that the Jerusalem Regional Planning Committee approved 1783 new residential units in East Jerusalem on July 8. The new units -- 983 in Har Homa and 800 in Pisgat Ze'ev -- expand the Israeli built-up area in East Jerusalem, a [...]	2008-07-14 08:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1235	MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Northern Jordan Valley settlement of Maskiyot July 2 and confirmed reports that the settlers have moved the internal fenceline outward. PolOff observed that this move opens 4-5 dunams for development. Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal told PolO [...]	2008-07-14 08:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1240	BILIN REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL TO REROUTE SEPARATION [...] (C) Summary. Bilin village representatives told Poloff July 8 and 9 that the GOI's revised plan for the nearby section of the separation barrier will reconnect 121 dunums (30 acres) of land to the village, expropriate a further 140 dunums for new construction, and leave over 2,000 dunums (500 [...]	2008-07-14 08:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1257	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTION ORDER WILL [...] (C) Summary. On July 14, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld an order to evict the al-Kurd family from their residence in Shaykh Jarrah, after nine years of litigation over the property's ownership. (Note: Shaykh Jarrah is home to much of East Jerusalem's most valuable and histor [...]	2008-07-15 17:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1260	HEBRON'S OLD CITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs visited Hebron's newly rebuilt Chazon David "synagogue outpost" (removed 33 times by Israeli security forces),the Beit Hashalom (Rajabi House) complex that houses 20 families, and the Beit Romano yeshiva complex where Israeli MOD Barak recently approved a new [...]	2008-07-16 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1263	BET EL SETTLEMENT: NEW ROAD, SMALL-SCALE HOUSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff observed clearing work for planned housing and construction on a new road at Bet El settlement's entrance on July 15. Bet El mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff that settlers have been able to build "a little" inside the settlement but were warned by the GOI not to occupy [...]	2008-07-16 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM1325	EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY FIGHTS EVICTION ORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Muhammad and Fawziya al-Kurd told PolOff on his July 21 visit to their Shaykh Jarrah home that they will continue to resist an Israeli eviction order despite legal setbacks (reftel). Fawziya said the family has been resisting Israeli efforts to remove them for two decades and will not [...]	2008-07-22 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1343	MASKIYOT: 20 HOUSES APPROVED IN NEW WEST BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers confirmed to PolOff July 24 a decision by MOD Barak to approve 20 construction of houses in Maskiyot, in the upper Jordan Valley, for families evacuated from Shirat Hayam in Gaza in 2005. The houses are part of a 2006 plan initiated and then canceled by then-MOD Amir [...]	2008-07-24 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1356	PALESTINIANS CRITICIZE GOI PLANNING PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with PolOffs, Palestinians and NGO representatives were uniformly critical of the GOI's planning process for Area C villages. All contacts criticized the GOI initiative to create master plans for several villages in Area C as an opaque process that will [...]	2008-07-28 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1382	MASKIYOT PREPARES TO EXPAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Maskiyot July 29 to review the site where the GOI recently approved construction of twenty houses for settler evacuees from Gaza. The plots are located where the GOI initiated and stopped construction in 2006, which is approximately 400 meters southeast of Maskiyo [...]	2008-07-30 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1429	SURGE IN SETTLER VIOLENCE DIRECTED AT PALESTINIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Across the West Bank this summer, settler groups have clashed with the IDF, Palestinians, Bedouins, and Israeli and international peace activists. Post has heard eyewitness accounts of projectiles fired at Nablus area villages, beatings of Palestinians near Hebron, and torched a [...]	2008-08-05 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS ASEC
08JERUSALEM1433	SWITZERLAND OF THE SETTLEMENTS: ILLEGAL OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the illegal outpost of Havat Yair in the northern West Bank on July 25, where twenty-two settler families live and have established a popular brunch restaurant in what they call their "Switzerland." The outpost is led by lawyer Doron Nir Tsvi, who often represents [...]	2008-08-06 12:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1476	YESHA COUNCIL LEADER DAYAN: ""TWO STATE SOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan confirmed recent settlement approvals by Israeli MOD Barak and showed Poloff areas under construction on July 24. Dayan, who is secular but leads an exceedingly religious constituency, addressed the challenges he sees for the settlement movemen [...]	2008-08-08 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1488	SHAVEI SHOMRON OPENED, IMPROVING SOME, BUT NOT ALL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: ConGenOffs visited Shavei Shomron checkpoint, northwest of Nablus, on August 11 and observed an unmanned, open road gate with traffic passing freely. However, OCHA officials reported at 1600 local on 8/11 that the IDF was present at the checkpoint and conducting ran [...]	2008-08-12 13:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS ECON PBTS
08JERUSALEM1495	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS EXPLAIN THEIR VIOLENT SUMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In PolOff's August 8 visits to Yitzhar and Bracha settlements, Yitzhar spokesman Yigal Amitai denied recent reports of settler violence aimed at Palestinians as "retaliatory, false, or misreported." Poloff observed new construction at both settlements. END SUMMARY History of [...]	2008-08-13 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM ASEC IS
08JERUSALEM1496	YESHA AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON'S OUTPOST; RESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yesha Council voted unanimously August 11 to approve an ""understanding"" with the Israeli MOD to move Migron outpost in exchange for permanent, legal housing in one of four possible nearby West Bank locations. The understanding provides for the construction of new homes be [...]	2008-08-13 14:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1508	CHECKPOINT NORTH OF HEBRON OPENS WITH STRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Congenoffs observed the Farsh al-Hawa checkpoint north of Hebron August 13 and verified that it is open for six hours daily, but only to commercial traffic to and from the Tarqumiyah crossing with Israel. Hebron Mayor Khaled Osaily said the limited opening is positive, but the [...]	2008-08-14 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1539	CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES ON ADDITIONAL 330 UNITS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff saw substantial progress on the construction of 330 units in Givat Zeev settlement, north of Jerusalem, that the GOI approved in March. The units appeared approximately 50 percent complete as of August 15. Developer Hanoch Kas said he has sold 550 units (beyond the GOI- [...]	2008-08-20 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS CASC
08JERUSALEM1559	BIR NABALA CHECKPOINT REMOVED; IMPROVES TRAVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ConGenoffs verified the complete removal of the Bir Nabala/Rafat Masyoun checkpoint south of Ramallah on August 22. The removal improves travel between Ramallah and its southern villages, where some 50,000 Palestinians reside. Local Palestinians said the previous wait time whe [...]	2008-08-25 11:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1612	25 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS DEMOLISHED BY IDF IN [...] (C) Summary. On August 12, according to Palestinian contacts, the IDF demolished 25 fruit and vegetable stands along route 90 in the northern Jordan Valley. This is the first significant demolition in the West Bank since late March. End Summary. 2. (C) Local produce vendors in the Jorda [...]	2008-08-28 12:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF ECON EAGR KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1614	BEIT SAHOUR HOPING FOR ISRAELI APPROVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs visited the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, where NGO Cure International wants to build a children's hospital on Area C land. According to Beit Sahour Mayor Hani al-Hayek, GOI Civil Administration officials support the project. The proposed hospital site is near the [...]	2008-08-28 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1615	NEW BARRIER ROUTE AROUND MA'ALE ADUMIM LEAVES WEST [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Shlomo Lecker told PolOff that a new barrier route around Ma'ale Adumim leaves 4,000 dunums (about 1,000 acres) of land outside the area enclosed by the barrier, but still effectively cuts the West Bank in two and separates Palestinians from Jerusalem. Abu Di [...]	2008-08-28 15:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM171	ABU MAZEN WITH LTG FRASER: FAYYAD IS ROADMAP POINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) told LTG William Fraser January 29 that the PA is ready to operate the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, but he is skeptical that Hamas will accept this arrangement. He identified PM Salam Fayyad as LTG Fraser's principal interlocutor [...]	2008-02-01 09:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM1710	YITZHAR AND YAD YAIR SETTLERS COORDINATE TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, settlers attacked Civil Administration officials and IDF soldiers who sought to remove building materials from the West Bank outpost of Yad Yair. Following skirmishes at the outpost, settlers across the northern West Bank organized a march on the nearby IDF ba [...]	2008-09-12 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1712	IDF DEMOLISHES 32 STRUCTURES IN AL-MUARRAJAT [...] (C) Summary. The IDF demolished 32 bedouin structures east of Ramallah on September 9 in the second significant West Bank demolition in a month. End summary. 2. (SBU) On September 9, IDF soldiers demolished 32 structures in the al-Muarrajat bedouin encampment, south of route 449 between [...]	2008-09-12 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM172	PM FAYYAD TALKS ROAD MAP WITH LTG FRASER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Salam Fayyad told LTG William Fraser January 29 that freezing settlement construction is the top Palestinian priority for Roadmap implementation. He said the PA will be pragmatic and also seriously address Israeli security concerns. He urged GoI compliance with the obligati [...]	2008-02-01 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PINS IS

08JERUSALEM1730	NABLUS, QALQILIYA OPEN TO ISRAELI ARAB CARS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Since early September, the IDF has allowed Israeli-plated vehicles driven by Israeli Arabs to enter the cities of Nablus and Qalqiliya, providing some economic benefits in the cities. Jenin remains closed to Israeli vehicular traffic, but open for pedestrians. End summary. I [...]	2008-09-17 10:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1739	CLASHES BETWEEN YITZHAR SETTLERS AND ASIRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13, clashes occurred between Yitzhar (near Nablus) settlers and Palestinians in the village of Asira al-Qabaliyah. Police have not yet arrested any Palestinians or settlers. The settlers said they were responding to an arson attack against a caravan and the knifin [...]	2008-09-18 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1748	FARMERS FRET OVER FALL OLIVE HARVEST PERMITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian farmers living along the separation barrier in the northern West Bank have expressed concern over GOI restrictions on permits to cross agricultural gates in the barrier. These restrictions would hamper their efforts to bring in the olive harvest, a significant sou [...]	2008-09-19 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS ECON KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1759	ARIEL MAYOR: SETTLEMENT POPULATION "STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman told Poloff September 17 that his secular settlement is "struggling" to grow and has not received construction approvals. He said he will sue the GOI if it includes Ariel in permanent status negotiations. Unlike other Nablus area settlers, Ariel's popu [...]	2008-09-22 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1760	SETTLERS RIOT AND BURN OLIVE TREES IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, in response to the IDF removal of structures at Yad Yair near Dolev settlement, north of Ramallah, settlers burned olive trees, hurled rocks, and blocked roads near Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron. On September 19, Poloff saw an increased police and IDF presence [...]	2008-09-22 16:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1783	ARMED PALESTINIAN BOY SHOT DEAD WHILE APPROACHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early September 20, IDF troops shot and killed a 14-year-old boy as he approached Yitzhar settlement with a Molotov cocktail and a knife. IDF video released to the press shows the boy attempting to light a bomb and the IDF firing on him. Asira al-Qabaliyah's village council to [...]	2008-09-23 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1803	BILIN RESIDENTS WILL CONTEST LATEST IDF BARRIER [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, in response to an Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) order, the GOI presented a new plan to re-route the separation barrier between the Palestinian village of Bilin and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit. Village residents criticized the latest plan and in [...]	2008-09-26 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1808	SETTLERS REACT TO ATTACK ON ISRAELI PROFESSOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 24 pipe bomb attack that wounded Israeli professor Zeev Sternhell at his Jerusalem home and the discovery of leaflets threatening Peace Now representatives at the scene (reftel),settlers condemned the attack and denied involvement. They blamed the medi [...]	2008-09-26 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1841	ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR DEMOLITION OF BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UNRWA, COGAT officers delivered demolition orders for 38 structures at the Milehat-Ka'abneh bedouin encampment in area C on September 22. Bedouin resident in the area told Poloff they have been living seasonally in this location since 1985 and expressed concern [...]	2008-10-03 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1842	PALESTINIAN SHEPHERD KILLED NEAR SETTLEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27, the body of an 18-year-old Palestinian shepherd was found near Gittit settlement in the Jordan Valley. According to an Israeli Police statement, an autopsy determined the shepherd was killed while "playing with" a 40mm grenade round. Villagers told Poloff they [...]	2008-10-03 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1846	PIONEER SETTLER BENNY KATSOVER INSPIRES VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler pioneer Benny Katsover told Poloff that, as head of the "Samaria Action Committee," he does not encourage violence directly, but admitted that young settlers under his direction do resort to violence. As Katsover spoke, settlers reacted to the evacuation of Shevut Ami B [...]	2008-10-07 09:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1905	FIRST RESIDENTS MOVE INTO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs visited the settlement of Nof Zion (View of Zion) in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where the first 50 of 100 apartment owners have moved in, and an additional 400 units will be constructed in the next few years. Palestinians from Jabal Mukabbir told [...]	2008-10-17 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1908	UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. New reports of settler violence are consistent with the trend of increased settler militancy in recent months (reftels). These incidents have been centered in the Nablus area, but contacts report violence throughout most of the West Bank. End summary. Uptick in Settler Atta [...]	2008-10-17 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1918	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES DURING OLIVE HARVEST [...] (C) Summary. Settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and international activists working with them in a number of West Bank villages October 18-20, according to press and ConGen contacts. The IDF intervened in some cases to stop the attacks, detaining activists and declaring &close [...]	2008-10-20 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1966	IDF EVACUATES AN OUTPOST NEAR HEBRON; SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts confirm media reports that the IDF evacuated an illegal outpost near Hebron on October 26, and settlers reacted by slashing the tires of 22 Palestinian-owned cars and attacking a nearby Muslim cemetery. Speaking to the press October 26, Hebron area settlers called t [...]	2008-10-28 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1980	IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN TWO WEST BANK BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 29 and 30, IDF soldiers demolished 25 structures in two Bedouin communities: one south of Hebron in Umm al-Khair, and one east of Ramallah in Mughayir al Dir. The demolitions leave 142 people, including 71 children, homeless. These are the first demolitions of inh [...]	2008-10-30 15:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1987	YESHA COUNCIL EXPANDING [...] (C) Summary. The Yesha Council is expanding to include one representative from each settlement plus other settler leaders, according to Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan. The new council will have approximately 200 delegates who will convene in early spring. Dayan said the change is intended [...]	2008-11-03 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1990	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS SEEK IMAGE MAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs met on October 29 with David Haivri, head of a newly established International Liaison Office in Barkan settlement (southwest of Nablus),tasked with strengthening northern West Bank settlers' external relations in Israel and abroad. Haivri admitted but downplayed the re [...]	2008-11-03 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM2036	IDF DEMOLISHES TWO WEST BANK HOUSES FOR LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian contacts confirmed that the IDF demolished two Palestinian houses in Shuqba village, west of Ramallah, November 12, on the grounds that they lacked building permits. These are the first demolitions of permanent residential structures in the West Bank since the GoI [...]	2008-11-13 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2043	HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE HALTS CONSTRUCTION IN WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction on November 12 against continued construction on 35 housing units in Jabal Artis (aka Pisgat Yacov) outpost, north of Beit El settlement. According to the lawyer representing the two Palestinian owners of the land o [...]	2008-11-14 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2087	YESHA COUNCIL AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON OUTPOST INTO [...] (C) Summary: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told Poloffs November 19 that the GOI will shortly inform the High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its decision to move the Migron outpost five kilometers south into permanent housing to be built inside Adam settlement, east of the security barrier. Wh [...]	2008-11-20 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2091	SETTLERS BRACE FOR BATTLE OVER DISPUTED HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on November 16 ordered the settlers occupying the Rajabi compound (referred to by settlers as "Beit Hashalom") in Hebron to evacuate voluntarily within three days while a district court determines ownership. Press report that the IDF plan [...]	2008-11-21 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2121	GOI PREPARES TO RELOCATE MIGRON OUTPOST [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has informed the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its agreement with the Yesha Council to relocate the residents of Migron outpost. The GOI told the court that the residents would be relocated to the eastern side of Adam settlement, but the Adam settlement, like the [...]	2008-11-25 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2171	WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs visited the West Bank settlements at Maale Adumim and Alfei Menashe on November 24 and noted ongoing, large-scale construction projects, which the mayors said were approved in 1999 and 2000. The mayors of both settlements urged the USG to condone construction in the area [...]	2008-12-01 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM2181	SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Hebron settlers have repeatedly engaged in violence to prevent the court-ordered evacuation of the Rajabi compound. According to NGO B'tselem, on November 29, settlers injured seven Palestinians by throwing rocks from the Rajabi compound, badly damaged 28 Palestinian vehicles, s [...]	2008-12-02 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2187	ESCALATING SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON AS IDF [...] (C) Summary. The IDF declared the area surrounding the Rajabi compound a "closed military zone" on December 2, and deployed four Border Police companies to Hebron. Violence instigated by settlers injured at least 20 Palestinians as well as some Israeli security personnel, acording to interna [...]	2008-12-03 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2197	IDF EVACUATES RAJABI COMPOUND IN HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, some 600 Israeli security forces forcibly evicted 250 Hebron settlers from the Rajabi compound following a last-minute, unsuccessful attempt by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to convince settler leaders to evacuate voluntarily. Evacuation of the compound lasted thirt [...]	2008-12-05 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2198	SETTLERS RETALIATE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence broke out in Hebron and spread across the West Bank immediately after the IDF's evacuation of the Rajabi compound on December 4, injuring around 25 Palestinians, including one shooting victim in critical condition. Contacts reported seeing burning Palestinian f [...]	2008-12-05 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2217	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence targeting Palestinians continued December 5-8, especially near Hebron. Settlers set one Palestinian house on fire and stoned Palestinian cars. Two settlers who shot at Palestinians at point-blank range, an incident captured on video by NGO B'tselem, turned the [...]	2008-12-09 16:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2237	CONSUL GENERAL AND SETTLER LEADERS AGREE (AGAIN) [...] (C) Summary: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Elyakim Haetzni (co-founder of Kiryat Arba settlement) met with the Consul General in Jerusalem on December 11, again agreeing from the outset to disagree. The sett [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2263	HIGH COURT AGAIN REJECTS IDF PLAN FOR REROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on December 15 again rejected an IDF plan to reroute the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin. The village's attorney called the decision precedent-setting, noting that it is the first such HCJ decision prohibiting the [...]	2008-12-18 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2264	ISRAELI PLANS FOR SILWAN AND THE HOLY BASIN [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Municipality has approved, but not yet made public, a town plan to facilitate Israeli development in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, acording to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Seidemann. Seidemann also said that the GOI is quietly planning a large a [...]	2008-12-18 16:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2265	PA OFFICIALS CONCERNED EVICTION ORDERS FOR BEDOUIN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe living in area C, along the main road connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, received demolition orders from the IDF on December 8, and verbal instructions to demolish their homes no later than December 15. Palestinian residents and senior PLO and [...]	2008-12-18 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2279	SETTLERS "UNIVERSITY CENTER" PLANS TO DOUBLE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ariel "University Center," an unaccredited Israeli university in the West Bank, plans to increase from 8,400 to 20,000 students by 2020, and build several more permanent buildings to accommodate and educate them, including a new 12,000 square meter library already under c [...]	2008-12-22 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM2321	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On December 31, the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) reopened after a six-month closure. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security closed the PHC on July 2, 2008, claiming that it was a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency operating illegally in Jerusalem. The Coun [...]	2008-12-31 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PREL PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM248	ARIEL MAYOR: LET ME BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel settlement mayor Ron Nachman told PolOff on February 6 that Ariel would welcome settlers from outlying settlements and outposts into his "existing population center" if he were allowed to build homes for them. Nachman said he has approved town plans to increase Ariel's pop [...]	2008-02-08 16:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM302	NSU BELIEVES EASTERN RING ROAD WILL ISOLATE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) legal advisor Fuad Hallak told PolOff that the 60-day public review period for the southern portion of the Jerusalem Eastern Ring Road began on January 1 and that Palestinians plan to oppose the expropriation of their land for use in the road. NSU [...]	2008-02-15 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM303	MUNICIPAL CONSTRUCTION IN EAST JERUSALEM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Construction in East Jerusalem on public land is approved through a five-step process which, depending on the plan's size, complexity, and political sensitivities can take several years to complete. Building plans require approval by both a local and regional committee, a 60-da [...]	2008-02-15 15:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM304	STATUS OF EAST JERUSALEM BUILDING ANNOUNCEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of numerous press announcements of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, this telegram details these announcements since the Annapolis meetings and plots each proposal's location on the approval timeline (as "Construction Imminent," "In Approval Process," or "Not Submi [...]	2008-02-15 15:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM347	MASKIYYOT: ADDITIONAL POST ANNAPOLIS SETTLEMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary. On February 21, PolOff traveled to the Northern Jordan Valley and confirmed six new caravans at the Nahal pre-military academy settlement of Maskiyyot. Settlers told PolOff that they had moved into the caravans one month before. The six new caravans, inhabited by settler ev [...]	2008-02-26 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM357	27 NEW CARAVANS EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF ELI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Eli settlement February 26 and saw ongoing construction of 27 new caravans at the settlement's westernmost edge. Mayor Eli Shtul told PolOff that the caravans will share infrastructure with 17 existing permanent structures called Neve Shir built in 1991. These [...]	2008-02-27 16:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM368	ANOTHER HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, PolOffs witnessed the demolition of a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Two bulldozers demolished a 60 square meter home in approximately 20 minutes. PolOffs witnessed Israeli security personnel beat the homeowner's brother duri [...]	2008-02-28 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM371	SETTLER LEADERS AND CONSUL GENERAL AGREE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Pinchas Wallerstein (Yesha Director General),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Ron Nachman (Ariel Mayor) shared their views with the Consul General February 25, agreeing from the outset to disagree. [...]	2008-02-28 16:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM530	YATIR OUTPOST NOT REMOVED DESPITE CLAIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 25 visit to the southern West Bank settlement of Yatir, PolOff observed that the four caravans at the Yatir South outpost, which the GOI claimed (reftel) were removed remain in place and inhabited. Yatir settlers told PolOff that they know the GOI is discussing the [...]	2008-03-26 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM546	SETTLERS RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 26 visit PolOff verified that settlers maintain a presence at Homesh settlement, which was evacuated in 2005. PolOff met 5 youths and a rabbi at Homesh who said they had re-established the yeshiva there. PolOff saw no IDF presence at the settlement. END SUMMARY 2 [...]	2008-03-27 16:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM547	FOUR NEW CARAVANS AT TENE OMRIM SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the settlement of Tene Omrim near Hebron on March 26 and confirmed March 26 press reports that four new caravans were installed for families evacuated from Gush Katif. The caravans expand the footprint some fifty feet. Peace Now Settlement Watch Director told P [...]	2008-03-27 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM566	ANNOUNCEMENT OF 600 MORE PISGAT ZEEV UNITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the Local Committee for Planning and Building of the Jerusalem municipality convened and approved a plan for 600 new units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev. The approval is the first step in a lengthy process before construction begins. Contacts i [...]	2008-04-01 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM581	REMOVAL OF TWO OUTPOSTS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local press reported on April 3 that the GOI removed settlers from the Harhivi and Shevut Ami outposts. According to lawyer Michal Sfard who represents the Palestinian owner of the land at Shevut Ami, four teenage girls were removed from the one-room structure, allowing Israel [...]	2008-04-03 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM635	CONSTRUCTION OF 200 NEW HOMES UNDERWAY AT MEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Mevo Horon settlement April 9 following GOI claims to the Embassy that it would remove shortly six caravans from an outpost near the settlement. Mevo Horon settlers refused to show PolOff the caravans but showed him 200 permanent homes under construction, which Pos [...]	2008-04-11 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM651	MEVO HORON OUTPOST REMOVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm Outpost April 15 and observed the removal of caravans from the site. Settlers at the scene told PolOff that they agreed with the MOD to evacuate the outpost in exchange for building permits for permanent homes in Mevo Horon settle [...]	2008-04-15 14:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM689	SETTLERS CONFIRM PLAN TO BUILD NEW UNITS IN ELKANA [...] (SBU) Responding to press reports of new construction planned in Elkana and Ariel, YESHA contacts said the Israeli Ministry of Defense (MoD) approved tenders on April 17 for 52 units in Elkana and 48 in Ariel. These contacts said the Elkana development involves converting 52 "cubiot" caravans [...]	2008-04-21 12:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM756	E-1 MOVE NEARLY COMPLETE, PLANS FOR RAS AL-AMUD [...] (C) Summary. PolOff observed a nearly empty police station at Ras al-Amud May 6 and learned from an Israeli guard at the site that the one remaining office will move to E-1 in late May, allowing the police to turn the site over to settlement sponsor Irving Moscowitz. Construction continues [...]	2008-05-06 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM793	SETTLERS CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S - AND THEIR OWN - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers demonstrated at three West Bank locations - Homesh and Sanur, both evacuated in 2005 and Migron outpost - on May 8, the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence. Press reported 10,000 demonstrators at Homesh, 150 at Sanur, and 2,000 at Migron. Settlers now maintain a 2 [...]	2008-05-12 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM843	"THE BIBLE IS OUR ROADMAP": SETTLERS OVERTAKE BEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, 150 settlers demonstrated, overtook and spray painted three structures at the West Bank site of Osh Ghraib (known to settlers as Shdema),near Beit Sahour. The municipality wants to build a hospital on the Area C former base that is also adjacent to a USAID funded par [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM88	PALESTINIANS CONDEMN DICHTER VISIT TO HARAM [...] (C) Islamic Waqf contacts confirmed that Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter (Kadima) visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City the morning of January 15, escorted by dozens of Israeli police. In a January 16 conversation, Azzam al-Khatib, chief of Jerusalem's [...]	2008-01-16 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS KISL
08JERUSALEM90	RAS AL AMUD: ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff confirmed January 16 that construction has begun on 60 new housing units in the "Maale Zeitim" enclave in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al Amud. An advisor to the Jerusalem Mayor said construction permits were issued "months ago", but thought the timing of the [...]	2008-01-17 10:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM925	ASIRA AL-QABALIYA RESIDENTS FEAR SETTLER ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs spoke with residents of the village of Asira al-Qabaliya, southwest of Nablus, May 27 to confirm reports of attacks by settlers from nearby Yitzhar. A village council employee said attacks increased in the past two months. He said the IDF intervened to stop an attack fo [...]	2008-06-02 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM926	UN REPORTS DETAIL DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C AND AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a study released May 27, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) reported that the GOI demolished more Palestinian structures for lack of permits in West Bank C Areas in the first quarter of 2008 than in all of 2007. The study cites a 94 percent [...]	2008-06-02 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM927	MODIIN ILLIT, THE NEWEST "CITY" IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Modiin Illit settlers recently erected two new structures to be used as synagogues at the southeastern edge of the settlement, expanding its footprint by approximately 100 feet. Neighboring Bilin villagers complained to PolOffs that the new structures prejudge the route of the [...]	2008-06-02 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM928	884 PLANNED HOUSING UNITS ANNOUNCED IN EAST [...] (C) In coordination with the Israeli holiday marking Jerusalem's reunification, Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Boim announced tenders for 884 units in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev (763 units) and Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim (121 units) on June 1. Potential contrac [...]	2008-06-02 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM98	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-JANUARY: POLICE STATION READY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs observed January 17 that the final touches are being put on the police station at E-1 and the road leading to it. PolOffs also observed land immediately northwest of the police station continues to be cleared and graded, and a bridge now directly connects Maale Adumim w [...]	2008-01-18 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM996	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) Danny Poleg, spokesman for the West Bank police headquarters in E-1, told PolOff June 11 that the police completed their move into the E-1 facility, which serves as their new headquarters for the West Bank. Poleg said he did not know if the police still have minor offices at Ras al-Amud. [...]	2008-06-11 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS IS
08KAMPALA58	UPDF ACTIVITY IN KENYA HIGHLY UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU has strongly rejected press reports and Orange Democratic Movement allegations that Ugandan forces are active in Kenya. The US Mission in Uganda has seen no evidence of any GOU involvement in western Kenya; to the contrary, the GOU appears to be treating border issues [...]	2008-01-15 12:25:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV UG
08KINGSTON1034	JAMAICA: AWAITING COURT RULING ON HIGH-PROFILE [...] (SBU) Summary and analysis: The government continues to retain its slender parliamentary majority of 32-28 as the Jamaican court postponed a decision on the West Portland seat. Currently Daryl Vaz of the ruling Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) holds the position, but in April a Supreme Court justi [...]	2008-12-09 14:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PRWL PGOV SOCI CPAS PBTS EFIN ELAB ECIN ECON
08KINGSTON1053	JAMAICAN PARLIAMENT RETAINS DEATH PENALTY, NO [...] (C) Summary: In the lead up to a November 24 parliamentary vote in which legislators decided to retain the death penalty in Jamaica, there was strong public debate on the issue. Most Jamaicans, frustrated by the high crime level, support maintaining the death penalty. The discussion also r [...]	2008-12-12 16:33:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR SNAR ASEC KCOR CPAS PBTS JM XL
08KINGSTON185	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY DELIVERED [...] On February 27, PolOff conveyed reftel talking points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Vilma McNish. 2. Post will report any response from the Government of Jamaica. JOHNSON [...]	2008-02-29 12:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JM
08KINGSTON487	JAMAICA: INPUT FOR CARIBBEAN SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 12:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MASS MOPS ASEC SNAR PBTS DHS JM XL
08KINGSTON593	JAMAICA, MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY EAGER TO [...] (C) Summary: June 27, using the ongoing CARICOM Heads of State meeting as a catalyst, the CDA met with Jamaica's Minister of National Security (MNS),Trevor MacMillan to urge Jamaica to engage more fully with CARICOM on regional security, particularly with a focus on the troublesome ganja for [...]	2008-07-01 16:43:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MASS MOPS ASEC SNAR PBTS DHS 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
08KINSHASA63	ON THE ROAD TO BETTER DRC AND UGANDA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-December 2007, representatives to the 5th Session of the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) between the governments of Uganda and the DRC met in Kampala to discuss a wide array of issues in their bilateral relationship. On December 27, PolOff and EconOff met with Minister [...]	2008-01-23 06:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREL PREF PBTS CG
08KINSHASA678	DEMARCHE TO CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT ON [...] (U) Per instructions ref (A),Ambassador met August 14 with National Security Advisor Lufunda Kaumba and Deputy Interior Minister Joseph Mpango Okundo. Interior Minister Denis Kalume dropped out at the last minute and sent his deputy (Mpango Okundo) instead. Also present were DCM Brock and G [...]	2008-08-18 10:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PTER MOPS RW UG CG
08KUWAIT131	CDA LETTER TO MFA CONCERNING PETRAEUS VISIT AND [...] (C) On January 31, post delivered the following letter from CDA to MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah regarding the February 3-4 visit of General Petraeus to Kuwait. Begin text: Your Excellency: I am pleased to note that General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General of the Multi-National For [...]	2008-02-04 09:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT14	KUWAIT MFA U/S: SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah, the U/S discussed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit and relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues (reported septels). Jarallah also expressed deep concern over the political situation in Lebanon and said that "all of t [...]	2008-01-04 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDRG KPAL ETRD ECON KU IR SY
08KUWAIT148	AMIR TO PETRAEUS ON IRAQ, SALVAGE OPERATIONS AND [...] (C) On February 4, GEN Petraeus met separately with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah; Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah; and Chief of Staff LTG Fahad Al-Amir. The Amir commented on the positive impact of the surge in Iraq, but again criticized the CPA's dissolution of the Iraqi milita [...]	2008-02-07 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PBTS KU
08KUWAIT15	KUWAIT MFA U/S ON KUWAITI MILITARY INCIDENT, IRAQI [...] (C) In a December 31 CDA call on MFA U/S Al-Jarallah, the U/S reviewed preparation for the January 11-12 POTUS visit (reported septel) and discussed relevant Kuwait-Iraq border issues. He said that he urged the Interior Ministry to allow MNF-I salvage operations to resume in Khawr Abdallah W [...]	2008-01-04 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT177	KUWAITI MINDEF RECEPTIVE TO ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, CDA met with Kuwaiti Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al Sabah to continue discussions on opening an additional border crossing near Camp Bucca and resuming salvage operations in the Khawr Abdullah waterway. This meeting followed General Petraeus' Febru [...]	2008-02-14 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON MOPS KTIA KU IZ
08KUWAIT207	DAS BUTLER ADVOCATES GREATER KUWAITI ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, NEA/I DAS Butler met with Under Secretaries in the GOK Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) and the MFA to advocate for greater Kuwaiti engagement with Iraq. Butler called for the GOK to send an Ambassador to Baghdad immediately, open an additional border cros [...]	2008-02-21 06:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ECON ETRD PTER KU IZ
08KUWAIT213	CROWN PRINCE/PRIME MINISTER: "NO PREMATURE TROOP [...] (C) On February 18, CDA took advantage of meetings between former Secretary Albright and the Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister to discuss Iraq, Iran, and prospects for Middle East peace. The GOK leadership praised the USG liberation of Iraq but warned against a premature troop withdraw [...]	2008-02-24 10:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS KU IZ
08KUWAIT244	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 11:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN KU
08KUWAIT453	FINAL COMMUNIQU OF THE EXPANDED MINISTERIAL [...] On April 22, the participants of the Expanded Ministerial Conference of the Neighbouring Countries of Iraq issued a final communiqu listing agreements reached during the conference. Text of the communiqu is included below. Overview of conference reported septel. 2. Begin text. Final C [...]	2008-04-24 12:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KU
08KUWAIT512	AMB SATTERFIELD BRIEFS GOK ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) In a nearly four hour session with Kuwaiti MFA and security officials, S/I Satterfield and team briefed on developments in Iraq, with particular focus on progress made re Sunni outreach/reconciliation and significance of Basrah confrontation between PM Maliki and Iraqi Security Forces and [...]	2008-05-11 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PARM PBTS PINR KU
08KUWAIT808	U/S JARALLAH: IRANIAN WHEEDLING, IRAQI DAWDLING, [...] (C) During their July 15 meeting, Ambassador chided MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah over Kuwaiti National Assembly Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi's public criticism that USG policy toward Iran was "provocative," noting that now is not the time for irresponsible rhetoric. Al-Jarallah characterized as "ve [...]	2008-07-17 07:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL PBTS KU
08KUWAIT837	KUWAIT: "WE'VE DONE OUR PART; BALL IS NOW IN IRAQI COURT" [...] (C) Former NEA DAS and newly minted Senior Advisor on Southern Iraq Affairs Gordon Gray met with GOK officials July 22 to discuss Iraq and how to facilitate progress on some of the outstanding issues between Kuwait and Iraq. In direct correlation to Kuwait's proximity to Iran, Kuwaiti paranoi [...]	2008-07-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KCRS PBTS PINR KU
08KUWAIT849	OPENING THE ABDALY-SAFWAN CROSSING TO BUCCA [...] (SBU) During their July 22 meeting (ref B),Ambassador raised with Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber Khaled al-Jaber Al Sabah opening an alternate route for U.S. military convoys provisioning Iraq's Camp Bucca. The current route exits Kuwait at the Khabari crossing and follows a parallel road [...]	2008-07-28 07:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MOPS PBTS KU IZ
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
08KYIV2354	UKRAINE'S MEDIA MONITORS DECRY CURRENT STATE OF MEDIA IN [...] Summary: At a November 20 luncheon hosted by Ambassador Taylor, ten Ukrainian media monitors and observers shared their views on the current state of media in Ukraine. Participants agreed that, despite great expectations, Ukraine's media development had been disappointingly slow in the years s [...]	2008-12-02 05:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP
08KYIV299	UKRAINE: READY TO WORK WITH FINLAND AS OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Unlike their Spanish predecessors, the Finns appear ready to take on the problem of Russia in the OSCE context, judging by Finnish Foreign Minister Kanerva's January 15-16 visit to Kyiv in his capacity as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CiO). Kanerva met with President Yushchenko, FM O [...]	2008-02-07 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OSCE RS UP
08KYIV955	UKRAINE: RENEWED THOUGHTS OF ENGAGING BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador strongly discouraged Ukrainian plans for an "informal" meeting between Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko in meetings with Foreign Minister Ohryzko on May 18 and Presidential foreign policy advisor Oleksandr Chaliy on May 20. Ambassador stresse [...]	2008-05-20 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PBTS PINR BO UP
08LAGOS224	NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEES REMAIN IN NEED [...] (C) Acting Consul General spoke on June 22 with Dr. Theo Osin Oyuko (protect throughout),Executive Director of the Cross River State Youth Assembly. He said that the individual from his organization who has been in Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a school, has noted a decrease in [...]	2008-06-26 12:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM
08LAGOS243	NIGERIA: BAKASSI REFUGEE SITUATION IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Acting Consul General spoke July 7 with Nzam Ogbe, Chief of Staff to the Governor of Cross Rivers State. Ogbe said that the refugee situation had stabilized and that the situation was under control. The Governor had visited Ikang, where the refugees are sheltering in a primary school, and [...]	2008-07-10 06:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KDEM PBTS SMIG NI CM
08LAPAZ1023	WORKING RELATIONS: DEATH BY A THOUSAND PAPER CUTS [...] (C) Summary. Despite a constant barrage of anti-U.S. vitriol and baseless accusations of U.S. conspiracies against the Morales government, there are also many examples of continuing good relations among working-level and even senior-level contacts. However, there is clearly a campaign underw [...]	2008-05-02 22:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR EAID ECON OPDC OPRC ADPM
08LAPAZ1973	EVO CONNECTS THE DOTS: PANDO, PNG, AND PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of his September 10 announcement declaring Ambassador Goldberg persona non grata, Bolivian President Evo Morales is linking the USG to violence in the opposition departments (states) and specifically to the death of thirty-some people in opposition-controlled Pand [...]	2008-09-15 17:44:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PBTS ODIP OFDP VE BL
08LAPAZ373	CODEL ENGEL VISIT TO BOLIVIA FEBRUARY 18-20 [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel, including Representatives Green (D-TX),Hinchey (D-NY),Weller (R-IL),and Foxx (R-NC) visited La Paz and Santa Cruz February 18-20. While in La Paz, the Codel enjoyed an hour-long meeting with President Evo Morales; met a cross-section of Bolivian politicians, med [...]	2008-02-21 21:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR OPDC OPRC OREP ECON ETRD
08LAPAZ735	NEW PUSH FOR DIALOGUE: SHOW BEFORE THE SHOWDOWN? [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca called for renewed examination of third-party facilitated negotiations with the opposition March 31, in conjunction with an April 1 La Paz visit by OAS envoy Dante Caputo. Caputo met with Santa Cruz opposition leaders April 2. Choquehuanca said [...]	2008-04-03 20:47:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ751	BOLIVIA: PRE-MAY 4 DIALOGUE HOPES ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Summary: Despite much-publicized government urgency to head off Santa Cruz Department's (state) May 4 autonomy referendum through dialogue with the opposition, Bolivian government contacts are privately accepting they cannot head off the referendum and are looking at a post-May 4 strategy. [...]	2008-04-07 17:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LAPAZ854	DIALOGUE: MUCH ADO ABOUT INTERNATIONAL VOICES [...] (C) Summary. OAS Political Secretary Dante Caputo seemed resigned to the fact that the opposition is holding firm to a May 4 date for an autonomy referendum in Santa Cruz Department (state) and will not sacrifice it as a means to expedite a new round of negotiations with the government. Caput [...]	2008-04-15 22:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS OFDP OVIP BL AR CO BR
08LJUBLJANA515	SLOVENIA SUPPORTS CROATIA'S ACCESSION TO THE EU - [...] (U) In a video interview posted on-line November 14, PM Pahor's candidate for Minister of Foreign Affairs, Samuel Zbogar, stated that Slovenia's position regarding Croatia's EU accession would not change with the incoming government. According to Zbogar, Slovenia supports Croatia's accession, [...]	2008-11-18 16:53:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN PBTS HR SI
08LJUBLJANA69	EU - RUSSIA TROIKA: CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT NO CHANGE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: All parties involved described the EU - Russia Troika, held in Brdo, Slovenia on February 13, as a "constructive" dialogue. However, as expected, discussions on Kosovo were merely a reiteration of the standard positions, neither side gave any ground. While the lunch discussion w [...]	2008-02-14 16:56:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EUN ECON CVIS RS SI
08LJUBLJANA94	SLOVENIA TO DECIDE ON SOMALIA PIRACY AFTER EU PSC [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 10:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SI
08LONDON1151	(C) BP PREFERS TO MANAGE CHINESE PRESSURE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY The Chinese government has threatened action against BP assets on the mainland if the company does not halt new projects in disputed South China Sea waters. BP would like to keep any reactions to Chinese pressure over the company's activities in the South China Sea within commercia [...]	2008-04-23 15:54:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PBTS PGOV PREL CA VN UK

08LONDON1183	WESTERN SAHARA: UK UNDECIDED ABOUT UN STATEMENT [...] (C) The UK has not yet decided whether to make a statement at the April 29 UNSC meeting on the renewal of the mandate for the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO),FCO North Africa Team Leader Robert Dixon told us in response to reftel demarche. If the UK does decide to [...]	2008-04-28 13:52:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS UK FR MO AG WI UNSC
08LONDON1633	UK SUPPPORT AND ATTENDANCE AT BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) The UK will not announce new significant money for Palestinian rule-of-law programs at the June 24 Berlin Conference, but will describe what additional programs and plans it intends to further support using already pledged, but undisbursed, funds, the Foreign Office's Middle East Unit tol [...]	2008-06-16 15:50:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN UK
08LONDON1887	PAKISTAN: UK SEES KASHMIR SOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] (S) Summary. The UK sees resolving Kashmir as central to changing the dynamic in Pakistan's long-term security cooperation with the West, according to FCO contacts. Improving relations between Pakistan and India through a solution to Kashmir will allow the Pakistani Army to reduce its focus on Ind [...]	2008-07-18 16:15:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PTER PBTS PINS IN PK UK
08LONDON1933	UNMEE: UK AGREES WITH USG THINKING ON MANDATE'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 15:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER UK
08LONDON2084	SOMALIA: BEHIND THE SCENES OF UK SUPPORT TO [...] (C/NF) Following his mid-June visit to Somaliland, FCO Minister of State Kim Howells began questioning HMG's decision not to recognize Somaliland and started advocating internally for HMG to give greater support to Somaliland, according to FCO Somalia Research Analyst Cedric Barnes. Barnes said on [...]	2008-08-08 15:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR SO UK
08LONDON2180	(C) WESTERN SAHARA: UK SUPPORTS VAN WALSUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:59:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI UK
08LONDON2837	SOMALILAND/SOMALIA: SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT, UK [...] (SBU) In a November 8 discussion on U.S. policy in Somalia, Somaliland Diaspora leaders representing over twenty UK-based Somali organizations said that security and development in Somaliland are their main concerns. They offered the following political and development policy suggestions: [...]	2008-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS EAID PREF PINR SO UK
08LONDON3152	SCOTLAND: ECONOMICS IS CHANGING POLITICS, SAYS [...] (C/NF) Summary. "Economics is changing the politics in Scotland," new Secretary for the Scotland Office Jim Murphy told Polmincouns December 17, and "the economic crisis has embedded for a generation the idea that Scotland will be better served as part of the United Kingdom." Scotland Office Head [...]	2008-12-17 17:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PBTS UK
08LUANDA131	ANGOLA: PROJECT PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP FUNDS [...] (U) Embassy Luanda received and reviewed one anti-trafficking project proposal in response to the Department's invitation for project submission. 2. (U) Project summary: a) Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migration (IOM) Angola b) Requested Funding: $350,000 c) Pro [...]	2008-02-12 16:44:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PBTS PHUM AO
08MADRID1303	HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref a demarche to Spanish MFA DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism Carmen Bujan December 12. Bujan said Spain, in principle, welcomed the formation of a contact group. She emphasized, as she and other GOS officials have in the past, that finding adequate judicial arr [...]	2008-12-12 11:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER SP
08MADRID224	SPAIN INTERESTED IN SOMALIA PIRACY UNSCR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito on February 27. Sanchez-Benedito thanked Poloff and expressed Spain's serious interest in a possible UNSCR on Somali piracy for two reasons. First, as a nation particu [...]	2008-02-28 15:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO SP
08MADRID450	SPAIN AGREES ON "CREEPING ANNEXATION" [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 08:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS GG RS SP
08MADRID451	SPAIN FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. ANTI-PIRACY INITIATIVE [...] (C) During an April 21 conversation on an unrelated matter, Spanish MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar told the DCM that Spain wished to express its full support for a U.S.-led initiative in the UN Security Council on combating piracy (ref. A). Referring to post's initial demarche on the [...]	2008-04-22 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL EFIS UN UNSC IMO SO SP
08MADRID485	SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE WAY FORWARD IN WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo shared views on the way forward in Western Sahara on April 28. Gomez-Acebo said that Spain's primary concern is for regional stability through a negotiated solution that leads to a just, lasting outcome. While it appears an [...]	2008-04-29 16:45:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MO AG WI UNSC SP
08MADRID666	SPAIN WILL ATTEND JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE IN [...] Embassy shared open source information about the June 24 Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law with Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East Alberto Ucelay. Spain intends to participate in the conference and attended the preparatory se [...]	2008-06-12 12:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM EUN IS SP
08MADRID724	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF CULTURE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met with Minister of Culture Cesar Antonio Molina on 6/30/08. The minister told the Ambassador that he was willing to meet with the claimant or his representative in a Nazi art loot case. The minister emphasized he was willing to continue to fight intellectual propert [...]	2008-07-02 09:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR PBTS PHSA SCUL SP
08MADRID905	SPAIN AGREES ON NEED FOR FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) According to MFA Deputy Director General for North Africa Manuel Gomez-Acebo, Spain agrees that it is essential to maintain the Western Sahara negotiating process and that a fifth round of talks should be held at the earliest opportunity. In response to our points that Western Sahara Env [...]	2008-08-19 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS MO WI SP
08MANAGUA696	ACTION REQUEST: NEW 'NOTICE TO MARINERS' ON CHANGE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Please see paragraph 10 for Action. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY: In October 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued a decision resolving a long-standing maritime boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras. This decision e [...]	2008-06-02 22:15:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL EWWT EFIS CASC MOPS CO XK
08MANILA1838	CONTROVERSY OVER SPRATLY ISLANDS TERRITORIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent steep increases in the cost of petroleum and pending deadlines associated with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) have kept the six-nation territorial dispute over the Spratly Islands in the eye of public debate in the Philippines. The underlying controvers [...]	2008-08-01 08:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL RP TW VM CH PG
08MANILA2238	PHILIPPINE GAS RESOURCES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine Department of Energy has set ambitious goals for increasing energy self-sufficiency to 60%, but the country is unlikely to meet these goals. Potential significant hydrocarbon reserves in the South China Sea could make an important contribution to the Philippine [...]	2008-09-29 05:48:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN SENV ECON EINV PBTS PG RP
08MANILA317	TAIWAN'S SPRATLY VISIT DRAWS SHARP REBUKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's highly publicized February 2 visit to a Taiwanese-occupied island in the Spratly Island chain drew a sharp reaction from Arroyo administration officials. Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo cast the visit as lamentable and irresponsib [...]	2008-02-05 09:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL RP TW VM CH PG
08MEXICO1333	MEXICO EAGER FOR TANGIBLE PROGRESS ON AGP AND [...] (SBU) Top Mexican trade officials are anxious to register concrete progress on the Alliance for Growth and Prosperity (AGP) and the Joint Border Facilitation Working Group (BFWG) before the end of President Bush's second term. They also want to institutionalize these sorts of cooperative stru [...]	2008-05-02 18:35:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX
08MEXICO1523	MEXICO PUBLICLY PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (U) In a May 14 briefing to the Trade and Investment Committe of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, Mexican Under Secretary of International Trade Negotiations for the Ministry of Economy Beatriz Leycegui urged the business community to support GOM efforts to improve the competitivene [...]	2008-05-20 12:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX
08MEXICO3742	MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY: FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 23:02:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX
08MEXICO3777	MEXICO ON HORN OF AFRICA PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 18:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER MX
08MONROVIA1006	LIBERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] The Commissioner of Liberia's Bureau of Maritime Affairs, Binyah Kesselly, stated the GOL position on piracy at the recent session of the International Maritime Organization. He described the hijacking of the Liberian-registered SIRIUS STAR as part of "an international crisis of monumental pr [...]	2008-12-08 16:40:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER ECON LI
08MOSCOW1334	RUSSO-BELARUSIAN POLITICAL-MILITARY RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 visit to Belarus, Minister of Defense (MOD) Anatoliy Serdyukov met with MOD Leonid Maltsev and proclaimed that close ties between the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) members were more important than ever before because of the threat posed by NATO enl [...]	2008-05-13 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINS PREL MASS
08MOSCOW1568	BLACK SEA FLEET STIRS CONTROVERSY BETWEEN RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The dispute over the termination of Russia's Black Sea Fleet basing in Sevastopol by 2017 has only grown more intense since Russia celebrated the fleet's 225th anniversary on May 12. In response to Ukrainian President Yushchenko's order to draw up a draft law by July 20 to ter [...]	2008-06-04 03:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PREL ECIN ETRD WTRO
08MOSCOW1607	DUMA RESOLUTION CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM BIG [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the State Duma adopted a nonbinding resolution calling for the GOR to withdraw from the "Big Treaty" with Ukraine, should a NATO MAP be extended to the GOU. Prior to the vote, FM Lavrov said Ukraine's NATO accession would represent a "colossal geopolitical shift" that [...]	2008-06-05 14:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW1623	RUSSIA CLOSE TO U.S. POSITION ON THE FUTURE OF [...] (C) MFA First Secretary for International Organizations Sergey Zhdanov told us on June 6 that Russia agreed that UNMEE cannot play an effective role in the region and should either be terminated or its mandate not renewed when it ends on July 31. He explained that before the UNSC took action o [...]	2008-06-06 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER RS
08MOSCOW1739	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 12:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RS
08MOSCOW190	GOR ON TRANSNISTRIA: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan President Voronin's January 20-21 visit to Moscow prompted much speculation about an alleged "Putin plan for Transnistria." Following the visit, GOR officials denied that any new GOR proposal had been offered to Voronin and continued to insist that the only way to move [...]	2008-01-25 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
08MOSCOW1951	THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA'S REGIONS: VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Regional governments in Belgorod and Kursk work closely with their Ukrainian and Belarusian counterparts, and are minimally affected by any disputes their national governments may have. Local officials meet to discuss ways to promote cross-border trade, cultural exchanges, and w [...]	2008-07-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND ETRD MD PBTS PGOV RS SNAR UP BO
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
08MOSCOW2479	RUSSIA SUPPORTS FIFTH ROUND OF WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 13:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI RS
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
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
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
08MOSCOW3508	RUSSIA ON ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on enhancing efforts to combat piracy with the MFA Legal and Africa departments on December 4. Legal Department Director for Public Law Vasiliy Titushkin told us that the GOR was "fully prepared to support any reasonable effort" to tackle this issue and Russia wo [...]	2008-12-05 06:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS
08MOSCOW3654	RUSSIA-GERMANY TRANSIT AGREEMENT TO BE IMPLEMENTED [...] (U) In a November 20 statement, the MFA characterized the rail transit of German military hardware through Russian territory as a reaffirmation of the GOR's commitment to Afghanistan stabilization. The statement praised the close cooperation between Germany and Russia and said this would be t [...]	2008-12-17 12:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MASS MCAP MOPS RS AF
08MOSCOW3655	RUSSIA-GERMANY TRANSIT AGREEMENT TO BE IMPLEMENTED [...] (U) In a November 20 statement, the MFA characterized the rail transit of German military hardware through Russian territory as a reaffirmation of the GOR's commitment to Afghanistan stabilization. The statement praised the close cooperation between Germany and Russia and said this would be t [...]	2008-12-17 12:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MASS MCAP MOPS RS AF
08MOSCOW3763	RUSSIAN MFA UNDECIDED ON LEAD DEPARTMENT FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel requests, Post sent invitations for the January 13-14, 2009 inaugural meeting of the Contact Group on Somalia Piracy (CGSP) in New York and the January 13 pre-meeting of key countries to the Legal, International Organizations, and North Americas Departments of the [...]	2008-12-30 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER RS
08MOSCOW882	NO PUTIN-VORONIN DEAL ON TRANSNISTRIA, SAYS GOR [...] (C) Both MFA Transnistria negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin and Second CIS Department Director Viktor Sorokin denied an impending Putin - Voronin deal to resolving the Transnistria conflict (reftel). On March 27, Nesterushkin told us that there was no change in the GOR position: without the two [...]	2008-03-31 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS OSCE MD RS
08MOSCOW988	GOR HOPEFUL FOR TRANSNISTRIA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) GOR Special Envoy for the Transnistria conflict Valeriy Nesterushkin told us April 10 that since the April 7 Voronin - Smirnov telephone conversation where the two agreed to meet, the atmosphere has taken a dramatically positive turn. He expected the April 14-16 meeting in Odessa would be [...]	2008-04-10 12:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE MD RS
08MUSCAT195	OMAN MEDIA CALLS FOR ARAB (AND PALESTINIAN) UNITY [...] In response to the recent escalation of conflict in Gaza, Omani media outlets have called for renewed Arab unity in support of the Palestinians. Under the March 2 headline, "So that Silence Is Not Consent," private Arabic-language daily "al-Watan" urged uniform condemnation not only of Israeli [...]	2008-03-05 13:22:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KPAL PBTS KPAO MU
08MUSCAT842	OMAN ON COUNTER-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] (C) In a December 2 meeting between a visiting U.S. CENTCOM Assessment Team (CAT) and MFA Secretary General Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, the discussion turned to the topic of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and counter-piracy efforts. Sayyid Badr explained that Oman and its maritime industry has yet t [...]	2008-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHSA PTER MOPS MU PREL
08MUSCAT853	CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met for an unprecedented three hours on November 30 with Sultan Qaboos at Beit al Baraka palace outside Muscat. In a wide-ranging discussion of regional issues, the Sultan acknowledged progress in Iraq and expressed a degree [...]	2008-12-17 06:15:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PBTS PHSA PREL PTER PK IR IZ YM MU
08MUSCAT864	OMAN ACCEPTS INVITATION TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 12:01:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA PTER EWWT KCRM MOPS MU
08NAIROBI2793	GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS [...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...]	2008-12-16 12:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG
08NEWDELHI1166	DELHI DIARY, APR 21-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for April 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Composite Dialogue Dates Set For May 20 and 21 -- UPA Announces Record Foodgrain Harvest Estimate -- Naxalite/Maoist Incidents Increase [...]	2008-04-29 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS TBIO EAGR NP IN BG
08NEWDELHI1336	SPIKE IN TERRORISM HAS INDIAN OFFICIALS WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: A sharp and heavily publicized resurgence of infiltration and terrorism has Indian officials deeply worried about the situation in Pakistan and wondering whether domestic problems there could result in more violence, Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador May 14. The Border S [...]	2008-05-14 13:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PBTS MOPS KISL PGOV ASEC CASC IN
08NEWDELHI1364	TERROR TOP ON INDIAN MINDS AS THE FIFTH ROUND OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue, scheduled to take place in Islamabad May 20-21, will cover the gamut of bilateral issues, according to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Foreign Secretary Menon will meet his counterpart Salman Bashir May 20, while Exter [...]	2008-05-19 13:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IN
08NEWDELHI1440	INDO-PAK DIALOGUE: INDIA LOOKING TO MAINTAIN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fifth round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue took place in Islamabad May 20-21, marking the first high-level contact between the two governments since Pakistan's newly elected government came to power in March. Foreign Secretary Menon met his counterpart Salman Bashir May [...]	2008-05-28 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PK IR CH IN
08NEWDELHI1763	QURESHI'S INDIA TOUR: INDIA EXPECTING GOODWILL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Pakistani Foreign Minister Qureshi will visit New Delhi, Jaipur, Ajmer, Chandigarh and Amritsar and will meet PM Singh, L.K. Advani, Jaswant Singh, PM Vajpayee, and a few state governors during his June 27-29 visit to India. T [...]	2008-06-26 11:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD PBTS PINR PK IN
08NEWDELHI194	MODERATE KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS BANDING TOGETHER [...] (C) Former violent insurgent and longtime peaceful Kashmiri separatist Shabir Shah decided January 14 to join the Mirwaiz faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference led by moderate separatist Mirwaiz Omar Farooq. The decision had been a long time coming, with Mirwaiz and his cohorts spe [...]	2008-01-18 12:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
08NEWDELHI2446	YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S NSG POSITION ON FIRST TRIP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jeichi,s first official trip to India September 7-9, ostensibly to inaugurate the new Chinese consulate in Kolkata and lay the groundwork for better momentum in India-China relations, was overshadowed by controversy over China's perceived lack of sup [...]	2008-09-11 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PBTS CH IN
08NEWDELHI2911	BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]	2008-11-13 07:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2912	BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]	2008-11-13 07:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI297	DELHI DIARY, JAN 21-28 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 11:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN PBTS IN FR
08NEWDELHI3126	INDIA INTERESTED IN ANTI-PIRACY CONTACT GROUP -- [...] (SBU) In a conversation with Polcouns on December 11, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary UN-Political Asith Bhattacharjee conveyed India's keen interest in joining the Contact Group (CG) to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. However, J/S Bhattacharjee informally noted that the GO [...]	2008-12-11 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER IN
08NEWDELHI343	DELHI DIARY, JAN 21-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 21-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- New HP Government Gets Moving -- Prime Minister Singh to Visit Indo-Chinese Border Areas -- French President's Visit Raises Turban Is [...]	2008-02-01 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS SOCI KWMN CH IN FR
08NEWDELHI449	CHINA PROTEST OF SINGH'S ARUNACHAL PRADESH TRIP [...] (U) India's major news outlets carried reports February 8-9 that China had informally objected to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's January 31 visit to Arunachal Pradesh (AP),during which he made a point of commenting that "Arunachal Pradesh is the easternmost state of our country, and the sun [...]	2008-02-12 11:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS CH IN
08NEWDELHI483	SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...]	2008-02-14 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI542	INDIA CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AFTER PAKISTAN GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI724	DELHI DIARY, FEB 29 - MARCH 7 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 29 - March 7, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Congress's Muslim Problem -- Stalking Tiger, Encroaching Dragon -- Homecoming after 35 Years in a Pakistani Prison Cell Congress's Mus [...]	2008-03-07 12:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PBTS PINR MCAP CH BT IN
08NEWDELHI888	INDIA WELCOMES GILANI'S INAUGURATION, ANTICIPATES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Singh warmly congratulated the new Pakistani Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, on the occasion of his taking office March 25 and expressed GOI optimism that Indo-Pakistani ties will improve. Kashmiri politicians expressed similar optimism for Gilani's tenure, [...]	2008-03-27 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER PBTS PK IN
08NICOSIA444	CYPRUS ADOPTS WAIT-AND-SEE POSTURE ON EULEX [...] (C) In response to Reftel, PolChief on June 10 engaged ESDP officer Nikos Panayiotou, the Cypriot Foreign Ministry's action officer on the European Union rule of law mission in Kosovo (EULEX). Panayiotou's responses are keyed in Reftel order. A. Cyprus supports the concept of EULEX assumi [...]	2008-06-11 14:51:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON PBTS PNAT SOCI
08NICOSIA453	CYPRUS TO ATTEND BERLIN CONFERENCE, BUT UNLIKELY [...] Per reftel, PolOff on June 11 demarched Cypriot MFA Middle East Desk Officer Dionysus Dionysiou regarding GOC attendance and financial support for the June 24 Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Police and the Rule of Law in Berlin. Dionysiou replied that Cyprus would attend the event [...]	2008-06-17 13:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM CY
08NICOSIA745	CYPRUS LIKLEY TO SUPPORT US PROPOSALS AT THE IMSO ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post delivered on September 9 demarche on the upcoming Assembly of Parties Meeting for the International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) in Valletta, Malta, from September 29 to October 3, 2008 to Nicholas Emiliou, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. [...]	2008-09-17 13:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EWWT IMO KSCA PBTS PHSA PREL CY
08OSLO321	LAVROV AND STOERE TALK BUSINESS, IGNORE TOUGH [...] (C) In two days of meetings, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Russian FM Sergei Lavrov discussed an increased Russian presence on Svalbard, fishing enforcement, eased visa rules for the border area, and environmental questions. Meeting on June 9-10, first in Kirkenes on the Norwegian side o [...]	2008-06-11 13:54:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS EPET PBTS PGOV PINR PREL RCA RS SENV NO
08OSLO333	NORWAY SENDING FM STORE TO BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) The Norwegian delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference will consist of: Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, Ambassador Sven Svedman (Berlin Embassy),First Secretary Martina Osterhus (Berlin Embassy),Counselor Tor Wennesland (Norwegian representative to the Palestinian Authority (PA)),[...]	2008-06-17 14:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN NO
08OSLO460	NORWEGIAN DEFENSE VIEWS: A TOUR DE FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In conjunction with an August 5-11 congressional staff delegation visit to Norway, State Secretary Espen Barth Eide gave a tour de force presentation on Norwegian defense policy. His presentations covered the High North, Norwegian military strategy, Russia's signaling behavior, a [...]	2008-08-15 13:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS MCAP MOPS RU NO
08OSLO497	NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR [...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...]	2008-09-05 14:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PBTS PREL NO
08OSLO500	NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR [...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...]	2008-09-05 16:05:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PBTS PREL NO
08OTTAWA1198	NSPD/HSPD ON ARCTIC POLICY - REQUEST CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy strongly believes release of the new Arctic Policy National Security Presidential Directive/Homeland Security Presidential Directive during Canada's federal election campaign has the potential to insert the United States as an issue in the campaign and negatively impact [...]	2008-09-12 19:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT PBTS TPHY TSPL CA
08OTTAWA1524	ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS HIGH ON CANADIAN AGENDA [...] (SBU) Anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden are "high on the agenda" of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),according to DFAIT counterterrorism senior policy advisor Neil Brennan. Brennan added that DFAIT has been engaged in extensive internal consult [...]	2008-12-05 21:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA
08OTTAWA1535	CANADA CRAFTING PIRACY POLICY RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. Canada is still deliberating about its policy on piracy in the Horn of Africa, but is somewhat stymied by its domestic legal framework, which makes no provision for prosecuting international piracy. DFAIT legal and policy officers continue to search for answers on how best to co [...]	2008-12-09 17:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA
08OTTAWA301	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR UNSC PIRACY RESOLUTION LIKELY [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Eastern and Southern Africa Division Director Lisa Stadelbauer, Canada would likely support a UNSC resolution on piracy off the Somali coast as long as it conformed with international law. She said, however, that C [...]	2008-02-27 22:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PBTS UNAUS UNSC IMO SO CA
08OTTAWA436	SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE [...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...]	2008-03-31 13:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA
08OTTAWA684	PARLIAMENTARIANS HIGHLIGHT BORDER CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary: In advance of the annual Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary meeting May 17-18, Canadian MPs and Senators expressed concern to Ambassador over the "thickening of the border" and hope that Congress may again push back the June 2009 date for implementation of WHTI on the land border. [...]	2008-05-20 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA781	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR THE BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] (C) According to Director General for the Middle East and North Asia Gordon E. Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs (and Conservative Member of Parliament) Deepak Obhrai will lead Canada's delegation to the Berlin Co [...]	2008-06-10 16:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS CA
08OUAGADOUGOU747	TFGG01: BURKINA FASO REVIEWING DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 18:56:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS GE UV
08OUAGADOUGOU774	BURKINA FASO WILL SUPPORT FIFTH ROND OF WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] (C) On August 20, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Diuedonne Sougouri, Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Sougouri said the GOBF recognizes the need for a peaceful resolution to the issues surrounding the Western Sahara and agreed with the U.S. [...]	2008-08-25 15:10:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI UV
08PANAMA197	PANAMA: SOMALIA AND PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 22:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO PM
08PANAMA623	GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...]	2008-07-28 20:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR
08PANAMA628	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNMEE MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 20:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER
08PANAMA650	PANAMA: FARC REPORTEDLY LOOTS STORES IN THE DARIEN [...] (C) The Panamanian media reported August 3 that 60 armed men had entered the village of BajoChiquito (est. 200 population) in the Darien Province and looted a store. They reported that local residents of the region, which is in the Embera-Wounaan Area Number 1, reported that there had been s [...]	2008-08-05 19:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PBTS PM CO
08PANAMA669	PANAMA: LEADERS GRAPPLE WITH SECURITY REFORMS [...] (C) GOP and opposition leaders are aggressively reaching out to Post to brief their views on the Torrijos Administration's security reform legislation package as well as to gauge USG reactions and interests. At President Torrijos urging following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials ( [...]	2008-08-12 21:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR SNAR PTER KCRM MASS MOPS PBTS PINR
08PANAMA670	PANAMA: GEORGIA UNSCR DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) "Panama is in favor of an immediate cessation of hostilities," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador in response to REFTEL demarche. Pressed that Panama's support would be essential especially in the event that Russia exercised its veto so that the Council could speak with the loud [...]	2008-08-12 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UNSC GE PM
08PANAMA917	PANAMA: GOP REQUESTS COLOMBIAN HELOS TO HELP [...] (S//NF) First VP and FM Samuel Lewis expressed his concern over recent events in the Darien and requested U.S. assistance addressing the FARC threat in this border region that abuts Colombia, during a one-on-one meeting at his private office on December 12. The December 11 firefight between [...]	2008-12-16 12:44:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PTER PBTS CO PM
08PANAMA943	PANAMA: "NOT READY FOR GRAY HULLS" UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 16:29:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PBTS PM
08PARIS1038	UNMEE, CHAD/SUDAN, DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: MFA DAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF/C/E DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that she understood that Belgium would draft a letter on behalf of the UNSC to be sent to Eritrea and Ethiopia to determine their views on UNMEE's future, which could indicate a preferred course of action should one or both reject co [...]	2008-06-02 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER ET
08PARIS1160	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PBTS PHUM KPAL EUN FR IS

08PARIS1317	FRANCE REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR SHAB'A FARMS MENTION [...] (C) In consecutive meetings at the French MFA July 8 and 9, officials in the NEA bureau-equivalent have asked for U.S. support for French mention of Shab'a Farms in the draft PRST the French mission to the UN will present in response to the UNSYG's latest report on UNSCR 1701. DAS-equivalent [...]	2008-07-10 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER UNSC FR LE SY IS

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