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06HAVANA21268	CUBAN GOVT SIGNALS LINGERING IRE OVER DPRK NUKE [...] (C) Cuban state media on October 14 disseminated a statement from the 183-nation Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),currently headed by Cuba, on North Korea's reported nuclear blast. The statement, approved the previous day at UN headquarters, urges North Korea, a NAM member, to halt its nuclear tes [...]	2006-10-16 21:01:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP CU

06HAVANA23564	RAUL DELIVERS CASTRO BIRTHDAY SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 20:33:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL
06HAVANA8986	(CUBA IS) A STATE ON THE TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Castro has spent the past five months battling corruption in a country where trickery has become a way of life. Because most Cubans work for the state, the entire system - from petty officials to Castro's closest advisors - is rife with corrupt practices. Given state control over all [...]	2006-04-26 18:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON CU
06HELSINKI467	FINLAND: THE FAR LEFT SLOWLY IMPLODES [...] (U) Summary: Finland's only far-left party, the Left Alliance (LA),is struggling in the wake of the resignation of its popular chairperson, Suvi-Anne Siimes. An extraordinary congress elected a radical labor leader as the new chairperson, alienating some party leaders and leading to the r [...]	2006-05-26 10:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV FI
06HELSINKI566	ENERGY DIVERSITY IN FINLAND AND WHAT IT CAN OFFER [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland has the EU's longest border with Russia and the two maintain a complex and long-standing energy relationship. While energy security is a concern for every country, Finland's somewhat unique position makes it very unlikely to suffer disruptions to its Russia- sourced ene [...]	2006-06-16 14:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EPET FI RU
06HELSINKI567	FINNISH NUCLEAR SAFETY [...] (SBU) On June 1, Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja told Ambassador Ware that Finland is willing to provide nuclear safety technology and assistance as part of the package of incentives the U.S., the EU3 and Russia intend to offer Iran to defuse the current standoff over Iran's weapon's p [...]	2006-06-16 14:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PARM PREL KNNP FI RU
06HELSINKI682	FINLAND/EU TROUBLED BY TRANSNISTRIA INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE FINNISH EU PRESIDENCY SHARES THE US PAGE 02 RUEHHEA0682 C O N F I D E N T I A L HELSINKI 000682 CONCERN THAT TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM CANNOT BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY OR TREATED AS LEGITIMATE. THE GOF FEARS RUSSIA MAY ULTIMATELY SUPPORT THE REFERENDUM'S [...]	2006-07-19 13:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL RS MD FI
06ISLAMABAD12740	PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS DISCUSS [...] (c) Summary: Visiting S/CT DAS Virginia Palmer, Chief S/CT Strategist David Kilcullen and SCA DAS John Gastright met June 22-24 in Islamabad and Peshawar with a range of officials and journalists to review developments in Pakistan's troubled tribal region. All interlocutors, whether civilian [...]	2006-07-06 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD17594	BUGTI INTERRED, FAMILY IGNORED, BALOCHISTAN QUIET [...] (U) Protests over the August 26 death of Bugti tribal leader Nawab Bugti (refs A,B, and C) continued over the weekend. On August 31, the government announced that it had retrieved Bugti's remains from the cave in which he was killed. Its decision to bury the body rather than to return the rem [...]	2006-09-05 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD21947	BOUCHER AND KASURI COVER F-16S, JIRGAS, NORTH [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Kasuri. In the meeting, Kasuri asked for consideration on F-16 payments and previewed Pakistani thoughts on the joint jirgas announced after President Musharraf and [...]	2006-11-13 02:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MASS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22024	VOX POPULI: REACTIONS TO BAJAUR MADRASSA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) public remains exercised over the October 30 Pak-Mil attack on an extremist madrassa in Bajaur Agency and the November 9 retaliatory suicide bombing at Dargai Fort. In the rest of Pakistan, neither event has resonated outside of the commu [...]	2006-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD8829	S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP [...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...]	2006-05-16 02:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISTANBUL192	TURKISH ACADEMICS, STUDENTS COMMENT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. Media savvy academics and students involved in democracy building expressed mixed views to a visiting counter-terrorism team about America and its foreign policy in meetings earlier this month. One academic fretted over Turks, generally more negative opinion of the U.S. and [...]	2006-02-14 06:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO TU
06ISTANBUL2100	ISTANBUL CONFERENCE SEES NEW U.S. POLICY TREND IN [...] Summary. A largely academic audience responded positively to visiting scholar Dr. Ian Lesser of the Woodrow Wilson Center and former Foreign Minister Ilter Turkmen's discussion of the "Future of Turkish-American Relations." Lesser and Turkmen inaugurated Sabanci University's Istanbul Policy [...]	2006-11-21 14:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
06ISTANBUL2105	URBANCIC AND BASER DISCUSS EFFORTS TO COMBAT PKK [...] (C) Summary. S/CT Deputy Coordinator Urbancic met Gen. (ret) Baser, the GOT's counter-PKK envoy, in Istanbul on November 11. After expressing appreciation for Urbancic's efforts to curb PKK criminal support in Europe, which was the subject of Urbancic's Ankara meetings, Baser took the opport [...]	2006-11-24 12:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PREL TU IZ
06ISTANBUL2144	ISTANBUL BUSINESS COMMUNITY DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 28, CODEL Shays met members of the Istanbul business community to discuss their views on Iraq's future and U.S. - Turkey relations. The business community sees both risks and opportunities in Iraq, but companies with on-going Iraq operations see potential profit op [...]	2006-12-08 14:29:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ENRG OREP PREL PTER TU
06JEDDAH265	CONVERSATION WITH FINNISH AMBASSADOR TO SAUDI [...] (C) On March 29, CG received a courtesy visit from Finnish Ambassador Martti Isoaro. Also present was Jeddah Pol/Econ Chief. The Ambassador expressed the hope that the U.S. and Finnish missions could cooperate in the Western Province and described the two major objectives of his embassy in [...]	2006-04-05 11:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FI KISL PREL SA
06JEDDAH381	JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN: IRAN ESTABLISHING GRASSROOTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with ConGenoff, a Jeddah businessman and former International Visitors Program participant claimed that he had been approached by representatives of the Iranian government to participate in a new strategic media initiative to foment anti-US sentiment in th [...]	2006-05-23 01:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER SA SCUL
06JERUSALEM385	POTENTIAL MINISTERIAL CANDIDATES: ZIAD ABU AMR AND [...] (C) Two possible compromise candidates that Hamas may offer in upcoming consultations over government formation with President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) are Ziad Abu Amr, a re-elected independent PLC member from Gaza City and Mustafa Bargouthi, the head of the "Independent Palestine" party whi [...]	2006-01-27 16:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JOHANNESBURG335	SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: COAL IN THE GLOBAL SETTING, [...] (U) Introduction: This is the first of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 1 provides a background to coal, relative to other energy sources, and South Africa's position in the global coal market place. End Introduction. S [...]	2006-09-08 15:06:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ECON SF
06KABUL1281	KARZAI PROPOSES NEW CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 22, President Karzai presented his new Cabinet to Parliament for approval. The new Cabinet does not represent a significant departure from the previous one. The most important change was the replacement of Dr. Abdullah as Foreign Minister with Karzai advisor Dr. Spanta. Other [...]	2006-03-23 17:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1358	PRT/MAZAR-E SHARIF DOSTUM PRESIDES OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: General Dostum, the paramount warlord in northern Afghanistan, presided over a Feb. 23 ceremony in Sheberghan, capital of Jowzjan Province north of Mazar-e Sharif, during which over 100 of his commanders turned in 2.5 tons of boxed ammunition and roughly 400 small arms, RPG lau [...]	2006-03-28 12:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL1440	CORRECTED COPY: KARZAI PROPOSES NEW CABINET [...] (U) SUMMARY. On March 22, President Karzai presented his new Cabinet to Parliament for approval. The new Cabinet does not represent a significant departure from the previous one. The most important change was the replacement of Dr. Abdullah as Foreign Minister with Karzai advisor Dr. Spanta. [...]	2006-03-30 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL1630	PRT/LASHKAR GAH - PROSECUTORS DISCUSS THEIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a PRT sponsored seminar on March 28, Helmand prosecutors demonstrated a good knowledge of procedures and the applicable sections of the Afghan constitution. They cited lack of evidence and police corruption as the main reasons why many cases are not sent forward to judges. [...]	2006-04-11 11:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS SOCI AF
06KABUL2039	PRT/PANJSHIR: U/S VISITS TEAM, MEETS GOV. [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-07 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR AMGT AF
06KABUL2365	KABUL SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. effort in Afghanistan continues to promote economic reconstruction, build democratic institutions and develop the government's capacity to deal with continuing threats to security. The Afghanistan Compact adopted at the January London Conference and Parliament elected [...]	2006-05-24 15:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OTRA AF
06KABUL2472	PRT/PANJSHIR Q BIG TEST FOR AMMO REMOVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UNDP/ANBP program to remove mines and ammunition from Panjshir is reaching a critical juncture. As it nears successful completion of work at the site of Parakh, it now takes on a greater challenge at Paranday, both in terms of depot size and local resistance. UNDP/ANBP of [...]	2006-05-30 13:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL257	PRT/QALAH-E NAW: MP BIOS: BADGHIS PROVINCE [...] Summary: This cable provides biographic information on three members of the Afghan National Assembly from Badghis province. Azita Rafat is a young female activist focused on development for her province and with a particular concern about the Badghis custom of selling girls. Yaqub Khan is [...]	2006-01-18 06:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID PHUM KJUS AF KFEM
06KABUL265	PRT/KHOST: BOMBINGS IN KHOST TARGET CIVILIANS; NEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 10:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER
06KABUL2703	PRT/GARDEZ SECURITY WITHOUT GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Gardez recently visited the remote Logar district of Azra, which borders Pakistan, to secure and remove an arms cache handed over to the DIAG program. ANP control is limited to the physical bounds of the station itself and the communitys security is completely controlled b [...]	2006-06-14 04:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2829	PRT/KUNDUZ NEW POLICE CHIEF IN KUNDUZ [...] (SBU) Note: Below is the first reporting shared with the Embassy by the German PRT in Konduz. We hope to make this a precedent, not only for the Germans but for the other non-US PRTs as well. We are working with ISAF, as part of its PRT Coherence Plan to pool as much PRT reporting as possi [...]	2006-06-22 07:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL2862	PRT/KUNDUZ: NEW POLICE CHIEFS RAISE HOPES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new police chiefs in Kunduz, Baghlan and Takhar are well-educated, professional, career police officers who have risen through the ranks over the past 20 to 25 years, assiduously avoiding direct participation in partisan politics and earning a reputation for loyalty and in [...]	2006-06-25 09:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR MARR AF
06KABUL2970	NDS DIRECTOR SALEH ON INSURGENCY - CAUSES AND [...] (S/Rel Aus and GB) Summary: NDS Director General Amarullah Saleh told visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator and Chief Strategist on June 27 that the Taliban insurgency is now focused largely on Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. For the moment it is still a "measurable problem," he said. S [...]	2006-07-02 13:27:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER PREL MOPS AF PK
06KABUL30	PRT-QALAT: GOVERNOR FIRES SHAMULZAI DISTRICT CHIEF, [...] (U) Summary: Zabul Provincial Governor Arman used a carrot and stick approach (local autonomy and good officials; development projects) and argued both Islam and geopolitics at a shura to try to convince Shamulzai district elders not to deal with the Taliban. While Arman is willing to fire [...]	2006-01-03 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF PK
06KABUL3021	AMBASSADOR AND MRS NEUMANN VISIT LITHUANIAN PRT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and Mrs. Neumann and Lithuanian Ambassador Srsknys visited Lithuanian PRT Chaghcharan on June 23, and met with Ghor Governor and other provincial officials. The Lithuanians impressed the Ambassador with their excellent relations with provincial officials, regular patro [...]	2006-07-06 07:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID ECON LH AF
06KABUL3123	PRT/KHOWST - TAKING THE ERRATIC POLITICAL PULSE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Khowst's July 2, IRI-sponsored town hall meeting for GOA officials to discuss security, corruption, and reconstruction issues devolved into a heated series of speeches denouncing and defending the GOA, local officials, and the international community. Two MPs made negative rem [...]	2006-07-12 13:01:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL3260	PRT/PANJSHIR: Feud Called "Family Affair" [...] (SBU) Panjshir Governor Bahlul and NDS Director Saleh, both Panjshiris, have feuded recently, throwing light not only on their personal differences but also on Panjshiri cohesiveness. When matters threatened to boil over, Panjshiri heavyweights stepped in to close ranks. The episode is reve [...]	2006-07-23 12:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL3317	PRT/KUNDUZ: BRINGING DOWN A PROMINENT WARLORD -- [...] (C) SUMMARY. Amir Gul, a former Taliban commander and one of Baghlan's most prominent warlords, was arrested after a large arsenal of incriminating bomb-making material, weapons and ammunition was found at his compound during an Afghan National Army (ANA) cordon-and-search operation in Baghlan [...]	2006-07-27 10:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR AF
06KABUL3440	PRT/TARIN KOWT - HANDOVER TO DUTCH COULD MEAN [...] (C) Summary: The assumption of control of the Tarin Kowt Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) by the Dutch from the U.S. on August 1 immediately following the transfer of the PRT from OEF to ISAF on 31 July has revealed some challenges that may take several months to resolve, although none a [...]	2006-08-01 16:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3570	PRT KUNAR: SOVIET-STYLE SALE OF EAST AFGHAN TIMBER [...] (SBU) Cracking down on illegal timber cutting and smuggling has been one of Kunar's outgoing governor's most important achievements. He strictly enforces Karzai's decrees on that matter. According to his interpretation, however, no individual can transport wood without the GoA's express per [...]	2006-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON AF
06KABUL3594	KARZAI NOMINATES SABIT FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Karzai nominated Dr. Abdul Jabar Sabit as Attorney General on August 8. The Embassy has worked closely with Sabit on several issues including the Counternarcotics Law, Anti- Terrorism Law, and detainees. Although a somewhat volatile personality, his appointment seems [...]	2006-08-11 16:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF
06KABUL3683	PRT/KUNDUZ - PRT/KUNDUZ: VISITING THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 12:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3719	PAG MAKES FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESIDENT KARZAI [...] (S) Summary: The security situation in the south remains fragile, with an increasingly determined enemy operating freely in key areas according to a joint CFC, ISAF, GOA brief to President Karzai in a Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on August 16. Wardak said that the enemy is succeeding in p [...]	2006-08-21 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL452	PRT Panjshir: The Security Dimension [...] (SBU) In Panjshir Province, the security environment is permissive. The PRT is able to move about actively in the valley and interact closely with its inhabitants. The main factors shaping the positive environment are: strategic alignment with the U.S., a strong governor who works with the [...]	2006-02-01 13:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
06KABUL460	PRT Panjshir: The Political Context [...] (SBU) The political dynamics in Panjshir Province are changing. Political standing, in the old paradigm, was based on ones closeness to Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Mujahideen leader assassinated in September 2001. But a new paradigm is emerging. Political clout derives more and more from ones [...]	2006-02-02 10:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINR AF
06KABUL495	GOVERNOR DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT IN THE PANJSHIR [...] (U) Disarmament is still a problem in Panjshir, according to Governor Haji Bahlul, who met with the DCM on February 4. Bahlul praised the PRT's work and said that the relatively permissive security posture (the Panjshir PRT is the first to be led by a civilian) has helped improve community-PRT [...]	2006-02-05 13:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PREL PINR AF
06KABUL5012	EQUIPPING THE ANSF: SEIZING THE MOMENTUM OF [...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraph 10. 2. (C/REL ISAF) Summary: The Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) are at a critical point in their development and require dependable ammunition, weapons, and other equipment. The North Atlantic Council's (NAC) September 27 decision (refte [...]	2006-10-15 06:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5653	PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR QUESTIONS JIRGAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During November 28-29 meetings with the Ambassador, Pakistan Ambassador to Afganistan Sardar Tariq Azizuddin, noting that he was speaking personally without instructions, raised fundamental questions on the meaning and purpose of the cross-border jirgas. Searching for possible al [...]	2006-12-03 06:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ASEC MARR MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06KABUL5654	PRT BAMYAN - GOVERNOR SARABI FACES CRITICISM FROM [...] (SBU) This fall there have been a number of complaints Bamyan about the lack of development activity as well as renewed allegations against Governor Habiba Sarabi. These complaints have spawned visits from two Presidential Advisors and a delegation from the Ministry of Interior (MoI). It ap [...]	2006-12-03 07:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AF
06KABUL5679	KARZAI RELAYS PRESSURE TO RELEASE BAGHLAN WARLORD [...] (SUMMARY): (S) President Karzai on 30 November initially urged the Ambassador, COMISAF, and UNAMA Special Representative (SRSG) to endorse the release of former Taliban commander Amir Gul, a prominent Baghlan warlord now in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody. Karzai wants Gul rele [...]	2006-12-04 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5809	PRT/KUNDUZ: BAGHLAN GOVERNOR'S BIG TALK NOT YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Four months into his term as Governor of Baghlan Province, Sayed Ekramuddin Masomi outlined his ongoing plan of engagement with district leaders to stop narcotics-related activities, control corruption, pursue the Disbandment of Armed Groups (DIAG) process, and bring security to [...]	2006-12-12 03:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5810	PRT/PANSHJIR: KABUL-PANJSHIR RELATIONS PART I: THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Relations between the valley province of Panjshir and the capital city of Kabul have evolved this past year. Panjshiris in the central government maintain their prominence, although the sacking of Abdullah Abdullah as Foreign Minister this spring caused some resentment in the [...]	2006-12-12 03:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV INR AF
06KABUL5889	SENATOR MCCAIN AND KARZAI DIFFER OVER PAKISTAN [...] (C) Over a December 15 dinner, Senator McCain and President Karzai disagreed over the extent to which the Government of Pakistan was supporting the Taliban and terrorism in Afghanistan. Karzai,s theme throughout the evening was that Afghans see Pakistan as entirely intertwined with Taliban e [...]	2006-12-18 11:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
06KABUL91	MP BIO: ABDUL RASUL SAYYAF [...] (U) This is the second in a series of biographic reporting cables on Afghanistan's newly elected Parliamentarians. Additional reports will be sent as EMBOFFS continue to meet personally with new MPs during the coming weeks. 2. (SBU) Summary: Amb and POLOFF met with Abdul Rasul Sayyaf on 3 J [...]	2006-01-08 10:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KATHMANDU1522	HOPE AND CONCERN IN WESTERN NEPAL [...] (C) During a June 6-7 trip to Western Nepal, civil servants, political and business leaders, military officials, and human rights workers all expressed to the Ambassador their continued concern about Maoist activities; their concern was tempered with hope for peace. Surprisingly, and perhaps [...]	2006-06-14 04:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MASS MOPS NP
06KATHMANDU1576	MAOISTS-PARTY AGREEMENT ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Just one day after a Government-Maoist announcement that summit talks between Maoist leader Prachanda and Prime Minister G.P. Koirala would happen soon (reftel),the two leaders met and Maoist and Party negotiators announced an eight-point agreement on June 16. While the eight points are [...]	2006-06-19 13:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU3175	TRIP REPORT: AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO POKHARA [...] (C) On December 1, in a speech in Pokhara, the Ambassador reaffirmed that the U.S. welcomed the signing of the recent peace deals and would now push for their successful implementation. Until Maoist actions matched their words, Maoists laid down their arms, and renounced violence and intimi [...]	2006-12-07 08:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
06KIEV1061	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) At a February 27 lunch hosted by Ambassador (that included prominent clergymen, M.P.s, think- tankers and journalists),participants in a recent International Visitors Leadership Program on interfaith dialogue praised the quality of their program. They had been impressed, in particular, [...]	2006-03-17 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI
06KIEV1109	UKRAINE: REGIONS PARTY CONSULTANT ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 17, AmCit Catherine Barnes (please protect),a member of the consulting team from U.S. political consulting firm Davis-Manafort working for the opposition Party of Regions, told USAIDOff that Regions officials had expressed concern over the potential for "substantial f [...]	2006-03-22 16:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1111	UKRAINE: IN FAR WESTERN ZAKARPATTYA, LOCAL LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary. In March 9 meetings in the far western oblast capital Uzhhorod, local government, party and NGO representatives noted the relative peace between political factions in the oblast and attributed it to Zakarpattya's long history of political, cultural, and ethnic diversity. All se [...]	2006-03-23 04:42:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
06KIEV1194	UKRAINE: RADA ELECTION TALLY AT 83 PERCENT; KIEV [...] (C) Summary: Official results continued to come in slowly but steadily through the day March 28, with relative percentages holding steady at Yanukovych 30, Tymoshenko 22 and Our Ukraine 15. Most parties have not voiced any significant complaints about the election, but Tymoshenko's bloc cont [...]	2006-03-28 16:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RU
06KIEV1245	UKRAINE: DEMOCRACY TAKES ROOT IN BREZHNEV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In a check of 12 polling stations and while observing opening and closing procedures at two others in Dniprodzerzhynsk (Dnipropetrovsk oblast),an Embassy election monitoring team participating with the OSCE/ODIHR election mission found few irregularities March 26-27. The vast [...]	2006-03-29 16:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1261	UKRAINE ELECTION 2006: WINNERS, LOSERS, TRENDS [...] (C) Summary: While the results of Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary and local elections are not yet final, and negotiations to form a majority Rada coalition have not yet concluded, it is already clear that the elections highlighted a number of winners and losers, as well as trends in Ukraine's deve [...]	2006-03-30 14:51:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1480	UKRAINE: CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH YULIYA TYMOSHENKO [...] (C) In an April 13 meeting with CODEL Frist, former Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko averred that Ukraine's March 26 elections showed the desire of the Ukrainian people for a renewed Orange coalition government. Thanking Senator Frist for encouraging Team Orange reconciliation, Tymoshenko str [...]	2006-04-13 17:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON ETRD ENRG OREP
06KIEV1552	UKRAINE: KERCH -- VERY LITTLE ORANGE IN THIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kerch, one of the most ancient cities of Ukraine and a key industrial center for the Crimean peninsula during the Soviet period, now finds itself a remote backwater of independent Ukraine, famous recently only because in late 2003 a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia [...]	2006-04-18 07:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SCUL UP
06KIEV1639	UKRAINE: DNSA CROUCH'S NATO-THEMED DINNER INCLUDES [...] (C) At an April 19 NATO-themed dinner in honor of Deputy National Security Adviser Crouch, Defense Minister Hrytsenko and Foreign Minister Tarasyuk politely disagreed over the attitudes toward NATO of PM-hopeful Yuliya Tymoshenko, the Socialist Party, and Party of Regions. They also disagreed [...]	2006-04-26 08:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1663	UKRAINE: BAPTISTS CAUGHT IN MIDDLE OF RADA [...] (C) In an April 27 meeting with Ambassador, the longtime head of the All-Ukraine Baptist Union, Gregoriy Komendant, asked for help in stopping the Prosecutor General's Office from seizing the Union's downtown Kiev headquarters building. Beginning in November 2005, the PGO has accused the Union [...]	2006-04-27 16:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
06KIEV1693	UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH'S [...] (C) Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador April 27 that working-level negotiations with President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc continued. While many issues had been worked out, Yanukovych would need to meet with Yushchenko to resolve key issues. Yanukovych implied that R [...]	2006-04-28 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO
06KIEV1773	UKRAINE: WAITING FOR YUSHCHENKO: LACK OF COALITION [...] (C) Summary: While much of Ukraine takes off the first week in May between the May Day and Victory in Europe holidays, work on possible Rada majority coalition policy agreements inched forward, even as the question remained open as to which coalition, if any, would ultimately emerge. In May [...]	2006-05-05 15:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1913	UKRAINE: FORMER NSDC SECRETARY KINAKH ON [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's May 17 farewell call on outgoing National Secretary and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh, who has resigned in order to take up a seat in the new parliament (Rada),Kinakh detailed Ukrainian thinking on Transnistria, Belarus, and the deteriorating Ukraine- [...]	2006-05-17 15:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1996	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON EX-PM [...] (C) During Ambassador's May 23 farewell call, Party of Regions chief Viktor Yanukovych said he bore Ambassador "no ill will" over the events of the Orange Revolution, commenting that the two had "worked well together." Yanukovych spoke in great detail about his "problems with the law," explain [...]	2006-05-24 15:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2039	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER GETS AHEAD OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said a meeting of the presidents of Ukraine and Belarus might be possible if Belarus were to make favorable decisions on issues of importance to Ukraine. Tarasyuk added that the Ukrainian government was preparing t [...]	2006-05-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2068	UKRAINE/GUAM: U.S.-GUAM BILATERAL MEETING [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. delegation of EUR DAS Kramer and Vice-Presidential Deputy National Security Adviser Wood met with GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) representatives May 22. GUAM representatives favorably noted strong U.S.-GUAM past and present cooperation. Kramer congratulat [...]	2006-05-30 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG
06KIEV2123	UKRAINE: GOVERNMENT'S POINT MAN ON RELIGION OFFERS [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian government's point man on religious issues, the State Department for Religious Issues (SDRI) chief Ihor Bondarchuk, told us June 1 that, for a variety of reasons, he had tendered his resignation. Bondarchuk criticized the Yushchenko administration's "unprofessional" handli [...]	2006-06-01 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2278	UKRAINE: ENCOURAGING GREATER SUPPORT TO BELARUSAN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 8 meeting with DFM Khandohiy, U.S. Ambassador to Belarus Krol encouraged Ukraine to develop contacts with Belarus at a level below cabinet minister and suggested that Ukraine could use such contacts to promote more responsible Belarusan government behavior. He also [...]	2006-06-09 15:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BO UP
06KIEV2358	UKRAINE/ROMANIA/BLACK SEA FORUM: FRIENDLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine and Romania have enjoyed markedly warmer relations post-Orange Revolution, according to Romanian Embassy counselor Stanciu, with Romanian President Basescu visiting Kiev three times. MFA Romania desk officer Popyk told us three areas continued to be irritants in the bi [...]	2006-06-16 15:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD SENV KDEM RO UP
06KIEV2500	UKRAINE: REGIONS LEADER YANUKOVYCH ON NEW [...] (SBU) In a lengthy June 23 meeting with an American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych claimed that anti-Semitic violence was infrequent in Ukraine and repeated the Soviet-era canard that such violence primarily occurred in "radical" western oblasts. Y [...]	2006-06-26 14:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2526	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION AGREEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 23 meeting with the American Jewish Committee (AJC),Acting Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Ukraine would not join moves against Israel in the new UN Council for Human Rights and undertook to examine the possibility of withdrawing Ukrainian membership in the UN Committ [...]	2006-06-29 13:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP
06KIEV2530	UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR TAYLOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH [...] (C) In his first meeting with Ambassador Taylor, Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych criticized President Yushchenko for caving in to USG pressure to spurn Regions and bless the formation of an Orange coalition. The Orange team was deeply divided and may not even be able to get its cand [...]	2006-06-29 17:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS UP
06KIEV2590	UKRAINE: ACTING NSDC SECRETARY ON ENERGY, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In a free-wheeling conversation during Ambassador's July 3 introductory call, Acting National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Volodomyr Horbulin focused on Russia and Russia's manifold impact on Ukraine. In contrast to its obvious behavior during the 2004 president [...]	2006-07-05 15:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV2651	UKRAINE: MOROZ AS SPEAKER; [...] (SBU) Summary: In a maneuver which stunned Our Ukraine (OU) and Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) only hours after they had reached agreement with Party of Regions on a division of responsibilities between the majority and opposition forces in the Rada (parliament) to end Regions' 10-day blockade of the [...]	2006-07-07 15:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2964	UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER URGES [...] (C) Summary: In July 28 meetings with Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz, and Deputy Foreign Minister (and special negotiator on Transnistria Issues) Andriy Veselovsky, EUR DAS David Kramer praised Ukraine's leadership in resolving problems arisin [...]	2006-07-31 14:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
06KIEV3128	UKRAINE: ENERGY MINISTERS ON NEW GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) Summary. In August 10 meetings with Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Andriy Kluyev and Minister of Fuels and Energy Yuriy Boyko made clear that the new GOU was determined to reach a good outcome in dealings with Russia and Turkmenistan on natural gas supplies. Boyko was confident that [...]	2006-08-11 13:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV PBIO RS TX UP
06KIEV3130	UKRAINE: PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE? "ORANGE" MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Yuri Lutsenko, who repeatedly vowed publicly in July that he would never serve under Viktor Yanukovych, revealed his continuing ambivalence in an August 11 press conference to explain why he had remained Interior Minister in Yanukovych's government, stating that [...]	2006-08-11 14:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV333	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DISCUSSES ENERGY, RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting with EUR Assistant Secretary Fried, EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Assistant SIPDIS Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Flory, SIPDIS NSC Director Wilson, and Ambassador, President Yushchenko Yushchenko said energy issues were at the [...]	2006-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP
06KIEV3425	UKRAINE: ORANGE VS BLUE CASE STUDY: THE STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary. The political struggle between Orange and Blue to define policy and make decisions in a government of uneasy cohabitation will unfold in the coming weeks and months on an issue by issue basis, particularly in areas and ministries currently controlled by "Orange" Ministers loyal t [...]	2006-09-06 12:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3532	UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL WORRIES THAT KOSOVO [...] (C) Polcouns updated MFA Acting Director General for Political Affairs Olexander Tsvietkov September 12 on the situation with respect to Kosovo, drawing on information from ref b. Knowing that the situation in Kosovo was to be discussed, Tsvietkov presented us with a non-paper, text in para 4 [...]	2006-09-14 14:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP
06KIEV384	UKRAINE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] Below is text requested reftel of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Ukraine. Begin Text: Investment Climate Statement 2006 -- Ukraine A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT When President Yushchenko took office in January 2005, he [...]	2006-01-30 15:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV UP
06KIEV386	UKRAINE: Gas Pipeline Technical Capabilities [...] (SBU) Summary. Post met with Ukrainian technical experts at Naftohaz and UkrTransGaz following the January 1-3 gas shut-off to learn operational aspects of the gas crisis. Interlocutors provided background on the gas system's capabilities and parameters, and in detail described on which lines [...]	2006-01-30 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG RS UP
06KIEV3906	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH ECONOMIC POLICY RECORD MIXED [...] (C) Summary: After eight weeks in power, the Yanukovych government's record on economic policy in a number of areas has not been as bad as some expected, nor as good as others hoped. The conventional wisdom among the foreign business community has swung from "let's give them a chance" to "dej [...]	2006-10-10 16:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV POL PREL UP
06KIEV3923	UKRAINE: WHAT IF FOREIGN MINISTER TARASYUK GOES? [...] (C) Summary: With rumors rife that Foreign Minister Tarasyuk will leave the Cabinet -- either by resigning with his Our Ukraine colleagues or being voted out of his job by the Rada, pundits tout current Presidential Secretariat Deputy Chief of Staff for foreign policy Oleksandr Chaliy as the l [...]	2006-10-12 14:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV398	Ukraine: Prosecutors Weak Link in Combating TIP [...] Summary. In trafficking in persons (TIP) criminal cases, prosecutors are the weak link in the law enforcement chain due to the negative stereotypes many prosecutors hold of TIP victims, a lack of aggressive prosecution for fear of losing a case, and the difficulty in obtaining evidence in tim [...]	2006-01-31 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV400	UKRAINE: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER SEES POSSIBILITIES [...] (C) Summary: During a January 31 conversation with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies President Bruce Jackson and PolOff, Presidential Security Policy Adviser and National Security Institute Chairman Volodymyr Horbulin said the electoral list of ex-PM Yanukovych's Party of Regions, [...]	2006-01-31 16:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV408	UKRAINE: SHIFTING SANDS AND POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Conversations with Media watchdog-turned-PORA politician Serhiy Taran, website editor-turned-Tymoshenko Bloc PR director Oleh Medvedev, and independent-minded Regions MP Volodymyr Makeyenko January 25-27 provided three views on the shifting ground in Ukrainian politic [...]	2006-02-01 12:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KIEV473	UKRAINE: EXTREME MAKEOVER FOR THE PARTY OF REGIONS? [...] (C) As part of an effort to transform itself its image into that of a democratic political force, Ukraine's Party of Regions -- long a haven for Donetsk-based mobsters and oligarchs -- is in the midst of an "extreme makeover." The effort enlists the help and advice of veteran K Street politic [...]	2006-02-03 12:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
06KIEV480	UKRAINE: LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS PREPARE [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for Ukraine's March 26 parliamentary elections, the independent Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU) and the OSCE/ODIHR Election Observation Mission recently held briefings on their findings and plans. The CVU noted that while there some abuse of administrative r [...]	2006-02-03 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV
06KIEV578	UKRAINE: ODESA CATHOLICS CONTEMPLATING HUNGER [...] (C) The Roman Catholic Bishop of the Odesa-Simferopol diocese, Bronislav Bernatsky, told us February 8 that "hundreds" of his parishioners will begin a hunger strike March 1 to protest what he described as "the strangulation of the Catholic Church" by the Odesa city government. The bishop cla [...]	2006-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV583	UKRAINE: IN THE MIDDLE OF ODESA, A PRESBYTERIAN [...] (C) Two leaders of Odesa's small Presbyterian community asserted to us February 8 that the local actors guild had enlisted political help in an effort to seize the city's historic Presbyterian church. The actors wanted to turn the church, which has just gone through a 1.2 million USD renovati [...]	2006-02-14 07:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
06KIEV593	UKRAINE: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR HOLDS CTAG, DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador Viktor Chernomyrdin told a G-8(ish: see para 2) Counter-Terrorism Action Group gathering February 13 that he assessed the terrorist threat in Ukraine as low, but the Russian government had some concern over the presence of Chechen separatists on the Crimean pen [...]	2006-02-14 14:24:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL

06KIEV604	UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...]	2006-02-15 13:36:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL NATO
06KIEV738	UKRAINE: TALES OF SEVASTOPOL, A HERO CITY [...] (C) Summary: The presence of the Russian Black Sea Fleet pervades the historic Crimean city of Sevastopol, which is one of two municipalities in Ukraine directly administered by the central government. Relations between President Yushchenko-appointed city administrator Serhiy Ivanov and the [...]	2006-02-23 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
06KIEV869	Ukraine: Submission for the 2006 TIP Report [...] (U) Embassy Kiev's responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire are presented below. Answers are keyed to questions in ref A. Overview (Ref A Para 21) ------------------------ 2. (SBU) (21A) Ukraine is a country of origin for internationally trafficked men, women and children. The p [...]	2006-03-06 15:32:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN
06KIEV947	Ukraine: International Anticorruption and [...] (SBU) In 2004, the Ukrainian people radically changed Ukraine's political landscape by standing up for their rights and successfully demanding that the results of the Presidential election reflect their will in what was known as the "Orange Revolution." In a watershed decision that demonstrate [...]	2006-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM
06KIGALI428	UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts [...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]	2006-05-08 11:42:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KINSHASA1364	PETROLEUM SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. While DRC's petroleum production has stagnated, international interest in exploring the DRC's potential reserves has expanded. French company Perenco currently operates the only two producing concessions, although the GDRC recently granted three new concessions for exploration [...]	2006-08-29 12:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON CG
06KINSHASA225	ARS SPEAKER EDUARDO CUE: CORRUPTION OR [...] Summary: In a high-quality, versatile performance, ARS Speaker Eduardo Cue, the Paris-based U.S. News and World Report Correspondent, led two full-day workshops for 60 journalists and lectured to another 50 students of journalism in Kinshasa, February 1-3. With a studied mix of ethical, theor [...]	2006-02-09 18:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM CG KPAO KDEM
06KIRKUK37	(U) CORRUPTION IN THE KURDISH NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Corruption is Kurdistan's biggest economic problem. The two ruling parties' dominant control lets corruption flourish. Corruption relies on family-clan and/or peshmerga ties. Kurdish corruption starts at the top with a few political "godfathers" who quietly di [...]	2006-02-16 19:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR ECON PGOV PREL IZ
06KUALALUMPUR357	Fuel Prices, Interest Rates, FDI, and Inflation [...] U) Summary: The biggest news arrived at the end of the month when the government of Malaysia (GOM) announced a 23% hike in gasoline and diesel prices. Earlier in the month, Bank Negara - Malaysia's central bank - announced another overnight policy rate hike to help control inflation and disco [...]	2006-03-02 23:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL MY EPET PGOV
06KUWAIT1391	MEDIA REACTION: Iran [...] Saturday, April 22, 2006 -- The moderate Arabic-language daily Al-Anbaa published "The nuclear scenario" by Mr. Mifrih Al-Noumis Al-Anzy in which he wrote: "There are four possible explanations for the current crisis in the Gulf: one, Iran's interference in Iraqi domestic matters to cause th [...]	2006-04-24 04:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT608	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: OIL, DEMOCRACY, AND U.S. [...] Monday, 20 February 2006 -- Dr. Hamoud Abdullah Al-Raqaba former Minister of Energy wrote in the moderate daily Al-Watan under the title "The American President George Bush's Statements": "The American President George Bush said a few days ago that by the year 2020 the United States of Americ [...]	2006-02-21 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KYIV4021	UKRAINE: WHO WERE THE FATHERLAND'S DEFENDERS? THE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Orthodox feast day of Pokrova (October 14),marked for centuries to honor defenders of the fatherland, occasioned three dueling marches in downtown Kyiv between elderly veterans of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) and nationalist supporters on the one hand and Communists [...]	2006-10-18 10:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ASEC UP
06KYIV4106	UKRAINE WILL PROBABLY ABSTAIN ON UPCOMING [...] (U) On October 26, 2006, we delivered points in reftels to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN directorate. 2. (C) Mr. Beshta said Ukraine would "not support" the UNGA resolutions on the situation of human rights and children in Lebanon described in reftel A. 3. (C) Mr. Beshta also stated that U [...]	2006-10-26 15:40:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER UP
06KYIV4251	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH LAYS MARKERS FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. During a long Sunday afternoon lunch with Ambassador November 12, Prime Minister Yanukovych said that while President Yushchenko held up general, vague concepts like the guarantee of Ukrainian independence as the benchmark for cooperation with the Yanukovych government, the Prime [...]	2006-11-13 15:21:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4313	UKRAINE: ENGAGING YANUKOVYCH, THE MAN OF THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Love him or hate him, the Ukrainian political elite and intelligentsia agree that Prime Minister Yanukovych is the man to deal with right now. Four months ago Yanukovych was painted variously as a puppet of oligarch Rinat Akhmetov, the Party of Regions, or the Kremlin, but he ha [...]	2006-11-20 15:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4386	TELECOM REGULATOR DENIES 3G LICENSES TO MOBILE OPERATORS; [...] (U) Ukraine's National Communications Regulatory Commission (NCRC) on November 2 denied applications to issue next-generation, 3G licenses to Ukraine's top four mobile phone operators. With the NCRC refusal, state fixed-line monopolist UkrTelecom remains the sole operator in Ukraine with a 3G [...]	2006-11-29 13:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS PGOV UP
06KYIV4414	UKRAINE: THE HOLODOMOR AND THE POLITICS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. In the aftermath of moving commemorations November 25 of the 73rd anniversary of the holodomor ("Great Famine"),Stalin's man-made famine 1932-33 that led to the death of an estimated 5-10 million Ukrainians in Ukraine and the Russian Kuban region, the Rada passed in a single rea [...]	2006-11-30 16:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4425	UKRAINE/RUSSIA: DEFENDING NATIONAL INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary/comment: PM Yanukovych came to office on a campaign promise to improve relations with Russia, but, although he has toned down the rhetoric towards Russia, like his predecessors, he must find the right balance between close ties to Moscow and protecting Ukrainian sovereignty. While [...]	2006-12-01 14:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4489	UKRAINE: THE RUSSIA FACTOR IN CRIMEA - UKRAINE'S [...] (C) Summary. Discussions with a wide range of contacts in Crimea November 20-22 and officials in Kyiv discounted recent speculation that a return of pro-Russian separatism in Crimea, which posed a real threat to Ukrainian territorial integrity in 1994-95, could be in the cards. However, nearl [...]	2006-12-07 15:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4537	UKRAINE/LITHUANIA: ADAMKUS LOBBIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus' three-day state visit to Ukraine -- his fourth trip here this year -- was intended to demonstrate a willingness to work with the new Yanukovych government, promote bilateral trade and investment ties, and facilitate cooperation in the energy s [...]	2006-12-11 16:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO UP LH
06KYIV4542	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] As requested reftel, below Post provides updated information on child labor in Ukraine, for use in the preparation of the 2006 report Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. Post has chosen to answer each of the questions posed in reftel as "Indicators" under the five topical headings. [...]	2006-12-13 13:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
06KYIV4558	UKRAINE: LAND, POWER, AND CRIMINALITY IN CRIMEA [...] (C) Summary. Land issues dominate the Autonomous Republic of Crimea's local agenda, according to a wide range of Crimean officials, journalists, and community leaders we talked to November 20-22 in the Crimean capitol of Simferopol, the separately administered city of Sevastopol, and Bakhchis [...]	2006-12-14 09:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV4648	12/22 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian WTO negotiators held consultations with Working Party members in Geneva on December 18. The GOU is anxious for feedback on its recently passed legislation, although anticipates having to make some additional legislative fixes to ensure WTO conformity. A law on biotec [...]	2006-12-22 11:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06LIMA1801	ANDEAN COMMUNITY VIEWS ON VENEZUELA AND BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. Alan Wagner, Secretary General of the Andean Community, discussed with the Ambassador on May 5 his view on Andean Community dynamics. Wagner noted that Chavez is painting himself into a corner by departing the Andean Community while at the same time condemning the South America [...]	2006-05-10 13:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD PE
06LIMA248	OLLANTA HUMALA: KEYS TO HIS CHARACTER, LIKELY [...] (C) Peruvian anti-system presidential candidate Ollanta Humala has offered little direct information about his attitudes toward the United States. The absence of direct criticism of the U.S. might lead some to conclude that his ideas about the U.S. are still gestating and possibly could be t [...]	2006-01-23 11:58:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM PE
06LIMA3396	BIO FOR GOP SPECIAL TRADE ENVOY HERNANDO DE SOTO... [...] (U) Following is biographic information for Hernando de Soto, whom President Garcia on August 17 named as his "personal representative" to obtain the U.S. Congress' ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA),as per REF A. De Soto is also charged with developing the necess [...]	2006-08-28 13:03:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ETRD ECON PGOV PE
06LIMA64	FOREIGN MINISTER ON PERU'S "ISOLATION," BOLIVIA, [...] (C) Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua, in a breakfast hosted by the Ambassador on 1/4, said that Peru, as a pro-U.S. and pro-free trade advocate, sees itself as increasingly isolated in a South America moving leftwards, with only Colombia for company. Maurtua pushed for signals of USG support: [...]	2006-01-09 13:25:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PE BL
06LISBON2562	PORTUGAL ON GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the GAERC, Portuguese interlocutors provided a brief on the relevant issues. Amongst other issues, Portugal believes that Kosovo should not have an army, Israel needs to cooperate with the Rafah crossing project, EU support for the Lebanese Armed Forces is mired in [...]	2006-11-13 16:27:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM YI SR BK IS LE IR RS UZ CU
06LJUBLJANA329	SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...]	2006-05-25 06:18:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LUANDA1233	GENERAL WARD PROPOSES BILATERAL WORK PLAN TO [...] (U) Summary: Deputy Commander EUCOM, General William (Kip) Ward, proposed the drafting of a work plan to increase the pace and scope of bilateral military cooperation between the U.S. and Angola during his October 22-23, 2006, visit to Luanda. The work plan will likely combine current coop [...]	2006-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR AO
06LUXEMBOURG641	LUXEMBOURG'S PM ON THE NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) During an 11 December meeting the Ambassador and Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean Claude Juncker discussed the NATO Summit, the NATO Response Force (NRF),and the International Security and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. The Ambassador expressed her appreciation to the PM for Luxem [...]	2006-12-14 13:08:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PM LU
06MADRID1261	SPANISH GOVERNMENT DRUMS UP SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY. Citing barely 50 percent public approval for Spanish participation in ISAF, the GOS took the offensive on May 18, holding a high visibility public discussion of its efforts in Afghanistan. GOS speakers, including the Defense and Foreign Ministers, hammered on several key justifi [...]	2006-05-19 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF SP
06MADRID1909	SPAIN ON TRANSNISTRIA'S PROPOSED INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to GOS European Correspondent Carlos Fernandez Arias on July 18 and Spanish Sub-Director General for Eastern Europe Jose Maria Valdemoro Gimenez on July 27. 2. (C) Fernandez Arias agreed with the U.S. position that the referendum is poorly worded and [...]	2006-07-27 15:19:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PBTS MD RS SP
06MADRID3059	SPANISH MOD POLICY DIRECTOR ON NATO RIGA SUMMIT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. MOD Policy Director Torrente told DCM on December 12 that President Bush's remarks had helped make the NATO Riga Summit more successful than he'd expected. He said that the Summit had achieved important political ends related to future expansion and the Alliance's commitment to [...]	2006-12-19 11:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO SP
06MADRID516	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MANAGUA1003	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA2645	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...]	2006-12-05 21:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA964	MOVING CLOSER TO MANPADS DESTRUCTION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with representatives of the different political parties represented in Nicaragua's National Assembly reveal a claimed willingness from all sides to approve the destruction of another 651 MANPADS (leaving Nicaragua with an official stock of 400 MANPADS). Nicaraguan [...]	2006-05-03 14:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM SOCI
06MANAMA1972	KING, NAVY SECRETARY DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (S) King Hamad told Secretary of the Navy Winter November 26 that Bahrain's relationship with the U.S. Navy was fundamental to the stability and prosperity of the country and region. The Navy has been an ambassador and liaison between the two countries and Bahrain has benefited from joint ex [...]	2006-11-28 10:47:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA389	BAHRAIN ANTI-TRAFFICKING RESPONSES 2006 [...] (SBU) Post's response to reftel follows. Answers are keyed to reftel questions. Please note that during the reporting period the Ministry of Social Affairs, which has the lead in establishing a shelter for victims of trafficking and abuse, was renamed the Ministry of Social Development. [...]	2006-03-14 04:35:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF BA HUMRIT
06MANAMA456	POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART II): ISLAMISTS [...] (C) Although their agenda is controversial and opposed by many, Sunni Islamists generally represent the interests of their constituents, in the view of non-Islamist members of the elected Council of Representatives (COR). Despite their success in passing non-binding resolutions on religious- [...]	2006-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL REFORM
06MEXICO1884	MADRAZO'S ECONOMIC POLICIES: TWO VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, two factions of the PRI's economic brain trust offered competing economic visions of the GOM's likely economic policy should PRI candidate Roberto Madrazo win the presidency. Jorge Chavez Presa, Madrazo's chief economic advisor, described Madrazo's pla [...]	2006-04-10 17:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV MX
06MINSK10	Belarus' Flailing White Elephants [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months Ambassador and Emboffs have visited several of Belarus' larger businesses, including its fourth largest company, the Minsk Automobile Factory (MAZ),its fifth largest company, the Belarus Automobile Factory (BelAZ),and Belshina, one of the world's largest tire [...]	2006-01-05 14:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD ELAB PGOV BO
06MINSK1050	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 26, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Date Announced for CIS October Summit in Minsk (para. 2) - Belarus' Foreign Minister to Address UNGA (para. 3) - Foreign Ministries of Belarus, Iran [...]	2006-09-27 03:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK106	WOMEN,S POLITICAL WILL IS STRONG BUT UNDERUTILIZED [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, DCM met with Belarusian Organization of Working Women (BOWW) representative to discuss the political mood of women on the eve of the presidential elections, BOWW's strategy to support the opposition candidates and the organization's future projects for the post-elec [...]	2006-02-03 07:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SCUL BO
06MINSK108	Minsk Election Weekly VII (January 28-February 3) [...] This is the seventh in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------- Signature Results ----------------- 2. After a month of signature collection, the CEC announced the following [...]	2006-02-03 09:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1099	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 06, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Milinkevich as Campaign Aide for Local Candidates (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Opposition Activist Jailed for 2005 Bombings in Vitebsk (para. 3) - Opposition, [...]	2006-10-06 12:20:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB KHIV BO
06MINSK1119	BELARUSIAN RELGIOUS LEADERS SHARE THEIR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) As her first official event at her residence, Ambassador hosted a breakfast for leaders of various religious communities in Minsk and visiting EUR/UMB deskoff. While the representative of the GOB-sympathetic Catholic Church was hesitant to air his concerns openly, the Protestant and Hare [...]	2006-10-18 06:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK1142	HOSIERY, HYPERMARKETS AND HOT RODS; ECONOMIC [...] (C) The first-time visitor to Minsk will quickly notice pockets of conspicuous consumption belying tour book descriptions of Belarus as a museum of all things Soviet. On the road from the airport one will pass new multi-story dachas, a Porsche dealership and a billboard advertising designer l [...]	2006-10-24 13:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1149	LOCAL ELECTION PROCESS DOES NOT LOOK PROMISING FOR [...] (SBU) The Belarusian Central Election Committee (CEC) approved a calendar of the process for the January 14, 2007 local council elections, listing the dates territorial election commissions are to be formed, the time period for nominees to gather signatures( and the date marking the beginning [...]	2006-10-27 05:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK1159	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 31, [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Wins European Parliament's Sakharov Award (para. 2) - Skrebets Will Be Released in November (para. 3) - Activist Arrested Near Presidential Administration ( [...]	2006-10-31 10:15:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1164	SATISFYING THE MARKET IN A STATE-DOMINATED ECONOMY [...] (C) Profitable Belarusian businesses, even if they are completely privately owned, must respond in large part to the dictates of the state. This is especially true when private companies try to compete in the same markets with state-owned enterprises. The complex business environment, which e [...]	2006-11-01 09:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1192	REGIONAL ACTIVISTS CONFIRM: BELARUSIANS ARE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and Emboffs recently traveled to Polotsk and Baranovichi in introductory visits with local authorities, opposition activists, and entrepreneurs. Opposition activists and journalists in both communities openly described the repression they face, but continue to cooperate toge [...]	2006-11-14 07:42:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1212	BELARUSIAN ECONOMIC FUTURE IN DOUBT [...] (C) Belarus' current trend of robust GDP growth faces numerous challenges. The so-called economic miracle rests largely on Russian subsidies, with the government failing to harness the windfall to prepare for its seemingly inevitable end. Russia's preparations to join the WTO threatEn toQ ha [...]	2006-11-24 06:15:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1222	FREED MP CALLS FOR SHADOW GOVERNMENT, UNSC DEBATE [...] (C) Ambassador recently met with former opposition MP and political prisoner Sergey Skrebets following his release on amnesty. While Skrebets described the prison conditions he and fellow hunger striking political prisoner Aleksandr Kozulin faced as somewhat better than the general prison po [...]	2006-11-24 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PFOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1255	BELARUS: LIBETDACT [...] Summary: The GO is building economic ties with Cuba, strongly spports the Cuban government, and has no interest n promoting democracy, the protection of human rigts or free market reform. End summary. Belarsian-Cuban Investment, Trade and Exchanges ------------------------------------------ [...]	2006-12-07 12:48:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC PREL BO CU
06MINSK1272	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 8, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS ELECTIONS --------- - Nomination Stage in Local Elections Over (para. 2) - Ten Members of BPC Withdraw From Local Elections (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Urges G8 Leaders [...]	2006-12-12 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1290	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 15, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko, Putin Meet in Moscow (para. 2) - Sudanese Foreign Minister to Visit (para. 3) - Chinese Military Delegation Arrives in Minsk (para. 4) [...]	2006-12-19 05:30:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK131	40 DAYS TO ELECTION DAY: PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Summary: With presidential elections only a month and a half away, the campaign "process" is well underway, but more in form than substance. Incumbent President Lukashenko, 10 Coalition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, former Belarusian State University rector Anatoly Kozulin, and pro-L [...]	2006-02-08 09:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK148	Suspicious Belarusian Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent years, Minsk has actively sought to increase trade and relations with pariah states as a counterbalance to Western pressures to democratize and as evidence that Lukashenko's rule is accepted abroad. Despite these efforts, trade with these Outposts of Tyranny and State [...]	2006-02-13 10:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK152	Belarus Getting Sicker [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Lukashenko's "Third Way Economic Miracle," the Belarusian population is now sicker, dies earlier and has fewer children than during the late Soviet period. Doctors at the CitiHope NGO recently passed to Econoff a report they drafted chronicling the systematic worsening o [...]	2006-02-14 08:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI ECON TBIO ENRG MNUC SENV BO
06MINSK173	STATE MEDIA VILIFIES AMERICA, OFTEN [...] (C) Summary: In recent months Belarusian state media has become increasingly venomous in its daily attacks against the U.S. and the West. Common themes include charges of espionage, of Western attempts to destabilize the country, and of attempts to overthrow the government in a forced "color" [...]	2006-02-16 14:45:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BO
06MINSK184	State Media Focuses only on Lukashenko [...] (SBU) Summary: The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) monitored Belarusian media coverage of the March presidential elections from 28 January to 10 February. BAJ found that state media focused almost exclusively on Lukashenko, portraying him in a positive light. For the most part, st [...]	2006-02-21 12:32:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK200	Minsk Election Weekly X (February 18 - February 24) [...] This is the tenth in a weekly series of election-oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19, 2006 presidential elections. ----------------------- Candidates Get Air Time ----------------------- 2. As per the law, state television and radio scheduled ai [...]	2006-02-24 07:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK208	EMBASSY MINSK BIWEEKLY REPORT - February 24, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ------------ Human Rights ------------ 2. Jailed Businessman Now a Fugitive On February 9, businessman Nikolai Avtukhovich who is facing tax evasion charges disappeared from house arrest in Grodno on the first day [...]	2006-02-27 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK232	EUR DAS KRAMER MEETS ANALYSTS, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia,s change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-07 09:26:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK266	EUR DAS Kramer Meets Analysts, Civil Society [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EUR DAS David Kramer met with political analysts, civil society leaders, and students on February 24 to discuss the upcoming presidential elections and the accompanying GOB harassment. Analysts noted Russia's change in policy from previous campaigns to support President [...]	2006-03-14 13:40:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK278	Belarus Buying Indian SU-30s [...] (SBU) In February a number of Indian and Russian press sources announced that Belarus was intending to buy 18 used Sukhoi SU-30 aircraft from India. According to these press reports, India acquired a number of SU-30K fighters in 1997-1998, but is now modernizing its air force. Belarus theref [...]	2006-03-16 11:10:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC BO
06MINSK281	BKGB Claims USG Terrorism on Election Day [...] At 1100 local on March 16, chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko held a press conference to claim the BKGB had uncovered a plot by the Belarusian opposition, funded and organized by Georgia and the United States, to bomb four schools on Election Day (March 19) as part of a coup against Lukashe [...]	2006-03-16 14:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM CASC BO
06MINSK285	Lukashenko Leads February Poll [...] (SBU) Summary: In a poll conducted just before the presidential campaign began, Lukashenko dominated the field and most Belarusians relied on state media for information. Still, despite lack of access and constant pro- Lukashenko/anti-opposition propaganda, pro-democracy candidate Milinkevich [...]	2006-03-17 08:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK29	BELARUS PERSONNEL RE-SHUFFLE: TAKING NO CHANCES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks Belarusian dictator Lukashenko has reshuffled several senior positions in his Presidential Administration (PA) and removed the Minister of Health. The odious Viktor Sheiman has moved from heading the Presidential Administration to running Lukashenko's presidential [...]	2006-01-13 11:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK321	Ten Days in Jail for Reading the Bible [...] (C) Summary: On March 14, Poloff met with head of the Christ Convenant Reformed Baptist Church who had just served 10 days in jail for holding an unsanctioned religious service in his private residence. This is the first time in 20 years that a person has been jailed for holding religious wo [...]	2006-03-23 15:49:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK358	480 PEOPLE SENTENCED [...] (C) Summary: As of March 28, nine Minsk district courts had convicted in two days of trials 480 people for participating in post-presidential election demonstrations. Human rights lawyers have called the authorities' treatment of detainees "barbaric" and claim detainees are regularly denied fo [...]	2006-03-29 14:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK381	GAZPROM'S THREATS A PLOY FOR STRENGTHENING UNION? [...] (U) Summary: Gazprom and Minsk have been arguing for years over control of the GOB's Beltransgaz pipeline network. To date Lukashenko has fended off Russian attempts to take over the company, and at the same time has secured rock-bottom natural gas prices for his country-one of the main factor [...]	2006-04-07 09:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK397	LUKASHENKO INAUGURATED: A PALE IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko was inaugurated in a brief, highly orchestrated and sparsely attended ceremony in Minsk April 8. In an unusually short speech, a depressed looking Lukashenko stressed his re-election represented the people,s will and lashed out at outside [...]	2006-04-12 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK422	CIVIL SOCIETY REGROUPS POST ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Poloffs met separately with human rights activists, civil society leaders and political analysts following the March 19 presidential elections to learn about their post-election plans. Most of the civil society leaders agreed that Milinkevich proved to be a good le [...]	2006-04-18 14:08:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK446	POLITICAL PROTESTANTS WANT CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Belarusian Protestant leaders recently described for Ambassador their continued registration problems and the increasing hostility that they face from the GOB. Most of the leaders agreed that their communities are ready to bring change to Belarus, claiming that young [...]	2006-04-24 14:02:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK448	ELECTION OBSERVERS REMAIN IN JAIL, OTHER ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition activists are still coping with security service harassment and fighting court cases based on nefarious charges. Authorities extended the pre-trial detention of election observers of the NGO Partnership by another two months. They are still not allowed to meet with r [...]	2006-04-26 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM
06MINSK463	Post-Election Polling: Lukashenko Wins, but Not by As Much [...] Summary: The IISEPS polling service recently unveiled the results of the first post-election poll. IISEPS found that about 64% of the electorate voted for Lukashenko, 20% less than the regime claims. Despite this discrepancy, a slim majority of Belarusians view the elections as free and fair. [...]	2006-04-28 11:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK477	Small Protest Jeopardizes Remaining Free Activists [...] On May 1, Belarusian Social Democratic Party Hramada head Stanislav Shushkevich led approximately 300 people carrying signs and waving banned national flags from the Belarusian National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to Bangalore Square for a rally in honor of Labor Day (ref A). [Note: While autho [...]	2006-05-03 14:43:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK498	SOBR PAVLICHENKO PRESENTS "DICKENS-ESQUE [...] (C) Summary: An independent newspaper interviewed Special Forces Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) head Dmitry Pavlichenko on April 21. He spoke about the nascent stages of his military career, his troubled family life, the genuine satisfaction he receives from leading SOBR, and his vision for Belar [...]	2006-05-11 08:19:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR BO
06MINSK501	NOVAK POST-ELECTION RESULTS MIRROR THOSE OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 14:16:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK514	LUKASHENKO'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko has formed a new government with a more streamlined organization and new directives relating to information media, energy, housing, construction, and trade. New cabinet appointments included a new deputy prime minister and five new ministers: energy [...]	2006-05-16 06:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK531	DESPITE RHETORIC, MOSCOW NOT TO PUSH MINSK HARD [...] (C) During a recent conversation with Pol/Econ Chief, Vladimir Pavlenko, Counselor for Internal Political Affairs in the Russian Embassy, noted that despite strong statements from Gazprom, the Kremlin would not allow gas prices to stand in the way of an "extremely close alliance with Belarus." [...]	2006-05-22 07:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG BO
06MINSK538	Belarus Suffers Large Crop Loss, Still Expects [...] (SBU) Summary: Spring has finally come to Belarus and, along with it, President Aleksandr Lukashenko's mad fervor to attain an unrealistic harvest yield. Lukashenko raised the national quota of grain to 8.4 million tons, a 700,000-ton increase to Lukashenko's 2005 quota that was never achieved [...]	2006-05-22 14:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK543	LUKASHENKO PRAISES SOVIET UNION, CRITICIZES WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 9 Victory Day speech, Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko lauded the Soviet Union's might and asserted Belarusians would effectively repel today's "foreign interference" just as they did in WWII. Lukashenko looked healthier than he did following his April 8 inau [...]	2006-05-23 12:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK555	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK556	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK557	GRODNO/VOLKOVISK TRIP HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 16-17, Ambassador toured the Grodno oblast in the western part of Belarus, stopping first in Grodno and then in Volkovisk. Recently released political prisoner Levonevskiy described his deplorable prison conditions. Free trade unionists noted increasing GOB pressure on [...]	2006-05-26 08:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV BO
06MINSK565	Lukashenko's State of the Republic Tirade [...] (SBU) Summary: In his May 23 annual address before parliament, Lukashenko declared all is well in Belarus. He raised the trial balloon of establishing a Party of Power, but said he himself did not need it. He ordered the parliament and government to work with the four pillars of society, labo [...]	2006-06-01 12:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK572	Another Monument to a Repressor [...] (U) On May 26, authorities unveiled a statue of Felix Dzerzhinsky on the grounds of Belarus' Military Academy. The 10.5-foot bronze statue is identical to the one that for years stood in front of the KGB's infamous Moscow headquarters, the Lubyanka, and was the first icon removed by demonstrat [...]	2006-06-01 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK605	CZECHS BLOCK SENIOR GOB VISAS, PASS [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Embassy recently passed over information that Lukashenko's son, Dmitry, and Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky and his family all applied for Czech visas. The Czechs did not issue to Dmitry or Sidorsky, even though neither is on the EU's visa ban list. The Czech Charge also [...]	2006-06-09 12:57:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BO
06MINSK608	REGIONAL OUTREACH TO GOMEL REGION HIGH, SUPERVISED [...] (U) Summary: On June 1-2, Ambassador traveled to the regional capital city Gomel and surrounding villages to conduct public outreach. Opposition and civil society representatives described the repressive conditions in which they exist, but the civil society representatives also criticized the [...]	2006-06-09 13:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK633	LOCAL ELECTION DATE SET AND LUKASHENKO ALREADY [...] (U) On June 9, Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko issued the order to hold elections for local district and city councils (soviets) on January 14, 2007 with the possibility of postponement to January 28. The last local elections were held in 2003, but opposition activists won few of the [...]	2006-06-15 13:18:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK646	EUR/ACE COORDINATOR DISCUSSES ASSISTANCE NEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 5, an EUR/ACE and USAID delegation led by Ambassador Thomas Adams met with representatives of Belarusian opposition non-governmental organizations (NGOs),political parties, and independent news media. Belarus' two main independent opinion pollsters also briefed the deleg [...]	2006-06-16 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR BO
06MINSK653	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 20, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Putin Signals Hike in Gas Price to Belarus, Impatient on Union During a Shanghai Cooperation Organization Press Conference, Russian Preside [...]	2006-06-20 10:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD EINV
06MINSK671	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - June 23, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. State Weekly Says Belarus Should Freeze Opposition U.S. Accounts On June 22, BelTA correspondent Viktor Lovgach wrote in the pro- governme [...]	2006-06-23 12:21:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ETRD
06MINSK701	LUKASHENKO PRAISES ECONOMY, SEEKS BETTER RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Aleksandr Lukashenko gave his Independence Day address on July 1 at the Palace of the Republic. He vowed that Belarusians would never forget the sacrifices their families made during WWII and thanked survivors for rebuilding Belarus into a strong nation. He then praised [...]	2006-07-10 06:40:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK707	IN-FIGHTING AND DISORGANIZATION STAGNATES UDF [...] (SBU) Summary: The internal power struggles and disorganization within the United Democratic Forces (UDF) are affecting the UDF's support among democratic-minded Belarusians and its ability to initiate a formable movement against Lukashenko. At least two clans have formed in the UDF and are b [...]	2006-07-10 13:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK758	IISEPS Polling: Lukashenko Still Enjoys Popular Support [...] SUMMARY: On July 10, Director of the independent polling service IISEPS Oleg Manaev gave Ambassador the results of two opinion surveys conducted in June. Lukashenko maintains a high support rating, with 55 percent of those polled claiming they would vote for Lukashenko again should elections b [...]	2006-07-21 05:35:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO

06MINSK787	LUKASHENKO FINDS A NEW FRIEND IN HUGO CHAVEZ [...] Summary: On July 23-25, Lukashenko hosted Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Minsk, marking the first official visit of a Latin American leader in Belarus' history. During the series of meetings and ceremonies, the leaders lauded each other's political and economic policies and occasionally [...]	2006-07-27 10:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD VE BO
06MINSK938	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lawmaker Calls Union State Act 99 Percent Ready (para. 2) - CSTO Consultations on Military Training (para. 3) LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Op [...]	2006-08-28 11:33:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK939	"INDEPENDENT" MP CLAIMS TO PROMOTE GRADUAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: On August 23, "independent" Belarusian MP Abramova met unofficially with Pol/Econ Chief to encourage the USG to bolster support for independent media. According to Abramova, only economic reform and greater press freedoms, not radical change, are palatable to the Belarusian people [...]	2006-08-28 12:16:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BO
06MINSK975	BREST OPPOSITION PUSHES ON DESPITE GOB PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: An August 22-23 visit by Poloffs to the Western border city of Brest received heavy attention from state security services. Local activists, already under siege by the regime, kept their commitments to meet with Poloffs despite the threat of even further scrutiny from the BKGB. [...]	2006-09-11 12:28:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK994	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 8, [...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Party Forms Bloc For Independence (para. 2) - Opposition Coalition Secretariat In Operation (para. 3) - Brest Opposition Questions Council Members (pa [...]	2006-09-12 11:23:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MONTEVIDEO229	VAZQUEZ SAYS HE WANTS A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with President Tabare Vazquez at the Embassy's request on March 7 to advise the President on his upcoming meeting with the Secretary on March 11 at the margins of Michelle Bachelet's inauguration ceremony in Santiago, Chile. Vazquez explicitly stated that he wanted a F [...]	2006-03-07 16:09:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINR KCRM AORC UY
06MOSCOW10230	RUSSIAN REACTION TO TORGAU '06 POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to U.S. insistence on extending Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) protection to personnel participating in this year's Torgau '06 bilateral military exercise, the GOR seized the initiative to postpone, but not cancel, the event and left the door open for continued bi [...]	2006-09-14 07:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW10289	RUSSIAN PUBLIC'S VIEWS ON POLICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: An overwhelming majority of the Russian public believes that human rights abuse by police is widespread according to recent polling data. The police, on the contrary, believe they are unfairly maligned, but recognize problems within the MVD. These and other findings presented on Se [...]	2006-09-14 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW10309	RUSSIAN MFA UNCLEAR ON TRANSNISTRIAN REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Embassy three days before Transnistria's September 17 referendum, MFA Transnistrian negotiator Valeriy Nesterushkin provided no clarity on how Russia will treat the referendum result. While acknowledging that whatever the result, Transnistria would not be recog [...]	2006-09-15 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW10324	RUSSIAN COMMUNISTS PROTEST MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Russia's Communist Party (KPRF) followed through September 14 on its promise to demonstrate against military cooperation with NATO and the U.S., including the now-postponed Torgau '06 exercise (reftel). According to media reports, demonstrations took place in Moscow, Saratov, Omsk, Yar [...]	2006-09-15 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW10370	ORTHODOX CLASSES NOW MANDATORY IN SOME RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Public schools in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk, and Belgorod regions have incorporated a mandatory Orthodox culture course into their curriculums. Eleven other regions are offering the subject as an elective. Supporters say the move is needed to counter the spiritual vacuum left [...]	2006-09-18 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10382	LAVROV'S MIDDLE EAST DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary: With FM Lavrov's September 7-9 trip to the Middle East, promotion of a "universal" peace process, experts' conference, renewed Syria track, and support for the Arab League ministerial session at UNGA, the GOR continues to seek "player" status in the region. Practically, GOR sup [...]	2006-09-18 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IS SY LE RS
06MOSCOW10432	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: FGUP [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Federal State Unitary Enterprise Research Institute for Co [...]	2006-09-19 07:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
06MOSCOW10434	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: STATE [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, State Research Institute of Aviation, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]	2006-09-19 07:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
06MOSCOW10438	RUSSIA AND KOSOVO: THE POLITICS OF DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia will seek to delay the conclusion of the Kosovo status process beyond year's end, arguing that a negotiated settlement will be more enduring than one forced on Serbia. The GOR does not like UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's draft status recommendations and might balk at agre [...]	2006-09-19 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW105	WIDENING PROBLEMS FOR RUSSIAN POLICY IN THE NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The North Caucasus is a crucible in which the weakness of the Russian state and its ambivalence about how to overcome that weakness are compounded. In part thanks to its failed policy there, the challenge for Russia in the North Caucasus has changed over the last ten years. Jus [...]	2006-01-11 15:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM EAID PREL RS
06MOSCOW10603	A CLOSER LOOK AT THE MURDER OF RUSSIA'S #2 BANKER [...] (C) Summary. One week after the brutal murder of First Deputy Central Bank Chairman Andrey Kozlov, there have been no apparent breaks in the case, and few believe the perpetrators will ever be caught. In contrast to the cynicism surrounding the criminal investigation, a wide swath of the econo [...]	2006-09-21 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC ECON PTER PREL RS
06MOSCOW10665	THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN MOSCOW, PART TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a two-part series on the typical experiences of immigrants in Moscow. The first cable described the experiences of a partly disabled Chechen male who has lived on and off in Moscow for the past 20 years. The current cable relates the experiences of a Kazakh fem [...]	2006-09-22 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10689	RUSSIA: PUBLIC CHAMBER MEMBER ON PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pavel Gusev, owner and editor-in-chief of Moskovsky Komsomolets (MK) and member of the Public Chamber, described a "media vertical" of direct government ownership and indirect corporate persuasion that has left the majority of Russians with a limited range of viewpoints and most o [...]	2006-09-22 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM RS
06MOSCOW10704	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON NGO [...] (C) In a September 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin endorsed moving forward on the proposed U.S.-Russian roundtable on democracy and human rights, and said he was prepared to discuss modalities when in Washington October 10-12. Lukin offered to intercede on [...]	2006-09-25 09:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW10990	NATO SOFA RATIFICATION: VERDICT STILL OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Foreign Ministry, the Russian Government is completing its review of the NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) -- which was signed last year -- and expects to send it to the Duma "within weeks." The MFA assured us that all GOR entities, including the Ministry o [...]	2006-09-29 07:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11241	YOUR MOSCOW VISIT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTH ASIA [...] (C) We welcome your visit to Moscow as a chance to engage the GOR face-to-face on sensitive regional issues and begin to chip away at Moscow's misconceptions about U.S. intentions in the region. It is a commonplace assumption that Moscow's policies in Central and South Asia are fueled by a [...]	2006-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PTER SNAR RS
06MOSCOW11276	UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO WIN BY A WIDE MARGIN IN TUVA [...] (SBU) Embassy visited the Republic of Tuva October 1-5, in advance of the October 8 regional election. Tuva is tightly controlled by Regional Head Sherig-Ool Oorzhak, who became a member of United Russia (YR) eight months ago, and it is widely believed that YR will win a decisive majority, wit [...]	2006-10-06 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11775	RUSSIA IPR: OUTSPOKEN LIBERAL LEGISLATOR ON CIVIL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not intended for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Federation Council Senator Ludmila Narusova shares our sense that the Duma will likely pass a flawed Part IV of the Civil Code this fall. She intends to speak to Putin about her co [...]	2006-10-20 05:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR RS
06MOSCOW11778	MIGRATION SERVICE DIRECTOR ROMODANOVSKIY ON NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Federal Migration Service Director Konstantin Romodanovskiy told PRM/Admissions Director Terry Rusch October 6 that Russia would consider resettlement of North Koreans to the U.S. on a case-by-case basis, repeating what other GOR interlocutors have told us previously. Separately, [...]	2006-10-20 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL RS
06MOSCOW11931	S/CT URBANCIC DISCUSSES CHECHNYA WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: Russia's Deputy Presidential Representative to the Southern Federal District briefed Deputy S/CT Urbancic on Chechnya, placing it solely in the category of a terrorist conflict. Recognizing that mistakes were made by the GOR, he noted the importance of economic opportunity and [...]	2006-10-24 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11987	EUR A/S FRIED MEETS RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: In his October 21 meeting with EUR A/S Fried, Russia's Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin urged presidential endorsement of the unofficial human rights dialogue initiative organized by his office and the Moscow Carnegie Center, against a backdrop of public disenchantment wit [...]	2006-10-25 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12042	FORMER RUSSIAN PM KASYANOV: OPPOSITION WOES, [...] (C) In a recent one-on-one lunch with Ambassador, a confident ex-prime minister Mikhail Kasyanov cited reasons to be optimistic about his presidential prospects: -- the business community's alleged latent support for his economic reform agenda; -- the weakness of current contenders Medve [...]	2006-10-27 11:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1212	PUBLIC CHAMBER HEAD VELIKHOV DESCRIBES EFFORTS TO [...] SUMMARY. In a February 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Public Chamber Secretary Yevgeniy Velikhov expressed hope that the Chamber could positively influence the implementing regulations for the controversial NGO legislation. He dismissed recent spying accusations against NGOs as nonsense. He [...]	2006-02-08 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12441	RUSSIAN REACTION TO EVENTS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) MFA 4th CIS Department Director Andrey Kelin told us November 13 that Georgia shows no willingness to meet Russia's "simple" demands for normalizing relations. He downplayed the effects of the sacking of former DefMin Okruashvili. He fretted that an "alternative election" in South Osseti [...]	2006-11-14 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS UNSC OSCE GG RS
06MOSCOW12448	BRYANSK: CASE STUDY OF A REGIONAL PARTY OF POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a keystone of post-Soviet Communist control, the political scene in Bryansk region is now dominated by United Russia (YR). YR has attracted the youth, business, and elite vote - votes that used to be divided between the Communist Party and liberal parties like the Union of [...]	2006-11-15 09:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12457	RUSSIA'S DEFENSE MINISTER RAISES PUBLIC PROFILE [...] (C) SUMMARY; Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov has made himself more available to the media and the general public in recent weeks. Although he is careful to limit his remarks to issues within his core portfolio, an "interactive interview" in a prominent newspaper las [...]	2006-11-15 15:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MCAP PREL RS
06MOSCOW12528	A/S FRIED CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN, [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin focused on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in a two hour discussion November 15. Karasin dismissed Georgian conciliatory steps as cosmetic; Fried said they are real and Russia should respond by ending sanct [...]	2006-11-20 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12563	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: M.P.CHUMAKOV [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, M.P. Chumakov Institute of Poliomyelitis and viral encefalitides of [...]	2006-11-22 05:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
06MOSCOW12595	PRESIDENT PUTIN, DEFMIN IVANOV ADDRESS RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Putin and Defense Minister Ivanov candidly acknowledged many of the military's internal problems during a 16 November senior commanders conference in Moscow. The two leaders promised various remedies ranging from higher salaries and better treatment for soldiers to steep increas [...]	2006-11-22 15:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL PGOV PHUM RS
06MOSCOW12600	RUSSIA'S RELATIONS WITH BELARUS [...] (C) Summary. Another Putin-Lukashenko meeting has come and gone with few evident results. It occurred against a widespread perception here that Putin would like to rein in Lukashenko as part of Russia's growing assertiveness. Unresolved problems, most notably those related to energy, plague [...]	2006-11-24 10:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BO RS
06MOSCOW12609	BELGOROD: UNITED RUSSIA, THE GOVERNOR, AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major local business owners, who are United Russia regional deputies, in conjunction with the Russian Orthodox Church, dominate all spheres of activity in Belgorod Oblast, which Embassy visited recently. Governor Savchenko is a strong leader who combines a flair for populist s [...]	2006-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12708	COMMUNIST PARTY: NOT DEAD YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Most observers describe the Communist Party (KPRF) as a party on life-support sustained by nostalgic pensioners. The cliche has it that as party stalwart's die off, so too will the KPRF. This assessment, however, ignores a relatively constant level of support, despite the dem [...]	2006-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12711	CIS SUMMITS: GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: After a series of low-impact/low-turnout meetings, CIS Heads of State gathered again in Minsk on November 28. The meeting -- billed as a "working" summit -- will be followed by another, more formal gathering in Astana in December to commemorate the CIS's fifteenth anniversary. [...]	2006-11-30 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12764	RUSSIANS STILL CYNICAL ABOUT NATIONAL PRIORITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 03:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL RS POL
06MOSCOW12900	CHITA: CONDEMNED LAND SEEKS FUTURE AS GATEWAY TO [...] (C) Summary. Squeezed between China and the rest of Siberia and challenged with an oppressively harsh climate, Chita Oblast has historically served as a place of exile and remains one of Russia's poorest regions. The break-up of the Soviet Union led to the collapse of the region's livestock [...]	2006-12-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PINR KN RS
06MOSCOW12981	THREE DEMONSTRATIONS AND A CONVENTION [...] (C) Political groupings of all stripes made their presence known in Moscow over the December 16-17 weekend: -- "Other Russia" staged its "March of the Discontented." About 2,500 participants from a hodgepodge of groups, united only by their opposition to the current government and rejection [...]	2006-12-19 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12986	RUSSIA/LEBANON: PM SINIORA'S VISIT [...] (C) PRIME MINISTER SINIORA CAME AWAY SATISFIED WITH HIS DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT TO MOSCOW; THE ATMOSPHERICS WERE EXCELLENT ACCORDING TO LEBANESE AMBASSADOR ASSEM JABER'S READOUT TO THE CHARGE. BESIDES PUTIN, SINIORA MET WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY IGOR IVANOV, EX-FOREIGN MINISTER PRIMAKOV A [...]	2006-12-19 17:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID IR LE RS
06MOSCOW12992	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ITRC "MIR", [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, ITRC "MIR", Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license app [...]	2006-12-20 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
06MOSCOW13012	Novosibirsk: United Russia Stronghold With High [...] (SBU) United Russia's (YR) dominance in Russia's regions is evident in Novosibirsk, where YR holds the governorship, has an absolute majority in the regional parliament, does not view the emergence of the second Kremlin party "A Just Russia" as a threat, and dismisses the influence of "democra [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD RS
06MOSCOW13074	BLACK SEA FLEET RELOCATION: A PORT TOO FAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly ten years after the 1997 bilateral agreement with Ukraine to use Sevastopol as a base for its Black Sea Fleet, Russia is doing little to plan for the Fleet's possible relocation after the agreement expires in 2017. While the Black Sea Fleet will be on the agenda for the [...]	2006-12-22 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP RS UP
06MOSCOW13124	RUSSIA'S BROKEN ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asylum seekers in Russia face legal and bureaucratic obstacles in obtaining protection from the GOR, as well as a growing backlash against migrants in general. For many, the only workable solution is resettlement to a third country, as the GOR has yet to devote sufficient attent [...]	2006-12-27 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM RS
06MOSCOW13168	ALTAI KRAI: PICKETS AND PLURALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Altai Krai is one of the most economically depressed regions in Russia, it has an unusually high level of civic activity and political pluralism and is home to outspoken liberal Republican Party Head Vladimir Ryzhkov. United Russia dominates, but the Communists, Agrarians, [...]	2006-12-29 09:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13172	HARD TIMES FOR RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Civil society and liberal political party leaders are sharply divided over the role of NGOs in partisan politics. While Moscow's most prominent human rights activist strongly defends the policy of overt political opposition, many NGO representatives are uncomfortable with, or opposed to, a [...]	2006-12-29 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1322	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KAZAN: FEDERALISM, ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's February 6-7 visit to Tatarstan featured themes of federalism, economic opportunity for U.S. firms, and Islam. Republic President Shaymiyev, in a lengthy tour d'horizon, noted that he was taking initiatives not encouraged by Moscow, including diversifying the ec [...]	2006-02-10 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ETRD PINR RS
06MOSCOW18	NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. NSC Senior Director Thomas Graham met December 21 with Modest Kolerov, who was named several months ago to run a new Kremlin directorate dealing with Russia's ties to its neighbors. Kolerov rejected the notion that the U.S. and Russia should engage in a dialogue on Russia's nei [...]	2006-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW19	2006 DEFENSE BUDGET AND PROPOSED DEFENSE REFORMS - [...] (C) Summary. On December 27 President Putin signed a defense budget of 666 billion rubles (23 billion dollars) for 2006, a nominal increase of nearly 26 percent. It is not clear, however, what if any impact on Russian military capability that allocation towards defense will have. The highe [...]	2006-01-09 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PARM EFIN ECON RS XB
06MOSCOW1974	RUSSIA'S RODINA CONTENDS WITH KREMLIN PRESSURE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rodina Party has embarked on a campaign to polish its image, softening (but not completely eliminating) its harsh criticism of minority migrants, while focusing on economic opportunity and social justice as the primary avenues for "transforming nationalism into patriotism." [...]	2006-03-01 08:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW2070	SOUTH OSSETIA: DEALING WITH A DYSFUNCTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow's approach to Georgia is driven by frustration with Tbilisi's defiant attitude to Russian interests, reflected in its pursuit of NATO membership, its championing of anti-Russian alliances in the neighborhood, its strategy of trying to compensate for Georgia's weakness in [...]	2006-03-02 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2447	COURT CASES STIR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ASTRAKHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ongoing court cases in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have stirred part of the local Muslim community to protest against perceived discrimination. On a February 28 - March 1 trip to Astrakhan, we found that some in its Muslim community suspect that a city order to de [...]	2006-03-13 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW2974	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: LOOKING AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Emotions seem to be cooling (at least temporarily) between Russia and Georgia, and we are seeing a return to low-level business. Statements that would have caused an uproar just a few weeks ago are being dismissed with good humor. But that is a long way from making real progre [...]	2006-03-24 06:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETRD PBTS NATO GG RS
06MOSCOW3035	AFTER THE ELECTION: MOSCOW VIEWS ON BELARUS AND [...] (C) Summary. Russia's embrace of President Lukashenko's victory in the March 19 Belarus election reflects official Moscow's strong preference for stability in Minsk and its belief that the status quo offers the best chance for that stability. Contacts close to the Belarusian opposition in M [...]	2006-03-27 05:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW3218	THE "FEBRUARY THESES": SURKOV'S PRIMER ON PUTINISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A February speech by Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vladislav Surkov to a United Russia conference sketched out "basic ideological theses" of the Putin Administration. While not attempting to break new ground or crystallize a doctrine of "Putinism," the speech p [...]	2006-03-30 10:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW3345	THE RUSSIAN ARMS DEAL WITH ALGERIA: A MODEL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria demonstrated that Russia is actively working to expand into new arms markets to sustain the Russian military-industrial complex. Russia reportedly will sell Algeria 70 combat and trainer jet aircraft, 300 T-90S tanks, air defense syste [...]	2006-03-31 10:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR MOPS RS AG
06MOSCOW3510	RUSSIAN VIEWS ON POST-ELECTION UKRAINE [...] (C) Summary. A week after the Ukrainian election results were announced, reactions in Russia vary widely. Officially, Moscow has been neutral, while the media has buzzed with speculation about the new government's formation and especially Tymoshenko's possible role. Russian pundits are con [...]	2006-04-04 10:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW3751	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC),accompanied by Ambassador Burns, met April 10 for with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss current bilateral and multilateral issues. On Iran, Lavrov warned that Rus [...]	2006-04-10 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RS
06MOSCOW3803	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN EXPERTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an April 10 breakfast meeting with Codel Frist and the Ambassador, Russian experts described the range of challenges facing Russia in the political, economic, and social sphere. Experts agreed that high oil profits disincline the political leadership to push new policy init [...]	2006-04-11 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EATO KHIV RS
06MOSCOW4265	A/S RADEMAKER'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH DVBR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 12 meeting with Anatoliy Antonov, Director of the MFA's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, ISN Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker explained that U.S. concerns about Russian treaty compliance were the main obstacles to U.S. support for Russian members [...]	2006-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC RS
06MOSCOW4316	THE CENTRALIZING RUSSIAN STATE MEETS THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: The lesson of 500 years of Russian statecraft is clear: when the Center is strong, it centralizes, eliminating alternative power structures. Putin, seeking to show that he -- and Russia under his leadership -- are strong, is seeking to centralize. He is doing so by eliminating [...]	2006-04-21 14:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS RS
06MOSCOW4353	KOMI: SOCIO-ECONOMIC SITUATION IMPROVING FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Economic progress is visible in the resource-rich Komi Republic, we found on a recent trip to that remote region. Its economy is doing well, in part because of global price gains in oil, gas, and metal, but also because of its growing paper and furniture industries and budding [...]	2006-04-24 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS
06MOSCOW4405	VARNITSA PORT SEIZURE: RUSSIAN VIEWS [...] (C) We raised the April 21 Transnistrian seizure of Varnitsa Port (ref. a) with Russian Transnistria negotiator Nesterushkin April 25. Nesterushkin compared the seizure to the incident several years ago when Moldovan farmers tried to farm land on the Left Bank after receiving privatization vo [...]	2006-04-25 11:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW4435	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KREMLIN ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 25 with Sergey Yastrzhembskiy, President Putin's Special Representative for Issues of Development of Relations with the European Union. Yastrzhembskiy said preparations for the EU-Russia summit in Sochi in late May were going well, and identified several agr [...]	2006-04-25 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW4572	$4.5M U.S. Investment, Andy Warhol and American Corner [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Burns' visit to Samara April 17-18 revealed a city ripe for additional U.S. investment and eager for increased contacts and exchanges with American academic and business counterparts. The Ambassado [...]	2006-04-27 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW4614	GEORGIA-RUSSIA: MUTUAL COMPLAINTS CONTINUE [...] (C) MFA Georgia Office Director Grigoryev told us April 28 that relations with Georgia were "at a dead end," and he did not know how to get them going again. "Some impetus is needed," he said, "but I find it hard to imagine what it could be." He ran through a litany of complaints: -- Parli [...]	2006-04-28 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW4951	PUTIN'S ADDRESS TO THE FEDERAL ASSEMBLY BREAKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Putin's hour-long Address to the Federal Assembly on May 10 lacked the broad vision for Russia's future that some had expected. In a lengthy discussion of economic issues, he stressed national priority projects and technological development, and expressed commitment [...]	2006-05-10 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV KIPR KCRM RS
06MOSCOW5104	RUSSIA-GEORGIA: BORJOMI MINERAL WATER BAN [...] (C) Summary: Jacques Fleury, Managing Director of Georgian Glass and Mineral Waters (GGMW),producer of Borjomi water, outlined for us May 12 the company's recent troubles with the Russian government. A press campaign had turned into threats by the GOR to ban import of the water; the ban was [...]	2006-05-15 09:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW5372	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NGO LAW: SO FAR, MUCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the month since Russia's controversial new NGO legislation formally went into effect, there has been widespread uncertainty about how to comply with it and about its long-term impact. Though implementing regulations have been issued, they fail to address many practical questio [...]	2006-05-19 13:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW5378	RUSSIA'S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met separately May 16 with democratic opposition leaders Nikita Belykh of the Union of Right Forces (SPS) and Irina Khakamada of Our Choice. Belykh insisted that the democratic opposition must do more to rejuvenate the movement and demonstrate that it is capable of i [...]	2006-05-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5454	HELSINKI COMMISSION STAFFDEL MEETS WITH MFA NGO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 16 meeting with Staffdel Finerty, Valeriy Kuzmin, who heads the MFA department responsible for interaction with Russia's regions, the Parliament, and civil society groups, said that his department also assists domestic NGOs in making contact with international counterpa [...]	2006-05-23 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
06MOSCOW5458	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 23 MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Ambassador met with DFM Karasin May 23. Karasin was to leave later that day for a Nagorno-Karabakh trip. He hoped to be pleasantly surprised. With regard to U/S Burns' letter on South Ossetia, Karasin stressed positive movement and labeled the rest a matter of interpretation, but argued [...]	2006-05-23 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG IR AJ AM GG BO UP RS
06MOSCOW5513	KALININGRAD AGRIBUSINESS FORUM: GERMAN FARMERS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kaliningrad Oblast's first international agribusiness forum intended to stimulate foreign investment drew a respectable, German-dominated audience of foreign farmers and processors. The oblast minister of agriculture conceded that openly inviting German farmers to come to the o [...]	2006-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PINR PREL GM RS
06MOSCOW5645	CHECHNYA: THE ONCE AND FUTURE WAR [...] (C) Introduction: Chechnya has been less in the glare of constant international attention in recent years. However, the Chechnya conflict remains unresolved, and the suffering of the Chechen people and the threat of instability throughout the region remain. This message reinterprets the history of [...]	2006-05-30 09:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS
06MOSCOW6334	GROWTH AND CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA'S REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: While none would dispute that Moscow leads Russia in economic development, it is increasingly clear that many cities beyond Moscow are experiencing healthy growth. Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) owners in large provincial cities report expanded opportunities and gradually imp [...]	2006-06-14 10:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ELAB SOCI POL RS
06MOSCOW6390	RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGNERS IN NORTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: On March 21 the Russian Government issued a decree that puts most of the Republic of North Ossetia off-limits to foreigners. Local authorities began enforcing the decree this month, with immediate effects on international assistance organizations. Most local observers relate th [...]	2006-06-16 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PBTS MARR MOPS EAID OSCE RS GG
06MOSCOW6535	RUSSIAN MFA ON PUTIN-SAAKASHVILI TALKS [...] (C) Summary: The Russian MFA notetaker at the June 13 meeting between Presidents Putin and Saakashvili said the discussion was a constructive start to dialogue. He stressed several times that Russia was not a party to any of the frozen conflicts, and that it was the South Ossetians and Abkha [...]	2006-06-20 12:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PBTS GG RS
06MOSCOW6815	SOCIAL MOBILITY IN RUSSIA: WHICH WAY TO THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With real average incomes up 66 percent over the past five years, Russia's middle class has begun to emerge from the shadows -- after all, someone other than the mega rich has to be buying all those TV sets, cars and cell phones. Understanding that the movement is now well unde [...]	2006-06-27 11:10:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EINV ELAB EFIN PGOV RS
06MOSCOW6843	RUSLAN KHASBULATOV ON CHECHEN DYNAMICS [...] (C) Ruslan Khasbulatov, Yeltsin's opponent in the 1993 White House standoff and now professor of economics at the Plekhanov Russian Academy of Economics, gave us his perspective June 27 on dynamics in his native Chechnya. Khasbulatov was upfront about his dislikes in the current political alig [...]	2006-06-28 09:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR RS
06MOSCOW7385	RUSSIA'S GEORGIA POLICY: "THE CAUCASUS BENEATH ME" [...] (C) Russia's policies towards Georgia are the product of three factors: anger unleashed by perceptions of betrayal and disrespect, fear of encirclement by a West intent on dismembering Russia's conception of the "Post-Soviet space," and solidarity with the separatist Abkhaz and South Ossetian [...]	2006-07-12 11:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW7666	NEW RESTRICTIVE RUSSIAN ELECTORAL LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. A flurry of new, more restrictive legal measures affecting the conduct of elections appeared during the last few weeks of the spring sessions of both houses of the Russian parliament. On July 12, President Putin signed amendments passed by both houses that end the option of voti [...]	2006-07-18 12:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW873	KABARDINO-BALKARIA: AFTERMATH OF OCTOBER ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Few local officials in Kabardino-Balkaria are willing to talk about the October 13-14 attacks in Nalchik by Islamic extremists against government, law enforcement and security sites. Those who did during a January 25-26 visit to the Republic by Embassy officers cited joblessness [...]	2006-01-30 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EAID RS
06MOSCOW9018	RUSSIA AND UKRAINE: TWO CHEERS FOR YANU? [...] (C) Summary: Moscow was pleased that new Ukrainian PM Viktor Yanukovich made his first foreign trip to Russia to meet with President Putin and PM Fradkov in Sochi. Observers here expect that the tone of the relationship will improve, but on substance, few saw Yanukovich as a pushover. On t [...]	2006-08-18 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD UP RS
06MOSCOW9412	15TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1991 "COUP": APATHY, PROMISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fifteenth anniversary of the August 1991 "coup" passed with little fanfare. There were no official events, and the Russian population greeted the anniversary with apathy or political antipathy. Despite concern in some circles over increasing restrictions on personal freedo [...]	2006-08-28 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW9482	RUSSIAN OIL TO LITHUANIA -- MIXING REVENGE AND BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 12:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL LH RS
06MOSCOW9533	A CAUCASUS WEDDING [...] (C) Weddings are elaborate in Dagestan, the largest autonomy in the North Caucasus. On August 22 we attended a wedding in Makhachkala, Dagestan's capital: Duma member and Dagestan Oil Company chief Gadzhi Makhachev's son married a classmate. The lavish display and heavy drinking concealed the deadl [...]	2006-08-31 06:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW9978	U.S.-RUSSIAN COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the last U.S.-Russian Counterterrorism Working Group (CTWG) convened in Moscow in December 2005, bilateral CT cooperation has continued to move forward even as the pace has remained uneven. Russia has focused on strengthening its capacity to respond to counterterrorism chal [...]	2006-09-08 13:51:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV RS
06MUSCAT1561	MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM VERDICT, IRAQ VIOLENCE, PALESTINIAN [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned "Oman" says Iraqis can curb violence if they cooperate against it; Youth-oriented, privately owned "Al-Shabiba" believes the "civil war" atmosphere in Palestine makes Hamas and Fatah cooperation unlikely and says that U.S. failure to heed Afghanistan's history lessons [...]	2006-11-06 10:31:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1600	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL JOHN P. [...] (S) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. Oman remains a strong friend and ally in the Global War on Terrorism, but prefers to maintain a low profile and is reluctant to deploy its forces in support of OIF or OEF. Our continued engagement with the Omani security forces cont [...]	2006-11-15 14:11:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
06NEWDELHI1974	RUSSIAN PM,S VISIT UNLIKELY TO REVIVE DECLINING [...] (C) Summary: Russian Premier Mikhail Fradkov's visit to New Delhi (March 16-17) was intended to reinvigorate the declining India/Russia relationship, but there is little indication that the visit broadened Indo-Russian relations or injected much forward momentum. The delegation included the [...]	2006-03-22 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	POV ETRD PGOV PREL TSPA MASS TRGY EPET ENRG
06NEWDELHI4062	THE COMMUNISTS ARE ON A ROLL AND LOADED FOR BEAR [...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties were energized by their victories in the recently concluded state elections (Reftel A),and have been more rhetorically aggressive in their criticism of the UPA. While the Communists will be more ambitious in their confrontation, they remain unlikely t [...]	2006-06-09 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI6582	INDIA KEEPING AN EYE OPEN FOR OPPORTUNITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary for Eurasia Jaimini Bhagwati argued that India's role as an observer in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is a useful opportunity to help the organization set reasonable priorities. Bhagwati expressed interest in cooperating with the U.S. on techni [...]	2006-09-21 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL MARR AF UZ TI TX KZ KG
06NEWDELHI7725	INDIA STILL TESTING THE WATERS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a recent visit to Dushanbe, New Delhi PolOff met with MFA and Ministry of Energy officials and local diplomats to explore Indo-Tajik relations. Indian rehabilitation and construction efforts include a small hydropower project, construction of a tunnel, rehabilitation of the a [...]	2006-11-09 13:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECIN ENRG SNAR TI IN
06NEWDELHI7759	BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...]	2006-11-13 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7937	NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...]	2006-11-22 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI8003	INDIA'S COMMUNIST PARTIES DEBATE HOW TO USE THEIR [...] (C) Summary: India's Left parties have a guaranteed niche in Indian politics and enjoy some advantages. India has the largest number of poor people of any country on earth, including many of the most exploited and oppressed populations found anywhere. These make a natural constituency for [...]	2006-11-28 06:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON IN CH NP
06NEWDELHI8100	INDIAN INTELLIGENTSIA IN A SEASON OF CRITICIZING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indian intelligentsia has been harshly critical of late of the efficacy of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO),the organization responsible for designing and developing India's weapons systems. Government officials have chimed in, blaming the agency for [...]	2006-12-01 12:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PARM IN

06NEWDELHI8278	U/S BURNS MEETING WITH INDIAN NSA NARAYANAN [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Under Secretary Burns and National Security Advisor Narayanan discussed the impending passage of the U.S-India Peaceful Atomic Energy Cooperation Bill and hopes that a 123 Agreement could be implemented quickly. They agreed that after conclusion of the historic a [...]	2006-12-11 13:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS IN
06NEWDELHI8365	PIPELINES, EDUCATION AND SECURITY IN CENTRAL ASIA: [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a Dec. 13 meeting, Joint Secretary (Eurasia) Jaimini Bhagwati expressed concerns to P/DAS Steven Mann about whether Turkmenistan could live up to its obligations in a proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) natural gas pipeline. Citing the Indo-Pak relationsh [...]	2006-12-15 06:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL EPET ELTN TX KZ TI KG
06NICOSIA1889	CYPRUS: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part II (Financial Crimes and Money Laundering) of the 2006-2007 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. As requested Reftel, we will also e-mail a track-changes version of this report to the officials request [...]	2006-11-06 11:30:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR CY
06NICOSIA781	EU OFFICIAL BRIEFS ON TURKISH CYPRIOT ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission is going forward with plans to implement the delivery of 259 million Euro of assistance to the Turkish Cypriot community over the next three years. DG Enlargement's Technical Assistance and Information Exchange Unit (TAIEX) will begin work immediately and [...]	2006-05-24 15:29:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV EUN CY
06OTTAWA1904	Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...]	2006-06-19 21:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA
06PARIS1568	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]	2006-03-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1799	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Belarus Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1922	FRANCE WILL SUPPORT BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on expanding a visa ban against Belarusian officials to Antoine Gosset, the MFA's Belarus desk officer. Gosset said the MFA was examining the legal implications of extending the visa ban to include Aleksandr Lukashenka, given the lack of prece [...]	2006-03-24 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO FR EUN
06PARIS2252	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Belarus, Russia and Darfur. Fried pressed French officials to remain open to offering Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan, and noted that French and U.S. analy [...]	2006-04-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS2663	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with GOF energy policy officials to discuss potential areas for bilateral and transatlantic cooperation to improve energy security. GOF officials emphasized the need to maintain pressure on Russia to open its oil and gas markets and, [...]	2006-04-24 10:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS3049	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran America's Darfur [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3453	FRENCH SHARE USG CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) On May 22, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian activities in South Ossetia to Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, and Marie Dumoulin, Georgia desk officer. Dumoulin said on May 23 that France shares our "preoccupation" with Russian int [...]	2006-05-23 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL RU GG OSCE PGOV FR
06PARIS3501	FRANCE PLANS LIMITED REACTION TO AHMADI-NEJAD'S [...] (C) On May 23, poloffs delivered to MFA officials reftel demarche on the implications of Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's attendance at the June SCO summit in Shanghai. Aurelia Bouchez, the MFA's DAS-equivalent for Russia and the former Soviet space, told poloff that France did not plan on de [...]	2006-05-24 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL FR
06PARIS3870	FRENCH COMPLAIN ABOUT RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN OSCE, [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told visiting EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins that France saw a "largely negative" context for the OSCE, primarily due to Russian intransigence. Generally speaking, the West had a radically different vision of the OSCE than Russia, and it was important, they said, that [...]	2006-06-08 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL FR CFE
06PARIS4218	AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2006 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE) [...] (C) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, June 12-15, 2006 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 48 presentations by 13 AG member states, and 2 presentations were pr [...]	2006-06-20 08:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4219	AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE [...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]	2006-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4243	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-06-20 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06PARIS4406	FRANCE WILL LIKELY SEND A/S-EQUIVALENT TO RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PGOV PHUM SOCI FR
06PARIS4580	FRENCH STILL CONSIDERING OSCE BID, BOUCHER TOLD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Concerned officials say they will tell Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokayev that Kazakhstan will have to meet higher standards if it wants to Chair the OSCE in 2009. But, they admit, the personal relationship between the two Presidents may carry the day. During other meetings in Pari [...]	2006-07-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN
06PARIS5305	TFLE01: FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEW: ABSOLUTE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche offered a measured and candid take on where we are on Lebanon late August 4. Stressing that Franco-American cooperation on the UNSCR was excellent, Boche said he nevertheless feared that some key differences -- deriving from the op [...]	2006-08-05 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR IS SY IR
06PARIS59	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6125	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6179	EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]	2006-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS7057	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting EUR DAS Bryza and EUR/CARC Conflicts Advisor Crosby met with newly arrived MFA Deputy Political Director and A/S-equivalent for non-EU Europe October 24 to exchange views -- in advance of Georgian FM Bezhuashvili's November 7 visit to Paris -- on next steps on Russia-Ge [...]	2006-10-27 08:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG RS NATO EU KDEM MARR
06PARIS7581	ITER JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR $10 BILLION FUSION [...] Summary: On November 21, representatives of the European Union, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States signed the agreement creating the ITER international organization charged with building, operating and dismantling, at a cost of some $10 billion, a first-o [...]	2006-11-29 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY SENV KPAO FR
06PARIS7847	S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...]	2006-12-20 09:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR IR
06PARIS8	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-03 13:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PHNOMPENH1960	CAMBODIA REVIEWS DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS SINCE 1991 [...] (U) Summary. On October 21, the International Relations Institute organized a 15-year anniversary academic forum reviewing the successes and failures of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and their implementation during the subsequent UNTAC period. Cambodian government officials dominated the li [...]	2006-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM CB
06PRAGUE12	CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary. Czech FM Cyril Svoboda visited Moscow December 20 for meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Moscow. The two agreed that Russian President Putin may visit Prague in the spring, but only if the Czechs agree (under pressure) to sign IPR license agreements for Soviet-era military technolo [...]	2006-01-04 17:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MARR RU PL EZ
06PRAGUE1376	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Ambassador Graber paid courtesy calls on the heads of the upper and lower chambers of the Czech legislature on November 1. The two men, through from rival political parties on opposite sides of the political spectrum, shared similar views on foreign policy issues of interest to [...]	2006-11-06 13:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR CVIS PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1402	CZECH ENERGY SECURITY: MODERATE BUT INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic is moderately dependent on Russian oil and gas compared to other former Soviet bloc countries, thanks to its domestic coal production supplying over 50% of domestic energy needs, its position as a major electricity exporter in Europe, and diversified [...]	2006-11-09 12:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1450	SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Czechs marked the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. As you will see during your visit, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transformation in [...]	2006-11-29 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EZ
06PRAGUE170	CZECHS OPPOSE VENEZUELA'S UNSC AMBITIONS; THOUGHTS [...] (U) A/DCM February 16 delivered reftel demarches on (a) Venezuela's UNSC ambitions, and (b) U.S. thoughts on the next UN Secretary General, to Jan Kara, Director of the Czech MFA's United Nations Department. 2. (C) Kara shared that the Czech Republic is similarly opposed to Venezuela's camp [...]	2006-02-16 17:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNSC GT VE EZ PL
06PRAGUE260	PUTIN CONDUCTS FRIENDLY VISIT TO PRAGUE, LIGHTLY [...] (C) Summary. The March 1-2 visit of Vladimir Putin to Prague was aimed at throwing the best possible light on the relationship between Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic concerns were the main focus, but few agreements were signed. Difficult issues were either raised gently, or ignored. D [...]	2006-03-13 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EZ RS
06PRAGUE360	CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: SUPPORTIVE, [...] (S) Summary: The Czech Republic may be a good candidate to host ground-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors and/or a BMD radar. However, Czech involvement in the project will be contingent on careful handling of the issue in the domestic political arena. The too-close-to-call Jun [...]	2006-04-07 05:42:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	MARR PREL PL EZ UK RS
06PRAGUE934	CZECH PUBLIC DEBATE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since reftel report on July 19, Czech media coverage has intensified, with a steady stream of editorials and news coverage about a potential siting of a U.S. missile defense facility in the Czech Republic. Pro-MD commentators continue to make the arguments that an MD [...]	2006-08-11 08:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EZ
06PRISTINA973	KOSOVO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REMAINS A PROBLEM, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trafficking in persons (TIP) continues to plague Kosovo, but UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) have taken some important steps to combat it, including undercover police operations, adoption of a two-year action plan to combat trafficking in human [...]	2006-11-16 06:33:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	GTIP KJUS KCRM PGOV UNMIK YI
06QUITO2315	GOE'S UNGA PRINCIPALS: EXPERIENCED PERMREP, [...] (C) Summary: This report on the GOE's UNGA principals responds to questions posed by the Department in Ref A. The GOE has an experienced and capable UN PermRep in Diego Cordovez. Relations between President Alfredo Palacio and FM Francisco Carrion are generally close, but include tensions [...]	2006-09-15 20:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UN EC
06RANGOON602	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: "WE SEEK CLOSER TIES TO BURMA" [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador, a four-year veteran in Rangoon, described Russia and Burma as at the "beginning of a new stage in bilateral cooperation." The two countries recently exchanged senior level visitors "to reinvigorate relations." The Ambassador described sanctions as counte [...]	2006-05-04 08:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS PHUM PGOV BM RS
06RIGA519	AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Ambassador Bailey and Russian Ambassador Kalyuzhny discussed the security situation in Iraq; energy security; Latvian-Russian bilateral relations; the NATO Summit; the recent visit of Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga to the U.S.; and Russia's desire to [...]	2006-07-03 07:28:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG ECON WTO RS LG
06RIGA533	LATVIAN PRESIDENT VETOS CONTROVERSIAL LABOR LAW [...] SUMMARY. Latvian president Vaira Vike-Freiberga returned to the Saeima (parliament) a bill to amend the Labor Law, which did not include sexual orientation as one of the protected categories in employment. The language of the law appears to violate an EU directive that Latvia must incorporat [...]	2006-07-07 11:18:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EUN LG
06RIGA573	LATVIA IN AGREEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche July 19 to Vilmers Henins, A/S-level equivalent in the MFA for Russia and the former Soviet states. Latvia has "absolutely the same position" on this issue, he said, and agrees that Moscow is the key to resolving this. Henins expressed concern, ho [...]	2006-07-20 08:15:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL OSCE MD RS LG
06RIGA577	NAZERBAYEV'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Latvia by Kazakh President Nazerbayev was mainly focused on building economic ties between the two countries. The Kazakhs already have a heavy investment in a grain port in Latvia and would like to use the oil terminal at Ventspils to ship their oil. The two countri [...]	2006-07-21 08:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON OSCE RU KZ LG
06RIGA619	DAS KRAMER TALKS BELARUS, MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings in Riga July 24, DAS David Kramer discussed Belarus, Moldova and Russia with key Latvian officials. Latvia is closely watching Belarus' relations with Russia and trying to improve people to people contacts. NGO representatives who work with Be [...]	2006-08-02 11:59:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID RS MD BO LG
06RIGA656	RUSSIA URGES ROBUST OSCE OBERSERVATION OF OCTOBER [...] (SBU) Summary: An ODIHR election assessment team visited Latvia August 3-4 to assess the overall state of Latvia's election system prior to October parliamentary elections in order to make recommendations on an OSCE election observation mission. As part of this assessment, the team met with re [...]	2006-08-18 04:20:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE RU LG
06RIGA699	BORIS YELTSIN'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Boris Yeltsin's visit to Latvia to mark 15 years since the restoration of independence is viewed by GOL officials as another positive sign in relations with Moscow. Originally a private visit, both Latvian and Russian sources agree that it was upgraded at the request of President P [...]	2006-08-31 10:39:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU LG
06RIGA761	The rules for Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections [...] Summary. Latvia will hold its fifth post-Soviet elections to the Saeima, the 100-member parliament, on Saturday, October 7. The country uses a modified proportional representation system and any party that collects at least five percent of votes cast nationally wins seats in the Saeima. Out [...]	2006-09-21 04:16:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM LG
06RIGA762	The players in Latvia's parliamentary elections [...] SUMMARY. Latvia enters the 2006 Saeima (parliament) election race with a minority government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party) that includes the center-right People's Party, centrist Greens and Farmers Union and conservative First Party. The country will likely emerge fro [...]	2006-09-21 04:17:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA799	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO [...] Madam Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit Riga October 10 - 13. Latvia today is a very different place than it was when you helped establish the Peace Corps program here after Latvia regained it's independence in 1991. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership [...]	2006-10-02 14:09:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL OVIP CHAO ELAINE LG
06RIGA836	SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETINGS WITH GOL OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's visit to Latvia provided an opportunity to discuss economic growth and job creation, relations with Russia and the recent Latvian elections with senior governmental officials. All interlocutors noted the challenge for Latvia of the out migra [...]	2006-10-13 14:10:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB ECON MARR CVIS OVIP CHAO ELAINE RU
06RIGA859	LATVIA'S ELECTIONS: MODERATE HARMONY CENTER BEATS HARDLINE [...] Summary. One of the major upsets in Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections was the poor showing of hard-line For Human Rights in a United Latvia (PCTVL) list versus its main rivals in the race for the votes of the Russian-speaking electorate, the moderate Harmony Center (SC) ticket. Even t [...]	2006-10-20 05:48:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI LG
06RIGA923	SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Mr. President, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Soviet [...]	2006-11-06 16:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PRESIDENT LG
06RIGA938	LATVIAN PARLIAMENT INSTALLS NEW CENTER-RIGHT MAJORITY [...] SUMMARY. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) voted 58-41 on November 7 to approve a new center-right government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis of the People's Party. The new government took office immediately after the vote. The four-party coalition consisting of the People's Party (TP),[...]	2006-11-13 15:04:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LG
06RIGA945	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Madame Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Sovi [...]	2006-11-20 09:07:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP SECRETARY RICE LG
06RIGA959	LATVIA: PARLIAMENT PUNTS ON NEXT PHASE OF JEWISH [...] Summary: The Saeima (Latvian parliament) on November 23 rejected a draft bill that would have provided financial assistance to the local Jewish community to compensate the losses suffered during the Holocaust and the Soviet occupation of Latvia. The government's bill failed because abstention [...]	2006-11-24 15:02:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI LG
06RIYADH5106	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 27 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah June 27. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-06-25 16:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP PTER IZ SA
06RIYADH5548	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY TREASURY [...] (C) The U.S. Mission to Saudi Arabia warmly welcomes your visit to Jeddah July 23. Ambassador Oberwetter and Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller look forward to meeting you and will accompany you on a number of your calls on Saudi leaders. Per your request, appointments are being requested in Jedd [...]	2006-07-12 09:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	OVIP EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ SA
06ROME1194	GOI SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON RUSSIAN MEMBERSHIP IN [...] (C) Summary. Acting EcMin met April 12 with Carlo Tripepi, Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Trade Controls to the MFA's Director General for Economic Affairs, to deliver Refs A and C talking points and non-papers. Tripepi said the GOI position on Russian membership in the Australia G [...]	2006-04-20 12:07:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA RS IT
06ROME1410	ITALY: GIORGIO NAPOLITANO ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE [...] (SBU) Senator for Life Giorgio Napolitano May 10 was elected Italy's 11th President of the Republic by a simple majority in the fourth round of voting. The center-right opposition, led by caretaker PM Silvio Berlusconi, did not support Napolitano's candidacy. Two of Berlusconi's coalition al [...]	2006-05-10 16:16:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IT
06ROME1757	SCENESETTER: YOUR 6/16 MEETING WITH ITALIAN FM [...] (S/NF) FM (and Deputy PM) Massimo D'Alema is a key political powerhouse in the new Italian government, a nine-party coalition including the Greens and the Communists, with a razor-thin majority in the Senate. The Prodi government is trying to align Italy with what it believes is the EU line, [...]	2006-06-13 16:44:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO OVIP IT SR YI IZ IR AF
06ROME599	2006 TIP REPORT: ITALY [...] Below is the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for Italy. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. The Embassy point of contact is Labor Counselor Candace Putnam, telephone: 39-06-4674-2327, fax 39-06-4674-2623. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) 21.A. Italy is a country of destination an [...]	2006-02-27 15:21:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN
06SANAA2	KIDNAPPING UPDATE: SECURITY FORCES DEPLOY, ROYG [...] (C) Summary: Tribesmen continue to hold five Italian tourists hostage in the Sirwah mountains, 60 miles northeast of Sanaa. On January 2, the ROYG deployed 33 members of the Ministry of the Interior's Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) to an area near where the hostages are believed to be held. T [...]	2006-01-03 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA50	ROYG FREES ITALIAN HOSTAGES: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 6, tribesmen released unharmed five Italian tourists that had been held hostage since January 1 (ref A). Breaking from a long-standing policy of granting concessions without legal consequences, the ROYG pursued a successful dual-track strategy of negotiating through [...]	2006-01-09 11:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANJOSE1009	FERNANDO BERROCAL, MINISTER OF PUBLIC SECURITY [...] (C) On May 8, 2006, Fernando Berrocal Soto was sworn in as Minister of Public Security and Government, along with the rest of Oscar Arias's cabinet. Berrocal has little background in security issues but extensive political and international experience, including two stints as Costa Rica's Per [...]	2006-05-11 22:46:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CS
06SANTIAGO2400	MEDIA REACTION - THE NEW CHIEF OF THE PENTAGON [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 17:11:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO2610	MEDIA REACTION - PINOCHET AND THE COLD WAR [...] On March 21, conservative, influential newspaper-of-record "El Mercurio" (circ. 129,000) carried an op-ed by international commentator Karin Ebensperger entitled, "Pinochet and the Super Powers." Quote: 2. "For more than 30 years we Chileans have not forgiven ourselves, accusing each other [...]	2006-12-21 18:46:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM CI
06SANTODOMINGO2720	DOMINICAN MFA OFFICIAL COMMENTS THAT "COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to shared points regarding the "Compact with the Cuban People," Embassy received a four page written response by Ambassador Danilo P. Clime, Director of the Caribbean Affairs Section of the Dominican Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Clime asserts in his response that, g [...]	2006-08-24 12:56:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CU DR
06SEOUL1855	PRESS BULLETIN - JUNE 5, 2006 [...] How Far Will Seoul Be Swayed By Pyongyang and Washington? (Dong-a Ilbo) 2. A Collapse is Also an Option at the FTA Talks (Hankyoreh Shinmun) FEATURES 3. Joint Chiefs of Staffs Report: "ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command to Be Dissolved in 2012" (Chosun Ilbo) 4. If U.S. Pre [...]	2006-06-05 07:54:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
06SEOUL3370	SEOUL MAYOR OH SE-HOON'S VISION: A NEW SEOUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a convivial lunch on September 29 with newly elected Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, the Ambassador and the Mayor discussed plans to improve Seoul, the issues regarding the relocation and redevelopment of the Yongsan Garrison, the 2007 presidential elections, the KORUS FTA and North [...]	2006-09-29 09:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS
06SEOUL3433	INR A/S FORT'S MEETING WITH MOU VICE MINISTER SHIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 27 meeting, Ministry of Unification (MOU) Vice Minister Shin Eon-sang told visiting INR Assistant Secretary (A/S) Randall Fort that the international community needed to create an environment where North Korea's weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) would be useless. [...]	2006-10-10 07:44:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KN KS
06SEOUL3684	GNP PARLIAMENTARY VICE SPEAKER LEE SANG-DEUK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lunch meeting on October 25 with the Ambassador, GNP National Assembly Vice Speaker Lee expressed concern over the Roh administration's handling of the U.S.-ROK alliance, OPCON transfer, North Korea and expressed general dissatisfatction with Roh. Lee's clear message was th [...]	2006-10-27 02:30:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ABLD KS KN
06SEOUL423	DPRK ECONOMY: CHINESE EXPERTS FORESEE ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) A January 18-19 academic conference in Beijing explored the potential for North Korea to change its "military first" security policy in order to realize more meaningful economic reform, faster economic growth and an increase in international aid. The American organizers of the event wor [...]	2006-02-07 06:35:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV KN KS CH JA
06SEOUL559	DPRK ECONOMY: KAESONG INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, BOOM OR [...] (SBU) A round of discussions with South Korean companies operating in the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) in North Korea revealed that most are generally satisfied with business conditions at the project site. While most firms profess to be making money or to be on track with their business [...]	2006-02-17 09:41:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL KS KN
06SEOUL595	THE DPRK LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION: ROK OBSERVERS [...] (SBU) ROK academics interviewed in recent weeks by poloff were divided on whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-il would name his successor in the near future, and on whether Kim would choose one of his sons as his heir or seek outside the Kim family. Most believed Kim Jong-il's second son, Ki [...]	2006-02-23 07:58:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR MNUC SOCI KN KS
06SEOUL657	PROMINENT SCHOLAR SAYS U.S. SHOULD UNDERMINE DPRK [...] (SBU) Andrei Lankov, a prominent authority on the DPRK, told the Ambassador on February 27 that the United States should ignore the DPRK at a political level, as the Kim Jong-il regime was a threat only to its own people. He argued that a low-key effort to provide greater information to Nor [...]	2006-03-02 07:53:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON SOCI KS KN
06SHANGHAI7043	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS ON SCO AND RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to scholars in Beijing (Reftel),Shanghai SCO scholars told visiting EAP Poloffs in November 1-3 meetings that is unlikely that the SCO will accept new members in 2007, especially Iran. They expect China to continue to promote multilateral economic cooperation within [...]	2006-11-13 09:10:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RS UZ TI KZ KG TX
06SOFIA1393	BULGARIA CONSULTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On September 26, Christo Atanasov and Ivelina Bachevanova of the Ministry of Economy's Export Control Department informed us of a high-value export application for sale of Bulgarian weapons and ammunition to the Republic of Geo [...]	2006-09-28 14:26:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS ETTC GG BU
06SOFIA1677	MOSCOW TIGHTENS SCREWS AS BULGARIA PREPARES FOR EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first official visit to Moscow, Foreign Minister Kalfin discussed several unresolved bilateral issues, including arm sales to Georgia, the production and sale of weapons under outdated Soviet licenses, and efforts to trim Bulgaria's ballooning trade deficit with Russia [...]	2006-12-18 14:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD RU BU
06SOFIA553	BULGARIA: NEW CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Purvanov has appointed Lieutenant General Zlatan Stoykov to be Bulgaria's new Chief of the General Staff. Stoykov is a strong supporter of increased U.S./NATO engagement as well as Bulgaria's continued participation in OIF and ISAF. From the U.S. point of view, he is [...]	2006-04-19 12:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV BU
06SOFIA647	BULGARIA'S MOST POPULAR POLITICIAN: GREAT HOPES, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Sofia Mayor and former Interior Ministry General Boiko Borisov has stormed onto the national political scene in recent weeks, founding a new movement that has quickly become the most popular political force in the country. Borisov has denied rumors that he will be a candidate [...]	2006-05-09 10:04:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR ASEC KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA82	BULGARIA: SELECTION OF NEW CHIEF PROSECUTOR IS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The main event on Bulgaria's political calendar this year is often considered to be the November presidential election, but in fact the selection of a new Chief Prosecutor today may have more of a lasting impact on Bulgaria's future. As previewed with the Ambassador by Interior [...]	2006-01-19 17:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA968	ONE YEAR AFTER ELECTIONS, STANISHEV EXCEEDING [...] (C) Summary. After ten months in office, the coalition government led by Socialist (BSP) Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev has surprised observers with its consistently pro-U.S. foreign policy, conservative fiscal policy and relative internal stability. Stanishev's government quickly reversed [...]	2006-07-11 12:06:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON PGOV IZ BG
06STATE114035	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-07-12 02:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06STATE60256	UNDER SECRETARY SHINER,S APRIL 3, 2006 [...] (U) Classified by: Wendell Albright, Acting Director, EAP/J, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) April 3, 2006; 4:00 P.M.; Washington. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Shiner Louis Bono, Special Assistant, E Wendell Albright, Acting Deputy Director, EAP/J Rober [...]	2006-04-14 21:02:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EAGR ETTC ENRG EAIR JA IN CH
06TAIPEI1151	DIRECTOR'S INITIAL CALL ON VICE PREMIER TSAI [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Tsai Ing-wen expressed concerns about Taiwan's democracy and economic situation with AIT Director Young during his initial courtesy call on March 28. She promised to work hard to address the concerns of business leaders with regard to overly bureaucratic travel regulat [...]	2006-04-03 07:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TW
06TAIPEI1744	KMT LEGISLATORS DEFEND OPPOSITION TO DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: KMT legislators debated each other and sheepishly defended their opposition to the stalled defense procurement legislation during a May 18 meeting with the Director. There was a strong difference of views on the upcoming Economic Sustainable Development Conference (ESDC) between [...]	2006-05-22 23:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON PREL PGOV TW
06TAIPEI3013	VICE PRESIDENT LIU SEES ANTI-CHEN MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Annette Lu told the Director that she believes the "Depose Chen" movement will blow over in the next few weeks, but expressed concern about the potential for violence by anti-Chen demonstrators. She steadfastly defended President Chen Shui-bian and gave no outwar [...]	2006-08-31 22:09:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TW
06TALLINN1049	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S TRAVEL TO [...] (C) Madam Secretary, I am extremely honored and pleased to welcome you to Tallinn as part of the President's historic visit on November 27-28 (Ref A). Estonia is a steadfast ally and partner with whom we share many common values. The timing of the visit is excellent - President Toomas Hendri [...]	2006-11-21 13:54:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EN
06TALLINN1085	RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS FALL FLAT IN ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, several Russian attempts to provoke Estonia with Soviet-style propaganda have fallen flat. A Duma resolution on the Soviet soldiers' memorial in downtown Tallinn (the so-called "Bronze Soldier"),a well-timed declassification of documents "proving" U.S. and B [...]	2006-12-07 10:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV RS EN
06TALLINN1086	ESTONIA: BIOS OF PRESIDENT ILVES?S ADVISORS [...] (SBU) Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has surrounded himself with trusted, experienced advisors he has known for most of his political career. For the most part, these officials gained experience in the early days of re-independence, and comprise some of the most thoughtful and well c [...]	2006-12-07 14:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV EN
06TALLINN1091	ESTONIA: LANNEOTS APPOINTED AS NEW CHOD [...] (C) Summary. Major General Ants Laaneots was confirmed as Estonia's new Chief of Defense Forces (CHOD) on December 5. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) hopes Laaneots's appointment will heal the rift between the MOD and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF),which existed under the previous CHOD. Laane [...]	2006-12-11 15:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EN MARR PGOV PINR PREL
06TALLINN1114	UKRANIAN PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO VISITS ESTONIA [...] (C) Summary. During a visit to Estonia, Ukrainian President Yushchenko emphasized his country's interest in NATO and EU membership, and asked the GOE to send senior officials to Ukraine to explain the benefits of integration. Yushchenko said that a rift between Belarusian President Lukashenk [...]	2006-12-19 13:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP BO EN
06TALLINN1131	ESTONIA: PRIME MINISTER ANSIP VISITS AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Afghanistan December 10- 12, Prime Minister Ansip assured President Karzai that Estonia and NATO are in Afghanistan for the "long haul." Karzai expressed gratitude for Estonia's support to Afghanistan and complained bitterly about Pakistan's unwillingness to dea [...]	2006-12-22 12:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL AF EN
06TALLINN311	AFGHANISTAN - ESTONIA'S MAIN FOREIGN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Afghanistan is Estonia's main foreign military mission priority for the year. Its contribution to the UK-led PRT in Helmand (up to 150 troops) will be a huge commitment for this small country, the largest it has ever undertaken. In the run up to deployment of a company- size con [...]	2006-03-31 15:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UK AF EN
06TALLINN355	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 14:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
06TALLINN362	FRAUD SUMMARY ? TALLINN: SECOND QTR FY2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 14:53:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD VIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EN
06TALLINN411	ESTONIA AMENDS LAW ON ALIENS TO CONFORM WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Estonian Parliament adopted an amendment to the Estonian Aliens Law on April 19, 2006. The updated law widens non-citizen residents? freedom of movement and employment in other EU countries, and has generated strong interest among Estonia's 135,000 mostly Russian-speaking "st [...]	2006-04-28 14:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EN
06TALLINN423	CODEL COBLE ENGAGES WITH ESTONIANS ON LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 18 - 19 visit to Tallinn Congressman Howard Coble and Congressional staff discussed narcotics, shipping and port security, and other law enforcement issues with the Members of Parliament, Minister of Foreign Affairs Urmas Paet, Minister of Internal Affairs Kalle [...]	2006-05-04 14:46:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP EN
06TALLINN433	ESTONIA: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES EUROPEAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 14:57:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EUN EN
06TALLINN439	ESTONIA: VE DAY REMAINS DIVISIVE [...] On May 8 approximately 200 World War II veterans gathered at Tallinn's Maarjamae memorial to mark the anniversary of the end of the war. The event was organized by the Estonian War Veterans Association, an umbrella group that includes veterans associations from both Soviet and German units. [...]	2006-05-10 14:45:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EN

06TALLINN496	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAQ, INTEGRATION WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. In a May 18 luncheon hosted by the Ambassador, Parliamentary Deputy Speaker Maret Maripuu (Reform Party) and MPs Kllo Arjakas (Center Party) and Eiki Nestor (Social Democrats) shared their views on the Estonian mission in Iraq, domestic politics, and Russian minority integration [...]	2006-05-24 13:04:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN533	ESTONIA: ETHNIC TENSION OVER TALLINN'S "BRONZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions have escalated between ethnic Estonians and Estonia's Russian-speaking community over the fate of a World War II monument in central Tallinn depicting a Red Army soldier. The proximate cause is an event involving the desecration of an Estonian flag carried by two count [...]	2006-06-05 13:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EN
06TALLINN535	ESTONIA: PDAS VERGA DISCUSSES DISASTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of his participation in a Baltic Defense College seminar, OSD PDAS for Homeland Defense Peter Verga met with the Secretaries General of the Ministries of Defense and Internal Affairs on June 1. Verga shared insights on the challenges of inter-agency coordination [...]	2006-06-06 07:37:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR SOCI EN
06TALLINN568	TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY ADAMS STUDIES ESTONIAN [...] (U) Summary: In a June 12 visit to Estonia, Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Timothy Adams met with Finance Minister Aivar Soerd, Central Bank Governor Andres Lipstok and representatives of the American Chamber of Commerce. He also hosted a roundtable discussion with leadin [...]	2006-06-15 08:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC PREL EUN EN
06TALLINN626	ESTONIA RETHINKING AIR POLICING POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Air Policing (AP) remains one of the top military/security priorities for the GOE representing, as it does, the only concrete security contribution Estonia receives from NATO membership. Due to repeated Russian incursions into Estonian airspace over the years, the GOE feels that [...]	2006-07-06 10:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LG LH EN
06TALLINN739	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a stead War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, where its troops h casualties includi [...]	2006-08-15 15:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EN OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP IN TH MG FI
06TALLINN845	ESTONAIN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: NO LONGER HOT BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. These days, progress in Estonian- Russian relations is measured in inches. Over the last several months, disagreements over sensitive and controversial issues such as the border treaty have not hindered cooperation on less hotly debated issues. However, Estonia's relationship [...]	2006-09-15 08:35:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN
06TALLINN883	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FRIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, Estonia remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans-Atlantic security institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a steadfast ally in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanist [...]	2006-09-27 05:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EN
06TALLINN922	DAS PEKALA VISITS ESTONIA, OCTOBER 3-4 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Estonian government and political leaders told visiting EUR DAS Pekala October 3-4 that the GOE is committed to extending the mandate of Estonia's troops in Iraq but that upcoming parliamentary elections will complicate the debate in parliament. They also expressed deep concern ov [...]	2006-10-11 13:50:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL CVIS IZ AF EN RU
06TALLINN941	ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PART I: ILVES ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Toomas Henrik Ilves brings international perspective and strong foreign policy experience to the presidency in Estonia. In contrast to his predecessor, Ilves has made it clear that he will use the presidency as a bully pulpit on both domestic and foreign policy issues. While th [...]	2006-10-16 13:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN964	ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PART II: A MORE ASSERTIVE [...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has highlighted three foreign policy priorities for his presidency: helping to improve transatlantic relations, increasing Estonia's profile in and contributions to the European Union (EU) and development of a coherent and coor [...]	2006-10-23 13:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN972	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. President, I am extremely honored and pleased to welcome your historic visit to Tallinn on November 27-28. Estonia is a steadfast ally and partner; we share so many common values. The timing of your visit is excellent - President Ilves took office on October 9th and the parliament is [...]	2006-10-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EN
06TALLINN989	ESTONIA: INVESTMENT TRENDS & CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Estonian economy is strong, and a favorable and open destination for foreign investment. Nevertheless, a labor crunch, infrastructure strain, and some uncertainties in the business climate pose possible future threats to growth. Ideas for attracting future FDI include positi [...]	2006-11-03 12:29:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EN
06TASHKENT1562	UZBEKISTAN'S KARIMOV THREATENED BY MILITANT ISLAM [...] (C) Summary: In a marathon discussion with President Karimov, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Boucher pressed Karimov to live up to the promise that U.S.-Uzbek bilateral relations once held. Karimov welcomed the effort at dialogue, but said that a lack of trust is at the heart [...]	2006-08-11 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT1707	FEARS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISM GROWING [...] (C) Summary: The GOU has urged Tashkent community leaders to take robust measures to discourage Islamist tendencies among the public. An Embassy contact with strong local government connections said that officials expressed fear that Islamists may be planning disturbances ahead of the 2007 P [...]	2006-09-07 10:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM PTER SOCI UZ
06TASHKENT2324	NEW STATE ADVISOR ON RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS BAKHROM [...] (C) Summary: Bakhrom Abdukhalimov has been appointed State Advisor to the President for Religious Affairs and Interethnic Relations. Abdukhalimov is an expert in Arabic and Islamic Studies. He has spent much of his career at the Al Beruni Oriental Studies Research Institute under the Academ [...]	2006-12-13 11:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF UZ
06TASHKENT247	DISARRAY IN EGULIK'S JIZZAK BRANCH LEADS TO CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: In December 2005, the head of the Ezgulik Human Rights Society, Vasila Inoyatova, filed a request with Jizzak Province registration authorities to dissolve Ezgulik's Jizzak regional branch. As she explained to poloff, the decision was the result of more than two years of internal [...]	2006-01-31 14:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT262	LITTLE FRIENDSHIP ON BRIDGE BETWEEN UZBEKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOU and UN claim that the Friendship Bridge border crossing between Uzbekistan and Afghanistan is very active. Recent visits to the bridge show that the border crossing there is in significantly better condition than other border posts in Uzbekistan. However, Emboffs have ob [...]	2006-02-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON AF UZ
06TASHKENT263	EGYPT ENCOURAGES UZBEK STUDENTS TO STUDY ARABIC AND [...] (C) DCM met with Egyptian Charge d'Affaires Jailan Abbas Abdel-Aziz on January 30 to discuss educational programs for Uzbeks offered by the Egyptian Government. According to Abbas Abdel-Aziz, annually 20 Uzbek undergraduates receive four-year scholarships for either Islamic or secular studies [...]	2006-02-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EG UZ
06TASHKENT326	TAJIBAYEVA - NOT A RUN-OF-THE-MILL SHOW TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a dramatic departure from Uzbekistan's recent Soviet-style show trials, human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva and her attorneys are putting up a spirited defense in her criminal trial. The judge has opened the proceedings to outside observers: journalists, diplomats and NGO [...]	2006-02-14 01:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR UZ
06TASHKENT345	UNHCR PRESSING FOR UZBEK RATIFICATION OF REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Country Representative asked for U.S. support in encouraging the GOU to sign the 1951 Convention on Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. Uzbekistan is the only CIS state not to have signed the documents. There are currently 1,816 refugees, mostly Afghan, registered wit [...]	2006-02-15 02:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT440	WHAT IS EU IDENTITY IN UZBEKISTAN? [...] (C) Summary: The French Embassy, current EU chair in Tashkent, has started a campaign to inform Uzbek students about the EU. However, at a round-table discussion, EU diplomats failed to convey a concept of EU identity that satisfied their audience. The Uzbek students attending the roundtable [...]	2006-03-03 13:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT512	RESOLUTION TIGHTENS CONTROL OF JOURNALISTS - [...] (C) Summary: A Cabinet of Ministers resolution passed on February 24 and released March 7 restricts working conditions for independent journalists and accreditation procedures for foreign journalists. Under the resolution, it is illegal for Uzbek citizens to work for non-MFA accredited foreign [...]	2006-03-16 13:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GM UZ
06TASHKENT693	UNHCR OFFICE MAKES CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: The GOU has still not responded to UNDP's proposal to assume some of UNHCR's responsibilities after its closure. UNHCR headquarters has told its office to begin closing down on April 11 if the GOU has still not responded by then. UNHCR's Protection Officer told Poloff that the GO [...]	2006-04-07 14:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT802	(CORRECTED COPY) WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...]	2006-04-24 07:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ
06TASHKENT808	WORRYING TRENDS IN EDUCATION [...] (C) Summary: Politics continue to play a defining role in education in Uzbekistan. In a reflection of its close ties to Moscow, the GOU is considering increasing the number of hours of compulsory Russian language classes. Teachers have been instructed to inform the Ministry of Education if a [...]	2006-04-24 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PHUM CVIS UZ
06TASHKENT809	THE REJUVENATION OF ISLAM: WHY UZBEK MOSQUES ARE [...] (U) This is the first in a series on the state of Islam in Uzbekistan with future cables addressing a trip to Friday prayer, the relationship of mosque and state, and the growing market for Islamic materials and media. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Uzbek men are filling the mosques in search of solace [...]	2006-04-25 03:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT938	LANDMINE ACTIVIST UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Alisher Taksanov (please protect),the local representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL),told us that he was denied an exit visa at the end of March, preventing him from attending an international landmine conference. Taksanov, who is also an independent [...]	2006-05-15 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TBILISI2668	GEORGIA TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR:UPDATED [...] Pursuant to Ref A Embassy Tbilisi provides the following statistics and information regarding the textile sector in Georgia. 2. Statistics (2005 data): Total industrial production (USD thousands): 1,158,267 Total textiles and apparel production (USD thousands): 7,745 Textile/apparel sha [...]	2006-10-04 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD GG
06TBILISI2938	GORKONI FRUIT PROCESSING COMPANY: AFTER STALIN, [...] Summary. The city of Gori in the Shida Kartli region of central Georgia prides itself on many things: the birthplace of Josef Stalin, the home town of current Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, and host to the country's top fruit processing factory. Econoff visited the Gorkoni frui [...]	2006-11-03 04:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD PGOV KFIN GG
06TBILISI2991	IMERETI REGION: SEEKING A VISION FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian city of Kutaisi and its surrounding region, Imereti, are struggling to find a clear direction for future economic growth. Regional leaders view the city, and the region, as a transit and regional service center for medicine, education, and trade, but seem to focus mo [...]	2006-11-09 15:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ETRD GG
06TBILISI3046	GOG NEEDS STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: On November 7-8, PolEcon Chief and Poloff traveled to the multi-ethnic region of Samstkhe-Javakheti to meet with newly-elected local officials, NGO leaders, media representatives, and university students. The purpose of the visit was to reinforce the USG's commitment to increased [...]	2006-11-20 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU
06TBILISI3069	THE ROSE REVOLUTION: THREE YEARS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Saakashvili administration came to power after the 2003 Rose Revolution promising to build democracy, increase prosperity, and reincorporate Georgia's separatist regions. Three years after the Rose Revolution, the Saakashvili administration has much to be proud of. In place [...]	2006-11-22 15:32:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG
06TBILISI3399	NO SHAH DENIZ GAS MEANS TOUGH CHOICES FOR GEORGIA [...] Summary: BP reported the delay in availability of Shah Deniz gas to the Embassy on December 21. ACG associated gas, which is now being re-injected to support oil production, could supply up to 8.1 million cubic meters (cm) per day to Azerbaijan and Georgia. However, the old pipeline from Az [...]	2006-12-26 13:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL GG
06TELAVIV1049	WITHOUT ARIK, MORE RUSSIAN-SPEAKING VOTERS SEEK [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Israel's Russian-speaking electorate, which numbers close to one million, represents one of the most important target populations in the upcoming elections, one that could determine an allocation of some 15 to 20 of the 120 Knesset seats, according to academics and [...]	2006-03-15 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1066	GIDEON EZRA DISCUSSES AMONA COMMITTEE, [...] (C) Summary: Public Security Minister Gideon Ezra told the Ambassador on March 14 that the Israeli National Police (INP) knew it would encounter significant resistance during the demolitions of Amona, but that the operation had to be implemented regardless because the High Court made a decis [...]	2006-03-16 18:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SENV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1145	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. US-Israel Relations 3. Mideast --------------- Election polls: --------------- Channel 10-TV and Ha'aretz published the results of a survey conducted by Prof. Camil Fuchs of the Amanet Group's Dialogue Institute: -"Were elections for the Knesset held today, for whom w [...]	2006-03-22 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1319	ISRAELI DEFMIN TELLS A/S WELCH ISRAEL WILL TAKE NO [...] (S) Summary: Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary Welch and DAPNSA Elliott Abrams on March 30 that Israel will not communicate with or assist a HAMAS-led Palestinian Authority (PA). Mofaz said that he personally believes PA President Abu Mazen will become increas [...]	2006-04-04 04:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
06TELAVIV1632	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Sinai Bombings 2. Mideast 3. Mordecai Vanunu ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz quoted senior US administration officials in Washington as saying in unofficial conversations that the US will not recognize a [...]	2006-04-26 14:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV1876	AGAINST THE ODDS, MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Middle East Cancer Consortium is extending its reach and adding attendees from additional countries to its activities. Independent Palestinian health professionals remain eager to participate in MECC conferences and courses while PA officials are off-limits. Member countri [...]	2006-05-12 18:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL KPAL KWBG IS XF XD ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
06TELAVIV1963	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Visit of PM Olmert to Washington 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In its lead story, Ha'aretz reported that on Thursday, the US published a draft of a new international treaty that would forbid the production of fissionab [...]	2006-05-19 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV3551	HAIFA AFTER THE ROCKETS [...] Summary. Two Embassy Tel Aviv consular officers made a post-ceasefire visit to Haifa, Israel's third largest city, principal port and for about a month this summer the frequent target of Hizbollah rocket attacks, to assess operations of our consular agency there and get a feel for how the city [...]	2006-09-06 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CASC CMGT IS
06TELAVIV4086	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that in a speech at the opening of the Knesset's winter session, PM Ehud Olmert said that the "Lebanon campaign" underlined the threat a nuclear Iran would pose for the " [...]	2006-10-17 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4396	EVANGELICAL FEAST SERVES UP MANNA FOR ISRAELI [...] (C) The anemic Israeli tourism industry recently received an injection of USD 15-18 million from 5,000 Evangelical Christian pilgrims who attended a week-long Feast of Tabernacles celebration sponsored by the International Christian Embassy of Jerusalem (ICEJ). In its 27th year, the conventio [...]	2006-11-03 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EIND PREL IS
06TELAVIV45	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health: 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon is fighting for his life after suffering a significant stroke with massive bleeding in his brain last night. He was rushed from [...]	2006-01-05 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV450	POVERTY SITUATION IMPROVES AMID HEADLINES TO THE [...] (C) The poverty report released on January 23 by the Israeli National Insurance Institute (INII) indicates a marked slowdown in the rate of increase of poverty in Israel. At a time when the sharp cut in welfare payments resulting from the enactment of the Netanyahu economic reform program in [...]	2006-01-31 13:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV4662	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 11:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR
06TELAVIV4703	ISRAEL SEEKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS ENERGY SUPPLY TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN ORDER TO MEET THE ENERGY DEMANDS OF A GROWING POPULATION AND A RISING STANDARD OF LIVING, ISRAEL WILL NEED TO DOUBLE ITS GENERATING CAPACITY OVER THE NEXT DECADE. IN AN EFFORT TO REDUCE ITS HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTED OIL -- 90 PERCENT OF WHICH COMES FROM RUSSIA AND THE FOR [...]	2006-12-01 15:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL EPET PGOV ETRD IS
06TELAVIV596	GOI RESPONDS TO NEW PATTERN OF CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli National Police (INP) Colonel Avshalom Peled told G-TIP Reports Officer Gayatri Patel January 11 and poloff in subsequent phone conversations that his Ramon Border Police Brigade, which guards Israel's southern border with Egypt, has captured 85 Palestinians from the Gaza [...]	2006-02-08 14:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS EG PGOV PREL JO PINR PREF PBTS SNAR KCRM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL SOCIETY
06TELAVIV623	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Putin's Announcement 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media headlined Russian President Vladimir Putin's invitation to Hamas leaders to visit Russia. Putin was quoted as saying that Russia never considered Hamas a [...]	2006-02-10 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV642	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV693	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV700	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Muhammad Cartoon Controversy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media reported that Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz is expected to present to Acting PM Ehud Olmert today recommendations formulated by the defense establishment [...]	2006-02-17 11:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV915	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]	2006-03-06 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Palestinians -- senior Islamic Jihad commander Munir Abu Sukker and another militant of the group, two children, and another bystander -- were [...]	2006-03-07 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06TELAVIV981	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The lead stories in all three major Hebrew-language newspapers focus on interviews with Acting PM Ehud Olmert. (The Jerusalem Post also conducted an interview with him.) [...]	2006-03-10 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE1425	NETHERLANDS: U/S JOSEPH'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO THE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph held bilateral consultations at the Dutch MFA, met with Dutch defense and foreign affairs committee spokespersons, and spoke to the press on June 21. Topics covered during his meetings included: the Prolife [...]	2006-06-27 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL KNNP PARM ENRG EU AORC MTCR NL ETTC
06THEHAGUE453	EMBASSY THE HAGUE SUBMISSION FOR SIXTH ANNUAL TIP [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel A's request for input for the 2006 TIP report. Part One summarizes key developments during the past year and Part Two responds to the questions in paragraphs 21 - 24 of reftel A. Preparation time is about 170 hours (FSN - 110; FS-04 - 30; FS-02 - 30 hours). [...]	2006-03-01 16:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
06TOKYO1358	MEDIA REACTION JAPAN-CHINA RELATIONS - [...] "Ending the Vicious Circle of Japan-China Relations" An editorial in the business daily Nihon Keizai commented (3/15): "The Japanese and Chinese governments have exchanged harsh criticism since last month. The tension and distrust over PM Koizumi's visits to Yasukuni Shrine, natural gas develo [...]	2006-03-15 04:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO1654	LDP AND KOMEITO SECRETARIES GENERAL APPEAL FOR [...] (C) During a March 29 courtesy call on the Ambassador, Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Takebe and Komeito Secretary General Fuyushiba requested the Ambassador's SIPDIS assistance in securing meetings with Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rice, Secretary Rumsfeld and the leaders o [...]	2006-03-29 09:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP JA
06TOKYO1818	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/05/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 08:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO1894	WHA ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON: YOUR VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo welcomes your coming visit. You will arrive in Japan at a time when our relationship is as good or better than it has ever been; the government is eager to expand its special relationship with the United States. Japan and the U.S. share many commonalities in our relations w [...]	2006-04-07 12:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL ETRD ECON LA XK JA
06TOKYO2074	CHERNOBYL DISASTER COMMEMORATED IN TOKYO [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 16, Japanese anti-nuclear and Chernobyl assistance organizations hosted a 20th anniversary symposium on the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. Yuri Scherbak, current Foreign Policy Advisor to outgoing Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) Speaker Lytvyn and former Ukrainian Ambassador [...]	2006-04-17 23:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SOCI PARM TRGY JA
06TOKYO2135	AVIAN INFLUENZA: JAPAN WEEKLY REPORT APRIL 19 [...] The following is an update on avian influenza (AI) developments in Japan for the period April 13 to 19. No human or animal outbreaks of H5N1 avian influenza were reported in Japan during the past week. -- H5N1 to become a "Government-Decreed" Infectious Disease -- 2. On April 14, the [...]	2006-04-19 08:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO JA
06TOKYO2467	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2519	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2662	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO2664	U.S.-JAPAN-ROK POLICY PLANNING TRILATERAL, SESSION [...] (C) Summary: In Session 2 of the U.S.-Japan-ROK trilateral policy planning talks on May 12, S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner, Japanese Deputy Vice-Minister for Foreign Policy Masaharu Kohno and Korean Deputy Minister for Policy Planning and International Organizations Park In-Kook outlined t [...]	2006-05-15 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL APEC ARF MARR CH KS JA
06TOKYO2708	MEDIA REACTION RUSSIA - TOKYO [...] "Putin Administration Needs to Show Dignity Befitting a G-8 Member" The conservative Sankei editorialized (5/17): "With the first G-8 summit in Russia only two months away, there are questions as to whether the host nation shares the values of freedom and democracy common to the G-8. The US an [...]	2006-05-17 06:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO2873	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 00:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3038	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3134	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3208	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 06/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3369	MEDIA REACTION NORTH KOREA - TOKYO [...] "DPRK Must Not Launch Taepodong-2" The business daily Nihon Keizai editorialized (6/19): "How many times has North Korea ratcheted up tensions in the region by undertaking preparations to launch a missile? US and Japanese national security officials, who are keeping close tabs on what appear t [...]	2006-06-19 07:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO3523	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06/26/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3560	THE VIEW FROM NEMURO: HEART OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: Local governments in Hokkaido Prefecture are promoting the return of the four islands comprising the disputed Northern Territories in part by fostering "mutual understanding" with the islands' Russian residents. Visa-free exchanges and humanitarian assistance are their primary to [...]	2006-06-28 04:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EFIS RS JA
06TOKYO3632	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 06//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 01:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO3809	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 09:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4305	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4356	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/03/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 01:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4486	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/10/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4548	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 08:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4720	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4830	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/23/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 23:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO4978	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 01:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5054	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 00:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5089	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/07/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 23:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5113	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 09/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 00:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5512	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/25/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 08:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5515	JDA AVM MORIYA ON DEFENSE BUDGETS, TRANSFORMATION, [...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya assured the DCM over Japan's commitment to implement the May 1 Alliance Transformation Roadmap and to fund necessary defense requirements, including Host Nation Support. During a September 22 dinner, Moriya said that constr [...]	2006-09-25 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS JA
06TOKYO5562	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5565	A/S FORT DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MOFA INTELLIGENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan could potentially bring high value to our analysis of events in Iran due to Japan's diplomatic presence in and extensive commercial relations with Tehran, INR A/S Fort told MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service (IAS) Director General Takeuchi on September 25. In a meeting [...]	2006-09-26 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR IR AF JA
06TOKYO560	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/01/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5605	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/27/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5858	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10//06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-10 01:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO5988	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/13/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-13 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6042	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/17/06 [...] Okinawa 1,123 1. Gifu 107 2. Yamanashi 388 2. Nara 109 3. Mie 265 3. Fukui 110 TOKYO 00006042 011 OF 011 4. Wakayama 260 4. Tokyo 111 5. Oita 256 5. To [...]	2006-10-17 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6163	SAKHALIN 2 PARTNER CONFIDENT PROJECT WILL NOT BE [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Japanese Ambassador to Russia Takehiro Togo, currently senior counselor at Mitsui and Co., which is part of the Sakhalin 2 consortium, told Econoff on October 17 that the Russian government had no desire to pull the plug on the Sakhalin 2 project despite environmental co [...]	2006-10-23 09:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PREL JA RU
06TOKYO6195	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/24/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-24 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6301	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/31/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 08:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

06TOKYO6358	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/02/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6404	U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN SECOND TRILATERAL [...] (S/REL AUS) Summary: U.S., Australian, and Japanese Ambassadors for Counterterrorism and their interagency delegations held the second round of trilateral counterterrorism consultations in Tokyo on October 24. Participants offered general threat assessments for Indonesia, the Philippines, an [...]	2006-11-07 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER AS ID RP TH AF PK IZ JA KN
06TOKYO6432	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6465	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/09/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6823	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND POISONING OF FORMER [...] "No Exit from Iraq in Sight" The business-oriented Nikkei editorialized (12/4): "In their summit on November 30 in Amman, President Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki agreed on the accelerated transfer of security responsibility to the Iraqi side. However, there appears to be no clear scenar [...]	2006-12-04 04:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
06TOKYO693	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/08/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6941	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/12/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6979	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/15/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 03:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7099	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM DISCUSSES CHINESE AND RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. On December 7, on the margins of a U.S.-Japan Dialogue on Central Asia, SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum assessed the challenges presented by Russian and Chinese policies in the region with MOFA European Affairs Bureau Russia Division Director Kuninori Matsuda. Feigenbaum stressed that a [...]	2006-12-21 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO7164	U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART TWO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials continued their full-day U.S.-Japan consultations on Central Asia with interagency meetings on foreign assistance and project finance. MOFA International Coop [...]	2006-12-28 01:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH RU ZK JA
06TOKYO7192	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/29/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 04:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/17/06 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06ULAANBAATAR232	State Secrets Law: An Invitation to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]	2006-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR454	Genghis Khan Makes A Comeback [...] Earlier this week, Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) replaced the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The MPRP, the social democratic descendant of the Communist Party which ruled Mongolia for nearly seven decades, is the dominant party in the coalition government formed in January. [...]	2006-06-14 06:09:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR499	MCC EURASIA DIRECTOR REID'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eurasia Managing Director Frances Reid met with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and Vice Foreign Minister, among others, during the course of her June 12-22 visit to Mongolia. During her meetings, she expressed appreciation for th [...]	2006-06-29 01:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL EAID PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR539	Secretary Johanns' Visit Advances Relationship [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Secretary for Agriculture Mike Johanns headed a Presidential Delegation which visited Mongolia July 12-13. During very cordial meetings with President Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Enkhbold, Johanns conveyed President Bush's congratulations on Mongolia's 800th annivers [...]	2006-07-18 01:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP EAID MASS MG US
06ULAANBAATAR593	KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...]	2006-08-04 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR615	Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...]	2006-08-14 07:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MG JA KN
06ULAANBAATAR657	WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]	2006-08-31 09:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MG PREL
06ULAANBAATAR667	WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]	2006-09-07 09:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS
06ULAANBAATAR809	Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia has submitted a rough draft of a program memo which -- with substantial hard work by both Mongolian and U.S. counterparts over coming months -- may enable a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact to be signed in early Spring 2007. A Compact will likely involve a sig [...]	2006-10-31 08:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMCC ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR870	Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns [...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...]	2006-12-14 08:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
06USNATO687	NOVEMBER 7 HLTF AND NRC-ACE MEETINGS AT NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The HLTF met November 7 to review next steps regarding the U.S.-proposed "positive agenda" for engaging Russia on CFE issues during the next months; to consider language on CFE for inclusion in a Riga communiqu; and to address remaining questions regarding several I.S. discuss [...]	2006-11-28 11:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV KCFE NATO PREL RS
06USOSCE142	A RUSSIAN TAKE ON OSCE ELECTIONS/OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Russian OSCE Mission DCM Vladimir Voronkov (protect) told USOSCE PolCouns March 31 to expect a "very difficult" second half of 2006 in OSCE with respect to elections observation issues. Voronkov said that while he doubts there is any written instruction, he is convinced that the MFA has [...]	2006-04-03 08:45:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PINR PREL RS
06USOSCE246	WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 16:17:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1620	UN ADMINISTRATION: PENSION BOARD APPROVES [...] Summary. At its meeting held in Nairobi July 13-21, the 33-member Board of the UN Joint Staff Pension Fund considered several dozen reports on a range of topics, including: the Fund's actuarial valuation; management of the Fund's $32 billion of investments; and the creation of an Audit Commi [...]	2006-08-24 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA ASIG
06VIENNA2155	Visit of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti- Semitism Gregg Rickman visited Vienna July 5-8 to pay introductory calls on Austrian and Jewish community representatives, as well as OSCE and EU officials. Rickman met with MFA Legal Adviser Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff; Secretary General of the Na [...]	2006-07-19 11:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA2322	AUSTRIA'S EU PRESIDENCY: MANAGING THE GAME [...] (C) Summary: The Austrians approached the EU presidency like a solid backup quarterback takes the field: they had modest expectations, they strove for technical competence, and they set realistic goals. Their biggest successes -- winning agreement on a financial perspective, getting agreem [...]	2006-08-03 11:30:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA2801	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 20, 2006 [...] As expected, no common ground was identified in the eighth of the TV debates between party leaders - Tuesday night, Greens boss Alexander van der Bellen and FPOe party leader Heinz-Christian Strache, whose parties are fighting for third place in the upcoming national elections, engaged in a deb [...]	2006-09-20 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA2997	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 06, 2006 [...] Education Minister Elisabeth Gehrer is the first politician to respond to the OeVP's defeat in the general elections: She announced yesterday she will resign as minister when the new government is sworn in and retire from politics entirely. All Austrian media report that Elisabeth Gehrer not on [...]	2006-10-06 14:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA3145	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 24, 2006 [...] Amid statements from the negotiation teams on the "positive atmosphere" during yesterday's meetings on domestic issues, talks today will address education issues. After the talks on domestic issues yesterday, both SPOe delegation head Norbert Darabos and Interior Minister Liese Prokop praised t [...]	2006-10-25 15:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA462	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargement in May 2004, Austria's location beca [...]	2006-02-15 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
06VIENNA678	AUSTRIA: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: I21. OVERVIEW ------------ A. Austria as a Country of Transit and Destination Police, M [...]	2006-03-06 15:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ALAB AU
06VIENTIANE307	ADB EXAMINES ITS OPTIONS IN A DONOR-DRIVEN ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. As part of a new Country Strategy and Program (CSP),the Asian Development Bank (ADB) is to re-vamp and trim its lending and granting policies for Laos. This is partly in response to criticisms of ADB projects from development partners, but mostly due to ADB guidelines for conti [...]	2006-03-31 09:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM ECON LA
06VIENTIANE312	LAOS' NEW PARTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CHOUMMALY [...] (C) The 8th Party Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) elected Choummaly Sayasone as its new Secretary-General on March 21. Choummaly has been a fixture in the Central Committee for more than two decades, but remains one of the least-known of the senior leaders. A long-tim [...]	2006-04-03 09:53:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL LA
06VIENTIANE335	SCENESETTER FOR DAS ERIC JOHN'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (C) You are visiting Laos at a time when Lao-U.S. relations are at their lowest ebb since 1999, when two Lao-Americans disappeared on the border between Laos and Thailand. The Lao government's detention of 27 Hmong deported from Thailand in December has much to do with the strain, but there a [...]	2006-04-10 04:25:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LA
06VIENTIANE447	DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: LAOS REWRITES ITS [...] (C) Laos isn't unique among countries whose governments rewrite history to serve their own ends, but the Communist leadership here has taken the process to its extreme. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) has concocted a black-and-white version of the recent past that is designed pure [...]	2006-05-19 04:30:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV PINR LA
06VIENTIANE632	MOVING LAOS INTO CHINA, TRUCK BY TRUCK [...] (SBU) Summary: Laos has mineral resources and China wants them. A regional mining conference in Vientiane shows the deep penetration of the Chinese into the mining sector, and the GoL's preferential treatment of its Chinese investors. Anxious to attract the investment, the Lao have little capa [...]	2006-07-07 03:01:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ENRG ETRD LA
06VILNIUS102	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) Senators McCain and Lieberman, a hearty welcome and our sincere thanks to you and your colleagues for traveling to Lithuania! Your visit will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War on Terror and bolster int [...]	2006-02-02 08:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP BO LH
06VILNIUS103	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS1037	LITHUANIAN FM MEETS WITH RUSSIAN FOREIGN, [...] (C) Summary. Lithuanian FM Vaitiekunas's discussions November 14 with Russia's Foreign and Transport Ministers in Moscow focused on positive areas of cooperation, like Kaliningrad policy and the EU-Russia PCA, as well as touchier subjects such as energy supply and neighborhood policy. Vaitiek [...]	2006-11-17 14:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ENRG RS LH
06VILNIUS11	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SENSENBRENNER [...] Congressman Sensenbrenner, on behalf of Ambassador Stephen Mull and our colleagues at the U.S. Mission in Vilnius, thank you for traveling to Lithuania. Your visit here will provide an opportunity to show gratitude to Lithuania for its staunch and unwavering support in the U.S.-led Global War [...]	2006-01-06 05:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OVIP PL LH
06VILNIUS1114	LITHUANIA CONSIDERING DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para four. 2. (C) MFA Americas Director Jonas Paslauskas told us December 13 that the GOL was mulling the establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba. He cited two reasons for the review of its current policy. First, he noted an increasing volume [...]	2006-12-15 15:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH CU
06VILNIUS129	LITHUANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] The following paragraphs represent a corrected version of our Investment Climate Statement for 2006. We have also submitted via e-mail (per reftel instructions) a copy of this report in MS Word format to DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Hatcher) and DOS/EB/IFD/OIA (Brown). 2. Begin text of report: 2006 [...]	2006-02-09 08:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	LH NOTAG
06VILNIUS135	LITHUANIA'S PRO-DEMOCRACY SUMMIT: AN OPPORTUNITY [...] (U) Summary. Lithuania intends to hold a high-profile "Summit of the Communities for Democratic Choice" May 4-5 in Vilnius. GOL conference organizers are aiming high, hoping to build momentum towards democracy among transitional countries in the former Soviet Union. They plan to convene he [...]	2006-02-10 15:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH
06VILNIUS146	LITHUANIA: RESTITUTION LEGISLATION FOR JEWISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lithuania is moving ahead with plans for the restitution of former Jewish communal property, an important element in addressing its Nazi and Soviet legacy. The government's support for restitution remains solid, and the GOL plans to submit the necessary legislation to Parliament [...]	2006-02-13 13:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KNAR PHUM LH
06VILNIUS204	LITHUANIANS LIKE USA BUT GWOT SUPPORT IS TEPID; POLL HELPS [...] SUMMARY: An Embassy-commissioned poll funded by EUR/PPD showed that a strong majority of Lithuanians continue to view the United States favorably. The survey also showed a positive correlation between knowing an American and having a positive image of the United States. Not all the news was [...]	2006-02-28 12:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CVIS PREL LH
06VILNIUS228	BALTIC STATES AGREE ON A NEW NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The prime ministers of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania declared their support February 27 for a common Baltic and EU energy policy and elaborated objectives for long-term Baltic energy cooperation. The common energy policy the PMs endorsed anticipates construction of a new nuclear [...]	2006-03-03 16:11:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EINV BEXP LH EN LG
06VILNIUS233	AMBASSADOR HIGHLIGHTS STRONG BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, on February 28 to discuss regional development, promote student travel to the United States, and pay a courtesy call on Lithuania's new Air Force Commander. The Ambassador highlighted our strong bilateral relation [...]	2006-03-06 10:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OVIP LH
06VILNIUS30	LITHUANIA PUSHES TO RETAIN/REBUILD NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuanian authorities are using the recent Russia-Ukraine gas dispute as an action-forcing event to build a new nuclear power plant and, possibly, to seek EU permission to keep the Soviet-era Ignalina plant online until a new facility is complete. Expectations are low that Bruss [...]	2006-01-12 15:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON LH
06VILNIUS42	CODEL SENSENBRENNER DISCUSSES VISA WAIVER PROGRAM [...] Summary: Congressman F. James Sensenbrenner, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, discussed Lithuania's Visa Waiver Program (VWP) prospects and expressed U.S. appreciation for Lithuania's support in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in meetings with President Adamkus and other senior off [...]	2006-01-18 13:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CVIS OVIP LH
06VILNIUS442	VILNIUS CDC SUMMIT: DEMOCRACY IS EUROPE'S DESTINY [...] (U) Heads of state from the Baltic, Black Sea and Caucasus regions gathered with EU and U.S. high-level officials May 4 for a regional conference, "Common Vision for a Common Neighborhood," which Lithuania and Poland co-hosted. This second Community of Democratic Choice (CDC) summit enabled f [...]	2006-05-12 12:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LT LG EN PL GG BO AM AJ UP RO
06VILNIUS45	LITHUANIA: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE [...] The following is the response for Lithuania for the 2005 and 2006 Report on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. Unless otherwise stated, average exchange rate used throughout the report is: 1 USD = 2.775 Lita. ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. (U) L [...]	2006-01-30 09:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS526	LITHUANIA: RAINBOW COALITION PROVES ELUSIVE [...] (C) Lithuania's Social Democratic and Conservative Parties are working to form a ruling coalition, either separately or together, in the wake of the June 1 collapse of the Government of Lithuania (refs a and b). The President, favoring a rainbow coalition government, continues to consult with [...]	2006-06-07 13:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR LH
06VILNIUS53	WORKING WITH THE BRAZAUSKAS GOVERNMENT: LOOKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, we laid out a plan to strategically engage the newly elected coalition government headed by veteran politician Algirdas Brazauskas (reftel). Despite political tumult within the coalition, we succeeded in enlisting the new government to support key U.S. objectives, [...]	2006-01-20 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV LH
06VILNIUS568	LITHUANIA: KRAFT FOOD'S CORPORATE EXCELLENCE [...] Summary: Mission Vilnius nominates Kraft Foods Lithuania for the Corporate Excellence Award in the multinational enterprise (MNE) category. In advancing this nomination, we highlight the enormous contributions Kraft Foods Lithuania has made to Lithuania's business culture and society at large [...]	2006-06-19 07:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BEXP LH
06VILNIUS584	JEWISH CEMETERY IN VILNIUS - OVERVIEW AND UPDATE [...] (SBU) The newest front in Lithuania's struggle to come to terms with its troubled past is a Jewish cemetery that Russian Czars closed in 1830 and which they and the Soviets largely destroyed. The site, known as the Snipiskes cemetery, has attracted the fervent interest of the Committee for th [...]	2006-06-21 14:14:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KNAR LH
06VILNIUS610	LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT NOMINATES DEFENSE MINISTER AS [...] (SBU) Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus nominated acting Defense Minister Gediminas Kirkilas for the post of Prime Minister June 28. The parliament held hearings on the nomination June 29 and will vote on Kirkilas's candidacy as early as July 4. The Social Democrats and Conservatives appea [...]	2006-06-29 14:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR LH
06VILNIUS623	PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER CONDEMN JEWISH CEMETERY VANDALISM [...] (U) Vandals tore down 22 monuments at a Jewish cemetery in Vilnius on June 24. President Valdas Adamkus, acting Prime Minister Zigmantas Balcytis, and Vilnius City mayor Arturas Zuokas publicly condemned the desecration and urged local law enforcement to find and punish the perpetrators. The [...]	2006-07-05 13:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNAR PHUM PGOV LH
06VILNIUS637	LITHUANIA SEEKS TO LINK UP WITH POLISH AND SWEDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Plans to link Lithuania to the electricity grids of Poland and Sweden are moving forward, according to several well-placed sources. These links would complement the nearly complete Estonia-Finland power bridge and hook the Baltics into Western Europe's electricity grid for the fi [...]	2006-07-07 11:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV LH PL SW
06VILNIUS682	U.S.-LITHUANIA BILATERAL WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the annual Bilateral Working Group (BWG) meetings between the USG and Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in Vilnius July 12-13, all three Baltic delegations carried a unified message on Baltic cooperation and Baltic air policing. In both the multilateral and bilateral fora, [...]	2006-07-19 13:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS AF LH
06VILNIUS698	RUSSIA DENIES VISAS TO LITHUANIAN STUDENTS WISHING TO HONOR [...] (SBU) The Russian Embassy in Vilnius denied visas on July 21 to members of a local youth organization that planned to visit the Siberian graves of Soviet-era Lithuanian deportees. The Council of Lithuanian Youth Organizations (LiJOT) planned the expedition to the Krasnoyarsk region, where Sovi [...]	2006-07-27 11:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM LH RU
06VILNIUS762	LITHUANIAN PM PUSHES UKRAINE'S YANUKOVICH ON EU, [...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas interrupted his holidays August 10 to sell NATO, EU and WTO integration to Ukraine's newly appointed PM Victor Yanukovich. MFA officials present for the meeting called Yanukovich's "open" reaction to their points on EU and, especially, NATO in [...]	2006-08-11 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH UP
06VILNIUS789	PM AND FM UNDECIDED ON LEBANON; SEE OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador John A. Cloud for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: PM Kirkilas and FM Vaitiekunas both told the Ambassador in initial courtesy calls that Lithuania's likely contribution to UNIFIL would be small, given its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. They said [...]	2006-08-23 12:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH
06VILNIUS83	A VIEW FROM BEHIND BARS: VILNIUS'S LUKISKES [...] This is the second cable in a two-part series detailing efforts law enforcement in Lithuania's capital of Vilnius is taking to meet the increased demand upon its services by a burgeoning tourist industry, and a review of Vilnius's local criminal justice facilities. 2. Summary. Lithuania [...]	2006-01-26 12:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT CPAS PGOV LH
06VILNIUS922	LITHUANIAN FOREIGN POLICY GURU QUITS AMID PRESS [...] (C) Summary. The surprise resignation on September 29 of one of Lithuania's most influential foreign policy figures has shaken the Foreign Ministry. MFA Undersecretary Albinas Januska, long considered the Ministry's most influential official, has close ties to Lithuania's security services an [...]	2006-10-06 12:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
06WARSAW148	U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE II - ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable reports on the Energy [...]	2006-01-31 18:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL PL UP RS NO AJ TX
06WARSAW160	A/S FRIED AND FLORY DISCUSSIONS WITH POLISH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried's January 24 and 25 discussions with senior officials of President Kaczynski's staff reviewed issues likely to be on the agenda during President Kaczynski's February 9 meeting with President Bush. A/S Fried and Ambassador Ashe also had a separate breakaway meeting wit [...]	2006-02-02 11:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG OVIP MASS PL UP RS
06WARSAW1676	MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG POLITICAL WILL IN POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public opposition to hosting a U.S. MD site in Poland is, as the opposition to the Iraq War, thin and not strongly felt. All major political parties on the left and the right continue to support an MD site, and the government leadership is committed to the project. There is no do [...]	2006-08-11 14:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW176	U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE III: EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable covers the SD sessions on East [...]	2006-02-03 15:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL UP BO RU
06WARSAW1798	NEW DEPUTY DEFMINS: MACIEREWICZ STIRS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed MOD U/S Antoni Macierewicz, responsible for transformation of the military intelligence services (REF A),has triggered an uproar by accusing "most former Polish foreign ministers" of being Soviet agents. PM Kaczynski who forced the appointment over DefMin Sikorsk [...]	2006-08-26 05:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PL
06WARSAW2008	POLAND'S PKN ORLEN DISCUSSES MAZEIKIU NAFTA, [...] (C) PKN Orlen's (PKNO) Deputy President Cezary Filipowicz requested information from the USG on whether Yukos International is considering a proposal to put the Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) refinery shares into escrow to further protect them from Yukos Finance. Poland is attempting to gain support fr [...]	2006-09-15 14:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETRD PL AJ KZ RS ES LG LH PREL
06WARSAW2113	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH POLISH PM JAROSLAW [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried met with Polish Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski on September 8, 2006 and discussed Ukraine, Belarus, and energy security, all topics that we expect the PM to raise when he travels to Washington next week. Fried also discussed the chilly state of [...]	2006-09-29 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP
06WARSAW2159	A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH FM FOTYGA, MFA AND MOD [...] (C) Summary: (C) A/S Fried met September 8 with MFA and MOD officials to discuss a range of bilateral issues, and was hosted at dinner later that evening by Foreign Minister Fotyga. An extensive part of both conversations focused on Ukraine, and how to encourage the Ukrainian government to c [...]	2006-10-05 14:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP
06WARSAW2188	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV IN POLAND: A SOFT TOUCH, EXCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met October 5 with President Lech Kaczynski, PM Jarek Kaczynski and FM Anna Fotyga during a one-day visit to Warsaw. According to senior officials from the MFA and presidential chancellery, the overall tone of the visit was positive, although little was a [...]	2006-10-12 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL RS GG IR
06WARSAW2312	MFA DEMORALIZED AND WEAKENED UNDER FM FOTYGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lech Kaczynski's tight grip on foreign policy has squeezed out his own Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with a corresponding loss of effectiveness in European institutions and overall quality in Polish foreign policy. The politicization of top and mid-level positions, [...]	2006-11-02 16:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW497	POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]	2006-03-17 09:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WELLINGTON260	THE NUCLEAR BAN AND NEW ZEALAND'S IDENTITY [...] (C) Summary: For reasons of history and politics, New Zealand's anti-nuclear legislation has become a core part of the nation's psyche. The ban arose just as the country was forging its post-colonial identity, and has become as integral to many Kiwis as the Constitution is to us. Although w [...]	2006-04-05 03:55:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06YEREVAN1046	HUNGER-STRIKING CONVICTS ATTEMPT SUICIDE AFTER [...] (U) Four men serving life sentences at Yerevan's Nubarashen detention facility tried to slit their wrists after a failed escape attempt. The escape attempt followed a hunger strike undertaken by the prisoners in protest of the prison conditions. A task force from the human rights ombudsman's [...]	2006-08-02 12:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
06YEREVAN1179	PASSING THE BAR: ARMENIA'S LAWYERS SWEAT THROUGH A RITE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Last weekend, in a hot, somewhat dilapidated university gym, 309 aspiring Armenian attorneys sat for a legal rite of passage, the bar exam. Armenia has not offered a licensing exam for advocates in over five years and has one of the lowest percentages of lawyers per capita in the [...]	2006-08-30 12:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AM
06YEREVAN1265	FM OSKANIAN'S FAREWELL SENDOFF TOUCHES ALL THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian's farewell lunch for the Ambassador offered a review of current issues. Oskanian expressed relief and exasperation about the ability to reach consensus on how the NK/Occupied Territories fires issue would be managed at the UNGA. He worried over the Iranian nuclear [...]	2006-09-13 07:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETTC EAID SCUL OVIP KNNP UNGA AM IR
06YEREVAN1330	ARMENIA'S SOVIET-STYLE INDEPENDENCE DAY PARADE A [...] (SBU) Armenia celebrated the fifteenth anniversary of its independence on September 21 with an over-the-top Soviet-style display of military power in a long parade on Yerevan's Republic Square and a host of other events celebrating Armenia's development. Literally thousands of soldiers and c [...]	2006-09-25 09:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV AM
06YEREVAN1335	ARMENIAN BRANDY: CHURCHILL'S FAVORITE FACES NEW THREATS [...] (U) Standing on one end of Yerevan's "drunken" bridge, the Yerevan Brandy Company (YBC) is Armenia's leading exporter of brandy/cognac; a signature Armenian product, famous throughout the former-Soviet world. The company exports approximately 90 percent of its product, 75 percent to Russia. W [...]	2006-09-26 02:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR PREL GG RS AM
06YEREVAN1388	GUAM ALLIES GANG UP ON RUSSIA DURING THINKTANK [...] (U) A Russian analyst who spouted anti-Western rhetoric at a local thinktank seminar this week in Yerevan found himself outnumbered when panelists from Georgia (including a former foreign minister),Ukraine and Azerbaijan ganged up on him during their speeches and particularly during the quest [...]	2006-10-05 12:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UK GG RU AZ AM
06YEREVAN1410	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO OSCE MINSK GROUP VISIT [...] (SBU) The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs visited Armenia October 3-4 as part of a regional trip aimed at renewing contact between Armenia and Azerbaijan on the settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On October 3, the co-chairs, together with Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairman in Off [...]	2006-10-10 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
06YEREVAN1419	ARMENIA NARROWLY AVOIDS A MAJOR MISSTEP IN PROPOSED LEGAL [...] (SBU) A recent attempt by the Armenian Ministry of Justice to propose judicial reforms in the chaotic area of expert witnesses came perilously close to making a bad situation worse in criminal, civil, and administrative legal proceedings. During the week of September 11-15, 2006, representativ [...]	2006-10-11 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS AM
06YEREVAN1429	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT PUSHES EURO INTEGRATION DURING [...] (C) Romanian President Traian Basescu played the role of European statesman during his visit to Yerevan last week, using his meetings to push issues high on the agenda of most Western diplomatic missions in Armenia. Basescu's nuanced approach was a marked contrast to that of French President [...]	2006-10-12 10:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL RO AM
06YEREVAN1475	WHO WATCHES THE BORDER BETWEEN IRAN AND [...] (C) Armenia's border with Iran extends only some 40 kilometers along the Arax river and is patrolled effectively by Russian border guards with Armenian support. Much more opaque, however, is how the 95 kilometer border between Iran and the territories of Azerbaijan now occupied by Armenian an [...]	2006-10-20 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN1484	ASSESSING KURDISH MILITANCY IN ARMENIA -- SO FAR, [...] (S) PKK activities in Armenia seem thus far to be fairly low-level, though Armenia's Yezidi community -- an ethnic minority related to Kurds by blood and language -- may be receptive to PKK outreach. Among other things, we have heard reports that the PKK sends money to some Armenian Yezidi a [...]	2006-10-24 09:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER PHUM AM
06YEREVAN1565	USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY PUSHES FAIR ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Julie Finley, US Ambassador to the OSCE, visited Armenia October 17-19, and met a wide range of GOAM officials and non-governmental contacts. While they embraced her strong messages on free and fair elections, media freedom, trafficking in persons (TIP),and anti-corruption, offi [...]	2006-11-06 04:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1639	MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST CALL-UP MESSAGE [...] MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST: A. BATTALION OPERATIONS TRAINING: MTT B. TEAM COMPOSITION: 10 SOLDIERS: ONE EACH, MTT OIC (LTC),POST INFANTRY BATTALION COMMAND),PERSONNEL OFFICER (LT),INTELL OFFICER (CPT),OPERATIONS OFFICER (MAJ),FIRE SUPPORT OFFICER (CPT),AIR OFFICER (CPT),LOGISTICS [...]	2006-11-22 04:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1665	MTT CALL-UP MESSAGE FOR MEDICAL PLT MTT [...] MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST: A. MEDICAL PLATOON ESTABLISHMENT B. TEAM COMPOSITION: AT LEAST 2 OFFICERS AND 2 NCOS WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING BACKGROUND IN MEDICAL PLATOON/COMPANY OPERATIONS/SUPPORT TO BATTALION OPERATIONS. 1 CURRENT OR FORMER OFFICER SHOULD HAVE COMPANY/PLATOON COMMAND EXPERIE [...]	2006-12-01 05:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1666	MTT CALL-UP MESSAGE FOR SIGNAL PLT MTT [...] MOBILE TRAINING TEAM REQUEST: A. SIGNAL PLATOON ESTABLISHMENT FUNDED BY FMF CASE AM-B-UAA B. TEAM COMPOSITION: AT LEAST 2 OFFICERS AND 2 NCOS WITH EXTENSIVE TRAINING BACKGROUND IN SIGNAL PLATOON/COMPANY OPERATIONS/SUPPORT TO BATTALION OPERATIONS. 1 CURRENT OR FORMER OFFICER SHOULD HAVE COMPA [...]	2006-12-01 05:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP KCFE XG AM
06YEREVAN1694	ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (SBU) Since Armenia's severe energy crisis in the early 1990s, energy security and independence have been critical priorities for the government of Armenia (GOAM). This cable, drawn primarily from conversations with representatives from the Armenian Ministry of Energy and USAID energy project [...]	2006-12-08 13:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG AM
06YEREVAN1700	ARMENIA TV ARGUES ITS CASE [...] (SBU) MCC Country Director and PAO met with Armenia TV President Bagrat Sargsian and toured the company's facilities. Sargsian affirmed his belief in the TV channel's independence and promised to provide opposition candidates a platform to air their views in the lead-up to the May parliamenta [...]	2006-12-11 08:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KPAO KDEM AM
06YEREVAN1704	ARMENIA'S HEAD IN THE SAND ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) During a two-day conference on domestic violence in Yerevan, representatives of the police and the Prosecutor General's (PG) office variously denied the existence of the problem in Armenia, used flowery language to expound upon the strength of the Armenian family and vigorously opposed lo [...]	2006-12-11 13:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN AM
06YEREVAN174	"WHO'S WHO" IN ASSISTANCE FUNDING TO ARMENIA [...] International assistance has been the primary driver of development in Armenia since the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In the early 1990s, Armenia suffered devastating losses in its industrial sector and severe deterioration of its public infrastructure. Initial [...]	2006-02-07 11:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EFIN EAID PREL AM
06YEREVAN1750	CDA HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS LUNCH [...] (C) Lively discussion at a Human Rights Day lunch hosted by the Charge d'Affaires December 20 demonstrated that, while Armenia's most vocal human rights advocates agree that the upcoming parliamentary elections will not be free and fair, they do not fear airing their most damning complaints in [...]	2006-12-21 13:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV APER KPAO AM
06YEREVAN176	THE REAL STORY BEHIND ARMENIA'S 7.7 PERCENT [...] (SBU) According to the Armenian National Statistical Service, official unemployment at the end of 2005 was 7.7 percent. The official statistic is based on the number of Armenians collecting unemployment benefits. Many international organizations estimate that the true rate is closer to 25 per [...]	2006-02-07 11:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB AM
06YEREVAN227	FULL TEXT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REPORT ON N-K [...] (SBU) The National Assembly's Committee on Foreign Relations released its report on the March 29-30, 2005 hearings on the "Nagorno Karabakh Problem: Settlement Ways" (original in English). Although at this late date the report itself is not likely to inform Armenian public opinion, its relea [...]	2006-02-14 12:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AJ AM

06YEREVAN258	ORPHANED RADIOLOGICAL SOURCES IN ARMENIA: SEARCH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenian nuclear regulatory authorities are preparing to ship two high-intensity, orphaned radiological sources to Russia for secure storage. According to the director of the quasi-govermenta [...]	2006-02-23 03:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC EAID ENRG KNNP AM
06YEREVAN280	ARMENIA'S NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Although parliamentary and presidential elections are still more than a year away, Yerevan's political season is well and truly underway. Several well-known political and business figures have announced the formation of new political parties in early 2006, in effect revealing their ambiti [...]	2006-02-24 13:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN393	DAS BRYZA: BALANCING ENERGY INTERESTS IN THE [...] (C) During March 7-8 meetings in Yerevan, DAS Bryza found broad consensus for the need to diversify Armenia's sources of energy and general concern about GazProm's overwhelming influence in the sector. Bryza urged support for regional solutions to energy issues, including increased electricity [...]	2006-03-20 04:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PARM PREL IR RS AM
06YEREVAN432	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES N-K, ENERGY SECURITY AND [...] (C) During an informal dinner March 15 with a group of Armenian political leaders, visiting EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried underlined the USG's policy that strong democracies were better equipped to solve the region's most pressing problems, especially the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and [...]	2006-03-27 09:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IR AM RU
06YEREVAN647	BAGHDASARIAN LEADING HIS PARTY INTO THE COLD? [...] (C) In a series of recent setbacks for National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian and his Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law, OY) party, it is becoming apparent that Baghdasarian is being marginalized well before the 2007 parliamentary elections (ref A). Baghdasarian's penchant for playing to a We [...]	2006-05-10 13:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN661	"PROSPEROUS ARMENIA" - OLIGARCH'S NEW PARTY [...] (C) The political grouping "Prosperous Armenia" is gathering steam and is expected to be one of the most important factors as the political season heats up. Its leader, the business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan, has declared that his goal is to support financially a group of professional legislato [...]	2006-05-12 09:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AM
06YEREVAN692	ARMENIA'S SYUNIK MARZ: NOT MUCH GROWTH AND LITTLE [...] (C) Armenia's southern Syunik region feels very little of the economic growth that is now so obvious in the capital. Separated from the rest of Armenia by mountains and connected by a two-lane road occasionally washed out by landslides, Syunik borders the Azerbaijani exclave Nakhichevan on the [...]	2006-05-19 13:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL AM IR
06YEREVAN785	ARMENIA'S NEW (OLD) MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] Summary: On June 5, Ambassador, DCM and CAO met with newly appointed Minister of Education Levon Mkrtchyan, who took up his post when the party of Parliament Speaker Baghdassarian left the ruling coalition in early May. Mkrtchyan made a strong first impression, with a firm command of the chall [...]	2006-06-09 10:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI AM
06YEREVAN838	YEREVAN-BATUMI TRAIN DEPARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN [...] A train departed Yerevan for the Georgian Black Sea resort town of Batumi on June 17, marking the first train service between the Armenian capital and the autonomous region of Adjara in 14 years. According to press reports quoting Georgian Minister of Economic Development Irakli Chogovadze, A [...]	2006-06-21 12:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GG AM
06YEREVAN910	ARMENIA'S "LEAST COST" ENERGY FUTURE INCLUDES [...] (SBU) At a June 30 conference to plot out how Armenia's energy generation capability needs to change to match its projected demand, GOAM energy policy leaders and top USAID consultants presented persuasive arguments that Armenia must replace its aging nuclear power plant by 2015 with a new nuc [...]	2006-07-06 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PREL KNNP AM
06YEREVAN938	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GOAM-GOG BORDER [...] (C) The Georgian and Armenian governments have delimited between 100 and 110 kilometers of the border between the two countries, and the entire project should be completed by year's end, according to the director of the MFA's Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Department. Though the sta [...]	2006-07-13 11:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU AM
07ABUDHABI1517	PUTIN PAYS A CALL ON UAE LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Russian President Vladimir Putin made a six-hour stop in Abu Dhabi September 10, on his return from the APEC Summit in Australia. The visit was the first by a Russian head of state since the UAE gained independence in 1971. Putin lunched with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed and [...]	2007-09-11 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD RS AE
07ABUDHABI946	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ/G-8 SUMMIT & PUTIN'S STATEMENTS [...] SUMMARY: "Al-Khaleej" is skeptical of statements made by the U.S. ambassador in Iraq who said that chaos will deteriorate further in Iraq if U.S. forces leave. A columnist in "Al-Khaleej" and "Al-Bayan" describes the tension between the U.S. and Russia on the eve of G-8 summit as a return to [...]	2007-06-07 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
07ABUJA1671	NORTHERN VIEWS ON YAR'ADUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential northern Nigerians remain split over whether the May 29 inauguration of President Umaru Yar'Adua, a northern Hausa-Fulani Muslim from Katsina state, may portend a change of fortune for the North. His northern extraction is overshadowed for many by the manner in which [...]	2007-08-03 12:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI NI
07ACCRA1483	SCENE SETTER FOR THE AGOA FORUM-JULY 18-19, 2007 [...] (U) Summary: On March 6, Ghana celebrated its fiftieth anniversary as sub-Saharan Africa's first independent country. Ghana has emerged from a turbulent history into a period of stability, democracy and sustained economic growth. Ghana and the United States have enjoyed strong, positive ties [...]	2007-07-06 17:26:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR AMGT GH
07ACCRA474	GHANA AT 50: U.S.-GHANA RELATIONS [...] (U) Summary: This is the fifth in a series of scene setter cables focusing on Ghana at 50. Despite periods of friction in our relations, Ghana and the U.S. have had strong, positive ties for the past decade and are now at an all-time high. Ghana is a reliable, democratic partner for the U.S [...]	2007-02-28 17:59:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAID ECON ETRD GH PGOV PHUM PREL
07ACCRA478	GHANA AT 50: ENDURING LEGACY OF AFRICAN [...] (U) Summary: This is the sixth in a series of cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the second in a series focused on Ghana's external relations. Ghana,s legacy of continent-wide leadership began with its first president Kwame Nkrumah. Nkrumah's legacy includes a commitment to multilateral or [...]	2007-03-01 15:37:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
07ACCRA483	GHANA AT 50: A WORLD VIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the seventh and final in a series of scene setter cables looking at Ghana at 50 and the third looking at Ghana's external relations. Throughout its history Ghana has been independent and vocal on the international stage. It has preferred multilateral solutions, espe [...]	2007-03-01 18:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR CH ECON GH IN PGOV PHUM PREL RS
07ACCRA497	CHINESE INFLUENCE IN GHANA - AN UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: Chinese involvement in Ghana, dating from the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, is strong and growing. After independence, President Kwame Nkrumah sought close ties with China, a relationship that continued throughout the Rawlings years. The bilateral friendship b [...]	2007-03-02 14:39:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL XA XE GH
07ADDISABABA170	ETHIOPIA SENTENCES DERGUE LEADERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia's 12-year trial of former Dergue officials concluded on December 12, 2006, with the conviction of dictator Mengistu Hailemariam and 56 other members of his Communist regime on charges of genocide and murder. A single defendant was acquitted. During their 17-year reign, the De [...]	2007-01-23 05:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS ET
07ADDISABABA1743	FINDING ALTERNATIVES TO DPRK TRADE AND STOPPING [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Addis has pressed Ethiopian senior officials at every ministry and at every level to establish alternatives to North Korean trade and military ties. Ethiopia has significantly reduced trade with North Korea and is moving forward on phasing out the country's sole ammunit [...]	2007-06-05 09:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP ECON KN ET
07ADDISABABA207	ETHIOPIA: USG ASSISTANCE NEEDED TO MEET BURDEN OF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's announcement that it will begin withdrawing troops from Somalia highlight the GOE's assessment that it has largely met its strategic objectives. While active engagement by the USG and others in the international community will be required to mobilize and support an [...]	2007-01-24 14:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	EAID PREL MASS KDEM ET SO
07ADDISABABA3430	ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S [...] (S) Your visit to Ethiopia comes at a time when Ethiopia faces security concerns from extremists based in Somalia, saber-rattling by Eritrea over the border demarcation impasse, and an increase in domestic insurgent activity. Ethiopia's excessive response to Ogaden National Liberation Front (O [...]	2007-11-30 12:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ET SO ER
07AITTAIPEI1182	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage May 26-29 on the 2008 presidential election; on the Pentagon's release of its "Military Power of the People's Republic of China 2007" report Saturday; on a female Taiwan cadet who graduated from West Point on May 26; and on [...]	2007-05-29 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07AITTAIPEI622	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage March 17-19 on the DPP government's decision to appoint Mainland Affairs Council Chairman Joseph Wu as the new TECRO chief; on the drafting of a constitution for a "Second Republic"; and on the 2008 presidential elections. [...]	2007-03-19 09:22:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
07ALGIERS1471	INVESTING IN ALGERIA NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A soon-to-be-released report by the World Bank uses polling data to rank the main challenges facing the private sector in Algeria. Among the key obstacles detailed in the study were credit access and cost, the role of the informal market, access to land, and taxation. The br [...]	2007-10-10 13:15:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EIND AG
07AMMAN4693	BIOGRAPHIES FOR JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In the wake of November 20 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit submitted his resignation to the King November 22, paving the way for a new government. On November 23, the King designated Nader Dahabi as the new Prime Minister, and the new cabinet was sworn in on November 25. [...]	2007-11-26 17:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	JO PGOV PINR
07AMMAN702	REACTION TO PUTIN'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN MET WITH KING ABDULLAH ON REGIONAL ISSUES AND ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION DURING HIS VISIT FEBRUARY 12-13. PUTIN ALSO MET SEPARATELY WITH PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) SEE SEPTEL FOR AN INITIAL READOUT ON PRESIDENT PUT [...]	2007-02-14 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPAL IS RS JO
07ANKARA1470	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1505	TURKISH-GEORGIAN RELATIONS: DEEPER AND DEEPER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Turkish MFA Deputy Undersecretary Unal Cevikoz (a former Ambassador to Baku) visits Washington from June 18-20 for consultations on South Caucasus and Central Asia. Cevikoz is likely to identify the strengthening relationship between Turkey and Georgia as a major co [...]	2007-06-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECIN ETRD SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA1507	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1723	CERA Energy Conference Highlights Caspian Gas Transient and [...] (SBU) Summary. Over 250 government and industry representatives attended the tenth annual "East Meets West" Executive Conference in Istanbul, June 26-27, for two full days of presentations and discussions of energy security, resource access, oil and gas transit, and the impact of climate cha [...]	2007-07-06 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1860	ECONOMIC INSECURITY IN TURKISH BLACK SEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite its reputation as a nationalist hotbed, Trabzon is a lively, cosmopolitan city, influenced by growing trade and tourist relations with the former Soviet Union. The charm and prosperity of its downtown mask significant underemployment and a growing concern about the re [...]	2007-07-20 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EIND SOCI TU
07ANKARA1922	TURKEY SCENESETTER FOR AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory in the July 22 election and appears set to form another single-party government with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Turkey continues to be an essential par [...]	2007-07-27 07:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER ECON ENRG OREP IZ TU
07ANKARA2067	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-13 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2120	TURKEY: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SPECTER, AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: The new parliament is in the midst of electing Turkey,s next president, following general elections in July. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) scored a significant victory, returning with a mandate to pursue its economic and political reform policies. On Iraq, Tur [...]	2007-08-16 14:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AM ECON ENRG IZ OREP PGOV PINS PTER TU
07ANKARA2304	TURKEY CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Historical ties, shared experience, and common interests in the region have forged a 60-year bond of friendship and alliance between Pakistan and Turkey that has endured political and ideological changes in the two countries. Despite an Islamic ideology that is in marked contra [...]	2007-09-10 13:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV MARR MASS IN PK TU
07ANKARA2491	US EUROPEAN/CASPIAN/EURASIAN ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (SBU) On September 20-22, Istanbul hosted a Eurasia regional energy Chiefs of Mission conference. Participants included representatives from the supplier country posts of Ashgabat, Astana, Baghdad and Baku; posts in countries that are on key transit routes and/or are major buyers, including t [...]	2007-10-05 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET XF XG ZK TU
07ANKARA2512	TURKEY'S TIP SHELTERS FACING CRITICAL BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Budgetary short-falls threaten the continued operation of Turkey's two dedicated anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) shelters. While the Istanbul shelter is at least secure through the end of 2007, Ankara shelter administrators have told us that they have had to divert resource [...]	2007-10-11 07:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AFIN ELAB PHUM SMIG SOCI TU
07ANKARA2742	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. Your first official visit to Turkey will be an opportunity to reaffirm U.S ) Turkish shared strategic vision on the development of Caspian oil and gas resources and diversification of transit routes to lessen Europe's dependence on Russia. You will need to encourage Turkey to [...]	2007-11-08 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA2786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2847	TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...]	2007-11-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ
07ANKARA2934	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA2940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA351	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA406	TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, NATO and more. US failure in Iraq will [...]	2007-02-26 10:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR
07ANKARA424	TURKISH FM GUL REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish FM Gul told a congressional delegation that the US/Turkey relationship has weathered many storms but that a US congressional Armenian genocide resolution threatens to undermine cooperation on our shared goals for Iraq, Afghani and more. US failure `ill be Turkey's failu [...]	2007-02-27 09:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU IZ AR
07ANKARA847	LOOKING EAST: TURKEY'S MILITARY INVESTS IN THE [...] (C) Turkey has invested heavily in its security relationships in the Caucasus and Central Asia, with the bulk of its military assistance going to Azerbaijan. Turkey provides security assistance funds and training to all the countries in the region except Armenia and Uzbekistan. Historical and [...]	2007-04-12 09:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PINS ZJ ZK AJ GG TI RS TU
07ANKARA863	MARE NOSTRUM? BLACK SEA MARITIME SECURITY AND [...] (C) Turkey seeks to maintain its leadership role in Black Sea maritime security but remains frustrated that not all six littoral countries are enthusiastic followers. Ankara complains of Romanian foot-dragging as the GOT seeks to add anti-WMD and anti-terrorism capabilities to BLACKSEAFOR. An [...]	2007-04-13 05:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS GG RO RS UP BU TU
07ASHGABAT1008	SUBJECT: TURKMENISTAN: WHO IS PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little in the way of personal detail is known about the real President Berdimuhamedov, but examining rumors, official biographies and the comments of those who have worked with him provide some insight into his personality. Descended from Turkmen intelligentsia, Berdimuhamedov [...]	2007-09-24 07:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1014	TURKMENISTAN: A TURKISH BUSINESSMAN WORRIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Businessman and Turkmenistan insider Ahmet Chalik (protect throughout) describes President Berdimuhamedov as weak because he is beholden to outside interests, principally Russian. He says Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan and President Gul are eager to promote a trilatera [...]	2007-09-24 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EPET KDEM TU AJ KZ RS TX
07ASHGABAT1036	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN BAZAAR BURNS, BUT NO TAPE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An early morning fire on September 24 destroyed temporary kiosks as well as badly damaging two permanent retail areas of Ashgabat's Russian Bazaar in the center of downtown. Although there is no information rega [...]	2007-09-26 13:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1047	TURKMENISTAN'S TEXTILE MINISTER SHARES HER -- AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Textiles Jemal Geoklenova on September 26 for an introductory meeting on the textile industry in Turkmenistan. Appreciative of the experience brought by and lessons learned from international investors, Geoklenova explained that Presiden [...]	2007-09-28 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EIND ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1056	TURKMENISTAN: RISING MARKET BASKET COSTS BEGINNING TO BE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As President Berdimuhamedov's latest foreign policy moves continue to receive heavy media play, citizens are beginning to complain about rising food prices. A recent market basket price comparison shows prices have increased an average of 20% since last year. While the reason [...]	2007-10-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1085	YOUR VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Erica: We look forward to your visit and want to ensure it will contribute to building our new bilateral relationship with Turkmenistan. In the nine months since the death of former President Niyazov, the new government has taken deliberate steps to move the country back toward the main [...]	2007-10-09 07:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1102	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. You are coming to Turkmenistan in the early months of an expanding dialogue between Turkmenistan and the international community in general, and the OSCE and the Unite [...]	2007-10-11 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1108	TURKMENISTAN: MORE OPEN STATE MEDIA REFLECT GOVERNMMENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has observed steps towards a more open and informative state news media in Turkmenistan. Since the death of former President Niyazov, state media have slowly become more open to coverage of U.S. Government vis [...]	2007-10-15 10:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1119	TURKMENISTAN: LIFE FOR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with the leader of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Turkmenistan and with one member who is currently serving a suspended sentence after refusing compulsory military service. The conversation with these individuals underscored the fact that little has yet changed in how the [...]	2007-10-16 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1129	LONGTIME TURKMENISTAN EXPERT REPORTS POSITIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: EU-Tacis Turkmenistan Advisor Michael Wilson told econoff October 17 the Central Bank is cautiously considering a unified exchange rate, but the government fears the effect of shock therapy on the population. Wil [...]	2007-10-19 05:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1149	TURKMENISTAN'S EVOLVING FACE OF NEUTRALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eight months into his term in office, Berdimuhamedov's diplomatic activity and public statements this year have begun to reveal a redesigned version of Turkmenistan's longstanding policy of "permanent neutrality" that may well assure the country's security and independence, whil [...]	2007-10-24 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TX
07ASHGABAT1164	TURKMENISTAN'S 16TH INDEPENDENCE DAY: THE PAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rather than simply a family picnic in the park to watch fireworks, Independence Day in Turkmenistan was really Independence Week (and more) -- an elaborate, undeniably expensive, and highly choreographed series of events calculated to extol Turkmenistani contemporary sovereignty [...]	2007-10-29 08:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI EU RS TX
07ASHGABAT1165	TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1166	TURKMENISTAN: "DECISIVE STEP" CLOSES ANOTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On Sunday evening, October 28, as the capital relxed after the successes of its Independence Day events, Turkmen television aired a surprising film from the old Soviet film vaults that captured our attention. "Decisive Ste [...]	2007-10-30 04:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT1172	TURKMENISTAN: MAJOR INTERNATIONAL OIL PLAYERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) With the Turkmen International Oil and Gas Exhibition less than two weeks away, post provides the following compendium of the major foreign companies cooperating with the Turkmen government on oil exploration and developmen [...]	2007-10-31 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1180	TURKMENISTAN 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 06:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR TX
07ASHGABAT1192	SCENESETTER FOR THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, NEVADA [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the celebration on October 27th of Turkmenistan's 16th Anniversary of its independence. This visit helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while r [...]	2007-11-05 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1205	TURKMENISTAN 2008 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 04:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1211	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Turkmenistan, the first by a cabinet-level official since 2002, will add value to the newly reinvigorated Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE). This visit will advance our bilateral [...]	2007-11-08 07:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1223	TURKMENISTAN: STATE TV REQUESTS U.S. EXPERTS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See para nine below. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's PAO had an especially productive and open meeting with a Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting official that demonstrated a firm commitment and deisre for tangible movement on President Berdimuhamedov's recent ca [...]	2007-11-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP EAID SCUL KPAO KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1227	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV IN BRUSSELS: A BRIEF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's November 5-7 visit to Brussels seemed to reinforce that Turkmenistan is following its own path and, as yet, has little interest in the kinds of outward-looking compromises that could mak [...]	2007-11-13 04:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SCUL EU TX
07ASHGABAT1235	TURKMENISTAN: RESOURCE NATIONALISM EXISTS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of resource nationalism by banning foreign companies from its gas fields in the East (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this [...]	2007-11-15 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON TX
07ASHGABAT1236	TURKMENISTAN MINISTER OF EDUCATION WELCOMES PROPOSAL FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In a November 9 meeting to discuss possible cooperation under USAID's new regional basic education program, Education Minister Muhammetgeldi Annaamanov told USAID representatives that training for primary and seconda [...]	2007-11-15 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1256	SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime M [...]	2007-11-21 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ IR KZ RS TX
07ASHGABAT1258	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND SCA [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: SCA PDAS Steven Mann Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly 90-minute meeting on November 16 with SCA PDAS Steve [...]	2007-11-21 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET EINV RS TK AJ KZ TX
07ASHGABAT1260	SECRETARY OF ENERGY SAMUEL W. BODMAN'S MEETING [...] (U) U.S. PARTICIPANTS: Secretary of Energy Samuel W. Bodman SIPDIS Senior Adviser Molly Williamson Assistant Secretary Karen Harbert Public Affairs Director Andrew Beck Charge d,affaires Richard Hoagland TURKMENISTAN PARTICIPANTS: Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tag [...]	2007-11-21 11:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV AF AJ KZ RS TX
07ASHGABAT1284	TRIBES OF TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Notwithstanding 70 years of Soviet rule, tribalism remains a potent issue of potential division in Turkmenistan. One's tribal identity continues to influence who one will marry, whether one will enter the univers [...]	2007-11-26 14:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1293	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF DRL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Rights and Labor Erica Barks-Ruggles to Turkmenistan. Your visit will help to reinforce the U.S. government's message as it has [...]	2007-11-27 13:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1307	TURKMENISTAN: "THE DOOR IS OPEN, BUT WE FOLLOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with SCA PDAS Mann on November 16, Foreign Minister Meredov: -- reaffirmed Turkmenistan welcomes proposals from world-class energy companies; -- agreed more work needs to be done to reform the economy and improve the business climate; -- tout [...]	2007-12-01 08:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1316	TURKMENISTAN/INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 28-30 visit to Turkmenistan, the Deputy Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) Ambassador William Ramsay, found a country in the process of transition. Although there were [...]	2007-12-03 15:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET PGOV TX IEA
07ASHGABAT1326	TURKMENISTAN: JAZZ CD RELEASE A HUGE SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) of the Embassy hosted an event "releasing" a free compact disk, with songs by the joint Turkmen-American Jazz group supported by the performing arts initiative program in July 2007. [...]	2007-12-05 14:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL PINR KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT1346	INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS GIVES GREEN LIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On December 7, the Director of the Institute of Democracy and Human Rights under the President of Turkmenistan told a delegation led by Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Er [...]	2007-12-14 04:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1349	TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS CHAIRMAN FOCUSES ON BUILDING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation led by DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed parliamentary reform SIPDIS December 7 with the chairman of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament),who focused her comments on the [...]	2007-12-14 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1369	TURKMENISTAN: CEC CHAIRMAN MORE THE PROBLEM THAN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, Turkmenistan's Central Election Commission chairman declared Turkmenistan a democratic nation for the past 5,000 years and needs little in the way of reform. The cha [...]	2007-12-18 05:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT137	EUR/ACE COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETS WITH [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashit Meredov on January 31 provided EUR/ACE Adams a well-targetted series of requests for expanded cooperation in the fields of education, health, economic reforms and security. Meredov acknowledged Adams's caveat that the U.S. Congress was un [...]	2007-02-02 13:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT1371	TURKMENISTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON EU ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with French Ambassador Christian Lechervy December 18 for a read-out of European Union Special Representative for Central Asia Pierre Morel's December 10-11 visit to Ashgabat for the opening of the UN Preventive Diplomacy Center. As the contact representative for t [...]	2007-12-18 10:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM EU FR TX
07ASHGABAT145	COORDINATOR ADAMS MEETING WITH CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Assistance coordinator Tom Adams and Central Elections Commission Chairman Myrat Garryev discussed Turkmenistan's February 11 presidential elections in an hour-long meeting January 31. Garryev, who was mostly affable and responsive, began to bristle when Adams offered USG technical assis [...]	2007-02-06 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX TNGD KPAO
07ASHGABAT146	Mejlis Speaker Nurberdiyeva Meeting with Adams Del: [...] (SBU) During a January 31 meeting with EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams, USAID Assistant Administrator Doug Menarchik and USAID Senior Democracy and Governance Advisor Eric Rudenshiould, the new Speaker of Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament),Akja Nurberdiyeva, signaled cautious interest in cooper [...]	2007-02-06 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT150	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF CULTURE OPEN TO COOPERATION -- [...] (U) In the first meeting between the embassy and the Minister of Culture in over a year, Minister Enebay Atayeva proved herself a seasoned apparatchik but nervous about appearing too open in this time of political transition. Though she dominated the meeting with rhetoric of cultural national [...]	2007-02-06 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PINR TX
07ASHGABAT168	U.S. ASSISTANCE TEAMS VISIT TO MARY WELAYAT [...] (U) Throughout official and unofficial site meetings, Mary Province (Welayat) displayed a first-class welcome and openness to a visiting eight-member USG group including five members of EUR/ACE Coordinator Adams's assistance delegation on February 2. The day began with a cordial meeting at th [...]	2007-02-08 14:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PINR PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT174	Elections, Activists and Faith in Dashoguz [...] (SBU) During a recent pre-election trip to Dashoguz Welayat (Province),local election officials were friendly but constrained, given the (unexpected) presence of Central Election Commission Chairman, Myrat Garryev. They maintained to the A/DCM that Turkmenistan's February 11 presidential ele [...]	2007-02-09 11:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT177	PRE-ELECTIONS MEETINGS IN TURKMENABAT: THE SAME, YET [...] (SBU) On January 23, Charge d'Affaires a.i. Jennifer Brush, ConOff, and PolEcon LES visited Turkmenabat, the capital of Lebap Welayat (Province),to observe activity in the lead-up to Turkmenistan's first multi-candidate presidential elections. During her courtesy call with local officials, t [...]	2007-02-09 13:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD TX TNGD KPAO ECON
07ASHGABAT180	TURKMENISTAN ON THE EVE OF A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT - [...] (C) A/S Boucher, the Government of Turkmenistan is delighted to host you again as is Team Ashgabat. Even though all of Washington may not be excited about the first-ever multi-candidate elections in Turkmenistan, the local population is over the top, soaking up every detail of the campaign. [...]	2007-02-09 14:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT197	A/S BOUCHER MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENTS NAZARBAYEV, [...] (C) Presidents of Kazakhstan, Georgia and Tajikistan, in separate February 14 meetings on the margins of the inauguration of Turkenistan's new President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, provided South Central Asia Assistant Secretary Boucher a uniform message on the need to go slow on SIPDIS pu [...]	2007-02-15 09:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KZ PGOV PINR PREL TX ZF
07ASHGABAT203	TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE TELLS [...] (C) First Deputy Minister of Defense Colonel Atabayev was friendly and relaxed during his February 15 meeting with SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher. Echoing the tone and words of Minister of Defense Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev when he met with the EUR/ACE law enforcement assistance team on January [...]	2007-02-16 13:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR TX US
07ASHGABAT215	MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EDGES BLINDLY FORWARD ALONG APPROVED [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's discussion with the Ministry of Education one day after the inauguration of President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov revealed the ministry's grudging acceptance of the president's stated intention to reform higher education and extend the years of secondar [...]	2007-02-20 13:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TX CVIS KPAO
07ASHGABAT216	MODEST VICTORIES TO ACHIEVE COVERAGE OF A/S BOUCHER VISIT [...] (U) Local and international media provided relatively accurate and full coverage of the Ashgabat portions of the visit of Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher. However, host SIPDIS government efforts to ban local and international coverage of his appearance at the [...]	2007-02-21 11:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP PREL PGOV AF TX
07ASHGABAT242	PDAS MANN SCENESETTER: TURKMENISTAN'S POST-NIYAZOV OIL/GAS [...] (SBU) In marked contrast to Niyazov, President Berdimuhammedov has no past or expertise in the hydrocarbon sector. His and his new government's first concern has been not to introduce any instability into the status quo, and they may initially be even more unready to enact new directions than [...]	2007-02-28 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT259	PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV RECEPTIVE TO PIPELINE [...] (C) President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov showed sincere interest in Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann's detailed March 5 presentation of SIPDIS alternative paths to developing the country's energy sector. In the context of stressing his concern for development [...]	2007-03-05 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG PGOV AF KZ TX US UZ TI IR
07ASHGABAT285	TURKMENISTANI AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS TALK FOR [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov called Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev March 13, and, according to Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov, had a "very productive" conversation and agreed to exchange visits. Ashgabat-based diplomats from FSU missions [...]	2007-03-14 13:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ EPET GG PREL RS TX
07ASHGABAT291	FORMER SOVIET UNION AMBASSADORS TELL MANN THAT [...] (C) Ashgabat-based Former Soviet Union ambassadors told South Central Asia Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Mann during a March 5 dinner that it was clear that President Berdimuhammedov would introduce welcome reforms to Turkmenistan, though he would be slow to de-Niyazov the trappings o [...]	2007-03-15 10:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TX US AF

07ASHGABAT324	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN PETER HOEKSTRA'S VISIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes Congressman Hoekstra to Turkmenistan as the first visiting member of the United States Congress since 2002. Your visit helps to underscore t [...]	2007-03-29 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT345	BLACK HISTORY MONTH SPEAKER RANSOM ELECTRIFIES [...] (U) At a watershed moment in Turkmenistan's modern history, Black History Month Speaker Dr. Elbert Ransom energized and inspired audiences in Ashgabat, Mary and Dashoguz during his visit to Turkmenistan from March 8-16. Dr. Ransom's bold oratory style, unusually warm personality and gripping [...]	2007-04-03 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT394	LEBAP AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS SEEK BREAK WITH [...] (C) Air traffic controllers in Turkmenabat put forth in a March 21 conversation to PDOFF a litany of complaints of bad management within state airline Turkmenhowayollary (THY) and asked for embassy advice in attempts to found a government agency for air traffic control under the direct mana [...]	2007-04-17 13:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT407	DAS ROMANOWSKI SCENESETTER -- TURKMENISTAN AND ITS [...] (SBU) Your visit to Turkmenistan is an opportunity to help determine whether recently-elected President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov is serious about reform of the educational system or whether his pledge to improve education was more a cynical campaign ploy. Original enthusiasm over Berdimuham [...]	2007-04-20 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT408	RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK: TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (C) President Berdimuhammedov's upcoming April 23-24 visit to Moscow, reported yesterday in Russian press, comes amidst growing signs that Russia is pushing hard to preserve its influence -* politically, economically, and in the cultural sphere -* in post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Berdimuhammedov [...]	2007-04-20 14:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US
07ASHGABAT425	PAYNE MOTIVATES TURKMENISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Health and political communication specialist Dr. Gregory James Payne breathed new life into the value of public speaking skills by showing how effective communication is essential to leadership. Post was pleased to host Payne as part of its U.S. Speaker program from March 3-12; his visit [...]	2007-04-27 03:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT430	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV AND PUTIN DISCUSS INCREASED GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov's April 23-24 working visit to Moscow, described by local press as "a political sensation," resulted in no written agreements but represented a step forward in the bilateral relationship. Energy discussions topped the Russian agenda, with R [...]	2007-04-27 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL RS SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT436	ASHGABAT AMBASSADORS ON POLITICS, GROWING RUSSIAN [...] (C) Visiting Deputy National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia Dionisio de Leon, Charge, and embassy officers met with Ashgabat-based ambassadors on April 26-27 to solicit their impressions of the current political situation in Turkmenistan. Georgian Ambassador Alexy Petriashvili, U [...]	2007-04-30 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET GG PGOV PREL RS TU TX UP
07ASHGABAT460	LTG WHITCOMB VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN, 24-25 APRIL [...] (C) Commander, ARCENT was cordially received in meetings with Turkmenistan's Deputy Defense Minister and Deputy Foreign Minister on April 25, 2007. The Deputy Defense Minister characterized current military cooperation with the United States as 'good,' especially in the areas of humanitarian [...]	2007-05-07 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT466	YELLOW BIRD -- TURKMENISTAN EMBRACES U.S. NATIVE AMERICAN [...] (U) Following close on the heels of its previous performing arts group Yellow Bird [ref A] , post hosted the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet representing Ethiopia, Iran, China, Japan, South Korea, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Estonia. In the background, the host government's ingrained urge to contr [...]	2007-05-10 08:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT489	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV, PUTIN, AND NAZARBAYEV: BACK IN [...] (C) In a May 12 tripartite summit in Turkmenistan's western port of Turkmenbashy, President Berdimuhammedov -- along with visiting Russian President Putin and Kazakhstani President Nazarbayev -- agreed in principle to expand the Caspian littoral pipeline route (including possible construction [...]	2007-05-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX RS KZ EPET ENRG
07ASHGABAT501	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NEUMANN: [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann, Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit here, which offers us an opportunity to engage the Government of Turkmenistan on a more substantive level on the issue of assistance to Afghanistan. Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov, after just a few months on the job, [...]	2007-05-16 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR TX AF US
07ASHGABAT504	TURKMENISTAN'S EMINENCE GRISE RELEASED FROM [...] (C) Rumors of shadowy Chief of the Presidential Security Service Akmurat Rejepov's expected departure from the government were confirmed by a May 15 presidential decree announcing his assignment to "other work." An additional -- and more surprising change in Turkmenistan's security structu [...]	2007-05-16 11:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PO TX
07ASHGABAT525	TURKMENISTAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAGYEV [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Hagyev told SCA Special Envoy for Assistance to Afghanistan Ron Neumann on May 21 that his country was eager to provide additional electricity to Afghanistan on a "mutually beneficial" basis, but was concerned by a "change in the wind" on Afghanistan' [...]	2007-05-24 13:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV TX AF US
07ASHGABAT55	Gazprom's Turkmenistan Contract Secure [...] (SBU) A December 12 visit to Turkmenistan by Gazprom Board Member Valeriy Golubev, a December 21 conversation with the local Gazprom representative, and statements by Turkmenistan's Acting President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov and Russian President Vladimir Putin after Niyazov's death, confirm [...]	2007-01-16 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV RU TX
07ASHGABAT564	SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND [...] (C) Executive Summary. Your first visit to Turkmenistan helps continue the ongoing, bilateral dialogue on security issues, while reinforcing the progress made by the United States since December 2006 in "turning a new page" in its overall relationship with Turkmenistan. Although the new pre [...]	2007-06-06 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP RS AF IR TX
07ASHGABAT565	ARI ROLAND QUARTET PLAYS FOR TURKMENISTAN'S PUBLIC AND IN [...] (U) Following close on the heels of its previous performing arts group Yellow Bird [reftel], post hosted the Ari Roland Jazz Quartet April 18-23 in a program that reminded post of the limits of host government acceptance of non-Turkmen forms of expression. In contrast to its almost overly war [...]	2007-06-06 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT57	TURKMENISTAN IN DECEMBER -- DEATH OF NIYAZOV AND THE [...] (U) Post's December outreach was a mix of highs and lows associated with the annual battle to conduct testing for the Future Leaders Exchange Program, with low-key but effective outreach events at home in the Public Affairs Section. December's drama was matched and surpassed by the sudden dea [...]	2007-01-17 09:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT583	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV FIRES MINISTER OF CULTURE, RECTOR OF [...] (U) In his June 8 Cabinet of Ministers meeting, President Berdimuhammedov fired Minister of Culture Enebay Atayeva and former Minister of Education-then-director of the International Turkmen Turkish University (ITTU) Shemshat Annagylyjova. Dismissing Atayeva with a reprimand for "serious shor [...]	2007-06-12 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT592	PDAS MANN BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE: UNEVEN PLAYING FIELD HURTS [...] (SBU) During a May 30 roundtable with SCA PDAS Steve Mann, a varied group of expatriate business leaders broadly agreed that there had been very little change in the foreign business climate in Turkmenistan since the December death of President Niyazov. All noted that the Government of Turkme [...]	2007-06-14 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT600	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV REACHES OUT TO [...] (C) Since his February 11 inauguration, Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov has engaged in an unprecedented level of international engagement, a significant departure from the practices of his xenophobe predecessor. Since his May 11-12 meetings with Russia's President Vladimi [...]	2007-06-18 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TX
07ASHGABAT636	CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERATES INTEREST IN CASPIAN [...] (C) During 20 June meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov, Defense Minister GEN Agageldi Mammetgeldiyev, and State Border Service Chief GEN-MAJ Bayram Alovov the Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, found Turkmenistan's government open to energy pipeline [...]	2007-06-29 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PINR ASEC PREL PGOV SNAR EPET IR
07ASHGABAT661	TURKMENISTAN SHOWCASES INTERNATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP AT [...] (U) A host government-organized conference dedicated to Islamic scholar Mahmyt Zamahshary from May 23 to 25 was surprisingly close to a legitimate international scholarly conference, despite the usual ceremonial trappings of such conferences under late President Niyazov. The event's ceremonia [...]	2007-07-05 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT711	PRESIDENT OFFERS UP NEW REFORMS DURING HALF-YEAR [...] (SBU) A July 13 meeting of Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministers, a half-year review of government activities, delivered major personnel overhauls and a series of significant new initiatives, many of which Turkmenistan's citizens will welcome. In the meeting, President Berdimuhamedov not only [...]	2007-07-18 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EFIN EPET TX
07ASHGABAT729	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: "YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE GAZPROMISTAN" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a lively exchange of views between USDEL and First Deputy Minister of Economy and Finance Jeparov, the U.S. side championed multiple export routes for Turkmenistan,s hydrocarbon resources, explained the economi [...]	2007-07-23 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV TX RU
07ASHGABAT731	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN OF [...] (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to Turkmenistan as the first-ever U.S. delegation here to focus solely on religious freedom. Your visit will help to reinforce the U.S. government's message as it has sought to "turn a new page" in [...]	2007-07-23 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT756	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE WELCOMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. SUMMARY 2. (SBU) In a July 23 meeting at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF),USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten and his economic growth delegation met with MOEF First Deputy Minister Tuwakmammet Ja [...]	2007-07-27 17:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EAGR TX
07ASHGABAT778	UNDERSTANDING TURKMENISTAN: DESCENT INTO FANTASY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is a two-part series. This first part reviews the Niyazov era and how he dragged his country into international disrepute. The second part suggests policy directions for Washington to consider, and reviews current con [...]	2007-08-06 06:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV KDEM RS TX
07ASHGABAT779	UNDERSTANDING TURKMENISTAN: ASCENT INTO REALITY [...] (U) This is a two-part series. The first part reviewed the Niyazov era and how he dragged his country into international disrepute. This second part suggests policy directions for Washington to consider, and reviews current constraints that will make Turkmenistan's recovery a long-term proc [...]	2007-08-06 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV KDEM RS TX
07ASHGABAT781	SCENE-SETTER FOR A/S SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. On August 13, you will head the U.S. delegation that participates in the opening ceremony of the new border-crossing point between Turkmenistan and Afghanistan at Imam [...]	2007-08-06 08:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ECON ENRG KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT823	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE [...] A student from Turkmenistan at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Farhad Khudiyev, won two gold medals at the prestigious Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (see http://www.fischoff.org/). He was a member of the Primo Trio, which won the Senior Strings division and overall grand [...]	2007-08-09 09:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL SCUL TX
07ASHGABAT836	TURKMENISTAN: FARMERS SPEAK OUT IN MARY PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. SUMMARY 2. (U) During his July 27 meeting with the economic growth delegation led by USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Drew Luten, a cautious Mary Hakim Muhammet Gurbannazarov credited the contributions of Turkmenistan's first [...]	2007-08-15 10:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX
07ASHGABAT843	TURKMENISTAN: NEW WAVE OF CONSTRUCTION - TURKS GET MOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov is continuing the process begun by President Niyazov of transforming Ashgabat into a city of massive white marble buildings. Just as before, construction in Turkmenistan is primarily carri [...]	2007-08-17 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
07ASHGABAT860	TURKMENISTAN: USCIRF MEETS THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) delegation's meeting with the Ministry of Education (MOE) was polite and lively, yet not particularly conclusive. Although Minister Muhammetgeldi Anna [...]	2007-08-22 06:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL KIRF KISL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT864	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 14 meeting at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF),EEB Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan and his delegation met with MOEF First Deputy Minister Tuwakmammet Japarov. Sullivan encou [...]	2007-08-22 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR TX
07ASHGABAT873	TURKMENISTAN: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has decided at the highest level it wants to cooperate with the United States on economic reform and energy policy. We need to take advantage of this historic opportunity with a tiger-team response. If we can be nimble enough to be successful, we will have three o [...]	2007-08-23 10:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID EPET KDEM KIRF IR
07ASHGABAT877	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: SENIOR BP OFFICIALS MEET THE [...] (SBU) Senior British Petroleum (BP) officials called on Charge August 23 for a U.S. policy briefing: CEO of BP Exploration and Production, Group Vice President for Exploration and New Business Development Michael Daly, and BP Exploration Operating Co. Ltd. President for Business Development [...]	2007-08-24 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV AJ TX
07ASHGABAT920	TURKMENISTAN: IMPLEMENTING "EDUCATION REFORM" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the first day of the new school year in Turkmenistan under new educational reforms that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov enacted after taking office in February 2007. The changes, which inclu [...]	2007-09-05 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT930	TURKMENISTAN: SCENE-SETTER FOR TREASURY VISIT, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes you to Turkmenistan. You are coming to Turkmenistan in the early months of a bilateral dialogue directed toward encouraging Turkmenistan to make the economic and finance reforms that will [...]	2007-09-06 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN ENRG PHUM KIRF PGOV EPET TX
07ASHGABAT967	TURKMENBASHY REFINERY WILL SOON PRODUCE MORE JET FUEL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Charge called on Turkmenbashy Refinery General Director Tagangeldi Mamedov September 11. Mamedov confirmed the refinery currently produces 6M tons of refined petroleum products a year, although the current capacity is 7.5M t [...]	2007-09-13 10:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV ETRD MARR AF TX
07ASHGABAT970	TURKMENISTAN: "AVAZA INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ZONE" ANOTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a September 11 meeting with Mayor of Turkmenbashy Ashyrniyaz Pomanov, Charge asked him about the "Avaza International Tourist Zone" on the Caspian Sea that President Berdimuhamedov had announced with great fanfare on [...]	2007-09-13 11:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV TX
07ASHGABAT971	TURKMENISTAN: LIFE AIN'T EASY IN TURKMENBASHY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) During a September 11 visit to the Caspian Sea port city, Turkmenbashy, Charge met at a cafe with three FLEX and one IVLP alumni. Although one of the oldest cities in Turkmenistan, founded in the mid-19th century during th [...]	2007-09-14 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT977	TURKMENISTAN: RUHNAMA GOING, GOING, BUT NOT YET [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Since Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhamedov's inauguration in February, there has been a gradual diminution of the cult surrounding the Ruhnama. References to and articles on former President Niyazov's book in the [...]	2007-09-17 10:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SCUL TX
07ASMARA634	DEADLY FORCE POLICY FOR ERITREANS ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Embassy Source reported to RSO that a local party representative for the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ),in a monthly meeting with PFDJ party members, stated that the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE),had instituted a shoot-to-kill policy for a [...]	2007-07-26 13:41:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC ER
07ASMARA954	ERITREA'S THREADBARE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: As Eritrea's exports total less than USD 20 million per year, how does the government fund one of the largest standing armies in Africa and keep the threadbare, statist economy from collapsing completely? A fairly modest amount of revenue accrues from the two percent diaspora ta [...]	2007-12-18 12:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL MASS ER
07ASTANA116	KAZAKHSTAN'S PETROCHEMICAL AMBITIONS: [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is aggressively encouraging foreign investment in a domestic petrochemical industry as part of its strategy to diversify the economy and to "climb the value chain" of hydrocarbon production. The GOK has authorized a predictable set of tax benef [...]	2007-01-12 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
07ASTANA1438	KAZAKHSTAN SIGNS AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 10 representatives of the Government of Kazakhstan and the Government of Russia signed an Inter-governmental Agreement to set up an international uranium enrichment center, under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) control, in Angarsk, Russia. For Kazakhstan's state- [...]	2007-05-29 03:14:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ RS
07ASTANA1449	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROOD'S TRIP TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 08:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA1466	KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES PURSUE RAKHAT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the May 23 announcement of a criminal investigation involving presidential son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakhstani authorities have moved quickly to curtail Aliyev's ability to maneuver and to influence public opinion. President Nazarbayev fired Aliyev from his ambas [...]	2007-05-30 00:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
07ASTANA1512	KAZAKHSTAN,S FINANCIAL SECTOR: A DANGER TO ITSELF [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of the failure of a regional bank and the International Monetary Fund's recent characterization of Kazakhstani private sector external borrowing as an emerging "global market risk," the mood among Kazakhstani financiers remains upbeat. With no end to petrodollars in s [...]	2007-06-03 11:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV KZ
07ASTANA1558	KAZAKHSTANI OPPOSITION SHARPLY CRITICAL OF POLITICAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: After initially welcoming the reform proposals outlined in President Nazarbayev's May 16 speech, the Kazakhstani opposition movement has become sharply critical of the measures after analyzing the actual text of the constitutional amendments. The last-minute inclusion of a provi [...]	2007-06-06 07:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KZ
07ASTANA2221	CAMPAIGNING IN MANGISTAU OBLAST: INCREASED FAIRNESS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 8-10, Poloff and Pol FSN traveled to Aktau in Mangistau Oblast (western Kazakhstan) to meet with political party representatives and NGOs in advance of the August 18 elections. In general, the Aktau political scene reflects trends apparent throughout the country, with [...]	2007-08-14 08:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2318	KAZAKHSTAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) Summary: Political parties competing in the August 18 Mazhilis elections had more freedom to campaign than ever before, the Central Election Commission operated professionally and transparently, and the voting process on election day was relatively smooth and fair. However, this progress [...]	2007-08-27 01:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OSCE KZ
07ASTANA2432	CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA MEETS WITH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (SBU) Summary: In a one-hour meeting with Congressmen Faleomavaega and Cannon and the Ambassador, President Nazarbayev discussed Kazakhstan's development, praised U.S.- Kazakhstan relations, critiqued U.S. foreign policy and offered advice on Russia. Nazarbayev called Kazakhstan the United St [...]	2007-09-10 07:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ
07ASTANA2718	KAZAKHSTAN: CONFUSION SURROUNDS TREASON INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Committee for National Security (KNB) agents raided the headquarters of the Grace Presbyterian Church in Karaganda, a Grace Church in Ust Kamenogorsk, and several church-owned private homes in Karaganda, seizing documents and computers and questioning church officia [...]	2007-09-28 10:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ
07ASTANA2728	KAZAKHSTAN'S TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTION: UPDATED [...] (U) The following data for Kazakhstan in 2007, provided by Lubov Khudova, representative of the Kazakhstani Association of Light Industry Enterprises, and sources from the National Statistics Agency, responds to questions in ref A and updates information provided in ref B. -- Industrial pro [...]	2007-10-01 11:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KTEX KZ
07ASTANA2760	KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...]	2007-10-03 09:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KZ
07ASTANA2761	KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...]	2007-10-03 09:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KZ
07ASTANA2762	KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...]	2007-10-03 09:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KZ
07ASTANA2765	KAZAKHSTAN: RISING BREAD PRICES PRESENT CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: The price of bread has increased by thirty percent in Kazakhstan over the last two months. The bread crisis has galvanized opposition parties, who have been vocal in their criticism of the government. The People's Communist Party has started a petition campaign in protest agains [...]	2007-10-03 09:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KZ
07ASTANA277	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: While recent Kazakhstani headlines have been dominated by discussion of the country's new government, its bid to assume the OSCE chairmanship, and a democratization initiative presumed to be in the works, the real, abiding story here is Kazakhstan's economy. The country's natura [...]	2007-01-30 12:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KZ
07ASTANA3287	KAZAKHSTAN BORDER GUARDS VISIT U.S. [...] Summary: From October 29 to November 7, General-Major (one star equivalent) Berkaliyev, the First Deputy Director of the Kazakhstani Border Guard Service (BGS),visited Washington, Miami, and Texas to familiarize USG officials with his strategy for the development of the BGS and to learn abou [...]	2007-12-11 09:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
07ASTANA3303	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 26 - DECEMBER 7, 2007 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. ----------------------------- --------------------------------- Kazakh Nationalists Are Agai [...]	2007-12-12 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ
07ASTANA3379	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN KAZAKHSTAN: SOME [...] (C) Summary: With a burgeoning self-confidence fostered by impressive economic growth, Kazakhstan is exercising tighter control over the exploitation of its natural resources. New laws,including an amendment to the law on subsoil use which allows for the termination of a subsoil use contract [...]	2007-12-28 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ECON KZ
07ASTANA447	KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN CLAIMS NUCLEAR DEVICE [...] (SBU) Summary: A Kazakhstani parliamentarian created a short-lived controversy by alleging that there was an unexploded nuclear device lying unguarded on the "Azgir" test range in western Kazakhstan. The new Deputy Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources threw fuel on the fire when he confu [...]	2007-02-21 03:00:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	MNUC PREL PTER KZ
07ASTANA454	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2006, Kazakhstan made further progress in its efforts to protect Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Legislation passed in November 2005, combined with stepped-up enforcement efforts, further tipped the economic scales against piracy. President Nazarbayev underscored the impo [...]	2007-02-21 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD KZ
07ASTANA460	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES ENERGY, [...] (C) Summary: In February 4-6 meetings in Astana with Prime Minister Masimov and GOK cabinet members, A/S Sullivan and delegation communicated strong USG support for multiple oil and gas export routes (including potential Trans-Caspian pipelines),Kazakhstan's efforts to diversify its economy, [...]	2007-02-22 08:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
07ASTANA604	BOUCHER COVERS DEMOCRATIC REFORM, REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on February 26-27 with Prime Minister Masimov, Foreign Minister Tazhin, and Senate Speaker Tokayev, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told the Kazakhstani leadership that the U.S. is eager to build upon the momentum created [...]	2007-03-07 05:17:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ ENRG KDEM
07ASTANA605	KAZAKHSTAN: BOUCHER DISCUSSES POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani opposition leaders told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher that President Nazarbayev,s recent statements regarding political reform do not reflect actual political will for change. They see the proposals as an effort to create the [...]	2007-03-07 05:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KZ
07ASTANA86	KAZAKHSTAN: KARIM MASIMOV NAMED NEXT PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev named Karim Masimov Kazakhstan's new Prime Minister on January 10, replacing Daniyal Akhmetov. Masimov's nomination was approved by a joint session of Parliament the same day. Once Masimov is officially appointed to the position, he will have 10 days to r [...]	2007-01-10 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KZ
07ASTANA87	KAZAKHSTAN: KARIM MASIMOV NAMED NEXT PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: President Nazarbayev named Karim Masimov Kazakhstan's new Prime Minister on January 10, replacing Daniyal Akhmetov. Masimov's nomination was approved by a joint session of Parliament the same day. Once Masimov is officially appointed to the position, he will have 10 days to r [...]	2007-01-10 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KZ
07ASTANA905	AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE FOR KAZAKHSTAN'S ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Although they have not suffered the level of upheaval experienced by Russian minorities in other former Soviet republics, Kazakhstan's ethnic Russians face concerns created by their dwindling political influence and the potential long-term ascendancy of the Kazakh language. Som [...]	2007-04-09 10:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ
07ASUNCION256	PARAGUAYAN PRIEST LUGO'S CONVERSION TO POLITICS A [...] (C) Catholic priest Fernando Lugo exploded onto the Paraguayan national political stage as a potential candidate for Paraguay's presidency in March 2006 as the keynote speaker at an anti-government demonstration. However, Lugo is hardly a novice to politics judging from his family's involve [...]	2007-03-29 20:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KCRM PA
07ATHENS1785	GREEK ELECTIONS PART I: MECHANICS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: On September 16, Greek voters will go to the polls in snap elections called by Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis in mid-August before devastating fires claimed scores of lives, hundreds of thousands of acres of valuable forests, and billions of euros in damaged an [...]	2007-09-06 14:27:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GR
07ATHENS194	GREEK MP LIKELY CANDIDATE FOR OSCE COMMISSIONER ON [...] (C) On January 23, Greek MP Nikos Georgiadis told DCM that he had received approval from Greek FM Bakoyiannis to present himself as a candidate for the job of OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities. Georgiadis is scheduled to meet with OSCE Secretary General de Brichambault (who will [...]	2007-01-29 15:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR
07ATHENS2171	GREECE AND RUSSIA: THE GROWING TIES -- THAT BIND? [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, economic, political, religious, and cultural ties between Greece and Russia have deepened and broadened. Increased economic cooperation -- particularly in the energy field -- has been the most conspicuous area of growth, but [...]	2007-11-06 15:03:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GR
07ATHENS503	GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2007 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2007 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece continues to [...]	2007-03-09 09:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
07BAGHDAD1430	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 25 MEETING WITH BULGARIAN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an April 25 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Valeri Ratchev, the Bulgarian Ambassador to Iraq, discussed Iraq-related issues that might be raised during President Bush's planned trip to Bulgaria in June and the upcoming International Compact Ministerial meeting at Sharm [...]	2007-04-26 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MARR ECON PTER PREL PGOV IZ BU AF
07BAGHDAD1795	VOTE ON MINISTERIAL NOMINEES DELAYED -- AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister's poorly coordinated effort to gain parliamentary approval for a new slate of six ministers -- five of which are different from those proposed May 10 (reftel) -- has yet to reach fruition. The proposed Ministers of Health, Agriculture, and Transportation; along [...]	2007-05-30 01:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ
07BAGHDAD3736	MALIKI'S ADVISORS PRESSED ON DE-BA'ATH, EXPRESS [...] (C) Sadiq Rikabi and Gorges Bakous, both advisors to PM Maliki, met with Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador David Satterfield, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk, and Political Counselor Matthew [...]	2007-11-13 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV
07BAGHDAD75	JANUARY 7 MCNS: IRANIAN DIPLOMATS, BSP, AND PIC [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 7, the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) discussed the recent detention and subsequent release of Iranian "diplomats" involved in anti-Coalition and anti-GOI activity, agreeing that steps needed to be taken to discourage Tehran from engaging in further [...]	2007-01-08 18:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PREL PGOV
07BAKU1000	A LOOK AT AZERBAIJAN'S CONTROVERSIAL DRAFT LAW ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's draft law on education remains mired in controversy. Although key Members of Parliament (MPs) predicted that the new law was scheduled to be discussed in the 2006-2007 Parliamentary session, debate has been deferred until the fall of 2007. The key sticking point a [...]	2007-08-10 04:00:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SCUL KOCI AJ
07BAKU1011	SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S AUGUST 15-16 [...] (C) Summary: Your August 15-16 visit to Baku presents an opportunity to advance energy cooperation and showcase Azerbaijan's role as an energy producer and regional transit hub, including growing Trans-Caspian cooperation. With Shah Deniz Phase II gas scheduled to become available for export [...]	2007-08-10 13:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV AJ
07BAKU1043	ISLAM IN AZERBAIJAN: A LOOK AT SHIA VILLAGES ON [...] (C) Summary: An August 17 trip to several conservative villages on the Absheron Peninsula revealed small, insular communities with conservative social and religious traditions, and a strong skepticism of the GOAJ-controlled Caucasus Muslim Board. The communities, religious practices -- like [...]	2007-08-21 12:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL IR AJ
07BAKU106	A/S LOWENKRON'S LUNCH WITH RELIGIOUS ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a December 19 lunch hosted by A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador, independent religious analysts argued that several foreign Islamic ideas and practices -- specifically from Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia -- are influencing the traditionally tolerant variant of Islam within Azer [...]	2007-01-24 07:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ
07BAKU1062	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ENERGY WITH EEB [...] (C) Summary: In an August 15 meeting with visiting EEB A/S Sullivan and the Ambassador, President Aliyev affirmed his support for U.S. energy security goals and said continued bilateral cooperation was essential. Characterizing his recent trip to Kazakhstan as "successful," Aliyev said the [...]	2007-08-23 10:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON RU TU TX KZ AJ
07BAKU1067	AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC STRUCTURE'S [...] (C) Summary: The Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB) -- the official GOAJ establishment for administering Islam -- is a legacy from the Czarist and Soviet approach to religion, and is responsible for the education and placement of imams throughout Azerbaijan. The CMB -- and its leader, Sheikh Alla [...]	2007-08-24 04:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR AJ
07BAKU1069	AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC STRUCTURE'S LAGGING LEGITIMACY [...] (C) Summary: The Caucasus Muslim Board (CMB) -- the official GOAJ establishment for administering Islam -- is a legacy from the Czarist and Soviet approach to religion, and is responsible for the education and placement of imams throughout Azerbaijan. The CMB -- and its leader, Sheikh Alla [...]	2007-08-24 04:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KCOR AJ
07BAKU1072	PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR PROVIDES [...] (C) Summary: According to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov, Iranian President Ahmadinejad sought to use his August 21-22 visit to Baku to counter his international isolation. Mammadov said the visit - including four new bilateral agreements and a joint declaration - serve [...]	2007-08-24 13:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRN PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
07BAKU1084	CIVIL SOCIETY SKITTISH ABOUT GOVERNMENT PLANS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev's July 27 decree outlining the GOAJ's new concept on NGOs, including a provision for future state funding for NGOs, triggered an immediate, negative reaction from key civil society activists. Supporters of the new plan claim that state funding will relieve NGOs f [...]	2007-08-28 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU1085	EEB A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES AZERBAIJAN'S ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: During his August 15-16 visit to Baku, EEB A/S Sullivan discussed economic cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, President of the State Oil Fund Movsumov, Minister of Economic Development Babayev, Minister of Finance Sharifov (septel),and local in [...]	2007-08-29 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ECON EFIN ETRD KCOR PGOV PREL
07BAKU1099	FORUM ON KARABAKH ADVOCATES SETTING A DEADLINE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Forum on Karabakh -- a nascent association of opposition-leaning individuals -- on August 29 told the Ambassador that their organization is increasingly impatient with the Minsk Group process due to its lack of progress in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh c [...]	2007-09-04 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
07BAKU1212	JOURNALIST BEATEN AND OPPOSITIONIST COMMITTED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the exclave of Nakhchivan, between September 22 and 23, Yeni Musavat newspaper correspondent Hakimeldostu Mehdiyev was reportedly detained and beaten by Nakhchivan Ministry of National Security (MNS) officials. On September 20, Alasgar Ismayilov, a Popular Front Party (PFP) m [...]	2007-10-03 14:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI AJ
07BAKU1244	RECENT STEPS HIGHLIGHT GOAJ'S ATTEMPT TO CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: In September, two television programs about Islam were canceled or temporarily suspended, reportedly in response to GOAJ pressure. In an unrelated incident, the rector of the Azerbaijani Teachers' Institute in September sought to keep veiled female students from attending classe [...]	2007-10-16 12:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL AJ
07BAKU1255	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMITTEE TO DEFEND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 11 meeting, Jamil Hasanli, Head of the Committee to Defend Farhad Aliyev's Rights, told the Ambassador that the former Minister had been arrested on coup-plotting charges in October 2005 as part of a Russian intelligence effort to sway public opinion in the run-up [...]	2007-10-18 13:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU1311	SCENESETTER FOR EUR A/S FRIED'S NOVEMBER 3-5 VISIT [...] (S) Summary: Dan, your visit could not come at a better time. With the ongoing security threat to the Embassy, your visit will underscore that we continue to engage actively, and at high levels. In the first place, it will be important to reinforce with this government that Azerbaijan's co [...]	2007-11-01 13:07:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG PINR PBTS IR RU AJ
07BAKU1320	AZERBAIJAN'S "NEW" PARLIAMENT SETTLES INTO ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's "new" Parliament, which was elected in November 2005, began its fourth session on October Â [...]	2007-11-02 08:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
07BAKU1331	FM MAMMADYAROV REVIEWS CASPIAN DELIMITATION, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 meeting, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that he was optimistic that a delimitation deal with Turkmenistan was possible. Mammadyarov suggested that the U.S. assist Azerbaijan by helping to draft a joint declaration outlining the median line as t [...]	2007-11-06 11:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL ENRG MARR IR TX AJ
07BAKU1354	A/S FRIED'S DINNER WITH AZERBAIJANI RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: At a November 4 dinner in honor of visiting EUR A/S Fried, leading religious analysts agreed that religiosity was on the rise in Azerbaijan, but disagreed on whether radicalism was also on the rise. Those who argued that radicalism was on the rise attributed it to a mix of fore [...]	2007-11-13 09:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ
07BAKU1356	AZERBAIJAN: EUR A/S FRIED REVIEWS DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Fried and the Ambassador reviewed democracy and human right issues with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov in a November 5 meeting, as part of our ongoing high-level dialogue (ref a). Fried emphasized that free and fair presidential elections in 2008 would strengthen Azerbaij [...]	2007-11-13 09:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PBTS AM AJ

07BAKU1361	EUR A/S FRIED REVIEWS DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: uring a November 5 meeting with visiting EUR A/SDaniel Fried, Minister of Internal Affairs RamilUsubov said that the Ministry planned to continue to support the democratic reforms and western direction of President Ilham Aliyev. He noted that various democratic and human rights re [...]	2007-11-14 09:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU1365	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT DISCUSSES N-K, DEMOCRACY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told A/S Fried and the Ambassador on November 3 that "there was a consensus" on the essential N-K issues, with the only remaining barriers being "phraseology" and the Lachin Corridor. Time was on Azerbaijan's side in the N-K dispute, as every year Azerbaijan gro [...]	2007-11-15 09:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU1388	THE VANISHING AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The Azerbaijani Opposition has been in a steady decline since the 2005 parliamentary elections, beleaguered by government pressure and its own chronic disunity. According to a 2006 IFES public opinion poll, support for the traditional opposition parties has dropped to five perc [...]	2007-11-16 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV PHUM
07BAKU1389	WESTERN AZERBAIJAN: REGIONAL NON-OIL SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econoffs visited a range of private and primarily agricultural companies in western Azerbaijan around Azerbaijan's second largest city, Ganja, to discuss regional development in the non-oil sector. The team met with Ganja's regional governor, visited the newly opened regional ai [...]	2007-11-16 13:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID USDA AJ
07BAKU1408	REVIEW OF AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST NATO INDIVIDUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to embark on a second NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP-2),it is clear that Azerbaijan,s first IPAP (IPAP-1) has played an important role in encouraging reform within the extremely conservative Ministry of Defense (MoD) and more broadly within [...]	2007-11-27 06:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ NATO
07BAKU147	ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER FOR EB [...] (SBU) The inaugural Economic Partnership Commission comes at a critical time as we look to elevate the U.S.-Azerbaijan bilateral economic dialogue. Azerbaijan's rapid economic growth, the fastest in the world, and its expected USD 250 billion in energy revenues over the next decade, highlight [...]	2007-02-01 10:30:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ
07BAKU1476	BAKU AUTHORITIES REIN IN NAKHCHIVAN THUGS: THE [...] (C) Summary: On December 11, RFE/RL correspondent Ilgar Nasibov detailed the confusing sequence of arrests, convictions, searches and detentions surrounding his convictions on criminal defamation charges. It appears that direct intervention from Baku prompted the Nakhchivani authorities to o [...]	2007-12-12 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO AJ
07BAKU1519	AZERBAIJANI RELIGIOUS OFFICIAL DOWNPLAYS ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary. During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador, State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) leader Hidayat Orujov argued that Islamic extremists have minimal influence in Azerbaijan. According to a recent, confidential SCWRA survey across Azerbaijani regions to [...]	2007-12-26 12:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU173	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR SAYS USG MUST HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 meeting with the Ambassador, SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev defended the recent rise in energy prices, saying that energy could not be sold below cost and that prices had to be normalized. The GOAJ was keeping the public in the dark about the "huge expense" of [...]	2007-02-07 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ TU GA PREL PGOV
07BAKU204	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ORTIZ'S FEBRUARY 18-19 VISIT [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...]	2007-02-14 14:21:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU246	AZERBAIJANI REACTIONS TO PUTIN'S SPEECH AT MUNICH [...] (C) Summary: Most Azerbaijani officials and independent commentators agree that the content of Putin's February 10 speech at the Munich Conference on Security Policy was not new or surprising. Most agree the speech represents Putin and many Russian government officials' longstanding views. [...]	2007-02-28 05:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ RS
07BAKU252	\\CORRECTED COPY - TAG ORDER\\ PART I OF II: AZERBAIJAN [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, the Embassy has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizatio [...]	2007-03-01 11:19:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
07BAKU254	PART II OF II: AZERBAIJAN 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 11:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AJ
07BAKU280	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIEV ASKS FOR MORE SIGNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Of Defense for International Security A/S Rodman, SIPDIS President Aliyev said the regional situation was "developing very rapidly," and called for "more public signs" from the USG of the strengthened bilateral relationship, as [...]	2007-03-07 12:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ RU IR PINR MARR ENRG
07BAKU287	ENERGY AND RELATIONS WITH EU AT THE FOREFRONT OF [...] (C) Summary: Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga's February 28 - March 1 visit to Azerbaijan focused on energy cooperation and assisting Azerbaijan in its relations with the EU. These two issues are highlighted in a bilateral Memorandum of Cooperation (text below) that was signed during the [...]	2007-03-09 13:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL UP AJ
07BAKU291	AZERBAIJAN: A/S SULLIVAN LEADS SUCCESSFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Sharifov and Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Assistant Secretary Daniel Sullivan opened the inaugural U.S.-Azerbaijan Economic Partnership Commission February 7, elevating the bilateral economic dialogue and leading a constructive dialogue focusing upon Az [...]	2007-03-09 14:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL AJ
07BAKU298	AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY SPLIT, KICKED OUT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of mudslinging in the press, the long-troubled Azerbaijan Democratic Party (ADP) has functionally split into two parties: one headed by exiled Chair Rasul Guliyev, the other by Acting Chair and party founder Sardar Jalaloglu. The split will likely become official in th [...]	2007-03-12 13:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ
07BAKU312	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S MARCH 21 [...] (C) As President Aliyev frequently notes in public and private meetings with Western officials, Azerbaijan is committed to Western values and has set itself the goal of developing as a market-based democracy, rooted in Euroatlantic structures. Aliyev and other senior Azerbaijani officials are [...]	2007-03-16 04:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
07BAKU360	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HOEKSTRA'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship, and the relationship has never been stronger. As you know, Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical sit [...]	2007-03-30 13:14:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
07BAKU37	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DRL A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 18-19 visit to Azerbaijan, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron secured President Aliyev's agreement to launch an intensified bilateral dialogue on the development of democracy in Azerbaijan in sessions to be held at [...]	2007-01-09 11:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS ENRG RU IR AJ
07BAKU379	AZERBAIJAN: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND [...] Per reftel requests, throughout March the Embassy concentrated programming on women's empowerment issues. In formal and informal settings, the Ambassador, Emboffs, and American visitors to Azerbaijan noted Women's History Month and International Women's Day, emphasizing that women's participat [...]	2007-04-06 02:33:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OIIP IWI AJ
07BAKU38	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, A/S LOWENKRON AGREE TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron on December 18 that the US and Azerbaijan need a "permanent dialogue, every two months," in which we can address openly and frankly issues related to Azerbaijan's democratic developmen [...]	2007-01-09 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ETRD ECON IR RU AJ
07BAKU411	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES RUSSIA, IRAN, ISLAM, [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with Representative Hoekstra and the Ambassador, President Ilham Aliyev provided a tour d'horizon of Azerbaijan's foreign policy, regional geopolitics, energy policy and domestic development. Aliyev argued that Azerbaijan was unique, bordered by its former co [...]	2007-04-11 11:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC
07BAKU489	RUSSIAN BANKING GIANT EYES AZERBAIJAN'S BANKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's second largest state-owned bank, Vneshtorgbank (VTB),is reportedly interested in purchasing 50 percent of Azerbaijan's stated-owned Kapital Bank. Kapital Bank is currently the second largest bank in Azerbaijan with USD 186 million in assets. VTB has been keen to enter t [...]	2007-04-23 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET AJ RU
07BAKU581	FARAH PANDITH'S MEETINGS WITH AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani religious officials emphasized Azerbaijan's history of religious tolerance and interconfessional cooperation in April 25 meetings with EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith. Dr. Haji Sabir Hassanli, the rector of Baku Islamic University, said the university has approxima [...]	2007-05-15 03:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL AJ
07BAKU584	PRESIDENT ALIYEV,S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR REIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov flagged President Aliyev's planned attendance at the upcoming energy summit in Poland as a "very important" step to reassure Europe. The GOAJ hopes for progress in bilateral relations with Turkmenistan in 2007, although Baku is [...]	2007-05-15 12:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG MARR AMGT ABLD CASC AJ
07BAKU585	FARAH PANDITH'S MEETINGS WITH AZERBAIJANI ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: During a late April trip, EUR Senior Advisor Farah Pandith met with several Azerbaijani Islamic communities in diverse regions of Azerbaijan. Mirpasha Bayramov -- the leader of the Binagadi religious community of Baku -- provided Pandith with background on his community, which p [...]	2007-05-15 12:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ
07BAKU60	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS, EDITORS SHARE DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19, several prominent human rights activists shared their views on democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan with visiting DRL A/S Lowenkron. The Assistant Secretary outlined the three key areas of democracy - electoral democracy, governance, and civil society - and exp [...]	2007-01-12 15:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU601	AZERBAIJAN'S MEDIA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES: TWO MORE [...] (C) On May 16, two journalists from the opposition Mukhalifet newspaper, Editor-In-Chief Rovshan Kebirli and correspondent Yashar Agazadeh, were sentenced to 30 months' imprisonment each on criminal libel charges. The lawsuit was filed by the President's uncle - and Member of Parliament - Jala [...]	2007-05-17 13:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU63	POLITICAL PARTY LEADERS AGREE TO CONDUCT DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: During a lively December 19 dinner discussion with visiting DRL A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador, ruling and opposition party leaders agreed to conduct a political dialogue based on the GOAJ's commitments to the OSCE and the Council of Europe. In agreeing to the dialogue, oppos [...]	2007-01-15 07:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU632	SCENESETTER FOR JOSEPH WOOD'S VISIT [...] (C) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku. Since President Aliyev,s successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral relationship. US interests in Azerbaijan center around three key areas: regional secu [...]	2007-05-23 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS PTER PINR ENRG KDEM ECON IR AJ
07BAKU66	AZERBAIJAN'S YOUTH MOVEMENTS: A BREAKDOWN OF KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's youth movements are often overlooked when examining the overall political situation - both by the GOAJ and by the international community. However, youth can play a quite critical role in democratic development, and with 65 percent of the population under the age of 3 [...]	2007-01-29 08:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI AJ
07BAKU683	AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 29 meeting with Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and Ambassador Derse, Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov stated that Azerbaijan's economy was expanding rapidly and that as a result inflationary pressures were increasin [...]	2007-06-01 09:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL ENRG AJ
07BAKU688	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your upcoming visit to Baku and believe it will advance U.S. energy, commercial, and economic reform objectives. Since President Aliyev's successful visit to Washington in April 2006, we have been engaged in an intensive effort to elevate and strengthen the bilateral r [...]	2007-06-01 12:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG AJ
07BAKU700	JOSEPH WOOD'S MEETING WITH ISLAMIC ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and the Ambassador met with local Islamic analysts on May 30. The analysts agreed that Islamic observance is growing in Azerbaijan, particularly among the youth. The growth of Islam is in part a na [...]	2007-06-06 11:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KISL AJ
07BAKU711	REGIONAL ISLAMIC SNAPSHOTS: ZAQATALA [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Zaqatala, Qax, and Balakan, Emboffs visited several Islamic shrines, a dozen mosques, and an Islamic University to deepen our understanding of Islamic observance in northern Azerbaijan. Northern Azerbaijan is heavily Sunni, with a strong Sufi influence and a tra [...]	2007-06-07 12:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL RU AJ
07BAKU712	INTERNAL DYNAMICS OF THE YENI AZERBAIJAN PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yeni Azerbaijan Party leadership's decision to dismiss former Deputy Chair Sirus Tabrizli, coupled with former Minister of Health Ali Insanov's public criticism of the party, has triggered rampant speculation that the ruling party is in crisis. Rather than splintering, the r [...]	2007-06-07 12:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM AJ
07BAKU722	MISSILE DEFENSE: BACKGROUNDER ON THE GABALA RADAR [...] (C) The Gabala radar station (also known as the Lyaki large phased-array radar) was originally part of the USSR's broader ballistic missile defense architecture; specifically, it was one of nine major radar stations erected on Soviet territory to detect and track the launch of ballistic missi [...]	2007-06-08 12:20:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU IR
07BAKU725	A SNAPSHOT OF BAKU'S IDP COMMUNITIES [...] (SBU) Over the next few months, the Embassy plans to take a closer at Azerbaijan's internally displaced persons (IDP) population, estimated at roughly 675,000 persons. The GOAJ has pledged to close all existing tent camps by the end of 2007, but hundreds of thousands of IDPs still live in very [...]	2007-06-11 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PBTS PHUM PGOV EAID AM AJ
07BAKU739	PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON MISSILE DEFENSE, "WE'LL DO [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche on the proposed missile defense site in Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliyev was quick to tell the Ambassador that Azerbaijan would do "whatever you prefer" and that Azerbaijan would be decisively on the American side in these discussions. After nar [...]	2007-06-13 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR MARR MNUC PARM PGOV PREL RS
07BAKU766	PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (U) This cable has been cleared by Embassy Yerevan. 2. (C/NF) Summary: According to the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Armenian diaspora community in Iran numbers approximately 300,000 and is centered in and around the cities of Tehran and Esfahan. An officially recognized re [...]	2007-06-20 06:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR PREL IR GG AM AJ
07BAKU769	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS COMMERCE DEPUTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 4 meeting with Commerce Deputy Secretary Sampson, President Aliyev reviewed Azerbaijan,s SIPDIS business climate and said the GOAJ would "have finished all the necessary implementation" for WTO accession by year's end. Aliyev lauded Azerbaijan's recent economic progr [...]	2007-06-20 07:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCOR PARM AJ
07BAKU801	AZERBAIJAN HOLDS ENERGY TRANSPARENCY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 7, the State Oil Fund and Embassy of Norway collaborated to organize a conference highlighting Azerbaijan's successful role in the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) during the Caspian Oil and Gas show. Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov and [...]	2007-06-26 08:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU806	AZERBAIJANI PUBLIC FOCUSED ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF [...] (U) Russian President Putin's proposal on the joint usage of the Gabala radar station has triggered extensive press reports on the long-dormant issue of the station's negative impact on the environment and health. Minister of Health Oktay Shiraliyev has been quoted as saying that the station [...]	2007-06-27 07:34:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MNUC OPRC PARM SENV RU AJ
07BAKU822	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TIERNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) President Aliyev's April 28, 2006 meeting with President Bush laid the foundation for advancing U.S. interests through a strengthened bilateral relationship. Azerbaijan is a key partner to the U.S. because of its geopolitical situation, its status as a secular, democratizing, Muslim coun [...]	2007-06-29 09:55:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PBTS IR RU AJ
07BAKU847	LATVIAN PLANS TO OFFER AZERBAIJAN ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) Poloff met with Latvian Ambassador to Baku Mikhails Popkovs on July 5, 2007, at Popkovs request. Popkovs told poloff that as a NATO ally, and given the high-profile nature of issues surrounding missile defense and the Gabala station, that Latvia wished to inform the U.S. Embassy Baku that [...]	2007-07-06 06:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AJ RU LV
07BAKU85	DRL A/S LOWENKRON'S DECEMBER 18 MEETING WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 18 meeting with visiting DRL A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador, FM Mammadyarov said that Azerbaijan was addressing many of the problems that stood in the way of its becoming a secular, developed democracy, including corruption, rule of law, rural unemployment, and ac [...]	2007-01-18 14:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HUM KDEM
07BAKU855	AZERBAIJANâ€™S RITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Senior BP officils believe that the Sangachal energy terminal and offshore platforms are vulnerable to terrorism. As BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader routinely tells U.S. officials, "all it would take is one guy with a mortar or six guys in a boat" to wreak havoc in Azerbaijan's c [...]	2007-07-09 12:41:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ
07BAKU858	CODEL TIERNEY'S JULY 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a relaxed July 3 meeting with Representative John Tierney, Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov said he recognized the importance of improving Azerbaijan's image in the U.S. Congress and, as President Aliyev did in an earlier meeting with the CODEL, requested additional visits b [...]	2007-07-10 06:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON AJ IR RU
07BAKU880	WORLD AZERBAIJANIS CONGRESS ELECTS A NEW LEADER [...] (C) Summary: The World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) held its ninth international conference in Cologne, Germany July 6-8. With over two hundred participants representing Azeri communities in Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia in attendance, members exchanged ideas and discussed new strat [...]	2007-07-12 09:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ
07BAKU926	AZERBAIJAN'S MEDIA ON THE ROPES [...] (C) Summary: This year's attacks on and imprisonment of several more journalists, a growing backlog of defamation cases, and continuing financial difficulties at most of the pro-opposition and independent newspapers have deservedly given the GOAJ a black eye on media freedom. Several opposi [...]	2007-07-24 11:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU936	AZERBAIJAN FM SAYS PROGRESS ITH TURKMENISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In July 19 and July 24 conversations, FM Mammadyarov said that gas transit talks with Turkey would begin soon, and that Deputy Foreign Minister Khalaf Khalafov's recent trip to Turkmenistan was encouraging. He supported the idea of a TEP "under a NATO IPAP chapeau," and accepted [...]	2007-07-25 13:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU ENRG
07BAKU948	UPDATE ON FARHAD ALIYEV TRIAL [...] (SBU) The trial of former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev and 18 other defendants -- including Farhad's brother, Rafiq -- is continuing at a glacial pace at the Baku-based Court of Grave Crimes. Per reftel, the trial began on May 15 and the proceedings have now passed more than [...]	2007-07-27 04:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
07BANGKOK110	CONSTITUTION ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT FORESEES FAST [...] (U) Thailand's Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) convened for the first time on January 8. This meeting marked the beginning of a 180-day time frame provided by the interim constitution. The CDA thus has until July 7 to complete "drafting and consideration" of a new constitution. The gove [...]	2007-01-08 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
07BASRAH101	MAFIA-STYLE NETWORKS STIFLE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah's infrastructure remains decrepit four and a half years after Coalition forces liberated the province. Mafia-style networks comprised of public officials and their associated political parties, militias, and corrupt contractors exploit weak governmental institutions and unde [...]	2007-10-30 17:42:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV KCOR IZ
07BASRAH112	PRINCE OF THE MARSHES GIVES TOUR DE HORIZON [...] (S) SUMMARY: The famed Abu Hatem, (aka "Prince of the Marshes") visited the Regional Embassy Office on November 16. Having closely dealt with USG agencies in Iraq for several years, he observed the need to improve interagency coordination and expand our contacts in the rural areas. He opined [...]	2007-11-20 17:23:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PREL PINR EAID IR IZ
07BEIJING1925	Assistant Foreign Minister Briefs on Hu [...] President Hu Jintao will pay a state visit to Russia from March 26-28 meeting with President Putin, PM Fradkov, SpeakerGryzlov, and Tatarstan Republic President Shaeymiev, AFM Li Hui announced in a special March 21 press briefing. Hu and Putin will atten the China Year in Russia's opening ce [...]	2007-03-21 09:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC RS CH
07BEIJING2130	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-03-30 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2138	HU JINTAO'S UPBEAT VISIT TO RUSSIA: EXTENDING [...] (C) Chinese scholars say President Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia solidified the China-Russia political strategic partnership and helped expand that partnership to economic and cultural fields. Given the Hu-Putin consensus on most bilateral and international political issues, includi [...]	2007-04-02 01:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CH ZK KN
07BEIJING2217	KOSOVO: CHINA FEARS PRECEDENT SET BY INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) China fears the precedent that could be set by UN action granting supervised independence to Kosovo, according to Chinese scholars from a Ministry of State Security-affiliated think tank. UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan to grant Kosovo independence without Serbian consent could someday [...]	2007-04-04 07:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK CH YI RS
07BEIJING2251	PRC/RUSSIA: MFA ADDS DETAILS ON SECURITY AND TRADE [...] (C) Personal friendship between Presidents Hu and Putin contributed to the success of Hu Jintao's March 26-28 visit to Russia, according to an MFA official who accompanied Hu on the trip. The MFA readout emphasized cultural and trade activities associated with opening of the China Year in Rus [...]	2007-04-05 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG RS CH
07BEIJING2903	CICIR, PARTY SCHOOL SCHOLARS ASSESS TOP LEADERS [...] (C) China's top leadership approved in general terms the testing of Anti-Satellite (ASAT) technology, but they most likely were unaware in advance of the details of the January test, including the precise date, scholars from the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes of Contemp [...]	2007-04-30 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR CH
07BEIJING2949	MANDARIN DROWNING OUT UIGHUR LANGUAGE AMONG YOUTH [...] (C) Young people, teachers and parents are optimistic about Xinjiang's economic future but are also concerned about the loss of Uighur cultural roots, Poloff learned during a recent trip to the region. Official Xinjiang media and Government policy confirm that speaking Chinese is the key to [...]	2007-05-04 08:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCUL CH
07BEIJING3462	PACOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS CH TW
07BEIJING5818	NPC CHAIR WU BANGGUO DISCUSSES PRODUCT SAFETY, [...] (C) Representatives Rick Larsen (D-WA) and Mark Kirk (R-IL),accompanied by the Ambassador, emphasized the importance of food and product safety issues to American consumers during a meeting with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 28. Wu Bangguo said we need to set [...]	2007-09-05 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR KOLY MCAP PTER ECON CH
07BEIJING7107	CONTACTS ON NEW POLITBURO STANDING COMMITTEE [...] (C) Many Embassy contacts have told Poloffs that the elevation of "fifth generation" leaders Xi Jinping and Li Keqiang to the Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) at the recently completed 17th Communist Party Congress (Ref A) may be the CongressÂ´s most significant outcome. Anointing Xi and Li as [...]	2007-11-14 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CH
07BEIJING7262	U.S.-CHINA POLICY PLANNING TALKS: CHINESE (AND [...] (C) China's foreign policy must contribute to domestic economic development and be non-ideological and based on interests, not values, China's top policy planning diplomat told visiting U.S. Policy Planning Director David Gordon. U.S.-China relations have transcended the purely bilateral and a [...]	2007-11-29 04:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM SENV IR KN JP IN AU CH
07BEIRUT1222	LEBANON: CONGRESSMAN SHAYS HEARS VIEWS ON THE [...] (SBU) Congressman Christopher Shays (R-CT) made his third visit to Beirut August 6-7, where he held meetings with PM Siniora, Acting FM Tarek Mitri (septels) and political figures Minister Mohamed Safadi, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, and March 14 MP Robert Ghannem. The visit occurred in the [...]	2007-08-10 05:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
07BEIRUT1420	LEBANON: PM WILL RECONSIDER INTERNATIONAL BORDER [...] (S/NF) During a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora said that he had not been given a copy of the Spanish proposal for an EU border mission. Worried about Syria's ability to manipulate the negotiations in its own favor, the PM agreed that the GOL should be given an [...]	2007-09-16 08:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS LE SY
07BEIRUT1602	LEBANON: SHIA MUFTI URGES U.S. DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) On October 11, Acting Chairman of the Higher Islamic Council Sayyed Abed al-Amir Qabalan was jovial as usual, but adopted a more aggressive tone than in previous meetings with the Ambassador. He urged the US to engage with Hizballah, and stressed Hizballah's allegedly peaceful intentions [...]	2007-10-12 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
07BELGRADE599	UPDATE ON ENERGY ISSUES FROM SERBIA [...] (U) Summary. State-owned gas monopoly Srbijagas has managed to improve its financial outlook via an intergovernmental agreement that uses old Yugoslavia clearing debt to pay gas arrears to Gazprom of USD 188.2 million, debt accumulated from 1994 to 2000. However, the company still has a debt [...]	2007-05-07 06:38:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR
07BERLIN2008	OCTOBER 30 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEETING FOCUSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The final G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting of the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin on October 30, and included focused discussions on geographic expansion and related modalities. The delegates also heard presentations from implementing agencies des [...]	2007-11-02 11:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07BERLIN2037	GERMANY'S IRAN POLICYMAKING PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both privately and publicly, German officials continue to insist multilateral measures, coupled with quiet economic pressure on Iran, are the most effective way to change Iran's behavior. While Chancellor Merkel has been clear on the need to prevent an Iranian nuclear weapons [...]	2007-11-07 16:46:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR GM
07BERLIN376	G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS GROUP MEETING, [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. delegation, headed by Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations Andrew Semmel, considers the first meeting of the Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG) under Germany's G-8 Presidency a good start and hopes to see it engage [...]	2007-02-23 17:10:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN791	MARCH 29 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin March 29. The Chair opened with a discussion of a draft document which reviewed the first five years of the Global Partnership (GP). Some delegations complained t [...]	2007-04-18 18:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERN200	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 15:40:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BERN881	FM CALMY-REY "TAKES NOTE" OF USG CONCERNS \ [...] (S) Per instructions in reftel A, CDA met FM Calmy-Rey on \ the evening of September 7 to discuss USG concerns regarding \ the handling of the Iran case at the September 10-14 IAEA \ Board of Governors (BOG) meeting (reftels C/D). As requested \ in ref B, CDA also took the opportunity to raise USG [...]	2007-09-11 09:44:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	MNUC KNNP ETTC IR SZ
07BISHKEK102	SADYRKULOV: ROSY OUTLOOK FOR KYRGYZSTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: During a lengthy conversation with Ambassador, First Deputy Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov predicted his own influence would increase and that Kyrgyzstan would push forward on reforms and improved relations with the west. Ambassador emphasized the importance of resolving the legal iss [...]	2007-02-02 02:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KG
07BISHKEK1048	SCO SUMMIT FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC, SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh annual Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Bishkek August 16 emphasized security and economic cooperation. The formal session produced no surprises, the set speeches were unexceptional, and the summit was mostly free from the anti-American rhetoric of p [...]	2007-08-17 10:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1154	Media Reaction: the Sixth Anniversary of the September 11 [...] (SBU) Summary: The sixth anniversary of the September 11th tragedy garnered substantial coverage in the local media. Much of the coverage repeated or supported conspiracy theories printed in Russian media, which is widely-read in Kyrgyzstan. Most of the coverage was critical of U.S. policy po [...]	2007-09-17 10:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
07BISHKEK1200	NEGLECT, POLITICAL ISOLATION AND HOPE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled to the eastern Kyrgyz cities of Naryn and Balykchy September 19-21, met with government officials, civil society activists, NGO representatives and educators, and found infrastructural neglect, political isolation, and high unemployment, but hope for the future. [...]	2007-09-28 10:30:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK1296	KYRGYZSTAN REFERENDUM IS "JUST POLITICS" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan will hold a nationwide referendum on a new constitution and new electoral code on October 21, despite a recommendation from the parliament that the vote be postponed. The proposed constitution closely resembles the recently annulled December 2006 constitution, but i [...]	2007-10-18 11:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1304	BAKIYEV DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT AFTER NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kyrgyzstan's Central Election Commission announced that, based on preliminary results, 75% of eligible voters approved a new constitution and electoral code in the October 21 referendum. The CEC claimed that nationwide turnout was over 80%, but local observers disputed that fi [...]	2007-10-23 12:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
07BISHKEK1339	POOR KYRGYZ OBLAST HIT HARD BY GROWING INFLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 ) 26, Ambassador Yovanovitch visited Naryn Oblast. Everyone she met, from local government representatives in Naryn City to farmers in remote villages, reported that the economic situation in the oblast is dire. The region, already poor, has been especially hard [...]	2007-11-02 12:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK1395	KYRGYZ ELECTRICITY AND NATURAL GAS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: While Kyrgyz Energy Minister Chudinov and other officials embrace Kyrgyz electricity exports to South Asia under the CASAREM umbrella, supply issues, particularly involving Tajikistan, color the discussion of how much electricity may be available for export. Other Kyrgyz offici [...]	2007-11-26 11:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KG
07BISHKEK258	KYRGYZ MP BAIBOLOV URGES GREATER EFFORTS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 28, the Ambassador met with opposition Member of Parliament Kubatbek Baibolov to discuss the current political situation, Kyrgyzstan's leadership, and the new constitution. Baibolov harshly criticized President Bakiyev and his administration, saying they lacked the wi [...]	2007-03-13 10:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK316	GOING FOR THE KYRGYZ GOLD -- WILL USENOV TAKE THE [...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Prime Minister Usenov has continued to consolidate control over Kyrgyz economic and business activity since the new cabinet was named in February. He led the (successful) campaign against the HIPC initiative, and he has advocated ousting the IMF and the World Bank a [...]	2007-03-23 10:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL KG
07BISHKEK335	NOVROOZ: AN EXCUSE TO DRINK AND CELEBRATE SOVIET [...] (C) The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry and resident embassies that celebrate Novrooz invited the diplomatic community to a lengthy lunch and cultural program to celebrate spring on March 21. The words that followed were no doubt heavily influenced by the vodka, which flowed freely, but were no les [...]	2007-03-26 10:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK350	PROFILE OF NEW KYRGYZ PRIME MINISTER ALMAZ [...] (SBU) Summary: A northern native with a background in business, new Kyrgyz Prime Minister Almaz Atambayev is a former parliamentarian who has previously harbored presidential ambitions. His People's Congress of Kyrgyzstan was an active player in the March 2005 revolution. Atambayev worked a [...]	2007-03-30 13:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KG
07BISHKEK373	BAKIYEV-DOLE: POSITIVE MEETING ON RELATIONSHIIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 4, Senator Robert Dole held a positive meeting with President Bakiyev and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Bakiyev said that he understands the importance of the Manas Air Base, but the outstanding questions, such as compensation, the September collision, the December 6 sh [...]	2007-04-05 10:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR KG
07BISHKEK375	KYRGYZSTAN: LEGALIZING POLYGAMY: A REAL THREAT? [...] (C) Summary: While the issue of polygamy in Kyrgyzstan has been raised before, t(e topic is now being actively debated in Kyrg9z society as a result of Parliament's recent consideration and rejection of a bill to decriminalize the practice. The wide-spread debate of this issue shows how the KY [...]	2007-04-05 13:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK385	GKNB REPORTS CONCERNS ON RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR KULOV [...] (C) On April 6, Ambassador met with GKNB Chairman Murat Sutalinov, who said that the Russians are supporting Kulov in exchange for Kulov selling out Manas Air Force Base when he comes to power. He also provided detail on Kulov's alleged ties to organized crime. The Kyrgyz are clearly worri [...]	2007-04-09 12:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
07BISHKEK427	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum arrived April 15 to an unsettled political situation in Kyrgyzstan. United Front leader Felix Kulov has vowed publicly to press on with street demonstrations until President Bakiyev resigns, even though the demonstrations have failed to gain momentum. In [...]	2007-04-18 03:40:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK486	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION RUNNING SCARED AND CHANGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: While Bishkek seems calm since the anti-government demonstration ended last week, the underlying problems between the government and opposition have not been resolved, but just postponed for another day. Opposition leaders fear that President Bakiyev and his closest advisors bel [...]	2007-04-25 12:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK487	GRIM ASSESSMENT PROVIDED BY INFLUENTIAL KYRGYZ MP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting between opposition MP Kubatbek Baibolov and SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum April 19 revealed that Baibolov, at least, has little hope for a near-term solution to Kyrgyzstan's political instability. Baibolov said that the struggle for power and resources between rival clans re [...]	2007-04-26 02:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK538	KYRGYZ FEEDBACK ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] (C) Emboff raised reftel issues with Kyrgyz MFA representative Erkin Atabekov May 10. Atabekov said the MFA had not yet consulted with its New York mission to discuss the election, and seemed unaware of reftel A point that Kyrgyzstan is "not eligible" to vote in the election. However, he adde [...]	2007-05-10 11:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM RPEL UNHRC KG
07BISHKEK63	ANALYSTS OFFER GRIM VIEW OF KYRGYZ POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and visiting Central Asia Office Director Spratlen met January 23 with four leading Bishkek think tank directors and political analysts to discuss the current political turmoil in Kyrgyzstan, as well as the state of U.S.-Kyrgyz relations. The analysts described a Kyrgy [...]	2007-01-25 12:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
07BISHKEK707	BAKIYEV TELLS BOUCHER BASE IS BILATERAL ISSUE [...] (C) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, President Bakiyev said that U.S.-Kyrgyz cooperation had been "mutually beneficial" on the political, economic, and security fronts, but there were unresolved problems with Manas Air [...]	2007-06-11 11:10:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EINV KG
07BISHKEK80	HIPC INITIATIVE VICTIM OF KYRGYZ PM SHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: In response to President Bakiyev's January 26 nomination of a new prime ministerial candidate to replace him, Acting Prime Minister Felix Kulov "revoked" his name from the letter committing Kyrgyzstan to the HIPC initiative. The IMF is still hopeful that the agreement can be salv [...]	2007-01-26 13:34:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL KG
07BISHKEK81	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO KARAKOL: ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16 and 17, the Ambassador traveled to Karakol, at the eastern edge of Lake Issyk Kul in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, to open an American Corner at the Issyk Kul Oblast library. The center will provide increased access to news and information about the United States and [...]	2007-01-26 14:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KG

07BISHKEK966	SURGE IN ELECTRICITY POWER PLAYS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) Summary: With President Bakiyev expected to sign legislation opening the unfinished Kambarata hydroelectric stations to foreign investment soon, Minister of Energy Chudinov is seeking outside advice in implementing new legislation and related reforms in the electricity sector. U.S. firm [...]	2007-07-27 07:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KG
07BISHKEK996	SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...]	2007-08-07 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV KG
07BISHKEK997	SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...]	2007-08-07 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV KG
07BISHKEK999	SNAPSHOT OF KYRGYZ AGRICULTURAL DIFFICULTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Shortfalls in agricultural irrigation, coupled with the effects of alleged incompetence at the Kyrgyz Ministry of Agriculture, have negatively impacted the agriculture sector. Man-made problems have exacerbated infestations of gypsy moths, whiteflies, viruses and fungi to dimi [...]	2007-08-07 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV KG
07BRASILIA132	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS MILITARY SALES IN BRAZIL BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with his Russian counterpart, Ambassador Vladimir L. Tyurdenev, on January 12, 2007 at the Russian Embassy. Tyurdenev spoke candidly about bilateral relations, trade, Russian hopes to furnish equipment and exprtise to the potential regional gas pipeline proect, [...]	2007-01-25 13:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG BR RU
07BRATISLAVA138	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy TIP Point of Contact: Name: Tanya Spencer Position: Political Officer Phone: 421 2 5922 3277 Fax: 421 2 5922 3109 E-mail: spencertk@state.gov Total time to complete TIP report: FSNs: 33 hours FS03: 40 hours FS02: 2 hours FS01: 1 hour --------------------------------- [...]	2007-03-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
07BRATISLAVA487	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) YOUR MEETING WITH SLOVAK DEFENSE MINISTER FRANTISEK KASICKY WILL TAKE PLACE DURING HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE U.S. SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT IN JUNE 2006. IT WILL PROVIDE A TIMELY OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE A TOO OFTEN RELUCTANT NATO ALLY TO ASSUME A GREATER SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY. KASICKY WILL MEET [...]	2007-08-30 16:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR LO
07BRATISLAVA572	SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN WIREC 2008 [...] (U) Post strongly recommends Slovakia's inclusion in the 2008 Washington International Renewable Energy Conference. EU mandates and external events have led to a new emphasis in Slovakia on the importance of renewable energy sources in the overall energy mix, which was evident in the Slovak go [...]	2007-10-16 13:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV EINV LO
07BRATISLAVA616	SLOVAKIA: DEFENSE MINISTER KASICKY -- OUT OF STEP [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary. During a breakfast meeting with the Ambassador on November 9, Minister of Defense Frantisek Kasicky reviewed the state-of-play on preparations for new Slovak contributions to ISAF and elaborated the Slovak position on Missile Defense [...]	2007-11-16 08:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PARM LO RU
07BRUSSELS1548	BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. delegation to the COEST (the EU's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Working Party) troika on Central Asia. Throughout the German EU presidency, the EU has expressed a growing interes [...]	2007-05-10 05:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZK
07BRUSSELS1558	BELGIUM'S 2007 ELECTION ? WHERE THE PARTIES [...] (U) In 1983 some 300,000 people marched through the streets of Brussels to protest the deployment American cruise missiles in Belgium. It was the largest protest registered since World War II, and almost brought down government of Wilfred Martens. Despite predictions that the issue would hav [...]	2007-05-10 12:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BE
07BRUSSELS1596	BOUCHER DISCUSSES CENTRAL ASIA WITH EU (CORRECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. delegation to the COEST (the EU's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Working Party) troika on Central Asia. Throughout the German EU presidency, the EU has expressed a growing interes [...]	2007-05-11 15:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZK
07BRUSSELS3466	FRIED TO PSC: TIME TO MOVE ON KOSOVO AND [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried told the EU's Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors December 6 that the EU must move forward on Kosovo and not be subject to Serbian electoral manipulation. He briefed on his talks in BiH, noted the recent avoidance of a "train-wreck," and emphasized the need t [...]	2007-12-06 18:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BK GG KV SR EUN
07BRUSSELS3516	U.S. - EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) The U.S.-EU troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP) on December 3, 2007 demonstrated shared interests and a willingness from both sides for continued cooperation and discussion. Differences remain, however in approaches to some key challenges, with the EU pr [...]	2007-12-18 11:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN
07BUCHAREST1298	ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH, BRITISH CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: Although President Basescu announced on November 20 that he is returning a package of controversial amendments to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to Parliament, only a simple majority of parliamentarians is needed to enact the amendments into law over his veto, notwi [...]	2007-11-23 21:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO
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
07BUDAPEST1059	ORBAN ON ORBAN: FIDESZ PRESIDENT ON THE OPPOSITION'S LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY [...] (C) Meeting with Ambassador Foley June 27 to discuss energy security and the transatlantic relationship (septel),FIDESZ president Viktor Orban also reviewed his plans to "professionalize" the party leadership and his strategy for the months - and years - ahead. BUDAPEST UNDERGROUND 2. [...]	2007-06-29 05:35:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU PINR
07BUDAPEST130	HUNGARY REQUEST FOR USG OPINION ON SALE OF [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On January 31 Security Policy and Non-proliferation Department desk officer Zoltan Papp provided the following non-paper to poloff and requested our assistance regarding the sale and transfer of armor piercing anti-tank missiles to th [...]	2007-01-31 15:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL HU
07BUDAPEST1376	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL SIRES TO [...] Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of Codel Sires to Hungary. 2. You will arrive as the body politic prepares for Parliament's return to formal session in mid-September. Most observers predict a busy ) and possibly hot ) fall, with continued friction between the Gyurcsany governme [...]	2007-08-27 14:43:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM
07BUENOSAIRES1102	MEDIA REACTION; ROGER NORIEGA'S STATEMENTS ABOUT THE IMPACT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include former US Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roger Noriega's remarks on SIPDIS the impact of Buenos Aires elections on the Kirchner administration; and the upcoming G8 summit vis-`-vis the US-Russian bilateral r [...]	2007-06-05 20:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES1284	MEDIA REACTION; US IMMIGRATION REFORM; DECLASSIFICATION OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include the US immigration reform; the implications of the declassification of CIA documents; and Wall Street experts' opinion about the Argentine energy crisis. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The US - the newly arrived are no [...]	2007-07-02 20:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES1736	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL AUDITOR GENERAL AND UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE [...] Summary: The President of the National Auditing Office (AGN),Ambassador Leandro Despouy, recently discussed the AGN's broad government oversight role and his responsibilities as the UN Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers. He described his impressions of the state of h [...]	2007-08-31 16:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PHUM PREL SENV KCOR KPAO AR EAID
07BUENOSAIRES1955	MEDIA REACTION ARGENTINE DEBT TO PARIS CLUB; IRANIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the USG asking Argentina to resume talks with the IMF in order to settle its Paris Club debt; implications of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Latin America; and the outcome of Ecuadorian elections. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2007-10-01 15:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2098	MEDIA REACTION; BUSH SPEECH ON CUBA; 10/25/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories focus on US President Bush's speech on Cuba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Bush creates a world fund for the Cuban transition" Ana Barsn, leading "Clarn's" Washington-based correspondent, writes (10/25) "In an address to t [...]	2007-10-25 13:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES2362	MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE DIPLOMATIC SPAT; 12/19/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local dailies carry opinion pieces on the implications of the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal and recent allegations that the money was earmarked for Argentine President Cristina Kirchner's election campaign. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Expansion wave [...]	2007-12-19 14:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL
07BUENOSAIRES481	MEDIA REACTION; CHINA AND RUSSIA'S REARMAMENT; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include an alleged Chinese and Russian rearmament, which could spark US concern; the "conflicting attitudes of the (Argentine) presidential couple towards the Bush-Chavez clash;" and the traffic in people in Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2007-03-14 10:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES64	US POLICY ON IRAQ; VENEZUELA; 01/11/07; BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include US President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq; the implications of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's announced nationalization of telecommunications and utility corporations; and the Argentine Government's reaction to Chavez's ann [...]	2007-01-12 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUJUMBURA453	BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT NOMINATES NEW MEMBERS OF [...] (U) Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza announced new appointments to fill the positions of National and Deputy National Prosecutor, the Presidency of the Constitutional Court, and the mayor of Bujumbura. He also announced the replacements of six of Burundi's seventeen governerships The no [...]	2007-06-14 15:35:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07CAIRO1462	EGYPT BUYS KAZAKH WHEAT TO CUT LOSSES ON SENSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Egyptian trade mission to Kazakhstan was aimed in part at securing low-cost Kazakh wheat for Egypt's highly subsidized bread. Egyptian imports of higher-quality U.S. wheat have declined in recent years as the GOE sought to reduce its losses on "baladi" bread, the sine [...]	2007-05-20 03:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR PINR EG
07CAIRO1542	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Representative Price, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Egypt. You are scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Speaker of the People's Assembly Ahmed Fathy Sorour and other parliamentarians. You will also mee [...]	2007-05-24 11:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL IAEA EG IZ SO SU
07CAIRO2871	EGYPT IN TRANSITION: SADAT AND MUBARAK [...] (C) Egypt faces uncertainty as it moves towards a post-Mubarak future. It has been almost exactly twenty-six years since Egypt last faced such a transition. Although one could argue that some of the elements that led to the dramatic events of September and October 1981 are back in place -- sho [...]	2007-09-23 16:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EG
07CAIRO482	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF INCREMENT 10 OF EGYPT'S [...] (U) Description: Egypt has requested the acquisition of an additional 125 co-produced M1A1 tanks (Letter of Request 06/MC/019). This tenth increment of M1A1 tanks will raise Egypt's total M1A1 tank inventory to 1005. 2. (U) Justification for the M1A1 increment: Upgrading its tank fleet wi [...]	2007-02-22 11:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG
07CARACAS1073	PODEMOS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY: TOO MUCH CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. National Assembly (NA) Deputy Ricardo Gutierrez told PolCouns May 29 that his pro-Chavez party Podemos is interested in reopening a dialogue with Embassy officials. Gutierrez predicted that Podemos will weather President Chavez' condemnation for not joining the Venezuelan presid [...]	2007-06-01 14:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS1483	OUTGOING DEFENSE MINISTER QUESTIONS 'SOCIALIST' [...] (C) Summary. The Venezuelan president swore-in a new cadre of pro-Chavez military leaders to head the Venezuelan Armed Forces (FAN) on July 18 during a televised ceremony. His picks include hard-line Chavista and former head of the National Reserve and Mobilization Command Gustavo Rangel Bric [...]	2007-07-27 14:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL VE
07CARACAS2104	LUKOIL DEEPLY PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a senior Lukoil executive, Lukoil is highly pessimistic about investment opportunities in Venezuela. The Russian company is particularly concerned about constitutional reforms such as the definition of private property and the six hour workday. In addition, the comp [...]	2007-10-31 13:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
07CHENNAI54	CODEL SPECTER IN SOUTH INDIA: COMMUNISTS, COMPUTERS AND [...] (U) Summary: During a December 17-22 visit to the south Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka, Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) viewed first-hand India's high-tech and business boom, met with judicial officials and journalists, and experienced traditional culture and politics, the latter [...]	2007-01-22 11:09:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SCUL IN
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
07CHISINAU1282	SPEAKER LUPU READY TO ENGAGE TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his meeting with Speaker Marian Lupu, EUR DAS David Kramer briefed Lupu on the Transnistrian (TN) negotiations and recent developments in Moscow, noting Chisinau's positive public diplomacy contributions. Lupu raised his willingness to start an inter-parliamentary dialogue [...]	2007-10-23 14:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
07CHISINAU1382	THE CHALLENGES OF INVESTING IN MOLDOVA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Moldova (GOM) has adopted measures to attract foreign investment, the business climate remains uneven. In 2006, Moldova achieved record foreign direct investment (FDI) of USD 240 million and 2007 continues to show a positive trend. However, FDI inflows [...]	2007-11-23 14:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM MD
07CHISINAU1393	Marginal Moldovan Political Parties Merge. Bet on the [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for 2009 parliamentary elections, marginal political parties are merging to increase the vote bank of the ideologically like-minded. One center-left, social-democratic alliance has potential. One centrist agreement adds marginally to centrist strength, which is n [...]	2007-11-26 08:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR 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
07CONAKRY1350	PRIME MINISTER'S HOMETOWN LOOKING FOR SPECIAL ATTENTION [...] SUMMARY. Government leaders in Prime Minister Kouyate's hometown are visibly proud of their newfound political connections - connections they hope will result in increased attention and investment from the central government. One of the country's poorest prefectures, Kouroussa is looking for [...]	2007-12-19 11:25:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM GV
07COTONOU162	BENIN'S COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to REF A, Benin and China have a strong and growing diplomatic, economic, and military relationship. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, in 2005 an estimated 32% of Beninese exports went to China and 39% of Beninese imports originated there, making China now [...]	2007-03-02 13:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID CH BN
07DAKAR380	NEXT WEEK'S ELECTIONS: SOME RANDOM OBSERVATIONS [...] In a four-day trip to seven cities, we found flaws in the newly created electoral process. Watchdog organizations are under-funded, under-equipped, undermanned, not always well managed, and inefficient. Meanwhile, 15 presidential campaigns crisscross the country, tying up roads and raising [...]	2007-02-16 14:20:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PINS SG
07DAMASCUS131	Syria/ Tajikistan, Syria/Oman, Syria/Germany, Syria/Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Feb. 11 reported the visit to Damascus by Tajik President Imamoli Rakhmanov on Feb. 9, and his talks with President Asad, VP Shara and FM Mouallem. The Presidents called for scheduling a withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq, reiterated the importance of a Palestin [...]	2007-02-11 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DAMASCUS17	TURKEY: THE SARG'S NEW BEST FRIEND [...] (C) SUMMARY: OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS, WITH A SERIES OF HIGH-LEVEL TURKISH DIPLOMATIC VISITS AND TURKEY'S MUCH-DELAYED RATIFICATION OF THE SYRIAN-TURKISH FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (FTA),THE SARG HAS PUBLICLY HAILED THE BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA OF COOPERATION BETWEEN SYRIA AND TURKEY. THE SARG BELIE [...]	2007-01-08 13:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ SY TU
07DAMASCUS517	SENIOR SYRIAN DISSIDENT ON THE OPPOSITION, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SENIOR OPPOSITION FIGURE RIAD TURK TOLD A/DCM MAY 22 THAT HE REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE OPPOSITION IN SYRIA, DESPITE ITS CURRENT WEAKNESS. WHILE CRITICAL OF SOME OF THE TACTICAL DECISIONS AND CAUTION OF FELLOW DISSIDENT RIAD SEIF (PARTICULAR REGARDING CALLS TO BOYCOTT THE PRE [...]	2007-05-30 09:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SY LE
07DAMASCUS847	Syria/Saudi Arabia, Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers on August 19 featured a statement by an official source expressing regret over a Saudi official statement regarding statements attributed to VP Shara, which "were unrightfully changed," stressing at the same time Syria's insistence on not being dragged into disputes tha [...]	2007-08-20 10:25:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DILI234	EAST TIMOR PRESIDENT RAMOS HORTA LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. In a June 20 meeting with Charge and Poloff, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta expressed satisfaction with the ongoing parliamentary election campaign and confidence in connection with various post-election political scenarios. He confirmed that he had requested that the Inter [...]	2007-06-21 10:04:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AS PO ID TT
07DUSHANBE1030	TAJIKISTAN A DECADE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR [...] (SBU) Ten years after peace accords ended the 1992-1997 civil war, President Emomali Rahmon has taken a great deal of credit for pulling Tajikistan out of conflict and setting it on a path which he claims could be a model for other post-conflict societies. At a June 25-26 conference commemor [...]	2007-07-06 07:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SNAR TI
07DUSHANBE1051	NEW TV STATION AIRS AS MEDIA ENVIRONMENT CONTINUES TO [...] (U) Tajikistan's new "Simoi Mustaqili Tojikiston" or "Independent Television of Tajikistan" is a mysterious private television company which started broadcasting in June 2007. The station reportedly broadcasts to Dushanbe and surrounding areas daily for two hours in the morning and for six h [...]	2007-07-10 07:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1088	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-23 05:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1090	JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONTINUE TO DEFY SOVIET-ERA RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a scheduled court hearing, Greg Olds, Jehovah's Witnesses Associate General Counsel and Vladimir Voyevodin, a Jehovah's Witnesses lawyer from Almaty, Kazakhstan met with PolOff July 20 to update the Embassy on the legal case pertaining to the group's confiscated reli [...]	2007-07-24 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
07DUSHANBE1093	TAJIK REGION STILL GRAPPLES WITH POST-WAR DECAY [...] (SBU) Summary: A July 18 trip to the southern Tajik city of Vakhsh revealed a range of economic problems, including unpaid teachers and impoverished cotton farmers. While thousands fled Vakhsh during the 1992-1997 Tajik civil war, the government has attempted to lure refugees back to the are [...]	2007-07-24 13:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR TI
07DUSHANBE1128	TAJIK GOVERNMENT TRYING TO STRONG ARM U.S. FIRM [...] (C) Summary: Although the antimony mining venture Anzob LLC privatized in 2006, the Tajik government is trying to dictate the firm's selling price and select its buyer. The First Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry admitted that a letter ordering Anzob to sell its product to a Tajik compa [...]	2007-08-06 06:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1130	SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING OF THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (SBU) The August 26 opening of the U.S.-constructed bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan launches an era of great possibilities and potential by creating a new transportation and trade link between Central and South Asia. The $37 million state-of-the-art bridge quite literally symbolizes [...]	2007-08-06 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE1149	PUTTING THE BRAKES ON TAJIKISTAN'S BACKSLIDING [...] (C) Summary: By comparison to some of its neighbors in Central Asia, Tajikistan does not stand out as particularly authoritarian, corrupt or incompetent. Yet even in this context, where the bar has been lowered considerably in terms of good governance, the Tajik government's policies and re [...]	2007-08-10 12:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EAID KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE1163	TAJIKISTAN'S SUGHD REGION HAS HIGH POTENTIAL, BUT LIMITED BY [...] SUMMARY: The great potential of northern Tajikistan's Sughd Region -- as well as the enormous challenges it faces -- were on full display during PolOff's August 12-13 visit to Khujand, Istaravshan and Konibodom. The region's reputation for economic dynamism and entrepreneurship appeared just [...]	2007-08-16 10:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON TI
07DUSHANBE121	A TRUE TRAVEL STORY FROM HELL [...] SUMMARY: With 67 returning Kazakh hajjis and nearly one hundred tired and hungry expats on board, Turkish Airlines flight 1344 bound for Dushanbe, Tajikistan, could not land for nearly two days due to fog, rain and snow, uncooperative Central Asian governments, indecisive Turkish Airlines rep [...]	2007-01-19 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE124	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 12:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE125	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1253	BRIDGE OPENING SPURS DISCUSSION OF FURTHER COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: "This new bridge is as important for us as oxygen," Tajik President Emomali Rahmon told Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, who led the U.S. presidential delegation to the opening of the new U.S.-funded bridge linking Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Pyanj River. Rahmon [...]	2007-09-04 03:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1255	TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE OPENS IN STYLE [...] (U) On August 26, after 19 months of construction led by the Afghan Engineering Division of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, $37 million in U.S. funding, 19,100 cubic meters of concrete, and countless demarches and interventions by the Embassy to secure building materials and licenses, Tajik [...]	2007-09-04 11:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAID ECIN ELTN TI AF
07DUSHANBE1385	TAJIKISTAN - ANOTHER RUMOR OF REVOLT [...] (C) Summary: A former member of Parliament says that he is organizing a revolt. We doubt he has the means to make this happen, but rumors of uprisings and/or invasions from Uzbekistan have cropped up repeatedly over the past year. The Government of Tajikistan may try to profit from these rumo [...]	2007-09-27 04:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER TI
07DUSHANBE1437	RAHMON SHOWS OFF DUSHANBE FOR THE CIS SUMMIT; DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: The Summits of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Eurasian Economic Cooperation Organization, and Collective Security Treaty Organization, held October 5-7, brought Dushanbe to a standstill, disrupting communications and commerce, and costing a fortune. The Government of Taji [...]	2007-10-10 13:55:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1456	PRICE OF FLOUR IN TAJIKISTAN DOUBLES [...] (U) Summary: The price of flour has risen 100 percent in Tajikistan in the last few weeks. Flour is a staple of the Tajik diet, and the price rise follows a regional trend of sharp inflation in foodstuffs. The government has sought to deflect responsibility for the price increases, but disco [...]	2007-10-12 12:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON TI
07DUSHANBE1460	PRIVATE POWER STATION IN EASTERN TAJIKISTAN RECOVERS FROM [...] Summary: Pamir Energy, the private energy company serving all of Gorno-Badakhshan in eastern Tajikistan, has largely bounced back from its catastrophic accident in February 2007 when its main hydropower station Pamir 1 flooded, but continues to face cash flow problems due to inefficient distrib [...]	2007-10-16 09:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EAID TI
07DUSHANBE1466	A TASTE OF YAK IN REMOTE MURGHAB [...] (U) Summary: Remote, harsh and cold, and sparsely populated by residents with hardened wind-battered facial features, Murghab sits atop an 11,778-foot plateau in an area that defines remote in eastern Tajikistan. EconOffs drove to Murghab in eastern Tajikistan in early October to see how resid [...]	2007-10-17 12:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV EAID PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1516	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S 1 [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to your upcoming visit to Tajikistan. Besides the opening of the bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan in August, little has changed since your introductory meeting with President Rahmon in June. As this is your second visit, you will [...]	2007-10-19 13:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE1561	OSCE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CONFERENCE IN DUSHANBE [...] (U) Summary: Delegations to the OSCE Central Asian Regional Transportation Conference in Dushanbe October 23-24 agreed to promote streamlined transit routes and enhance public-private partnerships in the transportation sector. The joint statement released by the delegations underlined the role [...]	2007-10-31 16:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECIN ELTN ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1595	THE ROAD TO KHOROG: THE TAJIK/AFGHAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The 1,344-kilometer Tajik-Afghan border is known for narcotics trafficking, unrelenting mountains, and as a boundary between the former Soviet Union and South Asia. EmbOffs traveled two-thirds of the remote Tajik-Afghan border in the eastern part of the country, finding poverty- [...]	2007-11-07 16:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE1607	TAJIK PRESIDENTIAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE - A PEEK INSIDE [...] (S/NF) The Regional Security Officer met November 7 with Major General Kasim GAFAROV, First Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (GKNB),to discuss future Anti-Terrorism Assistance training, such as VIP protection training and vital installation security courses. Duri [...]	2007-11-13 07:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC TI
07DUSHANBE1651	TAJIKISTAN'S 3,600 MEGAWATT MIRAGE - ROGUN DAM PROJECT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Tajikistan is still actively seeking a partner with the estimated $2 billion needed to complete the 3,600 megawatt Rogun dam. During a November 10 visit to the site, project engineers gave EmbOffs a tour and their perspectives of the thirty-year-old project. [...]	2007-11-15 18:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1688	HIP HIP HURRAH FOR PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Recent events -- the celebrations of the sixteenth anniversary of President's Rahmon's election as Chairman of the Supreme Council of Tajikistan, and a World Cup Soccer match against Singapore -- highlighted the nascent cult of personality springing up around President Rahmon. Publicity fo [...]	2007-11-26 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE171	TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER ZARIPOV'S BILATERAL WISH LIST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Zaripov invited Ambassador February 1 to meet newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States Abdujabbor Shirinov, and to discuss his ideas for additional cooperation in 2007, including the opening of the U.S.-funded bridge at Nizhnii Pyanzh and the Millennium [...]	2007-02-02 10:40:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KPAO TI
07DUSHANBE1717	DRYING OUT IN DUSHANBE [...] (SBU) Summary: An October decree by Uzbek President Karimov governing the transit of alcohol and tobacco products has created a beer shortage in Tajikistan. Tajikistan is highly reliant on Uzbek roads and rail lines to import products from Russia, and Uzbekistan has generally allowed goods to [...]	2007-11-30 03:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV ECON ELTN TI
07DUSHANBE206	TAJIK PITCHES INITIATIVES FOR THE OSCE [...] (U) Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for International Organizations, Nuriddin Shamsov, called in the deputy chief of mission February 5 to discuss Tajik issues at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. The resident Organization for Security and Cooperation in Euro [...]	2007-02-07 09:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID TI OSCE
07DUSHANBE225	CORRUPTION ON THE FOREFRONT OF TAJIKS' MINDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: "Anti-Corruption" has become the Tajik government's new buzzword, as President Rahmonov and his cabinet publicly tout new initiatives to combat a problem that pervades every sector, ranging from health and education, to traffic police, to privatization and licensing. Despite the [...]	2007-02-09 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM TI
07DUSHANBE262	TAJIK GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN DIALOGUE, BUT OUTSTANDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Two related issues from the Tajik government have kept non-governmental organizations in the spotlight (or crosshairs) and unsettled a number of U.S. assistance implementers. A draft Law on Public Associations passed by the lower house of Parliament February 14 could strengthe [...]	2007-02-20 13:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID TI
07DUSHANBE34	ENERGETIC FOREIGN MINISTER FULL OF IDEAS -- PUSHING [...] (C) Summary: Tajik Foreign Minister Zaripov visited the Embassy January 4 to sign the condolence book for President Ford and ended up canceling his follow-on appointments to discuss a number of issues with the Ambassador. Zaripov asked the Embassy's assistance to accelerate and expand U.S. [...]	2007-01-05 12:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV ENRG PGOV OVIP TI
07DUSHANBE368	POISON PEN LETTERS LEAD TO CHURCH HARASSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A disgruntled employee dismissed from the nongovernmental organization Operation Mercy published two poison pen letters in local media under a false pseudonym. The writer made allegations that Operation Mercy sold humanitarian aid for profit and imported religious literature a [...]	2007-03-15 12:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE376	TAJIK GOVERNMENT RETAINS STRONG CONTROL OVER ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mufti Domulloh Khudoyberdi of Tajikistan's Council of Ulamo called PolOff to his office March 16 to retract his statements during a meeting with the Ambassador and visiting U.S. OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley March 7. The Mufti explained that he would like to convey additional in [...]	2007-03-20 07:47:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL TI
07DUSHANBE43	TAJIK BANKING DINNER TURNS INTO SERIOUS TALK TO RESOLVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tajikistan, singing and dancing alongside the President's brother-in-law while discussing business earns the United States diplomatic goodwill. At a private dinner January 8 to talk about banking supervision and economic reform, President Rahmonov's brother-in-law Hasan Sadu [...]	2007-01-09 12:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE430	TELECOM IN TAJIKISTAN: SCENE-SETTER FOR USTDA CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Tajikistan's presence at the upcoming US Trade and Development Agency Telecommmunications Conference in Almaty will be thin, the vibrant and competitive Tajik telecom sector continues to attract both consumers and foreign investment. Nine major companies serve approximat [...]	2007-03-28 11:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE433	NDI IN TAJIKISTAN: A GLIMMER OF HOPE? [...] (C) Summary: After getting the cold shoulder from the Ministry of Justice, National Democratic Institute (NDI) received an encouraging sign from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Saidmuddin Yatimov suggested that a visa for National Democratic Institute Tajikistan Di [...]	2007-03-29 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE517	TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER POINTS OUT WEAKNESSES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (U) Summary: At an April 5 conference on "Kazakhstan's Role and Place in Central Asia" participants took a few gentle stabs at the United States, particularly over the security situation in Afghanistan but otherwise remained neutral. Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) leader Muhi [...]	2007-04-06 11:04:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI KZ
07DUSHANBE525	TAJIKISTAN AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) Five months after the presidential election secured President Rahmonov a third seven-year term, Tajikistan seems to have stalled on the road of reform. Throughout 2006, Rahmonov assured international visitors and his public alike that "after the election," new blood and new ideas would [...]	2007-04-09 07:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE555	EMBASSY DUSHANBE REQUESTS FOR EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW [...] Embassy Dushanbe requests one Embassy Science Fellow for either of the two proposed projects listed below. Tajikistan is a country with a predominantly Muslim population and is a member of the Organization of the Islamic Conference. Post appreciates OES' initiative to give special considerat [...]	2007-04-12 10:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER TI
07DUSHANBE586	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETS WITH TAJIK FOREIGN AFFAIRS ADVISOR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hot off his trip to the United Arab Emirates with President Rahmon, Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Erkin Rahmatulloev met with SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum April 14. First Deputy Foreign SIPDIS Minister Yatimov also sat in on the meeting. Rahmatullo [...]	2007-04-18 07:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE637	TAJIKS, WORLD BANK AND CONSULTANTS ON DIFFERENT PAGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's April 24 energy roundtable underscored the fundamentally different perspectives of the World Bank and its consultants, and the Tajik government in approaching a project aimed at bringing 1000 megawatts of Tajik and Kyrgyz electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The [...]	2007-04-26 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG TI AF
07DUSHANBE690	PROVING WHY SABIT IS "SPECIAL" IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: We may be neighbors, but we aren't well connected. This theme underscored a Central Asian Transportation Infrastructure Conference May 7, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce along with Embassy Dushanbe, to highlight the Special American Business Internship Training prog [...]	2007-05-10 11:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TI AF KG UZ KZ
07DUSHANBE783	TAJIKISTAN MUST COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL NORMS TO SUCCEED [...] (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan needs to take steps to sign and abide by international standard agreements if it wants to develop its electricity sector through exports to Afghanistan and beyond. In a series of meetings with top energy and economic officials May 28, Senior Advisor for Regional Eco [...]	2007-06-01 05:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE786	PERSIAN POWER: TAJIKISTAN'S DEVELOPING TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tajikistan has characterized its ties with Iran as purely economic, but growing political, military and diplomatic relations indicate that more than investment and trade is bringing the two countries closer together. In the last eighteen months, Tajik President Rahmon and Irania [...]	2007-06-01 13:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EAID TI AF IR
07DUSHANBE860	AFGHANS IN TAJIKISTAN -- READY FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: While a common perception amongst Tajik officials and academics is that the Afghans are all poor, coming from a war-torn country with little education and healthcare, Afghan businessmen are surprisingly successful and growing wealthy in Tajikistan, and they have an equally dim vi [...]	2007-06-10 07:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EAID TI AF
07DUSHANBE886	SETTING THE SCENE FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND'S JUNE [...] (C) Executive Summary. Embassy Dushanbe welcomes you on your first trip to Tajikistan. This will be an important step in forging personal relationships with key Tajik leaders. We enjoy friendly relations with this small but strategic country on the Afghan border. In addition to DoD and CENT [...]	2007-06-13 09:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE932	TAJIKISTAN'S RASHT VALLEY: TEN YEARS AFTER PEACE [...] SUMMARY: Ten years after the civil war, citizens of Rasht Valley endure gloomy times as corruption and economic decay have stifled democratic progress. PolOff met with government officials, religious leaders, nongovernmental organization workers, and local civilians during a visit to Rasht V [...]	2007-06-21 05:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN TI
07DUSHANBE967	PENJIKENT, TAJIKISTAN: ISOLATED BY REGIONAL BUREAUCRACY AND [...] Summary: A June 20-22 trip to Penjikent and Aini districts in western Tajikistan illuminated how bilateral problems with Uzbekistan strangle the economy and trade for Tajik districts in the Zarafshan valley. In Penjikent city, officials and citizens expressed support for President Rahmon, but [...]	2007-06-26 11:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EAGR ENRG TI UZ
07DUSHANBE969	EXTENDED MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON DOMINATES CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary. In an unexpectedly long meeting with the Tajik President, which dominated Admiral Fallon's visit June 19, Emomali Rahmon hailed U.S.-Tajik relations as one of the first priorities in Tajik foreign policy and stated that Tajikistan is interested in further development of these rela [...]	2007-06-28 11:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PGOV TI AF IR
07GRENADA156	SCENESETTER CABLE FOR WHA/CAR DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO GRENADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Grenada warmly welcomes November 12-13, 2007 visit to St. George's of WHA/CAR Director Velia de Pirro. Director De Pirro is visiting Grenada at a time when the United States is seen by Grenadians as losing its dominance in the Caribbean and China is filling the voi [...]	2007-11-06 21:21:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ASEC EAID GJ

07GUANGZHOU669	RUSSIA RETURNS TO GUANGZHOU AFTER ABSENCE OF 45 YEARS [...] (SBU) Russia's recently arrived Consul General in Guangzhou, Sergei Kotov, the son and grandson of Russian diplomats and sinologists, has a big job ahead of him - renovating the old Soviet-era consulate building abandoned these past 45 years, signing contracts for a diplomatic office with an u [...]	2007-06-12 07:27:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PREL RS CH

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