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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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06HELSINKI1199ENERGY FROM THE EAST: FINNISH RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Gasum, Finland,s sole supplier of natural gas, has managed to settle into a peaceful coexistence with its notorious Russian partner Gazprom. Although totally dependent on Gazprom for 100 percent of its supply, Gasum ensures stability through long-term contracts with Gazprom which [...]
2006-12-01 14:47:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETRD EUN FI RS
06HELSINKI182FINLAND: 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to the checklist in ref A. Embassy Helsinki's point of contact on TIP is Political Officer David Allen Schlaefer; SchlaeferDA2@state.gov; 358-09-6162-5482 or 358-050-322-7923. The Embassy estimates that 80 hours of time were spent preparing this rep [...]
2006-03-08 07:56:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI SMIG PGOV KCRM ELAB KWMN ASEC KFRD PREF FI
06HELSINKI505FINLAND'S EU PRESIDENCY PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) During its EU Presidency, Finland will generally be a cooperative partner for the US, keen to facilitate US-EU cooperation and improve overall trans-Atlantic relations. We should expect no GOF-generated surprises; the Finns view their Presidency as a continuation of ongoing processes an [...]
2006-06-02 12:24:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SMIG EAID EU FI
06HELSINKI566ENERGY 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 14:59:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD PREL EPET FI RU
06HELSINKI682FINLAND/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 13:57:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PREL RS MD FI
06HELSINKI994SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO HELSINKI, OCTOBER
[...] Half way through its EU Presidency, Finland has proven to be the behind-the-scenes negotiator we expected rather than the more out-in-front leader we might have preferred. Often valuing consensus above all, the Finns have been unusually content to see the Commission take the lead on many issu [...]
2006-09-28 13:43:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA SENV ENRG ECON FI
06HONGKONG3208PROMINENT HONG KONG PROTESTANT DISCUSSES ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ON JULY 31, REVEREND CHAN KIM-KWONG, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN COUNCIL (HKCC) AND FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) ELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER, PREDICTED TO POLOFF THAT IN THE UPCOMING CE ELECTION, 26 OF THE 40 VOTES FROM THE RELIGIOUS SUB-SECTOR WOULD GO TO THE CAN [...]
2006-08-09 11:30:00Consulate Hong KongCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH KCRM SMIG
06ISTANBUL1387OECD/OSCE CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] Summary: OECD and OSCE jointly sponsored, and the Government of Turkey hosted, a meeting July 11-12 to assess interest of the countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus in an investment and development initiative similar to regional initiatives that OECD has undertaken with USG support in South [...]
2006-08-08 13:10:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL1445TURKEY AND THE FIGHT AGAINST MUSIC PIRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent discussion with MUYAP, the primary local anti-music-piracy organization, we explored the nature of music piracy in Turkey and MUYAP's efforts to combat piracy in the country. According to MUYAP, Internet-based pirated music poses a significant problem for Turkey, esp [...]
2006-08-15 15:46:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR USTR TU
06ISTANBUL1618OECD/OSCE CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] Summary: OECD and OSCE jointly sponsored, and the Government of Turkey hosted, a meeting July 11-12 to assess interest of the countries in Central Asia and the Caucasus in an investment and development initiative similar to regional initiatives that OECD has undertaken with USG support in South [...]
2006-09-08 08:13:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN TU
06ISTANBUL444BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Black Sea Economic Cooperation organization's meeting of Senior Officials at the end of February highlighted both the organization's strengths and weaknesses. The organization is a rare forum grouping not just all the sea's littoral states, but also other countries such as [...]
2006-03-27 09:20:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETTC KFPC KTIA TU XG
06JAKARTA10053INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS JUNE
[...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on August 2 a slowing year-on-year (YoY) inflation in July 2006 of 15.15 percent. Bank Indonesia (BI) lowered interest rates on August 8 by 50 basis points (bps) to 11.75 percent. On July 26 Standard & Poor's Rating Services raised I [...]
2006-08-10 06:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12687 INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's (SBY) administration has made important progress in the past year implementing a broad-based development strategy emphasizing poverty reduction, private sector growth, and good governance. SBY's bold anti-corruption efforts continue to dism [...]
2006-10-18 10:04:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
06JAKARTA2849INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, MARCH 2005 TO MARCH 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-03 11:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ELAB KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06JOHANNESBURG205SOUTH AFRICA: MINERALS AND ENERGY NEWSLETTER"THE ASSAY" -
[...] (U) Introduction: The purpose of this monthly newsletter, initiated in January 2004, is to highlight minerals and energy developments in South Africa. This includes trade and investment as well as supply. South Africa hosts world-class deposits of gold, diamonds, platinum group metals, chrom [...]
2006-06-09 15:52:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ECON ELAB SF ZI
06KHARTOUM319 Ukrainian Firm to Sell Sudan Turbo Jets
[...] On February 7, the Sudan Tribune web site posted an article dated February 6 from "Kharkiv" which indicates that the Kharkiv aviation plan in Ukraine has signed a contract in late 2005 to supply five AN-74 light turbo jet aircraft to Sudan. The multifunctional AN-74 is described as "intended [...]
2006-02-09 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP EAIR ETRD BEXP PREL UP SU
06KIEV1015UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S MARCH 14 remarks ON FREE AND
[...] (U) Summary: On March 14, shortly after the Rada (parliament) had passed a series of amendments designed to address technical problems regarding the administration of the March 26 elections (reftel),President Yushchenko held a press-conference devoted to the election campaign and the domesti [...]
2006-03-15 14:43:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UP
06KIEV1020UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: GOU BLAMES TIRASPOL
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 15 briefing of OSCE member state reps, GOU officials accused Transnistrian authorities of purposefully engineering the ongoing border standoff and refusing GOU attempts to discuss the situation. GOU officials appealed to EU states to advise their shippers to avoid tra [...]
2006-03-15 15:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR OSCE
06KIEV1021UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: EUR DAS KRAMER
[...] (C) Summary: During March 13 meetings in Kiev, EUR DAS David Kramer praised the Ukrainian government's decision to implement a customs protocol to control the flow of goods across its border with Moldova/Transnistria. Drawing on reftel, Kramer told PM Yuri Yekhanurov, Deputy Minister of Defe [...]
2006-03-15 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MD UP OSCE
06KIEV1022UKRAINE: PARTY OF REGIONS ELECTION STRATEGY: A NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Ukrainians and outside observers are currently contemplating the increasing possibility that Party of Regions, led by Viktor Yanukovych, may return to power as part of a coalition emerging from the March 26 elections in which Regions will by all accounts win a plurality (an estim [...]
2006-03-15 17:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM
06KIEV1025GUAM: Azerbaijan Remains the Dissenting Voice on a
[...] (SBU) On March 15, Yevhen Koziy, Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office, informed INLOff that experts from GUAM member states (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova),and not the National Coordinators (NCs) as stated in ref A, participated in the March 13-14 meeting in Kiev to final [...]
2006-03-16 08:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM ENRG GUAM
06KIEV1036UKRAINE: EURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION BEFORE AND
[...] (C) Summary: Various interlocutors assessed the prospects for Ukraine's drive toward NATO membership after the March 26 parliamentary elections during visits to Kiev by EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 and by Project for Transitional Democracies head Bruce Jackson March 4-8. Deputy Foreign Mi [...]
2006-03-16 15:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1039UKRAINE: CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Yaroslav Davydovych told Charge March 16 that Ukrainian authorities were working hard to address the organizational concerns that have arisen regarding the administration of March 26 elections, specifically staffing of polling station [...]
2006-03-16 15:51:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1040UKRAINE: ELECTION OBSERVERS OSCE/ODIHR AND ENEMO ON PROCEDURAL PROBLEMS IN RADA ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 16 meeting with Charge, OSCE/ODIHR Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj said he thought the Central Election Commission was making efforts to deal with electoral procedural problems, but that election day would still be problematic, particularly due to precinct overcrowding. Kopa [...]
2006-03-16 17:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALNOTAG UP
06KIEV1051 Ukraine's TIP Prosecution Numbers Up, But Most
[...] (SBU) Summary: From 2003 to 2005, convictions for trafficking in persons (TIP) have increased from 29 to 85 a year, but only a third of the convicted traffickers were given jail time. The structure of the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) and its reluctance to specialize suggests that convic [...]
2006-03-17 12:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM SMIG PREF
06KIEV1055UKRAINE: ZAPORIZHZHYA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In 2004, the abuse of administrative resources by a coordinated "Blue" power "vertikal" and an extra 100,000 dead souls voting in the city of Melitopol delivered 70 percent of Zaporizhzhya oblast to Viktor Yanukovych. In 2006, the absence of administrative pressure from an "Or [...]
2006-03-17 14:28:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1061UKRAINE: 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 15:12:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KIRF PGOV SOCI
06KIEV1062UKRAINE/BELARUS/RUSSIA: GOU VIEWS ON RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: During EUR DAS David Kramer's March 13 meetings in Kiev, Deputy Defense Minister Polyakov said that while security issues in the Ukraine-Russia relationship were secondary to political and military aspects, his Ministry (MoD) tried to play a "good cop" role by reinforcing a produ [...]
2006-03-17 15:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KDEM PHUM PINR RS BO UP
06KIEV1073UKRAINE: SIXTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Charge hosted a roundtable discussion with NGOs on the March 26 Rada (parliament) and local government elections. One NGO representative predicted long lines at polling stations, and attributed the poor organization of the elections to a lack of government meddlin [...]
2006-03-20 13:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1081UKRAINE: MOROZ AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY: ANOTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Most of the attention on the failure of the "Maidan" coalition to form a coherent, effective government team in office in 2005 justifiably focused on the bitter falling out of the two main Orange parties, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine and Yuliya Tymoshenko's eponymous bloc ( [...]
2006-03-20 15:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ETRD PARM NATO
06KIEV1082EXBS: Ukraine Advisor Monthly Reporting Cable
[...] On October 1, 2004, ExBS Advisor requested that the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) de-obligate fiscal year 2004 ExBS operational funds for use in fiscal year 2005. Despite numerous written and oral requests since then, the funds remain unavaila [...]
2006-03-21 08:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL
06KIEV1083UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: LVIV AT SECOND
[...] (SBU) Summary: A return visit to the western city of Lviv March 17-18 indicated that campaigning in city and surrounding areas has moved into a higher gear the final week before the March 26 parliamentary and local elections, as politicians scramble to maintain their base and win over the dwi [...]
2006-03-21 09:57:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1084UKRAINE: PRESIDENT SIGNS TWO OF THREE AMENDMENTS
[...] (SBU) Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko signed into law March 17 two of the three bills passed by the Rada March 14, amending parliamentary and local election laws (reftel). The bills Yushchenko signed (now known as law No. 3519-IV) included provisions allowing District Election Commissions [...]
2006-03-21 11:41:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM UP OSCE
06KIEV1088UKRAINE: KAZAKHSTAN AND THE 2009 OSCE
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 2 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy said Ukraine would not actively lobby for the 2009 OSCE Chairmanship in Office, but might consider advancing its candidacy if Kazakhstan were to voluntarily withdraw its bid. End summ [...]
2006-03-22 05:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM OSCE UP KZ
06KIEV1107UKRAINE: DELIVERABLES FOR GUAM SUMMIT, NSDC AND
[...] (C) Summary: According to a National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) staff official, the May GUAM summit aims to feature agreements to enhance regional energy security and cooperation in solving "frozen conflicts." The official opined that NSDC Secretary Kinakh's visit to Moscow might ha [...]
2006-03-22 15:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EUN ENRG PGOV PINR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KIEV1108UKRAINE: POSSIBLE ELECTION DAY AND POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) With Ukraine's pivotal March 26 parliamentary (and local) election day drawing closer, claims by all sides continue that their opponents are abusing or plan to abuse administrative resources to influence election results at various levels. NGOs and international election observation missi [...]
2006-03-22 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV1109UKRAINE: 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 16:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1110UKRAINE: INTERIOR MINISTER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a March 20 meeting, Minister of Interior (MVS) Yuri Lutsenko told DCM and former Ambassador to Ukraine Miller that the March 26 elections would go smoothly and election day would likely be calm, despite technical problems with election administration. His Ministry would not [...]
2006-03-23 04:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM
06KIEV1111UKRAINE: 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 04:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL
06KIEV1123UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON NATO, JOB SECURITY
[...] (C) During a March 22 meeting with Ambassador, Defense Minister Anatoly Hrytsenko said that he was in the process of reorganizing his general staff to meet the NATO "J-System" requirement. He added that he hoped a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Ukraine could be approved at the next NATO defe [...]
2006-03-23 14:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR NATO
06KIEV1127UKRAINE: GOU REQUEST FOR SUPPORT/UNDERSTANDING ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) During a March 13 meeting between EUR DAS Kramer and Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and in a follow-up discussion between DATT and Deputy Defense Minister Leonid Polyakov March 17, the MoD officials requested U.S. assistance [...]
2006-03-23 15:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MOPS
06KIEV1128UKRAINE: IN THIS CORNER! EX-CHAMPION KLYCHKO RUNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 22 meeting with TDY PolOff, Volodymyr Bondarenko, head of Kiev mayoral candidate (and recent world boxing champion) Vitaliy Klychko's campaign, described campaign impediments including incumbent Mayor Omelchenko's use of administrative resources and biased media cove [...]
2006-03-23 15:49:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI
06KIEV1135UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: YUSHCHENKO ON
[...] (C) In a March 23 meeting, President Yushchenko told Ambassador that the Ukrainian government had learned March 21 that Russia planned to ship humanitarian assistance to the Transnistrians. He had spoken to Russian Ambassador Chernomyrdin and said the Russian shipment was an unfriendly act be [...]
2006-03-24 07:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM PINR OSCE
06KIEV1136UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ON ELECTIONS, COALITIONS
[...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador, President Yushchenko expressed confidence that problems in staffing polling stations would be fixed in time for the March 26 elections, but said that he would not sign a Rada-passed bill allowing citizens to be added to the voter list on ele [...]
2006-03-24 07:54:00Embassy KyivSECRETPGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU
06KIEV1154UKRAINE: MARCH 26 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- CAN
[...] (C) Summary: The March 26 parliamentary elections are lining up to be judged free and fair, despite flaws. The campaign was marred by none (or very, very few) of the Kuchma government behavior that seriously eroded confidence in how the fall 2004 presidential elections would be conducted. Ad [...]
2006-03-24 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD
06KIEV1157MANAFORT ON ELECTION PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU)Summary: Party of Regions (PoR) political consultant Paul Manafort (AmCit, please protect) called on the Ambassador March 21 to express his continuing concern about the possible disenfranchisement of "hundreds of thousands" of Ukrainian voters unless President Yushchenko signed into law [...]
2006-03-24 15:20:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PHUM
06KIEV1158UKRAINE: TARASYUK AND TYMOSHENKO REP REPORT NO
[...] (C) Tymoshenko adviser Hryhoriy Nemyrya denied to Ambassador and DCM March 24 that any agreement had been reached among Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko,s eponymous bloc BYuT, and Socialists, although he acknowledged that talks were taking place between Tymoshenko,s Deputy Oleksandr Turchynov and Our U [...]
2006-03-24 15:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM
06KIEV1159UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO RALLIES FAITHFUL ON THE MAIDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a rally March 23 on Kiev's Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti),the geographical and spiritual center of the late 2004 Orange Revolution, former PM Yuliya Tymoshenko strived to recreate the spirit of the November-December 2004 protests that broke the Kuchma regime [...]
2006-03-24 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM UP
06KIEV1160UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIAN AID CONVOY,
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. Maintaining the new customs regime ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points on Ukraine's Transnistria-related customs proposal to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk March 24. Tarasyuk asked whether we wan [...]
2006-03-24 15:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PBTS OSCE
06KIEV1162UKRAINE/BELARUS: GOU STATEMENTS ON BELARUSAN
[...] (SBU) On March 24 DCM relayed concerns (ref A) regarding a March 21 MFA statement calling the international isolation of Belarus ineffective (ref B) to MFA Second Territorial Department Deputy Director Ihor Prokopchuk. DCM characterized the March 21 statement by GOU spokesman Filipchuk as unh [...]
2006-03-24 16:34:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM
06KIEV1163UKRAINE: ELECTION DAY REPORT -- ORANGE MAJORITY
[...] (C) Summary: Election day has proceeded without problems on a national scale that should affect the outcome of the vote, despite a variety of adminstrative deficiencies in many polling stations and allegations by all sides of wrongdoing by their opponents. Main concerns going in to election d [...]
2006-03-26 20:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM PHUM
06KIEV1169UKRAINE: ORANGE COALITION TALKS STALL
[...] (C) Summary: On the basis of exit polls projecting a surprisingly strong second-place showing in the March 26 parliamentary elections for her eponymous bloc, Yuliya Tymoshenko is driving to close a deal that will reunite the original Orange coalition and return her to the PM slot. Oleksandr M [...]
2006-03-27 10:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ETRD
06KIEV1177UKRAINE: POST-ELECTION DAY DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ballot counting for the March 26 national parliamentary vote (ref B) proceeded without significant incident throughout the night and into the morning of 27 March, with official results slowly coming in through the day and approaching the exit polling results by the national con [...]
2006-03-27 14:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RU
06KIEV1185UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU
[...] (S) PolOff and Army Attache provided ref A information on a potential joint MANPADS event March 28 to Oleksiy Melnyk, First Assistant to Defense Minister Hrytsenko. Melnyk noted the weeks of May 1 and May 8 could be problematic due to the number of holidays. (Note: May 1 and 2 are official [...]
2006-03-28 12:17:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM
06KIEV1186UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT: ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Yuliya Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT) and Party of Regions ran the best-organized campaigns and received the top vote shares March 26 in the central Ukrainian oblast of Poltava, where in recent years the Socialist Party had held sway. BYuT's success in the more recent campaign was bu [...]
2006-03-28 12:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
06KIEV1192UKRAINE: IN ORANGE RIVNE OBLAST, TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) The March 26 elections in western Ukraine's Rivne Oblast were the cleanest in the region's post-independence history, according to NGO representatives, OSCE election monitors and local media reports. There were administrative glitches that lengthened both the voting and counting. The OSC [...]
2006-03-28 15:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV1194UKRAINE: 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 16:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RU
06KIEV1241UKRAINE: SOCIALIST MOROZ ON COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Socialist Party of Ukraine (SPU) leader Oleksandr Moroz told Ambassador and DCM March 29 that a reunited "Maidan" coalition of Our Ukraine, Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT),and the Socialists was the only feasible option, and that he had told this to President Yushchenko during the [...]
2006-03-29 14:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM
06KIEV1243UKRAINE: ELECTION RESULTS OVER 97 PERCENT; PARTIES
[...] (C) Summary: With over 97 percent of the national parliamentary vote tallied by 6 pm March 29, opposition Party of Regions continued to lead with 31.8 percent of the vote, followed by Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) at 22.4 percent, and President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine at 14.1 percent. Five [...]
2006-03-29 15:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU
06KIEV1245UKRAINE: 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 16:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1247UKRAINE: ELECTION SNAPSHOT OF SEVERODONETSK, HOST
[...] (SBU) Summary: We observed Ukraine's March 26 Rada and local elections in the city of Severodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, site of the infamous November 28, 2004 separatist rally held at the height of the late 2004 Orange Revolution, at which then-PM Yanukovych, many Party of Regions backers from e [...]
2006-03-29 16:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1258UKRAINE ELECTION SNAPSHOT: REGIONS PARTY TAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an election in which the status of Russian language and ties with Russia figured heavily in the local political agenda, voters in Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea delivered the majority of their votes to Viktor Yanukovych's Party of Regions in voting for the national [...]
2006-03-30 12:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM
06KIEV1261UKRAINE 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 14:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1282UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: APPLYING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Romania and Moldova Division Counselor Cornelia Luskalova told us March 30 that the Ukrainian government (GOU) was planned to combine political and economic levers to return cross-border trade between Ukraine and Moldova/Transnistria to normal. The GOU would urge the Moldova [...]
2006-03-31 16:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR PGOV ETRD PREF OSCE MD UP RS
06KIEV1313UKRAINE ELECTION SNAPSHOT: IN TERNOPIL, TYMOSHENKO
[...] (SBU) Summary: We observed Ukraine's March 26 Rada and local elections in Ternopil city, capitol of the eponymous western oblast that voted 96% for Viktor Yushchenko in Ukraine's 2004 presidential election and 69% for Our Ukraine in the 2002 parliamentary elections. In 2006 voting for the pa [...]
2006-04-03 16:12:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV1314UKRAINE: LOOKING TOWARD A RENEWED ORANGE COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: Amid increasing signs that Ukraine might see a renewed Orange "Maidan" coalition in the wake of March 26 elections, there have been calls by some for a recount of the election results. Most of the pressure comes from a handful of parties that failed to reach the three-percent thr [...]
2006-04-03 17:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM
06KIEV1353UKRAINE: REGIONS PARTY RADA DEPUTY SAYS REGIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 4 meeting, Party of Regions parliamentary (Rada) deputy and former Deputy PM Andriy Klyuyev told Ambassador that Regions was ready to join a coalition with the pro-presidential Our Ukraine bloc. He dismissed the possibility that Regions was looking to force a new [...]
2006-04-05 14:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR UP
06KIEV1354UKRAINE: MFA DIRECTOR BELASHOV ON BLACK SEA
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: During an April 5 meeting called at his request, MFA Military-Technical Cooperation and Arms Control Department Director Volodymyr Belashov asked us for the USG position regarding the Turkish-sponsored Operation Black Sea Harmony, [...]
2006-04-05 14:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR MOPS PREL NATO UP
06KIEV1444UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY ON TRANSNISTRIA, BELARUS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Kinakh told Ambassador the Ukrainian government was concerned that Transnistrian authorities might provoke an armed confrontation at one of Transnistria's "border crossings" with Moldova. The Russians [...]
2006-04-11 15:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG ETRD PINR OSCE MD BO RS UP
06KIEV1445UKRAINE: NSDC SECRETARY KINAKH: STABLE
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 11 meeting, National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh told Ambassador that a stable majority coalition in Parliament (Rada) and the formation of a new government had to happen quickly in order to address critical economic issues. In order [...]
2006-04-11 15:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV UP
06KIEV1480UKRAINE: 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 17:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON ETRD ENRG OREP
06KIEV1481UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND CODEL FRIST DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko discussed Rada majority coalition possibilities, bilateral U.S.-Ukrainian issues, and his vision for Ukraine's future April 13 with a delegation led by Senator Majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and including Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Richard Burr (R-NC). [...]
2006-04-13 17:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1530UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH TO CODEL FRIST: ORANGE
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych told CODEL Frist and Ambassador April 13 that the pro-presidential Our Ukraine (OU) bloc needed to form a coalition with his Party of Regions in order to overcome the east-west split within the country. A union of the previous ruling coalit [...]
2006-04-14 14:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD NATO OREP PINR US UP
06KIEV1531UKRAINE: INTERIOR MINISTER ORDERED TO ARREST
[...] (C) Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko told Ambassador on April 14 that he had been ordered by the Prosecutor General (PG) to arrest senior Tymoshenko Bloc politicians Oleksandr Turchynov and Andriy Kozhemyakin for illegally destroying Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) files on the January gas deal w [...]
2006-04-14 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV1540UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S PARTY "ENDORSES" PREVIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko's Hamlet-like dance over whether or when to endorse ex-Premier Yuliya Tymoshenko's claim on returning to her old job in the "Coalition of Democratic Forces" continued April 14 when the Executive Council of the People's Union Our Ukraine (PUOU) party's Politic [...]
2006-04-14 15:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1552UKRAINE: 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 07:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON SCUL UP
06KIEV1561UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELA'S UN SECURITY
[...] (C) We discussed Venezuela's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council with Andriy Beshta from the MFA United Nations directorate April 18, reiterating ref C demarche points and drawing on information from ref A. Beshta said that his office had used our previous demarche to formulate a propos [...]
2006-04-18 13:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC VE GT UP
06KIEV1587UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO'S OUR UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) Summary. For several weeks in the wake of the March 26 elections in which it was soundly defeated by Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU) bloc leaders offered primarily positive public commentary, with reservations, about the formation of an Orange Rada majority coalition a [...]
2006-04-20 14:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
06KIEV1639UKRAINE: 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 08:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1662UKRAINE: RADA MAJORITY COALITION TALKS RESUME;
[...] (C) Summary: After a ten-day hiatus, coalition negotiations between President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine, the Yuliya Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialists resumed April 25, deputy Socialist Party leader Iosyp Vinsky told Ambassador April 27. Our Ukraine's Roman Zvarych, Tymoshenko (standin [...]
2006-04-27 16:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV1663UKRAINE: 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 16:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
06KIEV1693UKRAINE: 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 13:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG NATO EPET PINR ZK ZJ AJ BO
06KIEV1698UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S ZVARYCH ON AGREEMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine legal department chief Roman Zvarych confirmed that, in ongoing Rada majority coalition negotiations between Our Ukraine (OU),Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT) and the Socialists, two documents had been signed April 25, one on co [...]
2006-04-28 13:51:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM UP
06KIEV1706UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER POROSHENKO ON RADA
[...] (C) During an April 28 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine (OU) insider Petro Poroshenko emphatically denied he was using his influence with the Prosecutor General to put pressure on Tymoshenko lieutenant Oleksandr Turchynov (refs A and B). Coalition talks with the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) were [...]
2006-04-28 14:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV1711UKRAINE: SOMBER TYMOSHENKO DOWN ON ORANGE
[...] (C) Summary: A subdued PM-hopeful Yuliya Tymoshenko told Ambassador April 28 that the scant progress in Orange coalition talks in recent days was much less significant than Our Ukraine efforts with Party of Regions to form local coalitions across the country. News during the meeting that Our [...]
2006-04-28 15:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1772UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK, NSAU CHIEF ALEXEYEV PRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk and National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU) Director Yuri Alekseyev urged greater U.S.-Ukraine cooperation on ballistic missile defense during an April 26 meeting at MFA with U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director Lt Gen (USAF) Trey Obering III [...]
2006-05-05 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PREL PINR US UP
06KIEV1773UKRAINE: 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 15:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1851UKRAINE: UPDATES FROM BEZSMERTNY AND TYMOSHENKO -
[...] (C) Summary: A downbeat and cynical Roman Bezsmertny and a more relaxed Yuliya Tymoshenko separately assessed the current stated of play in coalition negotiations with Charge May 11-12; their characterizations largely tracked, though not completely. Both said that Yushchenko's attitude toward [...]
2006-05-15 08:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV1912UKRAINE/RUSSIA: NO PROGRESS ON BLACK SEA FLEET
[...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko told Kiev-based diplomats May 12 that the May 4 second meeting of the Ukraine-Russia sub-commission on the Russian Black Sea Fleet made no progress. The Ukrainians have asked to conduct a joint inventory of real property occupied a [...]
2006-05-17 15:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR RS UP
06KIEV1913UKRAINE: 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 15:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1921MTAG/UKRAINE: UKRAINIAN EXPORT ACTIVITY TO IRAN
[...] (S) Stressing the importance of this issue, Ambassador passed ref A talking points to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk during his May 17 farewell call. Tarasyuk said he would pass the information to the relevant officials in his ministry and pay personal attention to the preparation of a respo [...]
2006-05-18 13:01:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MNUC IR UP
06KIEV1937UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON COALITION TALKS,
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko opined to Ambassador May 18 that Orange coalition prospects were growing as President Yushchenko was resigning himself to ex-Prime Minister Yuliya Tymoshenko's return to the prime ministership. He agreed with Ambassador's listing of honest government o [...]
2006-05-19 12:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM MARR NATO BO UP
06KIEV1940UKRAINE: KINAKH AND FM TARASYUK ON COALITION
[...] (C) Summary: In Ambassadorial farewell calls May 17 on outgoing National Security Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh and Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk, Kinakh and Tarasyuk, both of whom lead minor parties that contested the March 26 elections as part of President Yushchenko's O [...]
2006-05-19 12:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV1992UKRAINE: FAREWELL CALL ON PM-HOPEFUL TYMOSHENKO ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador paid his farewell call on PM-aspirant Yuliya Tymoshenko May 24, the day prior to the opening of the new parliament (Rada) May 25. Tymoshenko said she and her team had stayed up "all night" analyzing the completely new coalition proposal Our Ukraine (OU) had sprung on [...]
2006-05-24 14:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV1994UKRAINE: KRAMER-WOOD 5/22 MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting with visiting EUR DAS David Kramer, OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, and Ambassador, former State Secretary Oleksandr Zinchenko stressed that Ukraine's next prime minister should be a politically independent technocrat -- not a politician. Zinchenko had advised President Yu [...]
2006-05-24 15:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI ECON PREL UP RS
06KIEV1995UKRAINE: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk during a May 17 farewell call. Tarasyuk promised to review the issue carefully and to pay personal attention to it. He observed that the current Ukrainian government had been [...]
2006-05-24 15:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM SOCI SU UP
06KIEV1996UKRAINE: 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 15:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2038UKRAINE: EUR DAS KRAMER AND OVP DNSA WOOD'S 5/23
[...] (C) In a lengthy May 23 discussion with Ambassador, EUR DAS David Kramer, and OVP Deputy NSA Joseph Wood, Our Ukraine's (OU) lead negotiator in the coalition formation talks predicted that an "Orange variant" would soon prevail and that a new government would be in place by mid-July. The new [...]
2006-05-26 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2039UKRAINE: 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 08:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM EAID NATO MARR PINR BO UP
06KIEV2065UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: FM TARASYUK'S FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 22 meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said Russia was reinforcing Transnistrian leader Smirnov's resistance to procedures required under the Ukraine-Moldova customs agreement. Furthermore, the Russians were refusing to agree to join a five-plus-two me [...]
2006-05-26 16:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM OSCE PINR RS MD UP
06KIEV2068UKRAINE/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 07:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ETRD EAID AORC UNMIK PINR YI AZ GG
06KIEV2123UKRAINE: 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 14:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2124UKRAINE SUPPORTS U.S. INITIATIVE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodomyr Khandohiy May 31. Khandohiy said he had watched Secretary Rice's press conference on television; this was clearly a very important initiative. He promised to convey our message to the Foreign Minister and to look into [...]
2006-06-01 14:59:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ENRG MNUC IR UP
06KIEV2166UKRAINE: CODEL BLUNT'S 5/29 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) During a May 29 meeting with CODEL Blunt, President Yushchenko characterized Ukraine's economic growth as "strong" and predicted that a new Orange coalition government would be formed "in a couple of days." Negotiations over top leadership positions had begun May 29 and should be complet [...]
2006-06-05 09:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI PREL ECON CASC KOCI
06KIEV2190UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]
2006-06-06 16:43:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV2207UKRAINE: QUICK GOU FIX TO "SEA BREEZE" LIMBO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian parliament (Rada) resumed June 7 and, without addressing the issue of foreign military participation in joint exercises in Ukraine, ended its session almost immediately, adjourning until June 14. A possible special session of the Rada could come before June 14, but [...]
2006-06-07 17:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2208UKRAINE: RADA CONVENES, COALITION FORMATION GETS
[...] (C) Nearly 11 weeks after national parliamentary and local elections, Ukraine remains without a Rada majority coalition. A June 7 Rada session opened and closed quickly, with 227 Orange MPs voting to adjourn until June 14. Deputies from the Party of Regions and the Communist Party stayed on t [...]
2006-06-07 17:44:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL MARR UP
06KIEV2246UKRAINE: EXTRAORDINARY RADA SESSION UNLIKELY
[...] (SBU) The Rada's five-member Provisional Presidium on June 8 voted down a motion by 176 opposition MPs to hold a special Rada session that would likely have focused on the situation in Crimea (reftels). The three "Orange" presidium members, who voted "no," dismissed the opposition's appeal as [...]
2006-06-08 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2247UKRAINE: SEA BREEZE JUNE 8 UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Hrytsenko defended his ministry's preparations for the U.S.-Ukraine bilateral military exercise Sea Breeze and determined, with the UK Embassy Defense Attache, that the joint Ukraine-UK Lone Knot exercise would need to be cancelled. Parliament's provisional pres [...]
2006-06-08 16:11:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL NATO PINR UP
06KIEV2278UKRAINE: 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 15:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR BO UP
06KIEV2281UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO SAYS COALITION TALKS ARE
[...] (C) Yuliya Tymoshenko told DCM on June 12 that talks on forming an Orange coalition were deadlocked over Socialist Party leader Oleksander Moroz' insistence on being made Rada Speaker. Tymoshenko had tried to reason with Moroz, but he was dug in, knowing that this would be his "political swan [...]
2006-06-12 20:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREL RS UP
06KIEV2293UKRAINE: FINANCE MINISTER ON TAXES, BUDGET, AND
[...] (U) This message contains a guidance request, see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. In a June 6 meeting with DCM, Minister of Finance Viktor Pynzenyk discussed his concerns about budget performance and energy supplies. He denied the Ministry of Finance had asked the State Tax Administration to [...]
2006-06-13 14:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET UP
06KIEV2296UKRAINE: WHAT MAY HAPPEN AT WEDNESDAY'S (JUNE 14)
[...] (C) With no Orange coalition formed as of 1800 local time, two aides to senior Orange politicians have told us that the Party of Regions may essentially take charge of the coalition formation process at the June 14 Rada session. According to our interlocutors, Communist MP Martynyuk, who is sl [...]
2006-06-13 16:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2297UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK ON COALITION NEGOTIATIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's June 13 presentation of a copy of his credentials, Foreign Minister Tarasyuk said President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine bloc could not accept Socialist Party of Ukraine leader Moroz as parliamentary speaker, despite Moroz' insistence that this was his condition f [...]
2006-06-13 16:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR AMGT PGOV PINR UP
06KIEV2316UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, SIGNS OF AN ORANGE-BLUE
[...] (C) At the June 14 parliament (Rada) session, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz attempted to revive talks to form an Orange coalition by dropping his demand to become Rada Speaker. In return, he asked Our Ukraine (OU) to divide all government posts, down to district chiefs, among the Ora [...]
2006-06-14 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2329UKRAINE: AT THE RADA, PARTY OF REGIONS UPBEAT
[...] (C) The action at the June 15 Rada session was not at the rostrum, but on the floor and in the hallways, where Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych shook hands, slapped backs and assured reporters that Regions would sign a coalition agreement on June 20 -- when the Rada reconvenes. Our U [...]
2006-06-15 15:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2331UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE INSIDER ZVARYCH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Our Ukraine (OU) negotiator Roman Zvarych updated DCM June 14 regarding ongoing OU-Party of Regions talks on forming a Rada (parliament) majority coalition, trying to put a positive spin on OU's possible about-face. An Orange-Blue coalition could be in place by June 20, since dif [...]
2006-06-15 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM SOCI MARR ETRD UP
06KIEV2358UKRAINE/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 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD SENV KDEM RO UP
06KIEV2359UKRAINE: ORANGE-BLUE COALITION TALKS ALLEGEDLY
[...] (C) A coalition agreement between the Party of Regions and Our Ukraine (OU) could be reached tonight (June 16),according to Regions MP and de facto shadow foreign minister Leonid Kozhara. In a conversation with DCM, Kozhara dismissed OU's public distinction between "consultations" and "negot [...]
2006-06-16 16:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2403UKRAINE: ANOTHER RADA SESSION ENDS WITHOUT A
[...] (C) The Rada (parliament) held two short sessions June 20 but adjourned until June 21 without forming a majority coalition. Before the morning session, Our Ukraine (OU) MP Roman Zvayrch claimed to us that talks with OU's Orange partners were deadlocked over Yuliya Tymoshenko's refusal to acce [...]
2006-06-20 15:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR UP
06KIEV2436UKRAINE: ORANGE COALITION DEAL "UNDER THREAT" - OR
[...] (C) Ukraine's coalition drama continued June 21, inching closer to an Orange Coalition, but also featuring a potential obstacle -- Petro Poroshenko as Our Ukraine's Rada Speaker nominee -- that could possibly cause the deal to unravel or create discord in the months to come. The Rada met brief [...]
2006-06-21 15:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2451UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP:
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (U) In a letter dated June 19, received by the Embassy June 22, MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov transmitted the Government of Ukraine (GOU)'s proposed agenda for the July 11-12 U.S.-Ukr [...]
2006-06-22 12:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UP
06KIEV2452UKRAINE: PROGRESS ON SCUDS INVENTORY BY JULY NPWG
[...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points on the need for a SCUDS inventory and a proposed timeline for a USG assessment team visit June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko noted the topic had been raised in a recent meeting between [...]
2006-06-22 12:36:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
06KIEV2453UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING
[...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points with information on Yemeni arms brokers efforts to obtain weapons and ammunition June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko said he would relay the information to other Ukrainian government of [...]
2006-06-22 13:01:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM UP
06KIEV2461UKRAINE: COALITION OF DEMOCRATIC FORCES FINALLY
[...] (C) Nearly three months after the March 26 elections, Yuliya Tymoshenko's Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU),and the Socialist Party (SPU) finally created a parliamentary majority of the "Coalition of Democratic Forces" mid-day June 22 by presenting a coalition agreement with the signatures of 239 [...]
2006-06-22 17:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2462UKRAINE: SPURNED REGIONS VOWS TO "PAINT FENCES"
[...] (C) Following the June 22 formation of parliamentary majority of the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT),Our Ukraine (OU),and the Socialists, the direction of the spurned Party of Regions was being taken over by party "radicals," according to moderate Regions deputy leader Volodymyr Makeyenko. Bombastic [...]
2006-06-22 17:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI UP
06KIEV2477UKRAINE: LAUNCH OF NATO PFP TRUST FUND PROJECT FOR
[...] (U) Summary: The NATO PfP Trust Fund project to eliminate MANPADS, small arms/light weapons, and excess munitions began June 20 with the ceremonial destruction of two MANPADS before an audience of government officials and media. Actual operations are expected to begin at the Shostka site in [...]
2006-06-23 12:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR NATO PGOV UP
06KIEV2500UKRAINE: 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 14:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL KIRF UP
06KIEV2523UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please advise how to respond to MFA inquiry in para 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko requested clarification of the following point contained in our demarche of June 22 (taken from ref B) regarding arms [...]
2006-06-29 09:49:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM UP
06KIEV2526UKRAINE: 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 13:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL AORC KCRM PINR IZ UP
06KIEV2530UKRAINE: 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 17:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SOCI MARR ECON PREL RS UP
06KIEV2589UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP
[...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...]
2006-07-05 15:06:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP
06KIEV2590UKRAINE: 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 15:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG EPET ETRD MARR PGOV NATO RS UP
06KIEV2651UKRAINE: 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 15:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2678UKRAINE: ORANGE OPTIONS IN THE WAKE OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Presidential Chief of Staff Rybachuk, former PM Tymoshenko, Our Ukraine (OU) Party leaders Roman Bezsmertny and Roman Zvarych, and OU Political Council member and former National Security and Defense Council Secretary Anatoliy Kinakh July 8 and Acting Foreign M [...]
2006-07-10 17:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV2855UKRAINE: THE POLITICAL CHESS GAME: VIEWS FROM THE
[...] (C) Summary. Conversations with key deputy party leaders from Our Ukraine (OU),Regions, and the Socialists over the week of July 17-21 revealed a complicated political chess game underway in Ukrainian politics. Regions' Volodymyr Makeyenko and Socialists Mykola Rudkovsky and Yaroslav Mendus [...]
2006-07-21 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2900UKRAINE: WAYS OUT OF THE POLITICAL IMPASSE: FOUR
[...] (C) Summary: With the window for a Presidential decision to disband the Rada now open and the "Anti-Crisis Coalition" nomination of Viktor Yanukovych for PM on his desk, Yushchenko and Ukraine face four scenarios: accept Yanukovych as PM; reject Yanukovych's nomination but not dissolve the Rad [...]
2006-07-25 15:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
06KIEV2932UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO-LED ROUNDTABLE POINTS TOWARD
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko moderated an extraordinary six-hour marathon roundtable July 27 involving all Ukrainian political leaders and additional eminent figures to discuss a way out of the current political impasse. Yushchenko ended the session at 10 pm with a plea for the parti [...]
2006-07-28 08:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2962UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's relations with NATO in the context of ongoing domestic political roundtable discussions and fading chances for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) invitation at the Riga Summit were discussed in EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) David Kramer's July 28 meetings with Actin [...]
2006-07-31 14:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV2964UKRAINE/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 14:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OSCE PINR RO MD UP
06KIEV3021UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...]
2006-08-03 13:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KIEV3029UKRAINE: TALE OF TWO VIKTORS: YUSHCHENKO NOMINATES
[...] (C) Summary. In another last minute decision crucial to the political future of Ukraine, President Viktor Yushchenko initiated the procedures required for dissolution of the Rada (parliament) August 2, only to agree in the middle of the night instead to endorse Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovyc [...]
2006-08-04 06:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV3041UKRAINE: FOREIGN POLICY OF A REGIONS-LED GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 3 meeting, parliamentary deputy and Party of Regions foreign-policy expert Kozhara was sketchy on the details of how a Regions-led government might modify Ukraine's foreign policy approaches. He affirmed that Regions would work to pass WTO-related legislation, but al [...]
2006-08-04 14:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD WTO NATO OREP PINR RS UP
06KIEV3128UKRAINE: 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 13:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL PGOV PBIO RS TX UP
06KIEV3129UKRAINE: FIRST DEPUTY PM AZAROV COMMITTED TO WTO
[...] (C) Summary: First Deputy PM and Finance Minister Azarov told the Ambassador that by the end of 2006, Ukraine would join the WTO. He pledged that the government would have a careful and well-balanced policy in place to deal with Ukraine's large negative trade balance. On the energy situati [...]
2006-08-11 13:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN MCC UP
06KIEV3130UKRAINE: 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 14:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3185UKRAINE: POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO UNIFIL FACE
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Ukraine (GOU) is actively considering what contribution Ukraine might offer to the expanded UNIFIL mission and has conducted consultations in New York with UN Assistant Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Annabi but faces an August 17 deadline from UN [...]
2006-08-16 14:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PREL LE UP
06KIEV3256(C) UKRAINE: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-21 14:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNHRC UP
06KIEV333UKRAINE: 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 15:07:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MCAP RS UP
06KIEV3332UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary. During subdued Independence Day celebrations August 24, President Yushchenko stressed that the western-focussed policies adopted after the Orange Revolution (i.e., pursuing EU and NATO membership) would be continued by Ukraine's new government led by Viktor Yanukovych that he des [...]
2006-08-29 10:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM MARR UP
06KIEV335UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH DISCUSSES GAS DEAL, RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 24 meeting with opposition Party of Regions leader Viktor Yanukovych and Rada Deputy Taras Chornovil, EUR A/S Fried told Yanukovych the U.S. supported Ukraine and would work with whatever democratically-elected government the people of Ukraine chose. The U.S. would [...]
2006-01-26 08:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM ETRD ENRG EPET UP WTO
06KIEV336UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: NATO,
[...] (C) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, ASD/ISP Flory and EUR A/S Fried noted U.S. support for Ukraine's NATO aspirations, but emphasized the importance of Ukraine demonstrating that it shared the political, economic, and social values required to meet the performance-b [...]
2006-01-26 08:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PINR YI IZ MD BO UP OSCE NATO
06KIEV337UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE'S BEZSMERTNY ON WHY THE
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 meeting with Ambassador, Roman Bezsmertny, campaign chief for President Yushchenko's party People's Union Our Ukraine, spun the January 4 Ukraine-Russia gas agreement as an advantageous deal for Ukraine. On a macro level, the higher prices would force necessary r [...]
2006-01-26 08:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL PGOV RS UP
06KIEV3370UKRAINE: MTCR PROPOSALS WITH SUPPLEMENTAL
[...] (C-Rel to MTCR) On August 31, we provided MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko with the texts contained reftels of U.S. proposals for the October 2-6 MTCR Plenary Meeting in Copenhagen. Kucherenko thanked us for the information but had no substantive [...]
2006-08-31 14:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMTCRE ETTC PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA FR UP
06KIEV3371UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S SEPT 6-7
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical moment in Ukraine's post-Orange Revolution political development. While the primary gains of the Orange Revolution in societal attitudes, freedom of the press, and foreign and security policy remain, the orange-dominated political season is definiti [...]
2006-08-31 15:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD ENRG UP
06KIEV340Ukraine: Bilateral Coordination Group Talks:
[...] (U) In Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24 (see septels for other issues discussed),the U.S. side pointed out that progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP) was important not only because it protected Ukrainian citizens, but also because Ukraine was currently on the Tier Tw [...]
2006-01-26 09:59:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV341UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS:
[...] (SBU) During Bilateral Coordination Group talks January 24, the U.S. side raised the year-long inability of the Embassy to dispatch diplomatic pouches by air given a Ukrainian law requiring x-ray inspection. 2. (SBU) As Acting Chair for the U.S. side, EB A/S Tony Wayne noted that the Ukrain [...]
2006-01-26 10:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ADPM ADCO PREL KREC ASEC KRIM UP
06KIEV3425UKRAINE: 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 12:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV346UKRAINE: GOU TELLS A/S WAYNE OF CONTINUED IPR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne met on January 24 with Acting Minister of Education and Science Borys Zhebrovskiy and other GOU officials involved in intellectual property (IPR) rights protection. A/S Wayne told the officials that, [...]
2006-01-26 13:22:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR ETRD UP
06KIEV3463UKRAINE: A/S FRIED AND PM YANUKOVYCH DISCUSS NATO,
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried highlighted USG willingness to work with PM Yanukovych's government and our belief that Ukraine needed to move at a speed it sets towards NATO membership. Fried also stressed the importance of Ukraine developing as an open, democratic, prosperous societ [...]
2006-09-08 15:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENRG PGOV NATO UP
06KIEV3464UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED VISIT: THE FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging PM Yanukovych's inevitable influence in shaping Ukrainian foreign policy, FM Tarasyuk asserted to EUR A/S Fried during their September 6 dinner that President Yushchenko could still maintain his primacy on foreign policy, as established in the Constitution, b [...]
2006-09-08 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS MD GG PL UP
06KIEV3489UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON A NATO
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko told the Ambassador that NATO membership was an internal question for the country, but that he was working with PM Yanukovych to make a good case for a MAP during his September 14 visit to Brussels. On energy, if Ukraine could liberalize and diversify the s [...]
2006-09-11 14:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON ENRG UP
06KIEV3532UKRAINE: 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 14:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM UNMIK PGOV UN YI MD UP
06KIEV3552UKRAINE: A/S FRIED'S DISCUSSIONS OF ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Moroz told A/S Fried the parliament (Rada) had begun work on remaining WTO legislation, but notably made no predictions about when it would pass. Opposition leader Tymoshenko, on the other hand, expected Yanukovych's government to significantly slow down th [...]
2006-09-18 12:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD ENRG EPET UP
06KIEV3553UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED'S NATO-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine-NATO relations was a primary theme in EUR Assistant Secretary Fried's meetings September 6-7 with FM Borys Tarasyuk, Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and PM Viktor Yanukovych. Holdover "orange" Ministers Tarasyuk and Hrytsenko have been the two staunchest advocates [...]
2006-09-18 12:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV3569UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ADVANCES RELATIONS WITH EU
[...] (C) Summary: While media attention had focused on PM Yanukovych's comments regarding a NATO Membership Action Plan during his September 14 visit to Brussels, MFA European Union Department acting director Dir argued that Yanukovych had made significant statements and substantial progress on EU [...]
2006-09-18 14:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD EPET EUN UP
06KIEV3570UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO MIFFED ON MAP? KIEV'S REACTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite the positive dynamics of PM Yanukovych's September 14 visit to NATO HQ (ref A),Yanukovych's declaration that Ukraine was not ready for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) drew swift public complaints from FM Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko September 15, followed by [...]
2006-09-18 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KIEV363UKRAINE: PSI SHIPBOARDING NEGOTIATIONS - U.S.
[...] (SBU) We provided the U.S. response to Ukrainian views on the draft text of the PSI Shipboarding Agreement, with accompanying Ukrainian language translation, to MFA Arms Control Department Counselor Ruslan Nymchynsky January 27. Nymchynsky promised to study our views, provided in the form of n [...]
2006-01-27 14:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC PARM PREL UP
06KIEV365UKRAINE/TRANSNISTRIA: MFA DEFENDS DELAY IN CUSTOMS
[...] (C) Summary: Briefing EU/G7 representatives January 27, Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky claimed the Ukrainian government had delayed implementation of the May 15, 2003, customs protocol with Moldova because the GOM's implementation of simplified registration procedures for Transnistrian bu [...]
2006-01-27 15:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PARM PINR MD UP OSCE
06KIEV367UKRAINE: WHO ARE THE PEACEMAKERS? BUILDING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The public political posturing about potential post-election coalitions kicked off in earnest January 24 with President Yushchenko's party Our Ukraine releasing a letter calling for the forces of the Maidan -- Our Ukraine, Tymoshenko's bloc (BYuT),Moroz' Socialists [...]
2006-01-27 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UP
06KIEV3672UKRAINE/MTCR: VENEZUELA ARMS SALES POLICY BRIEFED,
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) On September 22, we relayed ref A points on changes in USG policy regarding arms sales to Venezuela and MTCR papers in other reftels to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles [...]
2006-09-22 13:54:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL ETTC MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA FR DA KN
06KIEV3674UKRAINE: NEW PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF READY TO
[...] (C) Summary: Newly-appointed head of the Presidential Administration Viktor Baloha told the Ambassador September 19 that he was ready to engage with the U.S. to ensure that the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Threshold Anti-Corruption Project was a success and was eager to get started [...]
2006-09-22 14:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UP
06KIEV368UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS:
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the final session of the January 24 Bilateral Coordination Group talks, the Ukrainian side reviewed GOU judicial reform and anti-corruption efforts and pledged to respond soon to OPIC's urgent request for resolution of the issues stemming from OPIC's payment of a $17-million [...]
2006-01-28 08:08:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL KCRM UP
06KIEV3710UKRAINE: OFFICIALS DENY THAT KOLCHUGAS SOLD TO IRAN
[...] (U) The Jane's Defense Weekly, dated September 27, 2006, carried a story, strangely datelined Bangkok, reporting that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to Iran for an estimated price of USD25 million per system. As accur [...]
2006-09-26 14:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV374UKRAINE: BILATERAL COORDINATION GROUP TALKS: TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Bilateral Coordination Group (BCG) talks January 24, EB A/S E. Anthony Wayne said restoration of Ukraine's access to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) was due to the GOU's good work on amending the optical disc law and implementing the new legislation. GOU official [...]
2006-01-30 09:38:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON KIPR PREL UP
06KIEV3750UKRAINE: GOU SAYS NO EVIDENCE OF KOLCHUGA SALES TO
[...] (C) We followed up September 28 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov regarding the Jane's Defense Weekly report that Ukraine had recently delivered or was imminently preparing to deliver an unknown number of Kolchuga systems to [...]
2006-09-28 13:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC PINR IR UP
06KIEV3751UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVIL AIRCRAFT TO
[...] (C) On September 28, we met with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director General Volodymyr Belashov and Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles at Belashov's request. Belashov thanked us for the briefing on USG policy on arms transfers to Venezuela (ref A). H [...]
2006-09-28 13:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MASS ETTC VE UP
06KIEV3755UKRAINE: ENGAGING THE NEW UKRAINIAN REALITY AFTER
[...] (SBU) Note: In preparation for senior-level consideration of our Ukraine policy, this cable assesses the political and economic developments under the new government. 2. (C) Summary. 50 days after Viktor Yanukovych returned to the premiership he vacated in December 2004 in the wake of the [...]
2006-09-28 14:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD KDEM UP
06KIEV3758UKRAINE: RADA ROLLS BACK UTILITY PRICES, BUT WILL IT
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on September 22 overrode an April presidential veto to pass a law rolling back residential natural gas and electricity prices to January 1, 2006 levels and putting a moratorium on future increases. The law, if it comes into effect, would cancel [...]
2006-09-29 13:30:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KIEV380UKRAINE: PRIME MINISTER YEKHANUROV WARNS RUSSIANS
[...] (S) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov told Ambassador on January 28 that Russia was threatening to cut off shipments of Turkmen gas to Ukraine as early as February 1 because of the GOU's delay in implementing the January 4 agreement between Russia's GazProm and Ukraine's Naft [...]
2006-01-30 14:39:00Embassy KyivSECRETEPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS UP
06KIEV382UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK WARNS KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk said, during a January 30 meeting with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies Head Bruce Jackson and Ambassador, that the Ukrainian government did not favor Kosovo independence. Such an outcome would destabilize the political situation in S [...]
2006-01-30 15:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM PINR YI UP UNMIK OSCE
06KIEV384UKRAINE: 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 15:11:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV UP
06KIEV386UKRAINE: 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 15:12:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG RS UP
06KIEV3862UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH -- DEFENDER OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych stressed with EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that constitutional reform had created a new governing framework in which Parliament (Rada) established government policy, and President Yushchenko together with Yanukovych and the cabinet of mi [...]
2006-10-05 07:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
06KIEV3865UKRAINE: SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST PROPORTIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Commercial Chamber of Ukraine's Supreme Court ruled on October 3 in favor of a lower court's finding that mobile phone operator KyivStar's shareholders are entitled to equal representation on the company's Board of Directors, regardless of how many company shares each share [...]
2006-10-05 10:37:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EINV RS UP
06KIEV3866UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE MOVES INTO OPPOSITION - OR NOT
[...] (C) Summary: After months of negotiations over whether or not to enter the governing coalition, President Yushchenko's Our Ukraine coalition announced October 4 that it would not join the coalition, but would formally join the opposition in parliament. OU's Roman Bezsmertniy told the press [...]
2006-10-05 12:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
06KIEV3884UKRAINE OPPOSES POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST
[...] (C) On October 5, Ambassador passed reftel points on the USG position regarding a possible North Korean nuclear test to Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff for Foreign Policy Oleksandr Chaliy. Ambassador praised the October 4 MFA statement (see para 2) regarding a possible North Korean nuclear [...]
2006-10-06 11:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN UP
06KIEV3905UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH PROMISES CONTINUITY ON WTO,
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych assured EUR DAS Kramer and Ambassador October 4 that he would continue to make progress on WTO membership and European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Funding for a NATO information campaign was part of the 2007 draft budget. With the support of t [...]
2006-10-10 16:11:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR ETRD ENRG EPET OVIP PREL PINR PL
06KIEV3906UKRAINE: 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 16:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EFIN EINV POL PREL UP
06KIEV3919UKRAINE: OVERHAULING THE PRESIDENT'S MEN -
[...] (C) Summary. With the appointment of Industrial Union of the Donbas (IUD) executive Vitaly Haiduk as National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary October 10, the overhaul of President Yushchenko's team which started September 16 with the appointment of Viktor Baloha as Presidential [...]
2006-10-11 15:50:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
06KIEV3923UKRAINE: 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 14:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO PINR UP
06KIEV3933UKRAINE: Rada Reviews Natural Gas Sector; Allows Price Rise
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Verkhovna Rada (parliament) reviewed on October 4 the preliminary results of its investigatory commission on NaftoHaz and the natural gas sector. The commission reported multiple instances of mismanagement, malfeasance, and possible criminal acts within state-owned oil and [...]
2006-10-13 11:45:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PGOV SOCI RS UP
06KIEV3936UKRAINE: ORANGE MINISTERS FATE UNDECIDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rumors continue to swirl in Kiev as to the fate of the "orange" ministers in the Ukrainian Government. On October 11, an aide to Our Ukraine's Roman Bezsmertniy told us that all "orange" ministers in the Cabinet had submitted letters of resignation, later confirmed publicly by [...]
2006-10-13 14:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KIEV398Ukraine: 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 15:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV400UKRAINE: 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 16:38:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KIEV404UKRAINE ADOPTIONS: YUSHCHENKO SIGNS LAW ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday January 31, President Yushchenko signed the law giving interim adoption authority to the National Adoption Center (NAC),clearing the way for prospective adoptive parents to process their adoptions to conclusion. The NAC has a plan in place to prioritize appointments [...]
2006-02-01 09:52:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC CVIS KOCI PREL PGOV UP
06KIEV406 UKRAINE: INL-Funded TIP Training Seminar
[...] Summary: On January 23-25, Embassy Kiev and the Prosecutors' Academy of Ukraine co-sponsored a first ever training seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) that brought more than 70 members of the Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office (PGO),both prosecutors and investigators, as well as local [...]
2006-02-01 11:38:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KCRM SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB KWMN UP
06KIEV408UKRAINE: 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 12:20:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UP
06KIEV456UKRAINE: OLIGARCH PINCHUK ON NIKOPOL FERROALLOY
[...] (C) Summary: Oligarch Viktor Pinchuk suggested, in a February 1 conversation with visiting Project for Transitional Democracies President Bruce Jackson and PolOff, that he would not appeal his case to a European court after the Ukrainian Supreme Court refused January 20 to hear his appeal aga [...]
2006-02-02 11:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEINV PGOV
06KIEV459UKRAINE: EX-ORANGE COALITION TALKING DEAL, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting with Ambassador, Our Ukraine legal department head and ex-Minister of Justice Roman Zvarych indicated that President Yushchenko's party was doing increasingly well in the polls, which were showing 20-percent support for Our Ukraine, as opposed to 12-13 per [...]
2006-02-02 12:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV
06KIEV461UKRAINE: GONGADZE CASE AND ELECTION POLITICS
[...] (C) Politicians and the judge associated with the Gongadze case, wielding both implied carrots and sticks, have sought the public silence of Myroslava Gongadze -- widow of slain journalist Heorhiy Gongadze -- in the run-up to parliamentary elections in March, according to Myroslava's lawyer Val [...]
2006-02-02 13:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM
06KIEV471UKRAINE: MOROSE MOROZ: SOCIALIST LEADER UNHAPPY
[...] (C) Summary: Socialist Party Leader Olexander Moroz vented frustration with the gas deal with Russia, President Yushchenko, ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko, and a perceived lack of recent U.S. attention to the Socialist Party February 1 to Bruce Jackson, President, Project for Transitional Democracie [...]
2006-02-03 12:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV
06KIEV473UKRAINE: 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 12:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV
06KIEV477UKRAINE: MFA OFFICIAL ON OSCE REFORM, PROJECT
[...] (C) Summary: MFA OSCE Department Counselor Volodymyr Tolkach expressed to us January 18 the Ukrainian government's support for OSCE reform. OSCE reform should include some provision that ensures a single country cannot block an OSCE decision. At the same time, Tolkach argued, there should be [...]
2006-02-03 15:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE
06KIEV479UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO LIEUTENANT TURCHYNOV ON GAS
[...] (C) Summary: Ex-PM Tymoshenko lieutenant Oleksandr Turchynov told Ambassador February 3 that he thought the Tymoshenko Bloc (BYuT) would obtain the additional unpublicized documents related to the January 4 gas deal and the newly arranged joint venture by the end of the day; he thought the do [...]
2006-02-03 16:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV
06KIEV480UKRAINE: 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 16:25:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV
06KIEV481UKRAINE: THIRD ELECTION ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable discussion January 25, NGO representatives felt that the recent gas and government crises could hurt ex-PM Tymoshenko in the elections. One observer expressed doubt that a Rada majority coalition would be formed after the March 26 elections, [...]
2006-02-03 16:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV
06KIEV483UKRAINE/MOLDOVA/TRANSNISTRIA: TKACH ON CUSTOMS
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 3 briefing, Ukrainian Special Envoy Tkach said the February 1 Ukraine-Moldova meeting had failed to make progress, but a second round would occur at the level of Ministers of Economy in the hope of resolving Ukraine's objections to Moldovan government registration p [...]
2006-02-03 17:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCI OSCE
06KIEV520UKRAINE: LOOKING TOWARD AND BEYOND THE MARCH
[...] (C) Summary: A majority in the new Rada elected by the March 26 parliamentary elections will select a new Prime Minister, who will take the lead on forming a new Cabinet (with the exception of Defense and Foreign Ministers). Poll results have for months consistently suggested that at least t [...]
2006-02-07 15:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV
06KIEV521UKRAINE: PROSECUTOR GENERAL SEES LIMITED ROLE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador recommended to Prosecutor General Oleksandr Medvedko on 3 February that he create administrative divisions devoted to anti-money laundering (AML) and to fighting trafficking in persons (TIP). In both areas, Medvedko deflected blame for the low level of convictions b [...]
2006-02-07 15:41:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN
06KIEV553UKRAINE: YOU TAKE THE LOW ROAD AND I'LL TAKE THE
[...] (C) Summary: Circus-like farce impinged on serious statecraft at the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) the morning of February 9. President Yushchenko delivered an hour-long "State of the Nation" address to the Rada, reviewing the accomplishments of the past year since his inauguration an [...]
2006-02-09 16:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
06KIEV558UKRAINE: MAJOR REFUGEE NGO ON CHECHENS, UZBEKS
[...] (C) Two senior interlocutors from a major refugee-assistance NGO, the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS),told us February 1 that Ukrainian authorities were continuing to refoul Chechen asylum seekers in violation of international law. Our HIAS contacts warned of a surge in the number of Uzb [...]
2006-02-10 14:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALNOTAG UP
06KIEV565DEPUTY ENERGY MINISTER PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DETAILS
[...] (C) Meeting with U.S.-funded energy adviser Elkind (protect) and Econ Counselor February 8, Deputy Energy Minister Valeriy Yasyuk defended the January 4 Ukraine-Russia gas deal as the best that Ukraine could achieve at the time. He noted a framework agreement and six other agreements had been [...]
2006-02-10 16:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEPET
06KIEV574Ukraine: Energizing GUAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Foreign Ministry acknowledges GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Moldova) is not yet a functioning regional organization, but is committed to getting Ukraine's house in order on the issue first, and then energizing GUAM. Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia are in agreement on h [...]
2006-02-13 13:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL GUAM
06KIEV578UKRAINE: 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 15:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM
06KIEV579UKRAINE: SOCIALIST LEADER MOROZ ON ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 13 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party leader Oleksandr Moroz opined that new Constitutional Court judges would not be selected until after the March 26 parliamentary elections because of concerns that the court would otherwise revisit constitutional reform. Mo [...]
2006-02-13 15:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV
06KIEV583UKRAINE: 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 07:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM
06KIEV589UKRAINE: PRE-ELECTION PROVINCIAL SNAPSHOT:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The north-central province of Chernihiv offers a snapshot of the changed Ukraine and of the fluid political dynamics between the 2004 Presidential contest and the upcoming March parliamentary (Rada) and local elections. In 2004, Chernihiv witnessed heavy administrative resource [...]
2006-02-14 13:10:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV
06KIEV593UKRAINE: 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 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL
06KIEV604UKRAINE 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 13:36:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL NATO
06KIEV610UKRAINE: WORKING TO SECURE RADA APPROVAL FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the February 9 failure of the Rada (parliament) to approve the measure authorizing foreign troops to participate in military exercises in Ukraine in 2006 (ref A),Defense Minister Hrytsenko asked Ambassador late February 14 to approach Party of Regions leader [...]
2006-02-15 15:46:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
06KIEV641UKRAINE: REGIONS' BOSS YANUKOVYCH ON WTO, ELECTION
[...] (C) Party of Regions' leader Viktor Yanukovych told Ambassador on February 15 that Ukraine had to coordinate its WTO entry with Russia and said that President Yushchenko would be making a "huge mistake" if he formed an "Orange Coalition" with ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko before or after the March p [...]
2006-02-16 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON
06KIEV656UKRAINE: FOURTH ELECTION ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: At an Ambassador-hosted roundtable on the March 26 Rada (Parliament) and local government elections February 14, NGO representatives felt that while most voters were aware of the shift to elections based on party lists, this awareness dropped off significantly in rural areas. N [...]
2006-02-17 14:33:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM
06KIEV659UKRAINE: UPDATE ON REFOULEMENT OF UZBEKS
[...] (C) On February 17, Ambassador passed Foreign Minister Tarasyuk a non-paper on Ukraine's February 14 refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers. Tarasyuk said that he became aware of incident through media reports and had asked for an explanation from the Ukrainian law enforcement communi [...]
2006-02-17 16:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV
06KIEV713UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH STILL BITTER ABOUT THE
[...] (C) As of December 2005, Yanukovych still expressed bitterness about what he saw as the December 2004 "putsch" denying him the Presidency, according to Lithuanian Embassy Political Counselor Darius Vitkauskas. Vitkauskas told us February 21 that when the Lithuanian Ambassador saw Yanukovych i [...]
2006-02-21 14:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV LH
06KIEV718UKRAINE/GUAM: ENERGIZING GUAM MEMBER STATES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) EUR/ACE FSA Director in December 2005 advised GUAM Embassy representatives that the USG would not wish to continue funding the U.S.-GUAM framework project or supporting GUAM Secretariat development unless member states themselves f [...]
2006-02-21 16:37:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GUAM
06KIEV738UKRAINE: 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 13:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
06KIEV743UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS
[...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...]
2006-02-23 17:05:00Embassy KyivSECRETPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ
06KIEV781UKRAINE: EX-PM TYMOSHENKO ON DOMESTIC POLITICS,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met ex-PM Yuliya Tymoshenko February 26 to deliver concerns about her comments on a contract by U.S. company Holtec to build a nuclear waste storage facility in Ukraine (septel). The conversation turned to domestic politics and the natural gas supply/transit deal with [...]
2006-02-27 15:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06KIEV869Ukraine: 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 15:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN
06KIEV936UKRAINE: REGIONS' CONSULTANTS WARN DEFICIENCIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Party of Regions' U.S. campaign consultants Paul Manafort, Phil Griffin, and Catherine Barnes called on DCM and poloff March 10 to share Regions' concerns about election organizational problems that they feared could call the legitimacy of the March 26 election into question. M [...]
2006-03-10 17:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM
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 09:39:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM
06KIEV957UKRAINE: USOSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to the OSCE Julie Finley visited Kiev February 28-March 2 and met with OSCE, Central Election Commission (CEC),and political party representatives to get a better sense of how the run-up to the March 26 elections was proceeding. She noted repeatedly that the U [...]
2006-03-13 18:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE
06KIEV965UKRAINE: DFM KHANDOHIY, U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSS FM
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with Under Secretary Dobriansky and Ambassador, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy pushed for a Presidential drop-by during FM Tarasyuk's March 9 meeting with the Vice President in Washington. Dobriansky and Ambassador frankly described the poor timing (in view of the u [...]
2006-03-14 09:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KFLU NATO
06KIEV986UKRAINE: MFA ON MAUP-RELATED VISA CASE
[...] (C) MFA Director General Borys Bazylevsky told Consul General March 14 that the Ukrainian Government was considering banning the entry into Ukraine of AMCIT David Duke. The move would be part of a broader GOU effort to rein in the activities of the anti-Semitic Inter-Regional Academy of Perso [...]
2006-03-14 15:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI
06KIEV987UKRAINE: RADA ADDRESSES ELECTION-RELATED CONCERNS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, the Rada (parliament) addressed election-related concerns about deficiencies in Polling Station Commission (PSC) staffing and in the voters' lists voiced by Central Election Commission Chair Davydovych, NGOs, and political parties in recent days (refs A-B) by passi [...]
2006-03-14 17:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM
06KYIV3998UKRAINE'S NATURAL GAS STORAGE: TANKS ARE FULL BUT WHO OWNS
[...] (SBU) Energy Minister Yuriy Boyko announced on October 11 that Ukraine had pumped 25.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas into its underground storage facilities. The amount, according to Boyko, was sufficient to both guarantee steady gas transit to Europe and meet increased domestic d [...]
2006-10-18 09:20:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4021UKRAINE: 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 10:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ASEC UP
06KYIV4028UKRAINE: LIKELY GOU ABSTENTION ON UNGA VOTE ON
[...] (U) On October 16 we delivered reftel demarche regarding the upcoming UNGA vote on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to Andriy Beshta of the MFA UN Directorate. Neither Australia nor New Zealand have an embassy in Kyiv. 2. (C) While making our points, poloff noted that th [...]
2006-10-18 12:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIA UN UP
06KYIV4062UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS
[...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]
2006-10-20 16:25:00Embassy KyivSECRETPREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4063UKRAINE: PREPARATIONS ON TRACK FOR EU SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: With just a week to go, the EU and Ukraine are still working to finalize a key document to be initialed at the October 27 Ukraine-EU summit in Helsinki -- a visa facilitation agreement and an associated readmission agreement. Ukrainians are insisting that the provisions of the r [...]
2006-10-20 16:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ECIN ETRD CVIS EUN UP
06KYIV4089UKRAINE GETS $130 NATURAL GAS FOR 2007 WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych confidently announced October 24 that he had just received word from Moscow that Ukraine in 2007 would receive 55 billion cubic meters of imported natural gas at a price no greater than $130 per thousand cubic meters. All that remained, he said [...]
2006-10-25 15:14:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS TX UP
06KYIV4106UKRAINE 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 15:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALUNGA LE IS PHUM PREL PTER UP
06KYIV4132UKRAINE: MINISTER DZHARTY ON VANCO PSA NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Environment Minister Vasyl Dzharty October 26 to advocate for foreign investment in Ukraine's off-shore and to request an update on the GOU's Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) talks with U.S. company Vanco. Dzharty stated he favored foreign investment for developin [...]
2006-10-27 15:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG UP
06KYIV4138UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE HAMPERED BY DISORGANIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko has begun to respond to attempts by the Yanukovych/Regions team to tip the balance of power in its favor. He has brought in a more professional senior team to the Presidential Secretariat and taken steps to counter policies he does not support. However, the [...]
2006-10-30 15:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4149UKRAINE IN AGREEMENT ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS
[...] (C) On October 31, PolCouns delivered the points in reftel A and a copy of the letter in reftel B to Vasyl Pokotylo, Head of Division, MFA Arms Control Department. (Note: As requested, we also forwarded a copy of the letter ref B through official channels addressed to Deputy Foreign Minister [...]
2006-10-31 16:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS UP PARM
06KYIV4154UKRAINE: AIRLINE TICKET PAYMENT SYSTEM UNDER THREAT FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Kyiv representative office of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) informed member airlines on October 24 that Ukrainian government agencies were trying to prevent IATA from implementing its billing and settlement plan (BSP) -- the industry-standard clearing [...]
2006-11-01 11:30:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EFIN BEXP KCOR UP
06KYIV4156UKRAINE REMAINS DOUBTFUL THAT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Ambassador and FM Tarasyuk discussed Transnistria and Kosovo, among other issues, October 31 (septel to follow). Tarasyuk, hewing to the line he has maintained since December 2005 (ref B),said the U.S. line on Kosovo independence not being a precedent for frozen conflicts such as Transnist [...]
2006-11-01 17:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL SR UP
06KYIV4175UKRAINE: TARASYUK ON COORDINATING FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) Summary. A tired FM Borys Tarasyuk saw Ambassador late October 31 after returning from Estonia and Finland. He diagrammed the current players in Ukrainian foreign policy formulation, stating that his role as the fulcrum was to prevent encroachment by PM Yanukovych's team onto Presidenti [...]
2006-11-03 14:32:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4183UKRAINE MAKES PROGRESS ON WTO LEGISLATION
[...] Summary: Ukraine's Parliament adopted on November 2 two laws identified as required for WTO accession. Parliament made further progress on legislation November 2-3, passing another eight WTO-related laws in the first reading, with significantly large majorities. Parliamentary "hearings" on [...]
2006-11-03 17:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4187UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH ON COOPERATION OR
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with a confident PM Viktor Yanukovych Nov. 2 to discuss Yanukovych's planned trip to Washington in December and the current domestic political situation. Yanukovych centered the conversation around two options going forward vis-a-vis President Yushchenko - cooper [...]
2006-11-03 17:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4196UKRAINE: POTENTIAL SALE OF CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We provided ref A talking points November 6 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Igor Kyzym, who said the information was timely since he would be able to relay the USG position to the interagency Pres [...]
2006-11-06 16:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC EAIR ETRD PARM MARR MASS VE UP
06KYIV4216UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR REQUESTS CONSULTATIONS IN
[...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met on November 7 with Valeriy Pyatnytskiy, Deputy Minister of Economy and Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator. Pyatnytskiy briefed on recent progress with outstanding WTO-related legislation (ref B) and [...]
2006-11-08 10:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO UP
06KYIV4229UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]
2006-11-09 14:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4232UKRAINE: AMBASSADOR URGES RAPID WTO ACCESSION
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points urging rapid WTO accession to Mykola Azarov, First Deputy Prime Minister, in the context of a broad ranging meeting on November 3. Ambassador emphasized that Washington would be watching the status of Ukraine's accession very closely and would consider it [...]
2006-11-09 15:22:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL WTRO UP
06KYIV4237UKRAINE'S WTO ACCESSION: 11/9 UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The key outstanding tasks for Ukraine to accede to the WTO remain concluding its two remaining bilateral Market Access Agreements, passing WTO-related legislation, and reaching agreement in multilateral negotiations on agricultural support levels. The GOU has made no substantia [...]
2006-11-13 05:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4251UKRAINE: 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 15:21:00Embassy KyivSECRETPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4285UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO, YANUKOVYCH MAKE ONE MORE TRY
[...] (C) Summary. The Rada's November 15 decision not to vote for now on dismissing Foreign Affairs Minister Tarasyuk and Defense Minister Hrytsenko following an 8-hour marathon meeting between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych November 13 suggests the two sides are still making a [...]
2006-11-15 16:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4290UKRAINE: THE LONG ROAD TO REFORMING CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Constitutional reform bill 4180 (now known by its Ministry of Justice number 2222) shifting powers from the President to the Prime Minister-led Cabinet of Ministers and Rada majority was adopted December 8, 2004 as part of the package to solve the political crisis ensuing from t [...]
2006-11-17 07:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4295UKRAINE: EMBATTLED FM SUPPORTS ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: "Orange" and embattled Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk told visiting EUR A/S Fried that the U.S. approach to PM Yanukovych and the Party of Regions coalition was correct, arguing that Yanukovych had changed for the better. He noted that the PM's upcoming U.S. visit, and his des [...]
2006-11-17 12:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
06KYIV4298UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO ON YUSHCHENKO,
[...] (C) Summary. Defense Minister Hrytsenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that President Yushchenko's remote style interfered with his effectiveness, that PM Yanukovych was the most reasonable of the Regions' team in office and that the U.S. was right to seek to work with [...]
2006-11-17 15:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM UP
06KYIV4299UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FOCUSED ON KEEPING
[...] (C) Summary: In a 40-minute meeting November 17, President Yushchenko told visiting EUR A/S Fried that he was optimistic about making cohabitation work and his ability to move his relationship with PM Yushchenko and his team from coexistence to cooperation. He expressed concern about several [...]
2006-11-17 15:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV4301UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO
[...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]
2006-11-17 15:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06KYIV4302UKRAINE: PM YANUKOVYCH TELLS A/S FRIED: UKRAINE'S
[...] (C) Summary. PM Yanukovych told visiting EUR A/S Fried and Ambassador November 16 that he was determined to bring Ukraine to Europe, meaning the WTO soon, and eventually into the EU and NATO. The latter would take time, both to change currently ambivalent public opinion and also to strengthe [...]
2006-11-17 16:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
06KYIV430411/17 WTO UPDATE: UKRAINE MAKES GREAT STRIDES ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament made remarkable progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, and has now adopted 12 out of 21 required laws. GOU leaders clearly had given orders to move forward on the legislation, likely in order to help smooth the way for PM Yanukovych's [...]
2006-11-17 16:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4305UKRAINE: LITHUANIAN MFA U/S PAVILIONIS AND A/S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Zygimantas Pavilionis and A/S Fried discussed developments in the region and measures needed to address recent Russian assertiveness. Paviolionis said that the Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian Presidents formed an effective "troika" in working tog [...]
2006-11-17 16:47:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO UP RS GG TU PL LH
06KYIV4313UKRAINE: 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 15:22:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4315EXPLAINING UKRAINE'S BURST OF ENERGY ON WTO
[...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's recent progress on WTO-related legislation does not mark a shift in GOU policy, but rather demonstrates that fears of the GOU's lack of commitment to prompt WTO accession were overblown. A fortuitous alignment of several political factors may have accelerated the proces [...]
2006-11-20 15:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4362UKRAINE: "ORANGE" RIFTS DEEPENING TWO YEARS AFTER
[...] (C) Summary. On the second anniversary of the Orange Revolution, November 22, a crowd of 500 or so gathered on the Maidan to commemorate the rise of democracy in Ukraine. Few leaders of the Maidan were there to share in the event. Disheartened by the failure to form a new "orange" government [...]
2006-11-22 16:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4375UKRAINE: COALMINE METHANE-1 PROJECT - OPIC RESPONSE
[...] Summary. The following information is sent in response to reftel action request for embassy comments and clearance on OPIC financing for a coalbed methane project involving Ukrainian companies EnergoCapital, EnergoImpex, and Gorlovsky. Post was unable to ascertain definitive ownership informa [...]
2006-11-28 12:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ENRG EINV PGOV UP
06KYIV4383UKRAINE: VOTERS LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Embassy, representatives from several USG-funded NGO's (NDI, IRI, Freedom House and IOM) and monitors from ENEMO (European Network of Election Monitoring Organizations) observed four repeat mayoral elections this month, all in the central Ukraine heartland which gave plural [...]
2006-11-29 09:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4386TELECOM 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 13:01:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS PGOV UP
06KYIV4407UKRAINE/POLAND: PM KACZYNSKI'S VISIT SIGNALS
[...] (C) Summary: Both the Ukrainian and Polish sides hailed the November 15 visit of Polish PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski to Kyiv as a solid sign of continuity in Poland's working relationship with the government of Ukrainian PM Yanukovych. During his one-day visit, Kaczynski met with Yanukovych, Preside [...]
2006-11-30 12:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG PL UP
06KYIV4413UKRAINE: INFORMAL POLITICAL DIRECTORS' MEETING -
[...] (C) Summary: In what the Ukrainian MFA would like to see morph into a regular informal gathering, political directors from select EU countries and countries of the "Baltic-Black-Caspian seas" region, along with EUR A/S Fried, discussed Ukraine's relationship with the EU and NATO and exchanged [...]
2006-11-30 15:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO EUN XH ZB ZK UP
06KYIV4414UKRAINE: 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 16:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UP
06KYIV441511/30 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine's Parliament continued its progress on outstanding legislation for WTO accession during this week, adopting five additional laws, four of which related to the agricultural sector. Parliament has now adopted 17 out of the 21 required laws. On the eve of PM Yanukovych's [...]
2006-11-30 16:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4425UKRAINE/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 14:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS PINR RS UP
06KYIV4432UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY:
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...]
2006-12-01 16:33:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
06KYIV4468UKRAINE/MTCR: U.S. VIEWS ON CONTROLLING
[...] (C) We relayed reftel points on a U.S. proposal to revise the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) approach to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)/cruise missiles December 5 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oleh Belokoles. We stressed [...]
2006-12-05 15:28:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC KSCA UP
06KYIV4469UKRAINE/NIAG 6167: PAKISTAN HEAVY WATER PURCHASE
[...] (S) We relayed inquiries regarding Ukrainian State Enterprise Ecoantilid's potential sale of heavy water to the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan (ref A) and Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's potential cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid rocket engine (re [...]
2006-12-05 16:12:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MTCRE CH PK UP
06KYIV4470UKRAINE: AVIATION TRAINING FOR NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) We relayed reftel inquiry for clarification on Ukrainian plans to provide radio electronics training for civil aircraft to two North Koreans during a December 5 meeting with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oleh Belokoles. Kyzym said [...]
2006-12-05 16:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKNNP ETTC EAIR PARM PREL KN UP
06KYIV4478UKRAINE: STAND BY YOUR MEN: YUSHCHENKO RAISES THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko raised the stakes in the accelerating power struggle between his circle and that of PM Yanukovych December 5 by issuing a decree reinforcing Tarasyuk's status as Foreign Minister, notwithstanding the December 1 vote by the Rada to dismiss Tarasyuk. For its [...]
2006-12-06 15:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4484UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS DEBT TO ROSUKRENERGO; STILL OWES
[...] (U) On December 4, Ukraine's state oil and gas monopolist NaftoHaz paid off its $306 million debt to RosUkrEnergo (RUE) for 1Q2006 natural gas supplies, according to NaftoHaz Deputy Chairman Aleksandr Kovalko. In a December 7 press interview, Kovalko said NaftoHaz paid the debt with part of a [...]
2006-12-07 13:11:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EFIN PINR RS TX UP
06KYIV4489UKRAINE: 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 15:49:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL RU UP
06KYIV4491UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK'S LEGAL LIMBO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Tarasyuk called in EU and NATO ambassadors and charges December 7 to confirm his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He reported that he had filed a suit to block the Rada's move to dismiss him on the basis of three procedural errors. The court would hold [...]
2006-12-07 16:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM UP
06KYIV453112/8 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Prime Minister Yanukovych and Ukrainian trade negotiators held talks with USTR during a visit to Washington, Dec 4-7 Ukraine's Rada (parliament) passed one more WTO-related law. This brings the total number of laws adopted to 18 out of the proposed 21. One more law remain [...]
2006-12-08 16:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4537UKRAINE/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 16:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV NATO UP LH
06KYIV4542UKRAINE: 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 13:03:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
06KYIV4558UKRAINE: 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 09:31:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL PHUM UP
06KYIV457612/15 UKRAINE WTO UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian Rada (parliament) this week adopted another WTO-related law, on scrap metal and steel, bringing the total number of adopted laws to 19 out of the 21 considered necessary for accession. Local media, however, fueled by some GOU officials, are erroneously reporting th [...]
2006-12-15 12:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4597UKRAINE: POSSIBLE RESOLUTION OF FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions MPs forcibly prevented Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk from attending the weekly cabinet meeting December 20, initiating a scuffle at the Cabinet of Ministers' building with several Our Ukraine (OU) MPs who had arrived in support of Tarasyuk. Yushchenko's repre [...]
2006-12-20 15:30:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4600UKRAINE: OUR UKRAINE REGROUPING
[...] (C) Summary. The People's Union Our Ukraine (PUOU) party, the dominant party inside the Our Ukraine bloc, is cleaning house in a move to reenergize itself, bring the party back under the President's wing, and possibly to regroup for new elections. The biggest shake-ups came in the party leade [...]
2006-12-22 07:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
06KYIV4647UKRAINE/BELARUS: PLANNING A POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary/comment: According to the MFA, Ukrainian Presidential Secretariat Chief of Staff Baloha's December 14 visit to Minsk was intended to maintain momentum toward a possible meeting between the Ukrainian and Belarusan presidents in the February-March 2007 timeframe. The meeting, if it [...]
2006-12-22 10:57:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
06KYIV464812/22 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 11:00:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
06KYIV4660UKRAINE: MR. PUTIN COMES TO KYIV
[...] (SBU) Summary. Russian President Vladimir Putin made a compressed one-day visit to Kyiv December 22, his first since March 2005 and the second since Ukraine's November-December 2004 Orange Revolution. Putin and Yushchenko met for two-and-a-half hours alone, without notetakers. After the for [...]
2006-12-27 16:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RU UP
06KYIV4679UKRAINE: FIGHT OVER NATO/SINGLE ECONOMIC SPACE
[...] (C) Summary. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced on December 29 that more than four million valid signatures had been collected in support of a proposed nationwide referendum on NATO membership and the Single Economic Space (SES),as a result of aggressive pushing from referendum [...]
2006-12-29 13:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
06KYIV4681UKRAINE: CONFRONTATION AND COMPROMISE--A TALE OF
[...] (C) Summary. Two years after the Orange Revolution and Yushchenko's election victory and almost five months into the prime ministership that has marked Yanukovych's triumphant return to the political center stage, the relationship between the two Viktors is rocky and full of mistrust. Althoug [...]
2006-12-29 13:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR UP
06LAGOS310NIGERIA: DELTA WORKING GROUP INITIATED
[...] (SBU) Post initiated a weekly Delta Working Group (DWG) consisting of U.S. Consulate personnel and oil/oil service company representatives to facilitate Delta security and hostage crisis information exchange. Consulate personnel provided the group an overview of the security situation and ho [...]
2006-03-01 07:01:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LISBON951PORTUGAL PERMITS FREE ENTRY TO THE LEAST LIKELY
[...] (U) Summary: On May 1, Portugal followed through with its March 10 commitment to allow the free movement of students and workers from the eight of the ten new EU members (excluding Cyprus and Malta). The announcement enjoyed significant press coverage, especially in light of the high-profile [...]
2006-05-25 16:09:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PREL PGOV PO
06LJUBLJANA171SLOVENIAN ENERGY: VULNERABLE BUT DIVERSIFIED
[...] (SBU) Summary: A small, mountainous country with limited natural resources, Slovenia not surprisingly relies on external sources for many of its fossil fuel energy needs. Slightly more than 55 percent of Slovenia's total energy supply comes from liquid and solid fossil fuels. An additional 15 [...]
2006-03-20 04:42:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ENRG SI
06LJUBLJANA214SLOVENIA: ENERGY SECURITY AND HYDROELECTRIC POWER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Companies within the state-owned Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) group produce over half of Slovenia's electricity. With the GOS looking for self- sufficiency in electricity, HSE's further construction of hydroelectric plants will play a key role. HSE is currently evaluatin [...]
2006-04-07 05:23:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV ETRD SI
06LJUBLJANA221SLOVENIA STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary Slovenia has long prided itself on its unique relationship with Russia, which lacks most of the political baggage collected by its eastern neighbors during years of Communist repression. While the GOS's policy declaration at the beginning of its mandate in late 2004 specifically [...]
2006-04-12 00:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON RU SI
06LJUBLJANA329SUCCESSFUL 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 06:18:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA359SLOVENIA: DAS PEKALA AND DEPUTY FM CERAR DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 24 meeting with EUR DAS Mark Pekala, Slovenia's Deputy Foreign Minster Bozo Cerar outlined some goals for the Center for European Perspective (CEP) and described the priorities of the Government of Slovenia (GOS) for its presidency of the European Union in the first hal [...]
2006-06-09 03:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL SI
06LJUBLJANA414SLOVENIA: COM AND PM JANSA MEET PRIOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-04 23:00:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON MARR ENRG SI
06LJUBLJANA725SLOVENIA: BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH UKRAINE MORE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 12:41:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL SI
06LONDON7916INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) REPORT OF THE
[...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Legal Committee held its 92nd session in Paris, France at UNESCO, October 16-20 (LEG 92),under the chairmanship of Professor Lee-Sik Chai (Republic Of Korea). The Legal Committee discussed, among other issues, the Draft Wreck Removal Co [...]
2006-11-13 11:50:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDIMO EWWT AORC ASEC UK PTER
06LONDON8097(C) OSCE MINISTERIAL: UK EXPECTS RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Charge met November 24 with Stephen Pattison, International Security Director in the FCO, to discuss prospects for taking a unified approach to the Georgia/Moldova conflicts at the December 4-5 OSCE ministerial meetings in Brussels (reftel). Mr. Pattison did not expect the OSCE to reach [...]
2006-11-24 18:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR RU UK GG MD UP
06LUXEMBOURG641LUXEMBOURG'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 13:08:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO PM LU
06MADRID1909SPAIN 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 15:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL PBTS MD RS SP
06MADRID2360SPANISH POSITION IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Spanish EU Correspondent Carlos Fernandez-Arias on September 13. Fernandez-Arias said that Spain agrees with U.S. positions on Sudan, Bosnia, Congo, and Ukraine. Fernandez-Arias did not anticipate discussion of Kosovo, Macedonia, or [...]
2006-09-19 15:23:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV UN EU SP KPAL
06MADRID2870SPAIN SUPPORTS CONTINUED EU, NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel demarche to Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 2 and to Russia and Eastern Europe Desk Officer Iago Gil Aguado on November 8. Fernandez-Arias told Emboff that Ukraine is the most important non-EU European nation as far as Sp [...]
2006-11-13 14:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS SP UP
06MADRID2871SPANISH VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NOVEMBER GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Subdirector General for the EU Carlos Fernandez-Arias on November 8 to discuss Spain's position in advance of the November 13-14 GAERC meeting. Fernandez-Arias indicated that Spain was in complete agreement with the United States on most topics, but he singled out [...]
2006-11-13 14:22:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
06MADRID2872DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN ON CHISINAU-MOSCOW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-13 14:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ELTN RS MD UP SP
06MADRID41Investment Climate Statement, Spain
[...] Openness to Foreign Investment A. The socialist (PSOE) government of Spain that assumed office in March 2004 is interested in attracting foreign investment. There have been no significant changes in Spain's regulations for investment and foreign exchange under the new government. Spanish [...]
2006-01-10 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KTDB SP USTR OPIC
06MADRID516SIXTH 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 18:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MANAMA891BAHRAINI POLITICAL SCENE PART I: GOVERNMENT
[...] (S) The forced departure of NDI's project director on May 12 is just one example of actions taken by elements within the government and ruling family to exert increased control over the political environment in the run-up to parliamentary and municipal council elections later this year. Accor [...]
2006-05-22 14:03:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MEXICO1113SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report is Poloff Scott C. Higgins. He may be reached by telephone at (52)(55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52)(55) 5080-2247. Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working with [...]
2006-03-02 13:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
06MINSK10Belarus' 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 14:06:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALECON EIND ETRD ELAB PGOV BO
06MINSK1050EMBASSY 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 03:33:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1075EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 03,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Discusses Union State Agenda with Borodin (para. 2) - China's Ambassador Calls Belarus A Friend and Partner (para. 3) CIVIL SOCIETY -- [...]
2006-10-03 11:27:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK1079LUKASHENKO FIELDS SOFTBALLS FROM RUSSIAN MEDIA,
[...] (C) In an extensively covered lengthy press conference with selected visiting Russian journalists, President Lukashenko laid all the blame for the latest delay in Belarusian-Russian integration at the doorstep of the Kremlin. On the other hand, he claimed an affinity for Russia, told the audi [...]
2006-10-03 13:49:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK108Minsk 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 09:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1099EMBASSY 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 12:20:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB KHIV BO
06MINSK1117INDEPENDENT POLLING: MILINKEVICH SUPPORT RATINGS DECLINE
[...] Summary: Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev September 25 gave Poloff results of his fifth post election survey conducted in August. Opposition coalition presidential candidate Milinkevich's support rating dropped 8.8 points since March to 11.6%, whereas President Lukashenko's support rati [...]
2006-10-17 04:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK1141MILINKEVICH PROMOTES HIS OWN MOVEMENT IN MEETING
[...] (C) On October 20, Ambassador met with opposition coalition leader Milinkevich to discuss the status of the United Democratic Forces (UDF). Milinkevich stressed that the coalition was generally united despite internal disagreements on strategy, a second coalition congress, and UDF leadership. [...]
2006-10-24 13:13:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1159EMBASSY 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 10:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON KTDB EPET BO
06MINSK1184LUKASHENKO AND RUSSIA: A TALE OF UNREQUITED LOVE?
[...] (C) Lukashenko and Putin likely will achieve little during a possible November 10 meeting in Moscow. Both countries continue to play hardball with one another in energy negotiations, which are expected to drag on until the end of the year. Belarus will eventually have to settle for increased [...]
2006-11-09 12:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV BO
06MINSK1226EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - NOVEMBER 24,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LUKASHENKO PRESS CONFERENCE --------------------------- - Lukashenko Admits GOB Falsified Presidential Vote (para. 2) - Lukashenko Explains Reasons for "Last Dictator" (para. 3) INTERNATIONAL RELA [...]
2006-11-29 11:47:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1235LUKASHENKO ADMITS RIGGING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) President Lukashenko admitted during a press conference with Ukrainian journalists in Minsk that he rigged the March 2006 presidential electionq. Lukashenko claimed that the GOB deliberately understated the official vote tally to satisfy European Q 9QI9M9 The dictator also criticized Ru [...]
2006-12-01 14:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1244LUKASHENKO FOCUSES ON ENERGY SECURITY DURING CIS
[...] (SBU) On November 28, Minsk hosted the CIS Heads of State summit. Although the agenda called for discussions on CIS reform and other issues, few agreements were reached. Lukashenko used the summit to negotiate with Russian President Putin on gas prices and the fate of Belarus' pipeline Beltra [...]
2006-12-05 12:15:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK1252LEFTIST PARTIES POISED TO BOYCOTT LOCAL ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Leftist opposition parties Belarusian Party of Communists (BPC) and Belarusian Social Democratic Party (BSDP) "Gramada" intend to boycott the January 2007 local elections on the grounds that participating in a rigged process is pointless. A senior BPC member admitted to Pol/Econ Chief th [...]
2006-12-06 13:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO
06MINSK1290EMBASSY 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 05:30:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK1299EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 22, 2006
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-22 07:17:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK13140 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 09:39:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK1314GOT CAS? THE COLD WAR BETWEEJ BELARUS AND GAZPROM
[...] (C) NEGOTIATIONS IN MOSCOW OVER GAS PRICES AND A RUSSIAN STAKE IN BELTRANSGAZ CONTINUE DOWN TO THE WIRE, WITH BOTH SIDES RATCHETING UP THE RHETORIC. GHILE THE EXACT TERMR AND TIMING OF A FINAL DEAL REMAIN UNCERTAIN, IT APPEARS *-QM!Q9-=WILL FINALLY CONC%DE A STAKE IN @ELTRANSG!Z IN RETURN DOR [...]
2006-12-29 11:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV PREL BO RS
06MINSK147Analyzing Belarusian Trade
[...] (SBU) Summary: Trade figures for the first nine months of 2005 show a strong increase in Belarusian imports and exports, leading to a shrinking trade deficit. Russia remained by far Belarus' largest trading partner, accounting for 48% of trade. However, trade with Russia fell in both relative [...]
2006-02-13 09:29:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK173STATE 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 14:45:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO
06MINSK195Belarus Special 301 Review
[...] Summary and recommendation: Post once again recommends placement of Belarus on the watch list for 2006. Little has changed since Post's 2005 Special 301 input (ref B). Pirated optical media remains the norm, being readily available across the country, including in state-owned stores, and enfo [...]
2006-02-23 05:50:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD ECON BO
06MINSK224BKGB CLAIMS OPPOSITION COUP ATTEMPT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chairman of the BKGB Stepan Sukhorenko on March 1 claimed his organization had foiled opposition plans to detonate a bomb during a demonstration on Election Day, resulting in a bloody coup that would ¶lyze8 Belarus. Sukhorenko accused the unregistered election monitoring NGO [...]
2006-03-02 13:01:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM
06MINSK25Latest Polling: Milinkevich Creeps Ahead in Polls, But Not
[...] Summary: The results of IISEPS' latest polling shows that Lukashenko retains high ratings, around 53 percent. Opposition support remains low, even for the 10+ opposition candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich. Although Milinkevich's approval ratings did climb several points to 6.6 percent, a growin [...]
2006-01-12 12:48:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR PREL BO
06MINSK264Kozulin Continues With Campaign, More Violence
[...] (C) Summary: Campaign managers for presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin, Aleksei Korol and Oleg Volchek met with Poloffs on March 6 following Kozulin's March 2 beating at the hands of security forces. Although charged with hooliganism, Kozulin has continued with his campaign and his manag [...]
2006-03-14 13:35:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK278Belarus 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 11:10:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ETTC BO
06MINSK282Milinkevich Campaign Manager Discusses Last-Minute
[...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Sergey Kalyakin, campaign manager for Ten Plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich, provided Pol/Econ Chief an assessment of the candidate's campaign rallies leading up to the March 19 elections. Kalyakin stressed Milinkevich and the campaign team [...]
2006-03-17 07:56:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK285Lukashenko 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 08:46:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK286Independent News Does Make a Difference
[...] (C) Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (reftel),the IISEPS polling service conducted the second of six opinion polls in mid-February (septel). IISEPS conducted the first such grant in early December, and plans to conduct the third in April. [Note: [...]
2006-03-17 08:46:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK29BELARUS 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 11:49:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR BO
06MINSK311 Lukashenko Gives Victory Speech and Fiery Press
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential "victory" at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belarusians [...]
2006-03-22 15:51:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK314LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]
2006-03-23 07:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK315LUKASHENKO GIVES VICTORY SPEECH AND FIERY PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 20, a defiant Aleksandr Lukashenko accepted his presidential &victory8 at a press conference held in the cavernous Palace of the Republic and spoke to a full audience, including practically the entire Belarusian government, on live television. Lukashenko stressed Belar [...]
2006-03-23 07:04:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK341Minsk Election Weekly XIV (March 18-March 24)
[...] This is the fourteenth in a weekly series of election- oriented reports, providing brief items of interest related to the March 19 presidential elections. ---------------- Election Results ---------------- 2. CEC Gives Final Results On March 23, CEC Head Lidiya Yermoshina described L [...]
2006-03-28 13:08:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK342250 ACTIVISTS CONVICTED IN ONE DAY, KOZULIN BEATEN
[...] (U) Summary: As of March 27, approximately 250 people who were detained for participating in post-March 19 election protests were sentenced to up to 15 days in jail. Those sentenced included former presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich's stepson, a former Polish ambassador to Belarus, [...]
2006-03-28 15:01:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK364USD 2.5 BILLION IN RUSSIAN SUBSIDIES IN 2005
[...] (U) Summary: According to the best numbers available, Russia provided approximately USD 2.531 billion in subsidies, mostly energy, to Belarus in 2005. Of that, USD 1.236 billion came from the sale of discounted natural gas, USD 1.149 billion from the sale of discounted crude oil, and USD 146 [...]
2006-03-31 06:59:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALECON EPET PREL ENRG ETRD BO
06MINSK390OPPOSITION COALITION TO STAY TOGETHER
[...] (C) Summary: In recent days Poloffs and Ambassador have spoken with a number of senior members of Milinkevich's 10 Plus coalition. All agreed that the coalition will continue to exist and will keep Milinkevich as the leader, despite some resistance from one coalition party. Post election the [...]
2006-04-11 06:19:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BO PHUM
06MINSK427EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - April 18, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. -------------- Post Elections -------------- 2. Milinkevich in Germany Former 10+ Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich on an April 7 trip to Berlin met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Deputy [...]
2006-04-19 13:19:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK445The GOB Prepares For Bird Flu
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB on March 24 ratified a plan to prevent avian influenza (AI) from appearing in Belarus and to isolate it in case of an outbreak. Belarus has long banned poultry product imports and animal feed from nations with confirmed cases of AI but just recently issued decrees on pr [...]
2006-04-24 13:56:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU PGOV PHUM ECON CASC BO
06MINSK451Belarus Makes and Russia Loses Billions on Oil
[...] Summary: During a recent seminar an energy expert from Belarus' Ministry of Economics explained that Belarus buys crude oil from Russia for well below market rates. With current high oil prices the GOB stands to benefit by USD 3.9 billion this year (14% of GDP),while the Russian budget could [...]
2006-04-27 08:52:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ECON ETRD PREL ENRG USTR BO
06MINSK4594,000 PARTICIPATE IN CHERNOBYL MARCH, OPPOSITION
[...] (U) Summary: Approximately 4,000 people participated in the opposition's annual Chernobyl march that took place at the National Academy of Sciences in Minsk. Before the demonstration began, however, authorities arrested several opposition activists, including United Civic Party leader Anatol [...]
2006-04-27 14:17:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK460MILINKEVICH DISCUSSES STATE OF THE OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 conversation with Ambassador, Belarusian opposition leader and former Ten plus Coalition presidential candidate Aleksandr Milinkevich described tensions within the democratic forces. He named United Civic Party leader Anatoliy Lebedko as the strongest dissenter. C [...]
2006-04-27 14:23:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK493EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 5, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko: Consolidation of Political Forces Is No Problem During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Russian President [...]
2006-05-05 14:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK501NOVAK POST-ELECTION RESULTS MIRROR THOSE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-11 14:16:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK528THE BELARUSIAN PARTY OF FREEDOM: AN ACTIVE PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Poloffs met with the leader of the unregistered Belarusian Party of Freedom (BPF) Sergey Visotsky at the latter's request to discuss his party's activities. The BPF first appeared in 1993 as a student initiative and, according to Visotsky, remains a youth organization [...]
2006-05-18 10:29:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BO
06MINSK531DESPITE 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 07:47:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG BO
06MINSK558BELARUS TO BAN U.S., CANADIAN OVERFLIGHTS
[...] (U) Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko during his May 23 presidential address to the National Assembly ordered his government to take "adequate" measures against the U.S. and Canada for denying PM Sergey Sidorsky's plane from refueling in their territories en route to and on the return fr [...]
2006-05-26 12:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PBTS PREL PGOV BO
06MINSK599BELARUS: 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] (SBU) Post submits its annual contribution for the 2006 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims. During the year the Belarus Government continued with its policy of fundraising through confiscation of transiting goods, although this process appears to be declining. The State Cu [...]
2006-06-09 04:44:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV BO
06MINSK608REGIONAL 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 13:33:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK629Gas Negotiations Drag On, and On
[...] Summary: Gas price negotiations have continued behind closed doors between the GOB and Gazprom, with no deal apparently reached at the most recent session on June 1. Russian media, quoting Gazprom officials, claim that Gazprom sent the GOB a contract listing USD 200 as the price for 2007, an i [...]
2006-06-14 12:43:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ECON PREL ENRG ETRD USTR BO
06MINSK653EMBASSY 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 10:01:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD EINV
06MINSK659CSTO Castigates NATO And Its Neighbors
[...] Summary: The Russian Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on June 20 gave a press conference in which he ridiculed NATO and opined that its military installations in Eastern European countries were part of a military agenda in Russia's backyard. He stated CST [...]
2006-06-21 12:10:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BO
06MINSK664Belarus Faces Pension Crisis
[...] Summary: On May 18, Econoff met with the head of the Ministry of Labor's pension office, and on May 30 attended a conference where several GOB officials described an upcoming pension crisis. Belarus has 2.6 million pensioners, 27% of the population, and this number will grow in coming years. T [...]
2006-06-21 14:57:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EFIN SOCI BO
06MINSK758IISEPS 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 05:35:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK759VICTIMIZED BELARUSIAN STUDENTS GET CHANCE TO STUDY
[...] (C) Summary: Inna Kulei's Committee for the Defense of the Repressed (CDR) has successfully placed approximately 250 Belarusian students who have been victimized for their political activities in universities in neighboring countries. Discrepancies exist over precisely how many of these stud [...]
2006-07-21 05:46:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK794PRESSURES ON LUKASHENKO: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) Summary: Although Lukashenko secured a third term in office through rigged March presidential elections, the regime is grappling with unprecedented political and economic pressure from the East and the West, and to a limited extent, from within. Belarusians interpret Gazprom's plans to q [...]
2006-07-31 13:09:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PHUM BO
06MINSK840OPPOSITION LEADER VYACHORKA PRAISES USG EFFORTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In their first meeting, Belarusian opposition leader Vyachorka asserted to Charge on August 2 that United Democratic Forces (UDF) members were united behind UDF leader Aleksandr Milinkevich and are recruiting and mobilizing a growing number of citizens frustrated with the regime. [...]
2006-08-04 14:43:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK881EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - August 14, 2006
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Parliament Leader Receives Iranian Delegation On August 9, Chairman of the Belarusian House of Representatives Vladimir Konoplev receive [...]
2006-08-14 13:45:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK911EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - August 18, 2006
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ----------------------- - Lukashenko Stipulates Eurasian Customs Union (para. 2) - Belarus and Ukraine Discuss Cooperation (para. 3) - Lukashenko Greets Indian, South Korea [...]
2006-08-21 13:36:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK937BELARUS' MOST PROFITABLE STATE-RUN COMPANIES
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB published its list of state-owned companies contributing the most revenue to the GOB budget in 2005. This list suggests some significant changes in the Belarusian economy, particularly in the fertilizer and oil industries, since the GOB prohibited publication of its list [...]
2006-08-28 10:54:00Embassy MinskCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL USTR BO
06MINSK938EMBASSY 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 11:33:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET EAGR ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK963EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 5,
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS LOCAL ELECTIONS --------------- - Opposition Council Discusses Local Coalitions (para. 2) CIVIL SOCIETY ------------- - Milinkevich Visits France, Opposes Union State (para. 3) - Police Seize Prot [...]
2006-09-05 10:32:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MINSK994EMBASSY 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 11:23:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET ENRG KTDB BO
06MOSCOW10227BREAKFAST WITH ROGOZIN: TALES OF A KREMLIN PROJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the political season commences, the rise and fall of former Rodina Party Chairman Dmitry Rogozin is a cautionary tale for other politicians seeking poster-boy status in Kremlin electoral projects and a timely reminder of the ability of the Presidential Administration to int [...]
2006-09-13 15:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RS
06MOSCOW10230RUSSIAN 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 07:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PREL RS
06MOSCOW10309RUSSIAN 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 09:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PBTS MD RS
06MOSCOW1043UZBEKS REFUSED ASYLUM IN RUSSIA
[...] (C) The Russian Federal Migration Service has refused to grant asylum to 13 Uzbeks whom the Government of Uzbekistan wants extradited for alleged connections to the uprising in Andijon last May. The group's lawyer, at the urging of UNHCR, has appealed that decision to Russian courts and will [...]
2006-02-02 14:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW10438RUSSIA 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 12:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW10439RUSSIAN SECURITY COUNCIL SECRETARY ON IRAN, FROZEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting, Russian Security Council Secretary Ivanov briefed on his September meetings in Spain with Iranian Security Council Secretary Larijani, UNSYG Annan, and former President Gonzales; raised concerns over mixed messages to Iran; and reiterated Russia's willi [...]
2006-09-19 12:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETTC PARM IR RS
06MOSCOW105WIDENING 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 15:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM EAID PREL RS
06MOSCOW1083RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV REJOINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Boris Nemtsov, erstwhile co-leader of the Union of Right Forces (SPS),will head an SPS committee charged with forging a permanent alliance among democratic opposition forces. News of the appointment came January 28, just a day before GOR officials charged Nemtsov's former busi [...]
2006-02-03 13:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON PINR RS
06MOSCOW10990NATO 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 07:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV RS
06MOSCOW11316POLITKOVSKAYA’S DEATH SENDS SHOCK WAVES THROUGH
[...] (C) The October 7 murder of internationally-known investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has sent shock waves through Moscow. A public demonstration has been held, the co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper where Politkovksaya had worked since 1999, is offering a 25 million ruble reward for [...]
2006-10-09 11:14:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11489RUSSIA-GEORGIA: BACKLASH AGAINST THE BACKLASH?
[...] (C) Summary: The Public Chamber has condemned bureaucratic moves that have targeted ethnic Georgians, but few elected officials have followed suit. Deportations have temporarily slowed, but arrests of Georgians who are accused of not having legal status in Russia continue. There is anecdo [...]
2006-10-12 14:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM GG RS
06MOSCOW11490PUTIN REACTS TO POLITKOVSKAYA ASSASSINATION
[...] (C) President Putin, three days after the murder of outspoken investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, issued his definitive public statement that everything would be done to find the killers and bring them to trial. Russia's Prosecutor General, in fact, has already assumed charge of the [...]
2006-10-12 16:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11695ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov reviewed the October 8 regional elections, recent developments in electoral technology, prospects for the 2007 regional and national (Duma) elections, and possible further amendments to the election law in a meeting with Embas [...]
2006-10-19 06:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW1171RUSSIA COMFORTABLE WITH STATUS QUO IN BELARUS
[...] (C) Summary: The MFA's official stance on Belarus seems to have shifted from resigned noninterference to passive support for Lukashenko and the status quo. However, Russian activists and leaders of the Belarusian opposition based in Moscow have not given up hope that determined resistance wi [...]
2006-02-08 08:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR BO RS
06MOSCOW11989IN ANNUAL Q&A, PUTIN EXCLUDES THIRD TERM, WORRIES
[...] (SBU) On October 25, President Putin hosted his annual "direct line to the President," during which he answered questions from Russia's regions and from Russian speakers abroad (Sevastopol, Ukraine). This year's "direct line" lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes, outstripping last year's by one minu [...]
2006-10-25 14:16:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW12036TRANSNISTRIA: WHY IS VALERIY NESTERUSHKIN SMILING?
[...] (C) Russian diplomacy has become more active with Moldova since Putin and Voronin met August 8. The rise of Yanukovich in Ukraine has helped Russia exert leverage over Moldova, helping to roll back the agreement between Moldova and Ukraine on customs that so irritated the Transnistrians. Russ [...]
2006-10-27 11:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ETRD MD RS
06MOSCOW12231DEMARCHE ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL
[...] (C) We made reftel demarche November 1 to Ambassador Valeriy Nesterushkin, MFA negotiator for Transnistria. Nesterushkin made two notes of fact. In the first tick, he said the decision to cancel trains no. 47 (Moscow-Chisinau) and 48 (Chisinau-Moscow) was taken by Russian Railroads, not the G [...]
2006-11-02 14:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PBTS MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12232PROPOSED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS BILL LIKELY TO PASS
[...] (U) On October 27, United Russia Duma Deputies submitted a bill that would empower the Russian President to impose economic sanctions against any country, legal entity, or person in the event of an "emergency situation." The bill is still in its early stages. While there are differing views [...]
2006-11-02 14:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON RS
06MOSCOW12259RUSSIAN MFA CRITICIZES DAS BRYZA'S FINANCIAL TIMES
[...] (C) MFA North America Deputy Director Vladimir Vinokurov contacted Political M/C November 2 to highlight the ministry's critical reaction to comments made about the Northern European Gas Pipeline (NEGP) by DAS Bryza in an October 30 Financial Times of Germany interview. Vinkurov told us the [...]
2006-11-02 15:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG RS
06MOSCOW12528A/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 13:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PBTS ETRD GG MD UP RS
06MOSCOW12609BELGOROD: 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 11:31:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12666RUSSIA'S APPROACH TO POST-ORANGE UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary: Russia has reinvigorated its engagement with Ukraine, focusing on practical cooperation. Last month's Fradkov-Yanukovich meeting, which yielded a gas deal, set the stage for the December 23 Putin-Yushchenko Summit. Russian attitudes, however, still seem to lack an appreciation [...]
2006-11-28 16:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP RS
06MOSCOW12711CIS 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 13:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PINR BY RS
06MOSCOW12713UNITED COMPANY RUSAL: MAKING OF A RUSSIAN NATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The proposed merger this coming spring of Russian Aluminum (RUSAL),Siberian Ural Aluminum (SUAL Group),and Glencore International AG (Glencore) into "United Company RUSAL" will create the world's largest aluminum producer, unseating Alcoa. Industry insiders cast the deal more [...]
2006-11-30 14:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON RS
06MOSCOW12757GORDEYEV ON THE WARPATH, AND THE DUTCH STRIKE BACK
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to the Dutch AgCouns in Moscow, Dutch veterinary and plant health authorities have run out of patience with their Russian counterparts and are proposing temporarily to halt plant quarantine certification by Dutch authorities of exports of all plant products to Russia. [...]
2006-12-01 20:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAGR ETRD PREL WTO RS
06MOSCOW12916KASPAROV'S UNITED CIVIC FRONT OFFICES SEARCHED BY
[...] (C) On December 13, United Civic Front Chairman Garry Kasparov confirmed press accounts that police had searched his organization's offices the afternoon of December 12. Kasparov told us he thought that "intimidation" was the purpose of the search, which the police for their part described to [...]
2006-12-13 16:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12963RUSSIAN ENERGY: WINTER GAS, BELARUS, AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. This year is no exception to the rule that Gazprom's annual gas tariff negotiations with its CIS customers are blunt instruments, and generally go down to the wire. Deals have not yet been cut with Belarus, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. Gazprom did manage to ink one with Ukraine, th [...]
2006-12-18 12:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW12966RUSSIA-MOLDOVA: DEAL IN THE WORKS?
[...] (C) Summary: The Romanian Embassy in Moscow alleged to us that Moldova and Russia are close to a package bilateral deal that would normalize bilateral political and economic relations, guarantee Moldovan "neutrality" for 50 years, resolve Transnistria along the lines of the Kozak Memorandum, [...]
2006-12-18 14:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD MARR MD RS
06MOSCOW12981THREE 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 14:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW13025MOSCOW REACTION TO TURKMENBASHI'S DEATH
[...] (C) Summary. The Russian government reacted cautiously to Turkmenbashi's death and will send the Prime Minister and Head of the Presidential Administration to his funeral. Unofficial reactions encompassed the full range of speculations about succession, and stability in Turkmenistan. Some a [...]
2006-12-21 15:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TX RS
06MOSCOW13074BLACK 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 14:30:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP RS UP
06MOSCOW13174RUSSIA ENERGY: DOWN TO THE WIRE ON BELARUS GAS
[...] (C) Summary. Lukashenko's two-year saga to avoid higher gas prices and the sale of 50 percent of Beltransgaz (BTG - the Belarusian gas pipeline operator) appears to be coming to a close, and he is standing firm on both accounts. Gazprom has dropped its insistence that BTG be part of the deal, [...]
2006-12-29 16:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
06MOSCOW1536RUSSIA-GEORGIA: HARD RUSSIAN LINE ON SOUTH OSSETIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Russians (4th CIS Department Director Kelin) and Georgians (State Minister for Conflict Resolution Khaindrava) gave us separate readouts of their February 16 talks in Moscow. The talks focused on South Ossetia in the wake of the Georgian Parliamentary resolution callin [...]
2006-02-16 18:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW1635GEORGIA-RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES DFM KARASIN FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador on February 17 outlined to DFM Karasin ongoing U.S. efforts to encourage Georgian restraint on South Ossetia, and urged Russia to act constructively. Ambassador expressed appreciation for FM Lavrov's recent message to the Secretary, and said he expected a formal reply [...]
2006-02-18 06:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW18NSC 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 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW192006 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 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP PARM EFIN ECON RS XB
06MOSCOW2070SOUTH 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 14:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS RS GG
06MOSCOW2260TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIA OPPOSES UKRAINIAN CUSTOMS
[...] (C) Russian Special Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin told us March 6 that the Ukrainian customs implementation threatened the future of peace negotiations between Moldova and Transnistria, including the current 5 2 format in which the U.S. participates as an observer, and its prospective April sess [...]
2006-03-07 15:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS ETRD UP MD RS
06MOSCOW2593TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MOLDOVA
[...] (C) In the absence of Russian Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin, we delivered reftel demarche on the situation in Transnistria on March 15 to MFA Second CIS Department Deputy Director (Moldova Office Director) Nikolay Fomin. Fomin rejected Transnistrian responsibility for blockading itself, claimin [...]
2006-03-15 15:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD MARR PBTS PREL ML RS
06MOSCOW2594TRANSNISTRIA: RUSSIANS CONTINUE TO HOLD MOLDOVA
[...] (C) In the absence of Russian Envoy Valeriy Nesterushkin, we delivered reftel demarche on the situation in Transnistria on March 15 to MFA Second CIS Department Deputy Director (Moldova Office Director) Nikolay Fomin. Fomin rejected Transnistrian responsibility for blockading itself, claimin [...]
2006-03-15 15:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD MARR PBTS PREL ML RS
06MOSCOW2969TRANSNISTRIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S SHIPMENT OF
[...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche to DFM Karasin March 23. Karasin reiterated that the GOR had serious concerns about developments in Transnistria, but his comments went primarily to political pressures centered in the Duma and in some regions. He acknowledged that current conditions do no [...]
2006-03-23 15:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PBTS OSCE UP MD RS
06MOSCOW3035AFTER 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 05:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW3202AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin March 29 to discuss the outcomes of the Belarusian and Ukrainian elections and recent developments in Moldova, Georgia, and Nagorno-Karabakh. Karasin was sanguine about the March 26 Ukrainian parliamenta [...]
2006-03-29 14:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD BO UP GG MD RS
06MOSCOW3388RUSSIAN DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION LEADER BORIS NEMTSOV
[...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, democratic opposition leader Boris Nemtsov: -- Strongly condemned the falsified election results in Belarus, where the people faced a "catastrophic situation"; -- Suggested that negotiations to form a new government in Ukraine would be prolon [...]
2006-03-31 13:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW3510RUSSIAN 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 10:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW3687RUSSIAN MFA ON BELARUS, UKRAINE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires delivered demarche on Belarus elections (ref A) April 7 to Vyacheslav Kovalenko, who was acting for Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin on CIS affairs. Charge urged Russia to use its influence to help secure release of peaceful protesters who had been detained by [...]
2006-04-07 17:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BO RS
06MOSCOW3751CODEL 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 13:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RS
06MOSCOW4198TRANSNISTRIA: "THREE PLUS TWO" TALKS IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: "3 2" talks on Transnistria took place in Moscow April 19 including the mediators -- Russia, Ukraine and the OSCE -- and observers -- U.S. and EU. Russia tried to focus discussion on the customs regime between Moldova and Ukraine. All other sides pushed back, hardest of all Ukr [...]
2006-04-20 11:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ETRD OSCE UP MD RS
06MOSCOW4435AMBASSADOR'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 14:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
06MOSCOW5104RUSSIA-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 09:33:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW5378RUSSIA'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 16:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW5458AMBASSADOR'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 13:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG IR AJ AM GG BO UP RS
06MOSCOW5492GEORGIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ON CIS WITHDRAWAL,
[...] (C) Summary: Georgian Deputy PM Baramidze told the Ambassador May 23 that he expected Georgia to leave the CIS in a matter of months. Negotiating bilateral agreements with the non-Russian members of the organization would be a priority; it would be important to protect the interests of Georg [...]
2006-05-24 14:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD GG RS
06MOSCOW7385RUSSIA'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 11:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS GG RS
06MOSCOW868A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 19 DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, Ambassador Burns, and EUR DAS David Kramer met with State Duma International Relations Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev. Defending the new NGO legislation, Kosachev insisted that it would clarify the role of NGOs in Russia, not limit t [...]
2006-01-30 10:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9018RUSSIA 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 14:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG ETRD UP RS
06MOSCOW921CIVIL SOCIETY COUNCIL CHAIR PAMFILOVA: "WE'LL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with visiting DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, the Ambassador and EUR DAS Kramer, Ella Pamfilova, head of the Presidential body that oversees civil society issues, said she had strongly opposed the controversial NGO legislation and had weighed in with President Pu [...]
2006-01-30 12:56:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW930MOSCOW COMFORTABLE WITH UKRAINIAN DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Moscow continues to tell itself that it got the best of Kiev in the year-end negotiations on gas supply, according to the Russian MFA and a number of Embassy contacts. As they see it, the gas deal was an economic boon for Gazprom and the GOR, despite allegations of corruption a [...]
2006-01-30 13:57:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS UP
06MOSCOW9415DFM KARASIN ON UPCOMING RUSSIAN DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: After DFM Karasin briefed Friends of Georgia Chiefs of Mission August 28 (Septel),he met with Ambassador Burns bilaterally. They discussed upcoming travel and visits. Karasin favors an end October-early November date for his own meetings in Washington. Karasin briefed on Russ [...]
2006-08-28 14:51:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MD UP BO RS
06MOSCOW9627RUSSIAN DUMA CHAIRPERSON KOSACHEV ON US, IRAN, LEBANON, CIS, NGOS, INTERNAL POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Russia Duma Konstantin Kosachev expressed concern over the deteriorating tone in US-Russian relations. Kosachev explained his opposition to imposing sanctions against Iran abs [...]
2006-08-31 14:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW963AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN DFM KARASIN,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Burns met with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin January 31 to discuss recent developments on regional issues. They spent most of the meeting discussing Georgia; it was clear that President Saakashvili's accusations concerning the January 22 pipeline explosion [...]
2006-01-31 14:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG UNSC AJ AM GG BO UP IAEA IR RS
06MOSCOW9817RUSSIAN POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Kremlin's involvement, with Deputy Head of Presidential Administration Surkov's apparent encouragement and Putin's purported blessing, in engineering a union of three leftist political parties of marginal to moderate popularity as an officially sanctioned opposition is the [...]
2006-09-06 08:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM RS
06MUNICH114MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OVERVIEW: MERKEL URGES
[...] (SBU) The February 3-5 42nd Munich Conference on Security Policy ("Wehrkunde") on "Restoring the Transatlantic Partnership," explored a wide-range of security policy topics, including the future of NATO, its relationship with the EU, Russia's relationship with Europe and NATO, and Foreign and [...]
2006-02-23 16:28:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM NATO IAEA NPT ENRG IR GM
06NAIROBI988MICHUKI UNBOWED, BUT OPPOSITION GROWS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Minister Michuki remains unbowed in his conviction that the police actions against independent media were fully legal and justified in the name of national security. Civil society, the media and opposition parliamentarians plan a day of peaceful protest against what many [...]
2006-03-06 11:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NDJAMENA1127SIGNS OF INSECURITY IN EASTERN CHAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Clashes between Chadian government forces amd rebel groups have occured in eastern Chad, following two days of a visible military buildup by the Chadian National Army and the movements of rebel groups inside eastern Chad. There are also signs of possible infiltration by Darfur Pe [...]
2006-09-11 09:56:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREF ASEC CD SU
06NDJAMENA520CHAD: ANOTHER PLEA FROM CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: A leading civil society activist, urging a national forum for reconciliation, painted a bleak picture for Chad and the region if the U.S. did not take a strong stand against the May 3 election. The Ambassador was sympathetic but doused expectation of U.S. support for her prop [...]
2006-04-08 11:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA521CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT POST-ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, in conversation with Ambassador Wall April 7, confirmed that the March 30 battle went badly for the Chadian armed forces, but said that Deby was using oil tax payments to buy helicopters and was building up for an imminent riposte against the rebels led [...]
2006-04-09 09:52:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR
06NEWDELHI2655A/USTR HARTWICK DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON CSLA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Awsistant US Trade Representative Doug Hartwick heard Indian objections to the draft Commercial Space Launch Agreement (CSLA) and explained USG reasoning behind the draft in a meeting with MEA and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) interlocutors on April 18. Ambassador H [...]
2006-04-20 10:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD KSTC ETTC KSPA KNNP IN
06NEWDELHI759U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN
[...] (C) As part of the February 1 Global Issues Forum, U/S Dobriansky met with Foreign Secretary Saran to discuss initiatives to promote democracy and human rights with India, including presidential deliverables, the UN Deeocracy Fund and UN Human Rights Commission reform. U/S Dobriansky opened [...]
2006-02-02 14:19:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER AF HU JP IZ IN
06NICOSIA1889CYPRUS: 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 11:30:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR CY
06NICOSIA293AREA ADMINISTERED BY TURKISH CYPRIOTS: SIXTH
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2004-March 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]
2006-03-01 14:44:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA313REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS: SIXTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified--not/not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the March 2005-March 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is Bridget Alway, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3545, Fax (3 [...]
2006-03-02 12:34:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CY ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
06NICOSIA553POST ASSISTS IN REPATRIATION OF UKRAINIAN
[...] (C) On April 13, Ukrainian Ambassador Borys Humeniuk telephoned Ambassador Schlicher about a 23-year old Ukrainian woman, Oxana Nahod, who had been trafficked to the northern part of Cyprus -- where she was reportedly being mistreated and forced to work against her will in a night club. In a [...]
2006-04-14 12:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UP TU CY KCRM KWMN
06NICOSIA558POST ASSISTS IN REPATRIATION OF UKRAINIAN
[...] (C) On April 13, Ukrainian Ambassador Borys Humeniuk telephoned Ambassador Schlicher about a 23-year old Ukrainian woman, Oxana Nahod, who had been trafficked to the northern part of Cyprus -- where she was reportedly being mistreated and forced to work against her will in a night club. In a [...]
2006-04-14 15:17:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV UP TU CY KCRM KWMN
06NICOSIA757TURKISH CYPRIOT ECONOMY ENJOYING DOUBLE-DIGIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past three years the service- based Turkish Cypriot economy has experienced double-digit annual economic growth -- an estimated 10.6 percent in 2005, 15.4 percent in 2004 and 11.4 percent in 2003, according to Turkish Cypriot statistics. This growth has been fuelled by [...]
2006-05-19 14:07:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV CY
06OSLO101A/S FRIED´S VISIT: NORWAY AN ENERGY SECURITY PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Fried met with Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and continued our "High North Dialogue" with Deputy Foreign Minister Kjetil Skogrand during his January 26-27 visit to Oslo to participate in an E-PINE Political Directors meeting (reported septel). Stoere enthusiastically presented the [...]
2006-01-31 15:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL NO ENGR
06OSLO1524U.S.-NORWAY ENERGY TALKS FOCUS ON HIGH NORTH,
[...] (C) A delegation of USG energy analysts headed by Department of Energy Intelligence Chief Rolf Mowatt-Larssen visited Oslo December 7 for an energy symposium with Norwegian officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Petroleum and Energy, and other government agencies. The talks include [...]
2006-12-21 06:13:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL SENV PINR RS NO
06OSLO181DIALOGUE WITH BELARUSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador brought together visiting Belarusian human rights activist Aliaksandr Bialiatski, Norwegian government officials and NGOs on February 16. Bialiatski greatly appreciated us hosting him and stressed the key role of the international community providing political and [...]
2006-02-16 14:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL BO NO
06OTTAWA2407CANADA'S MULTI-FACETED APPROACH TO COMBATING TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative government has recently taken several concrete steps to address the problem of human trafficking in Canada, making this effort a law enforcement priority and highlighting to the Canadian electorate its efforts as an illustration of government effectiveness. L [...]
2006-08-10 22:36:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG CA KS
06OTTAWA3591CANADA ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING FOR OVERSEAS HIV/AIDS
[...] Canada's International Cooperation Minister Josee Verner announced on December 1, World AIDS Day, C$120 million to fight HIV/AIDS overseas. This is over and above what Canada has previously pledged to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The new funding will support glob [...]
2006-12-13 20:54:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV TBIO EAID CA XA
06OTTAWA5392006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-02 12:23:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA5632006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: CANADA
[...] (SBU) The Government of Canada's (GOC) approach to Trafficking in Persons issues emphasizes a criminal justice and law enforcement perspective through the country's immigration framework, rather than seeking to provide basic, humanitarian assistance to trafficking victims. Individual provin [...]
2006-03-02 21:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06PANAMA360 PANAMA - 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The resolution of a number of investment dispute cases in recent years opened the way for the April 2004 start of bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement between the United States and Panama. 2. Traditionally, Panama has maintained a rather liberal regime for foreign investment [...]
2006-02-24 20:39:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PM
06PARIS1235MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Islam - Democracy -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-28 11:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1455FRENCH VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT, FEBRUARY 24, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac and Prime Minister de Villepin received Polish President Lech Kaczynski on February 24 for his first visit to France since taking office. Chirac and Kaczynski discussed the future of the Weimar Triangle and the European constitutional treaty, and Chirac told Kaczy [...]
2006-03-07 15:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR PO EUN
06PARIS147MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-10 13:26:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1556GOF Reacts to EU Energy Green Paper
[...] (SBU) Summary: In meeting with EB Energy Office Director Gallogly and EconOff, the GOF expressed "satisfaction" with the EU Energy Green paper even though they judged it to be "too cautious on some issues." The January 2006 episode involving gas transits through Ukraine woke up many EU membe [...]
2006-03-10 17:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS1697Criticism Persists at Home and Abroad over French
[...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism of the proposed merger of Gaz de France (GDF) with water and power utility Suez continues both at home and abroad. Domestically, unions and the left protest proposed GDF privatization. Abroad, Brussels, Italy and other EU member states denounce French "economic patr [...]
2006-03-16 16:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1799MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Belarus Elections
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 15:49:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1938MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Los Angeles Demonstrations -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 11:21:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2060MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice To Europe -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-30 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2252A/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 10:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS2253MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Hussein's Trial
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-06 10:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2306POLISH EMBASSY ON FRANCO-POLISH AND FRANCO-GERMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Polish Embassy PolCouns described for us April 6 an improving Franco-Polish relationship and growing French interest in the Weimar triangle grouping of France, Germany and Poland. She attributed growing French activism to attempts to offset its waning influence both vis-a-vis G [...]
2006-04-07 15:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG
06PARIS2422 FRENCH RESPOND WARMLY TO MCC CEO DANILOVICH'S
[...] Summary. Senior French officials enthusiastically welcomed updates on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) activities presented by MCC CEO Danilovich. They applauded MCC's focus on accountability, support for democratic institutions, and reducing poverty. The French officials urged Danilo [...]
2006-04-12 14:33:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV FR
06PARIS2450FRENCH IN AGREEMENT ON BELARUS SANCTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: DAS Kramer met April 11 with interlocutors from the MFA and Treasury to discuss next steps on Belarus. The French agreed on the utility and necessity of targeted financial sanctions against key members of the Belarusian regime and believed that the EU would come to consensus on th [...]
2006-04-13 13:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR BO RU
06PARIS2663A/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 10:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS2733FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- De Ladoucette named head of French Energy Regulatory Authority (para 2) -- GOF Supports [...]
2006-04-26 11:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS31MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-04 11:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3152LAURENT FABIUS ON EUROPE AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-12 12:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV FR PINR EUN
06PARIS332FRANCE 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Investment Climate Statement Contents A. French Investment Regime A1. Openness to Foreign Investment A2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A3. Expropriation and Compensation A4. Dispute Settlement A5. Performance Requirements and Incentives A6. Right to Private Ownership and Establis [...]
2006-01-18 17:12:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3843FRENCH MFA CFSP CHIEFS ON EU DYNAMICS
[...] (C) Summary: In a June 6 meeting, the MFA's CFSP chiefs lamented a certain absence of political will in the EU, but argued that the EU had largely succeeded, through an increase in ESDP operations, in recapturing some momentum following rejection of the EU constitutional treaty. They indicat [...]
2006-06-07 12:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN COE KPAL CY TU
06PARIS4053MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Foreign Policy - Iraq -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-15 11:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4214FRANCE AND NATO ID FOR GEORGIA - IT'S ABOUT RUSSIA
[...] (C) 1. Summary: A French decision on Georgia's candidacy for NATO Intensified Dialogue is under review, according to Presidency and MFA officials, and President Chirac will have the final say. Based on conversations with an Elysee contact, France continues to view Georgia's future through the [...]
2006-06-19 16:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR FR NATO RU
06PARIS4219AUSTRALIA 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 08:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4279FY-2006 Voluntary Visitor Program: Pia IMBS (BOYLE).
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-21 14:02:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
06PARIS4295DEMARCHE TO FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON 2006 TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The director of France's Anti-Trafficking Office, Jean-Michel Colombani, discussed with us on June 13 the 2006 TIP report and vigorously defended France's commitment to combat trafficking in persons. It was evident that Colombani found the report's narrative on France quite cri [...]
2006-06-21 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG FR
06PARIS4580FRENCH 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 15:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL IEA OSCE PGOV ENRG ELAB ETTC TRGY ZK IN
06PARIS59MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 11:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6194MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-15 09:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6558FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (U) This is another in a series of occasional updates on the French energy sector. Feedback is welcome to help us make this product as useful as possible for our inter-agency USG audience. Contents: -- French PM calls for EU Energy Summit and EU Energy Chief (para 2) -- EU energy supplie [...]
2006-10-02 16:51:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ELAB EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS666INVITATION TO THE 36TH MEETING OF THE EUROPEAN
[...] This is an action request with a 20 February 2006 deadline. See para 4. 2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 36th meeting of the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) at the Council of Europe (COE) in Strasbourg, France, 1-3 March 2006. Working document [...]
2006-02-01 15:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDCOE
06PARIS6946MFA A/S-EQUIVALENT PESSIMISTIC ON TURKEY-EU TRAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA A/S-equivalent for European Union affairs Gilles Briatta told us October 20 that Turkey understood that the French National Assembly's passage of legislation criminalizing denial of the Armenian "genocide" was only a first parliamentary step, and that Turkey had managed the [...]
2006-10-23 06:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EU TU CY PGOV RS ENRG ETRD
06PARIS7340FRENCH AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORTING REFORM
[...] (C) French DAS-equivalent for Russia, the Caucasus, and Central Asia, Aurelia Bouchez, confirmed on November 3 that France would continue strongly to support reform efforts in the Ukraine, particularly in the defense field. Bouchez noted that although France in theory was in favor of a NATO m [...]
2006-11-09 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS UP FR
06PARIS7393COTE D'IVOIRE/FRANCE: INVESTIGATION OF NOVEMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's judicial investigation of the November 6, 2004, bombing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire by the Ivoirian Air Force may be drawing to a close, according to recent developments reported by the press. Nine French military personnel and an Amcit civilian were killed in t [...]
2006-11-15 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS IV TO BO RS UP FR
06PARIS7770A/S FRIED AND MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON KOSOVO, RUSSIA,
[...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and MFA Political Director Araud on December 6 discussed whether Russia would wield a veto at the UNSC to thwart Kosovar independence. Araud called for a resolution that would facilitate a Russian abstention. A/S Fried agreed, but insisted there must be a common diplomat [...]
2006-12-12 17:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RU TU SR FR
06PARIS8MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy Tension
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-03 13:55:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS854DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER-DELEGATE
[...] (C) Summary: At a February 3 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, Minister Delegate for European Affairs Catherine SIPDIS Colonna affirmed a vision of an ever-deepening European Union despite recent turmoil, stated that the next enlargement should be limited to the Balkan states, and sketche [...]
2006-02-10 09:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PARIS962005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] The following text is our contribution to the INCSR, per reftel: France remains an attractive venue for money laundering because of its sizable economy, political stability, and sophisticated financial system. Common methods of laundering money in France include the use of bank deposits; f [...]
2006-01-06 14:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN FR
06PRAGUE112CZECH OPINION ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) PolOff Feb 2 conveyed reftel points to Tomas Szunyog MFA Director for South Eastern and Eastern Europe. Szunyog responded that the Czechs had been following the issue with concern for some time. Additionally, he knew that concern was growing both in the EU and in NATO. Vladimir Muller, Dep [...]
2006-02-02 14:48:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EZ PREL UP RS
06PRAGUE12CZECH 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 17:49:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MARR RU PL EZ
06PRAGUE1334RFE/RL ENERGY FORUM REFLECTS LACK OF EUROPEAN
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) hosted a two-day Energy Forum in Prague October 23-24. The Forum addressed a wide range of tough issues related to European energy security, including Iran, how companies influence energy policy, the role of the European Commission [...]
2006-10-25 10:25:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1349PUBLIC DIPLOMACY IN CLOSED SOCIETIES: LESSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Czechs are well-known for their spirited and effective promotion of democracy and human rights in closed societies, such as Belarus, Cuba, Burma, Iraq, and elsewhere. This cable highlights examples of Czech public diplomacy efforts in these countries. The goal of these Czech [...]
2006-10-30 11:31:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE1414CZECH REPUBLIC: SKILL GAPS IN LABOR MARKET
[...] Summary: The Czech Republic has been the darling of foreign investors in Central Europe, and as a result FDI is the number one engine of GDP growth. Foreign investors have taken advantage of the low-cost, highly skilled workforce and duty-free access to the EU to build mostly assembly plants, [...]
2006-11-15 14:06:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB EINV ECIN SOCI SCUL EZ
06PRAGUE142ERB RADIO PROJECT: CZECHS LOOKING FOR WAYS AROUND
[...] (C) In Poloff's meeting on February 3 with Gabriela Dlouha, Director of Czech MFA's Transformation Coordination Unit (TRANS),Dlouha expressed concern with delays affecting the European Radio Broadcast (ERB) project. (Note: ERB plans to broadcast independent radio programs into Belarus from Po [...]
2006-02-10 16:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALBO EAID EZ PL
06PRAGUE1524CZECHS SUPPORT U.S. VIEWS ON SECURITY, DEMOCRACY,
[...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky traveled to Prague December 5-6 to address security issues at the Global Futures Forum. In addition, Dobriansky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to thank the Czechs for their cooperation with the United [...]
2006-12-18 08:54:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM HR EZ
06PRAGUE222CZECHS HOST COUNCIL OF EUROPE CONFERENCE ON BELARUS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech MFA hosted a Council of Europe (COE) Conference on Belarus February 22. The Conference was attended by Belarusian democratic opposition members, delegates of numerous CE member states, and NGOs active in Belarus. The COE delegates discussed the value of (1) increasing [...]
2006-03-02 12:08:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE257CZECHS WELCOME COORDINATION ON
[...] (C) A/DCM March 10 delivered reftel points on reacting to the Belarus election to Deputy Foreign Minister Thomas Pojar. Pojar welcomed the U.S. desire to ensure unified action. 2. (C) Czech officials have been positive on the idea of coordinating the international response to the election. [...]
2006-03-10 18:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO EZ
06PRAGUE260PUTIN 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 06:55:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ENRG EZ RS
06PRAGUE343CZECHS SUPPORT NATO INTENSIFIED DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Poloff April 04 discussed reftel demarche concerning NATO "Intensified Dialogue on Membership Questions" with Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Balek said the Czech Republic welcomed the idea of Intensified Dialogue for Georgia with a single caveat -- t [...]
2006-04-05 05:41:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALNATO MARR PREL GG EZ
06PRAGUE498CZECHS EXPAND DEMOCRACY PROMOTION EFFORTS IN
[...] (C) Summary. Promoting democracy and human rights in Belarus remains a top foreign policy priority for the Czech government. Following the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus in March 2006, the Czech Parliament voted to increase funding to support democracy promotion in Belarus from $ [...]
2006-05-10 15:46:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE544U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS A SUCCESS
[...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with the Czech Republic took place in Prague on May 10. Discussions were productive and the mood positive. Highlights included: -- GWOT AND CZECH OVERSEAS DEPLOYMENTS (paras 5-7): The Czechs intend to maintain their 100 military police presence i [...]
2006-05-22 13:08:00Embassy PragueSECRETMARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE58CZECHS EMBRACE TRANSFORMATION DIPLOMACY AND
[...] (U) Summary and comment. Democracy promotion is at the heart of Czech foreign policy. Because GOCR efforts complement U.S. transformational diplomacy efforts, the Czechs are natural partners for cooperation in countries such as Cuba, Belarus, and Iraq. January 25-27, 2006, Gabriela Dlouha, Dir [...]
2006-01-23 06:50:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE635CZECHS ON JUNE 12 GAERC
[...] (C) Summary. At the June 12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on Cuba, the Middle East, and the Balkans. On Cuba, the GAERC conclusions are expected to contain strong language on Cuba (already negotiated by the Czechs and the Spanish) denouncing the human rights conditions in Cuba and o [...]
2006-06-09 14:56:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE85CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: BURMA AND NORTH KOREA
[...] (C) Summary. This is the fourth in a series of cables highlighting Czech democracy promotion efforts. The Czechs plan to launch new Czech democracy promotion projects in Burma and North Korea in 2006. These projects are motivated by the GOCR's interest in helping these countries peacefully ove [...]
2006-01-26 16:36:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM BM KN EZ
06PRAGUE95VERA-E SYSTEM: CZECH MOD HARDLINERS WANT TO TALK
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 13 and 14. 2. (S/NF) Summary. In a significant change from previous practice, the Armaments Division of the Czech Ministry of Defense has broken its silence towards the U.S. on its views about sales of the VERA-E passive surveillance dete [...]
2006-01-27 17:21:00Embassy PragueSECRET//NOFORNETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE97CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: IRAQ
[...] (U) Summary and comment. This cable, the fifth in a series highlighting Czech transformational diplomacy, describes Czech democracy promotion projects in Iraq. These projects are motivated by the Czech interest in rebuilding Iraq, and promoting democracy and regional stability throughout the M [...]
2006-01-27 17:57:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM IZ EZ
06RABAT661 THE BARCELONA PROCESS IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Currently, the European Union (EU) has over $1.5 billion in ongoing projects in Morocco under the Barcelona Process (BP). These projects cover issues related to economics, social services, environmental protection and human rights. The European Commission (EC) in Rabat repor [...]
2006-04-13 16:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV SOCI MO
06RIGA523LATVIAN POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON NATO, IRAN, UN AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a tour d'horizon with pol/econ chief, Latvian PolDir Klava talked about Latvia's goals for the Riga summit, Iran, UN and OSCE issues. Latvia strongly supports NATO opening an intensified dialogue with Georgia, and closer NATO relations with Georgia and Ukraine will be an import [...]
2006-07-05 14:43:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM NATO UN OSCE IR LG
06RIGA526LATVIA LOOKS TO MAJOR INCREASE IN DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY Latvia is shifting from being a recipient of foreign aid to being a donor. Their recently published development cooperation policy plan for 2007, envisions a roughly four-fold increase in development assistance, focused on Georgia and Moldova, with additional assistance to Ukrain [...]
2006-07-06 07:54:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL PGOV GG MD LG
06RIGA619DAS 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 11:59:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID RS MD BO LG
06RIGA792WHAT'S AT STAKE IN LATVIA'S ELECTIONS?
[...] (C) Summary: While Latvia's parliamentary elections October 7 are unlikely to bring about a major near term change in foreign policy, the elections merit USG attention for two reasons. First, they will give us indication of whether Latvia will continue to press forward on efforts to strengt [...]
2006-09-29 05:45:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL LG
06RIGA836SECRETARY 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 14:10:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ELAB ECON MARR CVIS OVIP CHAO ELAINE RU
06RIGA870TRUTH TO POWER: KALVITIS SPEAKS BLUNTLY TO PUTIN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: According to the Latvians, PM Kalvitis got to the heart of the matter with Russian President Putin at the EU dinner in Lahti on October 20, asking why, if energy was not a political tool, there is no Russian oil in the Latvian port of Ventspils and the Lithuanian facility of Ma [...]
2006-10-23 15:09:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ENRG RS LG
06RIGA945SCENESETTER 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 09:07:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP SECRETARY RICE LG
06ROME1005EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CASPIAN BASIN NATURAL GAS
[...] (U) Summary: In March 17 meetings, GOI officials in the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities, and the Prime Minister's office concurred with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's assessment of the risk to Italian and European energy security of Gazprom's dominance of natural gas shipments t [...]
2006-04-04 04:36:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG EPET RU IR QA IT
06ROME1023ITALY: SLOW DOWN ON ID FOR GEORGIA
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on April 4, MFA NATO Office Head Gianni Bardini told polmiloff that Italy considers it premature to invite Georgia into Intensified Dialogue (ID) with NATO at the April 13 meeting between Georgia and the Allies. Bardini said that, while Italy is open to think [...]
2006-04-04 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL GG IT NATO
06ROME1182ITALIAN VIEWS ON NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP -
[...] (C) Italy has a positive impression of the U.S. concept for a NATO Global Partnership and is interested in pursuing it further, but registered concerns about our presentation and approach, fearing we are moving too fast, without a clear enough sense of what partners want or expect, or of possib [...]
2006-04-19 15:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR IT NATO EUN
06ROME1221ITALY: PRODI ALLY LOOKS AHEAD ON IRAQ, HAMAS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Head of the Democrats of the Left (DS) International Affairs Office adviser and newly elected member of parliament Luciano Vecchi told Poloff that Prodi would strictly follow EU policy with regards to Hamas. Vecchi also confirmed the Center-Left position on Iraq, reaffirming that [...]
2006-04-24 16:57:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPAL IZ IT
06ROME1555COESPU: ITALIAN PROPOSALS FOR NEXT CANDIDATE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: Italy recommends inviting Chile, Ghana, Nigeria, Serbia and Montenegro (SaM),and South Africa to participate in the Center of Excellence for Police Stability Units (COESPU) in Vicenza. In addition, Italy looks to the U.S. [...]
2006-05-23 07:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
06ROME163 AVIAN INFLUENZA: FAO UPDATE ON TURKEY AND THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ON JANUARY 13, USMISSION UN ROME STAFF MET WITH JOSEPH DOMENECH, FAO CHIEF VETERINARY OFFICER, AND MEMBERS OF HIS STAFF TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT SITUATION IN TURKEY AND NEEDS THERE. ALSO DISCUSSED WAS THE OUTLOOK FOR ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AND GEORGIA. FOR TURKEY, DOMENECH STATE [...]
2006-01-18 11:05:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID CASC SENV SOCI TBIO TU UP AM AJ GG FAO WHO AVIAN INFLUENZA
06ROME2257ITALY'S TRADE AND INVESTMENT RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
[...] (U) Summary. Italy and Russia are major trading partners, with the bulk of trade comprised of natural gas exports from Russia to Italy. While the GOI has expressed concern over Italy's dependence on Russian natural gas, Italy has not yet aggressively pursued alternative sources of energy. [...]
2006-08-10 15:00:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON ETRD RU IT
06ROME263 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] Summary. Italy continues to court foreign investors by actively seeking to implement the 2003 legal reforms designed to lift the Italian economy out of its malaise. In 2003 Italy successfully reformed its civil code and made important modifications to its Unified Rules on Financial Intermed [...]
2006-01-30 08:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV IT OPIC USTR
06ROME315 FAO EMERGENCY PROGRAMS: INFORMAL DONORS'
[...] Summary and Background. On January 25, 2006, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) held an informal donors' meeting to provide an overview of 2005 activities and special requirements for 2006. Recently appointed TCE Assistant Direc [...]
2006-02-03 11:07:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON SENV UN FAO
06ROME324GOI CLARIFIES SCAJOLA REMARKS ON UKRAINE-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary. During a February 1 meeting with Econoff, Ministry of Productive Activities (MPA) Diplomatic Advisor Ambassador Gabriele Checchia backed away from MPA Minister Claudia Scajola's statement that Ukraine is "taking" Russian gas meant for Italy, and said Italy will support Ukrainian [...]
2006-02-03 13:52:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON IT UP RU
06ROME450FINI-LAVROV MEETING: RUSSIA CAN PLAY A ROLE IN
[...] (C) Summary. Antonio Cascio, an official in the Russia/Central Asian Department of the Italian MFA, told poloff that during a visit to Rome on February 7, Russian FM Lavrov told Italian FM Fini that Russia can play an important and constructive role in the Middle East. Lavrov told Fini the I [...]
2006-02-14 15:59:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RU IT
06ROME453SCENESETTER FOR PM BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) PM Berlusconi is seeking an election campaign bounce from his carefully timed visit to Washington to address a joint session of Congress and his meeting with the President. Elections are two months away and the campaign is in full gear following President Ciampi's dissolution of parliament [...]
2006-02-15 05:37:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT IQ ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS ITALIAN POLITICS
06ROME461PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 7, PDAS Kurt Volker visited Rome to meet with high-level GOI leaders to discuss Iran, Iraq, the cartoon controversy, the Ukrainian Energy Crisis, NATO, OSCE, Balkans, and UN Reform. Volker stressed the importance of Italy's contributions to global security and need fo [...]
2006-02-15 12:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IT NATO OSCE UN GLOBAL DEFENSE
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 15:21:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IT HUMAN RIGHTS EUN
06ROME834SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS BRYZA'S MARCH 17 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Embassy Rome welcomes the visit of EUR DAS Matthew Bryza to Rome March 17. DAS Bryza's visit comes in the midst of a natural gas shortage here in Italy that has caused gas delivery interruptions to industrial customers and highlighted the inadequacies of Italy's energy infrastructure; an [...]
2006-03-16 13:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET ETRD IT
06ROME849TURIN 2006 WINTER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities in Turin, Italy, for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games. 2. (SBU) The interagency Olympic Security Coordination (OSC) Office can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following numbers: USG [...]
2006-03-17 11:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC CMGT ECON IT KOLY OVIP PTER PARALYMPIC GAMES
06ROME933ITALIANS TO DAS BRYZA: RUSSIA NOT READY FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Bryza met with Deputy Diplomatic Advisor to PM Berlusconi Francesco Talo and MFA Director General Giulio Terzi to discuss Caucasus security issues and Russian Australia Group (AG) membership. Bryza told his interlocutors that the USG believed that Russian member [...]
2006-03-27 12:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM NATO IT RU GG UP
06SARAJEVO1664BOSNIA: ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten years after the war, Bosnia remains in many ways a traumatized, post-Communist, post-war society. Crime and corruption are serious problems and touch nearly every aspect of life. Criminal clans aligned with politicians and political parties are still prospering and are desc [...]
2006-07-25 10:47:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPINR KJUS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER KCRM BK
06SEOUL2720SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE COOPERATION BETWEEN SOUTH
[...] On 3 August 2006 poloff delivered reftel demarche on space launch vehicle cooperation between ROK and Ukraine to Youn Jong-Kwon, First Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MOFAT) Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division. Youn accepted and understood the request but did [...]
2006-08-11 04:52:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC KS UP
06SOFIA1316BULGARIA'S IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE GAERC'S
[...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has long supported including the Western Balkans into EU and NATO. On Congo and Sudan, the GOB supports international involvement but will not be able to contribute because of its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bulgaria hopes GAERC will produce a common EU positio [...]
2006-09-14 15:20:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN BU
06SOFIA1597BULGARIA STRUGGLES TO SHED CAVEATS ON THE ROAD TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the lead-up to the Riga Summit, the GOB supports nearly every item on the U.S. agenda, but continues to struggle with a shortage of funds, equipment, and "capabilities" as it looks toward elimination of national caveats and more demanding missions overseas. Bulgaria's commitme [...]
2006-11-22 09:59:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1677MOSCOW 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 14:30:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD RU BU
06SOFIA202UNDER THE YOKE: BULGARIA'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sixteen years after the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, Bulgaria still finds itself under the Russian energy yoke. Bulgaria receives 88 percent of its natural gas from Gazprom or one of its sister companies, and 73 percent of its oil from Russia. As it awaits entry into the EU [...]
2006-02-08 11:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD TRGY EINV EPET PREL SENV
06SOFIA304BULGARIA: 2006 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] SUMMARY: This cable provides Embassy Sofia's input for the sixth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Bulgaria is primarily a country of transit and origin, and to a lesser extent a country of destination for human trafficking. The past year has seen enhanced cooperation betwee [...]
2006-03-01 14:52:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD BU
06SOFIA310BULGARIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S MEETINGS IN MOSCOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Economy and Energy Minister Rumen Ovcharov called his January 31 - February 1 meetings with Russian energy officials constructive and productive, in contrast to the bad taste left by Gazprom's heavy-handed approach to PM Stanishev in Sofia last December (Ref A.) Bulgaria and Russ [...]
2006-03-02 10:27:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PREL RU BU
06SOFIA372BULGARIANS DISCUSS IRAQ, JOINT BASES,
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (C) EUR DAS Mark Pekala met March 9-10 with Bulgarian officials to discuss, inter alia, Bulgaria's follow-on mission in Iraq, ongoing negotiations on the use of Bulgarian military b [...]
2006-03-14 11:30:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON KCRM KDEM LY IZ BG
06SOFIA562SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]
2006-04-20 12:55:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA565SCENESETTER FOR YOUR BILATERAL PROGRAM IN SOFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. All of Bulgaria -- and many others in the region -- will be watching April 27 as you and Foreign Minister Kalfin sign in Sofia the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA),which gives U.S. military forces access to Bulgarian bases. The long-awaited agreement will be the highlight of [...]
2006-04-20 14:45:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ENRG EINV OVIP EUN LY IZ BG
06SOFIA83BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 08:08:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDBU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA89BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT.
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-23 10:13:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
06STATE170109MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): 2006
[...] Paragraph 2 contains the text of the press statement issued at the conclusion of the October 2006 Copenhagen MTCR Plenary. Addressee posts may share this statement with interested parties as appropriate. Further information on the results of the Plenary will be forthcoming via septels. [...]
2006-10-10 21:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDMTCRE PREL PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC
06STATE79031MTAG 05-96: UKRAINIAN FIRM ZAPORIZHZHYA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kiev please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: Since 2002, we have discussed with the GOU cooperation between the Ukrainian entity Zaporizhzhya Regional Foreign Economic Association (RFA) and Iran's missile program (Ref A). Most recently, in Febr [...]
2006-05-16 18:55:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE MNUC UP IR
06STATE86004IRAN SEEKS CHAIR OF IOM EXCOM
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 11 and 12. ------------ Summary ------------ 2. (C) On June 7, 2006, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),a non-UN intergovernmental organization dedicated to promoting humane and orderly migration, is holding its a [...]
2006-05-26 14:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL SMIG IR AORC
06STOCKHOLM1632SWEDEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT IS NAMED, MAKES POLICY
[...] (c) Fredrick Reinfeldt, who was formally elected Prime Minister by the Swedish parliament on October 5, named his cabinet and gave the new government's statement of policy on October 6. Ministers from Reinfeldt's Moderate Party will lead about half the ministries, including many of the key o [...]
2006-10-06 14:41:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SW
06STOCKHOLM224SWEDEN: FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES IN AN ELECTION
[...] (u) Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds outlined 2/15 GoS priorities during the annual plenary foreign policy session of parliament, sparking pointed exchanges with the opposition as each side sought to lay down pre-election markers. Sweden's relationship to NATO and the U.S. were prominently fe [...]
2006-02-17 16:19:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SW
06TAIPEI872PRESIDENT CHEN AND THE DEEP GREEN: ALLIES OF
[...] (C) Summary: The Deep Green pro-independence movement and President Chen each see the other as helpful to achieving their separate goals. Chen has gained much needed political support in return for lending his own support to Deep Green initiatives such as abolishing the National Unification [...]
2006-03-16 11:01:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL TW
06TALLINN1001ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND
[...] (C) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points (Refs A and B) to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Dr. Kaupo Kand, MFA Ukraine and Moldova Desk Officer, regarding the decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow rail link and Ukraine's reform efforts. Foreign Mi [...]
2006-11-08 12:24:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
06TALLINN1049ESTONIA: 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 13:54:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL EN
06TALLINN1091ESTONIA: 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 15:31:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALEN MARR PGOV PINR PREL
06TALLINN1114UKRANIAN 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 13:50:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP BO EN
06TALLINN294COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S AND EUR
[...] (C) Noting that Estonia would have to decide this fall on the future of its troop deployment in Iraq, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet asked visiting Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson and Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried how long the U.S. believes coalition forces will be necessary [...]
2006-03-29 07:48:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD CVIS BY UP EN
06TALLINN463ESTONIA INCREASES FOREIGN AID
[...] (U) On May 11 the GOE endorsed a development cooperation and humanitarian assistance development plan for 2006 to 2010. According to the plan, which hews closely to a draft that has been under discussion since December 2005 (reftel),in the coming four years foreign aid will grow to 0.1 perce [...]
2006-05-16 06:32:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EN
06TALLINN671TRANSNISTRIA: ESTONIA IN FULL SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) On July 19 Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaan Hein, outgoing MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia and newly appointed Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, on Transnistria's proposed independence referendum. Hein told us that the GOE is in full agreement w [...]
2006-07-21 10:43:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PBTS PREL RS MD EN
06TALLINN888SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Welcome back to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you back to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of Toomas Hendrik Ilves' election as Estonia's next President and the beginning of the parliament's fall session. The Government has approved a bill ext [...]
2006-09-27 05:40:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL EN
06TALLINN901CODEL FRIST VISITS ESTONIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and Defense Minister Jurgen Ligi in Tallinn on October 1, a Congressional delegation composed of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN) and Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) thanked the GOE for Estonia's strong support in [...]
2006-10-03 11:16:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR MOPS CVIS IZ AF EN
06TALLINN922DAS 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 13:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL CVIS IZ AF EN RU
06TALLINN941ESTONIA'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 13:01:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN964ESTONIA'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 13:41:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN972ESTONIA: 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 14:01:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL EN
06TALLINN974ESTONIA PREPARES FOR SCHENGEN IMPLEMENTATION
[...] Summary: GOE officials expect implementation of the Schengen Agreement to be delayed until early 2009, because of a delay in the European Commission's introduction of the second generation Schengen Information System (SIS II). In preparation for accession, the GOE is focused on bringing borde [...]
2006-10-26 15:03:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD EUN EN
06TASHKENT1739UZBEKISTAN HAVING ITS WAY WITH THE OSCE
[...] (C) Summary: Two contacts at the OSCE's Tashkent Project Coordinator's Office (PCO) told poloff OSCE Ambassador Jenca is working closely with the MFA to restructure the PCO. The MFA reportedly will select two local OSCE staff to replace four who will lose their jobs in October. Jenca also re [...]
2006-09-11 11:24:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSEC UZ
06TASHKENT302 OSCE FACES AN UPHILL BATTLE TO KEEP ITS PRESENCE
[...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Jenca told the Ambassador that the GOU continues to review the Tashkent CenterQs mandate. Jenca expects a change for the worse, perhaps even a proposed decrease in OSCE international staff, when the current mandate expires in June. OSCE officers are facing accred [...]
2006-02-09 08:47:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE PGOV ECON EAID UZ
06TASHKENT305UZBEK SENATE AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 24
[...] (C) The Embassy obtained an advance copy of the agenda of the Fifth Plenary Session of the Uzbekistan Senate, to take place in Tashkent on February 24. Items slated for discussion are: A. Law on information security in the automated banking system B. Amendments to laws relating to simpl [...]
2006-02-10 05:08:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UZ
06TASHKENT430GOU BLASTS UNHCR AND OSCE FOR THEIR CONCERN WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan has accused the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) of needlessly politicizing the deportation of ten Uzbeks from Ukraine. The MFA has summoned the OSCE Ambassador in Tashkent to protest the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's statement on the returnees. The GOU [...]
2006-03-02 11:13:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT520GOU ORDERS CLOSURE OF UNHCR
[...] (C) UNHCR Protection Officer Asako Nozawa told poloff that the Uzbek mission in Geneva had delivered a note verbale to UNHCR headquarters on March 17 giving the Tashkent office thirty days to close. She added that the UN High Commissioner for Refugees will not intervene, and that the office w [...]
2006-03-20 08:41:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL UZ
06TASHKENT536GOU DENIES ACCESS TO UZBEKS DEPORTED FROM UKRAINE
[...] (C) In response to Post's request that international monitors be given access to the Uzbeks deported from Ukraine (ref A),the MFA replied in a March 23 diplomatic note that the individuals are subjects of a criminal investigation. In order to provide a fair investigation free from interferenc [...]
2006-03-23 13:54:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT691JOURNALIST SOBIRJON YAKUBOV RELEASED
[...] (C)Sobirjon Yakubov, a journalist with "Hurriyat" newspaper, was released on April 3, after spending a year in prison. Yakubov was detained on April 11, 2005, on the charge of undermining the constitutional order, under article 159 of the criminal code (ref A). However, he was never formally [...]
2006-04-07 12:52:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL UZ
06TBILISI2866A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Georgian Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told A/S Fried October 18 that recent Russian statements and actions indicated that Russia had decided to launch an all-out diplomatic assault on Georgia, trying to marginalize the U.S. from the Group of Friends, targeting GUAM, and working to di [...]
2006-10-30 08:34:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL GG
06TBILISI2938GORKONI 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 04:31:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON ETRD PGOV KFIN GG
06TELAVIV1754DAGAN AND CODEL LIEBERMAN DISCUSS HAMAS-LED PA AND
[...] (C) Summary: Meir Dagan, director of the Mossad, told Codel Lieberman on April 20 that Hamas won the Palestinian elections because it was more united and organized than Fatah. He said that Palestinians mainly voted for Hamas to protest Fatah corruption, but added that 60 percent "still back [...]
2006-05-05 07:43:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV293IRAN: CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN'S JANUARY 5 MEETING AT
[...] (C) In his January 5 discussion with Congressman Gary Ackerman on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite said: -- U.S.-Israel relations will remain high on any Israeli leader's agenda; -- Israel is anxious about Iran's nuclear a [...]
2006-01-20 12:34:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV914ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV915ISRAEL: 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 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV916ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-06 15:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV918ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 04:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06THEHAGUE1209CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 26
[...] (U) The week ending 26 May 2006 was relatively slow, so this week the wrap-up will bring together a few subjects that have yet to be reported to Washington: Japan views on CW destruction in China, anti-terrorism, and Article X. ------------------------------ Japan/China O/A CW Destruction [...]
2006-05-30 14:19:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1262006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] The following transmits the draft 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for the Netherlands. This update corresponds with Chapter VI in the FY 2006 Country Commercial Guide. The full text of the ICS has been forwarded by e-mail to EUR/IFD/OIA to the attention of J. Nathaniel Hatcher and Pa [...]
2006-01-19 14:46:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB NL OPIC USTR
06THEHAGUE1273CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) A WEOG meeting was held on May 29, despite it being a U.S. holiday. As the focus was the Article VII experience from EC-45, Betsy Sanders attended. Facilitator Amb. Maartin Lak (Netherlands) was furious about the failure of the report language during the EC and implied that it was the fau [...]
2006-06-07 15:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE16NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS: ALSO COUNSELING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-05 07:13:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON UP RS NL
06THEHAGUE1991NETHERLANDS/NATO: AMB. NULAND DISCUSSES ROAD TO
[...] (C) Summary: During her September 8 visit to The Hague, U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland discussed the road to Riga with FM Ben Bot, Dutch officials, parliamentarians and journalists. Nuland framed discussion with three top summit goals: 1) progress in Afghanistan; 2) a co [...]
2006-09-12 13:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL AF NL
06THEHAGUE2000NETHERLANDS/EU: SEPTEMBER 15 GAERC TO FOCUS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 15 GAERC will focus exclusively on "external" issues rather than "general" issues such as enlargement, according to Dutch MFA contacts. The Dutch will continue to push for Serbian cooperation with ICTY but believe it is too early for a meaningful GAERC discussion o [...]
2006-09-13 14:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN NL
06THEHAGUE2047NETHERLANDS/U.S.: PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES BILATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: During his September 12 visit to The Hague, EUR PDAS Volker discussed the road to Riga, detainee policy, Lebanon, ICTY compliance (septel),Guatemala's UNSC bid, contacts with Syria (ref b),OSCE reform and presidency, the Arms Trade Treaty concept, JSF, and energy security. He met wit [...]
2006-09-20 05:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG MASS NATO OSCE PHUM UN NL
06THEHAGUE2220CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) PRC Amb. Xue Hanqin asked to meet with Amb. Javits on Oct. 6, and began by raising the issue of the Taiwan Chemical Industry Association requesting observer status at the December Conference of States Parties. She noted that Beijing still objects to the TCIA receiving observer status. Sh [...]
2006-10-12 11:12:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2299CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Facilitator Marten Lak (Netherlands) held two consultations on his draft EC-47 report language. The first session on October 5 introduced the draft and invited general comments. Other than Sudan, all delegations that spoke supported the basic thrust of the draft. Sudan asked that the f [...]
2006-10-24 14:33:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE2363NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Policy Advisor Marieke Monroy-Winter on November 2. Monroy-Winter agreed with the importance of continued engagement with Ukraine, and suggested support for eventual Ukrainian NATO membership aspirations was now more important than ever. S [...]
2006-11-02 15:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS UP NL
06THEHAGUE2371NETHERLANDS/NATO: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA NATO Division Deputy Head Eric Strating described a "pessimistic" GONL already trying to temper expectations leading up to the Riga Summit. That said, he expected PM Balkenende at the summit heads of state dinnerto challenge allies as well as other international organizations [...]
2006-11-03 14:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALMARR NATO PGOV PREL NL
06THEHAGUE399TIP EXPERTISE CENTER STRENGTHENS DUTCH ANTI-TIP LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Dutch National Expertise Center on People Trafficking and Smuggling (EMM) opened on May 18, 2005, bringing together officers from regional, national, and military police, as well as the Social Information and Investigation Service, and the Immigration and Naturalization Serv [...]
2006-02-22 19:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE453EMBASSY 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 16:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
06THEHAGUE763NETHERLANDS/EU: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche April 7 to MFA European Correspondent Desiree Kopmels and Deputy Correspondent Bahia Tahzib-Lie. The Dutch do not expect the Balkans to be on the GAERC agenda and are content to let UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari set the pace for future status talks. [...]
2006-04-07 16:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR UP SY
06TOKYO2074CHERNOBYL 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 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SOCI PARM TRGY JA
06TOKYO239815TH JAPAN-EU SUMMIT: FOCUS ON POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The 15th Japan-EU Summit on April 24 in Tokyo highlighted the maturing Japan-EU partnership. During the Summit: -- PM Koizumi stressed three points: his concern about low public awareness of the Japan-EU relationship, his desire to enhance the strategic dialogue on East Asia' [...]
2006-05-01 09:27:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON MEPP EUN KNUC UNSC BO UP RS
06TOKYO2940THE AMBASSADOR'S LUNCH WITH ADMINISTRATIVE VICE
[...] (S) During a May 26 meeting, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's efforts on the abduction issue. In a tour d'horizon, the Ambassador and Yachi discussed the upcoming summit, regional issues, realignment and beef. Foreign Minist [...]
2006-05-26 10:47:00Embassy TokyoSECRETPREL ECON MARR KUNR AF IR IZ IN KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO3357JAPAN-CENTRAL AND SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE RELATIONS:
[...] (C) Summary. In a recent review of Japan's relations with Central Europe, MOFA officials related that ties with Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are moving away from assistance and toward direct investment. Japan's relationship with Romania and Bulgaria is largely focused on ener [...]
2006-06-18 23:55:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ECON EAID AADP SENV XH ZL ZS JA
06TOKYO4550JAPAN BEGINS DELIBERATIONS ON CONTRIBUTION TO NATO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-11 08:38:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PARM NATO PINR UP JA
06TOKYO6785RUSSIA OIL SEMINAR REVEALS DIFFERING VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two Russian guest panelists at a November 9 seminar on Russian energy strategy in Tokyo displayed starkly different views on Moscow's energy policy. An executive of the energy company Rosneft strenuously defended the Russian government and its environmental policies, particul [...]
2006-11-30 08:09:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG JA RU
06TOKYO6795JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/01/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-01 00:47:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7028 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/18/06-2
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-18 08:28:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO7097U.S.-JAPAN CENTRAL ASIA DIALOGUE: PART ONE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Evan Feigenbaum and a team of State and USAID officials met December 8 with Japanese officials for a day of consultations on Central Asia. The U.S. team aimed to integrate an intensive strategic and policy consultatio [...]
2006-12-21 08:22:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV ECON ZK JA
06USNATO639FRENCH MANEUVERS TO PUT BRAKES ON ALLIED-PARTNER
[...] (C) Summary: In the past few weeks, France tried to launch a campaign to deny NATO partners formal 26 plus one consultations with Allies, substituting "informal" meetings. The French move began with Georgia (ref. A) and initially looked like a "one-off" move designed to assuage the Russians a [...]
2006-10-26 15:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MARR FR
06USNATO643NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY &
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]
2006-10-27 13:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO659NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SACEUR blasts France, Turkey and Italy for not fulfilling their security responsibility in areas around Kabul; NAC with EU, UN, World Bank Representatives seeks better coordination on reconstruction and development; NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) asks [...]
2006-11-03 16:42:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USNATO668EAPC CONSULTATIONS ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF NATO,S
[...] (U) Partner Ambassadors responded positively to the Secretary-General,s briefing on plans to transform NATO,s SIPDIS partnerships at Riga in their last consultations with Allied PermReps before the November 28-29 Summit. They voiced support for expanding access to proven PfP tools to other [...]
2006-11-13 16:33:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC
06USOSCE246WHITHER GOEST OSCE: A DEPARTING PERSONAL VIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-12 16:17:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1137UN/COUNTERTERRORISM: 1267, CTC, AND 1540 COMMITTEE
[...] SUMMARY: The Chairs of the UN Security Council's three subsidiary counterterrorism committees (the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),the 1267 or Al-Qaida/ Taliban Sanctions Committee, and the 1540 Committee on nonproliferation) briefed the Council for the fifth time on their committees' a [...]
2006-06-05 15:13:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ETTC PGOV PTER
06USUNNEWYORK1334 UN COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE HOLDS 167TH MEETING
[...] Summary: The Security Council's Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) met on July 6 to discuss: 1) feedback from subcommittees on their use of the Preliminary Implementation Assessments (PIAs) and the draft Chairman's paper on how the CTC should use the PIAs to update its working methods, 2) prel [...]
2006-07-10 10:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1823FIRST UNSC KOSOVO MEETING FOR JOACHIM RUCKER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 13, in his first appearance at a Security Council meeting on the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK),SRSG Joachim Rucker praised Kosovo's leadership for having "now achieved most of the priorities on standards implementation." Kosovo Pr [...]
2006-09-16 14:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06USUNNEWYORK432AD HOC COMMITTEE CONTINUES STALEMATE ON
[...] (U) Summary. The Ad Hoc Committee (AHC),established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996, met at UN Headquarters February 27-March 3, 2006 to continue negotiations on the CCIT. Deep-seated differences over key text between member States of the Organization of the Isla [...]
2006-03-07 18:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK754UKRAINE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] Mission received a note from the Permanent Mission of Ukraine to the United Nations requesting USG support for its candidature to the Human Rights Council. The elections will be held in New York in May 2006. 2. Mission will respond that careful consideration will be given by the United S [...]
2006-04-11 12:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PHUM UN UP
06USUNNEWYORK832HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: UN SECRETARIAT BRIEFS ON
[...] SUMMARY. The GA Secretariat and Office of Legal Affairs provided a briefing April 19 on plans and preparations for the May 9 election of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The Secretariat reiterated that the HRC elections will provide for each candidate to be voted directly and indi [...]
2006-04-21 23:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK908UN REFORM: G-77 WINS FIFTH COMMITTEE VOTE IN
[...] SUMMARY/COMMENT: The Fifth Committee, meeting in formal session April 28, voted 108 to 50, with 3 abstentions, to support adoption of a draft resolution introduced April 21 by the G-77 and China that attempts to impeded ongoing Secretary-General efforts to pursue management reform in the SI [...]
2006-05-03 20:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK946HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: FIRST MEMBERS ELECTED
[...] SUMMARY: In May 9 elections, the General Assembly elected the 47 members of the newly-created UN Human Rights Council. While most seats were filled in only one round of balloting, three rounds were required to fill the six contested seats allocated to the Eastern European Group. Iran's cand [...]
2006-05-11 14:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNGA UNHRC KUNR
06VATICAN83POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART ONE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-23 11:53:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPL SOCI PREL VT
06VIENNA1121SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the f [...]
2006-04-19 15:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO OTRA OVIP KSCA KFLU AU
06VIENNA1190RAIFFEISEN BANK ANNOUNCES INTENTION TO OPT OUT
[...] During an April 24 briefing for journalists, Herbert Stepic, Chairman of the Board of Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding (RI),a holding company for Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB),announced that RZB's subsidiary Raiffeisen Investment AG (RIAG) will opt out as a 50% shareholder of the Ukrain [...]
2006-04-26 06:34:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA1227SCENESETTER FOR THE MAY 3-5 VISIT BY THE ATTORNEY
[...] (U) The Austrians are looking forward to your attendance, and that of Deputy Secretary Jackson, at the May 3-5 JHA Ministerials. These meetings constitute one of the more significant events of the six-month Austrian Presidency of the European Council. 2. (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations hav [...]
2006-04-28 15:10:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN PREL PTER AU
06VIENNA141AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM SCHUESSEL
[...] (C) Summary. During his first meeting in Vienna with Ambassador McCaw, Austrian Chancellor Schuessel confirmed full EU support for a unified front toward Iran and expressed a strong desire to work with the United States in the Balkans. The Chancellor saw the Russian-Ukraine gas agreement as [...]
2006-01-18 07:23:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU AU IR RU
06VIENNA142AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK
[...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...]
2006-01-18 07:23:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL EU AU IR AF RU
06VIENNA1551 May 4 U.S.-Russia - EU Multi Presidency Meeting
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the first meeting of its kind, U.S., Russian and EU officials met informally in Vienna May 4 to discuss possible areas for future cooperation in the fight against terrorism, organized crime and corruption, and illegal immigration. The U.S. delegation was led by Attorney G [...]
2006-05-31 11:55:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU
06VIENNA1552 May 4 EU Ministerial on the Role of Internal
[...] (SBU) Summary. Over 50 states and international organizations attended the May 4-5 Austrian Presidency sponsored Internal Security Ministerial, designed in part to implement the EU JHA External Strategy paper adopted in December 2005. A U.S. delegation led by Attorney General Gonzales, who [...]
2006-05-31 11:56:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CVIS CPAS KCRM KFRD SMIG EUN AU
06VIENNA1735SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JUNE 21 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid base in the common values of democracy and civil rights. Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy, and prosperity. Pursuant to a 1955 constitutional law, Austria is neutral. Austria [...]
2006-06-14 15:44:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU
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 11:00:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNAR PHUM PGOV AU
06VIENNA2322AUSTRIA'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 11:30:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EUN AU
06VIENNA2689SCENESETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY AZAR'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria held the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the fi [...]
2006-09-08 15:35:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA OVIP TBIO KSCA AU
06VIENNA2738GAERC -- DEMARCHES ON IRAN, OTHER POINTS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel points on September 13 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. Riecken made the following substantive comments. 2. (C) Western Balkans: There will be council conclusions on Bosnia and on Montenegro, Riecken said. The reference to Monte [...]
2006-09-13 15:20:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN PARM KNNP IR EU AU
06VIENNA3105OMV ON NABUCCO AND GAZPROM
[...] (C) OMV Gas executives Werner Auli and Reinhard Mitschek told emboffs on October 12 that Nabucco Pipeline International had formally requested exemptions from the EU's Gas Directive -- restricting initial third-party access to the pipeline to 50% and insulating the project from tariff reducti [...]
2006-10-19 13:26:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA3134AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 23, 2006
[...] Massive criticism of OeVP party boss Wolfgang Schuessel and his leadership style is now heard among top party officials. Franz Fischler, formerly EU Commissioner and OeVP Minister of Agriculture, demanded a total reform of the party and President of the Austrian Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl [...]
2006-10-24 07:37:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO AU OPRC
06VIENNA322AUSTRIA: DEMARCHE ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS
[...] (C) Econ Unit Chief and PolOff delivered reftel talking points February 2 to Hannes Porias, Assistant Secretary-level Head of the MFA's Central and Eastern Europe Division. Porias noted that the GoA remained concerned with energy security issues in light of the early January gas crisis. He n [...]
2006-02-02 17:11:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON AU
06VIENNA3268AUSTRIA ON DISRUPTION OF CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINKS
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on November 8 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe and Russia. DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Moldova/Belarus Director Josef Litschauer also participated. 2. (C) Porias said the EU had made clear to Kyiv that it is i [...]
2006-11-08 11:23:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ELTN EUN RU MD UP AU
06VIENNA3283AUSTRIA ON ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE'S
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points on November 7 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's A/S-level Director for Eastern Europe, and to Josef Litschauer, the MFA's DAS-level Russia/Ukraine/Belarus/Moldova officer. 2. (C) Porias said that Austria shared our views on the need for [...]
2006-11-08 14:42:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS UP AU
06VIENNA3297WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE IN VIENNA
[...] Delegates from 306 national trade union organizations representing 168 million workers in 154 countries met Nov. 1-3 in Vienna to found the International Trade Union Confederation. "The Confederation exists to unite and mobilize the democratic and independent forces of world trade unionism i [...]
2006-11-09 14:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ILO
06VIENNA3355AUSTRIA: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting Part I of the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) on Drugs and Chemical Control. Post will provide updates as they become available. Embassy POC for the INCSR Part I is Economic-Political Officer Dayna R. Robison, office phone: 43 [...]
2006-11-20 07:12:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL PGOV KCRM AU
06VIENNA3394RAIFFEISEN ON BELARUS, UKRAINE, THE SALE OF BAWAG,
[...] (C) Summary: Friedrich Sommer, Raiffeisen Zentralbank's General Counsel, confirmed to us on November 17 that no senior Belarus officials have accounts with Raiffeisen's Belarus subsidiary, Priorbank. Raiffeisen International Bank-Holding has definitively ended its controversial trusteeship [...]
2006-11-24 07:47:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET ENGR BO UKR AU
06VIENNA3417EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES NABUCCO WITH OMV
[...] (C) During a November 16 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer acknowledged that Azeri gas is the most politically and commercially attractive source for the startup of the Nabucco pipeline scheduled in 2011. However, Ruttenstorfer questioned whether Azeri reserves w [...]
2006-11-28 15:40:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PGOV PREL AU
06VIENNA3482AUSTRIA'S OPPOSITION TO CZECH NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
[...] (SBU) The recent Czech decision to grant a final operating license for the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant has unleashed a barrage of criticism in Austria. State government officials in Upper Austria, which lies approximately 40 miles from Temelin, have been the most vehement critic [...]
2006-12-05 11:09:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV PGOV EUN AU
06VIENNA350RAIFFEISEN ON URKAINE-RUSSIAN GAS DEAL
[...] (C) Raiffeisen International Bank AG (RIAG) Chairman Herbert Stepic told us January 30 that Gazprom was the "driving force" behind the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) joint venture with RIAG. RIAG, according to Stepic, has exerted little influence on pricing decisions, but rather was providing financing [...]
2006-02-06 13:10:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON PREL AU RS UP
06VIENNA3602Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight
[...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...]
2006-12-22 10:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
06VIENNA3605Austria's Raiffeisen - A Domestic and Regional Heavyweight
[...] The Raiffeisen Association is a commercial heavyweight within Austria, with wide-ranging and diverse business holdings. Its business interests permeate Austria's economy, with impressive holdings in the banking, investment, insurance, dairy, media, and retail sectors. By virtue of its commer [...]
2006-12-22 10:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ECIN EFIN ETRD EUN AU
06VIENNA41AUSTRIAN EU PRESIDENCY UPS THE ANTE ON ENERGY
[...] (U) Summary: In response to the dispute over natural gas supplies between Ukraine and Russia, Austrian officials have given new weight to their plan of making energy a focal point of Austria's EU presidency. Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik said in a public statement that the EU would discuss [...]
2006-01-05 17:16:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA42 AUSTRIAN RAIFFEISEN IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSSIA-
[...] According to Austrian and international media reports, the Austrian Raiffeisen Investment Group (RIAG),a subsidiary of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB),played a pivotal role in the Russian-Ukrainian gas deal. At the core of the deal (reportedly) is an arrangement for the Ukrainian Naftogaz com [...]
2006-01-05 17:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA4622006 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 14:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
06VIENNA514USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS
[...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would [...]
2006-02-17 19:38:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU
06VIENNA515USG CONCERNS OVER AUSTRIAN BANKING OPERATIONS
[...] (S/NF) In view of continued Washington questions about the operations of Raiffeisen Zentralbank (RZB) and Bank Austria Creditanstalt (BA/CA) in several areas, this cable attempts to consolidate all the information that this Mission has regarding allegations and GoA responses. Embassy would apprecia [...]
2006-02-17 19:38:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPARM PREL EFIN MNUC KCRM KTFN KNNP AU
06VIENNA678AUSTRIA: 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 15:00:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ALAB AU
06VIENNA746SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH'S VISIT TO VIENNA,
[...] (SBU) Austrian-U.S. relations have a solid basis in the common values of democracy and civil rights, and Austria's international activities contribute to our shared vision of a world of peace, freedom, democracy and prosperity. Austria holds the rotating Presidency of the EU Council for the [...]
2006-03-10 14:30:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AU
06VIENNA758EU FOREIGN MINISTERS: HAMAS MUST AGREE TO QUARTET
[...] Summary: At their regular informal "Gymnich" meeting on March 10-11, EU foreign ministers confirmed existing EU policy toward Hamas, insisting it must meet the conditions established by the Quartet. They also discussed continuing efforts to strengthen the dialogue between the EU and the Isla [...]
2006-03-13 13:59:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IS FR AU
06VIENNA761EU FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR CONTINUED IRAN
[...] Summary: EU leaders used the the informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU foreign ministers on March 10-11 to call for continued international consensus as Iran and its nuclear program is referred to the UN Security Council -- as well as to express hope that a diplomatic solution was still possible. [...]
2006-03-13 17:07:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL FR IR EUN AU
06VIENNA778EU INFORMAL MINISTERIAL IN SALZBURG:
[...] Speaking at the informal "Gymnich" meeting of the EU foreign ministers in Salzburg on March 10-11, European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner commented that Belarus was a country "at a crossroads," with the elections a crucial test for democracy. If the elections are fre [...]
2006-03-15 10:48:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UP BO EUN AU
06VIENNA941AUSTRIAN ENERGY INITIATIVES - BEST PRACTICES
[...] Post solicited information about domestic and international energy initiatives from Herbert Lechner, Scientific Director from the quasi-governmental "Austrian Energy Agency" (AEA),and from Aloisia Woergetter, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Sustainable Development Unit. The GoA pro [...]
2006-03-30 11:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ENGR EAID EPET TRGY AU
06VIENNA956U.S.-EU TROIKA ON NONPROLIFERATION, ARMS CONTROL
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: ISN Acting DAS Andrew Semmel and Acting Permanent Representative to Geneva Conference on Disarmament Thomas Cynkin met representatives of the Austrian EU Presidency, the future Finnish Presidency, the European Commission's delegation to IAEA, and the EU Council Secretariat [...]
2006-03-31 12:00:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL PTER MARR MNUC ETTC EFIN KNNP EUN
06VILNIUS102SCENESETTER 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 08:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV 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 08:28:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS1032LITHUANIA LOOKS TOWARDS RIGA SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary. Looking towards the Riga Summit, Lithuania hopes for encouraging words on Baltic air policing and NATO enlargement. The GOL remains committed to success in Afghanistan, where it may redeploy special forces in 2007. End Summary. Lithuania considering sending SOF to Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-16 13:57:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR LH LT
06VILNIUS1036LITHUANIA REMAINS COMMITTED TO SUCCESS IN
[...] (SBU) As the Fourth Lithuanian Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) left for Kabul November 14, Lithuania continues to demonstrate its commitment to success in Afghanistan. Lithuania is set to take on the entire military operating expense of its PRT in Ghor Province starting January 2007; is c [...]
2006-11-17 13:20:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS LH AF
06VILNIUS1051LITHUANIA ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's government agrees with us on the importance of keeping Turkey engaged in the EU accession process, but also wants Turkey to fulfill its Ankara commitments. Going into the December European Council, Lithuania is pushing its EU partners to consider a middle way, suspen [...]
2006-11-22 14:39:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN TU LH
06VILNIUS11SCENESETTER 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 05:06:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OVIP PL LH
06VILNIUS129LITHUANIA: 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 08:00:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDLH NOTAG
06VILNIUS135LITHUANIA'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 15:54:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH
06VILNIUS137PDAS VOLKER MEETS WITH LITHUANIA'S FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) EUR PDAS Kurt Volker and Ambassador discussed regional issues February 8 with MFA Undersecretary Albinas Januska, Lithuania's chief foreign policy strategist. Januska provided a readout of a "difficult conversation" between GOL FM Valionis and Ukrainian FM Tarasyuk in which Valionis urged [...]
2006-02-10 16:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EAID PGOV BO UP LH
06VILNIUS198LITHUANIA 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The government of Lithuania (GOL) estimates that between 1,000 and 1,200 women leave Lithuania every year to engage in prostitution, basing their calculations on 2003 Europol data. There [...]
2006-02-27 15:44:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
06VILNIUS228BALTIC 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 16:11:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON EINV BEXP LH EN LG
06VILNIUS279EUR DAS KRAMER AND EU REPS COORDINATE BELARUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS David Kramer participated in an informal meeting on Belarus with EU officials and representatives from EU capitals March 14 in Vilnius. The participants agreed that the USG and the EU will coordinate their statements and actions in the immediate post-election period. EU [...]
2006-03-17 14:27:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET RS UP BO KZ 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 15:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON LH
06VILNIUS442VILNIUS 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 12:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL 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 09:32:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PREL LH
06VILNIUS483GOL NEGOTIATING UKRAINIAN PARTICIPATION IN PRT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 13:45:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF UP LH
06VILNIUS522GAERC: GOL TO RAISE EURO, ENLARGEMENT
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division, June 6. Gulbinas told us that the June 12 GAERC would concentrate less on external affairs and more on "future of Europe" questions. Lithuania plans to intervene, he said, to enc [...]
2006-06-06 13:19:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS523(C) PM BRAZAUSKAS'S PRE-RESIGNATION FAREWELL
[...] (C) Lithuania's Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas, during the Ambassador's May 30 farewell call, outlined his five-year plan to increase defense spending and affirmed his commitment to Jewish property restitution. The Ambassador noted the GOL's tremendous contribution to the Global war On Ter [...]
2006-06-06 14:13:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EINV KNAR LH RS
06VILNIUS53WORKING 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 14:56:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV LH
06VILNIUS573LITHUANIAN PRESIDENT: EU INCOMPLETE WITHOUT TURKEY
[...] (SBU) President Adamkus argued for the eventual accession of Turkey to the European Union in a June 17 interview with Turkish newspaper Miliyet, according to the Lithuanian press. Adamkus plans to make an official visit to Turkey later this week, where he will meet President Sezer, PM Erdogan, [...]
2006-06-19 13:48:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LH TU
06VILNIUS622LITHUANIA ENGAGES ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has sought in recent months to increasingly engage the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan to encourage democratic change and deeper Euro-integration. The Lithuanians view this engagement as a logical progression of the neighborhood policy that they pursue with Ukraine [...]
2006-07-05 12:21:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALLH PREL AM AZ
06VILNIUS663LITHUANIA TO RAISE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUES AT JULY 17
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Tomas Gulbinas, Head of the MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division on July 14. Gulbinas told us that the July 17 GAERC will concentrate on the priorities of the Finnish Presidency as discussed in the EU political Director's July 6 meeting in Helsin [...]
2006-07-14 14:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUN KPAL PREL LH
06VILNIUS671GHOR, AFGHANISTAN: A LITHUANIAN VIEW
[...] (C) Lithuania's MFA representative to the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Ghor province, Afghanistan, Dainus Baublys, debriefed us on Lithuania's goals and challenges there. He told us that security was stable, as the PRT had good relations with the three local "warlords" who are (hel [...]
2006-07-18 12:00:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL AF LH
06VILNIUS675LITHUANIA'S 14TH GOVERNMENT TAKES OFFICE AS
[...] (SBU) Lithuania's parliament approved Prime Minister- designate Gediminas Kirkilas's government program and cabinet July 18 by a vote of 59 to 49. Support came from the coalition of 53 MPs with additional support from three Labor members and three Homeland Union (conservative) members in the [...]
2006-07-18 13:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR LH
06VILNIUS682U.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 13:21:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS AF LH
06VILNIUS686LITHUANIA SUPPORTS MOLDOVA IN CONFLICT RESOLUTION,
[...] (C) Lithuania strongly supports the U.S. position on the Transnistrian referendum and will continue to raise Transnistria in its dialogue with Russian on frozen conflicts (reftel). Lithuania considers Moldova one of the primary focuses of its neighborhood policy, and has recently engaged both [...]
2006-07-20 13:38:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PREL LH MD
06VILNIUS705LITHUANIAN AND BELARUSIAN AIR FORCE COMMANDERS
[...] (C) Lithuanian Air Force Commander Arturas Leita invited Belarus's Air Force Commander Oleg Paferov to Lithuania to discuss an alleged June 19 border incursion by a Belarusian helicopter into Lithuanian territory, an event which Belarus denies. The Lithuanian side was seeking an explanation fo [...]
2006-07-31 14:28:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL BO LH
06VILNIUS727LITHUANIA'S CHOICE: FIGHT OR SURRENDER ITS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Lithuania and its Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery need to decide how to proceed, now that an "accident" has resulted in a complete cutoff in the refinery's pipeline-delivered supply of Russian crude. State Department Advisor Steve Hellman framed this issue for the Lithuanians d [...]
2006-08-04 15:12:00Embassy VilniusSECRETENRG ECON PREL LH XG VE LY
06VILNIUS739LITHUANIA SEEKING TO EXPAND SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) The GOL recently sponsored a pair of visits between Afghanistan and Lithuania aimed at shoring up support in both countries for its Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Ghor Province, Afghanistan. Ghor's Governor and a delegation of Afghan parliamentarians came to Vilnius for meetings [...]
2006-08-09 09:05:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL LH AF
06VILNIUS762LITHUANIAN 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 14:17:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH UP
06VILNIUS789PM 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 12:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM ENRG ECON LE LH
06VILNIUS801MAZEIKIU NAFTA REFINERY LEARNING TO LIVE WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lithuania's Mazeikiu Nafta (MN) oil refinery is operating at full capacity, despite the recent cutoff of its most economic source of crude, via pipeline from Russia (refs A and B). MN is currently using its Baltic Sea terminal at Butinge to offload its entire crude supply from t [...]
2006-08-25 14:16:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PREL XG VE
06VILNIUS808COURTESY CALL ON NEW DEFENSE MINISTER OLEKAS
[...] (U) Classified by: Pol/Econ Chief Rebecca Dunham for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Lithuania's new Defense Minister Juozas Olekas underscored continuity in Lithuania's defense priorities and optimism about future spending during the Ambassador's courtesy call. [...]
2006-08-29 14:37:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR LT
06VILNIUS818LITHUANIAN DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY ON BALTIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MOD Under Secretary Renatas Norkus gave the Ambassador areadout of the recent Baltic Defense Ministers' meeting and a sketch of his plans for his upcoming visit to Washington during a meeting September 1. The Baltic Defense Ministers agreed they would try to encourage NATO to [...]
2006-09-05 13:55:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL AF LG EN LH
06VILNIUS850EUR DAS PEKALA'S VISIT TO LITHUANIA: ENERGY,
[...] (C) Summary. During DAS Mark Pekala's September 8 visit to Vilnius, the foreign policy advisors to the President and Prime Minister, the MFA's State Secretary, the leader of the opposition, and the Vice Minister of Economy outlined Lithuania's main foreign policy concerns. Our interlocutors [...]
2006-09-14 10:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG LH BO
06VILNIUS852SEPTEMBER GAERC AND LITHUANIAN VIEWS ON GYMNICH
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points September 13 to Tomas Gulbinas, head of MFA's Common Foreign Policy and Security Division who is responsible for briefing the FM for the GAERC. Gulbinas said that the Lithuanian FM does not plan any interventions in the September 15 GAERC, which focuses on issue [...]
2006-09-14 13:00:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH EUN RS UP
06VILNIUS938LITHUANIA TO INTERVENE ON GEORGIA, RUSSIA, UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas intends to intervene on Georgia-Russia relations and Ukraine-EU relations at the October 16-17 GAERC. With Poland, the GOL may also act to block the new EU-Russia Partnership and Cooperation Agreement that the Finnish Presidency is negoti [...]
2006-10-12 12:08:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALUN PREL PGOV LT
06VILNIUS98AMBASSADOR STRESSES CIVIL SOCIETY AND TOLERANCE IN PANEVEZYS
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Mull traveled to Panevezys, Lithuanias fifth largest city, on January 19 to congratulate local officials on their successful efforts to combat crime, lower unemployment, and develop local industry. At the same time, the Ambassador expressed concern over the emigration of t [...]
2006-02-02 08:12:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV LH
06WARSAW1167POLAND: UPDATE ON ENERGY SECURITY
[...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to pursue its goal of diversifying energy resources. On May 31, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a resolution prioritizing construction of a gas pipeline from Norway, liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal, and extension of the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline [...]
2006-06-13 14:39:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET GG PO PREL RS SA SL UR AJ EZ
06WARSAW131ASSISTANT SECRETARIES FRIED AND FLORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) State Department Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried, and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy Peter Flory, accompanied by Ambassador, EUR DAS Mark Pekala, NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson, and Polcouns, met January 25 with Prime Mi [...]
2006-01-27 14:57:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG MASS MARR EINV PL
06WARSAW148U.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 18:29:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV PREL PL UP RS NO AJ TX
06WARSAW1489ANTI-SEMITISM AND THE POLISH GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Poland's ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS) is stung by criticism that it is anti-Semitic, gutting Holocaust education, and too slow to act on long delayed private property restitution, but does not have a strategy to deal with these problems. PiS points to its heretofore good [...]
2006-07-20 14:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNAR PL
06WARSAW159VISIT OF POLISH PRESIDENT LECH KACZYNSKI TO
[...] (C) Polish President Lech Kaczynski's determination to make his second foreign trip (after the Vatican) to Washington, with less than two months in office, is testament to our close partnership and to the deep admiration the new president has for the United States. A longtime activist in the [...]
2006-02-01 16:08:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
06WARSAW160A/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 11:42:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG OVIP MASS PL UP RS
06WARSAW1632Poland: Frank Mermoud's Visit
[...] (SBU) Frank Mermoud, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs, visited Warsaw July 14 to urge the Polish government to change its position on the 13% reduction in reimbursement prices for imported drugs that became effective July  [...]
2006-08-08 06:51:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ENRG PREL PL
06WARSAW1683Emigration Tightens Poland's Labor Markets: "Will the Last
[...] That Poles are leaving Poland in search of jobs and higher wages in other countries is nothing new. For Poland this is merely dj vu, yet another wave of emigration, another generation of young Poles leaving the country in search of better opportunities elsewhere. Past migrations of Poles hav [...]
2006-08-12 10:06:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS ELAB SOCI PREL SMIG PL XG XH
06WARSAW176U.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 15:03:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL UP BO RU
06WARSAW180POLAND'S COMMENTS ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) Poland's Ministry of Economy and MFA expressed support for the U.S. proposal on an approach to Ukraine but seek clarification on several questions. Poland requests fu [...]
2006-02-03 17:26:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PINR PREL UP RS PO AU EU CZ
06WARSAW2008POLAND'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 14:21:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD PL AJ KZ RS ES LG LH PREL
06WARSAW207POLAND: 2005/2006 ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the last two years, Poland has been a staunch ally of the United States. According to the General Staff of the Polish Armed Forces, Poland spent about 1,213,151,800 Zloty ($370,994,434) and committed 4,122 troops to Iraq-coalition and NATO operations in 2005. In 2004, Polan [...]
2006-02-09 12:54:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MCAP PM KS KU QA SA US PL TC NATO
06WARSAW2113A/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 14:45:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON OVIP
06WARSAW2159A/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 14:58:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON OVIP
06WARSAW2257 MEETING SUMMARY FOR STAFFDEL FOLDI IN POLAND
[...] This cable has been cleared by Staffdel Foldi. MINISTRY OF LABOR AND SOCIAL POLICY - THE RULES AND REGS 2. For the governmental perspective, Staffdel Foldi met with Krzysztof Wieckiewicz, Director of the Department of the Public Benefit at the MOL. The 2003 Law on the Organizations of Pub [...]
2006-10-24 13:56:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PHUM PL
06WARSAW2312MFA 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 16:16:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PL
06WARSAW2323READOUT OF CENTCOM,S IRAQ CONFERENCE IN WARSAW 3-5
[...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM,s Coalition conference in Warsaw 3-5 Oct 2006 successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. All presentations and some keynote speeches [...]
2006-11-03 15:23:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS IZ PL
06WARSAW2360POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS CONTINUING UKRAINE REFORM
[...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche October 31 to Amb. Andrzej Krawczyk, Foreign Policy Adviser to President Lech Kaczynski. Krawczyk responded that Ukraine was a key bilateral partner of Poland and a high priority in Polish foreign policy to which President Kaczynski attaches great importance. [...]
2006-11-08 15:55:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS UP PL NATO
06WARSAW2404TRANSNISTRIA: POLAND SUPPORTIVE ON EU PEACE
[...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel points to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, action officer for global threats and the Eurasian conflicts in the MFA Security Policy Department. Kuzinski noted that Poland continued to support strongly efforts to develop an EU Peace Consolidation Mission (PCM) for Mo [...]
2006-11-16 15:53:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALOSCE EUN PREL PL
06WARSAW312POLAND DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON ENERGY SECURITY TREATY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Late Friday, February 24 the office of Prime Minister Marcinkiewicz delivered a letter addressed to President Bush with an accompanying non-paper outlining Poland's proposed European Energy Security Treaty. An unofficial translation of the letter to President Bush is included [...]
2006-02-24 17:05:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC ENRG ECON EU PL NATO
06WARSAW325UKRAINIAN PRIME MINISTER FAILS TO CLARIFY GAS
[...] (C) Energy issues dominated the discussions during the February 16-17 visit to Poland by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov and the separate February 21 visit by Anatolij Kinach, Secretary of the Ukrainian Office of National Security and Defense. According to the MFA, however, the Po [...]
2006-02-27 14:47:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EPET ENRG PL UP
06WARSAW329YASTRZHEMBSKY VISIT HAILED AS SIGNALING WARMING IN
[...] (C) Summary: Polish officials told us they hope the January 20 visit to Poland by Sergei Yastrzhembsky, an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will signal the end of the "mini cold war" between Russia and Poland. Yastrzhembsky discussed a potential meeting between Putin and Polish [...]
2006-02-27 15:48:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PL RU
06WARSAW339 POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]
2006-03-01 06:42:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW341DEFENDING ODIHR ELECTION MONITORING
[...] (C) Polish MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy (OSCE Affairs) Marek Ziolkowski assured us February 28 that the Polish government shares our concerns about Belgian FM (and OSCE Chairman-in-Office) De Gucht's proposal to send his own representatives to observe the elections monitoring process [...]
2006-03-01 10:27:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM BE BY PL OSCE
06WARSAW353POLISH PRESIDENT CAUTIONS YUSHCHENKO ON GAS DEAL
[...] (C) In the course of his February 28-March 1 visit to Ukraine, Polish President Lech Kaczynski delivered a strong message to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko on the January gas deal with Russia, expressing concern about the consequences of the agreement for Ukraine's economy and its abili [...]
2006-03-02 13:47:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG PGOV UP PL
06WARSAW358 POLAND: SIXTH ANNUAL (2006) TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 21-25 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Katharine Read (telephone: 48-22- 504-2676, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail ReadKM@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-03) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one polit [...]
2006-03-03 06:47:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF KWMN PL KRCM
06WARSAW525POTENTIAL AREAS OF ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION
[...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to consider energy security a top priority. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski plans to travel to the U.S. in mid-April to discuss energy topics with USG officials. Naimski told us that the GOP is flexible with regard to the content, form and scope of i [...]
2006-03-21 13:17:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PL PREL
06WELLINGTON526FOREIGN MINISTER PETERS' TRIP TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Summary: During his July visit to Washington, NZ Foreign Minister Winston Peters hopes to focus discussion away from the nuclear issue and towards positive areas of bilateral cooperation. Peters, who has from the start of his tenure openly called for improved US-NZ relations, will quiet [...]
2006-07-10 04:55:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON86PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND
[...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]
2006-02-01 20:25:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC NZ
06YEREVAN1335ARMENIAN 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 02:52:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD EAGR PREL GG RS AM
06YEREVAN1388GUAM 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 12:38:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UK GG RU AZ AM
06YEREVAN1529CONCERN BUT NOT PANIC: ARMENIAN BUSINESSES COPE WITH CLOSURE OF THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA BORDER
[...] (SBU) While Armenian officials have voiced considerable concern about the economic impact of the Georgian-Russian border closing, the Armenian business community's response has been relatively mild and fatalistic. Some local exporters report a 30 percent increase in shipping costs to Russia, [...]
2006-10-31 12:33:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON PREL EAGR AM KFRD
06YEREVAN1530KOCHARIAN COMPLAINS TO EU AMBASSADORS ABOUT N-K
[...] (C) In a meeting with EU Heads of Mission on October 27, President Kocharian was deeply pessimistic about chances for a settlement on Nagorno-Karabakh, resigned that Armenia would pay a greater cost for poor Russia-Georgia relations than either of the two parties, and expressed some frustratio [...]
2006-10-31 14:31:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL OSCE AM
06YEREVAN1640VIMPELCOM BUYS ARMENTEL, AGREES TO GIVE UP MONOPOLY
[...] (SBU) On November 14, the Armenian Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) approved the sale of Greek-owned OTE's 90 percent stake in ArmenTel to Russian mobile telecommunications leader, VimpelCom, for USD 474 million. At the PRSC hearing, VimpelCom announced plans to end ArmenTel's mono [...]
2006-11-22 12:14:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECPS ECON EINV RS AM
06YEREVAN1688ARMENIAN NEWSPAPER PRESSES ALMOST STOP ROLLING
[...] (U) Armenia's leading printing company announced on December 1 that it had run out of newsprint and would cease printing Armenian newspapers December 6. The company said it could no longer import paper due to Russia's closure of the Upper Lars checkpoint on the Georgian border, as well as the [...]
2006-12-07 12:21:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM OPRC KPAO AM
06YEREVAN213NUCLEAR NEIGHBORHOOD: ARMENIA SEEKING US GUIDANCE
[...] (C) This is an action request. Member states of the Association of State Nuclear Authorities of Countries Operating VVER-type Reactors are tentatively scheduled to meet June 2006 in Yerevan. Armenia is the current chair of the association. Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian [...]
2006-02-13 12:26:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM ENRG KNNP PREL AORC IR EU RS AM
06YEREVAN269 ARMENIA ENJOYS FOUR YEARS OF DOUBLE-DIGIT
[...] (SBU) For the fourth year in a row, Armenia's gross domestic product (GDP) grew at a double-digit rate according to National Statistical Service data. (Note: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has consistently praised the National Statistical Service for the quality of its data. End Note. [...]
2006-02-23 14:30:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID AM
06YEREVAN458SHOOTING DISRUPTS MARCH 29 OSCE MONITORING MISSION
[...] (C) OSCE Special Representative Andrzej Kasprzyk told CDA on March 31 that he called off a March 29 cease fire monitoring event because shots were fired in the vicinity and neither the "N-K" nor the Azeri side could account for their origin. A report signed by OSCE Special Representatives And [...]
2006-03-30 13:07:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS OSCE AJ AM
06YEREVAN56TRAFFICKER SENTENCED IN FIRST CASE OF ARMENIA
[...] (SBU) On January 8, the first instance court of Artashat sentenced Sos Meliksetyan, charged under the trafficking statute (Article 132) with aggravating circumstances (reftels),to two years of corrective labor. Under this verdict Meliksetyan, who exploited three women and a minor girl from U [...]
2006-01-13 11:45:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP HSTC
06YEREVAN751ARMENIANS CAUGHT IN HEADLIGHTS ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with President Kocharian late June 1 to deliver ref A points on Iran, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian the following day. Kocharian had no immediate reaction except to repeat his concerns about the heightening tensions over Iran's nuclear program, to la [...]
2006-06-02 10:45:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KNNP IR AM
06YEREVAN938MFA 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 11:39:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG RU AM
06ZAGREB266Croatia considering its geo-strategic
[...] Summary: Before Gazprom threw the switch on gas supplies to Ukraine on New Year's Day 2006, Croatia was already considering diversification of supply and its position in the regional energy sector. Croatia is a net importer of both oil and gas, with domestic production steadily declining. Th [...]
2006-03-01 10:16:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON PREL EINV HR
06ZAGREB435HDZ: PARTY CONGRESS HIGHLIGHTS EURO CREDENTIALS
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) used its 10th biennial party convention on April 1 in Vukovar to highlight its progress in bringing the country closer to Europe and EU membership. With leadership elections not due for another two years, this "reporting" congres [...]
2006-04-03 13:50:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HR
06ZAGREB45CROATIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006
[...] SUMMARY: Only in recent years has Croatia begun to emerge as an attractive destination for investment. Croatia lagged behind many of the other countries of Central and Eastern Europe in attracting foreign investment following the fall of the Berlin Wall, partly as a result of the conflicts [...]
2006-01-13 12:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC
06ZAGREB740 CROATIA AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: JUNE 14
[...] (SUMMARY) WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN NO NEW REPORTS OF AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) IN CROATIA, SCIENTISTS AT THE CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE'S POULTRY CENTER ARE USING A NEWLY PURCHASED REAL-TIME PCR MACHINE FOR ROUTINE TESTING OF WILD BIRDS. THE CENTER DIRECTOR SAID NOW CROATIA IS BETTER PREPARED IN CA [...]
2006-06-14 13:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL CASC KFLU HR
06ZAGREB847AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PM SANADER
[...] (C) Croatia is committed to promoting ever stronger Transatlantic cooperation, PM Ivo Sanader told the Ambassador during a July 13 introductory call. Europe and the United States can only succeed when they work together; Sanader emphasized that now, as well as when Croatia is a member of the [...]
2006-07-14 13:42:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV HR EU UP
06ZAGREB920CROATIA CONCERNED PROTECTIONISM COMPROMISES CEFTA
[...] (C) Summary: Croatian MFA and Ministry of Economy contacts have expressed concern with the direction of talks on the enlargement of CEFTA. Min Econ Assistant Minister Igor Lucic told EconOff on July 27 that both Serbia and Bosnia were taking positions that the Croatian side views as incompat [...]
2006-08-01 13:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PREL HR
07ABIDJAN227COTE D'IVOIRE: 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup atempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoir has been partitioned in two with the governmentmaintaining control of the south and the rebel Nw Forces controlling the north. Tensions between he two sides have lessened through internationalmediation effort [...]
2007-03-02 07:35:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIEDKRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07ABUDHABI368UAE 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of April 2006 through March 2007. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of reftel paragraphs 27-30. Embassy TIP point o [...]
2007-03-05 15:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
07ADDISABABA1104ETHIOPIA: BENCH RULES CUD LEADERS MUST ANSWER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of rulings between April 4-9, the High Court dismissed charges of "attempted" genocide and treason against all defendants in the nearly year-long trial of opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society represent [...]
2007-04-12 15:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1275ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA
[...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...]
2007-04-24 12:49:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW
07ADDISABABA1743FINDING 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 09:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP ECON KN ET
07ADDISABABA2245ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, in the final session of the trial of the CUD leaders, CUD members, and journalists convicted on June 11, 30 of the 38 defendants were sentenced to life in prison, with the remaining receiving sentences from one to 18 years. The High Court judges noted that while the [...]
2007-07-16 16:10:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ANKARA1101UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 08:29:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU
07ANKARA1111UNHRC ELECTION: TURKISH MFA SIGNALS INTENT TO VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-10 13:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC TU BO BK SI
07ANKARA1151UNHRC - CANDIDACY OF BELARUS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 08:56:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BO SI TU
07ANKARA1175ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-16 14:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA1219TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March & April 2007
[...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Yasar Buyukanit gave his annual speech to the War College in Istanbul on March 16. In contrast to previous years, the speech was closed to the press, but was subsequently leaked to the media. In the speech, Buyukanit refrained from comment abou [...]
2007-05-21 10:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL FR AJ PK KS MK YI GM BU AL IT SI
07ANKARA1505TURKISH-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 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR ECIN ETRD SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA1536ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 13:12:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA160ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN TURKEY: MORE, BUT NOT ENOUGH
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to the Heritage Foundation's 2007 Index of Economic Freedom (IEF),Turkey has made impressive strides in reducing the dead weight of government interference in the economy and economic decision-making over the past five years. This helps explain Turkey's similarly i [...]
2007-01-26 11:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV BEXP PGOV TU
07ANKARA17TURKEY'S WINTER GAS WOES AND MEASURES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Occurring each winter at Turkey's peak need, the Iranian announcement January 3 that it had to stop natural gas exports to Turkey in order to meet its own requirements was not unexpected. Turkey had already embarked on compensating measures after Iran's initial December reducti [...]
2007-01-05 10:59:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET BEXP TU IR RS
07ANKARA1723CERA 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 09:41:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV TU
07ANKARA1769ONE MAN'S VOICE - YUSUF ALATAS, HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a recent conversation, Yusuf Alatas, a long-time Embassy contact, independent thinker and outgoing president of Turkey's Human Rights Association (IHD),was pessimistic about the current political situation and enormously skeptical as to whether the pro-Kurdish Dem [...]
2007-07-11 14:16:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER TU
07ANKARA1913TURKS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQ-BOUND ANTITANK MISSILES
[...] (C) A shipment of FAGOT guided antitank missiles, along with other arms (nfi),is being transported aboard a St. Vincent-flagged vessel, the Slavyanin, which departed the port of Oktyabrsk in Ukraine and transited the Bosphorus 21-23 July, bound for the port of Umm-Qasr in Iraq, according to T [...]
2007-07-26 13:57:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA1960STAFFDEL GROVE'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A Senate Appropriations Committee staffdel led by Paul Grove discussed Russia, Iraq and Iran with Turkish MFA officials on July 26. Emphasizing the importance of Turkey's strategic partnership with the United States, the Turks stressed the damage to bilateral relations if the Ho [...]
2007-07-31 13:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER OREP AJ AM IZ IR RS TU
07ANKARA2003TURKISH MFA ON BSEC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) held on July 10 an after action review of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) 15th Anniversary Summit in Istanbul on June 25. Deputy Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ahmet Asim Arar chaired the meeting, and representativ [...]
2007-08-03 12:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN SENV TU
07ANKARA2049TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2007
[...] The Silk Road-2007 Flag Officers Seminar (the 8th annual seminar) was held on July 2-6 in Antalya. Defense ministers and army chiefs from NATO, Partnership for Peace, Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative countries participated in the seminar. In the keynote address, Chie [...]
2007-08-10 14:45:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL UP GR TU
07ANKARA2491US 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 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET XF XG ZK TU
07ANKARA2851TURKEY: CODEL MURTHA'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: DCHOD GEN Ergin Saygun briefed Codel Murtha on Turkey's struggle with PKK terrorism, the PKK's involvement in narcotics smuggling and organized crime, and the inadequate response of many European allies. On Armenia, Saygun stressed Yerevan's implied territorial claims on Turkey [...]
2007-11-29 08:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OREP IZ IR AM TU
07ANKARA379TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, January 2007
[...] The Turkish Parliament ratified on January 24 the Bilateral Agreement on Cooperation to Facilitate the Provision of Assistance for Nonproliferation Purposes (EXBS),which was originally signed on June 14, 2005. The agreement, which was ratified despite the objection of the CHP (Republican Peop [...]
2007-02-22 10:10:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MARR PREL LE GR UP IS AJ TU
07ANKARA451GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM:
[...] (SBU) In the wake of the second Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting held in Ankara on February 12-13, we addressed follow-up items with MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun on February 23. Gun noted that, as a contribution to the GI workplan, Turkey has [...]
2007-02-28 16:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KNNP TU
07ANKARA458TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 3 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Cathy Westley, telephone number 90-312-455-5555 X 2513, fax number 90-312-468-4775. Westley (FS-03) spent [...]
2007-03-01 09:42:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
07ANKARA459TURKEY 7TH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: INVESTIGATION AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 3 (septels). -------------------------------------------- Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers ------------------------------------------ [...]
2007-03-01 09:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU
07ANKARA47ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-10 15:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA77 TURKEY: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Openness To Foreign Investment The Government of Turkey (GOT) views foreign direct investment as vital to the country's economic development and prosperity. Accordingly, Turkey has one of the most liberal legal regimes for FDI in the OECD. With the exception of some sectors (see below),are [...]
2007-01-17 09:30:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC KTDB USTR TU
07ANKARA794ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-06 11:04:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07ANKARA863MARE 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 05:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS GG RO RS UP BU TU
07ASHGABAT1033TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT SHOWS SOME LEG ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with UK Minister of Energy Malcolm Wicks, President Berdimuhamedov for the first time expressed Turkmenistan's support for a Nabucco pipeline, and even promised to guarantee Turkmen gas reserves for the Nabucco project. This formulation, which woul [...]
2007-09-25 12:37:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS UK AJ TX
07ASHGABAT1106EU SOLANA'S TURKMENISTAN VISIT: INTENSIFYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador Christian Lechervy briefed the non-EU diplomatic corps October 12 (the EU ambassadors' briefing was October 11) on the October 9 Ashgabat visit by European Union High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana. The United States, Ukrai [...]
2007-10-15 05:12:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM EINV EPET SNAR EU IR AF RS TX
07ASHGABAT1149TURKMENISTAN'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 10:58:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR TX
07ASHGABAT1164TURKMENISTAN'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 08:29:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI EU RS TX
07ASHGABAT1181 TURKMENISTAN: GAC MARINE FACES THE HURDLES OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GAC Marine S.A. plays a vital role in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbons industry as the only contractor offering shipping and marine services to companies in offshore drilling. Gregory Flint (please protect),General Manager of the Turkmenistan office, recognizes the profitability [...]
2007-11-01 09:29:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV EINV EPET SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1186TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SEEKS TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Yatsenyuk's late-October visit to Ashgabat is part of an effort to re-establish a normal relationship between the two countries, after years of commercial disputes and changes in leader [...]
2007-11-02 11:44:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD SCUL UP TX
07ASHGABAT1248 TURKMENISTAN MISSES POLISH NATIONAL DAY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang hosted a reception in Ashgabat on November 19 in honor of Poland's National Day. Standard practice for national day receptions in Ashgabat is for both Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Mered [...]
2007-11-20 05:20:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GG UP PL RS TX
07ASHGABAT1283TURKMENISTAN INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This year's Turkmenistan International Oil and Gas Exhibition (TIOGE) and conference had the highest attendance since 2000 and attracted unprecedented interest from major petroleum companies, regional stakeholders [...]
2007-11-26 13:57:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENERG EPET TX
07ASHGABAT1296TURKMENISTAN/CIS SUMMIT: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PUSHES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in nearly 15 years, Turkmenistan hosted the November 22 CIS Heads of Government summit. Although many may have been hoping that President Berdimuhamedov would agree to more active participation [...]
2007-11-28 13:43:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON TX CIS
07ASHGABAT1297TURKMENISTAN/RUSSIA: BERDIMUHAMEDOV AGREES TO NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a hardcore blitz campaign by Russia and Gazprom, headed by Russia's Prime Minister Victor Zubkov and Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, President Berdimuhamedov agreed on November 23 to move up the timeline for construction of a Caspian littoral pipeline to Russia, and to sign a [...]
2007-11-28 14:05:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ETRD RU TX
07ASHGABAT1359RUSSIAN DCM PLAYS UP GREAT GAME TO EXPLAIN U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In what was supposed to be a briefing by Russian DCM Aleksey Demin on the recent visit of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to Turkmenistan, we instead got an earful regarding American favoritism toward Ukraine and the U.S. hidden agenda on a trans-Caspian pipeline. He also alleged t [...]
2007-12-14 16:05:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ENERG EPET SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT1374TURKMENISTAN: MIXED REPORTS AND CYNICISM FROM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 8 roundtable discussion with minority registered and unregistered religious groups and a December 6 roundtable with community leaders and staff from USAID civil society implementing partner Coun [...]
2007-12-18 15:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT1393NEW TURKMENISTAN-KAZAKHSTAN-IRAN RAIL LINE: SIGN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has added yet one more important construction project to his list: a railway line connecting Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran into a single north-south railway route. The countries ex [...]
2007-12-27 08:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ELTN ETRD IR KZ TX
07ASHGABAT191UN SECRETARIAT OFFICIAL ON BERDIMUHAMMEDOV
[...] (SBU) Charge exchanged post-Niyazov views February 10 with visiting UN Secretariat official Vladimir Goryayev, a Turkmenistan veteran with extraordinary local access. Goryayev predicted that change would be slow and cautious at best under Berdimuhammedov, since the latter will remain fettere [...]
2007-02-13 11:14:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR TX US
07ASHGABAT203TURKMENISTAN'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 13:56:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PINR PREL SNAR TX US
07ASHGABAT214Turkmenistan's Second President, Gurbanguly
[...] (SBU) Interim President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov was installed as Turkmenistan's second president on February 14, after national election results were announced during a one-hour live broadcast meeting of the national People's Council. According to Central Election Commission Chairman Myrat [...]
2007-02-20 13:28:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT215MINISTRY 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 13:46:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TX CVIS KPAO
07ASHGABAT221TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMMEDOV'S CABINET
[...] (SBU) The collective impression of Berdimuhammedov's Cabinet decisions to date -- especially for the Ministries of Education and of Oil and Gas -- at first glance is dismaying and raises concerns that Turkmenistan's post-Niyazov governance is set to stay the same despite all the campaign hints [...]
2007-02-22 03:19:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT230BERDIMUHAMMEDOV APPOINTS TOP OIL/GAS DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) The first, mild surprise in the formation of Turkmenistan,s new government is a positive one: the appointment of Tachberdy Tagiyev as Deputy Chairman with the oil/gas portfolio of the Council of the Cabinet of Ministers. Another February 22 personnel decision from Berdimuhammedov qui [...]
2007-02-23 13:27:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT242PDAS 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 13:12:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI EAID TX US
07ASHGABAT291FORMER 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 10:57:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET PREL TX US AF
07ASHGABAT408RUSSIA 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 14:24:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALEPET PGOV PINR PREL RS TX 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 13:33:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV RU TX
07ASHGABAT729TURKMENISTAN 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 12:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV TX RU
07ASHGABAT773TURKMENISTAN: ENCOURAGING NEWS ON FREEDOM OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In following up on a Human Rights Watch HRW list of individuals previously banned from traveling outside of Turkmenistan, the embassy has learned that most, but still not all, of these individuals either have been allowed to travel abroad, or have been told that they may travel i [...]
2007-08-03 09:53:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF TX
07ASHGABAT803TURKMENISTAN: "DEVELOP CIVIL SOCIETY" MEANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New Minister of Education Annaamanov appears slightly open to cooperation with the United States. However, his director of the International Department, Nury Bayramov, remains a significant impediment. Foreign Ministry Americas Department Director Bashimov told the Charge expli [...]
2007-08-07 10:09:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID SCUL KPAO KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT864TURKMENISTAN'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 12:58:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR TX
07ASHGABAT941 TURKMENISTAN NOMINATIONS FOR U.S. BASED TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Post is nominating two (2) educational advisers from Turkmenistan to the U.S. based training program to be held May-June 2008. End Summary. NOMINATION ---------- 2. NAME OF NOMINEE: MRS. AFANASYEVA NINA V. D. NATIONALITY, DATE OF BIRTH, PASSPORT NUMBER: Turkmenistan, August 15, 19 [...]
2007-09-11 03:54:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT975TURKMENISTAN: U.S.TREASURY DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 10 visit by a Department of the Treasury delegation demonstrated both a strong need for monetary and fiscal policy reform, and that Treasury assistance would be useful. Although the Central Bank's Ch [...]
2007-09-14 13:12:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT976TURKMENISTAN: U.S.TREASURY DEPARTMENT IDENTIFIES
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 10 visit by a Department of the Treasury delegation demonstrated both a strong need for monetary and fiscal policy reform, and that Treasury assistance would be useful. Although the Central Bank's Ch [...]
2007-09-14 13:13:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD TX
07ASTANA1614 KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MAY 27-
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. -- Latest Developments from Nurbank -- Aliev's Case Has No Impact on I [...]
2007-06-13 05:11:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KZ
07ASTANA2934KAZAKHSTANI BUSINESSMAN AGAIN REQUESTS USG HELP
[...] (S) Rakhat Kereitbayev (General Director of KazInvest, Chairman of the Board of Kanimansur, and Advisor to Kazyna Chairman Kelimbetov) updated Econoff on October 14 and 24 on the latest status of the Kazakhstani bid for Afghanistan's AYNAK mine (Ref A and B). Zia Massoud, Afghanistan's 1st Vi [...]
2007-10-24 13:54:00Embassy AstanaSECRETAF CH ECON EINV ELTN EMIN ETRD IR KZ PGOV
07ASTANA3178KAZAKHSTAN: 2007-2008 INCSR, PART II, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND
[...] In response to reftel A, the text of Part II of the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering for Kazakhstan follows. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Kazakhstan, with its developed and modern banking system, has become a financia [...]
2007-11-23 08:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR EFIN PGOV KCRM KCOR KZ
07ASTANA604BOUCHER 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 05:17:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KZ ENRG KDEM
07ASTANA613KAZAKHSTAN SUBMISSIONS FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to submit the following information in response to reftel request. ------------------- OVERVIEW (PARA. 27) ------------------- 2. (SBU) (27A) Kazakhstan is a destination, transit, and source country for people trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexu [...]
2007-03-07 12:05:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07ASTANA614KAZAKHSTAN SUBMISSIONS FOR 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: Post is pleased to submit the following information in response to reftel request. ------------------- OVERVIEW (PARA. 27) ------------------- 2. (SBU) (27A) Kazakhstan is a destination, transit, and source country for people traffQked for the purposes of forced labor and sexua [...]
2007-03-07 12:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07ATHENS1416GREECE SCORES VICTORY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 8, Greek anti-trafficking police carried out simultaneous raids on 34 different locations in Athens, arresting 11 suspected members of an international trafficking ring and another 62 persons accused of facilitating vice and prostitution. Three women (out of 45 detaine [...]
2007-07-13 08:13:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG GR
07ATHENS1460GREECE: VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC
[...] (C) On July 18, DepPolCouns discussed reftel points on the July 23 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Penny Douti. Responses below are keyed to major issue items: -- KOSOVO: Douti anticipated Kosovo would be discussed at lunch. Greece's position was well-known. While Greece acknowledged [...]
2007-07-19 08:51:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI GR
07ATHENS2171GREECE 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 15:03:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RU GR
07ATHENS2296GREK POLICE OPERATION "NEW LIFE" NETS MAJOR EURO
[...] In another success story for Greek anti-trafficking efforts, Greek Police on November 28 arrested members of a major European trafficking network in an operation code-named "New Life." Police Major George Vanikiotis, Head of the Athens Anti-Trafficking Unit, told Embassy that his unit moved a [...]
2007-11-30 12:59:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV GR
07ATHENS2305FM BAKOYANNIS FOCUSED ON KOSOVO, MACEDONIA IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite visits this week by Egyptian President Mubarak, Turkish FM Babacan, and UN mediator Nimetz, FM Bakoyannis focused on two main issues in her December 3 introductory meeting with Ambassador Speckhard: Kosovo and Macedonia. On Kosovo, she "unofficially" urged delaying a s [...]
2007-12-04 14:20:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GR MK
07ATHENS501GREECE PART 3: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2007
[...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2007 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution"Section . This is the third of four cables. 2. (SBU) INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS: ------------------------------------ [...]
2007-03-09 09:13:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
07ATHENS502GREECE PART 2: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2007
[...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2007 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 2. (SBU) PREVENTION: ----------- -- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a problem in tha [...]
2007-03-09 09:14:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
07ATHENS503GREECE 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 09:14:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
07ATHENS504GREECE PART 4: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2007
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 09:15:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
07BAGHDAD3377CODEL BOYD'S OCT 7 MEETING WITH PM MALIKI
[...] (C) Summary: In an Oct. 7 meeting with Codel Boyd, Prime Minister (PM) Maliki said that while the picture in Iraq was "not entirely rosey," discernible political and security progress has nevertheless been made. He credited his government with having pulled the country back from the edge of t [...]
2007-10-09 10:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
07BAKU1006PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS USG, AZERBAIJAN ALIGNED ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 meeting with DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said that USG and GOAJ energy policies were "perfectly aligned." Azerbaijan had just that day signed an Energy MOU with Greece. The GOAJ was increasing gas production, and ready to negotiate with British Petroleum (BP) ab [...]
2007-08-10 12:21:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG ETRN TX AJ RS
07BAKU1007PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS USG, AZERBAIJAN ALIGNED ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 2 meeting with DS Bryza, President Aliyev said that USG and GOAJenergy policies were "perfectly aligned." Azerbajan had just that day signed an Energy MOU with reece. The GOAJ was increasing gas production, nd ready to negotiate with British Petroleum (BP) about p [...]
2007-08-10 12:21:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG ETRN TX AJ RS
07BAKU1199 AZERBAIJAN COMMERCIAL UPDATE, SEPTEMBER 2007
[...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for accuracy. The opinions and policies expressed in this report are those of the authors, not the U.S. Government. SOUTH KOREAN INVESTMENT PROJECTS 2. On September 5, President Ilha [...]
2007-09-28 12:24:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
07BAKU1227PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ENERGY ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-hour one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on October 8, President Aliyev outlined with frustration current problems on energy in advance of the Vilnius Summit. British Petroleum (BP) is "stealing our oil," he asserted sharply, seeking to put pressure on Azerbaijan to delay t [...]
2007-10-09 14:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG PREL PGOV RS TU UP KZ PL GG LH TX AJ
07BAKU125GOAJ APPROVES OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY REQUEST TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Baku Mayor's Office granted permission to the opposition Musavat Party to hold a January 28 rally protesting recent price increases. This decision marks the first official approval of any protest or rally since the November 26, 2005 violent break-up of a peacefu [...]
2007-01-25 14:06:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC ASEC AJ
07BAKU1284EU REPRESENTATIVE PETER SEMNEBY COMMENTS ON HIS
[...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative Peter Semneby reviewed his October 18 meeting with President Aliyev with the Ambassador on the same day. Aliyev told Semneby there was no agreement at the Caspian Heads of State meeting in Tehran. During the Caspian Summit, Turkmen President Berdimuha [...]
2007-10-25 12:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG IR AM AJ
07BAKU132AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO COMES TO BAKU LOOKING FOR TEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 conversation with the Ambassador, OMV Chief Executive Officer Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer said that the purpose of his first visit to Azerbaijan was to begin the quest for a contract with Azerbaijan for ten billion cubic meters of gas annually starting in 2012-2013, wh [...]
2007-01-26 13:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG AZ TU GA PREL PGOV
07BAKU1357PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH EUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told A/S Fried that, although he was pleased with Azerbaijan,s overall economic and social situation, he was concerned by the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the potential for religious extremism in Azerbaijan. Aliyev believes that Ukraine's paralysis and Moldova' [...]
2007-11-13 09:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU1358EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORMS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting with Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried raised the importance of further developing Azerbaijan's institution building, ensuring transparent and free presidential elections in 2008, and supporting a free press. [...]
2007-11-13 10:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PHUM ECON AJ
07BAKU136AZERBAIJAN,S APPROACH TO THE "NEW" GUAM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the past year, Azerbaijan's primary interest in GUAM appears to have been regional security, especially resolving the region,s "protracted" or "frozen" conflicts. As Azerbaijan prepares to assume the Chair of GUAM in June, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said GUAM should f [...]
2007-01-30 06:37:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS KDEM AJ GG MD UP
07BAKU1365AZERBAIJAN 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 09:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ
07BAKU1389WESTERN 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 13:04:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EAGR EAID USDA AJ
07BAKU1406AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 8, the Ambassador met with leaders of Azerbaijan's main youth movements. She noted the important role youth can play in Azerbaijan's democratic development. Representatives of the opposition movements expressed frustration that their activities are limited by pressu [...]
2007-11-26 12:50:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU1408REVIEW 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 06:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ NATO
07BAKU14642007-2008 INSCR FOR AZERBAIJAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 06:22:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PREL EAID AJ
07BAKU221AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY HOLDS SECOND
[...] (SBU) On February 18, the opposition Musavat Party staged its second sanctioned protest against the Tariff Council's January decision to raise utilities prices. In spite of the 32 degrees Fahrenheit weather - which, due to snow and severe winds felt much colder - between 250 and 300 protesters [...]
2007-02-20 14:57:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU246AZERBAIJANI 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 05:49:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV 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 11:19:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
07BAKU254PART II OF II: AZERBAIJAN 2007 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 11:41:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AJ
07BAKU274IMF CONSULTATIONS REVEAL GROWING INFLATION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The IMF briefed the international community February 27 on its recently concluded Article IV consultations with the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ). In an upbeat session, lead IMF economist Vitali Kramarenko noted that initial estimates for inflation in 2007 were close to 20 perc [...]
2007-03-06 12:38:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ
07BAKU280AZERBAIJAN: 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 12:19:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ RU IR PINR MARR ENRG
07BAKU287ENERGY 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 13:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PGOV PREL PL UP AJ
07BAKU298AZERBAIJAN 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 13:51:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ
07BAKU329OPPOSTION MUSAVAT PARTY HOLDS THIRD, PEACEFUL PROTEST OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 18, the opposition Musavat party held a third, sanctioned protest against the January price increases. Approximately 800 people turned out for the peaceful protest, calling on the GOAJ to lower prices and provide a better life for Azerbaijani citizens. Turnout generally [...]
2007-03-19 13:12:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KDEM PHUM PREL CASC AJ
07BAKU37PRESIDENT 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 11:59:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS ENRG RU IR AJ
07BAKU411PRESIDENT 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 11:44:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM ABLD AMGT CASC
07BAKU584PRESIDENT 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 12:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ENRG MARR AMGT ABLD CASC AJ
07BAKU595DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CAUTIONING AZERBAIJAN AGAINST
[...] (C) As reported ref a, the Ambassador delivered ref b demarche cautioning Azerbaijan against closer relations with Belarus in separate May 10 conversations with President Aliyev's Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, who said he would inform President Aliyev, and Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mamma [...]
2007-05-16 13:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ECON BO RU AJ
07BAKU60HUMAN 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 15:13:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU617AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVSIOR SAYS KRAKOW SUMMIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. GOAJ Chief of the Presidential Apparat's Foreign Relations Department Novruz Mammadov told the Ambassador that the May 11 'Energy Summit' in Krakow, Poland among the heads of State of Azerbaijan, Urkraine, Lithuania, Georgia and Poland was "very important for Azerbaijan's Caspian [...]
2007-05-22 04:26:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG AZ
07BAKU63POLITICAL 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 07:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU66AZERBAIJAN'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 08:52:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM SOCI AJ
07BAKU67FIRST SANCTIONED OPPOSITION PROTEST SINCE NOVEMBER
[...] (SBU) On January 28, the opposition Musavat Party held a peaceful, sanctioned protest, in response to the Tariff Council's decision to raise utilities prices. This was the first sanctioned protest since police violently dispersed a peaceful, sanctioned opposition rally on November 26, 2005 (se [...]
2007-01-29 10:43:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CASC ASEC AJ
07BAKU689PRESIDENT ALIYEV REVIEWS ENERGY AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 29 meeting with visiting OVP Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Joseph Wood and the Ambassador, President Aliyev reviewed prospects for new southern corridor energy initiatives. Urging the U.S. to support new Turkmen President Burdimuhamedov, Aliyev said Az [...]
2007-06-01 14:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MASS PBTS KDEM IR RU AJ
07BAKU784AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS DAS BRYZA ALL SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO GAS TO BE EXPORTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 5 meeting with EUR DAS Bryza and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he planned to meet domestic gas needs with SOCAR domestic gas production, freeing up all Shah Deniz Phase Two gas for export through Turkey to Europe. DAS Bryza told Aliyev of his efforts to [...]
2007-06-25 06:43:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG ETRN PGOV PREL TX
07BAKU815AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT GIVES TOUR D'HORIZON, IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 conversation with Ambassador Derse and Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) President Dr. Daniel Yergin, President Aliyev said that in general he was satisfied with the situation in Azerbaijan - "politically, economically and regionally." Domestically, Azerb [...]
2007-06-27 13:01:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AJ TU ENRG
07BAKU827A WINDOW INTO PRESIDENT ALIYEV'S DACHA
[...] (C) While visiting Baku June 17-19 for the GUAM summit, EUR DAS David Kramer attended a luncheon hosted by President Aliyev at his beach-front dacha in a Baku suburb. Aliyev hosted the luncheon for GUAM summit delegation heads, including the presidents from Georgia (and his wife) and Ukraine [...]
2007-06-29 12:29:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AJ
07BAKU833AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, MEDIA CRACKDOWN, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Minister of Internal Affairs Ramil Usubov, the Ambassador delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report, highlighting areas identified in the report as needing greater GOAJ action. The Minister was receptive to most suggestions, and agreed to continu [...]
2007-07-03 05:34:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
07BAKU905THE IRANIANS ARE COMING - NOT REALLY
[...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani media reports claiming that thousands of Iranians are moving to Azerbaijan and are fueling Baku's building boom appear to be overblown. With headlines ranging from "Thousands of Iranians Coming to Azerbaijan" to "Iranians Driving Up Property Prices," Azerbaijani med [...]
2007-07-18 10:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL IR AJ
07BAKU953PRESIDENT ALIYEV: ON JAILED JOURNALISTS, "I WANT
[...] (C) Summary: In a spirited July 27 exchange with President Aliyev, Ambassador Derse laid out the international community's serious concerns on defamation suits, jailed journalists, and the lack of government investigation of violence against journalists. On the jailed journalists, the Presi [...]
2007-07-27 13:17:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ ENRG IR MARR PGOV PHUM PREL RS
07BAKU98AZERBAJAIN'S FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC
[...] (C) This contains an action request; see paras 17 and 18. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored to the Ambassador on January 18 GOAJ interest in a formal memorandum launching the February 7 Economic Partnership Commission (EPC),echoing Finance Minister Sharifov's reque [...]
2007-01-22 11:37:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG EPET AJ
07BANGKOK6170LEADER OF ANTI-THAKSIN CAMP EQUALLY SCATHING ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 14 meeting with the Ambassador, staunch anti-Thaksin NLA member Prasong Soonsiri said that the Thai election will likely result in a dilemma for the military because the pro-Thaksin PPP party will be in position to form the next government. On the other hand, if PP [...]
2007-12-17 10:23:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TH
07BEIJING1885GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION,
[...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para. 2. 2. (SBU) China is pleased to see expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and particularly welcomes the announcement that Ukraine has joined the Initiative, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told [...]
2007-03-20 10:53:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH
07BEIJING7192CHINA/IPR: AMBASSADOR'S SIXTH IPR ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) On October 23-24, the China Mission held Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr.'s Sixth Annual Roundtable Discussion on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in China, with the theme "IPR Protection on the Ground - What the United States Embassy is Doing to Support Rights Holders in China, and What [...]
2007-11-21 06:42:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR ECON WTRO PGOV CH
07BEIRUT1441LEBANON: FINNISH DIPLOMAT OFFERS VIEWS ON SYRIAN
[...] (C) A visiting Finnish diplomat from Damascus sees Syria as pursuing a policy of "constructive chaos" in Lebanon, and views its motives for supporting an EU-proposed border mission as suspect. He perceives cracks in the Syrian regime that suggest its lifespan is limited, and advocated targeted [...]
2007-09-19 14:24:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
07BEIRUT767LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI DEFENDS CLOSURE OF
[...] (C) In a 5/29 meeting with CODEL Price, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri thanked the delegation for its legislative strengthening assistance. Chairman Price expressed surprise and concern that Berri has not used the institution of the parliament to resolve the political impasse. Berri once aga [...]
2007-05-31 13:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LE
07BELGRADE1709SERBIA: 2007-2008 INCSR II ON MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] Reftel requested post update for Serbia on efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Serbia is upholding all international commitments to eliminate money laundering and terrorist financing. END SUMMARY. SERBIA: Not a Financial Center ------------------------------ 2. [...]
2007-12-20 14:43:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR SR
07BELGRADE272SERBIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] OVERVIEW --------------- A. Serbia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women, and children. The Agency for the Coordination of Protection of Victims of Trafficking recorded 62 TIP victims. Of these, there were 60 females and 2 males; 33 wer [...]
2007-02-28 14:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SR
07BELGRADE737AMBASSADOR'S 5/24 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME
[...] (c)SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR MET WITH DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DJELIC ON MAY 24 TO REVIEW HIS PLANS FOR CARRYING OUT THE NEW GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM. UPBEAT AND ENERGETIC - TO THE POINT OF BEING COCKY - DJELIC EMPHASIZED THAT HE WOULD INVEST HEAVILY IN BUILDING GOOD RELATIONS WITH DIFFERENT PA [...]
2007-05-25 16:17:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV SR
07BERLIN1019THIRD G-8 NONPROLIFERATION DIRECTORS' GROUP (NPDG)
[...] (SBU) Summary: The third G-8 Nonproliferation Directors' Group (NPDG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place May 14 in Berlin. The delegates reviewed a German-produced draft statement on nonproliferation for the June G-8 Summit in Heiligendamm but were unable to reach consensus on [...]
2007-05-18 17:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL ETTC GM JA RS CACM UK FR IT
07BERLIN113GERMAN VIEWS ON THE JANUARY FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarch to Thomas Schieb, Deputy EU Correspondent at the MFA, and relayed the points to the Chancellery, the Economics Ministry and the MFA's policy planning staff. Schieb reported that Germany is encountering difficulties with its desire for the EU to approve a [...]
2007-01-19 17:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GM
07BERLIN161U.S.-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA AND LUNCH ON
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Assistant Secretary Dan Fried in Dresden January 12, EU Political Directors agreed on the importance of continued U.S.-EU coordination on Kosovo, specifically on the need to support UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's plan and to resist Russian pressure that might del [...]
2007-01-25 15:38:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN GM
07BERLIN2008OCTOBER 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 11:06:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS
07BERLIN244JANUARY 23 MEETING OF G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) met January 23 in Berlin under the German Presidency. The Chair informed partners that the next meeting, February 27-28, would focus on the mid-term review of the 10-year Global Partnership (GP) program, with the International Atom [...]
2007-02-07 10:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN251US-EU INFORMAL JHA HIGH LEVEL MEETING, JANUARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the German Presidency, met in Berlin January 22-23 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz, and DHS Acting A/S for Internati [...]
2007-02-08 06:47:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM KJUS PREL PTER SMIG KHLS CVPR EU
07BERLIN45GERMANY TAKES RUSSIAN - BELARUS OIL DISPUTE IN
[...] (U) German reaction to the cutoff of Russian oil via the Druzhba Pipeline has been relatively muted. Economics Minister Michael Glos stated there was no cause for alarm as Germany has sufficient reserves to cover any shortages. That said, Glos demanded that "the pipeline be reopened as soon [...]
2007-01-09 16:55:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07BERLIN459GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...]
2007-03-07 09:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC
07BERLIN535FEBRUARY 27-28 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place in Berlin February 27-28. The two days of discussion covered three themes: "Main Achievements Within the Global Partnership," "Experiences and Lessons Learned," and "Develo [...]
2007-03-16 19:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA
07BERLIN599GERMANY NOTIFIED OF UKRAINE JOINING THE GLOBAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 15:36:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PARM PTER PINR PINS KNNP KGIT GM UP
07BERLIN700USD/P EDELMAN'S MARCH 28 CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN
[...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Edelman, accompanied by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Anzalone, visited Berlin March 28 to hold consultations on missile defense and Afghanistan with senior officials in the defense and foreign ministries and at the chancellery [...]
2007-04-03 16:37:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL NATO MOPS GM PL EZ RS AF
07BERLIN845APRIL 23 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The fourth G-8 Global Partnership Working Group (GPWG) meeting under the German G-8 Presidency took place April 23, and focused on drafting the Global Partnership (GP) five-year review document. The delegates failed to reach agreement on the U.S. proposals for the future of the [...]
2007-04-25 17:33:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK
07BERN200TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 15:40:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
07BISHKEK1354KYRGYZ REJECT PRESSURE ON UKRAINE WTO ACCESSION
[...] (C) Summary: A Kyrgyz MFA official asked visiting SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch November 8 to relay Bishkek's readiness for "constructive" talks with Kyiv over Ukraine's WTO accession to Washington, but argued against continued "politicization" and "third party political pressure" with res [...]
2007-11-13 12:43:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO PREL KTIA ECON KG
07BISHKEK212007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR THE KYRGYZ
[...] This cable provides Embassy Bishkek's submission of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for the Kyrgyz Republic. 2. Begin text: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unf [...]
2007-01-16 08:29:00Embassy BishkekUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KG
07BISHKEK450DINNER WITH COMMENTATORS, ACTIVISTS MIRRORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a raucous dinner meeting April 18 with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum, emotions were high as local commentators and activists expressed varying viewpoints on the current political situation in Kyrgyzstan. While some advocated immediate regime change, others strongly believed ref [...]
2007-04-20 06:25:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KG
07BISHKEK984VIEWS FROM BISHKEK ON UKRAINIAN-KYRGYZ WTO TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: A Ukrainian memorandum proposing $14 million in humanitarian and technical assistance to cover an outstanding $27 million Ukrainian debt to Kyrgyzstan may not unlock obstacles preventing the conclusion of bilateral negotiations relating to Ukraine's WTO accession. The Ukrainian [...]
2007-08-03 07:54:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALETRD WTRO PREL KTIA ECON KG
07BRASILIA510SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 91
[...] The following is the ninety-first in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expres [...]
2007-03-26 19:56:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
07BRATISLAVA117KUBIS LOOKING FOR DOMESTIC AGREEMENT ON KOSOVO IN
[...] (C) Summary: FM Kubis told the Ambassador February 24 that language in a Slovak parliamentary resolution referring to regional peace and security could give the GOS a way to support an eventual UNSCR on Kosovo, even without the agreement of Serbia. Kubis and other MFA diplomats continue to st [...]
2007-02-26 17:02:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YI KO LO
07BRATISLAVA138SLOVAKIA 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 19:59:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
07BRATISLAVA147SLOVAKIA ON TRACK FOR 2008 SCHENGEN ACCESSION
[...] (SBU) Despite some early uncertainty and delays carried over from the previous government, the current GOS seems motivated - and able - to meet its deadlines for joining Europe's Schengen zone by the end of the calendar year. Accession to the Schengen zone would, in effect, certify that Slova [...]
2007-03-13 07:32:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PGOV PREL PINR SOCI LO
07BRATISLAVA308SLOVAKIA PURSUING A TRANSPETROL DEAL WITH RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary - Minister Jahnatek followed up the May 4 Putin/Fico meeting (Ref A) with detailed discussions with Russian-controlled Yukos Finance (YF) and Gazpromneft on the eventual sale of the 49 percent stake plus management control in the Slovak oil pipeline Transpetrol. In return for agre [...]
2007-05-22 13:32:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU
07BRATISLAVA40SLOVAKS LOOK TO RUSSIA FOR TRANSPETROL SOLUTION,
[...] (C) Summary - In stark contrast to the strong concerns about Russia's reliability as an energy partner expressed this past week throughout Central Europe, Slovak Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek believes the Russian-Belarus spat illustrates the need to strengthen ties with Moscow. Jahnatek ha [...]
2007-01-19 16:30:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
07BRATISLAVA503TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW SLOVAK POLITICAL DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary. In a cordial luncheon on September 5, DCM and new Slovak Political Director Roman Buzek exchanged views on Kosovo, the Middle East, CFE, and Slovakia's candidacy for the Human Rights Council. Buzek repeated well-known Slovak red lines on Kosovo, but confirmed that Slovakia would [...]
2007-09-10 06:11:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCFE LO MEPP
07BRATISLAVA524BILATERAL CONSULAR WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES VISA
[...] SUMMARY: On September 11, Ambassador, DHS DAS for Policy Development Nathan Sales, Director for the Visa Waiver Program Office Daniel Sullivan, and Embassy officers met with representatives of the GOS to discuss the visa waiver program in light of the recent 9/11 legislation. Discussions includ [...]
2007-09-18 15:36:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT CASC PREL LO
07BRATISLAVA561SOLVING TRANSPETROL WITHOUT THE RUSSIANS
[...] (C) Summary - The August 15 sale of Yukos Finance to an American investment group, Monte Valle, has reduced Russia's role in the future of the Transpetrol oil pipeline, leaving the Slovak government without its preferred partner. Economy Minister Jahnatek remains confident that any future buye [...]
2007-10-10 13:41:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RU
07BRATISLAVA572SLOVAK 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 13:25:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PREL ETRD SENV EINV LO
07BRATISLAVA630NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT AT PRIBENIK, SLOVAKIA REF: 06 STATE 163201 Classified By: Lawrence R. Silverman, Deputy Chief of Mission, for reason 1.4 (b) and (d)
[...] (C) Summary: Slovak police authorities confirmed to the Embassy November 29 that Slovak and Hungarian police arrested three individuals in eastern Slovakia November 28, during a sting operation as the individuals attempted to sell 500 grams of Uranium 235 or 238. Slovak authorities are still testin [...]
2007-11-29 15:29:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALASEC PARM PREL PTER MNUC KCRM KNNP HU UP LO
07BRUSSELS1175MID-TERM CHANGES IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-05 13:25:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR EUN
07BRUSSELS1462A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH THE EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 17, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher led the U.S. South Asia delegation to the COASI (the EU's Asia-Oceania Working Party) Troika on South Asia, discussing Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, U.S.-EU-India relations, and the situati [...]
2007-05-02 12:49:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AF PK IN CE NP BG
07BRUSSELS3020DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU DISCUSSES NEXT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-28 13:32:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BRUSSELS3039CORRECTED COPY: DAS KRAMER, AMB STEWART AND THE EU
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-01 15:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
07BRUSSELS3046DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU MOVING AHEAD ON PLAN FOR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, USEU delivered the Black Sea Strategy demarche to Janos Herman, Principal Advisor for Regional Cooperation, DG RELEX on September 27. Herman agreed that the U.S. regional strategy complemented the EU's new "Black Sea Synergy" initiative approved by EU Foreign Mi [...]
2007-10-02 11:38:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM PBTS PHSA SENC ECON EWWT BU
07BRUSSELS3248U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON W.BALKANS: CONCERN OVER
[...] (C) EU and member state officials told EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh, during the Oct. 24 U.S.-EU consultations on the W. Balkans (COWEB) and in separate meetings in Brussels, that they are reviewing the possible launch of an ESDP mission in Kosovo before a UDI and that a "critical mass" of member [...]
2007-10-26 14:56:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ZL EUN
07BRUSSELS3258INVITATION TO CHAD ESDP FORCE GENERATION
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: The EU has invited the U.S. to take part in informal force generation consultations with the operation commander of the ESDP mission to Chad. This follows oral and written invitations in September to [...]
2007-10-29 15:32:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS EUN CD PREF
07BRUSSELS3465FRIED AND EU POLDIR ON BOSNIA, KOSOVO, IRAN, OTHER
[...] (C) EUR A/S Dan Fried briefed EU Director General for External and Politico-Military Affairs Robert Cooper December 6 on his talks with leaders in BiH, noting that we must continue to support HR Lajcak, and build on the recent progress (the Mostar Agreement and SAA initialing),but also prepa [...]
2007-12-06 18:21:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL BK IR KV SR EP EUN
07BUCHAREST106AMBASSADOR'S 1/25 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASESCU:
[...] (C) Summary: In their January 25 meeting, the Ambassador discussed with President Basescu Romania's bid for the 2008 NATO Summit, the Joint Strike Fighter program, and moving forward on the Nabucco gas pipeline project. Basescu agreed to get personally engaged in Romania's bid to host the NA [...]
2007-02-01 16:15:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ENRG SOCI RO
07BUCHAREST1334UPDATE ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN ROMANIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Romania remains both a country of origin and transit point for trafficking in persons (TIP),its growing prosperity has increased the risk of a concomitant growth in internal trafficking. Interior Ministry statistics also suggest that trafficking for labor exploitation is [...]
2007-12-05 15:45:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RO
07BUCHAREST165ROMANIAN NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] (U) Embassy Bucharest Nominates Professor Liliana Popescu for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Name: Liliana Popescu Title: Professor of Political Science and International Relations Institution: National School of Political and Administrative Studies D [...]
2007-02-14 15:19:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM RO
07BUCHAREST314COMPARING 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 16:43:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS RO MD
07BUCHAREST656CFE: ROMANIA'S VIEWS ON JUNE 12 EXTRAORDINARY
[...] (C) Polmiloff discussed contents of ref a on June 1 with HLTF Rep and Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism, Mihaela Vasiu and with CFE action officer Dana Marca, and followed up on June 4 after they had an opportunity to consult with GOR inter-agency contacts. [...]
2007-06-04 16:06:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALKCFE PREL PARM OSCE RU RO
07BUDAPEST1179HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING GAERC
[...] (C) Hungarian preparations for the upcoming GAERC finds significant harmony with US positions on key issues. Kosovo remains in the Hungarian spotlight with concerns over possible impact on ethnic Hungarians in the Vojvodina with the inevitability of Kosovo's independence. Encouraging the EU to [...]
2007-07-20 14:36:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALEUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI HU
07BUDAPEST1243VISIT OF CHAIRMAN LANTOS TO HUNGARY, AUGUST 12-20,
[...] (U) Embassy Budapest warmly welcomes the visit of Chairman Lantos to Hungary. SUMMER OF NO LOVE LOST 2. (SBU) Your trip comes as Hungarians takesa much-needed break after a year characterized by conflict over domestic politics and drift in foreign policy. 3. (SBU) Hungary is subjec [...]
2007-08-01 12:14:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG HU
07BUDAPEST1350HUNGARIAN FOREIGN POLICY DRIFTING TO THE EAST
[...] SUMMARY: In over a month since PM Gyurcsany's pledge to demonstrate his commitment to the Transatlantic relationship, the GoH's actions continue to give us cause for concern regarding a drift to the east in its policy. Gyurcsany's recent travel to Russia and Ukraine -- in both cases featurin [...]
2007-08-17 14:27:00Embassy BudapestSECRETENRG ECON HU
07BUDAPEST521PROTESTING TOO MUCH?: PM GYURCSANY ON ENERGY
[...] (C) Prime Minister Gyurcsany showed a rare display of temper - but no substantive surprises - in discussing energy security and missile defense with Ambassador Foley April 5. ENERGY SECURITY: ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS 2. (S) Ambassador Foley reviewed the questions and concerns rai [...]
2007-04-05 14:38:00Embassy BudapestSECRETPREL PGOV ECON HU
07BUENOSAIRES1043ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, MAY 14 -
[...] Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period May 14 - 18, 2007. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and SIPDIS charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state.gov to b [...]
2007-05-24 19:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES1793ARGENTINE PLANS TO DEVELOP A SPACE LAUNCH VEHICLE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 12:31:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMTCR KSCA PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPL AR
07CAIRO1834NEGATIVE MEDIA SURROUNDS U.S. WHEAT SHIPMENT
[...] (U) On May 27, 2007, the vessel Fu Zhou Hai arrived at Damietta Port in Egypt carrying 62,010.19 metric tons of U.S. soft red winter wheat. The cargo was inspected by Egyptian Quarantine authorities, and live insects were found, indicating possible irregularities in the fumigation procedures [...]
2007-06-17 04:54:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD EAG EG
07CHISINAU1273PRESIDENT VORONIN SUPPORTS U.S. CFE PROPOSALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting with President Voronin, DAS David Kramer presented elements of our forward-leaning CFE package proposals delivered in Moscow. Arriving in Moldova after his Moscow talks, Kramer said the U.S. had presented this package to the Russians, and is waiting for the [...]
2007-10-22 11:36:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPREL KCFE OSCE PARM MD
07CHISINAU1281PM TARLEV UPBEAT ON USG CFE PROPOSALS
[...] (C) Summary. DAS Kramer briefed Prime Minister Tarlev on U.S. efforts to persuade Russia not to suspend participation on CFE. Tarlev appreciated our efforts and stressed that getting Russian forces out of Transnistria soon would help to resolve the Transnistria conflict. Kramer's urging of [...]
2007-10-23 14:30:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD
07CHISINAU1283FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN SUPPORTS US ON
[...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer's October 19 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan won willing support on U.S. positions regarding Transnistria (TN),CFE and the OSCE. Stratan expressed his appreciation for U.S. transparency on talks with Russia an [...]
2007-10-23 14:41:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALOSCE PBTS PGOV PINR PREL MD
07CHISINAU1284MINISTER SOVA INSISTS PLAN NEEDS CLEAR DEADLINES
[...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Sova welcomed and supported EUR DAS Kramer's outlines of the three-point proposal presented in Moscow, which looks at Transnistria in the context of the CFE treaty, but said clear timelines must be established. Sova proposed limiting to one year the tr [...]
2007-10-23 14:55:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PBTS PREL MD
07CHISINAU1406SEEKING TO REGAIN MOMENTUM ON TRANSNISTRIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 27 meeting on the eve of his departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, Minister of Reintegration Sova was angry that the Spanish had given Litskai a visa and threatened a GOM walkout. Ambassador Kirby counseled a more measured diplomatic approach that would all [...]
2007-11-29 14:56:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1505STRATAN GETTING COLD SHOULDER FROM BOTH NEIGHBORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Foreign Minister Stratan complained that his Romanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Cioroianu, would be in Chisinau for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but had not requested a meeting with him. Stratan mentioned that Moldova also faces problems with its easte [...]
2007-12-21 13:17:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV RO UP MD
07CHISINAU1520MOLDOVAN ENERGY WOES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moldovan energy sector continues to suffer from political manipulations, which in a society accustomed to government subsidies prevents charging full cost-recovery tariffs for increasingly more expensive natural gas, electricity, and heating. According to recent media reports [...]
2007-12-28 15:29:00Embassy ChisinauCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG PGOV PREL MD
07COLOMBO451SRI LANKA: OUTSPOKEN FORMER MINISTER, NOW A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Former Minister of Port Development, Sripathi Sooriyarachchi, was arrested Saturday by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on charges of corruption for failing to return his government assigned vehicle after his dismissal as a minister. Sripathi alleges that he retur [...]
2007-03-20 02:23:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MOPS CE
07CONAKRY267GUINEA 2007 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the past year, the Government of Guinea has made concentrated efforts to address trafficking in persons. Most importantly, it has successfully investigated and prosecuted a trafficking case, sentencing the perpetrator to time in prison. The judicial sector is plagued by [...]
2007-03-02 12:31:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF GV
07COPENHAGEN748DANISH VIEWS ON JULY 23 EU GAERC MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) In discussing reftel demarche points, Lene Mandel of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Foreign Policy Department informed post July 19 that Denmark continues to see eye to eye with the U.S. on most issues on the agenda for the July 23 GAERC meeting. On Kosovo's status, Mandel relayed [...]
2007-07-20 10:23:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALKPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SOCI DA
07DAMASCUS751Lebanon, Syria/Ukraine, Syria/Iraq, Syria/Israel, Peace
[...] Summary: Syrian papers on July 24 reported the July 23 broadcast by al-Jazeera television of an interview with Hizbollah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah. Nasrallah said that Syria was SIPDIS ready to engage in the July 2006 war on Lebanon, but Hizbollah did not see any reason for Syria [...]
2007-07-24 09:48:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
07DHAKA1200BANGLADESH: BLUE LANTERN REPORT ON DAKIV CORPORATION
[...] SUMMARY. Post is pleased to confirm in response to reftel's Blue Lantern request that DAKIV is a bona fide business with a history of providing aircraft parts to the Bangladesh military. This is based on information obtained from research within the Embassy, discussions with outside sources, [...]
2007-07-24 08:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC BG
07DUBLIN171IRELAND - SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland's awareness of and positive performance on trafficking in persons (TIP) issues increased significantly in 2006, while the overall estimated number of suspected trafficking victims remained small. Numerous public awareness campaigns, sponsored by the Government and NGOs [...]
2007-03-02 08:39:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP EI
07DUBLIN565IRISH SEE NEED FOR ACTION, BUT PREFER DIALOGUE
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered Ref B demarche on July 19, 2007 to Pat Kelly, European Corespondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly indicated that the Irish Government largely sees eye to eye with U.S. positions, with the exception that, in general, the Irish prefer to continue political di [...]
2007-07-20 09:11:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALKPAL ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SOCI EI
07DUSHANBE1242007 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 12:10:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1252007 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 13:28:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1516SETTING 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 13:36:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
07DUSHANBE1665NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED
[...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]
2007-11-21 03:10:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE1687NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TAJIKISTAN DIRECTOR GRANTED
[...] (C) Summary: The Tajikistan Director of the National Democratic Institute has been issued a six-month, multiple entry visa, after having received short-term visas for several months. The six-month visa was a prerequisite for obtaining registration for the National Democratic Institute. Embass [...]
2007-11-23 14:13:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TI
07DUSHANBE433NDI 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 11:50:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TI
07DUSHANBE527SETTING THE SCENE FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S APRIL 12-15 VISIT
[...] (C) Seven months after your last visit, you will find a Tajikistan that has set aside the promises of the November 2006 election, to a government less worried about international perceptions and more confident in tightening its control over society and the economy. President Rahmonov's minis [...]
2007-04-09 09:58:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07DUSHANBE886SETTING 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 09:46:00Embassy DushanbeSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ECON EAID TI
07GENEVA2541UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: A NEW MECHANISM IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A new human rights mechanism is scheduled to get underway in April 2008, with the human rights behavior of a first tranche of 16 countries to be reviewed under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over the next four years, all UN member states are to undergo such review in [...]
2007-11-30 16:28:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
07GUANGZHOU450Changes in Fujian Human Smuggling Patterns
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fujian Border Control Police told the Consul General that that the number of cases of human smuggling to the United States via sea has fallen. Human smuggling out of Fujian Province has increasingly involved traveling directly to the United States with legitimate visas or travel [...]
2007-04-10 08:29:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV SOCI ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU87Fujian Province Q3 Economic Report
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Fujian continued its robust economic growth in the third quarter (Q3) of 2006 despite the negative effects of natural disasters. Fujian's 12.5% gross domestic product (GDP) growth was fueled by the manufacturing and service sectors, exceeding the national Q3 GDP growth rate of 10 [...]
2007-01-19 08:42:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
07HANOI2051SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY COMMANDER, UNITED STATES
[...] (SBU) Admiral, your visit to Vietnam is well timed to complement the successes of recent trips by other senior civilian and military leaders and will be an important contribution to the growing U.S.-Vietnam relationship, especially in advance of Vietnam taking its seat on the UNSC next year. [...]
2007-12-07 04:04:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MOPS PHSA VM
07HELSINKI416SCENESETTER: FINNISH FM KANERVA,S VISIT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kanerva's June 11 visit gives us an excellent opportunity to capitalize on the new GOF's stated goal of improving relations with Washington. Finland has a center-right government for the first time since 1995, and the right message from the Secretary will lay out our expectatio [...]
2007-06-01 13:04:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS FI
07HELSINKI555FINNS ON THE JULY GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 13:47:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDEUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI FI
07HELSINKI689SCENESETTER: PDAS VOLKER'S SEPT. 13-15 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU): The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Helsinki and views your visit as a key opportunity to advance the most important issues on the US-Finland agenda. Afghanistan and NATO top the list, as both are the subject of intense domestic political discussion right now. Many in the new governmen [...]
2007-09-07 13:24:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFI PREL PGOV MARR
07HELSINKI696HELSINKI: PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT
[...] (U) Finland's main human rights priority over the past several years has been the battle against trafficking-in- persons (TIP),and Post's outstanding cooperation with the GoF in this area has made it a key highlight of our bilateral relationship. Post has engaged very actively with the Finns [...]
2007-09-11 11:13:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL FI
07HONGKONG738EXTRANCHECK: PRELICENSE CHECK: UNIQUE ELECTRONICS LIMITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-15 07:37:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDBMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
07ISLAMABAD4254 PAKISTAN'S WHEAT SHORTAGE AND FOOD INFLATION ADD TO
[...] SUMMARY: During this year's holy month of Ramadan, the average Pakistani is more concerned about finding a bag of flour than who will win the upcoming elections. A combination of overly optimistic production estimates, increased domestic consumption, a temporary lifting of the export ban, an [...]
2007-10-02 08:22:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR PREL PK
07ISTANBUL183BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH EU,
[...] (SBU) Summary: BSEC Senior Officials met February 26-27 in Istanbul to discuss establishing an institution-to-institution relationship with the European Union, review the status of ongoing projects including a labor/employment study to be performed the OECD, and discuss preparations for the 1 [...]
2007-03-07 10:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV EU
07ISTANBUL854SUCCESSFUL JOINT US - BSEC ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM
[...] (U) Summary: On September 12-13 BSEC and the United States government jointly held a symposium bringing together government officials as well as representatives from the private and non-governmental sectors of the BSEC member states. The symposium was designed to explore the nexus between en [...]
2007-09-20 14:48:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECIN SENV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL892BSEC SENIOR OFFICIALS POSTPONE ACTION ON U.S.
[...] Summary. The September 27 meeting of the BSEC Committee of Senior Officials agreed to postpone discussion of large portions of the agenda to the October 23-24 Ankara meeting, including the U.S. application for renewal of observer status (reftels). In addition to a prolonged discussion of the [...]
2007-10-02 06:19:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIEDECIN PREL TU
07JAKARTA699 INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-12 02:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07KHARTOUM118U.S./SUDANESE RELATIONS: IN A LONG WAR, NO QUICK
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. policy toward Sudan confronts a fundamental contradiction: although legally Sudan is organized as a nation-state, in reality Khartoum is an Arab capital struggling to rule a vast African hinterland. Ethnic conflict, economic change, and the declining legitimacy of Khartoum' [...]
2007-01-26 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KDEM SCUL AU UN SU US
07KIGALI1145RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]
2007-12-27 09:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KUWAIT1072007 KUWAIT INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] Per reftel instructions, the following is Post's submission for the 2007 Kuwait Investment Climate Report: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The Council of Ministers approved the implementing regulations for its current Direct Foreign Capital Investment Law -- [...]
2007-01-24 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPIC EINV KTDB USTR KU
07KYIV1023UKRAINE: CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We met April 20 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Deputy Director Pokotilo to discuss the May 15 next session of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) at MFA's request. Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and a [...]
2007-04-27 13:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNGA CDG UP
07KYIV1027UKRAINE: LITTLE POLITICAL OR LEGAL PROGRESS, BOTH
[...] (C) Summary. With President Yushchenko on a one-day trip to Poland April 27 and the ruling coalition trying to decide on its strategy in the face of the new decree ordering Rada elections for June 24, little progress was made on April 27 toward resolving the political crisis. The Constitutiona [...]
2007-04-27 15:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1036UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHING, REGIONS NOT BACKING
[...] (C) Summary. During what normally would have been a quiet, five-day holiday weekend, the presidential and Rada/government teams were hard at work upping the ante in the current political crisis, with neither side appearing ready yet to relinquish hardball tactics and return to negotiations. [...]
2007-05-03 14:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1051UKRAINE: PRESIDENT AND PM REACH GENERAL AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych on May 4 finally reached a preliminary agreement to hold early Rada elections, after more than a week when the two leaders did not speak. At a press conference after the meeting, Yushchenko announced that a working group would [...]
2007-05-04 14:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1064(S) UKRAINE/MTCR: TRAINING TO CHINA FOURTH ACADEMY
[...] (S) We relayed reftel points May 4 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Although we were prepared with if-asked guidance to respond to possible arguments that MTCR was not intended to impede space development or that the RD-120 preparation [...]
2007-05-07 14:34:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TSPA CH UP
07KYIV1066UKRAINE/AUSTRALIA GROUP: PLENARY INFO EXCHANGE AND
[...] (C) We transmitted reftel points May 4 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselor Oleh Belokolos. Belokolos, who is directly responsible for MTCR and the Wassenaar Arrangement, thanked us for the information and said he would provide our non-paper to his collea [...]
2007-05-07 14:35:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CBW UP
07KYIV1076 UKRAINE: GAS PIPELINE EXPLODES--SUPPLIES TO E.U. STABLE
[...] On May 7 a large explosion hit the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod natural gas pipeline in the Tarashcha Region, about 100 km south of Kyiv, at 14:12 p.m. The explosion took out 30 m of the pipeline built in 1983, which is capable of shipping more than 30 billion cubic meters of Russian gas annually t [...]
2007-05-08 10:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET ECON UP
07KYIV1085UKRAINE 2007 SPECIAL 301 NOTIFICATION DELIVERED
[...] Deputy Econ Counselor delivered ref B points and Special 301 report language to Volodymyr Zharov, Deputy Chairman of the State Department of Intellectual Property, on May 8. Zharov thanked the USG for its recognition of progress made in recent years, and said he hoped the GOU's further efforts [...]
2007-05-08 14:03:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR UP
07KYIV1088UKRAINE: ELECTION DATE HOLDING UP COMPROMISE
[...] (C) Summary. Negotiations may be almost complete on the "small package" of laws considered necessary to resolve Ukraine's six-week political crisis, but continued wrangling over whether the elections should be held in the summer or fall have slowed the pace of compromise. The working group n [...]
2007-05-08 14:53:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1092Ukraine: Struggle for Nikopol Ferroalloy Works Nearing
[...] (U) Pitting oligarch against oligarch and featuring surprising plot twists and turns, the two-year struggle over the ownership of Ukraine's Nikopol Ferroalloy Works (NFW) makes for nearly as good drama as the country's prolonged political crisis. The State Property Fund (SPF) has been trying s [...]
2007-05-10 07:38:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EFIN EINV PGOV UP
07KYIV1104UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES
[...] (S) Ukrainian MFA provided the written response May 9 of the Ukrainian government position previewed ref A to the U.S. request for a mixture of 500 Igla-1 and 1,000 Igla MANPADS missiles for countermeasures development (ref C). In a nutshell, the reply states that such MANPADS missiles are st [...]
2007-05-10 13:10:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1107UKRAINE: BELARUS UN HRC CANDIDACY - AMBASSADOR'S
[...] (C) Our soundings with the Ukrainian MFA, detailed below, indicate the Ukrainians are on the razor's edge regarding whether to support Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Their concern is to ensure that this year's vote not result in keeping Slovenia off the Council (Slov [...]
2007-05-10 14:37:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC BO UP
07KYIV1108UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR DIA DIRECTOR LTG MAPLES
[...] (S/REL UP) General Maples: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv at a time of political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictions in a newly-amended constitution [...]
2007-05-10 14:45:00Embassy KyivSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV1117UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS ON EARLY ELECTIONS STALL,
[...] (C) Summary. Continued disagreement over the date of elections has paralyzed what initially seemed like a breakthrough agreement on May 4 between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych to hold early parliamentary elections. The working group Yushchenko and Yanukovych named May 4 [...]
2007-05-11 10:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV113UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] As requested reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Post is transmitting the ICS in three separate parts due to its large size. Post will send the ICS in Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA by email. Begin Text: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment G [...]
2007-01-18 12:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV1133UKRAINE: SEPTEMBER ELECTIONS IN THE WIND? HAYDUK
[...] (C) Summary: President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych resumed meetings to resolve the political impasse May 12 after Yanukovych returned to Ukraine from his Spanish knee surgery; Yushchenko said afterwards that the two would meet again May 16 to agree on the date for early elections. Presidentia [...]
2007-05-15 03:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV114UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Ref A contained part one of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Text Continued: A.5. Performance Requirements/Incentives PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS There are no known cases of performance requirements imposed on foreign investo [...]
2007-01-18 13:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV118UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Refs A and B contained parts one and two of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. The third and final part of the ICS is below. Text Continued: A.9. Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment BANKING The Ukrainian banking system consists of the National Ban [...]
2007-01-18 14:25:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV1180UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS STALLING OUT AGAIN?
[...] (C) Summary. Despite talk over the weekend that President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych would finalize a political compromise that included early parliamentary elections on May 16, talks between the two leaders fizzled out as disagreements over the date of a new vote and what the le [...]
2007-05-16 15:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1184UKRAINE'S KREMENCHUK: NOT YOUR TYPICAL POST-
[...] Summary: Kremenchuk, an industrial city of 232,000 in central Ukraine, is home to several thriving enterprises. A visit to a local meat plant revealed a company transforming itself from a post-Soviet mess to a modern, competitive facility. The city administration is focused on a series of ma [...]
2007-05-18 05:11:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EAID UP
07KYIV1195UKRAINE: BALOHA SUGGESTS THAT TIME RUNNING OUT FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Baloha told the Ambassador that there were now two options on the table for a political compromise: either on Monday, May 21, the President, PM and their teams would announce the date for early elections and the contents of the legislative pack [...]
2007-05-18 15:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1205UKRAINE: MICROSOFT AND GOU GO AFTER SOFTWARE PIRATES
[...] Summary: A local Kyiv court sentenced a convicted distributor of pirated software on May 7 to one year and one month imprisonment. Although the judge then suspended the prison term, the severity of the sentence attracted significant media attention. The case is part of an invigorated campaign [...]
2007-05-22 06:21:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDETRD KIPR EINT UP
07KYIV123UKRAINE: GRAIN EXPORTS BLOCKED; TRADERS SUFFERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Exports of wheat, barley, corn, and rye from Ukraine remain completely blocked as the GOU has not yet implemented the export quota system it authorized on December 8, 2006. Traders estimate that there are over 1.5 million tons of grain in storage at ports, where it is beginning [...]
2007-01-19 05:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL UP
07KYIV124UKRAINE: GRAIN EXPORTS BLOCKED; TRADERS SUFFERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Exports of wheat, barley, corn, and rye from Ukraine remain completely blocked as the GOU has not yet implemented the export quota system it authorized on December 8, 2006. Traders estimate that there are over 1.5 million tons of grain in storage at ports, where it is beginning [...]
2007-01-19 05:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL UP
07KYIV1243UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SEGA
[...] (SBU) Undersecretary Sega: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. For more than seven weeks Ukraine has been in political turmoil and paralysis as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resol [...]
2007-05-24 14:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV1244UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER VISIT: POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD ON
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting DAS Kramer met with all the key players in the Ukrainian political crisis May 23-24: President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, opposition leaders Yuliya Tymoshenko and Yuriy Lutsenko; National Security and Defense Council Secretary Plyushch; and FM Yatsenyuk. Amidst backgrou [...]
2007-05-25 03:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1245UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER VISIT: POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD ON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-25 03:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1246UKRAINE: MODERATE MUSLIM LEADER ACCUSES ARRAID
[...] (C) Summary: Tensions are increasing within Ukraine's small Muslim population, with the head of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims in Ukraine (SDMU) Sheikh Tamin accusing the Muslim Association of Civic Organizations - Arraid of promoting Islamic extremism. Tamim, who is known for his mod [...]
2007-05-25 06:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SCUL UP
07KYIV125UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY UPDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) During a January 17 meeting, Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko expressed optimism to visiting EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt, PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner, and DOD and Embassy Kyiv representatives that the Ukrainian government wo [...]
2007-01-19 09:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV126UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2 (S) Summary: We delivered draft agenda contained ref A to MFA Director Belashov January 17. His specific comments on the agenda contained below in para 4. Belashov also complained that USG suspicions about possible transfer cases were often ba [...]
2007-01-19 09:03:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL MNUC ETTC PHSA PINR CA UK PL UP
07KYIV1299UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...]
2007-05-25 14:45:00Embassy KyivSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1300UKRAINE:SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY
[...] (SBU) General MacKiernan: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. The past couple of months have been marked by political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictio [...]
2007-05-25 15:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV1305UKRAINE: DEAL FOR SEPTEMBER 30 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After all night discussions, President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, and Rada Speaker Moroz emerged after 4 a.m. May 27 to issue a seven-point joint statement that set early elections for September 30 and aimed to resolve the ongoing political crisis. Reactions ranged from relief [...]
2007-05-29 10:55:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
07KYIV131UKRAINE/GUAM: NEW MFA TEAM IN CHARGE, TIMING OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ukrainian MFA team overseeing GUAM issues told us they anticipate approval of the GUAM Charter bill in the Rada session that starts February 6. However Rada Foreign Policy Committee Chairman Vitaliy Shybko, a Socialist Party member, was more pessimistic. He noted the oppo [...]
2007-01-19 12:09:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV1324UKRAINE: GUAM AS A REGIONAL ORGANIZATION -- A TWO
[...] (C) Summary: Executive Director of the GUAM Information Office Heorhiy Nazarov acknowledged that the impasse over scheduling early parliamentary elections had made it unlikely that the parliament (Rada) would vote on the GUAM Charter anytime soon. He said Ukraine's failure to ratify the GUAM [...]
2007-05-31 13:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
07KYIV1326UKRAINE: RADA CONTINUES TO DRAG HEELS WHILE
[...] (C) Summary. Despite frequent meetings between President Yushchenko, PM Yanukovych, Speaker Moroz, and opposition leader Tymoshenko, the Rada has so far failed to approve the legislation needed to enable early elections on September 30, as agreed to in the May 27 compromise. Many MPs attribut [...]
2007-05-31 14:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1327UKRAINE: CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE: REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This is a guidance request. See para 6. 2. (U) We met May 31 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov at his request to discuss the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Extraordinary Conference called by Russia for June 12-15. Bela [...]
2007-05-31 14:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE UP
07KYIV133UKRAINE: KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE: DEMARCHE
[...] (C) Summary/comment: In view of Ukrainian officials' previous concerns about the impact of Kosovo independence on "frozen conflicts" in Moldova and elsewhere, acting DCM drew on ref A background to brief DFM Veselovsky January 18 on the Kosovo settlement process. While underscoring that Ukrain [...]
2007-01-19 14:23:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS OPDC UNMIK UN YI MD RS UP
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