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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07IRANRPODUBAI36	IRANIAN PERCEPTIONS OF TALKS WITH THE US (C-NE7-00968) [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 15:20:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL IR

07IRANRPODUBAI38	SUPPORT DEEP IN IRAN FOR US TALKS, IN ONE VIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 15:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ PHUM
07IRANRPODUBAI55	EX-IRGC GENERAL CLAIMS IRGC IMPLEMENTS ORDERS, DOESN'T MAKE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 15:41:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR IZ MCAP
07IRANRPODUBAI6	BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW ON IRAN'S TIGHTER BANKING SECTOR AND IRGC [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 13:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI60	NEW IRGC HEAD JAFARI DESCRIBED AS A BETTER SOLDIER AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 16:20:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV MARR PTER
07IRANRPODUBAI69	PRESS TV - IRAN'S PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ENTERS GLOBAL STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's 24-hour satellite English language news station, Press TV, began operations in July 2007. It has moved quickly to establish itself through widely dispersed correspondents, a large staff in Tehran and London, aggressive recruitment of guests, and generally high quality con [...]	2007-11-26 11:19:00	Iran RPO Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP SCUL IR
07IRANRPODUBAI70	IRPO PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: YEAR ONE - A PROMISING START [...] (C) Summary: One of IRPO's primary mandates upon commencing operations in August 2006 was the revival of US-Iran public diplomacy programming - which focused largely on supporting US-Iran educational and cultural exchanges. In this three-part report on IRPO Year One PD programming, part I will [...]	2007-11-27 12:07:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	OEXC OIIP PHUM PINR
07ISLAMABAD1028	FM KASURI'S FEBRUARY 20-21 VISIT TO NEW DELHI [...] (C) Summary: In a March 1 meeting with PolOff, MFA Director-General for South Asian Affairs Jalil Jilani provided a readout of Foreign Minister Kasuri's February 20-21 visit to New Delhi. Jilani previewed the upcoming March 6 anti-terror talks in Islamabad and described the nuclear accord [...]	2007-03-03 11:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IN MNUC PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD1583	MUSHARRAF TELLS MCCAIN: DONâ€™T PULL OUT OF IRAQ [...] (U) On April 3, President Musharraf met with Senator John McCain (R-AZ) and Representative Richard Renzi (R-AZ),Musharraf's third U.S. Congressional delegation of the day (reftel). The group,s discussion focused on Iraq, the broader Middle East, and the Pak-Afghan border region. ----------------- [...]	2007-04-10 12:27:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PK AF IZ IR ID MY SA LE
07ISLAMABAD1688	RED MOSQUE UPDATE [...] (C) Talks continued over the weekend between the leaders of the Red Mosque (Lal Masjid) and the government. Maulana Abdul Aziz and Maulana Ghazi, the two leaders of the mosque, have softened their public tone toward the government. During Friday,s sermon, Aziz delivered a more tempered message [...]	2007-04-16 13:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD1779	DELEGATION ADVANCES NON-PRO DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 10:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN KNNP PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD1994	MUSHARRAF AND KARZAI IN ANKARA: AN INTERIM [...] (C) Summary: Working-level contacts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us May 3 that the April 30 meeting between Presidents Musharraf, Karzai, and Sezer reinforced Pakistan and Afghanistan's common commitment to fighting the Taliban. The meeting also presented opportunities to further [...]	2007-05-03 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL AF PGOV
07ISLAMABAD2107	FOREIGN SECRETARY AND TURKISH AMBASSADOR REFLECT [...] (S) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with Pakistan Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan May 7 and Turkisk Ambassador Engin Soysal SIPDIS May 8 to hear their reflections on the April 29-30 Pakistan-Afghanistan-Turkey trilateral in Ankara. Both Khan and Soysal were in Ankara for the meetings -- Khan as [...]	2007-05-10 12:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PK AF
07ISLAMABAD2129	UNHRC VOTE: PAKISTAN INCLINED TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA [...] (C) PolOff discussed the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) election with MFA Director (UN) Haider Shah on May 11 and emphasized demarche points per refs B and C, urging Pakistan to support Slovenia and Bosnia. Shah reacted positively to Bosnia's official candidacy (ref A),saying Pakis [...]	2007-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PK
07ISLAMABAD2654	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S JUNE 15-17 VISIT [...] (C) We look forward to your arrival in Pakistan. As always, your discussions with senior officials will strengthen joint U.S.-Pakistan efforts in the War on Terror. You may also have the opportunity to encourage your military counterparts to support democratization and the protection of huma [...]	2007-06-14 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF IN PK
07ISLAMABAD274	BOUCHER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, INDIA, TRADE WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Kasuri for a wide-ranging discussion, which included Pak-Afghan and Pak-India relations, Reconstruction Opportunity Zones, the development plan for Pakist [...]	2007-01-17 12:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PREF PK AF IN CA
07ISLAMABAD277	BOUCHER AND PAKISTANI FOREIGN MINISTRY REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher held back-to-back meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan and Additional Secretary Shahid Kamal. Khan stressed that improved intelligence coopera [...]	2007-01-17 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV PK
07ISLAMABAD2780	BOUCHER'S FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON CURRENT EVENTS, STRATEGIC DIALOGUE AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON IN PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2798	DEPUTY SECRETARY AND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with Foreign Minister Kasuri on June 15. Both sides expressed strong support for the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue. Kasuri noted that negative comments from the U.S. media and [...]	2007-06-23 07:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD2799	PRIME MINISTER STRESSES NEED FOR STABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Negroponte, Assistant Secretary Boucher, and Charge d,Affaires Bodde met with SIPDIS Prime Minister (PM) Aziz on June 16. The PM stressed the importance of a stable Afghanistan and expressed concern about Afghan drug production. He reiterated Pakistan,s com [...]	2007-06-23 07:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER SNAR
07ISLAMABAD283	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ RAISES ECONOMIC AND CROSS-BORDER AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: On January 12, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz. Aziz discussed his recent visit to Afghanistan, noting that he had spent over two hours in a one-on-one meeting with Karzai, and that Karzai's [...]	2007-01-18 06:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD EINV OPIC MNUC AF PK
07ISLAMABAD2835	PAKISTAN'S PARTICIPATION IN PEACE JIRGA [...] (C) In response to reftel, PolOff spoke June 25 with Minister of Tourism and Culture GG Jamal, one of five members of the Pakistan jirga commission. Jamal reported that the two commissions had not discussed the duration of the upcoming jirga. Under jirga tradition, he said, such a conversat [...]	2007-06-26 14:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL AF
07ISLAMABAD2944	PAKISTAN'S ELECTIONS: SOLVING THE VOTER ROLL [...] (C) Summary: Post is quietly engaged with senior Pakistani officials to press for a resolution to credible opposition complaints that perhaps 20 million voters have dropped off the latest Election Commission of Pakistan's voter list. A potential data merger of the Election Commission and Nat [...]	2007-07-06 07:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD31	PRESIDENT MUSHARAFF BRIEFS GEN SCHOOMAKER AND [...] (C) Introduction and summary: During a December 29 meeting, President (and Chief of Army Staff) Musharraf reinforced for U.S. Chief of Army Staff GEN Schoomaker and the Ambassador that Pakistan and the U.S, are in the war on terrorism together, sharing the same goals and fighting the same enemy. No [...]	2007-01-03 13:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF MOPS PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD3224	PRIME MINISTER: GOP COMMITTED 200 PERCENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Economic Counselor (notetaker) met with Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz at his request at his residence July 24. Aziz took Ambassador to task over recent statements by U.S. officials regarding terrorist threats emanating from Pakistan. Aziz stressed to Ambassador tha [...]	2007-07-25 14:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PK
07ISLAMABAD3762	MINISTRY OF COMMERCE ON BIT, ROZS AND DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met August 27 with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce at his request to discuss next steps SIPDIS on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),GOP concerns regarding t [...]	2007-08-28 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3811	CONCERNS ABOUT JALOZAI REFUGEE CAMP CLOSING [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, Ambassador and DCM raised with Interior Minister Sherpao our concern that the GOP's decision to close the Jalozai refugee camp by August 31 would create a political and humanitarian crisis. Sherpao confirmed receiving similar demarches from Afghanistan and U [...]	2007-08-31 12:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4024	PAKISTAN -- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Summary. The next few days likely will determine whether or how President Musharraf can secure his re-election, and last-minute maneuvering is in full swing. Musharraf unquestionably has the simple majority of votes he needs in the current National and Provincial Assemblies; however, the [...]	2007-09-18 14:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4085	MUSHARRAF TELLS DEPUTY SECRETARY PAKISTAN IS [...] (C) Summary. During a September 13 meeting with the Deputy Secretary, President Musharraf reiterated his intention, absent intervention by the Chief Justice, to be re-elected before October 15 by the current National and Provincial Assemblies. He explained the nature and required solutions to what [...]	2007-09-21 10:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4094	PAKISTAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OCTOBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, Pakistan's Election Commission (ECP) set the presidential election for October 6. This confirms that Musharraf will seek re-election, in uniform, before the current assemblies. Opposition parties issued the predictable objections, but the move demonstrated Musha [...]	2007-09-23 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4107	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On September 13, Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Minister of Interior Sherpao. Sherpao praised the recent jirgas with Afghanistan and said Pakistan would move quickly to appoint its follow up team. Sherpao briefed the participants on the ongoing efforts by both the Pakistani [...]	2007-09-24 14:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4108	U.S.-PAKISTAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE, SEPTEMBER 12 [...] (SBU) The second session of the U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue took place in Islamabad on September 12, 2007. Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Foreign Secretary Khan chaired the meeting and agreed that future sessions of the Dialogue should occur every six months. The Pakistanis als [...]	2007-09-24 15:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID ENRG TSPL KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD4273	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FAZLUR REHMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 14:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD4421	PAKISTAN SERIOUS ABOUT POLIO ERADICATION [...] (SBU) Economic Counselor and Economic Specialist met with Ministry of Health (MOH) Director General Lieutenant General (retired) Shahida Malik to deliver reftel demarche October 11. MOH Polio Country Coordinating officer Dr. Rehan Hafiz also attended the meeting. The Minister of Health is [...]	2007-10-12 13:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA PK
07ISLAMABAD4751	PAKISTANI BUSINESS COMMUNITY CAREFULLY WATCHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Section spoke with a wide range of contacts to gauge local business reactions to the November 3 imposition of a state of emergency. While the overall consensus is that it is too early to determine any long-term effects of the current crisis on Pakistan's economy, mo [...]	2007-11-06 11:51:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4819	MUSHARRAF'S PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with local and international press November 11, President Musharraf announced elections would be held "by January 9" and said he would take the presidential oath of office as a civilian after the Supreme Court allows the Election Commission to confirm his re-election. He [...]	2007-11-12 10:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PINR
07ISLAMABAD4821	MGPK01: SITREP 18, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: REACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Some opposition parties threatened to boycott elections if they are held under a state of emergency. All media covered the Secretary's Sunday talk shows comments on Pakistan. The Attorney General predicted the Supreme Court would begin hearing the case on Musharraf's re-electio [...]	2007-11-13 06:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC KFLO PGOV PINR PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD4889	FATA PLAN IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post still awaits publication of the Central Command Planning Order that will formalize the security development plan (SDP). Post appreciates funding for Pashto radio programming and the temporary FATA Coordinator, and will continue to urge Pakistani leadership to appoint a FA [...]	2007-11-16 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MASS PK
07ISLAMABAD4997	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N'S JAVED HASHMI [...] (C) Summary: In-country president of opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Javed Hashmi met with the Ambassador November 24, soon after his release from prison. He appreciated USG concern during his most recent ordeal but urged us to do more to lift the state of emergency and get the [...]	2007-11-25 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM
07ISLAMABAD5237	NSA AZIZ PROPOSES STEPS TO IMPROVE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Tariq Aziz December 11 to discuss the on-going political situation and upcoming elections. NSA Aziz said the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan recently met with Nawaz Sharif, implying the Saudis had tried to encourage a rappr [...]	2007-12-11 14:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
07ISLAMABAD5283	PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. On D...SUBJECT: PAKISTAN: ATTEMPTED INTERCEPTS OF COALITION AIRCRAFT Classified By: Anne W. Patterson, Reasons 1.4 (b),(d) Â [...]	2007-12-14 10:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5302	PAKISTAN CONFIRMS FIRST CASES OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN HUMANS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pakistan National Institute of Health (NIH) confirmed on December 15 that six individuals have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). One of the confirmed AI patients died in hospital. This marks the first reported cases of AI in humans in Pakistan. World Health Or [...]	2007-12-18 02:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5305	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS: PREPARATION AND MONITORING [...] (SBU) Summary. December 15 was the last day for candidates to withdraw or change political parties in the run-up to Pakistan's January 8 parliamentary elections. All the major parties will contest the election and are now heavily engaged in campaigning. USG- and international donor-sponso [...]	2007-12-18 10:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5349	PAKISTAN: INDEPENDENT TESTING CONFIRMS ONE HUMAN FATALITY OF [...] (C) Summary: Independent testing conducted by microbiologists from the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit 3 (NAMRU3) confirms that one individual who died from respiratory failure tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). NAMRU is unable to obtain viable samples from two other cases, of whic [...]	2007-12-27 02:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU TBIO EAGR AMGT PK
07ISLAMABAD5362	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID [...] (C) Summary: Codel Specter had an impromptu meeting with visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai December 27 in Islamabad. Karzai was extremely courteous and thanked Senator Specter and Representative Kennedy for continued USG assistance to Afghanistan. Karzai described his December 26 meetin [...]	2007-12-27 19:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL SNAR PTER
07ISLAMABAD5394	OPEN COMPETITION LEADS TO VERY LOW MOBILE PHONE RATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pakistan's telecommunication policy reforms earned the country USD 8.0 billion in investments over the past four years. Promotion of open competition in the telecom industry has led to some of the lowest mobile phone rates in the world and substantially increased the average Pa [...]	2007-12-30 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EICN EINV PBTS PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD609	MUSHARRAF'S MIDDLE EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIAN PEACE [...] (C//NF) Summary. In January, President Musharraf energetically renewed his two-year old effort to be a leader of moderate Muslim world with trips to seven Islamic capitals in three weeks; trips to two more capitals--Tehran and Ankara--are scheduled for this week. With a sense of urgency drive [...]	2007-02-06 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PTER XF
07ISTANBUL1015	IRAN/ENERGY: AN IRANIAN DELEGATION IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) In the best of Iranian bazaar tradition, an Iranian delegation representing Iran's oil ministry and energy industry attending a November 15-16 energy conference in Istanbul tried hard to portray Iran and its vast oil and gas reserves as a stabilizing force for regional energy markets and [...]	2007-11-28 06:38:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON IR TU
07ISTANBUL1028	CODEL ROHRABACHER DISCUSSES KURDISH ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 26, CODEL Rohrabacher met ARI Movement founder Kemal Koprulu to discuss Kurdish issues in Turkey and Iraq. The Congressman was joined by Congressman Louie Gohmert and former Chairman of the California Republican Party Shawn Steel. Koprulu was accompanied by Rifat [...]	2007-12-03 10:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL TU
07ISTANBUL1029	Energy Secretary Bodman Meets with Turkish Prime Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 18, Energy Secretary Bodman met with Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan on the margins of the Turkish Greek Interconnector (TGI) Ceremony. Also present was Turkish Energy Minister Guler, as well as representation from the Turkish MFA. The Secretary and the Prime Minist [...]	2007-12-03 12:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ISTANBUL1051	GOING ON THE OFFENSIVE AGAINST ISLAMOPHOBIA [...] (SBU) The International Conference on Islamophobia accused "the West" of an irrational fear of Islam. Most speakers provided anecdotal evidence of hostile actions towards Muslims, including Turkey,s ban against headscarves in public institutions. A small minority of speakers raised the need [...]	2007-12-11 14:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AORC TU
07ISTANBUL1073	CONSUL GENERAL'S CALL ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary. The leader of the Armenian Orthodox community in Turkey, His Beatitude Mesrob II, during the Consul General's introductory call, expressed optimism that the government will soon pass a proposed new Law on Foundations. He stressed progress for Armenia depended on reconciliation [...]	2007-12-18 16:06:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL1088	TURKISH ALEVIS HOPEFUL FOLLOWING ECHR DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary. Some 15 million Turkish Alevis have reason to be hopeful following an October 9 European Court of Human Rights ruling and press reports that the government may soon propose a plan to address their long-disputed grievances. Prominent Alevi advocate Izettin Dogan recently told us t [...]	2007-12-31 13:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL110	NEW TUSIAD CHAIRMAN: US CAN HELP CURB RISING [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Arzuhan Dogan Yalcindag and the head of TUSIAD's parliamentary commission Pekin Baran told Ambassador that the loss of EU and US credibility in Turkey has contributed to the recent rise of natio [...]	2007-02-14 09:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TU AM
07ISTANBUL116	AMCONSULATE ISTANBUL RECEIVES PURPORTED OCALAN [...] (C/NF) Consulate has received a letter purporting to be from jailed PKK leader Abullah Ocalan. The envelope was postmarked January 11, 2007, from Beyoglu, Istanbul and addressed to ConGen Istanbul's former Beyoglu office building. The Asrin Law Firm, responsible for Abdullah Ocalan's lega [...]	2007-02-15 11:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TU IZ
07ISTANBUL120	HRANT DINK SUCCESSOR CONCERNED FOR FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Hrant Dink's widow and Armenian-Turkish weekly Agos' new editor-in-chief Etyen Mahcupyan to express condolences and discuss the state of affairs for the newspaper and the Armenian community in Turkey since Dink's January 19 assassination. Mahcupyan expressed [...]	2007-02-16 08:58:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR TU
07ISTANBUL136	ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH DISCUSSES HALKI OPTION [...] (SBU) Summary. While in Istanbul to attend a session of the U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met separately with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Armenian Patriarch Mesrob II (septel.) In his meeting with Bartholomew, the two touched on issues related t [...]	2007-02-23 05:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL137	TURKEY'S ARMENIAN PATRIARCH ON THE GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 8 meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Armenian Patriarch for Istanbul and all of Turkey Mesrob II (please protect) and who asked not to be quoted on this point, said he feared that passage of the Armenian genocide resolution (H.R. 106) could lead to "violent backl [...]	2007-02-23 06:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL148	ISTANBUL JANUARY PD ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: Istanbul PAS activities in January 2007 included organizing an official visit by the Consul General to Kocaeli, an industrial province east of Istanbul; a round-table discussion with a group of young journalists; and a radio interview with one of Turkey's leading intellectuals. In a [...]	2007-02-23 15:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL159	PRIVATE SECTOR MEETINGS INFORM U.S. - TURKEY EPC [...] (U) Summary: The third meeting of the U.S. - Turkey Economic Partnership Commission began in Istanbul with a full-day session devoted to the private sector. These private sector meetings were designed to inform the government-to-government meetings that followed on February 9 (septel.) Priv [...]	2007-02-27 13:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD TU
07ISTANBUL209	SCA'S FEIGENBAUM AND DEUTSCH IN ISTANBUL: [...] (SBU) Summary. SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum and Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch held meetings in Istanbul February 27 with business and NGO interlocutors regarding Central Asia (reftels),with a heavy focus on Turkmenistan. Businessman Ahmet Calik counseled a step-by-step approach to working with [...]	2007-03-15 12:51:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
07ISTANBUL212	ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR - EUR DAS BRYZA [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul Deputy Governor for minority affairs Fikret Kasapoglu told EUR DAS Bryza during a March 9 meeting that the Minister of Education had expressed to him six months ago a favorable opinion of a proposal to re-open Halki Seminary as a two-year high school. Kasapoglu believed [...]	2007-03-15 16:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AM GR TU
07ISTANBUL234	AMBASSADOR'S FOLLOW-UP WITH ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH [...] (C) Summary: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I reiterated Patriarchate grievances against the GOT to Ambassador during a March 16 meeting intended to follow-up recent USG discussions with the Patriarchate and GOT officials. His All Holiness expressed hope that progress would be made after [...]	2007-03-22 07:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL258	BANKERS' TAKE ON POSSIBLE ELECTION OUTCOMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul bankers and key business leaders are evenly divided on Prime Minister Erdogan's presidential aspirations with some claiming he would be a fool to take the highly respected but largely ceremonial position while others claim Erdogan's ego will not allow him to forego the [...]	2007-03-28 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN TU
07ISTANBUL346	FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor and Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield met with Prime Minister Erdogan,s senior foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu on Saturday, April 21, 2007, to discuss U.S. and Turkish policy toward Iraq and related issues. Ambassador Oguz Celikkol, special representative [...]	2007-04-24 15:54:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IZ XF
07ISTANBUL347	ISTANBUL FEBRUARY-APRIL PD ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: During the February-April period, PAS Istanbul's efforts concentrated on addressing press reports claiming U.S. "inactivity" on the PKK in northern Iraq and on speculations that Armenia "Genocide" resolutions in both the House and the Senate were expected to pass. We also organized [...]	2007-04-25 08:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO PREL TU
07ISTANBUL349	CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES SECURITY, MINORITIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: Consul General met Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler on April 20 to express condolences and address security concerns for American citizens and minority community members in Turkey following the April 18 murders of three Christian bookstore employees in Malatya (ref A). Guler conde [...]	2007-04-25 13:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC TU
07ISTANBUL353	A GATHERING OF GULENISTS, WITH A SPLASH OF SCOTCH [...] (C) Summary. An April 17 gathering of journalists, academicians, religious and political leaders either merely familiar with, sympathetic to or loyal followers of Fethullah Gulen painted a picture of the self-exiled, U.S.-based Turkish religious leader as a compassionate and tolerant humanit [...]	2007-04-27 14:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL438	KOCAELI PROVINCE: SATURATED WITH INDUSTRY [...] Summary: Kocaeli province is Istanbul's blue-collar neighbor. If Ankara is Turkey's Washington and Istanbul is New York, then Kocaeli is Chicago. Heavily industrial and densely populated, Kocaeli hugs the eastern tip of the Sea of Marmara. Chamber of Industry representatives and Ford Oto [...]	2007-05-24 12:26:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TU
07ISTANBUL476	CONGRESSIONAL STUDY GROUP ON TURKEY MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious minority leaders from the Armenian Orthodox, Greek Orthodox and Jewish communities met separately May 30 with the Congressional Study Group on Turkey. Discussions at the Armenian and Ecumenical Patriarchates focused on the possible effect of a congressional Armenian [...]	2007-06-04 12:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL TU
07ISTANBUL52	BIBLE SOCIETY'S EXPERIENCE TRANSCENDS RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Bible Society in Turkey, established by Congregational Protestant missionaries in Istanbul in 1820, continues to enjoy freedom from government interference in its operations. Notably, its recent publication of a Kurdish language Bible received little GOT attention and was ev [...]	2007-01-25 11:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL531	PRO-KURDISH PARTY: A FRESH APPROACH TO GAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Kurdish nationalist Democratic Society Party (DTP) is running one "independent" candidate from each of Istanbul's three electoral districts; the party claims each is likely to attract enough support to gain seats in parliament. Nationwide, 40% of the party's candidates are [...]	2007-06-22 10:41:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL538	ARTICLE 301 CONTINUES TO HAUNT DINK FAMILY [...] (SBU) Summary: Hrant Dink's son Arat, a managing editor at the Armenian-language weekly newspaper his father founded, and another "Agos" colleague were acquitted on June 14 of charges associated with "attempting to influence the judiciary." The same court postponed the hearing of a more cont [...]	2007-06-22 14:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL60	THE DISTAFF SIDE OF AK LEADERSHIP: ROOM FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: During a small dinner hosted by Justice and Development Party (AKP) "networker" Mutlu Alkan, State Minister for Women's and Children's issues Nimet Cubukcu expressed confidence in the ruling party's ability to succeed in this year's parliamentary elections, while lamenting the c [...]	2007-01-26 13:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO TU
07ISTANBUL607	CHALLENGE TO NON-TURKISH SYNOD MEMBERS OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ultra-nationalist attorney Kemal Kerincsiz, citing the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) June 26 rejection of the ecumenical nature of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, requested the Governor of Istanbul intervene to block the Holy Synod's July 7-10 meetin [...]	2007-07-09 11:56:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL61	HRANT DINK MEMORIAL SERVICES INSPIRE TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Consulate staff joined tens of thousands of Turkish citizens of various ethnicities, along with a significant international audience at memorial and funeral services for Turkish-Armenian human rights advocate Hrant Dink, murdered January 19 in front of his Agos [...]	2007-01-26 18:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU AM
07ISTANBUL631	NORTHWEST TURKEY'S TEKIRDAG IN CAMPAIGN MOOD [...] (SBU) Summary. We visited Tekirdag located just up the Marmara seacoast northwest of Istanbul a few days after the press splashed claims of U.S. support to the PKK by three masked persons said to be PKK defectors across newspapers and television sets. The pleasant town, known for excellent k [...]	2007-07-16 13:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL638	YARGITAY'S RULING ON ECUMENICITY: WHAT DOES IT [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarchate attorney Kezban Hatemi and Ecumenical Patriarch senior advisor Metropolitan Meliton, separately, gave us very different assessments of the implications of the Turkish Higher Court of Appeals' (Yargitay) recent rejection of the ecumenicity of the Greek Ort [...]	2007-07-18 11:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07ISTANBUL779	CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler stressed the importance of US cooperation in combating PKK terrorism during a cordial introductory meeting with the incoming Consul General. Guler offered his continued full support to the Consulate General, including and especially with respec [...]	2007-08-29 10:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL854	SUCCESSFUL JOINT US - BSEC ENVIRONMENTAL SYMPOSIUM [...] (U) Summary: On September 12-13 BSEC and the United States government jointly held a symposium bringing together government officials as well as representatives from the private and non-governmental sectors of the BSEC member states. The symposium was designed to explore the nexus between en [...]	2007-09-20 14:48:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN SENV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL872	ISTANBUL BUSINESS TO U/S BURNS: NOW IS THE TIME [...] (SBU) Summary: In a broad-ranging dinner conversation with two recently-elected AKP members of parliament and four senior business leaders Undersecretary Burns discussed constitutional reform, prospects for resolving conflict with Armenia, the treatment of minorities in Turkey, Turkish press [...]	2007-09-26 12:27:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
07ISTANBUL914	NBA AND STARKEY FOUNDATION'S SLAM DUNK IN ISTANBUL [...] Summary: In the midst of a tense period in U.S.-Turkish relations, there is good news on the sports front, as the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves spent the first week of October in Istanbul practicing people-to-people diplomacy at its best. While the headline event was an exhibition game with Tur [...]	2007-10-11 10:30:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO SCUL TU
07ISTANBUL928	IFTAR SEASON IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary and comment. Iftar dinners traditionally highlight family, tranquillity and solidarity. While U.S.-Turkey friendship and cooperation were themes at most iftars, guests often noted challenges in the relationship. The Consul General hosted our first Iftar on September 18, in honor [...]	2007-10-16 15:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ISTANBUL977	CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I recounted his most recent round of meetings in Ankara with Turkish government officials during the Consul General's November 6 introductory call. Though he had been well received, he had yet to see results on key issues such as re-opening Halk [...]	2007-11-08 10:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TU
07JAKARTA1011	GOVERNMENT CT EXPERT RECEIVES POSITIVE ATTENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National security hearings in late February and the ASEAN CT ministerial in early March temporarily renewed a public counterterrorism (CT) dialogue in Jakarta and reenergized the GOI's National CT Coordinator, (ret) Police Inspector General Ansya'ad Mbai. Mbai told us that his la [...]	2007-04-11 00:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS ID
07JAKARTA1051	CDA'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS ON WORLD'S LARGEST MUSLIM [...] (SBU) As part of post's ongoing engagement with Indonesia's Muslim community, CDA made courtesy calls on the chairmen of the world's two largest mass Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU)'s Hasyim Muzadi and Muhammadiyah's Din Syamsuddin. By way of introducing their organizations, the c [...]	2007-04-13 08:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KISL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1053	INDONESIA - AVIAN INFLUENZA SAMPLE SHARING UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite Health Minister Fadilah Supari's March 28 pledge to immediately begin sharing avian influenza (AI) samples, and similar pledges following World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Margaret Chan's April 4 Jakarta visit, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) has not yet [...]	2007-04-13 08:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA107	INDONESIA - JANUARY 12 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission's Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) confirmed three new human AI cases, two of whom have died. These are the first new human AI cases in Indonesia since November 12 2006. USAID/Jakarta took delivery of 100,000 sets of personal protective equipment (PPE) and 1000 [...]	2007-01-12 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1075	INDONESIA'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES: HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Army Special Operations Forces (KOPASSUS) of Indonesia's Armed Forces (TNI) remains outside the ambit of U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military cooperation. This message reviews its progress on the critical issue of human rights and provides an update on current Mission Jakart [...]	2007-04-16 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM MOPS ID
07JAKARTA1107	INDONESIA-MIXED PICTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia,s Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is receiving more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) than ever before, but the number of prosecutions remains low, at under 10% of cases referred to law enforcement. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) admitted [...]	2007-04-20 03:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1148	NEWMONT POLLUTION CASE: NOT GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS [...] (SBU) Summary: American citizen Richard Ness and U.S. mining firm Newmont were declared not guilty on all counts of environmental pollution by a five judge panel in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 24. In dismissing all counts, the chief judge Ridwan Damanik said both Ness and Newmont had "th [...]	2007-04-24 08:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN CASC EINV PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1150	AHTISAARI MEETINGS IN INDONESIA ON KOSOVO [...] (C) UN Special Envoy for Kosovo Marti Ahtisaari told A/DCM April 24 that President Yudhoyono (SBY) said that Indonesia would try to decide on the future of Kosovo rationally. Citing domestic concerns and the need to consult the legislature, SBY did not state a position. The Indonesians seem [...]	2007-04-24 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK SR ZL ID
07JAKARTA1339	WEST IRIAN JAYA PROVINCE RENAMED "WEST PAPUA" [...] (U) The Indonesian Department of Home Affairs issued a directive on April 18 officially changing the name of West Irian Jaya province to West Papua ("Papua Barat" in Bahasa Indonesia). Post reporting will henceforth reflect the new usage. 2. (U) The Home Affairs directive provides a trans [...]	2007-05-14 03:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1460	MIGRANT WORKERS ASSOCIATION PROTEST CASE OF [...] Summary. Migrant worker rights activists demonstrated in front of the U.S. Embassy May 23 protesting Indonesian and U.S. protection of migrant workers' rights in light of the case of two Indonesian domestic workers recently rescued from alleged enslavement from an affluent Long Island home. [...]	2007-05-23 11:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1492	INDONESIA-MAY 25 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Permanent and TDY staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) arrived the week of May 14 and met with numerous Ministry of Health officials. Indonesia media closely followed World Health Assembly (WHA) events and reported the outcomes as a resounding Indonesi [...]	2007-05-25 10:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1560	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ON THE INDONESIAN-MALAYSIAN [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to the Indonesian town of Entikong on the border with Malaysia, we observed both diligent police interdiction against trafficking in persons as well as possible complicity in corruption by immigration officials. Interviews with Indonesian police and immigra [...]	2007-06-06 07:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN SMIG ID
07JAKARTA1576	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: EAP A/S Christopher Hill emphasized the need for continued attention to human rights and reform of Indonesia's military during his meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono in Jakarta on May 29. Sudarsono provided examples of officers who had been punished for hum [...]	2007-06-07 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1580	A/S HILL DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA AND KOSOVO WITH [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, A/S Hill and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal discussed North Korea, Kosovo, Lebanon, Iran, Thailand, the Indonesian mud flow problem, the Newmont case, military cooperation, the Yudhoyono administration, and economic growth. Djalal said if the U.S. is [...]	2007-06-07 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	BM ID KN LE PGOV PREL
07JAKARTA1585	CENTRAL SULAWESI ON THE ROAD TO NORMALCY [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. THIS CABLE IS A JOINT REPORT FROM EMBASSY JAKARTA AND CONSULATE GENERAL SURABAYA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Central Sulawesi's former conflict areas, Mission officers clearly saw the beginning of a return to normalcy. [...]	2007-06-08 06:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER ECON PHUM PINR ID

07JAKARTA1618	E.TIMOR'S PRESIDENT MAKES INDONESIA DESTINATION OF [...] (C) Summary. President Jose Ramos-Horta's June 5 visit to Indonesia was "very, very positive," according to Timorese DCM Roberto Soares. He said that the two presidents discussed bilateral economic and political issues (including border demarcation),and agreed to extend the Commission on Tru [...]	2007-06-11 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS TT ID
07JAKARTA1647	(UN HUMAN RIGHTS INVESTIGATOR'S VISIT) [...] (SBU) Summary. Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights Defenders, was given open access to human rights activists from across the country during her June 5-12 stops in Jakarta, Papua and Aceh. Jilani noted at the end of her visit that while the situatio [...]	2007-06-13 12:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1655	GOI AGREES WITH MAIN POINTS OF 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, we delivered the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's narrative for Indonesia to Sumarni Dawam Raharjo, the specially appointed TIP law implementation task force leader from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment. We also relayed the talking points on Indonesia' [...]	2007-06-14 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1656	A/S MULL UPDATES BILATERAL POLITICAL-MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In meetings with Indonesian foreign-affairs and defense counterparts in Jakarta on June 4-5, Acting Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Stephen Mull pressed for Indonesian accession to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),proposed a reciprocal Article 98 ag [...]	2007-06-14 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA166	INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]	2007-01-19 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1672	WEST KALIMANTAN - DWINDLING FORESTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: West Kalimantan's abundant forest and fresh water resources are under threat from logging and plantation companies, though the government has recently cracked down on some illegal loggers. The majority of tribal peoples in the province rely on forest resources for a livelihood [...]	2007-06-15 10:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID ECON TBIO ENRG ID
07JAKARTA1690	INDONESIA TRANSPORTATION MINISTER MEETING [...] (U) Summary. Charge d'Affaires met with newly appointed Minister of Transportation, Jusman Syafi'i Djalil on June 15 to discuss a variety of transportation issues. The Minister welcomed the July 9 date for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) technical review and hopes it and the July 2 [...]	2007-06-19 06:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA1693	INDONESIA - AUDIT FIRM ROTATION RULE HURTS BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is one the few countries in the world requiring companies to appoint a new auditor every five years, a practice known as Audit Firm Rotation. The practice of rotating individuals, or Audit Partner Rotation, is widespread across the globe. Accounting firms and their c [...]	2007-06-19 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1771	INDONESIA - REACTION TO CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Embassy hosted eleven Indonesian NGOs for a roundtable discussion of President Bush's new international framework initiative, and reaction was generally positive. The NGOs stressed that combating deforestation needs to be part of the initiative, along with increased [...]	2007-06-27 11:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG ID
07JAKARTA182	INDONESIA - JANUARY 19 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Governor of Jakarta signed a regulation on January 17 prohibiting all backyard farming of poultry in residential areas in Jakarta by February 1. However, at a subsequent meeting organized by the National Committee on Avian Influenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness (KOMNAS) [...]	2007-01-23 01:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1859	NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...]	2007-07-09 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA1871	GROWING IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's future increasingly depends on the provinces and regencies, whose recent constitutional changes are taking hold. Over the medium-to-long term, how will provincial and local governments handle their enhanced revenue flows? How much political power will direct electio [...]	2007-07-10 08:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1878	INDONESIA - NEW PACKAGES ON INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) issued a new Presidential Instruction with four components: investment climate improvement; infrastructure development; empowerment of micro, small, and medium enterprises; and financial sector reform. These are updates to packages th [...]	2007-07-11 06:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EAIR EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1909	East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...]	2007-07-13 00:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1925	REP. FALEOMAVAEGA BRINGS PAPUANS TOGETHER [...] (C) Summary: Despite being denied access to Papua during his July 3-6 visit to Indonesia, Rep. Eni Faleomavaega nevertheless succeeded in bringing together senior Papuan officials and civil society leaders in Jakarta for a dialogue on finding common ground to address the region's long-term ne [...]	2007-07-13 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID XB
07JAKARTA1926	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS KEY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN [...] (U) Summary: On July 11, Ambassador Hume met with visiting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. The meeting was wide-ranging and candid, focusing on key human rights issues facing Indonesia. Both the Ambassador and Arbour agreed that Indonesia generally has made strides in [...]	2007-07-13 09:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA1986	NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MEETS GOI ON ASIAN DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian legislators and senior Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) officials commented favorably on the Asia Democracy Partnership (ADP) initiative during July 18 meetings with William Inboden, Senior Director for Strategic Planning, National Security Council (NSC). Legislat [...]	2007-07-24 00:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ID KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
07JAKARTA1993	:INDONESIAN GOVERNMENT SETS STAGE FOR NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrested Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders Zarkasih and Abu Dujana are now in Jakarta after being transferred from Yogjakarta. Contacts report that they will be tried jointly, with the trial beginning possibly as early as August. Contacts report that the prosecution plans [...]	2007-07-24 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ID PGOV PINR PTER
07JAKARTA2007	TIP REPORT'S POSITIVE IMPACT [...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur contributed to this message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Department's 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report has prompted a positive reaction in Indonesia. Local governments have expressed greater willingness to improve protections for migrant workers. The GOI is [...]	2007-07-25 10:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KWMN PREL ID MY
07JAKARTA2039	INDONESIA ICAO DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] Per reftel requests, Embassy Econoff delivered demarche points on aviation safety and security and environmental issues to Iing Iskandar, Director of Aviation Safety at the Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on June 28. We delivered the points verbally and in writing and have requested comm [...]	2007-07-27 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA2073	AMBASSADOR CAMERON R. HUME PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO [...] On August 1 Ambassador Hume, along with the new Ambassadors from Libya, Spain, Sri Lanka, and Argentina, presented credentials to President Yudhoyono. In the joint audience following the ceremony President Yudhoyono described his goals to be the strengthening of democracy in Indonesia, the e [...]	2007-08-01 10:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER
07JAKARTA2122	MUNIR CASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES APPEAL BASED ON [...] (S) Summary. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has requested a case review of the December 2006 acquittal of Pollycarpus in the September 2004 murder of human rights leader Munir. While this appeal is unusual, the appeal cites case precedent as well as "the principal of justice," accordin [...]	2007-08-06 11:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2167	CENTRAL JAVA: CONTACTS FLAG TRAFFICKING, RELIGIOUS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff and Pol FSN recently traveled to Semarang, Central Java. Key contacts raised concerns about human trafficking, but also described positive inter-faith relations in the Semarang area. Po [...]	2007-08-09 08:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2168	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HEALTH AND RESEARCH ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Health Dr. Siti Fadilah Supari told the Ambassador on August 9 that the Ministry of Health (MOH) is committed to cooperation with USG. Describing Indonesia's pressing health concerns including HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and avian influenza (AI),she said the Gov [...]	2007-08-09 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR CASC KHIV PGOV KFLU ID
07JAKARTA2185	THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I want to thank you personally for sending the superb Peace Corps Assessment Team here to Indonesia last February. The Team was able to travel through six provinces over two weeks and meet a wide variety of local leaders, international volunteers, and government [...]	2007-08-10 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ID
07JAKARTA2191	VIETNAMESE PM'S TRIP FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's August 8 visit to Indonesia generated positive rhetoric about Indonesia-Vietnam relations. The visit also produced a number of economic cooperation agreements. Some Indonesians look to Vietnam as a potential strategic partner, especia [...]	2007-08-10 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ID VN CN
07JAKARTA2194	SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. You are coming to Indonesia at a time when the country is under increasing criticism for its rapid rates of deforestation, something to which the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is increasingly sensitive with the approach of the 13th Uni [...]	2007-08-11 12:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2202	EXTREMIST RALLY DRAWS HUGE CROWD, BUT MANY BIG [...] (C) A rally sponsored by the extremist Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia (HTI) party on August 12 drew a huge crowd to a Jakarta stadium. Many of the promised big name speakers failed to turn up, however. POL/C expressed concern to officials of Muhammadiyah (one of the largest Islamic organizations i [...]	2007-08-13 10:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KPAO PTER ID
07JAKARTA2217	INDONESIA SEESS ASSISTANCE WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finane (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati and other MOF offiiials greatly appreciate current technical assistn*ce from the U.S. and welcomed more during a visitbby Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. Mulyani expressed concern about rei(onal financia [...]	2007-08-14 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IQNV ECON APEC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2234	CAPITAL FLOW VOLATILITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE, FEW PREDICT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a two-day seminar in Singapore sponsored by Standard and Poor's and the Malaysian Rating Agency, regional financial analysts and economists predicted that capital flows in to the region would continue to be large, but may become more volatile as investors' risk appetites shift [...]	2007-08-16 06:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2248	PRESIDENT,S NATIONAL DAY SPEECH UPBEAT, BUT NO [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Yudhoyono's annual National Day speech offered a generally upbeat assessment mixed with a sober recognition of the challenges facing the country. The speech covered democracy, terrori [...]	2007-08-16 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PTER ID IR
07JAKARTA2264	INDONESIA AGREES TO ASSIST THAILAND REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: Contacts have confirmed that the Thai government has sought GOI assistance regarding the conflict in southern Thailand. Thai military chief Gen. Sonthi Boonyaratglin raised the matter during his August 8 visit to Jakarta. Leveraging its experience in ending ethnic conflict, gai [...]	2007-08-20 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ID TH
07JAKARTA228	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INVITATION FOR INDONESIA TO [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Indonesia National Police (INP) Headquarters Director for Personnel Development BG Hendy and his Chief for International Cooperation, Bekti Suhartono, on January 25. Hendy is the INP's designated point of contact for international training assistance. [...]	2007-01-26 07:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV PREL ID
07JAKARTA2301	Indonesian National Police IPR Raids Create Stir [...] (SBU) Summary: The impact from the largest recorded counterfeit pharmaceutical raid in the world that took place in Jakarta on July 23 is still reverberating within the Government of Indonesia (GOI). The pharmaceutical industry is reacting positively and proactively with pledged assistance, a [...]	2007-08-22 11:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON SNAR KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2321	PM ABE VISIT AMPLIFIES POSITIVE TONE OF [...] (C) Summary: PM Shinzo Abe and President Yudhoyono signed an Economic Partnership Agreement and issued a Joint Statement on Climate Change during Abe's recent visit. Abe appealed unsuccessfully for Yudhoyono's open support of Japan's campaign for a permanent seat on the UNSC and its bid to s [...]	2007-08-24 07:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON UNSC ETRD ID JA
07JAKARTA2330	THE PEACE CORPS IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Dear Director Tschetter, I would like to thank you for your swift and positive response regarding a Peace Corps program in Indonesia. Indonesia's burgeoning democracy, majority-Muslim demographics, and genuine developmental need are indeed worth a second look. 2. (SBU) We would be delig [...]	2007-08-24 09:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ID
07JAKARTA2335	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]	2007-08-24 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2349	POLICE CLASH WITH DEMONSTRATORS IN EASTERN [...] (U) This is a joint Surabaya - Jakarta message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Police in North Maluku August 21-22 clashed with thousands of protesters angered that a local hereditary ruler was excluded as a candidate in upcoming gubernatorial elections. Nine protesters were injured by rubber bullets in [...]	2007-08-27 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC CASC ID
07JAKARTA2350	ASEAN MEETINGS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATION [...] (U) Summary. During a series of recent meetings and events at the ASEAN Secretariat, ASEAN officials expressed cautious optimism about economic integration and the draft ASEAN Charter despite continued challenges. Senior Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials and business leaders called for fa [...]	2007-08-27 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2351	AMBASSADOR HALIDA DISCUSSES BILATERAL TRADE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met with Government of Indonesia (GOI) Special Assistant to the Minister of Trade Ambassador Halida Miljani on August 24th to discuss bilateral trade issues, including commencement of an exploratory dialogue on a U.S.-Indonesian Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). Ambass [...]	2007-08-27 10:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP ID
07JAKARTA2375	EAST JAVA MUDFLOW UPDATE: FULL ECONOMIC IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: During EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel's visit to the Sidoarjo muflow site, the site manager expressed confidence that current efforts were mitigating the risk to surrounding areas, but warned about possible seismic activity. Local economic experts were univerisally [...]	2007-08-29 08:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ELAB PGOV ASEC ID
07JAKARTA2377	SBY REPLACES AILING HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER [...] (C) On August 28, President Yudhoyono appointed Central Java Governor Mardiyanto to replace Mohamad Ma'ruf as the Minister for Home Affairs. Mardiyanto was sworn in on August 29. Outgoing Minister Ma'ruf suffered a debilitating heart attack in late March, and SBY surprised many observers by [...]	2007-08-29 08:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2397	BEP-US MOU NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 21, Desra Percaya, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for International Security and Disarmament told us that Indonesia is ready to conclude a bilateral Biosecurity Engagement Program (BEP) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Percaya provided us with written c [...]	2007-08-31 02:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY KNNP ENRG KTIA ID
07JAKARTA24	INDONESIA - KOREAN INVESTMENT DISPUTE HIGHLIGHTS LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: An early October decision by apparel and shoe retailer Adidas to terminate supply contracts with three local shoe manufacturers has led to the layoff of 17,000 workers and sparked labor demonstrations. The three firms owe a combined $140 million to Indonesian banks, but have not [...]	2007-01-04 23:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2409	GOI OBJECTS TO U.S. TOBACCO LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 31, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter details GOI objections to draft tobacco control legislation under conside [...]	2007-08-31 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2421	DAS MARCIEL'S MEETINGS WITH DEPLU DG HADI AND SBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate August 28 meetings, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel discussed a range of bilateral issues with Andri Hadi, Director General for Information and Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),and with Dino Djalal, advisor to President Yudhoyo [...]	2007-09-04 09:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM CACS ID
07JAKARTA2422	DAS MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MINDEF ADVISOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Scot Marciel's meeting with MG Djoko Sutrisno at the Department of Defense highlighted progress in the bilateral defense relationship, challenges of managing it and means of moving it forward. Discussion touched on assistance, exchanges and training, human rights account [...]	2007-09-04 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2423	Disputed election sparks violence in Aceh [...] (U) This is a joint Medan - Jakarta message. 2. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 3. (SBU) Summary: Clashes broke out at the inauguration of the new regent for Southeast Aceh District on September 1. A dozen demonstrators were arrested, 16 peo [...]	2007-09-04 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2433	AMBASSADOR AND TRADE MINISTER SPEAK ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume and Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu made public remarks on U.S.-Indonesian relations before an audience of Indonesian business leaders on August 30th. Ambassador Hume described a strategy for understanding the broader U.S.-Indonesian relationship in the context o [...]	2007-09-04 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON BEXP ID
07JAKARTA2436	ASEAN CHARTER ON TRACK, INCREASED DIALOGUE WITH U.S. URGED [...] (SBU) Summary. DAS Marciel emphasized U.S. interest in engaging ASEAN during meetings August 27-28 with ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Dammen and Indonesian Foreign Ministry Director General for ASEAN Mr. Dian Triansyah Djani. The officials underscored that ASEAN is entering a qualit [...]	2007-09-05 01:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2442	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REVAMPS, AIMS FOR A FRESH [...] (C) Human rights activists say they are hopeful that the new members and new chair of Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) will pave the way for a more pro-active body. We understand that the new team will lobby for amendments to several of Indonesia's core human righ [...]	2007-09-05 06:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2464	MEASURED PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO REJUVENATE [...] (C) Responding to a Constitutional Court ruling, a Ministry of Law drafting team has endorsed a proposal which would preserve key elements of the Anti-Corruption Court. The new draft competes with an earlier proposal which would basically pull down the pillars, eliminating aspects of the court [...]	2007-09-06 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID
07JAKARTA2474	EYES ON THE PRIZE? THE SULTAN AND HIS POLITICAL [...] (C) When Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X announced earlier this year that he would resign as Yogyakarta's governor in 2008, he triggered a flurry of speculation about his political plans. Many observers interpreted the Sultan's announcement as a signal that he intended to pursue either the presi [...]	2007-09-07 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2475	PUTIN VISIT -- ARMS, ENERGY AND MINING DEALS [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Putin visited Jakarta September 6. Russia and the GOI signed several bilateral agreements, including an arms deal worth $1 billion, investment projects in mining and energy worth $4 billion, and an MOU on fighting terrorism. Defense Minister Sudarsono comment [...]	2007-09-07 09:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV MASS PTER ID
07JAKARTA2476	POLICE SHOW RESTRAINT IN HANDLING CASCADE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have repeatedly shown restraint in dealing with large and sometimes volatile crowds in recent months. This trend suggests that the police--including the Mobile Brigade--are developing a level of professionalism that is increasingly in line with internationa [...]	2007-09-07 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC PINS ID
07JAKARTA2509	ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR FOR PRESIDENT? JI CO-FOUNDER [...] (C) Summary: Radical Muslim cleric and convicted terrorist conspirator Abu Bakar Ba'asyir reportedly plans to run for president in 2009. Rumors about a possible Ba'syir candidacy have circulated periodically since he was first released from prison in June 2006. Regardless of the veracity o [...]	2007-09-11 03:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KISL PINR ID
07JAKARTA2518	USG-supported Counter-Narcotics Center gains official GOI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signed legislation officially recognizing the Joint Interagency Counter Drug Operations Center as part of the Indonesian National Narcotics Board. While USG assistance he [...]	2007-09-11 08:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PREL KCRM ID
07JAKARTA2528	MILITARY PROMOTIONS HOLD MIXED IMPLICATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia recently publicized its military promotion list for 2007. As in past years, the promotions and reassignments represent a cross-section of the Indonesian military, and are a reflection primarily of seniority. Six key appointments have mixed implications for U.S. policy: [...]	2007-09-12 03:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2539	IRAQI OFFICIAL GETS CORDIAL WELCOME, BUT NO SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a just concluded visit to Jakarta, Iraqi DFM Labeed Abbawi made the rounds of high-level GOI officials as he sought Indonesian assistance in law enforcement and counter-terrorism. Abbawi also urged that Indonesia reopen its Embassy in Baghdad. The GOI gave Abbawi a cordial w [...]	2007-09-12 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID IZ
07JAKARTA2609	BANK INDONESIA BRIEFS UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY ON ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governors briefed visiting Under Secretary Jeffery on Indonesia's macroeconomic success in recent years; BI's effort to improve the formal arrangement for managing economic and financial crises; and the central bank's work to prevent large-scale c [...]	2007-09-18 00:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA264	INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Amba [...]	2007-02-01 01:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2641	INDONESIA RAMPS UP EFFORT TO PROTECT MIGRANT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. Summary =-=-=-= 2. (C) Heightened concern over the trafficking of Indonesian workers abroad has sparked the GOI to play a newly aggressive role in the protection of victims. The media has spotlighted numerous cases of abuse of [...]	2007-09-19 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB KWMN PHUM ID MY
07JAKARTA265	INDONESIA - JANUARY 30 AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Mission is working to reverse a January 11 directive from the National Institute of Health and Research Development (NIHRD) instructing NAMRU-2 to no longer ship AI specimens to CDC until NAMRU-2 signs a Materials Transfer Agreement (MTA). At a January 26 ceremony, the Ambas [...]	2007-02-01 01:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2679	INTEREST IN ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission recently briefed the GOI and a key figure in the Indonesian national legislature re the latest on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative. Interlocutors expressed great interest in the proposal, but were otherwise non-committal. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU [...]	2007-09-21 07:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2681	PRESSING PARLIAMENT TO TAKE A STAND AGAINST THE [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C met September 21 with a key parliamentarian and briefed him on the situation in Burma. Pol/C urged that the national legislature take a stand against the Burmese regime, pressing the GOI to be more pro-active. Poloff then spoke with another parliamentarian--the head of th [...]	2007-09-21 08:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2694	FINANCE MINISTER MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on September 24 that Indonesia's growth is strong but more infrastructure development is needed. Indonesia needs to do more to get its good news story out, as the media paints a very negative picture. The count [...]	2007-09-24 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ABLD EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2695	Invitation to COP-13 Trade Ministerial [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, Embassy received official correspondence from Government of Indonesia (GOI) Minister of Trade Mari Pangestu addressed to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Susan C. Schwab. The letter is an invitation to attend a trade ministerial on the margins of the C [...]	2007-09-24 08:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA2715	INDONESIA PREPARES TO HOST UN CORRUPTION CONFERENCE - ASSET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asset recovery will be the GOI's top priority as host of the second Conference of State Parties (COSP) for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),to be held in Bali on January 28-February 1 2008. A ministerial-level inter-agency national team led by the Ministry of Foreig [...]	2007-09-26 06:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2723	SOROS' INTEREST IN ACEH SPARKS ANTI-SEMITIC [...] (SBU) Summary. A September 21 statement by Aceh Vice Governor Muhammad Nazar on American financier George Soros' possible plans to invest in palm oil plantations in Aceh sparked an anti-Semitic backlash among national Islamic political party leaders in Jakarta. The alleged plan-reportedly d [...]	2007-09-26 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EINV EAID PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2737	INDONESIA REACTS, SPURRED ON BY REGIME'S BLOODY [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Wirajuda broke the government's silence on Burmese events, calling September 26 for the regime to exercise restraint and noting that the matter will be discussed in the ASEAN context. Mission continues to press the GOI to use all levers available to try to pressure the regime [...]	2007-09-27 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM KPAO
07JAKARTA2739	U/S JEFFERY DISCUSSES BURMA, ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, AT ASEAN [...] (SBU) Summary. ASEAN Deputy Secretary General Nicholas Tandi Dammen provided Under Secretary Jeffery with a brief overview of ASEAN's draft blueprint for economic integration and expressed appreciation for the United States' robust cooperation with ASEAN on trade and economic issues, particula [...]	2007-09-28 00:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV SENV KDEM ID
07JAKARTA2745	GENERALLY POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S ECONOMY [...] Summary: Several key economic officials proviced a generally positive assessment overall of Indonesia's economy. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono chaired a high-level briefing for donors and the private sector on September 25, noting that Indonesia's economy has grown more than [...]	2007-09-28 03:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2753	CAUGHT IN THE ACT -- MEMBER OF JUDICIAL ETHICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Agents of a key anti-corruption body this week arrested a member of the Judicial Commission on ethics who had apparently just accepted a sizable bribe. The dramatic arrest--which netted substantial media coverage--is an acute embarassment to the Commission, which already has com [...]	2007-09-28 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA2769	PAPUA ON LOW BOIL, BUT LITTLE SIGN OF A BLOW UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Jayapura, the capital of Papua, September 17-19. The province remains one of Indonesia's least developed regions and officials are frustrated at the slow pace of fund disbursement under the GOI's Special Autonomy plans. Worries about the role of the military pers [...]	2007-10-01 09:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2780	USG COULD LEVERAGE $100 MILLION AUSSIE FORESTRY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: In the run up to COP 13, Australia has announced an AUS$100 Kalimantan Forests and Climate Partnership. Post could increase the long-term impact of our current projects in forestry and wildlife conservation by leveraging this new initiative. Any additional fu [...]	2007-10-02 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2784	INDONESIA AND BURMA: GOI OFFERS TO PLAY A ROLE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to press Indonesia for a stronger stance regarding the Burmese regime's crackdown. Charge was told that President Yudhoyono has extended an offer to the Burmese regime to help it establish a dialogue w [...]	2007-10-02 10:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2815	BANKING SECTOR UPDATE 2007 - NEW REGULATION ON [...] (U) Summary. Since announcing its 2005 Indonesian Banking Architecture plan, Bank Indonesia has launched several policy packages and regulations to promote banking consolidation via merger. On September 21, Bank Indonesia issued a new regulation setting out additional incentives for bank conso [...]	2007-10-04 07:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2819	PAPUA -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TOWARD GREATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seeking GOI support for planned USG visits to Papua, poloff met October 4 with key Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Papua contact. Poloff--more generally--also pressed for greater access for diplomats and foreign media. Contact responded that DEPLU was committed to greater [...]	2007-10-04 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2825	MIGRANT WORKER INCIDENT SPARKS ANOTHER DUST-UP [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The alleged gang rape of an Indonesian national working in Malaysia has outraged Indonesians. Police have detained 10 of the suspects--including a police officer--and the victim is now being sheltered by Indonesian [...]	2007-10-05 04:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELAB SMIG PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2843	INDONESIAN ELECTIONS -- NEW COMMISSIONERS FAIL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian legislature (DPR) has unveiled the names of the new members of the Indonesian Elections Commission (KPU). The new commissioners are not highly thought of--one is entangled in a corruption case--and are widely believed to be the by-product of political horse-tradin [...]	2007-10-09 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR ID
07JAKARTA2864	SUPREME AUDIT BOARD SETTING VISION, LACKING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Audit Board (BPK) presented its semiannual audit report to Parliament on October 10, documenting 1,543 cases that caused $854 million in losses to the state. The BPK performs key government oversight functions, yet lacks the resources, capacity, and cooper [...]	2007-10-11 03:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA2869	MUNIR CASE -- NEW CHARGES FURTHER IMPLICATE [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Prosecutors have filed charges against two former employees of Garuda Airlines in the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir. The charges--which received widespread media play--further implicate the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the 2004 killing. Human rights [...]	2007-10-11 06:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM PINS ID
07JAKARTA2874	YOGYAKARTA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENTRALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Yogyakarta's decentralization framework is robust, yet its implementation and results incomplete. Following major earthquake damage and economic decline in 2006, the Special Province of Yogyakarta is working to attract investment and improve the investment climat [...]	2007-10-11 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2875	YOGYAKARTA - PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yogyakarta provincial leadership has instituted several initiatives to promote greater accountability and more responsive local government. The Governor established public and private ombudsman offices and a regional oversight body to promote better governance. Despite some [...]	2007-10-11 09:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA2878	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- POLICE, MUSLIM GROUPS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI)--an important national group of Muslim religious leaders--last week urged the government to ban a little-known Islamic sect. Past edicts against groups labeled deviant have prompted [...]	2007-10-11 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA2903	THE POLITICS OF RAMADAN IN INDONESIA -- THE GOOD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: October 13 marked the Muslim holiday of Idul Fitri--the end of Ramadan--and the Indonesian political spectrum celebrated in its inimitable fashion. On the positive side, they held multiple ceremonies to give money to the poor. On the negative side, a number of politicos--includ [...]	2007-10-15 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2916	BOWING TO PRESSURE, GOI ANNOUNCES TOUGHER [...] (C) SUMMARY -- The GOI's formal revision of its criminal sentence remission policy has taken effect. The new regulation makes it more difficult for certain groups of convicts--notably terrorists--to receive the annual sentence reductions traditionally given to most prisoners in Indonesia. Th [...]	2007-10-16 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID
07JAKARTA293	PARLIAMENT FLEXES ITS MUSCLES ON BURMA [...] (C) In a relatively rare moment of constructive assertiveness, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) chastised the government of Indonesia for abstaining on the UNSC Burma resolution vote (Ref C). On January 25th, the DPR's Commission I - the Commission for foreign policy and defense [...]	2007-02-02 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA2945	PRE-COP BOGOR SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY: INDONESIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia to participate in the Informal Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Bogor, October 23-25. Indonesia wants the pre-COP ministerial meeting to increase prospects for the success of the 13th UNFCCC Conference of the Par [...]	2007-10-19 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON PREL ID
07JAKARTA2960	ASEAN SECRETARIAT UPDATE ON BURMA AND CHARTER [...] (SBU) Embassy met with Dhannan Sunoto, Principal Director of the ASEAN Secretariat's Bureau for External Relations, on October 22 to discuss the situation in Burma and the latest status of the ASEAN Charter. UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari had met with ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong on [...]	2007-10-23 05:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM PREL PGV KDEM ID BM
07JAKARTA2967	MAINSTREAM MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS PRESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two largest mass Muslim organizations--Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah--have recently publicly criticized U.S. policy in the Middle East. In addition to the ritualistic criticism of the USG, the statements--made in advance of Palestinian leader Abbas, visit to J [...]	2007-10-23 11:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID XF
07JAKARTA2980	BURMA -- FORMER GENERAL REVIEWS RECENT VISIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY -- On October 24, Lt. General (ret,d) Agus Widjojo reviewed with Pol/C his recent visit to Burma for an official funeral. Widjojo--serving as a special Indonesian envoy--said he had met several regime figures on the margins of the trip. Widjojo said he had urged the regime to wor [...]	2007-10-24 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ID BM
07JAKARTA2990	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Indonesian military-to-military relationship has reached an important phase. Both sides need to discuss how they see this relationship developing. The October 29-November 3 CHODS conference in Hawaii provides Admiral Keating with an ideal opportunity to engage Panglima [...]	2007-10-25 10:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2992	CENTRAL JAVA -- SUCCESSFUL OUTREACH AT AN ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff spoke at a pesantren (Islamic school) during an October 23-24 visit to the Central Javan region. Poloff underlined the importance of the U.S.-Indonesian relationship and the need for additional efforts to foster dialogue. Students asked questions about U,S, policy in the [...]	2007-10-25 11:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3001	MUNIR UPDATE -- POLICE CONTINUE TO PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The murder case of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib is moving forward with ongoing police investigations and trials of new suspects. Human rights lawyer Usman Hamid continues to be upbeat about police efforts to pursue current and former Indonesian Intelligence Age [...]	2007-10-26 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3008	INDONESIA/TIMOR LESTE -- FINAL COMMISSION REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Commission on Truth and Friendship Timor-Leste (CTF) recently held its final workshop in Jakarta, prior to deliberating on its final report to be issued in early 2008. Indonesian human rights groups are generally skeptical about what will be in the final report. Some member [...]	2007-10-29 03:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO PHUM ID TT
07JAKARTA302	TSUNAMI RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION - ACEH AT TWO YEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency of Aceh and Nias (BRR) has made significant progress on the immense task of rebuilding Aceh and Nias in its 20 months of operation. However, in contrast to a year ago, BRR is receiving increased criticism for spending too slowly (or t [...]	2007-02-05 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3062	HUMAN RIGHTS -- PRESSING GOI ON DETAINED PAPUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In November 2 conversations with Indonesian government contacts, Pol/C forcefully underscored U.S. concern over the continued detention of Iwanggin--a well-known Papuan human rights activist--and the persecution of Al-Qiyadah, a small Islamic sect. The head of the National Human [...]	2007-11-02 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA3074	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST - [...] Summary. Inflation was higher for September and October due to seasonal factors including the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan and Eid holiday. Bank Indonesia (BI) kept its policy rate steady in view of volatile markets and inflationary pressure. On July 31, Government of Indonesia (GOI) an [...]	2007-11-05 10:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3086	INDONESIA PORT SECURITY ADVISORY UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Port Security Advisory (PSA) for Indonesia will go into effect on or about November 24, 2007. In an October 22, 2007 meeting with Embassy and U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officials, Directorate General of Sea Transportation (DGST) officials told the Embassy they would not attempt [...]	2007-11-06 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT PBTS ID

07JAKARTA3097	INDONESIA -- GREAT WHITE FLEET COMMEMORATION [...] (C) While understanding fully the historic importance of its mission and President Theodore Roosevelt's visionary role, Post recommends against a commemorative visit of the Great White Fleet to Indonesia for several reasons. First, Indonesia's colonial past and its policy of non-alignment sin [...]	2007-11-07 10:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPEO MASS MPOS ID
07JAKARTA3098	Indonesia National Trade Estimate 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Below please find the full text of the 2007 National Trade Estimate (NTE) report for Indonesia. (A copy in Microsoft Word has been e-mailed to USTR as requested.) End Summary. 2. (U) Begin text: --TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade deficit with Indonesia was $10.3 bill [...]	2007-11-07 10:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD EINV ECON ID
07JAKARTA313	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES STRATEGIES WITH ACEH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor-Elect and former leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) Irwandi Yusuf met with the Ambassador on February 5, three days before Irwandi's inauguration, to discuss strategies for the new administration. The discussion focused largely on economic development, with the [...]	2007-02-06 09:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EAID ID
07JAKARTA3130	INDONESIA AND MCC COMPACT ELIGIBILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's strong performance on its FY08 MCC indicator scorecard is a testimony to the country's stunning progress of transforming into a modern, free-market, secular and democratic nation that plays a positive and active role in the international community. Recognizing these [...]	2007-11-09 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3138	INDONESIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS WEATHERING TURMOIL [...] Summary. Dr. M. Chatib Basri, a well-respected macroeconomist, stated that Indonesia has weathered recent turmoil in global financial markets and is unlikely to face another significant financial crisis in the near term at a seminar on November 6. Bank Indonesia (BI) Senior Deputy Governor Mi [...]	2007-11-13 07:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3140	INDONESIA - INCSR II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] This report responds to reftel request for an anti-money laundering and financial crimes update for INCSR II. Background and Overview ----------------------- 2. Although neither a regional financial center nor an offshore financial haven, Indonesia is vulnerable to money laundering and t [...]	2007-11-13 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ID
07JAKARTA3143	CT UPDATE -- SBY TOUGH ON BALI BOMBERS; PATROL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counter-terrorism news, President Yudhoyono has asserted that he will not grant the three terrorists convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings clemency (should they request it). The three terrorists remain [...]	2007-11-13 09:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ID
07JAKARTA3155	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIA INCREASINGLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs that the GOI is increasingly interested in purchasing U.S. military equipment as it begins to rebuild its defense capabilities. Two prospective F-16 deals continue to move forward (ref a) and the Indonesian military is considering possible deals for other items. [...]	2007-11-14 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3163	SEMARANG - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (C) RSO and DS/ATA Country Manager visited the Special Detachment (SD) 88 in Semarang, the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorism training center in Plantina and the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) from 10/30 - 10/31. The main purpose of the visit was to inspe [...]	2007-11-15 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ID KPAO
07JAKARTA3166	MIDDLE EAST -- SPECIAL ENVOY REVIEWS GOI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13 Indonesian Special Envoy for Middle East issues Alwi Shihab told the DCM that Iran was increasingly confident that it could proceed with its nuclear program without serious international action. He also said Indonesia continued to look for ways to support Palestini [...]	2007-11-15 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MNUC ID IR XF
07JAKARTA3173	CORRUPTION UPDATE -- DIPLOMATS, FORMER MINISTERS, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: November's corruption highlights include: a credible media report alleges corruption at the Foreign Ministry; a former minister has been named a suspect in a corruption case involving the sale of two crude oil tankers; [...]	2007-11-15 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
07JAKARTA3174	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CONTINUED PRESSURE ON ISLAMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of a small Islamic sect--Al-Qiyadah--labeled deviant by the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has announced that he has "repented" and returned to mainstream Islam. Police and the MUI continue to investigate Al-Qiyadah and other minority sects, and are actively pressuri [...]	2007-11-15 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM PREL ID
07JAKARTA3175	INDONESIA - STOLEN ASSET RECOVERY INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN-World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative will make recommendations for a technical assistance program in Indonesia. Indonesia has limited technical capacity and uneven political will to recover assets internationally. Managing expectations of StAR is critical a [...]	2007-11-15 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
07JAKARTA3198	OUTREACH AT KEY PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 15 visit to the Habibie Institute--a public policy think-tank--POL, PAS and USAID officers held a lengthy dialogue with Institute officials about public opinion polling. Em [...]	2007-11-19 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3199	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- INDONESIAN MILITARY WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian defense officials have expressed broad support for moving forward on cooperation with the U.S. Their near-term objectives are practical and tied to Indonesia's immediate need to rebuild its military capabilities after more than a decade of sanctions. Primary a [...]	2007-11-19 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3214	SULAWESI -- RADICALISM ON THE WANE WITH POLICE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a recent trip to Sulawesi Island, poloff met with various GOI officials, including from the police. There was widespread agreement that radicalism in Sulawesi had been largely contained, while tensions betwee [...]	2007-11-20 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3230	UNGA -- PRESSING GOI ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Pol/C reviewed reftel points with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),November 23. Pol/C firmly underscored to Andi Rachmianto--the Deputy Director of DEPLU's UN and International Security Affairs Office--that the annual cascade of Israel-related resolutions are thoroughly unbalan [...]	2007-11-23 06:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID IS
07JAKARTA3239	ASEAN SUMMIT/INDONESIA -- A MIXED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the recent ASEAN Summit meetings in Singapore was generally positive, particularly in regard to the Charter and the Economic Blueprint. Reaction--particularly from legislators and the press--regarding the GOI's handling of Burma has been largely critical, [...]	2007-11-23 11:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEAN XC BM ID
07JAKARTA3245	INDONESIA WELCOMES NEW AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian reaction to the Australian election has been upbeat, almost effusive. The GOI has invited PM-elect Rudd to visit Jakarta in the near-term (Rudd reportedly will also travel to Bali soon for the UN Climate Change meeting). Pol/C spoke with top foreign policy analyst D [...]	2007-11-26 08:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID AS
07JAKARTA3247	INDONESIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES, BENEFITS SLOW TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's GDP expanded a stronger than expected 6.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) during the third quarter of 2007 on robust domestic demand and a higher investment rate. Growth in the agriculture and service sectors outperformed the expansion of manufacturing activity. Despite more [...]	2007-11-26 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3248	U.N. EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT INDONESIA'S JAILS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture briefed diplomats--including Dep Pol/C--November 23 on his recent visit to Indonesia. He said he found evidence of torture of some detainees by police at a [...]	2007-11-26 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM ID UN
07JAKARTA3258	INDONESIA'S TOP COP-13 PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Summary: During the 13th UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP-13) meeting this December, the Government of Indonesia will push for carbon-market funding mechanisms for avoided deforestation; support of the Coral Triangle Initiative; and multilateral as well as bilateral funding arrangements [...]	2007-11-27 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ECON PREL PINR ID
07JAKARTA3275	MIDDLE EAST -- UNDERSCORING THE USG'S COMMITMENT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassifed -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM and the Palestinian Ambassador to Indonesia participated in a public discussion on the Annapolis Conference on November 28. In a country where for many years such public discussions hav [...]	2007-11-29 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL ID IS XF
07JAKARTA3276	INDONESIA RATIFIES SECURITY ACCORD WITH AUSTRALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has ratified a security accord with Australia commonly referred to as the "Lombok Treaty." The treaty enhances security cooperation and consultations between the two countries on a range of issues, including defense technology, law e [...]	2007-11-29 10:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR AS ID
07JAKARTA3278	"Cooking the Climate" or Cooking the Books? Greenpeace's [...] (U) Summary: In a recently released report, "How the Palm Oil Industry is Cooking the Climate," Greenpeace blames American and European companies for the destruction of Indonesia's forests and peat swamps. If this destruction continues unabated, Greenpeace writes, vast amounts of carbon will be [...]	2007-11-30 02:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAGR PGOV PREL SENV SOCI ID
07JAKARTA3289	HOPPING MAD INDONESIANS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians regularly complain about Malaysia, but emotions have swirled to a new level over claims of infringement of Indonesia's most cherished resource--its culture. Accusing Malaysia of brazenly stealing a traditional East Javan dance, more than a 1,000 demonstrators clamor [...]	2007-11-30 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SMIG SOCI ID MY
07JAKARTA3296	INDONESIA - OBSTACLES AND PROGRESS IN CAPITAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax, legal and accounting issues are impeding the development of securities markets and products in Indonesia. Market participants and some regulators argue that the lack of hedging instruments and financing techniques is the key obstacle to securities market development. On th [...]	2007-12-03 07:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3298	PAPUA -- U.S. REPRESENTATIVE'S VISIT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Faleomavaega--accompanied by the Ambassador--visited Papua, November 26-28. He met a wide range of government officials and civil society figures in Biak and Manokwari, and toured [...]	2007-12-03 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS EMIN ENRG ID
07JAKARTA3312	COUNTERTERRORISM -- SIX CONVICTED FOR ATTACKS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have won convictions against six terrorists for a series of attacks in 2005-06. Verdicts in three other terrorist-related trials are expected soon. The Supreme Court has also upheld the convict [...]	2007-12-04 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ASEC PTER ID
07JAKARTA3320	ATTORNEY GENERAL RAMPS UP ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a highly positive development, the Attorney General has removed dozens of prosecutors from their positions during his first six months on the job, many for allegedly accepting bribes. These aggressive moves are part of a larger program--which Mission has strongly supported--to [...]	2007-12-05 07:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR EAID ID
07JAKARTA3331	ENGAGING A KEY POLICE UNIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The INL-funded DOJ ICITAP (police training) program is ready to begin to work with the Mobile Brigade in use of force, disaster relief, and critical-incident response. Mobile Brigade is a critical component of the police [...]	2007-12-06 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3334	IRAN -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON U.S. FINDINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, the Indonesian government does not plan to react publicly at this point to recent U.S. intelligence findings about Iran's nuclear program. The GOI continues to support diplomatic engagement on outstanding nuclear issues. A legislator told us that he welc [...]	2007-12-06 10:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IR ID
07JAKARTA3338	INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER'S DRAMATIC TAX REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani's reform efforts are achieving dramatic, substantive improvements at the Directorate General for Tax (DG Tax),formerly one of the most corrupt government agencies in Indonesia. Reforms of business process, codes of conduct, internal controls and data pr [...]	2007-12-07 03:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3348	HUMAN RIGHTS -- PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new democracy continues to tackle thorny issues. A coalition of civil society groups has been lobbying hard to ensure that the new draft criminal code adequately protects civil lib [...]	2007-12-07 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL EAID ID
07JAKARTA3356	PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with Indonesian and Australian counterparts. A GOI contact said his government looked at the Indonesian-hosted Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) conference to be held on December 12 in Jakarta as a serious opportunity to continue the discussion [...]	2007-12-10 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ID AS
07JAKARTA3358	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- DASD CLAD'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: DASD Clad discussed U.S.-Indonesia mil-mil cooperation and East Asian regional security with MinDef Sudarsono on December 5. Sudarsono said Indonesia wanted an effective but low-visibility security relationship with the United States. He said the GOI was focusing its air capaci [...]	2007-12-10 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID IN CH XE
07JAKARTA3363	INDONESIA -- SENATOR KERRY DISCUSSES BURMA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Kerry expressed concern about the Burmese situation in a meeting with President Yudhoyono on December 10. Yudhoyono noted that he was also concerned and had urged the regime to take needed steps, but ASEAN had limited influence and needed U.S. help to push China and Indi [...]	2007-12-11 08:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM CH IN
07JAKARTA3366	UN SECURITY COUNCIL -- SECURING SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed with GOI contacts reftel points related to extension of the mandates for the Multinational Force for Iraq, the Development Fund for Iraq, and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board. Contacts promised to review the draft UNSCR text, and the Iraqi and USG le [...]	2007-12-11 10:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID IZ UNSC
07JAKARTA3367	BURMA -- INDONESIA LIKELY TO RATIFY ASEAN CHARTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per Ref A, Mission continues to press key executive and legislative interlocutors--as well as prominent figures outside of government--regarding Burma and the ASEAN Charter. Our contacts generally agree that some members of the legislature are likely to voice strong, public criti [...]	2007-12-11 11:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM
07JAKARTA3390	ISRAEL -- VISIT BY INDONESIAN MUSLIM SCHOLARS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The visit of five moderate Indonesian Muslim leaders to Israel December 2-8 has created small ripples of criticism in Indonesia, with a few officials and religious leaders quietly criticizing the visit. T [...]	2007-12-13 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID IS XF
07JAKARTA3396	PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- INDONESIA CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI-hosted conference on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) on December 12 yielded a constructive exchange of views. U.S. and Australian participants felt the exchange moved forward the dialogue with the GOI. While noting--sometimes unhelpfully--familiar reservati [...]	2007-12-14 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PARM PTER ID AS
07JAKARTA3450	LEGISLATORS RAMP UP CRITICISM OF DEFENSE ACCORD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The proposed Defense Cooperation Agreement with Singapore has come under renewed attack in the Indonesian legislature (DPR). Legislators cite the allegedly adverse effect that its proposed activities would have on local farmers and fishermen near one of the accord's proposed tr [...]	2007-12-21 08:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA3465	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- U.S. NAVY VISIT BRINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY -- A U.S. Navy cruiser--the USS Port Royal--visited Tanjung Priok, Jakarta's port, from December 17-20. The crew enjoyed limited shore leave, engaging in a charity event involving Indonesian children. The stop was given prominent coverage by local media. The visit was also posi [...]	2007-12-26 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3490	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ARRESTS MADE IN ATTACKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested approximately 50 people in connection with attacks on an Islamic sect in West Java. Prosecutors are examining whether to bring formal charges. Local Muslim leaders played a positive role in making sure the arrests were peaceful. The fact that the arre [...]	2007-12-31 05:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
07JAKARTA369	The Two Faces of Irwandi, Governor and GAM Leader [...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, February 7, Irwandi Yusuf was sworn in as the Governor of Aceh by the Minister of Home Affairs, becoming the first directly elected Governor in Aceh's history and marking an important milestone in the Aceh peace process. Several hours later GAM staged a second, highl [...]	2007-02-09 08:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ID
07JAKARTA389	INDONESIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAMAS AND FATAH [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 07:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG KISL ID
07JAKARTA430	JCS CHAIRMAN PACE'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace met with Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on February 13 in Jakarta to discuss a range of strategic issues, including bilateral military-to-military cooperation, instability in the Middle East and future East [...]	2007-02-16 07:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS ID
07JAKARTA452	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a farewell call on Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono on February 16, the Ambassador reviewed progress in bilateral relations and military-to- military cooperation and stressed continued progress on military reform was important to a good relationship. Describing Pap [...]	2007-02-20 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM ID
07JAKARTA517	AMBASSADOR REES MEETS BURMA CAUCUS CHAIR [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Djoko Susilo, the Chairman of Indonesia's House of Representatives (DPR) Caucus on Burma, Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees commended the DPR's activism on Burma (Ref A),and discussed additional measures the DPR might take [...]	2007-02-26 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KISL UNSC BM ID
07JAKARTA576	AMB. REES RAISES RAPE IN BURMA WITH ASEAN SYG ONG [...] (C) Summary: On Feb. 19, Special Representative for Social Issues, Amb. Grover Joseph Rees, conveyed the USG concern over Burma's use of rape as an instrument of policy to ASEAN Secretary-General (SYG) Ong Keng Yong. Amb. Rees pushed for ASEAN support of a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) resolu [...]	2007-03-01 01:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEAN BM ID
07JAKARTA590	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]	2007-03-01 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA653	INDONESIA MACROECONOMY - STRONG 2006 BUT CHALLENGES LOOM IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) successfully restored macroeconomic stability in 2006, implementing prudent monetary and fiscal policies and paving the way for a rebound in gross domestic product (GDP) growth. These policies contributed to stable prices, a strong currency, low [...]	2007-03-07 08:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA698	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Indonesia remained a major sending country for international trafficking in persons (TIP) and faced a very significant internal trafficking problem. Indonesia was also a receiving country for trafficked prostitutes, though their numbers were very small relative to Indonesian victims. [...]	2007-03-12 02:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA701	INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 02:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07JAKARTA738	KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) PolCouns met March 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for Disarmament and International Security Mohammad Hery Saripudin to follow-up the ref B demarche made by the Charge and deliver the points contained in ref. A. Saripudin attempted to explain away some of the press [...]	2007-03-14 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
07JAKARTA739	DAS JOHN'S MEETINGS WITH THE ASEAN SECGEN, FOREIGN [...] (C) During a March 6-10 visit to Jakarta, EAP DAS Eric John called on Imron Cotan, Secretary General of Indonesia's Department of Foreign Affairs, ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong, and Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Dino Djalal. On March 7, Cotan welcomed DAS John's proposal to inte [...]	2007-03-14 23:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN PREL PGOV KPAL KISL AORC ID
07JAKARTA740	CDA COURTESY CALL ON NEW SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. On March 13, the CDA made a courtesy call on the new Saudi ambassador to Indonesia, Abdulrahman Mohammed Amen A. Alkhayyat. The Ambassador told us that the Saudi Embassy engages with the GOI primarily on labor and religious pilgrimage issues. When asked for his opinion of Indo [...]	2007-03-14 23:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KISL ID
07JAKARTA767	THE SECRETARY,S MARCH 22 MEETING WITH INDONESIAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Wirajuda appreciates the Secretary's invitation to meet with her in Washington and looks forward to the opportunity to exchange views on the Middle East and UNSC issues. FM Wirajuda is the GOI point man behind Indonesia's recent activism on Israel-Palestinian issues and S [...]	2007-03-16 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
07JAKARTA790	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY [...] Summary. Despite economic disruption due to severe flooding in Jakarta February 2-11, month-on-month (MoM) consumer price inflation in Indonesia rose modestly by 0.6% in February 2007, or 6.3% year-on-year (YoY). In response, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its benchmark 30-day BI Certificate (SBI) i [...]	2007-03-21 03:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA853	THE PEACE CORPS AND INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Mr. Director, I wanted to thank your personally for sending an excellent Peace Corps Assessment team to Indonesia on short notice. The Embassy staff, a number of whom are former Peace Corps volunteers, set up an outstanding program for the team, with visits to a range of potential Peace [...]	2007-03-23 09:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID
07JAKARTA930	FORMIN WIRAJUDA GRILLED OVER UNSC IRAN VOTE [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 29, Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda defended Indonesia's vote in support of UNSCR 1747 before a hostile parliamentary committee. Despite Wirajuda's thorough explanation of the GOI's decision and the purpose of the resolution, the legislators accused him of [...]	2007-03-30 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IR ID
07JAKARTA990	INDONESIA - NOTIFICATION OF FAA DOWNGRADE [...] This is an action request - see para 9 2. (SBU) Summary. On April 4, The Charge informed Minister of Transportation M. Hatta Rajasa of the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) decision to downgrade Indonesia's safety oversight category to Category Two (reftel). Rajasa made few comments [...]	2007-04-05 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA993	RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEET IN BOGOR TO BRIDGE [...] (C) Summary. Sunni and Shi'a religious and political figures from the Muslim world met in Bogor on April 3-4 to bridge the Sunni-Shi'a sectarian divide, especially in Iraq. Despite high expectations, only eight Muslim countries sent representatives; aside from the Pakistani Minister of Relig [...]	2007-04-09 09:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KISL PGOV IZ ID
07JERUSALEM1095	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN VIEWS OF COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR AND PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND CEO MOHAMMED MUSTAFA SAID THAT AN AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE SALE OF OFFSHORE GAZA GAS BY CONCESSION OPERATOR BG GROUP TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENTQD BE COMPLETED IN TWO TO THREE MONTHS. MUSTAFA SAID HE DISAGREED WITH THE H [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1303	CODEL ISSA MEETS WITH PA PM FAYYAD [...] (C) Begin Summary. Palestinian Authority PM Salam Fayyad told CODEL Issa June 24 that West Bank security is his first priority, and he will seek GoI coordination for the movement of the PASF between West Bank cities. He said improving access and movement in the West Bank is his second pri [...]	2007-06-25 13:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1330	NEW PALESTINIAN MINISTER FOR PLANNING DESCRIBES [...] (C) The Consul General met with the newly appointed Minister of Planning and Labor Samir Abdullah June 25 at the Ministry of Planning headquarters in Ramallah. Abdullah began by saying that recent events in Gaza -- while unfortunate -- could nonetheless create opportunities for positive chan [...]	2007-06-27 13:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM1473	POSITIVE PALESTINIAN REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] (SBU) Summary. Most West Bank political contacts said they were pleased by President Bush's July 16 speech and praised his call for an international meeting to support progress toward a two-state solution. Most contacts said the speech offers an opportunity to move forward with negotiations [...]	2007-07-17 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1489	MIXED REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRISONERS RELEASE [...] (C) Begin Summary. The July 17 posting of the names of 256 Palestinian prisoners who are scheduled for early release on July 20 generated mostly positive press coverage, including front page photos of families celebrating the anticipated release. The Q Ministry of Prisoners Affairs welcomed [...]	2007-07-19 09:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM
07JERUSALEM1491	VATICAN NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Chief Vatican negotiator Fr. David Jaeger told PolOff July 12 that his team had just wrapped up a "positive but incomplete" negotiating session with the GoI on a general legal/fiscal agreement and made some progress on tax exemptions, judicial remedies and property claims. Jaege [...]	2007-07-19 10:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF IS PBTS VT KWBG
07JERUSALEM1590	OLD GUARD TAKES CONTROL OF FATAH "REFORM" [...] (C) Summary. On July 25, Fatah Central Committee member Ahmed Qurei (Abu Ala'a) convened Fatah's Office for Mobilization to begin the process of forming a new Fatah High Council to replace the West Bank and Gaza Field Committees. The formation of the High Council was approved by the Fatah R [...]	2007-07-31 13:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1656	PA AND FATAH CONTINUE TO REJECT ANY DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary. On August 7, former Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh told the press that Hamas is willing to resume Hamas-Fatah dialogue, and his political advisor Ahmad Yusef claimed that Hamas and Fatah are having "secret talks." However, PM Salam Fayyad and Fatah spokesman Ahmad Abd al-Rahman r [...]	2007-08-10 03:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM1719	(S) FAYYAD ASKS U/S LEVEY FOR HELP WITH QATAR AND [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey that Qatar was ""willfully bad"" on issue related to financing of terrorist organizations, including HAMAS. He said the PA was ready to move on terror financing legislation, but w [...]	2007-08-17 07:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EFIN ECON KWBG PTER OVIP
07JERUSALEM1821	FAYYAD COMMENDS PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES WHO [...] (C) At a August 28 meeting with NEA DAS Rob Danin in Ramallah, PM Salam Fayyad praised Palestinian Authority security forces (PASF) personnel who protected an IDF officer who accidentally entered Jenin August 27, passing A/PO a copy of his official commendation to Jenin security officers (pri [...]	2007-08-29 04:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER ASEC
07JERUSALEM1831	PM FAYYAD AND CODEL ACKERMAN: SECURITY, [...] (S) Summary. On August 29, PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told CODEL Ackerman that the August 28 meeting between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert was "positive, but general." He said that another meeting should be held soon to prepare for the November internationa [...]	2007-08-30 12:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1852	CEC CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS DECREE, HAMAS, AND PA [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir and Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhayl told USAID and PolOff that legislative and presidential elections must include both the West Bank and Gaza. Nasir said that if Palestinian Authority (PA) President Ma [...]	2007-08-31 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
07JERUSALEM1862	ICRC REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary. On August 30, International Red Cross Committee (ICRC) Field Coordinator Jean-Christophe Sandoz reported to RefCoord that the August 29 meeting between the Government of Israel (GoI),Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and Magen David Adom (MDA) laid a positive foundation fo [...]	2007-09-05 15:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ICRC IS KWBG PHUM
07JERUSALEM1874	PALESTINIAN STOCK MARKET, LACKING POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) is down more than 25% for 2007. Analysts say a lack of positive political signals is holding the market down. Efforts are underway to boost investor interest in the PSE through such measures as relaxing margin account restrictions, fo [...]	2007-09-07 13:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG
07JERUSALEM1875	GAZA GOVERNOR SLAMS HAMAS "CRIMES" AND PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 4 meeting in Jerusalem, Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa said Hamas has stepped up harassment of Fatah and independent activists and journalists in Gaza. He called Hamas "more brutal than Israel was in 27 years of occupation" in arresting, beating and torturing pr [...]	2007-09-07 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1917	AKKRAM HANIYEH REVIEWS PALESTINIAN POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 6 meeting with NEA A/S Welch, al-Ayyam Editor Akkram Haniyeh said we have the "best administration in the history of the PA" and now is time to seize the moment. The GoI, he said, must show flexibility on basic "quality of life" issues; i.e., access and movement a [...]	2007-09-11 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2017	HANAN ASHRAWI: INTERNATIONAL MEETING, FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. On September 25 in Ramallah, Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) member Hanan Ashrawi told the Consul General that the international meeting this fall must produce concrete results. She said PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and GoI PM Ehud Olmert should use their discuss [...]	2007-09-26 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL IS
07JERUSALEM2114	ABBAS ORDERS DISSOLUTION OF FORCE 17 [...] (S) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander Thiab Mustafa Ali told PolSpec October 7 that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) instructed security chiefs to integrate Force 17 members into the Presidential Guard (PG) and NSF. BG Ali said the timeline for Force 17 integration/dissolution [...]	2007-10-10 17:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2153	TOURISM: PALESTINIAN EXPECTATIONS RISE, BUT TOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israeli Ministers of Tourism met October 9 for the first time since cooperation was suspended after the March 2006 formation of a Hamas-led government. The ministers agreed to re-establish a joint committee and working-level technical commit [...]	2007-10-18 11:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM220	BARDALA/BISAN CROSSING IS POSITIVELY IMPACTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian farmers in the JV reported that the January 15 opening of the Bardala/Bisan agricultural crossing has allowed their fruits and vegetables to be exported to Israel within a day of being picked, resulting in higher prices for farmers. Farmers continue to experience s [...]	2007-02-02 09:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ETRD KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2445	PA SECURITY ADVISORS: ANNAPOLIS DECLARATION AND [...] (C) Summary. Presidential security advisor Haj Ismayil and the Prime Minister's security advisor, BG Hazem Attallah, told PolOff on November 28 that the Annapolis declaration's target timeline for negotiations and U.S. monitoring/assessment are very positive. They welcomed U.S. assessment o [...]	2007-11-28 15:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
07JERUSALEM2454	WEST BANK POLITICAL REACTION TO ANNAPOLIS MIXED; [...] (C) Summary. West Bank political contacts gave mixed reviews to the Annapolis joint understanding and speeches. Most offered praise for elements of the joint understanding, especially the USG monitoring role, but expressed doubts about Israeli seriousness to meet Roadmap obligations or condu [...]	2007-11-29 17:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV
07JERUSALEM2513	PDAS DIBBLE: MEETINGS TO ADVANCE PARIS DONORS' [...] (SBU) Summary: EEB PDAS Elizabeth Dibble met on November 29 in Jerusalem with officials from the World Bank and IMF, the PA Ministry of Planning, the French Consulate and the Office of the Quartet Representative (OQR) to discuss planning for the December 17 Paris Donors' Conference and to sol [...]	2007-12-07 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IS KWBG
07JERUSALEM2540	QADURA FARES SAYS MARWAN BARGHOUTI SUPPORTS PM [...] Summary. Qadura Fares, a close ally of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, told PolChief December 10 that PM Salam Fayyad should concentrate on governing and ignore those voices from Fatah who want to see a change in government. He said Barghouti supports PM Fayyad and his government, but [...]	2007-12-12 13:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM2541	PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBER SALEH RAFAT ON [...] (C) Summary. PLO Executive Committee (EC) member Saleh Rafat told PolChief December 10 that the GoI issuance of a tender for housing units at Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim is an obstacle to permanent status negotiations and that some PLO-EC members had advised PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Maz [...]	2007-12-12 13:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM272	INITIAL PALESTINIAN REACTION TO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian political contacts all characterized the February 8 national unity government (NUG) agreement as positive, but expressed mixed views on whether Hamas will abide by its agreements and if the NUG will end Palestinian infighting. A Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee me [...]	2007-02-09 12:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV KPAL IS PTER
07JERUSALEM291	JERUSALEM MAYOR DELAYS CONSTRUCTION; EXCAVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following several days of clashes in the Old City, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski announced February 11 that construction of a new ramp to the Mughrabi Gate would be postponed to allow for discussion of the plans by the Municipalities Planning and Construction committees. Howev [...]	2007-02-12 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS
07JERUSALEM401	UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF OFFSHORE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: According to the Economic Advisor to the PA Presidency, British Gas (BG) continues to negotiate with the Israeli government on the sale of natural gas from the offshore Gaza natural gas fields. British Gas is the operator of the consortium licensed to commercially develop the fi [...]	2007-02-27 08:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM46	SEVERAL CENTRAL WEST BANK CHECKPOINTS REMOVED OR [...] (S) Summary. Following discussion on easing movement restrictions inside the West Bank between PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert, Poloff surveyed the changes in Palestinian access/movement in the Nablus/Salfit/Ramallah area on January 5. The changes do not all [...]	2007-01-08 16:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	PREL KWBG PBTS KPAL PINR IS
07JERUSALEM494	FATAH REFORM: WIDESPREAD EMPHASIS ON LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter March 6-8, Palestinian political and civil society leaders shared views on Fatah's current state and recommended steps to improve its performance in future elections. Contacts often differed on tactics, but agreed that severe [...]	2007-03-14 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL KWBG KDEM
07JERUSALEM496	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIANS PURSUE LIMITED HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Advocates of improved housing for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem report that privately-financed development proposals have elicited some positive response from the Jerusalem Municipality. Israeli restrictions on movement and the near completion of the separation barr [...]	2007-03-14 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM512	GAZA INDUSTRIAL ZONE TALKS BY TURKS CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish business interests continue to promote plans to revitalize the Palestinian Industrial Free Zone (PIFZ),but progress has been slow, according to the Turkish DPO. President Abbas has reportedly agreed that Presidential Guard forces will guard the zone's perimeter while a [...]	2007-03-16 17:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EIND KWBG TU IS
07JERUSALEM689	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETS WITH PALESTINIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Rep. Gary Ackerman met with PA Finance Minister Salam Fayyad on April 9 and Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr on April 10. Fayyad focused on the impact of financial restrictions, the importance of security reform, and Fatah,s lack of internal reform. In his first meeting with a US [...]	2007-04-16 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
07JERUSALEM75	PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR NOTES POSSIBLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SA'EB EREKAT, ISRAELI AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY AGREED TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIAL PERMITS TO FACILITATE THE TRAVEL OF PROMINENT PALESTINIAN BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERS INTO ISRAEL, IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN LABORERS ALLOWED INTO [...]	2007-01-17 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07JOHANNESBURG230	THANKS, BUT NO THANKS--SOME POTENTIAL SOUTH AFRICAN PARTNERS [...] Summary: Three times in as many weeks, potential PAS partners have reversed course and decided not to accept PAS grants or offers. Though some of our partners were somewhat circumspect and only hinted that this was because of an official disapproval of US foreign policy, one union contact sch [...]	2007-08-03 13:04:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PTER PGOV SCUL KPAO SF
07KABUL1009	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: SPANTA SAYS AFGHANS WANT TO [...] (C) During a bilateral meeting, Foreign Minister Spanta and senior members of the U.S. Delegation to the March 13 US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership meeting reaffirmed the strategic importance of the bilateral relationship. Both agreed the Strategic Partnership meeting was particularly imp [...]	2007-03-27 10:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1010	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: NSA RASSOUL ON PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Afghan National Security Advisor Rassoul told visiting U.S. Delegation to the US-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership talks that the situation in Helmand remained problematic due to the volatile mix of drug traffickers and Taliban. Unlike six months ago, Rassoul believed Iran was m [...]	2007-03-27 10:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR

07KABUL1017	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PLENARY LOOKS TO ENERGIZE [...] (C) The U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense Edelman and Assistant Secretary Boucher joined its Afghan counterpart for a Plenary Meeting in Kabul on March 13 to reaffirm the importance of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership. The Prosperity session focused attention on the loomi [...]	2007-03-27 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1020	SIGNS OF DEMOCRACY GROWING IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) There are increasing signs that Afghan Parliamentarians are growing into their roles and warming up to more democratic processes. Such signs include more actively exercising their oversight responsibilities, devising political (vs. personality-based) platforms, and trying to impose a [...]	2007-03-28 05:38:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AF
07KABUL1030	PRT KANDAHAR: ASSESSMENT -- WHERE WE ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable assesses developments in Kandahar Province in 2006 through security, political, economic, and social lenses. The cable does not review ISAF performance or programs, but looks ahead to anticipated developments in 2007 and notes areas in need of further attention from [...]	2007-03-28 11:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL1036	PRT MEHTARLAM: SIX MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Laghman province is positioned to take advantage of new attention to governing capacity and increases in developmental funding after heightened anti-government activity in 2006. The security situation worsened somewhat in the second half of 2006 due to limited Coalition prese [...]	2007-03-29 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1050	PAG MARCH 18: TENSIONS BETWEEN ISAF AND MOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-31 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL1051	PRT/SHARANA: PAKTIKA GOVERNOR ON SPRING OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paktika's Governor Khpalwak has launched his own political spring offensive designed to preempt a widely expected Taliban offensive in southeastern Afghanistan. Starting on March 18, the Governor has been in near constant motion around the province. The Governor's agenda inclu [...]	2007-03-31 13:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1058	KARZAI MAKES "SURPRISE" VISIT TO HELMAND [...] (C) President Karzai's March 29 short-notice (for security reasons) visit to Helmand was well received but much less impressive than his December visit to Kandahar which lasted three days. Karzai repeated several themes during his four hour visit to Lashkar Gah which included meetings with pr [...]	2007-04-02 13:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1078	AFGHAN NATIONAL DETENTION FACILITY OPENS MARCH 25; [...] (SBU) This is an Action request. Please see paragraph 9. --------------------------------------- ANDF March 25 Opening, Press Reaction --------------------------------------- 2. (S/NF) The Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) in the Pol-e-Charkhi prison compound was opened formally [...]	2007-04-03 12:59:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1095	PRT SHARANA: PAKTIKA ASSESSMENT 2006 [...] (SBU) In the past twelve months, measurable progress in Paktika has been limited, although 2006 witnessed greater Afghan involvment in the province's security. The most positive changes were driven by the U.S. military and the PRT in Sharana. Paktika is a province that has never experienced [...]	2007-04-04 03:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON MARR AF EAID
07KABUL115	KARZAI DECIDES ON SENIOR POLICE REASSIGNMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11 President Karzai signed an order to replace 11 police chiefs who had been found unqualified by the Police Probation Board as well as other senior police chiefs who have not performed up to professional standards in their current assignments. The signature followe [...]	2007-01-12 10:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PHUM PTER AF
07KABUL1169	"OPERATION ACHILLES" MOVES TALIBAN FROM SANGIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since last fall, the Taliban presence in North Helmand had been growing, especially in the districts of Musa Qala, Now Zad, and Sangin. This Taliban presence undermined USAID's multi-million dollar efforts to refurbish the major hydroelectric plant located at Kajaki Dam -- an [...]	2007-04-09 16:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PTER MARR PGOV AF
07KABUL1172	SUBJECT: Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: A Test Case for [...] (SBU) The large Aynak copper deposit has the potential to generate the first significant, long-term international investment in Afghanistan. Nine companies, including the American firm Phelps Dodge, are in the fray in a competitive bidding process. The bids are due on May 15 and will be foll [...]	2007-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL118	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION: ABDUL GHAFAR [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 7. 2. (U) In reftel b, Department instructed that ANP Brigadier General Abdul Ghafar was not cleared for U.S. funded assistance due to ref a's reference to the likelihood of Ghafar a violator of human rights as well as ref' b's reference to his "conne [...]	2007-01-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
07KABUL1191	GOA RELATIONSHIP WITH AFGHAN MEDIA REACHES [...] (U) Ongoing war in Afghanistan is taking its toll on media freedom. After initially witnessing dramatic improvements since the fall of the Taliban, Afghanistan's media has experienced a slow yet disturbing turn for the worse over the past year, including increased detention of journalists an [...]	2007-04-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KCUL AF IR
07KABUL1238	STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: DEFENSE MINISTER WARDAK ON [...] (S) In a separate meeting with members of the Strategic Partnership delegation, Minister of Defense Wardak stressed the importance to Afghanistan of its partnership with the United States, and praised U.S. forces for the "marvelous job" they are doing in Afghanistan. He noted in particular the [...]	2007-04-14 08:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MASS NATO AF
07KABUL1267	THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE: WHERE WE ARE, WHERE [...] Summary: This cable uses the opportunity offered by a tasking from the Joint Department of State - Department of Defense Inspector General Interagency Assessment of Afghanistan Police Training and Readiness (ref A) to review recent progress in Afghan police development and to describe ongoing [...]	2007-04-15 14:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR SNAR ASIG PREL PGOV ASEC NATO AF
07KABUL1315	PRT LASHKAR GAH: ENSURING STABILITY IN BABAJI [...] (SBU) On March 22, Afghan National Security Forces, with ISAF support, initiated an operation that cleared a Taliban enclave close to the provincial center of Lashkar Gah (the "Babaji region"). Following the operation, local Afghans expressed what the Helmand Task Force and PRT generally take [...]	2007-04-17 13:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1340	NEW H5N1 OUTBREAK IN KABUL [...] Three positive cases of Type A, H5N1 avian influenza in birds were found in the Karte Char and Karte Seh areas of Kabul City on April 17, 2007 and were confirmed by laboratory diagnosis at the Central Veterinary Diagnostic and Research Laboratories in Kabul. A total of eight birds were tested. [...]	2007-04-19 06:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU SOCI ECON CASC AF
07KABUL1391	KOREAN TROOP DEPARTURE: AFGHANS WANT HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is requesting U.S. assistance in reversing the decision made late last year by the South Korean Parliament to not extend ROK troops in Afghanistan beyond December 31, 2007. Post leaves it up to Washington and Seoul to evaluate whether [...]	2007-04-23 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF KS
07KABUL1394	THE NATIONAL FRONT: POLITICAL FLAME OR SPUTTERING [...] (C) Officially launched with great fanfare on April 3, the United Front may already be losing momentum as a political movement. Several Afghan VIPs who were reputedly members have turned out to not be officially in the group after all, although they may just be bending with the wind and waiting [...]	2007-04-24 05:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF
07KABUL1468	Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit -- Phelps Dodge Considers [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. The competitive bidding process for the Aynak copper deposit is moving forward. Over the last two weeks, the GOA hosted all nine short-listed prospective bidders, including the US natural resources company Phelps Dodge, to do rounds of GOA Ministries, review [...]	2007-05-01 06:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1525	AFGHANISTAN: OPIC VISIT BOOSTS INVESTMENT AND SECURES [...] (SBU) OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher came to Kabul on 21 April to accompany Dole CEO David Murdock and to examine potential investments in Afghanistan. The visit coincided with the first, US-assisted Afghan AgFair for agricultural buyers. When Mosbacher left on 23 April, he had not on [...]	2007-05-05 11:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD BEXP AF
07KABUL1526	FIRST AGFAIR IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) AgFair 2007, also called the Afghan Agricultural Trade Fair, was the first international agricultural trade show of its kind in post-war Afghanistan and attracted between 45 and 60 thousand people over two days (April 22-23). The fair catalyzed much needed investment in the agriculture sec [...]	2007-05-06 05:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD AF
07KABUL1593	2007 AFGHANISTAN DEVELOPMENT FORM READ OUT [...] SUMMARY: The 2007 Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) was well attended and more coherently structured than its predecessor in 2005. The plenary Q working group Q plenary structure led to vigorous debate and helped to shape an emerging consensus on critical issues including aid effectivene [...]	2007-05-13 12:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL1609	NATO SCR EVERTS CALLS FOR MORE UNITY OF EFFORT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Cohen, NATO Senior Civilan Representative Daan Everts said that the North Atlantic Council (NAC) had a "distinctly more positive" view than they had previously, based on their most recent visit to Afghanistan. His own view was somewhat different, however, [...]	2007-05-14 13:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF
07KABUL1610	NDS SALEH ON PAKISTAN, THE TALIBAN, AND AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Eliot Cohen, National Director of Security Amarullah Saleh analyzed the nature of the Taliban and its links to Pakistan. He said that despite repeated attempts to share information with the Pakistanis, they have not been responsive to his initiat [...]	2007-05-14 13:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR NATO AF
07KABUL1648	AFGHANISTAN - AICC'S SECURITY AND CORRUPTION ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Recent criminal activity directed at the business community has made many business leaders here nervous. At a roundtable discussion hosted by the Afghanistan International Chamber of Commerce (AICC),Deputy Minister of Interior Khalid joined other senior government and private sector sta [...]	2007-05-16 14:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV BEXP ECON ASFC AF
07KABUL1700	AUXILIARY POLICE: SOME PROGRESS BUT HOW MUCH AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 06:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL1712	SUB-NATIONAL GOVERNANCE: AMENDED PROVINCIAL [...] (SBU) President Karzai signed an amended Provincial Council (PC) law in late March. The law,s key elements give parliament and the president shared authority over PCs and give PCs a significantly expanded role overseeing appointed elements of the provincial governments, including the Provinci [...]	2007-05-22 13:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL1720	AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT SECURITY, POLICE, POPPY IN [...] (C) (SUMMARY) During a May 13 visit to Mazar-i-Sharif and meeting with Balkh Governor Atta, the Ambassador offered congratulations for a dramatic reduction in poppy production, announced a planned increase in assistance to the province, and urged more progress on combating local warlords. T [...]	2007-05-23 10:51:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PINR PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF
07KABUL1724	STEPPED UP IRANIAN INFLUENCE REACHES FOREIGN [...] (S) Over the past several months, Iran has taken a series of steps to expand and deepen its influence in Afghanistan. Afghan contacts point to the creation of the National Front and the National Unity Council, the discovery of Iranian weapons in Afghanistan, Iran's control of media outlets a [...]	2007-05-23 13:34:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC AF IR
07KABUL1748	MORE MODERATE THAN EXPECTED MEDIA LAW PASSES LOWER [...] (SBU) On May 22 the Lower House of Parliament passed the Media Law. The text is less restrictive than the law currently in force, based on a presidential decree. It allows foreigners to invest in all forms of media. Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) will not be under direct Ministerial co [...]	2007-05-24 14:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL1757	COUNSELOR COHEN AND NSA RASSOUL DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent wide-ranging conversation with Counselor Cohen, National Security Advisor emphasized that the security situation in Afghanistan has improved significantly since last summer, particularly in Kandahar, and that reconstruction is starting to take hold in many areas. He [...]	2007-05-27 08:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO AF
07KABUL178	BOUCHER SEES COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY WORKING IN [...] (U) During his January 10 visit to Panjshir Valley, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher heard an extensive analysis of the province from its Governor, Haji Bahlul. The Governor portrayed Panjshir as free of terrorist activity, official corruption and popp [...]	2007-01-20 05:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL1820	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GATES VISIT TO [...] (S) Your June 3-4 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by a President Karzai facing challenges both domestically and from his neighbors. Domestic discontent is to a considerable degree a reflection of unmet expectations. The population expected the fall of the Taliban and arrival of the int [...]	2007-06-02 11:33:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON IR
07KABUL1860	PRT GARDEZ: ASSESSMENT TEAM SUPPORTS NEW CZECH PRT [...] (C/REL) The Czech Republic is considering establishing a new PRT in Logar Province. During a May visit to US-led PRT Gardez, which currently has responsibility for Logar, a Czech assessment team indicated it planned to give a favorable recommendation to the Czech government and to ISAF HQ for [...]	2007-06-05 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL193	ANA NCO DEVELOPMENT: STRONG LEADERSHIP AND UNIT PRIDE [...] In 2002, the Afghan National Army (ANA) did not have a Noncommissioned Officers Corps or any tradition of professional NCOs. This year there are over 8,000 NCOs, including 311 Sergeant Majors, who have begun to perform their role as the backbone of the ANA. Under the leadership of Sergeant M [...]	2007-01-21 08:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL1931	MORE HAWALA CLOSINGS; LICENSE APPLICATIONS UP [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 09:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER SNAR KCRM ECON AF
07KABUL1946	AFGHAN UPDATE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS [...] (U) Reftel A (June 6) reported on the outcome of the recent Afghan-Pak meeting in Islamabad on Jirga preparations. On June 11, Director of the Afghan Jirga Preparation Commission Farook Wardak briefed the international community on latest developments, highlighting two outstanding issues: pa [...]	2007-06-12 08:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL1982	Afghan Gas Fields -- Agreement in Principle [...] (SBU) On June 11, the Afghan Minister of Mines convened a meeting attended by Embassy, USAID, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB),at which the ADB and the GoA agreed in principle to a USG proposal to combine USAID and ADB efforts to develop the natural gas reserves in the Amu Darya basin. T [...]	2007-06-20 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2071	RECONSTRUCTING AFGHANISTAN - USG PROCUREMENT AS DEMAND [...] (SBU) Beginning with Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan's (CFC-A) landmark Afghan First initiative, local procurement of goods and services by the U.S. and NATO military establishments and the international community is growing. It needs to grow more. An April 2007 study estimates that of th [...]	2007-06-27 12:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EIND ETRD EINV EAID MOPS AF
07KABUL2073	EXPLORING WAYS TO MAKE PTS A MORE SUCCESSFUL [...] (C//REL UK) The Program Tahkim-e-Solh (PTS) process has reconciled 3,742 former combatants since being established in May 2005, but needs to be strengthened. Recent developments - a more solid funding base and stronger Afghan leadership - provide an opportunity to make this happen. Embassy is [...]	2007-06-27 14:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER AF
07KABUL2099	KYRGYZ OFFICIALS SEE MANAS IMPACT ON WAR IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador hosted Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and a six member delegation of Kyrgyz senior officials to Afghanistan June 13-14 to allow them to better understand the importance of Manas Air Base in supporting coalition military and reconstruction efforts. The delegation me [...]	2007-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF KG
07KABUL2130	PRT LASHKAR GAH: AIR STRIKE IMPACTS PROGRESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Taliban hijacked what should have been a successful week in Helmand Province and forced President Karzai's hand in making a statement critical of ISAF. The week of June 18 started promisingly in Helmand's Nahri Sarraj district with a school construction groundbreaking ceremo [...]	2007-07-05 08:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2133	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON JIRGA PREPARATIONS [...] (C) The proposed date for the Afghanistan-Pakistan Crossborder Peace Jirga is less than four weeks away. Post remains concerned that the Afghans and Pakistanis have not come to agreement on several key outstanding issues. The Bilateral Technical Committee, which the Afghans had hoped would me [...]	2007-07-05 12:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL2143	PRT/BADGHIS: DEALING WITH ETHNIC POLITICS, [...] (SBU) The June 9th insurgent attack against the Murghab district center that left two Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) Officers dead and three government buildings damaged by fire was the largest and best organized insurgent attack to date in normally calm Badghis Province. The attack i [...]	2007-07-08 10:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL216	PRT FARAH: ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT -- POPPY AND IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being dry and barren, Farah depends heavily on agriculture. Although poppy production has decreased recently, Farah remains a major poppy producing province. Governor-led eradication has begun, but it has a long way to go. The Alternative Livelihoods Program is not [...]	2007-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EAID AF IR
07KABUL2191	PRT BAMYAN: POTENTIAL SECURITY THREATS IN BAMYAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 21 meeting, Chief of the National Directorate for Security's Bamyan office MG Wasiq described the overall security situation in Bamyan as positive but also spoke of recent intelligence indicating a Taliban plot to attack targets in Bamyan. Wasiq said that while Bamyan [...]	2007-07-11 15:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV MOPS PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2343	PRT/QALENOW: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (C) In Badghis economic and social indicators continue to improve slowly, but growth has been restrained by a deteriorating security environment caused by a recently-removed corrupt and inefficient Governor. Recent insurgent attacks have grown in size and coordination in the Pashtun parts of [...]	2007-07-22 11:20:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AF
07KABUL236	PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND GOVERNOR UNVEILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Helmand Governor Wafa has commenced his outreach to tribal leaders through a series of meetings with district shuras. In each meeting, Wafa has presented his "protocols," which are conditions the shura must accept before the Governor will give his approval and support. The c [...]	2007-01-24 07:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2379	PRT KANDAHAR: SIX MONTH ASSESSMENT [...] (C) The International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IROA) are taking steps to improve security, governance, and the economy in Kandahar Province, but it remains a struggle. ISAF forces are taking the fight to districts north of Kandahar City. The [...]	2007-07-25 13:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON EAID CA
07KABUL2384	MOI MAKES PROGRESS ON FINAL PHASES OF ANP RANK [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOA is making progress towards completion of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) Rank Reform Process to reduce the currently over-manned Afghan National Police (ANP) officer corps to an efficient level by selecting the best qualified officers through an extensive testing, selecti [...]	2007-07-26 05:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PGOV AF PREL
07KABUL2402	AFGHAN CIVIL ORDER POLICE UNDERMINED BY POOR MOI [...] (SBU) The Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) are being trained by the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in close coordination with Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) to provide a force capable of responding to urban unrest, civil disorder and national emergencies, whil [...]	2007-07-27 04:01:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MASS PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL2465	KHOST GOVERNOR PRAISES COALITION/AFGHAN [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Khost Governor Arsala Jamal in Kabul on July 19. Governor Jamal praised the strong coordination between Coalition Forces (CF) and Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He also positively assessed his partnership with the PRT. He encouraged more U.S. investment i [...]	2007-07-31 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL2468	PRT LASHKAR GAH: HELMAND SEMI-ANNUAL REVIEW [...] (C) The Taliban have been hit hard in Helmand over the past six months. Military operations in Nahri Sarraj and Sangin disrupted the Taliban and weakened their support but have not resulted in enduring stability. Despite this military disruption, the expansion of reconstruction and developm [...]	2007-07-31 13:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF UK
07KABUL2497	PRT JALALABAD: NANGARHAR PROVINCE SIX MONTH [...] (SBU) Nangarhar's strategic location on the Pakistan Border and relative economic prosperity make it an important indicator of progress in Afghanistan. Recent set-backs in security and an increase in poppy production over the last six months are disappointing. ISAF and CF forces have intens [...]	2007-08-02 10:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL255	PAG APPROVES EXPANDING ANAP TO EAST AND [...] (SBU) The January 11 Policy Action Group (PAG) approved two Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) proposals. The first will expand the authorization of ANAP for Kandahar from 1300 to 2000. The additional 700 police will be recruited from and deployed to Panjwayi and Zharey districts to ba [...]	2007-01-25 09:08:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV SNAR PTER AF
07KABUL256	MUSA QALA: PRESSING FOR TEST TWO [...] (C) Deputy MOI Minister Khalid updated the PAG January 20 on Musa Qala developments since the last meeting (ref A). He reported that the GOA had sent a Commission to Musa Qala and Lashkar Gah to meet with the elders and the Chief of Police. The Commission confirmed that 40 ANAP were operating [...]	2007-01-25 09:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL260	KARZAI TELLS SENATOR BROWNBACK IRAN SHOULD IMPROVE [...] (C) During a January 8 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Karzai was critical of Iranian policy toward the U.S. He reported on his recent meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister where he called on Iran to improve relations with the U.S. He argued that normalized U.S.-Iran relations [...]	2007-01-25 11:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF IR
07KABUL274	Afghanistan Energy: New Inter-Ministerial Commission Offers [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: A principal USG goal in Afghanistan's energy sector is ensuring an adequate and affordable supply of electricity to Kabul and other key population centers by end-2008 through rehabilitation and construction of power plants, dams and transmission lines. Despite [...]	2007-01-27 06:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2743	POLAND TO CONSIDER A PRT IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Government will soon consider whether to stand up a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan. Internal discussions will begin in Warsaw on August 17. Polish diplomats in Kabul have met with Embassy PRT director to sound out initial USG thoughts. Based on [...]	2007-08-16 09:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF PL
07KABUL28	NEW AFGHAN NATIONAL COMMUNICATION COORDINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: With active encouragement and support from the international community (IC) and especially Embassy Kabul, the Government of Afghanistan established the National Communication Coordinating Center (known as the NCCC or NC3) in early December 2006. Although the GOA is still identif [...]	2007-01-04 10:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF PREL PTER MOPS
07KABUL294	Afghan Budget Execution and Capacity Development - Another [...] Prodded by JCMB III Semi-annual Report and an Embassy-led donor White Paper, the GoA has taken the first step towards the preparation of an Afghan National Capacity Development Strategy, targeted for release at the spring Afghan Development Forum (ADF). A draft Framework Paper identifies four C [...]	2007-01-28 11:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL2968	SCENE-SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S [...] (C) We welcome your first visit as Deputy Secretary to Afghanistan, which comes at an opportune time to advance our effort to establish a self-sustaining multi-channel dialogue between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The inauguration in Jalalabad of a discreet communications channel between the nat [...]	2007-09-05 14:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV MARR PREL SNAR PTER ECON EAIDCIN AF
07KABUL2983	NEXT STEPS WITH S/CRS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY: The Embassy and CJTF-82 jointly recommend that S/CRS, under Embassy direction, continue its Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) planning process to include the remaining U.S.-led PRTs. The process should also be extended to the Brigade Combat Team level. This effort should be comple [...]	2007-09-06 12:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL3054	PRESIDENT KARZAI'S NEW GOVERNANCE CZAR OUTLINES [...] (SBU) President Karzai established the new Office of Local Administration on August 30 and appointed as its director general Ghulam Jelani Popal, a respected former deputy minister of finance. Popal outlined his vision for making the Afghan government "a reality in the lives of the people," p [...]	2007-09-12 11:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF
07KABUL3087	AF: Anyak mine tender: WB comfortable with current state of [...] (SBU) In a September 13 meeting, World Bank staff informed Embassy Treasury Attach and EconOff that based on the information available to them, the initial evaluation of the Anyak copper mine bids appears to have proceeded according to the process spelled out in tender documents, and in accorda [...]	2007-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3192	U.S.-AFGHAN-PAKISTANI TRILATERAL: MOVING FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 14:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON AF PK
07KABUL3414	EVENTS IN PARLIAMENT; SEPTEMBER 17 - 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament is completing the essential business of considering, modifying and, if it chooses, endorsing the 100-plus Presidential decrees enacted before its creation, even as Speaker Qanooni's dispute with President Karzai over presidential versus parliamentary prerogatives esc [...]	2007-10-06 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL3448	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SIXTH ANNIVERSARY OF U.S. INVASION [...] SUMMARY: Editorialists in all major Kabul dailies used the sixth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan to measure the progress their country has made, and, despite improvements, all found the progress wanting. A resurgent Taliban, government corruption, ineptitude of the Afghan securi [...]	2007-10-10 02:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL3501	POLICE LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT THE MINISTRY OF [...] SUMMARY: President Karzai announced the appointment of 28 Afghan National Police (ANP) officers for ANP command positions and Ministry of the Interior (MOI) headquarters staff jobs October 5. All of the 28 have been vetted through the rank reform process, UN human rights review and the USG L [...]	2007-10-16 09:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL3604	DETAINEES: RELEASE OF BTIF DETAINEE KHALED SAMI [...] (S/NF) This is an action cable--see paragraph two. This has been coordinated with Task-Force Guardian. 2. (S/NF) Action: Based on the Canadian assurances detailed in paragraphs three and four, we recommend the Deputy Secretary of Defense approve the release to Canada of Khaled SIPDIS [...]	2007-10-23 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	KAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL3632	EMBASSY KABUL'S NOMINATIONS FOR 2008 SECRETARY'S [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Kabul is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Per instructions, Embassy Kabul is submitting three (3) nominees. All nominees have been informed of the Ambassador's [...]	2007-10-25 10:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AF
07KABUL368	PRT LASHKAR GAH: MUSA QALA ELDERS DEFY THE TALIBAN [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The death of a local Taliban commander,s brother in an air strike in Helmand province was the catalyst for a series of events that shattered the relative quiet of Musa Qala district, culminating in the Taliban,s seizure of the district center on February 1. In retaliation [...]	2007-02-05 13:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS MCAPARR MARR PHUM AF
07KABUL370	PRT BAMYAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Bamyan continues to enjoy relative peace and security. Development assistance from the U.S. Government is on the rise, almost entirely due to the twelve fold increase in CERP assistance for 2007. On the political front, Governor Sarabi has taken steps to counter criticism from her poli [...]	2007-02-06 06:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON PHUM AF
07KABUL372	PRT NURISTAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Nuristan Province has traditionally been neglected and remains underdeveloped, but recent initiatives by Governor Tamin are energizing district administrations and encouraging communities to take responsibility for their own security. Despite these efforts, security remains problematic [...]	2007-02-06 10:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ECON EAID MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL373	PRT PANJSHIR: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (U) Over the past year, Panjshir Province has recorded remarkable progress. Security is holding, governance is maturing, reconstruction is advancing and society is evolving. Constraints remain, however, both in terms of infrastructure and mentality. The Governor highlights education as the [...]	2007-02-06 10:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MASS ECON EAID SOCI AF
07KABUL3754	RESPONSE TO GERMAN REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF [...] (SBU) Post appreciates Embassy Berlin's REFTEL message relaying the German government's sensitivities about the nomination of the Kunduz province governor, Mohammad Omar, for participation in the autumn International Visitor program. 2. (SBU) Post would appreciate Embassy Berlin's conveying [...]	2007-11-05 01:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MARR GM AF
07KABUL3765	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY EDELMAN'S NOVEMBER [...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Your visit, coming near the end of this year,s fighting season, is an opportunity to assess 2007,s military, political and development progress and to prepare the ground for major challenges in 2008. With 2008 being the last full year before the next Afghan president [...]	2007-11-06 08:32:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER AF
07KABUL3772	DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY KEY THEMES IN AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Development and security were the key themes brought up in conversations with local officials during the Ambassador's October 29 visit to Khost Province. In meetings with the Provincial Governor, Provincial Council and university students, Ambassador underscored the U.S. respect for Is [...]	2007-11-07 09:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PREL PTER EAID AF
07KABUL3774	UNITED FRONT SETS ITS SIGHTS ON PRESIDENCY AND [...] (C) Summary: Looking ahead to the 2009 presidential and 2010 parliamentary elections, the newly-formed United Front is working to market itself as a mainstream pan-Afghan opposition party offering positive alternatives to what it characterizes as Karzai's failed leadership and policies. The U [...]	2007-11-08 01:25:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AF
07KABUL3842	POLLS SHOW AFGHANS OPTIMISTIC, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Three polls released this fall suggest, contrary to many international press reports, that Afghans continue to feel that their country is headed in the right direction, with little change in attitudes from a year ago. The most pronounced difference over last year is a rise in perceptions [...]	2007-11-15 01:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
07KABUL395	PRT QALAT: PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES--ONE STEP AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: By their actions and through a series of meetings with the PRT, local women have expressed their desire for employment, education, and security in southern Zabul province. Key players for women's activities in Zabul are the Directorate of Women's Affairs (DOWA),two women Provinc [...]	2007-02-06 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL3993	Progress On Afghan Electricity from Uzbekistan? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Discussion with Afghans and donors on the North East Power System (NEPS) connection to Uzbekistan, yielded signs of increased Uzbek commitment to provide 150 MW of electricity to Afghanistan by the end of 2008 (including completing 43 KM of transmission lines to the Afghan border [...]	2007-12-04 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGR ECON EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3998	AF: Afghans to fund Uzbek power line connection to NEPS. [...] (SBU) Summary. Afghanistan's mission to Uzbekistan to reinvigorate negotiations for energy imports through the North East Power System (NEPS) project appears to have produced positive results. Delegation head Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Mir Sediq expects to lead a follow-on mission to [...]	2007-12-05 12:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL4005	CANADA'S MANLEY PANEL IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian DCM Hoffman on December 4 provided the Charge with an assessment of the 10-day visit to Afghanistan by the Panel on the Future Role of Canada in Afghanistan (Manley Panel). Hoffman emphasized repeatedly that the Panel,s report will be critical to the future of the Canad [...]	2007-12-06 14:43:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL4133	KARZAI BAITS HIS EMERGING POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai recently fired several public salvos at his emerging political opposition, the Northern Alliance-backed United Front. He complained that his government's efforts to bring alleged human rights abusers to justice are being stymied by regionally powerful former war [...]	2007-12-17 13:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4170	Kunduz, Afghanistan: A Regional Hub for Security and [...] (SBU) Summary: In 2007, Kunduz province has made demonstrable progress along all lines of operations (security, development and governance) and served as a regional catalyst for Northeast Afghanistan. There is both visible reconstruction activity and private sector development, symbolized by t [...]	2007-12-22 05:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL4207	MOI PERSONNEL CHANGES: SCORE CARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. In late September, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced some 33 mid- to senior-level Palace appointments, including commanders for all four of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP)'s brigades and several provincial chiefs of police. Anecdotal inform [...]	2007-12-27 13:46:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
07KABUL4211	THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AGRICULTURAL FAIRS IN [...] USAID hosted seven successful Agricultural Fairs (AgFairs) in CY 2007 with a variety of partners. Nearly 300,000 people attended the two national AgFairs held in Kabul and five regional AgFairs held in the provinces of Helmand, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Balkh, and Herat. Agricultural professiona [...]	2007-12-29 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF
07KABUL435	AFGHAN NATIONAL CIVIL ORDER POLICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) (formerly the Civil Order Maintenance and Constabulary Police) is currently being recruited and trained by the MOI in close coordination with CSTC-A and civilian police trainers at the Regional Training Centers. This element of t [...]	2007-02-08 12:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR SNAR PGOV AF
07KABUL440	HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION IN AFGHANISTAN - GOING [...] (U) Contains Action Request; please see para 10. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Afghanistan remains seriously affected by landmines and unexploded ordinance (UXO) that cause nearly 100 casualties each month. Landmines and UXO are found in 2,368 communities as well as agricultural fields and around major [...]	2007-02-09 05:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS AF
07KABUL515	CABLE/PRT JALALABAD: 6 MONTH REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (U) Summary: Nangarhar province is an important urban and agricultural center along Afghanistan's eastern border. During the past six months, the security climate has witnessed increased enemy activity, including IED attacks and ambushes of PRT convoys. The paving of roads and a dramatic r [...]	2007-02-14 19:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL564	ANA RETENTION RATES SHOW IMPROVEMENT; MORE WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: For the Afghan National Army to grow rapidly to the target strength of 70,000 personnel by December 2008, traditionally high AWOL and attrition rates need to be reduced. The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) are work [...]	2007-02-20 12:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR ASEC NATO PTER PGOV AF
07KABUL579	PRT ASADABAD: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (C) Kunar,s security improved significantly in 2006 except in the isolated border areas. Ongoing road construction will help consolidate security gains, and will enable economic growth. Better and larger police forces will be necessary to keep Kunar,s security and economic trends positive in [...]	2007-02-21 11:31:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PTER ECON EAID MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL581	SOUTHERN GOVERNORS OUTLINE MAJOR SECURITY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: During a February 6 introductory meeting in Kandahar with COMISAF, the governors of Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul pressed for increasing police salaries and getting more police officers into the Southern provinces to provide leadership to new recruits. ANA 205th Corps Co [...]	2007-02-21 13:15:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PTER EAID NATO MARR AF
07KABUL582	AFGHANISTAN: CONFIRMED H5N1 OUTBREAK IN NANGARHAR PROVINCE [...] An outbreak of avian influenza in domestic poultry near Jalalabad in Nangarhar Province has been confirmed by testing in the Ministry of Agriculture's Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory in Kabul, with assistance from U.S. Navy Medical Research Unit-3 in Cairo. The Afghan Public Health Institute [...]	2007-02-21 14:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU SOCI ECON AF
07KABUL605	NORTHERN GOVERNORS FOCUSED ON POPPY ERADICATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, the Ambassador met with the Commander of PRT Mazar i Sharif and held a joint meeting with Interior Minister Moqbel Zarar and five governors from the Northern provinces to discuss poppy eradication efforts in the north. The counternarcotics strategy in the North [...]	2007-02-25 05:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF
07KABUL643	DIAG: STALLED AND SEARCHING FOR MOMENTUM [...] (C//REL/) Summary: President Karzai chaired a meeting of cabinet ministers and international community representatives February 7 to review progress made to date by the Disbandment of Illegally Armed Groups (DIAG) program and to approve formally the new DIAG Action Plan. While the revised [...]	2007-02-27 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC PTER AF
07KABUL68	DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...]	2007-01-07 11:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF

07KABUL684	IDA 15 NEGOTIATIONS GOAL - SUSTAIN MULTILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-03 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL AF
07KABUL755	TERRORIST FINANCE - USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 13:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AF
07KABUL775	U.S.-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) In the second meeting of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership Prosperity Working Group, Afghan and USG dels reaffirmed their commitment to a long-term economic partnership and advanced preparations for the March 13-14 Strategic Partnership plenary in Kabul to be co-led by Under Secretar [...]	2007-03-06 09:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL AF
07KABUL805	SCENESETTER II: US-AFGHAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) Reftel reported scenesetter for the March 13 U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Plenary meeting. This message provides points for March 13-14 bilateral meetings in Kabul (in order of the meeting schedule). FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ----------------------- 2. (S) Under constant press [...]	2007-03-08 17:40:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
07KABUL839	KARZAI DESCRIBES "TERRIBLE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 8 meeting with Governors Tim Pawlenty (R-MN),Janet Napolitanto (R-AZ),and Brad Henry (D-OK),Lisa Marie Cheney, Lt. Gen. Steven Blum (Chief, National Guard Bureau),and Charge, President Karzai described Afghanistan's current relationship with Pakistan as "terrib [...]	2007-03-13 02:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF
07KABUL94	PAKISTAN PM AZZIZ VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim characterized the January 4 visit of Pakistan Prime Minister Azziz as a "good trip." There had not been agreement on substance, but Azziz and Karzai held frank and open discussions on a range of bilateral issues. Foreign Minister S [...]	2007-01-10 06:04:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF PK
07KABUL940	PRT/KUNDUZ: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON THE NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) The situation on the ground in the Northeast region of Afghanistan has not changed appreciably in the past six months. The security situation remains relatively calm, with only occasional criminal or terrorist attacks against local officials and ISAF. The primary threat and cause of ins [...]	2007-03-22 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL946	UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN DEBT FORGIVENESS AND DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-24 10:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON AF
07KABUL950	PRT/QALENOW: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Qal-e Now, in the western part of Afghanistan, has witnessed much progress over the last year. Residents of the capital enjoy a much better quality of life then they did under the Taliban. The PRT has had a direct impact on economic growth in the provincial capital. However, th [...]	2007-03-24 12:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL979	PRT/MAZAR: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Northwest Afghanistan enjoys a better security situation than much of the rest of the country but drought and crime hamper development. The Afghan National Police (ANP) and the judicial system need much work but progress has begun with the ANP. The balance of power between T [...]	2007-03-26 05:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID ECON MASS SOCI AF
07KABUL996	PRT/PANSHJIR: FUTURE PLANS OF THE PROVINCE II [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Panjshir Province is changing. Its transformation will continue thanks to agents of change: a new road, radio broadcasts, cell phones, a maturing administration and an active PRT. Provincial officials have formulated specific plans to lay the foundation (ref A). Panjshir's f [...]	2007-03-26 16:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EAGR AF
07KAMPALA1050	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]	2007-06-26 12:29:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1159	UGANDA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS TEMPLATE [...] (C) Summary: Ugandan military and civilian officials view the U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus process as important for confidence-building between the parties and for keeping pressure up on neighbors to rein in negative forces. Ugandans argue that the process has resulted in behind-the-scen [...]	2007-07-13 08:09:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BY CG RW UG
07KAMPALA1160	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (July 1-14, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-07-13 08:23:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1172	UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON STAFFDEL SMITH AND KUIKEN VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Professional staff members Shannon Smith and Michael Kuiken visited Uganda from July 4-7, 2007 to gain further understanding on both bilateral and military relations. The team examined the ongoing peace proce [...]	2007-07-17 05:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS UG
07KAMPALA1209	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LOWEY (August 18-23) [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives [...]	2007-07-26 04:19:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA1242	UGANDA: PEOPLES' REDEMPTION ARMY SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL [...] The High Court in Arua finally granted bail to seven suspected Peoples Redemption Army (PRA) rebels currently facing murder charges. The suspects were returned to jail after failing to raise adequate bail funds. The suspects are part of the group charged with treason alongside Forum for Demo [...]	2007-08-02 09:22:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS ASEC PINS PHUM UG
07KAMPALA1310	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 26-30, [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive partner for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. Uganda is vigorously supporting a number of U.S. initiatives including Presidential initiatives on HIV/AIDS (PEPFAR) and malaria (PM [...]	2007-08-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID UG
07KAMPALA1351	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (AUG 11 - AUG 24, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-08-24 09:39:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1360	AFRICA BUREAU SENIOR ADVISOR ON CONFLICT RESOLUTION [...] Summary: August 15 to 17 Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley, traveled to northern Uganda to meet with local leaders and affected populations. The primary objectives of the trip were to discuss the peace process in Juba, including community consultations on agenda item th [...]	2007-08-27 14:45:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	UG
07KAMPALA1370	UGANDA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Uganda breaks ground on USD 800 hydroelectric dam which when completed will represent the largest U.S. direct investment in the country. The GOU is reporting a recent uranium discovery by a Canadian firm. The Ministry of Finance is promising tax breaks for foreign investors which is rai [...]	2007-08-29 07:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1419	SENATOR FEINGOLD DISCUSSES NORTHERN UGANDAN ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Russell Feingold met with a wide range of government officials, local and religious leaders, military officers, internally-displaced persons, UN officials and international donors to discuss the current situation in northern Uganda during his visit from August 26 to 30. [...]	2007-09-07 09:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1467	NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Tim Shortley, Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution, traveled to Kampala with AF A/S Secretary Jendayi Frazer and remained in the region to meet with key officials in Uganda, Southern Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of Congo from September 5-17. The GOU's lead negotiator at [...]	2007-09-20 13:24:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA1594	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 22 - OCTOBER 5, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]	2007-10-16 12:50:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1785	HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CRIES FOUL; ACCUSES INGOS OF MISTREATING [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Focus (HRF),a widely respected local human rights organization, reported the dissatisfaction of some Ugandans working for international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) in northern Uganda. In the report released in September 2007, workers reportedly complaine [...]	2007-11-20 13:14:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA345	UGANDA: SCENESETTER FOR AND NSC DEPUTY ADVISOR DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda is a productive player for U.S. policy interests in Africa, with Ugandan troops deploying to Somalia assisted by U.S. money and logistics. On the humanitarian and development side, Uganda vigorously supports a number of US initiatives including Presidential initiatives o [...]	2007-03-01 03:50:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS EAID SU UG
07KAMPALA377	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...]	2007-03-05 10:58:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
07KAMPALA399	UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON MCCORMICK-POWELL VISIT [...] Summary: David McCormick, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs led a delegation through Uganda from March 2-5. The delegation came to observe the impact of foreign assistance and public di [...]	2007-03-07 11:05:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID PGOV PHUM PREF UG
07KAMPALA448	NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA LEADER JOSEPH KONY AGREES TO RESUME [...] Summary: Minister of Internal Affairs Ruhakana Rugunda described the discussions between Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony and United Nations Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas Joaquim Chissano on March 11 as "positive and constructive." Rugunda said that he anticipated anothe [...]	2007-03-14 05:46:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA463	UGANDA: GOVERNMENT CLOSURE OF NATIONTV [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government's closure of NationTV and concurrent demands on its sister organization, Monitor Publications, highlight the Ugandan Government's questionable commitment to an independent media. In exchange for allowing the station to broadcast, President Museveni has reportedly [...]	2007-03-15 10:43:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO UG
07KAMPALA526	NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (March 10-23, 2007) [...] (U) Summary: Post presents the sixteenth edition of Northern Uganda Notes to provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good g [...]	2007-03-27 08:05:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA577	GOVERNMENT DEMANDS ACTION AGAINST UGANDAN REBELS IN CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: Following recent infiltrations of Allied Democratic Front (ADF) rebels into western Uganda from bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Ugandan Government formally protested to the DRC and the U.N. Mission in Congo (MONUC). The Ugandan military killed over 46 ADF r [...]	2007-04-03 01:42:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL PGOV PTER UG ASEC PHUM
07KAMPALA630	NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA TALKS TO RESUME APRIL 23 [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10 for proposed press guidance. 2. (SBU) Summary: Negotiations between the Government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) are set to resume in Juba, Southern Sudan on April 26. The two parties agreed to extend the Cessation of Hos [...]	2007-04-16 10:46:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU
07KAMPALA647	UGANDA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The government of Uganda (GOU) continues its efforts to attract foreign investment and exports to the United States, and protect American goods against counterfeiters. On a less positive note, a protest to protect a forest from being sold to investors turned violent as proteste [...]	2007-04-18 07:49:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UG
07KATHMANDU1028	NEPAL: FORMER PM: "EVERYONE IS KEEPING MUM" [...] (C) On May 23, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that King Gyanendra had no intention to step down. Thapa had told Gyanendra that it might be wise to abdicate in order to "preserve [...]	2007-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1032	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL [...] Barry, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a country that is teetering on the brink of becoming either a showcase for democratic transformation or a failed or totalitarian state threatening stability in the reg [...]	2007-05-24 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU105	NEPAL: UN ARMS MONITORING BEGINS [...] (C) On January 17, Ian Martin's political advisor John Norris told the Deputy Chief of Mission that the UN arms monitoring team had begun the arms management process at the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) 3rd Division cantonment site in Chitwan District at around noon. The process began with [...]	2007-01-18 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU1078	ROYAL CONFIDANT SAYS PROGRESS ON "DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) Royal confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador May 30 that he and others were working to build a democratic front that would unite the main political parties in support of the Prime Minister. The front would then pressure the Maoists to uphold peace agreement commitments. Rana repor [...]	2007-05-31 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU1089	FOREIGN MINISTER HOPES FOR MORE PROGRESS ON MAOIST [...] (C) On May 31, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights Barry Lowenkron highlighted to Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan U.S. concern regarding continued Maoist abuses; he also stressed the need to set a timetable for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and to include marginalized ethnic [...]	2007-06-01 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PTER PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU1093	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESOLUTE THAT ELECTION BE [...] (C) On June 1, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala explained to Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Barry Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the Eight-Party Alliance had agreed the day before to hold the Constituent Assembly election in November. All of the parties had si [...]	2007-06-02 05:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1194	SPEAKER NEMWANG UPBEAT AFTER PARLIAMENT PASSES [...] (C) On June 15 the Ambassador congratulated Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang on the Interim Parliament's passage on June 14 of the key Constituent Assembly Members Election Act. The Speaker emphasized that he and others had made great efforts to ensure the election process woul [...]	2007-06-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU123	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER SAYS POLICE TO BE DEPLOYED [...] (C) On January 19, Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal (GON) planned to re-instate all police posts across the country within one week. Sitaula added that the GON also planned a significant presence of the Armed Police Force in every voting co [...]	2007-01-19 09:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF NP
07KATHMANDU1249	NEPAL: CABINET SETS DATE OF NOVEMBER 22 FOR [...] (U) The Nepali Cabinet agreed at its meeting on June 24 to hold the Constituent Assembly election on November 22. The decision, which had been expected at the previous cabinet meeting on June 21, was on the early side of the range of dates under consideration. Prime Minister Koirala had publ [...]	2007-06-25 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1340	KOIRALA THANKS U.S. AND CRITICIZES YCL [...] (C) In comments to the Ambassador after serving as the guest of honor at the dedication of the New Embassy Chancery on July 11, Prime Minister (PM) Girija Prasad Koirala expressed deep concern about the intentions and goals of the Maoists. The PM was also worried about continued unrest in the [...]	2007-07-13 04:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1530	NEPAL'S PM READY TO DEAL WITH TERAI [...] (C) At an August 10 meeting Prime Minister Koirala informed the Ambassador that he would be speaking later that day with leaders of the Madheshi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) and expected to reach an agreement on their demands. The PM stated that Indian government leaders were also ready to tak [...]	2007-08-10 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1552	NEPAL'S CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER APPRECIATES [...] (C) On August 10, with just over 100 days to go before the Constituent Assembly (CA) election, Chief Election Commissioner Bhojraj Pokharel reviewed for the Ambassador the Commission's current work on voter education, the code of conduct, as well as its efforts to encourage political parties [...]	2007-08-15 06:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1631	BHUTANESE REFUGEE DONOR GROUP REVIEWS RESETTLEMENT [...] Summary: UNHCR Nepal Representative Abraham Abraham convened a Donor Group meeting on August 24 to review developments in establishing security in the Bhutanese refugee camps and preparing for large-scale resettlement processing. According to Abraham, police would be deployed 24/7 to all seve [...]	2007-08-29 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL NP
07KATHMANDU1687	NEPALI CONGRESS CENTRAL COMMITTEE ENDORSES FEDERAL [...] (U) On September 5, the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress endorsed a proposal for a federal democratic republic. A long time in the making, this step demonstrates that those in favor of a ceremonial monarchy have lost the upper hand within the party. Measures in the proposal d [...]	2007-09-06 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU1691	UPDATE ON ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IN NEPAL [...] (C) At the inaugural meeting of Post's Democracy Working Group August 31 representatives from NDI and IFES presented sobering assessments of the status of preparations for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election on November 22. Behind the scenes discussions to ensure that leaders of the Eight- [...]	2007-09-07 05:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU171	NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR TALKS TOUGH, BUT SEEMS WORRIED [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala, stressed to the DCM January 24 that the Maoists would not be allowed into the Interim Government until Maoist arms management was complete. Chalise was unhappy with the way the UN was handling arms monitori [...]	2007-01-25 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1719	NEPAL'S FIRST NATIONAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING DAY [...] (U) The Government of Nepal and private groups took advantage of the first national Anti-Trafficking Day on September 6 to publicize the newly passed Human Trafficking Control Act. The day also witnessed commitments by politicians to fight trafficking. The U.S. Mission held its observation a [...]	2007-09-12 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB EAID KCRM KJUS KWMN NP
07KATHMANDU1783	NEPAL CA ELECTION UPDATE: 58 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) Declaring Nepal a republic before the Constituent Assembly election and switching from the previously agreed upon mixed electoral system to a purely proportional electoral system for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election featured prominently in Maoist pronouncements during the week of Sep [...]	2007-09-24 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU179	INDO-NEPAL BORDER TOWN SOUNDS OFF ON MAOISTS [...] (C) In a visit to the Terai border town Nepalgunj January 19, government officials told Emboffs that Maoist activity had stopped in the region and that the government would now solve the problems. The police were struggling to win public approval and noted that now was the time to remind the [...]	2007-01-26 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1976	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL ACTION TASK [...] On November 2 and November 5, Emboff urged Finance Secretary Vidyadhar Mallik and the Foreign Ministry's SIPDIS Americas section officer Leknath Bhattarai, respectively, to encourage the Government of Nepal to take concrete actions to follow up on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stat [...]	2007-11-15 05:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC ECON IR NP
07KATHMANDU1982	NEPAL: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. An increase in the number of Nepalese couriers apprehended by the police in 2007 suggests that N [...]	2007-11-15 07:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
07KATHMANDU1983	NEPAL'S POLITICIANS STRUGGLING TO FIND THE WAY [...] (C) Nepal's peace process, which established an interim government and brought the Maoists into the Parliament, is experiencing a crisis. Despite weeks of talks, the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists have yet to agree on a new date for the Constituent Assembly election, which was postponed i [...]	2007-11-15 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU199	NEPAL: UN CONCERNED ABOUT DETERIORATING SITUATION [...] (C) John Norris, Political Advisor to the Secretary General's Personal Representative Ian Martin, told the DCM on January 25 that the UN was concerned that the deteriorating security situation in the Terai could have an adverse effect on UN arms monitoring operations. Norris said that the Gov [...]	2007-01-29 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU2027	NEPAL: PARLIAMENT RESUMES BUT POLITICAL DEADLOCK [...] (C) Nepal's Interim Parliament resumed its regular session November 29 after a 10-day recess, but without any progress on resolving the political deadlock. As expected, a last-ditch meeting of the Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists the morning of November 29 saw no breakthrough. Senior leade [...]	2007-11-29 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU204	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR POSITIVE ABOUT ARMS [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on January 26, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee expressed confidence that India could squeeze the Maoists and the Government of Nepal (GON) into doing the right thing regarding arms management. Mukherjee assured the Ambassador that India would do wha [...]	2007-01-29 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MARR IN NP
07KATHMANDU21	NEPAL: ARMS MONITORING TO START, POLICE MONITORS A [...] (C) In a January 4 meeting, UN Special Envoy Ian Martin informed Ambassador Moriarty that arms monitoring operations by at least 15 UN monitors would begin o/a January 8 with the remaining contingent of 20 monitors on the ground by mid-January. Martin also reported that recruitment of 111 e [...]	2007-01-05 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU24	NEPAL CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF FEELS BELEAGUERED, SEEKS [...] (C/NF) In a January 4 meeting with Ambassador Moriarty, Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal worried that armed Maoists were occupying strategic locations in and around Kathmandu and questioned why they had not been sent to cantonment sites. Katawal felt somewhat beleaguered, with little su [...]	2007-01-05 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU25	FORMER PRIME MINISTER SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT NEPAL [...] (C) In a meeting on January 5, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that the Prime Minister and the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to become more assertive. Thapa complained about continui [...]	2007-01-05 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL NP
07KATHMANDU267	NEPAL: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TERAI? A SHORT [...] (C) The Madhesi people believe they have been consistently oppressed in the course of Nepal's social, economic, and political development. The Terai (the lowlands of Nepal where most Madhesis live) is the breadbasket of Nepal, producing most of its agricultural and industrial output, and serv [...]	2007-02-02 10:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU326	NEPAL: PM'S SPEECH MIGHT CALM TERAI UNREST [...] (C) At nearly midnight on February 7, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala went on national television to announce a series of steps to meet Madhesi demands and to call for calm in the Terai (his second address to the nation in one week). The speech followed several days of negotiations among [...]	2007-02-08 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU340	UN WILL REPORT MAOIST WEAPON DISCREPANCIES AFTER [...] (C) Newly-designated Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to Nepal Ian Martin told the SIPDIS Ambassador February 8 that once the UN arms registration process was complete, the UN would report the total number and type of weapons the Maoists had turned in to the Government [...]	2007-02-09 12:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU366	NEPAL: PM'S ADVISOR UPBEAT ABOUT PEACE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) Dr. Suresh Chalise, the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM February 12 that he was confident that the Government of Nepal (GON) would find a solution to the situation in the Terai. The Maoists had been put on the defensive due to the Terai unrest, and the Nepali Cong [...]	2007-02-14 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP
07KATHMANDU407	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT KING, [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador February 21 that King Gyanendra's speech on Democracy Day reflected the monarch's increasingly deliberate efforts to interfere with Nepal's democratic transition and derail the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. Mukherjee said that the Sev [...]	2007-02-21 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PTER NP
07KATHMANDU423	NEPAL: STAFFDEL FITE HEARS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE U.S. [...] (C) During a visit to Kathmandu from February 20-22, Staffdel Fite heard from various interlocutors that, despite many obstacles and challenges in the months ahead, there was an opportunity for Nepal to achieve a peaceful democracy; the Staffdel also heard that additional funding would be nece [...]	2007-02-23 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER OREP NP
07KATHMANDU469	NEPAL: PARTY LEADERS FEAR UNCERTAIN FUTURE [...] (C) In separate meetings on February 29 and March 1, leaders of the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) and the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) told the Ambassador they were not optimistic about the prospects for Nepal in light of Maoist insincerity. Political leaders [...]	2007-03-02 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU485	NEPAL: MINISTER FOR WOMEN AGREES ADOPTION REFORM [...] (C) On March 5, the Ambassador identified three areas in which Nepal's adoption process required reform to Urmila Aryal, Minister for Women and Children. Aryal stressed that she would continue to push policy makers for change in Nepal's adoption system. Aryal cited the Ministry's accomplishm [...]	2007-03-06 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU512	NEPAL: FORMER PRIME MINISTER OFFERS DIRE [...] (C) Three-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador March 8 that the government was not acting quickly enough to resolve the Terai unrest or negotiate with other ethnic groups. Thapa worried that the Indian government would become involved if the situation wors [...]	2007-03-09 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU537	NEPAL'S TOP LEGISLATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 12 that an overwhelming majority of MPs voted March 9 to amend the Interim Constitution per the Prime Minister's speech to the nation in February. According to Nemwang, the package of amendments prioritizes the incl [...]	2007-03-13 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU55	UN SAYS ARMS MONITORS SOON TO BE OPERATIONAL [...] (C) UN Political Advisor John Norris informed Charge January 9 that fifteen UN arms monitors were currently on the ground, and another twenty would arrive by the end of the week. The team would be partially operational by January 15, and fully operational by January 20. A second phase of Pe [...]	2007-01-10 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU568	NEPALI CONGRESS VICE PRESIDENT INSISTS ON [...] (C) Sushil Koirala, Vice President of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's Nepali Congress Party (NC),told the Deputy Chief of Mission March 14 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had taken Maoist Supremo Prachanda's allegation of a royalist threat against U.S. officials very seriously. Koirala, who [...]	2007-03-19 07:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU574	CARTER CENTER'S ELECTION OBSERVERS DEPLOYED [...] (C) The Carter Center's Advisor on Nepal, Peter Burleigh, told the Ambassador March 13 that 12 of 13 planned Carter Center long-term election observers had been deployed across Nepal's five development regions. Burleigh and Carter Center Kathmandu representatives described the potent Madhesi [...]	2007-03-19 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU619	UN WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE; JUNE ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal Ian Martin briefed Kathmandu-based Chiefs of Mission on March 22, expressing appreciation for the outcome of the UNMIN budget exercise. Martin worried that ethnic and communal violence in Nepal was rising and doubted that the Governm [...]	2007-03-23 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MCAP NP
07KATHMANDU638	PARTIES AND MAOISTS JOCKEYING FOR MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Nepal's three major legitimate political parties and the Maoists have spent much of the past few days publicly squabbling over the division of ministries in a long-awaited interim government. The Interim Government's first decision will be to choose the date for Constituent Assembly elect [...]	2007-03-26 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU669	NEPAL: INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH MAOISTS SWORN IN, [...] (C) On April 1, after days of bickering between the parties, Prime Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala administered the oath of office to an interim Nepali government. The 16 ministers and five state ministers include five Maoists. Koirala once again kept the defense mini [...]	2007-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU676	REACTION ON FORMATION OF INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) Political leaders offered mixed reactions to the formation of the 22-member interim government headed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (reftel). Although the leaders were largely supportive of the formation of an interim government, they were not pleased with the reappointment o [...]	2007-04-02 13:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR NP
07KATHMANDU753	UNMIN CHIEF PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),told the Ambassador April 10 that he expected Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel to state publicly soon that the Constituent Assembly election would have to be postponed until the fall. Martin said Communist P [...]	2007-04-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU774	NEPAL: NC-D PARTY CHIEF PLEASED THAT ELECTION [...] (C) President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Sher Bahadur Deuba stated to the Ambassador April 16 that it was good that the Constituent Assembly election had been delayed from its planned June 20 date. The situation in the countryside was still bad, and a free and fair election would [...]	2007-04-17 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU78	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]	2007-01-12 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS
07KATHMANDU79	NEPAL: MAOISTS RELEASE LIST OF MEMBERS OF [...] (C) On January 11, the Maoists released a list of 73 individuals who will represent them in the interim parliament to be formed on January 15 (ref A). The list includes people from different castes and ethnic groups, women, the disabled, and dalits. Although the list is strikingly inclusive, [...]	2007-01-12 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU808	2006 END-USE MONITORING REPORT FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KWMN EFIN PGOV EAID NP
07KATHMANDU809	CORE GROUP MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) In a meeting April 20 with Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, members of the Core Group representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway laid out the basis for technical discussions on third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. FM Pradhan emphasized the need to repatriate [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU824	MAOIST ABUSES/MADHESI UNREST CONTINUE IN [...] (C) Political party leaders, business community representatives, human rights monitors and minority rights activists in southeastern Nepal told the Ambassador during an April 17-19 visit that they were increasingly dissatisfied with the general lack of security. Threats, extortion and intimid [...]	2007-04-23 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF KDEM ECON NP
07KATHMANDU830	CENTER-LEFT LEADER SAYS MAOISTS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) MK Nepal, General Secretary of the center-left Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),told the Ambassador April 21 that he believed there was an internal struggle within the Maoist ranks that made it difficult to predict their next move. MK Nepal reiterated his frust [...]	2007-04-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU884	MPRF EXPECTS TO DOMINATE THE VOTE IN THE TERAI [...] (C) Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Nepali lawyer and second-in-command of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),told Emboff May 1 that the MPRF had recently registered as a political party and had been gaining strength in the Terai (along Nepal's southern border with India),especially in the wes [...]	2007-05-03 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU896	UNHCR PREPARES TO RESETTLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) On May 3, UNHCR International Protection Division Deputy Director and Head of the Resettlement Service Vincent Cochetel and UNHCR's Country Representative Abraham Abraham informed Charge d'Affaires that the United States needed to clarify its preferred methodology to identify and process th [...]	2007-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU919	SOLIDIFYING NEPAL'S SUPPORT FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (SBU) During their visit to Nepal April 23 - 28, Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East Larry Bartlett and PRM Deputy Director for Admissions Jan Belz met with key Government of Nepal (GON) officials to solidify GON support for the Bhutanese refugee [...]	2007-05-09 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU96	NEPAL: JAPANESE TO ASSESS AREAS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On January 17, Ambassador Moriarty met with Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tsutomu Hiraoka to discuss U.S. and Japanese assistance plans as a follow up to their December meeting (reftel). Now that the Security Council was close to a resolution on Nepal, Hiraoka reported, Japan's Director [...]	2007-01-18 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID JA NP
07KATHMANDU965	NEPAL: ROYAL CONFIDANT CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) On May 12, royal confidant Prabhakar Rana expressed optimism to the Ambassador that the Government of India might take a more positive role in Nepal's politics. According to Rana, who met with Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on May 11, Mukherjee planned to push Prime Minister Koir [...]	2007-05-15 15:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN KDEM NP
07KHARTOUM1005	REGIME HARDLINER TO CDA: THERE IS A GOLDEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 24 meeting with CDA Fernandez, regime hardliner Magzoub al Khalifa declared that a "golden opportunity" exists for progress on Darfur. Expressing his eagerness to work with the U.S., Khalifa stated that the next six months will be crucial for building a platform condu [...]	2007-06-24 14:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1037	IRC PRESIDENT SEES TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN GOS [...] (SBU) CDA met with International Rescue Committee President George Rupp and his visiting delegation (and IRC Country Representative Nicky Smith) to get a sense of their week-long stay in Sudan and interaction with the GOS. The delegation was generally quite pleased with their meetings with GO [...]	2007-07-01 09:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1047	DARFUR POLITICAL PROCESS: UN/AU PLANS STILL LACK [...] (C) In advance of the Darfur summit meeting scheduled for Tripoli July 15-16, the United Nations (UN) and African Union (AU) are assessing the viability of two parallel efforts to energize the Darfur political process: a conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories hosted by the [...]	2007-07-02 13:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU ER
07KHARTOUM1066	UN ENVOY ELIASSON BRIEFING ON AU/UN ROADMAP [...] (SBU) In a July 6 briefing for chiefs of mission in advance of the upcoming Tripoli meetings (July 15-16),UN Secretary -General Special Envoy for Darfur Mr. Jan Eliasson discussed recent efforts made in support of the three-phased AU/UN roadmap. He described the "convergence" phase of the road [...]	2007-07-08 11:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM1080	DARFUR - NEW IDPS OVERWHELM AL SALAM CAMP [...] Begin summary: Since early May, an influx of newly displaced persons arriving in Al Salam camp near Nyala, South Darfur, has created a localized humanitarian emergency. New arrivals are often in poor health, and relief agencies are providing much-needed humanitarian aid. USAID field staff r [...]	2007-07-11 08:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1085	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH SOUTH DARFURIANS [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) During a July 9 visit to Nyala, Presidential Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, and US Embassy Charg Alberto Fernandez conducted a series of meetings with IDP camp representatives, the Magdoum of the Fur and civil society activists, as well as an impromptu meeting with the d [...]	2007-07-12 14:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1092	DARFUR: SE NATSIOS DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met with UN Envoy Jan Eliasson and EU Envoy Torben Brylle in Khartoum on July 12 to discuss the Darfur political process. Eliasson planned to use the upcoming Tripoli summit to declare an end to the first, "convergence" phase of the UN/AU roadmap and to launch the seco [...]	2007-07-13 10:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM1102	DARFUR: S/E NATSIOS DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROCESS [...] (SBU) In a July 13 meeting in Khartoum with ambassadors representing the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, Special Envoy Natsios provided a concise analysis of the challenges facing the Darfur political process and exchanged views on the role of the African Union (AU),civil s [...]	2007-07-15 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU UK FR CH

07KHARTOUM1129	DARFUR: UN/AU PLANS FOR POLITICAL PROCESS SHOW [...] (C) A July 19 briefing by UN Envoy Jan Eliasson in Khartoum and subsequent conversations with two UN staffers shed light on the UN/AU's plans for the August 3-5 meeting in Arusha, the role of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),and internal deliberations on the format for negotiatio [...]	2007-07-20 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1133	DARFUR: MINAWI DESCRIBES SAUDI TRIP, PREVIEWS TRIP [...] (S) Buoyant after his recent trip to Saudi Arabia, Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi described his visit to Jeddah--which had included a rare 40-minute private meeting with King Abdullah and promises of financial support for the SLM--as " [...]	2007-07-22 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER PINR SU SA UN AU
07KHARTOUM1134	SLM TRIAL BEGINS FOR DEADLY MARCH CONFRONTATION IN [...] (C) The trial of five members of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) involved in the Spring confrontation with Sudanese security services in Khartoum began July 2. SLM Legal Advisor Abdulaziz Sam told Poloff on July 19 that the five are accused of killing three policemen and wounding six afte [...]	2007-07-22 15:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1135	SPLM Diaspora Conference in Juba [...] Summary: Over 100 Sudanese Diaspora SPLM members participated in the First Sudan People's Liberation Movement Chapters' Conference. The purpose of the conference was to familiarize Sudanese Diaspora members with the reality in Southern Sudan, to mobilize resources and, if possible, to draw upon [...]	2007-07-23 05:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV SOCI SU KPKO
07KHARTOUM1138	OIL AND ABYEI - AEC PLENARY RAISES CONTENTIOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 17 Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) plenary session, representatives from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) addressed several unresolved and contentious issues including: the relationship between the National [...]	2007-07-23 08:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI AID SU
07KHARTOUM1157	DENG ALOR: NCP-SPLM AT LOGGERHEADS ON ABYEI, SAF [...] (U) This cable has an action request (see para. 11). 2. (C) The SPLM and the NCP have reached an impasse on the status of Abyei and the redeployment of the Sudanese Armed Forces from Southern Sudan, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told CDA Fernandez. Following senior-level internal c [...]	2007-07-25 13:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN SU
07KHARTOUM1165	BASHIR ADVISOR: SUDAN AT END OF TETHER WITH U.S. [...] (C) Meeting with CDA Fernandez on July 25, Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin mused about the deterioration of the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Recalling the last 18 years of National Congress Party (NCP) rule in Sudan, Salaheddin said that Khartoum was at "the end of its tether" in [...]	2007-07-25 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1167	DARFUR - USAID AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Current USAID emergency agriculture interventions in Darfur have successfully improved the livelihoods and food security of small farming and agro-pastoralist households in many rural areas. However, ongoing conflict and insecurity make sustained agriculture and livestock interventi [...]	2007-07-26 11:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1197	MEDIA REACTION: UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Most papers prominently featured news of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1769, but focused mainly on its details, and the reaction of the Sudanese Ambassador to the UN who stated that the resolution has "many positive aspects." On August 1, there were a limited numbe [...]	2007-08-01 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1262	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FLOOD RELIEF PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8, the AmEmbassy held a press conference highlighting the U.S. contribution to Sudanese flood relief. The USG airlifted 1300 rolls of plastic sheeting valued at over one-half million U.S. dollars that will help provide shelter to 78,000 individuals in flood-affected a [...]	2007-08-13 07:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN KPAO SU
07KHARTOUM1303	SLM AWAITS SAUDI RESPONSE TO AID REQUEST [...] (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi is awaiting a response from the Saudi Arabian government to his request for financial assistance to maintain the loyalty of his forces, integrate SLM fighters into the civilian population, and treat t [...]	2007-08-20 10:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID SU SA
07KHARTOUM1337	DARFUR: USG CAN SET THE STAGE FOR SUCCESSFUL UN/AU [...] (SBU) The United Nations and African Union have developed a timetable for the Darfur political process that culminates in negotiations between the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories and the Sudanese Government in early October. However, unrealistic expectations of the outcome of thes [...]	2007-08-23 13:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU SU LY ER CD CH
07KHARTOUM1359	AU ENVOY: CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, COMPENSATION [...] (C) At the tail-end of his recent visit to Sudan, AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told the international community in Khartoum that agreement on a cessation of hostilities and compensation between Sudan and Darfur's rebels were "doable" outcomes for the UN/AU-led negotiations scheduled to begin in [...]	2007-08-29 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1387	MEDIA REACTION: AL-WASILA VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sudanese press closely reported on the August 27-30 visit to Washington by Sudan's State Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Samani Al-Wasila. Claiming that this visit was the first of its kind in over a decade, most papers included a daily update of every stage of [...]	2007-09-04 10:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO OIIP UN SU
07KHARTOUM1390	DARFUR - HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE [...] Summary: On September 1, the high-level committee that oversees the implementation of the Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian activities in Darfur met in Khartoum. In the capacity of donor observer, U.S. Charge d'Affaires Alberto M. Fernandez, accompanied by a USAID represen [...]	2007-09-04 13:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1432	AL-SAMANI: SUDAN READY FOR THE HYBRID [...] (C) Summary: Reiterating Sudan's committment to the hybrid force in a September 11 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani said the ball was now squarely in the UN's court. Appealing to the perceived close relationship between the US and the south, al-Sa [...]	2007-09-11 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1436	TRACK TO LIBYA TALKS FRAUGHT WITH HURDLES [...] (S) While the announcement of UN/AU-brokered negotiations between Sudan and Darfur's rebels is a very positive step toward ending the conflict, five hurdles obstruct the track to talks in Libya at the end of October: disunity within the rebel factions; ongoing hostilities on the ground; the Fur [...]	2007-09-11 16:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US LY
07KHARTOUM1461	UN/AU UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACE PROCESS IN LEAD-UP TO [...] (SBU) One week before the September 21 meeting on Darfur in New York, the UN/AU provided an update on the peace process for representatives in Khartoum. With the exception of a proposed meeting of Darfur rebel leaders in N'djamena from September 16-17, the UN/AU provided few details on its pl [...]	2007-09-17 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN AU CD LY SU
07KHARTOUM1462	MINISTER KOSTI: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS IMPROVING [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) In a September 15 courtesy call with CDA Fernandez, Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Kosti Manibe reported that humanitarian access inside Sudan was improving, and that no travel permits for NGO workers were required outside of Darfur. The case of the CARE country director was s [...]	2007-09-17 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM US SU
07KHARTOUM1469	DEVELOPING PEACE DIVIDENDS IN DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 16, the Darfur Donors Coordination Group convened for the first time in several months to discuss criteria for resuming the DJAM and possible activities taking place in Darfur outside the DJAM framework. In addition to core donor representatives, non-traditional dono [...]	2007-09-18 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREC PHUM EAID UN SU
07KHARTOUM1470	FORCE COMMANDER CHAIRS HIS FIRST CFC MEETINGS, MAKES [...] (SBU) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai took over Cease-fire Commission (CFC) meetings and is making positive changes (including some that we recommended). However, the inability to investigate the Haskanita violence highlights how weak the CFC will remain, despite internal reforms. [...]	2007-09-18 11:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1472	FM AKOL DISCUSSES UNGA, U.S.-SUDAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, CDA Fernandez previewed two critical issues that would be raised during Akol's visit to New York on September 21: Sudan's cooperation on facilitating the deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the hold put on the r [...]	2007-09-18 14:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1473	SOUTHERN SUDAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE ON THE [...] (U) Summary: A letter from Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Mawien to Secretary Rice outlines objectives for the impending GoSS visit to Washington to explore ways to mitigate the impact of U.S. economic sanctions on Southern Sudan. End Summary. 2. (U) On the eve of [...]	2007-09-18 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1482	CENTRAL BANK'S GOVERNOR GIVES OPTIMISTIC READOUT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a September 19 visit with EconOffs, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Dr. Sabir Hassan, presented an optimistic outlook of the Sudanese economy. Although Hassan named U.S. sanctions, economic diversification, and poverty reduction as challenges, he stated that the Su [...]	2007-09-20 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PINR IMF SU
07KHARTOUM1497	U/S SIDDIQ: TRIPOLI IS THE LAST CHANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and the Sudanese government's UNSCR 1769 implementation coordinator Dr. Mutrif Siddiq called Sudanese support for the resolution "unanimous." Any delays or question regarding UNAMID deployment were [...]	2007-09-24 08:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KREL AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1532	HAC: MORE DEVELOPMENT, LESS FOOD AID [...] (SBU) Summary: In a lengthy September 26 meeting with CDA Fernandez, deputy head of the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) Hassabo Abdelrahman praised the U.S. role in humanitarian relief operations in Sudan, but maintained that the focus should shift to early recovery and development. There was [...]	2007-10-01 13:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO PHUM AU EAID UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1539	S/E NATSIOS MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Meeting with S/E Natsios in Nyala on September 30, South Darfur Governor Ali Mahmoud explained that the current conflict had exacerbated tribal divisions. He criticized the peace process for re-inforcing these divisions and warned that if the parties to the conflict participated in nego [...]	2007-10-03 06:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1589	`S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with S/E Natsios, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail charged that a hostile United States has poisoned the atmosphere, and that the U.S. must prove itself a neutral partner before Sudan can accept its proposals to reduce tensions between North and South. S/ [...]	2007-10-09 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1599	SUDAN'S UNSCR 1769 COORDINATOR SIDDIQ: AMIS ASKED [...] (C) Summary. In an October 9 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq said that AMIS asked the GoS to intervene militarily in the wake of the attack on the Haskanita MGS. On other topics, Siddiq said he would consult with the GoS on the U.S. offer to speed [...]	2007-10-11 06:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM16	UNMIS POLICE AND MILITARY CONTINGENTS STRUGGLE TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and CDA Hume met with UNMIS Darfur Military Staff Chief and UNMIS Civ/Pol Director on January 1 and 3 to gain a very early assessment of the UN-AU lash-up. The picture for Civ/Pol is encouraging, for the military far less so. Civ/Pol Director reported a smooth integration [...]	2007-01-04 12:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1620	SPLM RESOLUTIONS AND COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) This cable conveys the text of the SPLM Interim Political Bureau (IPB) resolutions and communiqu from the IPB's October 4 to 11 Meeting. SPLM Interim Political Bureau Resolutions: ----------------------------------------- BEGIN TEXT OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTIONS Â [...]	2007-10-16 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1648	UN/AU CONFRONT CHALLENGES TO PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) The UN/AU are confronting myriad challenges in securing inclusive participation in the upcoming Darfur peace negotiations, the UN/AU told the Khartoum diplomatic corps on October 21. The majority of rebel factions have since announced that they will either abstain from the talks or atte [...]	2007-10-23 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1661	MUTRIFF DENIES GOS INVOLVEMENT IN KALMA CAMP [...] (C) Summary. October 25, CDA Fernandez met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq categorically denied that the GOS has a policy of forced relocation at the Kalma IDP camp and suggested measures to improve international community confidence in the GOS role at [...]	2007-10-25 14:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1690	ACTING FM KARTI ON GUANTANAMO, DARFUR, AND CPA [...] (C) Summary: Charge Fernandez and Pol Chief met October 27 with acting Foreign Minister Ali Karti. Regarding the Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo, the Charge encouraged the Minister to accept the text of the certification in order to expedite their return to Sudan as soon as possible. On Dar [...]	2007-10-31 10:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1705	AEC CHAIR PESSIMISTIC FOLLOWING BASHIR MEETING [...] (C) Summary: AEC Chairman Tom Vraalsen provided a readout November 1 to AEC Coordinators on his October 31 meeting with GOS President Al-Bashir. Vraalsen said Bashir was positive about the importance of the AEC and of the two-year report. However, the embittered Vraalsen left convinced that th [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1708	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH [...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]	2007-11-04 11:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1721	S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT ALI OSMAN [...] (C) Summary: S/E Andrew Natsios met November 3 with GOS Vice President Ali Osman Taha. Taha, the chief NCP negotiators of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),said that there is "no time to waste" on implementation of the CPA. He said all of the decisions taken the previous night by [...]	2007-11-05 07:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1735	UNAMID: CHINESE ENGINEERING COMPANY BEGINS [...] (SBU) Chinese Embassy Defense Attache Colonel Dong Jian Dong told poloff November 6 that, starting November 7, the first of eleven flights using IL-76 aircraft will begin to arrive in Nyala. Over a period of ten days, the flights will transport equipment and supplies for the construction of th [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1742	UNAMID: PERSONNEL WILL BE KEY TO SUCCESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting with FieldOff, a senior United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) officer corroborated assessments from other UNAMID officers (septel) that the main shortcoming threatening deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) is not the Sudanese [...]	2007-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1787	MINISTER AL-SAMANI ON UNAMID, BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Wasila al-Samani on November 15, CDA Fernandez strongly cautioned the minister that while his visit to Washington in September and Foreign Minister Lam Akol's UNGA visit later that month had produced some positive results, the bi [...]	2007-11-18 04:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM1798	AS SLM FRAYS, MINAWI STANDS BY POSITION ON UN/AU [...] (C) Despite NCP demands to the contrary, SLM leader Minni Minawi insists that his movement will only participate in the UN/AU-led Darfur peace process as a signatory to the DPA and not as a member of the Government delegation. Secretary General Mustafa Tirab defied the SLM's official position [...]	2007-11-19 08:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM181	Darfur: Pres. Bashir Reiterates Rejection of UN [...] (U) During a February 5 address at the National Records Authority in Khartoum, President Bashir clearly reiterated Sudan's opposition to a UN peacekeeping operation in Darfur, stating that the Sudanese were the children and grandchildren of those revolutionaries who killed Major General Charles [...]	2007-02-06 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO US SU
07KHARTOUM1810	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: SIX RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) The next critical milestone in the Darfur peace process is UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson's briefing for the UN Security Council scheduled for November 27. While admitting that the rebel factions were unprepared to engage in negotiations in Sirte in late October, the UN and AU have set a t [...]	2007-11-19 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1821	SOUTHERN SUDAN - LAINYA COUNTY UPDATE [...] From November 4 to 6, program officers from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) traveled to Lainya County in Central Equatoria State, Southern Sudan, to review the status of the planned transition of USAID/OFDA-funded programs to the Government of Southern Sudan (GOS [...]	2007-11-21 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1828	AEC CHAIRS DISCUSS NEXT CHAIRMAN/POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 20 urgent AEC working group chairperson meeting called by the UK Ambassador, Attendees (US, UK, Netherlands, Norway, Italy) discussed the draft UK paper on "Future Direction" of the AEC, a possible UK nominee for the AEC chairmanship, and the proposed Rome preparat [...]	2007-11-21 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1832	SOUTHERN SUDAN - HEALTH SECTOR TRANSITION UPDATE [...] Over the past three fiscal years, USAID has been able to steadily and responsibly decrease its non-food humanitarian budget from USD 88.3 million in Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 to USD 69.5 million in FY 2006 and USD 61.9 million in FY 2007 in anticipation of the eventual transition from relief to dev [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM1846	MINAWI PRESSES QATAR FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Please see action request para. 4. 2. (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi traveled to Doha November 21 to 25 as part of a broader effort to solicit political and financial support from Arab capitals for his beleaguered movement [...]	2007-11-26 05:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV SU QA
07KHARTOUM1848	IN "HISTORIC SHIFT", SUDAN AGREES TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 08:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS SU
07KHARTOUM1858	SUDAN - SECRETARY TO CONVENE A MINISTERIAL ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The American invitation to the National Congress Party (NCP) to participate in a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Ministerial on December 5 in Ethiopia with Secretary Rice and regional countries has caused SIPDIS consternation for NCP officials who are unsure exactly how to [...]	2007-11-27 12:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU IGAD SU
07KHARTOUM1861	AEC PLENARY: VRAALSEN URGES PARTIES TOWARD GREATER CPA [...] Summary: At the November 27 monthly plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),departing Chairman Tom Vraalsen used his farewell statement to warn of the dangers of the current stalemate on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). He urged the AEC's [...]	2007-11-27 13:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM1908	BEJA CONGRESS: WE NEED INVESTMENT IN THE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In an introductory call with CDA on December 3, Beja Congress president and Presidential Advisor Dr. Amna Dirar stressed the need for investment in the eastern states of Kassala, Gedarif and Red Sea to promote development in the impoverished region ("Now, it's just us and the sun [...]	2007-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1919	JUBA/DARFUR: CONVERGANCE CONTINUES, NOW WITH THE JANJAWEED [...] (SBU) SPLM Darfur Taskforce Member (DTF) Edward Lino informed ConGen PolOff that Musa Hilal will be arriving in Juba on December 5. Expected to spend at least two days in the South's capital, the Janjaweed leader will be meeting with a cross-section of newly-consolidated Darfur rebel movemen [...]	2007-12-05 07:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1924	"GUEHENNO IS LYING" ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT, SUDAN CLAIMS [...] (SBU) See para 8 for action request. 2. (SBU) In a December 4 meeting with CDA Fernandez, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Al-Samani Al-Wasila decried recent UN allegations that the Government of Sudan (GoS) is obstructing the conditions necessary for the deployment of the AU-UN hybrid for [...]	2007-12-05 10:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1928	SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF OYAI DENG ON MILITARY STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: SPLA Chief of Staff Lt. General Oyai Deng Ajak told CDA that he was pessimistic about any great progress in deploying SAF-SPLA Joint Integrated Units (JIUs),and downplayed the significance of remaining southern troops on the border areas such as Nuba Mountains and Blue Nile. He [...]	2007-12-06 06:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS PREL AU SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM1930	VP TAHA: AMERICA CAN ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: VP Ali Osman Taha sees steady progress on the CPA, even on Abyei, entering a decisive phase next week. The Sudanese Government remains deeply suspicious of American intentions and believes that its "improved behavior" in recent months has not been appreciated by the United States [...]	2007-12-06 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1934	WHITE NILE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting with emboffs, the Governor of White Nile State, Dr. Mohammed Nur Al-Tigani, highlighted the importance of agriculture for Sudan, expressed confidence that mid-term elections would be conducted in a free, fair, and timely manner, and dismissed the existence o [...]	2007-12-06 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1938	SPLM AND NCP SPIN PEACE TALKS PROGRESS, MANUEVER [...] (C) Summary: If all outstanding CPA issues including Abyei are not resolved by January 9, the SPLM may rejoin the Government of National Unity, but will not partner with the NCP in the 2009 elections, according to SPLM Deputy SG for the Northern Sector Yasir Arman. Meanwhile NCP sources ind [...]	2007-12-07 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM1943	UNAMID CISS: DEPLOYMENT DIFFICULTIES REMAIN DESPITE SLIGHT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) addressed the Government of Sudan's December 5 rebuttal of charges leveled against it by UN Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guhenno on November 27 of imposing obsta [...]	2007-12-09 08:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1955	U.S. SANCTIONS HURT SUDAN'S ECONOMY SAY CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007 in a conference entitled "Sudan in a Global Economy," almost all speakers stated that U.S. sanctions have hurt the Sudanese economy. Presenters claimed that U.S. sanctions have resulted in a shortage of medical supplies, prevented the economy from fully libe [...]	2007-12-11 07:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM2001	South Sudan: Finance Minister Delivers a Sober 2008 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Finance Minister Mawein delivered a sober assessment of the governance challenges facing South Sudan on December 10, when delivering the draft 2008 budget to the Legislative Assembly (SSLA). Mawein identified a bloated workforce, almost total dependence on oil revenues, an [...]	2007-12-14 07:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM2006	SPLM THINKING ON OIL AND SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) During the course of their meetings in Juba December 9 to discuss the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),future GNU Foreign Minister and SPLM member Deng Alor spoke with Senior Advisor on Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley about SPLM oil interests after 2011 and the effect of sanctions on Su [...]	2007-12-16 04:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM2029	AS STALEMATE CONTINUES ON DPA, MINAWI ASKS FOR [...] (C) In a recent meeting with senior representatives of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM),Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie underscored that any previous timetable for implementation of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) agreed between the SLM and late-Presidential Advisor Maghzoub al Kha [...]	2007-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SU SA LY
07KHARTOUM2031	MORE TO COME WITH JEM-GOS IN WEST DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a December 20 conversation with FieldOff, a commander of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in El Fasher assessed that Government of Sudan (GoS) frustration with JEM for a December 16 attack on a GoS convoy in West Darfur was to blame for the GoS' continued detention of a [...]	2007-12-21 12:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU CD
07KHARTOUM2053	SPLM MINISTERS SWORN IN, PAGAN AMUM IS MINISTER OF CABINET [...] (SBU) The GNU announced a cabinet reshuffle December 26 as part of a deal that ends the two-month long crisis provoked when the SPLM walked out of the government in mid-October 2007. The new ministers were sworn in December 27 at 11:30 a.m. local time, and were expected to take part in their [...]	2007-12-27 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
07KHARTOUM208	REBELS' DESTINY IN THEIR HANDS [...] (C) On February 7, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) completed the airlift of many Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders to attend the leadership conference in North Darfur. Some additional commanders may move to the conference site by ground in the coming days. Comman [...]	2007-02-12 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU CD UN US
07KHARTOUM215	REV. GRAHAM'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Rev Franklin Graham, founder and CEO of Samaritan,s Purse (SP),met with President Bashir on February 12, after visiting South Darfur and Southern Sudan. The Sudanese government excluded former Senator Bill Frist, who is traveling as a guest of SP, from the meeting. Graham characterized [...]	2007-02-13 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SU US
07KHARTOUM224	CDA AND MFA UNDER SECRETARY MUTRIFF DISCUSS [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Mutriff al Siddiq, Under Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, CDA Hume SIPDIS explained the U.S. position with respect to Darfur rebels who had not yet signed the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The United States, along with other members of the inte [...]	2007-02-14 12:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM228	DARFUR APPOINTMENTS: A HOLLOW GESTURE [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with poloffs, Ibrahim Madibbo -- a signatory to the Declaration of Commitment (DoC) and Rizeigat leader -- admitted that the January 4 announcement of his appointment as chairman of the Darfur Resettlement and Rehabilitation Commission was unexpected (reftel). Mad [...]	2007-02-14 16:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU SU
07KHARTOUM232	GIVE "PLAN A" A CHANCE [...] (C) In the past six months Khartoum has grudgingly shifted toward acceptance of the UN/African Union (AU) three-phase peace-keeping plan. President Bashir knows that the plan of regime hard-liners for a military solution to the problems of Darfur has failed, and persistent efforts by the USG, [...]	2007-02-15 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM235	ELIASSON, SALIM: POLITICAL PROCESS TAKING OFF [...] (C) The UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Jan Eliasson and the Africa Union's Special Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim briefed ambassadors near the conclusion of their February 12-17 visit to Sudan. Despite the deteriorating humanitarian situation, they underscored the renewed willingness of the Su [...]	2007-02-16 13:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU CD LI US
07KHARTOUM239	CDA MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAH [...] (C) On February 18, CDA Hume met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salah ed-Dine to discuss the situation in Darfur, the threats to humanitarian operations, and peace-keeping. Hume said the USG was deeply concerned about trends in Darfur and about President Bashir's recent statements criticizing [...]	2007-02-18 12:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AU UN SU US
07KHARTOUM272	SUDAN: END OF TOUR REPORT [...] (C) Note: the following represents the end of tour report of departing Political/Economic Counselor Eric Whitaker, who served at Embassy Khartoum from August 2005 ) February 2007. The opinions expressed are his own reflections on his experiences over the course of his tour, as well as from hi [...]	2007-02-22 12:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM290	SPLM: PLAN "B"ACKFIRE [...] (C) In a February 23 conversation with USAID Mission Director and Poloff, Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Secretary General for the Northern Sector Yasser Arman described a crack in the National Congress Party's (NCP) control of Sudan, comparing it to "perestroika." He said t [...]	2007-02-26 13:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU US
07KHARTOUM30	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS SUDANESE FM AKOL AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 8 New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson had separate meetings with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and President Omar al Bashir. Richardson asked for progress on four points: implementation of the UN's three phase plan for peace-keeping in Darfur; a renewed cease-fir [...]	2007-01-08 16:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM313	DENG ALOR: NCP WILLING TO ENGAGE, SPLM TO ADVANCE [...] (C) In the wake of the announcements from the International Criminal Court (ICC),Minister for Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor told USAID Mission Director and Poloff on February 28 that the indictments might soften some of the hard-liners in the National Congress Party (NCP) and might "make them mor [...]	2007-02-28 16:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU UN SU CD ER LY
07KHARTOUM324	NORTH DARFUR HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: PERMITS, ACCESS [...] (C) In a follow-on meeting to their February 20-21 visit, CDA Hume and USAID Director Almquist met again on February 27 with North Darfur Governor Yousef Kibbir in his El Fasher headquarters. Accompanying Governor Kibbir were the State Minister for Information, the State Humanitarian Affairs C [...]	2007-03-01 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM396	SHOW ME THE MONEY: MAKING THE CEASEFIRE COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) held a March 11 meeting to inform and seek input from the international community on the functioning of the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) and efforts to re-energize the Second Chamber for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories. There was conse [...]	2007-03-14 08:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN US SU
07KHARTOUM409	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR ER US
07KHARTOUM410	MINAWI ON AMIS DEATHS, SOUTH DARFUR, CHAD/SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Assistant to the President and Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) leader Minni Minawi said that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) rebuffed his offers of a joint SLM/AMIS investigation into the March 5 killing of two AMIS soldiers in Graida. Minawi described the SLM's [...]	2007-03-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU SU CD LY IR US
07KHARTOUM44	GOVERNOR RICHARDSON MEETS PRESIDENT BASHIR AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 10 Governor Bill Richardson met again with Sudan's President Omar El Bashir and concluded his visit to Sudan. At the end of the Richardson/Bashir meeting, representatives of the Save Darfur Coalition (which sponsored Richardson's trip) spoke briefly with Bashir. The tw [...]	2007-01-11 12:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM505	DARFUR - DESPITE OBSTACLES USAID PARTNERS CONTINUE TO [...] (U) Despite significant bureaucratic impediments and security concerns, a recent USAID monitoring and assessment mission to Darfur confirmed that USAID partners are providing critical, quality, life-saving services to hundreds of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the region. [...]	2007-03-29 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM510	DARFUR: BREAKTHROUGH ON HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Six weeks of sustained negotiation between the international community and the Sudanese government culminated in a Joint Communique to alleviate the bureaucratic restrictions on humanitarian operations in Darfur, said the UNSYG's Deputy Special Representative for Humanitarian Affairs, Ma [...]	2007-03-29 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM UN SU
07KHARTOUM515	AMIS CEASEFIRE COMMISSION WEEK OF MARCH 26: DYSFUNCTION [...] (SBU) With no specific cases to examine, Ceasefire Commission (CFC) discussions continued to revolve around AMIS' proposed restructuring of the body. SLA/Minawi, this week joined by the Sudanese government and other DPA signatories, railed against the proposed reduction in salary payments and [...]	2007-04-01 04:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM530	DARFUR: MORNEI, WEST DARFUR - THE EYE OF THE STORM? [...] (U) On March 5 and 6, USAID staff traveled to Mornei, West Darfur, to monitor USAID-funded humanitarian programs and to assess current conditions. This represented the first visit by USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance staff to Mornei in more than sixteen months due to restricted [...]	2007-04-04 09:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM536	SUDAN - U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR COMMUNITY ON RECENT TRIP [...] (U) On March 26, U.N. Under Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community on his trip to Sudan, which included visits to Juba and Darfur and meetings with various government officials. Holmes voiced concern over the [...]	2007-04-05 09:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU AU
07KHARTOUM54	UN ENVOY ELIASSON VISITS SUDAN [...] (SBU) In his first trip to Sudan as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG) Special Envoy for Darfur, Jan Eliasson underscored the UN's commitment to advancing the political process in Darfur. He called for a visible reduction in violence between the Sudanese Government and Darfur rebel groups, whi [...]	2007-01-13 11:13:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM564	SOUTHERN SUDAN - USAID WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE [...] (U) To facilitate the development of a USAID water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) strategy for FY 2007, USAID/Sudan and USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) staff recently assessed USAID-funded WASH interventions in Southern Sudan. The assessment team reported that U [...]	2007-04-11 14:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM57	KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG PARTICIPATION IN OPENING OF [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-14 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM574	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SUDANESE STATE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte, State Minster for Foreign Affairs As Sammani appealed for dialogue to "unlock" the situation in Darfur and urged the U.S. to push the non-signatory rebel groups to join the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA). The Deputy Secretary urged the Sud [...]	2007-04-14 06:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID MOPS PGOV PINR PREF
07KHARTOUM583	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Adviser Salaheddin appealed for a qualitative change in the bilateral relationship. He presented an upbeat assessment of the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),saying that momentum is building, with progress being made even on the contentious i [...]	2007-04-16 06:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID KPKO MOPS PGOV PHUM
07KHARTOUM596	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte met with Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Director General Salah Ghosh. The Deputy Secretary opened by thanking Ghosh for Sudan,s counter-terrorism cooperation. He then outlined U.S. expectations and ur [...]	2007-04-17 06:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM599	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (C) Summary: On April 15 Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Sudanese President Omar El Bashir for over an hour. Negroponte emphasized USG concern over Darfur, including the fragility of the humanitarian situation, the need to transition to a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping operation, and the chal [...]	2007-04-17 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM60	RETRANSMISSION: KHARTOUM OBJECTS TO SENIOR USG [...] (SBU) On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs Lam Akol, MFA Director of Americas Amb. Badawi al-Sanosi summoned the Charge d'Affaires on January 14. Al-Sanosi handed Charge Hume a copy of a press release by the GoSS regarding a ceremonial event announcing the launching of a Governme [...]	2007-01-15 07:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ABLD AMGT US SU
07KHARTOUM614	SUDAN: POST ASSESSMENT OF TREATMENT OF RETURNED [...] (S) Embassy Khartoum does not believe there to be a credible basis to suspect the mistreatment of previously transferred Sudanese GTMO detainees by the Sudanese authorities and believes that the GOS has demonstrated sufficient resolve and effectiveness to justify consideration of additional tr [...]	2007-04-19 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER KAWK SU
07KHARTOUM636	SUDANESE ASK TO OPEN DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting April 22, Sudanese officials asked to establish a bilateral dialogue with the U.S. on key issues surrounding Darfur. Embassy recommends that this opportunity be seized. The process for dialogue should be based on frequent meetings, held outside of Khartoum or Washingt [...]	2007-04-23 08:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM657	KHARTOUM: DARFUR PARTNERS DISCUSS OUTCOMES FOR [...] (C) Meeting on April 25 and 26, the UK convened a meeting of the U.S., EU, EC, Norway, France, and the Netherlands to discuss a set of potential outcomes for the upcoming Tripoli talks. The goal of the Darfur Partners' discussions was to promote a coordinated approach among the Western envoys [...]	2007-04-26 13:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN AU EUN SU CD LY ER EG
07KHARTOUM671	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LRA PEACE TALKS RESUME IN JUBA [...] (C) Summary: Warning the parties not to squander an opportunity for peace, Former Mozambique President Joaquim Chissano formally reopened talks in Juba between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Government of Uganda (GOU) April 26. Chissano and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) GOSS P [...]	2007-04-29 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UG CG KE CT MZ ZA TZ SU
07KHARTOUM68	DARFUR: MOMENTUM ON COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The long-proposed conference of Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward. Following a January 15 Sudanese government guarantee of security assurances, the AU may begin to transport rebel commanders to a conference site in North Darfur [...]	2007-01-16 16:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU SU UN EUN
07KHARTOUM695	FONMIN AKOL LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON DETAINEES [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The Government of Sudan (GOS) delivered May 2 the following letter to the Embassy regarding the status of its citizens currently held as enemy combatants at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on. Post requests Department's guidance in responding to this letter. Post under [...]	2007-05-03 03:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC
07KHARTOUM764	DARFUR - JOINT COMMUNIQUE - WHERE ARE WE NOW? [...] (U) On April 21, USAID/OFDA Director Ky Luu met with the Deputy Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Humanitarian/Resident Coordinator (HC/RC) Manuel Aranda da Silva in Khartoum to discuss the March 28 Joint Communique on the facilitation of humanitarian affairs (REFTEL). The [...]	2007-05-15 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU

07KHARTOUM800	SOUTHERN SUDAN - FOOD SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (U) During the civil war, USAID's humanitarian programs in Southern Sudan supported essential services in the vast rural areas where most internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees originated. USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) and USAID's Office of Food for [...]	2007-05-23 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM839	SUDAN/UGANDA/DRC: LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY FORCES [...] (C) Summary: "Most" Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) forces east of the Nile in southern Sudan have now crossed to the west and gathered in the vicinity of Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),according to the head of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Peace tal [...]	2007-05-29 15:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KPKO SU UG CG
07KHARTOUM85	PRESS STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF COMMANDERS CONFERENCE [...] Post issued a press statement on January 21 supporting UN and African Union (AU) efforts to facilitate a conference of Darfur Peace Agreement non-signatory military commanders and to encourage the Sudanese Government to provide the security assurances necessary for the conference to proceed. [...]	2007-01-21 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO AU SU UN
07KHARTOUM938	DARFUR - STILL WATERS RUN DEEP IN MUKJAR [...] (U) Mukjar and the surrounding area in southern West Darfur is populated predominantly by the Fur ethnic group. The current population is approximately 15,000 people, including internally displaced persons (IDPs),300 refugees from Chad, and an estimated 400 of the original 5,000 residents. Mo [...]	2007-06-14 06:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
07KHARTOUM953	SPLM SUGGESTS DELAY IN CONFERENCE WITH DPA [...] (C) The Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) will most likely postpone the second and third phases of their conference in Southern Sudan because key leaders of the Darfur rebel movements have not agreed to attend. The first phase of the conference--focused on civil society groups, tradit [...]	2007-06-15 18:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM956	BASHIR TO UNSC: "THE BALL IS ENTIRELY IN YOUR [...] (C) Summary: In a relatively cordial (compared to last year) meeting with UNSC PermReps, Sudanese President Al-Bashir underscored the GOS's full agreement on the Hybrid Force. He called for international pressure on recalcitrant Darfur rebel groups to become part of a viable peace process, a [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AU UN
07KHARTOUM957	UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS WITH SUDANESE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Meeting with the United Nations Security Council on June 17, Sudanese officials emphasized Sudan's commitment to the Addis Ababa agreement of November 2006 and the conclusions reached in Addis Ababa on June 11-12 to permit a UN/AU hybrid peace-keeping force. According to Foreign Minister [...]	2007-06-17 16:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM984	DENG ALOR SEES CHANGES IN NCP POSITIONS [...] (C) In an introductory meeting with CDA Fernandez, Minister of Cabinet Affairs Deng Alor characterized the National Congress Party (NCP) as split between those who acknowledged the "new reality" of Sudan--where the NCP could no longer make unilateral decisions and needed to engage in dialogue [...]	2007-06-21 15:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU ER
07KHARTOUM985	SPLM Re-Assessing Darfur Initiative [...] (SBU) The SPLM is re-assessing its effort to bring together Darfurians after postponing its planned conference in Rumbek. Clement Janda, the SPLM's Task Force on Darfur (TFD) Chairman, was disappointed by the failure of key rebel factions to attend and the lack of support it received from the i [...]	2007-06-22 03:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM987	DARFUR A VICTIM OF POOR GOVERNANCE, THE BUSINESS OF WAR [...] SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting with CDA Fernandez, two prominent Darfur civil society activists described war in Darfur as a business with many partners. Traditional leadership and negotiating mechanisms had been lost, they said, replaced by rebels with no real connection to Darfurians them [...]	2007-06-22 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO AU UN US SU
07KIGALI1041	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO RWANDA [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit of Senator Kerry to Rwanda. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide when upwards of one million Rwandans lost their lives, and the nation's infrastructure, economy and society were terribly [...]	2007-11-15 07:52:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1060	MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT DRC-RWANDAN COMMUNIQUE [...] Rwandan media, taking their cue from senior GOR officials, have given positive coverage of the Nairobi Joint Communique on a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and security in the Great Lakes Region. On Monday, November 12, pro-government daily "New Times" ran under the headline [...]	2007-11-15 13:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO PINR PINS RW CG
07KIGALI1075	RWANDAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF ON EASTERN CONGO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with National Security Service External Affairs Chief Joseph Nzabamwita, at his request, on November 19 in Kigali to discuss events in the eastern Congo and potential avenues of action against the FDLR. Nzabamwita saw an unstable balance of forces in North Kivu am [...]	2007-11-20 15:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR RW
07KIGALI1115	SUMMARY OF G/TIP SMALL GRANTS PROJECT OUTCOMES [...] (U) Embassy Kigali welcomed the opportunity to use FY 2005 Economic Support Funds (ESF) for anti-trafficking in persons projects, and submits the following summary of project outcomes. (Note: Final narrative project reports have been submitted to G/TIP via e-mail. End note.) --------------- [...]	2007-12-11 10:03:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI176	RWANDA OVERVIEW FOR GENERAL WARD VISIT [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Commander, Headquarters, US European Command, General William E. Ward. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. Upwards of [...]	2007-02-22 11:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI185	RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR A/S POWELL [...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina SIPDIS Powell. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. [...]	2007-02-26 13:32:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI194	RWANDA: NEXT STEPS ON BURUNDI [...] (C) Mission delivered reftel demarche on February 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Amandin Rugira. Rugira agreed that events in Burundi were at a sensitive juncture, and said that the GOR supported the recent changes in the composition of the CNDD-FDD and the GOR. Former [...]	2007-02-28 06:26:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI238	NO CASULTIES AFTER SALVO FIRED FROM DRC INTO RWANDA [...] (U) Summary. At approximately 21h00 local time on 3 March a barrage of direct and indirect fire was directed from North Kivu into a unoccupied area in Northwest Rwanda by an unknown unit suspected to be from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). No casualties were reported [...]	2007-03-07 13:33:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL MONUC KPKO CG RW
07KIGALI281	KAGAME ON TRIPARTITE-PLUS, DARFUR, AND REFUGEE [...] (C) On March 16 AF DAS James Swan advised President Kagame on the principal successes of the just-completed Tripartite Plus conference, detailing progress on "active approaches" toward eliminating Negative Forces, and a common "Wanted List" to be circulated among the four nations by means of [...]	2007-03-19 14:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF RW
07KIGALI291	UGANDA HANDS RWANDA 10 MEMBERS OF DISSIDENT GROUP [...] (C) Summary. On March 12 Ugandan security forces transferred to Rwandan authorities ten members of the dissident organization RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais). These individuals are now in the custody of military investigators, who are determining their personal identity and status wit [...]	2007-03-21 16:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI295	POWELL/MCCORMICK DELEGATION MEETS PRESIDENT [...] On Tuesday, March 6, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, David McCormick and Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met President Kagame. The duo was accompanied by members of their traveling party and Ambassador Arietti. [...]	2007-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO PREL SCUL RW
07KIGALI324	SUCCESSFUL TRIPARTITE PLUS HELD IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR hosted the U.S. facilitated Tripartite Plus Joint Commission (TPJC) and sub-commission meetings in Kigali 14-16 March. Delegations from the DRC, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda took part in the diplomatic and defense and security sub-commission meetings on 14 March in order [...]	2007-04-03 10:34:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MONUC KPKO RW
07KIGALI405	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The High Court recently issued a temporary injunction against Dane Associates, dissolving the Board of Directors of Kibuye Power (KP1) Limited and preventing the company from being party to methane extraction activities at Lake Kivu. Dane has been embroiled in a breach of contract dispute wit [...]	2007-05-02 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI483	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Page Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date - [...]	2007-05-18 14:52:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI6	RWANDA: OVERSEAS OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition political parties based outside Rwanda appear fractured and ineffectual, composed of disparate groupings of disaffected former officials or relatively unknown politicians nursing various grievances against the present government. What unites them is a visceral disl [...]	2007-01-04 08:00:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI746	RWANDA: LEVELING THE POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD? [...] (SBU) Summary. With the advent of a new law on political parties on June 1, the two largest independent parties have begun organizational efforts at the grassroots level, and report renewed interest among average Rwandans in party politics. With just over a year to the 2008 parliamentary e [...]	2007-08-20 15:17:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI754	FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]	2007-08-22 14:08:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI759	RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS [...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]	2007-08-23 14:31:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI793	RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MEETING IN KINSHASA [...] (SBU) On September 7 Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the local diplomatic corps on his recent visit to Kinshasa to discuss events in the Kivus with his Congolese counterpart. Murigande expressed satisfaction with the several joint mechanisms announced in the communique is [...]	2007-09-07 11:09:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI822	GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE" [...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]	2007-09-17 08:00:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI917	2200 RWANDANS RETURN FROM UGANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has confirmed recent press reports of the repatriation of approximately 2200 Rwandans who had settled in the Kibati region of Uganda, near the Tanzanian border. Most press accounts depicted forced movement on little notice although the pro-government New Times offered ac [...]	2007-10-11 07:50:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI961	Rwanda Oil Pipeline: Feasible, Profitable, and Necessary [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9, Energy and Communications Minister of State Albert Butare opened a workshop to review the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA)-funded findings on the extension of an oil products pipeline from Kampala to Rwanda. The report clearly supports extension of [...]	2007-10-22 08:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI962	PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS PRIVATE MEETING WITH PRESS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 14:02:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI985	REFUGEES IN RWANDA - A CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The refugee operation in Rwanda is having difficulty keeping pace with the growth of the Congolese refugee population. In the past six-months, over 3000 Congolese have entered Rwanda, fleeing fighting in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 60 percent of the [...]	2007-10-30 10:38:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF PGOV RW
07KINGSTON1036	JAMAICA: JLP'S GENERAL SECRETARY SPEAKS FRANKLY [...] (SBU) Deputy Director for WHA/CAR Karen Williams, DCM, and poloff recently met with Karl Samuda - MP and General Secretary for the Jamaican Labour Party (JLP). Samuda spoke SIPDIS frankly about the state of Jamaica and proposed changes to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) should the JLP win. [...]	2007-07-03 19:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON1089	JAMAICA'S TOURISM BOOM [...] Summary: Tourism figures for 2006 show tourists flocking to Jamaica in record numbers. Visitor arrivals for 2006 broke the psychological three million barrier for the first time, while earnings of USD 1.9 billion also soared to new heights. The diversion of a number of visitors from Cancun fo [...]	2007-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EFIN EINV SOCI JM
07KINGSTON1127	JAMAICA'S "FINANCE MINISTER IN WAITING" ROLLS OUT [...] (C) In a private meeting with DCM and EMBOFFS, JLP Shadow Finance Minister and member of Parliament Audley Shaw outlined a slew of policies, including a new debt management program and tax reforms, to restructure the Jamaican economy. After 18 years in opposition, "Jamaica's Finance Minister in [...]	2007-07-20 11:59:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL XL JM
07KINGSTON1170	JAMAICAN REACTION TO GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (SBU) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports. On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack an [...]	2007-07-27 13:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1171	JAMAICAN AND FEDERAL AGENCIES REACTION TO [...] (U) The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) is required to report on security related aspects of Caribbean Basin Ports On June 29, 2007 the GAO released a report, "Information on Port Security in the Caribbean Basin", in which they identified three likely modes of attack and th [...]	2007-07-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC EWWT PGOV GAO JM XL
07KINGSTON1336	JAMAICA: BRUCE GOLDING'S OPPOSITION LABOUR PARTY (JLP) WINS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-04 20:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON1400	JAMAICA: A SUGGESTED U.S. AGENDA WITH THE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 13:10:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR EFIN ETRD EAID MASS SOCI
07KINGSTON1464	JAMAICA: MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, EXPECT FEW [...] (C) Summary: On September 19, NAS Director met with Anne-Marie Barnes, Senior Advisor on Policy to Minister of National Security Derrick Smith. Despite her earlier indications that she would not serve under a Jamaica Labor Party (JLP) lead Ministry, Ms. Barnes appears well-entrenched in her [...]	2007-09-26 12:24:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR JM
07KINGSTON1585	JAMAICA: APPOINTMENT OF WELL KNOWN ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: As anticipated, on October 22, the Jamaican Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw, appointed Col. Trevor MacMillan as a Special Advisor on Revenue and Corruption. The Prime Minister asked the Finance Minister to appoint MacMillan as a Special Advisor to provide him with an official sta [...]	2007-10-24 19:12:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL ASEC TRSY JM
07KINGSTON1739	JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR ADMIRAL STAVRIDIS VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 15:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM
07KINGSTON1803	JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL [...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]	2007-12-20 20:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1805	JAMAICA'S NEW COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, REAR ADMIRAL [...] Summary: (SBU) In just his first week in office Commissioner Hardley Lewin, a former Rear Admiral in the Jamaica Defence Force, has set a completely different tone for the office. Cognizant of record murder rates and escalating violent crime, he deliberately eschewed a formal change of comm [...]	2007-12-20 21:41:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PREL JM
07KINGSTON1810	JAMAICA WILL NOT ACCEPT DEPORTEE REINTEGRATION [...] Summary: (SBU) On December 20, the Jamaican Prime Minister rejected the U.S. offer of assistance for returning deportees through the pilot Deportee Reintegration Program. This decision was based on adherence to a reported collective decision by CARICOM Heads of Government to discuss the prog [...]	2007-12-21 21:56:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM JM
07KINGSTON25	JAMAICA: MALARIA UPDATE [...] (U) Malaria infections (refs A and B) continue to be detected with the latest number of confirmed cases standing at 192 as of January 3. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues to fog and distribute mosquito netting to at-risk communities. In addition, the MOH has been assisted by USAID which [...]	2007-01-05 18:15:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI TBIO CASC PGOV AID CDC JM XL
07KINGSTON413	MURDER MYSTERY TARNISHES JAMAICA'S CWC TRIUMPH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The death of Robert Woolmer, Pakistan's Cricket World Cup (CWC) coach and a British national, has been ruled a murder. At a press conference March 22, Jamaica Constabulary Force officials confirmed that Woolmer "died as a result of asphyxia due to manual strangulation." Publicly [...]	2007-03-23 18:42:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM
07KINGSTON442	JAMAICA: ELIMINATION OF FY-08 FMF WILL HAVE SEVERE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PTER SNAR ASEC CASC MOPS OMB VZ CH
07KINGSTON482	JAMAICA: REMITTANCES PROVIDING LIFELINE [...] Last year, expatriate Jamaicans sent home almost USD 1.8 billion in remittances, making the country the highest per capita recipient in the region. This source is the country's second-highest foreign exchange earner, and vastly outpaced foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Most of the f [...]	2007-04-03 19:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG JM
07KINGSTON534	JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT, WASHINGTON [...] Per Reftel, PolOff provided the proposed agenda and notional schedule to the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Director of Caribbean and American Affairs, Mrs. Joy Wheeler, on April 12, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to a successful, positive, outcomes-based US [...]	2007-04-12 19:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM PREL OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON569	JAMAICA: BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGE, BUT WILL [...] Business and consumer confidence surged in the first quarter of 2007, reflecting declining prices and interest rates and the euphoria surrounding the Cricket World Cup (CWC). Consumers were more confident about their economic prospects at the start of 2007 than at any other time since 2001, wh [...]	2007-04-19 19:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON584	JAMAICA: US-CARICOM MINISTERIAL/SUMMIT JUNE 19-21; [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 16:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSUM PREL ENRG MARR PHUM OAS JM XL
07KINGSTON71	2006/2007 OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 15:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR EFIN JM
07KINGSTON887	JAMAICA: PNP FACES INTERNAL PROBLEMS/LACK OF [...] (SBU) Poloff recently met with longtime People's National Party (PNP) activist and organizer Karen Cross to discuss recent media reports of problems within the PNP which could impact the outcome of the upcoming elections (due by October 2007). During the meeting, Cross confirmed that there is [...]	2007-06-06 18:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL SOCI VE XL
07KINGSTON89	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION LEADER CLAIMS VENEZUELA GIVING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 18:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI ABLD AMGT ENRG KCOR KCRM
07KINGSTON897	JAMAICA: AIR JAMAICA SELLS LONDON ROUTES, WANTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Air Jamaica Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Conway considers the recent sale of the airline's prestigious London-Kingston route essential to the airline's long-term viability. He also says he is willing to work with the USG however he can to combat the problem of drug smugg [...]	2007-06-07 20:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PGOV SNAR JM XL
07KINGSTON903	JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER [...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...]	2007-06-11 13:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL
07KINGSTON927	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 7TH ANNUAL TIPS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the 7th Annual TIP country report on Jamaica to the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) National Anti-Trafficking Task Force at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 11. The task force is headed by Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Justice Ca [...]	2007-06-13 16:55:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JM XL
07KINSHASA1040	KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...]	2007-08-31 13:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1043	CODEL FEINGOLD VISIT TO KINSHASA AND EASTERN DRC [...] (U) Summary: In a three-day visit to Kinshasa and the eastern cities of Goma and Bunia, CODEL Feingold assessed the DRC's progress towards democratization and good governance, efforts to resolve ongoing tensions in the eastern provinces, MONUC's programs contributing to peace and security, and [...]	2007-09-04 07:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV KPKO EAID CG
07KINSHASA1050	KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA [...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...]	2007-09-04 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1127	FOREST SECTOR REFORM IN THE DRC: STAKEHOLDER [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC is reviewing 156 forestry titles for conversion into new titles as part of its forestry sector reform and economic development plan. The process is intended to regulate the forestry sector in a way which encourages sustainable resource management, improves forestry cons [...]	2007-09-19 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV ETRD SENV EAGR KGHG CG
07KINSHASA1128	DRC: DISASTER DECLARATION FOR EBOLA HEMORRHAGIC FEVER [...] (SBU) This is an action request for emergency assistance. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following laboratory confirmation of Ebola virus in Mweka rural health zone in Kasai Occidental Province, the Congolese Minister of Health has requested international assistance to contain [...]	2007-09-20 05:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1172	CHARGE MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU DELEGATION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Seven of 48 National Assembly deputies from North Kivu, representing nearly all the province's districts and ethnic groups, were received by the Charge d'Affaires. They raised a number of issues, including current insecurity in North Kivu, the return of FDLR members to Rwanda, a [...]	2007-10-02 17:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1213	DRC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELOR ON JOINT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Cesar Fwani (protect),the DRC's National Security Council (CNS) expert on Tripartite Plus issues, is unimpressed with the concept of grafting a Joint Planning Cell (JPC) onto the existing Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) but very enthusiastic about the renewal of [...]	2007-10-19 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1232	DIILS ASSESSMENT TEAM REPORT LAYS BARE CONGOLESE [...] A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) issued a comprehensive assessment of the Congolese military justice sector in September. Drawing on visits during the previous month to facilities in several areas of the country and consultations with a wide range of of [...]	2007-10-30 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1244	NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Since mid-October, a lull in major combat across most of North Kivu Province has afforded relief organizations temporary access to conflict-affected areas to assess humanitarian conditions and deliver critical food and emergency relief supplies for displaced and vulnerable populations. Howeve [...]	2007-11-02 06:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1248	RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE TO [...] Summary. The Defense Institute for International Legal Studies (DIILS) has prioritized a set of recommendations for U.S. assistance to the Congolese military justice sector. It recommends immediate implementation of training for military magistrates, to give priority focus to the investigati [...]	2007-11-02 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA128	WORLD BANK IN LISTENING MODE, GEARING UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. World Bank representatives, in Kinshasa to talk with donors about the Bank's program for 2007, expressed particular interest in and concern over Security Sector Reform issues. They agreed with the Ambassador that the handing over of the fully drafted Governance Compact to the GDR [...]	2007-02-01 14:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1288	: INCREASING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC: NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) Summary. While military assistance to the GDRC has grown over the past several years, staffing levels have not kept pace with resulting demands on the Mission. If newly proposed engagement materializes, all military assistance, in [...]	2007-11-19 13:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	APER MASS MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1344	President Kabila Delivers Upbeat "State of the Nation" [...] Summary: President Kabila's December 6 "state of the nation" address was generally upbeat and conciliatory. It contained few surprises. Kabila defended the offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda, hailed achievements in infrastructure and services, defended the agreement with Chin [...]	2007-12-07 05:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SOCI KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1373	SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Tim Shortley, met Laurent Nkunda at his headquarters near Kirolirwe late December 14. Shortley found Nkunda amenable to compromise, apparently worried that his sweeping military victory had within it the seeds [...]	2007-12-17 14:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1377	HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...]	2007-12-18 10:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1392	MILITARY JUSTICE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: DIILS [...] Summary: Following up on its assessment of the Congolese military justice sector (reftels),the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) has completed preparations for a DRC-wide training program focusing on military magistrates and judicial police. In what hopefully evolves [...]	2007-12-20 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MASS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA184	MINEMBWE UPDATE: MANSUNZU SENDS 200 TROOPS FOR [...] (C) General Patrick Masunzu, commander of the Congolese army's (FARDC) non-integrated 112th Brigade in South Kivu, has reportedly sent approximately 200 of his troops for military integration. MONUC officials in the provincial capital of Bukavu confirm the soldiers left Minembwe in the High Pl [...]	2007-02-15 15:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA221	NEW NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES: SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Julien Paluku, governor-elect of the DRC's North Kivu province, has three main priorities for his first months in office: security, ethnic reconciliation, and economic development. Paluku admits he faces a difficult challenge but contends the province and its political leaders a [...]	2007-02-23 08:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA226	GIZENGA ADDRESSES DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. DRC Prime Minster-designate Gizenga presented his government's program during a 75-minute address to the National Assembly February 22. He called for a re-foundation of the republic and emphasized justice and good governance as the two essential conditions for achieving this. [...]	2007-02-23 15:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS CG
07KINSHASA297	UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ASSESSES CHILD SOLDIER [...] (U) UN Special Representative for Children in Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy visited the DRC March 4-9 to assess the situation of child soldiers in the country. She met with Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga and Minister of Defense Chikez Diemo, as well as officials of the Congolese demobi [...]	2007-03-13 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KGOV MOPS CG
07KINSHASA319	CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN [...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]	2007-03-16 10:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA327	IMF REVIEW: SITUATION WORSE THAN FIVE MONTHS AGO [...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting IMF review team said that the DRC economic situation is worse than it was five months ago, when they characterized it as "difficult" (ref A). The team confirmed that GDRC overspending, financed by Central Bank credit, amounted to at least USD 40 million for January a [...]	2007-03-19 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA339	COAST GUARD FINDS DRC PORTS STILL NOT SECURE [...] Summary. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has determined the DRC's international maritime ports do not comply with U.S. or international security requirements. The main causes are inadequate funding and political will, and upper-level mismanagement. The USG will re-introduce restrictions on ships [...]	2007-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON PTER ASEC CG
07KINSHASA381	POLITICAL VIEWS FROM BOTH SIDES [...] (C) Summary: Following the March 22-23 violence, political feelings are running high. Reflecting Prime Minister Gizenga's views, his de facto chief of staff, Minister Godefroid Mayobo, strongly reaffirmed the need for a full trial of former Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. While fully acc [...]	2007-03-30 17:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PGOV MOPS CG PO SF
07KINSHASA388	PM GIZENGA OUTLINES CHALLENGES OF NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga acknowledges that the DRC confronts great challenges, and wants to send a strong signal that things have changed. He is especially concerned about widespread corruption and impunity, and the lack of a culture of work. He looks forward to a product [...]	2007-04-03 13:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCOR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA396	NEW CONGOLESE FOREIGN MINISTER UPBEAT, BUT STILL [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's first official call March 20 (Note: two days prior to the outbreak of violence in Kinshasa. End note.),new Foreign Minister Mbusa appeared in an upbeat mood. He spoke positively of the March 16 Tripartite Plus talks in Kigali, calling them "the best e [...]	2007-04-04 12:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA400	MONUC PROPOSES TRAINING CONGOLESE INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC military officials are proposing a 16-month, four million USD training program aimed at improving the basic capabilities of 11 of the 14 Congolese military's (FARDC) current Integrated Brigades (IBs). They portray the proposal as part of MONUC's exit strategy from the DRC [...]	2007-04-04 16:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KPKO MOPS MARR CG
07KINSHASA426	CONGOLESE OPPOSITION PLAYING ROLE IN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition deputies in the DRC's National Assembly are assuming some important leadership roles. An RCD-N opposition member leads the special commission investigating the Angola border question, opposition deputies have formed three of the twelve formal political groups, and [...]	2007-04-12 17:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA592	INGA DAM: MOVING AT SNEL'S PACE [...] (U) Summary. Plans to rehabilitate portions of the DRC's Congo River Inga Dam complex, Africa's greatest potential hydroelectric source, are picking up some speed after stagnating for many years. One privately-funded upgrade is already underway, while multilateral donors are in the process of [...]	2007-05-31 16:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID EINV ECON CG
07KINSHASA639	NKUNDA GIVES HIS VERSION OF REALITY IN KINSHASA [...] (U) Summary: Dissident General Laurent Nkunda gave an extended interview to a Kinshasa-based newspaper outlining his views on the so-called "mixage" process and the intentions of his political front organization. His comments, published in the June 6 edition of "La Reference Plus," attempt to [...]	2007-06-08 16:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA641	PHELPS DODGE DIGS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. American company Phelps Dodge is making steady progress on its Tenke Fungurume copper/cobalt mine development, despite a wide range of obstacles. Phelps Dodge has twice increased its first-year copper production estimate since it entered into the joint venture and plans to begin [...]	2007-06-11 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EMIN EINV ECON CG
07KINSHASA644	DRC'S OPPOSITION LAW NEARLY READY FOR PLENARY [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly deputies working on the DRC's draft law on the rights and status of the political opposition have nearly completed work on the document, according to several parliamentarians. The law seeks to establish a legal and operational framework for a "positive and constr [...]	2007-06-11 16:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA678	IMF AIMING FOR NEW DRC PROGRAM IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) hopes to have a new DRC program in place by the end of 2007. At the end of its two-week Article IV consultation in the DRC, the IMF cited currently stable macroeconomic indicators, increasing revenues, and a need for external debt relief as [...]	2007-06-19 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA679	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CLOSES REGULAR SESSION, REOPENS [...] (U) Summary. The National Assembly adjourned on June 15 as scheduled, after passing two key pieces of legislation on the budget and the opposition law. Deputies also approved an amended report on the Bas-Congo violence in January. The Assembly will convene an extraordinary session on June 19 [...]	2007-06-19 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
07KINSHASA706	LUBUMBASHI TRIPARTITE PLUS MEETING NOTES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Joint Commission Sub-Commission and Ministerial Meetings took place in Lubumbashi June 5-7. Delegates from Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda joined Congolese officials to continue discussion of threats to regional security from negative forces, the Tripartite Plus [...]	2007-06-25 07:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA744	200 CHILD SOLDIERS REMAIN IN MIXED BRIGADES [...] (SBU) Summary: UN child protection officials and the NGO Caritas have demobilized 251 child soldiers from the Congolese military's (FARDC) six "mixed" brigades in North Kivu but estimate that another 200 remain in their ranks. End summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) UN c [...]	2007-07-03 14:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA792	NORTH KIVU TENSION CONTINUE TO MOUNT [...] (C) P3 2 Ambassadors (France, U.K., U.S., Belgium, and South Africa) met with UN SRSG Swing July 9 to review the situation in North Kivu. As of the meeting, there had been no follow-up from President Kabila to the P3 2 letter given to Kabila June 30. Moreover, contrary to Kabila,s statements [...]	2007-07-11 09:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA824	UN SMALL ARMS DESTRUCTION DAY IN KINSHASA [...] (U) The Ambassador marked the UN's Small Arms Destruction Day with a speech at the Congolese military's Central Logistics Base (CLB) July 9 at an event organized by the NGO Mines Advisory Group (MAG) to commemorate the destruction of more than one million small arms and light weapons (SALW) wo [...]	2007-07-17 08:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PGOV KHDP CG
07KINSHASA888	SSR CONTACT GROUP: SUBSTANCE REFERRED TO EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Contact Group on Security Sector Reform (SSR) formally recognized the GDRC's ownership of efforts to reform the Congolese military at the group's July 12-13 meeting in Kinshasa. Minister of Defense Chikez Diemu outlined a vision for SSR aimed at creating a core group of fi [...]	2007-07-26 15:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV KPKO CG ZA BE NL FR
07KINSHASA895	SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO REVIEWS STATE OF PLAY AT [...] (C) Summary. Senate President Leon Kengo wa Dondo highlighted decentralization as the most contentious issue facing the Congolese parliament when it returns for its fall session September 15. He expressed skepticism about budget figures which came from the National Assembly. He is in favor [...]	2007-07-30 13:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG

07KINSHASA954	AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES SUPPORTS SCHOOL [...] (U) The Ambassador signed a USD 20,000 grant from the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees at a special reception August 7 for Action and Interventions for Development and Social Supervision (AIDES),an NGO which will rehabilitate a secondary school in Buburu, Equateur Province. The UN High Commissi [...]	2007-08-09 08:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF CG
07KINSHASA992	KABILA VISITS KASAI OCCIDENTAL PROVINCE IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila traveled to Kasai Occidental province August 8-10 with a delegation of ministers and provincial authorities, his first visit to the region since his election in October of last year. He visited Kakenge, the site of the August 1 train accident, and the provincia [...]	2007-08-21 13:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN PGOV PHUM CG
07KOLKATA126	KOLKATA PUBLIC AFFAIRS REACHES OUT TO EASTERN INDIA'S MUSLIM [...] (SBU) Summary. Students and faculty at Muslim schools (madrassas) in West Bengal are enthusiastic to interact with U.S. government officials generally and have been appreciative in particular with the outreach by the Kolkata American Center through participation in MicroAccess English-languag [...]	2007-04-18 06:30:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KIRF KISL PHUM SOCI SA IN
07KOLKATA129	USTR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB MEETS WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 14 U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Susan Schwab visited West Bengal (WB) to understand local views on India's trade interests and the conditions of its agricultural sector. During her visit, Amb. Schwab met with WB Chief Minister (CM) Buddhadeb Bhattacha [...]	2007-04-18 10:24:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR ETRD PREL PGOV SOCI EAID IN
07KOLKATA219	GOI CONFIRMS AVIAN INFLUENZA IN DEAD POULTRY IN MANIPUR [...] (U) On July 25, the Chief Secretary of Manipur has confirmed the existence of avian influenza in poultry. In a government notice, the Chief Secretary said that the Government of India (GOI) informed the Manipur state government that, "Avian influenza in poultry is reported from a small unit i [...]	2007-07-26 03:31:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU SENV ECON TBIO EAGR PGOV IN NP BG BM
07KOLKATA250	ORISSA STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS CONCERNED OVER EPIDEMIC LEVELS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 1, ConGen met with Orissa State AIDS Control Society (OSACS) officials to discuss the HIV/AIDS situation in Orissa. The interaction revealed worsening conditions in this eastern Indian state. The National Aids Control Organization (NACO) characterizes Orissa as a "h [...]	2007-08-21 11:30:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KHIV KWMN KGLB TBIO IN
07KOLKATA251	W. BENGAL'S NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING HEAD OUTLINES PLANS FOR THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 6 POLOFF SPOKE AT LENGTH WITH NEWLY-APPOINTED WEST BENGAL DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE (SPECIAL CELL) SANJOY MUKHERJEE. MUKHERJEE WILL RUN THE RECENTLY-CREATED ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING UNIT (AHTU) IN W. BENGAL. DURING THE MEETING, MUKHERJEE EXPLAINED IN DETAIL THE [...]	2007-08-21 12:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SOCI IN NP BG
07KOLKATA258	THE HIV/AIDS SCENARIO IN INDIA'S EAST AND NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: In July, India's National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) released the results of an analytical exercise supported by UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) that provided new, lower estimates of HIV prevalence in India. The exercise, conducted in 2006, found that [...]	2007-08-24 12:53:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KHIV TBIO KWMN SENV ELAB IN
07KOLKATA261	ORISSA CONTINUES TO GROW IN IT, INDUSTRY, ANDMANUFACTURING [...] (U) Summary: During a July 31-August 2 visit to the East Indian state of Orissa, ConGen met with a range of local politicians, bureaucrats, business people and media representatives to assess the present economic conditions in the state. The Orissa government has been intent on developin [...]	2007-08-27 10:45:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EIND EINV PHUM EMIN IN KS
07KOLKATA291	NORTHEAST INDIAN STATE MIZORAM STRUGGLES WITH NEAR EPIDEMIC [...] (U) Summary: From August 28-30, ConGen visited the northeast Indian state of Mizoram to assess the state's social issues. The state borders Burma and has a relatively small population of around one million people. While literacy is high at over 88 percent, the state economy is weak and reli [...]	2007-09-19 14:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KHIV SNAR TBIO IN BM
07KOLKATA292	TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S [...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]	2007-09-20 05:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA297	TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S [...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]	2007-09-21 11:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA31	DCM TALKS AGRICULTURE IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JANUARY 18-19 VISIT TO KOLKATA, DCM DISCUSSED FOOD-PROCESSING, FDI IN THE RETAIL SECTOR, AND LAND POLICY WITH COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA - MARXIST (CPM) AND GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL (GOWB) LEADERS. THOUGH GOWB OFFICIALS WERE GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT THE STATES PROSPE [...]	2007-01-29 12:22:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR ECIN EINV ELAB ENRG IN
07KOLKATA376	CHINA AND INDIA DISPUTE BHUTAN BORDER: INDIAN SOLDIERS MOVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Against the backdrop of efforts to improve bilateral relations, India and China continue to jostle over territory along India's northeast border with China. On December 12, India relocated 6,000 soldiers of the 27th Mountain Division (units of the 164 Mountain Brigade) from Jam [...]	2007-12-14 13:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR CH IN
07KOLKATA382	NAGA INSURGENTS SEEK UNITY PRIOR TO NAGALAND STATE ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. December 3-7, ConGen and Embassy New Delhi PolCouns visited Nagaland and discussed with officials and contacts the Naga insurgencies and preparations for the February 2008 state assembly elections. While many decried the internecine violence among the insurgent factions, most [...]	2007-12-19 11:21:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC BM IN
07KOLKATA39	USG SUPPORT FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS STRONG, [...] (U) Summary: On January 18, DCM visited anti-trafficking non-governmental organization (NGO) Apne Aap's shelter at Topsia, located in a Muslim neighborhood that is one of Kolkata's poorest slums. DCM interacted with Apne Aap leaders and spoke with Deputy Public Prosecutor Taj Mohammed about [...]	2007-02-06 09:40:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR IN
07KOLKATA50	NOBEL PRIZE WINNER DR. MUHAMMAD YUNUS CONSIDERS ENTERING [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 12, ConGen spoke with Nobel Prize winner Dr. Muhammad Yunus about his plans to enter Bangladesh politics. Yunus, on a two-day visit to Kolkata, expressed a strong interest to enter the political fray and said that he was reviewing his options. He expressed support [...]	2007-02-13 13:33:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI IN BG
07KOLKATA67	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THIER AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 08:17:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI IN
07KOLKATA68	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 13:34:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KOLKATA86	ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS RETAIN THE SCARS OF THE 2004 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. March 2-7, ConGen visited the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands to assess recovery from the December 2004 tsunami and related issues such as the environment, economic conditions and strategic concerns. Two years after the tsunami devastated parts of the island [...]	2007-03-13 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SENV PHUM ECON MARR IN BM TH ID
07KUALALUMPUR1001	GENERAL PACE'S JUNE 4 MEETINGS WITH PM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Deputy Prime Minister/Defense Minister Najib Tun Razak endorsed current military-to-military cooperation with the U.S. in their separate meetings on June 4 with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Peter Pace and the Ambassador. DPM Na [...]	2007-06-08 05:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER KISL OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1059	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF 13TH AIR FORCE [...] (C) Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one [...]	2007-06-20 10:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1100	MALAYSIA: TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE HYBRID [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Principal Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Bala Chandran. Bala advised us that the MFA has sought clarification from their Mission in New York concerning the nature of the relationship between the African Union [...]	2007-07-02 08:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1108	Malaysia's Economy Slows in Q1 [...] (U) Malaysia's economic growth slowed to 5.3% in the first quarter of 2007, down from an average of 5.9% in 2006. Services led the way with 9.6% growth and construction continued to recover as development funds from the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) finally started flowing in significant amounts. [...]	2007-07-05 05:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1137	DARFUR PEACEKEEPING: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS [...] (C) In the course of the July 13 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Najib, the Ambassador asked him if Malaysia planned to send peacekeepers to Darfur. Najib replied that the Government of Malaysia (GOM) was considering this seriously, that they had been in touch with the UN, and that the GO [...]	2007-07-13 10:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS SU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1145	EMBASSY SENIOR-LEVEL ENGAGEMENT ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Malaysian officials are still smarting over the U.S. decision to rank Malaysia in TIP Tier 3 but they have expressed much more willingness to discuss the issue quietly than they did in the immediate aftermath of the USG decision of June 12. We have engaged with senior off [...]	2007-07-16 01:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KWMN MY
07KUALALUMPUR1166	MALAYSIA ENCOURAGED BY U.S. OIC ENVOY DECISION; [...] (C) Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ibrahim Abdullah, speaking with us on July 13, reiterated that Malaysia welcomed the U.S. decision to appoint a special envoy to the OIC, and he encouraged the envoy to visit Malaysia as the OIC chair. The OIC Secretary General asked Malaysia to identify an [...]	2007-07-18 09:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPKO MY
07KUALALUMPUR1172	KHAIRY AND UMNO YOUTH FOCUS ON FTA, PALESTINE IN [...] (C) Khairy Jamaluddin, influential son-in-law of PM Abdullah, underscored his oft-publicized concerns about the FTA, in particular regarding agriculture and government procurement, during the Ambassador's July 18 lunch for leaders of UMNO Youth, an important component of the dominant United M [...]	2007-07-20 07:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1225	MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-07-31 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1238	MALAYSIA LAUNCHES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COURT [...] (SBU) Summary. After several years of anticipation, Malaysia finally launched its new intellectual property court on July 17. The new court system will include branches throughout Malaysia, though the Kuala Lumpur branch will likely be the only significant IP court in the near term. IP lawyers [...]	2007-08-03 05:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1290	REASSESSING MALAYSIA'S EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) The Malaysians have made significant progress in implementing items contained in the action plan we provided them in 2006, and we should return them from Tier 3 to the Tier 2 Watch List in connection with the September review. We recognize that trafficking in Malaysia remains serious. We [...]	2007-08-15 10:27:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1328	SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES' VISIT TO MALAYSIA FOR [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-08-23 09:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1375	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL DISCUSSIONS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador and Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar, in farewell discussions September 3-4, agreed that U.S.-Malaysia bilateral relations had strengthened over the past three years. The Ambassador raised Iran, export controls, trafficking in persons (TIP)),Free Trade Agreement [...]	2007-09-10 05:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD KNNP KISL ASEAN IR BU MY
07KUALALUMPUR1403	Malaysia's GDP Growth Beats Expectations [...] (U) Malaysia's economic outlook remained positive in the second quarter of 2007 as GDP rose 5.7% year-on-year, easily exceeding the 5.3 % figure analysts had forecast. Services took the lead in driving the economy, and combined with expansion in mining and construction, they more than mitigate [...]	2007-09-17 06:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1474	DOMESTIC TRADE MINISTRY: NEW SECRETARY GENERAL ROCKING THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Mohd Zain bin Mohd Dom, Secretary General of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (MDTCA),is spearheading efforts to create a more business-friendly ministry. Zain's appointment to the Ministry's third ranking position in early 2007 has brought welcome access for [...]	2007-10-01 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KIPR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1484	BURMA: MALAYSIA WAITING ON GAMBARI, NOT FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian government is awaiting the outcome of Gambari's mission and the return of PM Abdullah before considering next steps on Burma, according to MFA Secretary General Rastam, who predictably gave no hint of SIPDIS support for sanctions in response to our demarche. A [...]	2007-10-02 10:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1492	AMBASSADOR KEITH'S OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Keith raised Burma during his initial courtesy call on MFA SecGen Rastam, urging that ASEAN support an October 5 UNSC meeting and a prospective Presidential Statement from the Council on Burma. Sidestepping the issue of a statement, Rastam reiterated Malaysian frustra [...]	2007-10-04 10:04:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1506	MILF TALKS: OTHMAN USES IMT THREAT AND PREVIOUS [...] (C) Malaysian facilitator for the Philippines (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace talks Othman Abdul Razak employed previous GRP negotiator Silvestre Afable and the threat of Malaysia's pull-out from the International Monitoring Team (IMT) to push Manila during a September 25-26 [...]	2007-10-10 07:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1513	BURMA: MALAYSIA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON ASEAN [...] (C) Charge delivered ref A demarche on October 11 to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohamed Isa. Charge expressed appreciation for Foreign Minister Syed Hamid's statements October 7 urging the Burmese regime to begin a dialogue without preconditions with ASSK and the pro [...]	2007-10-11 09:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1551	ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]	2007-10-22 10:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1552	ABBAS VISITS MALAYSIA, PM ABDULLAH WELCOMES CHANCE [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas visited Kuala Lumpur October 20 - 21, accompanied by Information Minister Riyad al Maliki and two other senior Palestinian officials as part of a tour of Muslim countries to seek support ahead of the U.S.-sponsored Middle East peace conference [...]	2007-10-22 23:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1563	MALAYSIA SUPPORTS BURMA'S FULL PARTICIPATION AT [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia appears satisfied that Gambari is making some progress, and consequently Malaysia is not prepared to support a high-pressured ASEAN approach to Burma at the upcoming summit, per our October 24 meeting with a senior Foreign Ministry official to deliver the demarche on th [...]	2007-10-24 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR1594	BAR COUNCIL, PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF DURING LAW [...] (C) The Malaysian Bar Council's October 29-31 law conference drew national attention as respected Sultan of Perak Azlan Shah and Bar Council President Ambiga Sreenevasan, in the wake of recent judicial scandals, delivered speeches critical of the government, calling for reforms to strengthen [...]	2007-11-05 12:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1642	MALAYSIA USING WORLD BANK'S DOING BUSINESS REPORT AS [...] (U) Summary: Last spring Prime Minister Abdullah expressed concern about Malaysia's weakening competitiveness and established Pemudah, a public-private committee mandated to suggest ways the government could reduce red tape and increase transparency. Pumudah is using the World Bank "Doing Bus [...]	2007-11-23 02:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1648	IMPORT SAFETY - MALAYSIA WELCOMES DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. [...] Summary: Malaysia is interested in expanding contacts with the United States on import safety issues. Malaysian trade officials have been following recent USG efforts to address import safety, and they support increased dialogue with the U.S. to preserve and enhance Malaysia's strong trade lin [...]	2007-11-27 01:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR MY
07KUALALUMPUR1652	SCENESETTER FOR VADM CROWDER AND MGEN REMINGTON'S [...] (C) Malaysia is important to us because it is an economically successful, stable, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, through which one quarter o [...]	2007-11-27 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR1655	WOMEN'S ISSUES FUND GRANT PROPOSAL FOR WOMEN POLITICAL [...] (U) Post recommends the following project for EAP/RSP Regional Women's Issues Fund Small Grants Program (SG) for locally-based organizations. This is an addition to Post's earlier submission (ref B). a) Name of organization: Education and Research Association for Consumers, Malaysia (ERA [...]	2007-11-29 05:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KWMN KPAO KCRM SOCI XB MY
07KUALALUMPUR1658	POLICE RESPOND POSITIVELY DURING CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff, Legatt, and an ICITAP trainer from Jakarta met for a full day session on November 15 with senior police leaders from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) to discuss law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) under Malaysia's new anti-trafficking law. The police w [...]	2007-11-29 07:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SMIG KWMN KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1684	INDIAN GRIEVANCES AND RACIAL TENSIONS; GOM TRIES [...] (C) The ethnic Indian protest on November 25 and the government's strong law enforcement response have increased domestic and international attention on Malaysia's Indian community. Despite constituting nearly 8 per cent of Malaysia's population, ethnic Indians hold only 1.2 per cent of the n [...]	2007-12-06 16:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1686	MALAYSIA WILL PARTICIPATE IN PARIS DONORS [...] (SBU) Polchief spoke with Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's OIC Division on December 7 and urged Malaysia's full and constructive participation in the Paris Donors Conference. Adlyn responded that Malaysia had agreed to attend the conference. [...]	2007-12-07 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AMGT KPAL KWBG IS MY
07KUALALUMPUR184	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi took the helm. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. [...]	2007-01-31 10:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR309	MALAYSIA VIEWS FTA AS STILL WITHIN REACH [...] (SBU) Summary: MITI Minister Rafidah is putting pressure on her colleagues to make the compromises necessary for a successful conclusion of the FTA negotiations. The Cabinet is expected to meet to decide whether to continue the negotiations on February 28. MITI Secretary General Rahman has [...]	2007-02-16 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR352	PAS AND UMNO EYE KELANTAN ELECTION; KEDAH AND [...] (C) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) and the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) in PAS-controlled Kelantan state are positioning themselves for a tough fight in the next national election. During polchief's February 5-9 visit to the northern Malaysian states, PAS leaders in Kelant [...]	2007-02-23 08:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL MY
07KUALALUMPUR396	BURMA: MALAYSIA NOT FOCUSED ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Malaysia has "no new initiative" in mind for Burma and appears unfocused on next steps, according to our meetings with several Malaysian Foreign Ministry officials and a prominent government-linked think tank. One official in charge of UN matters questioned whether Malaysia would activel [...]	2007-03-02 09:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM MY
07KUALALUMPUR419	IRAQ: MALAYSIA FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERS VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah asked his Foreign Minister, Syed Hamid Albar, to visit Baghdad, according to the Iraqi embassy. The Iraqi charge hoped the U.S. quietly would encourage his government to respond quickly with a formal invitation. The Iraqi charge advised Baghd [...]	2007-03-05 10:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR447	FIGHTING, NOT TALKING - SOUTH THAI MILITANTS NO LONGER INTERESTED IN DIALOGUE, SAY FORMER MEDIATORS [...] (S) Southern Thai militants recently asserted they will pursue more violence and reject talks, according to two Malaysian mediators from the defunct Mahathir peace process. The Honorary Thai Consul in Langkawi, Shazryl Eskay Abdullah (protect throughout),joined by retired head of the Malaysian [...]	2007-03-08 09:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MOPS ASEC TH MY
07KUALALUMPUR467	MALAYSIAN OIC DIPLOMAT ON HAMAS VISIT, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) The March 3 visit of a senior Hamas leader was in line with Prime Minister Abdullah's desire to engage directly and in more detail on Middle East issues, Malaysia's senior OIC diplomat Ambassador Ibrahim Abdullah told polchief March 9. The Pakistan initiative represents a "repackaging" o [...]	2007-03-12 11:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KISL KNNP OIC IS PK IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR506	ELECTORAL REFORM NOT ON THE HORIZON [...] (C) As Malaysia moves closer to its next national elections, electoral reform faces a very steep uphill battle, a conclusion highlighted during our recent meetings with Election Commission (EC) officials, NGO leaders and several academics. The UMNO-led Barisan Nasional (BN) governing coalition ret [...]	2007-03-16 08:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM MY
07KUALALUMPUR575	PETRONAS ON CASPIAN GAS; PM ABDULLAH TO VISIT KABUL [...] (U) Summary: Petronas, CEO Tan Sri Hassan Merican said Malaysia,s national oil company has not yet decided on an export route for Livanov gas and is willing to consider all possible export routes for Caspian oil and gas, including a westward one. In response to PDAS Mann's suggestion that gas [...]	2007-03-28 09:14:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL ECIN EPET MY TX
07KUALALUMPUR651	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Keating: Welcome to Malaysia. Malaysia is important to us because it is a successful, moderate, predominantly Muslim country that, over the longer term, may be able to support us more strongly in places like the Middle East. It is strategically located on the Straits of Malacca, [...]	2007-04-11 09:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUALALUMPUR719	MALAYSIA COMMENTS ON U.S.-ASEAN RELATIONS AND TAC [...] (C) In a discussion of U.S.-ASEAN relations, Malaysia's senior diplomat charged with ASEAN affairs said he believed U.S. accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC) would be warmly welcomed by ASEAN members, signal increased U.S. attention to the region, and boost the U.S.-ASEAN di [...]	2007-04-20 08:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN MY
07KUALALUMPUR811	IRAQ: MALAYSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO VISIT BAGHDAD [...] (C) Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar plans to visit Baghdad on May 12. FM Hamid has requested meetings with Iraq's senior political leaders during his 12-hour stop. The Iraqi embassy in Kuala Lumpur is not aware of any Malaysian deliverables; however, FM Hamid's visit represents [...]	2007-05-04 11:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS EAID KISL IZ MY
07KUALALUMPUR835	MALAYSIA NON-COMMITTAL ON HRC VOTE, MIGHT STRIKE [...] (C) We engaged with the Malaysian Foreign Ministry at senior and working levels again May 10 to convince Malaysia to support Bosnia and Slovenia instead of Belarus in the UNHRC vote. In addition, the Canadians delivered a high-level demarche yesterday. The Ministry's Deputy Secretary Genera [...]	2007-05-10 09:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC MY
07KUALALUMPUR902	PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN MALAYSIA: LOOKING BEYOND [...] (S) Assisting Malaysia to develop the capacity to successfully investigate and prosecute terrorists would support key U.S. law enforcement and political objectives in this strategic Muslim-majority country. Malaysia has used an intelligence approach and the Internal Security Act (ISA),inclu [...]	2007-05-22 02:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR924	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL PACE, [...] (C) General Pace: Welcome to Malaysia. During your meetings here with the Deputy Prime Minister and other senior officials, we recommend in your discussions you: -- Applaud Malaysia's success in the reduction of piracy attacks in the Straits of Malacca and inquire what are the next steps Ma [...]	2007-05-24 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER OVIP MY
07KUWAIT1047	IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER NEGOTIATES WITH KUWAIT [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: An Iraqi delegation consisting of the Electricity Minister, the Director-General of SOMO (the Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization),and former Iraqi Parliament Speaker Hajim Al-Hassani visited Kuwait from 25-27 June to ask the GOK to take the necessary steps to [...]	2007-07-02 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1058	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1059	KUWAITIS TRY TO ADDRESS CHEVRON'S CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 25 June, Ahmad Al-Jemaz, Manager for the New Refinery Project at Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC),met with Dudley McDaniel, Senior Vice President for Operations at Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC),to discuss Kuwait's plans to build a mega-refinery adjacent to SAC's co [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1070	TIP REPORT FOLLOWUP: GOK TARGETS 60-DAY REVIEW, [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Kuwait's placement on Tier Three of the TIP report has generated a great deal of interest in the three weeks since the report's release. The newspapers have devoted significant space to the report. Many of the stories have been critical, but many have also used the [...]	2007-07-07 11:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1101	KUWAIT: WHERE WE ARE AND CHALLENGES AHEAD -- [...] (C) This message summarizes my parting thoughts on key issue areas in the U.S./Kuwait relationship. It draws heavily on input provided by Matt Tueller, who recently concluded a distinguished tour as Deputy Chief of Mission and is en route to service at Embassy Baghdad. The report covers fiv [...]	2007-07-10 13:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV PTER KU
07KUWAIT1120	KUWAIT WAR CRIMES CASE IN HOLDING PATTERN AT IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Monk of the United States Regime Crimes Liaison Office at the Iraq High Tribunal (IHT) told GOK officials on July 10 and 11 that the Kuwait war crimes case before the IHT would likely not be the next case heard by the tribunal despite being the case most ready to go to t [...]	2007-07-16 06:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS KAWC IZ KU
07KUWAIT1124	FM'S CHIEF OF STAFF EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT U.S. [...] (C/NF) Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah's Chief of Staff, told Charge during a July 15 office call that Kuwait viewed the prospect of an "early" U.S. withdrawal from Iraq with great concern. H [...]	2007-07-16 11:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL KU TIP
07KUWAIT1140	KUWAITI REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S JULY 16 SPEECH [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti reaction to the President's July 16 speech on the Middle East has been limited so far, but what has appeared is generally skeptical or negative. A positive view came from Dr. Ahmed Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohamme [...]	2007-07-18 10:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KMDR KU OPRC PGOV PREL XF PPAO
07KUWAIT1158	AMERICAN POETRY NIGHT CAPTURES KUWAITI AUDIENCE [...] SUMMARY: ON JULY 17, 2007, PUBLIC AFFAIRS KUWAIT ARRANGED FOR THE FIRST AMERICAN POETRY NIGHT IN KUWAIT BY HOSTING AN EVENING OF POETRY AND MUSIC AT A POPULAR GATHERING PLACE FOR YOUTH, THE HANGOUT LOUNGE. THE EVENT INCLUDED CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY POETRY RECITATIONS BY MISSION PERSONNEL AND [...]	2007-07-22 08:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1166	GOK APPROVES TIP SHELTER, OUTLAWS PASSPORT [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Highlighting his personal commitment to fighting TIP, the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor made an unexpected personal appearance at PolOff's July 22 meeting with a ministry official to provide the Embassy with a copy of a ministerial decree authorizing the e [...]	2007-07-24 15:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1241	AMERICAN TRIVIA NIGHT CAPTIVATES KUWAITI YOUTH AUDIENCE [...] Summary: Some 75 Kuwait youth tested their knowledge of American history, culture and society at the first American Trivia Night sponsored by Embassy Kuwait and a popular local eatery. The July 30, 2007, event pitted teams of players aged approximately 16 to 30 who answered five rounds of que [...]	2007-08-13 05:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT1264	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - HEZBOLLAH AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-19 07:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT1304	ARABIAN ANTI-PIRACY ALLIANCE AND KUWAIT CUSTOMS DG [...] (SBU) On August 22, Commercial Counselor and Econoff met with Scott Butler, CEO of the Dubai-headquartered Arabian Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAA). Butler was accompanied by Albert Marshall, Legal and Business Affairs Manager for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, who was making a tour of the Gul [...]	2007-08-29 05:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT1399	NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU DEPUTY COMMENTS ON IRAQ, [...] (SBU) On August 27, Charg paid a courtesy call on Kuwait National Security Bureau (NSB) Deputy Director Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah. On September 5, NATO Deputy Secretary General Alessandro Minuto-Rizzo also met with SIPDIS Shaykh Thamer and later provided a briefing of hi [...]	2007-09-16 10:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU PM PINR
07KUWAIT1405	KUWAIT CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 05:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1407	GOK CONSIDERING TRANSIT OF YELLOWCAKE THROUGH [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-18 10:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP PREL MOPS PGOV KU
07KUWAIT1413	MFA U/S SUPPORTS U.S. IN IRAQ, IRAN AND TIP [...] (C) On September 17, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver reftel demarche and discuss the positive role of the U.S. in Iraq, the French FM's remarks on Iran and how trafficking in persons is damaging Kuwait's image. End summ [...]	2007-09-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU PINR TIP
07KUWAIT1422	TREASURY DAS SAEED DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On September 17, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Middle East DAS Ahmed Saeed and International Monetary Policy Director Robert Kaproth met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Ministry, and the Public Institution for Social S [...]	2007-09-20 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1429	AMIR: IRAN SHOULD COOPERATE WITH IAEA; IRAN AMB [...] (U) On September 19, the Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) reported that the Amir of Kuwait Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah urged neighboring Iran to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). He was quoted as saying, "We believe in the importance of reaching a peaceful so [...]	2007-09-20 14:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV KU KPAO PM
07KUWAIT1457	US CENTCOM COMMANDER FALLON MEETS WITH AMIR AND [...] (S) Summary. On September 24, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon discussed the issues of Iraq, Iran, and Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees with the Amir of Kuwait, the Crown Prince, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff. The Governme [...]	2007-10-01 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	IR IZ KU MARR PGOV PM PREL
07KUWAIT1474	MFA U/S AL-JARALLAH'S MEETING ON AMCIT, UNGA, AND [...] (C) On October 2, Charge met with Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Suliman Al-Jarallah to deliver and follow-up on septel demarches and to discuss the Foreign Minister's UNGA meetings, Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection (CEIP) and other issues. U/S Al-Jarallah [...]	2007-10-04 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU CONS KCIP ASEC
07KUWAIT1489	KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC WORKER SHELTER OPERATIONAL; GOK [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),visited Kuwait on September 26 to review Kuwait's progress on its 60-day action plan and to engage high-level GOK officials on combating TIP. The highlight of the trip was a tour o [...]	2007-10-09 05:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ELAB PHUM KU TIP
07KUWAIT1509	UPDATED KUWAIT DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY [...] (U) Introduction: Kuwait proudly identifies itself as the region's oldest functioning democracy. Kuwaitis across the spectrum express continuing loyalty to the constitution, which establishes an elected National Assembly and separate executive, legislative, judicial branches. Respect for bas [...]	2007-10-11 15:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAO KMPI KDEM ECON AMGT XF KU
07KUWAIT1511	KUWAIT PETROLEUM TO CLOSE WASHINGTON OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel and erstwhile Director of KPC's Washington Office Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasir Al-Sabah confirmed to econoff on 11 October that KPC will close its Washington office by the end of November. He explained that the Washington office had initiall [...]	2007-10-13 07:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV KU
07KUWAIT1535	CHEVRON AND KNPC SEEKING COMPROMISE ON NEUTRAL [...] (C/NF) In an 8 October meeting with CDA, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) Chairman and Managing Director Sami Al-Rushaid said discussions on the proposed location for a 615,000 bpd KNPC refinery in the Partitioned Neutral Zone next to the Saudi Arabian Chevron (SAC) compound were back [...]	2007-10-18 11:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KUWAIT1541	FOREIGN AFFAIRS MP SOUNDS ALARM BELL ON IRAN [...] (C) On October 3, in separate conversations with Post, Kuwaiti MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager and MFA Director of Arab World Department Ambassador Jassem Al Mubaraki relayed their grave concerns that Iran is leading the region towards conflict. Though they acknowledged that the removal of Sadda [...]	2007-10-21 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT1564	IRAQI ELECTRICITY MINISTER GETS GOK COMMITMENT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Iraqi Electricity Minister Dr. Karim Wahid Hasan visited Kuwait from 27-29 October for meetings with the Prime Minister, Acting Oil Minister, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO, and the Speaker of the National Assembly to facilitate Kuwaiti fuel shipments to Iraq for power [...]	2007-10-30 08:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET ECON KU IZ
07KUWAIT1575	FIRST LADY PROMOTES EDUCATION AND WOMEN'S [...] (U) Summary: First Lady Laura Bush visited Kuwait October 24-25 as part of her regional trip to highlight education, breast cancer awareness, women's issues, and the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). At a diwaniyya (traditional discussion salon) hosted by Higher Education Undersec [...]	2007-11-01 14:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PDEM KWMN KDEM KU
07KUWAIT1598	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1599	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1600	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1603	KUWAIT-HOSTED IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION EXPO AN [...] (SBU) Under the patronage of Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, the Kuwait International Fair hosted the second International Trade Exhibition for the Reconstruction of Iraq from 4-7 November. In addition to a number of European and African ambassadors (but no Arab Chiefs [...]	2007-11-07 11:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KU IZ
07KUWAIT1611	A Leadership and Democracy Workshop for Kuwait's Youth [...] Summary: On October 29, twelve Kuwaiti Youth Exchange and Study (YES) program alumni participated in an Embassy-organized leadership workshop. The one-day workshop was held at the U.S. Embassy and incorporated group-development activities, discussion of leadership theories, social activism, a [...]	2007-11-14 09:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OEXC KU
07KUWAIT1623	KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Following the very positive development of establishing a shelter for domestic workers, Kuwait has not taken addditional actions to improve its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) since Ambassador Lagon's September 26 visit and the subsequent October 18 Tier placem [...]	2007-11-15 15:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT1669	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, we look forward to your December 2-3 visit to Kuwait. We have scheduled a dinner meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem. A former Finance Minister and Chairman of the Kuwait Investment Authority, the U.S.-educated Dr. Al-Ebraheem is a tr [...]	2007-11-27 14:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON KU PREL

07KUWAIT1676	NOVEMBER 11-13 TRIPARTITE COMMISSION AND TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11 and 13, respectively, Kuwait hosted the 55th session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) and the 30th Tripartite Commission (TC) Meeting. Representatives from Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, France, the United Kingdom, the U.S., and the Inter [...]	2007-11-29 10:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL IZ SA KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT1697	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NIE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM KU
07KUWAIT1701	TREASURY DEPSEC KIMMITT ADVOCATES SWF [...] (C) During a dinner meeting with Amiri Economic Adviser and former Finance Minister Dr. Yousef al-Ebraheem on December 2, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt strongly urged the GOK to engage positively in the international effort to develop voluntary best practices for sovereign wealth f [...]	2007-12-05 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PTER KTFN KU IZ
07KUWAIT1706	MOI CASTS DOUBT ON OPENING ADDITIONAL BORDER [...] (C) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with MNF-I DCG LTG William Rollo, MOI Undersecretary LTG Nasser al-Othman noted the security progress being made in Iraq and predicted significant progress in the next two years. In stark contrast from what Post has heard from Kuwait Customs and the Kuwai [...]	2007-12-06 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL ETRD EPET KU IZ
07KUWAIT172	MIXED REVIEWS ON SHAYKH SABAH'S FIRST YEAR AS AMIR [...] (C/NF) Summary: January 29 marked Shaykh Sabah's first anniversary as Amir. He has presided over an historic year during which Kuwait experienced several significant developments, including the constitutional dissolution of Parliament and new elections in which women participated both as vot [...]	2007-02-05 12:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT1720	KUWAIT CUSTOMS AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with Embassy Baghdad Econcouns and Embassy Kuwait econ and customs officers, DG of Kuwait Customs Ibraheem Al-Ghanim said that continuing concerns over the smuggling of contraband into Kuwait from Iraq and corruption and mismanagement on the part of Ira [...]	2007-12-13 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD IZ PREL KU
07KUWAIT1741	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 11-12 [...] (C) Mr. President, your January 11-12 visit to Kuwait offers a timely opportunity to acknowledge the invaluable cooperation of a key regional ally, and also to press the Government of Kuwait (GOK) to do more on issues of vital interest to the United States - especially Iraq and counterterroris [...]	2007-12-17 23:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KCIP OVIP KU IZ IS EAID KPAO
07KUWAIT1742	INTERIOR MINISTER NONCOMMITTAL ON ADDITIONAL [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with CDA, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah said he was deeply concerned about the smuggling of contraband (including drugs, alcohol, munitions, and chemicals) into Kuwait from Iraq at both the Abdali-Safwan commercial border crossing and the militar [...]	2007-12-18 11:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL ETRD KU IZ
07KUWAIT1747	ADDITIONAL BORDER CROSSING REQUEST GAINS TRACTION [...] (C) Following contacts reported reftels, CDA on December 17 had multiple telcons on the border crossing request with GEN Saleh Al-Humaydhi in absence of Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al Sabah. At Al-Humaydhi,s request, he subsequently had two telcons with GEN Khaled Al-Jarrah (J2). [...]	2007-12-18 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL KU IZ
07KUWAIT1762	TAX ON FOREIGN COMPANIES REDUCED FROM 55 TO 15 [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, Kuwait's National Assembly passed a bill to reduce the tax rate on foreign companies from 55 percent to 15 percent to attract more foreign investment. In making its case for passage of the law, the government noted that Kuwait attracted less than USD 300 million [...]	2007-12-27 16:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON
07KUWAIT185	ARAB FUND HOSTS RARE DONOR COORDINATION EVENT [...] (SBU) On February 4, the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (Arab Fund) hosted a unique donor coordination event designed to promote dialogue and increased cooperation between leading Arab and international donors. Nine Arab organizations that comprise the Arab FundQs joint secret [...]	2007-02-10 06:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD PREL KU
07KUWAIT217	KUWAITIS WELCOME MECCA AGREEMENT, CONDEMN AL-AQSA [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwaitis welcomed news of the agreement between Fatah and Hamas in Mecca and praised Saudi Arabia for hosting the reconciliation meeting. In a February 11 statement, the Council of Ministers hailed the agreement as "a step in the right direction" and praised Saudi King Abdulla [...]	2007-02-14 12:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPAL IS KU
07KUWAIT219	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C/NF) The following response is keyed to ref A. 2. (S/NF) Effectiveness of Tranche I Designations: Tranche I designations have had little discernible impact on the three Kuwaitis identified as terrorist facilitators -- Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- though we [...]	2007-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KU QA KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT239	PROGRESS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS SLOWED BY BUREACRACY [...] (C/NF) Summary: GOK attempts to address the abuse of domestic workers through a mandatory contract have so far fallen short, with the contracts proving difficult or impossible to enforce. GOK enforcement officials acknowledge unscrupulous practices at domestic recruitment offices, but expre [...]	2007-02-19 11:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB ID KU TIP
07KUWAIT256	DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE ON PREMATURE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Charge noted U.S. caution toward the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and urged Kuwait to avoid taking any especially high-level steps to engage with the NUG until the NUG had endorsed t [...]	2007-02-20 13:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS KU
07KUWAIT257	UPDATE ON SHI'A-SUNNI RELATIONS IN KUWAIT: STABLE, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Despite a recent surge in sectarian rhetoric, the majority of our contacts insist there is no near-term threat to Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Most Kuwaitis describe the overall relations between the two communities as "very good," and say leaders on both sides and the Go [...]	2007-02-20 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
07KUWAIT26	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S JAN 16-17, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Madam Secretary: Embassy Kuwait warmly welcomes your visit. In addition to your meeting with the GCC 2 Foreign Ministers, hosted by Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, you will likely have separate bilateral meetings with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah and Prime Mi [...]	2007-01-09 12:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EAID OVIP KU
07KUWAIT264	KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Kuwaiti government agencies sustained the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2006 that they demonstrated in 2005, and in some cases improved upon that performance. Kuwait Customs in particular continued to be the most aggressive and most competent agency in impeding the movement of pi [...]	2007-02-21 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT270	IRAN: KUWAIT FOREIGN MINISTER MEETING WITH [...] (C) On February 19 in a meeting with Charge, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said the primary purpose of the recent meeting between Kuwait Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Iranian President Ahmedinejad (February 13-14) had been to d [...]	2007-02-21 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
07KUWAIT291	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MFA U/S SAYS GCC FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 28 CDA DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 3 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL TO MFA UNDERSECRETARY KHALED AL-JARALLAH. AL-JARALLAH EXPRESSED OPTIMISM THAT THE MECCA AGREEMENT AND RECENT EFFORTS BY THE QUARTET WERE REINVIGORATING THE PEACE PROCESS. THE CHAR [...]	2007-02-28 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL KWPG IS IZ LE SO SU IR
07KUWAIT39	KUWAIT HOSTS SUCCESSFUL WOMEN LEADERS IN SCIENCE [...] (U) Summary. The Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR),in conjunction with the State Department and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, hosted a conference entitled "Women Leaders in Science, Technology, and Engineering" from January 8-10 in Kuwait City. Part [...]	2007-01-11 07:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA KWMN SENV TSPL KU
07KUWAIT394	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT396	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - KHALID AL-SHAYKH, IRAN, AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-18 09:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
07KUWAIT401	SOMALI PRESIDENT, AWQAF MINISTER VISIT KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3-6 visit to Kuwait, Somali President Abdullahi Yusef asked the Amir for humanitarian assistance and support for an upcoming reconciliation conference. The Amir agreed to send humanitarian support, but did not commit to other assistance. Somali Ambassador Abu Bakr [...]	2007-03-18 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTFN SO KU
07KUWAIT409	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for th [...]	2007-03-21 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT416	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for the [...]	2007-03-24 06:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT427	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S APRIL 3 VISIT TO [...] (S/NF) Welcome to Kuwait, Admiral Fallon. I regret that I will be away during your visit but look forward to greeting you on your next visit to Kuwait. We have requested meetings for you with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Sabah, Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah, and First Deputy Prime [...]	2007-03-26 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT430	NEW CABINET FORMED: SIX NEW MINISTERS, TWO WOMEN, [...] (C) Summary and comment: After three weeks of consultations, the Prime Minister announced March 25 the formation of a new Cabinet, which includes six new ministers and, for the first time in Kuwait's history, two women. The Cabinet reshuffle is unlikely to affect significantly any key U.S.-K [...]	2007-03-26 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
07KUWAIT440	KUWAIT NSB DEPUTY AIRS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ AT [...] (C) Summary. NATO member embassies met March 21 to discuss NATO cooperation with Kuwait under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and the upcoming visit of a NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation. The Poles briefed on the March 5-6 Contact Point Embassy meeting in Brussels highlightin [...]	2007-03-28 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MNUC PTER NATO PGOV IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT446	KUWAIT BRINGS TOGETHER IRANIAN AND ARAB SHI'A, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted March 26-27 a conference that brought together Shi'a Awqaf officials from around the region. The discussion highlighted what some Shi'a, especially in the Gulf, see as a disconnect between centralized, distant Awqaf authorities and ordinary Shi'a donors. Some [...]	2007-03-28 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL PTER KTFN IR IZ LE BA SA KU SHI
07KUWAIT450	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN: APPROACHING THE U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Iran, Majid Al-Thufiri, who claims good access to senior Iranian officials, shared his impression of Iran's views towards the U.S., regional policies, and domestic political and economic situation in a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador. His key point [...]	2007-03-29 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN REALTIONS
07KUWAIT475	TIP UPDATE ON PROSECUTIONS, SHELTER, LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK recently provided a response to formal questions regarding this year's TIP report, including an update of prosecution figures. The response states that Kuwait has agreed to establish a shelter for domestic workers, though further clarification is needed. The respons [...]	2007-04-04 06:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
07KUWAIT500	CENTCOM COMMANDER FALLON MEETS WITH AMIR AND [...] (C) Summary. New CENTCOM Commander William J. Fallon discussed Iraq, Iran and bilateral military cooperation with the Amir of Kuwait, the Prime Minister, Defense Minister and Armed Forces Chief of Staff on April 3. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) message on Iraq was one of continued support fo [...]	2007-04-07 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR IZ IR KU
07KUWAIT505	FEMALE LEADERS PAINT BLEAK PICTURE OF WOMEN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Women's Network (WIN) told Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) on April 7 that women still face major professional, political, and legal obstacles to achieving equality with men in Kuwait. Some of the problems come from discrimination in the workplace. Other [...]	2007-04-08 10:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
07KUWAIT508	READOUT OF NDI MEETINGS WITH KUWAITI POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Senior NDI representative for Kuwait Kelley Jones briefed PolOffs on her April 3-7 meetings with Kuwaiti political associations. She said the organizations were open to receiving NDI training and assistance, but liberal groups expressed concerns about being viewed as too closely [...]	2007-04-08 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI MEPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
07KUWAIT513	A VIEW FROM THE CHICKEN COOP: KUWAITI POULTRY [...] (C) Summary. On April 9, Econoff met with Meshal Al-Bazie, Deputy General Manager of Naif Poultry, one of the largest poultry producers in Kuwait, to discuss the ongoing avian influenza (AI) outbreak. Al-Bazie said only one of Naif's egg farms has been affected by the virus, but that 640,00 [...]	2007-04-09 12:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO ECON ETRD KU
07KUWAIT526	KUWAIT AVIAN FLU UPDATE #8 [...] (SBU) The total number of reported cases remains at 101, and no new cases have been discovered in the past week. Public Authority for Agriculture Affairs and Fish Resources (PAAAFR) inspectors continue to take samples from commercial and private poultry holdings, and the culling of birds fro [...]	2007-04-11 05:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
07KUWAIT578	PROGRAM EVALUATION: HIP HOP TRIO ROCKS KUWAIT [...] GPRA FY07Q2: The Gina Loring Poetry and Hip Hop Trio, a popular, contemporary African American youth-oriented music group based in Los Angeles, California, conducted its first tour of Kuwait, February 5-10, 2007. The highly energetic trio, comprised of Gina Loring, lead vocalist; Joshua Silve [...]	2007-04-18 15:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KU
07KUWAIT592	FREEDOM AGENDA: ACTIVISTS UNSATISFIED WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary: The National Assembly's Women's Affairs Committee sponsored a conference on women's issues on April 21. The conference tackled some of the key challenges facing women, but activists criticized it as superficial and lashed out at the lack of interest by parliamentarians. Th [...]	2007-04-23 04:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KWMN KU
07KUWAIT606	OIL MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS NEW REFINERY [...] (C/NF) On 24 April, Ambassador met with Oil Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Al-Sabah to congratulate him on his reappointment and discuss his priorities for the oil sector. The Minister said Kuwait's oil sector needs restructuring and new managers. Regarding long-delayed plans for the constructi [...]	2007-04-25 07:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV EINV OVIP KU
07KUWAIT642	KUWAITI TIFA LEAD DISAPPOINTED BY SPECIAL 301 [...] (SBU) On April 29, Econcouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Assistant Undersecretary Abdulazziz Al-Khaldi to deliver Ref A demarche. Al-Khaldi expressed disappointment that Kuwait retained its Watchlist ranking, noting (as he has in previous meetings) that Kuwa [...]	2007-04-30 13:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR KU
07KUWAIT730	NEW KUWAIT-IRAQ COALITION BORDER CROSSING TO OPEN [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 8, Econoff attended the final drill in preparation for the May 15 opening of the Khabari Al-Wazem Border Crossing (commonly referred to as K-Crossing or the Khabari Coalition Crossing, KCC),on the Kuwait-Iraq border. K-Crossing will replace Navistar as the primary lan [...]	2007-05-09 15:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
07KUWAIT804	KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ESTABLISHES WOMEN'S [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (the political wing of Kuwait's Muslim Brotherhood) officially launched a women's office in early May with the goal of enhancing its outreach to women voters. Though the KMB's social wing has a history of successful women's pr [...]	2007-05-21 12:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWMN KISL KU
07KUWAIT875	KUWAIT'S ISLAMIC MODERATION INITIATIVE UNDER THE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Kuwait recently launched a public relations campaign to further its "moderation" initiative, which seeks to foster tolerance and moderation among Muslims and to convey a moderate image of Islam to non-Muslims. The materials used in the campaign are of high quality [...]	2007-06-05 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL EG MR SU KU ISLAMISTS
07KUWAIT932	WASTING THE WINDFALL: A BREAKDOWN OF KUWAIT'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Kuwait's fiscal surplus for FY 2006/7 was $20 billion, after the allocation of 10 percent of revenues to the Reserve Fund for Future Generations (RFFG). While revenues increased by 12.8 percent, mostly due to high oil prices, fiscal expenditures grew by a whopping 60 [...]	2007-06-17 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EPET EAID KU
07KUWAIT938	KUWAITIS DEFENSIVE ABOUT TIER 3 TIP RANKING, [...] (SBU) Summary: The demotion of Kuwait to Tier 3 in the 2007 TIP report garnered a great deal of attention. Kuwaiti officials criticized the TIP report as inaccurate, but pledged to continue working with the U.S. on anti-TIP efforts. Officials and a number of columnists attacked the U.S. h [...]	2007-06-18 11:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB BG RP KU TIP
07KUWAIT943	KUWAIT PETROLEUM COMPANY TO DISCUSS NEW REFINERY [...] (C/NF) On 17 June, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) announced it is inviting international EPC (Engineering-Procurement-Construction) companies to apply for pre-qualification for contracts related to KNPC's plans to build a new 615,000 bpd mega-refinery in the Kuwaiti portion of the Pa [...]	2007-06-19 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ECON KU SA
07KYIV1023	UKRAINE: CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) We met April 20 with MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Deputy Director Pokotilo to discuss the May 15 next session of the UN Conference on Disarmament (CD) at MFA's request. Counselor Oleksandr Bondarenko and a [...]	2007-04-27 13:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNGA CDG UP
07KYIV1036	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO PUSHING, REGIONS NOT BACKING [...] (C) Summary. During what normally would have been a quiet, five-day holiday weekend, the presidential and Rada/government teams were hard at work upping the ante in the current political crisis, with neither side appearing ready yet to relinquish hardball tactics and return to negotiations. [...]	2007-05-03 14:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1051	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT AND PM REACH GENERAL AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Yanukovych on May 4 finally reached a preliminary agreement to hold early Rada elections, after more than a week when the two leaders did not speak. At a press conference after the meeting, Yushchenko announced that a working group would [...]	2007-05-04 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1108	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR DIA DIRECTOR LTG MAPLES [...] (S/REL UP) General Maples: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv at a time of political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictions in a newly-amended constitution [...]	2007-05-10 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV113	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] As requested reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Post is transmitting the ICS in three separate parts due to its large size. Post will send the ICS in Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA by email. Begin Text: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment G [...]	2007-01-18 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV114	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Text Continued: A.5. Performance Requirements/Incentives PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS There are no known cases of performance requirements imposed on foreign investo [...]	2007-01-18 13:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV118	UKRAINE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Refs A and B contained parts one and two of the 2007 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. The third and final part of the ICS is below. Text Continued: A.9. Efficient Capital Markets and Portfolio Investment BANKING The Ukrainian banking system consists of the National Ban [...]	2007-01-18 14:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
07KYIV1195	UKRAINE: BALOHA SUGGESTS THAT TIME RUNNING OUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Head of the Presidential Secretariat Baloha told the Ambassador that there were now two options on the table for a political compromise: either on Monday, May 21, the President, PM and their teams would announce the date for early elections and the contents of the legislative pack [...]	2007-05-18 15:12:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1243	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY SEGA [...] (SBU) Undersecretary Sega: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. For more than seven weeks Ukraine has been in political turmoil and paralysis as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resol [...]	2007-05-24 14:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV125	UKRAINE: SCUD INVENTORY UPDATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) During a January 17 meeting, Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko expressed optimism to visiting EUR/PRA Director Anita Friedt, PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner, and DOD and Embassy Kyiv representatives that the Ukrainian government wo [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP
07KYIV1299	UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...]	2007-05-25 14:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1300	UKRAINE:SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. ARMY [...] (SBU) General MacKiernan: We look forward to welcoming you to Kyiv. The past couple of months have been marked by political turmoil as the President and Prime Minister search for ways to reach agreement on a date for pre-term parliamentary elections and a way forward on resolving contradictio [...]	2007-05-25 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS UP
07KYIV1335	UKRAINE: CBA Special Representative Mermoud Meetings on [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met on May 17-18 with government officials and U.S. business in Kyiv to discuss business climate and economic policy issues. The tone of the meetings with the State Customs Service, and the Ministers of Fu [...]	2007-06-01 07:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD UP
07KYIV135	UKRAINE: ONE VICTOR? CABINET OF MINISTERS LAW [...] (C) Summary. A landmark Cabinet of Ministers law passed January 12 via a presidential veto override (ref A) will remake the Ukrainian political landscape once it comes into effect, although President Yushchenko cited a technicality to issue a renewed veto January 19 and returned the bill to t [...]	2007-01-19 15:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1354	UKRAINE: JUNE 4 UPDATE - KYIV QUIET AS POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Actions by key political players June 1-2 gave greater cause for optimism that the political compromise announced May 27 is being implemented, although public statements from Prime Minister Yanukovych and Speaker Moroz on June 3-4 suggested that progress may continue to be slow [...]	2007-06-04 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1418	UKRAINE: CRIMEA UPDATE - LESS TENSE THAN IN 2006; [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's May 29-30 visit to Simferopol, Crimea and an earlier poloff visit May 17-18, all of our interlocutors agreed that the situation in Crimea appears less tense than it did six months ago (reftels). The primary issues in play remain control/ownership of land; the [...]	2007-06-08 08:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM PREL UP
07KYIV1458	UKRAINE: ELECTIONS PROCESS STILL BUMPY [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Yanukovych and Party of Regions members are now openly talking about their election preparations and have told us that June 15 will be the last day the Rada is in session. The Rada must still acknowledge the resignations of at least another 72 members of the oppos [...]	2007-06-13 12:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1515	UKRAINE: RADA SPUTTERS TO A CLOSE AS ATTENTION [...] (C) Summary. Speaker Moroz closed the Rada's aimless plenary sessions on June 19, clearly under some pressure by Party of Regions leaders and despite earlier vows by Socialists and Communists to continue sessions into July. Moroz read a letter to the Rada written by PM Yanukovych in which the [...]	2007-06-21 14:03:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV1516	UKRAINE: DNIPROPETROVSK LUKEWARM ON RADA [...] (C) Summary. On an early June trip to Dnipropetrovsk city, the capital of a major industrial center in the East, poloff found a wealthy city more blue than orange, but with a great deal of distrust of both Donetsk-based Party of Regions and Dnipro-native Tymoshenko, leaving an opening for othe [...]	2007-06-21 14:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV163	UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION AND THE NATO PFP [...] (S) Summary: As a result of a January 17 meeting with Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko on the proposals regarding man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) contained ref A, PM/WRA will work with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to develop an amendment to the NATO/PfP Trust F [...]	2007-01-22 12:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP
07KYIV1808	UKRAINE: POLITICAL WILL, NOT LAWS, WILL DETERMINE [...] (C) Summary. Parliament (Rada) adopted a number of amendments to the law on parliamentary elections June 1 as part of the compromise to hold early parliamentary elections on September 30. Some changes were needed, but a number of others reintroduced loopholes that contributed to election frau [...]	2007-07-24 14:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV187	UKRAINE INVITED TO PARTICIPATE IN COESPU [...] Italian DCM Sergio Martes, Italian military attache Colonel Claudio Ritacca, Embassy Kyiv Office of Defense Cooperation Chief LTC Rob Timm, and poloff delivered reftel demarche January 25 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor [...]	2007-01-26 04:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV IT TU PK ID UP
07KYIV1916	UKRAINE: NATO SEA BREEZE EXERCISE AN "UNQUALIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Sea Breeze 2007, the largest ever multinational exercise in the Black Sea, concluded July 22. Over two weeks, exercise participants from 13 NATO PfP member countries enhanced interoperability through peacekeeping operations, search and rescue, and communications training. Despite [...]	2007-08-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV1940	UKRAINE: REGIONS'S PARTY CONGRESS: A HANDSHAKE, A [...] (C) Summary. The Party of Regions August 4 party congress was the least predictable of the major party congresses, featuring both moderate speeches by Prime Minister Yanukovych and faction leader Raisa Bohatyreva and well-received speeches from Communist Party leader Symonenko and a representa [...]	2007-08-08 09:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV196	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS GRAFFY'S FEB 7-12 [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes at a time when the struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation passed by Yanukovych's majority in the Rada (p [...]	2007-01-26 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP
07KYIV2001	UKRAINE: TEN YEARS AFTER THE SIGNING OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Ten years after the signing of the NATO-Ukraine Charter and two and a half years after the Orange Revolution, many policy makers and experts in Ukraine and in the West hoped that Ukraine would jump on a fast track to NATO membership. However, today public support for NATO members [...]	2007-08-15 07:35:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2010	UKRAINE: BYUT REGISTERED FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary and comment. After a court ruled August 14 that the Central Election Commission (CEC) needed to review BYuT's candidates list within one day, the CEC complied and finally approved all 450 candidates of the bloc late in the day August 15. Tymoshenko herself attended the August 14 [...]	2007-08-15 13:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2114	UKRAINE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED; [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) As agreed ref email, PolCouns met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Volodymr Belashov August 23, to follow up on Acting EUR A/S Volker's meeting with the Ukrainian Charge and Moldovan Ambassador August 22 in Washin [...]	2007-08-23 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS UP
07KYIV2239	UKRAINE: ELECTIONS IN ODESA HEAVILY FAVOR REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's August 31 meetings in Odesa with leaders from Party of Regions (POR),Bloc of Yuliya Tymoshenko (BYuT),and Our Ukraine-People's Self-Defense (OU-PSD),all agreed that POR remained the overwhelming favorite in the predominately blue region -- in 2006, Regio [...]	2007-09-07 12:17:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV2245	UKRAINE: APPEAL FOR USG FORBEARANCE ON INDIA SPACE [...] (C) This is a request for guidance. Request that the Department provide the U.S. position regarding Ukraine company Yuzhnoye's contract to prepare blueprints for a semi-cryogenic, liquid-oxygen/kerosene-fueled rocket engine for the Indian Space Research Organization, as detailed below, and es [...]	2007-09-07 13:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ETTC MTCRE TSPA PREL IN UP
07KYIV2260	UKRAINE IPR CONFERENCE HOSTS LATEST ROUND IN FIGHT [...] Summary: Ukraine's annual IPR Conference, held September 3-7, brought together GOU officials, industry reps, and international experts to promote better IPR protection in the country. Discussion of possible Copyright Law amendments and the operation of royalty collecting societies proved most [...]	2007-09-11 08:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
07KYIV2392	UKRAINE'S WTO NEGOTIATOR WANTS TO WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: During a September 17 meeting, Ukraine's lead WTO negotiator Valeriy Pyatnytskiy complained that talks with Kyrgyzstan on a WTO bilateral agreement had stalled. Kyrgyzstan had rejected Ukraine's most recent proposal, and Pyatnytskiy believed that "one or more third parties" were [...]	2007-09-18 04:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO KG UP
07KYIV2501	UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS: A NEW ORANGE COALITION COULD [...] (C) Summary: A renewed "orange coalition" could potentially capture enough Rada seats to form the new government, according to several nationwide exit polls. As of noon October 1, counting continues and the Central Election Commission (CEC) has posted about 54% of the results, although there [...]	2007-10-01 07:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV2508	UKRAINE: ALL SIDES WAIT WHILE ELECTIONS SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary. As votes continued to trickle into the Central Election Commission on October 2, parties remained for the most part constrained, holding off on both court challenges and coalition negotiations until the final count is announced. With more than 97 percent of the vote counted by 5 [...]	2007-10-02 12:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2515	UKRAINE: MILITARY HELICOPTERS FOR UNAMID REQUESTED [...] (U) Per input received ref A, we joined UK Embassy Head of Political Section Duncan Allan on a joint demarche October 3 to MFA UN Directorate head Petro Datsenko to request that Ukraine consider providing six to twelve military utility helicopters (ref C) for UNAMID (United Nations-African Unio [...]	2007-10-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO SU UK UP
07KYIV2555	UKRAINE: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, BALL IN BALOHA'S [...] (C) Summary. Conversations on October 10 with key advisers for Yuliya Tymoshenko and PM Viktor Yanukovych, Hryhoriy Nemyria and Serhiy Lyovochkin respectively, underscore what we have been hearing for the past week -- the ball on coalition formation is in Yushchenko's court, but it may be Pre [...]	2007-10-10 13:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2566	UKRAINE: DASD CAGAN REQUESTS PLUS-UP IN IRAQ [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Summary. In consecutive meetings with Ukrainian Chief of Defense, General of the Army Serhiy Kyrychenko, Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko, and Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Veselovsky on October 8, visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of [...]	2007-10-12 02:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ UP US
07KYIV2575	UKRAINE: COALITION SOUNDING ORANGE--FOR TODAY [...] (C) Summary. As the five-day timeline President Yushchenko gave to the parties to submit coalition proposals draws to a close, BYuT and Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense took public steps intended to demonstrate that the orange coalition is close to becoming a reality. Tymoshenko and three re [...]	2007-10-12 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV2671	UKRAINE:TALK OF REMOVING RUE FROM GAS DEAL [...] (C) Summary: Local reaction to Gazprom Chairman Medvedev's comments (ref b) about removing RosUkrEnergo (RUE) from the gas deal have ranged from positive to muted. Minister of Fuels and Energy Boyko told Ambassador he had heard nothing from the Russians about possibly removing RUE from the ga [...]	2007-10-23 12:34:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD PREL RS UP
07KYIV2752	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT YUSHCHENKO FINALLY TO VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Embassy DCM Shahar Arieli confirmed that President Victor Yushchenko plans to visit Israel in mid-November and that he would also visit Ramallah and meet with Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, although he noted that previous planned visits did not m [...]	2007-11-06 08:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IS UP
07KYIV2806	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT'S DEMANDS STRAIN OU; REGIONS [...] (C) Summary. While the parties are slowly going through the procedures to prepare for a new Rada, the orange coalition is either close to completion or teetering on the edge of self-destruction, reportedly pushed by President Yushchenko, his Chief of Staff Baloha, and NSDC Secretary Plyushch. [...]	2007-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV2858	UKRAINE: PREPARING FOR THE NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. We need to engage now with Ukraine to craft a role for this important partner at the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest even as Ukrainian political forces are focused on building a coalition and forming a new government. While President Yushchenko, FM Yatsenyuk, and Minister of [...]	2007-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL UP
07KYIV2925	UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA [...] Post provided detailed information on child labor in Ukraine last year (ref B),the first time that Ukraine was covered by this Trade and Development Act (TDA) reporting requirement. As requested by ref A, below Post provides updated information on child labor issues. 2. Post will also sen [...]	2007-11-30 11:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
07KYIV3034	UKRAINE: MOI AND MFA DISCUSS PLANS TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The Ukrainian Government is taking steps to combat the increase in racially-motivated crimes in Ukraine this year. Acting Minister of Interior Korniyenko highlighted to the Ambassador several initiatives undertaken by the Ministry including increased security for di [...]	2007-12-10 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
07KYIV3086	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO ELECTED AS PM; NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of debate and uncertainty, the orange coalition came together and confirmed Yuliya Tymoshenko as the new prime minister of Ukraine on December 18. Tymoshenko was confirmed with 226 votes, the minimum number of votes necessary in the 450-member Rada. Only MPs f [...]	2007-12-18 13:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
07KYIV3102	UKRAINE: WHO'S WHO IN THE TYMOSHENKO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The new Tymoshenko government, confirmed by the Rada December 18, is an interesting mix of PM Tymoshenko loyalists and President Yushchenko loyalists, and of experienced politicians and technocratic newcomers. Disagreements over Our Ukraine-People's Self Defense slots between the [...]	2007-12-20 05:55:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07KYIV315	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Gates, your meeting with President Yushchenko at Wehrkunde next week comes at a time when the struggle between Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance and the right to define national security, defense, and foreign policy has intensified. Recent legislation [...]	2007-02-07 15:59:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UP
07KYIV3165	ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE NEW GOU: PROGRESS, BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sent out mixed signals on her plans for the Ukrainian economy. She continues to say many of the right things on economic matters, yet some of her populist campaign promises convey a different message. Nonetheless, we expect Tymosh [...]	2007-12-28 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV332	UKRAINE: EU TROIKA MEETING LAUNCHES ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: A February 6 EU Troika meeting in Kyiv marked the launch of a new enhanced Partnership and Cooperative Agreement intended to strengthen economic and political ties - responding to a Ukrainian push for a new kind of partnership and closer ties to the EU. The first meeting of a Wor [...]	2007-02-09 16:11:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UP
07KYIV467	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Opposition leader Yuliya Tymoshenko arrives in the U.S. at a time when the feuding and deal-making between Ukraine's three major political forces is hamstringing policy-making and legislating. The struggle between President Yushchenko and PM Yanukovych for political dominance an [...]	2007-02-23 15:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV478	UKRAINE: THINKING OF ENGAGING BELARUS PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On February 16, the Ukrainians floated a proposal to extend an overture to Belarusan President Lukashenko in the hope of obtaining progress on Ukraine-Belarus border issues and cooperation in forming a united front against Russian on energy issues. The initial proposal included [...]	2007-02-26 16:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MNUC PINR BO UP
07KYIV643	UKRAINE: ALLIANCE SHIFTS - BROAD COALITION IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Internal friction inside both the opposition and the majority coalition came to a head March 20 with the latest failed vote to approve a foreign minister seeming to spark a realignment of political forces in Ukrainian politics. The morning began with parts of the coalition seemin [...]	2007-03-20 17:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UP
07KYIV646	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO IN BRUSSELS -- THE "EU [...] (U) Summary: Ukrainian leaders continued their tours of European capitals with President Yushchenko making Ukraine's case for EU membership during a March 8 visit to Brussels and a March 15-16 visit to Copenhagen, echoing the points Prime Minister Yanukovych made during his February 28 working [...]	2007-03-21 14:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG UP

07KYIV654	UKRAINE/BELARUS SUMMIT STILL PLANNED FOR MARCH [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still proceeding for a Kyiv summit between President Yushchenko and Belarusan President Lukashenko, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Veselovsky during a meeting with EUR DAS Kramer, NSC Director Sterling, and the Ambassador. Kramer warned Veselovsky that such a mee [...]	2007-03-22 08:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM ENRG EPET BO UP
07KYIV686	UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER'S DISCUSSIONS OF DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: In a wide range of conversations EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling conducted with Ukrainian officials and commentators March 18-20, the overriding theme in domestic politics was that all branches of the government were consumed with the ongoing struggle for polit [...]	2007-03-23 15:31:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV688	UKRAINE: 3/23 WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukraine has received comments regarding recently passed WTO-related legislation from members of its WTO Working Party and is working hard to respond to these comments quickly. Legislative drafting on issues of importance to the USG, such as IPR, biotechnology, and VAT on agricu [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV702	UKRAINE: THE STRUGGLE FOR SEVASTOPOL [...] (C) Summary: Sevastopol continues to be in the middle of a tug-of-war between Ukraine and Russian for the hearts and minds of its residents. Moscow Mayor Luzhkov visited Sevastopol February 21, to open a renovated Moscow-funded Russian Culture and Information Center, to visit the Russian Bla [...]	2007-03-29 08:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS UP
07KYIV824	UKRAINE: POWER MINISTERS GIVE ASSURANCES THAT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Defense Minister Hrytsenko, Minister of Interior Tsushko, and acting head of the Security Service (SBU) Nalyvaichenko April 6 to discuss the security situation during the ongoing political crisis. Hrytsenko was the most optimistic of the three, giving assurance [...]	2007-04-06 15:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS UP
07KYIV841	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH, YUSHCHENKO SEEKING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador's separate conversations with Prime Minister Yanukovych and President Yushchenko on April 9 and 10, respectively, indicated both sides expressed preference for resolving the current crisis via a political compromise instead of a Constitutional Court (CC) ruling or goin [...]	2007-04-10 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV853	UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH AND YUSHCHENKO AGREE EU [...] (C) Summary: During his March 27 visit to Brussels, PM Yanukovych said he wanted Ukraine to adopt a long-term strategy for EU membership and thanked his interlocutors for their help so far. Echoing President Yushchenko's earlier comments, Yanukovych urged the incorporation of a reference to U [...]	2007-04-11 15:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ENRG EUN UP
07KYIV897	UKRAINE: 4/13 WTO UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Top GOU officials continue to express concerns that USG comments on WTO-related legislation and the draft Working Party Report will slow down the accession process. EU diplomats in Kyiv have similarly inquired whether the comments signify a U.S. delaying tactic. Post has activ [...]	2007-04-13 13:14:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO ECON PGOV UP
07KYIV921	UKRAINE: CODEL PRICE GREETED BY RADA CRISIS, HAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The visit Codel Price and members of the House Democracy Assistance Commission to Kyiv on April 1-3 came at a contested moment for the development of Ukraine's parliament--a constitutional crisis over whether the ruling coalition majority was formed unconstitutionally and whether [...]	2007-04-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV924	UKRAINE: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER YATSENYUK -- A [...] (SBU) Summary: Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ukraine's newest and youngest foreign minister, is extremely bright and, although he has no previous experience at MFA, will pick up the full scope of his new responsibilities quickly. He puts an emphasis on the economic side of his new duties, since he has [...]	2007-04-18 05:45:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL PINR UP
07KYIV976	UKRAINE: DEFMIN HRYTSENKO OPTIMISTIC ON POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DATT met with Minister of Defense Anatoliy Hrytsenko on April 23, 2007 to discuss command and control of military forces, potential uses of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Interior in times of crisis, Hrytsenko,s inclusion on the party list of Our Ukraine (OU) [...]	2007-04-25 03:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS UP
07KYIV998	UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO DECREES NEW ELECTION DATE TO [...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko issued a new decree on early parliamentary elections late on April 25 in response to increasing indications that Constitutional Court was ready to deliver a quick ruling against the decree which would have bolstered the coalition's side in ongoing President- [...]	2007-04-26 15:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
07LAGOS10	CADBURY: NIGERIA'S ENRON? [...] (U) Summary: Since 2003, Cadbury Nigeria, Plc. had overstated its financial position by naira 13bn to naira 15bn. This information came to light following the company's discovery of accounting irregularities in November. After a special audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC),the comp [...]	2007-01-08 15:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
07LAGOS112	OBASANJO ADVISOR'S GLOOMY ASSESSMENT OF THE [...] (S) Summary: In a January 30 meeting with the Consul General, Special Presidential Advisor and former Minister of State for Defense Lawal Batagarawa gave a gloomy assessment of electoral politics and the presidential race. Batagarawa predicted generalized unrest in the North should People's [...]	2007-02-14 09:17:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS134	NGOS TO RECLAIM THE NIGER DELTA STRUGGLE; PUSH FOR [...] (C) Summary. On January 25 Niger Delta experts described to AF/W Deputy Director Don Heflin a pan-Delta manifesto to be presented to presidential candidates in an effort to begin serious national dialogue on the Niger Delta. Similarly, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has brought si [...]	2007-02-21 16:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS152	ELECTION YEAR PORK BARREL POLITICS IN OSUN STATE [...] (C) Summary: To improve his heretofore tepid and scattered support, Osun State Governor Olagunsoye Oyinlola has actively distributed patronage in the run up to the April 2007 election. His main opponent is Action Congress (AC) candidate Rauf Aregbesola, whose campaign theme is Oyinlola has m [...]	2007-03-01 10:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS172	MILITANT THREATS, BUNKERING & INSECURITY PLAGUE [...] (C) Summary. Managing Directors (MDs) of American oil majors Chevron and ExxonMobil both received a similar email threat purportedly from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). The threat listed the names of the company's rigs as potential targets for militant activity. [...]	2007-03-12 11:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS185	NIGERIA 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the annual trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. ------------------ 27. (SBU) Overview ------------------ -- A. Nigeria is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficked persons. [...]	2007-03-13 15:46:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07LAGOS190	CONGRESSMAN CHRISTOPHER SMITH REVIEWS LAGOS ANTI-TIP [...] (U) Summary: Nigeria Trafficking in Persons (TIP) experts told Congressman Christopher Smith during his February 22-24 visit to Lagos that rehabilitation of TIP victims needs more resources and funding. Efforts in Lagos to work with TIP victims have been overwhelmed by the sheer numbers of vi [...]	2007-03-15 09:47:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID ELAB PHUM SOCI KWMN SMIG KCRM NI
07LAGOS197	DELTA ACTIVISTS PREDICT ELECTORAL UNREST [...] (C) Summary: Ledum Mitee, President of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP),told AF/W Director Phillip Carter that free and fair elections are unlikely. Both the People's Democratic Party Governorship candidates in Rivers and Delta states are unpopular with the large Ija [...]	2007-03-15 14:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS217	EXPECT POLITICIANS TO HIRE ARMED GROUPS [...] (C) Summary: Some armed groups in Rivers State are for hire this election season; Ateke Tom's group will be employed by Governor Peter Odili while Soboma George will be employed by opposition groups, says Miabiye Kuromiema, Rivers indigene and former Secretary General of the Ijaw Youth Counci [...]	2007-03-22 11:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS239	IMPROVING U.S. DIPLOMACY ON INDOOR AIR POLLUTION [...] This is a response to an action request or details on Indoor Air Pollution (IAP) in Nigeria. A septel will be sent assessing the GON's awareness of and commitment to reduce IAP. According to Ministry of Petroleum Resources, household kerosene is used 99 percent of the time as an energy sourc [...]	2007-03-30 14:08:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID EPA SENV TBIO AL AM BK CB CD CM CS CV
07LAGOS253	PROGRESS ON OIL AND GAS-RELATED LEGISLATION HALTED [...] (SBU) Before the five-week recess was called unexpectedly on March 21 by the National Assembly, observers predicted pending legislation of interest to the oil and gas industry would pass before the legislature adjourned sina die on May 29. Now however, observers decline to predict what bill [...]	2007-04-10 18:07:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EPET NI PTER ENERG
07LAGOS260	FORGET FREE & FAIR ELECTIONS; SMALL STEPS TO [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) would take the presidency and most governorships as a result of the elections while the Action Congress (AC) would take the majority of the legislature, predicted Francis Sheen, a Bayelsa State official working on the PDP's presidential campai [...]	2007-04-13 09:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	NI PGOV PREL PTER
07LAGOS278	AVIATION OFFICIALS SUPPORT NEW CARRIERS, ROUTES [...] (U) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with the Director General (DG),Nigerian Civil Aviation Administration (NCAA),a U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) official promised Virgin Nigeria's application to operate Lagos-JFK routes would be approved by the end of May. The NCAA DG promised to rec [...]	2007-04-18 14:22:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EINV CVIS PREL NI
07LAGOS348	IJAW RULER: ATTACKS WILL CONTINUE 2-3 MONTHS AS [...] (C) Summary: A paramount Ijaw Ruler from Warri, Delta State, described the recent spate of militant attacks as a "send off" gift for President Obasanjo and a warning to the incoming Administration that Niger Delta Ijaws would not abide the status quo. "Jomo Gbomo" and "Cynthia White" are sp [...]	2007-05-16 16:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
07LAGOS355	SITREP 13: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Amcit John Stapleton, four Italians, and one Croatian remain hostages. Despite the May 16 attack on Bayelsa Governor Goodluck Jonathan's house, Chevron has decided not to alter its release plan. Secretary to the State Government Dr. Godknows Igali said he was actively pursuing [...]	2007-05-17 15:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS362	SITREP 15: 5 AMCITS REMAIN HOSTAGES; KIDNAPPERS [...] (C) Summary: Chevron's six expatriate employees, American citizen John Stapleton, one Croatian and four Italians, kidnapped May 1 remain hostages. The abductors have complained Chevron's welfare packages are too small; the company plans to deliver another package of medication, water, and a [...]	2007-05-21 16:07:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EPET KDEM NI PGOV PREL
07LAGOS439	ELECTION TRIBUNALS GET UNDERWAY IN SOUTHERN NIGERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In several states of Southern Nigeria, the election tribunals are underway. The expectation is the tribunals will begin deciding cases in the next few months. The opposition hopes the recent independent decisions by the judiciary will continue in the election tribunals, and ov [...]	2007-06-08 16:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07LAGOS480	YAR'ADUA & LABOR RELATIONS MAY IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: It was not until President Yar'Adua directly negotiated with the NLC and TUC labor leaders in a closed-door session that the 2007 national labor strike was resolved, according to Denja Yaqub, Assistant Secretary to the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC). Yar'Adua reportedly told the l [...]	2007-06-28 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NI
07LAGOS502	IJAW MILITANTS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE; DESOPADEC BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 6, Ijaw militant leaders agreed to a 90-day ceasefire during which government could address their interests, which focus on gaining greater control over local government areas and resources. However, Rivers State criminal/militant leaders Ateke Tom and Soboma George did [...]	2007-07-13 09:49:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS571	DOE A/S HARBERT'S DAY IN LAGOS: GAS, OIL, POWER, [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International Affairs Karen Harbert SIPDIS met with Lagos business representatives from the power, gas, oil, and oil services sectors to assess the situation and hear energy companies' concerns. International [...]	2007-08-14 11:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL NI
07LAGOS580	EBONYI STATE EXPERIENCES A SEAMLESS TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 visit by Pol-econ chief to Ebonyi State, Governor Martin Elechi praised U.S. involvement in Nigeria and cited his top priorities as reforming the civil service and promoting development. Some observers contended Elechi's bureaucratic experience and acumen would bene [...]	2007-08-17 14:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS605	A POLITICAL NOVICE TAKES OVER IN ENUGU STATE [...] (C) Summary: Enugu state has continued to live up to its reputation for political intrigue. After an election fraught with violence and controversy, newly-inaugurated Enugu State People's Democratic Party (PDP) Governor Sullivan Chime distanced himself from his political patron, former Governo [...]	2007-09-05 10:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
07LAGOS628	NDDC COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SCHEME; NGO SEEKS LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) told international oil companies (IOCs) it would pursue community-driven development in pilot communities in 2008, and if successful, in all nine NDDC states by 2009. Bill Knight, Executive Director of Pro-Natura International, though [...]	2007-09-17 14:35:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS652	IJAW YOUTH LEADER: GON TAKING POSITIVE STEPS; IOCS [...] (C) Summary: According to Chris Ekiyor, recently-elected President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC),the Ijaw youth delegation meeting with the Federal Government went well as Yar'Adua's administration has expressed much interest in including Niger Delta indigenes in talks to lower regional un [...]	2007-09-26 10:47:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS653	PRIVATIZATION LEADERS PRAISE PREVIOUS USG [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) and the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) expressed their appreciation for US Trade and Development Agency (TDA) support in Nigeria, but noted that American financial assistance for privatization had c [...]	2007-09-26 10:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS663	NIGERIA SEEKS ADVICE FROM PRESTIGIOUS ECONOMIC, [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Theodore Craig, Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, Mansur Ahmed, Managing Director of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) and Wole Olanipekun, former president of the Nigerian Bar Association, said President Yar'Adua has asked advice from [...]	2007-10-05 10:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV NI
07LAGOS672	LAGOS COMMISSIONERS ON SECURITY & DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Theodore Craig, Office of Policy Planning, U.S. Department of State, two Lagos State Commissioners explained that relations between Lagos Governor Fashola and President Yar'Adua are strong, that Yar'Adua has agreed to expand a major expressway from four to 16 la [...]	2007-10-10 15:19:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS690	MOSOP PRESIDENT: EFCC MUST CHARGE CORRUPT [...] (C) Summary: The relative calm in Port Harcourt, Rivers State is misleading as state government officials have contributed to the violence, rather than decreased it. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must hold government officials responsible for corruption and complicity i [...]	2007-10-22 13:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM NI
07LAGOS705	NIGERIAN DRUG REGULATOR CLAIMS COUNTERFEITING SUCCESS [...] Summary: Professor Dora N. Akunyili has transformed Nigeria's National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) into an effective regulatory agency. NAFDAC has reduced the number of counterfeit drugs on the market, increased surveillance at ports, streamlined drug registratio [...]	2007-10-29 12:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND KIPR EAGR SNAR NI
07LAGOS719	NIGERIA: NEW RIVERS GOVERNOR REINVENTS HIMSELF BUT [...] (C) Summary: Recently inaugurated Governor Amaechi of Rivers State has pledged to fight corruption and promised to pressent a bill creating a Due Process and Public Procurement Commission to the legislature. After having been sidelined by the People's Democratic Party for six months, Amaechi [...]	2007-11-01 13:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC NI
07LAGOS759	NIGER DELTA TIDBITS: SECURITY, POLITICS, [...] (C) This cable provides updates to security and political developments in the Niger Delta. These events occurred in November and were not previously reported: --Bonny Island Labor Skirmish Results in 3 Fatalities --Delta: Joint Task Force-Uduaghan Prevent Itsekiri Attack on Chevron --Sena [...]	2007-11-29 16:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS76	SIT REP #8: DIFFICULT COMMUNICATION WITH SSS [...] (C) The Pivot-GIS Hostage Crisis Group has not met since February 2, however Control Risk Group (CRG) provided the following information. On February 3, Director of State Security Services (SSS) Alhaji Kola Adeshina told CRG that the Oral Rehydration Treatment (ORT) sachets had not been passe [...]	2007-02-05 15:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CASC NI
07LAGOS765	NIGERIA: YOUNG ACHIEVERS BRIDGE GAP BETWEEN [...] (U) Summary: President Abbaly Johnson and other members of the Young Achievers Network told EconCouns Nigeria's system of higher education fails completely to prepare students for jobs. Young Achievers bridge the gap by engaging youth in conferences, volunteer activities and other interventi [...]	2007-12-03 06:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI NI
07LAGOS97	NIGERIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PREPARES DOWNSTREAM GAS [...] (U) Summary: Final investment decisions (FIDs) will be taken on the OK Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG),Brass LNG, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and Equatorial Guinea LNG projects early in 2007. As a result, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is pushing Nigeria's Nationa [...]	2007-02-09 09:47:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET NI PGOV ENERG
07LAHORE733	IT'S OFFICIAL--THE PML-N WILL COMPETE IN ELECTIONS [...] (S) On December 9 in Lahore the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced it will participate in upcoming elections in the wake of the failure of the All Parties Democratic Movement (APDM) to reach a consensus on whether or not to boycott the upcoming legislative elections. According to R [...]	2007-12-10 14:43:00	Consulate Lahore	SECRET	PGOV PREL AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PINR AMGT PK
07LAPAZ104	GOB ISSUES DECREE TO EXPAND TELECOMS ACCESS [...] (SBU) The GOB issued a decree aimed at increasing telecommunications coverage on January 1. The decree seeks to increase access to fixed line services, mandates that fixed and mobile service providers must create a new category of service for low-income users, orders cellular operators to pro [...]	2007-01-17 13:31:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINV BL
07LAPAZ1203	SPECIAL 301 DEMARCHE DELIVERED; VICE MINISTER [...] (C) Emboff delivered ref A demarche to Vice Minister of Trade Rabczuk and to the National Service of Intellectual Property (SENAPI) on April 27. SENAPI representatives expressed interest in the recommendations and noted that they had proposed changes to update the 1992 copyright law, which ar [...]	2007-04-30 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD KIPR TBIO BL
07LAPAZ1213	SCENESETTER FOR DAS COULTER [...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes Political-Military Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Coulter to Bolivia May 8-10. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in Bolivian-American relations, with the GOB still defining its role in Bolivia's "revolution." With indigenous coca leader [...]	2007-05-03 12:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1366	PM DAS COULTER VISIT TO BOLIVIA [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Michael Coulter, as well as WHA/FO Sr. Advisor Giovanni Snidle, PM desk officer Jeff Burnett, and Lt. Col. Daniel McDonald of the Office of the Secretary of Defense visited Bolivia May 9-10 in response to the positive overtures made [...]	2007-05-16 19:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1394	DCM'S MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) At a ninety minute lunch at the DCM's residence on May 14, Minister of Defense (MOD) Walker San Miguel expressed confidence that the GOB would make its 5,000-8,000 hectare eradication target this year. He suggested that the USG and GOB negotiate an agreement regarding transport via DEA [...]	2007-05-22 15:26:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR MARR MASS MOPS PHUM BL
07LAPAZ1492	SHELL SALE INCREASES U.S. INVESTMENT IN BOLIVIAN [...] (SBU) Royal Dutch Shell plans to sell its shares in two Bolivian natural gas pipeline operators, Transredes and GTB, to the British firm Ashmore Energy, which is 40 percent U.S.-owned. The sale will increase total U.S. investment in Bolivia's tumultuous hydrocarbons sector from approximately [...]	2007-05-31 13:55:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
07LAPAZ160	BOLIVARIAN POLICIES UNDERCUT BOLIVIA'S [...] (SBU) The GOB issued a supreme decree on January 1 to establish a state development bank to provide subsidized, low-rate credits to small businesses associated with social organizations. Although according to the decree, the development bank will be a second-tier institution, rather than a fi [...]	2007-01-23 16:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID BL
07LAPAZ1618	COUER D'ALENE'A SAN BARTOLOME MINE SLATED TO BEGIN [...] (C) In conjunction with an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) due-diligence visit, Emboff received a briefing on the status of the San Bartolome project at the La Paz offices of Manquiri (Idaho-based Couer D'Alene's Bolivian subsidiary) on June 1 and visited the San Bartolome site [...]	2007-06-12 08:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN SENV BL
07LAPAZ1840	TIME TO INVEST IN BOLIVIAN MINING? NOT LIKELY [...] (C) In the past week emboff has fielded calls from three U.S. companies seeking information about the investment climate for Bolivia's mining sector. U.S. mining companies have also contacted U.S. congressional representatives with their views of the investment climate in Bolivia (in connecti [...]	2007-07-05 12:09:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ1847	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH U.S. MINING EXECUTIVES [...] (C) Although representatives from the three major U.S. mining companies in Bolivia listed specific concerns regarding GOB proposed changes to the mining code and taxes (ref B describes proposals),their basic request to the Ambassador was that the Embassy encourage the GOB to open a dialogue [...]	2007-07-05 16:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ1860	HUANUNI MINERS DEMAND AUTONOMY AND HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) Huanuni's miners are blocking roads between La Paz, Oruro, Potosi, and Cochabamba (note: reports as of 1745 indicate that the police have broken the blockades using teargas.) Press coverage has been unsympathetic, focusing on the suffering of average Bolivians stranded in bus stations an [...]	2007-07-05 22:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EMIN ECON BL
07LAPAZ188	A NEW YEAR, A NEW CABINET [...] (C) Despite recent public statements that he would not make any cabinet changes, President Morales announced a shake-up late January 23, replacing seven ministers (government, education, agriculture, justice, public works, planning, and labor). The announcement came as a surprise for many, ex [...]	2007-01-25 15:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ1948	SOME TRANSPARENCY AND MAS COMPROMISE IN NEW [...] (SBU) After nearly two months of deliberations, Bolivia's congress successfully voted on the appointment of four new supreme court judges in a process that while not fully transparent, was a marked improvement over the past. Historically the congressional approval process was opaque, based on [...]	2007-07-13 22:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2090	MUTUN IRON MINE DEAL: JACKPOT OR JINXED? [...] (C) On July 18 President Morales announced a contract with Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (India's third largest stainless steel producer) to develop the massive Mutun iron deposit, which straddles the border with Brazil. (Note: reportedly the contract allows Jindal to develop 50 percent of the B [...]	2007-07-30 21:32:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ2092	COURTS OVERTURN BARRING OF HIV POSITIVE NAVAL CADET [...] (U) In a case that set a precedent for the Bolivian military, the La Paz Superior District Court ruled that HIV positive naval cadet Richard Condori should be reinstated to the naval academy. Condori is also alleged to suffer from lymphatic cancer. The Navy claimed Condori, a fifth year stud [...]	2007-07-31 16:35:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2098	FOUR VIEWS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY AND BEYOND [...] (C) From July 18-24, Emboff met with four Constituent Assembly (CA) members representing different political parties. PODEMOS delegate Gamal Serhan Jaldin of Cochabamba argued that there is a real threat that the eastern (lowland) departments will seek separation from the western (altiplano) [...]	2007-08-01 11:59:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PINR BL
07LAPAZ2156	BOLIVIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS BAD FOR [...] (C) President Morales's public image took an unexpected hit during the Bolivian Independence Day celebrations August 6 in Sucre, when he received jeers and insults from the crowd and negative press following the event. President Morales's nearly four-hour-long speech included aspersions again [...]	2007-08-08 15:01:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2217	TAX CHANGES POSE SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR U.S. MINE [...] (C) On August 1, Ambassador Goldberg met with executives from Apex Silver, Sumitomo Corporation, and San Cristobal mine (which is jointly owned by Apex and Sumitomo) to discuss the future of the mine and the impact of the proposed changes to Bolivia's mining code and tax regime. The outlook is [...]	2007-08-13 19:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ259	MOD MEETING READOUT, COUNTERRORISM CONFERENCE [...] (C) The National Defense University (NDU),via its Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS),co-sponsored a January 23-25 security and defense workshop which focused on counter-terrorism (CT) in La Paz with the Ministry of Defense. Participants identified the top four threats to Bolivian [...]	2007-02-01 21:15:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MOPS BL
07LAPAZ2607	POTOSI MAYOR: A POTENTIAL CHALLENGER TO EVO? [...] (C) On September 18, Emboffs visited Potosi Mayor Rene Juaquino who is emerging as a potential (albeit long-shot for now) alternative to President Evo Morales. Juaquino who is Quechua, the largest indigenous group in Bolivia, is considered by most observers a very effective politician and c [...]	2007-09-26 14:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ2674	BOLIVIA UNDERMINING MINING: MORE STATE INVOLVEMENT? [...] (C) In the "exposition of motives" of the draft mining code that is circulating in the Bolivian mining sector but has not been formally submitted to Congress, mining companies are given one year from the promulgation of the new code to sign joint-venture contracts with the state-owned Bolivian [...]	2007-10-03 20:21:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV BL
07LAPAZ2686	LA PAZ ON IRANIAN NUKES: SEE NO EVIL [...] (U) Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca defended Iran's nuclear program October 3, contrasting Iran's development of "peaceful" nuclear technology with countries like France, Russia, Israel, and the United States that use the technology to make "atomic bombs." He also lumped Iran in [...]	2007-10-04 20:28:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC IAEA UN IR BL
07LAPAZ2700	BOLIVIA: LATEST FLAP DEFUSED [...] (C) Following a series of continuing verbal attacks on the United States over the past few weeks, including President Morales's UNGA speech asking that the UN be taken out of the United States, the Ambassador when asked what he made of a campaign to move the U.N., said that after all these a [...]	2007-10-06 00:18:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BL
07LAPAZ2730	USDA IN BOLIVIA: FEEDING CHILDREN, FORTIFYING [...] (SBU) Since 2005, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has donated about $7.3 million through NGOs to Bolivia. One program provides a daily hot meal to approximately 20%-25% of rural school children in the nation. The program has helped build school greenhouses, chicken coup [...]	2007-10-11 16:46:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV AGR FAO FAS IFAD IICA BL
07LAPAZ2791	BOLIVIAN INFLATION: PRESSURE FROM ALL SIDES [...] (U) After two decades of stable prices, Bolivia is headed toward double digit inflation. For the first nine months of the year inflation came in at 8.3 percent; it is likely to top 12 percent for the year. Skyrocketing remittances, narco trafficking, Venezuelan checks, favorable terms of [...]	2007-10-17 22:00:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL BL
07LAPAZ2854	BOLIVIA'S PRESS INCREASINGLY UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Reporters Without Borders (RSF) recently released its annual press freedom index and Bolivia dropped from 16 to 68. RSF's report stated, "(Bolivia) has fallen many places because of serious press freedom violations." While RSF cites many physical attacks on reporters, perhaps the most [...]	2007-10-23 12:30:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BL
07LAPAZ2956	MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED, DONOR RESTRICTIONS [...] (U) On October 31, we delivered the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) indicator scorecard to Graciela Toro, General MCC Coordinator in Bolivia and Ramiro Foronda, Economic Development Technician. Despite remaining eligible for a MCC Compact, Toro was puzzled by Bolivia's failure to rec [...]	2007-11-06 20:40:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL EAID BL
07LAPAZ2960	EVO'S VAGUE CONDITIONS FOR "CONDITIONLESS" AID [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales issued a decree October 11 presenting foreign assistance donors with a variety of new requirements to register projects with the Bolivian government and strengthen its oversight. The most potentially troublesome articles require that aid not/not imp [...]	2007-11-07 18:46:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ3150	GAS, GOVERNMENT, AND TAKEOVERS: ELECTRICAL [...] (C) Summer rains and resulting hydroelectric production will provide a seasonal buffer for Bolivian electricity supplies, but come June or July the country will likely suffer shortages, brownouts, and possible blackouts. Demand should continue to grow over the following year, but supply wil [...]	2007-11-30 21:45:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EINV BL
07LAPAZ3241	AUTONOMIA! SCENARIOS FOR SANTA CRUZ [...] (C) Summary: When Santa Cruz leaders declare "autonomy" on December 15, they will be meeting their citizens' demands for more local control of regional resources, and at the same time rejecting outright the new ruling MAS party constitution. Although they insist they are not calling for indep [...]	2007-12-12 23:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3268	EU OBSERVED TALKS UNLIKELY TO PRODUCE DEAL [...] (C) Both the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American States (OAS) have expressed a willingness to send observers to talks between President Evo Morales and the prefects of Bolivia's opposition-led departments (states). OAS representative Raul Alconada, in a meeting with local am [...]	2007-12-17 22:04:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC BL
07LAPAZ3270	BOLIVIA CALM FOR PRODUCTIVE BRAZIL/CHILE SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Bolivian President Evo Morales joined his Brazilian and Chilean counterparts December 16 to sign a $900 million road project to link South America's Pacific and Atlantic coasts via Bolivia. He also received a $750 million commitment for natural gas investments from Brazil the next [...]	2007-12-17 22:52:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	BL ECON PBTS PGOV PREL CI VE BR
07LAPAZ3330	BOLIVIA: EVO'S 2007 REPORT CARD [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales's second year in office has been even more contentious than his first. On the international front, this year has included diplomatic scuffles with neighbors and increasing attacks against the United States and our mission in Bolivia. Domestically, conflict [...]	2007-12-26 22:08:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG EPET EMIN PINR MNUC BL
07LAPAZ387	HYDROCARBONS: YPFB IN DISARRAY, NEW CONTRACTS [...] (C) Hydrocarbons Minister Villegas has proposed changes to the May 2005 hydrocarbons law to resolve inconsistencies with the May 2006 nationalization decree and the operation contracts signed last October. Bolivia's state-owned oil company YPFB continues to lack the structural and human capac [...]	2007-02-13 15:02:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
07LAPAZ438	GOB'S PROPOSED ELECTRICITY REFORMS [...] (SBU) Vice Minister of Electricity Villarroel said that the government hopes to pass a universal access law the first quarter of 2007 to expand rural electricity coverage. In addition, the government has begun strengthening the state-owned electricity company, ENDE, and is studying ways to re [...]	2007-02-16 13:40:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG BL
07LAPAZ444	SUCRE: CONTINUED CONCERNS ABOUT BOLIVIA'S JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: On his first trip to Sucre February 14-15, Ambassador Goldberg made courtesy calls on the Constituent Assembly's (CA) MAS leadership and the opposition, MAS Governor David Sanchez, the Supreme Court, the Constitutional Tribunal, and civic leaders and media analysts. In his meeti [...]	2007-02-16 20:48:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL BL
07LAPAZ505	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAMAS FATAH GOVERNANCE PACT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 13:52:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KPAL KWBG PREL IS XX BL
07LAPAZ597	MORALES TO TOBIAS: THANKS FOR THE ASSISTANCE [...] (C) As part of Director of Foreign Assistance and USAID Administrator Randall Tobias' visit to Bolivia, President Morales met with Tobias, WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, and Ambassador Goldberg early March 2. Morales thanked Ambassador Tobias for U.S. natural disaster assistance, saying that this y [...]	2007-03-02 20:38:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SNAR BL
07LAPAZ673	GOB PRAISES POTUS LATAM TOUR; PREPARES FOR CHAVEZ [...] (C) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced March 8 that President Morales will not travel to Buenos Aires to join Hugo Chavez at his anti-American party. The VP added that President Bush's trip to the region "is a good signal that President Bush is more concerned about the South and i [...]	2007-03-09 20:23:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BL VZ AR
07LAPAZ696	EL ALTO: YOUNG, POOR, AND A POLITICAL FORCE [...] (SBU) El Alto, Bolivia's fastest growing and second largest city, celebrated its 22nd anniversary March 6. The average Alteno, as residents of El Alto are called, is young, poor, indigenous, and a recent migrant to the city. To many observers, El Alto appears to be the most capitalist city in [...]	2007-03-13 19:44:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BL
07LAPAZ707	HYDROCARBONS PROBLEMS ABOUND [...] (C) While hydrocarbons "nationalization" remains intensely popular, GOB mismanagement of the process has taken some of the bloom off the rose in recent weeks. Erroneous versions of the new operating contracts signed in October 2006, sent by the executive to congress, were approved by congress [...]	2007-03-14 16:20:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET BL
07LAPAZ914	AG MINISTER SEEKS ENHANCED BILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Susana Rivero sought enhanced bilateral cooperation, noting that assistance could help ensure the success of a comprehensive agricultural development plan. Rivero touched briefly on new GOB efforts to "rationalize" coca, not [...]	2007-04-05 14:48:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PREL PGOV BL
07LIBREVILLE126	GABON TO RECEIVE A THREE-YEAR IMF PROGRAM [...] Summary: After over a year of discussions, the IMF and the Government of Gabon (GoG) have reached a preliminary agreement on a three-year standby arrangement. The program will go to the IMF Board in May 2007 and will focus on budget sustainability, improving the management of public finances, [...]	2007-03-13 10:39:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV GB
07LIBREVILLE174	FRANCE CONDUCS ECCAS TRAINING IN GABON; ECCAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-25 14:38:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP GB CF CG BY CT RW
07LIBREVILLE222	POSSIBLE US-BRAZIL COOPERATION TO COMBAT MALARIA [...] (U) During a visit to Sao Tome and Principe (STP) last week, Ambassador Walkley met Manuel Innocencio de Lacerdo Santos, Brazil's ambassador in STP, to explore possible US-Brazilian cooperation in the fight against malaria. One focus of the conversation was an examination of Taiwan's anti-mal [...]	2007-05-14 13:34:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI TBIO TP BR
07LIBREVILLE449	GABON CONFIRMS WILLINGNESS TO HOST AFRICOM ELEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-09 16:54:00	Embassy Libreville	SECRET	MARR PREL GB
07LILONGWE299	MALAWI PKO DEPLOYMENT POSSIBILITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to MOD officials, Malawi is still planning on sending an MDF battalion to join the PKO mission in Darfur, though there are currently no plans to deploy to Somalia. Minister of Defense Davies Katsonga is currently in Addis Ababa, in part to discuss the mission with Afri [...]	2007-04-19 14:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO KDEM MARR PGOV MI
07LILONGWE320	MALAWI PKO - MOD RULES OUT SOMALIA, SUDAN A [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Eastham met with Minister of Defense Davies Katsonga and separately with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Henri Mumba on April 24 to renew our request that Malawi commit to sending a battalion of peacekeepers to join either the AMISOM or AMIS peacekeeping operations [...]	2007-04-25 15:29:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IO MI
07LILONGWE321	MALAWI -- IMF REVIEW POSITIVE, BUT CAUTIONARY ON [...] (U) Summary. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Calvin MacDonald provided a positive assessment of Malawi's performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program during an April 12 outbrief. The team praised Malawi's robust economic growth, significantly [...]	2007-04-26 13:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAGR EAID PGOV ECON MI
07LILONGWE415	MUTHARIKA'S THIRD YEAR: REFORM CONTINUES, BUT SLOWLY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika in May marked the completion of his third year in office. As with his first two years, the president's record in this past twelve months is one of mixed success. Mutharika has overseen a substantial improvement in Malawi's economy, but slow action in enactin [...]	2007-06-01 14:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EAID MI
07LILONGWE715	MALAWI: PRESIDENT WINS BUDGET APPROVAL, THEN [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly four months of political confrontation, Malawi's Parliament passed the USD 1.24 billion national budget on September 11 -- a major victory for President Mutharika. The prudent, pro-poor budget is consistent with the President's Malawi Growth and Development Strateg [...]	2007-09-18 12:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN MI
07LILONGWE753	MALAWI: APPROACHING MCA ELIGIBILITY DECISION POINT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi is making strong progress on a number of fronts as the country approaches this year's MCA eligibility decision point, while continuing to struggle with some intractable political problems. Rapid economic growth has continued over the past year, while inflation has fallen [...]	2007-10-03 12:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV MI
07LILONGWE778	IMF GIVES MALAWI ECONOMY A THUMBS UP [...] Summary. In an October 9 briefing to Heads of Mission, the IMF presented a solidly favorable view of the GOM's economic performance and the outlook for the next year. The meeting highlighted strong economic indicators virtually across the board, with only a couple weak areas. The review un [...]	2007-10-17 14:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID MI

07LILONGWE845	MALAWI: MCC THRESHOLD SUCCESS STORIES [...] Summary: The 20.92 million USD Millennium Challenge Threshold Program in Malawi has achieved its goals using targeted projects across multiple sectors to combat corruption. The most recent milestone was the establishment of an internal affairs unit at the Malawi Police Service after an 18-mont [...]	2007-11-13 12:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV MI

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