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06OSLO77	NORWAY GOES SOFT ON CUBA [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Stoere has announced a significant change to Norway's Cuba policy. Norway will no longer invite Cuban dissidents to its annual Constitution Day (May 17) event held at the Norwegian Embassy in Havana. This reversal was prompted by Norway's desire to re-gain dire [...]	2006-01-24 14:04:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NO

06OSLO783	NORWAY WILL CONSIDER LEADING CSV CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) We delivered reftel to Norwegian MFA PDAS for Security Policy Trine Skymoen on June 14 and discussed further with Ambassador Naess our request (reftel) that Naess lead informal consultations on the IAEA Secretariat's recommendations to the Committee on Safeguards and Verification (CSV). [...]	2006-06-15 12:36:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC TRGY IAEA NO KNNP
06OSLO787	STREAMLINING FRUIT AND VEGETABLE IMPORT REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 14:23:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON USDA NO
06OSLO847	NORWAY POSITIVE ABOUT NATO'S MIDDLE EAST SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR NO
06OSLO86	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY FM [...] (SBU) "High North" issues -- energy, the environment, non-proliferation and cooperation with Russia -- dominated the Ambassador's January 25 introductory call on Deputy Foreign Minister Liv Monica Stubholt. Stubholt stressed that the new government's High North policy was national, rather tha [...]	2006-01-26 12:00:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV NO
06OSLO865	INTERNET GOVERNANCE-NORWEGIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) On July 10, we received the Norwegian government's response to reftel b points. The response points were presented by Peter Wille, Deputy Director General in the MFA's Section on the World Trade Organization. The text of the points are found at paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text. The [...]	2006-07-10 14:55:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINT ETRD ETTC NO
06OSLO95	POST-PALESTINIAN ELECTION: NORWAY SEEKING TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Meeting in Oslo, Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere told A/S Dan Fried on January 27 that he plans to speak with Abbas later today and tell him that he is sending his number two, Deputy Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen, to visit with him next week (date unspecified). Stoere wanted to make su [...]	2006-01-27 14:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS NO
06OTTAWA119	CANADA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB CA KTDB PGOV NAFTA
06OTTAWA120	CANADA'S CONSERVATIVE PARTY HAS SOLID LEAD AS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With ten days to go before election day, Stephen Harper's Conservative Party of Canada seems to be heading for victory. Most commentators now believe a minority government is in his grasp; a few are beginning to speculate about a possible Conservative majority (Comment: unlike [...]	2006-01-13 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA PGOV PREL
06OTTAWA1245	CANADA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Ottawa recommends that implementation of Title III of the Libertad Act continue to be suspended for Canada on grounds of national interest and prospects for further cooperation on transition to democracy in Cuba. While Canada has a long history of economic engagement wit [...]	2006-04-26 23:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL CA
06OTTAWA1317	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO 2006 SPECIAL 301 DESIGNATION [...] Econ officers presented the Special 301 decision to officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Intellectual Property division on April 28 with follow-up on May 1. Although DFAIT Intellectual Property Director Doug George reiterated Canada's annual objectio [...]	2006-05-02 20:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA KIPR ECON ETRD
06OTTAWA1322	HARPER GOVERNMENT'S FIRST BUDGET DELIVERS TAX [...] Tax cuts for households and businesses, breaks for families with children, and investments in defense and security were the key features of the Harper government's first budget, which was unveiled in Parliament on May 2 and is widely viewed as targeting middle class voters. Crucially for this [...]	2006-05-03 17:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV CA
06OTTAWA1323	U/S DOBRIANSKY AND CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON [...] (U) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky and Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman Connaughton visited Ottawa April 24/25 at the direction of the President and at the request of the Canadian Government to discuss a number of significant environmen [...]	2006-05-03 17:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG TBIO CA
06OTTAWA153	ECONOMIC POLICY IN CANADA'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] While the governing Liberal Party has highlighted its own strong economic record, and while both they and the leading Conservative Party have made various spending promises, economic policies have been less significant in this campaign than other issues such as crime and political corruption. [...]	2006-01-18 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI EFIN PGOV CA NDP
06OTTAWA16	REINVIGORATING PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Summary: Cultural programming comprises an integral part of public diplomacy efforts in Canada, and the Mission greatly appreciates ECA and WHA/PD support for these efforts. Such programming reaches not just traditional audiences, but more importantly, youth, ethnic and religious minoriti [...]	2006-01-04 18:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC
06OTTAWA1634	DEMARCHE: USG RESPONSE TO ECUADOR'S ACTIONS ON [...] (C)Econ officers spoke to DFAIT officials Flavie Major (Ecuador desk officer) and Gilles Gauthier (Director for Investment Trade Policy) about our concerns over Ecuador's actions against Occidental Petroleum, and noted that we were making these points to other trading partners as appropriate. [...]	2006-05-26 22:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL EC CA
06OTTAWA1685	THE HARPER GOVERNMENT'S "MADE IN CANADA" CLIMATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) As the domestic debate intensifies on Canada's climate change policies, details are slowly emerging on the Harper government's "Made in Canada" climate programs, which will include enhanced public transportation, increased ethanol production, cle [...]	2006-06-01 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON ENRG PGOV CA
06OTTAWA1702	IPR: PROSPECTS BRIGHTER FOR CANADIAN IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Ambassador Wilkins, two key ministers of the Harper government have described Canada's implementation of the WIPO Internet treaties as a joint priority of their respective departments, but their subordinate officials are still split on key issues. We hope tha [...]	2006-06-02 19:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR CA
06OTTAWA1904	Northwest Passage Conference in Ottawa Offers Bold [...] Sensitive But Unclassified, not for distribution outside USG channels. 2. (SBU) Summary: Panelists at an Ottawa conference on Canada's arctic waters called for Canada and the U.S. to open talks on the Arctic route because the increasing melt rate of Arctic sea ice could allow significant su [...]	2006-06-19 21:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PBTS MARR CA
06OTTAWA194	CANADA'S NEW GOVERNMENT: OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: Unless the polls are badly mistaken, Canada's Conservatives will win today's election and Stephen Harper will be asked by the Governor General to form a minority government. The election of a new government, after thirteen years of Liberal rule, presents opportunities for advancing [...]	2006-01-23 15:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CA
06OTTAWA2149	CANADA PLANS STRONGER LAW ON MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: The GOC plans to introduce legislation this fall designed to tighten its protections against money laundering and terrorist financing. The bill could allow greater information sharing by GOC tax and financial agencies with law enforcement, features which will no doub [...]	2006-07-14 21:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV CA
06OTTAWA2158	CANADIAN VIEWS ON PRIVACY AND TRANS-BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Office of the Privacy Commissioner found in a report released June 20 that while the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has systems and procedures in place for managing and sharing personal information with other countries, it needs to improve its management of priv [...]	2006-07-17 20:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN EAIR ECPS
06OTTAWA2254	CANADA ON PROPOSED G8 BTEX FOOD DEFENSE TABLETOP EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-27 16:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER TBIO PINS EAGR EUN CA
06OTTAWA2372	CANADA DESIRES MOVE FORWARD ON 2006 DRUG THREAT [...] (U) Summary: In a series of recent meetings, Poloff discussed the USG inter-agency FY 2007 certification procedures (reftel A) and related methamphetamine production issues (reftel B) with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Deputy Director for International Crim [...]	2006-08-08 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR CA
06OTTAWA2407	CANADA'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 22:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG CA KS
06OTTAWA2439	CRUNCH TIME COMING FOR SOFTWOOD LUMBER AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In his vigorous efforts to garner industry support for the July 1 softwood lumber agreement, International Trade Minister Emerson and other senior Ministers met with top Canadian lumber officials in Toronto on August 9 to hear their concerns about several of the deal's provisio [...]	2006-08-15 17:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD CA
06OTTAWA2458	CANADA'S PRIVACY COMMISSIONER ANNOUNCES [...] (U) SUMMARY: THE JUNE 23 U.S. PRESS ARTICLES DISCLOSING THE EXISTENCE OF THE USG'S TERRORIST FINANCING TRACKING PROGRAM AND THE COOPERATION IT RECEIVED FROM THE INTERNATIONAL "SWIFT" BANK TRANSACTION MESSAGING SYSTEM HAVE RESULTED IN THE AUGUST 14 ANNOUNCEMENT OF TWO INVESTIGATIONS OF SWIFT B [...]	2006-08-16 22:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECPS ECON PTER CA
06OTTAWA2484	CANADA RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON TOP U.S. TRADE, [...] (U) Summary: On August 16, EMIN and Econoff met with Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials to discuss reftel, which had been provided to them in late July. DFAIT was represented by outgoing Deputy Director for APEC Christopher Burton, his replacement Karen [...]	2006-08-18 22:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON APECO CA
06OTTAWA2562	CERTAIN CANADIAN INDUSTRIES' INPUT ON POSSIBLE WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) head Graham Henderson (protect) on August 24 to discuss IP, specifically the USG's role in encouraging GOC to pass legislation implementing the WIPO Internet Treaties. Henderson also briefed us o [...]	2006-08-28 18:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA CH KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO USTR
06OTTAWA26	FY 2006 U.S. SPEAKER REQUEST: Former Congressmen [...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests two former U.S. Congressmen, one Republican and one Democrat, as U.S. Speakers for a program to include Carleton University faculty and students in Ottawa, Parliamentary staff, and government officials, media and academics in other Canadian cities via video [...]	2006-01-05 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP CA
06OTTAWA2615	CANADA'S VIEWS ON AMERICAN IMSO DG CANDIDATE STEVEN LETT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 16:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS EU EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS CA
06OTTAWA2837	VISIT OF USTR AMBASSADOR SUSAN SCHWAB TO OTTAWA, [...] (SBU) Summary: USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab visited Ottawa on September 11-12 to sign the U.S.-Canadian Softwood Lumber Agreement, which will be voted on by the Canadian Parliament during the week of September 18. Prior to the signing ceremony at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Intern [...]	2006-09-18 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EAGR CA CH KS
06OTTAWA2977	NATIONAL STRATEGY TO INTERNATIONALIZE EFFORTS [...] (U) On September 29, Economic Minister-Counselor discussed ref A demarche with Sarah Taylor, Director, Development Policy and Institutions Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) and with Glynnis French, Deputy Director, Strategies and Partnerships Sector, Financial Tr [...]	2006-09-29 22:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM CA
06OTTAWA3089	ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) On October 12, Economic Minister-Counselor presented reftel diplomatic notes to Bill Graham, Director, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination, Industry Canada and Jim MacKenzie, Senior Advisor, International Telecommunications Policy and Coordination (Canada/United States [...]	2006-10-12 17:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC ITU CA
06OTTAWA3121	CANADA REACTION TO NOTIFICATION OF U.S. ARMS [...] (C) At an October 13 follow up meeting to our September 27 demarche (reftels),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Export Controls Division (ECD) Deputy Director Steven Goodinson told us that arms transfers from Canada to Venezuela were infrequent, that his office was [...]	2006-10-13 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PARM PREL OTRA VE CA
06OTTAWA3123	CANADA ON 2007 UN PANEL OF GOVERNMENTAL EXPERTS ON [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Missile and Export Control Policy Officer Jean-Christian Brillant on September 29, and at a follow up meeting on October 13. Brillant responded that the GOC supported the USG position, [...]	2006-10-13 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM UNGA PREL CDG CA
06OTTAWA3229	218TH MEETING OF THE CANUS PERMANENT JOINT BOARD [...] (SBU) On September 20-21, 2006, Canada and the U.S. convened the 218th meeting of the Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Ottawa. U.S. co-Chair George Nethercutt and Canadian co-Chair Rick Casson led the meeting. Overview/Opening Remark [...]	2006-10-25 20:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MX CA
06OTTAWA3253	CANADA GIVES STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. SECURITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met October 19-20 with FM MacKay, Public Safety Minister Day, Defense Minister O'Connor, and other senior officials from CIDA, PCO, PMO, DND, and DFAIT to thank Canada for the contribution it has made to U.S. efforts to improve securi [...]	2006-10-27 17:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA IS KJUS PREL XF MEPI
06OTTAWA3264	CANADA SEEKS AFGHANISTAN SUCCESS AT RIGA, GOC WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canadian thinking on NATO enlargement tracks with U.S. policy. The GOC will seek consultations in Washington in early-to-mid November to discuss the broad range of topics on the Riga Summit agenda, including enlargement. Canada will continue to press its NATO allies to burd [...]	2006-10-30 15:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL CA
06OTTAWA3333	Income Trust Tax Loophole Closed [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise move that sent Canada's financial markets reeling, the Canadian federal government announced on October 31 that it would start taxing income trusts as regular corporations. The GOC took the action to stem lost revenue as more Canadian companies threatened to restru [...]	2006-11-05 13:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON CA
06OTTAWA3423	CANADA'S CLEAN AIR ACT FACES TOUGH SLEDDING [...] (U) Summary: Less than two weeks after its introduction in the House of Commons the Tories' highly anticipated "made-in-Canada" environmental plan, the Clean Air Act, has been derailed from the standard parliamentary pathway. The bill will likely be subject to a massive redraft in an ad hoc " [...]	2006-11-16 22:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON CA
06OTTAWA3432	CANADA UPDATE ON DONOR PLEDGE FOR SOUTH ASIA [...] (sbu) Econcouns received an update (per reftel) on Canada's disbursement of funds pledged for earthquake relief and reconstruction in Pakistan from Department of Foreign Affairs Pakistan Policy Officer Jon Bonnar and Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Pakistan Analyst Stuart Lane [...]	2006-11-17 22:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID PK PREL
06OTTAWA3439	DAS SUCHAN DISCUSSES ITAR WITH CANADIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials and defense industry claim that U.S. refusal to authorize (under the ITAR) access to U.S. defense items by Canadian dual nationals of "proscribed countries" violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and is jeopardizing Canada's multi-billion dollar p [...]	2006-11-20 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MARR CA
06OTTAWA3447	CANADA: COUNTERING ANTI-IP PROPOSALS AT WORLD [...] (sbu) Econcouns delivered reftel points on countering World Health Organization (WHO) Secretariat forays into intellectual property issues to Department of Interational Trade Intellectual Property Director Doug George and Senior Trade Policy Advisor Julie Boisvert. George had little immediate [...]	2006-11-21 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON ETRD KIPR WTRO
06OTTAWA3455	Ottawa Studies Further International Aviation [...] (U) Summary: The Conservative government is set to announce a new international air policy in early 2007 that aims to open Canada's skies to more foreign competition and will focus on an "Open Skies" model. Some observers think the move promises to benefit consumers, but not necessarily the co [...]	2006-11-24 16:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV CA
06OTTAWA3473	WHTI IMPLEMENTATION: CANADA STILL HOPING FOR A [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Comments and statements from a variety of Canadian interlocutors, coupled with Canada's apparent lack of serious preparations, indicate that the government will continue to lobby to delay, alter, or kill the implementation of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI). WH [...]	2006-11-27 21:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA CPAS CVIS PREL PGOV
06OTTAWA3480	CANADA APPLAUDS WTO RULING ON GMO IMPORTS [...] (U) On November 22, Canadian Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl and International Trade Minister David Emerson welcomed the WTO's adoption of a ruling against the European Union's (EU) treatment of imports of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Emerson said that "the (Canadian) government h [...]	2006-11-28 16:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EUN WTO CA
06OTTAWA3491	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic flu: Canadian Plans [...] (U) The Government of Canada (GoC) will send a delegation to attend the fourth international conference on avian and pandemic influenza (API) in Bamako, Mali, December 6 through 8. Canada's Ambassador to Mali, Isabelle Roy, will lead the delegation; her deputy will be Dr. Arlene King, Director [...]	2006-11-28 20:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID CA
06OTTAWA3503	SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) On November 30, Economic Minister presented reftel demarche conveying U.S. views on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on Sustainable Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) to an inter-agency group headed by Leonard Beaulne, Deputy Director (Policy),Braz [...]	2006-11-30 21:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA
06OTTAWA3511	SANTA CRUZ MINISTERIAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This afternoon the Economic Minister received a formal Canadian response to the demarche he delivered to Canadian officials on the Santa Cruz Ministerial on November 30 (ref B). The reply was sent by Jenna MacKay-Alie, Director General, Americas Directorate, Environment Canada. 2. (U) [...]	2006-12-01 19:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PHUM SENV OAS CA
06OTTAWA3536	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (U) Post answers to reftel questions are based on information obtained from Daniel Daley and Louise Branch, the Director and Deputy Director, respectively, of the Caribbean, Central America and Andean Region Division, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) as well as reporting [...]	2006-12-05 21:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU CA
06OTTAWA3561	NEW LIBERAL LEADER DION LIKELY TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary. The victory of former Environment Minister Stephane Dion in the federal Liberal leadership battle seems certain to keep the environment and especially the Kyoto Protocol squarely in the center of domestic political discourse. As Environment Minister, Dion was closely identifie [...]	2006-12-08 12:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG PINR CA
06OTTAWA3564	AFGHANISTAN: A/S BOUCHER'S DECEMBER 14-15 VISIT TO [...] (C) Welcome to Ottawa. Your visit provides a great opportunity to reinforce the improved relationship we have developed with Canada since you were here earlier this year. It will be an excellent chance to take stock of what we are doing together in Afghanistan and elsewhere in South Asia, to [...]	2006-12-08 18:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR AF CA
06OTTAWA3599	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REGARDING OECD [...] (U) On December 15, Economic Minister-Counselor delivered reftel demarche on the OECD Working Group on Bribery (WGB) to Mark Moher, Senior Coordinator, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Moher promised to share its contents with L [...]	2006-12-15 19:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD OECD KCOR CA
06OTTAWA3639	CANADA ANNOUNCES PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE PRODUCTION, [...] Environment Minister Rona Ambrose and Agriculture Minister Chuck Strahl announced in Saskatoon on December 20 a C$345 million program to promote the use of renewable fuels in Canada. They billed the program as the next element of the Conservative government's environmental agenda, but this t [...]	2006-12-22 16:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR SENV CA
06OTTAWA40	WHO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON SMALLPOX [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 17:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO CA WHO
06OTTAWA415	CANADIAN VIEWS ON APEC 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Canadian priorities for APEC in 2006 share broad common ground with U.S. objectives described in ref.A. The GOC is focusing on health security, private-sector-led development, and continuing to use APEC leaders' statements to influence WTO negotiations. End Summary. End Summary. [...]	2006-02-17 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD APECO CA
06OTTAWA54	CANADA COMFORTABLE WITH AFGHANISTAN COMPACT TEXT; [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC is comfortable with the current version of the Compact, plans to continue its solid commitment to Afghanistan (C$100 million/US$85 million in FY2006) and is moving ahead with troop deployments. Canada is committed to success in Afghanistan and constantly monitors assi [...]	2006-01-09 19:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID AF CA CIDA FAC
06OTTAWA563	2006 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 21:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CA
06OTTAWA617	SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICIES: CANADA [...] The GOC's response to the questions posed in SECSTATE 225777 has been sent as an email attachment, with formatting to make the GOC points clearer, to Mr. Frederick Matos, Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. We recommend that others inter [...]	2006-03-07 16:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS CA
06OTTAWA669	CANADA NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT MARCH 31 WAR CRIMES [...] (U) Post contacted Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency regarding reftel demarche. Canadian funding to the Balkans is declining, with the intention of winding up programs there by 2010. 2. (SBU) Though the new government's foreign policy priorities will n [...]	2006-03-10 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BK CA
06OTTAWA756	OTTAWA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: COLLECTIVE REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Post presented the demarche and talking points to Joanne Hamilton, Deputy Director of Services Trade Policy Division, International Trade Canada. Ms. Hamilton indicated that she is in touch with U.S. counterparts in DC on this issue, and she added that Canadian industry groups have als [...]	2006-03-17 14:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS ETRD WTRO
06OTTAWA936	CANADA TO HAMAS: NO CONTACT, NO AID, NO JOKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 Canada formally announced a policy of no contact and no aid to the newly installed Hamas-led Palestinian government. The decision was described by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Near East Division as being consistent with Canada's [...]	2006-03-31 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWHG CA XF
06PANAMA10	SCENESETTER: CODEL BURTON JANUARY 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Embassy Panama extends its warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to review a wide range of issues, including bilateral security and the economic/trade environment. [...]	2006-01-04 20:46:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT ASEC ETRD PM CA GT ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
06PANAMA1029	PRD FORCES TORRIJOS TO GIVE GROUND [...] (C) President Torrijos's attention -- to the exclusion of virtually all else -- is consumed by political maneuvering within his party, the PRD, and the approaching must-win Canal expansion referendum (probably in October 2006). Torrijos has tried to sell Canal expansion as a non-political "mat [...]	2006-05-31 22:45:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ETRD KPAO PM VE CU
06PANAMA1044	PANAMA CABINET RESHUFFLE LEAVES TORRIJOS WEAKER [...] (C) The April 28 cabinet changes (Reftel A) exposed and intensified a rift dividing President Torrijos's inner circle from the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) rank and file. Although Torrijos and Consejo (Intelligence Chief) Leonel Solis succeeded in removing Minister of Government and J [...]	2006-06-02 18:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA1289	PANAMA REQUESTS NOTE EXCHANGE FOR PANAMAX [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Panama has requested a diplomatic note exchange for the August PANAMAX exercise. The note does not suggest any change to our existing policy; it essentially puts on paper what has always taken place in practice. The GOP wants thi [...]	2006-07-03 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PM
06PANAMA14	PANAMA: MIGUEL ANTONIO BERNAL'S QUEST TO SAVE UNIVERSITY OF PANAMA [...] (SBU) In May 2005, when newspapers reported that the University of Panama (UP) had issued thousands of false diplomas, Professor Miguel Antonio Bernal quickly took the lead in denouncing the school's administration. Bernal went even further and filed criminal charges against university rect [...]	2006-01-05 14:43:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PM SCUL LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
06PANAMA1402	GOP PREVIEWS NEW NATIONAL SECURITY PLAN [...] (S) Summary: At the Ambassdor's request, Panama's National Security Director Erick Espinosa, Minister of Government & Justice (MOGJ) Olga Golcher, and other top GOP security officials briefed Ambassador and Emboffs July 14 on Panama's new national security strategy. The strategy is premised [...]	2006-07-17 20:09:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PM
06PANAMA1518	GOP DIVIDED ON REGIONAL ENERGY POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, Minister of Trade and Industry Alejandro Ferrer told Ambassador and Econchief that he remains committed to the Occidental Petroleum refinery project (Ref A) but finds himself a lone voice. He said President Martin Torrijos, VP/FM Samuel Lewis Navarro, and other cabinet me [...]	2006-08-04 15:55:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA1532	TORRIJOS PICKS EX-CHASE MANHATTAN GM AS NEW BANK [...] (C) Summary. On August 7, President Torrijos appointed Olegario "Gary" Barrelier as Panama's new Bank Superintendent. Barrelier is a well-respected, albeit elderly, banker. He replaces Delia Cardenas, whom Torrijos had forced to resign two years before her second (and final) term was due to exp [...]	2006-08-08 16:30:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV SNAR PM
06PANAMA1580	GOP PITCHES REGIONAL HEALTH SCHOOL AS WAY TO BOOST [...] (C) The GOP hopes for strong U.S. support to establish a "School of Health for the Americas" in Panama. With students and faculty drawn from throughout the hemisphere, the school is aimed at improving healthcare delivery, particularly to poor communities. In so doing, the GOP believes it could a [...]	2006-08-11 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO EAID PGOV PM
06PANAMA1629	SCENESETTER FOR FINCEN DIRECTOR WERNER VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides support for our Mission's anti-money laundering programs. Your dialogue with key anti-money laund [...]	2006-08-18 21:07:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER SNAR PINR KCOR KCRM PM
06PANAMA1652	THE RULING PRD: THE CANAL REFERENDUM AND BEYOND [...] (C) The Panama Canal expansion referendum will have political implications for the Torrijos administration far beyond the tangible impact of the project itself. President Torrijos confronts the referendum from an uncertain position in his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) and with vocal opposi [...]	2006-08-24 23:18:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
06PANAMA1868	PANAMA'S LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PROCEDURES [...] Embassy Panama's Political Section has developed a system to coordinate Leahy Amendment vetting. All candidates for USG-funded travel, training (military or civilian),or material assistance -- in-country or in the United States -- must be vetted on human rights, corruption, narcotics, or cr [...]	2006-09-22 16:06:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	AADP MARR MASS SNAR PINS PREL PHUM PINR PM
06PANAMA1999	GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...]	2006-10-11 15:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL PGOV PM
06PANAMA2018	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY FORE [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. Your visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to share our transformational diplomacy agenda and to help advance U.S. interests. Your dialogue with our Mission and key govern [...]	2006-10-13 22:42:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT OVIP PGOV PREL ECON PM
06PANAMA2303	PANAMA: 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] The U.S. trade surplus with Panama was $1.84 billion in 2005, an increase of $334 million from $1.5 billion in 2004. This represented the U.S.'s seventh largest trade surplus world-wide. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $2.17 billion, up 18.2 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. [...]	2006-12-01 14:20:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD
06PANAMA2372	PANAMA'S RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1718 [...] (U) Post delivered reftel letter to MFA Director for Foreign Policy Javier Bonagas November 1. Below is an unofficial translation of the text of the MFA's reply, diplomatic note DGPE-DG-348-2006 dated November 21, 2006. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT. (Complimentary opening.) As a member of the Uni [...]	2006-12-13 16:04:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS PM
06PANAMA303	EMBASSY ACTS TO REPAIR RELATIONS WITH PANAMANIAN [...] (C) Ambassador recently held two dinners linked to Islamic religious celebrations to launch an Embassy effort to help create an atmosphere of mutual respect and candid interchange and to reverse increasing local perceptions of anti-Muslim policy bias by the United States. The Ambassador's effort [...]	2006-02-15 20:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
06PANAMA319	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF RESIDENTIAL TOURISM COULD [...] SUMMARY. The economic impact of the residential tourism industry on Panama is set to rival that of the Canal Expansion. Expatriates are having a profound impact on the local economies and communities in which they are settling. These part and full time residents have increased consumer deman [...]	2006-02-17 17:54:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV BTIO CASC CPAS CMGT KMRS
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 20:39:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PM
06PANAMA380	PANAMA 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) During 2005 Panama continued its anti-TIP efforts and enforcement of Law 16, the anti-TIP legislation enacted in 2004. Embassy believes trafficking in Panama is overwhelmingly internal to the country and limited in scale. Panama worked closely with the International Labor Organization [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
06PANAMA723	SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR ARCOS APRIL 26-28 VISIT [...] (U) This message is confidential. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming visit to Panama. We see your visit as a key element of our strategy to partner with Panama on its Secure Trade and Transportation [...]	2006-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PM PREL
06PANAMA824	PANAMA: PRESIDENT TORRIJOS SHAKES UP CABINET [...] (SBU) President Martin Torrijos announced three major changes in his cabinet during a nationwide radio and TV address this afternoon. The much anticipated changes come twenty months into the Torrijos presidency and were the subject of widespread rumors for several weeks. In the Ministry of [...]	2006-04-28 22:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PM PREL
06PANAMA897	PANAMA SNAPSHOT FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'S VISIT TO [...] (U) This message is intended as a scenesetter for A/S Shannon and former President Bush's May 11 meeting with President Torrijos. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Embassy's relations with the Torrijos government (GOP) are warm and bilateral cooperation on security and anti-narcotics matters r [...]	2006-05-10 23:00:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD PM CU VE CH
06PANAMA919	PANAMA: REHABILITATING THE DICTATORSHIP [...] (C) A joke making the rounds in Panama is that the only ex-Panamanian Defense Force (PDF) officer who hasn't found a job in the Torrijos government is Manuel Noriega. The late-April elevation of former Dignity Battalions chief Benjamin Colamarco to the cabinet as Minister of Public Works is [...]	2006-05-12 21:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PM VE CU
06PARAMARIBO105	VENEZUELA DEFENDS IAEA VOTE ON IRAN IN THE [...] (U) Under the heading "Venezuela Justifies Its Vote Against IAEA," De West, a Surinamese daily paper published a press release on February 20 from sources at the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The paper, which has the smallest circulation in Suriname, ran the article on its second pag [...]	2006-02-22 10:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL EU AORC ENRG NS
06PARAMARIBO150	INSCR RECEIVES MEDIA ATTENTION IN SURINAME UPON [...] (U) The 2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report 2006 (INCSR) received prominent coverage from Suriname's leading newspaper De Ware Tijd upon its public release last week. The newspaper's headlines focused on the USG recommendation that Suriname devote more attention to dismantlin [...]	2006-03-10 18:34:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO174	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAM FOR SURINAMESE [...] The March 13-15 visit of two U.S. judges to Suriname was very well received by their Surinamese counterparts, with whom they held intensive discussions about effective approaches to the handling of cases involving trafficking in persons (TIP). The judges also met with academics, members of g [...]	2006-03-22 19:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG NS
06PARAMARIBO272	PARTICULARS CONCERNING SEPTEMBER REGIONAL [...] (U) As noted in reftel, the Government of Suriname will host an international anti-narcotics conference from 7-8 September 2006 in Paramaribo. The Minister of Justice and Police Chandrikapersad Santokhi has now formally invited representatives of the U.S. Government to attend the conference vi [...]	2006-05-10 14:40:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO340	THIRTY YEARS OF SURINAMESE CHINESE DIPLOMATIC [...] (C/NF) The Chinese government continues it high profile activities in Suriname and the Surinamese government, if not the general public, is responding warmly. Chinese Ambassador to Suriname Chen Jinghua hosted a reception may 26 to mark thirty years of diplomatic relations between the PRC and [...]	2006-06-09 14:31:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CH NS
06PARAMARIBO343	INCREASED VENEZUELAN ACTIVISM IN SURINAME HAS [...] (C) Summary: Venezuela's profile in Suriname is on the rise thanks to economic initiatives such as PetroCaribe, a joint Cuban-Venezuelan health care assistance program, and a steady public relations campaign by its Embassy over the past year. Despite this heightened engagement, Venezuela's act [...]	2006-06-09 18:55:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG KCRM MARR SOCI SCUL VE
06PARAMARIBO38	TRADE MINISTER GILDS RESIGNS AFTER ATTORNEY [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Trade and Industry Siegfried Gilds resigned on January 19 less than an hour after the Office of the Attorney General issued a press release saying that it is investigating him for money laundering and participation in a criminal organization. The investigation surro [...]	2006-01-19 20:18:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL ECON NS
06PARAMARIBO391	SURINAME MAKING EFFORTS TO SECURE BORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Cross-border crime between Suriname and Guyana has been on the rise over the past year. Drugs, cash, goods, gold, arms, and people are smuggled across the poorly controlled border regularly through what is called the "back-track." This term generally refers to the multiple ro [...]	2006-06-21 14:52:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV NS
06PARAMARIBO425	Venezuelan Independence Celebrations: a Blooper in [...] (U) The Venezuelan Embassy in Paramaribo marked the 195th anniversary of independence with a string of events. Celebrations kicked off with an art exhibit on June 30, followed by an evening of Venezuelan food and culture and the crowning of the Queen of the Venezuelan Cultural Institute, a wre [...]	2006-07-07 18:15:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI VE NS
06PARAMARIBO442	SURINAME FOREIGN MINISTER EXPLAINS CARICOM'S BACKING OF [...] (U) Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs Lygia Kraag-Keteldijk said in a radio interview aired July 14 that CARICOM had chosen to back Venezuela in its bid for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. Kraag-Keteldijk said CARICOM members carefully considered the pros and [...]	2006-07-14 19:00:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC NS
06PARAMARIBO690	USOAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO VISIT DEMONSTRATES USG COMMITMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Overcoming logistical challenges which significantly shortened his visit, Ambassador John Maisto was an eloquent spokesperson for USG policy in the hemisphere, focusing on democracy, development and multilateralism. In meetings with President Venetiaan, the Ministers of Home Aff [...]	2006-10-30 16:33:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECIN ETRD NS
06PARAMARIBO705	PARAMARIBO NONCOMMITTAL ON UN DECLARATION ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY Per reftel, post delivered message and non-papers regarding the UN declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Government of Suriname showed interest and concern and said it would share a position paper, which we have not yet received. Po [...]	2006-11-03 15:04:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UN NS

06PARAMARIBO723	SURINAME: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Post presents its 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control. Suriname I. Summary Suriname is a transit point for South American cocaine en route to Europe and, to a lesser extent, the United States, and has been a transit country [...]	2006-11-09 18:38:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM NS
06PARAMARIBO750	NEW SOCIALIST PARTY ECHOES CHAVEZ, BOUTERSE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A new socialist party, the Forum for Socialism and Democracy (ASD),announced its formation in Suriname. The party expresses a populist leftist ideology and made ideological references to Venezuela among other countries. Two of the party's founders have strong ties to former mi [...]	2006-11-24 18:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO789	BOUTERSE CONDEMNS TRIAL, SEEKS ROLE FOR HIS PARTY IN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 17:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL NS
06PARAMARIBO798	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION IN [...] (U) In response to ref. A Post provides the following updated information on Suriname's commitment to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, previously submitted in Ref. B. A. (U) Since Post reported on the labor situation in Suriname in 2005, the country has ratified ILO Convention 182 [...]	2006-12-21 17:26:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID
06PARAMARIBO90	BOUTERSE'S NDP PARTY TURNS UP THE PRESSURE [...] (SBU) Summary. Surinamese politics has become increasingly rancorous. The opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) is systematically working to exploit unpopular decisions taken by the government, with the goal of undermining a fragile coalition to provoke new elections. A recent chaotic N [...]	2006-02-14 19:14:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR ASEC NS
06PARAMARIBO93	PRESIDENT VENETIAAN'S GOVERNMENT FACING LOW [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than 100 days into his second consecutive term, approval ratings for President Venetiaan and his New Front plus coalition are down, with 64% of respondents disapproving of the government's performance, according to a recent public opinion poll. Former military dictator and c [...]	2006-02-15 20:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM NS
06PARIS1011	FRANCE/C.A.R.: MFA ENCOURAGED BUT CONCERNS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 15 stressed continuing GOF interest in the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),based on its strategic location, role in regional crises, and precarious status as an impoverished state that could become a failed state. The MFA officials claimed P [...]	2006-02-16 18:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CT FR
06PARIS1031	SEGOLENE ROYAL DISCUSSES STRATEGY FOR 2007, TRIP [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Socialist Party (PS) presidential hopeful, current media darling and president of the Poitou-Charentes region Segolene Royal left no doubt as to her determination to win election as president of France in 2007. She matter-of-factly assessed [...]	2006-02-17 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS104	MFA, PRESIDENCY ADDRESS UPCOMING MORALES VISIT [...] (C) Summary: In a January 5 discussion of ref A demarche, an MFA official indicated that President Chirac would urge Bolivian president-elect Morales January 7 to govern responsibly and inclusively. Chirac will counsel prudence in moving forward with stated plans to nationalize the natural g [...]	2006-01-06 18:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR BO CO
06PARIS105	MUBARAK VISIT LEAVES GOF REASSURED OF EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac meeting, GoF contacts described Chirac and Mubarak as on the "same line" on Syria/Lebanon, and concluded that Egypt remains firm in its commitment to press Syria to cooperate with UNIIIC. Mubarak and Chirac agreed that Bashar al-Asad mu [...]	2006-01-06 18:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG KPAL IS IR IZ FR
06PARIS1068	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relations - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1113	UDF LEADER FRANCOIS BAYROU REVIEWS HIS CENTRIST [...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with Ambassador Stapleton on February 16, Union for French Democracy (UDF) leader Francois Bayrou reaffirmed "that France needs a centrist alternative" (ref B). He admitted, however, that the French persist in thinking in terms of "right and left," making it unlikely [...]	2006-02-23 12:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS1130	GOF REAFFIRMS QUARTET CONDITIONS, NO-CONTACT WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA and Elysee contacts continue to reiterate GoF attachment to the Quartet conditions and that the GoF has no intention of seeking contacts with Hamas. At the same time, GOF contacts remain reluctant to prejudge the consequences of Hamas refusal to meet Quartet conditions on EU [...]	2006-02-23 17:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS PTER EUN FR
06PARIS1138	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] 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: -- EDF's appetite for takeovers grows as profits double (para 2) -- Italians again eyeing Ele [...]	2006-02-24 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS121	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Liberation of French [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-09 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1220	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ANIMAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION [...] On February 22, Senior OES Public Affairs Advisor Susan Povenmire met with Maria Zampaglione, Director of Communications of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE),to discuss how the USG and the OIE might collaborate on avian flu public outreach efforts. US Mission for UNESCO Science [...]	2006-02-27 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA
06PARIS1235	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Islam - Democracy - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1236	2/21 STAFFDEL TALWAR VISIT: IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Members Puneet Talwar and Tomicah Tilleman met a series of senior French officials February 21, in discussions that addressed Iran, Iraq, Syria/Lebanon, NATO/Darfur, Hamas, regional reform, and counterterrorism. On Iran, Chirac's Mi [...]	2006-02-28 11:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR PARM IZ SY LE KPAL IS KDEM PTER SU
06PARIS1251	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAYMOND BARRE SHARES [...] (C) In a February 21 meeting with Ambassador Stapleton, former prime minister Raymond Barre cautioned against any overconfidence that right-wing, nativist and xenophobic sentiment in France might be something of the past. If anything, in Barre's view, popular reaction to urban unrest and other [...]	2006-02-28 17:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS128	PRESIDENCY MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR ON SYRIA/LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche previewed the upcoming visit of Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Gourdault-Montagne to Washington, stressing the need to reassess U.S.-GoF efforts to pressure Damascus, without suggesting that such pressure be eased. Boche d [...]	2006-01-09 17:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1293	SYRIA: FRANCE NOT INCLINED TO BLOCK EIB WATER LOAN [...] (C) Summary. French officials continue to suggest that France will not block the proposed EIB loan to support water projects in Syria. In our discussions with senior Elysee, MFA and Finance Ministry officials, they have been quick to note that Syria is not under EU sanctions, that the water [...]	2006-03-01 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN SY LE FR
06PARIS1312	VILLEPIN ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON FRENCH RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Prime Minister de Villepin's cabinet economic advisor privately describes French-EU relations as being at "an all-time low" on economic issues and worries that the GOF has been unable to find much "traction" with the new German government of Angela Merkel. The advisor defended the openne [...]	2006-03-02 12:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON PREL FR
06PARIS1330	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-02 17:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1338	FRANCE CONTRIBUTION FOR 2006 TIP REPORT - PART II [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FR BU RO AL SL CM NI
06PARIS1344	UNESCO: THE WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) My staff and I held an off-site meeting February 14 to review the past two years of our engagement with UNESCO and to offer suggestions for the path ahead. We all agreed that we need to achieve tangible results for the USG by the October 2007 General Conference. That requires a realistic [...]	2006-03-03 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO AORC UNESCO
06PARIS1347	2/27 STRAW - DOUSTE-BLAZY MEETING: MAINLY MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) Summary: UK embassy contacts described the February 27 Straw-Douste-Blazy working dinner as focused primarily on the two ministers' planned joint trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories, with no agreement on timing. Douste-Blazy wants the trip to take place before Israeli electio [...]	2006-03-03 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL IS IR PARM ECON PINR UK AF FR
06PARIS1387	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Moussaoui Trial - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1388	FRENCH DOWNPLAY SUMATE CONCERNS, OFFER NOTHING NEW [...] (C) Summary: French MFA DAS-equivalent for South America Pinard told us March 4 it would be improper for France to try to interfere in the Venezuelan government's case against Sumate, although it would maintain "vigilance," and encourage similar EU vigilance, in following the court proceeding [...]	2006-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL FR VE MARR
06PARIS1411	FM LIVNI VISIT REINFORCES UPSWING IN [...] (C) Summary: Israel embassy contacts stressed positive atmospherics during FM Livni's March 1 meetings with French PM Villepin and FM Douste-Blazy. Israeli contacts were struck by the degree to which Livni found common ground with French officials, Villepin in particular, despite differences [...]	2006-03-06 18:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL IR FR
06PARIS1428	PARIS-BASED HARIRI ADVISOR ON LEBANON INTERNAL [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion, Basile Yared, a leading Paris-based advisor to Sa'ad Hariri, praised the Secretary for delivering the right message in Beirut on the SIPDIS need for a peaceful, constitutional presidential transition in Lebanon. Yared speculated that it would take t [...]	2006-03-07 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS1430	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran GWOT - Moussaoui Trial - [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1455	FRENCH 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 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR PO EUN
06PARIS1468	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran UN Reform [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 11:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS147	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-10 13:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1486	CHIRAC VISIT TO INDIA: FOCUS ON BUSINESS, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA India desk officer told us February 28 that Chirac's February 19-21 visit to India focused primarily on further improving business relations and exploring French-Indian nuclear cooperation; other issues included military and space cooperation. While the two countries deliv [...]	2006-03-08 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY MASS TSPA KNNP IN IR FR
06PARIS1497	FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ ARE A MAJOR FRENCH CONCERN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since 2004, French counterterrorism authorities have focused on the threat posed by foreign fighters going to Iraq. For those departing France for Iraq, the GOF fears that they will become hardened and experienced terrorists, and will eventually return to France to plan attack [...]	2006-03-09 09:35:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV CG XA XF XG XI FR
06PARIS1507	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1529	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Human Rights Report [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 11:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1530	GOF REAFFIRMS NO CONTACT POLICY WITH HAMAS, WHILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-10 12:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS FR
06PARIS1556	GOF 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 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS1568	PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the March 7 Paris Club meeting, creditors agreed on an approach for dealing with Angola's arrears to the Club, consistent with US objectives. The Secretariat will call on Angola to resume payments to Paris Club creditors in excess of scheduled debt service, such that arrears are redu [...]	2006-03-13 10:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS1588	MARCH 4-6 CHIRAC VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA: FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Syria/Lebanon were the primary topics of President Chirac's March 4 and 5 meetings with Saudi King Abdullah, with Iran, Hamas/PA, and Iraq discussed to a lesser degree. Elysee contacts described the Saudi monarch as bitter over rejection of the Saudi initiative on Syria-Lebanon [...]	2006-03-13 14:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA LE SY IR IZ ECON FR
06PARIS1620	AVIAN FLU: U/S DOBRIANSKY REVIEWS EFFORTS TO [...] Summary and Introduction: International Efforts to Counter Avian Flu were the focus of U/S for Global Affairs Paula Dobrianksy's February 28 meeting with World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) Director General Bernard Vallat. Stressing White House leadership on this issue, U/S Dobriansk [...]	2006-03-14 14:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA KFLU UNESCO
06PARIS1637	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS166	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a non-controversial January 10 address to the assembled diplomatic corps, President Chirac touched on the foreign policy challenges of combatting terrorism, preventing nuclear weapons proliferation, fostering progress in the Middle East and Africa, strengthening European defens [...]	2006-01-10 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN FR
06PARIS1681	SARKOZY ADVISOR ON FIRST EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT, END [...] (C) Summary: Former Industry Minister and close Sarkozy advisor Patrick Devedjian predicted March 15 that student and labor union opposition to the First Employment Contract (CPE) was spreading and might yet become a major test for the government. In any event, he believed that PM de Villepin [...]	2006-03-16 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL FR SOCI PINR EUN
06PARIS1697	Criticism 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 16:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS1699	FRENCH ON PM DE VILLEPIN'S MARCH 13 WORKING VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the French MFA, counter-terrorism and energy policy were the two central topics of Prime Minister de Villepin's March 13 talks in Madrid with Spanish Prime Minister Zapateros. Prior to the ministerial, the French sent a strong message to the Spanish MFA on their dissatisfa [...]	2006-03-16 17:19:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SP FR SY LE
06PARIS1706	LIBERIAN PRESIDENT ELLEN JOHNSON-SIRLEAF VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 13 described Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf's March 7-10 official visit to France as a success. France's primary interest in supporting Johnson-Sirleaf and stability in Liberia is to promote stability in neighb [...]	2006-03-17 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LI FR
06PARIS1711	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. National Security [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-17 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1720	FORMER DEFENSE MINISTER RICHARD: INSIGHTS ON EU [...] (C) In a meeting March 9, Ambassador Stapleton and former defense minister Alain Richard exchanged views on the roles of NATO and the ESDP, on the steady continuity in France's defense policies under Richard's successor (current Defense Minister Michele Aliot-Marie),and on French domestic pol [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON MARR
06PARIS1750	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Third Anniversary of [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1776	FRENCH AF DAS DISCUSSES SUDAN (AMIS/UN),DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Helen Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East and Central Africa, on March 20 said that France would take a low-key approach to lobbying Africans on the AMIS/UN issue, to avoid exacerbating anti-Western phobias. She stressed the importance of progress in the Abuja talks. An offici [...]	2006-03-20 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SU DJ CG FR
06PARIS179	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Bush Iraqi Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 11:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1843	MFA DAS DISCUSSES OFFENSIVE IN CHAD AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on March 21 discussed developments in Chad, notably the GOC's offensive against rebel forces that began early on March 21. Foucher said that, if successful, the offensive could solidify Deby's regime and reduce Sudan's ability to [...]	2006-03-22 14:59:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS CD FR
06PARIS1863	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Bush Strategy [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-23 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1922	FRANCE WILL SUPPORT BELARUS TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) On March 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on expanding a visa ban against Belarusian officials to Antoine Gosset, the MFA's Belarus desk officer. Gosset said the MFA was examining the legal implications of extending the visa ban to include Aleksandr Lukashenka, given the lack of prece [...]	2006-03-24 17:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CVIS BO FR EUN
06PARIS1948	FOREIGN COMPANIES PLAY A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN THE [...] SUMMARY. The paradox behind the rise of "economic patriotism" in France is the significant role of foreign companies in the French economy. The National Statistical Agency released a report documenting that foreign companies were responsible for 17% of value added, 30% of exports, and one em [...]	2006-03-27 13:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS1966	FORMER PRESIDENT GISCARD D'ESTAING ON A TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Former President Valery Giscard d'Estaing characterized the current social upheaval in France over the First Employment Contract as the latest episode in France's deep-seated resistance to change ("in no way pre-revolutionary"). He argued [...]	2006-03-27 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB FR EUN PINR
06PARIS1976	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Demonstrations Against French [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 11:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS200	FRANCE TO WORK WITH GERMANS ON WTO INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. France intends to work with Germany to develop a trade proposal for the EU that would be focused on services and non-agricultural market access (NAMA) according to Trade minister-delegate Christine Lagarde's staff. Trade Minister Lagarde's advisor Eric Peters (protect) told E [...]	2006-01-11 17:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR FR WTRO
06PARIS2007	UNESCO COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Communication and Information (C and I) Sector of UNESCO held two program council meetings last week - the International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) Council and the Information for All Programme (IFAP) Council. IPDC members elected a new chair [...]	2006-03-29 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS2027	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2083	FRENCH MFA OBJECTS TO CURTAILING NIGERIAN UNOCI [...] (C) Africa Watcher shared current U.S. thinking on how to reinforce the UN presence in both Liberia and Cote d'Ivoire during a March 29 meeting with AF Acting DAS-Equivalent Isabel Guisnel. Guisnel objected strongly to recalling the Nigerian mechanized company on loan from UNMIL to UNOCI. SC [...]	2006-03-30 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO LI IV FR
06PARIS2130	UNESCO: PREPARATIONS FOR JULY 2006 VILNIUS [...] Summary: In preparation for the July 8-16 2006 meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Vilnius, invited experts met at UNESCO headquarters to discuss the impact of climate change on World Heritage sites; (Their recommendations para 5). The meeting was held at the request of the July 2005 [...]	2006-03-31 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL KSCA SENV RS XG UNESCO
06PARIS2136	DOHA : FRANCE MAINTAINS HARD-LINE [...] (SBU) Summary : Both PM De Villepin and AgMin Bussereau stated publicly their belief that other countries now need to respond to EU "Concessions" on agriculture in the Doha Development Round negotiations. FAS Paris contacts echoed these remarks and said that offered U.S. reforms were not "suf [...]	2006-03-31 17:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS2137	IIC FOLLOW-UP: FRENCH INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) In the wake of the UN Independent Inquiry Committee (IIC) reports into Oil-for-Food Program (OFF) corruption, the GoF has launched investigations of a number of French nationals named in the IIC reports, though so far none have been charged with a crime. The GoF investigation is being l [...]	2006-03-31 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KFIN PGOV PINR IZ FR
06PARIS2152	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS217	AVIAN FLU: WORLD ORGANIZATION FOR ANIMAL [...] Summary: In Advance of the January 17-18 International Conference on Avian and Human Pandemic Influenza, The Director General of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) is pleased with the level of cooperation among the various international organizations leading this effort (World bank [...]	2006-01-12 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TBIO SOCI SENV TSPL KSCA EAGR OIE
06PARIS2226	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Saddam Trial Moussaoui Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 11:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2252	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO AND FORMER SOVIET SPACE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/S Fried met with French MFA officials to discuss NATO partnerships, Georgia, Ukraine, Nagorno-Karabakh, Belarus, Russia and Darfur. Fried pressed French officials to remain open to offering Georgia a NATO Membership Action Plan, and noted that French and U.S. analy [...]	2006-04-06 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR RU BE MO
06PARIS2253	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Hussein's Trial [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-06 10:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2259	FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL AFRICA ADVISOR OFFERS OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor for Africa Jacques Champagne de Labriolle on April 3 provided a broad overview of French Africa policy during a meeting with AF/W Director Phillip Carter. He made the following observations: -- Chad and Cote d'Ivoire were France's main concerns at prese [...]	2006-04-06 12:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XA IV FR
06PARIS2267	MFA OUTLINES FRENCH POSITIONS IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA Daniel Parfait provided visiting EUR/WE Director Kathy Allegrone with a candid assessment of French positions on Latin American issues April 5, touching on Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, and Haiti. Parfait acknowledged the close relationship Hugo Chavez sha [...]	2006-04-06 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR VE BO CU HA
06PARIS2272	HAMAS PARTICIPATION IN COE PARLIAMENTARY ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Stapleton received April 4 a letter from Congressman Wexler to COE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) President van der Linden seeking to dissuade the parliamentary assembly from meeting with a Palestinian delegation of which one member belongs to Hamas. Embassy and CG St [...]	2006-04-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR PHUM PTER KPAL IS EUN COE
06PARIS2306	POLISH 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 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE PL KPKO CG
06PARIS2314	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER DESCRIBES BLEAK OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) Summary: National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) president Mohammed Bechari provided a frank assessment of the current state of French Muslim communities and institutions to Poloffs March 31. Bechari described disaffected, suburban Muslim youth in the throes of an identity crisis, an [...]	2006-04-07 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PINR SOCI MO FR
06PARIS2318	SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...]	2006-04-07 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR
06PARIS232	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Transatlantic [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 10:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2343	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 10:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2358	FRENCH MFA URGES CLOSE CONSULTATION ON HUMAN [...] Summary: (C) IO DAS-Equivalent Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen on April 7 regretted that the Human Rights Council (HRC) would be a less credible institution without USG participation. However, she admitted that she herself had urged the MFA not to seek an HRC seat in 2006, but to wait until 2007 [...]	2006-04-11 07:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA FR
06PARIS2362	PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the April 5 Paris Club meeting, creditors accepted in principle Algeria's offer to prepay at face value its previously rescheduled Paris Club debt. The US is the third largest creditor with $1.2 billion in claims, just over half of which are pre-payable without penalty. The US stre [...]	2006-04-11 10:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
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 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV FR
06PARIS2476	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas Chad [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-14 10:26:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2578	CACOPHONY IN FRANCE'S FOREIGN TELEVISION POLICY [...] (SBU) France's foreign television policy, which plays a major role in the dissemination of French language and culture throughout the world, is going through a rocky patch. After the shaky start of France's proposed international all-news television station CII (REFTEL),to broadcast mostly [...]	2006-04-19 13:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR SCUL FR
06PARIS2593	FRENCH CONDEMN TEL AVIV SUICIDE ATTACK, WITHOUT [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials offered a disappointing response to reftel points seeking GoF condemnation of the Hamas justification of the April 17 Tel Aviv suicide attack, stressing that the GoF had chosen to "regret" Hamas' reaction rather than condemn Hamas, whom they did not hold responsible [...]	2006-04-19 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2607	MEDIA REACTION REPORT ran China Rising Oil Prices [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2660	FRANCE ON PRODI/HAMAS CALL: "SHOCKED," BUT NO [...] (C) Summary: French MFA officials responsible for EU CFSP and the Middle East told us April 21 that they were "shocked" by Prodi's agreement to receive a phone call from a political-level Hamas member. However, citing the fact that Prodi was not yet a government official at the time of the [...]	2006-04-21 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN IT KPAL
06PARIS2663	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: EB Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne met with GOF energy policy officials to discuss potential areas for bilateral and transatlantic cooperation to improve energy security. GOF officials emphasized the need to maintain pressure on Russia to open its oil and gas markets and, [...]	2006-04-24 10:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR EU
06PARIS2699	FRANCE: INPUT FOR LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary and comment: France maintains a variety of investments in Cuba and is Cuba's 12th ranked supplier, down from fifth in 2001. France does not have a modern bilateral trade agreement with Cuba, and exchanges between the two countries are limited. France adheres to EU positions on C [...]	2006-04-25 11:11:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL FR CU
06PARIS2713	USUNESCO: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] C) This cable is classified by DCM Andrew Koss, for reason: 1.4 d. 2. (C) Summary and guidance request. The Director General (DG) sent the Deputy Director General, Marcio Barbosa, to see Ambassador Oliver on April 24 to pass the message that he has chosen Francoise Riviere, the DG's "Che [...]	2006-04-25 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ECON UNESCO
06PARIS2717	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES FRENCH APPROACH TO "ECONOMIC [...] (C) A/S Wayne heard from a noted economic advisor to the French Government and the head of the local AmCham that one of the main reasons PM de Villepin's "economic patriotism" agenda has resonated with the French people was because most people were shocked to learn that so much of the French [...]	2006-04-25 14:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS2733	FRANCE: 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 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS2747	FRANCE'S INDUSTRIAL POLICY: MORE MONEY FOR EUROPEAN [...] (SBU) On April 25, French President Jacques Chirac unveiled the first six industrial projects to receive public funding following their recent selection by the Agency for Industrial Innovation (AII) -- his weapon of choice for advancing his new industrial policy. Unsurprisingly, Chirac's pet [...]	2006-04-26 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ECPS TNGD TINT FR
06PARIS282	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY VISIT TO LIBYA FOCUSES ON PLIGHT [...] (U) This message contains an action request for Washington in para 10. 2. (C) Summary: FM Douste-Blazy's January 5 visit to Libya focused on French assistance offers to HIV-infected children in Benghazi, in an effort to help facilitate the release of Bulgarian/Palestinian medics wrongly con [...]	2006-01-17 06:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY BG FR
06PARIS2834	FRENCH NATIONAL AVIAN INFLUENZA EXERCISE - "THANK GOD IT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the request of French authorities, on April 24-25 Embassy participated in their National Avian Influenza Exercise, together with the Prime Minister's Office responsible for security coordination (SGDN),numerous ministries, international organizations (OIE, WHO, EU, FAO, and [...]	2006-04-28 15:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AMGT AEMR AMED ASEC CASC FR
06PARIS2843	4/28 ABBAS-CHIRAC MEETING: GOF PROPOSES TRUST FUND [...] (C) Summary: In a preliminary readout provided to poloff, Presidential Advisor for the Middle East Dominique Boche described the April 28 meeting between President Chirac and Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas as focused on two topics -- ways to increase international assistance [...]	2006-04-28 17:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL IS PTER FR
06PARIS2848	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO Expansion [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 10:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2868	CHINA AND TAIWAN AT THE OECD: HARDBALL OVER SOFT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-02 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SENV EU CH TW FR OECD
06PARIS2889	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Middle East Bolivia - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-03 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR

06PARIS2923	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-04 12:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS2979	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Moussaoui Trial NATO [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3049	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran America's Darfur [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS31	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3152	LAURENT FABIUS ON EUROPE AND THE SOCIALIST PARTY'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 12:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PINR EUN
06PARIS3167	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SHINER'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris and the U.S. Mission to the OECD welcome Undersecretary Shiner's visit to Paris. The largest component of her visit will be with the head of Agence Francaise de Developpement, AFD, Jean-Michel Severino to discuss UN reform in the areas of development policy and humanitari [...]	2006-05-12 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL FR
06PARIS3178	CHIRAC/VILLEPIN/SARKOZY AND THE CLEARSTREAM SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. As ref A Paris Points document, the "Clearstream" scandal has become a classic French "affaire d'etat," a scandal which threatens the life of the government and the careers of many leading political, judicial, and even military figures. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin continu [...]	2006-05-12 16:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR EUN PINR
06PARIS3208	OECD REPORTING: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY [...] Chairman Mats Olsson opened the meeting, the agenda was approved, and noted that the Strategic Vision was approved and declassified on 1/30/2006. In his opening remarks Deputy Secretary-General Kiyo Akasaka noted that 2006 was the year for environment at OECD that included the successful launc [...]	2006-05-15 14:01:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD KSCA FR OECD
06PARIS3234	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq U.S. Issues - NSA [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 12:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3269	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Bush Immigration Policy [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS332	FRANCE 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 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV KTDB FR OPIC USTR
06PARIS3360	DOMINIQUE STRAUSS-KAHN ON CLEARSTREAM, HIS [...] (C) Summary: In a remarkably wide-ranging tour de force equally remarkable for its candor, former finance minister and leading Socialist party presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn shared with Ambassador Stapleton May 16 his views that: the Clearstream scandal is far from over; the Soc [...]	2006-05-19 07:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON FR PINR EUN
06PARIS337	FRANCE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris is delighted to welcome Secretary Chertoff to France. We enjoy a warm and productive relationship with the French Government on many issues of high priority to the USG, including counter-terrorism and law enforcement, transportation security, and immigration and customs en [...]	2006-01-19 06:32:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER CVIS EAIR OVIP
06PARIS341	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR USES JANUARY 16 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by N. Cooper Acting Deputy Chief of Mission, reasons 1.4.(D) 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador Louise V. Oliver's January 16 meeting with UNESCO DG MATSUURA focused on USG program priorities including literacy (and the Honorary Ambassador role of the First Lady) and [...]	2006-01-19 09:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC SCUL SOCI UNESCO KSA
06PARIS3450	UNESCO REFORM: NEW STRATEGY UNVEILED ON VOLUNTARY [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 4. 2. Summary and Comment: UNESCO Extrabudgetary Funding Director Moller briefed Geneva Group members on the Director general's plans for a more strategic approach to extra-budgetary resources; these now account for more than half of UNESCO's funding. T [...]	2006-05-22 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS3455	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Montenegro Olmert to Washington [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 11:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS346	OECD: AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE DISCUSSES SOUTH [...] SUMMARY: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) hosted in Paris a Global Forum on 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2005, followed by two sessions of the Committee on Agriculture (CoAg). The Global Forum addressed the topic of Policy Coherence for Development in Agriculture. It was la [...]	2006-01-19 10:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD OECD
06PARIS347	OECD: UNITED STATES CRITICIZED, BUT HOLDS FIRM [...] SUMMARY: The 55th session of the Working Party on Agriculture and Trade (JWP) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) concluded on November 7 after one full day of discussion at OECD headquarters in Paris. There actually was little contention among delegations fo [...]	2006-01-19 10:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD OECD
06PARIS348	OECD: AGRICULTURAL POLICIES AND MARKETS GROUP [...] SUMMARY: The 39th Session of the Working Group on Agricultural Policies and Markets (APM) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met at OECD Headquarters in Paris 3-4 November 2005. The meeting proceeded smoothly even though it had a large work agenda. The Sec [...]	2006-01-19 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD SENV OECD
06PARIS351	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ivory Coast - [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-19 11:31:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3540	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NATO - Parliamentary Assembly - [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 11:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3555	EPA ADMINISTRATOR BROADENS FOOTPRINT OF ENVIRONMENTAL [...] Summary: Environmental Protection Administrator Johnson engaged in public outreach and bilateral talks in Paris, May 16-17, in addition to OECD meetings (septel). In these events, the Administrator presented the range of U.S. environmental efforts, including innovative practices and new meas [...]	2006-05-26 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TRGY PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS357	" ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM " TAKES SHAPE IN FRANCE [...] (C) As reported reftels, the GOF continues to enact elements of Parliamentarian Bernard Carayon,s &economic intelligence8 recommendations, as outlined in his 2003 report. The GOF issued a decree on December 31, 2005, to define which sectors merit protection from foreign control for &national [...]	2006-01-19 15:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD ECON EUN PREL FR
06PARIS3594	FRENCH ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON IPR AND ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF,s economic advisor assured U/S Shiner on May 18 that the GOF would take US views into consideration as it shepherds its digital copyright bill through Parliament. He defended the GOF,s &economic patriotism8 policy shielding French firms from foreign investment, but invit [...]	2006-05-30 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KIPR ETRD ECPS PGOV FR
06PARIS3613	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom is Europe's largest single broadband provider (para 2); -- FT seeking revision of E.U. regulations (para 3); - [...]	2006-05-31 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS3619	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Alleged Massacre in Haditha [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3721	USNATO AMBASSADOR NULAND'S MEETING WITH SOCIALIST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Pierre Moscovici, the Socialist Party's National Secretary for International Relations, met May 29 with visiting Ambassador to NATO Nuland to discuss transatlantic relations in the context of France's 2007 presidential elections. Moscovici insisted that a PS Administra [...]	2006-06-05 10:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR NATO EUN
06PARIS3783	(C) MUSLIM LEADERS IN LYON STRESS UNITY AT [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the regional Muslim Council (CRCM) in Rhone-Alpes stressed a message of unity and moderation during a joint meeting with poloff in Lyon May 31. The CRCM leaders, who represent three rival factions within the national French Council for the Muslim Faith (CFCM),stresse [...]	2006-06-06 12:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PINR SOCI MO AG TU FR
06PARIS3843	FRENCH 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 12:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN COE KPAL CY TU
06PARIS3844	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Guantanamo - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 13:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3872	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran CIA Renditions [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS3876	PRO-SEPARATIST CORSICAN LAWYER SAYS MOVEMENT IS [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Corsican lawyer Pascal Garbarini, who represents the majority of Corsicans imprisoned on terrorism-related charges, told poloff that the long-running separatist movement is ideologically impoverished, splintered into competing factions, evolving towards common criminality [...]	2006-06-08 13:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FR PTER
06PARIS390	USUNESCO: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WILLIAM BRENNAN, [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for William Brennan, Thomas Laughlin, and Jennifer Winston from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA)and attend the Third Global Conference on oceans, coasts, and islands - January 21-29, 2006. 2. Control officer for the visit [...]	2006-01-20 14:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA SENV FR
06PARIS393	UNESCO: SOCIAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SECTOR [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 11, Dr. Marc Renaud, former president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, outlined for selected delegations his recommendations regarding the future role of UNESCO's Social and Human Sciences Sector: to act as an "observatory"; [...]	2006-01-20 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS396	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS ADG KHAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Ambassador David A. Gross met with the UNESCO Assistant Director General for Communication and Information, Abdul Waheed Khan and Director of the Informatio [...]	2006-01-20 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS3978	CONSTRUCTIVE FRENCH MFA LINE ON MID-YEAR [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on the June 15 UNSC review of the Multinational Force Iraq (MNF-1) mandate and current DFI/IAMB arrangements with MFA Iraq desk officer Jean-Marie Safa and MFA UN Action Officer for Iraq Nicolas Kassianides June 12. Both Safa and Kassianides expected that th [...]	2006-06-13 13:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ FR
06PARIS40	MFA ON JANUARY 4 CHIRAC-MUBARAK DISCUSSIONS ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot previewed the January 4 Mubarak-Chirac working lunch, expected to focus on Syria/Lebanon. Mubarak will brief Chirac on his January 3 discussions in Riyadh, during which the Egyptian president was expected to press King Abdallah [...]	2006-01-04 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE EG SA FR
06PARIS4017	FRANCE: ENERGY SECTOR UPDATE [...] (U) This 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: -- France's energy review recommends greater use of biofuels (para 2); -- .... and greater [...]	2006-06-14 08:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS402	FRANCE SUPPORTS DEMARCHE ON YEMENI 1267 VIOLATION, [...] (C) Following January 11 delivery of reftel demarche, Poloff received an update on the GOF response on January 20 from Julien Deruffe, the MFA's senior desk officer for counterterrorism. Deruffe said France wholeheartedly supported the USG's demarche, and called the Yemeni government's violat [...]	2006-01-20 16:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AORC EFIN ETTC FR YM
06PARIS4033	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Middle East - Olmert to Europe [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 12:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS404	USUNESCO GUIDANCE REQUEST: TRANSFORMATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: The UNESCO International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC),a UNESCO program established by the United States in the early 1980s to support the free flow of information in developing countries, will hold elections to its bureau in Ma [...]	2006-01-20 17:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS4053	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Foreign Policy - Iraq - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 11:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS406	CHIRAC UPDATES FRENCH NUCLEAR DEFENSE DOCTRINE TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a January 19 speech before an audience of MPs and military personnel at the L'ile Longue submarine base in Brittany, French President Chirac expanded on France's nuclear defense doctrine, last enunciated in 2001, suggesting the possibility of a nuclear response to t [...]	2006-01-20 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM PTER FR
06PARIS4080	NUDGING DEBY ON DIALOGUE. MFA REMARKS ON CHAD, [...] (C) Summary: French Minister of Cooperation Girardin will deliver a clear message to President Deby in Chad this week on the necessity for national dialogue, according to MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Foucher. The unusual presence of French Presidential Africa Adviser Bonnecorse on Girardin's trip [...]	2006-06-15 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR IV CT TO CD FR
06PARIS4095	UNESCO-DISCUSSION OF ROTATION CAUSING CONSTERNATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sharing worries about a threat to the status quo and the potential of a "rogue" proposition rising to open discussion and a possible vote, key donor nations from several electoral groups met for the first time to discuss their views on rotational representation on UNESCO bodies. [...]	2006-06-15 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU UNESCO
06PARIS4159	UK DELEGATION SEEKS EU CONSENSUS ON UNESCO'S ROLE IN [...] At a June 16 informal meeting of UNESCO delegates, the UK deputy informed Mission Officer that the UK is, in advance of Group I consultations in Athens on the medium-term strategy, seeking to achieve EU consensus on a non-paper on UNESCO's role. The aim of the UK paper is to encourage UNESCO t [...]	2006-06-16 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID SOCI UK UNESCO
06PARIS4183	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. Diplomacy - Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4219	AUSTRALIA GROUP 2006 PLENARY MEETING, PARIS, JUNE [...] (SBU) The Australia Group (AG) plenary continued strengthening the Regime,s nonproliferation and export control tools. Highlights included: -- Agreement to the U.S. proposal to add three biological agents to the control list; -- Agreement to add chemical processing equipment made from [...]	2006-06-20 08:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AS FR CBW
06PARIS4225	(C) PESSIMISTIC ELYSEE LINE ON LEBANON/SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: Chirac's Middle East advisor Dominique Boche recently shared a pessimistic assessment of Lebanon/Syria developments, criticizing UNSYG Annan's passivity on the issue, and citing the potential for the Lebanese government to collapse, amid internal divisions and active undermining [...]	2006-06-20 10:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE SY IR PTER FR
06PARIS4247	SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER ON HOW PS-LED FRANCE WOULD [...] (C) Socialist Party (PS) First Secretary Francois Hollande and PS National Secretary for International Affairs Pierre Moscovici briefed the Ambassador June 8 on the turbulent race for the presidential nomination within the PS and the hurdles facing the party as it looks to next year's presiden [...]	2006-06-21 08:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4248	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 09:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4253	PARIS CLUB - JUNE 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON, 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY, [...] (SBU) At the June 13-16 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors reached a tentative agreement on a deal that will allow Russia to repay its remaining USD 22 billion in previously rescheduled Paris Club debt in August. The deal is still subject to approval by Moscow. Cameroon received a completi [...]	2006-06-21 09:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS4256	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Afghanistan U.S. - EU Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4258	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and HHS Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social Scie [...]	2006-06-21 11:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SMIG UNESCO UN IOM
06PARIS4278	FRANCE/VENEZUELA: NO DECISIONS YET ON ARMS SALE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: On June 20, we raised ref A (possible French company arms deal with Spain for Venezuela) and ref B (Venezuelan anti-NGO bill) demarches with the MFA's PDAS and DAS-equivalents for Latin America. Regarding reports that the Spanish company Navantia has asked Thales France for pa [...]	2006-06-21 13:52:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL KDEM PGOV VE PARM
06PARIS4296	(U) UNESCO PRIZES [...] (U) This is a guidance request, see para. 11. 2. (C) Summary. The awarding of prizes at UNESCO continues to be done on an ad hoc basis and often with little advance notice. This week's inclusion of Cuba in the announcement of UNESCO's literacy prizes is but one more example of how easily [...]	2006-06-21 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS4303	FRANCE WEIGHING FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with French officials on June 8 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the MFA held jointly with the French Economic Ministry, U/S Levey laid [...]	2006-06-22 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL
06PARIS4305	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - U.S. - EU Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS431	UNESCO AMBASSADORS ON POST WSIS SCENE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communication and Information Policy and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Louise V. Oliver met with a select group of UNESCO Ambassadors, including members of the Information for All Programme Council, to exchange view [...]	2006-01-24 06:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC UNESCO
06PARIS4342	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Transatlantic Relationship - [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4360	(C) MFA OFFICIAL ASSAILS EU LACK OF SOLIDARITY ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herve Besancenot (protect throughout),during a June 22 farewell chat with poloff, criticized other EU members -- Spain and Austria in particular -- for going soft on Syria, and offered similar criticism of the Elysee for its more a [...]	2006-06-23 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IS PGOV FR
06PARIS4386	DEPARTING MFA NEA A/S-EQUIVALENT JEAN-FRANCOIS [...] (U) Post offers the following biographic report on Jean-Francois Thibault, newly named French Ambassador to Rabat, who leaves his current position as MFA A/S-equivalent for North Africa/Middle East on June 27, 2006 and is expected to arrive in Rabat shortly thereafter. His MFA successor has n [...]	2006-06-26 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR XF MO FR
06PARIS4406	FRANCE WILL LIKELY SEND A/S-EQUIVALENT TO RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 15:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PGOV PHUM SOCI FR
06PARIS4411	FORMER PRIME MINISTER RAFFARIN: CHIRAC SHOULD REIN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin confided to Ambassador Stapleton during a June 15 lunch that he was worried by President Chirac's waning authority. Raffarin said he had advised the president on the importance of restoring the respective roles of the presidency, prime minister an [...]	2006-06-26 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS4441	U/S JOSPEH, U/S LEVEY JUNE 20 MEET WITH FRENCH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 20 meeting between U/S Joseph and Treasury U/S Levey and French Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, a range of proliferation-related topics were covered, including the US-French-UK-German-Italian meeting later that day aimed at preliminary consultations regarding [...]	2006-06-27 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM ETTC IR KN IN FR
06PARIS4443	FRENCH CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy) SUMMARY: At a cordial, exploratory conference hosted by France on June 20, French, German, Italian, UK, and US participants committed to work together to implement the G8 Gleaneagles Statement to identify, track and freeze WMD proliferation-related assets and [...]	2006-06-27 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PREL KNNP ETTC PARM FR
06PARIS4449	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Kidnapped [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4477	FRANCE/UN: DRAFT REFORM RESOLUTION USEFUL; TIME TO [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche points at opening of business on June 27 to MFA IO PDAS-equivalent Jean-Pierre Lacroix, DAS-equivalent Jean-Hugues Simon-Michel, and IO desk officer Nicholas Kassianides. Lacroix offered feedback on June 28 in which he emphasized French concurrence on [...]	2006-06-28 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC EU EUN PREL UNGA FR
06PARIS4521	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Hamas - Israeli [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4539	UNEMPLOYMENT DECREASED MAINLY DUE TO GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS [...] SUMMARY. Job creation in the private and public sectors was boosted by an increase in government-subsidized contracts, and special government incentives. At least 700,000 jobs were created with the government's support in Q-1, which can explain the decrease in the unemployment rate to 9.1 per [...]	2006-06-30 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4546	FRENCH UNEMPLOYMENT: THE NEVERENDING STORY [...] Summary: The drop in the French unemployment rate to 9.1 percent could be due to GOF policies, as the GOF claims. It also might be due to an aging workforce beating an early retreat to retirement. And it might be due to statistical corrections. But the fact remains that the youth unemployment [...]	2006-06-30 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR ELAB
06PARIS4549	THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT, Part I [...] SUMMARY. A government-commissioned report has warned that the current financial situation could spiral out of control unless a freeze is put on government spending over the next five years. The report recommendations are likely to become an issue leading up to the 2007 presidential elections. [...]	2006-06-30 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4557	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Afghanistan PARIS - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 10:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4650	CAUTIOUS FRENCH INTEREST IN PARNERSHIP FOR BETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Policy Planning (S/P) Director Dr. Stephen Krasner met with French officials and MFA consultants June 23-24 to discuss the nascent initiative for a "Partnership for Better Governance Group" (PBGG). Krasner explained the PBGG would be a multilateral effort with interested deve [...]	2006-07-07 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EAID UNGA FR
06PARIS4652	THE SPIRALING PUBLIC DEBT: PART II [...] SUMMARY. The government's intention to decrease the public deficit in 2006 and 2007 appears to be the first step towards the ultimate goal of reducing the national debt to 60% of GDP by 2010, as outlined in the Pebereau report, but thus far the proposed changes to the national budget remain sh [...]	2006-07-07 09:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS4673	UNESCO REFORM: GENEVA GROUP TO TACKLE UN "COHERENCE" [...] This is a Guidance Request, see para 3. 2. At its July 12 meeting, the UNESCO Geneva Group of donor member states will focus on the ongoing exercise to enhance UN system-wide coherence in the areas of humanitarian assistance, the environment and development. The meeting will start with a [...]	2006-07-07 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID KSCA SOCI UNESCO
06PARIS4760	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Terrorist Attacks in Bombay - Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 11:19:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4825	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - G8 Summit [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 10:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4850	FRENCH REACTIONS TO ESCALATING SITUATION IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chirac, speaking from St. Petersburg on Sunday, supported a G8 call for an end to Hezbollah and Israeli military actions and the immediate disarmament of Hezbollah. Chirac and French public officials at all levels continue to call Israel's reactions disproportionate, b [...]	2006-07-17 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS4913	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israeli-Lebanese Conflict - French [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 11:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4951	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON JULY 20 BAGHDAD COMPACT [...] (SBU) Embassy provided reftel points to the offices of Foreign Ministry Political Director Stansilas de Laboulaye and Ministry of Finance Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy Xavier Musca to update them after their recent meetings with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Ki [...]	2006-07-20 14:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ ECIN OTRA
06PARIS4979	FRENCH VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow briefed French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye on planning for the Iraq Compact on July 18. Laboulaye welcomed the initiative for an Iraq Compact as "encouraging", calling it a good [...]	2006-07-21 15:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS4980	IRAQ COMPACT: FRENCH FINANCE MINISTRY OPEN TO [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Philip Zelikow met July 17 with Xavier Musca, Director General of the Treasury and Economic Policy in the French Ministry of Finance to discuss the Iraq Compact. Musca expressed support for the goals of the Compact, but expressed concerns abou [...]	2006-07-21 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL FR IZ
06PARIS5020	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 11:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5028	UNESCO ETHICS PROGRAMS, THE SKY'S THE LIMIT [...] Summary and comment. The World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST) held an "extraordinary" session in Paris on June 27-28, 2006. This meeting was held to brief members on current activities and to obtain recommendations on next steps in three areas of "et [...]	2006-07-25 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TBIO
06PARIS5053	FINANCE MINISTER DOWN ON DOHA, IRAN; BULLISH ON [...] (C) French Finance Minister Breton told the Ambassador on July 24 that turmoil in the Mideast resulting from Iran,s nuclear program and the war in Lebanon are of great concern to the world economy. Breton said negotiations in the Doha trade round are not working because the EU can go no fart [...]	2006-07-25 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL FR
06PARIS5106	CHAD: FORMER FM SALEH KEBZABO CRITICIZES DEBY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Chad FM Saleh Kebzabo (1996-1997) called on Africa Watcher July 6 to discuss current developments in Chad and the region. Kebzabo,s distaste for Deby and his government was easily discernible. Kebzabo saw little hope that Deby would engage with opposition figures. Kebza [...]	2006-07-27 15:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD FR
06PARIS5116	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-28 10:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5139	WTO DOHA ROUND : GOF BLAMES U.S. FOR COLLAPSE; FARMERS WANT [...] (SBU) French Minister for Trade Christine Lagarde expressed regrets over the collapse of the Doha trade round in Geneva, stating that she does not expect further results. She explicitly blamed the United States' "hard line" stance on domestic agricultural support for the failure of the recent [...]	2006-07-28 13:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS5146	THE OECD BUDGET: PUSHING RUSSIA TO REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The role played by the OECD at the G8 summit is only one of many OECD activities aimed at strengthening the market economy and democratic governance in Russia. A comprehensive economic survey, scheduled for completion in September, will focus on innovation and reform of public [...]	2006-07-28 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV AORC OECD FR
06PARIS5166	MICHEL ROCARD: DON'T RULE OUT A SURPRISE IN 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amb. Stapleton met with Michel Rocard on July 19 (see reftel for report on previous meeting). Rocard, who supports Dominique Strauss-Kahn for the Socialist Party (PS) presidential nomination, appeared resigned to a Royal victory in the party primary. He regretted that neither she [...]	2006-07-31 13:44:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS5170	INTERNATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC COMMISSION (IOC/UNESCO) [...] Summary and Key Accomplishments: At the 39th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Executive Council -- which took place June 21-28, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris -- the U.S. delegation (USDEL) met all of its objectives. These included: encouraging fiscal tra [...]	2006-07-31 14:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC TSPL EAID SENV KSCI IZ
06PARIS5182	TOGO: MEETING WITH GILCHRIST OLYMPIO: UPBEAT BUT [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Togolese opposition leader and UFC chief Gilchrist Olympio told us on July 27 that he agreed to the naming of Burkina Faso President Campaore as facilitator for political dialogue between the GOT and opposition political grou [...]	2006-08-01 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO FR
06PARIS5183	UNESCO: SESAME CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON CONTINUED MID EAST [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Council of the Synchrotron Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East (SESAME) convened for its eighth meeting at UNESCO Headquarters on July 10-11, 2006. The centerpiece of the program is a synchrotron light source, to be installed in Jor [...]	2006-08-01 09:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO TPHY TSPA KISL SOCI XF JO
06PARIS5185	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Israel-Hezbollah Conflict - Iran's [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 10:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5262	FRENCH AGRICULTURE MINISTRY FIRMLY CONDEMNS BIOTECH CROP [...] On July 30, anti-biotech activists struck again in southwestern France destroying a Pioneer biotech test plot and, for the first time, commercial fields of biotech corn. Although activists are continuing to express their anti-biotech stance in this manner (reftel),we have noted that a growin [...]	2006-08-03 14:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EUN FR
06PARIS5276	U.S. DELEGATION REPORT: 30TH SESSION OF THE WORLD HERITAGE [...] Summary: The World Heritage Committee, the 21-nation governing body of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention, held its 30th Session in Vilnius, Lithuania, July 8-16, 2006. The Committee added eighteen cultural and natural sites to the prestigious World Heritage List and also decided to rem [...]	2006-08-03 16:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO LH
06PARIS5305	TFLE01: FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEW: ABSOLUTE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Middle East Advisor Dominique Boche offered a measured and candid take on where we are on Lebanon late August 4. Stressing that Franco-American cooperation on the UNSCR was excellent, Boche said he nevertheless feared that some key differences -- deriving from the op [...]	2006-08-05 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR IS SY IR
06PARIS5341	USG Delegation Report on 17th Meeting of the UNESCO [...] A US delegation participated in the 17th meeting of the UNESCO International Hydrology Program (IHP) Intergovernmental Council (IGC) at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, July 3-7, 2006. The delegation consisted of: Mathew C. Larsen, U.S. Geological Survey (head of delegation),Verne R. Sch [...]	2006-08-07 16:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KS AORC TSPL EAID KSCI SENV SOCI
06PARIS5383	UNESCO: MEETINGS ON MIGRATION, "RIGHT TO THE CITY," AND THE [...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On June 14 DCM and Health Attache met with members of the UNESCO secretariat to discuss UNESCO's Migration without Borders and the Right to the City programs. Paul de Guchteneire, Chief of the International Migration Section, and Wataru Iwamoto, Director of Social S [...]	2006-08-08 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SMIG UN IOM

06PARIS5386	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - U.S. Policy - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5409	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Paris and Washington at [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 10:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS541	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Palestinian Election Results [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-27 10:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5414	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S AUGUST 9 REMARKS ON LEBANON [...] President Chirac chaired an extraordinary meeting of concerned Ministers on Lebanon August 9 in Toulon, France (near which Chirac is vacationing). Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin, Minister of Foreign Affairs Philippe Douste-Blazy, and Minister of Defense Michle Alliot-Marie were all pres [...]	2006-08-10 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR MARR CASC LE KHLS FR
06PARIS5440	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Foiled London Attack [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 11:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5463	UNESCO: POSSIBLE EXECUTIVE BOARD RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) Classified by Andrew Koss, Deputy Chief of Mission, reason 1.4. (D) 2. (C)Charge Koss met August 10 with Lebanese Charge d'affaires Salim Baddoura to discuss the draft resolution (DR) on Lebanon for the next UNESCO Executive Board (EB) coming up in late September/early October. Koss us [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO UNSC AL
06PARIS5480	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - UN Resolution 1701 - Cease-Fire - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 11:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5546	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR PATRICIA MOLLER [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for Ambassador Patricia N. Moller to travel to Paris, France, from August 22-25, 2006, to attend meetings with Embassy personnel and GOF officials. 2. Embassy point of contact for the visit is Political Assistant Robert Kaneda, [...]	2006-08-17 13:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA KE BY FR
06PARIS5555	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - U.S. Stance - GWOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 08:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5574	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - International Force - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 11:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5595	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Lebanon - Cease-Fire Violation - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5608	UNIFIL: HELPING FRANCE MEET ITS RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (C) Summary: French-U.S. cooperation has been significant to the restoration of sovereignty and the progress of democracy in Lebanon over the past two years. We have an interest in preserving that partnership, even in the face of disappointment over France's modest contribution thus far to [...]	2006-08-21 16:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR FR LE KPKO UNSC
06PARIS5625	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - EU-25 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 10:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5657	FRENCH SUPPORT FOR IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt led a delegation to France August 16-17 to discuss the Iraq Compact. French officials remained positive about the Compact's goals and were visibly engaged on the issue. Officials welcomed the briefing on USG discussions with Gulf countries, espe [...]	2006-08-24 07:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EIND EAID PREL IZ FR
06PARIS5666	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon - UNIFIL - Israel - [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-24 11:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5733	CHINA IN AFRICA: FRENCH ARE WATCHING CLOSELY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: French observers believe China's growing presence in Africa reflects a strategic decision by the PRC to exploit a resource-rich continent susceptible to an aggressive Chinese approach. French contacts express apprehension at Chinese inroads into areas of Africa onc [...]	2006-08-25 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EAID ETRD CH XA FR
06PARIS5737	FM LIVNI'S AUGUST 22-23 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate read-outs of FM Livni's August 22-23 visit to France, French Middle East A/S Equivalent Jean Felix-Paganon and Israeli CDA Rafael Barak both emphasized that Livni was adamant on the need for full implementation of UNSCR 1701, given the explosive regional context. She [...]	2006-08-28 12:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN LE KPKO UNSC FR
06PARIS5811	FRANCE'S PRESIDENT CHIRAC OUTLINES KEY FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: President Chirac's annual foreign policy speech to France's ambassadors August 29 focused in particular on Middle East issues and crises, including Lebanon. He warned of clashes of civilizations (including between rich and poor),and stressed the importance of political processes [...]	2006-08-29 15:45:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC NATO FR XF
06PARIS5815	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Lebanon [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5824	CHIRAC/MERKEL FOCUS ON LEBANON, MIDDLE EAST; [...] (C) Summary: The August 25 informal Blaesheim meeting between President Chirac and German chancellor Merkel and their foreign ministers focused on Lebanon and the situation in the Middle East. Merkel publicly supported France's position on lifting the Israeli air/sea blockade of Lebanon, wi [...]	2006-08-30 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN GE MARR MOPS PHUM XF
06PARIS5837	FM DOUSTE-BLAZY'S SPEECH TO FRENCH AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy addressed the annual conference of French ambassadors on August 29, echoing many of the same themes outlined by President Chirac in his address to the ambassadors the day before (reftel). Douste-Blazy stressed the exceptional role France still plays [...]	2006-08-30 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN UNSC TU PTER NATO FR
06PARIS5851	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Iraq Lebanon and the Middle [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-31 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5865	FRENCH DISAFFECTION WITH THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: France's President, Foreign Minister and Minister-Delegate for European Affairs used their late-August remarks to France's conclave of ambassadors, each in his/her own way, to express their continuing concerns about the EU's perceived weaknesses. Chirac complained a [...]	2006-08-31 15:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU MARR PGOV
06PARIS5872	FRANCE: DEMARCHE ON AVIATION SECURITY, THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftels' points August 10 to Luc Lapene, head of the International Coordination Office at the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC). Lapene indicated that France would attend the Montreal ICAO AVSEC panel meeting, and would be represented by one of DGAC's technical e [...]	2006-08-31 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ADPM EAIR AORC ICAO FR
06PARIS59	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Russia-Ukraine Energy War [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 11:57:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5964	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mexico - Aftermath of Elections [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS5974	FRENCH ELECTION 2007: NICOLAS SARKOZY -- THE [...] (C) Eight months before France's 2007 Presidential election, Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy remains the best positioned of the many contenders for France's presidency. He is a markedly different presidential heavyweight, pro-American and committed to free-market principles. Notwithstanding [...]	2006-09-06 15:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS599	FORMER FM VEDRINE ON MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, EUROPE, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 26 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, former FM Hubert Vedrine provided a tour d'horizon on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (it all depends on Israel and, specifically, the eclipse of the Likud),Iran (the difficulties of preventing it from acquiring a nuclear [...]	2006-01-30 17:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN KNNP KPAL
06PARIS601	ECOLOGY MINISTER RAISES SUITE OF ENVIRONMENT ISSUES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. On January 25, Ambassador and Minister for Ecology and Sustainable Development Nelly Olin engaged on climate change-related issues, the Global Environmental Facility replenishment talks, the `World Environmental Organi [...]	2006-01-30 17:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL EAID PREL FR
06PARIS6020	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on CIA Secret [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 10:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6047	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6056	FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL [...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and c [...]	2006-09-11 08:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6061	FRENCH NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE ON UNIFIL [...] (U) Summary: On Sept. 7, the French National Assembly debated France's participation in a reinforced UNIFIL. Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin hailed the lifting of the Israeli blocade of Lebanon, noted the despatch of a French interministerial team to assess reconstruction efforts, and ca [...]	2006-09-11 08:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL LE SY IS FR
06PARIS6063	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for EUR DAS Matt Bryza, and EUR/CARC Director Elizabeth Rood to travel to Paris, France from September 11-13, 2006, to attend OSCE Minsk Group meetings. Post is aware that the exact dates and overnight stays are still to be confirm [...]	2006-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA FR KGIC
06PARIS6082	EMPLOYERS UNION BOSS SAYS FRANCE AT AN INFLEXION POINT [...] (U) Summary: In a September 6 off-the-record breakfast MEDEF (French employers union) President Laurence Parisot told a group of business leaders and opinion makers that France was at a turning point. In a session that ranged from the Doha trade round, to relations with labor unions, to France [...]	2006-09-11 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS6095	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - 9/11 - Iraq Middle [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6125	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - 9/11 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 10:59:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6153	FRENCH PARTICIPATION IN TRANSATLANTIC LUNCH, UNGA [...] (SBU) FM Douste-Blazy cabinet advisor Francois-Xavier Carrel-Billiard told us September 13 that FM Douste-Blazy at this time planned to attend the September 22 informal transatlantic lunch hosted by the Secretary, and would also attend the U.S.-EU ministerial meeting following. New Political [...]	2006-09-13 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL OPDC FR UNO UNGA
06PARIS6166	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Latest Al-Qaida Video - [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 10:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6178	MFA COMMENTS ON COTE D'IVOIRE, TOGO AND CHAD [...] Summary: MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Bruno Foucher on September 12 said President Chirac would call attention to the financial cost of French support for Operation Licorne in Cote d'Ivoire in upcoming UN meetings and indicate the possibility of an adjustment to French force deployment if the peac [...]	2006-09-14 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CD TO IV FR
06PARIS6179	EUR DAS BRYZA MEETS FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 12 meeting with EUR/DAS Matt Bryza and EUR/CARC Director Rood, French Political Director Laboulaye expressed relief over U.S. efforts to persuade Georgian President Saakashvili to avoid being overly provocative toward Russia at the UNGA. To give Saakashvili an add [...]	2006-09-14 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GG NATO EUN KDEM
06PARIS618	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Hamas Afghanistan - London [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 12:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6194	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran NATO - Ukraine Backs Off Islam [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 09:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6199	FRENCH OFFICIALS WARN OF INCREASED TERRORIST THREAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the anniversary of September 11 as a backdrop, the threat of terrorism is once again on the minds of the French public. Though not the leading story in most print or television media, a dramatic front page article on September 14 in the widely circulated French daily, Le Fig [...]	2006-09-15 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR ASEC
06PARIS6234	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and the West - Pope Benedict [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 10:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6244	FRANCE/DARFUR: MFA CURBS MOVEMENT OF DARFUR [...] (C) JEM leader and Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) rejectionist Khalil Ibrahim is effectively grounded on European territory (Schengen Zone),after the French MFA intervened in August with national civil authorities to block renewal of his laissez-passer, AF DAS-Equivlalent Helen Le Gal informed [...]	2006-09-18 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC CD SU FR
06PARIS630	France: Telecom and Information Technology Update [...] This is another in a series of periodic updates on the French telecommunications and information technology sectors, including internet and e-commerce. Contents: -- France Telecom preparing for difficult 2006 (para 2) -- Bad results followed by management shake-up (para 3) -- ARCEP raps Fra [...]	2006-01-31 16:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD FR
06PARIS6442	FRENCH MUSLIM LEADER: YES TO FRANCE, BUT NO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. A week after he was replaced on September 17 as a vice president of the French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM),the body created with the support of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy in 2003 as a vehicle to represent French Muslims, National Federation of Muslims in [...]	2006-09-26 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PTER PGOV KISL FR
06PARIS645	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran Hamas [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 12:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6498	FRANCE OPPOSES VENEZUELA UNSC SEAT BUT RELUCTANT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with poloff on other issues (prior to reception of ref A),MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini commented that Venezuela would do great harm to Security Council credibility, if elected. That said, Giacomini thought it significant that Venezuela had come up shor [...]	2006-09-28 13:15:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE UNSC FR MARR MASS
06PARIS655	USUNESCO: AMBASSADOR GROSS MEETS DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs and U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO, Louise V. Oliver met with UNESCO's Director General Koichiro Matsuura and Assistant Director Gener [...]	2006-02-01 12:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAO ECPS ETRD EINT ETTC EAID UNESCO
06PARIS6554	FRANCE - TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, post has created an interagency team on trade-related issues. The team includes representatives from the Economic Section, Foreign Commercial Services/U.S. Department of Commerce, and Agriculture. It will work closely with officers posted in France's two [...]	2006-10-02 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ELAB PREL EUN FR
06PARIS6558	FRANCE: 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 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ELAB EPET EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS6594	TREASURY U/S LEVEY MEETS WITH FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON [...] (S/NF) On September 12-13, Treasury U/S for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey led a Treasury-State delegation to Paris to meet with French officials and senior executives from France-based international banks to raise awareness of deceptive means employed by Iran-related banks, [...]	2006-10-04 10:29:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KTFN KNNP IR FR
06PARIS6611	NIGER/FRANCE: ENCOURAGING DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Encouraging the development of Niger's budding democracy is France's principal concern for that country, according to MFA desk officer Michael Deslaimes. France shares the U.S.'s general approach to Niger. In the GOF view, Niger enjoys relative stability when compared with its [...]	2006-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PINR PHUM KDEM NG FR
06PARIS6614	UNESCO REFORM: F/A EXPERTS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS BRASILIA [...] Summary and INTRODUCTION: At the September 27-29 meeting of UNESCO's Financial and Administrative (f/A) experts' group, the U.S, delegation: raised questions on the legal risks posed by the Brasilia office, underlining the Executive board's fiduciary responsibilities and urging that Brasilia [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO AORC EAID
06PARIS6615	USUNESCO - A/S POWELL VISIT: PD SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: I am looking forward to your October 23 and 24 visit to UNESCO, and would like to suggest that UNESCO with its education, communication and culture mandates is the ideal platform to advance the Secretary's transformational diplomacy agenda. In this regard, I would like you to co [...]	2006-10-04 15:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS666	INVITATION 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 15:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	COE
06PARIS6668	THE GOF INTRODUCES ITS 2007 BUDGET [...] SUMMARY: French Finance Minister Breton unveiled the proposed budget for 2007, which includes tax cuts and measures to boost consumption (and please voters in a presidential election year). Spending priorities remain essentially unchanged from 2006: education, defense, safety, justice, employm [...]	2006-10-06 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS6679	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAN/DPRK NUCLEAR GAMBIT; THE WEST AND [...] (SBU) In lieu of daily media reaction reporting, Embassy Paris offers this report of the week's major international stories. Two major stories emerged in the first week in October: the nuclear gambit of North Korea and Iran and questions linked to criticisms of Islam. Media coverage of Islam [...]	2006-10-10 09:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS674	INVITATION TO THE 3RD MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 3rd meeting of the Committee of Experts on the inclusion of gender differences in health policy (SP-SHF) at the Council of Europe (COE) in Strasbourg, France, 23-24 March 2006. Working [...]	2006-02-02 06:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	COE
06PARIS6781	ELECTION 2007 TIMELINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first round of France's next presidential election will take place on Sunday, April 22, 2007. Between now and then, the nomination of their candidates by the two major parties, the composition of the (long) list of participants in the first round of the election, and the [...]	2006-10-13 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS6786	FRANCE: VISIT OF VENEZUELA COORDINATOR DEBORAH [...] (C) Summary: In October 6 meetings with WHA Venezuela Coordinator Deborah McCarthy, French MFA officials reiterated French opposition to a Venezuelan seat on the UN Security Council but judged it remained a distinct possibility. DAS-equivalent Michel Pinard argued that overall the Chavez Admin [...]	2006-10-13 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CO CU BL VE PGOV SNAR UNSC SP FR
06PARIS6820	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (C) Poloff shared reftel points 10/16 with Martin Guillard, the MFA's Office Director equivalent for the Levant (NEA/ELA). Guillard said the French are "absolutely in agreement" on the need to support PM Siniora and to pass a sobering message to Damascus. (He did not indicate whether the Fre [...]	2006-10-16 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS6828	French agricultural official clashes with EU commission [...] (SBU) Summary : Debate between a GOF agriculture official and a representative of the European Commission at an October 10 seminar on agricultural risk management highlighted continuing differences over: - the date of the next round of CAP reform (2008 vs. 2013); - whether the EU needed to [...]	2006-10-16 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS683	INVITATION TO A MULTILATERAL CONSULTATION AMONG [...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The USG is invited to send a representative to the 1st Convention of Cybercrime for a Multilateral Consultation Among Contracting States (T-CY),at the Council of Europe (COE),Strasbourg, France, 20-21 March 2006. The meeting will begin at 09h30 o [...]	2006-02-02 12:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	COE
06PARIS6831	FRENCH SUPPORTIVE OF IRAQ COMPACT, TALABANI VISIT [...] (C) We raised ref A points on the International Compact with Iraq with Ambassador Jean-Pierre Guinhut, the MFA,s Inter-Ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction, on October 12. Guinhut reiterated strong French support for the Compact, although he stated that President Talabani,s visit t [...]	2006-10-17 08:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL
06PARIS6836	POLISH AMBASSADOR ON RUSSIA AND FRENCH/EU TIMIDITY [...] (C) Summary: In an October 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Polish Ambassador to France Jan Tombinski expressed concern about the increasing concentration of power in the Kremlin and criticized President Chirac for French reluctance to confront the Russians over their increasingly negative p [...]	2006-10-17 11:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR RU EU GG MD
06PARIS6842	MFA DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S) Summary: In a meeting on October 16, MFA DAS-equivalent for Security in the Bureau of Strategic Affairs, Pierre Thenard, outlined generally positive French views on the Terrorist Inciters/Facilitators Initiative. Thenard inquired about [...]	2006-10-17 13:35:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS685	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - State of the Union [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 12:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS6946	MFA 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 06:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EU TU CY PGOV RS ENRG ETRD
06PARIS6968	FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR [...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...]	2006-10-23 15:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV FR
06PARIS6969	FRANCE SEEKS TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS BY A 'FACTOR [...] On October 9, Ecology and Industry Ministers, Nelly Olin and Francois Loos, jointly presented at a 'Factor 4' Conference the final report of the Working Group on 'Achieving a four-fold reduction in GHG emissions in France by 2050.' Written under the supervision of the French Council of Econo [...]	2006-10-23 15:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV FR
06PARIS6993	PARIS CLUB - OCTOBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON AND MALAWI DEBT [...] (U) At the October 18-19 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors canceled 354 million of Malawi's 363 million dollars of Paris Club debt as its completion point treatment under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. The US was not a creditor. The Club provided financing assuranc [...]	2006-10-24 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7024	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S NOVEMBER 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) When you meet him, Maurice Gourdault-Montagne's focus will be on some of the same subjects that are currently preoccupying us: Iran, Syria/Lebanon and NATO (global partnerships, Afghanistan.) We would expect MGM to be in his usual cooperative, problem-solving mode on the first two, wher [...]	2006-10-25 17:34:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL FR NATO KNNP IR IZ LE SY IS RS GG
06PARIS7025	FRANCE/CHAD: STORM HAS BLOWN OVER [...] (C) Bruno Foucher, MFA AF DAS-Equivalent assured Africa Watcher late October 25 that the rebel attacks near Mongo had petered out and the rebels were dispersing -- some headed toward the southern border with the Central African Republic, others toward the north. Foucher, who leaves in Novemb [...]	2006-10-25 17:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CD FR
06PARIS706	SCENESETTER FOR PARIS VISIT HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome you to Paris to meet with Health Minister Bertrand and sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the President of Institut Pasteur, Professor Alice Dautry. The Embassy works closely with the Ministry of Health on a range of matters, including avian flu, AIDS and the Global [...]	2006-02-02 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL ECON SOCI FR
06PARIS7084	THE FUSE AND THE POWDER KEG: FRANCE ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One year after violent unrest lit up France's underclass suburbs for three weeks, the country's poor suburban neighborhoods remain troubled. Religious identity in these largely Muslim areas was not a significant causal factor then, nor has it become one now. Instead, failure [...]	2006-10-27 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI ELAB FR PGOV
06PARIS7090	MEDIA WRAP-UP: SUBURBAN UNREST; IRAN'S REACH INTO SHIITE [...] (SBU) A number of media outlets commented on recent vandalism and violence in the Paris suburbs in conjunction with the anniversary of last year's suburban unrest and discussed the undercurrents of lingering tensions. Commentators analyzed the situation in the light of a confidential intellige [...]	2006-10-27 16:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7101	FRANCE CONFIRMS TO S/CRS HERBST THAT IT HAS NO [...] (C) Summary: October 19, visiting S/CRS Ambassador John Herbst met with both working and senior-level French counterparts to share the USG experience in establishing a central coordinating office for reconstruction and stabilization activities and to encourage creation of a similar structure [...]	2006-10-30 09:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS FR
06PARIS7102	DAS BRYZA AND MOI DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Minister of Interior Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor, David Martinon, expressed interest in U.S. thinking on Muslim integration in Europe and highlighted the various ways in which the GOF has approached the problem in recent years. Sa [...]	2006-10-30 09:12:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER FR TU PINS XT
06PARIS7109	FRANCE: WHA DAS MADISON DISCUSSES CUBA [...] (C) Summary: In October 18-19 meetings with WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, MFA A/S-equivalent for WHA affairs Parfait agreed that Cuba was likely entering a period of transition and needed international support in evolving toward democratic governance, while cautioning against interference in Cuban [...]	2006-10-30 13:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU FR NU VE EAID ETTC PHUM PREL
06PARIS7118	ISRAELI DIPLOMAT THINKS WORST IS OVER ON [...] (S) Summary: The Israeli PolCouns told us 10/26 that "the worst is over" in terms of the public spat between France and Israel regarding overflights of Lebanon. The Israeli MFA has advised the Israeli Air Force to "cool it," and the French have assured the GoI that UNIFIL's commander will soon [...]	2006-10-30 15:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7119	FRENCH TELECOM DEVELOPMENTS FROM ENTERPRISE DIRECTORATE [...] (SBU) Summary: GOF Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry Information and Communications Technologies Director Emmanuel Gabla told us on October 19 that he was discussing with EU counterparts whether to regulate next generation fiber networks used for broadband and cable TV. Gabla admitted [...]	2006-10-30 17:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7127	EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION [...] (U) The question of EU ambassadorial delegation switching - which provoked strong, negative reactions at the Spring 2006 Executive Board session - was followed up with determination by the Asia-Pacific (ASPAC) States (led by India and Japan, and joined by Afghanistan, China, Indonesia) to have [...]	2006-10-31 09:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO SCUL UNGA EUN
06PARIS715	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMON DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 07:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	FR MARR MCAP PREL
06PARIS718	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] (U) Summary: This telegram constitutes Embassy Paris's country submission for the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense (requested Ref A). We report on developments that took place during calendar years 2004 and 2005 and offer cost sharing information fo [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS720	EMBASSY PARIS SUBMISSION TO THE 2005/2006 REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MCAP FR
06PARIS7201	PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S VISIT TO CHINA-STRENGTHENING THE [...] (SBU) French President Jacques Chirac's most recent four-day visit to China on October 25th through the 28th was notable due to the signing of trade deals worth approximately 5 billion euro and for his personal efforts to improve Franco-Chinese political ties. 2. (U) "Never have we been s [...]	2006-11-03 13:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EIND EINV ELAB PREL PGOV FR CH
06PARIS7208	FRENCH FOCUS ON THE ENVIRONMENT [...] Summary: A number of environmental developments have occurred in France recently: - The release of State of the Environment IFEN Report 2006; - President Chirac's announcement of an international conference to be held in Paris in early 2007 to press for a UN Environment Organization; - [...]	2006-11-03 16:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV FR
06PARIS7213	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, NATO'S [...] (SBU) Speculation about the upcoming U.S. mid-term elections and the impact of the war in Iraq elicited widespread conjecture about the prospects for a new U.S. strategy for Iraq. President Talabani's visit to Paris prompted additional discussion of the need for international support for his c [...]	2006-11-03 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7228	CHINA AND CHINESE TAIPEI AT THE OECD: RAISING THE BAR? [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: China and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei) continue to spar over Taiwan's participation, as a non-member, in the work of the OECD -- work for which statehood is not a requirement. In recent developments, Chinese Taipei has applied to participate in the activities of t [...]	2006-11-06 13:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL SENV EU CH TW OECD FR
06PARIS7242	MFA POLICY PLANNER SEES YEARS OF VIOLENCE AHEAD IN [...] (C) Christian Nakhle, head of the Middle East and North Africa cell at the Centre d'Analyse et de Prevision (i.e., the "CAP," the Quai's S/P-equivalent),shared his views of Lebanon and Iraq with NEA Watcher on 11/3. Nakhle, whose analyses are distributed within the MFA but do not constitute [...]	2006-11-06 16:18:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7251	DAILY NEWSPAPERS: FIRST IN A SERIES ON THE FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for the 2006-2007 to determine the appropriate attention to keep on traditional print media while pivoting to expand our efforts with radio and TV media, as well as with the new Internet media. This analysis of French [...]	2006-11-06 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7269	(S/NF) G7 CONFERENCE ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] SUMMARY: (C/REL France, UK, Germany, Italy, Japan, Canada) France hosted an experts-level meeting on October 25 with G7 partners and the EU to discus how to implement the G8 Gleneagles commitment to develop financial measures to combat WMD proliferation. Participants exchanged information on [...]	2006-11-07 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS728	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Islam and Democracy - [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-03 12:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7282	USUNESCO - AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE EXHIBIT INAUGURATION [...] SUMMARY: On October 3, UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura joined Ambassador Oliver and architectural historian & photographer John Margolies, to inaugurate the "American Roadside Architecture" exhibit at UNESCO Headquarters. The exhibit featured over 50 photographs of mid-twentieth cent [...]	2006-11-08 09:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7284	USUNESCO - FULBRIGHT SYMPOSIUM [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell, gave remarks at the Closing Plenary Session of the Fulbright New Century Scholar (NCS) Symposium in at UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 24, 2006. The Director General of UNESCO Koichiro Matsu [...]	2006-11-08 09:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO KPAO SCUL EAID
06PARIS7290	HAL - FRANCE'S PORTAL FOR SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS [...] All major French research organizations, the conference of university presidents (CPU),the conference of 'Grandes Ecoles' (France's elite universities),and the Pasteur Institute recently signed a Joint Draft Agreement defining a coordinated approach, at the national level, for open-access [...]	2006-11-08 13:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TINT TNGD FR
06PARIS7318	INTERNATIONAL UNION'S LUNG CONFERENCE - PUNCHING ABOVE ITS [...] SUMMARY: The International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease convened the 37th Union World Conference on Lung Health from October 31 to November 4, 2006 in Paris, France. The Union's annual conference is the world's premier meeting of tuberculosis and public health experts dedicate [...]	2006-11-09 10:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KHIV KFLU FR

06PARIS7322	FRENCH PRESIDENCY VIEWS ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) Summary: A/DCM met 11/8 with Dominique Boche, President Chirac's foreign policy advisor for the Middle East and North Africa and received a short readout of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's visit to France November 1-2. Boche noted that Talabani did not raise France's long-standing offer t [...]	2006-11-09 11:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7328	MEDIA WRAP-UP: IRAQ AND U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS, VERDICT [...] (SBU) Debate over the impact of the war in Iraq continued to fuel widespread speculation prior to November 7 about a "lame duck presidency," while most commentary on the results concluded that the vote had "punished" President Bush's Iraq policy. Journalists analyzed the verdict in the Saddam [...]	2006-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS7345	France Ponders 2007 Social Security Budget [...] SUMMARY: As part of efforts to reduce the overall budget deficit to 2.5 percent of GDP in 2007, Health Minister Xavier Bertrand unveiled a 2007 social security budget with a cap on health spending, reducing the social security deficit to 8.0 billion euros (12.2 billion dollars). The social se [...]	2006-11-13 08:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7358	CSTD PARIS PANEL MEETING ON WSIS OUTCOME PRODUCES GUIDANCE [...] (U) Summary: The November 6-8, 2006 Paris Panel Meeting of the UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) Panel Meeting on WSIS outcome "Promoting the building of people-centered, development-oriented, and inclusive information society, with a view to enhancing digital oppo [...]	2006-11-13 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS TINT KWWW PREL FR
06PARIS7363	CHAIRMAN,S SUMMARY ON WMD PROLIFERATION FINANCING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 09:44:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	EFIN PARM PGOV FR
06PARIS738	S/CRS DELEGATION FINDS FRENCH IN LISTENING MODE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: French interlocutors were in active listening mode during 24-25 January briefings by Acting Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) Marcia Wong and NSC Director for Stabilization Clint Williamson. Wong and Williamson invited feedback on the non-pa [...]	2006-02-03 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA CT FR
06PARIS7394	ARMS TRADE TREATY: FRANCE VIEWS IT AS A GOOD [...] (C) Summary: In an informal discussion, an MFA DAS-equivalent contact expressed qualified support for the international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT),even though France believes such a treaty, to be acceptable to all, would be initially weaker than the strong export control regimes already in place [...]	2006-11-15 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EIND ETTC KTIA FR
06PARIS7419	FRENCH RESPONSES TO SUPPORT REQUESTS FOR COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 9 Poloff delivered demarches seeking French support for defeating any procedural moves that could prevent voting on the substance of any resolution before the Third Committee, and defeating retaliatory resolutions brought by Iran and Belarus against Canada and the United State [...]	2006-11-17 05:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CA FR IR BM KN BO UZ
06PARIS7424	SEGOLENE ROYAL'S VICTORY MOVES HER CLOSER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Segolene Royal's overwhelming first-round victory in the November 16 Socialist Party (PS) presidential primary makes it official -- she will be the candidate of the center-left in next year's presidential election, likely in a tight race against the center-right's Nicolas Sarkozy. [...]	2006-11-17 14:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS7435	MFA ADVISOR WORRIED ABOUT BULGARIAN NURSES, ASKS [...] (C) Francois Touazi, FM Douste-Blazy's Advisor for the Persian Gulf and North Africa, told NEA Watcher November 16 that he was seriously concerned about the outcome of the re-trial of the Bulgarian nurses and Palestinian doctor accused of deliberately infecting Libyan children with HIV (some t [...]	2006-11-17 16:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LY PGOV PREL
06PARIS7439	MEDIA WRAP-UP: U.S. MID-TERM ELECTIONS/ MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) The U.S. mid-term election results fueled speculation about a possible shift in U.S. Middle East policy beyond Iraq. Commentators used the occasion of the Israeli Prime Minister's visit to Washington and the Beit Hanoun incident to discuss Washington's support to Israel in the context of [...]	2006-11-17 16:38:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO OPRC FR
06PARIS744	ISRAELI IO A/S OUTLINES MULTILATERAL PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli MFA IO A/S-Equivalent Aharon Leshno Yaar briefed Political Minister-Counselor January 26 on his meetings with French counterparts, stressing his warning to the GoF against new initiatives on Shebaa farms. Yaar confided Israel was also interested in organizing a new coor [...]	2006-02-03 16:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ FR
06PARIS7451	UNESCO: MAN AND BIOSPHERE COORDINATING COUNCIL PONDERS [...] Summary. The 19th session of the MAB Coordinating Council focused on the need to define the program's future, particularly in the context of the formulation of the new UNESCO Medium-Term Strategy for 2008-2013. Issues debated included: the need to devise an appropriate approach to identifying t [...]	2006-11-20 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV EAID SP
06PARIS7455	UNESCO: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE [...] Summary: The November 7 meeting of the Bureau of the World Heritage Committee focused on the agenda for the Committee's June 23-July 2, 2007 meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Bureau heard progress reports from the WH Secretariat on a policy paper on the effects of climate change on Wor [...]	2006-11-20 11:09:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SCUL MEPP UNESCO
06PARIS7461	UNESCO: EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC REPRESENTATION IS PARTIALLY [...] Summary. The United States participated as an Observer State at the Special General Assembly of States Parties to the Intangible Cultural Heritage Convention (the Convention) at its meeting held on November 9. The Special GA elected 6 additional States Parties as members to the Inter-Governme [...]	2006-11-20 14:48:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO KPAO
06PARIS7462	UNESCO AND ITS RIGHT TO THE CITY PROGRAM [...] Summary. Despite concerns raised by the U.S. Mission, UNESCO continues to pursue its "Right to the City" program and will be holding a December 11-12 meeting on "Urban Policies and the Right to the City." Despite UNESCO's support of this program, it is clear from a recent meeting with the org [...]	2006-11-20 15:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO UNESCO
06PARIS7477	FRENCH GDP STAGNATES IN THIRD QUARTER [...] SUMMARY: Based on a French National Statistical Agency preliminary estimate (which may be subject to revisions),GDP growth stagnated in Q-3. The results disappointed the government, which was counting on growth to reduce unemployment ahead of the April 2007 presidential elections. However, [...]	2006-11-21 13:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7478	DEMARCHE TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points November 14 to MFA Office Director-equivalent for Asylum and Immigration Pierre Brethes, MFA Desk officer-equivalent for the United States Sameh Safty, and MFA Desk officer-equivalent for Cuba Othman El Kashtoul, urging the French government to consider re [...]	2006-11-21 13:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF FR SMIG SZ
06PARIS7491	PARIS CLUB - NOVEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (U) At the November 15 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors decided on an initial response to Argentine Finance Secretary MacLaughlin's letter to the Club expressing the GOA's desire to restart a dialogue and normalize relations as soon as possible. Creditors agreed that Paris Club Chairman Mu [...]	2006-11-21 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7508	APPROACHING FRANCE ON TURKEY-EU [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION RECOMMENDATION: Widespread public opposition to Turkish EU membership in the run-up to France's presidential elections severely limits the GOF's flexibility in dealing with the Turkey-Cyprus issue, notwithstanding Chirac's foreign policy prerogatives and his long-standi [...]	2006-11-22 13:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO TU CY UNO
06PARIS7511	TELECOM ATTORNEY ON FRANCE'S ICT STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 16, Hogan and Hartson Attorney (and long-time observer of the French telecoms sector) Winston Maxwell told us that poor consumer protection and nonpublic frequency management were the two areas detracting from France's otherwise robust implementation of EU directives [...]	2006-11-22 15:16:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7541	FRENCH STRESS REGIONAL FALL-OUT OF DARFUR, PLEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios and Ambassador Stapleton met on November 18 with French Presidential Africa Counselor Bonnecorse and MFA/AF A/S-Equivalent de Gliniasty Bonnecorse stressed French concern at the regional fallout of the Darfur catastrophe. The Sudanese program of [...]	2006-11-27 08:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO PINR CD CT SU FR
06PARIS755	MITTAL STEEL RE-AWAKENS ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French politicians, caught off guard at first, are finding it hard to resist evoking "economic patriotism" in response to Mittal Steel's surprise hostile takeover bid of Arcelor. After Mittal preemptively assured it had no job cuts in mind, the latest salvos have shifted to di [...]	2006-02-06 14:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV FR
06PARIS7567	SIGIR Stuart Bowen's PD Program in France, Nov 20 - 22, [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy's Public Affairs Section (PAS) took advantage of the visit to France of Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) Stuart Bowen, November 20-22, 2006, to program him as a "target of opportunity" speaker in both Paris and Lille. Presenting updated informati [...]	2006-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KDEM IZ FR
06PARIS7568	FCC AND ARCEP COMMISSIONERS DISCUSS NEXT GENERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Federal Communications Commissioner Deborah Tate discussed telecommunications regulatory issues with her French counterpart telecommunications regulator Autorite de Regulation des Communication Electronique et des Postes (ARCEP) Commissioner Gabrielle Gauthey on November 10. Ga [...]	2006-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON FR
06PARIS7579	GOF C/T COORDINATOR,S OVERVIEW OF TERRORISM THREAT [...] (S) Summary: Christophe Chaboud, the Ministry of Interior's counter-terrorism coordinating chief, told us on November 20 that GOF authorities remain extremely concerned about the threat of terrorism on French soil and are actively taking measures to combat current and future threats. Radical Islami [...]	2006-11-29 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL FR
06PARIS7580	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PARIS RSI PARTICIPANTS [...] Embassy Paris warmly welcomes and provides country clearance for visiting USG officials participating in the Western Mediterranean Regional Strategic Initiative Chiefs of Mission Conference to travel to Paris, France from December 4 to December 8, 2006. The RSI conference will bring together [...]	2006-11-29 11:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER FR
06PARIS7581	ITER JOINT IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR $10 BILLION FUSION [...] Summary: On November 21, representatives of the European Union, China, Russia, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, and the United States signed the agreement creating the ITER international organization charged with building, operating and dismantling, at a cost of some $10 billion, a first-o [...]	2006-11-29 14:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY SENV KPAO FR
06PARIS7604	France Energy Policy Maker on energy independence, energy [...] (SBU) Summary: Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industry Energy Director General Dominique Maillard told us that France has diversified its energy sources so that it is not dependent on any one overseas market. A large proportion of its energy comes from nuclear energy, and no more than one- [...]	2006-12-01 05:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET FR
06PARIS7612	UNESCO: AMBASSADORIAL DELEGATION SWITCHING: [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (U) Reftel reported on a recent UNESCO Executive Board (EB) decision (175th session, fall 2006) with respect to a controversial European Union-initiated practice of ambassadorial switching (or surrogate representation among ambassadors) dur [...]	2006-12-01 05:17:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO KPAO XG
06PARIS762	FRENCH PROPOSALS FOR AN EU ENERGY POLICY [...] (U) As part of an on-going EU debate on an integrated energy policy, France recently presented a memorandum highlighting the contribution of nuclear power to the security of supply and the fight against climate change. France also stressed the importance of energy-saving initiatives and grea [...]	2006-02-06 15:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV EIND EINV PREL PGOV FR
06PARIS7635	WEEKLY MAGAZINES: SECOND IN A SERIES ON FRENCH MEDIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Paris has been reviewing and recalibrating its media strategy for 2006-2007, in order to maintain the appropriate level of focus of print media while building on our contacts with radio and TV media. This analysis of French weekly magazines is the second in a series of cables ana [...]	2006-12-01 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7666	U/S OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decision to do more in Afghanistan by ensuring that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and [...]	2006-12-05 08:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO AF FR
06PARIS7668	FRENCH MFA EVER MORE PESSIMISTIC ON LEBANON [...] (S) Summary: Damien Loras, Foreign Minister Douste-Blazy's cabinet advisor for the Middle East, told us December 4 that he was "quite pessimistic" about Lebanon's future and doubtful that PM Siniora's government would survive. Nevertheless, he said the MFA was not inclined at present to favor [...]	2006-12-05 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7684	DOD U/S EDELMAN'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH CHIRAC'S [...] (S) Summary: In a December 1 meeting with DoD U/S Edelman devoted primarily to Syria/Lebanon, French NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM) assessed that Syria was the weakest link in the Hizballah-Syria-Iran axis and wondered whether Israel could apply more pressure on Syria, a questi [...]	2006-12-06 13:08:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR IS KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7698	LEBANESE DIPLOMAT THINKS HIZBALLAH HAS THE UPPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEBANESE A/DCM GHADY EL-KHOURY TOLD US DECEMBER 6 HE BELIEVED HIZBALLAH HAD THE UPPER HAND IN THE CURRENT CRISIS IN LEBANON THANKS IN LARGE PART TO ITS DOMINATION OF LEBANON'S SHI'A COMMUNITY. EL-KHOURY ASSESSED THAT MANY LEBANESE SHIITES WITH NO LOVE OF NASRALLAH'S IDEOLOGY -- IN [...]	2006-12-07 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR KDEM LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7699	DOD U/S FOR POLICY EDELMAN'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS: [...] (C) Summary: Senior French officials agreed with U/S of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that significant progress had been made on Afghanistan at the NATO Riga Summit. The GOF highlighted its recent decisions to ensure that its Tajikistan-based planes continue to support ISAF and OEF through [...]	2006-12-07 11:54:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL MARR ECPS NATO MNUC AF FR
06PARIS7705	EXPORT CONTROL BILATS BETWEEN FRANCE AND DOC ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary. On November 30, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration Christopher Padilla met with a GOF interagency group to discuss a wide variety of export control issues and strategic trade issues. The two sides addressed the U.S. Government's proposed China Licensing Pol [...]	2006-12-07 14:28:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EINV FR
06PARIS7714	FRANCE PROPOSES INTELLIGENCE-SHARING CONTACT GROUP [...] Summary: (C) According to the MFA non-proliferatio officer, France shares the U.S.'s conviction that financial and transportation networks that facilitate North Korea's proliferation activities must be curbed. To that end, the GoF believes there is room for more coordination and intelligence [...]	2006-12-08 09:55:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN FR
06PARIS7724	Widespread interest in US crop insurance programs [...] Summary: James Callan, Associate Administrator, Risk Management Agency, USDA, visited Paris November 13 and 14 and met with representatives from various agricultural sectors and French parliamentarians to discuss the US crop insurance program. All interlocutors expressed strong interest in US [...]	2006-12-08 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD EU FR
06PARIS7727	ISRAELI FM LIVNI'S DECEMBER 5-6 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli FM Livni had a fairly terse exchange with FM Douste-Blazy on the status of the Sheba Farms and the need for the Palestinians to explicitly accept the Quartet principles. Douste-Blazy, to the surprise of his MFA underlings, asked Livni to consider entering into secret talk [...]	2006-12-08 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR IS LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7729	MEDIA WRAP-UP: CHAVEZ RE-ELECTED, CASTRO FADES; FOREIGN [...] (SBU) The Chavez re-election and Raoul Castro's "gesture" towards Washington illustrated French views on Latin America's relationship with the U.S. during the first part of the week, while a fierce domestic debate raged about Socialist presidential candidate Royal's controversial trip to the Mi [...]	2006-12-08 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7770	A/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 17:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM RU TU SR FR
06PARIS7795	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S MEETING WITH JACQUES [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Fried met with recognized intellectual and long-time Segolene Royal confidant Jacques Attali on December 6. Attali underlined that Royal, even though she is a leading contender for France's presidency in next spring's elections, has had very little experience making and [...]	2006-12-14 13:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EUN PINR SOCI ECON PREL FR
06PARIS7803	HARIRI ALLY SEES MARCH 14 IN STRONG POSITION [...] (C) Basile Yared, Sa'ad Hariri's representative in Paris, told Poloff on December 14 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa had a "difficult" meeting with Hizballah and Amal officials late December 13. According to Yared, Hizballah stunned Moussa by insisting not only that it obtain a blocking minor [...]	2006-12-15 05:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	FR LE PGOV PREL SY
06PARIS7813	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: PINOCHET'S DEATH; IRAN AND THE [...] (SBU) French Media coverage of ex-Chilean President Augusto Pinochet's death was unanimous in lamenting his "escape from justice" but noted that Chile had "turned a page" with the election of Michele Bachelet. A few commentators argued that overall, Latin America was on the road to democracy. [...]	2006-12-15 16:25:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7815	GDP GROWTH CONFRONTS GLOBAL 2007 SLOWDOWN [...] SUMMARY: In its December overview of the French economy, the French National Statistical Agency forecast GDP growth to rebound to 3.6 percent (annualized) in the fourth quarter of 2006 after no growth in the third quarter. The forecast puts 2006 GDP growth at 2.1 percent, the bottom of the 2. [...]	2006-12-18 09:13:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS7828	UNESCO REFORM: NATURAL SCIENCES SECTOR PONDERS POTENTIAL [...] SUMMARY: U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Executive Director Susanna Connaughton used her December meetings with leaders of UNESCO's Natural Sciences Sector to query them on the ongoing review of the Sciences sectors, and on how they assess the impact of their programs. Her interlocutors, [...]	2006-12-18 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SCI SENV AORC EAID
06PARIS7835	PARIS CLUB - DECEMBER 2006 TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) At the December 12-13 meeting of the Paris Club, creditors provided Haiti a debt restructuring based on its achievement of decision point under the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative. This agreement consolidates around USD 69 million in debt, and will lead to the immedia [...]	2006-12-19 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
06PARIS7847	S/P KRASNER'S DISCUSSION WITH LEADING FRENCH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 13 lunch with Policy Planning Director Stephen Krasner, three of France's leading strategic thinkers worried that, absent tough talk from the U.S., Iran would continue to develop a nuclear weapons program and scorn the IAEA with total impunity. They urged the [...]	2006-12-20 09:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR IR
06PARIS7864	OECD: COUNCIL DISCUSSES BUDGET, MAY MINISTERIAL AS WELL AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The OECD Council met all day on December 14 for its last regularly scheduled session in 2006. PermReps considered the program of work and budget (PWB) for 2007-2008 (see reftel),enlargement and enhanced engagement as well as planning for the May 2007 Meeting of the Council at [...]	2006-12-20 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON OECD EFIN ETRD EAID
06PARIS7882	FRANCE'S NEW SCIENTIFIC/INNOVATION SYSTEM [...] Summary: In the past two years France has undertaken remarkable reforms in its scientific/innovation system. These include the creation of a High Council for Science and Technology, a National Research Agency, and numerous 'competitiveness clusters,' among other structures. The government has [...]	2006-12-21 12:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL PGOV FR
06PARIS7884	FRANCE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] In 2006, France continued to pursue aggressive counterterrorism measures, including the dismantling of terror networks on its territory, notably those assisting in the recruitment or financing of terrorists to Iraq. French terrorism officials remained on high alert since the London subway bom [...]	2006-12-21 15:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER FR ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR KPAO
06PARIS7885	FRENCH AND AFGHAN FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Ranjeen Dadfar Spanta reacted skeptically to the French proposal for an Afghanistan Contact Group during a meeting December 14 with French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy. Although Douste-Blazy tried to sell the group as an opportunity to rationaliz [...]	2006-12-21 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF FR
06PARIS7898	WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP: HAMAS ON THE BRINK OF CIVIL WAR; LE [...] (SBU) The threat of civil war in Gaza and Palestinian President Abbas's proposal for new elections led to speculation about the Middle East as a spawning ground for civil strife. France's National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen received widespread attention in the context of an alleged "softer [...]	2006-12-22 11:08:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC PREL KPAO FR
06PARIS7904	S/CT CRUMPTON MEETS RUSSIAN COUNTERPART TO EXTEND [...] (S) Summary: In an amicable December 7 dinner meeting with Ambassador-at-Large Henry Crumpton, Russian Special Presidential Representative Anatoliy Safonov agreed to move forward with several proposals that expand U.S./Russian counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. These include: --Engaging the Americ [...]	2006-12-26 11:45:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM FR
06PARIS792	WHA A/S SHANNON'S 2/2 MEETINGS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Shannon visited Paris on February 2 to discuss the full range of WHA issues with officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Presidency. On Haiti, Shannon encouraged France to consider symbolic gestures during the election period to demonstrate GOF engagement, an a [...]	2006-02-08 08:25:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON FR AR VE BL BR CO CA IR HA
06PARIS7928	THE FIRST LADY'S JAN 14-17 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) The First Lady's visit to France comes at an ideal moment, just as the French are contemplating a generational change in their politics and reassessing their role in the world. The First Lady will be able to highlight our historic friendship, our effective modern-day collaboration, and ou [...]	2006-12-29 14:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP BUSH LAURA PREL PGOV FR EUN UNO NATO
06PARIS798	DEPSEC ZOELLICK REVIEWS INVESTMENT BARRIERS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary Zoellick reviewed French economic reforms, new GoF restrictive investment rules, and the current state of the Doha Round trade negotiations with Christine Lagarde, France's Minister-delegate for Foreign Trade. Lagarde said France was "open for business", and [...]	2006-02-08 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL OTRA ETRD EINV EFIN EUN FR
06PARIS823	FRANCE; DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S JAN. 24 [...] (SBU) Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff held meetings in Paris January 24 to discuss preparations for a potential avian flu pandemic, Franco-American cooperation on C/T and aviation security, and specific issues related to biometric passports and the Container Security Initiative [...]	2006-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER FR EAIR KFLU CVIS
06PARIS840	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush - Energy [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-09 12:37:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS850	UNESCO: MARTI PRIZE [...] (C) As a result of Mission inquiries, additional information has been obtained about the chicanery behind the awarding of the Marti prize to Hugo Chavez. It has become clear that it was deliberately orchestrated slap at the United States by individuals in the UNESCO secretariat working in cah [...]	2006-02-09 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CU VE UNESCO
06PARIS853	MFA AFFIRMS COMMON LINE ON PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) We discussed reftel points on assistance to Palestinians with MFA desk officer for Palestinian affairs Mariam Diallo, who reaffirmed GoF support for the January 30 Quartet statement. She stressed that the GoF had established clear conditions the next Palestinian government must meet to re [...]	2006-02-09 18:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EAID IS FR
06PARIS854	DEPUTY 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 09:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR EUN NATO KNNP IR SU CD CG
06PARIS862	MOD BACKGROUND COMMENTS ON FRANCE'S EVOLVING [...] (C) Summary: MOD Diplomatic advisor Camille Grand reiterated Feb 8 that President Chirac had not sought to break significant new ground on France's nuclear deterrence strategy in his January 19 speech, but rather was adapting French deterrence policy to the evolving "strategic environment." F [...]	2006-02-10 11:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC MARR PREL PTER FR
06PARIS887	SEEKING USG PARTICIPATION IN MICHELIN [...] Michelin senior representatives contacted Embassy to urge U.S. participation in the next Michelin Challenge Bibendum that will take place in Paris from 9 to 12 June 2006. This event, which has gained international recognition as the premier "clean and safe vehicle event" worldwide provides an [...]	2006-02-10 16:24:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY ELTN SENV KPAO FR
06PARIS907	PSI: INTERAGENCY BILATERAL MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) Summary. An interagency delegation met in Paris with French officials on January 16 to discuss the pending export to China of a vibration/centrifuge testing system (vibrafuge) by the U.S. company Data Physics and the French Company Actidyn Systemes. French technical experts disagreed wit [...]	2006-02-13 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM MNUC ETTC PREL FR CH
06PARIS91	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Mideast: Sharon's Health and [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 13:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS929	FRENCH ECONOMIC GROWTH SLOWS IN Q4 2005 [...] SUMMARY. France's Q-4 GDP growth of 0.8% (annualized) means that GDP only increased 1.4% in 2005, down from 2.1% in 2004. Foreign trade contributed negatively to GDP growth, posting a record deficit. The Government reiterated it still would meet its objective to reduce the budget deficit to [...]	2006-02-14 10:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS937	PRESIDENT CHIRAC SPURS MICROCREDIT DEVELOPMENT [...] SUMMARY: As another way to quiet the unrest in French suburbs, President Chirac personally turned his attention to the development of micro-credit, notably in disadvantaged areas. At a recent roundtable, Chirac proposed giving more money to the social cohesion fund ("Fonds de Cohesion Sociale [...]	2006-02-14 14:21:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV FR
06PARIS945	MFA CONTACTS STRESS GOF POSITION ON HAMAS [...] (C) In conversations with us February 13, senior MFA contacts stressed that the GoF position on Hamas remained unchanged and they downplayed press reports suggesting that the GoF had endorsed Russia's initiative to invite Hamas leaders to Moscow. MFA DAS-equivalent for Egypt/Levant Herv Besan [...]	2006-02-14 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL PTER FR
06PARIS953	EUR PDAS VOLKER'S FEB 3 MEETING WITH SARKOZY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Kurt Volker reviewed on February 3 with Patrick Devedjian, a former industry minister and key advisor to Interior Minister Sarkozy, how a possible Sarkozy administration would likely approach relations with the U.S. Devedjian said a Sarkozy [...]	2006-02-14 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
06PARIS963	SUDAN/AMIS RE-HATTING: FRENCH ON BOARD, YET FACE [...] (C) Summary: Visiting IO/PSC Director Anderson and Embassy Africa Watcher shared the non-paper on AMIS re-hatting with the French Presidency and the MFA, encouraging France to engage in a complementary effort with AU partners (reftel). Presidential Advisor Labriolle maintained France was on [...]	2006-02-14 18:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SU FR
06PARIS984	French Conclusions to WTO Panel Decision [...] SUMMARY: While there was no official reaction by the GOF to the recently announced WTO interim panel decision on the biotech case, the national press covered the issue widely. The French biotech bill was presented to the Council of Ministers the day after the WTO ruling was released, fuelin [...]	2006-02-15 17:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD PGOV FR WTRO EUN
06PARIS99	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] This is part 1 of the INCSR submission for France. A section on the French Caribbean and French Guiana follows at the end of this message. I. SUMMARY: France is a transshipment point for drugs moving into, from and within Europe. Given France's shared borders with trafficking conduit [...]	2006-01-06 14:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR FR
06PARTO1	(U) Secretary Rice's July 27, 2006 conversation [...] (U) July 27, 2006; 4:45 PM; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Amb. Christopher J. LaFleur U/S Karen Hughes A/S Chris Hill NSC Senior Director Dennis Wilder Malaysia Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi Foreign Minister Hamid Amb. Rajmah Hussein MFA Depu [...]	2006-07-31 10:35:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL MY US
06PESHAWAR108	ANP CHIEF SCANS THE HORIZON [...] (C) Awami National Party (ANP) Chief Asfandyar Wali Khan would actively support President Musharraf's government, if the GOP embraced three key ANP initiatives: (1) provincial autonomy in health, local government, education, and agriculture; (2) changing the name of the Northwest Frontier Pro [...]	2006-03-06 15:21:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR141	NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 10:32:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR143	NWFP PML-Q CHIEF PROPOSES A STRATEGY FOR WAZIRSTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 06:06:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK
06PESHAWAR255	NEW FRONTIER GOVERNOR ON THE WAY [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Khalil ur-Rehman recently confided that Lt. General (retired) Ali Mohammed Jan Orakzai will soon replace him. Embittered by his premature removal, Rehman castigated his replacement, claiming Orakzai was not aggressive enough in 2003-04 tribal op [...]	2006-05-23 07:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PTER PK
06PESHAWAR360	CORPS COMMANDER AND NWFP GOVERNOR ON FATA ISSUES [...] (C) On July 10, 11th Corps Commander Lt. General Hamid Khan told the Ambassador the Pakistan Army will maintain its involvement in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) development, chiefly due to the Governor's lack of civilian capacity. The Army is the only entity with a comprehensive [...]	2006-07-13 03:57:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR EAID PK AF
06PESHAWAR67	A DEBATE ON WAZIRISTAN SECURITY: FRONTIER CORPS VS. PAKISTAN [...] (C) Two of the Northwest Frontier Province's (NWFP) most experienced journalists covering the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) maintain growing security problems (see reftel) are hampering GOP counter-terrorism efforts in North and South Waziristan. These problems are spilling over [...]	2006-02-13 11:35:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PK PTER EAID SNAR KDEM AF
06PESHAWAR77	AWAMI NATIONAL PARTY ON TRIBAL AREAS: DEMOCRACY NOW, TALIBAN [...] (SBU) On February 11, the Pashtun-based progressive Awami National Party (ANP) convened a conference of tribal elders in Peshawar to assess the situation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). ANP National President Asfandyar Wali Khan urged tribal people to rise up against gueri [...]	2006-02-16 10:32:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PTER KDEM PK AF
06PESHAWAR82	GOP/ARMY RELATIONS IN WAZIRISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 13:08:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL MARR PK PTER EAID SNAR
06PHNOMPENH1050	CAMBODIA'S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY TO ANNOUNCE FORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings with members of the National Assembly's Commission on Foreign Affairs suggests the Cambodian body is prepared to announce in early September the formation of a Burma Caucus comprised of MPs from the ruling CPP, FUNCINPEC and opposition Sam Rainsy Party. As a [...]	2006-06-02 10:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1091	CAMBODIA: IRAN AND NAM STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. During a June 8 meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Ouch Borith, Charge delivered demarche points contained in reftels. On Iran, Borith said the RGC would consider a public statement, and asked to see Secretary Rice's statement regarding the USG proposal, which the Embassy ha [...]	2006-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC CB
06PHNOMPENH1163	DRUGS IN CAMBODIA: DONORS COMPARE NOTES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Donors highlighted Cambodia's porous borders, rising rates of drug use, limited rehabilitation facilities, and limited government capacity during a June 20 roundtable discussion about Cambodia's drug problem. Several donor nations provide small-scale counternarcotics assistanc [...]	2006-06-22 08:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1426	CAMBODIA LAND DISPUTES, EVICTIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the June 6 and 7 evictions of 500 families from the Tonle Bassac community (refs),there was a large-scale eviction of 168 families from the grounds of a Phnom Penh hospital on June 29. Protests from civil society led to the postponement of another forced eviction, but [...]	2006-08-09 10:25:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CB
06PHNOMPENH1607	POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROSTITUTION -- CAUSE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the police of Toul Kork district started a campaign against prostitution, rounding up 47 prostitutes from nine brothels and other venues in the area and referring them to NGO shelters. Twenty-seven customers and two facilitators were arrested during the operations, b [...]	2006-09-07 00:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
06PHNOMPENH1700	CAMBODIA: MONTAGNARD UPDATE, RESPONSE TO NGO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]	2006-09-19 09:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1723	C O R R E C T E D C O P Y (PARA. 10): CAMBODIA: [...] (SBU) Summary. The Cambodian government (RGC) granted permission for a joint UNHCR expedition to Mondolkiri province to rescue Montagnards following approaches from the Ambassador and A/DCM. Separately, 14 Montagnards arrived directly at UNHCR's Phnom Penh office from Mondolkiri on Septembe [...]	2006-09-20 10:44:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL CB VM
06PHNOMPENH1821	FUNCINPEC'S POLITICAL PARALYSIS [...] (C) Summary. After nearly two months of continued removals of FUNCINPEC officials and criticism of party leader Prince Norodom Ranariddh by PM Hun Sen, Ranariddhhas sought to stave off further problems by underscoring that FUNCINPEC will remain a partner within the coalition government. The [...]	2006-10-05 10:07:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1871	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT AND NGOS BEGIN EFFORT TO FORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Hun Sen opened a two-day meeting in Siem Riep September 26-27 by asking NGOs to draft legislation to create a national human rights commission in one year. Members of civil society, Cambodian lawmakers, government officials and foreign observers participated in [...]	2006-10-16 06:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1924	CAMBODIA WATER AND SANITATION ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Over the last decade, the Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) has become a commercially viable public enterprise regarded as a model across Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, access to improved water supply in rural areas is severely limited and, throughout Cambodia, sanitation is [...]	2006-10-23 10:10:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ESTH SENV EWWT CB
06PHNOMPENH1960	CAMBODIA REVIEWS DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS SINCE 1991 [...] (U) Summary. On October 21, the International Relations Institute organized a 15-year anniversary academic forum reviewing the successes and failures of the 1991 Paris Peace Accords and their implementation during the subsequent UNTAC period. Cambodian government officials dominated the li [...]	2006-10-30 10:11:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID ASEC KDEM CB
06PHNOMPENH1965	CAMBODIA INCSR PART I SUBMISSION [...] The following is Embassy Phnom Penh's submission for the narcotics section of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report as requested reftel. 2. Begin text: Cambodia I. Summary The number of drug-related investigations, arrests and seizures in Cambodia continued to [...]	2006-11-01 09:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CB
06PHNOMPENH2209	CAMBODIA: 2006 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) Cambodia's ability to investigate potential terrorist activities is limited by a lack of training and resources. An absence of comprehensive domestic legislation to combat terrorism also hinders the ability to arrest and prosecute terrorists. However, Cambodia's political leadership demo [...]	2006-12-21 01:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH2229	CAMBODIA AND DRAFT UNSCR ON BURMA [...] (C) On December 27, the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with MFA Secretary of State Ouch Borith regarding reftel demarche. (Note: P/E Chief had met separately on December 15 with MFA Deputy Director for International Organizations So Soeung Ha and delivered reftel demarche points. At the [...]	2006-12-27 09:19:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC CB
06PHNOMPENH2241	CAMBODIA CHILD LABOR REPORT UPDATE 2006 [...] Please find below post's update of the child labor report for Cambodia. An electronic version of the report, including updated footnotes listing sources, will be emailed to Tina McCarter. Begin Text: Cambodia Incidence and Nature of Child Labor Forty-five percent of children ages 5 [...]	2006-12-28 06:26:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB CB
06PHNOMPENH598	UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP BRIEFS COMS ON MARCH 18-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Representative for Human Rights Yash Ghai met with COMs on March 24 to provide an outbrief of his meetings during his recent assessment visit. Ghai is not able to fully assess the political changes since his last visit but is willing to proceed on the assumption th [...]	2006-03-29 11:21:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB

06PHNOMPENH696	CHINESE PM VISITS CAMBODIA, CHINESE ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao visited Cambodia April 7-8 as part of his tour of Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji. The PM announced an assistance package worth approximately USD 600 million, although some projects (the hydro-electric dam project in Kampot province finance [...]	2006-04-12 09:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID CB CH
06PHNOMPENH911	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT, MANUFACTURERS PLEDGE CHILD [...] (U) During a May 4 International Labor Organization-International Program to End Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) event to publicize the ILO's second report on child labor, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia (GMAC) president Van Sou Ieng outlined GMAC's policy on child labor. He said that a [...]	2006-05-11 06:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON CB
06PHNOMPENH977	REGIONAL PROGRESS ON COMMIT PROCESS [...] SUMMARY: The Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) held the Fourth Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM 4) on human trafficking in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on May 10-12, 2006. Over thirty senior government officials from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Governm [...]	2006-05-23 06:55:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN CB
06PORTAUPRINCE1051	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER ALEXIS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Alexis called the U.S-Haiti relationship and USG assistance "indispensable" and asked for a full briefing on all assistance programs at the earliest opportunity during his first meeting with the Ambassador since the ratification of his goernment on June 8. The Amb [...]	2006-06-14 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1178	DEMONSTRATORS COME AND GO/WORLD CUP GOES ON [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Rumored large-scale demonstrations by Fanmi Lavalas (FL) partisans, whether demanding the restoration of their government jobs or the return of Aristide, have yet to materialize, despite continued r [...]	2006-06-29 15:18:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1213	NOT QUITE READY FOR PRIME TIME? THE PREVAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-07 18:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1265	"REPORTS OF MY DEATH ARE GREATLY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Haiti's infamous gossip network went into overdrive Tuesday and Wednesday as reports circulated widely that President Preval had died of a heart attack July 11 while working at the Presidential Palace. Pre [...]	2006-07-13 16:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1303	HAITI: PREVAL APPOINTS NEW SECRETARY OF STATE FOR [...] (U) Speaking at the Haitian Diaspora conference on Wednesday evening (July 12),Preval announced his choice for secretary of state for public security, Luc Eucher Joseph. SIPDIS Joseph is the former chief inspector general of the Haitian National Police. Over the past 2 years, he has worked [...]	2006-07-19 15:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KHLS SMIG ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1389	PREVAL AND THE GOH WRESTLE WITH HOW TO DEAL WITH [...] (C) Summary. President Preval told the core Ambassadors, SRSG Mulet and UN aid officials that persuading the gangs of Cite Soleil to lay down their guns would work only if coupled with a more vigorous effort to improve the slum's conditions. He called for better coordination of assistance progr [...]	2006-07-31 19:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1417	IMPASSE AT MALPASSE: HAITIAN-DR BORDER STRIKE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly 2. (SBU) Summary: A transport workers' strike has disrupted commercial traffic and general transit at the Haitian-Dominican border crossing at Malpasse since July 10. Most recently, the workers perpetrated violence on [...]	2006-08-04 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1476	GOH ASKS FOR SLOWER RATE OF DEPORTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOH requested a reduction in the number of criminal deportees to 25 every two weeks, down from the 50 previously agreed to, citing the need to better enable the GOH to absorb and process them following the escape of 27 deportees after last week,s repatriation (REF B). In lig [...]	2006-08-10 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1481	PPREVAL TO GANGS: DISARM OR DIE [...] (C) Six days after announcing he preferred "dialogue" to a military solution, President Preval on August 9 publicly demanded that gangs "surrender their arms or die" in a surprise visit to Cite Militaire, a Port-au-Prince slum adjacent to the gang stronghold of Cite Soleil. Preval's visit a [...]	2006-08-10 16:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1483	GOH BUDGET UPDATE: MOVING FORWARD WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret told econoff August 8 that the new budget is almost complete and will move forward to parliament, maybe by tomorrow (August 11). Concerning the financing gap for FY06 (USD 18.5 million) and FY07 (USD 15 - 25 million),govern [...]	2006-08-10 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ENRG PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1487	HAITI'S WEAK LEGISLATURE [...] Summary. The Haitian parliament as of June 12 is in regular session for the first time in nearly three years. Hampered by inadequate facilities, lack of technical support, and institutional weakness, legislators have carried out their basic functions but have failed as yet to develop a legisl [...]	2006-08-11 15:53:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1543	PREVAL REVIVES DDR [...] (SBU) Summary. President Preval has asked MINUSTAH to develop and prepare to implement a Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration ((DDR) plan to serve as the carrot in his "carrot and stick" policy to combat Port-au-Prince's armed gangs (reftel). MINUSTAH's DDR department is preparing [...]	2006-08-21 12:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1552	BORDER CROSSING WITH DR STILL CLOSED [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Presidential advisor Robert Manuel on August 19 told the Ambassador that the situation at the Malpasse border crossing, the nearest to the Dominican Republic from Port-au-Prince, had become intolerable, and t [...]	2006-08-22 16:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1588	GOH DISMISSES DISARMAMENT STUNT [...] (C) President Preval reportedly rebuffed on August 14 an offer by Cite Soleil gang leader William Baptiste, aka "Ti Blanc" to participate in a disarmament ceremony, after a series of meetings with gang leaders over the previous weeks failed to produce a result. (Note: Preval's frustration [...]	2006-08-25 15:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1597	PREVAL COMING TO DC/PENSIVE WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with President Preval on August 24 to review the bilateral agenda on the eve of her departure for leave and Washington consultations. Preval plans to visit Washington on September 18-19 in advance of the UN General Assembly meeting: he told the Ambassador dur [...]	2006-08-25 18:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON UNSC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1661	PREVAL HOME ALONE [...] Summary. Over four months into Preval's presidency, he has yet to form a staff allowing him to carry through policy initiatives. Preval confidante and advisor Robert Manuel serves as chief counselor. Gabriel Verret, who appears to have grown in influence advises Preval on economic matters. [...]	2006-09-07 17:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1755	MINUSTAH CLOSES IN ON CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary. Under continued prodding from President Preval (ref A),MINUSTAH and the HNP over the past week have taken significant steps to secure the access routes areas immediately adjacent to Cite Soleil and the major north-south artery within the district, route 9. According to MINUSTAH [...]	2006-09-15 18:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1798	PM ON COOPERATION/SECURITY/ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 19 reviewed with the Ambassador recent developments in the bilateral agenda. The Ambassador congratulated the PM on the previous day's signing of the bilateral aid agreement and pledged to coordinate our assistance with the GoH. [...]	2006-09-22 13:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE184	A/S SHANNON ATTENDS MINUSTAH/OAS MEETING IN [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon represented the United States. at a meeting of senior MINUSTAH, OAS, and donor countries in Port-au-Prince on January 20. The participants agreed that election of [...]	2006-01-25 20:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1881	ROCKY START FOR DDR [...] (C) Summary. Forty-seven gang members from Cite Soleil on September 26 finished a week-long orientation program for the revamped Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) program (ref A),though follow-on activities remain in doubt as MINUSTAH DDR staff attempt to ensure with the [...]	2006-09-29 18:34:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE1922	GOH APPROVES FY07 BUDGET [...] The GOH approved and published Haiti's FY07 budget September 30; parliament ratified the budget on September 28 with slight modifications to the original document, including a reallocation of USD 25 million (ref A). The budget totals USD 1.65 billion (64.57 billion Haitian gourdes),a 68 perc [...]	2006-10-06 15:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV PINS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2087	CITE SOLEIL RESIDENTS PROTEST MINUSTAH [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: protect accordingly. 2. (U) Cite Soleil residents on October 29, conducted a peaceful march protesting the presence of MINUSTAH, chanting anti-MINUSTAH slogans as they walked by a MINUSTAH outpost in the Port-au-Prince slum. Various news reports [...]	2006-10-31 15:22:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2104	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF INL A/S ANNE W. [...] (C) With your visit approaching, Haiti remains in a kind of suspended animation as its population awaits to see what lasting results are produced by President Preval's initiative to control criminality emanating from the slum area of Cite Soleil and break the power of the Cite Soleil gangs. P [...]	2006-11-03 14:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2230	COLLEAGUE CHRONICLES CORRUPTION OF YOURI LATORTUE [...] (C) Summary: Senator Youri Latortue may well be the most brazenly corrupt of leading Haitian politicians, according to a colleague. The XXXXXXXXXXXX recently shared with poloffs his concerns regarding Latortue's illegal or otherwise unsavory activities in the port city of Gonaives and other ar [...]	2006-11-20 18:20:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2273	YOUNG WOMAN'S VIOLENT MURDER SPARKS OUTRAGE; PM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The kidnapping and murder of a young woman, Natasha Dessources, has shocked and angered the population of Port-au-Prince over the past two weeks. The story has caused a strong reaction from the p [...]	2006-11-29 14:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2289	PREVAL II: THE HONEYMOON'S OVER [...] (C) Summary. There is increasing talk among Haitians these days about malaise and government inertia. President Preval, now seven months into his term, i seen as isolated and distracted. Reports of dissntion within his inner circle, a poor legislativ record to date, and a failed disarmament po [...]	2006-11-30 19:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2341	PM ELATED FOLLOWING MADRID CONFERENCE, BLAMES [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis met with WHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Patrick Duddy, Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and the Ambassador December 3 for a cheerful meeting after returning from the donors, conference in Madrid. PM Alexis stressed the importance of the [...]	2006-12-08 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2367	MARTISSANT HOTSPOT FOR GANG VIOLENCE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The murder of a Haitian National Police officer during the December 3 elections sparked a new wave of gang violence in the Martissant neighborhood in the south of Port-au-Prince. MINUSTAH presenc [...]	2006-12-12 19:38:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM MARR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2371	STUDENTS ARE REVOLTING [...] (U) Summary: Recent student protests culminated on December 5 with a demonstration in front of the Prime Minister's office that devolved into confrontations between MINUSTAH personnel and students who threw rocks and vandalized MINUSTAH vehicles. Three groupings appear to have generated the [...]	2006-12-13 12:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2373	GOH TO ANNOUNCE NEW CARICOM OFFICE [...] Summary: President Rene Preval appointed a new advisory council on external relations consisting of financial specialists Marie Michelle Rey, Charles Clarmant, and Preval's financial advisor (and presumed fiancee) Elizabeth Delatour. He created the advisory council in September to review rel [...]	2006-12-14 17:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2385	PREVAL TELLS MINUSTAH TO TARGET THE GANGS [...] (C) President Preval on December 15 directed SRSG Mulet to have MINUSTAH forces conduct targeted operations against known leaders in Cite Soleil and other Port-au-Prince slums, according to MINUSTAH political staff. Senior MINUSTAH civilian staff present at a birthday party for Mulet's chief [...]	2006-12-15 17:02:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM HA BR
06PORTAUPRINCE2387	SENATORS PRESS PM ON INSECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis, acting in his capacity as chief of the High Council of the National Police (CSPN),testified December 13 in front of the senate commission on defense, justice and security, pledging to undertake actions against the bandits responsible for t [...]	2006-12-15 18:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE2433	HIGH ANXIETY OVER SECURITY [...] (C) The recent spate of high-profile kidnappings and the GoH's stumbling response has become the singular issue in Haitian politics and public discourse. While panic has not yet set in, the Port-au-Prince population has begun to alter their work and private routines and much of daily life aga [...]	2006-12-21 20:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA
06PORTAUPRINCE284	HAITI ELECTIONS: LATORTUE OPTIMISTIC, LOOKING TO [...] SUMMARY. In a meeting with DAS Duddy, four Congressional staffers and Charge on 6 February, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue expressed confidence about the upcoming elections but noted that the days following the election would be critical. He expected that results would be available [...]	2006-02-09 13:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE299	LATORTUE'S PLAN FOR HAITI'S FUTURE, THOUGHTS ON [...] SUMMARY. In a 6 February meeting with DAS Duddy, four Congressional staff and Charge, Interim Prime Minister Gerard Latortue laid out his views on the continuing challenges in Haiti as well as the keys to breaking the cycle of failure. His frank yet optimistic assessment echoed similar messa [...]	2006-02-10 18:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE31	HAITI ELECTIONS: MINUSTAH LOGISTICS IN PLACE, [...] (C) Summary: The MINUSTAH head of elections operations and logistics reported that MINUSTAH will be prepared logistically to administer elections, but that Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) must take some policy decisions to avoid additional delays. MINUSTAH is ready to begin training poll [...]	2006-01-06 12:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PKAO HA
06PORTAUPRINCE324	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for ESF Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) Haiti for anti-trafficking in persons ESF funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti. The proposal tar [...]	2006-02-16 20:09:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE335	Haiti: Anti-TIP Proposal for INCLE Funds, FY 2006 [...] Please find a proposal submitted by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for anti-trafficking in persons INCLE funding for FY 2006. Post fully supports this proposal as the submission best tailored to combat trafficking in persons in Haiti from a law enforce [...]	2006-02-17 20:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PREL SMIG ASEC
06PORTAUPRINCE37	JUSTICE MINISTER ON JEAN-JUSTE, NEPTUNE AND ARMS [...] (SBU) In a January 5 meeting with Charge, interim Minister of Justice Henri Dorleans said he had no problem with imprisoned priest Gerard Jean-Juste receiving medical examinations from the doctor of his choice at Canape Vert hospital under MINUSTAH security. The minister also discussed releas [...]	2006-01-06 21:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC HA
06PORTAUPRINCE636	PREVAL'S ECONOMIC ADVISOR OUTLINES NEW DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: President-elect Rene Preval's economic advisor Gabriel Verret said the theme of Preval's "Pact for Democracy and Governance" is political, social, and economic modernization through employment generation and a commitment to private investments, both foreign and Haitian. Verret expl [...]	2006-04-07 17:31:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE851	PRESIDENT PREVAL PREPARES A CAUTIOUS START [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Rene Preval has articulated the broad outlines of an economic and political development plan for Haiti, but has not put himself in a position to launch a detailed set of programs or legislative agenda in his first days in office. USG interlocutors will likely have [...]	2006-05-12 19:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM HA
06PORTAUPRINCE867	PREVAL'S CHIEF FOREIGN POLICY FORECASTS PRAGMATISM [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Longchamp, Rene Garcia Preval's foreign policy advisor provided a circumspect review of the major foreign policy issues facing the new administration to Emboffs May 8. Longchamp claimed that the Preval team had yet to focus on external relations and develop a foreign pol [...]	2006-05-15 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
06PORTAUPRINCE936	PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER ALEXIS NOMINATION FOR PM [...] (C) Summary: Parliament is set to open discussion on President Preval's nomination of Jacques Edouard Alexis today, May 24. Most observers expect a vote on Alexis by the end of this week. Political leaders have voiced objection to Alexis, but appear to be positioning themselves to negotiate [...]	2006-05-24 17:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR HA
06PORTAUPRINCE999	PROPOSED HAITIAN CABINET [...] (U) Haitian Prime Minister Jacques Eduoard Alexis presented his "general policy" (politique general) and introduced his proposed cabinet ministers to the national assembly today, June 6. As of this writing, Alexis is answering questions from each of the 27 senators. National assembly leader [...]	2006-06-06 18:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HA
06PORTLOUIS598	MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Mauritian Prime Minister told Charge October 6 that he has no particular problem with U.S. foreign policy, despite comments to the contrary broadcast on Mauritian radio. Ramgoolam emphasized that he has tried hard to maintain consistent principles in foreign affairs and denounced [...]	2006-10-06 13:42:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER VE GT MP
06PORTLOUIS675	SUCCESSFUL EID DINNER IN MAURITIUS [...] Ambassador Cabrera hosted a very successful dinner with Mauritian Muslim leaders on November 6 to mark Eid al Fitr. Among the record number of guests were Acting President Raouf Bundhun, most of the Muslim members of parliament (MP) from all parties, the Deputy Supreme Court justice, many top [...]	2006-11-07 11:43:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL MP KISL KPAO
06PORTLOUIS763	MAURITIUS - DECEMBER ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] Topics in the December Economic Roundup include: - Increase in Commercial Air Traffic to Mauritius - Foreign Currency Shortage and the Depreciation of the Rupee - Bank of Mauritius: New Building and Departure of Governor - Mauritius Obtains USD 30 Million Loan from the World Bank - Plans to [...]	2006-12-21 12:25:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAIR EAID EIND EINV SENV MP
06PORTMORESBY126	MCC - LEVERAGE ON GOVERNANCE IN PNG [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 06:43:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PP
06PORTMORESBY319	SAREI VS. RIO TINTO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 03:04:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PP
06PORTMORESBY381	SOLOMON ISLANDS: PM KICKS AUSTRALIA IN THE SHIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 07:13:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR BP
06PORTMORESBY401	FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF SAREI VS. RIO TINTO [...] (SBU) Summary: The PNG government of the day has taken and communicated a decision to the Embassy that it does not want to be seen as standing in the way of the hearing of the subject case in California courts. Accordingly, we must assess that there are no compelling foreign policy objections [...]	2006-09-25 00:22:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PP
06PORTMORESBY412	PNG - CHAVEZ MADE USG'S CASE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-28 05:15:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PP
06PORTOFSPAIN1080	T&T HOMICIDE BUREAU CHIEF: DEPORTEES NOT MAJOR CRIME [...] In an extended interview with the daily Trinidad Guardian newspaper on September 12, Head of the Homicide Bureau, Assistant Commissioner of Police Maurice Piggott discussed many of the current shortfalls in T&T's policing efforts and the steps that the police force is taking to rectify the sit [...]	2006-09-15 20:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1123	THE DELAWARE/T&T PARTNERSHIP: TRANSFORMATIONAL DIPLOMACY IN [...] SUMMARY: Delaware Governor Ruth Minner's recent visit to T&T under the auspices of DOD's State Partnership Program was extraordinarily successful. The Delaware/T&T partnership should serve as a model not only for expanding military to military relationships but for effecting transformational [...]	2006-09-22 20:49:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR PINR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1126	PM MANNING FRUSTRATED OVER CARICOM RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 8 meeting with DOE A/S Karen Harbert and WHA DAS Patrick Duddy, PM Manning voiced frustration with CARICOM colleagues over their stance on Petrocaribe but at the same time said he would go along with a "CARICOM decision" to support Venezuela's bid for a UNSC seat. [...]	2006-09-22 21:14:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET UNSC PREL PGOV VE TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1135	T&T FM GIFT RESIGNS [...] Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift has submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Patrick Manning who has accepted it. In a September 25 letter to the Prime Minister, delivered the day before Manning departed for Washington, Gift said that, under his watch, "the visibility and respectability of [...]	2006-09-29 12:02:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1138	ARNOLD PIGGOTT, NEW TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOREIGN MINISTER [...] On September 29, the GOTT announced that present T&T High Commissioner to Canada Arnold Piggott has been appointed Foreign Minister, replacing Knowlson Gift who resigned his position on September 25. Arnold Piggott was immediately sworn in. 2. Since an official Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-09-29 19:26:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1161	MANNING: LIFTING IMET RESTRICTIONS VINDICATES T&T [...] (U) As reported septel, Prime Minister Patrick Manning,s October 4 budget speech, was, for the most part, devoted to a discussion of T&T,s largely energy-driven revenues and of proposed expenditures on infrastructure development, manufacturing diversification and agriculture promotion, as wel [...]	2006-10-06 20:07:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KCRM MARR PGOV PREL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1299	T&T WILL REEVALUATE LONG STANDING ABSTENTION POLICY ON SOME [...] Polchief delivered the talking points contained in Reftels, on November 9, to MFA Multilateral Division Director Susan Gordon. 2. Gordon reiterated T&T's long standing policy of abstaining on country specific resolutions. She argued that such resolutions are too selective and lack objecti [...]	2006-11-09 20:17:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA TD
06PORTOFSPAIN131	SPECIAL ANTI-CRIME UNIT OF T&T: LOOKING BACK, [...] (SBU) Brigadier General Peter Joseph, Director of the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) provided Poloff with a candid assessment of last year's performance in fighting crime, as well as a look forward to 2006. Joseph stated that 2005 was a year of building capacity, esp [...]	2006-01-26 20:14:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1328	T&T UNLIKELY TO OPPOSE BELARUS'S RETALIATORY RESOLUTIONS [...] The Ambassador made a number of attempts on November 15 to schedule an immediate meeting and/or make telephone contact with Foreign Minister Arnold Piggott in order to present Reftel talking points. When we received no response, Polchief faxed the talking points to the MFA and followed up on [...]	2006-11-16 17:52:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BO TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1349	SECRETARY AND CARICOM: BROAD DIALOGUE NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Secretary Chertoff,s October 26 meeting with CARICOM representatives highlighted the potential for greater cooperation building on existing structures for Cricket World Cup 2007. CARICOM is happy to receive assistance for Cricket World Cup, and further collaboration on interdic [...]	2006-11-24 10:31:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1372	CONFERENCE PROMOTES CARIBBEAN ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION [...] Summary: Caribbean Energy Ministers met in Port of Spain September 6-8, 2006, at the "Energy and The Competitiveness of The Caribbean" conference to discuss opportunities for developing renewable energy to reduce the region's dependency on foreign oil. The goal of the conference was to illumin [...]	2006-12-01 15:02:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET EIND EINV CARICOM TD
06PORTOFSPAIN1388	DEMARCHE: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR DEC 7TH UNGA OCEANS DEBATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 11:49:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA TD
06PORTOFSPAIN217	CARICOM INTER-SESSIONAL WRAP-UP: PETROCARIBE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the final press conference of the 17th CARICOM Inter-sessional Heads of Government meeting, members announced that they had resolved two of the most contentious issues, Haiti's status in CARICOM and PetroCaribe. On PetroCaribe, T&T decided to support suspension of the common [...]	2006-02-14 20:11:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD EPET XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN268	TRINIDAD PETROLEUM CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] The 2006 Trinidad & Tobago Petroleum Conference (TTPC),held on February 6-7 in Port of Spain, chose the theme "Harnessing the Gas Economy" to recognize the change in status of Trinidad and Tobago as an oil producing economy to a gas producing one. The conference, organized by the South Trini [...]	2006-03-01 20:09:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET EFIN TD
06PORTOFSPAIN272	T&T FM NONCOMMITTAL ON US-RECOMMENDED BEHAVIOR [...] (C) Ambassador called on Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) Foreign Minister Knowlson Gift, on March 1, to present him with Reftel talking points regarding official contact with representatives of the newly-elected Hamas government of the Palestinian Authority. The Ambassador noted the US and EU desi [...]	2006-03-02 18:36:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
06PORTOFSPAIN462	DHS CWC ASSESSMENT TEAM JUMP-STARTS T&T [...] (C) The Department of Homeland Security-funded Cricket World Cup assessment TEAM highlighted the need for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) to coordinate better with the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the form of its Local Organizing Committee (LOC). Fortunately, this trip [...]	2006-04-13 17:29:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM SNAR TD
06PORTOFSPAIN590	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY PART 1 [...] Inflation continues with little change ------------------------------------------ The inflation rate in T&T was running at an annual rate in March of 6.6 percent, according to T&T Central Bank figures. While this was only slightly higher than 6.5 percent in February, there is still no sign of [...]	2006-05-11 15:10:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND EAIR EFIN TD
06PORTOFSPAIN602	PASTOR HINN'S SECOND COMING TESTS T&T'S [...] SUMMARY: Controversial Pentecostal Pastor Benny Hinn is scheduled for a second trip to Trinidad and Tobago in May. His "Miracle Mission" has occasioned significant dispute in the press, with Hindu leader Sat Maharaj using his media outlets to question Hinn's ministry as a sort of revenge fo [...]	2006-05-15 18:41:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF TD
06PORTOFSPAIN676	AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF WINSTON DOOKERAN'S PROSPECTS [...] (C) On May 26, Political Chief and Political Officer met for two hours with Robin Montano, the former Opposition United National Congress (UNC) Senator who had been fired earlier in the year by then Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday as part of the internecine strife within the party. Montano i [...]	2006-06-02 15:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN677	GUATEMALA'S UNSC CANDIDACY - APPROACH TO TRINIDAD [...] (C) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Manning June 1 to discuss ref A. A/DCM accompanied the Ambassador at the meeting. No paper was left behind. 2. (C) Ambassador informed Manning that we had heard earlier (ref B) that T&T had a favorable view of Guatemala's qualifications to be a cand [...]	2006-06-02 15:42:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TD
06PORTOFSPAIN701	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - MAY PART 2 [...] T&T going with the "Flow" -------------------------- Local cable company Columbus Communications has re- branded its services with the launch of Flow, a new digital system incorporating the "triple play" service of cable, high-speed Internet and telephone service. Columbus expects to give i [...]	2006-06-07 19:57:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECPS EFIN KIPR KFLU SENV TD
06PORTOFSPAIN808	TRINIDAD ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE [...] Desalcott chairman charged with fraud ---------------------------------------- After four years of investigations into alleged corruption in the US$120 million Trinidad desalination plant, Desalcott executive chairman Hafeez Karamath has been arrested on fraud charges. In January 2005, inves [...]	2006-07-06 13:27:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELTN KFLU TD
06PORTOFSPAIN841	T&T MFA ON CARICOM'S UNSC CANDIDATE CRITERIA [...] (C) Political Officer met with Ms. Sandra Honore, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs CARICOM division on July 13. She stated, in no uncertain terms, that the CARICOM communique issued after the St. Kitts Heads of Government Meeting in early July outlines a clear set of criteria that any [...]	2006-07-14 19:51:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC XL TD
06PORTOFSPAIN972	T&T NOT AFTER CARICOM SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA has corrected a recent press report implying a T&T push for a regional Caricom seat on the Security Council. However, we believe a T&T bid to fill an upcoming UNSC vacancy would not be surprising. According to the Guatemalan Charge here, T&T has decided to support Guate [...]	2006-08-17 12:55:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CARICOM TD
06PRAGUE1032	CZECH POLITICS: CSSD DUMPS ODS AT THE ALTAR AND [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Talks between the leaders of the two main Czech political parties, the Civic Democrats (ODS) and the Social Democrats (CSSD),broke down August 24, hours after both sides had publicly stated that an agreement was in sight and expected within days. Immediately after outgoing Prim [...]	2006-08-25 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1033	CZECHS ARE CONSIDERING REQUEST TO RESETTLE CUBAN [...] (C) Summary. The Czech MFA is considering reftel request to resettle Cuban political migrants in the Czech Republic. The Ministry of Interior would prefer to wait until 2008, when a proposed change in resettlement policy would facilitate such resettlement, but will defer to the decision of the [...]	2006-08-25 16:37:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE1053	CZECHS SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE FOR KOSOVO, EU [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs agree with the U.S. position on Kosovo and Serbia on every material point. While the Czechs support the status talks, they are pessimistic about the outcome: Serbs will never willingly agree to an independent Kosovo. Czech MFA officials plan a visit to the Balkans the w [...]	2006-08-30 12:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU EZ
06PRAGUE1054	CZECHS PREPARING LETTER OF INTENT ON NATO'S [...] (C/NF)DATT delivered reftel talking points to MOD Defense Policy and Strategy Division Deputy Director Radomir Jahoda on August 29th. Jahoda reiterated the Czech Ministry of Defense support for the Strategic Airlift initiative. He said a Letter of Intent was currently awaiting signature by Depu [...]	2006-08-30 12:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL NATO EZ
06PRAGUE1056	LEADERSHIP OF CZECH CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT PARTY [...] SUMMARY (SBU) Just days after the fiercely anti-Communist Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) joined a surprising coalition with the Social Democrats (CSSD) that would have relied on the tacit support of the Communist Party (KSCM),the party chair Miroslav Kalousek, and three of the party's five Dep [...]	2006-08-30 14:02:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1074	CZECH EX-PRIME MINISTER PUTS U.S. AND MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Former Czech PM Jiri Paroubek took advantage of a farewell call by Ambassador to punctuate his political battle with the new government, and specifically with new Foreign Minister Vondra with whom Paroubek has had difficult relations. Ambassador used the farewell call to sound ou [...]	2006-09-05 09:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR EZ
06PRAGUE1075	CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENT TAKES POWER IN PRAGUE - [...] SUMMARY (C) Czech President Klaus appointed formally appointed a minority government led by incoming Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on Monday, September 4, bringing to an end eight years of Social Democrat-led government and thirteen weeks of uncertainty following the June 2-3 elections. Topo [...]	2006-09-05 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1124	CZECHS: STILL NO DECISION ON UNIFIL TROOPS (BUT [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs remain undecided on whether to commit troops to UNIFIL (the MFA still supports it, but MOD sources say budgetary constraints make troop commitment "highly unlikely"). Nevertheless, the Czechs have committed or spent nearly $1 million in humanitarian aid and assistance i [...]	2006-09-13 13:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR LE MARR MOPS SY XG EZ
06PRAGUE1131	CZECHS OPPOSE UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) EconOff spoke with MFA Multilateral Office official Ondrej Kovarik to discuss Reftel. Kovarik said the Czechs will adhere to the EU common position, but added the Czechs do not support the establishment of a permanent forum because the funding source and management structure is unknown. In [...]	2006-09-14 09:14:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF SMIG UNGA EZ
06PRAGUE1142	CZECH PARLIAMENT MAKES COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly 15 weeks after the June 2-3 general election, the Czech parliament has finalized committee assignments. The Social Democrats (CSSD),which came in second in the election behind the Civic Democrats (ODS) arguably took the best assignments. The smaller parties have fewer c [...]	2006-09-15 13:51:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1167	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cabaniss met with new Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek on September 21. Topolanek offered thanks for the Ambassador's efforts to promote bilateral relations, and expressed a desire to continue close ties in the fields of joint security, intelligence sharing and bus [...]	2006-09-22 11:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1190	UPDATE: CZECHS STILL CONSIDERING CUBAN MIGRANT [...] (SBU) Poloff met on September 19 with Czech Ministry of Interior Director of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policies Tomas Haisman, and Head of the Unit for Policy, International Relations and Information on Countries of Origin Pavla Fridrichova, to continue the discussion on possible [...]	2006-09-26 15:10:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE121	CZECH MFA SPEAKS ON LATEST CUBA CLASH: CZECH NGO [...] (C) Summary and comment. A recent incident involving two Czech NGO workers, who were arrested in Cuba by secret police and detained for 11 hours without access to the Czech Embassy, has further cooled the already chilly relations between the Czech and Cuban governments. The Czech MFA demanded [...]	2006-02-07 12:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CA CU EZ
06PRAGUE1234	CZECH REPUBLIC: NO SIGNIFICANT TRADE AGREEMENT [...] In almost all respects, the U.S. - Czech trade and investment relationship operates smoothly and is reflected in over $3 billion of U.S. FDI since 1993. Despite the broadly positive trade and investment climate, U.S. companies in some sectors continue to face barriers to entering the Czech mar [...]	2006-10-04 14:51:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EZ
06PRAGUE1239	CZECH REPUBLIC: ECONOMIC OPTIMISM PREVAILS DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent articles in the international press about reform fatigue and political instability in Central Europe have received much attention locally. There is strong consensus among local economists and financial institutions that the Czech Republic's economic situation differs sig [...]	2006-10-05 13:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1296	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT MINISTRY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador,s October 16 introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Petr Necas, Necas expressed his support for strong transatlantic ties as a fundamental foreign policy pillar for the current government, and lamented the Czechs [...]	2006-10-18 06:38:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EZ
06PRAGUE1297	CZECH SENATE AND LOCAL ELECTIONS - POSSIBLE IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. One third of the Czech Senate,s 81 seats will be contested in two rounds of voting October 20-21 and 27-28. The right-of-center Civic Democrats (ODS),which won the June 2-3 general election, will defend ten seats, more than any other party. While it has the most to lose, ODS is [...]	2006-10-18 14:46:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1302	CZECHS WILL RESETTLE UP TO 10 CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) The Czechs have confirmed they will accept up to ten Cuban migrants this year. Ministry of Interior Head of the Unit for Policy, International Relations and Information on Countries of Origin Pavla Fridrichova said that if all goes well, the Czechs will consider accepting similar numbers [...]	2006-10-19 06:21:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG CU EZ
06PRAGUE1306	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH CZECH DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador made his introductory call on Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy October 17. Topics discussed included missile defense, U.S. assistance for Czech defense reform, and Czech aircraft manufacturer AeroVodochody. Sedivy, just a month in the job, displayed an interest in [...]	2006-10-19 14:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR MOPS
06PRAGUE1327	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT CZECH NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s October 20 introductory call on Czech National Bank (CNB) Governor Zdenek Tuma, Tuma reviewed the progress that Czechs have achieved in liberalizing the banking and economic sectors, but expressed a cautious note that the ballooning government deficit and p [...]	2006-10-24 11:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1331	MISSILE DEFENSE: VISIT OF DASD BRIAN GREEN TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: DASD Brian Green made a well received presentation on 19 October to a Czech Foreign Ministry co-sponsored conference on missile defense. Both supporters and opponents of possible Czech participation in a U.S. missile defense system attended the event. Following the con [...]	2006-10-24 15:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MOPS

06PRAGUE1334	RFE/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 10:25:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1340	AMBASSADOR GRABER'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's October 23 introductory call, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (ODS) expressed his satisfaction with bilateral cooperation in the fields of security and democracy promotion, his concern about energy security in Europe, and his hope that the Ambassador w [...]	2006-10-26 14:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1343	CZECH GOVERNMENT ALLOWS AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Czech Government has given L-159 subsonic fighter manufacturer Aero Vodochody permission to begin discussions about Venezuelan financing for the production of a new version of the L-159, which would have no U.S. content. This decision by Czech authorities stems from heavy d [...]	2006-10-26 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ NATO EAIR MARR VE
06PRAGUE1349	PUBLIC 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 11:31:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE1350	U.S. COMPANY BUYS MANUFACTURER OF VERA-E PASSIVE [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive business information. Please protect accordingly. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Representatives of Rannoch Corporation, a Virginia-based company specializing in air traffic control (ATC) technology, purchased Czech company ERA A.S. on October 26. The new owners plan [...]	2006-10-30 12:26:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS MCAP
06PRAGUE1369	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador,s November 1 introductory call on Civic Democrat (ODS) leader and Minister of Finance Vlastimil Tlusty, Tlusty commented on recent political developments concerning the formation of a government and conceded his party,s mistakes. Tlusty discussed growing defi [...]	2006-11-03 13:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1376	CZECH REPUBLIC: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALLS ON [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Ambassador Graber paid courtesy calls on the heads of the upper and lower chambers of the Czech legislature on November 1. The two men, through from rival political parties on opposite sides of the political spectrum, shared similar views on foreign policy issues of interest to [...]	2006-11-06 13:38:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR CVIS PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1384	CZECH REPUBLIC: TOPOLANEK TO MAKE SECOND ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Czech President Klaus will give outgoing Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek the second chance at forming a government. Klaus will make the announcement on November 8. Topolanek, whose minority government lost a vote of confidence in early October, has said he will focus again on a [...]	2006-11-07 16:29:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1398	CZECH MFA SOLICITS INFORMAL U.S. OPINION ON FOUR [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Government is considering granting permission for Czech export companies to begin to negotiate sales of several radar and similar systems to Indonesia, Ecuador, Nigeria, and Vietnam. If future applications are made for export licenses for the VERA, the Czech MFA inten [...]	2006-11-09 12:04:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS MCAP NI EC ID VM
06PRAGUE1400	NORTH KOREAN LABORERS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) Currently, 408 North Korean laborers (almost exclusively female) are working in numerous factories throughout the Czech Republic. A Czech government taskforce of seven government agencies and an NGO conducts regular joint inspections into the work conditions of the DPRK workers. These r [...]	2006-11-09 12:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KN EZ
06PRAGUE1402	CZECH ENERGY SECURITY: MODERATE BUT INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Czech Republic is moderately dependent on Russian oil and gas compared to other former Soviet bloc countries, thanks to its domestic coal production supplying over 50% of domestic energy needs, its position as a major electricity exporter in Europe, and diversified [...]	2006-11-09 12:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1405	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROLS REPORT (INCSR) [...] SUMMARY. I. Illegal narcotics are imported to, manufactured in, and consumed in the Czech Republic. Locally produced pervitine is also exported to neighboring countries. Marijuana, grown locally and imported from Holland, is used more than any other drug. Consumption of recreational drugs, su [...]	2006-11-09 14:53:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1406	CZECHS ON NOVEMBER 13-14 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the November 13 GAERC the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East (Iran, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon),Russia, and the Balkans. Czech policy closely mirrors U.S. policy in these regions/countries. Specifically, the Czechs support: (1) a strong UNSC resolution with sancti [...]	2006-11-09 15:48:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK CG IS LE
06PRAGUE1414	CZECH 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 14:06:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EINV ECIN SOCI SCUL EZ
06PRAGUE1423	CZECHS ON NATO IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) DCM raised reftel points with Czech Defense Minister Jiri Sedivy on November 15. Pol-Econ Counselor also discussed November 16 with Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Both stressed Czech commitment to success of Riga summit and success for NATO's mission in Afghanistan. To that [...]	2006-11-16 16:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG EZ
06PRAGUE1430	CZECH REPUBLIC: TOPOLANEK GETS A QUALIFIED OK FOR [...] (SBU)SUMMARY. The Civic Democrats (ODS) held their annual party Congress November 17-18, and gave Party Chair Mirek Topolanek the support he was looking for to begin negotiations with the party's main rival, the left-of-center Social Democrats (CSSD),on a coalition that would also include one [...]	2006-11-20 15:25:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE1450	SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (C) Summary: Czechs marked the 17th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. As you will see during your visit, the country has embraced a pro-transatlantic foreign policy, with the Czech government and NGOs playing a significant role in efforts to promote democratic transformation in [...]	2006-11-29 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EZ
06PRAGUE1466	PLANNED CZECH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS FOR 2007 [...] (U) Summary: The Czech Chamber of Deputies will vote in December on a bill authorizing proposed foreign military deployments for 2007. The bill is likely to pass without serious opposition. Increased numbers of troops are planned for Afghanistan and the Balkans, while Iraq troop levels will re [...]	2006-12-01 13:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS IZ AF YI BK LE
06PRAGUE1488	CZECH REPUBLIC REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The USG applauds the Czech Republic for its strong support of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. The Czechs do not recognize the transfer of power to Raul Castro, and continue to advocate for a tougher EU common position on the Castro regime that emphasizes [...]	2006-12-07 09:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1491	CZECHS ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the December 11-12 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Balkans, the Middle East, Afghanistan, China, and Turkey. Czech policy continues to closely track U.S. policy in these regions/countries. At the upcoming GAERC, the Czechs will support (1) ICTY compliance and th [...]	2006-12-07 16:09:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNAUS EUN YI SR BK IS LE IR
06PRAGUE1502	CZECH POLITICS: STRUGGLING CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 14:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1505	CZECHS PLAN INCREASED SUPPORT FOR ISAF: MILITARY [...] (C/NF) Summary: On December 20 the Czech government is likely to formally adopt a plan to create a Czech PRT at Pol-e-Khomri, Afghanistan, to take over from Hungary in 2008. Many of the details such as civilian component, financing, and partners still need to be worked-out, but the Czechs will [...]	2006-12-13 11:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ MARR MASS AF NATO
06PRAGUE1508	GWOT INFORMATION EXCHANGE: SEEN AS LINKED TO THE [...] (C) The Czechs have a modern immigration database available at all ports-of-entry, a comprehensive watchlist is in use, and they began issuing biometric passports in early September 2006. Biometric systems will be introduced at ports-of-entry once the Czech Republic joins the Schengen zone. [...]	2006-12-13 14:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CMGT CVIS EZ KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06PRAGUE1509	CZECHS SUPPORT SINIORA, APPROVE TROOPS FOR UNIFIL, [...] (U) Czech MFA Head of the Near East Group in the Middle East and Africa Department Jaromir Marek told Poloff on December 1 that the Czechs fully support the government of Lebanese PM Faud Siniora, and continue to closely monitor the situation in Lebanon. In a separate meeting, Director of the [...]	2006-12-13 14:47:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EZ
06PRAGUE1510	CZECH ATTITUDES TOWARD AFGHAN OPIUM PRODUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel, Czech authorities said that the increased production of opium in Afghanistan will not change the character of Czech operations in Afghanistan. Ministry of Interior officials doubt that the increased production would have a negative impact on Czech society as [...]	2006-12-14 07:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR EAID EUN SNAR AF EZ
06PRAGUE1513	CZECHS AGREE THAT IRANIAN ELECTIONS ARE FLAWED [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Czech MFA Middle East Department official Silvia Sulaimanova on December 1 to discuss the upcoming Iranian elections and deliver reftel. Consistent with the Czech government's consistent support for U.S. policy on Iran generally, Sulaimanova confirmed that the Czechs reg [...]	2006-12-14 15:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM IR EZ
06PRAGUE1524	CZECHS 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 08:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM HR EZ
06PRAGUE1528	CZECH REPUBLIC: NO STRONG POSITION ON EU DECISION [...] In response to reftel, Ministry of the Environment Department of Climatic Changes Specialist Dr. Jiri Dobiasovsky said that while the government has not indicated an official opinion on the latest EC decision to include international aviation emissions from non-EU air carriers in the EU Emissi [...]	2006-12-18 13:54:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON SENV EUN EZ
06PRAGUE1529	CZECH POLITICS: DEJA VU AS TOPOLANEK READIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The meandering and unpredictable negotiations on the formation of a new Czech government took another strange turn December 14 when nearly completed talks on a partnership between the Civic Democrats (ODS) and Social Democrats (CSSD) collapsed. Prime Minister-designate Mirek Top [...]	2006-12-18 16:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE1543	CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ [...] Summary. This is the first in a series of cables summarizing significant Czech contributions (military, security, democracy promotion, development assistance, and humanitarian aid) in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Balkans. The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003 and provided tr [...]	2006-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MASS IZ EZ
06PRAGUE1544	CZECHS WILL NOT EXTEND TOUR OF POLICE TRAINERS IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-22 08:42:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KRCM SNAR IZ JO EZ
06PRAGUE1545	CZECHS AFFIRM SUPPORT FOR U.S. MIDDLE EAST POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary. During a visit to Prague December 10-11, NEA PDAS James F. Jeffrey met with MFA officials and members of the Czech Parliament Foreign Relations Committee to discuss Iran, recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, and Middle East issues generally. The Czechs responded favorably [...]	2006-12-22 09:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR EZ
06PRAGUE160	CZECH CORRUPTION: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH FOR VOTERS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than a year has passed since Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross (CSSD) was forced out of office by questions about the source of money used to pay for his private residence, and succeeded by current PM Jiri Paroubek (CSSD). Since that time several others in the cabinet, p [...]	2006-02-14 17:06:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR EZ
06PRAGUE166	CZECH REPUBLIC: 2005-2006 REPORT ON ALLIED [...] The following information is provided in response to reftel. Note that one dollar equals approximately 23 Czech crowns (CZK). 2. General Assessment. The Czech Republic is a close ally of the United States, operating in support of U.S. objectives both in Europe and farther afield. The Czechs [...]	2006-02-15 13:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL NATO EZ
06PRAGUE173	CZECH REPUBLIC: COMMUNIST PARTY ALREADY DE FACTO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An increasing number of observers are saying that, for all practical purposes, the governing coalition in the Czech Republic no longer rules. The ruling Social Democrats (CSSD) have turned more often to the opposition Communists (KSCM),rather than their junior coalition partner [...]	2006-02-17 12:24:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE184	CZECHS VIEWS ON EVOLVING EU CUBA POLICY [...] (C) A/DCM met February 17 with Jakub Skalnik, Czech MFA Director for the Americas, to discuss a range of issues, including Cuba policy. Skalnik, a self-professed hardliner on Cuba, said he hoped the Czechs would join with Poland, Slovakia, and possibly the Germans and the Dutch, in making the [...]	2006-02-17 15:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EUN CU EZ
06PRAGUE199	CZECHS ON FEB 27 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the February 27 GAERC, the top priorities will be the Balkans, the Middle East, and Belarus. The Czechs stress the importance of observing international standards in Kosovo, and of managing the impact in Belgrade of any permanent solution for Kosovo. The Czechs strongly support [...]	2006-02-24 07:53:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ KPAL CG
06PRAGUE2	NEW CZECH DEPUTY PM FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS JIRI [...] (U) Czech Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy Martin Jahn left office as expected December 31. Jahn is expected to begin working for an unnamed private sector firm in February; he is rumored to be assuming a position on the managing board of Skoda Auto. Jahn's replacement is Jiri Havel, Ch [...]	2006-01-03 09:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR EZ
06PRAGUE222	CZECHS 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 12:08:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE225	CZECHS WILL SEEK U.S. HELP TO CREATE PRT IN [...] (C) Summary: The Czech MFA hopes to have joint agreement with a reluctant MOD by the end of May to field a Czech-led PRT mission in Afghanistan. Approval for the mission would fall to a post-June-election government, but keeping to the May target would protect the mission from political tamperi [...]	2006-03-02 16:21:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE258	CZECH POLICY IS NOT TO MEET WITH HAMAS [...] (C) During a March 9 meeting with A/DCM, Czech MFA Political Director Martin Povejsil confirmed the Czech position on Hamas remains unchanged: they are a terrorist organization and high-level meetings are not appropriate. Povejsil suggested that the issue now be clarified within the Quartet. [...]	2006-03-13 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE260	PUTIN CONDUCTS FRIENDLY VISIT TO PRAGUE, LIGHTLY [...] (C) Summary. The March 1-2 visit of Vladimir Putin to Prague was aimed at throwing the best possible light on the relationship between Russia and the Czech Republic. Economic concerns were the main focus, but few agreements were signed. Difficult issues were either raised gently, or ignored. D [...]	2006-03-13 06:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EZ RS
06PRAGUE283	CZECH DEFENSE MINISTER ON VERA-E, AFGHAN PRT, AND [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met March 14 with Czech Defense Minister Karel Kuehnl to present the letter from SECDEF Rumsfeld on the positive results of U.S. testing of the VERA-E passive surveillance detection system. Afghanistan and missile defense were also discussed. Kuehnl welcomed the SECDEF' [...]	2006-03-17 15:51:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	AF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER ETTC KSTC MASS
06PRAGUE284	CZECH GREENS: A REFRESHING CHANGE FROM THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent weeks the Czech Green Party has, for the first time ever, jumped above 5% in opinion polls, indicating that the party could enter parliament in the June 2-3 general election. A fifth party in the new parliament would change the calculations for the forming a new gover [...]	2006-03-17 16:02:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE285	CZECHS ON MARCH 20 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. The Czechs predict that the Balkans, Palestine, and Belarus will be the top priorities at the March 20 GAERC. On the Balkans, progress is being made, but some EU member states may be losing their appetite for admitting the Balkan states to the EU in the foreseeable future. On Pale [...]	2006-03-17 16:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EUN YI MW SR BK BO IR IZ SU
06PRAGUE295	CZECHS EXPRESS CONCERN FOR FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN [...] Summary ---------- (C) On March 16, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro met with representatives of Czech NGO People in Need (PIN),parliamentarians, MFA officials, and private citizens actively engaged in democracy promotion in Cuba. The Czechs expressed their commitment to Cuba and Latin America gene [...]	2006-03-22 14:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU VE XM EZ
06PRAGUE298	CZECHS ASK WHETHER THE USG WILL REFUSE TO [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Eastern Europe Director Tomas Szunyog March 23 to discuss the Czech response to the elections in Belarus. Szunyog said the Czechs favor strong transatlantic cooperation in response to the fraudulent election and asked whether the U.S. will refuse to recognize Lukashenko [...]	2006-03-22 16:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE306	CZECHS TEACH IRAQIS IMMIGRATION CONTROL [...] (U) Summary. The Czechs are helping the Iraqi government learn how to manage Iraq's borders. In February, the Czechs brought ten senior Iraqi government officials to Prague to learn best practices in asylum and migration policy. The visit -- sponsored by a partnership between the Czech governm [...]	2006-03-23 14:25:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM IZ EZ
06PRAGUE343	CZECHS 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 05:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL GG EZ
06PRAGUE360	CZECH REPUBLIC AND MISSILE DEFENSE: SUPPORTIVE, [...] (S) Summary: The Czech Republic may be a good candidate to host ground-based ballistic missile defense (BMD) interceptors and/or a BMD radar. However, Czech involvement in the project will be contingent on careful handling of the issue in the domestic political arena. The too-close-to-call Jun [...]	2006-04-07 05:42:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	MARR PREL PL EZ UK RS
06PRAGUE388	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA - MORE [...] (C) Summary. On April 13, the Castro regime announced it would not renew the visa of Czech diplomat Stanislav Kazecky, effectively expelling him. The Czechs believe another Czech diplomat may be expelled next week. The Cuban Charge d'Affaires in Prague said the GOC expelled Kazecky because his [...]	2006-04-17 13:17:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE425	CODEL DAVIS IN CZECH REPUBLIC: TRANSATLANTIC [...] (C) Summary. On April 21, 2006, a delegation of eight members of the U.S. House of Representatives met with Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek and President Vaclav Klaus. Both leaders stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Czech relations; Representatives expressed strong appreciation for thes [...]	2006-04-24 16:16:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS EUN EZ
06PRAGUE432	CZECHS SUPPORT NATO GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (C) Poloff April 24 discussed reftel demarche concerning the NATO "Global Partnership" initiative with Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Smigolova said the Czech Republic welcomed the initiative and had no significant concerns relating to the conte [...]	2006-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE433	CZECHS OPPOSE ANY KIND OF ADAPTED CFE TREATY [...] (C) Poloff April 24 discussed the rumored CFE roadmap initiative for the Sofia NATO Ministerial with Veronika Kuchynova Smigolova, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department. Smigolova shared that the Political Counselor at the German Embassy will call on the MFA April 25 to discuss "a C [...]	2006-04-25 15:15:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RS EZ
06PRAGUE434	CZECHS AGREE THAT KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE IS INEVITABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic agrees that independence for Kosovo is an inevitability. The GOCR believes UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari must make more rapid progress if he is to have any chance of completing his work within the envisaged timeframe. They believe the hope of EU accession wi [...]	2006-04-25 15:18:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE445	CZECH COUNTRY REVIEW FOR WAIVER OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Czech Republic has been applauded by the USG for its strong support of democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. The Czechs are actively seeking a tougher EU common position on the Castro regime, in contrast to the policy sought by Spain of increased engagemen [...]	2006-04-28 08:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL EZ
06PRAGUE473	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 10 U.S.-CZECH POL-MIL TALKS [...] (SBU) The objective of the May 10 Political-Military talks is to strengthen and nurture the Czech Republic's already-strong transatlantic instincts, and achieve forward momentum on key areas of mutual concern. While the entire range of topics for discussion will advance this agenda, the talks [...]	2006-05-04 17:28:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE498	CZECHS 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 15:46:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BO EZ
06PRAGUE505	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH FM SVOBODA'S MAY 16 MEETING [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, This is your first bilateral meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda. I have found him to be a strong and committed supporter of transatlantic relations. Under Svoboda's leadership, the Czechs have become trailblazers in supporting democracy and promoting hu [...]	2006-05-11 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
06PRAGUE506	CZECHS SUPPORT CUBA DEMOCRACY FUND; SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary. Gretchen Birkle, DRL/FO Senior Coordinator for Global Democracy Strategies, and Paul Bonicelli, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, met with Czech MFA officials and Czech NGO representatives April 10. They discus [...]	2006-05-11 14:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE508	CZECHS ON MAY 15 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the May 15 GAERC, Czechs expect the focus will be on the Balkans, the Middle East, and Africa. On Serbia, the Czechs agree with the EU decision to suspend accession talks for failure to comply fully with ICTY. They urge Montenegro to use the Czech-Slovak "Velvet Divorce" as a m [...]	2006-05-12 08:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI
06PRAGUE509	CZECH DIPLOMAT EXPELLED FROM CUBA: CAUTIONARY TALE? [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met April 28 with Stanislav Kazecky, the Czech diplomat recently expelled from Cuba (ref A). Kazecky observed that the human rights situation in Cuba appears to be worsening, and shared tips on effective "public diplomacy" in a closed society. End summary. 2. (C) Kazecky [...]	2006-05-12 12:28:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM CU EZ EUN
06PRAGUE527	CZECH REPUBLIC: BCWG MEETING ON THE VISA ROADMAP [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Czech Bilateral Consular Working Group (BCWG) met May 11 to discuss progress on the Visa Roadmap toward eventual membership in the U.S. Visa Waiver Program. The Czechs confirmed that all passports issued in September 2006 and after will contain biometric chips. They ann [...]	2006-05-16 14:35:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL EZ
06PRAGUE539	CZECHS CONCERNED ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Poloff met May 17 with Veronika Stromsikova, Czech MFA's Director of the Human Rights Department, to discuss reftel on human rights abuses in Syria. Stromsikova said the Czechs are concerned about deteriorating human rights conditions in Syria, and were aware of the abuses iden [...]	2006-05-19 12:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SY EZ
06PRAGUE540	CZECH FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Czech FM Cyril Svoboda called in the Ambassador on the morning of May 19 to discuss the recently approved Senate amendment to immigration reform legislation that would extend the visa waiver program (VWP) to Poland, but not to the Czech Republic. Svoboda, who faces re-election in two wee [...]	2006-05-19 13:55:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS PGOV EUN PL EZ
06PRAGUE544	U.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 13:08:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	MARR NATO PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE549	CZECH ELECTIONS: ODS, THE WOBBLY FRONT RUNNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polls have consistently shown that the center-right, pro-U.S., pro-business Civic Democrats (ODS) are likely to receive more votes in the upcoming June 2-3 general election, and consequently more seats in the next parliament, than any other party. However, ODS leadership of the ne [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE57	CZECH REPUBLIC: 2006 BUDGET IMPLIES INCREASE IN [...] SUMMARY: Thanks to higher than expected tax revenues and better than forecasted economic growth (reftel),GOCR statistics show the 2005 budget deficit was 2.8 percent/GDP, slightly lower than the Parliament-approved 2.9 percent/GDP deficit ceiling and much lower than the 4.7 percent/GDP defic [...]	2006-01-20 13:07:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EZ
06PRAGUE571	CZECHS CONTRIBUTE 50,000 EURO TO NATO TRAINING [...] (U) MFA Deputy Director for Security Policy Vaclav Balek informed Poloff that in response to NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer's appeal, the Czech government on May 17 approved a donation of EUR 50,000 (USD 70,625) to support the NTM-I Trust Fund. These funds follow a Czech donation [...]	2006-05-26 13:34:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PREL EZ IZ
06PRAGUE58	CZECHS 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 06:50:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EZ
06PRAGUE591	CZECH ELECTIONS: THE SHORT, BRUTISH, NASTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the June 2-3 election only a day away, political pundits are still waffling on their predictions and a significant number of voters remain uninspired and unsure of whom to support. The choices made by this large block of still undecided voters, as high as 25% according to s [...]	2006-06-01 10:11:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE597	CZECH PM SUPPORTS NEW U.S. IRAN POLICY [...] (U) Summary: Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek pledged his support for the Secretary's announcement on Iran during his June 1 meeting with the Ambassador. At a press conference with the Ambassador immediately following the meeting, the Prime Minister announced that the Czech Republic support [...]	2006-06-01 14:52:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ IR
06PRAGUE602	CZECHS VIEW RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) Poloff May 31 delivered reftel demarche on Russian action in South Ossetia to Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Division. Balek replied that the Czechs had drawn similar conclusions. According to Balek, the EU is currently discussing how to address its approach, perh [...]	2006-06-02 13:39:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EZ GG RU
06PRAGUE603	CZECHS AGREE ACCESS TO MANAS AIRFIELD IS CRUCIAL [...] (C) Poloff May 31 delivered reftel demarche on renewal of the access agreement for Manas airfield to Vaclav Balek, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Division. Balek responded that, as an active coalition ally with forces deployed in Afghanistan, the Czechs would address similar concer [...]	2006-06-02 13:40:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EZ AF KG
06PRAGUE635	CZECHS 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 14:56:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL EZ
06PRAGUE636	TALKS ON ODS MINORITY COALITION CONTINUE: CHANCES [...] SUMMARY. The Civic Democrat party (ODS),which won the largest number of votes in the June 2 - 3 elections, is pushing forward with its plan to form an ODS-led minority government with the Christian Democrats and the Green Party, although the Greens do not yet seem fully on board. Meanwhile, [...]	2006-06-09 16:14:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE66	CZECH DEMOCRACY PROMOTION: CUBA [...] (U) Summary and comment. This is the second in a series of cables highlighting Czech democracy promotion efforts (ref A),and provides details about the critical assistance provided by the Czechs in Cuba. A peaceful transition to democracy in Cuba remains a top foreign policy priority for the [...]	2006-01-24 12:55:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	PREL KDEM CU EZ
06PRAGUE663	CZECHS TO LICENSE SALE OF FIVE PASSIVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOCR is about to license the export of five ASDD-01 passive detection surveillance systems to Pakistan. The Czech MFA gave its approval to the deal June 14. They explained that after a year of discussions with the USG on exports of the system to Pakistan, they already unde [...]	2006-06-15 16:23:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETTC KSTC PARM EZ PK
06PRAGUE67	CZECH FM SVOBODA: CZECHS ARE COMMITTED PARTNERS ON [...] (C) Summary. Czech FM Cyril Svoboda warmly received Ambassador Cabaniss on January 23, 2006, and confirmed the Czechs are closely aligned with the U.S. on UN Human Rights Commission reform, UN management reform, and the need to report Iran to the UN Security Council. Other topics discussed inc [...]	2006-01-24 13:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UN IR EZ
06PRAGUE674	RESPONSE FROM CZECH REPUBLIC ON REACH: IT IS TOO [...] SUMMARY: The Czech government was receptive to USG concerns on the pending EU Chemicals Directive (REACH),but indicated that changes are not likely as it is now a choice between the Council,s and the Parliament,s versions. Given the history of GOCR active engagement and pragmatism on REACH (r [...]	2006-06-16 13:56:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP SENV EUN EZ
06PRAGUE719	CZECH REPUBLIC: COALITION AGREEMENT REACHED [...] (U) The Civic Democrats (ODS),Christian Democrats (KDU- CSL),and the Green Party (SZ) signed a coalition agreement and finalized ministerial nominations late June 23. ODS, which won the largest number of votes in the June 2 - 3 election, will hold 10 posts including that of the Prime Minist [...]	2006-06-26 14:36:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE737	CZECH REPUBLIC: IMPLICATIONS OF NEW GOVERNMENT FOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The center-right coalition that will take office perhaps as early as next week, pending resolution of Lower House leadership negotiations, will be generally positive for U.S. interests in the Czech Republic. Although the date of a vote of confidence in the Topolanek [...]	2006-06-28 15:52:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EZ
06PRAGUE743	CZECH RESPONSE ON WTO DOHA DEMARCHE: US OFFER [...] (U) Acting Pol-Econ Counselor and Econoff met with EU Multilateral Trade Policy and Common Policy Director Ladislava Votavova at the Ministry of Industry and Trade to deliver Ref A demarche. Votavova cautioned that completing the round by the end of the year might not be plausible given the on [...]	2006-06-30 15:25:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	WTRO ETRD ECON EZ
06PRAGUE744	CZECHS SEE EYE-TO-EYE WITH U.S. ON KOSOVO STATUS [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Joshua Black visited Prague May 23-24 to meet with Czech government officials to discuss the status of Kosovo. The Czech MFA predicts an independent Kosovo (but ackno [...]	2006-07-01 09:00:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM YI ZL EZ
06PRAGUE746	CZECH POLICY ON IRAN: PROLIFERATION ISSUES AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 09:59:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC MNUC IAEA EZ IR
06PRAGUE747	PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 10:12:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE754	RADIO FARDA DISPUTE AT CENTER STAGE IN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION and SUMMARY: This is the first of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. This message looks at several aspects of current ties, notably the impact of Prague-based broadcasting to Iran. The other two cables will focus more directly on non-proliferation. Czech-Iranian r [...]	2006-07-03 15:13:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC ENRG PGOV PINR CVIS EZ IR
06PRAGUE755	PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE CZECH POLICY TOWARD IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: This is the final of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Government is likely to remain solidly aligned with the USG on Iran. Czech mainstream parties whose platforms are supportive of USG positions vis-a-vis the Iranian nuclear issue will occupy 174 o [...]	2006-07-03 15:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MNUC PGOV EUN EZ IR
06PRAGUE756	CZECH POLICY ON IRAN: PROLIFERATION ISSUES AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. This is the second of three cables on Czech-Iranian relations. The Czech Republic's Iran policies and non-proliferation practices strongly support U.S. positions. Concerns have been raised about the impact of acquisition of Czech firms involved in nuclear technologies by Russian [...]	2006-07-03 15:17:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC MNUC IAEA EZ IR
06PRAGUE757	CZECHS REQUEST VISIT OF U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE SITE [...] (U) Action request in para 9. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Czech officials have extended an invitation, effective immediately, for the U.S. to begin surveying potential missile defense (MD) sites within the Czech Republic. They are grateful for U.S. patience in delaying the arrival of the survey tea [...]	2006-07-05 07:51:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE803	CZECHS: WE ARE LIKELY TO OFFER A BASE, WITH NO [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Czech Deputy FM Pojar and his Political Director briefed the Ambassador July 13 on their strategy to manage political and public opinion regarding the possible basing of a U.S. missile defense (MD) site in the Czech Republic. They stressed that the GOCR would not/not [...]	2006-07-14 12:31:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL EZ
06PRAGUE806	CZECHS ON JULY 17 GAERC [...] (C) Summary: At the July 17 GAERC, the Czechs expect the focus to be on the Middle East and the Balkans. The Czechs are strong supporters of USG policy in both regions. Of particular note, outgoing Czech FM Cyril Svoboda plans to take a tough stand in support of Israel during the debate on the [...]	2006-07-14 12:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UN EUN YI MW SR BO IR IZ KPAL SU CG
06PRAGUE828	CZECHS DISCUSS STRATEGY WITH U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Senior Czech officials July 19 hosted a joint OSD-Missile Defense Agency (MDA) policy team led by DASD Brian Green. Discussions were positive, with Czech questions focusing on information that could be used to manage the domestic political and public affairs dynamics of the Cz [...]	2006-07-21 10:03:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL MASS MARS EZ
06PRAGUE85	CZECH 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 16:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM BM KN EZ
06PRAGUE861	CZECHS CONFIR THEY LICENSED SALE OF FIVE PASSIVE [...] (/NF) Poloff and DATT on July 28 met with MFA CFSP Director Vaclav Balek to discuss the Czech Republi's sale of five ASDD-01 passive surveillance detction systems to Pakistan (Ref A). There had bee rumors that the license for the sale had been refused at the insistence of the Czech Ministry of [...]	2006-07-28 13:09:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EZ STC PARM PGOV PK PREL
06PRAGUE898	CZECHS OFFER SURGICAL CARE FOR SERIOUSLY-INJURED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Czech government has launched a medevac program to help critically injured women and children in Lebanon. This program is modeled on the successful Czech medevac programs for Iraq and Pakistan, and typifies the GOCR's modest yet extraordinarily active and adaptable disaster [...]	2006-08-03 12:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL MOPS IS LE EZ
06PRAGUE934	CZECH PUBLIC DEBATE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since reftel report on July 19, Czech media coverage has intensified, with a steady stream of editorials and news coverage about a potential siting of a U.S. missile defense facility in the Czech Republic. Pro-MD commentators continue to make the arguments that an MD [...]	2006-08-11 08:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EZ
06PRAGUE94	CZECHS ON JAN 30 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. At the January 30 GAERC, the Czechs will urge the EU not to engage with the newly elected Hamas government unless it renounces violence, recognizes Israel, and accepts the two-state process. On Iran, the Czechs will support referral to the UNSC, and will continue to hope for a dip [...]	2006-01-27 16:53:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EZ
06PRAGUE96	A CZECH PRT IN AFGHANINSTAN? CURRENT THINKING IN [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Vaclav Balek (please strictly protect),Deputy Director of the MFA's Security Policy Department Jan 27. Balek shared that he had attended a recent meeting where FM Svoboda had approved a proposal from the working level that the Czechs should lead a Provincial Reconstruct [...]	2006-01-27 17:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF EZ NATO PARM PREL PTER
06PRAGUE964	AGREEMENT ON SPEAKER OF CZECH PARLIAMENT PAVES WAY [...] (U) SUMMARY. More than 10 weeks after the deadlocked June 2-3 general election, the five parties in the Czech Parliament have agreed on a Speaker and five Deputy Speakers, allowing the new parliament to formally begin work, and removing one of the key issues that has blocked progress toward th [...]	2006-08-16 05:08:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ

06PRAGUE966	CZECHS CONSIDER TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO UNIFIL; [...] (C) Poloff and Army Attache met with Czech MFA Director of the UN Department Jan Kara, and Czech MOD Deputy Director of the Defense Policy Department, NATO and EU Section, Lt. Col. Petr Cech, on August 16 to discuss the possibility of Czech troop contributions to UNIFIL. Kara said the Czechs ar [...]	2006-08-16 14:45:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE EZ
06PRAGUE97	CZECH 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 17:57:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM IZ EZ
06PRAGUE984	CZECHS WILLING TO DRAW GREATER EC FOCUS ON CHINA [...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche August 7 to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) Multilateral Department Director Ladislava Votavova, who agreed that Chinese intellectual property (IPR) violations are a serious concern for the CR and the GOCR would be willing to draw greater EC attention to [...]	2006-08-18 09:20:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD AORC KIPR EURM WTRO USTR CH EZ
06PRETORIA1004	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER MARCH 10 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - January Manufacturing Growth at 5.6%; - December [...]	2006-03-10 13:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1052	SOUTH AFRICAN HIV/AIDS SPENDING IN 2006 BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel presented South Africa's 2006 Budget, highlighting the South African government's planned expenditures and revenues over the following three years. Expenditures on social development constitute over half of total expenditures. Spending on health and [...]	2006-03-14 11:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA109	The Accelerated and Shared Growth [...] (SBU) Summary. The Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative (ASGI),a new government economic strategy to be unveiled in February, aims to push growth to a sustained six percent annually. It is expected to focus on improving coordination and implementation. Key elements will be infrastruc [...]	2006-01-12 06:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1290	SAG ON HAMAS, PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS, AND IRAQI DEBT [...] (C) Summary: The SAG is likely to continue to engage Hamas, including a visit by Intelligence Minister Kasrils and Deputy Foreign Minister Pahad to the Middle East region next week and a visit by Hamas leadership to South Africa at an undetermined date. DFA Chief Director for the Middle East [...]	2006-03-30 16:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KPAL IR IZ IS SF
06PRETORIA1397	SOUTH AFRICA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified; Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Welcome to South Africa. In the twelve years since the end of apartheid, the South African government (SAG) has taken major steps toward establishing a democracy and market-based economy. Despite problems of income [...]	2006-04-07 04:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL EFIN EINV ETRD ECON KHIV SF
06PRETORIA1414	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER APRIL 7 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - SA's Inflation Shows Signs of Growth Although Shoul [...]	2006-04-07 12:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1548	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER APRIL 13 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Unchanged; - Manufacturing Produc [...]	2006-04-13 14:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1657	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 21 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-04-21 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA171	SOUTH AFRICA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) In response to Ref A, this cable presents post's 2006 Investment Climate Statement for South Africa. This is also Chapter 6 of the 2006 Country Commercial Guide for South Africa. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT Chapter 6 Investment Climate Statement FY 2006 6.1 Openness to Foreign Investment [...]	2006-01-17 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC USTR PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1821	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH May 4 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-05-05 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA1943	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER MAY 12 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Manufacturing Production Recovers in March; - Re [...]	2006-05-12 10:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA1956	SOUTH AFRICAN MONETARY AUTHORITIES EXPECT INFLATION [...] Summary. At the May 11th semiannual Monetary Policy Forum meeting, officials from the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) briefed members of the economic community on the justification of leaving interest rates unchanged so far in 2006. Citing lowered inflation expectations since November 20 [...]	2006-05-12 13:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2066	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER MAY 19 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank Highlights Growth Prospects, Inflation [...]	2006-05-19 07:58:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2122	POLITICAL ANALYST WEIGHS IN ON ZUMA, ANC [...] (C) Summary: The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is currently in turmoil due to the ongoing battles between opponents and supporters of President Thabo Mbeki, according to noted political analyst Aubrey Matshiqi. Party deputy president Jacob Zuma's acquittal on rape charges and the su [...]	2006-05-24 10:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
06PRETORIA2182	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER MAY 26 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - April Consumer Prices Lower Than Expectations; - [...]	2006-05-30 12:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2261	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER JUNE 2 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - First Quarter GDP Growth Accelerates; - April Cr [...]	2006-06-02 08:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA227	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER JANUARY 20 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Consumer Confidence Up; - Manufacturing Activity [...]	2006-01-20 10:48:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2328	SOUTH AFRICA: SKILLS, THE ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT [...] (U) Summary. In March, President Thabo Mbeki and Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka announced the Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA) as an integral part of the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA). JIPSA is a attempt to rectify the grow [...]	2006-06-06 14:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EINV PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2395	Central Bank Unexpectedly Raises Interest [...] (U) Summary. Reserve Bank Governor Tito Mboweni announced June 8 an increase of 50 basis points to 7.5 percent in the central bank's repurchase (repo) rate. In its statement, the Reserve Bank's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) cited deterioration in the inflation outlook, continued growth i [...]	2006-06-09 14:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SF
06PRETORIA2508	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER JUNE 15 2006 [...] Summary. Once every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - South African Reserve Bank (SARB) Raises Int [...]	2006-06-20 04:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2545	THE MECHANICS OF SELECTING THE NEXT ANC PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The question of who will be elected the next president of the ruling African National Congress (and almost certainly national President in 2009) is one that has been hotly debated, from township shebeens to the op-ed pages, since Jacob Zuma was fired as Deputy President one year a [...]	2006-06-21 06:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
06PRETORIA2730	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER [...] (U) Summary. Once every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - China agrees in principle to textile ex [...]	2006-07-06 06:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA2746	SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICS STALLING LOW-INCOME HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary. The ANC's Tripartite Alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) has slowed down low-income housing finance initiatives, according to the Banking Association. The Housing Ministry sidelined a bilateral MOU conc [...]	2006-07-06 13:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EAID SF
06PRETORIA2768	Emerging Market Jitters Weaken Rand, Inflation Diminishes [...] (SBU) Summary. Emerging market jitters in May and June led to a roughly 20 percent depreciation in the rand, contributing to a growing current account deficit and higher inflation. As a result, growth in 2006 will likely be below the government's forecast of 4.9 percent. Other than contribut [...]	2006-07-07 11:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SF
06PRETORIA2781	SOUTH AFRICA: THE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES OF BEE [...] Summary. (C) Black Economic Empowerment (BEE),embodied in the proposed Codes of Good Practice, is the government's policy initiative to redress the economic legacies of apartheid. While endorsing the goals of BEE, U.S. companies believe that the codes' unintended consequences will undermine t [...]	2006-07-07 14:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA2860	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER JULY 13 2006 [...] (U) Summary. Once every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Government to simplify BEE codes; - Sec [...]	2006-07-13 13:01:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA3182	SOUTH AFRICA EXPANDING COOPERATION IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) Summary. South Africa plans to expand its cooperation with Bolivia, particularly in the mining and energy sectors, according to DFA Director Swanepoel. Minister in the Presidency Essop Pahad led a high-level delegation to Bolivia July 17-20 to discuss a South African-Bolivian bilateral c [...]	2006-08-02 15:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO SF
06PRETORIA3195	(C) ARISTIDE "COMFORTABLE" IN SOUTH AFRICA; SAG [...] (C) Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide remains "comfortable" in Pretoria at the University of South Africa (UNISA),according to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for Mexico, Central America, The Andean Community and the Caribbean, Ambassador Pieter Swanepoel (protect). [...]	2006-08-03 15:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HA SF
06PRETORIA320	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH JANUARY 27 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-01-27 12:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA3202	SOUTH AFRICA: SEMINAR ON THE FOREIGN POLICY OF HUGO CHAVEZ [...] (U) Summary. The University of South Africa (Unisa) and the Embassy of Venezuela sponsored a July 28 presentation by Jos Briceo Ruiz of the Universidad de los Andes on the foreign policy of Hugo Chavez as it pertains to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). The main points brought up in [...]	2006-08-04 12:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON USTR SF VE
06PRETORIA3203	SOUTH AFRICAN MOTOR INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WILL BE [...] (U) Summary. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) announced that the Motor Industry Development Program (MIDP) will be sustained beyond 2012. According to Tshediso Matona, Director General for the Department of Trade and Industry, a post-2012 MIDP would take into account WTO rules with [...]	2006-08-04 12:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV AGOA USTR SF
06PRETORIA3247	SOUTH AFRICA TO USE DOHA DELAY TO NEGOTIATE BILATERAL [...] (U) Summary. Xavier Carim, chief trade negotiator for South Africa, said in Johannesburg August 2 that South Africa would use the opportunity provided by the stalled Doha round to intensify trade talks with a variety of partners, including SACU, India, and to make preliminary assessments of a t [...]	2006-08-07 14:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON WTO SF
06PRETORIA3295	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER AUGUST 11, 2006 ISSUE [...] (U) Summary. Once every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Reserve Bank raises interest rates 50 basi [...]	2006-08-14 05:08:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA3339	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR OBAMA'S VISIT TO SOUTH [...] (SBU) Welcome to South Africa, an anchor country in our Africa policy. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)-led South African Government (SAG) has made major progress toward establishing a vibrant democracy and market-based economy. The SAG has focused on p [...]	2006-08-15 14:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV ECON KHIV SF
06PRETORIA337	SOUTH AFRICA: GOVERNMENT RELEASES THE SECOND [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-01-27 14:42:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA3422	ENTICED BY AFRICA'S MANIFOLD RICHES, AMERICANS AND CHINESE [...] (SBU) Summary: About 30 government, academic and business leaders -- including several former senior State Department officials -- held a groundbreaking dialogue to explore how China and the U.S. could work with Africa to spur development on the continent. Discussions centered on energy, trade [...]	2006-08-21 08:34:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV EAID EIND KDEM CH XA SF
06PRETORIA3720	SOUTH AFRICA NUCLEAR STATUS: R&D AGREEMENTS AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified; Protect Accordingly. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Incoming and outgoing Econ M/C's and Econoff met 31 August with Tseliso Maqubela, Chief Director: Nuclear at the South African Department of Minerals and Energy (DME). Maqubela reported that the Re [...]	2006-09-07 13:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL SF
06PRETORIA399	CIVAIR: NO SOUTH AFRICA INTEREST IN OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) Summary. South Africa's Acting Chief Director for Aviation and Bilateral Affairs reiterated that South Africa preferred incremental liberalization to an open skies agreement with the United States. South Africa's current strategy was to improve access for its carriers to African markets [...]	2006-02-02 10:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR SF
06PRETORIA4310	SOUTH AFRICA: VIEWS ON JACOB ZUMA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. This is the first in a series of cables that will explore strengths and weaknesses of emerging candidates for the ANC and national presidencies in South Africa. Ref A provided brief profiles of possible contenders. This message presents current views of South [...]	2006-10-17 13:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KHIV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA432	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 3 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Interest Rates Remain Unchanged; - December's Tr [...]	2006-02-03 10:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA4598	NEC MEMBER EBRAHIM SAYS TOO EARLY TO SPECULATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the second in a series of cables on the strengths and weaknesses of the emerging candidates for the ANC and national presidencies in South Africa (Ref A). This messages presents the view of Ebrahim Ebrahim, ANC National Executive Council member and forme [...]	2006-11-06 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
06PRETORIA4710	MORALES HOPES TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA IN EARLY 2007 [...] (C) Bolivian President Morales is seeking to travel to South Africa in early 2007 for the first meeting of the South African-Bolivian Joint Consultative Mechanism (JCM),according to Annelize Schroeder, DFA Deputy Director for the Andes and Cuba. Schroeder said that Bolivia hopes to open an e [...]	2006-11-14 15:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO SF
06PRETORIA4790	SOUTH AFRICA'S UN SECURITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES [...] (C) Post-apartheid South Africa begins its first stint as a non-permanent UNSC member on 01 January with an ambitious agenda. The SAG naturally will promote its "Africa agenda" and will seek to keep the Council focused on efforts to resolve the continent's conflicts. But, South Africa also c [...]	2006-11-21 15:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL UNSC SF
06PRETORIA4838	ANC RESPONDS TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS [...] (SBU) ANC National Assembly Chief Whip Mbuelo Goniwe was effectively stripped of his powers on 17 November, pending the outcome of a hearing by the party's National Disciplinary Committee (NDC). Goniwe is alleged to have demanded sex from a 21-year-old ANC intern on 25 October after she serve [...]	2006-11-27 14:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KWMN KJUS SF
06PRETORIA4927	ANC WOMEN'S LEAGUE PRESENTS BLEAK PICTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In sharp contrast to President Mbeki's actions and statements in support of women in politics, the General Secretary of the ANC Women's League, Bathabile Dlamini, presented a beleaguered picture of an organization that lacks members, funding, leadership, and vision to PolOffs on [...]	2006-12-05 12:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PWMN SF
06PRETORIA5018	ZUMA CAMP REMAINS OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 28, the Durban Consul General met with Rieaz "Mo" Shaik, a former South African diplomat, long-time ANC member, and brother of Durban businessman Schabir Shaik who was convicted of fraud and corruption charges stemming from his relationship with ANC Deputy President J [...]	2006-12-14 08:19:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS SF
06PRETORIA5039	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 15, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 6, issue 27 of US Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - DTI rolls out B-BBEE Scorecard; - SARB Governor complains about credit madness; - South Africa's technological innovation; - The Compet [...]	2006-12-15 13:53:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET BEXP KTDB SENV PGOV
06PRETORIA5042	BIOFUEL CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS AND OBSTACLES IN THE [...] SUMMARY. An inaugural Biofuels Markets Africa conference took place in Cape Town on November 30 - December 1, 2006. The event attracted over 200 attendees, primarily from African industry and governments. Key topics included government policies and incentives to support investment, producti [...]	2006-12-18 04:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR SENV ECON EINV SF
06PRETORIA5043	AFRICAN BIOFUEL INDUSTRY SHOWS MIXED RESULTS ACROSS THE [...] SUMMARY. An inaugural Biofuels Markets Africa conference took place in Cape Town on November 30 - December 1, 2006. Several case studies on Africa biofuels industries highlighted the status of the industry on the continent. Individual countries have created biofuel industries, but the lack [...]	2006-12-18 04:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR SENV ECON EINV SF
06PRETORIA5076	MBEKI MUM ON CALL FOR 3RD TERM AS ANC PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. With only eleven months to go until the ANC national conference, the succession battle is beginning to be played out publicly. Earlier this month, Mbeki was both heckled by pro-Zuma supporters in KwaZulu-Natal and "encouraged" to run for a third term as party president by Easter [...]	2006-12-20 08:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SF
06PRETORIA5114	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWS WEEKLY NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 22, [...] (U) Summary. This is Volume 6, issue 28 of U.S. Embassy Pretoria's South Africa Economic News weekly newsletter. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - AMCHAM study on impact of U.S companies; - Eskom warns about rising capital costs; - Net foreign exchange reserves increase to $22.17 b [...]	2006-12-22 11:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EMIN EPET BEXP KTDB SENV PGOV
06PRETORIA600	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 10 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - December Manufacturing Resumes Growth; - Survey [...]	2006-02-10 12:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA603	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH FEBRUARY 10 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-02-10 13:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA640	SOUTH AFRICA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI VISIT [...] (SBU) Welcome to South Africa, an anchor country in our Africa policy. Since the end of apartheid in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)-led South African Government (SAG) has made major progress toward establishing a vibrant democracy and market-based economy. The SAG has focused on [...]	2006-02-15 07:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON MARR KHIV SF
06PRETORIA646	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 400: SKILLS [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-02-15 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA675	SOUTH AFRICA: SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] Per reftel questions, Woutjek Skowronski, General Manager of Technology and Engineering and Dr. Tracy Cohen, Councilor, both with the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA),provided the following responses. 2. Responsible Authority. The responsible authority for radi [...]	2006-02-16 12:54:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS SF
06PRETORIA676	SOUTH AFRICA: DRAFT BEE CODE 400: SKILLS [...] (U) Summary. The South African Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) released for public comment drafts of Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) Codes of Good Practice belonging to the second and final phase on December 20, 2005. The Minister of Trade and Industry plans to promulgate [...]	2006-02-16 14:17:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON USTR SF
06PRETORIA698	SOUTH AFRICA: MBEKI ANNOUNCES THE ACCELERATED AND [...] (U) Summary. In his State of the Nation address on February 3, President Thabo Mbeki spent considerable time introducing what he termed the "Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative of South Africa" (ASGISA),which he described as a limited set of interventions designed to halve unemployment [...]	2006-02-17 14:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV SF
06PRETORIA722	SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 17 2006 [...] Summary. Each week, Embassy Pretoria publishes an economic newsletter based on South African press reports. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week's newsletter are: - Lowest Budget Deficit in 25 Years, Growth May be Ab [...]	2006-02-21 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA942	SOUTH AFRICA'S 2006 BUDGET [...] Summary. Finance Minister Trevor Manuel outlined South Africa's planned expenditures and revenues over the next three years in the Budget 2006. Few finance ministers have the luxury of dispensing an unplanned $6.9 billion in revenue, and having close to a balanced budget. Strong growth and [...]	2006-03-08 06:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD BEXP KTDB PGOV SF
06PRETORIA955	SOUTH AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. Econ M/C met March 2 with Alan Hirsch, Chief Director for Economic Policy Coordination in the Presidency, to discuss bilateral economic relations. The discussion included the status of U.S.-SACU free trade negotiations, the launch of the Accelerated and Shared Gr [...]	2006-03-08 11:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAIR ELAB ECPS ENRG EINV EIND SF
06PRETORIA960	SOUTH AFRICA: PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The United States and South Africa have made significant progress in implementing the June 10, 2005 Presidential Joint Statement. The two countries signed the ACOTA agreement in August 2005 to enhance South Africa's peacekeeping capacity, and training programs will begin this [...]	2006-03-08 13:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD MASS PHUM SF
06PRETORIA990	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH MARCH 10 2006 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2006-03-10 07:59:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRISTINA1015	KOSOVO: SECOND MOBILE TENDER PROCESS COMPLICATED [...] (C) Summary. Nenad Popovic, the Government of Serbia's (GOS) economic advisor to the Kosovo final status negotiations team and Serbian CCK representative, has requested that UNMIK stop the Kosovo Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) from dismantling equipment owned by Telecom Serbia [...]	2006-11-28 17:57:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS ECON PREL YI
06PRISTINA1048	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TREASURY ADVISOR MR. PETER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Treasury Advisor Mr. Peter Nicholl December 10 - December 13, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct an assessment mission on possible technical assistance in the areas of: central bank policy and bank supervision. Control Offic [...]	2006-12-06 11:01:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06PRISTINA1053	'TIS THE SEASON ... SERB CCK OBSTRUCTION FORCES [...] (C) Summary: A newly appointed hard-line Serb CCK leader in Gjilane/Gnjilane reportedly exerted strong pressure on the parents of Serb children who were allowing their children to sing in a USOP holiday concert. The Serb children from the Gjilane area are members of Kosovo's only mixed-ethnic [...]	2006-12-09 12:29:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PINR KDEM YI
06PRISTINA1055	KOSOVO: POST-STATUS ECONOMIC TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. The Provisional Institutions of Self-Government and the international community have yet to develop serious contingency plans for the economic challenges confronting Kosovo immediately after the resolution of final status. The PISG has allocated only 6.5 million euros for post-s [...]	2006-12-09 13:25:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV YI
06PRISTINA1057	KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INSCR report. 2. (U) Summary. Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but i [...]	2006-12-11 10:06:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1058	KOSOVO: KOSOVO INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Kosovo is a disputed territory that has been governed by the United Nations (UN) since 1999. Current laws and regulations pertaining to financial crimes derive their authority from the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. If, as expected, there is a resolution of Kosovo's fina [...]	2006-12-11 10:10:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KTFN EFIN ECON YI
06PRISTINA1059	KOSOVO: LDK CONVENTION GIVES SEJDIU NARROW VICORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party elected Kosovo President Sejdiu as party president over former Speaker Nexhat Daci in an orderly vote at a December 9 party convention. But when Sejdiu presented his list of candidates for the party's powerful General Council, Dac [...]	2006-12-11 11:36:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1063	KOSOVO: DAS DICARLO AND EU COLLEAGUES REASSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and her European colleagues reassured Kosovo Albanians on status process timing and told Kosovo Serbs that Ahtisaari,s proposal will take into account their concerns. In private meetings with President Sejdiu, Prime Minister Ceku, Kosovo Assembly president B [...]	2006-12-12 15:08:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA1072	KOSOVO: GORANI EDUCATION DISAGREEMENT ILLUSTRATES [...] (SBU) A long-simmering disagreement between Gorani leaders, Kosovar education officials, and Belgrade's Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija (CCK) highlights the complex situation of the Gorani, a Muslim minority who live in the southern part of Dragas municipality and speak a dialect o [...]	2006-12-15 10:43:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI YI UNMIK
06PRISTINA1095	KOSOVO: TRANSITION WORKING GROUPS BEGIN IN EARNEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a slow start, the five working groups on transition meeting since late November and bringing together representatives of UNMIK, the preparation team for the post-status International Civilian Office, U.S. representatives, and the Kosovo government have picked up their pace. [...]	2006-12-22 12:26:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA242	NEW KOSOVO PRIME MINISTER ROARS OUT OF THE GATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In two meetings this week, COM found new Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku already deeply immersed in policy and quickly getting up to speed on economic issues that demand rapid resolution. He has gained the attention of his cabinet by announcing that the tenures of all ministers will [...]	2006-03-17 13:41:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA302	NEW KOSOVO GOVERNMENT PUSHES STANDARDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Kosovo Prime Minister Agim Ceku has produced a 91 item "to do" list for the next three months on standards implementation. UNMIK's Office of the Strategy Coordinator has drafted a complementary list of 25 standards-related action items and tasked the Provisional Institutio [...]	2006-04-05 17:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA310	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 14-15 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Coming on the heels of the April 6-7 visit of the Contact Group and the April 3 Vienna meeting on decentralization, Ambassador Wisner's April 14-15 visit presents an opportunity to push Kosovo Albanian leaders to come to closure on some decentralization issues (municipal partnersh [...]	2006-04-10 10:40:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA335	KOSOVO: A UNIFIED CONTACT GROUP PRESSES STANDARDS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Contact Group (CG) visited Kosovo April 6-7 to highlight CG unity and deliver a focused message about the importance of the standards and elements of an eventual future status settlement; by prior agreement, the CG did not address the status outcome itself. [...]	2006-04-20 14:13:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA336	AMBASSADOR WISNER URGES KOSOVARS TO BEAR DOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 14-16 visit to Kosovo, U.S. Special Representative Frank Wisner congratulated the revamped Kosovo Albanian leadership team for its serious engagement in the Vienna final status process and for its outreach to the Kosovo Serb community. He urged the team to build [...]	2006-04-20 14:44:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA365	BERISHA LOOKING FOR THE RIGHT BALANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first several weeks as president of Kosovo's Assembly, Kole Berisha has made great progress in making it more fiscally and procedurally democratic and less autocratic. Berisha has taken public steps to distance himself from the questionable fiscal practices and domineeri [...]	2006-04-28 14:14:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA421	KOSOVO: UNMIK ISSUES GENERALLY FAVORABLE TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK's latest formal assessment of Kosovo Government efforts to implement the Standards for Kosovo program, covering the period ending April 30, is generally favorable. The report lauds the quick initial engagement of Kosovo's new government on Standards which will provide a ba [...]	2006-05-16 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA437	KOSOVO SCENESETTER FOR MAY 21-23 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wisner's visit finds Kosovo Albanian final status negotiators struggling to cope with the new shuttle phase of talks on decentralization. They are quickly learning that they are not as well prepared for the give-and-take of bargaining as they were for developing broad [...]	2006-05-19 14:58:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PREL YI
06PRISTINA450	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 26 VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new Kosovo government, formed in March after the death of President Ibrahim Rugova in January, is focused on status negotiations, implementation of the "Standards for Kosovo" program, and the transfer of governing competencies as UNMIK winds down its presence in Kosovo. Alt [...]	2006-05-24 18:44:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA493	KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP REVEALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Assembly formally unveiled a new work plan on June 7 designed to improve procedural and budgetary transparency. International advisors, including USAID, have been very involved in the development of this plan and heads of diplomatic liaison offices, including COM, p [...]	2006-06-09 14:52:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA545	KOSOVO: PISG AND WORLD BANK AGREE ON A WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Provisional Institutions of Self- Government (PISG) and the international community, led by the World Bank, have reached agreement on a way forward for development of Kosovo's energy sector. The parties have resolv [...]	2006-06-23 09:55:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EFIN EINV PREL YI
06PRISTINA609	KOSOVO: REVIEWS OF PM CEKU'S FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The first 100 days of the government of Kosovo Prime Minister Ceku have been on balance very successful. Ceku has focused his personal attention on Standards-related portfolios -- outreach to minorities, minority-focused legislation, property rights, security -- given priority [...]	2006-07-19 18:01:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA617	KOSOVO SCENESETTER FOR JULY 26-28 VISIT OF SPECIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wisner's visit, following almost immediately on the so-called Elephants' Meeting between Serbian and Kosovar senior leaders, will present an opportunity to help shape the approach of Kosovo Albanian leaders to what they expect will be the culmination of the final status [...]	2006-07-24 17:30:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PHUM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA639	COM URGES MODERATE KOSOVO SERB LEADERS TO ENGAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During introductory meetings with moderate Kosovo Serb leaders Oliver Ivanovic, Bishop Teodosije and Father Sava, COM echoed recent comments by Ambassador Wisner about the importance of active and direct engagement in status negotiations during the coming weeks. Ivanovic, Teod [...]	2006-08-02 16:22:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA727	KOSOVO: EU RULE OF LAW PLANNING PROGRESSING, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Casper Klynge, head of the EU Planning Team (EUPT),told us recently he is grappling with mixed messages from Brussels and EU capitals on his follow-on rule of law mission's size and scope. Brussels favors a limited footprint, while capitals increasingly argue for a more operatio [...]	2006-09-02 10:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETTC KCRM PREL YI UNMIK DPKO
06PRISTINA765	KOSOVO: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo is in an important transition period with a decision on final status looming and the EU poised to assume UNMIK's Rule of Law (RoL) mission. Ambassador Williamson's September 15-17 visit offers a good opportunity to review current prosecution efforts and to shape the EU's a [...]	2006-09-12 16:53:00	Embassy Pristina	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA813	KOSOVO: AMB. WILLIAMSON URGES COOPERATION AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with both international and Kosovar actors in the justice and political sectors, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson stressed the need for continued Kosovar and international focus on addressing outstanding war crimes cases. In a two-day visit [...]	2006-09-27 09:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA882	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO OPIC OFFICERS MARY BOOMGARD [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Mary Boomgard, Director of the Environmental Group and Mr. Joseph Wozniak, International Economist, Office of Investment Policy with the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to visit Pristina November 6 - November 8, 2006. The [...]	2006-10-24 09:19:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OTRA OPIC XB XC XE
06PRISTINA933	KOSOVO: OPPOSITION RETURNS TO ASSEMBLY AFTER AUDIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After repeated intercession by USOP, the opposition returned to the Kosovo Assembly after a one-week boycott, as the ruling LDK party finally got its house in order and agreed to discuss the Auditor General's fact-finding report on mismanagement under former Assembly Speaker Nexh [...]	2006-11-06 16:27:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06PRISTINA967	KOSOVO: SEJDIU AHEAD IN THE HOME STRETCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With all local branch elections now complete, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has a comfortable majority of delegates to be elected president of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Sejdiu's chief rival, disgraced former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, trails by a wide m [...]	2006-11-14 18:46:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
06QUEBEC24	QUEBEC BUREAUCRATS UPBEAT ABOUT HARPER GOVERNMENT [...] (c) Summary: CG hosted a lunch for Quebec Ministry of International Relations (MRI) Deputy Minister Denis Bedard and other MRI officials February 22, one month following the election of Stephen Harper's Conservatives in Ottawa. Ministry officials were upbeat about the Tory victory, heralded b [...]	2006-02-23 22:20:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA ECON
06QUEBEC33	QUEBEC RELEASES FLU PANDEMIC EMERGENCY PLAN [...] Summary: Provincial Health Minister Philippe Couillard unveiled Quebec's Avian Flu strategy at a press conference, March 9. Quebec's plan addresses the protection of public health; medical care; psycho-social welfare; communication and information; and the functioning of the health system in [...]	2006-03-13 15:17:00	Consulate Quebec	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON CA
06QUEBEC34	CHAREST THRONE SPEECH GIVES NO LIFT TO HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest kicked off a new session at the National Assembly March 14 with a 90 minute Throne Speech (the first since he took office in 2003) that set the tone for the looming electoral campaign. Charest's main focus for the coming year will be the reduction of [...]	2006-03-16 16:09:00	Consulate Quebec	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
06QUITO1042	PALACIO DISAPPOINTS MANY ONE YEAR ON [...] (C) Summary: This week marked the one-year anniversary of Alfredo Palacio's ascension to the Presidency. He ducked the opportunity to tout the accomplishments of his first year in office or set forth a positive agenda for his remaining months. Instead, ministers were trooped before the press [...]	2006-04-27 19:20:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EC

06QUITO1249	OXY DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FM REJECTS GOE SHIFT [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador conveyed USG regret (per instructions RefTel) over the GOE decision against Occidental Petroleum (Oxy) to FM Francisco Carrion on May 22. Carrion said he would convey the U.S. position to President Palacio later the same day. Carrion rejected press speculation th [...]	2006-05-22 22:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OAS ETRD PREL EC
06QUITO125	NEW ECUADORIAN FINANCE MINISTER PLEDGES FISCAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador, new Ecuadorian Minister of Finance Diego Borja affirmed his commitment to responsible fiscal policy and expressed his interest in promoting microfinance. The Ambassador expressed U.S. support for holding the spending line in a difficult elector [...]	2006-01-17 22:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET PGOV EINV EC
06QUITO1304	NAM/G-77 ADVANCE DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOE [...] (C) PolOff met with Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Dennys Toscano on May 25 to deliver RefTel A and B points. PolOff expressed USG concern that the long-established practice of consensus decision-making on budgetary matters in the UN not be broken, and that the GOE consider pushing [...]	2006-05-30 12:56:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC AMGT IAEA KNNP UNSC UNGA EC
06QUITO1394	CANDIDATE CORREA OPEN TO DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 6 with Rafael Correa, the controversial former finance minister and leftist presidential candidate. While noting disagreement in several areas of USG interest, the meeting was cordial, with the candidate generally perceived as Chavez' likely favorite [...]	2006-06-07 20:14:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1549	MIGRATION: ECUADORIANS STILL LOOKING NORTH [...] (U) Summary: At least since the severe economic crisis in 1999, the two certainties in Ecuador have been death and emigration. A steady stream of 30,000 to 40,000 undocumented migrants takes to the sea and skies annually from Ecuador in pursuit of their own American dreams. Periodic reports [...]	2006-06-23 19:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM PREL EC
06QUITO1558	THE AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH VICE [...] (C) Summary: Vice Presidential candidate Ramiro Gonzalez told the Ambassador on June 21 that he and Presidential candidate Leon Roldos (currently ahead in polls) plan to reform the educational system, the electrical sector, and repair the investment climate crippled by the recently-passed hyd [...]	2006-06-26 15:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1578	ECUADOR: ASIAN DIPLOMATS EAGER FOR DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Our recent outreach to diplomatic counterparts from China, Japan and Korea found them highly aware of USG coordination efforts (described RefTel),and eager to engage in dialogue about the political and economic situation in Ecuador and the region. In deference to USG concerns [...]	2006-06-27 21:11:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON LA CH JA KS EC
06QUITO1588	INDIGENOUS HEARTLAND DIVIDED ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The indigenous heartland provinces of Chimborazo and Cotopaxi are predominantly indigenous strongholds of the Pachakutik Movement. Despite Pachakutik's dominance, the indigenous movement is fractured internally over whether to run its own candidate or support Rafael Correa, an [...]	2006-06-28 16:19:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1590	FM CARRION URGES USG SIGNAL ON ATPDEA RENEWAL [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian FM Francisco Carrion told the Ambassador on June 27 that he hoped the USG would positively signal support for extension of ATPDEA benefits to support regional economic stability and "keep Bolivia in the fold." He was far from certain that an oil refining deal would be [...]	2006-06-28 19:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1669	PALACIO REPLACES TWO MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: President Palacio on July 6 called for the resignations of all his cabinet ministers. On July 7, Palacio accepted the resignations of Minister of Economy Diego Borja -- who seems to have been the primary target of this move -- and Minister of Trade Joaquin Zevallos. Borja was r [...]	2006-07-07 19:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1671	ALAN GARCIA WOWS QUITO [...] (C) Summary: Peruvian President-elect Alan Garcia and his FM-designate Jose Antonio Garcia Belaunde visited Ecuador on July 6 to affirm positive bilateral relations and promote further regional economic integration between Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Chile, and Brazil. Garcia publicly expressed [...]	2006-07-07 20:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PE EC
06QUITO1773	MINISTER OF TRADE REPLACEMENT NOT YET NAMED [...] (C) Summary. President Palacio accepted Minister of Trade Roberto Illingworth's resignation on July 13, after only a week in office for the latter. Illingworth had been facing pressure from the Guayaquil Chamber of Commerce since being named on July 7 (reftel). Teodoro Maldonado, Executive [...]	2006-07-19 22:38:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL
06QUITO1837	ELECTIONS UPDATE: PSP-PRIAN FORM ALLIANCE; [...] (U) Summary: Lucio Gutierrez, PSP and Alvaro Noboa's PRIAN announced on July 26 that the two parties would form an alliance for the presidential ticket. Gutierrez publicly asked Noboa to reenter the presidential race at the top of the PRIAN-PSP ticket. Noboa, however, has not responded pub [...]	2006-07-27 19:15:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1867	ELECTIONS UPDATE: CANDIDATE POSITION PROFILE [...] (U) Summary: In Ecuador,s presidential race, only two of the four front runners have concrete political platforms. Leon Roldos and Rafael Correa present well-defined stances on the issues. Correa,s stance is particularly anti-U.S. Cynthia Viteri and the PRIAN/PRI alliance have not yet defi [...]	2006-07-31 19:48:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO1910	WELCOME BACK, GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (C) Summary: Please accept my warm welcome on your final visit to Ecuador, General Craddock. It has been a pleasure and privilege for all of us at U.S. Mission Ecuador to work with you to cement and deepen productive U.S.-Ecuador military relations. Your visit comes at a time when U.S.-Ecu [...]	2006-08-02 23:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
06QUITO1924	CHARGE MEETING WITH NEW ECONOMY MINISTER RODAS [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met with Ecuador's new Minister of Economy and Finance Armando Rodas August 3. The atmosphere was quite positive. Choosing to speak English and proud to note his Fulbright study in the U.S., Rodas seemed genuinely committed to improving the bilateral economic relatio [...]	2006-08-04 15:03:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL
06QUITO2008	ECUADOR ELECTION UPDATE: CORREA NAMES SURPRISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Far-left presidential candidate Rafael Correa (PAIS) on August 5 announced Lenin Voltaire MORENO Garces as his running mate at a mass rally in rural coastal Guayas province. Moreno, a relative political unknown, is unlikely to attract many votes to Correa, who said his choice [...]	2006-08-09 21:58:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EC
06QUITO2011	ECUADOR'S BACHELET PARTY [...] (U) Summary: Chile's president, Michelle Bachelet, made her inaugural visit to Ecuador August 7-8. She announced several initiatives to deepen trade relations and offer assistance to Ecuador's petroleum sector, while promoting a well-received message of hope, democratic strengthening, econom [...]	2006-08-10 12:58:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ENRG EC
06QUITO2078	CARRION'S MFA REFOCUSES ECUADOR'S FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since taking office in October 2005, Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion, Ecuador's top career diplomat, has attempted to restore credibility to the ministry by reversing the politicization and decline of the diplomatic corps under his immediate predecessors. Part of this proc [...]	2006-08-17 20:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2082	NEW COLOMBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ECUADOR [...] (U) Summary: Colombian Foreign Minister Maria Araujo made her first official visit to Ecuador on August 16. In meetings with Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion and Vice President Alejandro Serrano she discussed the need for safeguarding bilateral relations in the face of problems along the c [...]	2006-08-17 22:49:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2151	NEW DEFENSE POLICY ADDRESSES NARCOTICS THREAT [...] (U) Summary: Since taking office in August 2005, Defense Minister Oswaldo Jarrin has attempted to shift the focus of Ecuador's defense posture away from its traditional rivalry with Peru towards more current national security threats, including that of narco-terror on Ecuador's northern border [...]	2006-08-28 19:53:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2289	MINDEF COMMITS TO NARCOTICS AGENDA, DISSES MANTA [...] (C) Summary: In her initial call on newly appointed Minister of Defense Marcelo Delgado on September 8, the Ambassador stressed the importance of continued USG-GOE counter-narcotics and northern border cooperation and urged progress on security reforms initiated under Delgado's predecessor. [...]	2006-09-13 21:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2294	NAM:GOE STUDIES DARFUR REQUEST [...] (SBU) The DCM delivered RefTel points on September 13 to Acting Foreign Minister Diego Ribadeneira, conveying USG concern that Sudan might use the Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Havana to undermine international efforts to deploy a UN peacekeeping mission to Darfur. The DCM stressed the urgen [...]	2006-09-14 16:00:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV EC SU
06QUITO2315	GOE'S UNGA PRINCIPALS: EXPERIENCED PERMREP, [...] (C) Summary: This report on the GOE's UNGA principals responds to questions posed by the Department in Ref A. The GOE has an experienced and capable UN PermRep in Diego Cordovez. Relations between President Alfredo Palacio and FM Francisco Carrion are generally close, but include tensions [...]	2006-09-15 20:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR UN EC
06QUITO2384	ECUADOR-COLOMBIA BORDER PROGRESS REPORT - [...] (C) Summary: The following report provides a quarterly update of developments along Ecuador's northern border with Colombia. Highlights include the Ambassador's travel to Esmeraldas province, progress disrupting narco-trafficking, a change of Defense Minister, and renewed diplomatic tension [...]	2006-09-26 21:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2428	ECUADOR TIP: A GOE PRIORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE has shown steady progress arresting and prosecuting TIP cases under new anti-TIP legislation. Approximately 127 cases are in some stage of prosecution since the new law went into effect in June 2005. President Palacio continues to stress TIP as a priority for his admi [...]	2006-10-02 21:44:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2497	OF PIPELINES AND LIFELINES: PETROECUADOR AND THE [...] (U) Summary: On August 19 a story broke in the Ecuadorian media about a pipeline leak and oil spill near the environmentally sensitive Cuyabeno Animal Reserve in Ecuador's Amazon region. In extensive coverage, the media has speculated on the causes and environmental effects of the spill. The [...]	2006-10-11 21:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EPET ECON EAGR EAID PGOV SOCI EC
06QUITO2498	CORREA'S FARC COMMENTS SPARK EXCHANGE WITH GOC [...] (C) Reaction to presidential front-runner Rafael Correa's recent declaration that he does not consider the FARC a terrorist organization has drawn in the Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry and the Colombian government. Colombian President Alvaro Uribe did not respond to Correa's comments directly, [...]	2006-10-11 22:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO2513	ECUADOR PLANS TO INITIATE WTO CASE AGAINST EU [...] (SBU) Summary. According to U/S for International Economic Policy Fernando Yepez, Ecuador plans to bring a WTO case against the EU banana import regime, and will be joined by Colombia, Panama, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Yepez asked whether the USG would be joining in the case, since it had be [...]	2006-10-12 18:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EC
06QUITO259	UNREALISTIC HUAORANI CONFRONT LOGGING AND [...] Summary: With an agenda focusing on illegal logging, their relationship with the petroleum industry, and institutional corruption, the Huaorani indigenous group held a general assembly in the jungle community of Nemonpari. While laudable in its effort to tackle these pressing issues, the new [...]	2006-02-01 13:30:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID SOCI EPET ECON PGOV PHUM EC
06QUITO2617	CORDIAL MEETING WITH CORREA [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with presidential candidate Rafael Correa on October 26, the Ambassador underscored USG impartiality in the upcoming November 26 election and commitment to a fair and transparent electoral process. She said we will seek to pursue areas of convergence with th [...]	2006-10-27 19:52:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2699	FM CARRION'S POLICY BLUEPRINT: VANITY PROJECT OR [...] (C) Summary: Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion on October 23 released the country's foreign policy whitepaper, the National Foreign Policy Plan 2006-2020 ("PLANEX"). An avowed attempt to focus the nation's foreign policy amidst constant domestic political turmoil, the PLANEX exer [...]	2006-11-07 22:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO2705	ECUADOR 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Quito's submission for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report. A copy of the report has been provided to USTR's Michelle Carrillo via email. The report was a collaborative effort between State, the Commercial Service, the Foreign Agricultural Service, and AID. TRADE SUMM [...]	2006-11-08 17:20:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EC
06QUITO2714	FEAR AND LOATHING IN ECUADOR: NERVOUS APPLAUSE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Substantial media attention given to the Department's approval of a 212(f) visa revocation for corruption of a prominent Ecuadorian politician, Xavier Neira, has elicited broad approval from opinion makers and the general populace. The impetus for the revocations, Neira,s corrupt [...]	2006-11-08 20:55:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KIPR CVIS PINR ETRD EINV EC
06QUITO2736	ECUADOR: CUBA EMBARGO UN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 21:19:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA UN EC CU PHUM PREL
06QUITO2737	ECUADOR: INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 21:23:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ODIP ILC UNGA EC
06QUITO2937	ELECTION WRAP-UP: CORREA COMPLIMENTS BUSH; [...] (SBU) Summary: Final certified results of the election are now expected by December 4, confirming a 57-43% presidential victory by Rafael Correa over Alvaro Noboa. Presumptive president-elect Correa received a congratulatory phone call from President Bush on November 30. Correa subsequently [...]	2006-12-01 23:52:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EC
06QUITO2965	ELECTION OVER, CORREA TAKES STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Supreme Electoral Tribunal officially declared Rafael Correa Ecuador's president-elect on December 4, but rival candidate Alvaro Noboa has refused to concede defeat, requesting an investigation of Correa campaign finances. Since being elected on November 26, Correa has rea [...]	2006-12-07 22:35:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ETRD EC
06QUITO2991	WAY FORWARD WITH THE CORREA GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: President-elect Correa's initial statements appear to signal openness to dialogue and some moderation of his early campaign rhetoric, although areas of potential tension clearly remain. The new Congress will be composed of mainly new faces, with a dramatically different party ma [...]	2006-12-11 22:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO3033	FOUR NEW MINISTERS: CORREA TAPS POETS, [...] (C) Summary: On December 13 President-Elect Rafael Correa announced four new cabinet level ministers in a press conference on his way to visit Nestor Kirchner in Argentina: Maria Fernanda Espinosa will head the MFA; Raul Sagasti Lupera will be the new Industry Minister; Antonio Preciado will [...]	2006-12-14 21:23:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
06QUITO3072	CORREA DEBT MANAGEMENT: ECUADORIAN OBSERVERS [...] (C) Summary. President-elect Correa and Economic Minister-designate Patino continue to talk about rescheduling Ecuador's external debt. However, former and current Ministry of Economy officials agree that Correa will be pragmatic and conclude that it is not in Ecuador's interest to default. [...]	2006-12-20 10:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KBIO PINR EC
06QUITO308	GOC LAMENTS INCURSION [...] (C) Summary: The GOC on February 2 regretted its possible accidental violation of Ecuadorian airspace and reiterated its respect for Ecuadorian sovereignty. The GOE privately welcomed the conciliatory response, but publicly called it "insufficient" and slow in coming. Colombian President A [...]	2006-02-06 18:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO321	ECUADOR: PDAS SHAPIRO PROMOTES DEMOCRACY, TRADE [...] (C) Summary: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro visited Quito January 18-20, meeting with President Alfredo Palacio, Foreign Minister Francisco Carrion, business leaders, the editorial board of Quito,s daily of record, members of the political elite and civil society leaders. He also met with Governo [...]	2006-02-07 22:02:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KDEM EC
06QUITO374	WELCOME BACK, GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (C) Summary: Please accept my warm welcome on your return visit to Ecuador, General Craddock. This mission is mobilized to ensure a successful visit. Your visit comes at a sensitive time. We hope to use it to help defuse the inflamed dialogue with Colombia, advance information sharing with [...]	2006-02-10 19:53:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
06QUITO535	IRAN/IAEA: GOE REAFFIRMS SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolChief presented suggested RefTel points for Board member statements at the March 6 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to MFA U/S Mauricio Montalvo on March 3. Montalvo indicated GOE agreement that the DG report met conditions in the Board's earlier resolution to refer Iran to the UNSC, [...]	2006-03-03 23:26:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PREL IAEA IR EU AORC EC
06QUITO674	VEGA NAMED NEW MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Summary: Felipe Vega de La Cuadra was announced as the next Minister of Government and will be sworn in on March 20, becoming President Palacio's fifth Minister of Government. Vega replaces Alfredo Castillo in the volatile position, after Castillo submitted his resignation amid anti-FTA [...]	2006-03-17 21:39:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR EC
06QUITO818	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES GREATER MARITIME COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on March 30 with MFA Sovereignty U/S Diego Stacey and other MFA officials to discuss the recent rise in the use of Ecuadorian flagged fishing vessels to smuggle drugs and request additional bilateral cooperation to counter it. The Ambassador delivered a detail [...]	2006-03-31 22:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PTER EC
06QUITO85	MOD UPBEAT ON EVE OF COLOMBIA TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 10 meeting the Ambassador conveyed to Defense Minister Oswaldo Jarrin USG support for greater high-level GOE-GOC security cooperation, and expressed USG concern over the GOE,S anti-glyphosate rhetoric. Jarrin said the fumigation issue was not on his agenda for upcom [...]	2006-01-11 23:35:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MARR SNAR PTER EC CO
06RABAT1030	MOROCCO: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche regarding Iran to MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita on May 24. Bourita said the demarche was timely as he was departing the following day for the NAM ministerial, accompanying FM Benaissa. 2. (C) Bourita said the [...]	2006-05-30 18:30:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR MO
06RABAT1032	WESTERN SAHARA: GOM SATISFIED WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: 2. (C) Polcouns called on MFA Director of UN and International Affairs Nasser Bourita May 24 for the GOM perspective on the May 15-18 visit to Morocco and the Western Sahara of the UN Human Rights Commission delegation. The five-person delegation was led by Christophe Girod [...]	2006-05-30 19:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PBTS PHUM PREL
06RABAT1042	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MOROCCO OF U/S KAREN [...] (C) The US Mission warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Morocco. Your visit comes as we and the Moroccan government are further energizing the substantial reinvigoration of bilateral relations that has taken place since the May 2003 terrorist attacks in Casablanca. Since the 2003 attacks, [...]	2006-05-31 18:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KPAO MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT1184	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DR. KROTOSKI [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Dr. Danuta Krotoski, Health Scientist Administrator, national Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 17-22, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with Health Officials. 2. Post understands that [...]	2006-06-16 14:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1185	COUNTRY CLEARANCE AMENDMENT FOR JOSEPH MULINARE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Joseph Mulinare to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 18-30, 2006 for the purpose of providing technical assistance to the nutrition program with a particular focus on issues related to birth defects and the impact of flour fortification. [...]	2006-06-16 14:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1206	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA DAS GORDON GRAY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for NEA DAS Gordon Gray to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 28-30, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with government officials. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Cherie Lenzen who can be reached at: Phone: (212) 37-76-22-65 [...]	2006-06-20 15:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1249	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MR. BRYAN BANDONG [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Mr. Bryan Bandong of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, to travel to Rabat, Morocco, June 30 - July 9, 2006 for the purpose of meetings with officials of the National Center for Energy, Science and Nuclear Technology of Morocco. [...]	2006-06-27 12:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1251	UPDATED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MILLENNIUM [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for MCC travelers listed in reftel to travel to Morocco June 25 to July 14, 2006 for the purpose of conducting site visits and meetings with local officials. 2. Post has made transportation arrangements and hotel reservations at the Sofite [...]	2006-06-28 13:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1272	PJD LETTER CONDEMNING ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) At the conclusion of a meeting with political party members on June 29, Lahcen Daoudi, a member of the general secretariat of the Justice and Development Party (PJD) and SIPDIS vice president of the Chamber of Representatives of the parliament, passed the following letter addressed to [...]	2006-07-03 10:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT1309	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OES/STC R. SENSENEY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Robert Senseney to travel to Rabat, Morocco, July 13-22, 2006 for the purpose of meeting with government officials regarding the US-Morocco Science and Technology agreement. 2. Per reftel hotel reservations have been made at the Tour H [...]	2006-07-11 11:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1329	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ROYAL ADVISOR MEZIANE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Building on his early 2005 meeting, Ambassador met July 11 with Palace Advisor Meziane Belfqih to discuss his views on US-Moroccan relations, recent GOM crackdowns on Justice and Charity Organization (JCO) activities, and the 2007 parliamentary elections. Belfqih said his March [...]	2006-07-12 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM MO
06RABAT1358	PJD AND HAMAS: MOROCCAN POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORTS [...] (U) Summary: Morocco's largest Islamist political party, the Party of Justice and Development (PJD) (Ref A),could win up to 46 percent of the votes in the 2007 legislative elections, according to results from a hypothetical vote question in a poll conducted by the International Republican I [...]	2006-07-17 17:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR MO
06RABAT1373	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NASA/GSFC: DAVILA, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance for Drs. Joseph Davila and Barbara Thompson from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Dr. Umran Inan from Stanford University to travel to Rabat, Morocco between July 26 and July 29, for the purpose of installing very low fr [...]	2006-07-20 12:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC MO OTRA SENV TSPA
06RABAT1378	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USPTO: POGODA AND [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to US Patent and Trademark Office Attorney, Darren Pogoda and US District Judge James Rosenbaum to travel to Rabat, Morocco, July 22-25, 2006 to organize and host the USPTO-Middle East Partnership Initiative two day conference on Intellectual [...]	2006-07-20 17:00:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA MO
06RABAT1380	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL ZOLENSKY [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Michael Zolensky from NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) to travel to Casablanca, Morocco, August 1-6, 2006 to attend the workshop - Desert Meteorites- recovery, documentation of meteorites, funds and future prospects of research. 2. Pos [...]	2006-07-21 10:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TSPA MO
06RABAT1392	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through June 30, 2006. Update narratives contain both [...]	2006-07-21 19:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT1407	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MATTHEW SZYMANSKI, [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Matthew Szymanski, Chief of Staff, House Small Business Committee, Sean Deverey, Professional Staff, House Small Business Committee, and Brian Jaskot Professional Staff, House Small Business Committee to travel to Casablanca and Rabat, Mor [...]	2006-07-26 08:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT1412	SUMMER UNIVERSITY EVALUATES REFORMS IN MOROCCO [...] (U) Summary: From July 13 to 15 the Moroccan Center for Social Studies organized a summer university, i.e., a conference, in Tetouan to discuss and assess the reform process. Polfsn political specialist attended the conference. The participants, who were university professors, political ana [...]	2006-07-26 11:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT1415	ELECTIONS ISSUES ATTRACTING ATTENTION IN THE PRESS [...] (U) Summary: The 2007 legislative elections are getting increasing coverage in Moroccan press outlets. French-language dailies, Le Matin and Liberation, both published articles on the threat "political nomadism" presents to democracy and how the Socialist Union of Popular Forces (USFP) Party [...]	2006-07-26 12:39:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR MO
06RABAT1429	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAVID BULL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to David Bull to travel to Rabat, Morocco, August 1-5, 2006 for the purpose of providing guidance to Morocco Ministry of Health officials in pandemic influenza planning. 2. Post understands that the traveler is staying at the Sofitel and r [...]	2006-07-28 09:56:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA TBIO OTRA
06RABAT1456	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR ZALMAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 16:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	JO TU IZ AMGT OTRA ASEC FR MO
06RABAT1535	UNHCR ENCOURAGES REFUGEE SELF-RELIANCE AND GOM [...] (C) Summary: On August 10, A/Polcouns met with Johannes van der Klaauw, head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) office in Rabat to discuss the July 24 to 27 sit-ins in front of his office and recent developments relating to the Western Sahara. Van der Klaauw empha [...]	2006-08-14 15:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PBTS PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT1576	MOROCCO-EU FISHING AGREEMENT SPARKS CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The new Morocco-EU fishing agreement was signed in Brussels on July 26, 2006, but must still be ratified by the Moroccan Parliament before taking effect. Ratification is expected to occur when Parliament reconvenes in October 2006, with implementation by early 2007. The agreeme [...]	2006-08-22 15:45:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS MO PBTS PGOV
06RABAT1579	A TERRORIST PLOT: EXPOSURE AND DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary: On August 8, security forces reported in the press that forty-four (44) suspected terrorists were arrested in July and accused of preparing to conduct terrorist attacks. Five of the arrested are Moroccan soldiers specializing in explosives. The terrorists have been widely critic [...]	2006-08-23 15:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PINR MO
06RABAT1624	CONSULTATIONS ON NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES [...] (C) EconOff met with Nasser Bourita, Director of United Nations and International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on August 31 to discuss reftel. Bourita was well familiar with the initiative and had a copy of the concept paper. Bourita remarked that the US should not expect a [...]	2006-09-01 09:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM
06RABAT1640	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NIH/FIC DR. HARFORD [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Dr. Joe Harford, Director, Office of International Affairs, National Cancer Institute (NCI),NIH to travel to Casablanca, Morocco, September 14-17, 2006 to participate in a Conference on Cervical Cancer. 2. Point of contact for the vis [...]	2006-09-05 16:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KSCA TBIO MO
06RABAT1643	FURTHER ON MOROCCO'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Economic and Commercial Counselors called on National Electricity Office (ONE) Chairman Younes Maamur on August 18 in Casablanca to learn more about ONE's plans to develop nuclear energy to help meet Morocco's burgeoning demand for electricity, a program in which he had earlier t [...]	2006-09-06 10:56:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON SENV MO
06RABAT1676	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE [...] Embassy Rabat warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Levy, Magda Ismail, Steven Clarke, David Picha, Herve Plusquellec and Samuel Hobbs, of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to travel to Rabat, Casablanca, Marrakech, Ourzazate, and Fes, Morocco September 13 - October 8, [...]	2006-09-08 17:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA KPAO AFIN EAID ECON OTRA
06RABAT176	WORLD BANK PROGRAMS IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. The World Bank (WB) is one of the longest serving development assistance programs in Morocco and currently has 16 outstanding loans to the GOM worth a total of approximately $500 million. It seeks to help modernize Moroccan institutions through technical analysis and lending [...]	2006-02-03 07:57:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KMCA MO
06RABAT177	CODEL DUNCAN MEETS WITH MINISTER DELEGATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of a January 24-26 visit to Morocco, Codel Duncan met with Minister Delegate for Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri and toured the Port of Casablanca on January 25. Fassi Fihri underscored Morocco's desire for fostering dialogue with the U.S. Congress and, by extension, [...]	2006-02-03 10:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP MO
06RABAT181	VISITING THE PRISON IN LAAYOUNE, WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: Prison conditions in Morocco and the Western Sahara are a major human rights concern and are frequently discussed by the USG and international human rights organizations. Poloff raised the possibility of visiting prisons throughout the country with the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) [...]	2006-02-03 14:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT1933	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism advance team members Megan Dieter, David Weekman, and James Warden to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006. 2. POC is Political Officer Marcel Martinez who can be reached [...]	2006-10-16 14:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	WMDT OTRA MO
06RABAT1983	SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS OUTLINE GRIEVANCES AND POSSIBLE [...] (C) During a mid-October visit to Western Sahara, Sahrawi human rights activists indicated profound alienation from Moroccan authorities and deep skepticism about any autonomy package the GOM might be preparing, charging that human rights practices in the region were getting worse. They viewe [...]	2006-10-23 13:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KPKO MA WI
06RABAT1998	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, Robert G. Joseph and delegation listed in reftel, for the purpose of attending the first Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism meeting in Rabat, Morocco, October 29 to Novemb [...]	2006-10-27 10:07:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	WMDT OTRA MO
06RABAT2	ASYLUM SEEKERS OVERWHELM UNHCR IN RABAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 30, Poloffs from Rabat and Casablanca met with UNHCR Head of Mission, Johannes van der Klaauw, at UNHCR headquarters in Rabat to discuss the status of refugee seekers in Morocco and UNHCR,s future plans. Van der Klaauw highlighted the challenges with the dramatic [...]	2006-01-03 08:53:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB MO PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI
06RABAT2061	NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR A BOYCOTT [...] (C) Summary: A wave of agitation has given new life to an existing "boycott" of cooperation with the US, and has now become linked to the glorification of Hizballah. Six nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have pledged to boycott all programs and activities of the Mission. The largest, the [...]	2006-11-06 11:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT2103	MOROCCAN CONCERNS ABOUT IRANIAN AND ALGERIAN [...] (C) Summary: T Senior Advisor Jim Timbie met with Nasser Bourita, Morocco's top International Organizations official, on October 31, to convey USG concerns about Iran and other items on the international non proliferation agenda. Bourita advised that the GOM shares the USG's concerns and said [...]	2006-11-14 08:50:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP PREL MO IR
06RABAT2169	MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT DEFENDS ITS TOBACCO POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: Econ Counselor met on November 15 with Abdelaziz Talbi, Morocco's Director of Public Enterprises and Privatization, to review the GOM's decision to extend Morocco's monopoly on the wholesale distribution of tobacco from December 31, 2007 to December 31, 2010. Reiterating the U [...]	2006-11-24 16:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV MO
06RABAT2170	MOROCCO MACROECONOMIC UPDATE AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) This message provides an update on Morocco's macroeconomic situation, together with the following other economic highlights: A. Moroccan Ports In Compliance With International Security Standards B. FTA Wheat Quotas Unfulfilled C. Parliament Debates Anti-Money Laundering Law D. Ryan [...]	2006-11-24 16:55:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAIR ECON EIND ELAB ETRD KTEX MO
06RABAT2172	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS SPECIAL [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Special Envoy Dr. Gregg Rickman, to travel to Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11 , 2006 for the purpose conducting meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2 [...]	2006-11-27 13:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT22	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN MOROCCO: STATUS REPORT #3 [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through December 31, 2005. Update narratives contain [...]	2006-01-05 14:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT2201	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, October 22 to November 1, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached a [...]	2006-12-01 14:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2203	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT PATRICK WORMAN [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to S/CT regional officer Patrick Worman to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 14 - 15, 2006 for the purpose of orientation and consultations with GOM and Embassy officials. 2. POC is Political Officer Ian McCary who can be reached at: Phon [...]	2006-12-01 16:31:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2205	NATURAL GAS AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AT CENTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Government and private industry came together last month for a one-day conference on Moroccan energy policy, stressing the need for Morocco to reinforce its energy sector and render it more competitive. Diversification of supply was the key message articulated by Prime Minister [...]	2006-12-01 16:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV MO
06RABAT2218	MOROCCO'S POLITICAL AND MATERIAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) A senior MFA official confirmed to us that Iraqi FM Zebari is due in Morocco for a 2-3 day visit on December 8. The Moroccans cautioned the USG against allowing Iraqi Sunnis to become marginalized from the political process and to be wary of any Iranian role in stabilizing the country. The [...]	2006-12-06 14:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MO IZ
06RABAT2222	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/SEAS DAMON [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to DRL/SEAS Damon Stevens to travel to Rabat, Morocco, December 10-11, 2006 for the purpose of attending meetings with local and government officials, and Religious Leaders on the issue of anti-Semitism. 2. Control Officer for the visit is [...]	2006-12-07 09:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA MO
06RABAT2280	MOROCCO'S 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Morocco achieved significant reductions in cannabis production and cultivation, although it remains one of the world's major producers and exporters of cannabis. According to the Agency for the Promotion of Economic and Social Development of the Northern Prefectures and Provinces of the King [...]	2006-12-18 11:26:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV MO
06RABAT2282	HHS/CDC COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR JOSEPH [...] Embassy Rabat is pleased to grant country clearance to Joseph Mulinare, Medical Officer, DBDDD, CDC, HHS to travel to Rabat, Morocco January 15-27, 2007 for the purpose of providing technical assistance, and to participate in a mission in order to provided technical assistance to the nutrition [...]	2006-12-18 13:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA OTRA MO CDC
06RABAT2296	URGING MFA TO REACH OUT ON SAHARA AND DEFEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 14:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO
06RABAT261	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] The Government of Morocco (GOM) raised prices on some fuel products on Feb. 9 in a bid to relieve pressure high international oil prices are putting on the state's subsidy mechanism. Premium grade gasoline rose by 1.5 percent to $1.17 per liter and diesel fuel rose by 12 percent to $1.03 per [...]	2006-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG KIPR SENV MO
06RABAT357	HUMAN RIGHTS LAW CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- THE CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. With funding ending March 31, Post seeks an opportunity to express support for the continuation of the American Bar Association "Human Rights Clinical Legal Educat [...]	2006-02-28 16:53:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT359	GOM REFUGEE POLICY: LIMITED INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Omar Hilale told Polcouns February 22 that the GOM had "no objection" to an international refugee resettlement program out of Morocco provided it remained low-key, with as little media attention as possible to avoid attracting more would-be refugees to Morocco. He s [...]	2006-02-28 21:36:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	MO PGOV PREF PREL

06RABAT385	GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...]	2006-03-02 11:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID MO
06RABAT386	GROWTH CONSTRAINTS -- APPLYING RODRIK'S MODEL TO [...] (C) Summary and introduction: When judged against traditional "Washington Consensus" criteria (e.g. fiscal discipline, liberalization, privatization, and openness to investment) Morocco receives consistently high grades from international financial institutions and credit rating agencies. [...]	2006-03-02 11:28:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID MO
06RABAT40	CODEL LANTOS VISITS PARLIAMENT, MEETS REFORMERS, [...] (SBU) As part of his January 2-5 visit to Morocco, Congressman Lantos (D-CA) visited and toured the Moroccan Parliament, met with Moroccan reformers, and discussed recent political, social and religious reforms with the Minister of Islamic Affairs. Lantos was accompanied by his wife Annette L [...]	2006-01-09 17:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OVIP MO
06RABAT49	MOROCCO SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT POLICY [...] Econoff met Jan. 10 with Mohammed El Kadiri, Technical Director for Moroccan national telecoms regulator ANRT to discuss Moroccan spectrum management policy per request in Ref A. Answers below are keyed to questions in Reftel. 2. A) The authority responsible for spectrum management in Mor [...]	2006-01-10 17:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON MO
06RABAT490	MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Central bank governor Abdellatif Jouahri said March 14 that Morocco plans to move "in the medium-term" towards a more flexible exchange rate system. Jouahri said the country's increasing openness to trade warrants a transition to an as-yet-unspecified exchange regime, a move the IMF has c [...]	2006-03-20 14:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ECPS MO
06RABAT50	REP. LANTOS DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, AND SYRIA WITH [...] (C) Rep. Tom Lantos (D-CA) met with FM Benaissa for 90 minutes on January 4 at the MFA. Benaissa lauded US-Morocco relations and outlined many of the accomplishments of King Mohammed in the area of womens rights, equity and reconciliation, and press freedom. Benaissa was gloomy about Iraq, [...]	2006-01-10 17:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD MO PGOV PREL PTER
06RABAT527	MOROCCO PORT REFORM: EYE ON THE FTA [...] Summary: Morocco is making wide-ranging reforms to its port sector, a key piece of an economy which handles 98 percent of the country's of foreign trade. A law passed in December 2005 opens the sector to private operators, breaking the state's monopoly over commercial cargo services and cre [...]	2006-03-24 16:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EWWT ETRD MO
06RABAT565	MOROCCO'S POLITICAL PARTIES: LAPDOGS OR DEMOCRATS? [...] (C) Summary: The series of splits, mergers, and coups that have dotted Morocco's already fractured political landscape since November 2005 attest to the fact that posturing for the 2007 parliamentary elections is in full swing. They also speak volumes about the force that King Mohammed VI's [...]	2006-03-30 16:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MO
06RABAT617	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Ambassador met April 3 for an hour and a half with Islamist-referenced Party for Justice and Development (PJD) Secretary General (SYG) Saad Eddine Othmani at PJD party headquarters. The Ambassador was accompanied by Poloff while Othmani was joined by PJD Depu [...]	2006-04-06 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL MO
06RABAT618	EMBASSY OFFICERS DISCUSS FOREIGN POLICY WITH [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited Morocco's prestigious Al-Akhawayn University on April 3 to meet with faculty and discuss US-Morocco relations and human rights with undergraduate and graduate students as part o [...]	2006-04-07 08:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PBTS MO
06RABAT633	PARTY FOR JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT HOSTS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Islamist Party for Justice and Development (PJD) hosted a conference March 31-April 1 on "U.S. Decision-Making and Its Impact on Moroccan-American Relations." Participants included party leaders as well as rank and file PJD members, select diplomats, academics and NGOs. Gues [...]	2006-04-07 15:17:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PREL PHUM MO
06RABAT638	MCA: MOROCCO HOLDS NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 28-29, the GOM hosted a national consultative workshop with NGOs, local associations, academics, private sector representatives and members of the international donor community as part of its consultation process for developing a compact proposal to access funds from [...]	2006-04-07 18:27:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMCA EAID ECON SOCI MO
06RABAT642	MOROCCO: U.S. NOT TO RUN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) A/Polcouns met April 10 with MFA Director of International Organizations and UN Affairs Nasser Bourita to deliver reftel message that the U.S. will not run for a seat on the new UN Human Rights Council this year. Bourita responded with a request for the U.S. to support Morocco's bid to b [...]	2006-04-10 16:43:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA MO
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 16:32:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV SOCI MO
06RABAT668	MISSION PLAN FOR ADVANCING DEMOCRATIC REFORMS IN [...] (U) Per ref A Action Request, Post submits the following quarterly assessment of its Democratic Reform Strategy as outlined in ref B. Our report is keyed to the Milestones (M) and Tactics (T) outlined in our strategy and provides an update through March 31, 2006. Update narratives contain bot [...]	2006-04-14 11:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM PGOV SCUL KMPI MO
06RABAT732	ELECTRICITY (IS) NOT STATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Director of Moroccan state electricity company Younes Maamar described to Ambassador on April 18 the government's plans to deregulate the electricity sector, stressing the GOM's urgency to diversify its energy sources and his personal preference that Morocco move forward with nuc [...]	2006-04-21 10:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC ECON SENV KNNP MO
06RABAT736	HUMAN RIGHTS CLINICS IN MOROCCO -- SPENDING MONEY [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please treat accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. 3. (SBU) Summary: On April 18, Poloff and Laboff visited the Human Rights Clinical Legal Education program at Hassan II University in Mohammedia, loc [...]	2006-04-21 12:01:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MO
06RABAT971	NATIONAL WAR COLLEGE FIELD STUDY IN MOROCCO [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A delegation of National War College (NWC) students and faculty, led by Commandant Major General Teresa Marne Peterson and Deputy Commandant Ambassador Marcelle Wahba, visited Morocco May 13-18, [...]	2006-05-19 18:47:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO MARR MO MOPS PGOV PREL
06RANGOON1010	FEAR AND INTIMIDATION AT WORK IN BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met with Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu on July 18 to determine whether there was genuine regime interest in re-engaging with the international community as UN U/SYG Gambari had indicated. Kyaw did not respond directly, but made it clear that his ability to meet wit [...]	2006-07-20 06:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1042	KAYAH STATE - BURMANS IN AND KARENNIS OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Catholic Bishop Sotero Phamo of Loikaw, the capitol of Kayah State, briefed Charg on July 21 on daily life in his diocese. Ethnic Burmans have taken over leadership of the state and businesses, backed by nearly a dozen Burmese Army battalions. Kayah residents, predominately ethn [...]	2006-07-24 10:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREF PINS BM
06RANGOON1097	BURMA: THE REGIME HARDENS ITS POSITION ON ASEAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma's ruling Generals are the hardest of the hardliners. They have made decisions to harden their positions on ASEAN, the democratic opposition, and the ethnic minorities. Only high-ranking UN representatives may be allowed access to Aung San Suu Kyi; visiting ASEAN representa [...]	2006-08-02 11:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON1195	THREE DISEASES FUND DONORS MOVE AHEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The new Three Diseases (3D) Fund in Burma should become operational by December 2006. The UN is recruiting Fund staff and the UK just announced a $38 million funding commitment to the 3D Fund, while the Netherlands committed one million euros. The six donor nations -- UK, EC, [...]	2006-08-18 14:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID SOCI KHIV BM
06RANGOON1287	RESPONSES ON CHIN NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has no evidence that Chin National League for Democracy (CNLD) has ever planned or engaged in violence to achieve its objectives, nor that it poses any threat to the United States. The CNLD is an ethnic political party with no armed faction. The CNLD has held discussions wi [...]	2006-09-08 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER BM
06RANGOON1466	REGIME MAKES IT HARDER TO DO BUSINESS IN BURMA [...] (U) Summary: Traders who still try to do business in Burma now face additional headaches from long customs clearance delays, visa uncertainties, and unpredictable new policies. The regime's surprise June crackdown on corruption within the Customs Department froze trans-border trade briefly and [...]	2006-10-03 08:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1559	LETTER FROM NLD TO GAMBARI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman and Secretary of the National League of Democracy (NLD) asked the Embassy to pass copies to Secretary Rice and Ambassador Bolton of a letter they sent to SIPDIS Ibrahim Gambari, Under Secretary General at the United Nations. We have abridged the text to focus on [...]	2006-10-20 08:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1571	GOB DEFENDS ITS GUIDELINES ON HUMANITARIAN AID [...] (SBU) Summary: GAO Senior Analysts met with Burmese government officials during their 10-day visit to discuss the GOB's new guidelines for humanitarian assistance issued last February. The guidelines have caused confusion and apprehension in the IO/INGO/NGO community. The Director General of [...]	2006-10-25 05:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL BM
06RANGOON1622	BURMA TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON ICRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shortly after the arrival of a new head of delegation for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),the GOB informed the INGO that it could no longer work to support detainees in Burma directly, warned ICRC to stay away from border areas, and ordered two ICRC field offi [...]	2006-11-03 05:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON1701	GAMBARI'S MEETINGS IN BURMA - UNCENSORED [...] (C) Summary: UN U/SYG Gambari delivered a strong message to Burma's senior generals that the regime must choose between taking concrete steps toward democracy or face further action in the UNSC, according to UN Resrep Charles Petrie. General Than Shwe angrily denied that there was a humanitar [...]	2006-11-16 11:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1704	EYES ON BURMA'S PRIZE: NATURAL GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: New oil and gas discoveries off Burma's northwestern coast have prompted intense international maneuvering as representatives from India, China, Thailand and South Korea vie for investment options, production contracts and purchasing rights to the resources. Although the GOB has [...]	2006-11-17 02:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON1711	CHINESE AMBASSADOR SPEAKS OUT ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a long exchange with the Chinese Ambassador, Charge d'Affaires emphasized that the U.S. and China should use their cooperative and constructive relationship to work together to find mutually acceptable ways to promote change in Burma. The Chinese Ambassador emphasized Chi [...]	2006-11-17 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1717	BURMA: NLD REACTS TO GAMBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a short meeting with U/SYG Gambari during his November 9-12 visit to Burma, the NLD "Uncles" repeated their desire for a genuine dialogue with the regime. They told us Gambari seemed better briefed on the political situation in Burma this visit, in contrast to their meeti [...]	2006-11-21 02:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON1776	BURMA AI UPDATE - DECEMBER 5 [...] (SBU) Summary: Burma has not reported any new cases of AI since it contained the March - April 2006 poultry outbreak through extensive culling. The GOB continues to work with donors to improve its surveillance, reporting, and response capabilities. David Castellan, a short-term advisor to FAO [...]	2006-12-07 02:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID AMED PGOV PREL CASC TBIO KFLU BM
06RANGOON1783	GOB TRIES TO WHITEWASH EXTENSIVE FLOOD DAMAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Closely-held GOB reports confirm that severe flash floods in central Burma in October damaged over 200,000 acres in Mandalay and Sagaing Divisions and Shan State. Despite unofficial reports of significant human deaths and crop losses, the GOB has not officially acknowledged tha [...]	2006-12-08 08:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EAGR BM
06RANGOON1828	BURMA: THE KNU AFTER GENERAL BO MYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The death of Karen insurgent leader General Bo Mya did not come as a surprise, but leaves the Karen National Union (KNU) without a strong, charismatic leader. Sidelined by poor health in recent years, Bo Mya continued to influence KNU leaders and policy. It is uncertain if the re [...]	2006-12-27 04:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
06RANGOON223	BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS TO TALK [...] (C) Summary: Charge met February 14 with Deputy Foreign Minster Kyaw Thu at his request. Repeatedly emphasizing his interest in assisting Charge feel comfortable in Burma, he leisurely addressed a wide range of topics, including the problems of inadequate food and slow construction in Pyinman [...]	2006-02-16 05:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PREL BM
06RANGOON249	MORE FROM BURMA'S DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Kyaw Thu requested Charge meet with him again February 22 - alone. He apparently wants to continue a dialogue (ref A),made more difficult by his move to Pyinmana and difficult to do by phone because, he said, others could be listening in. Again referrin [...]	2006-02-22 23:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BM
06RANGOON270	BURMA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 03:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN KCRM KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SMIG BM
06RANGOON272	ICRC WON'T GIVE UP ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed to international media on February 27 that Burma's ruling regime is now blocking ICRC access to the country's prisons and detention camps. ICRC officials told us on Feb. 28 that they publicly acknowledged their ongoing [...]	2006-03-01 07:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON290	MANDALAY: DIPLOMATIC VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: During an Embassy "Outreach Week in Mandalay" (ref A),the Charge called on the Indian and Chinese Consuls General to exchange views on local political and economic developments. Despite the close relationship that China and India enjoy with the Burmese regime, both Consuls need [...]	2006-03-03 06:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD BM CM IN
06RANGOON299	MANDALAY: NON-BUDDHISTS NEED NOT APPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of our Mandalay Outreach Week (ref A),we met with Christian leaders in Mandalay on March 1 to discuss religious issues in central Burma. They described the tight restrictions local authorities place on religious meetings and church construction, as well as general GOB di [...]	2006-03-06 08:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BM SK
06RANGOON325	YUDHOYONO VISIT TO BURMA: LIGHT AND FLUFFY [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian President Yudhoyono's March 1-2 visit to Burma appears to have been purely protocol and devoid of any substantive political message to regime leaders. SPDC Chairman Than Shwe gave the Indonesian President a standard recitation of regime achievements and its road map t [...]	2006-03-08 10:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM ID
06RANGOON363	SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE A NUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior regime leaders, in their latest self-sufficiency scheme, have ordered Burmese around the country to plant seven million acres of physic nut in a misguided effort to reduce Burma's reliance on imported diesel fuel. This high profile campaign does not have any support from [...]	2006-03-17 05:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SENV EAGR BM
06RANGOON419	THE FRUSTRATIONS OF A BURMESE ECONOMIST [...] (SBU) Summary: U Myint, a retired UN economist, freely offers economic advice to regime leaders and democratic activists. He doubts senior leader Than Shwe receives any of it because he "does not listen to anyone." Were Than Shwe to heed Myint's advice, Burma would concentrate less on tradit [...]	2006-03-28 06:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
06RANGOON475	REQUEST FOR A SCIENCE FELLOW IN BURMA [...] (SBU) Post requests that a Science Fellow from the Smithsonian Institution or the Environmental Protection Agency be placed at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon to assess and prepare a detailed report on the regional environmental impact of the ruling military regime's policies, especially actions [...]	2006-04-10 09:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT APER KSCA OTRA SENV TSPL BM
06RANGOON530	NLD: REGIME NEEDS LEGITIMACY TO ADDRESS WOES [...] (C) Summary: In a departure from previous party policies, the NLD issued a statement on April 21 that emphasized Burma's urgent need for humanitarian assistance and underscored that the ruling military regime requires legitimacy in order to deal immediately with the "calamities and pandemics [...]	2006-04-25 09:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
06RANGOON576	NLD BASHING TRUMPS COUNTERDRUG SUCCESSES [...] (C) Summary: According to attendees at an April 26 drug burn in eastern Shan State, the GOB's Minister of Information and other senior officials hijacked the law enforcement event to pursue an ongoing political campaign to paint exile groups as terrorists and to denigrate recent efforts by the [...]	2006-04-28 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR BM
06RANGOON602	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR: "WE SEEK CLOSER TIES TO BURMA" [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Ambassador, a four-year veteran in Rangoon, described Russia and Burma as at the "beginning of a new stage in bilateral cooperation." The two countries recently exchanged senior level visitors "to reinvigorate relations." The Ambassador described sanctions as counte [...]	2006-05-04 08:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS PHUM PGOV BM RS
06RANGOON698	NORTH KAREN STATE - WHERE DO YOU RUN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Rangoon-based Karen contact who recently visited Taungoo discussed security conditions in nearby Karen State. Fighting erupted in northern Karen State in early 2006 after the Burmese army started moving into traditional Karen-controlled areas. Authorities established a food em [...]	2006-05-26 07:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREF BM
06RANGOON73	JAPAN QUIETLY NUDGES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Hideaki Mizukoshi, Director of Southeast Asia in Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Charge that he urged the GOB to activate a dialogue with the international community and start talking with Aung San Suu Kyi. He told the GOB that Burma's lack of progress on democracy and [...]	2006-01-18 09:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
06RANGOON732	BURMA: DEMOCRACY AWAITS ANOTHER DAY [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon's Pol/Econ Chief departs post this week, ending a three-year tour and having spent six of the past eight years on Burma-related assignments. We asked him to share a few unvarnished views on the current situation. He observes that the prospect for meaningful improvement in [...]	2006-06-05 10:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06RANGOON778	BURMA BUSINESS REPS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent meeting with visiting EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel, Burmese business representatives described the many challenges they face in the current business environment, including multiple exchange rates, lengthy bureaucratic delays, constant power shortages, rising costs, [...]	2006-06-13 02:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BM
06RANGOON79	REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE ON U.N. ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime appears poised to curtail the residency of a UN-sponsored mediator and confidant of Aung San Suu Kyi and impose new restrictions on UN agencies and international NGOs. The UN agencies and INGOs have devised creative measures to adapt to restrictions, but the re [...]	2006-01-19 03:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06RANGOON799	SPDC ROAD SHOW GOES TO KAREN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In another of its carefully choreographed road shows for local diplomats and hand-picked media, the Burmese ruling regime showcased its "peace and development" program in pacified areas of Karen State and characterized the Karen National Union as a "terrorist organization" solely [...]	2006-06-14 11:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM
06RANGOON876	BURMA MISSES A COPPER PLATED OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Economic mismanagement keeps Burma from cashing in on the global rise in copper prices. The experiences of Ivanhoe, the Canadian firm in a joint venture with the GOB to extract and export copper, illustrate the difficulties most firms face doing business in Burma. End summary. [...]	2006-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD BM
06RANGOON981	BURMESE REGIME REACTS TO POSSIBLE UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The government daily newspaper, the New Light of Myanmar (NLM),has recently intensified the quantity and degree of its rhetoric against its political opposition in an ongoing series of multi-page articles. The articles also attempt to counter charges that Burma represents a th [...]	2006-07-13 07:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON PREL BM
06REYKJAVIK102	ICELAND: ADDITIONAL IRAQ ASSISTANCE NOT [...] (SBU) Post briefed Icelandic MFA Head of Security and Disarmament Division Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson March 23 on the President's budget requests for Iraq (ref A). Asked the current Icelandic thinking on additional assistance for Iraqi reconstruction, Gudjonsson referenced Reykjavik's recent d [...]	2006-03-23 17:09:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL IZ IC
06REYKJAVIK107	ICELAND: SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 31 DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Since 3/15, when the U.S. announced the realignment of its force presence at Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),the Icelandic government has made its unhappiness with the decision plain. FM Haarde ) the government,s key decision maker ) is looking to the 3/31 talks to offer th [...]	2006-03-29 11:16:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV KPAO IC
06REYKJAVIK119	ICELAND: COAST GUARD DIRECTOR SHUT OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: In informal conversation 3/31 Icelandic Ministry of Justice Deputy Permanent Secretary disclosed to Embassy that Coast Guard Director Georg Larusson has lost the confidence of Minister of Justice Bjarnason because he is not seen as a team player. This explains why decisions about [...]	2006-04-03 18:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PINR IC
06REYKJAVIK130	ICELANDIC FOREIGN MINISTER BEARING UP WELL UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic Foreign Minister Geir H. Haarde has spent early April trying to diffuse criticism from press and politicians who accuse him of failing to predict the U.S. decision to draw down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF),and who say he is too passive in letting the U.S. defi [...]	2006-04-11 16:05:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06REYKJAVIK134	INTERNATIONAL MEDIA CONTINUES TO DISSECT ICELANDIC [...] Summary. Over the past two months, credit rating agencies and other international financial firms have released a torrent of reports raising questions about the state of the Icelandic economy and the activities and stability of Iceland's major banks. These reports have been widely covered i [...]	2006-04-12 14:29:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON IC
06REYKJAVIK143	ICELAND: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT FOR NATO'S 'GLOBAL [...] (C) Post presented ref A points to Icelandic MFA Acting Political Director Thordur Bjarni Gudjonsson April 24. Gudjonsson stated that Reykjavik has not adopted a formal position on the U.S.-UK proposal for a NATO "Global Partnership," adding that: -- In principle, cooperation with NATO shou [...]	2006-04-25 10:48:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK162	ICELAND/HUMAN RIGHTS: SKEPTICAL OF IRAN, BUT [...] (SBU) Since April post has regularly discussed the new UN Human Rights Council (refs A and B) and Iranian human rights violations (refs C and D) with Icelandic MFA Minister Counselor Nikulas Hannigan, who is both the International Institutions director and Middle East director in Iceland's sma [...]	2006-05-09 15:07:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM IR IC
06REYKJAVIK187	ICELANDIC ACADEMIC CLAIMS U.S. BASE SHUTDOWN TIED [...] (C) Summary: An Icelandic historian's assertion that the U.S. would not be shutting down Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) had former PM and FM David Oddsson not retired from politics has excited the media and driven the country's leading politicians into a round of recriminations. The sugg [...]	2006-05-26 18:06:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPAO ECA IIP IC
06REYKJAVIK205	Icelandic PM Halldor Asgrimsson to Leave Post; [...] (U) Summary: In a move apparently designed to resuscitate his party's hopes of surviving 2007 parliamentary elections, Halldor Asgrimsson announced 6/5 that he would resign both as Icelandic Prime Minister and as Progressive Party (PP) Chairman. The dates for his departure remain unclear whi [...]	2006-06-08 16:28:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR IC
06REYKJAVIK312	Iceland: Progressive Party Elects New Leadership; Clears [...] (SBU) Summary: At an August 19 congress, the Progressive Party (PP - the minority member in Iceland's ruling conservative coalition alongside PM Haarde's Independence Party),replaced former PM Asgrimsson as party chair with Minister of Industry and Commerce Jon Sigurdsson. Party rank and file [...]	2006-08-30 17:37:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR EAGR IC
06REYKJAVIK331	ICELAND/NAM SUMMIT: ICELAND ATTENDING HAVANA NAM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iceland is attending the NAM Summit in Havana primarily to campaign for a 2009-2010 UN Security Council seat, and claims no interest in NAM membership or increased engagement with the Government of Cuba. The GOI did not receive a landing clearance request in connection with Be [...]	2006-09-13 17:12:00	Embassy Reykjavik	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PHUM UNSC CU IR BO IC
06REYKJAVIK357	Iceland Defense Talks: PM Unveils Agreements for the [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland's Prime Minister Haarde presented the results of the last six months of U.S.-Iceland defense talks to his political opposition, the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, and the nation in meetings and an hour-long televised press conference September 26. Haarde - wit [...]	2006-09-27 07:33:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PTER KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK359	Iceland: Press and Politicos Respond to Defense [...] (SBU) Summary: Icelandic press reaction to the Prime Minister's September 26 announcement of the results of defense talks with the U.S. (Reftel) has been measured and largely favorable. Opposition party expressions of discontent center on two points: 1) the Government's failure to make public [...]	2006-09-27 18:03:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPAO NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK401	Iceland: Visit of USS Wasp Demonstrates "Robust and [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 12-17 port visit of the USS Wasp provided a visible demonstration of USG intent to honor its defense commitment to Iceland following the September closure of Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF). The Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and Justice Minister - just back [...]	2006-10-26 17:54:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR KPAO OPRC NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK431	ICELAND: PEACEKEEPING POLICY AT A CROSSROADS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iceland's Foreign Minister has announced that Iceland will increase the number of peacekeepers sent abroad with the Icelandic Crisis Response Unit(ICRU),while focusing on civilian projects where Iceland has particular expertise and restricting behavior (e.g. wearing battle dress [...]	2006-11-27 11:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO EAID NATO IC
06REYKJAVIK452	ICELAND: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Post submits the following narrative for inclusion in the 2006 Country Reports on Terrorism. Text of report will also be emailed to EUR/NB and S/CT via unclass and classified email. 2. Begin text of submission: Iceland Iceland is a NATO ally and party to all 12 major UN conventions [...]	2006-12-21 07:43:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC IC
06REYKJAVIK68	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Lisa Kierans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail Kieransl@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Polofficer (FO-02) 20 hrs - Polassistant 60 hrs - DCM [...]	2006-03-02 12:49:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF IC
06REYKJAVIK93	MEDIA REACTION FOR MARCH 18-20, 2006: U.S. [...] Summary: Weekend media reaction to the U.S. decision to realign Keflavik Naval Air Station (NASKEF) took a sober turn as politicians and pundits assessed the cost of this development to their state's security and treasury. The national newspaper of record, whose editor is close to former PM [...]	2006-03-20 17:00:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PREL KPAO IIP ECA IC
06RIGA1040	LATVIA'S 2007 BUDGET [...] Summary: In a relatively swift approval process, Latvia's parliament adopted its 2007 budget on December 19. The budget, featuring a 26 percent increase in expenditures (mostly growing public sector salaries and increased government investment),a projected 23 percent increase in revenues, and [...]	2006-12-22 14:10:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN ETRD LG
06RIGA523	LATVIAN 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 14:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM NATO UN OSCE IR LG
06RIGA526	LATVIA 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 07:54:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV GG MD LG
06RIGA527	PM'S CHIEF OF STAFF ON LATVIAN POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Summary: Latvia's October elections should produce a politial alignment similar to the coalition currently in office, although the nationalist Fatherland and Freedom could significantly increase its seats, according to the PM's chief of staff, Jurgis Liepnieks. Liepnieks, a consummate po [...]	2006-07-06 07:55:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR LG
06RIGA552	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM ON 311 DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Latvian Prime Minister Kalvitis greatly appreciated an advance briefing by Ambassador Bailey July 12 on U.S. Treasury decisions to sanction one Latvian bank for taking insufficient measures to combat money laundering and to lift the threat of sanctions on a second bank, bringing [...]	2006-07-13 14:32:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD PHUM KCRM LG
06RIGA561	Afghanistan PRT Conference: Latvia - updated [...] (U) Latvia will send the following individuals to the PRT conference in Budapest: Mr. Edgars Rinkevics, State Secretary, Ministry of Defense Ms. Zane Vasule, Snr. Desk Officer, International Operations and Crisis Management Division, Security Policy Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-07-17 13:34:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS AF LG
06RIGA577	NAZERBAYEV'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: The visit to Latvia by Kazakh President Nazerbayev was mainly focused on building economic ties between the two countries. The Kazakhs already have a heavy investment in a grain port in Latvia and would like to use the oil terminal at Ventspils to ship their oil. The two countri [...]	2006-07-21 08:44:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON OSCE RU KZ LG
06RIGA619	DAS KRAMER TALKS BELARUS, MOLDOVA AND RUSSIA WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a productive series of meetings in Riga July 24, DAS David Kramer discussed Belarus, Moldova and Russia with key Latvian officials. Latvia is closely watching Belarus' relations with Russia and trying to improve people to people contacts. NGO representatives who work with Be [...]	2006-08-02 11:59:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID RS MD BO LG
06RIGA628	LATVIA ON DRAFT LEBANON UNSCR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 13:20:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS UNSC LG
06RIGA653	LEBANON/LATVIA/UNIFIL: POLITICALLY TOUGH, VERY [...] (C) Pol/econ chief and DATT delivered reftel points to Kaspars Ozolins, MFA A/S equivalent for security policy, and Signe Jansone, MFA A/S equivalent for the Middle East, on August 16. Ozolins, while noting Latvia's support for UNSCR 1701, stressed that Latvia's military forces are currently [...]	2006-08-16 15:02:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL UN LE LG
06RIGA698	LATVIAN VIEWS ON POSSIBILITY OF EU/RUSSIA [...] (C) In a meeting with pol/econ chief August 28 on other issues, Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klava raised the topic of ongoing discussions in the EU on potential joint peacekeeping efforts with Russia. According to Klava, this topic would be discussed at the September 1 - 2 Gymnich. Klava said [...]	2006-08-31 06:15:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EUN RU LG
06RIGA699	BORIS YELTSIN'S VISIT TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Boris Yeltsin's visit to Latvia to mark 15 years since the restoration of independence is viewed by GOL officials as another positive sign in relations with Moscow. Originally a private visit, both Latvian and Russian sources agree that it was upgraded at the request of President P [...]	2006-08-31 10:39:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU LG
06RIGA762	The players in Latvia's parliamentary elections [...] SUMMARY. Latvia enters the 2006 Saeima (parliament) election race with a minority government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis (People's Party) that includes the center-right People's Party, centrist Greens and Farmers Union and conservative First Party. The country will likely emerge fro [...]	2006-09-21 04:17:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LG
06RIGA792	WHAT'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 05:45:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL LG
06RIGA799	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY OF LABOR ELAINE CHAO [...] Madam Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit Riga October 10 - 13. Latvia today is a very different place than it was when you helped establish the Peace Corps program here after Latvia regained it's independence in 1991. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership [...]	2006-10-02 14:09:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PREL OVIP CHAO ELAINE LG
06RIGA820	LATVIA AND RUSSIA TO SIGN COOPERATION AGREEMENTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian Economics Minister Stokenbergs will travel to Moscow October 13 to sign bilateral agreements on economic cooperation and establishing an intergovernmental commission to manage the bilateral relationship. The signing of these agreements represents the end of several mont [...]	2006-10-10 07:18:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON GE RU LG
06RIGA823	LATVIA'S ELECTIONS: LITTLE CHANGE BUT SOME SURPRISES [...] Summary: Latvia's October 7 parliamentary elections provided an endorsement for the current minority government of PM Aigars Kalvitis. The three parties in the current coalition won 51 seats in the 100 seat Saeima (parliament),although they will likely invite in a fourth party to add to the [...]	2006-10-10 11:05:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LG
06RIGA836	SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETINGS WITH GOL OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao's visit to Latvia provided an opportunity to discuss economic growth and job creation, relations with Russia and the recent Latvian elections with senior governmental officials. All interlocutors noted the challenge for Latvia of the out migra [...]	2006-10-13 14:10:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ELAB ECON MARR CVIS OVIP CHAO ELAINE RU
06RIGA847	LATVIAN MFA ON BELARUS AND GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Belarus has dropped the charges against the Latvian diplomat accused in July of distribution of pornography and transferred the evidence to Latvia under the bilateral mutual legal assistance treaty. While this should allow some stabilization in the bilateral relationship, includ [...]	2006-10-17 11:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BO GG RU LG
06RIGA852	LATVIA/RUSSIA: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Latvian visit to Moscow October 13 to sign two bilateral agreements went well and the GOL was encouraged by the positive reception by Econ/trade minister Gref. Absent was the usual Russian complaints on treatment of ethnic Russians in Latvia. The Russians expressed a desire [...]	2006-10-18 07:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG GE RS LG
06RIGA870	TRUTH 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 15:09:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG RS LG
06RIGA923	SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL BETWEEN PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (C) Mr. President, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Soviet [...]	2006-11-06 16:04:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PRESIDENT LG
06RIGA927	LATVIA: 2006-2007 INCSR SUBMISSION, PART I - DRUGS [...] The following is Embassy Riga's submittal for the 2006-2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Part I, Drugs and Chemical Control: 2. I. Summary. Drug use in Latvia is characterized by continued prevalence of synthetics. Ecstasy is the most common narcotic in Latvia, [...]	2006-11-07 15:33:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR LG
06RIGA938	LATVIAN PARLIAMENT INSTALLS NEW CENTER-RIGHT MAJORITY [...] SUMMARY. The Saeima (Latvian parliament) voted 58-41 on November 7 to approve a new center-right government led by Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis of the People's Party. The new government took office immediately after the vote. The four-party coalition consisting of the People's Party (TP),[...]	2006-11-13 15:04:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR LG
06RIGA945	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) Madame Secretary, we are extremely honored that you will visit us November 28-29. Over two years into NATO and European Union membership, Latvia has emerged as a significant international player, despite its modest population and resource base. Latvia stands out as a successful post-Sovi [...]	2006-11-20 09:07:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP SECRETARY RICE LG
06RIGA993	LATVIA SUPPORTS WORKING THROUGH ICAO ON AVIATION EMISSIONS [...] (U) Pol/Econ Off met with Arnis Muiznieks, Latvian Transportation Ministry's Aviation Department Director, on December 4 to deliver reftel's non-paper. Muiznieks stated that the GOL was still finalizing its position regarding the EU Commission's proposal to include aviation emissions from non- [...]	2006-12-05 15:21:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON SENV LG
06RIODEJANEIRO234	Petrobras Seeking Alternatives to Bolivian Gas [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with Consul General, Petrobras officials indicated that they did not anticipate that the Bolivia-Brazil crisis will lead to any short or medium term disruption in gas supply to Brazil. Petrobras, however, will accelerate the development of gas reserves in the Sa [...]	2006-05-24 16:41:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL BR

06RIODEJANEIRO445	AMBASSADOR'S ENERGY AND BIO-FUELS DISCUSSIONS IN RIO DE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some oil and gas companies in Brazil, notably Shell and Petrobras, are embracing bio-fuels as part of a diversified energy product mix, Shell Brazil CEO Diaz told the Ambassador in an August 21 meeting. On August 22, Petrobras CEO Gabrielli said his company is expanding its etha [...]	2006-09-06 14:06:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV SENV PREL EINV BR

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