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08BAKU920	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes as the Russia-Georgia conflict continues to unfold, with critical and sensitive ramifications for Azerbaijan. Baku quietly supported Georgia from the start, providing immediate assistance to Tbilisi in the form of food and other commodities, financial aid to ba [...]	2008-09-26 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA AJ

08BAKU934	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY MAJLIS SPEAKER SHOWS IRE WITH [...] (C) During a discussion with DAS Bryza, Deputy Parliament Speaker and Head of the Parliament's Energy Committee Valeh Aleskerov complained about alleged European cultural arrogance and lack of strategic vision, citing recent developments in Azerbaijan-European Euro-Integration negotiations an [...]	2008-10-03 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RS TN AJ
08BAKU968	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: LIMITED JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Local legal experts state the Azerbaijani judiciary has little independence in cases touching on the GOAJ or Azerbaijani elites' financial and political interests. In a political culture that favors personal relations and closed-door meetings over transparent processes and unif [...]	2008-10-10 13:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BAKU969	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: Media contacts state that media in Azerbaijan has worsened under a "personally insecure" president, who has condoned a clampdown on influential, critical media outlets. They point to a number of factors behind the gradual, but steady, decline in media freedom since Ilham Aliyev [...]	2008-10-10 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU977	AZERBAIJAN ELECTION 2008: ALL QUIET ON THE [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Sumqayit to gauge the pre-election environment, the head of the local Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) told the Embassy that YAP has been at the forefront of grassroots campaigning. The official believes President Aliyev will win by 85-90 percent, with 65-75 percent [...]	2008-10-14 09:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAMAKO217	GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 09:35:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR
08BANGKOK125	THAILAND TO STUDY KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] (C) DCM met with MFA Director General for European Affairs Ambassador Suthee Na Lumpang on January 11 to deliver reftel points on the resolution of Kosovo's status and emphasized that the USG intends to recognize Kosovo once independence is declared. The USG hopes Thailand will do the same. A [...]	2008-01-14 00:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI TH
08BEIJING2009	PRC OFFICIALS URGED TO FIND A BETTER [...] (C) Chinese and foreign communications experts criticized the Chinese Government's handling of the negative publicity surrounding the Olympic torch relay at an off-the-record academic seminar attended by MFA and State Council Information Office officials (and PolOff) May 10. Participants cite [...]	2008-05-23 10:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL PGOV KOLY KS AS CH
08BEIJING2281	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS
08BEIJING2322	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR
08BEIJING2891	CHINESE ACADEMIC DISCUSSES PRC OIL EXPORTS TO [...] (C) Ninety percent of the oil consumed in North Korea, including a large portion of the DPRK's jet fuel, is supplied by China, according to a Beijing University expert. China, through state-owned Sinopec, provides North Korea with approximately half a million tons of oil annually "for the sak [...]	2008-07-25 07:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET PARM ENRG PGOV KN CH
08BEIJING2988	PRC/RUSSIA: BOTH SIDES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 21-22 visit of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and July 26-27 visit of Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin to Beijing reinforced the "strategic partnership" between China and Russia and provided another sign of warming ties between the former adversaries, according [...]	2008-08-01 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ETRD ENRG RS CH
08BEIJING3610	LI JUNRU ON U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, UPCOMING CCP [...] (C) Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Party School (CPS) scholars discussed U.S.-China Relations, the Party's upcoming Third Plenum and domestic reform issues at a September 11 lunch hosted by the Ambassador for CPS Vice President Li Junru. The scholars agreed that U.S.-China relations ar [...]	2008-09-18 08:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH
08BEIJING4031	PRC: MFA CONFIRMS UNSPECIFIED CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) China wishes to continue the development of its civilian nuclear cooperation with Pakistan, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Afghanistan and Pakistan Division Director Zhang Yiming. In an October 23 briefing for the U.S. and U.K. Embassies on Pakistan President Asif Zardari's Oct [...]	2008-10-23 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EFIN PTER CH PK
08BEIJING4196	TIBET: DCM URGES CHINESE FLEXIBILITY [...] (C) The United States is concerned by the lack of progress in talks between the Dalai Lama's representatives and Chinese authorities and urges China to take a more flexible approach to achieve concrete results, DCM told United Front Work Department (UFWD) Vice Minister Si Ta on November 12. S [...]	2008-11-12 10:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH IN
08BEIJING4354	CHINA DISMISSES TIBET EXILE CONFERENCE, CONTACTS [...] (C) Following last week's Tibet exiles conference in Dharamsala, Han Chinese contacts provided PolOffs with a pessimistic perspective on the environment for China's talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives, observing that Tibet is "not a priority" for Beijing and noting that the PRC has suc [...]	2008-11-26 11:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH IN
08BEIJING4480	PRC-UZBEKISTAN: BEIJING FOCUSED ON CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: An Uzbek diplomat based in China reported that one PRC goal in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) is for SCO members to cooperate on immediate dangers like transnational terrorist groups, such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HT),which China believes are a direct threat to security in [...]	2008-12-09 11:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID PTER UZ CH
08BEIJING4496	MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]	2008-12-11 05:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING4506	MULTI-DRUG RESISTANT TB IN CHINA: GOVERNMENT INERTIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Growing numbers of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases in China are challenging the ability of government and NGO health officials to provide adequate TB patient care. Nongovernmental health organizations, such as Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)- also known as "Docto [...]	2008-12-11 08:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU ETRD CH
08BEIJING687	PRC-Tajikistan: China Displacing Russia, No [...] (C) Summary: According to a diplomat at the Tajikistan Embassy, Tajikistan increasingly tilts toward China, which it regards as the best hope in the region for a patron, supplanting Russia's historical role. PRC-funded economic development projects (primarily infrastructure investment) furth [...]	2008-02-26 12:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EDEV PINR PBTS TI CH
08BEIRUT1390	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-6 JOINT [...] (C) The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents a historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, peace and stability in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) has demonstrated a commitment to strengthening our military-to-military ties. T [...]	2008-09-22 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1614	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Under Secretary Clapper: Welcome to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents an historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, [...]	2008-11-10 19:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1701	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL [...] (C) General Petraeus: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for a sovereign, democratic, and stable Lebanon to reassure Lebanon's moderates that a change in the U.S. Administration does not equal a change in U.S. [...]	2008-11-28 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS SY LE
08BELGRADE818	TFGGO1: SERBIAN GOVERNMENT SILENT ON GEORGIA, BUT RADICAL [...] (SBU) The Serbian government has not taken an official position on the Georgia situation (Ref A),hoping to avoid a diplomatic Catch 22 with regard to Kosovo and aggravating either Russia or the West. Government officials, the local press, and Russia's ambassador to Serbia, however, have drawn [...]	2008-08-14 05:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BERLIN122	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]	2008-01-29 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1356	U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...]	2008-10-02 08:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1377	GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...]	2008-10-09 14:30:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1389	THE VIEW FROM BERLIN: NO EUROPE-WIDE BAILOUT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt on October 9, Thomas de Maiziere, Head of the Federal Chancellery, signaled the possibility of greater European coordination following the upcoming EU summit. The Chancellery is critical of the way the UK and Ir [...]	2008-10-14 05:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
08BERLIN1517	DAS GARBER IN BERLIN: GERMANY SIGNALS ITS INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber's meetings with MFA and Chancellery officials on October 22, contacts shared concern as to whether the Russian actions in Georgia were a "one-off occurrence" or reflected a new pattern in Russian foreign policy. MFA and Chance [...]	2008-11-06 14:28:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS
08BERLIN1524	MEDIA REACTION: Indonesia, Economic, MEPP, U.S., Russia, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Indonesia) Execution Of Terrorists 3. (Economic) Financial Crisis, Chinese Economic Program 4. (MEPP) Peace Process 5. (U.S.) Aftermath Of U.S. Elections 6. (Russia) Foreign Policy, Accident On Nuclear Submarine 7. (U.S.-Spain) Relations [...]	2008-11-10 11:47:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN829	MEDIA REACTION: MIDEAST, IRAN, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, ZIMBABWE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Palestinian Conference in Berlin 3. EU Sanctions against Iran 4. U.S. Nuclear Weapons 5. Zimbabwe 6. Oil Price 7. Berlin Airlift Anniversary 8. French President Sarkozy in Israel Â [...]	2008-06-24 12:35:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN87	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 22-23. In addition to discussions with your P5-plus-1 counterparts on Iran, your bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Steinmeier will provide an important opportunity to advance our cooperation. Germany [...]	2008-01-18 15:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERN122	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 13:55:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SZ
08BERN273	CUBA: WHA DAS MADISON'S APRIL 10 CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Summary: DAS Madison expressed appreciation for Switzerland's engagement as Protecting Power on behalf of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana (USINT). Ambassador Yvonne Baumann, Head of the MFA's Americas Division, said that this role was "an honor and a priority" for the Swiss government [...]	2008-06-05 13:55:00	Embassy Bern	SECRET	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CU SZ
08BISHKEK1023	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 01:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1026	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 05:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1031	FRENCH CHARGE: KYRGYZSTAN IN RUSSIAN SPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 6 courtesy call, French Charge Jean-Pierre Godart told the Ambassador that he believed the Russians would help Kyrgyzstan through this winter's challenges. In Godart's view, Kyrgyzstan is in the Russian sphere of influence, and for that reason, it is foolish to dem [...]	2008-10-07 11:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1034	CENTRAL ASIA'S FIRST REGIONAL FRAUD CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 1-2, 2008, Embassy Bishkek hosted the first Central Asian regional anti-fraud conference at Lake Issyk Kul. With fourteen participants from posts in Central Asia and representatives from USCIS Moscow, the conference was a great success as it highlighted the commonalit [...]	2008-10-08 09:49:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1038	A/S KRAMER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During an October 3 meeting with Foreign Minister Ednan Karabayev, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer discussed human rights developments and legislative initiatives recently passed or awaiting parliamentary approvals. The Foreign Minister pro [...]	2008-10-09 01:16:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK1053	BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV REASSURE EACH OTHER ON MANAS [...] (C) Summary. In an hour long meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher, Kyrgyz President Bakiyev stated his commitment to working with the United States and others to fight terrorism and narcotics in Afghanistan and reaffirmed his country's multi-vector forei [...]	2008-10-17 15:37:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV PINR KG
08BISHKEK1124	SNAPSHOT OF A KYRGYZ RESORT TOWN [...] (U) Summary: During a stop in Cholpon Ata, the main tourist town on Lake Issyk Kul's northern shore, the Ambassador visited the Ruh Ordo religious park and the local petroglyphs. Accommodations in the region range from Soviet-era relics to modern (and pricey) developments, which attract Kyr [...]	2008-11-04 11:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK113	KYRGYZ OPPOSITION, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz opposition leaders continue to express differing opinions on how best to oppose what they see as the increasing authoritarianism of the Bakiyev government. Former MP and Ata Meken party leader Omurbek Tekebayev said he would focus on party building; public protests would [...]	2008-01-31 11:18:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK1136	SPEAK INTO MY SAMOVAR: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR EAGER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over tea in the Ambassador's office, Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov shared his frustration that the Kyrgyz often perceive Russia and America as antagonists in the region playing a renewed version of the Great Game. In some cases, he thought this was the better to "milk" eac [...]	2008-11-06 11:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1165	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS ISSYK KUL CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings October 23 in Karakol, the Ambassador fielded questions about the U.S. political system, learned about civil society programs and fundraising activities, and obtained insights into efforts to improve primary healthcare in Issyk Kul oblast. Representatives of t [...]	2008-11-14 07:25:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1173	KYRGYZSTAN: VIEWS FROM ISSYK KUL'S SOUTH SHORE [...] (SBU) Summary: An Issyk Kul regional chief briefed the Ambassador October 24 on the shift of his region's economic foundation largely to agricultural and livestock pursuits. While the Soviet Union's collapse took its toll on major industrial and tourist facilities, the chief expressed hope t [...]	2008-11-18 03:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI KG
08BISHKEK1200	NO MORE COFFEE: NEW KYRGYZ ENERGY MINISTER BACKS [...] (C) Summary: As concerns mount over winter electricity supplies, President Bakiyev replaced Energy Minister Saparbek Balkibekov November 25 with electricity sector veteran Ilias Davidov. Immediately after assuming his post, Davidov called for more stringent cuts in power consumption in order [...]	2008-12-01 10:05:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL SOCI PINR KG
08BISHKEK1208	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyz Minister of Defense Kalyev met with the Ambassador on November 25 at MOD headquarters for her introductory office call. This was the first opportunity for them to meet face-to-face and discuss the current situation as it relates to U.S./Kyrgyz military cooperation. The m [...]	2008-12-03 08:46:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK1215	NO OFFICIAL KYRGYZ INTEREST IN NUCLEAR POWER [...] In response to reftel inquiry, Post is not aware of any official Kyrgyz interest in developing nuclear power. No nuclear power facilities exist in the Kyrgyz Republic. There has been some academic discussion of the topic; however, Post has not learned of any consideration of this option amon [...]	2008-12-09 09:32:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KG
08BISHKEK1217	KYRGYZ CIVIL AVIATION DIRECTOR IDENTIFIES PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: The new Kyrgyz civil aviation director briefed the Charge December 2 about civil aviation shortcomings and the likelihood that the Kyrgyz Republic would fail a scheduled April 20 ICAO audit. The director said his personnel needed aviation safety training, and suggested that ICA [...]	2008-12-10 05:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR MARR PREL KG
08BISHKEK187	KYRGYZ NGO LEADERS: PRESSURE, BUT OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings over the past month, NGO and youth leaders described a civil society that is reeling from relentless government pressure and intimidation. They agreed that the Bakiyev government has effectively consolidated political power through the falsified parliamen [...]	2008-02-25 10:08:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KG
08BISHKEK283	KYRGYZ PRESIDENT'S "VACATION" TRIGGERS RAMPANT [...] (C) Summary: Kyrgyz President Bakiyev's extended absence from the country, reportedly for a "short vacation" in Germany, fueled speculation that Bakiyev was seriously ill or had died. While several officials have told the press that they had spoken to Bakiyev on the phone, Kyrgyz media have [...]	2008-03-25 12:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK359	CONFLICT OVER WATER HIGHLIGHTS KYRGYZ-TAJIK BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, approximately 150 Tajiks reportedly crossed the border into Batken oblast to try to open a dam and restore the flow of water to their fields. While local officials resolved the immediate dispute, the incident highlights continuing tensions over access to water and bor [...]	2008-04-11 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK405	KYRGYZ POSITIVE ON BAKIYEV-NAZARBAYEV SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bakiyev's April 17-18 visit with Kazakh President Nazarbayev yielded what the Kyrgyz have called "successful" results: a renewal of wheat exports to Kyrgyzstan; resolution of Kyrgyz-Kazakh border demarcation issues; plans for energy sector cooperation; a bilateral visa- [...]	2008-04-25 09:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KG
08BISHKEK501	WATER AND ELECTRICITY WOES SHOCK KYRGYZ INTO ACTION [...] (C) Summary: Water shortfalls in the Kyrgyz hydroelectric cascade have resulted in power blackouts throughout the country as well as irrigation shortages for downstream farmers. While Kyrgyz officials advocate multilateral solutions to regional water issues, President Bakiyev ventured to Ta [...]	2008-05-19 04:22:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL SOCI KG
08BISHKEK531	RFE/RL UZBEK-LANGUAGE BROADCASTS FROM KYRGYZSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with local Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) representatives to investigate reported shut down of RFE/RL's Uzbek-language radio broadcasts from Kyrgyzstan. Broadcasts in the UKV frequencies have apparently been stopped since April 30; local representatives specula [...]	2008-05-23 13:00:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL KG
08BISHKEK593	THE PERFECT STORM: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY CRISIS IN [...] (C) Summary: Economic woes -- including food price spikes, currency appreciation, low water levels, decreased electricity output, and high natural gas import costs -- have pushed the Kyrgyz government to take increasingly desperate measures. With the specter of government coffers emptying l [...]	2008-06-10 12:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI KG
08BISHKEK608	IIP Speaker Fierman Wins Over Kyrgyz Audience [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dr. William Fierman, Director of Indiana University's Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center and Professor of Central Asian Studies, participated in an IIP Speaker Program in Kyrgyzstan June 1 - 8, 2008. During his visit, he met with over 200 professors, students, jour [...]	2008-06-13 07:09:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KG
08BISHKEK614	KYRGYZSTAN HONORS AUTHOR CHINGIZ AITMATOV WITH [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyzstan held its first-ever state funeral on June 14 in honor of author and statesman Chingiz Aitmatov, who died in Germany on June 11 at age 79. Aitmatov's fame extended across the then-Soviet space and the Turkic world, and delegations representing both regions eulogized th [...]	2008-06-17 03:29:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK670	SCO ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: CONFERENCE SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 11-12 conference in Kyrgyzstan examined the possible role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Afghanistan's security and development. Afghan speakers described a bleak situation in the country and called for more foreign aid to focus on fighting terrorism [...]	2008-06-27 07:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF KG
08BISHKEK679	DAS KROL'S MEETINGS IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] (U) Summary: During a June 19-22 visit to Kyrgyzstan, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met with Security Council Secretary Isakov, Prime Minister Chudinov, Presidential Chief of Staff Sadyrkulov, and Foreign Minister Karabayev. Krol also held roundtable discussions with political oppos [...]	2008-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR KG
08BISHKEK724	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CABLE: REFLECTIONS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since its independence over 16 years ago, Kyrgyzstan has been hailed for the relative openness of its political discourse, and the March 2005 "Tulip Revolution" raised hopes of greater reform. In the past three years, however, I have seen real political and economic reform put o [...]	2008-07-14 11:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK747	Kyrgyz Media Embed in Afghanistan Counters Misinformation [...] (U) SUMMARY: Four Kyrgyz journalists were embedded June 21-27 in Afghanistan to allow them better to understand Coalition military and reconstruction efforts and the critical role of Manas Air Base in supporting those efforts. The journalists, who spent time at Bagram Air Base and a Provincia [...]	2008-07-21 07:28:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK924	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN ENVOY [...] (C) Begin Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Russian Ambassador Valentin Vlasov, which turned into an hour and a half-long conversation ranging from Chechnya to the Russian Embassy's sports trophies. While Vlasov attacked the U.S. position on Georgia from both common and uncommon [...]	2008-09-12 07:45:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK938	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER FM IMANALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 11 with former Foreign Minister Muratbek Imanaliyev to discuss Kyrgyzstan's foreign policy. Imanaliyev claimed to be confident that Kyrgyzstan would continue its multi-vectoral foreign policy, but acknowledged that everything would have to be re-calcul [...]	2008-09-16 06:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KG
08BISHKEK953	OSH TRIP: AMBASSADOR VISITS RUSSIAN ORTHODOX [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's visit to the Russian Orthodox Church in Osh, Father Victor Reemghen spoke of the church's relationship with the local administration, the hierarchical structure of the church, and the stability of the parish community. One of ten Russian Orthodox churches [...]	2008-09-19 10:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
08BISHKEK954	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF SPEECH WITH KYRGYZ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 15 with Kyrgyz State Television and Radio Company (KTR) Director Eshimkanov to discuss the state of the media and the prospects for the development of public television. Eshimkanov claimed credit for recent reforms and restructuring at KTR, but expressed [...]	2008-09-22 06:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KG
08BISHKEK963	Kyrgyz Press and Public Opinion Still Overwhelmingly [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty days after the beginning of the Georgian conflict, opinions on the conflict in the Kyrgyz media are resoundingly pro-Russian. Reader reactions to an Embassy op-ed indicate that the U.S. version of events has little support. On the contrary, the events in Georgia appear to [...]	2008-09-23 09:55:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG
08BISHKEK966	OSH TRIP: IFTAR MEETING REVEALS WORRIES ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of her trip to the southern city of Osh during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner for religious and civic leaders on September 16. The evening was intended to introduce her to the Muslim community in the south, though secular leaders an [...]	2008-09-24 08:36:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL KIRF KG
08BISHKEK998	KYRGYZSTAN: TEARS AT THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S IFTAR [...] (C) Summary: Things got off to a tense start at the Dip Corps Iftar hosted September 29 by Foreign Minister Karabayev over Russian bullying on Georgia. Improbably, however, the evening then dissolved into a lachrymose fest of nostalgia for the Soviet Union. END SUMMARY. TENSION AT TABLE N [...]	2008-09-30 08:42:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
08BRATISLAVA183	SLOVAKS FORMALLY EXPRESS CONCERN OVER RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 19:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	GG LO PREL RS
08BRATISLAVA342	PM FICO RIDING HIGH...SO, WHAT AILS HIM? [...] (C) Summary. By most measures, Robert Fico has enjoyed great success in his two years as Slovakia's Prime Minister. Buoyed by economic statistics that are the envy of his regional counterparts, Fico's popularity is extraordinarily high among voters (ranging between 42-48 percent). Unemploymen [...]	2008-07-30 16:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA390	GASPAROVIC'S REASSURANCES ON GEORGIA CONTRAST WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with Slovak President Gasparovic August 19 to underscore the U.S. position on Georgia (reftel and previous); to urge continued constructive Slovak engagement within NATO, the EU, and the OSCE; and to note that the U.S. disagreed with Prime Minister Fico,s unhelpful public st [...]	2008-08-20 09:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID RS GG LO
08BRATISLAVA392	40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 INVASION SLIPS BY QUIETLY [...] (SBU) The fortieth anniversary of the Warsaw Pact's August 21, 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia was observed in small, lightly attended ceremonies around Slovakia. Czech President Vaclav Klaus attended a short wreath-laying ceremony near Comenius University in Bratislava with Slovak President G [...]	2008-08-22 10:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CZ LO
08BRATISLAVA418	SLOVAK CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIALS: MORE [...] (C) Summary. PM Fico hosted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Secin for an interministerial working lunch on September 10. In a subsequent press conference, Secin and Fico confirmed that the "Slovak-Russian intergovernmental Committee" would henceforth meet quarterly, vice twice yearly, to intensif [...]	2008-09-19 06:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RU LO GA
08BRATISLAVA496	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S OCTOBER 28 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. The October 28 visit of Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff to Bratislava successfully completed Slovakia's long effort to qualify for entry into the Visa Waiver Program. During the six-hour stop, Chertoff met with President Gasparovic and Interior Minister Kalinak, with who [...]	2008-10-30 11:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS LO
08BRATISLAVA597	CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] (U) Responses to reftel questions follow. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Slovakia currently has five 440 megawatt (MW) nuclear reactors in operation. One of them will be shut down in December 2008. Two 440 MW reactors are currently [...]	2008-12-23 16:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO EPET PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA9	DRAFT LAW ON NGOS DEEMED SIGNIFICANT THREAT BY [...] (C) Slovakia's NGO community has launched a full-scale campaign seeking the withdrawal of a sweeping new draft Ministry of Interior law strictly regulating NGOs. According to leading NGO representatives, one of the most damaging aspects of the draft text, published December 11, is a requireme [...]	2008-01-08 13:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA93	SLOVAKIA ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY ---------------------------- A. Slovakia is steadily moving forward in its fight against TIP. In addition to allocating a substantial increase in anti-TIP funding (by multiplying it fourfold, from USD 91,000 to USD 364,000) the Government of Slovakia (GOS) has increased bot [...]	2008-03-03 16:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ASEC
08BRUSSELS1034	EC NON-PROLIFERATION WORKSHOPS YIELD IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Building on cooperative efforts that began in March, U.S. non-proliferation officials participated in European Commission (EC)-hosted workshops focused on determining the EC's priorities for programming EU Stability Instrument funding on non-proliferation and identifying opportunities f [...]	2008-07-09 09:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08BRUSSELS1457	FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the Belgian take on reftel demarche, PM Leterme's current trade and investment trip to Sochi, Russia, and the EU's evolving energy policy. The GoB was well aware [...]	2008-09-19 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE
08BRUSSELS1468	IRAN SANCTIONS: U/S LEVEY MEETINGS WITH EU [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On September 8 and 9, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with EU and Member State officials to take stock of U.S.-EU cooperation regarding Iran's illicit proliferation activities. U/S Levey underscored the effectiveness o [...]	2008-09-23 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN ENRG KNNP KTFN PTER PHUM PINR IR
08BRUSSELS1697	EU ENERGY COMMISSIONER TO SEEK &POLITICAL ACCORD8 [...] (C) Andris Kesteris, Chef de Cabinet to the Energy Commissioner said Andris Piebalgs would be visiting Ankara and Baku November 6 and 7 to promote the opening of the Southern Corridor. Piebalgs does not seek to sign any deals but rather to reach an informal political agreement with Erdogan. [...]	2008-11-05 16:44:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1808	EU'S EASTERN PARTNERSHIP HOPES TO RECOGNIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to EU officials and the Czech Permanent Representation, the European Commission will release the first week in December a report containing proposals for the Eastern Partnership program first proposed by Poland and Sweden in May 2008. The report will recommend signi [...]	2008-12-01 16:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PREL
08BRUSSELS226	USEU SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY JEFFERY'S [...] (SBU) Welcome to Brussels. Your visit comes at an opportune time, as the EU is struggling to develop a common energy policy, internally and externally. Recent Commission proposals on internal market liberalization and climate change measures have met with considerable skepticism from member [...]	2008-02-08 18:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EU SENV
08BUCHAREST140	ROMANIA: ROMPETROL'S DINU PATRICIU ON ENERGY IN [...] (C) In a meeting with econoffs on February 6, Dinu Patriciu, Romania's richest man and CEO of the Rompetrol oil company, discussed his views on regional energy security and the announced deal between Gazprom and Serbia to sell a 51% stake in NIS, the Serbian state-owned oil company. According [...]	2008-02-21 11:28:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST141	ROMANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) EMBOFF delivered ref. a demarche on February 20 to MFA State Secretary for Europe Raduta Matache; FM Cioroianu was traveling in Israel at the time. Matache noted that Romania was not going to recognize Kosovo's independence, referring to public comments and commitments made by President Ba [...]	2008-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV RO
08BUCHAREST237	FORD RETURNS TO ROMANIA AFTER 60 YEARS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ford Motor Company and the Government of Romania formally completed Ford's takeover of the Automobile Craiova autoplant at a ceremony on March 21 involving Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu and ranking Ford Europe officials, along with President Traian Basescu and the Ambass [...]	2008-03-24 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST35	A VIEW FROM BUCHAREST: ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Calling Moldova a "geopolitical riddle," MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Amb. Gheorghe Magheru told Emboffs on January 10 that Romania is taking the long view in its relationship with its Moldovan neighbors. Despite a partly successful effort in 2007 by Romania's [...]	2008-01-16 16:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RO MO
08BUCHAREST561	ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: WARY NEIGHBORS, HESITANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOR interlocutors, including President Basescu, have made clear that prospects for concluding a border regime treaty between Romania and Moldova prior to parliamentary elections and the selection of a new Moldovan president are very low, even if there have been some limited posit [...]	2008-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST687	BASESCU TELLS SEN. LUGAR ROMANIA FACING HARD [...] (C) President Traian Basescu told Senator Richard Lugar on August 27 that he fears that Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, coming in the wake of U.S./European recognition of Kosovo, has begun a process which threatens to unravel the existing international legal architecture and [...]	2008-08-29 08:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON MD GG RS RO
08BUDAPEST1018	BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...]	2008-10-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU
08BUDAPEST1118	PRIME MINISTER GYURCSANY AMBIGUOUS ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Gyurcsany continued to play both advocate and devil's advocate for the Nabucco pipeline at an energy summit in Baku on November 14. He argued forcefully for Nabucco on the grounds of its importance to European energy security, based on his comments to re [...]	2008-11-24 16:37:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST1149	INL A/S JOHNSON DISCUSSES AFGHAN AND HUNGARIAN [...] (C) Summary: INL A/S David Johnson stopped in Budapest October 27, on the tail end of a trip to Afghanistan and the Balkans. He spoke at INL,s Budapest International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),met with Hungarian MFA officials to discuss Afghanistan counter-narcotics (CN) issues, and atte [...]	2008-12-01 13:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST1227	HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...]	2008-12-23 14:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU
08BUDAPEST821	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSI... [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref points were delivered on 14 August to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretaries Dr. Jeno Faller and Vilmos Hamikus. Charge also delivered ref points to Ambassador Karoly Banai, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to t [...]	2008-08-14 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST837	TFGG01 HUNGARY - WHERE THEY STAND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite similarities to the 1956 Soviet invasion, the Hungarian Government has been reluctant to go further in its criticism of Russia than the EU-NATO consensus statements supporting Georgia. With the Prime Minister notably silent on the issue, President Solyom finally stepped f [...]	2008-08-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST933	BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS - LESS VIOLENCE, BUT [...] Summary. In a day of Budapest demonstrations September 20, approximately 4,000 supporters of the government's newly-organized Magyar Charta (Hungarian Charter) and 1,000 Roma peacefully carried their message of tolerance and inclusion through the streets of the Capital, culminating in a ral [...]	2008-09-23 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU
08CAIRO2408	EGYPT ANNOUNCES MASS PRIVATIZATION SCHEME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 10, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin announced a new privatization scheme whereby the GOE will transfer shares in 45 state-owned companies to 41 million Egyptian citizens within the next 12-14 months. The plan requires parliamentary approval, which he expect [...]	2008-11-24 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO721	MUBARAK'S NUCLEAR PROTOCOL WITH RUSSIA: [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the GOE and Egyptian academia have described President Mubarak's late March visit to Russia as "routine," including the Egyptian-Russian nuclear energy protocol signed during the visit. While the nuclear energy protocol and other agreements for Egyptian-Russian cooper [...]	2008-04-09 11:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KNNP EG RU

08CANBERRA1157	2008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE EXCHANGE [...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...]	2008-11-14 07:03:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL AS
08CANBERRA1159	CORRECTED COPY: 2008 ANNUAL INR-ONA INTELLIGENCE [...] (S//NF) Summary: The 2008 intelligence exchange between the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) and the Australian Office of National Assessments (ONA) was held in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday, 14 October 2008. The ONA-hosted event covered a wide range of countries [...]	2008-11-17 01:12:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL AS
08CANBERRA185	AUSMIN 2008: SESSION II (DPRK, INDIA, CHINA, [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C/RL AUS) U.S. and Australian officials dedicated the second session of the 2008 AUSMIN conference to a consideration of regional security issues throughout Asia. They agreed to coordinate in managing the st [...]	2008-02-25 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	OVIP MOPS
08CANBERRA671	ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) During ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's June 30 consultations on nonproliferation in Canberra, senior Australian officials said Prime Minister Rudd wanted his proposed International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to have a strong disarmament foc [...]	2008-07-02 22:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
08CARACAS233	NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU
08CARACAS359	CHAVISTA NA DEPUTY ON PSUV FORMATION AND COCA-COLA [...] (C) National Assembly Deputy Francisco Torrealba told Poloff March 13 that much work still needs to be done in President Chavez's new United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Torrealba said the party still needed to: -- determine how to select candidates; -- revise party statutes; and, -- [...]	2008-03-13 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ELAB VE
08CHENGDU122	POST-QUAKE SICHUAN: A MANUFACTURER LEAVES FOR THE COAST? [...] (C) Summary: According to a well-connected local businessman, the famed Dongfang Electric Machinery Company based in Deyang, Sichuan Province, which sells billions of dollars in power generation equipment worldwide including to Iran and Pakistan, may move its hydroelectric power operations to [...]	2008-06-04 04:00:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND PGOV CH
08CHENNAI263	TAMIL NADU EXPERIENCES POWER SHORTAGES, INEVITABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Decades of under-investment in power generation have finally caught up with the South India state of Tamil Nadu, which is currently experiencing unprecedented disruptions of electricity supply. This under-investment, combined with strong economic growth and accompanying demand [...]	2008-08-07 08:48:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP ECON EINV PGOV EFIN IN RS
08CHISINAU1017	ECONOMY MINISTER DESCRIBES PROGESS AND [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's October 6 courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the GOM had privatized over 90 percent of land and 80 percent of enterprises following independence. Since then Moldova had succeeded in [...]	2008-10-10 05:47:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET RS MD
08CHISINAU1078	EUROPEN COMMISSION HEAD DOWNBEAT ON [...] (C) Summary: 1. In an October 9 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, the head of he European Commission delegation to Moldova, Ceare de Montis, gave a disapproving assessment of political and economic developments in Moldova. He painted a generally negative picture of MoldoaQs prospects for rea [...]	2008-10-31 08:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU112	BUDGET LOSSES RESULT IN PERSONAL PROFITS [...] (SBU) Summary: One of the issues that will be on the agenda in any comprehensive Transnistrian (TN) peace settlement will be the resumption of railway traffic. TN authorities recently presented a railroad initiative, which appears to be a response to President Voronin's October 2007 proposal t [...]	2008-02-06 05:49:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS ELTN PINR MD
08CHISINAU1144	ECONOMIC MINISTER DESCRIBES MINIMAL [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Chaudhry's November 13 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Igor Dodon, the Minister explained that the global financial crisis had not affected Moldova initially. Moldova might face the return of some citizens working abroad in the EU a [...]	2008-11-21 12:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET RS MD
08CHISINAU1168	CHISINAU MAYOR COMPLAINS TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In a November 25 meeting, Chisinau Mayor Dorin Chirtoaca complained to Ambassador Chaudhry about central government use of the Termocom heating issue to try to embarrass him, stated his implacable opposition to unrepentant Communists, and agreed to cooperate with the Embassy on [...]	2008-12-03 13:08:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AMGT MD
08CHISINAU1206	MEETING THE TRANSNISTRIANS IN TIRASPOL [...] (C) Summary: During his first working visit to Transnistria on November 24, Ambassador Chaudhry met separately with "President" Smirnov, Speaker Shevchuk, and Acting "Foreign Minister" Yastrebchak, and held a press conference with local media. The visit combined initial courtesy calls with [...]	2008-12-09 13:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU123	FEW OUTSTANDING ISSUES BLOCK MOLDOVAN-ROMANIAN BORDER AND [...] (C) Summary: Treaty specialists from the MFA Legal Department and the Romanian DCM explained Moldovan and Romanian views of the outstanding issues on the draft border and political treaties currently under negotiation. Only minor differences in wording remain. If the political will existed on [...]	2008-02-08 10:46:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MD RO
08CHISINAU1258	Urechean's Implausible Presidential [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 meeting with Ambassador Chaudhry, Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) party leader Serafim Urechean criticized his political enemies, lamented Moldova's decline under Voronin's rule, predicted his own election as president in the 2009 elections (despite ruling- party dir [...]	2008-12-22 14:15:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINR MD
08CHISINAU1260	IURIE ROSCA CLAIMS DEATH THREATS [...] (C) Summary: As part of a series of courtesy calls on political party leaders, the Ambassador met on December 17 with Iurie Rosca, chairman of the People's Christian Democratic Party (PPCD). In a rambling 2-1/2 hour long meeting, Rosca described his fundamental political position opposing Rus [...]	2008-12-23 12:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU1266	TRANSNISTRIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES BILL TO FACILITATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Transnistrian Supreme Soviet passed a bill on December 19, 2008, providing for a simplified travel regime for foreign diplomats. According to the new law, diplomats accredited in Chisinau would be able to travel to Transnistria without prior notification or coordination with [...]	2008-12-24 09:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM MD
08CHISINAU1273	GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS IN MOLDOVA [...] Summary: Moldova's underdeveloped banking sector and stock market and the absence of speculative capital have enabled the country to avoid any initial shock from the global economic crisis. Quite the opposite, the country is set to finish 2008 with seven percent GDP growth and record high l [...]	2008-12-30 08:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB MD
08CHISINAU171	MOLDOVA: CHISINAU CAUGHT IN A COMMUNIST TRAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The opposition-controlled Chisinau municipal government is struggling with the decision of its Communist Party (PCRM) predecessor to increase and subsidize heating tariffs for all residents of the capital city. Although the current Chisinau city council attempted to cancel these [...]	2008-02-21 08:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU172	MOLDOVA FACES KOSOVO DILEMMA OVER TRANSNISTRIA ANALOGY: [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Moldova (GOM) and all major parties reacted to Kosovo's proclamation of independence with concerns that the analogy of Kosovo might be applied to Transnistria. Tiraspol authorities gladly accepted Kosovo's independence and said it should be a precedent for the [...]	2008-02-21 12:18:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PNAT PREL PGOV MD
08CHISINAU190	TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET BATTLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 20, the Transnistrian (TN) Supreme Soviet (parliament) voted to override the Executive's partial veto of the 2008 budget law (reftel). The Supreme Soviet stood firm on measures which limit the Executive, forcing the transfer of revenues generated by ministries and ex [...]	2008-02-25 08:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU248	RELIGIOUS LEADERS GATHER AT AMBASSADOR'S RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the second annual reception in honor of religious freedom on February 28, leaders of 11 religious groups networked on social and spiritual issues, described bureaucratic barriers to registration, and appreciated the venue (the Ambassador's residence),while regretting that ecu [...]	2008-03-06 07:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF MD
08CHISINAU262	Shevchuk Wants MCC Roadwork Project; while Litskai Too Ill [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian Speaker Shevchuk expressed strong interest in the proposed MCC road reconstruction projects, which would make an important contribution to the Transnistrian transportation corridor linking Chisinau and the west with Ukraine. Sheriff Company Director Ilya Kazmaly comp [...]	2008-03-07 16:07:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PINR EAID ETRN MD
08CHISINAU268	MOLDOVA: AVIAN INFLUENZA AND TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USDA'S Foreign Agricultural Service has approved funding for a targeted technical assistance project on Avian Influenza (AI) in the Transnistrian (TN) region of Moldova. Although we face political constraints, TN officials are receptive to the idea, acknowledging that they are no [...]	2008-03-11 12:04:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR KFLU TBIO MD
08CHISINAU295	Gagauz Legislative Elections Go Well [...] (SBU) Summary: With international observers and a strong American contingent watching widely and carefully, March 16 elections for the 161 candidates contesting 35 positions in the Gagauz autonomous region's People's Assembly proceeded for the most part without incident. Problems that did occ [...]	2008-03-17 15:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM MD
08CHISINAU312	AMBASSADOR GETS POSITIVE RESPONSE FROM MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting on religious freedom with the Minister of Justice, Ambassador Kirby received a positive response to our concerns, and promises that the Ministry would set up a roundtable with religious leaders and publish templates for registration procedures. Pirlog frequen [...]	2008-03-20 07:38:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF PINR MD
08CHISINAU315	COMMUNIST PARTY MODERNIZES, CAREFULLY [...] (C) Summary: Moldova's Communist Party held a congress which stressed unity, modernizing gradualism, and ideological tweaks to its policies. Decentralized seating, open sessions, and a mild condemnation of Soviet practices, added some interest to what was otherwise a dull event. The more int [...]	2008-03-20 14:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MD
08CHISINAU371	VORONIN PLEASED WITH BUSH'S SUPPORT OF MOLDOVAN SOVEREIGNTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kirby met with President Voronin on April 2 to review the Bucharest NATO Summit, an Article 98 agreement, a Moldovan contingent to Iraq, and the resignation of the NATO Information and Documentation Center head. Voronin didn't lose this opportunity to reiterate Moldova [...]	2008-04-02 12:20:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU39	MOLDOVA 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating corruption a [...]	2008-01-15 12:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
08CHISINAU416	DAS MERKEL AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS TRANSNISTRIA, MCC, [...] (C) Summary: On April 14, in a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan, DAS David Merkel discussed possibilities for a Transnistrian settlement, and warned against locking in neutrality. He encouraged Moldova to make progress on MCC, Article 98, and bo [...]	2008-04-16 14:19:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MD
08CHISINAU427	MOLDOVA: GAZPROM INCREASES GAS PRICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the Moldovan national energy regulator (ANRE) confirmed that Gazprom had increased the price of natural gas supplied to Moldova from USD 191 per thousand cubic meters (tcm) to USD 213 per tcm, an 11% increase. ANRE also noted that consumer tariffs would not increase [...]	2008-04-17 13:32:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PBTS ENRG MD
08CHISINAU466	THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SMIRNOV [...] (C) Summary: Transnistrian (TN) "president" Igor Smirnov took advantage of the April 30 meeting, the first with an American Ambassador to Moldova since 2001, to declaim Transnistria's Russianness and separateness from Moldova, to expound on Transnistrians' distrust of Moldovan President Voroni [...]	2008-05-02 13:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MD
08CHISINAU48	TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET AND RUSSIAN AID: POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The gap between Transnistria's (TN) legislature (Supreme Soviet) and President Igor Smirnov widened further, as the Supreme Soviet reduced appropriations for the Executive in the 2008 budget. Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk and his Obnovlenie (Renewal) party continue to ascend, enjoying [...]	2008-01-17 09:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PBTS PREL MD
08CHISINAU49	TRANSNISTRIAN BUDGET AND RUSSIAN AID: POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The gap between Transnistria's (TN) legislature (Supreme Soviet) and President Igor Smirnov widened further, as the Supreme Soviet reduced appropriations for the Executive in the 2008 budget. Speaker Yevgeny Shevchuk and his Obnovlenie (Renewal) party continue to ascend, enjoying [...]	2008-01-17 09:48:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PBTS PREL MD
08CHISINAU497	SOVA ON THE WORLD OF SMIRNOV [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Keiderling and P/E Chief Daria Fane met with Minister for Reintegration Vasile Sova and Reintegration Vice Minister Ion Stavila on May 1 to brief them on Ambassador Kirby's April 30 meeting with Transnistrian (TN) "President" Igor Smirnov (reftel). Sova said tha [...]	2008-05-08 15:16:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINR MD
08CHISINAU538	LARGEST OPPOSITION RALLY EVER IN TRANSNISTRIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, some 2,000-3,000 people gathered in central Tiraspol to protest rising prices of food and utilities. The demonstrators adopted a resolution calling for Smirnov's dismissal and demanding early elections. The rally was organized by the Transnistrian Communist Party and [...]	2008-05-22 05:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM MD
08CHISINAU579	UKRAINE AND MOLDOVA SOLVE THAT DAM PROBLEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Moldova and Ukraine reached a settlement on the disputed ownership of the Novodnestrovsk hydroelectric power plant, which spans the Dniester River and partially sits on Moldovan territory. In return for Chisinau's recognition of Ukraine's full ownership of the power plant, Kyi [...]	2008-06-03 10:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL ENRG ECON UA MD
08CHISINAU625	LEFT-BANK COMMUNIST PARTY MOUNTS NEW PROTEST DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) Communist Party is facing opposition from Transnistrian authorities in its attempts to demonstrate in favor of the dismissal of Transnistrian "President" Smirnov and the holding of new elections. While Transnistrian demonstrators have mustered i [...]	2008-06-16 11:25:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM MD
08CHISINAU639	NEW PRO-RUSSIA PARTY LEAST LIKELY TO SUCCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: A new pro-Russian political party in Moldova is promoting identity politics and Soviet nostalgia. Despite high-level support, it may be too late on the scene, and too ethnically centered, to establish itself as a significant player before the March 2009 parliamentary elections. [...]	2008-06-18 13:23:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MD
08CHISINAU67	MOST TRANSNISTRIANS HOLD MOLDOVAN PASSPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 16 the Government of Moldova adopted a decree prolonging until July 1 the free issuance of internal passports for Transnistrian residents. Since free issuance was introduced in 2005, an additional hundred thousand TN residents have signed up for citizenship papers. T [...]	2008-01-25 12:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU68	TRANSNISTRIAN POLITICAL ECONOMY: THE CASE OF MMZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the economic and political challenges of doing business in Transnistria (TN),Moldova Metal Works (MMZ) managed to produce a record volume of steel in 2007. The case of MMZ highlights the complicating role that economic interests play in negotiating a resolution to the TN [...]	2008-01-25 14:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS PGOV PREL MD
08CHISINAU687	TRANSNISTRIAN 5-PLUS-2 NEGOTIATOR LITSKAI OUT [...] (SBU) Transnistrian and Russian press have reported that Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Valery Litskai has been temporarily replaced by his First Deputy Vladimir Yastrebchak, who was officially named "Acting Foreign Minister" on June 26. Yastrebchak had informally begun assuming Litskai's du [...]	2008-07-01 07:11:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PREL PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU746	TRANSNISTRIAN POWER STRUGGLES OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two succession-related power struggles are currently taking place in Transnistria. The first is the struggle to determine who will succeed Valeri Litskai as Transnistrian "Minister" for Foreign Affairs. Political insiders who attended the Embassy's 4th of July reception categor [...]	2008-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU765	A TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRESIDENT VORONIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 13:35:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON PINR KWMN MD
08CHISINAU781	FM STRATAN SAYS BALL IS IN ROMANIAN, UKRAINIAN, AND EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: At his April 21 meeting with EUR DAS Merkel and CDA Perina, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan stressed that Moldova had worked hard to make progress with Romania (on border and political treaties and consulates),Ukraine (on power plants and the D [...]	2008-07-24 13:54:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU846	RUSSIAN ENERGY GIANT COMPLETES TAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary: On August 1, Russian energy giant Inter RAO EES announced that it had completed acquisition of 100 per cent of shares in the Moldovan State Power Plant located in Kuchurgan, Transnistria, landing yet another major Transnistrian industrial site in Russian hands. This transaction [...]	2008-08-20 14:19:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RS MD
08CHISINAU85	Embassy Begins Preparation for Elections 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 22, Ambassador Kirby convened six USAID implementers to discuss USG assistance in advance of the 2009 national parliamentary elections: political party organization, campaign skills, training community activists, voter motivation and education, long- and short-term o [...]	2008-01-29 11:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MD
08CHISINAU854	SIXTH MOLDOVAN DEMINING CONTINGENT EN ROUTE TO IRAQ; [...] (C) Summary: The sixth Moldovan Army demining contingent left Moldova on August 19, en route to a week's trainup in Kuwait before a six-months' deployment in Iraq. The Government of Moldova (GOM) notes that 86 deminers in the previous five contingents have destroyed 30,000 tons of ordnance i [...]	2008-08-22 12:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PARM MD
08CHISINAU90	GAZPROM AND MOLDOVAN (TRANSNISTRIAN) GAS DEBTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gazprom continues to press Moldova to repay its debts to Gazprom, which have been mostly accrued by Transnistria (TN). One possible solution, a debt-for-share swap with Gazprom's obtaining more MoldovaGaz shares is gaining momentum. Gazprom remains concerned about property right [...]	2008-01-30 12:44:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PBTS PGOV PREL MD RU
08CHISINAU953	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT LEADER LAUNCHES SMEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing dwindling poll numbers, Christian Democratic Party (PPCD) leader Iurie Rosca initiated a lurid smear campaign against two opposition parties with which he competes for second place behind the Party of Communists (PCRM). Running a negative smear campaign could cost him [...]	2008-09-24 13:10:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
08CHISINAU954	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRAT LEADER LAUNCHES SMEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing dwindling poll numbers, Christian Democratic Party (PPCD) leader Iurie Rosca initiated a lurid smear campaign against two opposition parties with which he competes for second place behind the Party of Communists (PCRM). Running a negative smear campaign could cost him [...]	2008-09-24 13:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MD
08CHISINAU971	PRESIDENT VORONIN: RELYING ON 5-PLUS-2 TO AVOID RUSSIAN TRAP [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Ambassador, President Voronin expressed his commitment to solving the Transnistria conflict only in the 5-plus-2 format. He wanted to avoid falling into any Russian "traps" that could appear if he negotiated directly with the Russians. Outside interests [...]	2008-09-30 13:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PINR AMGT RU MD
08COLOMBO1040	Sri Lanka: Scenesetter for the Visit of Deputy Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical time, with Sri Lanka's 25-year ethnic conflict entering a possibly decisive phase. Government forces have made significant progress against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the last several months, gaining a large swath of territory i [...]	2008-11-18 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PHUM PREL CE
08COLOMBO921	SRI LANKA: SUICIDE BOMBING KILLS ABOUT 27, [...] (C) An apparent suicide attack took the lives of at least 27 people and wounded about 90 in government-controlled territory in northern Sri Lanka. Reports state that a suicide bomber dressed in business attire walked into an office of the main opposition United National Party (UNP) in Anurad [...]	2008-10-06 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM MOPS PGOV CE
08CONAKRY811	CNDD MEMBERSHIP - A FIRST LOOK [...] (U) On December 23, the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) released a list of its membership. Of the 32-member Council, only six were civilians not associated with the police, customs, or gendarmerie. Preliminary information on CNDD members is provided in this cable. Add [...]	2008-12-30 17:25:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL BIOS GV
08DAKAR1416	GUINEA-BISSAU ENTERING PERIOD OF VOLATILITY [...] (C) Summary: Many aspects of the November 23 attack on Guinea-Bissau's President, Joao Bernardo Vieira, remain unclear. According to the official account, the President narrowly escaped an attempted assassination as a prelude to a coup d'etat, which he survived due to the intervention of loy [...]	2008-12-10 19:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PU SNAR
08DAKAR649	PRESIDENT WADE'S MONUMENT TO THE REBIRTH OF AFRICA: LOOKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an effort to leave a legacy for himself that identifies with the glories of Africa's past achievements and even more with Africa's future, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has mobilized Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, a Senegalese architect and businessman, to arrange the construct [...]	2008-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PINS KDEM SG
08DHAKA1037	(C) GRAVE CONCERNS OVER TERROR GROUP'S POLITICAL [...] (S/REL:CAN/AUS/UK/NZ) Summary: The terrorist group Harkatul Jihad al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) is seeking political legitimacy through the launch of a political party. The leaders of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) insist it is dedicated to establishing what they call a true democracy un [...]	2008-10-05 10:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER KDEM PHUM PINR BG
08DHAKA1073	(C) GRAVE CONCERNS OVER TERROR GROUP'S POLITICAL [...] (S/REL:CAN/AUS/UK/NZ) Summary: The terrorist group Harkatul Jihad al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) is seeking political legitimacy through the launch of a political party. The leaders of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP) insist it is dedicated to establishing what they call a true democracy un [...]	2008-10-15 06:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER KDEM PHUM PINR BG
08DUBAI249	SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION DISCUSSES REGIONAL TRENDS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: A Department of Transportation delegation led by Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters visited Dubai May 29 - June 1 to learn about the emirate's rapidly-expanding transportation infrastructure, as well as how this infrastructure will be integrated into the plans for regional [...]	2008-06-30 12:09:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD ELTN BTIO PGOV SENV AE
08DUBLIN625	BAD NEWS CONTINUES FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) The government of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has suffered a surge of bad news in recent weeks. Declining public support, uncertain relations with the European Union stemming from Ireland's defeat of the Lisbon Treaty, and challenges to his leadership continue to beleaguer him. Th [...]	2008-11-14 16:00:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IE
08DUSHANBE102	SETTING THE SCENE FOR ADMIRAL FALLON'S AND DASD [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming joint CDR USCENTCOM/DASD Central and South Asia visit to Tajikistan. This cable provides updates only to reference scenesetter cable, and as an update, is primarily addressed to Admiral Fallon. As offered your November visit, Presi [...]	2008-01-15 11:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP OVIP TI AF
08DUSHANBE106	DUSHANBE CONSUMERS TAKE A HIT [...] (SBU) Summary: While food shortages and lack of power hit rural areas of Tajikistan hardest, the Government has tried to spare Dushanbe these difficulties, to avoid unrest close to the center of power. This winter is the coldest in decades. While freezing temperatures and snow persist, years [...]	2008-01-17 08:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE1083	TAJIKISTAN: A BAD MOON RISING? [...] (C) Summary: A prominent politician and a political analyst do not foresee significant political changes in Tajikistan in the next few years. President Rahmon is a clever politician who has learned to resolve conflicts between factions and prevented serious challenges to his rule. However, h [...]	2008-08-20 11:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON TI
08DUSHANBE1107	GEORGIA ON THEIR MIND: TAJIK MEDIA REACTS CAUTIOUSLY TO [...] (U) Summary: The Tajik media, in its coverage of Russian actions in Georgia, has mainly copied Russian media reports, or offered local opinion on the meaning of the dispute for Central Asia. As could be expected, it has not criticized Russia, and has instead focused heavily on the role of the [...]	2008-08-28 02:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE1109	TAJIKISTAN - SCO SUMMIT STATEMENT MENTIONS SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit has concluded with bland statements and some confusion about the members' positions on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The Summit Declaration contradictorily endorsed Russian peacemaking efforts in South Ossetia, and also welcomed the [...]	2008-08-28 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TI
08DUSHANBE1133	TAJIKISTAN SCO SUMMIT MEDIA REACTION - CAREFUL BALANCE OF [...] (U) Summary: Tajikistan's political analysts expressed few expectations from the SCO summit in the weekly papers prior to the summit, except that Russia would seek support for its actions in Georgia and recognition of independence for South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Most commentators praised Russi [...]	2008-09-10 11:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KDEM PREL PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE1256	HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN TAJIKISTAN'S COTTON SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: During a recent visit to Sughd region emboff and visiting G/TIP Officer explored trafficking issues and assessed allegations that students were forced by government authorities to pick cotton, despite a presidential decree prohibiting the practice. Emboff and G/TIP Officer found e [...]	2008-10-03 06:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EAGR ELAB TI
08DUSHANBE1267	TAJIKISTAN - FOOD SECURITY TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Food security in Tajikistan likely will continue to decline, and the inability of many Tajiks to buy sufficient food likely will worsen in the coming winter. President Rahmon is calling for more [...]	2008-10-06 02:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM EAID TI
08DUSHANBE1350	SCENESETTER FOR DAS KROL VISIT NOVEMBER 10-13 [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of DAS George Krol. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Krol will confront during his visit. POLITICAL OVERVIEW - STAGNATION IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY 2. (C) Li [...]	2008-10-30 11:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EINV PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE1388	THE COTTON HARVEST IN SOUTHERN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: A late October visit to Tajikistan's southern Khatlon province provided a more complete picture of labor conditions in the cotton industry. As in the northern Sughd province, there wasevidence of forced and child labor (reftel A). Reliance on such labor is a holdover from the Sovie [...]	2008-11-13 08:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAGR ELAB TI
08DUSHANBE1396	SCENESETTER FOR ARCENT COMMANDER LTG LOVELACE,S 20 [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of LTG Lovelace. Since Tajikistan,s limited defense capability consists primarily of Russian-influenced ground forces, the position of the ARCENT Commander is ideal to pursue basic and sorely needed reforms as well as further joint Taji [...]	2008-11-14 09:58:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MAS MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE1514	TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR [...] Summary: The November visit by SCA DAS Krol provided welcomed insights into U.S. plans for Central Asia. EU and OSCE colleagues are still working to improve technical capacity for drug interdiction and Finland continues to stress strategic border management. Tajik law enforcement agencies hav [...]	2008-12-15 06:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1553	INFORMATION ON TAJIKISTAN'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Enclosed is Post's response to questions posed in reftel. GENERAL SITUATION -- Plans for the development of nuclear power; existing or planned nuclear power related facilities; foreseen expansion of these facilities? President Rahmon recently announced that his government would see [...]	2008-12-22 09:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO TI
08DUSHANBE1557	TAJIKISTAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the text of Dushanbe's 2008 Country Report on Terrorism: As the poorest of the former Soviet countries, the Tajik governmentQs main impediment to counterterrorism remained its lack of resources. The government, particularly the Border Guards, lacked appropriate technical e [...]	2008-12-23 04:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC TI
08DUSHANBE227	Ambassador Jacobson Declares Humanitarian Disaster in [...] Summary and action request: Ambassador Tracey Ann Jacobson declares a humanitarian disaster in Tajikistan due to severe food insecurity, exacerbated by a nationwide energy crisis and extreme winter weather. Ambassador and regional mission request that DCHA/OFDA immediately commit USD 50,000 to [...]	2008-02-13 11:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TI
08DUSHANBE490	TAJIKISTAN COTTON SECTOR HEADING FOR MORE TROUBLE, AS IS [...] Summary: Visits to cotton growing regions and conversations with contacts in the Government of Tajikistan and in the development community show that the Government, despite declarations of "freedom to farm," is continuing its usual practice of coercing farmers to grow cotton. The "profitabilit [...]	2008-04-09 07:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EINV ECON PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE493	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRAVEL RESTRICTION REQUIREMENTS IN [...] (SBU) PolOff and ConOff delivered the demarche on UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Yatimsho Musofirov, the Deputy Head of the Consular Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We gave Musofirov a non-paper detailing the points raised in reftel, and described the measures the United St [...]	2008-04-09 10:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR TI
08DUSHANBE516	TAJIKISTAN - BACK IN THE USSR AT TALCO [...] (U) Summary: TALCO, Tajikistan's state-owned aluminum company, which accounts for perhaps one third of the country's gross domestic product, faces a number of challenges. During a recent visit to the plant, EmbOffs observed that the Soviet-style company remains dependent on electricity at belo [...]	2008-04-14 07:52:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE517	Tajikistan: Economic Tour de Table [...] (U) Summary: Treasury Attache Tom Lanier's March 24-31 visit highlighted several challenges the country's financial institutions and large enterprises face. Meetings with government officials, international organizations, and business leaders showed the economy in poor shape, but not a total l [...]	2008-04-14 07:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD EINV ECON PREL PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE521	TAJIKISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY AND BUSINESS LEADERS NEED RULE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Tajikistan's business advocates and civil leaders cited corruption and the lack of coherent laws and policies as the greatest impediments to business or reforming social institutions. In separate open and free- [...]	2008-04-15 07:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE522	FEED THE PEOPLE; STARVE EXTREMISM: CONTINUING NEEDS FOR [...] Embassy Dushanbe appreciates the opportunity for senior review of its Mission Strategic Plan via digital video conference April 10 (ref A). The robust attendance from representatives of State and other agencies clearly demonstrated a keen level of interest in several of our most pressing iss [...]	2008-04-15 07:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON PHUM PREL WFP TI
08DUSHANBE527	TAJIK OFFICIAL SEES NO CALL FOR ALARM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, PolOff met with Mirzosharif Islomodinov, Isfara's parliamentary representative, to discuss border issues raised in reftels. Islomodinov did not think that the conflicts over water would amount to serious tension between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and he was confide [...]	2008-04-16 09:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TI KG
08DUSHANBE550	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] The following responds to Ref A's request to provide a short summary of the impact of food and agricultural commodity price increases and to catalogue previous reporting on the subject. 2. Rising food prices are having a direct and detrimental impact on all of Embassy Dushanbe's central st [...]	2008-04-22 13:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE573	TAJIKISTAN'S NORTH: OVEREDUCATED AND OVERLOOKED [...] (SBU) Summary: During multiple trips to the northern city of Khujand, Emboffs have noticed an increasing sense of disenfranchisement among the well-educated and cosmopolitan population. The near-complete absence of northerners in the Government, and the recent harsh winter conditions during wh [...]	2008-04-24 05:36:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TI
08DUSHANBE591	POLOFF GAINS ACCESS TO TAJIK PRISONS, VISITS [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, PolOff visited Sobit Vakhidov and Rahmiddin Sharopov, both returnees from Guantanamo now held in Tajik prison, pursuant to a 2006 agreement between the United States and Tajikistan. There were numerous bureaucratic complications in gaining access to them, and we were [...]	2008-04-28 06:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI
08DUSHANBE634	TAJIKISTAN - WHY AMERICAN CORNERS MATTER [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite widespread academic corruption and crumbling infrastructure, Tajik students and instructors are striving to achieve, as Public Affairs Officer and visiting Information Resources Officer learned during a [...]	2008-05-06 03:09:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON KPAO TI
08DUSHANBE654	TAJIKISTAN - KHOROG'S QUIET DISCONTENTS [...] (C) Summary: During an April 24-25 visit to Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan encompassing the Pamir mountains, conversations with civil society, political figures, and administrators showed a region with severe economic difficulties, resentment of the [...]	2008-05-08 07:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE691	TAJIKISTAN - SOWING SEEDS OF DEMOCRACY IN SHAHRITUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The ambassador traveled to the Shahritus district in April to meet U.S. Government grantees who are incrementally raising the standard of living in the impoverished agricultural area. U.S. Government assistance has had a positive impact, especially in cultivating democratic deci [...]	2008-05-21 09:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPAO KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE70	NGO SITUATION IN TAJIKISTAN - REREGISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: As we begin 2008, international and local NGOs have reregistered with the government, a process which has been full of difficulties but which many organizations have been able to complete successfully. Looking at the past year, some NGO contacts have seen backsliding by the gover [...]	2008-01-10 06:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE760	TAJIKISTAN - SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 16-19 VISIT OF [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe looks forward to the upcoming visit of DAS George Krol. Following is a brief overview of the current situation in Tajikistan and our thoughts on the key issues DAS Krol will confront during his visit. Political Overview - Cracks in the Facade --------------------------- [...]	2008-06-09 13:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EINV PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE887	DEMOLITION OF TAJIKISTAN'S SYNAGOGUE: WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT'S [...] (U) Summary: In late June 2008, the Tajik authorities leveled what remained of the Dushanbe synagogue. The Jewish Community had fought plans to tear the synagogue down since 2003, sporadically garnering attention from the international media. The case demonstrates the Tajik Government's lack [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
08GENEVA1001	JCIC-XXXIII: U.S. PRESS STATEMENT ON START [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-023. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the Press Statement on discussions in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission that are required by Article XVII concerning whether the START Treaty should be extended. The statement was delivered on November 21, 2008. [...]	2008-11-21 13:49:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1003	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOSTED [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Monday, November 17, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:50 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on November 17, 2008, at the Russian M [...]	2008-11-21 15:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1005	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 19, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:40 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 19, 2008, [...]	2008-11-21 16:02:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA1025	JCIC-XXXIII: RUSSIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON START [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-031. 2. The text at Paragraph 3 below is the official translation of a coordinated press statement on discussions that took place in the Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission as required by Article XVII of the Treaty on whether to extend the START Treaty. The U.S [...]	2008-11-22 12:51:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA254	UKRAINE TO PROPOSE RESOLUTION ON "HOLODOMOR" AT [...] (SBU) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Ukraine's Kyiv-based ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Mykola Maimeskoul, said his government was interested in proposing a resolution at the September session of the UN Human Rights Council on the Holodomor, the Great Famine of the early 1930s. Mai [...]	2008-04-04 10:45:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA585	JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON DROVYANAYA [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 3:30 - 5:10 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on July 18, 2008, to discuss Russian-propos [...]	2008-07-24 07:39:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA587	JCIC-XXXII: WORKING GROUP MEETING ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-011. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) A Working Group Meeting on the issue of Elimination of Solid Rocket Motor Cases for First Stages of SS-24 (Ukrainian issue) was held at the U.S. Mission on July 21, 2008. All Parties, except Belarus, were represented. The [...]	2008-07-24 15:43:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ

08GENEVA588	JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENT INITIALLED AT JCIC-XXXII [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-018. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC S-Series Joint Statement Number 29 "On Changes to the Boundary of Drovyanaya ICBM Base for Silo Launchers of ICBMs." The Joint Statement was initialed at the closing plenary meeting for JCIC-XXXII, held at the Russian M [...]	2008-07-25 06:25:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA600	JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...]	2008-07-25 13:51:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP
08GENEVA609	JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination of SS-24 [...]	2008-07-26 12:26:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA611	JCIC-XXXII: DOCUMENTS COMPLETED ON SS-24 SRM [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-019. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3 and 4 below are JCIC Agreement Number 55 on "Changes to Section I of the Conversion or Elimination Protocol Regarding the Elimination Process for ICBMs for Mobile Launchers of ICBMs" and JCIC Joint Statement 40 "On the Elimination o [...]	2008-07-26 12:26:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA752	PART ONE OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and should be protected accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The second annual meeting of BWC Experts for the 2007-2010 Work Program, focusing on biosafety, biosecurity, and professional responsibility in the life sciences, marked progress, register [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA997	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 17, 2008 Time: 10:40 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Working Group (WG) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on November 17, 2008, to discus [...]	2008-11-21 07:10:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA998	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) HEAD OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: November 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 11:50 A.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on November 18, 20 [...]	2008-11-21 07:17:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GUATEMALA1315	GOG CELEBRATES 1944 REVOLUTION, LEFTISTS VANDALIZE [...] (U) The Colom Government sponsored a major, public celebration of this year's anniversary of the October 20, 1944 revolution that ousted strongman Jorge Ubico and instituted a reformist, democratic government. Thousands attended. In the past, leftist groups, rather than the GOG, had commemo [...]	2008-10-22 22:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1420	KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION: GUATEMALAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 17:48:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KV GT
08HAMBURG41	TRANSFORMING ROSTOCK: FROM XENOPHOBIC RIOTS TO INTEGRATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: For an Eastern German city that was in the global headlines sixteen years ago for a neo-Nazi attack on asylum-seekers, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's (M-V) largest city Rostock has made extraordinary strides in its integration efforts. The city has taken an organized approach, clearly [...]	2008-11-10 11:42:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GM
08HANOI1163	SENSE AND SENSIBILITY IN VIETNAM'S RUSSIA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Russia occupy an important, but by no means central place in Vietnam's foreign policy. An influential generation of policymakers continues to hold surprisingly warm feelings toward Russia, and ties have improved steadily since the Yeltsin years. But long gone are [...]	2008-10-10 07:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD RS VM
08HANOI1347	VIETNAM-CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) MFA officials and contacts at the MFA-affiliated Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam insist that Vietnam and Cuba continue to enjoy warm "fraternal" relations. Absent fundamental change in either country, there is little prospect that Vietnam will substantially support U.S. priorities for Cuba [...]	2008-12-11 09:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU VM
08HANOI1405	VIETNAM'S AMBITIOUS NUCLEAR POWER PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has ambitious plans to develop its civilian nuclear power sector. In the face of rapidly expanding demand for power and few other domestic sources of energy, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) wants to move quickly to construct the nation's first nuclear power plants. Ack [...]	2008-12-24 07:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SENV BEXP BTIO VM
08HANOI535	AMBASSADOR EXCHANGES VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS, CHINA WITH [...] (SBU) On May 2, CPV External Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Tran Van Hang told the Ambassador the ERC welcomes the positive developments in U.S.-Vietnam relations, especially in trade, investment and education. He appealed for Vietnam to be granted GSP and agreed that many recently opened [...]	2008-05-08 09:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL CM VM
08HANOI857	LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MFA, HANOI CITY GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has added three vice ministers, although with some of the four current ministers likely to take other positions how many total vice ministers the ministry will have remains to be seen. There is speculation that the changes lay the groundwork for curr [...]	2008-07-23 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI897	RUSSIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PRESSURE ON EXXONMOBIL [...] (SBU) Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam (Reftel),Russian Econ/Commercial Counselor Vadim Bublikov shared with Poloffs and Econoff Russia's "deep concern" about the situation and how it could affe [...]	2008-08-04 00:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CM VM
08HARARE361	SPOTTING INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN ZIMBABWE'S RUINS [...] (U) In the midst of Zimbabwe's distressed economy, some investors see opportunity that the risk averse abandoned long ago. Banking on economic recovery and attracted to Zimbabwe's cheap price tags, investors are looking at sectors with international links or those that will benefit from an inc [...]	2008-04-23 12:58:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HAVANA608	RAUL'S JULY 26TH SPEECH A NON-EVENT THIS YEAR [...] (C) The evening of July 26th, in celebration of the 55th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago, which launched the Castro revolution in Cuba, Raul Castro addressed an assembled group of about 10,000 selected supporters gathered at the former barracks, now converted int [...]	2008-07-30 12:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CU
08HELSINKI427	FINLAND: GEORGIA CONFLICT SPURS DEBATE ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. While the crisis in Georgia appears not to have changed public opinion about Finland's security, it has generated debate and discussion about security policy. The consensus-based coalition government's policy on maintaining the "option" to join NATO remains, though the consensus [...]	2008-09-19 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	FI PGOV PREL XZ ZB
08HELSINKI462	FINLAND: NATO TOUR PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Helsinki proposes two NATO Tours for FY09, designed to promote greater understanding of the Alliance in the wake of the conflict in Georgia. The GOF's security policy emphasizes the importance of multilateral cooperation, including with the US, NATO and in particular th [...]	2008-10-09 13:27:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OEXC OIIP PREL KPAO FI
08HOCHIMINHCITY1002	AMIDST MUDDLED POLICIES, STAFFDEL ATKINS FINDS SOLID SCIENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. Bureaucratic mismanagement, insufficient and misdirected funding, and lack of university autonomy have stymied both scientific research and science education in Vietnam, according to government officials, non-government organizations and private sector experts. Nevertheless, Hou [...]	2008-11-07 10:44:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TBIO SOCI PGOV PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1005	LAND RIGHTS ISSUES EMPHASIZE NEED FOR GREATER TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: While few land rights organizers may want to admit it, the GVN is paying close attention to the land use issues that have resulted in demonstrations by provincial farmers throughout Vietnam over the past few years. Conversations with current and former GVN officials and economic [...]	2008-11-10 09:04:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VM
08IRANRPODUBAI21	CASPIAN SEA RESOURCES REMAIN AN ITEM OF CONTENTION BETWEEN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 08:43:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIS EMIN ENGR EPET IR
08ISLAMABAD1351	CODEL TIERNEY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) In a March 27 meeting with Codel Tierney, President Musharraf praised newly elected Prime Minister Gillani, urged the new government to make the transition from politics to governance, and discussed efforts to combat extremism. End Summary. 2. (C) Codel Tierney (Representatives John [...]	2008-03-28 17:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD144	CODEL LIEBERMAN'S MEETING WITH THE PML-N [...] (C) Summary. In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chair Raja Zafrul Haq detailed alleged fraud and electoral irregularities, questioned U.S. ties with the person of President Musharraf instead of support for the people of Pakistan, and urged closer USG o [...]	2008-01-10 06:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD1476	CODEL BIDEN'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Zardari told Codel Biden February 19 that he is seeking U.S. advice on the way forward. He is meeting or talking with all parties in pursuit of some form of a national unity government but suggested the PPP would try to form a government wit [...]	2008-04-07 03:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD1829	CODEL SMITH MEETS PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting April 28, Codel Smith discussed the political and economic situation and efforts to combat extremism in Pakistan. Musharraf expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance in the tribal areas but said more was needed; he defended efforts by the new government to begin n [...]	2008-05-12 12:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD195	THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA: WAZIRS VS. MEHSUDS IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER
08ISLAMABAD2305	BOUCHER AND GILANI DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told Assistant Secretary Boucher that his government was serious about the need to confront militant extremists, establish a foundation for sustainable development and address Pakistan's growing economic crisis. Gilani al [...]	2008-07-07 07:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2328	WALI KHAN'S STRATEGY FOR CONTAINING MILITANCY [...] (C) Summary. Awami National Party (ANP) leader Asfundyar Wali Khan told Ambassador July 7 that security in Peshawar was under control. He questioned the seriousness of the recent Khyber operation in Bara, but said that if the Pakistani security forces can continue to push the militants int [...]	2008-07-08 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK
08ISLAMABAD3027	PRM VISIT TO PAKISTAN: JULY 14-24 [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a report from PRM/ECA Deputy Director Nancy Iris and Program Officer Amy Wendt's visit to Pakistan July 14-24. The GOP is looking to the international community for a renewed commitment to assist with the impact Afghan refugees have had on Pakistan's environment, infras [...]	2008-09-15 09:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL PHUM PREF
08ISLAMABAD3035	DEVELOPING PAKISTANI COIN CAPABILITY [...] (C) Summary: To help Pakistan roll back an increasingly virulent combination of foreign terrorists and domestic insurgents, the U.S. is implementing a three-part strategy to improve governance, provide economic development and fight extremism in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border. [...]	2008-09-16 09:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS PK
08ISLAMABAD382	STAFFDEL BLAZEY MEETS WITH PAKISTAN'S 11TH CORPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. StaffDel Blazey traveled to Peshawar January 18-19 to meet with the leadership of Pakistan's 11th Corps and the Deputy Director General (DDG) of the Frontier Corps. Discussions centered on efforts to combat the growing insurgency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA [...]	2008-01-25 10:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV MASS PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD405	AMBASSADORâ€™S CONDOLENCE CALL ON ASIF ZARDARI [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-28 09:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD807	NAWAZ STILL NEGOTIATING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 13:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD835	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ANP LEADER WALI KHAN [...] (C) In a February 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman and Member of National Assembly-elect (MNA) Asfundyar Wali Khan, whose name has come up as potential Prime Minister, eschewed any desire to head a national coalition government. The ANP leader is counseling [...]	2008-02-27 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISTANBUL182	TURKEY: THIS COUNTRY IS NOT WITHOUT AN OWNER [...] (C) Summary. Consul General called on Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Chairman Can Paker on April 1, the day after Turkey's Constitutional Court agreed to hear arguments in the Justice and Development Party's (AKP) closure case. Paker said the secular elite is fighting [...]	2008-04-11 18:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL397	POST-MODERN YOUTH MOVEMENT USES NEW MEDIA IN [...] Summary At a time when most Turkish youth are politically disengaged and apathetic (REF A),the Young Civilians (Genc Siviller) are an important indication of emerging social change, helping to organize recent anti-coup rallies in key cities. The five year old organization, with 2000 members i [...]	2008-07-29 08:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL TU
08ISTANBUL51	UMRANIYE ROUND-UP TARGETS DEEP STATE [...] (C) Summary. The January 22 police round-up of scores of people in Istanbul and other cities, related to the discovery of a weapons cache in Istanbul's Umraniye district last June, may be a battle in the war to fight the "deep state" in Turkey. The "deep state" is a vague, ill-defined networ [...]	2008-01-30 07:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL601	IRAN/ETHNIC GROUPS: AN ETHNIC RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (S) Summary: An Iranian-Azeri journalist told us November 29 that the June 2006 ethnic Azeri demonstrations against authorities in northwest Iran were "an awakening" for the Azeri ethnic movement and led the regime to conclude it was a threat to stability. He described a diffuse ethnic move [...]	2008-12-02 14:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREF PHUM PINS IR TU AZ
08JAKARTA1600	GEORGIA -- REVIEWING POINTS RE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Mission has reviewed Ref B points with the GOI regarding Abkhazia/South Ossetia. Pol/C underscored that Russian recognition of the two entities as separate countries would be a serious mistake, setting a dangerous precedent that would lead to further instability. Department of [...]	2008-08-25 05:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL ID GG RS
08KABUL1067	APRIL 27TH ATTACK ON VICTORY DAY CEREMONY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: Afghan authorities believe that at least three and possibly as many as seven individuals carried out the April 27 attack against the Victory Day ceremony presided over by President Karzai and attended by IRoA senior officials, politicians and other Afghan VIPs from acro [...]	2008-04-30 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF
08KABUL108	AF: Afghan Ministry of Mines: Big Plans for 2008. [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Mines Adel told EconOff he intends to shepherd several natural resource tenders, including oil, gas and iron ore deposits, through the biding process this coming year. The Ministry intends to tender two blocks for commercial gas exploration and one for oil explorati [...]	2008-01-09 09:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID AF CH
08KABUL112	Kabul Governor on Security, Governance, and Ethnic [...] (SBU) According to its governor, Kabul province faces the challenges of accommodating a rapidly growing and changing population and uneven development. The Governor highlights subdued ethnic tensions and the problems created by a lack of clearly defined responsibilities among line ministries, [...]	2008-01-10 10:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL1254	NANGARHAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE: THE PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: In Nangarhar, the most influential political institutions are the Jihadi parties, which capitalize on bonds formed between Jihadi commanders and tribal leaders during the Mujahadin period of the 1990s. In the fight against the Soviets, the Jihadi commanders pro [...]	2008-05-22 05:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL131	BAGHLAN GOVERNORSHIP LATEST VICTIM OF NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) The government announced on January 9 the removal of Baghlan governor Mohammad Alam Ishaqzai, who had been suspended pending the results of the investigation into the November 6 Baghlan bombing, and his replacement with new-comer Abdul Jabar Haqbin. The government also confirmed publicl [...]	2008-01-15 02:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF
08KABUL1440	Afghan Presidential Candidates [...] (U) Provided below, for addressees' reference, is a list of declared and likely presidential candidates. Addressees should take care when dealing with those listed not to convey the misimpression of USG endorsement for a particular candidacy. The list is not exhaustive; it is subject to chang [...]	2008-06-12 02:53:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1449	BUILDING AFGHANISTAN'S AIR CORPS [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Since September 2007, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan,s (CSTC-A) Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF) has made significant progress in developing an appropriately sized, sustainable, and effects-capable Afghan National Army Air Corps (A [...]	2008-06-12 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
08KABUL146	PAKTIA PROVINCE: DETERIORATING SECURITY, LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The security sitQion in Paktia province deteriorated over the past year with significant Anti-Coalition Militia (ACM) presence. The agriculture-based economy is hampered by a lack of resources, including modern technology and power. Governor Rahmat is unpopular and most provinci [...]	2008-01-16 06:59:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL1747	KANDAHARI TRIBAL LEADER,S DEATH A TALIBAN [...] (C) The murder July 4 of member of parliament and Alizai tribal leader Haji Habibullah Jan may have removed the linchpin that had kept his Taliban-predisposed tribe engaged in the constitutional political process. Jan was shot dead in Kandahar's Zharey district by unknown assailants while ret [...]	2008-07-13 12:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PTER PINR AF
08KABUL175	PRT NANGARHAR: GOVERNOR SHERZAI: JUMP ON THE PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai led a "Peace Caravan" of approximately 300 government and traditional leaders from four eastern Afghan provinces (Nangarhar, Nuristan, Kunar and Laghman) to meet with President Karzai on January 13 in Kabul. His goal was to show support for the [...]	2008-01-22 02:15:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF
08KABUL1812	HEZB-E-ISLAMI CONFERENCE; MOVING BEYOND HEKMATYAR [...] (C//REL UK) SUMMARY: Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) three-day conference in Kabul last week assembled more than 1,000 members from all 34 provinces and most of the country's ethnic groups to elect Abdul Hadi Arghandewal to his second one-year term as party chairman. The party's leadership [...]	2008-07-19 06:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1828	NURISTAN: NEW GOVERNOR, FRESH PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hazrat Din became Governor of Nuristan on July 5, replacing Tamim Nuristani. His priorities start with popular engagement and good governance, and he intends to establish representative district councils - shuras - for consultations on whom to nominate as district administrator [...]	2008-07-21 08:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1975	EX-TALIBAN SEEK MEDIATION ROLE [...] (C) On July 29, President Karzai gave the Ambassador a plan for negotiations with the Taliban that he had received from Taliban reconcilees (SEPTEL). In a meeting arranged by the presidency at our request the next day, prominent ex-Taliban said they are well-placed to mediate reconciliation with th [...]	2008-07-31 06:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR AF
08KABUL2109	Chairman of Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament [...] Not for Internet Distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 30 with Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoi, Chairman of the Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament. Sultanzoi, who emigrated from Afghanistan to the United States and worked for 22 years as a United [...]	2008-08-10 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF
08KABUL2681	THE VITAL LINK - KHOST-GARDEZ ROAD IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The rugged terrain of the Khost-Gardez (K-G) Pass, and its legacy as a mujahedin stronghold along the southeast approach to Kabul, have been challenges to the completion of an efficient and safe road in the area. Complex geography, tribal networks, and insurgent interference have also hi [...]	2008-10-01 09:57:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER AF
08KABUL2729	FEELING IGNORED BY KABUL, PANJSHIRIS PULL INWARD [...] (S) Despite having achieved unrivaled success in governance and security, Panjshiris appear to be turning increasingly away from Kabul as they see little attention paid to their valley by those in the national government, including other prominent Panjshiris. Evidence of this can be heard in [...]	2008-10-08 10:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2756	KARZAI SHUFFLES KEY CABINET POSITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai announced a long-anticipated Cabinet shuffle Oct. 11, making six key changes in his government. Reactions to these changes ranged from cautious optimism from the international community to healthy skepticism from opposition political leaders. State-owned media [...]	2008-10-14 02:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM AF
08KABUL2913	UNITED NATIONAL FRONT NEITHER UNITED NOR NATIONAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The United (National) Front, the main political opposition to President Karzai in Parliament and the upcoming presidential election campaign, has attempted to present itself as a unified coalition of pan-ethnic and pan-regional political parties committed to opposing a second [...]	2008-11-02 06:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL2980	ATIQULLAH LUDIN APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF LOGAR [...] (U) On October 23 former Mujahedin commander LTG Atiqullah Ludin took up his duties as the new governor of Logar Province just south of Kabul. He replaced Abdullah Wardak, who was killed in an insurgent attack on September 13. In his initial address to Logar residents and officials, Ludin [...]	2008-11-12 11:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL3088	AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR WOOD'S MEETING WITH THE AFGHAN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Wood met November 23 with leaders of the Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) for the first time since its reorganization. He underscored the central role Afghanistan's private sector must play in long-term, sustainable development and urged ACCI to become a [...]	2008-12-01 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND AF
08KABUL3089	ATMAR LEADS DONORS TO FUNDING DECISIONS ON ANP [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 18, in Minister Atmar's first LOTFA Steering Committee meeting, he steered the group to decisions to fund an increase to ANP salaries, initiate a pilot project to test incentive pay in targeted medium- and high-threat ANP districts, reach a settlement on how to handl [...]	2008-12-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF
08KABUL3097	OLD GUARD HAZARA POLITICOS RESIST GRASSROOTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Afghanistan's Hazara minority remains entrenched with the same political parties and leadership that have guided the ethnic group for the past 15 years. A handful of elder statesmen and warlords lead these parties, which are a legacy of the predominately Shia Hazaras' refuge [...]	2008-12-01 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL3177	PRACTICING DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) As election season opens in Afghanistan, voters and politicians alike are demonstrating a stubborn enthusiasm for the still-new practice of democracy. The national mood feels dour, reflecting widespread criticism of the weaknesses of the Karzai government; frustration at the rise in ki [...]	2008-12-09 05:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3211	COMMERCE DEPMIN FARHADI ON WTO ACCESSION, ETC. [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Afghan Deputy Commerce Minister Farhadi says launching the WTO accession process is one of his highest priorities, but he expressed uncertainty about finalizing Afghanistan's Memorandum of Foreign Trade Regime by year-end, citing capacity weakness at the ministry. H [...]	2008-12-15 05:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID EINV ENRG WTO AF PK
08KABUL3237	KARZAI URGES CODEL MCCAIN TO SUPPORT ZARDARI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Charge d'Affaires, Senators John McCain, Joseph Lieberman and Lindsey Graham dined with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace December 6. Flanked by many from his cabinet, including the Foreign and Defense Ministers, Karzai urged the Senators to secure strong U [...]	2008-12-21 06:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM AF PK
08KABUL361	2007 LIST AND STATUS OF LEGISLATION CONSIDERED BY [...] (SBU) The second annual session of the Afghan Parliament (ended in December 2007) was politically contentious but nevertheless produced significant legislation. The Parliament sent 14 bills to President Karzai for his signature. Political strains between Parliament and the Palace were reflec [...]	2008-02-13 13:05:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL491	DOSTUM IMPEDES UZBEK EFFORTS AT JUNBESH PARTY [...] (C) Afghanistan's Uzbek community is ready for change, but their traditional protector, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, is standing in the way. The larger political background to the ongoing crisis following the February 2-3 abduction of Akbar Bay (ref B) is that Dostum is loosing support. The [...]	2008-02-27 08:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL530	AF: UPDATE ON AYNAK COPPER MINE NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS THE AFGHAN MINISTRY OF MINES (MOM),CHINA METALLURGICAL GROUP (CMG) AND WORLD BANK-HIRED CONTRACT ADVISOR GUSTAFSON AND CO. FROM COLORADO, HAVE ARRIVED AT THE FINAL STAGE OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE USD 2.4 BILLION DEVELOPMENT OF THE AYNAK COPPER DEPOSIT. ALTHOUG [...]	2008-03-03 12:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG KPWR EAID AF CH
08KABUL576	Baghlan, Afghanistan: New Leadership to Address Provincial [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the tragic suicide attack on the Baghlan Sugar Factory on November 6, 2007, the central government has replaced two leading provincial officials and has increased pressure on Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) to combat organized crime and insurgent activity. Baghlan i [...]	2008-03-06 06:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL599	POLITICIZED PARLIAMENT FACES CHALLENGING 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Parliament considered more legislation in 2007 (ref A) than in its inaugural session. It is increasingly seen by Afghans as a vehicle to take their concerns to the government. Lower House Speaker (and presidential aspirant) Qanooni's willingness to use his position [...]	2008-03-09 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL667	HAZARAS DIVIDED BY KARZAI, UNITED FRONT POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: The once united Hazara ethnic group has politically splintered since the fall of the Taliban; its fragments are being divided between Karzai and the opposition United Front. Powerful Hazara leaders' connections to Iran, or lack thereof, sometimes dictate their affiliation with [...]	2008-03-16 16:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PGOV AF
08KABUL688	IN POLITICS DOMINATED BY GIANTS, REFORMERS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of Afghan political parties has grown dramatically since the fall of the Taliban. Though small party leaders often explore coalitions and alliances, two primary competing blocs are emerging: the United Front opposition, and a looser coalition around Karzai. Both g [...]	2008-03-18 12:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL892	MFA'S DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN'S UNOHCHR CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) MFA Minister Spanta called in Charg to inform him that Afghanistan wants Dr. Sima Samar, currently Chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),to be considered as candidate for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNOHCHR). Spanta used his m [...]	2008-04-13 05:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AF
08KHARTOUM300	SE WILLIAMSON TO PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR: WE DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In a positive, hour-long meeting with the Sudanese President, SE Richard Williamson clearly and concisely outlined American concerns on Darfur, CPA, Sudanese adventurism in Chad, and other bilateral issues while describing a possible way forward in improving relations based on spe [...]	2008-03-02 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM971	DEFENSE WHITE PAPER ENERGIZES SPLA BUDGET PROCESS, [...] (SBU) This is an action cable, please see paras 10-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly,s (SSLA) long-expected, but very public, endorsement of the SPLA,s Defense White Paper (DWP) has had immediate impact on SPLA/SAF relations and the SPLA,s 2009 budge [...]	2008-07-02 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KINSHASA418	21st Meeting of JMG Task Force, May 9, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Task Force members heard MONUC DDRRR director Philip Lancaster speak during most of the day's meeting, as the single expert on the agenda. Lancaster bracketed his presentation with cautions that logistical constraints and unrealistic time lines will limit the impact of the pre [...]	2008-05-12 11:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KOLKATA21	CPM SAYS THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE TO CAPITALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent statements, senior Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) leaders appeared to endorse, or grudgingly accept, capitalism as a means for economic development and industrialization. Although they qualified their views as "the only way forward" given the "ne [...]	2008-01-18 07:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EIND EAGR IN
08KUWAIT1102	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary and Comment. On the day of the American presidential elections, many of the Arabic language Kuwaiti print dailies ran editorials that speculated as to who would win the election, as well as the possible consequences for Kuwait. While one liberal Kuwaiti daily, Al-Rai, predicted D [...]	2008-11-04 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT337	U.S.-KUWAIT GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE TALKS (MARCH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Kuwait hosted the third round of the U.S.-Kuwait Gulf Security Dialogue on March 10. During these discussions, Kuwait condemned Iran's support for terrorism, reiterated its commitment to engaging Iran diplomatically, and expressed its support in implementing UNSC resolutions 1 [...]	2008-03-26 06:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MARR MASS PTER KPAL KTFN KCIP ASEC
08KUWAIT761	SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT AND EXPERT DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 10, a delegation led by Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, and including representatives from the Department of State, the Department of Energy (DOE),the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),and the Nuclear Regu [...]	2008-07-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP PREL PARM
08KYIV101	UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Begin Text of Part II: A.7. Protection of Property Rights MORTGAGES During the last few years, Ukraine's policymakers have launched several initiatives to develo [...]	2008-01-17 07:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08KYIV1047	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF COMMERCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-29 15:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EINV UP
08KYIV109	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO TO LEAD DELEGATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: President Yushchenko has asked Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko to lead the Ukrainian delegation for the January 20 inauguration of Georgian President Elect Mikhail Saakashvili. Although some here were surprised that Yushchenko was not attending himself, both he and Tymoshenko [...]	2008-01-18 13:23:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	UP PGOV PREL GG
08KYIV1201	UKRAINE: NATO SYG/NAC VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The June 16-17 visit to Kyiv and Ukraine's regional capitals by NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) was seen as a strong positive by the MFA and Ukrainian pro-NATO political forces. Extensive positive press coverage, the constr [...]	2008-06-20 14:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL UP
08KYIV1300	UKRAINE: YATSENYUK, RISING POLITICIAN [...] (C) Summary. Rada Speaker Arseniy Yatsenyuk has become one of the most interesting senior politicians in Ukraine to watch. Only 34 years old, Yatsenyuk has already served not only as chair of the parliament, but Foreign Minister, Minister of Economy, and Acting Governor of the National Bank. [...]	2008-07-03 14:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV1353	UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] This is a reply to a Blue Lantern action request (ref B). 2. Post was requested to conduct a pre-license check on DDTC license application number 05-050103848 for the export of power modules to Ukraine via Russia (applicant: International Rectifier Corporation, 233 Kansas Street, El Segundo, [...]	2008-07-10 14:07:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC UP
08KYIV1516	UKRAINE: HATE CRIMES CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Since the beginning of 2008, human rights NGOs have reported over 40 apparently racially motivated attacks in Ukraine, five of which proved fatal. While the Government introduced new initiatives in 2007 and 2008 aimed at intensifying efforts to combat racism and intolerance, the [...]	2008-08-06 08:09:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UP
08KYIV200	UKRAINE: EUR A/S FRIED HEARS ABOUT FRAGILE [...] (C) Summary. In A/S Fried's meetings with top Ukrainian leaders, all dominated by discussions about Ukraine's pending request for a NATO MAP (septel),the internal political subtext was fragility, distrust, and creeping dissatisfaction from all parties about the current government and its pos [...]	2008-01-31 06:00:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2017	1ST MEETING OF U.S.-UKRAINE TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The inaugural meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Trade and Investment Council, created by our new bilateral Trade and Investment Cooperation Agreement (TICA),took place on October 2. Deputy U.S. Trade Representative John Veroneau led the U.S. delegation; Minister of Economy Bohdan Da [...]	2008-10-10 06:46:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD WTRO PREL UP
08KYIV2174	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 8-10 visit to Ukraine comes during an unfolding domestic economic crisis and an ongoing struggle between President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko over whether to hold snap parliamentary elections. Yushchenko on October 8 dissolved Ukraine's parliament (the Rada) a [...]	2008-10-30 15:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2212	KUCHMA AND KRAVCHUK ON ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Ambassador recently sounded out former Presidents Kuchma and Kravchuk on Ukraine's dual economic and political crises. Kuchma worries most about the potential for large-scale unemployment in the metal, mining, chemical and construction sectors. Kravchuk's focus is more on the political [...]	2008-11-07 07:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UP
08KYIV2259	UKRAINE: A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CRIMEAN ECONOMY, [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on the economy in Crimea. The second cable will focus on Russia's influence on the Crimean economy and will examine the city of Sevastopol. 2. (SBU) Summary: Economic development in Crimea has fallen behind other parts of Ukraine despite great potential, [...]	2008-11-17 15:02:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR RS UP
08KYIV2289	SCENESETTER FOR ADMINISTRATOR FORE'S VISIT TO KYIV [...] (SBU) Your November 22-23 visit to Kyiv will be an important sign of continuing USG support for international recognition of the Holodomor, the Great Famine of 1932-1933, which has been a top priority for President Yushchenko. Your visit will come at a time of an unfolding economic crisis and [...]	2008-11-20 17:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL UP
08KYIV2323	SUBJECT: UKRAINE'S MAIN EXTREMIST GROUPS [...] (U) Extremist groups in Ukraine espouse a wide range of ideologies. Groups such as the UNA-UNSO and Patriot of Ukraine are ultra nationalists while the Ukrainian National-Labor Party and the Ukrainian Movement Against Illegal Immigration have a neo-Nazi following. The group Bratsvo has an a [...]	2008-11-26 11:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI UP
08KYIV2358	UKRAINE'S DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. The ongoing gas price discussions for 2009 once again highlight Ukraine's strong dependence on energy imports from Russia: Ukraine depends on Russia for 80 percent of its natural gas, 61 percent of its oil, 100 percent of its nuclear fuel, and for the disposal of all the fuel it [...]	2008-12-02 13:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL UP
08KYIV2413	UKRAINE "NOT YET THERE" ON 2009 BALANCED BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Finance has granted a preview of the draft 2009 budget to the IMF and World Bank. The World Bank told us the GOU foresees a 2009 budget deficit equal to 0.3 percent of GDP. After studying the draft, however, the World Bank puts the deficit at 0.8 percent of G [...]	2008-12-09 16:49:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV2414	UKRAINE: FIRTASH MAKES HIS CASE TO THE USG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 07:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	EINV ENRG EPET PINR PREL POL UP
08KYIV2434	UNSTEADY UKRAINE RESPONSE WORRIES IMF TEAM [...] (C) Summary. An IMF team led by Ceyla Pazarbasioglu, in Kyiv to assess Ukrainian implementation of the Fund's $16.4 billion Stand-By Arrangement (SBA),offered mixed reviews of GOU anti-crisis efforts during her December 10 meeting with the Ambassador. Pazarbasioglu complimented Minister of [...]	2008-12-11 15:41:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
08KYIV303	UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO MAKES THE PITCH FOR MAP AT [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko made a more convincing case for her personal commitment to Ukraine's request for a MAP at Bucharest during a February 5 meeting with visiting HFAC Europe Subcommittee Chairman Wexler (D-FL). She told Wexler that the letter requesting MAP signed by the President, PM [...]	2008-02-07 12:56:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP

08KYIV334	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER YEKHANUROV PICKS UP THE [...] (C - REL NATO) Summary: New Defense Minister, and former Prime Minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov is an experienced bureaucratic insider with close ties to President Yushchenko who will be an ardent supporter of Ukraine's request for a NATO MAP and movement toward European standards and interoperabili [...]	2008-02-13 10:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR PREL MOPS NATO KPKO PINR UP
08KYIV34	UKRAINE: TYMOSHENKO HITS THE GROUND RUNNING [...] (C) Summary. At a time when most of Kyiv slows down for the holidays, Prime Minister Tymoshenko has pushed full-steam ahead in her first month in office to get Ukraine's financial house in order, fulfill key election promises, and get her team on the ground and working. Tymoshenko was confir [...]	2008-01-11 12:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR UP
08KYIV606	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Kyiv provides a historic opportunity to acknowledge the democratic transformation that has occurred in Ukraine since the Orange Revolution and to encourage further steps to consolidate reform and bring Ukraine fully into Europe. You will encounter intense interest i [...]	2008-03-21 13:27:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP UP
08KYIV612	UKRAINE: KOSOVO - GOVERNMENT HOLDS ITS GROUND, [...] (C) Summary: At a March 21 meeting, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) determined that Ukraine should not change the nature of its participation in Kosovo peacekeeping activities in the wake of a March 17 incident in Mitrovica, Kosovo, during which a Ukrainian policeman was killed [...]	2008-03-25 03:18:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NATO UNMIK KV UP
08KYIV774	UKRAINE: VISITS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE AND STABLE MID [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Although recent high-level Ukrainian visits to the Middle East seem to suggest a growing GOU interest in the region; when viewed in context, however, the visits are the most recent in a string of Middle East initiatives long on grandiose announcements of increased co [...]	2008-04-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD IR IZ ZR ZP UP
08KYIV851	UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ambassador, Defense Attache, and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met with Minister of Defense Yuriy Yekhanurov at his request. Minister Yekhanurov came with a list of issues to discuss that concerned both relations with Ukraine's neighbors and internal mil [...]	2008-04-30 15:16:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR ETRD EINV NATO UP
08KYIV869	UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - DEMARCHE ON [...] (SBU) We confirmed on May 7, per ref A inquiry, that Ukraine is seeking re-election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) with Iryna Kachenko, UN Desk Officer for elections in the MFA's International Organizations Division. We also conveyed the USG position expressing deep concern about the [...]	2008-05-07 12:53:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08KYIV951	UKRAINE: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY BOYDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Ukraine comes as the fragile two-vote majority coalition struggles to move ahead with an ambitious agenda as dissension between the two parties increases. All eyes are on whether Prime Minister Tymoshenko and President Yushchenko can work together better than they [...]	2008-05-19 16:01:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG PGOV UP
08KYIV953	UKRAINE: INCIDENCE OF FORCED/CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] Summary: Cases of adult forced labor are extremely rare in Ukraine, and child labor, while still in existence, is not prevalent. The GOU has adopted standards on child labor in line with international norms and has made some progress in recent years in tackling the problem. Most child labor [...]	2008-05-20 11:05:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM UP
08KYIV97	UKRAINE: SENATOR LUGAR MEETS NEW GOVERNMENT; [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's plan to request a MAP at the April NATO Bucharest Summit dominated discussion during visiting Senator Richard Lugar's January 15 meetings with President Yushchenko, PM Tymoshenko and opposition representatives. Yushchenko expressed the strong hope that Ukraine's request [...]	2008-01-16 13:06:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UP
08LAGOS77	NIGERIA: THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Gazprom's Boris Ivanov announced the establishment of a Gazprom Nigeria subsidiary and said the company plans to announce new gas deals in Nigeria this year. He told an industry conference that Gazprom has already offered to share its reform experience with Nigerian National [...]	2008-02-27 10:28:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL NI RS
08LIMA114	FORE VISIT: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Foreign Minister Jose Garcia Belaunde, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore offered U.S. assistance for PTPA implementation and thanked Peru for its support in the UN Security Council. Belaunde lauded the state of bil [...]	2008-01-22 13:27:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PE
08LISBON2719	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV VISITS PORTUGAL [...] (SBU) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stopped in Portugal on November 18 while returning from the G-20 meetings in Washington. In Lisbon he met with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado after which the two gave a joint press conference. Publicly, Lavrov confirmed Moscow's plans to i [...]	2008-11-20 07:56:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PO
08LONDON2643	UK/RUSSIA RELATIONS: HARD-HEADED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. FCO Russia, Caucasus and Central Asia Director Michael Davenport told DCM that HMG was conducting "parallel exercises" involving Cabinet, Intelligence and Foreign Office principals, designed to give PM Brown a clearer picture of Russian foreign policy making processes and recommendatio [...]	2008-10-20 15:11:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU UK
08LONDON2964	AFGHANISTAN: PRESIDENT KARZAI NOT CONFIDENT ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a November 25 meeting in Kabul, Afghan President Karzai told FS Miliband that it would be difficult or impossible to hold a credible Presidential election. He said that Afghanistan's USD 13.4b of reserves, were the &best in the world." Miliband commented to Karzai that, after [...]	2008-11-28 15:46:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PTER AF UK
08MADRID1002	SCENESETTER FOR U/S DOBRIANSKY VISIT TO MADRID [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit. Your speech at the American Chamber of Commerce energy conference, your meetings with GOS officials and climate change experts, and a press event will provide opportunities to explain USG leadership on climate change and address conc [...]	2008-09-19 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG SP
08MADRID1212	CODEL SIRES VISIT TO MADRID, NOVEMBER 13-14, 2008 [...] (U) Summary: Codel Sires (Representatives Albio Sires, Lynn Woolsey, Phil Gingrey, Ron Klein, and Laura Richardson) visited Madrid November 13-14 to discuss rail transportation security, counter-terrorism, and bilateral relations. They met with Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, M [...]	2008-11-18 08:10:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL SP
08MADRID186	SPANISH REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Moratinos' Chief of Staff Javier Sancho told DCM February 20 that it was politically impossible for Spain to support the Kosovar UDI at this time, and that this is the position of both the ruling PSOE government and the opposition Partido Popular (PP). Sancho said the Spanish have t [...]	2008-02-21 09:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN PGOV YI EU KV SP
08MADRID52	FIRST FORUM OF THE UN ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre represented Secretary Rice at the opening ceremonies of the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) in Madrid January 15-16. UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, President Zapatero, President Erdogan of Turkey, and AoC High Representative Jorge Sampaio inaugurated th [...]	2008-01-18 17:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ODIP UN SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF KPAL
08MANAGUA1124	NICARAGUA RECOGNIZES INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2, during a late night speech to commemorate the 29th anniversary of the Nicaraguan Army, President Daniel Ortega declared that Nicaragua would back the Russian government of Vladimir Putin, and recognize the independence of Georgia's separatist enclaves of South Osse [...]	2008-09-04 18:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL RU GG NU
08MANAGUA1159	NICARAGUA-KOSOVO: NO PLAN TO RECOGNIZE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 8, Foreign Ministry officials confirmed that Nicaragua has not recognized Kosovo and has no plans to do so in the future. This formal confirmation of the GON position on Kosovo comes eight months after our first inquiries (REF I) and stands in stark contrast to Nicar [...]	2008-09-12 12:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV EU NU
08MANAGUA1396	NICARAGUA: ECONOMIC ROUNDTABLE TALKS GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary. Private sector leaders and economists at the Ambassador's inaugural economic roundtable on November 4 focused on the impact of the global financial crisis and the November 9 municipal elections. The main impact of the global financial crisis in Nicaragua appears to be more expe [...]	2008-11-18 20:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD NU PGOV PREL
08MANAMA144	POST INPUT FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Bahrain continues to struggle with trafficking in persons, but has taken some positive steps during the past year. The King signed into law new anti-trafficking legislation that carries stiff penalties. Prosecutors and police officers have received training on identification and prot [...]	2008-03-10 05:15:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
08MANILA2762	PHILIPPINES: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: The Philippines remains a key partner of the United States in our bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism efforts. As in recent years, during 2008, terrorist groups active in the Philippines included the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG),Jemaah Islamiyah (JI),the New People's Army (NPA) [...]	2008-12-22 08:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC RP
08MAPUTO1070	RUSSIA AND MOZAMBIQUE: STILL COMRADES? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With a long history of cooperation during the Soviet era, Russia maintains a nominal official presence in Mozambique, with an eye towards natural resource exploration and garnering support for its international policies. The bilateral trade imbalance leans in Mozambique's favor [...]	2008-11-13 09:12:00	Embassy Maputo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR EAID RU MZ
08MAPUTO1235	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR OPEN TO COOPERATING ON HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up to reftel meeting, the Charge met with Russian Ambassador to Mozambique and Swaziland Igor V. Popov on November 25 at the Russian Embassy. The meeting dealt with generalities of our respective bilateral relationships with Mozambique, but also provided an opportu [...]	2008-12-09 17:10:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID RU MZ
08MEXICO2426	EPR-GOM "DIALOGUE" HELPING TO KEEP THE PEACE [...] (SBU) Summary. In late April, adherents of the Popular Revolutionary Army (EPR) requested a dialogue with the GOM to discuss the status of two disappeared members and offered up the names of several public figures they wanted to serve as intermediaries. However ambivalent about working thro [...]	2008-08-06 21:46:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KCRM SNAR MX
08MINSK121	STRONG NEGATIVE GOB REACTION TO KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Aleksandr Lukashenko and the Belarusian MFA have issued strong statements against Kosovo's February 17 declaration of independence, with Lukashenko even chastising Russia for not taking steps sooner on Serbia's behalf. Belarus' negative reaction to Kosovo's independence declaration was [...]	2008-02-20 06:03:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BO YI KV
08MINSK13	ACTIVIST ACQUITTED AS GOB DIVIDES AND CONQUERS [...] (C) A court found for a pro-democracy activist on January 8, signaling last minute rearrangements in how authorities will respond to a planned January 10 protest. Potentially hundreds of market vendors affected by Presidential Order 760 could turn out, in part motivated by offensive remarks b [...]	2008-01-09 12:54:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK14	REGIME'S NEW TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS TAKING SHAPE [...] (C) On January 1 a GOB decision came into force that replaced exit permit stamps in Belarusian passports with an "electronic black list" of persons banned from travel outside Belarus. The first uses of the new policy to ban travel for opposition political and civil society activists have alr [...]	2008-01-10 09:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08MINSK194	MARCH MADNESS: GOB SEEKS TOP 25 WORLD BANK RATING [...] (C) On March 4, Aleksandr Lukashenko signed a decree abolishing the notorious "Golden Share" rule that permitted re-nationalization of privatized firms. Analysts agree the GOB made the move as part of a campaign to increase foreign investment into Belarus. In and of itself, the end of "Gold [...]	2008-03-18 12:52:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR BO
08MINSK265	BELARUS: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD ON FURTHER [...] (SBU) Head of the Belarusian Presidential Administration Vladimir Makey received Charge for a one-on-one, 30-minute meeting December 24. He reported to Charge that "positive political steps" would continue, to include an initiative by the Presidential Administration to form a group or council [...]	2008-12-24 15:06:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON PINR BO
08MINSK3	LUKASHENKO NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS - 2007 A BAD YEAR, [...] (SBU) Lukashenko's 2007 New Year's Eve address -- by far his most widely viewed speech each year -- stressed his perennial themes of security and economic development despite threats from abroad. In contrast with last year, however, Lukashenko presented threats to Belarus as originating almos [...]	2008-01-02 15:12:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BO
08MONTEVIDEO34	BOTNIA OPERATING SUCCESSFULLY; ENCE PREPARES TO [...] (SBU) After a turbulent start, Finnish Botnia - the largest foreign investor in Uruguay - celebrated its second month of smooth operations on January 9. The firm is operating at 70% of its capacity and has already exported 148,000 ton of cellulose, worth $112 million, to China and Europe. Th [...]	2008-01-25 14:55:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREL SOCI SENV AR UY
08MOSCOW102	RUSSIAN DUMA TAKES ON AGGRESSIVE AGENDA [...] (U) The Duma has planned an aggressive legislative agenda for its spring session. The lower body of parliament has decided that more than 600 bills will be considered by its committees during the session that runs through July. Of these bills, a much smaller number are considered to be high [...]	2008-01-16 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW104	ATOMSTROYEXPORT TO BUILD NUCLEAR PLANTS IN BULGARIA [...] (SBU) Summary: AtomStroyExport will sign a six billion dollar contract to construct two third-generation nuclear reactors in Bulgaria. The signing will take place on January 18 during President Putin's visit to Bulgaria. As part of a joint venture with Areva and Siemens, AtomStroyExport wi [...]	2008-01-16 16:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL ENRG BU RS
08MOSCOW1077	CLOSELY WATCHED BIRDS: RUSSIA'S RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has been effective in stamping out nearly 150 outbreaks of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza (AI) among poultry over the last three years through a combination of strict quarantines and mass cullings in outbreak areas, and large-scale vaccinations of commercial and backy [...]	2008-04-18 12:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU EAGR TBIO PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1133	MFA DOWNPLAYS RESULTS OF PUTIN'S TRIP TO LIBYA [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us that Putin's April 16-17 visit to Tripoli signified improved Russia-Libya relations while producing fewer concrete results than reported by the press. Russia and Libya signed memoranda of understanding for closer economic, energy and military cooperation, includi [...]	2008-04-23 14:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG LY RS
08MOSCOW1187	MOSCOW'S RUMORMILL ON SUCCESSION [...] (C) Putin's actions since the March elections have heightened political uncertainty about the shape of the Medvedev-Putin tandem. Lacking hard information, everything from Putin's decision to head United Russia to administrative changes at the White House is seen by the chattering class through the [...]	2008-04-28 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW1213	PROGRESS, PROBLEMS FOR RELIGIONS IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with representatives of Protestant and Roman Catholic denominations show that the rapid growth in membership that accompanied the turbulent '90s has come to an end. Most representatives ascribe the current stagnation to the unprecedented prosperity which, th [...]	2008-04-30 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1233	RUSSIA PUSHES TO COMMERCIALIZE SPACE [...] (SBU) Despite delays in the development of Russia's GLONASS satellite navigation system as an alternative to U.S. GPS, the GOR is pressing forward to make GLONASS global by 2010 and to develop Russia's commercial space industry. To achieve these goals, the GOR has granted Russia's Federal Spac [...]	2008-05-02 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA PREL PARM TSPA RS
08MOSCOW1242	BLUE SKIES, BALLOONS AND BLATHER - MAY DAY IN [...] (U) Under clear blue skies over most of the country, Russia celebrated the beginning of the spring season amid a cacophony of traditional labor-oriented messages coming from all political perspectives. The holiday, solely dedicated to labor during Soviet times, has become a celebration of spr [...]	2008-05-02 13:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI ELAB RS
08MOSCOW1295	RUSSIAN OIL PRODUCTION: STAGNATING UNDER HEAVY TAX [...] (SBU) The rate of growth in Russian oil production has dropped significantly in recent years and output may actually decline in 2008. Production growth has slowed as declines in output from existing fields have not been adequately replaced by production from new fields. Investment in these " [...]	2008-05-08 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW1298	RUSSIA'S CALCULUS ON ABKHAZIA AND HOW TO CHANGE IT [...] (C) Summary: Abkhaz saber rattling, Tbilisi's war rhetoric, and the reinforcement of Georgia's lingering separatist problems - these are the hallmarks of Russia's policy of keeping Saakashvili's government off-balance and undermining European confidence that Georgia can be a reliable partner [...]	2008-05-08 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR RS
08MOSCOW1303	NO SURPRISES - PUTIN CONFIRMED AS PREMIER [...] (SBU) Putin's castling move from Kremlin to White House concluded today with his two-hour confirmation hearing as Premier. Hours after yesterday's inauguration, President Medvedev and Putin made their opening moves, with the former taking steps to tackle his goals of economic reform and innov [...]	2008-05-08 14:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1320	RUSSIA'S ELITIST VICTORY DAY CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia on May 9 celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of the end of World War II with a parade on Red Square that featured approximately 8,000 soldiers and 100 military vehicles. For the first time since 1990, the parade showcased military hardware such as empty ballistic miss [...]	2008-05-13 03:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP
08MOSCOW1330	MAYOR NON GRATA: MOSCOW REACTS [...] (U) Amid ample press reports on "Mayor Non Grata," the MFA issued a statement on May 12, expressing puzzlement over Ukraine's decision to bar Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov from entering Ukraine, following his speech during the May 12 celebrations of the 225th anniversary of the Russian Black Sea [...]	2008-05-13 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW1334	RUSSO-BELARUSIAN POLITICAL-MILITARY RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 visit to Belarus, Minister of Defense (MOD) Anatoliy Serdyukov met with MOD Leonid Maltsev and proclaimed that close ties between the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) members were more important than ever before because of the threat posed by NATO enl [...]	2008-05-13 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINS PREL MASS
08MOSCOW1336	COMMENTATORS UNDERSCORE CONTINUITY IN ASSESSING [...] (C) Summary: On the day after the unveiling of Prime Minister Putin's new cabinet (reftel),commentators almost unanimously underscored the continuity it represented and pointed to the effort made to provide a bridge between the Kremlin and the White House in the form of the likes of Presiden [...]	2008-05-13 16:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW142	SENATOR HAGEL'S MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: In his January 16 meeting with Senator Hagel, FM Lavrov stressed Russian interest in strengthening bilateral relations, but said U.S. efforts to "contain" Russia could undermine constructive engagement and underscored unhappiness over congressional failure to lift Jackson-Vanik [...]	2008-01-18 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP ECON OVIP RS
08MOSCOW1425	MEDVEDEV CULTIVATES KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Medvedev's first official state visit will be to Astana on May 22-23, underscoring Russia's overarching focus on its neighborhood and particular attention to Kazakhstan. Previewing the visit, MFA Third CIS Director Peshkov stressed protocol over deliverables, emphasizing that Me [...]	2008-05-21 03:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL PTER
08MOSCOW1430	MEDVEDEV'S FIRST FOREIGN TRIP: EASTWARD TO CHINA [...] (C) Summary. Russian analysts argue that Medvedev's May 22-24 visit to Kazakhstan and China -- the first foreign trip as the new Russian President -- carries both symbolic and substantive significance. Specialists welcomed the choice, saying that Medvedev's decision to go eastward would remi [...]	2008-05-21 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM KNNP CH RS
08MOSCOW1450	UNLOCKING RUSSIA'S HOUSING MARKET POTENTIAL: VIEWS [...] (SBU) Improving Russia's housing sector is often mentioned as one of the new government's highest economic priorities. To better understand the issues at play, we met with a series of experts in April and May. Sergey Riabokobylko, Senior Executive Director, and Denis Sokolov, Head of Research [...]	2008-05-23 06:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND PGOV RS SOCI
08MOSCOW1478	RUSSIA'S ROLE IN THE IRAN-SYRIA-LEBANON TRIANGLE [...] (C) Summary: Russia welcomed the May 21 Doha agreement as an opportunity to put Lebanon on the path toward national reconciliation, but understood that this was a temporary measure to overcome the country's latest political crisis. MFA officials believe the Lebanese factions' decision to avoi [...]	2008-05-23 14:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR LE SY RS
08MOSCOW1486	POLICE BRUTALITY IN RUSSIA DOES NOT YET ENGENDER [...] (C) Summary: Recent high profile instances of alleged police brutality have sparked isolated public demonstrations that expert believe are not likely to lead to broader grass-roots political activism among Russians. Our interlocutors point out that many victims fear further harassment or ret [...]	2008-05-27 13:16:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1500	RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (U) Summary. In response to Department request for information contributing to a country review for Title III suspension of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act, GOR support for the development of democracy in Cuba has been marginal, and Russia's economic relations with C [...]	2008-05-28 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP
08MOSCOW1517	RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS MONOPOLIZED BY [...] (C) Summary: The consensus here is that Yushchenko's "clearly anti-Russia" agenda and his "blind pursuit" of NATO membership have hijacked Russian-Ukrainian relations. MFA officials confirmed that Russia's top issue in bilateral contacts with Ukraine, including Lavrov's meeting with Ukrainia [...]	2008-05-30 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1587	DFM BORODAVKIN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 31 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Borodavkin was pleased Congressman Rohrabacher valued Russian cooperation in Afghanistan, but explained that Russia was disappointed in the response received so far to its offers of assistance. Borodavkin and Rohrabacher agreed on t [...]	2008-06-04 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP CH PK TX RS AF
08MOSCOW1640	MEDVEDEV'S EASY TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and experts termed Dmitriy Medvedev's May 22-23 visit to Kazakhstan--his first foreign trip as President--a success and his meeting with Kazakh President Nazarbayev "easy." Russian experts told us Medvedev's trip served to strengthen Russia's ties with Cent [...]	2008-06-09 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET EWWT MARR PGOV PTER TSPA TSPL
08MOSCOW1680	MEDVEDEV'S MESSAGE LADEN TRIP TO BERLIN [...] (SBU) Summary: The MFA assessed Medvedev's June 5 trip to Berlin - his first European trip as President - as having successfully demonstrated the importance of Russia-German and Russia-EU relations. Although the short, eight-hour visit yielded little on substance, it provided Medvedev an oppo [...]	2008-06-11 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GM RS
08MOSCOW1689	INDIVIDUAL PERCEPTIONS OF CORRUPTION IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Several recent studies of Russian public opinion demonstrate the extent to which corruption is a part of every Russian's daily life. Due to red-tape, weak government oversight and poorly thought-out reforms, corruption has expanded in various fields, such as health care educa [...]	2008-06-13 12:48:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1705	EXPERTS ON MEDVEDEV'S PRESIDENCY, ONE MONTH ON [...] (C) One month into the job, Medvedev has fulfilled all of the essential functions as president: he has initiated legislation, signed laws, engaged with foreign leaders, and traveled to regional stops to promote his policies. Although most analysts here see Putin as still "large, and in charge, [...]	2008-06-16 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1742	OSCE: INPUT FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Per reftel request, Post proposes the following areas of concern for the OSCE Human Dimension Conference in Warsaw: conduct of elections, xenophobia, migrant labor, and the treatment of refugees. Framing the discussion in forward-leaning terms, by taking Medvedev's call for stren [...]	2008-06-18 13:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM OSCE PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1769	MARGELOV REFLECTS ON MEDVEDEV - PUTIN [...] (C) Summary: Federation Council Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mikhail Margelov assured EUR DAS David Merkel June 18 that the GOR's unhappiness over Abkhazia was at bottom economic and that any friction would abate as the Sochi Olympics approached." Margelov comments on Iran were similar [...]	2008-06-20 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS GG UP
08MOSCOW179	MEDVEDEV'S CAMPAIGN TAKES SHAPE [...] (SBU) Russians have few doubts that Dmitriy Medvedev will be the next president, but there is considerable uncertainty within the political class about the structure of power after his inauguration - particularly since this transition is complicated by questions about the role for a young, heal [...]	2008-01-25 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1859	PUBLIC CHAMBERS CARVE NEW ROLE IN RUSSIA'S REGIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia's regional elite are taking cues from the center and establishing "Public Chamber" bodies to provide a forum for societal organizations -- human rights, ecological, social advocacy -- to make their voices heard by regional administration and legislatures. Given the incre [...]	2008-07-01 07:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW1865	SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW1868	AFGHANISTAN: GOR PROPOSES MEETING IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov conveyed to us on July 1 a GOR proposal to send four officials to Washington in August to discuss an expanded Russian role in stabilizing Afghanistan. Their agenda would include the GOR plan to provide military assistance to the Afghan National Army (AN [...]	2008-07-02 17:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR PGOV PREL AF RS
08MOSCOW1871	COZY PARTY POLITICS IN KURSK AND BELGOROD [...] (C) Summary: United Russia dominates local politics in Belgorod and Kursk regions. Politicians first and foremost push for continued economic growth, and United Russia, the Communists, LDPR and Just Russia work together with no major disputes among them. Businessmen enter politics to preserv [...]	2008-07-03 07:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON KDEM RS SMIG SOCI
08MOSCOW1875	SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...]	2008-07-03 08:00:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW190	GOR ON TRANSNISTRIA: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary. Moldovan President Voronin's January 20-21 visit to Moscow prompted much speculation about an alleged "Putin plan for Transnistria." Following the visit, GOR officials denied that any new GOR proposal had been offered to Voronin and continued to insist that the only way to move [...]	2008-01-25 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS MARR OSCE MD RS
08MOSCOW1935	RUSSIA FAVORS FLEXIBLE APPROACH ON MERCURY [...] (SBU) On July 3, we discussed the October 2008 UNEP-hosted Mercury Working Group Meeting with Vladimir Lenev, Counselor in the Global Environment and Health Section of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Lenev confirmed, as discussed in Ref B, that a consensus had not yet emerged [...]	2008-07-07 14:08:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC EAGR ETRD RS
08MOSCOW1951	THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF RUSSIA'S REGIONS: VIEW [...] (C) Summary: Regional governments in Belgorod and Kursk work closely with their Ukrainian and Belarusian counterparts, and are minimally affected by any disputes their national governments may have. Local officials meet to discuss ways to promote cross-border trade, cultural exchanges, and w [...]	2008-07-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND ETRD MD PBTS PGOV RS SNAR UP BO
08MOSCOW1952	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Golden East-Siberia, Moscow, Russia. The company is list [...]	2008-07-09 11:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW1991	RUSSIA RETURNS TO THE HOLY LAND [...] (C) Summary: The return to Russia of historic properties in Jerusalem and the West Bank, and the end of the visa regime for travel to Israel, are the latest indicators of deepening Russia-Israel relations that depend significantly upon personal contacts as well as official channels. The properties, [...]	2008-07-11 12:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MARR IS RS
08MOSCOW201	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Tverregiongas, Tver, Russia. The company is listed on BIS license ap [...]	2008-01-28 12:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2012	MEDVEDEV TELLS RUSSIAN DIPLOMATS TO AVOID [...] During a July 15 address to an assembly of Russian diplomats in Moscow, Medvedev provided an overview of Russia's foreign policy and called upon the diplomats to protect Russian interests while avoiding confrontation. His address coincided with the release of the paper Concepts of Russian For [...]	2008-07-15 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS
08MOSCOW2039	MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...]	2008-07-17 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU NATO RS
08MOSCOW2058	MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...]	2008-07-18 15:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EU NATO RS
08MOSCOW2098	(S) LUKOIL'S ALEKPEROV PRAISES COOPERATION WITH [...] (S) In a July 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Envoy C. Boyden Gray, and Ambassador Steven Mann, Lukoil President Vagit Alekperov welcomed greater U.S.-Russian business cooperation, praising his company's successful partnership with ConocoPhillips as a model for others. He said Central [...]	2008-07-22 07:32:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2119	RUSSIA - INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION - DEPENDENT ON [...] (C) Atomstroyexport, Russia's construction firm for nuclear power plants outside of Russia, has agreed to build a total of six nuclear reactor units for India at Kudankulam. Currently, two nuclear reactor units are under construction and four more are planned. The future of the four reactors [...]	2008-07-23 15:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL PINR ETTC TRGY IN RS
08MOSCOW2125	RUSSIA'S "SAFE HAVEN" STATUS SLIPPING? [...] (C) In contrast to Russia's record-setting financial performance for 2007 and high hopes for 2008, the results from the first half of 2008 have revealed signs of strain. Net capital inflows are down substantially, as are Initial Public Offerings (IPOs),which through June have totaled only US [...]	2008-07-24 09:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW2171	RUSSIA PROTESTS "PROCLAMATION ON CAPTIVE NATIONS" [...] (C) In a July 25 meeting with the Charge, MFA North America Director Igor Neverov raised Russian concerns over the 2008 presidential "Proclamation on Captive Nations Week." Noting that the GOR had not made an issue of the proclamation before, Neverov said that the annual statement had caugh [...]	2008-07-28 12:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2261	UNORTHODOX POLITICS CONTRIBUTE TO MOSCOW-KIEV [...] (C) Summary. While newly arrived Ukrainian Amb Konstyantyn Gryshchenko told Charge on August 1 that relations with Russia were serious, MFA Director for the Second Department of the CIS Countries (Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine) Sorokin told us on August 1 that Yushchenko was responsible for [...]	2008-08-04 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL RS UP CASC KIRF SOCI
08MOSCOW2275	CUBA: RUSSIA NOT INCREASING MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials insist that Russia is not interested in military cooperation with Cuba and deny any interest in establishing a Russian missile defense site in Cuba. The July 30-31 trip to Cuba by Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin and high-level economic and security advisors [...]	2008-08-06 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EAIR RS CU
08MOSCOW229	RUSSIA'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. As Russia's new Institute for Democracy and Cooperation prepares to open its New York and Paris offices, Institute Chairman Kucherena claimed to us that its purpose was not "propaganda," but to provide a Russian perspective on human rights and democracy and to aid in the creat [...]	2008-01-30 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM RS
08MOSCOW2306	SVETLANA MEDVEDEVA STEPS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Dmitriy Medvedev's election to the post of president, a degree of uncertainty permeated the press as the public tried to figure out what role his wife, Svetlana Medvedeva, would play in the new administration. The role of First Ladies in Russia and the Soviet Union has o [...]	2008-08-08 06:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW2312	RUSSIA REMEMBERS SOLZHENITSYN [...] (SBU) Summary: In bidding farewell to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russia took a moment to honor a great writer and dissident, and remember an historical period often glossed over in this era of gangbuster economic growth and public trumpeting of Russia's resurgent geopolitical power and pride. Pr [...]	2008-08-08 12:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2343	Russian TV paints Georgia-US plot in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian broadcast coverage of the events in South Ossetia has placed the onus of the conflict on Georgia. We have noticed signs that some broadcast and electronic media outlets are distorting coverage to suggest that the conflict is part of a U.S./NATO plot against Russia. Broa [...]	2008-08-11 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2360	TFGG01: RUSSIA-GEORGIA: ANTI-US BACKLASH; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Putin's harshly critical August 11 remarks about U.S. interference and bias in the Russian-Georgian conflict have set the tone for public and private accusations of U.S. encouragement or stage-managing of Saakashvili's decision to attempt to take Tskhinvali by force. The absenc [...]	2008-08-12 12:29:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GE
08MOSCOW2366	(SBU) TFGG01: Russian media continues to push anti-U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tone reminiscent of the early 20th century "yellow press", Russian media continues its nonstop coverage of the South Ossetian-Georgian conflict, through the prism of Georgian violence against South Ossetians. The major themes focus on foreign, particularly U.S., involvement [...]	2008-08-13 03:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2383	TFGG01 Russian media on ceasefire and U.S. interference in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media treated the ceasefire with Georgia as a Russian victory that sent a message of strength to Georgia and the West, but noted that the conflict was far from settled. Broadcast images of shelled homes and weeping victims underlined the human costs of the conflict. [...]	2008-08-13 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2413	TFGG01: IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2414	TFGG01: RUSSIA DEFIANT [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials August 13 and 14 continued a defiant line, with Medvedev insisting that Russia would support an international agreement that recognized the rights of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. FM Lavrov questioned Georgia's territorial integrity and said Washington would need to cho [...]	2008-08-14 15:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG RS
08MOSCOW2416	IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR? [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-15 02:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2473	ECONOMIC LIBERAL CRITICAL OF GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent discussion of broad economic issues, former Economic Development Minister Yevgeniy Yasin told ECON officers he believes PM Putin's comments on Mechel were made following poor economic advice from Deputy PM Sechin; neither Putin nor Sechin had foreseen that the Mechel [...]	2008-08-20 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EAGR RS
08MOSCOW2546	RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES FAILING TO MEET LABOR MARKET DEMAND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. It is the first in a series examining Russia's university reform process. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Russia's universities are failing to keep pace with today's labor market demands. Instead, they [...]	2008-08-26 05:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL RS
08MOSCOW2571	RUSSIAN MILITARY PERFORMANCE IN GEORGIA CRITICIZED [...] (C) Summary. Several of Moscow's leading military analysts offered mixed assessments of Russia's military performance in Georgia. Although many praised the Russian Armed Forces' (RAF) quick response to Georgian aggression and its decision to strike targets inside Georgian territory, allowing [...]	2008-08-27 10:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	RS MCAP PGOV MOPS
08MOSCOW2586	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON RECOGNITION, [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial but contentious discussion August 27, Ambassador Beyrle reviewed the Georgian-Russian conflict with Russian Human Rights Ombudsman Ambassador Vladimir Lukin. Lukin, a liberal on the Russian political scene, said he had refused to label Georgian actions in South Osset [...]	2008-08-28 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RS GG
08MOSCOW2590	RUSSIANS REACT TO RECOGNITION: CRITICS [...] (C) Summary: Public and elite opinion in Russia is split into two, unequal camps over the decision to recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The overwhelming majority of the population considers recognition unavoidable (87 percent),given the Georgian "aggression" and the [...]	2008-08-28 15:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS GG

08MOSCOW2603	FORMER PM KASYANOV DOWNBEAT ON COSTS OF WAR, [...] (C) Summary: In an August 28 meeting, Ambassador and former PM Mikhail Kasyanov discussed the Russian-Georgian conflict, its economic consequences, and the future electoral prospects for liberal opposition parties. Kasyanov, who heads the liberal Russian People's Democratic Union (RNDS) part [...]	2008-08-29 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS BO UP
08MOSCOW2618	RUSSIA DOWNPLAYS ISOLATION POST-SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Russia has used the relative silence from countries in Asia and the Middle East regarding events in Georgia, coupled with the "ambiguous" August 28 statement from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),to argue that its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has not left it isolate [...]	2008-09-02 12:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RS XD XE XF
08MOSCOW264	RUSSIA COMPLAINS AFGHANS HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO [...] (C) Russia is concerned by Afghanistan's failure to respond to its offer of military assistance, which the GOR believes is indicative of larger problems in the Karzai Government. MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuriy Khokhlov told us on January 30 that the GOR invited Afghan Defense Minister Warda [...]	2008-02-01 14:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS AF RS
08MOSCOW266	New USAID Mission Director's January 24 Meeting with MFA's [...] (SBU) USAID's New Mission Director called on Alexander Konuzin, Director for International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 24th to discuss the GOR's upcoming visit to the United States to learn about the USG approach to development assistance and identify areas [...]	2008-02-01 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2687	RUSSIA WANTS TO CONTINUE COOPERATION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov told us on September 5 that the GOR wanted to continue cooperating with the U.S. and NATO on achieving stability in Afghanistan, an issue that was too important to be sidetracked by tensions over Georgia. Kholkhov explained that there was a consensus wi [...]	2008-09-08 13:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MARR AF GG RS
08MOSCOW2689	RUSSIA WILL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK UKRAINIAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) We delivered demarche on the U.S.'s human rights priorities at the UNGA Third Committee on September 5 to MFA Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights First Secretary Aleksey Goltyayev, who told us that Russia would continue to oppose country specific human rights resolut [...]	2008-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UN UK RS
08MOSCOW2700	MOSCOW TOLERANCE MUSEUM TO OPEN IN 2011 [...] (U) Summary. The Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia announced its plans for the opening of the world's largest museum of Jewish history and culture in Moscow in 2011. Financed by Russian businessman Roman Abramovich and Israeli diamond broker Lev Levaev, the museum evolved from 2004 [...]	2008-09-09 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL RS
08MOSCOW2702	ODIHR HEAD LENARCIC SEEKS "NEW CHAPTER" IN [...] (C) Summary: On September 9, Janez Lenarcic, Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR),stated that he hoped for a "new chapter" in relations with Russia and that "there can be no double standards" in how ODIHR treats OSCE member countries. In coordina [...]	2008-09-10 03:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM RS
08MOSCOW2762	RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP CONTINUES OFFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The Russian leadership September 10 and 11 continued to justify Russia's actions in South Ossetia, while saying that Russia was not seeking a new Cold War. Putin told Western experts that Russia had no intention of invading any other former Soviet republics, and strongly refuted South O [...]	2008-09-12 15:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW2791	RUSSIA LEANS TO THE RIGHT AFTER GEORGIAN CONFLICT [...] (C) Summary. Moscow's analytic community has embraced the idea that the Georgian conflict inaugurated a "new reality," not only for Russia's foreign policy, but also for Medvedev's domestic agenda. Our contacts, ranging from pro-Western to quasi-fascist, described a lurch towards a more author [...]	2008-09-16 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM RS SOCI
08MOSCOW2808	RUSSIA-CHINA STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP PAYING REAL [...] (C) Summary. The Russian government continues to claim publicly a diplomatic victory over what it declares as tacit Chinese support on Georgia despite Beijing's traditional emphasis on national sovereignty and territorial integrity. This is the latest example of successful coordination betwe [...]	2008-09-18 13:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD RS CH GG
08MOSCOW2822	GOR PROPOSES RECORD DEFENSE BUDGET AND CSTO'S [...] (C) Summary. Criticism of the Russian military's performance in the South Ossetian crisis factored into the GOR's decision to propose a record defense budget for 2009-2011 (reftel). After the conflict in South Ossetia, President Medvedev admitted that the Russian military was not yet an effe [...]	2008-09-19 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MCAP ECON EFIN MARR
08MOSCOW2837	RABBIS SHAYEVICH AND GOLDSCHMIDT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with xxxxx during the week of September 15. xxxxx probed for potential U.S. sanctions against investors in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and flagged concern over Iran's nuclear program. Both xxxxx agreed that manifestations of anti-Semitism in Russia had fal [...]	2008-09-22 15:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW285	BARSHCHEVSKIY BULLISH ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) Mikhail Barshchevskiy, leader of the political party Civic Force that co-sponsored ruling party candidate Dmitriy Medvedev, described Russia's next president as shrewd, highly intelligent, and independent, and predicted he would master the presidency - allowing Putin to bow out. While Civ [...]	2008-02-05 08:41:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW2856	GOR SILENCE ON KIM JONG IL'S HEALTH SIGN OF [...] (C) Summary. Moscow has had little to say about the reported illness of North Korean leader Kim Jong IL. Russian experts believe this is due to the fact that Russia no longer has real influence over or interest in the DPRK beyond the six-party talks. North Korea watchers here are divided on [...]	2008-09-24 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS CH KS KN
08MOSCOW2864	UNION OF INDUSTRIES SHOKHIN PUSHES FOR INCREASED [...] (C) President of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) Alexander Shokhin told the Ambassador that it was important to expand U.S.-Russia business dialogues. On WTO, he said he and many of his counterparts in RSPP supported accession, but added that a one or two year "pa [...]	2008-09-25 11:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW2869	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: NOVO [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Novo Corporation, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The co [...]	2008-09-26 09:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2870	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSC [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, JSC Novo, Dubki Street 6, Moscow, Russia. The company is [...]	2008-09-26 09:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW2895	DEPUTY FONMIN GRUSHKO ON NATO, OSCE MANDATE IN [...] (C) Deputy Fonmin Aleksandr Grushko (whose portfolio includes NATO, OSCE, EU, COE) told the Ambassador that despite tensions, cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan remained strategically important to Russia. Grushko criticized U.S. support for Saakashvili and a MAP for Georgia. He shed no new [...]	2008-09-30 08:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO OSCE RU GA
08MOSCOW2919	GOR AGREES TO EXTENSION OF U.S. RUSSIA 1988 AGREEMENT ON [...] Post received on September 19th, 2008, Government of Russia (GOR) Diplomatic Note in reply to the Embassy's diplomatic note of March 28, 2008 (REFTEL). Embassy courtesy translation follows: No. 4244 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation presents its compliments to the [...]	2008-10-02 05:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA SENV KTIA RS
08MOSCOW2938	ALEKSEYEVA DECRIES EVENTS IN INGUSHETIYA, SLAMS [...] (C) Summary: Moscow Helsinki Group Chairperson Lyudmila Alekseyeva described to Ambassador on September 30 her conclusions from a recent fact-finding trip to Ingushetiya. She said that special forces there -- possibly on orders from Moscow -- routinely take people from the street and torture d [...]	2008-10-03 06:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW2951	COMPARATIVE CALM IN CHECHNYA AS KADYROV [...] (C) Summary: A September 22-24 visit to Chechnya, the first by an Embassy political officer in almost two years, showed that life -- in Groznyy, at least -- has achieved a surface normalcy and that people were more interested in solving their own "day-to-day" problems than worrying about pol [...]	2008-10-06 08:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF EAID RS
08MOSCOW3020	RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS BECOME STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...]	2008-10-10 12:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3025	CORRECT COPY: RUSSIAN-SOUTH KOREAN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: During South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's September 28-30 state visit, Russia and South Korea agreed to upgrade their bilateral relationship, continue to consider joint gas pipeline and railway projects that would pass through North Korea, and increase cooperation on a wide [...]	2008-10-10 13:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS KS KN
08MOSCOW3035	SPS POST-MORTEM: PLAYERS, MOTIVES, AND DEBT [...] (C) Summary: Since the Union of Right Forces (SPS) announced October 3 that it would dissolve and merge with the Democratic Party and Civil Force, details have emerged about the party's re-invention as a loyalist opposition party. SPS Acting President Leonid Gozman and other SPS activists de [...]	2008-10-14 05:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3042	WINNERS AND LOSERS IN POST-CONFLICT RUSSIA'S ELITE [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian war and recent financial crisis have highlighted intensified competition within the Russian elite and demonstrated the continued volatility among the Kremlin clans. Many here saw the Georgian conflict weakening the "internationalists" -- those who promote economic int [...]	2008-10-14 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3059	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...]	2008-10-16 07:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR
08MOSCOW3062	ELECTRICITY SECTOR REFORM: INVESTMENT BROWNOUT? [...] (C) A mere three months after RAO UES completed its privatization program, efforts to bring Russia's electricity sector into the post-Soviet period are being crippled by a lack of investment financing, sagging industrial demand, and a new "energy" team that includes state-centrists, such as D [...]	2008-10-16 09:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG RS
08MOSCOW3068	Novosibirsk - Stability Above All Else [...] (SBU) Political stability is the watchword in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, even more so as financial crisis threatens the rapid economic growth that had been the justification for a narrowing of the political landscape. Officials from the city and regional administration emphasized the "c [...]	2008-10-16 13:23:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI ECON RS
08MOSCOW3070	BURYATIAN ELITE RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER OPPOSITION, [...] (C) Summary. The Republic of Buryatia, located between Siberia and the Russian Far East, stewards of 60 percent of Lake Baikal's shoreline and the center of Siberian Tibetan Buddhism, remains largely overlooked by Moscow. Run by reputedly corrupt United Russia officials, the Buryatian capit [...]	2008-10-16 14:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3086	SEXISM, LOW PAY, AND REAL ESTATE: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Like Russia itself, the MFA is still attempting to come to terms with the vast societal changes that came with the end of the Soviet era. The Russian diplomatic corps of 4,500 is younger and includes more women than previously, but sexism remains very much in the open. The hig [...]	2008-10-20 11:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PGOV SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3106	RUSSIA INCREASES ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia's intensified interest in Latin America stems largely from economic opportunity, while serving to reinforce its multi-polar concept of foreign policy. Following the Georgian conflict, Russia has increased its activity in the region in order to highlight its ability to ex [...]	2008-10-21 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ETRD EPET EINV ENRG RS
08MOSCOW3127	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV: [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...]	2008-10-23 13:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS
08MOSCOW3148	LUKIN LOOKS FORWARD TO THE END OF HIS TENURE AS RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Federation Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin told visiting HFAC Chairman Berman that his term as Ombudsman for the Russian Federation has been a "difficult job of compromises." Lukin said that during his almost five years as Ombudsman, it has been most important for him not to [...]	2008-10-27 13:37:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRM KJUS RS
08MOSCOW3230	SOME RUSSIANS GROW UNEASY AS GOR DOLES OUT RESERVES [...] (C) Oligarchs, bankers, and industrialists are vying to receive Kremlin handouts, while ordinary Russians appear to be disengaged concerning the fate of Russia's dwindling "rainy day" reserve funds. The GOR has been injecting billions of dollars into the economy to prevent a collapse as it s [...]	2008-11-03 14:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV RS
08MOSCOW3241	POST NOMINATION FOR THE 2009 "WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD" [...] NOMINATION In accordance with a call for nominations for the Secretary of State's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage, post nominates Veronika Marchenko, head of the "Mother's Right" Foundation, for her exceptional dedication to exposing human rights abuses in the armed forces. [...]	2008-11-05 13:48:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KPAO RS
08MOSCOW3242	KASPAROV SAYS SOLIDARITY AIMS TO DISMANTLE, NOT [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, former world chess champion and United Civil Front (OGF) chairman Garry Kasparov predicted that economic and political pressures will hasten government transformation and the end of the Putin regime before 2012. Kasparov h [...]	2008-11-05 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW327	U/S JEFFERY'S JAN 30 MEETING WITH RUSSIA'S CENTRAL [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery, EEB Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Dibble and the Ambassador, Central Bank of Russia (CBR) Chairman Sergey Ignatiyev provided a generally optimistic outl [...]	2008-02-08 10:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW3289	DFM KARASIN AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS GEORGIA AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and EUR DAS and U.S. Minsk Group Co-Chair Matt Bryza discussed Georgia, with Karasin striking a more constructive tone but insisting that access for international monitors to Abkhazia and South Ossetia had to be ne [...]	2008-11-13 06:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS AZ
08MOSCOW3308	NERPA DISASTER WILL CHANGE LITTLE [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 8, 20 people died and 21 were injured on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa when the fire extinguishing system activated, releasing Freon gas. The submarine, which was undergoing tests in the Sea of Japan before being leased to India, was not damaged, [...]	2008-11-14 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MCAP RS
08MOSCOW3322	NEW CALLS FOR RUBLE TO BECOME A "RESERVE CURRENCY" [...] (C) President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin have both recently repeated suggestions that the Russian ruble should become a "regional reserve currency" and that to achieve this Russian oil exports should be denominated in rubles. We discussed these proposals with a variety of local analysts [...]	2008-11-17 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EFIN ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3323	RUSSIA'S CONCEPT OF THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST, [...] (C) Summary: With the prospect of a major Middle East conference being convened in Moscow in early 2009, analysts explained to us how Russia views the Middle East and how they believe the region, in turn, views Russia. For Russians, the "Middle East" is a concept more than a region, which inc [...]	2008-11-17 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PROV PREL ECON MARR RS XF
08MOSCOW3362	RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OVERCOMES BARRIERS, [...] (C) Summary. Uncertain economic and political circumstances are having an impact on the role that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) plays and steps it must take to ensure its activities continue. In addition to domestic challenges facing the ROC, the financial crisis has compelled Patriarch [...]	2008-11-20 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS
08MOSCOW3379	MFA ON RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN ROLES IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: On November 14, MFA officials expressed to DAS Krol Russian concern that the U.S. presence in Central Asia, combined with efforts to expand NATO, gave the appearance that Russia was "surrounded" and called for the U.S. to be transparent in its actions. The GOR understood, howeve [...]	2008-11-24 06:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG SENV SMIG SNAR AF RS ZK
08MOSCOW339	LOWER PROFILE FOR KREMLIN YOUTH GROUP [...] (C) Summary: Recent Kremlin steps to rein in the United Russia-affiliated youth movement Nashi suggest that GOR neuralgia about a possible Orange Revolution has faded. With the Kremlin now confident that operation successor has been successfully launched and will encounter no opposition, Nas [...]	2008-02-08 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW3396	RUSSIA RESISTING YUSHCHENKO'S BAIT, MOSTLY [...] (C) Summary: Russian political circles see Ukrainian president Yushchenko attempting to bait Russia in order to improve his domestic popularity and gain support from the West. However, mindful of the strong economic ties between the countries, Russia has so far limited itself to sniping bac [...]	2008-11-25 03:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UP RS
08MOSCOW340	Russian Companies: Emerging Global Players [...] (SBU) Russian companies are increasingly going "global" -- expanding rapidly overseas through acquisitions and investments. Russian companies, flush with cash, are joining their Indian and Chinese counterparts as a new breed of multinationals. Oil and gas companies are the most active but met [...]	2008-02-08 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD RS
08MOSCOW345	RUSSIAN-ESTONIAN BILATERAL RELATIONS UNDER MORE [...] (C) Summary. Russia and Estonia's already strained relationship took hits as Estonian contributions to the Schengen "blacklist" went into effect, closely followed by the beginning of trials in Tallinn from last May's Bronze Soldier incident. The MFA blamed new Schengen visa ineligibilites f [...]	2008-02-08 14:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EN RS
08MOSCOW346	RUSSIA SEEKS, AND FINDS, A ROLE IN THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Russia is playing a higher profile role in the Middle East peace process, designed to draw attention to Moscow's reemergence on the international stage, which remains a significant motivation in the Kremlin's diplomacy. Russia continues to position itself as a bridge between the [...]	2008-02-08 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE IS SY RS XF
08MOSCOW3475	POLISH MANPADS ALLEGED IN CHECHNYA [...] (C) On November 26 MFA DVBR First Secretary Andrey Odnoral passed us a nonpaper and video that allege Polish-made MANPADS were discovered in Itumkale, Chechnya. The video showed a raid on a home in Itumkale which housed a weapons cache, including small arms, ammunition, and MANPADS. According [...]	2008-12-02 15:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC MASS MCAP RS PL GG
08MOSCOW3492	SENATOR CORKER'S MEETING WITH DFM GRUSHKO: [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko told visiting U.S. Senator Bob Corker the U.S. and Russia should build off the Sochi Declaration to move the relationship forward. The U.S. was trying to impose its security interests on Russia with its missile defense proposal. Grush [...]	2008-12-04 08:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP GG RS
08MOSCOW3507	CHATTERING CLASS ON WHY PUTIN CAN'T FAIL [...] (C) Summary: Putin remains the linchpin of the Russian political system, with rumors over his return to the Kremlin or departure from the White House serving to keep all options open and everyone off balance. Despite disagreements over whether and why Putin might contemplate a "spring scena [...]	2008-12-04 14:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EFIN RS
08MOSCOW3522	DEATH OF PATRIARCH ALEKSEY II [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Aleksey II, 79, died December 5 of heart failure. A temporary leader of the Church will be named on December 6, and a funeral is expected as early as December 7, but perhaps December 8 or 9. As a result, President Medvedev canceled a pla [...]	2008-12-05 13:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL RS
08MOSCOW3544	MEDVEDEV'S JUDICIAL PROPOSALS: WORDS OR ACTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: At the seventh All-Russian Congress of Judges, from December 2-5 in Moscow, Medvedev proposed a series of measures to restore public trust in the legal system. His stated goal was to improve transparency and judicial professionalism and impartiality, which, he said, would have th [...]	2008-12-08 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS RS
08MOSCOW3547	RUSSIA REACTS TO THE NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by Russian officials to the December 2 NATO Ministerial was largely muted, with the MFA welcoming a "return to realism" as NATO decided to resume a political dialogue with Russia. GOR officials expect NATO to make the first step in reestablishing ties with Russia, a [...]	2008-12-08 15:26:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS NATO
08MOSCOW3552	SCA DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH GAZPROM [...] (C) Summary: In a 13 November lunch with visiting SCA DAS George Krol, Gazprom head of foreign relations Ivan Zolotov said that Gazprom seeks "market-based" relationships with its suppliers and customers, including in Central Asia; that he expected more continuity than change in the U.S.-Russi [...]	2008-12-09 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW3584	MFA Discusses the Kiril Islands with Codel Rohrabacher [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R, CA) met with Russian MFA's Director of Asia-Pacific Regions Mikhail Galuzin on December 6 to discuss the Kiril Islands dispute between Russia and Japan. The Congressman presented to Galuzin his proposed solution to the dispute, whil [...]	2008-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS JA
08MOSCOW3597	SENIOR ANALYST WARNS OF THE DANGER OF IGNORING [...] (SBU) Summary: Moscow Carnegie Center Director Dmitri Trenin provided an overview of Russia-U.S. relations for visiting Representatives Bill Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher, explaining that Moscow was troubled by U.S. indifference toward Russian security concerns, and that Washington failed to [...]	2008-12-12 11:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP RS
08MOSCOW3611	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3612	RUSSIA'S APPOINTED AMBASSADOR ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Ambassador to Abkhazia Semyon Grigoriev assured us December 11 that Russia would not welcome or condone any Abkhaz effort to redraw boundaries along the Enguri river. In order to improve border security, Russia and Abkhazia planned to sign an agreement on joint b [...]	2008-12-12 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS
08MOSCOW3616	Scenesetter for Senator Lugar's Visit to Russia [...] (SBU) Your visit to Moscow comes at a time of real disconnect in the U.S.-Russian relationship. Disagreements over European security, Russia's role in its neighborhood, and the Kremlin's creeping authoritarianism were followed by the rupture over Russia's decision to send forces into Georgia [...]	2008-12-15 06:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAGR MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS
08MOSCOW3636	DISSENTERS' DAY PROTESTS LEAD TO ARRESTS IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Police arrested more than 150 people across Moscow on December 14 in separate Dissenters' Day protests, with an additional 60 protesters arrested in St. Petersburg. In the largest Moscow protest, organized by Garry Kasparov and Eduard Limonov, police detained approximately 100 Othe [...]	2008-12-15 14:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
08MOSCOW3637	AT INAUGURAL CONGRESS, SOLIDARITY SELECTS LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: On December 12-13, the Solidarity opposition movement held its inaugural national congress, bringing together several political opposition and human rights organizations. The congress elected leaders, including Garry Kasparov and Boris Nemtsov, and also elaborated its program to [...]	2008-12-16 03:23:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
08MOSCOW3641	ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES STATEMENT ON [...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC),Roundtable, and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 9-11, 2008, the GB agreed on a Statement of Principles on Transformation and called for Russia to confirm the ISTC's tax-exempt status. Th [...]	2008-12-16 06:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM TSPL RS
08MOSCOW3669	SURVIVING THE CRISIS: THE RUSSIAN AUTOMOBILE [...] (C) Russia's deepening economic downturn has severely crippled the automobile sector. Car sales are starting to plummet for foreign and domestic companies alike, with the worst still to come. The slowdown in domestic manufacturing portends large job losses. Prime Minister Putin, who before [...]	2008-12-18 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV RS
08MOSCOW3687	ROSTOV: TRADE HUB, PRODUCES GRUB, SUPPORTS CHUB [...] (C) Summary. As one of the country's most populous and temperate weather regions, Rostov Oblast in southwestern Russia boasts of being a leading agricultural and trade center. Recent travel to the region's capital, Rostov-Na-Donu (Rostov),gave us the opportunity to see how it has thrived i [...]	2008-12-19 13:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI ECON EFIN
08MOSCOW3689	FEAR, PARANOIA, AND TREASON - MOSCOW PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: As the economic crisis deepens, a GOR-proposed expansion of the definition of espionage is being interpreted as a blatant attempt to further restrict and intimidate critics of the United Russia dominated government from organizing any opposition to the present power structure. In [...]	2008-12-19 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3707	SENATOR LUGAR MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S. RELATIONS, POST-START, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 18 meeting, FM Lavrov welcomed the visit of Senator Lugar as recognition that the Senate appreciated the importance of relations with Russia. Lavrov emphasized Russia's interest in concluding a post-START treaty by December 2009 and urged a "quick start" to the [...]	2008-12-22 06:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNNP ECON PARM OREP RS
08MOSCOW3708	SENATOR LUGAR: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR U.S. RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Lugar heard a mixed, but mostly positive, message on Russian receptivity towards rebuilding U.S.-Russian relations, with a range of officials and respected observers calling for a return to the official diplomatic architecture that once governed bilateral dialogue. Th [...]	2008-12-22 06:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN MARR PARM KNNP OREP RS IR AF
08MOSCOW3736	FREE AT LAST? IVANOVO UZBEKS WIN AT ECHR [...] (U) Summary: Since their June 2005 arrest in connection with violent unrest in Andijan, 13 ethnic Uzbeks have been in limbo, caught between the threat of refoulement to Uzbekistan and an offer of refugee status in Sweden. In a decision announced December 15, the European Court of Human Rights [...]	2008-12-24 06:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG OEXC RS
08MOSCOW374	SOCHI REGION FACES OLYMPIC-SIZED CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) A meeting of Putin and his team on February 5 underscored the Kremlin's recognition that the "eyes of the world" are on Sochi, not only for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games themselves, but also in the way in which Russia manages the preparations. In addition to overcoming significant engin [...]	2008-02-12 14:33:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM ECON SOCI RS
08MOSCOW3753	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 24 meeting, Russia's ambassador to South Ossetia, Elbrus Kargiev, told us "president" Kokoity needed to gain experience in running a peacetime government, while making quiet progress on security and economic development instead of overreacting to accusations in the [...]	2008-12-29 12:10:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08MOSCOW378	PUTIN'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISER ON "FROZEN" [...] (C) Summary: In her February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Putin's human rights adviser, Ella Pamfilova said the Duma elections had been a "turning point," leading her to "divorce" herself from GOR actions and adopt a low public profile. While she welcomed FM Lavrov's engagement with the [...]	2008-02-12 15:08:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW380	SEPARATISM NOT THE ROOT CAUSE OF INSTABILITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: While Moscow-based experts believe that the insurgencies in the various North Caucasus republics are different in nature, none think that separatism is their root cause. Experts tell us that while the insurgency in Dagestan may have a religious basis, violence in Ingushetiya a [...]	2008-02-12 15:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI PHUM PTER ECON RS
08MOSCOW387	FORMER PM PRIMAKOV ON US-GOR DIALOGUE, MD, MAP, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, former Prime Minister Primakov praised his dialogue with Dr. Kissinger and pushed for strategic reengagement on missile defense. He related Putin's unhappiness over the perceived shift in the post-2 2 U.S. offer, but argued that a [...]	2008-02-13 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON RS
08MOSCOW400	ANGARSK INTERNATIONAL ENRICHMENT CENTER: MOVING [...] (SBU) Development of the International Uranium Enrichment Center (IUEC) in Angarsk continues to move forward, though the center is still a "virtual" one to be carved out of the existing Angarsk Chemical Complex. Embassy was warmly received during a visit to the complex. Embassy toured the ca [...]	2008-02-14 13:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM RS
08MOSCOW411	SMOLENSK: SLOWLY BREAKING AWAY FROM THE RED BELT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 07:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
08MOSCOW435	DFM TITOV: RUSSIA WILL BE RESPONSIBLE ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: In a February 14 meeting with the Ambassador, DFM Titov reiterated warnings over the destabilizing consequences of Kosovo's impending UDI, but said Russia would respond "responsibly," including by convoking a UN Security Council special session, and issuing sharp statements of c [...]	2008-02-15 14:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON RS
08MOSCOW459	RUSSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY SAVORS SMALL VICTORY IN [...] (C) Summary: Members of Russia's beleaguered civil society feel that they have achieved a small, but noteworthy victory in the recent court decision to transfer former Yukos Oil vice president Vasiliy Aleksanyan to a medical facility where he can be treated for life-threatening illnesses. Al [...]	2008-02-19 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
08MOSCOW46	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: UFA [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel 1 requested a Post-shipment verification to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end- user, Ufa Engine-Building Production Association (UMPO),Ufa, [...]	2008-01-10 11:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW475	RUSSIA'S MILITARY MUSCLE-FLEXING [...] (C) Summary. Russia's recent steps to flex its military muscles are designed both to impress the Russian public in an election year that Putin has reestablished Russia as a major player on the world stage, and to underscore that Russia will no longer engage NATO and the West from a position of [...]	2008-02-21 09:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PARM RS
08MOSCOW479	UNITED RUSSIA PULLS OUT ALL STOPS IN YAROSLAVL [...] (SBU) United Russia finds itself under a microscope in Yaroslavl where its poor showing in the December 2 Duma elections means the national party is closely watching its preparations for the March 2 presidential elections and hoping for better results. During a February 13-14 visit by Emboff, [...]	2008-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
08MOSCOW48	GREEN STRUGGLES AGAINST BLACK GOLD IN RUSSIA [...] (SBU) With its focus on oil, gas, and nuclear power, Russia has largely ignored the renewable energy sector. The GOR has not yet established a comprehensive renewable energy strategy. Instead, the GOR is targetting ways to reduce wasteful energy consumption. Experts believe renewable sourc [...]	2008-01-10 13:21:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV ETRD ECON TRGY RS
08MOSCOW490	JEWISH LIFE IN IVANOVO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jewish community in Ivanovo is close-knit, active and shrinking, as increasing numbers of its young residents emigrate to Israel. While the Jewish community is generally accepted among the wider oblast community and relations with authorities are good, two Ivanovo residents [...]	2008-02-22 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF SOCI RS
08MOSCOW496	RUSSIA'S RESERVES: A $500 BILLION QUESTION [...] (C) Russian government policy has been to use its windfall from oil and gas revenues to build large reserves, rather than to address the country's many domestic needs. The bulk of Russia's reserves, which are approaching $500 billion, are held in low-yield government bonds in foreign currencie [...]	2008-02-22 15:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENIV ENRG PREL RS ETRD
08MOSCOW501	RUSSIA REMAINS UNCOMPROMISING ON KOSOVO ILLEGALITY [...] (C) Summary: Russia continued to send an uncompromising message on the illegality of Kosovo's independence and the irresponsibility of international recognition outside a framework of a negotiated solution, with the MFA reacting furiously to former Ambassador Holbrooke's alleged assertion of [...]	2008-02-22 16:03:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RS
08MOSCOW520	ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia is ready to do more to assist in stabilizing and rebuilding Afghanistan - a key area of overlapping Russian, U.S. and NATO interests. Absent concerted U.S. effort, however, Russian attempts to constructively engage with the Karzai government likely will continue to founde [...]	2008-02-26 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL MASS RU AF
08MOSCOW561	CIS INFORMAL SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. The uncertainty of Kosovo and the lure of meeting heir apparent Dmitriy Medvedev brought all 12 CIS leaders to Moscow for the February 21-22 CIS Informal Summit. While the MFA pitched a new seriousness in its approach to the CIS, Putin used the summit to introduce Medvedev and [...]	2008-02-29 07:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR RS
08MOSCOW567	RUSSIA'S SAMARA OBLAST - WHAT ELECTION? [...] (SBU) Summary: For most in Samara oblast, the coming Presidential election is a "non-event," with nearly all interlocutors seeing the campaign as already decided. Excepting the ubiquitous posters and banners calling for people to head to the polls this Saturday, there was little evidence in th [...]	2008-02-29 12:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
08MOSCOW589	MEDVEDEV: WHAT HE SAYS, WHAT HE DOES [...] (C) Summary: During the two months that separate Dmitriy Medvedev's election March 2 from his inauguration, much will become clear about his power-sharing arrangement with outgoing President and incoming Prime Minister Putin. Following keynote speeches by Medvedev before fellow lawyers, civil [...]	2008-03-01 13:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
08MOSCOW619	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PATRIARCH ALEKSEY II [...] (C) Summary: On March 4, the Ambassador met with the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church, Aleksey II. The Patriarch discussed the relations between the Orthodox Church and the government, and its growing social role. The Patriarch spoke of cooperative relations among the four "tradition [...]	2008-03-05 09:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KIRF PINR KHIV RS
08MOSCOW626	RUSSIA ATTEMPTS TO FRAME KOSOVO DISCUSSION AS A [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials continued to press the "illegality" of Kosovo's independence, EULEX, and the new International Steering Group for Kosovo, even as it observed that a "de facto" partition of Northern Kosovo was occurring as Russia had predicted. The Russian Duma will hold hearing [...]	2008-03-05 15:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV SR RS
08MOSCOW638	RUSSIA'S GLONASS: LOST IN SPACE [...] (SBU) In late 2007, First Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov trumpeted the launch of three new satellites that were to complete the GLONASS system's coverage of Russia and challenge GPS in the commercial navigation market. Soon after, however, news reports revealed that the system had serious flaws, [...]	2008-03-06 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA PREL PARM TSPA RS
08MOSCOW657	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ADVANCED [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. Reftel requested a Pre-license check to determine the legitimacy and reliability of the end-user, Advanced Technology Ltd, Moscow, Russia. The company is listed on BI [...]	2008-03-07 12:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC RS
08MOSCOW688	TATARSTAN VIES TO REMAIN LEADER OF MUSLIM COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Although its image as a center of Islam may have been tarnished somewhat during almost 70 years of obedience to Moscow during the Soviet period, the government of Tatarstan and the religious leadership there are now attempting to shore up their position as not only a leading for [...]	2008-03-12 14:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PINR RS
08MOSCOW703	SPATE OF HATE CRIMES RESULTS IN WORDS BUT LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: A string of deadly hate crimes committed since the beginning of the year has alarmed NGOs and compelled Putin to speak out against xenophobia and nationalism. If the rate of fatalities resulting from hate crimes continues through the end of the year, the total number will be [...]	2008-03-13 16:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI SMIG RS
08MOSCOW74	RUSSIA REPORT FOR FINANCIAL CRIMES PORTION OF 2007-2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. The tracked changes version of this report will be sent to individuals specified in reftel. Post's point of contact for this report is Economic Officer Clayton Hays (hayscp@state.gov). 2. (SBU) Russia's financial system does not attract a s [...]	2008-01-14 12:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR RS
08MOSCOW748	ACTING U/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DFM KARASIN [...] (C) Summary: In a lively and wide-ranging March 17 meeting with Acting U/S Fried, DFM Karasin underscored the depth of Russian opposition to the "explosive Kosovo precedent" and NATO MAP for Ukraine and Georgia. Karasin claimed that public opinion in Russia toward the U.S. had sharpened and [...]	2008-03-18 16:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
08MOSCOW767	RUSSIA LAUNCHES KYOTO PROTOCOL JOINT IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG RS
08MOSCOW884	RUSSIA ASKS FOR A "STRAIGHT ANSWER" ON AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov called in Poloff on March 31 to tell us Russia sought a "straight answer" from the U.S. on whether there was interest in the Russian offer to provide military aid to Afghanistan (refs). He said that while the GOR has dealt bilaterally with Afghanist [...]	2008-03-31 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF RS

08MOSCOW893	STRATEGIC SECTORS LAW: REIMAN DEFEATS ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE [...] (SBU) Communications Minister Reiman beat back an attempt to include all telecommunications, including the internet and mobile phones, as a "strategic sector" under the draft Strategic Sectors Law now making its way through the Duma. The FSB was apparently behind the broad definition. Reiman [...]	2008-04-01 10:59:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT ECON TINT ECPS RS
08MOSCOW911	RUSSIA-UKRAINE: NATO AND HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary. FM Lavrov, during his April 2 address to the Duma, characterized NATO enlargement as "artificial and unnecessary," while arguing that NATO members could no longer solve important tasks without Russia's help. While the Duma held a special hearing on the friendship agreement with [...]	2008-04-03 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UP RS
08MOSCOW932	SOLZHENITSYN AND METROPOLITAN KIRILL ON RUSSIA, [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations recently, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Metropolitan Kirill criticized the decision to recognize Kosovo's independence and sharply condemned plans for Ukraine to move closer to NATO. Solzhenitsyn, who is partially paralyzed by a stroke, but remains alert and very [...]	2008-04-04 06:57:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RS
08MOSCOW957	RUSSIAN EXPERTS SAY U.S. MUST REMAIN IN IRAQ AND [...] (C) Prominent Russian analysts told Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq, Ambassador Satterfield, SIPDIS and Ambassador Burns, during an April 3 gathering, that preventing the fragmentation and radicalization of Iraq was a key Russian concern, and urged that direct, long- [...]	2008-04-08 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ RS
08MOSCOW989	RAID ON OFFICES OF HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATES LIKELY A [...] (C) Summary: A late-night raid on the offices housing well-known human rights figures, Karina Moskalenko and Lev Ponomarev, was likely an attempt to seize property in a desirable part of Moscow. The description of events fits an increasingly common phenomenon in Moscow of wealthy Russians hi [...]	2008-04-10 12:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
08MUSCAT102	SCENESETTER FOR AIR FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF T. [...] (C) General Moseley: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your return to Oman. We have asked for meetings with the Commander of the Royal Air Force of Oman and Mohammed al-Rasbi, Under Secretary for Defense Affairs (Deputy Minister equivalent). Al-Rasbi has been actively engaged in the Share [...]	2008-02-06 08:38:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KNNP MARR MASS MNUC MOPS OVIP
08MUSCAT198	SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Mr. Vice President: Embassy Muscat and my wife and I warmly welcome you and Mrs. Cheney back to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the Middle East -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- Oman remains a strong and trusted U.S. ally. The Sultan will be please [...]	2008-03-05 15:53:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP KWMN MASS
08MUSCAT237	SCENESETTER FOR DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES' VISIT TO [...] (C) Secretary Gates: Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome you to Oman. As one of our oldest friends in the region -- the Omanis refer to their relationship with us as "strategic" -- the Sultanate remains a strong and trusted U.S. partner. We have requested an audience with Sultan Qaboos bin Sa [...]	2008-03-26 13:29:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PGOV PREL PTER KNNP MASS MNUC MOPS ECON
08MUSCAT47	OMANI FOREIGN POLICY AS REFLECTED IN THE SPEECHES [...] (C) Summary: In addition to being the longest-serving head of state in the GCC, Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id is also one of the most consistent Arab leaders with respect to his stated views on foreign policy. An examination of the relatively limited number of public speeches he has given since ta [...]	2008-01-20 13:24:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL MU
08MUSCAT565	OMAN REMAINS WARY OF IRANIAN EXPANSIONISM [...] (S/NF) Minister of the Royal Office and head of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, reviewed Oman's view on Iran from a security perspective, highlighting Omani awareness of Iran's deceptive tactics and expansionist ideologic [...]	2008-08-07 07:43:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM IR MU
08NDJAMENA165	CHAD'S NEW PRIME MINISTER: MR. RECONCILIATION [...] (C) Summary: Youssouf Saleh Abbas, Chad's new Prime Minister (and former International Visitor) sees himself as a patriot with a "visceral" attachment to national unity. He brings to the position experience in national reconciliation and credibility (as a former member of the MDJT rebel group) [...]	2008-04-18 18:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF SU CD
08NEWDELHI1026	NEW PRO-DEAL VOICES EMERGE IN NUCLEAR LULL [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the lack of forward movement on the U.S.-India civil nuclear cooperation initiative in recent weeks, political, business and religious proponents have emerged in India, revealing that the issue remains alive. Previously quiet Congress Party politicians have spoken in fav [...]	2008-04-09 11:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1405	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 19-23, 2008, including the following items: -- CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA -- RUPEE'S RECENT DEPRECIATION -- INTERNET NETIZENS IN INDIA CUBAN TRADE DELEGATION IN INDIA ---------------------- [...]	2008-05-23 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1432	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MAY 2008 VISIT [...] (SBU) Dear Senator Feingold: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our two democracies into a [...]	2008-05-27 13:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI1756	SCENESETTER FOR REPRESENTATIVE ACKERMAN JULY 2008 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Dear Representative Ackerman and Delegation: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a period of profound transformation in Indo-US relations. While we have successfully accelerated and expanded the ties between our [...]	2008-06-25 12:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NEWDELHI2012	INDIA'S UPA GOVERNMENT SURVIVES CONFIDENCE VOTE -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The two-day special session of parliament to consider the confidence motion culminated late on July 22 with a victory for the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition government. The tally was 275 votes in favor of the confidence motion, 256 opposed, and 1 [...]	2008-07-22 14:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2078	SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRAL WIERINGA DPPG AUGUST [...] (SBU) The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at an important juncture in our military relationship with India. The commanding position that the Soviet Union and later Russia enjoyed on military sales to India is weakening, the Ministry of Defense is progressing [...]	2008-07-30 09:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN MASS MOPS PARM PREL XD
08NEWDELHI2266	INDIA SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER [...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Mulford, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this snapshot of the bilateral relationship. Coming only days after the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary in Vienna, your visit gives us a chance to gauge where we stand in the NSG process and discuss next s [...]	2008-08-21 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP KSTC KOMC IN IR PARM PK
08NEWDELHI2606	INDIA SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Madame Secretary, we welcome your upcoming visit and offer this overview of the bilateral relationship. Coming only hours after hoped-for congressional approval of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Agreement, your visit gives us a chance to mark this milestone in the relationship while pus [...]	2008-09-30 07:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM ECON PGOV PTER EAID IN
08NEWDELHI2643	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR DEAL, GLOBAL [...] "INDIA DID IT" editorial in October 3 Kolkata Bengali independent ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA. "... As if ridiculing those of his allies...who regard the agreement as America's imperialist design, Manmohan Singh signed a nuclear deal with the French President... That Manmohan could come back with a d [...]	2008-10-03 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2835	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "U.S. ELECTIONS: THE COLOR OF CHANGE" op-ed article by Delhi-based foreign affairs columnist Ravi Amle in the November 3, 2008, Mumbai edition of centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "While the opinion polls indicate a definite nationwide preference for Barack Obama, there is still a fear that Obama [...]	2008-11-03 10:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2904	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, [...] "CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE," editorial in November 10 centrist HINDUSTAN Hindi daily: "Iranian President Ahmedinejad's congratulatory message to US President- elect Barack Obama makes it evident that Obama's victory has raised optimism in the Muslim world, including Iran... The message indicates [...]	2008-11-12 10:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
08NEWDELHI2964	25 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...]	2008-11-21 03:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN
08NEWDELHI3114	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV INDIA VISIT CONFIRMS CIV-NUKE [...] (C) Summary. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev capped off a 24 hour visit to India by delivering as promised on agreements for civil nuclear, space and defense cooperation. Medvedev expressed Russia's solidarity with India in the war on terror in the wake of the Mumbai attacks, reiterating a [...]	2008-12-10 12:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNUC KNNP ECON TSPA RS IN
08NEWDELHI3127	INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY [...] (C) Senator Kerry, as you know your visit comes at a time of new tensions between India and Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks. The U.S. has encouraged the GOI to pursue a measured action. Both Secretary Rice and Deputy Secretary Negroponte have traveled to the region to meet with leaders in [...]	2008-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMDR KPAO ECON PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC
08NEWDELHI3163	EAM MUKHERJEE TELLS CODEL KERRY HE DOUBTS PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On December 15 External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee reiterated to Senator Kerry his demands for the Government of Pakistan (GOP) to bring the ISI under civilian control, destroy terrorist training camps, turn over wanted criminals, and end infiltration of India by Pakistani [...]	2008-12-16 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PK IN
08NEWDELHI3167	ADVANI SAYS ISI MUST HAVE KNOWN OF MUMBAI [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani on December 15, Senator Kerry extended his condolences for the Mumbai terror attacks and said he would deliver a strong message to the Pakistani leadership. Advani demanded immediate action from Pakistan on dismantling the i [...]	2008-12-16 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SENV AF PK IN
08NEWDELHI541	INDIAN PEACOCK DOES MATING DANCE FOR VISITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three months after Prime Minister Singh's visit to Moscow, Prime Minister Zubkov of the Russian Federation visited New Delhi February 12, accompanied by Russian Trade Minister Elvira Nabiullina and approximately 125 senior executives representing Russian industry and business. [...]	2008-02-21 05:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS EAGR EPET ENRG TRGY ECPS
08NEWDELHI734	INDIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET RISES MODERATELY, BUT PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The UPA government in its 2008-09 budget presented on February 29 increased its defense spending by 10% to Rs 1056 billion ($ 26.4 billion) from a budgeted Rs 960 billion ($24 billion) for FY 2007-08 and 14% compared to the actual spending for FY 2007-08. The budget seeks to est [...]	2008-03-11 08:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAGR PREL MARR IN
08NEWDELHI763	SCENESETTER FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE NANCY PELOSI [...] (SBU) Dear Speaker of the House Pelosi, Members of Congress Markey, McDermott, Miller, Sensenbrenner, Inslee, Holmes Norton, Solis, Eshoo, Holt and the Honorable Mr. Livingood: The Country Team and I warmly welcome you to India. Your visit comes at a critical juncture in what has been a peri [...]	2008-03-13 12:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KNNP IN
08NICOSIA134	PRESIDENT-ELECT CHRISTOFIAS PROMISES TO REVIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Greek Cypriots on February 24 elected their first-ever Communist president, AKEL Secretary General Dimitris Christofias. The Soviet-educated Christofias defeated Democratic Rally (DISY)-backed challenger Ioannis Kasoulides by nearly seven points, 53.6 percent to 46.4 percent. [...]	2008-02-26 09:24:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CY
08NICOSIA152	HOW COMMUNIST IS CHRISTOFIAS? [...] (C) Summary: The Cypriot business community is confident that despite his education in the old Soviet Union and refusal to disavow his or his party's communist label, President Christofias will keep his promises to maintain the orthodox economic policies that have helped Cyprus grow over the p [...]	2008-02-29 14:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV CY
08NICOSIA691	CYPRUS: CHURCH AND STATE CONTINUE TO CLASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Few would expect a chummy relationship between Cyprus's pro-solution, card-carrying Communist President Demetris Christofias and its hard-line nationalist, conservative archbishop, Chrysostomos II. Leader of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus since late 2006, the bombastic Archbisho [...]	2008-08-25 13:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CY TU
08NICOSIA731	CYPRUS: FM KYPRIANOU DESIRES CLOSE U.S.-ROC [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing should divide us" asserted Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou at Ambassador Urbancic's September 10 introductory call. The United States and Cyprus shared numerous interests, Kyprianou continued, and could cooperate in spheres ranging from science and [...]	2008-09-12 15:16:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU GE
08NOUAKCHOTT256	MAURITANIA: GENERAL AZIZ GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: The visit of Personal Military Chief of Staff to the Presidency General Mohamed Abdel Aziz provides the opportunity for Washington policymakers key to sustaining Mauritania's democratic transition and helping face the challenge of terrorism. 2. (S - N/F) The Trip: GRPO will be [...]	2008-05-29 13:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV PTER MR
08OTTAWA346	CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]	2008-03-07 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08PANAMA793	PANAMA: A SPEED BUMP AT THE MFA [...] (C) Next week Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs in the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),is scheduled to be in Washington to discuss the Perseus V case with U.S. officials. This cable is meant to help Washington officials prepare for this visit, and to [...]	2008-10-06 21:22:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PARIS1439	S/E CUMBER'S JULY 21 MEETINGS IN PARIS [...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber stressed the importance of Muslim integration, social cohesion and individual accountability during his visit to Paris July 21. At the Institute of the Arab World, he outlined the U.S. Government's effort to [...]	2008-07-29 07:50:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF FR
08PARIS1587	TFGG01: FRENCH EFFORTS TO RESOLVE CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Since President Sarkozy and Foreign Minister Kouchner met with Secretary Rice on August 14, President Sarkozy has maintained high-profile efforts to implement the Russia/Georgia six-point cease-fire accord he negotiated in his capacity as EU President -- especially the main p [...]	2008-08-18 18:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MOPS OSCE UNSC FR GG RU RS UN
08PARIS1718	FRENCH EXPECT A PRODUCTIVE SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, MFA deputy for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said the September 15-16 GAERC will focus on implementation of next steps on Georgia, including deployment of the EU observer mission by October 1. The GAERC will also decide the mandate and n [...]	2008-09-12 18:16:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS GG ZI SO SR TU FR
08PARIS1745	MORE FROM EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA AND FRENCH [...] (C) Summary: EU Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis Pierre Morel took a few minutes from intensive preparations for the EU/Central Asia forum to discuss his thinking about preparations for the mid-October Geneva meeting on Georgia. As noted in reftel, he plans to visit New York a [...]	2008-09-17 17:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR FR GG RS EU UN
08PARIS1751	USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...]	2008-09-19 09:17:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR
08PARIS1942	USDP EDELMAN'S CONSULTATIONS IN PARIS, OCTOBER 16 [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Eric Edelman met with GOF officials Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Defense Ministry, and Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to Foreign Minister Kouchner. They agreed on the importance of [...]	2008-10-22 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF PA IS IZ LE SY IR TU FR
08PARIS500	FRANCE: CIVIL NUCLEAR EXPORTS BOOM [...] (SBU) French President Sarkozy has announced contract signings or preliminary discussions for the eventual export of French nuclear technology during several recent trips abroad. Both France's nuclear powerhouse Areva (reftel) and French government officials emphasize that the export boom is f [...]	2008-03-17 17:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EIND ETRD KNNP PREL FR
08PARIS735	AUSTRALIA GROUP: 2008 INFORMATION EXCHANGE (IE) [...] (S) The following describes highlights of the Information Exchange (IE) portion of the annual meeting of the Australia Group (AG),which met in Paris, April 12-18, 2008 (Report on AG Plenary provided septel). The IE included 30 presentations by twelve AG member states. The US provided 10 of the 30 [...]	2008-04-17 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PARM PREL CBW ETTC AS FR
08PARISFR1185	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The race to succeed UNESCO Director-General Matsuura (Japan) is on in earnest, even though UNESCO's General Conference will not make the final selection until October 2009. Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Husni was the first to enter the race, but he has hurt his chances with a s [...]	2008-06-24 09:54:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNESCO EG MO BU BR LH CO
08PARTO60602	(U) Secretary Rice's May 30, 2008 lunch meeting [...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) May 30, 12:15 p.m., Reykjavik, Iceland. 3. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador Carol van Voorst Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery III, E Assistant [...]	2008-06-06 18:50:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL MARR NATO ECON
08PARTO7	(U) Secretary Rice's participation in the June [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Schieffer U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. William Fraser D [...]	2008-02-28 19:12:00	US Delegation, Secretary	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EAID MOPS JA AU
08PRAGUE112	CZECH REPUBLIC: ALL CONFLICTED ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: It is difficult to imagine how the Czech Republic will meet its future electricity demand AND new EU CO2 emissions cuts without expanding its nuclear power plants. At the same time, nuclear energy is arguably the one issue that could cause the Green Party to walk and [...]	2008-02-20 13:07:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL EZ
08PRAGUE226	RUSSIAN VIEWS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 14:36:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ RU
08PRAGUE241	CZECH REPUBLIC: SEVENTH VISIT OF THE STATUS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-16 08:41:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ
08PRAGUE381	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING: EMBASSY PRAGUE INPUT [...] (U) Post is providing the following points in response to Reftel request for information on host government's record on matters of basic freedoms and human rights for this fall's HDIM Conference: 2. (SBU) The Czech Republic has a strong record of promoting human rights and basic freedoms [...]	2008-06-20 11:11:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM OSCE PREL
08PRAGUE592	CZECHS SUPPORT GEORGIA AND TAKE TOUGH LINE ON [...] Summary: The GOCR has strongly condemned Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and shares the USG perspective on support for Georgia, especially its territorial integrity. The Czechs have pressed for strong statements in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and the EU General Affairs [...]	2008-08-29 16:33:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE RU GG EZ EUN
08PRAGUE623	THE CZECH REPUBLIC AND A RESURGENT RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 15:07:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RU EZ
08PRAGUE667	CZECH REPUBLIC: DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (DAS) David Merkel held day-long discussions October 10 in Prague on relations with Russia, energy security, relations with the countries of the former Soviet Union, and Russia,s relations with NATO. He met with MFA Political Director Martin Po [...]	2008-10-20 15:47:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EZ NATO RU
08PRAGUE668	SCENESETTER FOR CZECH PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech Prime Minister Topolanek's October 29 White House meeting will come a day after his visit to Afghanistan, where he plans to celebrate with Czech troops the 90th anniversary of his country's founding. This will be Topolanek's second Washington trip this year, and it promises [...]	2008-10-20 16:22:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE674	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Chertoff, Embassy Prague looks forward to welcoming you to the Czech Republic. Your visit will underscore the importance of our strong transatlantic partnership, which has received a significant boost from the President's announcement of the Czech Republic's entry into [...]	2008-10-23 12:14:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ
08PRAGUE729	SE GRAY DISCUSSES SOUTHERN CORRIDOR, TEC IN [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray stressed the importance of getting Caspian gas to Europe and the value of continuing the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) during a November 7-11 visit to Prague to discuss energy and the upcoming Czech EU Presidency. The C [...]	2008-11-24 16:25:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL PGOV EU EZ
08PRETORIA2477	A LOOK AT MOTLANTHE'S CABINET APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Motlanthe finished making his Cabinet appointments this week by appointing three Deputy Ministers: Andre Gaum was named Deputy Education Minister, Musa Nhlanhla Nene was named Deputy Finance Minister, and Fatima Hajaig was named Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. In total, Motlanthe made 10 [...]	2008-11-07 15:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
08PRISTINA128	KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART ONE OF TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. (Note: On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared Kosovo to be an independent state. On February 18, 2008 the United States recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with [...]	2008-03-12 16:16:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM ELAB
08RABAT1154	HARSTON ASSESSES MINURSO AND THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: MINURSO Head of Mission Julian Harston briefed the P-5 plus Spain on December 12. Harston believed that Morocco is finally ready to assent to Ambassador Christopher Ross' appointment as the UN Secretary General's (UNSYG's) Personal Envoy for Western Sahara. Harston believes th [...]	2008-12-16 14:20:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM PBTS UN WI MO
08RABAT718	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RABAT719	NAM MINISTERIAL: SNOOZING DINOSAUR MUTTERS IN ITS [...] (C/NF) Moroccan MFA Chief of Staff Nasser Bourita (strictly protect) said that Iran "did not get most of what it wanted" on the issue of its nuclear and missile programs during the recent Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial in Tehran. He expressed happiness with the more Morocco-friendly [...]	2008-08-04 11:05:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP WI ZI AG ZP ZR MO
08RANGOON793	RUSSIA IN BURMA: UN ROLES; NUCLEAR COOPERATION; [...] (C) Charge's Oct. 7 courtesy call on Russian Ambassador to Burma Mikhail Mgeladze included discussion of current UN efforts to influence events in Burma and a sketch of Russia's activities in country. Many political observers in Rangoon believe Russia has more access to influential Government [...]	2008-10-07 09:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNUC UN RS BM
08RIGA123	Scenesetter for Secretary Chertoff's visit to Riga [...] We look forward to welcoming you in Riga. Your visit, and the accompanying signing of the MOU (assuming agreement can be reached on the text) on the Visa Waiver Program (VWP),is a significant marker of the strength of our bilateral relationship. Joining the VWP is the foreign policy issue th [...]	2008-03-10 11:15:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PGOV KCOR OVIP CHERTOFF MICHAEL LG
08RIGA129	DEMRCHE RESPONSE: LATVIA SUPPORTS TOUGH EU [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points March 11 to Evita Stranga, Deputy Head of COREPER I Division of the EU Coordination Department at the MFA. Stranga responded that the GOL agrees that it is important to develop a post-Kyoto framework that involves all major emitters. The GOL also suppor [...]	2008-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG EUN KGHG LG
08RIGA130	DAS KRILLA STRESSES TOLERANCE AND INCLUSION IN [...] (C) Summary: DAS for DRL Jeffrey Krilla visited Riga March 5 and 6 for roundtable discussions with ethnic Russian and other minority groups in Latvia. He also met with the Latvian Minister of Integration, MFA officials, and an ethnic Russian member of parliament. While the Integration Ministe [...]	2008-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL LG
08RIGA149	LATVIA CONCERNED ON DEVELOPMENTS IN BELARUS, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Latvian officials are concerned by developments in the U.S. - Belarus bilateral relationship, believing that this represents a hardening of positions by Lukashenka. They are offering support for the U.S., including within the EU, although they did not succeed in getting a pres [...]	2008-03-20 10:07:00	Embassy Riga	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR EUN BO LG
08RIGA199	PRESIDENT ZATLERS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C/NF) Latvian President Valdis Zatlers makes his first visit to Washington April 23 - 25 significantly stronger in his job than when he started, but still not the dominant figure in Latvian politics that his predecessor was. Given the strong constitutional limitations on his role, this is on [...]	2008-04-17 09:58:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS CVIS ENRG MARR NATO RS LG
08RIGA2	LAVROV'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov's December 18 visit to Riga was most notable in that it occurred at all. After months of work, his visit marked the first ever visit by a Russian or Soviet FM to an independent Latvia. The highlight was the exchange of instruments of ratification on the Latvia-R [...]	2008-01-02 05:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ENRG ETRD EUN RS IR LG
08RIGA270	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY AND OTHER [...] (C/NF) Summary. On May 15, Ambassador Larson met Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis for discussions on a wide range of issues. Tey discussed energy security, the privatization of Lattelekom, developments in the Latvian economy, and the GOL's invitation for Prime Minister Putin to attend th [...]	2008-05-19 08:20:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS LG
08RIGA312	Could territorial reform destabilize the ruling coalition? [...] Summary. The adoption and implementation of the administrative reform which would consolidate many small local governments (527) into bigger regional governments (88 or 127 municipal districts) has become a major object of disagreement between the two biggest parties in the ruling coalition -- [...]	2008-06-04 04:28:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LG
08RIGA463	TFGG01: LATVIA ON GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA - BLAME RUSSIA [...] (C) On the afternoon of August 8, Charge was summoned to the MFA to meet with State Secretary Normans Penke to discuss developments in Georgia/South Ossetia, where Penke expressed the GOL's great concern about the escalating situation. While he initially described that he had held discussions earli [...]	2008-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU LG
08RIGA535	LATVIAN RESPONSE ON NON-GEORGIA TOPICS FOCUSED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 07:44:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM LG
08RIGA619	LATVIAN PM: SLOW PROGRESS ON ENERGY AND JEWISH [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis detailed a laborious multi-stage process preceeding a settlement on Jewish Property restitution in Latvia in a meeting October 8 with Ambassador Larson and UK Ambassador to Latvia Richard Moon. In a wide-ranging discussion, the PM also explained that [...]	2008-10-09 13:08:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG LG
08RIGA701	POLITICS AND THE PAREX BAILOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: We are keeping a close eye on the implementation of the government bailout of Parex to ensure that politics does not interfere in the proper implementation of the agreement to ensure maximum benefit and minimum risk for the taxpayers of Latvia. Parex has been a political playe [...]	2008-11-17 12:46:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV LG
08RIGA87	ANDRIS GRUTUPS AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY OF LATVIA [...] (C) Summary. Andris Grutups is a prominent lawyer and closely connected to one of Latvia's most influential people - former PM Andris Skele. He is also often not far from the scene when charges of anti-Semitism are raised in Latvia. For example, in a late November 2007 interview with local p [...]	2008-02-15 15:27:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI LG
08RIYADH1283	MEETING WITH CONTROVERSIAL SHI'A SHEIKH NIMR [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In an August 13 meeting with PolOff, controversial Shi'a sheikh Nimr Baqr al-Nimr sought to distance himself from previously reported pro-Iranian and anti-American statements, instead adopting a less radical tone on topics such as the relationship between Iran and the Saudi Sh [...]	2008-08-23 05:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER SA
08ROME150	GOI NON-PAPER SETS GOAL OF ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. In late December, the GOI provided the Embassy and Department a non-paper on Italian energy/energy security policy in response to questions raised during the December 11, 2007, meeting between President Bush and Italian President Napolitano. The full text is included below. The [...]	2008-02-04 10:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RU AJ IT
08ROME249	ITALIAN MFA OFFICIAL OUTLINES ITALIAN ENERGY, [...] (C) Summary. During a February 13 meeting with Embassy Officers, Giovanni Manfredi, the Italian MFA official responsible for energy issues, provided a wide-ranging and candid assessment of Italian energy and energy security policy. Manfredi said Italian demand for natural gas will continue t [...]	2008-02-29 12:14:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG RU IT
08ROME312	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY STRESSES LONG-TERM COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy hosted a "West 4" meeting of ISAF RC-West contributor nations (Italy, Lithuania, Spain and the U.S.) in Rome on March 4. Italian MFA U/S for Asia Gianni Vernetti, in his opening address, said that Italy is in Afghanistan for the "long haul" in both its civilian and milita [...]	2008-03-12 11:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS SNAR AF IT SP LH
08ROME451	ENI: WHAT SHOULD WE DO ABOUT GAZPROM'S ITALIAN PARTNER? [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 13:17:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EINV ENRG ETRD IT RU
08ROME472	ITALY: BERLUSCONI WINS ITALIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) Former PM Silvio Berlusconi's coalition defeated center-left rival Walter Veltroni 46.8 to 37.4 in Italy's parliamentary elections, obtaining comfortable majorities in both houses of parliament. The populist, anti-immigrant Northern League, a Berlusconi ally, doubled its percentage to [...]	2008-04-15 13:15:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IT
08ROME774	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME, JUNE [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Rome presents a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a number of important security issues in the wake of the successful meetings between the President and PM Berlusconi on June 12. In particular, the positive atmosphere generated by the visit should contribu [...]	2008-06-19 12:14:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA
08RPODUBAI37	IRANIAN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS ON CASPIAN SEA ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-26 12:59:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV SENV PREL
08SANSALVADOR750	A PRAGMATIC SHIFT OR MERELY A TACTICAL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: In 1980 the Farabundo Marti Liberation Front Party (FMLN) began as a loose coalition of leftist groups united with the goal of bringing down the conservative government. The tumultuous history of the FMLN continues to influence its actions and internal struggles today, as the par [...]	2008-06-24 17:21:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ES
08SANTIAGO1103	CHILE MEDIA REPORT - DECEMBER 16 [...] All dailies highlighted Claudia Serrano's appointment as the new Labor Minister. Dailies also highlighted the Comptroller's warning over the continuous use of emergency funding to finance the Transantiago public transport system. U.S.-Related News ----------------- Â [...]	2008-12-16 16:42:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
08SANTODOMINGO128	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VENZUELA WITH COLOMBIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin and Mrs. Fannin met Colombian Ambassador Luis Emilio Sierra and his wife Liliana Martinez de Sierra for a courtesy call. During the meeting Ambassador Fannin inquired as to the extent of Venezuelan influence in the Dominican Republic. Sierra stated that there is [...]	2008-01-25 15:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV PARM PINR SNAR VE DR
08SAOPAULO130	CHINA'S BUSINESS INTERESTS IN BRAZIL RECEIVE MIXED [...] (C) Although bilateral trade between China and Brazil continues to grow, there are increasing frustrations on both sides regarding access to each others' markets. For Brazilian business, China represents the largest opportunities for growth, but also the greatest economic risks, and many poi [...]	2008-03-14 16:02:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EINV ECON CH BR
08SAOPAULO188	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA, GOVERNANCE; SCO [...] 'Material Incentives' in Cuba Center-right O Estado de S.Paulo (4/14) editorializes: "A resolution adopted in February [in Cuba] but only now made public establishes that a 'compaero' who is more productive than the other working the same job will receive a salary proportionally higher... . T [...]	2008-04-14 12:36:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO679	ECONOMIC CRISIS HELPS SERRA POSITION FOR 2010 [...] (C) Summary: The PSDB leadership sees an opportunity for their party as the ongoing global economic crisis hits Brazil. In this context, Sao Paulo state governor Jose Serra, the most likely PSDB nominee right now, has started a campaign of economic activism at the state level, promoting prog [...]	2008-12-19 17:41:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO85	MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN; CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] "Advance In Pakistan" Liberal, largest national circulation daily Folha de S. Paulo (2/22): editorialized: "Contrary to expectations, Pakistan managed to have calm and apparently clean elections, thereby advancing towards establishing itself as a democratic nation. What is bad is that the re [...]	2008-02-22 12:52:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SAOPAULO91	MEDIA REACTION: WESTERN HEMISPHERE: CUBA; SAO PAULO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 11:30:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC OIIP ETRD BR
08SEOUL1292	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 26 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Kim Sung-hwan, in office less than a week, said that it was a shame that, because of the protests over American beef, President Bush's July 9-11 visit had to be postponed. President Lee looked forward to resch [...]	2008-06-27 07:36:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KS KN
08SEOUL1570	VISIT TO RURAL DPRK: AGRARIAN, ORDERLY, QUIET [...] (C) During a June 30-July 5 visit to North Korea to evaluate the beginnings of the U.S. food aid program (ref A),Poloff and USAID officers spent three days in Pyongyang and also traveled to two port cities to the southwest--Nampo and Songrim--and four agricultural towns farther north--Hyangsan [...]	2008-08-10 23:37:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	KN EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI ELTN MARR
08SEOUL1808	PRESS BULLETIN - September 11, 2008 [...] Preparing for a Post-Kim Jong-il North Korea (Dong-a Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 27) 2. A Sick State (JoongAng Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 30) 3. Talk of Kim Jong-il Being Ill Tests Our Crisis Management (Hankook Ilbo, September 11, 2008, Page 39) 4. Act, Don't Overreact, To Rumors a [...]	2008-09-11 06:44:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
08SEOUL1912	ROK PLANS TO UPGRADE RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: MOFAT's European Affairs DG Kim Eun-joong asked for a meeting with POL M/C on September 25 to discuss the status of negotiations with Russia over the joint statement to be announced by Presidents Lee and Medvedev in connection with their summit next week. In particular, DG Kim w [...]	2008-09-26 08:40:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KS KN RU
08SEOUL2178	LEAFLET DROPS IN NORTH KOREA TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Park Sang-hak, President of Fight for Free North Korea, an NGO active in promoting democracy and human rights for North Korea, said he had sent 1.8 million anti-Kim Jong-il (KJI) leaflets by balloon into North Korea this year and would not heed ROKG calls to stop. The DPRK has t [...]	2008-11-07 04:42:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2390	NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION SEEKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with leaders of the Association of North Korean Defector Organizations (ANKDO),an umbrella organization representing 28 smaller NGOs that support North Korean defectors. Chairman Han Chang-kweon said it would be important to empower the defector community, and st [...]	2008-12-12 08:33:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PROP PREL KS KN
08SEOUL2446	ROK EXPERT ON NORTH KOREAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Professor Yoon Yeosang, President of NKDB (Database Center for North Korean Human Rights),in a December 9 meeting with Poloff, said DPRK authorities seemed recently to be adhering to two points of the North Korean criminal code they had previously ignored: limiting detention peri [...]	2008-12-22 00:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KS KN

08SEOUL645	CONGRESSMAN ROHRABACHER'S MEETINGS IN SEOUL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, met separately with ROK Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan and members of the National Assembly on March 25 to advocate several proposed initiatives. Foremost on the list was the Congressman's propos [...]	2008-04-01 04:43:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG KNNP PHUM KS KN IRAQ
08SHANGHAI253	SHANGHAI SCHOLARS' VIEWS ON THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars described Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states as committed to cooperation on issues of common interest, but divided over any larger role the organization should play over the long term. The August 2008 summit will not break new ground but will [...]	2008-07-01 01:25:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH RS XD XE IR
08SHANGHAI88	DASD SEDNEY'S SHANGHAI ACADEMIC MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: During his February 27-March 2 trip to Shanghai, in addition to leading the U.S. delegation to the Defense Policy Coordination Talks (DPCT),Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (DASD) David Sedney exchanged SIPDIS views on U.S.-China relations with Shanghai's le [...]	2008-03-07 03:31:00	Consulate Shanghai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW BM RS JA
08SOFIA305	BULGARIA NEEDS U.S. SUPPORT TO BREAK AIR FORCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Rapidly losing capability, the Bulgarian Air Force is in dire need of modernization, but meaningful transformation is made impossible by Bulgaria's overwhelming dependence on Russian airframes. The use of aging Russian aircraft not only limits Bulgarian capabilities, but ma [...]	2008-05-14 11:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA33	BULGARIA: PUTIN'S VISIT TO BULGARIA: ENERGY [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Bulgarian leaders have publicly stated they hope Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day official visit to Bulgaria January 17-18 will lead to improved, more pragmatic bilateral relations, but Putin's "all business" agenda and the Russians' heavy-handed negotiating style [...]	2008-01-16 10:53:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
08SOFIA443	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO SOFIA [...] (C) The Bulgarians are delighted to host you and bestow their highest honor, the Stara Planina award, for your help in freeing the Bulgarian nurses wrongly held by Libya for eight years. Public support for the nurses has faded since their emotional homecoming last July 24, and relations bet [...]	2008-07-01 14:39:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR BG
08SOFIA512	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL BORDALLO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Delegate Bordallo, Representative Wilson and Representative Sanchez, Embassy Sofia warmly welcomes you and looks forward to a very successful visit. Your visit comes one month after Secretary Rice's consultations in Sofia and two months after Prime Minister Stanishev's meeting [...]	2008-07-29 09:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP BG
08SOFIA592	BULGARIAN FM: GEORGIA CRISIS STRENGTHENS CASE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin told Ambassador Russia is using the Georgia crisis to create zones of influence throughout the former Soviet republics. This makes it all the more important that both Georgia and Ukraine be offered MAP at the NATO Ministerial in December. He urged continued U.S. inv [...]	2008-09-04 15:32:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU SR BU GG
08SOFIA600	BULGARIA AND RUSSIA: NEXT STEPS [...] (S) The crisis in Georgia has begun to rouse the normally reticent Bulgarian mindset and prompted some to question whether Russia's ultimate objectives will prove intolerable. Like many of our European partners, the Bulgarians will shy away from taking on Moscow in a direct or public manner, b [...]	2008-09-08 11:36:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL ENRG MARR PGOV BU
08SOFIA723	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS JONES TO SOFIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit to Sofia comes at a high point in our bilateral cooperation and a tough time internally for the Bulgarian government. Bulgaria has been a solid partner on key security issues, with deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo, and joint military exercises unde [...]	2008-11-14 15:28:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BU
08SOFIA738	BULGARIA AND RUSSIAN INFLUENCE: SHIFTING [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian public opinion is consistently positive toward Russia for several reasons: shared culture, language and religion; a popular mythology about Russia "liberating" Bulgaria from Ottoman Turkey; and shady business connections. Russia also wields influence with a generation [...]	2008-11-21 13:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG BU
08SOFIA749	BULGARIA: FMF/IMET ESSENTIAL TO MODERNIZATION AND [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has the political will to increase its participation in overseas operations, but lacks resources and capacity. Last year's 33 percent reduction to its FMF budget was a dramatic and painful shock to the Bulgarian government. Despite being the poorest member of the Eur [...]	2008-11-26 12:10:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BU
08SOFIA815	OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PROGRAM [...] (U) This is Embassy Sofia's response to Ref A Department of Commerce request for information on Bulgaria's civil nuclear energy program. OVERVIEW OF BULGARIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Bulgaria ratified the Statute of th [...]	2008-12-29 13:41:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO BU
08STATE102240	MISSILE DEFENSE:PATRIOT/PAC III STILL AT CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After agreeing to submit the PAC-III (Patriots) issue to a subgroup for further study, A/S Mull's delegation and their Polish counterparts agreed July 23 to begin looking at the transition of some work on Poland's military modernization from the bilateral Security Cooperation Cons [...]	2008-09-24 19:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PL PREL MASS
08STATE104519	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) In a forty minute meeting on September 25, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Under Secretary William Burns discussed the U.S.-Tajik relationship and Rahmon's views on issues facing South and Central Asia. Rahmon expressed concern over the situation in Afghanistan stressing that, i [...]	2008-09-30 21:35:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM PMAR PK AF TI
08STATE105029	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): NORTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "North Korea's Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for d [...]	2008-10-01 19:50:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS
08STATE105103	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): IRAN,S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (S) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "Iran's Ballistic Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]	2008-10-01 21:43:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR UK AS IR
08STATE111775	(U) Secretary Rice's October 9, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Dan Smith, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) October 9, 2008, 9:00 - 9:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist, EUR Sean McCormack, PA C [...]	2008-10-21 00:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG LH EN
08STATE112510	INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPPORT INSCRIPTION OF HOLODOMOR [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request. See the objectives listed in para 2. Department requests Mission to coordinate with the Ukrainian Mission to the United Nations and offer support to their efforts to inscribe an agenda item on the Great Famine in Ukraine for the 63rd General Assembly, [...]	2008-10-22 17:25:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM
08STATE125123	NEA A/S DAVID WELCH'S NOVEMBER 21 CONVERSATION [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch welcomed Abdallah Baali as the new Algerian Ambassador November 21. He spoke candidly about the shortcomings of the bilateral relationship, and offered ways that Baali could improve it -- e.g. through increasing the number of Algerians students enrolled in the U.S. and [...]	2008-11-25 22:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PBTS PGOV PREL AG IR IS IZ LE MO SY WI
08STATE125684	JCIC-DIP-08-006: ANNUAL START SLCM DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (U) BACKGROUND: When the START Treaty was signed, the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to provide annual declarations concerning their planned deployments of nuclear sea-launched cruise missiles (SLCMs) for the duration of the [...]	2008-11-27 01:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BO KACT KZ PARM RS UP US START JCIC
08STATE130622	EU COMMISSION STABILITY PROGRAM -- THIRD COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Summary. Multiple ISN Bureau and interagency officers met with the European Commission (EC) on November 18-19 to discuss further nonproliferation programs and activities as originally envisioned in March (reftel) regarding the U.S.-EU Summit commitment to greater coordination through U [...]	2008-12-12 14:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN KNNP OSCE PARM PREL SC UNVIE
08STATE13105	JANUARY 30 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first G-8 Global Partnership Working Group meeting (GPWG) of the Japanese G-8 Presidency, which took place on January 30, 2008 in Tokyo, focused on expanding the geographic scope of GP activities and developing benchmarks to ensure that current pledges for GP projects in Rus [...]	2008-02-07 22:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC KNNP CBW TRGY GM JA RS CA UK FR
08STATE131994	OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON RUSSIA [...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on December 18. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On December 14, Police in Moscow and St. Petersburg detained over 200 peaceful protestors at demonstrations, for which permission was not granted, l [...]	2008-12-17 13:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS OSCE
08STATE133417	CFE: A/S FRIED'S DECEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and an interagency team met for five-plus hours December 17 in Geneva to review the status of the CFE Parallel Actions Package with Russian Disarmament Director Anatoliy Antonov and his experts. The discussion combined Russian maximalism on CFE -- an [...]	2008-12-22 15:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD
08STATE134228	U.S. RESPONSE TO FRENCH GLOBAL INF PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an Action Cable for Embassy Paris, see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Background: During a P-3 meeting in Paris on November 7, 2008 (Ref A),the French provided Acting Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security, John Rood, a draft French proposal to globalize the INF Tr [...]	2008-12-24 01:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KACT JCIC START INF RS US FR
08STATE18819	NO SURPRISE, CHAVEZ BACKS RUSSIA AGAINST KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 22:31:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK VE KV EU
08STATE20329	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: U/S Burns met for two hours on January 29 with his new Japanese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Kenichiro Sasae, to discuss G8, UNSC reform, Iraq, Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Burma. Sasae described Japan's priorities for the G8, which include climate ch [...]	2008-02-28 17:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENIV ENRG KGHG PREL PGOV EAID XB XC XD XE XH JA
08STATE25550	OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO FOM REPORT ON [...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 13th Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Representative on Freedom of the Media has once again delivered a very informative, factually reliable and well-reasoned report. Two [...]	2008-03-11 20:56:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OSCE
08STATE33804	EU COMMISSION CONSULTATIONS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) A five-member delegation from the European Commission met USG nonproliferation experts at the Department of State March 11-12, and held an exchange of program activities and country priorities that both sides agreed will serve as the basis for better coordination. ISN Deputy Assistant [...]	2008-04-02 22:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PEL KNNP SC EU OSCE UNVIE EUN
08STATE34311	VORONIN PLEASED WITH BUSH'S SUPPORT OF MOLDOVAN SOVEREIGNTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kirby met with President Voronin on April 2 to review the Bucharest NATO Summit, an Article 98 agreement, a Moldovan contingent to Iraq, and the resignation of the NATO Information and Documentation Center head. Voronin didn't lose this opportunity to reiterate Moldova [...]	2008-04-03 02:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MD
08STATE35962	MARCH 26 MEETING OF THE G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) AT THE MARCH 26 G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP MEETING (GPWG),RUSSIA POURED MORE COLD WATER ON THE PROPOSAL TO EXPAND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP (GP) ACTIVITIES BEYOND RUSSIA AND THE REST OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION (FSU) -- THE PROPOSAL SUPPORTED BY ALL OTHER G-8 MEMBERS AND THE MAJOR GP [...]	2008-04-07 20:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA CBC ETTC FR GM JA KNNP PARM PREL RS TRGY UK
08STATE48065	(U) Secretary Rice's April 25, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: KURT VOLKER, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS, REASONS: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) April 25, 2008, 9:20 - 10:50 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Charles W. Larson, Jr. Acting Assistant Secretary K [...]	2008-05-06 20:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA MARR PREL PINS NATO
08STATE59707	SEEKING GERMAN SUPPORT ON ENDING RUSSIAN ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. SUMMARY 2. (C) U.S. officials have provided briefings to countries on Russian arms sales of concern and asked appropriate officials to raise these sales with Russian officials. German Chancellor Merkel is meeting with Russian Preside [...]	2008-06-03 22:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR RS GM
08STATE60043	NON-PAPER ON FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraphs 3. 2. (U) Objective: To advance our bilateral discussions with the Russians on the future of the ISTC. Please pass the non-paper at paragraph 3 to the appropriate host government officials. 3. (U) Begin Text Transformation of the I [...]	2008-06-04 17:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PBIO RS
08STATE67793	GUIDANCE ON OFFICIAL ENGAGEMENT WITH BELARUS [...] (U) Summary. This cable provides guidance for contacts with Belarus officials, with background on the current state of relations between the United States and Belarus. ------------------------- Representational Contacts ------------------------- 2. (U) In light of the ongoing pressure [...]	2008-06-24 18:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ODIP
08STATE69235	UKRAINE: DEMARCHE REQUEST REGARDING THE REMOVAL [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: This is an action message. Ambassador is requested to approach the Government of Ukraine at the highest appropriate level to request that the GoU accept John Demjanjuk, AKA Ivan Demjanjuk (DPOB 03 April 1920, Dubovye Makharintsky, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist [...]	2008-06-27 14:19:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG UP
08STATE73807	(U) SECRETARY RICE'S JULY 2, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAN SMITH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, S/ES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.4. (B) AND (D) 2. (U) JULY 2, 2008, 10:30 - 11:15, WASHINGTON, D.C. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. THE SECRETARY AMBASSADOR JOHN CLOUD ACTING UNDER SECRETARY JOHN ROOD, T ASSISTANT SECRETARY D [...]	2008-07-10 00:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG AF IZ
08STATE74921	(U) Secretary Rice's participation in the June [...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) June 27, 2008; Kyoto, Japan. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Schieffer U/S Bill Burns A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Lt. Gen. William Fraser DCO [...]	2008-07-12 14:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EAID MOPS JA AU
08STATE76294	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The OSCE will conduct its annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) from September 29 through October 10 in Warsaw. Based in part on embassies' input (reftel),which the Department appreciates, this demarche conveys USG concerns on host government [...]	2008-07-16 15:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM
08STATE83009	GUAM BATUMI SUMMIT STRESSES TRADE, TRANSPORTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1, the Black Sea port of Batumi played host to the 2008 Summit of the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, familiarly known as GUAM for its members Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova. Georgia assumed the year-long GUAM presidency from Azerbaijan under [...]	2008-08-01 15:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP EAID ECON KCRM AJ GG MD UP
08STOCKHOLM562	Media Reaction - Russia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 08:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM574	TFGG01: Swedish media coverage of Georgia crisis; Embassy [...] Over the weekend and Monday, August 16-18, Swedish media reported extensively on the crisis in Georgia, with correspondent reports from the region, analytical articles and editorials. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Tbilisi, during which a six-point peace agreement was signed, r [...]	2008-08-18 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM695	SWEDISH SOC DEM LEADER AHLIN ON BELARUS, [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, Urban Ahlin, the foreign policy spokesman of the opposition Social Democrats told DCM and POL counselor: -- On Afghanistan, he is working to cement Social Democratic support for the Government,s bill to expand troops, but it will be a "tough ride" for the bill. [...]	2008-10-20 10:06:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SW IR BO GG RS AF
08STOCKHOLM729	EU'S EASTERN PARTNERSHIP--SWEDEN'S PROPOSAL [...] (U) The Swedish MFA Eastern European Desk met with Poloff on October 20 to discuss Sweden and Poland's joint proposal to establish an "Eastern Partnership" between the EU and Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. Director Johan Frisell told Poloff the Partnership aims to g [...]	2008-10-31 12:52:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU SW
08STPETERSBURG192	OPPOSITION AND HUMAN RIGHTS THIS WEEK IN ST. PETERSBURG [...] SUMMARY. St. Petersburg was the scene of another Dissenters March December 14, conducted mostly peacefully, but well outside the city center and under control of overwhelming security forces. Some 60 persons were arrested. Human Rights Day December 10 was marked by dueling conferences - one [...]	2008-12-15 16:48:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV PHUM
08STPETERSBURG194	CODEL DELAHUNT VISIT TO ST. PETERSBURG [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9-10, Representatives William Delahunt and Dana Rohrabacher met with several diverse groups of Russian interlocutors in St. Petersburg. Our interlocutors were pleased to be able to meet with such high-level representatives of the U.S. government. ---------------- [...]	2008-12-16 10:44:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON RS
08STPETERSBURG197	MURMANSK - PROSPERING, BUT WITH PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) During a December 17-18 visit to Murmansk, DPO and Poloff saw a city relatively unscathed by the world economic crisis, and in fact saw a city hoping to capitalize on opportunities arising from the crisis and building on its recent economic growth. However, despite the apparent prosperi [...]	2008-12-23 16:04:00	Consulate St Petersburg	UNCLASSIFIED	RS PGOV ECON EINV EIND EPET EWWT PHUM OPRC
08TAIPEI1470	Director's 10/6 Meeting with Kaohsiung Mayor Chen [...] (SBU) Summary: In her October 6 meeting with Director Young, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu briefed on the city's 2009 World Games preparations and sought U.S. help on counterterrorism information exchange and screening incoming foreign athletes. Chen positively assessed DPP Chair Tsai Ing-wen's p [...]	2008-10-15 07:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TW
08TALLINN103	ESTONIA: PM ANSIP's VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip visited Georgia February 4-6 (his first trip as Prime Minister). Following the visit, Kyllike Sillaste Elling, the PM's Foreign Policy Advisor, briefed interested journalists and diplomats on highlights of the trip. -- PM Ansip met with President Saak [...]	2008-03-11 14:03:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU NATO GG EN
08TALLINN179	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS DAVID GROSS [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Perhaps the most dynamic of the "Baltic Tigers" since re-independence in 1991, Estonia enjoyed average annual GDP growth racing above eight percent from 2001-2007. Growth began to slow in 2007, [...]	2008-05-22 06:43:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON BEXP PGOV OIIP TINT EN
08TALLINN22	FMF FUNDING FOR ESTONIA [...] (C) Post understands the Department may cut the FY08 Foreign Military Financing (FMF) allocation for Estonia by as much as 90 percent. While we understand that FMF funding must be prioritized for developing countries and not for full NATO members, a cut of this magnitude in a single year will [...]	2008-01-11 15:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL EN
08TALLINN241	THE DECLINE OF ESTONIA'S ETHNIC RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although ethnic Russians make up about one-third of Estonia's population, they have failed to achieve any significant influence over Estonian politics. Support for Russian parties continues to decline, with most Russians supporting the mainstream Center Party. The small Russia [...]	2008-07-14 13:06:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS EN
08TALLINN242	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 2nd QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of Estonia's labor- [...]	2008-07-16 05:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN243	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 3rd QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Initial estimates indicate Estonia's economic growth has slowed significantly in FY08, causing some alarm among economic analysts and the general public. That said, labor shortages continue to exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outsourcing of [...]	2008-07-16 05:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN26	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA [...] (U) The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Estonia, keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A.l. Openness to Foreign Investment Since joining the EU in 2004, the Estonian government has sought to maintain liberal policies in order to attract investments that could produce [...]	2008-01-14 13:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB EINV OPIC USTR
08TALLINN264	ESTONIA'S EVOLVING DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Summary. While a relative newcomer to the field of foreign assistance, Estonia continues to expand its role as a donor nation. The GOE goal is to spend at least 0.1 percent of Gross National Income (GNI) on development assistance by 2010, still short of the EU target of 0.17 percent for n [...]	2008-07-29 12:10:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EN
08TALLINN293	ESTONIA'S 63rd UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (U) In a conversation with Poloff on August 21, Veikko Kala, UN Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA discussed Estonia's priorities for the 63rd UNGA. (SBU) Kala noted that in light of recent events in Georgia, GOE briefing papers and other preparatory documents are now being revised. For example [...]	2008-08-22 14:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UNGA EN
08TALLINN338	Scenesetter for A/S Fried's Visit to Estonia [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: I am delighted to welcome you to Tallinn and your visit on October 1 could not be better timed. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Georgia and sensitivities related to Estonia's own large Russian- speaking minority, the Government of Estonia (GOE) is eager for assurances from [...]	2008-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG EN
08TALLINN348	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: MAR - AUG 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Economic growth in Estonia, previously running at over 10% per year, has ground to a halt in recent months, causing concern among economic analysts and the general public, and forcing cuts in the state budget. The previously booming real estate sector has been particularly [...]	2008-10-03 08:47:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN349	Estonia's Search for Electricity to 2018 and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greater energy independence is a high voltage political issue, and economic necessity, in Estonia. The Government of Estonia (GOE) is well aware the clock is ticking to replace the aging, dirty and CO2- intensive oil shale-fired power plants that generate 90 percent of the coun [...]	2008-10-03 14:33:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KGHG EN
08TALLINN363	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DHS SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. Mr. Secretary - welcome to Estonia! Your October 29 visit to Tallinn is a significant milestone in our bilateral relationship with Estonia, and will be seen here as the fulfillment of the President's promise of Visa Waiver Program (VWP) membership made during his 2006 visit to [...]	2008-10-23 09:37:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
08TALLINN383	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO TALLINN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Secretary, I will be delighted to welcome you to Tallinn on November 12-13. Estonia is a steadfast Ally and your visit is an important sign of the strength of the U.S.-Estonian bilateral relationship and Estonia's commitment to NATO. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Geor [...]	2008-11-04 12:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN
08TALLINN403	ESTONIA'S NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS(C-RE8-00759) [...] (C) SUMMARY: Estonia's post-Soviet political landscape has been characterized by youthful leadership. Beginning with the first post-independence Estonian government of Mart Laar in 1992 to the current Andrus Ansip government elected in 2007, young and influential decision makers have been a c [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EN
08TALLINN405	SNAPSHOT: GROWING UP RUSSIAN IN ESTONIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 11:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU EN
08TALLINN406	SNAPSHOT: GROWING UP RUSSIAN IN ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight years into the Government of Estonia's (GOE) integration policy, integration of the Russian-speaking community remains a challenge for the state, and for Estonian society at large. However, unlike their parents, ethnic Russian youth have lived their whole lives in an ind [...]	2008-11-28 11:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RU EN
08TALLINN431	ESTONIA: RESPONSE TO CIVIL-NUCLEAR WORKING [...] (SBU) Embassy Tallinn's responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. Questions are repeated below for ease of reading. POC for follow-up questions is Economic Officer Rob Hollister, Jr. at hollisterrm@state.gov, tel. +372 668 8107. -- Describe any plans for the development of nuclear [...]	2008-12-17 14:51:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG PREL PGOV EN
08TALLINN60	FRAUD SUMMARY - TALLINN: 1ST QUARTER 2008 [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Estonia's economy grew rapidly in 2007, approximately 7.3 percent, albeit at a slower pace than expected. Growth is predicted to fall to 4.3 percent in FY 2008. Acute labor shortages exist in the country both as a result of declining birth rates and outward migration of Esto [...]	2008-02-13 08:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS EN
08TALLINN71	OECD SEC-GEN GURRIA COMES TO ESTONIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During his first official visit to Estonia February 11-12, OECD Secretary General Angel Gurria urged the Government of Estonia (GOE) to address labor market inflexibility, but said the country will likely accede to the OECD by 2010. The GOE hopes that membership will bring acc [...]	2008-02-21 13:11:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD BEXP ELAB OECD EN
08TALLINN90	ESTONIA - VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (U) Summary: In 2007, the Government of Estonia (GOE) continued to improve the country's IPR regime through legislative changes and cooperation with rights holders. Major changes to IPR legislation were introduced in March, when the Law Amending the Penal Code and Copyright Act came into forc [...]	2008-03-04 13:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON EUR EN
08TALLINN96	CORRECTED COPY - ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DHS [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit and the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on the Visa Waiver Program (VWP) will be significant new milestones in our bilateral relationship with Estonia. Accession to VWP has been a long-standing priority for the Government of Estonia (G [...]	2008-03-06 15:08:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
08TASHKENT101	Part 1 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] With an estimated population of 27.3 million, Uzbekistan has the largest population in Central Asia. Rich natural resources such as gold, gas, and cotton offer potentially attractive opportunities for investors. Uzbekistan is the world's fourth largest cotton producer and second largest cotton [...]	2008-01-25 15:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT102	Part 2 of 2, 2008 Investment Climate Statement for [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 15:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UZ
08TASHKENT1024	UNICEF PLANS INFORMAL CHILD LABOR ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: On August 27 Charge and poloff met with UNICEF Representative in Uzbekistan Mahboob Shareef to discuss plans to assess the extent of child labor during the cotton harvest season as well as the agenda for the upcoming September 16-18 Executive Board Meeting in New York. Shareef re [...]	2008-09-03 05:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1034	ACTING CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DEMPSEY MEETS [...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Tashkent on August 28, Acting CENTCOM Commander General Martin Dempsey met separately with First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilkhom Nematov and Director of the National Drug Control Center Kamol Dusmetov. He also conducted mil-to-mil meetings with Ministe [...]	2008-09-05 03:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM EAID PINR AF PK GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT1048	UZBEK DEPUTY FM DENIES GAS DEAL SIGNED WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting with Ambassador, Uzbek Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov denied that Uzbekistan had "signed" an agreement with Russia for construction of a new gas pipeline during Russian PM Putin's Sept. 2 visit to Tashkent. Nematov said that talks were on-going with Russia on the [...]	2008-09-11 11:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ RS
08TASHKENT105	CDR USCENTCOM: LOOKING FOR MIL-MIL REENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Visiting USCENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon met January 24 jointly with the National Security Advisor, Defense Minister, Foreign Minister and Chairman of the Border Guards of the National Security Service. The meeting, which immediately preceded one with Uzbek Preside [...]	2008-01-28 13:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS UZ
08TASHKENT1052	UZBEKISTAN: WATER CRISIS DELAYED BUT NOT AVERTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Uzbekistan the drought of 2008 has not produced the dire consequences that were predicted. In a wide range of meetings with Uzbek officials, we were told that the shortage was predicted in time and that adequate conservation measures were taken. The cotton harvest is predi [...]	2008-09-12 07:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG KTIA PGOV SENV SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1086	GOVERNMENT ADOPTS NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON CHILD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Uzbek government recently adopted a National Action Plan on implementing two International Labor Organization (ILO) anti-child labor conventions. According to contacts and press reports, the Prime Minister also warned regional governors not to mobilize schoolchildren to pic [...]	2008-09-19 12:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1089	SCENE SETTER FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24 ARCENT COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan and thanks you and your command for the quick response to the consequences of the Kagan Ammunition Depot explosions of 10 July 2008. The delivery of equipment and the subsequent training were very timely for relations between the [...]	2008-09-22 11:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1127	UZBEKISTAN: PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUPPORTING [...] (C/NF) Summary: The imperative of establishing new supply routes to support Coalition forces in Afghanistan necessitates continued inter-agency deftness and consensus on our approach to Uzbekistan. We have important equities at stake here, particularly in advancing human rights, religious fre [...]	2008-09-30 10:27:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR UZ
08TASHKENT1140	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR 21-24 OCTOBER NGLOC [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent welcomes you to Uzbekistan for what will be a very important step toward realizing a new Northern Ground Line of Communication (NGLOC). This initiative's significance is increasingly important due to pending USG decisions concerning strengthening our military pre [...]	2008-10-07 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECON KTIA MARR MASS MOPS OVIP
08TASHKENT1149	UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST DETAINED AFTER PROVIDING TOUR [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with human rights activists monitoring the use of child labor during the annual cotton harvest in Syrdarya province. Despite the government's rec [...]	2008-10-08 05:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT115	SCENE SETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. CENTCOM,S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND. Embassy Tashkent welcomes the 24-25 January 2008 visit by the Commander of U.S. CENTCOM. This will be the first visit by a CENTCOM Commander to Uzbekistan in nearly three years since relations dissolved in the wake of the May 2005 Andijon events and the U.S. depa [...]	2008-01-29 08:37:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08TASHKENT1167	TASHKENT TIDBITS OCTOBER 14, 2008 [...] (U) This is the first edition a new weekly product from Embassy Tashkent intended to provide a space for a broader range of noteworthy developments from Uzbekistan that may not ordinarily be the subject of front channel reporting. Uzbek FM Extols Virtues of Economic Model ------------------- [...]	2008-10-14 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON UZ
08TASHKENT1192	UNODC REPORTS GREATER COOPERATION FROM CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: On September 19 poloff attended a donor coordination roundtable hosted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia. UNODC Senior Law Enforcement Advisor, Mark Colhoun, reported increased cooperation with law enforcement agencies in the f [...]	2008-10-17 05:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM TX IR TI UZ ASEC
08TASHKENT1197	UZBEKISTAN: NGOS RECEIVE PERMISSION FOR HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Two non-governmental organizations (NGOs) receiving Embassy Democracy Commission grants have been recently granted permission by authorities to conduct human rights trainings at schools and with law enforcement officials. Their success in engaging local officials on human rights [...]	2008-10-20 05:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KIRF KWMN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1222	UZBEKISTAN: KARAKALPAKSTAN'S COUNCIL OF MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: On October 2, Deputy Chairman Abdijaliev of Karakalpakstan's Council of Ministers discussed conditions in Karakalpakstan--Uzbekistan's only autonomous republic--with us in Nukus. The Deputy Chairman repeatedly asserted Karakalpakstan's "sovereignty," citing a series of its own in [...]	2008-10-22 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI SENV PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1227	KAZAKHSTANI NGOS DISCUSS LABOR MIGRATION, [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day trip to Uzbekistan and southern Kazakhstan on September 29 - October 3, G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Megan Hall met with Kazakhstani NGOs to discuss labor migration, human trafficking, and child labor issues. The president of an anti-trafficking NGO in Shymkent [...]	2008-10-24 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ELAB KWMN KCRM SOCI KZ UZ
08TASHKENT1259	UZBEKISTAN HOSTS CONFERENCE ON ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On October 15-16, Uzbekistan's Foundation for Regional Policy (FRP)--an "NGO" with close ties to the Presidential Apparat--hosted an international roundtable entitled "Elections to Representative Bodies and Issues of Increasing the Political Culture of the Electorate" in Tashkent. [...]	2008-10-31 05:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT1260	UZBEKISTAN: SERIOUS PROSPECTS FOR TRANSIT TO [...] (C) Summary: A delegation from U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) and U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) led by TRANSCOM Rear Admiral (RADM) Mark Harnitchek and CENTCOM Brigadier General (BG) Peter Lennon visited Uzbekistan October 21 - 24 to explore options for transit of supplies to Coalition [...]	2008-10-31 10:31:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT1277	UZBEKISTAN: MAJOR DEALS FOR GM AND BOEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last week saw the signing of two major deals between U.S. corporations and counterparts in Uzbekistan. On October 27 General Motors (GM) informed us privately that it had agreed with the Uzbek Government on building a new engine and transmission plant near Tashkent. Almost sim [...]	2008-11-05 09:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1287	UZBEKISTAN: DOD DELEGATION ENGAGES BUSINESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The delegation from the U.S. Transportation Command (TRANSCOM) and Central Command (CENTCOM) that visited Uzbekistan October 21-23 had numerous meetings with local and Western businesses to discuss possible purchase of goods and services in support of Coalition forces operating [...]	2008-11-07 10:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MARR PGOV AF UZ
08TASHKENT1291	PDAS CAMP'S MEETINGS WITH UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: SCA PDAS Donald Camp met with Uzbek Foreign Minister (FM) Norov and National Security Advisor (NSA) Atayev during an October 28-29 visit to Tashkent. Camp exchanged views on the situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan, pushing back on Uzbek statements that the solution to the probl [...]	2008-11-10 10:03:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1306	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN REFUGEES STILL ENDURE [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) office in Tashkent reports that Afghan refugees with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) mandate status in Uzbekistan continue to face harassment and occasional deportation at the hands of authorities. According to U [...]	2008-11-13 11:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI UNDP UNHCR AF TI UZ
08TASHKENT1307	UZBEKISTAN: THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) sets overall policy and coordinates the financing of regional programs in the Aral Sea Basin. Tashkent IFAS office head Usman Buranov insists the question of regional water management now is exclusively political and is in [...]	2008-11-14 00:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV EAID SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT1315	2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR [...] SUMMARY UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan. Well-established trade routes facilitate the transit of these narcotics to Russia and Europe. There is a growing market for a variety of intravenously administered narcotics and consequently a [...]	2008-11-17 10:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT1323	UZBEKISTAN: A STEP AWAY FROM COTTON? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 20 the President of Uzbekistan signed a decree reducing cotton planting areas in favor of food crops. The decree is a response to the challenges created by this year's water shortage and the growth of food prices on world markets. Beginning in 2009 raw cotton prod [...]	2008-11-18 10:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV SOCI EAID PINR UZ
08TASHKENT1325	UZBEKISTAN: FORMER OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Furkat Sidikov (a former official who remains affiliated with the Government of Uzbekistan) discussed a range of political and security issues with Poloff and expressed interest in developing bilateral cooperation. Sidikov asserted that Uzbekistan is curious about [...]	2008-11-18 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PINS PTER PHUM SOCI AF UZ
08TASHKENT1341	FATF Member Embassies Not United on Uzbekistan [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Azimov and Foreign Minister Norov on November 19 on the margins of meetings with TRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb. Azimov was already aware of the upcoming FATF team's visit and mentioned DAS Glaser by name. He nodded [...]	2008-11-21 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL KCRM UZ

08TASHKENT1356	UZBEKISTAN: AMBASSADOR VISITS LAND OF THE "HUNGRY STEPPE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY.Ambassador Norlandmade a day trip to the Syrdaryo Region on November 14. The next province west of Tashkent, Syrdaryo is one of Uzbekistan's poorerregions. Known as the "Hungry Steppe" because of the absence of natural watersources, this predominantly agriculturalprovince is strug [...]	2008-11-25 05:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI EAGR EAID UZ
08TASHKENT174	SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Norland and Emboffs met with the Executive Committee of the Regional Antiterrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) on January 31. Executive Committee officials provided a rundown on the structure, responsibilities, and key officials of th [...]	2008-02-08 07:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER SNAR PGOV PBTS PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT218	FORMER SOVIET WEAPONS SCIENTISTS CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on February 13 with a team from the Los Alamos National Laboratory involved in a project to provide gainful commercial employment for former weapons scientists. The USD one million project is going well at the halfway point, and Uzbek scientists are making cob [...]	2008-02-19 05:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP EMIN ECON EIND ETTC
08TASHKENT234	UNICEF LAYS OUT IDEAS FOR UZBEKISTAN TO ADDRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: The new head of UNICEF in Uzbekistan told the Ambassador that the Uzbek Government is concerned about international accusations regarding child labor in the cotton industry and has asked UNICEF and the International Labor Organization (ILO) for advice in addressing the problem. [...]	2008-02-21 10:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON ELAB SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT239	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW RECOMMENDATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Uzbekistan has taken modest enforcement measures on intellectual property rights, including targeting the largest purveyor of pirated music in the country (ref B). This builds on the July 2006 adoption of a "Law on Copyright and Related Rights," which the USG determined adhered [...]	2008-02-22 01:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR UZ
08TASHKENT254	DEPUTY INTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER OF UZBEKISTAN ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 26 the Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Alisher Sharafutdinov to discuss recent progress and next steps on human rights, legal reform, and ICRC prison visits. The Uzbek side invited journalists to the meeting and interviewed the Ambassador on c [...]	2008-02-27 13:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM ICRC EAID UZ
08TASHKENT266	ICRC PRESIDENT TO VISIT UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation in Central Asia Yves Giovannoni and Deputy Head Raffaello Muller requested a meeting with the Ambassador on February 28 to discuss ICRC's new agreement with the Government of Uzbekistan to resume prison v [...]	2008-02-28 11:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ASEC MCAP SOCI ZK AF KG
08TASHKENT290	JIZZAKH PROVINCE -- THE "FARGO" OF UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day trip to Jizzakh province on February 29, the Ambassador met with the acting provincial Hokim (governor) Musa Anarbaev, toured a battery production plant operated by an U.S.-Uzbek joint venture, had lunch with alumni of US government exchange programs, and visited [...]	2008-03-06 06:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PBTS PHUM SCUL SOCI TI UZ
08TASHKENT295	UZBEKISTAN GSP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Over the past five weeks, post has demarched Uzbek officials from relevant ministries on the concerns raised ref C. We have informed Uzbek officials in the Ministries of Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Affairs, as well as in the Republican Copyright Agency, of the impending June [...]	2008-03-07 09:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD KIPR PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT297	C-DI8-00223: NO TENSION EXPECTED IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (S) There will not likely be any reaction in Uzbekistan to the upcoming release of an anti-Islamic film by Dutch Parliamentarian Geert Wilders (reftel). The Government of Uzbekistan is perpetually concerned about the potential threat of Islamic extremism as a destabilizing force in the countr [...]	2008-03-07 09:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR UZ
08TASHKENT300	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER IN UZBEKISTAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) Summary: In between sessions of an international human rights conference in Tashkent devoted to Uzbekistan's abolishment of the death penalty and adoption of what is referred to as the "habeas corpus" law, the Ambassador met with the Swiss Ambassador and a local human rights lawyer, who d [...]	2008-03-10 12:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT303	CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS LETS WESTERN EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The USAID-funded Open Dialogue Project, under the auspices of the Institute for New Democracies (IND) and the University of Eastern Kentucky, in conjunction with the state-supported Foundation for Regional Policy, sponsored an international conference in Tashkent on March 5-6 fo [...]	2008-03-11 14:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM EAID PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT305	GOOD ATMOSPHERICS AS UZBEK AND TURKMEN LEADERS [...] (SBU) A raft of documents was signed by the Uzbek and Turkmen leaders, as usual during visits involving former Soviet states, and the details of possible arrangements on gas deals and pipelines will no doubt emerge in due course. But one thing was visibly clear from the March 10-11 state vis [...]	2008-03-12 12:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR TX UZ
08TASHKENT307	UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT MAY [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, the Ambassador was summoned to a meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in response to the release of the 2007 U.S. State Department Human Rights Report on March 11. Norov was swift to condemn the report, which he characterized [...]	2008-03-12 13:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT313	FORMER MUFTI: RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST THREAT WEAKENING [...] (C) Summary: Muhammad Sodiq Muhammad Yusuf, the former Mufti of Uzbekistan and Central Asia, received pol-econ chief and poloff at his Tashkent home on March 4. Muhammad Sodiq shared his view with Emboffs that religious extremism in Uzbekistan has become less of a threat now than before, whic [...]	2008-03-13 11:54:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIPR KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT365	UZBEK LOWER HOUSE ADOPTS INTERNATIONAL LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, a state-controlled website reported that the lower house of Uzbekistan's Parliament adopted International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 (Minimum Age for Employment) and ILO Convention 182 (Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labor). In separate conversation [...]	2008-03-26 13:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT366	UNODC REQUESTS EXPERT PARTICIPATION IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),which is sponsoring an anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) conference in Tashkent on May 14-15 in conjunction with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eur [...]	2008-03-26 13:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM KCOR UZ
08TASHKENT403	SANJAR UMAROV'S SON REPORTS FATHER IN NEAR [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, poloff met with Arslan Umarov, the son of Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov, who was imprisoned in March 2006 on politically-motivated charges of tax evasion and illegal commodities trading. Arslan reported visiting his father in prison with his aunt on March 26 [...]	2008-04-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT432	UZBEKISTAN: RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AND MFA [...] (C) Summary: During a five-day visit to Uzbekistan on March 27 - April 1 (septels),Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Pamela Spratlen SIPDIS visited the Tashkent main Madrassah and the Jewish community in Bukhara. She also met with Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-04-14 14:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL TI UZ
08TASHKENT441	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (A/DAS) Pamela Spratlen, Ambassador Norland and Emboffs participated in a series of meetings with high-ranking Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials March 28-31 in Tashkent and Bukhara. GOU authorities agreed to all requested meetings [...]	2008-04-16 05:02:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SOCI ECON UZ
08TASHKENT445	UZBEKISTAN: SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS OFFER THE [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM, met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for nearly two hours. Norov covered a wide range of topics from human rights to security and economic issues. He welcomed an invitation for his D [...]	2008-04-16 05:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM ECON EINV SOCI SNAR AF UZ
08TASHKENT446	UZBEKISTAN: NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: On March 31, A/DAS, Ambassador, and DCM met with Secretary of the National Security Council (NSC) Murat Ataev. Like FM Norov (septel) and Parliamentarian Tashmukhamedova (septel),Ataev greeted the U.S. side warmly and announced that the GOU's Ministries and the NSC are ready fo [...]	2008-04-16 07:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ELTN KISL PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08TASHKENT463	DISSIDENT POET JUMAEV SENTENCED TO INTERNAL EXILE [...] (C) On April 15 Reuters reported that dissident poet Yusuf Jumaev was found guilty in a Bukhara court of discrediting the authorities, resisting arrest, and harming a police officer. The charges stem from a December incident in which Jumaev, who was protesting his son's arrest, allegedly drove [...]	2008-04-18 12:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT464	DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...]	2008-04-18 12:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ
08TASHKENT465	DENMARK DELIBERATING A CARROT VERSUS STICK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Danish First Secretary Ulrik Birk-Petersen met with the Ambassador and poloffs on April 16 to discuss the human rights situation in Uzbekistan. The Moscow-based Birk-Petersen was in town to gather current information ahead of the EU's April 28 sanctions debate. He opin [...]	2008-04-18 13:39:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI DA UZ
08TASHKENT485	CARICC READY TO MOVE FORWARD AS PILOT PHASE NEARS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23 the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Central Asia hosted a briefing by Barsultan Sarsekov, Director of the Central Asian Regional Information Coordination Center for Combating Ilicit Trafficking of Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Sub [...]	2008-04-24 12:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT487	UZBEKISTAN STAYING CLEAR OF ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 12:56:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT517	AMCIT RABBI AND JEWISH-AMERICAN NGO FACE [...] (C) Summary: In the past month, the Ministry of Justice has refused to renew the accreditation of an AmCit Rabbi, who heads the World Wide Lubavitch Movement in Uzbekistan, and threatened the registration of the Joint Distribution Committee, a Jewish-American humanitarian organization. In ad [...]	2008-05-02 12:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON EAID KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT531	STRANGE AND CONTRADICTORY EVENTS: PAVING THE WAY [...] (S) Summary: Cutting oddly across the grain of recent rapprochement with the U.S. and the West, the government of Uzbekistan has taken a number of controlling measures which could simply reflect disregard for our sensibilities on reform or, more likely, portend deeper disarray and looming p [...]	2008-05-07 11:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
08TASHKENT546	UZBEKISTAN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: Uzbekistan hosted a significant international conference focusing on regional security, particularly the situation in Afghanistan, on April 29-30. The event illustrates Uzbekistan's continuing concerns about the security situation in Afghanistan as well as growing regional interes [...]	2008-05-13 11:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC EAID ECIN KNNP KTIA MASS PBTS PGOV
08TASHKENT552	HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN: THE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Ambassador's introduction: The U.S. faces a decision in June on possible sanctions against Uzbekistan given ongoing concerns about the government's poor performance on human rights. Reftel cites upcoming leadership transition issues as a key factor in this decision, arguing that now is [...]	2008-05-14 13:36:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT577	TASHKENTERS QUIETLY SEETHING OVER FATE OF ORPHANS [...] (SBU) Summary: A statue commemmorating the adoption of orphans from the Western front during World War II was removed from a prominent Tashkent square in the dead of night on April 12. The move rankled ethnic Russians, who viewed the move as an assault on the city's history. Even ethnic Uzb [...]	2008-05-21 08:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PINR RS UZ
08TASHKENT580	INTERNATIONAL ANTI-TIP WORKSHOP IN TASHKENT SETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) co-sponsored a major international anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) workshop on May 14-15 in Tashkent. Visiting American participants included a Congression [...]	2008-05-21 09:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT581	BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NSC FIRST DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Post has obtained the following biographic information on Mir-Akbar Hoji-Akbarovich Rakhmankulov, First Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council and Director of the Institute of Strategic and Regional Studies under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan. 2. (SBU) Mir-Akb [...]	2008-05-21 10:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT594	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S MAY-JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Your trip to Tashkent offers a chance to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbek cooperation, particularly on counter-narcotics and border security, and to offer the Uzbeks candid advice on the necessity of translating recent positive messages on human rights into actual improv [...]	2008-05-23 14:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC KCRM MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR UZ
08TASHKENT608	UZBEKISTAN: GRANT SUBMISSIONS FOR FY 2008 TAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Post solicited and received two submissions for the FY 2008 Taft Fund for Refugees (formerly the Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees) announced in reftels, one from the International Professional Education Development Assistance Center (PROFED) proposing to assist Afghan and Tajik re [...]	2008-05-30 12:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT610	AMBASSADOR'S MAY 28 MEETING WITH UZBEK [...] (C) Summary: Inoyatov told the Ambassador on May 28 that Mutabar Tojiboyeva might be released on medical grounds, that Sanjar Umarov would not be released anytime soon, that Human Rights Watch's office in Uzbekistan would remain open but its current representative would not receive accredit [...]	2008-05-30 13:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CASC UZ
08TASHKENT623	BOUCHER AND SENIOR UZBEKS REVIEW OBSTACLES AND [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher visited Uzbekistan May 30-June 3, stopping in Samarkand and Tashkent. In separate meetings June 2 with Uzbek Foreign Minister Norov and National Security Council Secretary Ataev, Assistant Secretary Boucher di [...]	2008-06-05 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL ASEC ELTN PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON
08TASHKENT624	KARIMOV TO BOUCHER: PROGRESS POSSIBLE, BUT NOT [...] (S) Summary. Meeting at the Presidential Palace in Tashkent on June 2, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Uzbekistan President Islom Karimov agreed that the U.S. and Uzbekistan share important interests on Afghanistan, on political, economic [...]	2008-06-05 10:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT632	UZBEKISTAN: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD [...] Summary: Per reftel request, post is providing the following information on the use of child labor and forced labor in the production of specific goods in Uzbekistan. Numerous credible sources report the widespread use of child labor in Uzbekistan during the annual cotton harvest, a practice [...]	2008-06-06 11:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT634	UZBEKISTAN'S OLDEST "POLITICAL PRISONER" RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, authorities released from prison 83-year old Akhmadjan Adilov, a highly controversial figure whom some human rights activists considered to be Uzbekistan's oldest political prisoner. Adilov, who operated Uzbekistan's largest agro-industrial complex in Namangan provin [...]	2008-06-06 12:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT677	UZBEK GOVERNMENT TO RE-REGISTER JEWISH-AMERICAN NGO [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, regional coordinators of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC),a Jewish-American humanitarian organization, reported being told by a Ministry of Justice official that their organization will soon be re-registered, pending the resolution of a minor legal issue. The r [...]	2008-06-16 07:05:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT704	UZBEKISTAN ICRC STAFFER ON PRISON VISITS [...] (S) Summary. As she prepares to depart Uzbekistan after several months working on ICRC prison visits, an ICRC Delegate (strictly protect) shared observations with the Ambassador regarding pressures which lead law enforcement officials to engage in torture and judicial officials to tolerate [...]	2008-06-20 08:52:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM UZ
08TASHKENT708	UZBEKS TO RESPOND TO AMBASSADOR HANFORD'S LETTER [...] (C) Summary: During a May 28-31 visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met with government officials to discuss Uzbekistan's Country of Particular Concern (CPC) designation under the International Religious Freedom Act and the contents of a dr [...]	2008-06-23 05:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT748	TRANSPORTATION AID PROVIDES CRITICAL LIFELINE TO [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian supplies delivered through transportation programs funded by the Office of the Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia (EUR/ACE) continue to fulfill critical needs of NGOs and other institutions in Uzbekistan that serve many of the country's most vulnera [...]	2008-06-27 12:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT764	STRATEGIC TERMEZ RIVER PORT PLAYS QUIET ROLE IN [...] (C) Summary: On June 27 the Ambassador and emboffs made a rare visit to the Termez City River Port on the southern border with Afghanistan. Barges at the Soviet-era facility transfer goods from road and rail links to the upstream Afghan town of Hayraton, returning with agricultural produce. [...]	2008-07-01 12:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON MCAP KCRM AF UZ
08TASHKENT767	UZBEKISTAN: HEALTH CONDITION OF RELEASED HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited human rights activist Mutabar Tojiboyeva at a private clinic in Margilan, where she has been receiving treatment since being released from prison on medical grounds on June 2. Tojiboyeva explained that [...]	2008-07-02 06:46:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KWMN PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT771	UZBEKISTAN: SPECTER OF CORRUPTION STIFLES [...] (C) Summary: On July 1 poloff met with an affluent, well-connected young acquaintance from Bukhara whose extended family has successfully established a syringe-making factory. The family is also planning to diversify and start another factory to manufacture diapers. The young man wants to st [...]	2008-07-03 08:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR ECON BTIO EPET SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT777	FERGHANA VALLEY ACTIVISTS AND IMAMS REPORT LESS [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff met with several human rights activists and religious leaders who reported that religious extremist organizations like Hizb ut-Tahrir have become less active (or at least less visible) in recent years. While [...]	2008-07-03 11:22:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT792	UZBEKISTAN: AUTHORITIES MOVING TO DEPORT [...] (C) Summary: During a three-day visit to the Ferghana Valley on June 25 - 27, poloff visited Birlik opposition political party Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport, at his family's estate in Andijon province. Akhunov [...]	2008-07-09 12:59:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT793	UZBEK AUTHORITIES DEVELOP PLAN TO IMPLEMENT CHILD [...] (C) On July 8, International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Svetlana Rakhimova (protect) provided poloff with a copy of the government's draft national action plan on implementing ILO child labor Conventions 182 (Worst Forms of Child Labor) and 138 (Minimum Age of Employment),which th [...]	2008-07-09 13:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT794	UZBEKISTAN: LARGE EXPLOSIONS REPORTED IN TOWN NEAR [...] (SBU) Several Embassy contacts reported a series of explosions occurring in or near the town of Kagan, about 15 kilometers away from Bukhara, during the early morning of July 10. Preliminary reports are sketchy, but it appears that some type of accident occurred at an army depot used to store [...]	2008-07-10 05:18:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT797	ACTIVIST REPORTS MISTREATMENT AT NAVOI PSYCHIATRIC [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary: On July 2, Bukhara-based human rights activist Shukhrat Ganiev reported visiting a psychiatric hospital in Navoi province and discovering that 12 teenagers, approximately between the ages of 13 and 16 years, were at the hospi [...]	2008-07-10 08:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB OEXC PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT80	AMBASSADOR RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHILLY BUKHARA [...] (C) Summary: Despite frigid temperatures outside, the Ambassador was warmly received by the hokim (governor) of Bukhara province during a trip to the province on January 10 and 11. The Ambassador also visited the Naqshbandi Sufi Shrine and met with Bukharan Jewish community leaders at a local [...]	2008-01-22 12:58:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT802	UZBEKISTAN: UPDATE ON EXPLOSIONS NEAR BUKHARA [...] (SBU) Summary: As the day progresses, more reports have come in from Embassy contacts and local and international news sources regarding the series of explosions which occurred during the morning of July 10 in the town of Kagan, approximately 15 kilometers from Bukhara (reftel). All reports i [...]	2008-07-10 13:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC PINR PREL PTER UZ
08TASHKENT81	DEEP FREEZE (LITERALLY) PERSISTS IN UZBEKISTAN [...] (SBU) Unusually cold, sub-zero temperatures persist throughout Central Asia (reftel) and, while most people in Tashkent report barely adequate heat in their homes, there are press reports indicating that up to 300 people protested insufficient heating gas in Ferghana (uznews.net). This follow [...]	2008-01-22 13:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG UZ
08TASHKENT818	OSCE NOTES ON KARIMOV MEETING OFFER INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary: On July 3 Bernard Rouault, Senior Project Officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Project Coordination Office in Tashkent, provided poloff with notes from the June 4 meeting between Alexander Stubb, visiting Chairman in Office of the OSCE and Fin [...]	2008-07-14 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE PHUM PINR AF KZ UZ
08TASHKENT835	UZBEKISTAN: SIX MONTH SCORECARD ON HABEAS CORPUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The USAID-funded Institute for New Democracies (IND) co-sponsored a workshop in Tashkent on July 9-10 to examine efforts to implement a law with habeas corpus elements that took effect in January 2008. There was high-level participation by the Government of Uzbekistan, includi [...]	2008-07-16 11:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM EAID UZ
08TASHKENT860	UZBEKISTAN EAGER FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE TO SECURE [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action requested is in paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: On July 22 the Ambassador met with President Islam Karimov, who expressed appreciation for and accepted the offer of U.S. assistance in securing unexploded ordnance following the explosion of a munitions depo [...]	2008-07-23 12:42:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MARR EAID PINS UZ
08TASHKENT866	AMBASSADOR HANFORD MEETS WITH ICRC REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan, Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom John Hanford met on May 30 with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Deputy Director Raffaello Muller, who reported on prison conditions for individuals convicted of religious [...]	2008-07-25 07:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT878	BUKHARA ACTIVIST: BETTER-TRAINED IMAMS FENDING OFF [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Bukhara on July 15 - 16, poloff discussed the current state of the region's Muslim community with a prominent local human rights activist and imams at Sunni and Shiite mosques. The activist, Shukhrat Ganiev, observed that that Muslim religiosity, especia [...]	2008-07-29 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EG SA RS UZ
08TASHKENT879	DAS KROL MEETS UZBEK FOREIGN MINISTER NOROV IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov in Tashkent. The atmosphere was warm and cordial, and Norov framed his remarks in the context of President Karimov's positive July 22 meeting with the A [...]	2008-07-30 03:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR PINR KTER ENRG UZ
08TASHKENT890	UZBEKISTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan on July 24 - 25, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol participated in an Embassy roundtable with human rights activists and the Director of the Bible Society of Uzbekistan, and had separate meetings with two human r [...]	2008-08-01 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT891	DAS KROL'S MEETING WITH UZBEK NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 25 visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia George Krol met with National Security Council (NSC) Secretary Murod Ataev in Tashkent. Ataev spoke at length about the recent munitions depot explosion in Kagan, thanking the U.S. government for [...]	2008-08-01 05:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM KCOR MARR PINR UZ
08TASHKENT899	SOUTH KOREA PLAYS ALONG WITH UZBEK DREAMS OF AIR [...] (C) Summary: Surprised by the front page coverage of the Ambassador's July 22 meeting with President Karimov, the South Korean Embassy sent Second Secretary See-Hong Pak to call on poloff on July 29 for a readout of evolving U.S.-Uzbek relations. Pak noted that it appears Russia's influence [...]	2008-08-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ETRD KS UZ
08TASHKENT917	UZBEK DEFENSE MINISTER LEADS TOUR OF KAGAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 5 emboffs, visiting U.S. Army experts, and representatives of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs met with Uzbek Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev in Bukhara Province to tour the disaster site and discuss details of a U.S. military assistance package. Mirzayev ex [...]	2008-08-07 12:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EAID PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT922	UZBEKISTAN FORENSIC LAB EXPERTS VISIT USA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),with the support of the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP),arranged for the participation of Uzbek forensic experts in the 18th International Association of Fo [...]	2008-08-11 04:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR ASEC PREL KCOR KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT949	EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS CHILD LABOR ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary: On August 11, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy on child labor in Uzbekistan in conjunction with representatives from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The roundtable was also attended by the Charge, the [...]	2008-08-15 09:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT965	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Recent months have shown increasing dialogue and net improvements in the relationship, particularly in the defense and security sect [...]	2008-08-20 12:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KNNP MARR MASS PBTS PGOV PINS SNAR
08TASHKENT984	UZBEKISTAN: INTERIM DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GSP [...] (SBU) On August 22 Econoff delivered the interim Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) demarche per reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev, who promised to pass the information to the appropriate officials. On child labor, Fayzullaev repeated the Uzbek co [...]	2008-08-26 06:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV KIPR UZ
08TBILISI1019	GEORGIA CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTS OF GAZPROM [...] (C) Georgia's Minister of Energy, Aleksandr Khetaguri, met with Embassy Econoff and the Director of USAID's Office of Energy and Environment on June 10. Khetaguri said that he is deeply concerned by reports published the week of June 2 that Gazprom is interested in purchasing Azeri gas. Kheta [...]	2008-06-13 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG
08TBILISI1021	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, RULING PARTY NEGOTIATE; JOINT [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Giorgi Targamadze's Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) reached tentative agreement with Parliamentary Speaker Davit Bakradze and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) on many of the terms whereby the CDM would enter Parliament. These terms include changes to the [...]	2008-06-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1121	GEORGIAN TALKS WITH ABKHAZ IN SWEDEN:THE FAST [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Temuri Yakobishvili, Georgian State Minister for Reintegration, told the Ambassador that last week,s talks in Sweden between de facto Abkhaz representatives yielded no progress in resolving the conflict. The talks confirmed Georgian thinking that the highest pr [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI117	GEORGIA IMPROVES ITS RATING IN HERITAGE FOUNDATION'S [...] Summary: Georgia has improved its standing in the Heritage Foundation's annual Index of Economic Freedom. In 2008 it has moved up from 35th to 32nd out of 163 countries surveyed throughout the world. According to the conservative think tank's report, which measures countries' performance on [...]	2008-01-24 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI122	FIVE EASY PRESENTATIONS - AMERICAN FILM DIRECTOR BOB [...] SUMMARY: Bob Rafelson was an ECA Cultural Envoy par excellence, representing the United States at the 8th Tbilisi International Film Festival from December 3-10, 2007. Mr. Rafelson is one of American cinema's leading figures, having distinguished himself over the past three decades as a directo [...]	2008-01-25 12:09:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO GG
08TBILISI1343	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA--SITREP 3: RUSSIAN BOMBS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: Multiple bases, airports, and Georgia's port of Poti were all bombed overnight by Russian aircraft, with bombing continuing in the daylight hours of August 9, with bombs hitting civilian targets in the Georgian city of Gori. Reports of casualties continue to come [...]	2008-08-09 07:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1372	GEORGIA: SITREP 9: RUSSIAN TROOPS REMAIN IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG RS PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI1404	THE CASE FOR INTENTIONAL TARGETING OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: After visiting the site of the August 9 and August 12 Russian bombings of the Western Route (Baku-Supsa) pipeline, the Embassy believes a reasonable case can be made that the bombings were intentional. Three lines of craters cross the pipeline, and one missile, reportedly an SS-26 [...]	2008-08-20 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL MOPS GG RU
08TBILISI141	IRAKLI BATIASHVILI-BACK IN POLITICS? [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with Poloffs, Irakli Batiashvili, recently amnestied from Georgian prison on January 11, said that he sees his role as a coordinating force for the opposition prior to the Parliamentary elections, although he has not decided where in the spectrum of the opposition [...]	2008-01-30 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1522	CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN GEORGIA MERIT SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In advance of S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's September 8-11 visit to Georgia, the Embassy has compiled a preliminary list of the many reports we have received of "ethnic cleansing" and accusations of "war crimes" that have taken place in the conflict zones and areas [...]	2008-09-05 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI1834	ARMENIANS IN SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI EXPRESS SOLIDARITY [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: During the Ambassador's September 10-11 trip to the Samtskhe-Javakheti region, the president's representative to the region and local officials in Akhalkalaki expressed their solidarity with the federal government against Russian aggression. They said there we [...]	2008-10-03 05:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI188	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most politically significant period in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the OSCE and the Council of Europe to be the most competitive in [...]	2008-02-05 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON OVIP GG
08TBILISI190	GEORGIA'S ECONOMY HOLDS ITS BREATH AS 2008 BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia's GDP grew an estimated 12 percent in 2007, while inflation was reported at 11 percent for the year. Growth was based on increasing inflows of foreign investment and robust government spending. Because political turmoil has caused foreign investors to hesitate, although [...]	2008-02-06 04:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV GG
08TBILISI199	GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2008 [...] Per reftel, Embassy Tbilisi submits its Investment Climate Statement for Georgia for 2008. Introduction The dramatic change of government swept in by the 2003 peaceful "Rose Revolution" marked the start of serious political and economic reform in Georgia. Before 2003, Georgia's economic [...]	2008-02-07 05:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR GG
08TBILISI2022	GEORGIA: BUSINESS EXECUTIVES FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Sumary: Business Executives for National Security (BENS),a nonpartisan organization of senior private-sector representatives, visited Tbilisi October 19-21, accompanied by the Deputy European Commander (EUCOM) Vice Admiral Gallagher and EUCOM POLAD Ambassador Katherine Canavan. The v [...]	2008-10-31 09:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI207	SCENESETTER FOR GEO MINDEF DAVIT KEZERASHVILI [...] (C//NF) Summary: Continued U.S. support for Georgia's NATO aspirations and mil-mil cooperation will likely dominate your meeting with Minister of Defense Kezerashvili. The development and reform of the Georgian Armed Forces into a NATO interoperable force is part of the foundation for a Geo [...]	2008-02-08 04:40:00	Embassy Tbilisi	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL RU GG
08TBILISI2071	GEORGIA: LAW ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary and comment. The "Law of Georgia on the Occupied Territories" was formally published with President Saakashvili's signature October 30. Georgian parliamentarians and staff described the law as a response to Russian aggression and an effort to prevent degradation of Georgian terri [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2111	GEORGIA: ARRIVAL OF OSSETIAN FORCES WORSENS [...] (C) Summary and comment. Ossetian forces now control the primary checkpoint south of the village of Perevi, Russian forces have established a new checkpoint north of the village, and as many as 200 villagers may have fled. International organizations have been unable to gain access to the vil [...]	2008-11-13 05:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS GG
08TBILISI2225	GEORGIA: SAAKASHVILI TAKES HIS CASE PUBLIC, MAKES [...] (U) Begin Summary: In an unprecedented development in modern Georgian history, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili voluntarily testified on November 28 in front of Parliament's "Ad Hoc Commission Investigating the August events and Russia's invasion." The country watched on live TV as t [...]	2008-12-01 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2229	GEORGIA: HALO TRUST CONTINUES TO CLEAR THE LAND [...] (C) Summary. The HALO Trust, a British Demining/Explosive Remnants of War (ERW) clearance NGO conducted an emergency ERW survey of Georgia, and is engaged in Battle Area Clearance (BAC) training, clearance operations, and mine/Unexploded Ordinance (UXO) risk education projects in Abkhazia and [...]	2008-12-02 12:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2268	GEORGIA: CABINET RESHUFFLE TRIGGERED BY ALASANIA [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Mgaloblishvili announced a cabinet reshuffle on December 6 almost immediately following the news that Irakli Alasania, Georgia's former Ambassador to the UN, had resigned. Grigol Vashadze, current Minister of Culture and former Deputy Foreign Minister, was named t [...]	2008-12-08 12:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2269	GEORGIA: IMPOSSIBLE TO GOVERN WITHOUT GOD AND BIBLE [...] (C) Summary: The Georgian Orthodox Church is a inherent part of Georgian society and for many, defines what it is to be Georgian. For those who are not ethnic Georgian, this close association threatens disenfranchisement. Most Georgians, even if not fervent parishioners, would not openly [...]	2008-12-08 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU GG
08TBILISI2303	GEORGIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SENATOR JOHN [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit to Georgia comes in the aftermath of the August conflict, which resulted in Russia's occupation of and recognition of the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Tension along the de facto boundaries remains high, and no international monitors have had access [...]	2008-12-09 14:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2336	A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - - A YEAR OF REGIONAL MOCK JURY [...] Summary: In preparation for the new, Western style Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) built upon their 2007 "train the trainers" program and conduct [...]	2008-12-12 10:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI2498	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) New Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze's first visit to the United States will be an auspicious one, featuring the signing of the US-Georgian Charter on Strategic Partnership. The Georgian government is enthusiastic about the content and timing of the Charter, viewing it as a majo [...]	2008-12-31 10:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI503	THE TROUBLE WITH GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Recent protests and a hunger strike (ref A) by opposition MPs demonstrate the continuing radicalization of Georgia's opposition. The opposition's confrontational style and inability to negotiate effectively with the government beg the more important question: Why is Georgia's op [...]	2008-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI528	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, after 16 days, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) party ended their hunger strike. They said they could not ignore a second appeal to stop by the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, after he visited them at Parl [...]	2008-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI589	INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY--RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the National Minorities Council of the Public Defender's Office hosted a roundtable in honor of International Roma Day. Representatives from government ministries and NGOs discussed information contained in the 2008 European Center for Minority Issue (ECMI) report which [...]	2008-04-10 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI682	SOFT POWER RULES: A CASE STUDY FROM TBILISI IN COUNTERING [...] SUMMARY: Polls on U.S. policies, society, and values show support in the high 90%s in Georgia. But after Opposition politicians opportunistically introduced anti-American elements into public discourse this past winter, AmEmbassy Tbilisi re-calibrated its public diplomacy approach, including [...]	2008-04-22 12:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI69	WILL A WEAKER SAAKASHVILI GIVES RISE TO A STRONGER [...] (C) By narrowly crossing the fifty-percent threshold to gain a first-round victory January 5, Mikheil Saakashvili won another five-year term as Georgia's president. Nevertheless, the close result suggests that Georgian politics will be decidedly different in this term than in the first, when t [...]	2008-01-17 09:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM GG

08TBILISI741	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES [...] Summary: Food price inflation was 14 percent in 2007 in Georgia. Higher food prices make meeting calorie intake needs more difficult for many Georgians, especially those living in poverty. The government does not subsidize agriculture, other than to provide some equipment that can be rented [...]	2008-05-02 14:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV GG
08TBILISI77	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes during the most significant period of political uncertainty in Georgia since the 2003 Rose Revolution brought Mikheil Saakashvili to power. The January 5 presidential election was judged by the U.S. Embassy, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Eu [...]	2008-01-17 15:34:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON GG
08TBILISI831	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH JOINT OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On May 9, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Ambassador Tefft, and EU Special Representative Peter Semneby met three leaders of the Joint Opposition, MP David Gamkrelidze, Salome Zourabichvili, and MP Levan Gachechiladze. Gamkrelidze focused on current problems with the election process and [...]	2008-05-20 16:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI832	COMPETITIVE PARLIAMENTARY RACES SHAPE UP IN ADJARA [...] (SBU) Summary: The autonomous region of Adjara will elect five majoritarian members of parliament on May 21, in addition to party list candidates that will be chosen according to the nationwide vote. Although the United National Movement (UNM) is strong in Adjara and is likely to win all but [...]	2008-05-20 17:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI835	DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH THE ABKHAZ [...] (C) Summary. In a May 10 meeting in Abkhazia with DAS Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Tefft, Abkhaz de facto president Sergei Bagapsh left open the possibility for meeting with Georgian officials despite stating officially that the Abkhaz would not resume talks until Georgia removes its troops fr [...]	2008-05-21 13:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI867	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER VISIT MAY 28-30, 2008 [...] (SBU) Your visit to Tbilisi comes just on the heels of the May 21 Parliamentary elections, with Saakashvili's United National Movement easily obtaining a strong majority in the new Parliament. These elections are the culmination of domestic tensions which peaked last fall between the dominant [...]	2008-05-23 14:02:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP GG
08TBILISI900	EPISODE III - - THE DEFENSE BAR STRIKES BACK [...] Summary: In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) conducted a series of in-court trial advocacy skills workshops using what will soon be Georgia's new Criminal Procedure Code ( [...]	2008-05-30 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG
08TBILISI968	GEORGIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final vote count from Georgia's May 21 parliamentary elections. The ruling United National Movement (UNM) won 119 seats in the 150-seat Parliament with 59.18 percent of the vote. A joint U.S.-UK election monitoring [...]	2008-06-10 14:06:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1136	HONDURAN CARDINAL RODRIGUEZ CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary. Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez, the most respected person in Honduras, reviewed the current political situation with the Ambassador during a December 11 courtesy call. Rodriguez said that he was completely surprised with the results of the primaries and the transparent way the p [...]	2008-12-17 16:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KDEM EFIN SOCI HO
08TELAVIV1696	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV1806	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Georgia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted UNIFIL Force Commander Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano as saying that Israel violated UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in at least three areas: overflights of Lebanon; [...]	2008-08-15 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2072	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 09:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2148	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AVIGDOR LIEBERMAN: [...] (C) Summary. During a September 15 meeting at the Knesset, Yisrael Beiteinu (YB) Party leader Avigdor Lieberman described to the Ambassador his views on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other regional issues, his concern over deteriorating U.S.-Russian relations, and his robust political [...]	2008-09-19 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IR SY RU IS
08TELAVIV2400	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Politics 2. U.S. Operation against Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that yesterday PM-designate Tzipi Livni told President Shimon Peres that she has exhausted all options of forming a government. Peres is [...]	2008-10-27 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV2434	THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]	2008-11-03 05:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV2436	THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IRAN WITH EXPERTS AT THE [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Director Oded Eran and members of the INSS staff October 29. INSS is the premier security studies center, with close links to the Israeli military and intelligence communities. The discussion focused on Isra [...]	2008-11-03 07:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MOPS IR CH RU IS
08TELAVIV250	ISRAELI COMPLIANCE WITH THE BERLIN DECLARATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Department inquiry (ref A),Israel appears to implement a model DOTS program, and observes Berlin Declaration commitments fully. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues t assess Israel's successful National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP). Israel is a signatory o [...]	2008-01-31 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV WHO IS EG JO
08TELAVIV2757	SHAS: YES WE CAN? [...] (C) Summary: The Sephardi ultra-orthodox Shas party, which officially launched its election campaign at a rally on December 3, has adopted President-elect Obama's campaign slogan, "Yes We Can," in attempt to capitalize on a political moment when minorities feel empowered by Obama,s victory in [...]	2008-12-09 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
08TELAVIV2793	LABOR PRIMARIES BENEFIT BARAK WHILE LIKUD PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Labor and Likud primaries are over, and the results provide some insight into what the two historic, mainstream Israeli parties may look like, as those on the rank-ordered slate will become members of the Knesset depending on the percentage of the popular vote that the party [...]	2008-12-12 18:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV296	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Aftermath of Final Winograd Report 2. Mideast 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and other media quoted Dr. Abu-Osama Abed Al-Makati, Hamas's representative in Iran, as saying on Wednesday that Israel can expect a wave [...]	2008-02-07 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV460	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. U.S.-Israel Relations 4. DPRK ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Wednesday afternoon a student at the Sapir College near Sderot was killed by a Qassam rocket and that Grad-style Katyus [...]	2008-02-28 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV466	ISRAELI GOVERNMENT UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Olmert's government is under increasing pressure to respond decisively to barrages of Qassam and Katyusha-like "Grad" rockets being launched against the Israeli communities of Sderot and Ashkelon from the Gaza Strip. On February 27, an Israeli father of four was killed when [...]	2008-02-28 16:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MOPS IS
08TELAVIV548	EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-10 13:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TELAVIV641	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-Germany Relations 3. Global Stock Exchange ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an effort to reach a long-term cease-fire in the Gaza Stri [...]	2008-03-19 10:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV691	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that Vice President Dick Cheney's second meeting with PM Ehud Olmert on Monday morning, like their first meeting on Saturday night, was shrouded [...]	2008-03-25 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV724	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Intellectual Property Rights ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post and Israel Radio reported that at a press conference with the foreign media last night, PM Ehud Olmert hinted at the prospect of secret talks with [...]	2008-03-27 12:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08THEHAGUE450	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SOLIDARITY DAY OUTREACH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following up on reftels A and B, post placed an op-ed piece with a major Dutch paper (para 2) and hosted a coffee with a Dutch NGO (para 3) to draw attention to the human rights situation in Cuba. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PLACEMENT OF OP-ED: On May 21, the Dutch dailQDe Volkskrant, [...]	2008-05-28 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM NL CU
08THEHAGUE978	CWC: MEETING OF THE G8/GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP MEMBERS [...] (U) On November 18, the Japanese delegation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) hosted a meeting for delegates from G8/Global Partnership states to discuss mutual efforts of the OPCW and the G8/Global Partnership in advance of the December meeting in Tokyo. -- [...]	2008-11-21 16:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC
08TIRANA28	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, JANUARY 4-10, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. ---------------------- POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------- [...]	2008-01-11 18:07:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL AL
08TOKYO1153	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/25/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1248	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - INAUGURATION OF NEW [...] LEAD STORIES: All Thursday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to Wednesday's summit between Chinese President Hu and Prime Minister Fukuda, during which the two appeared to reach a basic accord on joint development of natural gas fields in the East China Sea. 2. "Russia Emba [...]	2008-05-08 07:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1300	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN POLITICS AND [...] LEAD STORIES: All Tuesday morning papers gave top coverage to Monday's devastating earthquake in central China. 2. "Hardliners Maintaining Influence" A Moscow correspondent for the business-oriented Nikkei wrote (5/13): "The cabinet and other key portfolio appointments in the Russian gover [...]	2008-05-13 03:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO1824	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07//08 [...] Japan and the United States last held a meeting of their leaders when Fukuda visited the United States last November. This is the second time for Fukuda and Bush to meet. Wilder indicated that Japan and the United States would confirm cooperation within the framework of the six-party talks i [...]	2008-07-03 01:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1878	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 07/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2195	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIA/OSSETIA AND U.S.- [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Monday morning included another terrorist attack on Sunday apparently carried out by Muslim separatists on a local government complex in the city of Kuqa in west central Xinjiang, China. 2. "Prevent Conflict from Getting Out of Control" The liberal Tokyo Shimbun [...]	2008-08-11 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2201	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 08/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO229	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/29/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2379	GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR TO TOKYO ASSERTS RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Russia's invasion of Georgia is designed to punish Tbilisi for efforts to move closer to the United States and to confront Washington by "fighting the U.S. in Georgia," Georgian Ambassador to Japan Ivane Matchavariani told Charge on August 29. The Georgian asked for assistance in [...]	2008-08-29 08:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR JA RS GG
08TOKYO2439	GEORGIA: JAPANESE COMMUNISTS SPEAK OUT AGAINST [...] (C) The Japanese Communist Party (JCP) is "deeply concerned" by and "rejects" Russia's "hegemonic actions" in Georgia, calls on Russia to pull its troops out of Georgia and demands that Russia withdraw its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, JCP Diet member Akira Kasai told Embassy Toky [...]	2008-09-05 07:54:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU JA
08TOKYO2442	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/05/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 08:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO255	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 01/31/08 [...] In examining a total budget bill and an annual revenue bill, in-depth discussion, including holding public hearings and question-and-answer sessions involving unsworn witnesses, should be held, and both sides should reach a certain degree of conclusion before the end of this fiscal year. 2. R [...]	2008-01-31 08:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2602	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - TERRORIST BOMBING IN [...] LEAD STORIES: All Monday morning papers gave prominent front-page coverage to the reelection on Sunday of DPJ President Ozawa as party chief, as well as the anticipated landslide victory today of LDP Secretary General Aso in the party presidential race. 2. "Review of War on Terrorism Needed [...]	2008-09-22 02:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO2727	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 09/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 08:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2735	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/01/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 01:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2747	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 10/02/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 01:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2817	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO2930	RETIRED GSDF GENERAL GRIM ABOUT FUTURE ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Retired Japanese Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) General Naruhiko Ueda privately painted a bleak picture of the GOJ's ability to control sales/re-sales of dual-use and military items. Ueda said the lack of cooperation among government ministries, weak Customs enforcement activ [...]	2008-10-21 05:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD KOMC JA
08TOKYO2980	INR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FORT CONSULTS WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Tokyo October 7, INR Assistant Secretary Randall Fort consulted with counterparts from MOFA's Intelligence and Analysis Service, the Prime Minister's Cabinet and Intelligence Research Office (CIRO),the Ministry of Justice's Public Security Information Agency (PS [...]	2008-10-24 08:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PINR PREL CH KN GG PK RS JA
08TOKYO3172	AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI E. FRAZER MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will continue to deepen its economic and political engagement with Africa, senior Japanese officials told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer October 17. MOFA officials expressed skepticism about the sustainability of Chinese development programs in Af [...]	2008-11-17 08:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EAID KPKO SO ZI SU CH JA
08TOKYO3188	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 11/19/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 08:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3235	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 01:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO333	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/08/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 02:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3357	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/10/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO3521	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 12/30/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO413	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/15/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO568	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - RUSSIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] LEAD STORIES: Top stories on Tuesday morning included a nationwide telephone poll that put support for the Fukuda cabinet at 32 percent and nonsupport at 50 percent. 2. "Putin Laughs in Triumph Again" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (3/4): "...Under a dual leadership structure with Presi [...]	2008-03-04 03:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TOKYO648	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/11/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-11 23:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO710	NEW IRANIAN AMBASSADOR IN TOKYO DISCUSSES NUCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking on the record March 13 at the Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan, newly accredited Iranian Ambassador to Japan Seyed Abbas Araghchi presented Iran's views of the standoff regarding its nuclear program. He asserted that Iran began its program at the behest of the United [...]	2008-03-17 08:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM PINR EPET SNAR KNNP UNSC IZ
08TOKYO846	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/27/08 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 22:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO921	TOKYO MEDIA REACTION - NATO SUMMIT [...] LEAD STORIES: Several Friday morning papers gave top coverage to Thursday's arrest of a 22-year-old U.S. sailor on suspicion of fatally stabbing a taxi driver in Yokosuka last month. 2. "NATO Eastward Expansion Losing Steam" The top- circulation, moderate Yomiuri reported from Bucharest (4 [...]	2008-04-04 02:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
08TORONTO168	YUSHCHENKO WELL RECEIVED IN TORONTO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ukrainian President Victor Yushchenko concluded a three day trip to Canada with business meetings and a speech to the prominent Economic Club of Toronto. Yushchenko's speech was well-received, even though it was heavy on themes and short on specifics. Several hundred people were [...]	2008-05-30 19:00:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CA UP
08TRIPOLI113	REACTION TO VICTIMS OF TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent legislation making it easier for plaintiffs in terrorism-related lawsuits to seize foreign government-owned assets to satisfy U.S. court judgments has caused concern among U.S. firms partnered with Libyan companies (especially in the energy sector),and provoked a sharply [...]	2008-02-12 16:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EINV EPET ETRD PREL PTER PGOV ETTC LY
08TRIPOLI120	EXTREMISM IN EASTERN LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 12:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL PTER LY IZ
08TRIPOLI319	DEBT, ARMS, AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hotels, old city and shopping districts. Confirming media reports, Russian Embassy of [...]	2008-04-15 15:54:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI321	DEBT, ARMS AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (SBU) Copy corrected to reflect correct overall classification of the cable. 2. (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hote [...]	2008-04-16 09:27:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI340	DEBT, NUCLEAR ENERGY, AND GOLF CARTS: PUTIN VISITS LIBYA REF: (A) MOSCOW 1133, (B) TRIPOLI 321, (C) TRIPOLI 297 [...] (C) Summary. After years of preparation, Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by 400 assistants, journalists and business executives in six planes, visited Libya on April 16-17 primarily to secure an agreement on Libya's sizeable Soviet-era debt. Libya and Russia agreed to swap the $4.5 bi [...]	2008-04-24 16:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PHUM LY RU
08TRIPOLI402	POLITICAL-ECONOMIC REFORM, JAMAHIRIYA-STYLE [...] (C) Summary: A private sector interlocutor involved in Libya's chambers of commerce described dramatic calls for reform in a recent speech by Colonel al-Qadhafi as "a return to the natural order of things" that existed before the 1969 military coup that brought al-Qadhafi to power and inaugurated t [...]	2008-05-16 13:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EINV PINR KBIO LY
08TRIPOLI430	DIE HARD IN DERNA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 16:59:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL PTER PHUM LY IZ
08TRIPOLI679	SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI CALLS FOR FURTHER REFORM, THREATENS TO WITHDRAW FROM POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In a lengthy, much-anticipated speech at an annual youth forum gathering, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, implicitly criticized past decisions of his father's regime, called for dramatic changes to Libya's system of governance, claimed that much of his program of s [...]	2008-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KPRV LY
08TRIPOLI680	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICEâ€™S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 18:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	OVIP PGOV PREL PHUM ECON KDEM PTER KISL AU SU
08TRIPOLI870	AL-QADHAFI'S RUSSIA TRIP SIGNALS DESIRE FOR FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 17:17:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR TRGY EPET RS BO UP LY
08TRIPOLI917	HEAD OF LIBYA'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BOARD: U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS NOT JUST ABOUT OIL REF: TRIPOLI 227 [...] (C) Summary: The head of Libya's national economic planning apparatus and the effort to implement Muammar al-Qadhafi's vision for government restructuring and privatization told the visiting NEA/MAG Director that a new, commonly agreed frame of reference for U.S.-Libya relations that took into a [...]	2008-11-26 14:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KPAO SCUL KMPI EAID EPET LY
08TRIPOLI992	LIBYA INTERESTED IN U.S. WEAPONS, MORE AMBIVALENT ON OTHER MILITARY COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) MFA Secretary for the Americas Ahmed Fituri told A/DCM on December 23 that Muammar al-Qadhafi's much-publicized discussions about possible weapons purchases during his recent visit to Russia, Belarus and Ukraine (ref A) were "largely for show". Citing a conversation with National Security A [...]	2008-12-31 14:22:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR LY
08ULAANBAATAR128	TB Rates Climbing in Mongolia [...] SUMMARY: Mongolia's tuberculosis rate has steadily risen since the early 1990s, in spite of government efforts to contain its spread. Statistics show an increase of 177% since 1991. Health officials concede that a steady climb in case numbers make meeting Millennium Development Goals to revers [...]	2008-03-24 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR177	IN MONGOLIA, THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST HIGH FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sharply rising prices for staple foods prompted approximately 4,000 demonstrators to take to the streets April 18 in the heart of Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar. Led by the National Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions, protestors demanded 40-50% price cuts for bread and flo [...]	2008-04-24 08:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM EAGR MG
08ULAANBAATAR2	Mongolia's Coal: Dispelling That Old Black Magic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A few Mongolian officials claim that Mongolia's coal deposits stretch west to east in an unbroken (and unsubstantiated) 170-billion ton belt of untapped hydrocarbon wonder. However, Western firms actively prospecting for both thermal and coking coal argue that Mongolia's coal re [...]	2008-01-02 06:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL ELTN ETRD MG
08ULAANBAATAR227	EMBASSY SUPPORTS PEABODY IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT, PM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Peabody Energy President for Northeast Asia, accompanied by the Charge and Peabody reps, met separately with Prime Minister Bayar on May 8 and President Enkhbayar on May 9. They underscored Peabody's continued interest in doing business in Mongolia and delivered draft r [...]	2008-05-19 09:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR262	A BAD AIR DAY: ULAANBAATAR STRUGGLES TO BREATHE AS AIR [...] SUMMARY: Residents of Ulaanbaatar suffer from air pollution that is among the world's worst - comparable in airborne particulate matter to Beijing or Cairo. Much of the problem stems from garbage-burning and dust from coal-burning stoves at the city's rapidly growing ger districts. Heating and [...]	2008-06-03 07:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR285	OUT OF STEPPE: DISABLED MONGOLIANS STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disabled Mongolians face serious obstacles to full participation in society, despite advances in special education and societal awareness. Many of these obstacles are infrastructure-related. The elation that many disabled Mongolians felt in August 2007, when Parliament passed n [...]	2008-06-13 01:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV KOCI KGLB AMED SCUL ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR5	Mongolian Vice Foreign Minister Formally Conveys [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Enkhmandakh confirmed to the Ambassador January 3 that Mongolia would deploy a full 9th rotation of troops to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and that the troops would depart for Iraq sometime the following week. The Ambassador expres [...]	2008-01-03 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL ETRD EPET SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR79	The Soviet Hangover: Alcoholism Threatens Mongolia's [...] (U) SUMMARY: Alcohol, including fermented mare's milk, has traditionally been part of Mongolian culture. But the economic chaos that followed Russia's hasty withdrawal in the early 1990s resulted in skyrocketing rates of addiction to vodka and other hard spirits. This Russian legacy continues [...]	2008-02-14 01:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV CASC MG
08ULAANBAATAR90	THEY'RE BA-ACK! RUSSIANS RE-ENGAGE MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russia has recently focused renewed attention on the Russia-Mongolia relationship. Russia recently offered to equip Mongolia with around $120 million worth of military hardware, possibly including pushing Mongolia to take two MiG-29 fighter jets.. Less conspicuous, but no less [...]	2008-02-25 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MARR ETRD EMIN EPET PBTS EAID KIDE KCOR
08UNVIEVIENNA660	INCOMING CZECH EU PRESIDENCY SIGNALS ENTHUSIASM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 15:45:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM MNUC KNNP ETTC KSTC SNAR KCOR IR SY
08UNVIEVIENNA662	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: PLENARY REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The December 2-3 Wassenaar Arrangement Plenary was notable for its smooth pace and lack of controversy. The U.S. was successful in thwarting Russian efforts to use the Plenary as a venue to decry Georgian "aggression." The Plenary adopted the 53 list changes proposed by the Expe [...]	2008-12-19 13:39:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM RU
08USNATO186	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 28, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Acting Secretary General (A/SYG) Bisogniero thanked the U.S. for arranging the May 22 brief with COMCSTC-A MG Cone. Chairman of the Military Committee Henault stated that 62 ANA kandaks would be fielded by August 2008, called for more pol [...]	2008-05-29 12:06:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
08USNATO217	APRIL 16-17 NAC VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 16-17 visit to Ukraine, the North Atlantic Council found a Ukrainian leadership team--President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Rada, as well as the Foreign and Defense Ministers--united on achieving a positive decision on Kyiv's application to join NATO's Memb [...]	2008-06-24 14:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV UP
08USNATO239	RUSSIA OFFERS PESSIMISTIC VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov informed the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) during its June 25 meeting that although Afghanistan is a more civil place than in 2001, the mission in Afghanistan was failing and that much more needed to be done in the areas of counter-narco [...]	2008-07-10 07:37:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV MOPS AADP RS AF KV UP
08USNATO244	UKRAINIAN DEPUTY PM NEMYRIA STRIKES THE RIGHT NOTE [...] (C) Summary: In a thoughtful and articulate presentation, Ukrainian Deputy PM Hryhoriy Nemyria briefed the NATO Ukraine Commission on his new role in coordinating his government,s cooperation with NATO, and the political situation in Kyiv. Allies offered encouragement, but those that would like [...]	2008-07-11 10:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO UP
08USNATO265	A/S FRIED WARNS NATO SYG, PERM REPS OF DANGER OF UN, EU DELAY IN KOSOVO AND OF POLITICAL DRIFT IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 15:45:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EZ GG KV MK PL RS UNMIK
08USNATO284	TFGG01: NATO ALLIES STILL DIVIDED ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) met August 12 in emergency session to discuss a NAC statement on the Georgia crisis and to discuss whether to agree to Russias request for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC). Although Allies agreed in principle to begin drafting a formal stateme [...]	2008-08-12 19:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREF PREL
08USNATO307	UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...]	2008-08-28 18:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU
08USNATO310	UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...]	2008-08-29 08:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP
08USNATO352	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Georgia September 15-16 to take stock following Russia's invasion of Georgia, to reaffirm support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to strengthen NATO-Georgia relations (including by inaugurating the NATO-Georgia Comm [...]	2008-09-30 17:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU
08USNATO354	A/S BOUCHER NATO VISIT, 17 SEP 08 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During September 14 meetings at NATO, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told NATO Perm Reps that NATO and the Afghans need to be more effective in holding territory, particularly with strengthened Afghan police, provincial and local governme [...]	2008-10-01 12:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF
08USNATO41	KREMLIN KEEPS AMB ROGOZIN ON A SHORT LEASH IN HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian nationalist politician-turned-diplomat Dmitri Rogozin launched into a lengthy litany of Russian grievances on missile defense (MD),NATO enlargement, CFE, and Kosovo at his first NATO-Russia Council meeting on January 30, albeit in a more measured tone than in his recent [...]	2008-02-04 11:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR RU
08USNATO453	ALLIES FIND BRIEFING ON AFGHANISTAN NIE â€œGLOOMY,â€ [...] (S/REL NATO) Summary. National Intelligence Officer (NiO) for South Asia, Dr. Peter Lavoy, briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for Afghanistan on November 25. He said the NIE describes a grim situation in Afghanistan and predicts that negative trends w [...]	2008-12-05 08:31:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO PTER PINR AF PK IN
08USNATO88	NATO: FEBRUARY 28TH HLTF AND NRC (ACE) MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the February 28 HLTF, Allies agreed on key themes for the NATO-Russia Council Arms Control Experts (NRC (ACE)) meeting that followed the HLTF, and more generally for engaging Russia in the run-up to Bucharest. All who spoke stressed the need for a continued unified message; re [...]	2008-03-07 15:04:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
08USOSCE106	FSC APRIL 16: U.S. REPLIES TO RUSSIA ON DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. responded in the Forum for Security Cooperation on April 16 to Russia's attacks a week earlier on the President's decision that Kosovo was eligible for defense cooperation. The U.S. reminded delegations that the arms embargo against Yugoslavia had been lifted by UN dec [...]	2008-04-21 06:07:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE RS XG
08USOSCE110	CFE/JCG: APRIL 22 PLENARY - VIGOROUS DEBATE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 17:02:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
08USOSCE221	FSC SEPTEMBER 17: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA CONTINUE FEUD [...] (SBU) Summary: At the September 17, FSC Russia and Georgia reprised their running feud over culpability for starting the August war. Russia presented an amateurish video purporting to show Georgia's responsibility for starting the conflict and evidence of Georgian attacks on civilian targets [...]	2008-09-22 06:06:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG

08USOSCE228	FSC SEPTEMBER 24: GEORGIA-RUSSIA DUSTUP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia gave a lengthy description in the OSCE Forum for Security Cooperation today of Russian transgressions, dating back to the breakup of the Soviet Union and culminating in its continued occupation of Georgian territories. Russia's relatively brief response blamed the "crim [...]	2008-09-26 14:32:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
08USOSCE70	VIENNA DOCUMENT 1999: CFE SUSPENSION CASTS LONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion of future challenges and opportunities in the implementation of the Vienna Document 1999 was overshadowed at times by concern over the impasse created by Russia's suspension of its CFE commitments. Although most national representatives and several of the speakers cal [...]	2008-03-18 09:59:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL OSCE KCFE XG
08USUNNEWYORK1198	UNGA 63: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Robert J. Smolik who served as Senior Area Advisor for Western European Affairs to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) During the fall session of the 63rd UNGA, EU and European Free Trade Association states generally aligned with U.S. objectiv [...]	2008-12-23 19:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
08USUNNEWYORK866	UN GENERAL DEBATE: CUBA, AFGHANISTAN,ISRAEL, [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the United Nations General Debate entered its second day, national leaders called for resolution of the food, energy, and financial crises, as well as implementation of UN reform (expanding the Security Council). Israel called for Israelis and Palestinians to live "side-by-side [...]	2008-09-26 23:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK887	UN GENERAL DEBATE: FOCUS ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...] SUMMARY: During the September 27 morning plenary meeting of the UNGA General Debate, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Egypt, Mali, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Syria, Oman, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),Gambia, Niger and Romania spoke. Saudi Arabia distributed its Fore [...]	2008-09-30 20:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS AORC UNGA VM PP PE EG SA ML
08USUNNEWYORK890	UN GENERAL DEBATE: VENEZUELA, ERITREA AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: In the final plenary session of the 63rd UNGA General Debate on September 29, speakers included: Ireland, Ethiopia, Belize, Nigeria, South Africa, Eritrea, Thailand, Canada, Cambodia, Venezuela, New Zealand, Belarus, Switzerland, Mauritius, Maldives, Mauritania, Democratic Republic of [...]	2008-09-30 22:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON AORC UNGA EI ET BH NI SF ER
08USUNNEWYORK895	UN GENERAL DEBATE: BURMA, LIBYA, AND OTHERS [...] SUMMARY: During the morning UN General Assembly General Debate on September 29, Lao, Turkmenistan, Moldova, Liechtenstein, Singapore, Yemen, Jordan, Burma, Botswana, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville),Cote D'Ivoire, Kyrgyzstan, Libya, Ecuador, and Denmark spoke. Speakers continued discussing the en [...]	2008-10-01 19:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS UNGA LA TX MD LS SN YM JO
08USUNNEWYORK911	63RD UNGA GENERAL DEBATE MARKED BY CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) General Debate took place September 23-29, with 111 Member States addressing the Assembly. The overarching theme was a call for collective action to address the global financial, food, environment and energy crises and reinvigorate efforts to [...]	2008-10-06 23:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS ECON AORC UNGA
08VATICAN23	HOLY SEE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ORIENTAL CHURCHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The institutional arrangements that the Holy See has with "Oriental Churches" can serve as a model for further rapprochement between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. In communion with the Pope, Oriental Churches conduct masses following the Byzantine rite and administer the [...]	2008-02-14 16:26:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF IS UP VT
08VIENNA1618	AUSTRIA: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Austria is primarily a transit country for illicit drugs; it is not a drug producing country. Experts see no change in the usual strategies of illegal trade of narcotic substances in 2008, except for precursor substances, where since 2007 Austria has begun to serve as a depot country for in [...]	2008-11-03 15:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR AU
08VIENNA1623	AUSTRIA: 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Austria is primarily a transit country for illicit drugs; it is not a drug producing country. Experts see no change in the usual strategies of illegal trade of narcotic substances in 2008, except for precursor substances, where since 2007 Austria has begun to serve as a depot country for i [...]	2008-11-04 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR AU
08VIENNA1733	Austria-Russia Economic Ties Deepening [...] (U) SUMMARY: Austria's commercial ties with Russia, which date to the Soviet era, have grown significantly since 2000. Despite a brief dip in 2007, imports from Russia (dominated by energy) are rising again. In recent years, Austrian firms (especially banks) have expanded aggressively into [...]	2008-11-26 07:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON ENRG PREL RS AU
08VIENNA1848	Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians [...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...]	2008-12-16 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU XH
08VIENNA1852	Banking in Central/Eastern Europe: Austrians [...] SUMMARY. The financial crisis has triggered concerns about Austrian banks' huge exposure -- over EUR 250 billion -- to markets in Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) and the former Soviet Union (FSU). Austrian banks (and the GOA) argue they can manage the increased risks, beca [...]	2008-12-17 08:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU XH
08VIENNA61	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA [...] Following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, Aus [...]	2008-01-15 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
08VIENTIANE114	MINISTER OF COMMERCE WELCOMES U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid his initial official calls on Minister of Industry and Commerce Nam Viyaketh, whose father, Samane Viyaketh, is #2 in the Politburo, and Governor of the Lao Central Bank Phouphet Khamphounvong on February 11. Minister Nam welcomed U.S. investment in Laos and [...]	2008-02-15 08:38:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV EMIN ENRG PINR LA
08VILNIUS1014	AMBASSADOR VISITS MOLETAI -- A REGION IN TRANSITION [...] Ambassador Cloud traveled November 13 to the Moletai district, a region transforming from a relatively poor, agrarian-based economy to one based mainly on domestic tourism to the vast woodlands and lakes in the area. In the first meeting of the day, he sat down with the long time Mayor of Mol [...]	2008-12-03 07:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON OTRA KGLB EAGR EAID LH
08VILNIUS1026	GAERC: LITHUANIA WANTS EASTERN PARTNERSHIP LAUNCH [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania hopes the EU, following the GAERC and the subsequent European Council meetings next week, will endorse the launch of the Eastern Partnership, a multilateral "platform" for EU 27 consultation and assistance with six former Soviet states. The Lithuanians will also look fo [...]	2008-12-05 09:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RS XG LH
08VILNIUS1030	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - December 5, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Youth Leader Denied Readmission (para. 2) - United Civic Party Members Briefly Detained (para. 3) - Opposition Rallies Banned (para. 4) - Brest Opposition Activists Fi [...]	2008-12-08 05:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS1054	CIVIL NUCLEAR TRADE INITIATIVE -- RESPONSES TO [...] Below please find Post responses to reftel questions. Overview of Civil Nuclear Power Program --------------------------------------- 2. Lithuania plans to build a replacement nuclear power plant (NPP),known as Visaginas, for the currently operating Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) [...]	2008-12-23 07:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO LH
08VILNIUS18	YOUTH AND POLITICS IN LITHUANIA: READY AND ABLE, [...] Summary. We discussed politics with 140 university and college students in groups of 15 to 25. Students support more liberal economic policies and their views of politics are similar to those in many countries: disappointment with politics, politicians, and political parties; concern about [...]	2008-01-08 15:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS261	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 18, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Vitebsk Opposition Activists Fined and Detained (para. 2) - Independent Journalist Jailed (para. 3) - Internet Child Porn Ring Members Arrested (para. 4) - Activists P [...]	2008-04-21 07:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG KCRM BO
08VILNIUS267	REMAINS FROM JEWISH CEMETERY TO BE RELOCATED [...] (SBU) Charge visited Gomel April 22 to view the site of a former Jewish cemetery which has been excavated as part of a construction project and has received extensive coverage in the international media. In a step which post believes does not conform with traditional religious requirements, t [...]	2008-04-23 09:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNAR PHUM PGOV BO
08VILNIUS293	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - April 25, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Gomel Opposition Activists Jailed and Fined (para. 2) - Ag Minister, Chief Ideology Officer Appointed (para. 3) - Civil Society Leader Jailed for Ceremony (para. 4) - [...]	2008-04-25 13:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG EAGR PINR BO
08VILNIUS361	LITHUANIA'S ENERGY CHALLENGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Geography, the Soviet legacy and governmental indecision has left Lithuania with no good options to respond to the shutdown of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP) at the end of next year, as mandated by its EU accession agreement. Short term energy dependence on Russia will [...]	2008-05-14 15:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON LH
08VILNIUS373	EMBASSY MINSK BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - May 16, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Belarusian Helsinki Committee Elects New Chairman (para. 2) - Opposition Youth Banned From Traveling Abroad (para. 3) - Outlawed Small Business Association Registered i [...]	2008-05-16 16:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS472	EMBASSY VILNIUS: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] Summary: Anti-Semitism and general intolerance are areas of concern in Lithuania. There are three specific issues that could warrant an expression of concern at the HDIM meetings: (1) lack of consistent condemnation by GOL officials of intolerant acts; (2) lack of protection of an old Jewi [...]	2008-06-16 14:04:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OSCE PREL KDEM LH
08VILNIUS479	JEWISH ISSUES UPDATE: RESTITUTION STALLED, SLOW [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania continues to struggle with the legacy of the Holocaust and how to honor its once vibrant Jewish heritage. More than four years after joining NATO, Lithuania has yet to restitute Jewish communal property in any meaningful way and there are no signs of moving forward. A [...]	2008-06-18 14:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL PREL LH
08VILNIUS486	BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - June 20, 2008 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Slonim Civil Society Activist Fined (para. 2) - Opposition Leader Warned Over Inquiry (para. 3) - Police Raid Opposition Activist's Residence (para. 4) - Autocephalous [...]	2008-06-20 11:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
08VILNIUS492	SCENESETTER FOR PM KIRKILAS'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas comes to Washington at a time of change for Lithuania. In less than a generation, the country has gone from the yoke of Soviet authoritarianism to being an EU and NATO member, punching above its weight in out of area missions. However, having achieved it [...]	2008-06-25 13:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM LH
08VILNIUS501	VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY CHRISTIAN KENNEDY: GOL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Lithuania June 19-20 and met with members of the Jewish community and GOL officials. He found that, despite the upcoming visit of PM Kirkilas to Washington and resolutions pending in the U.S. Congress cri [...]	2008-06-27 10:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL PREL LH
08VILNIUS516	UNKNOWN HACKERS POST SOVIET PROPAGANDA ON [...] (C) Ministry of National Defense Head of Cyber Defense Policy Karolis Aleksa confirmed to Post July 1 recent media reporting that over the weekend of June 28-30 unknown hackers broke into approximately 300 websites in Lithuania, including those of the ruling Social Democratic Party and the Chie [...]	2008-07-02 05:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT PROP XG LH
08VILNIUS646	LITHUANIA'S SEIMAS ELECTIONS: POPULISTS IN STRONG [...] (U) This is the first in a series of reports on the upcoming parliamentary elections in Lithuania. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Lithuania will hold parliamentary elections on October 12. It is unlikely that a single party will win even a third of the parliament's seats and a coalition will be necessar [...]	2008-08-07 14:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS734	BELARUS ELECTION CONDITIONS: MUCH ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) Although interest in Belarusian parliamentary elections later this month -- early voting begins September 23 -- is getting more intense every day, the GOB has still not taken any clear steps that would significantly improve conditions in comparison to previous elections. The regime fail [...]	2008-09-05 14:20:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS803	VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY GREGG RICKMAN: CONCERNED [...] (U) SUMMARY. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited Lithuania September 15-18 and met with members of the Jewish community, GOL officials, and representatives from civil society and academia. Rickman came away from his meetings concerned about the ineffect [...]	2008-09-26 12:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS830	LITHUANIA"S PROSECUTOR DROPS CASE AGAINST YITZHAK [...] (U) On September 25, the Prosecutor's office issued a statement noting that, in the investigation into the "Vilnius" partisan squad's activities during World War II, the part of the investigation dealing with Yitzhak Arad's involvement, was closed due to a lack of evidence on September 19. T [...]	2008-10-07 08:13:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
08VILNIUS868	LITHUANIA WANTS INCREASED USG ATTENTION VIA [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian political leaders have recently called in Vilnius and Washington for the U.S. to revive the 1998 Baltic Charter as a mechanism to get a more "muscular" USG presence in the Baltic region, and also have the U.S. help resolve Lithuania's security related issues. The Lithu [...]	2008-10-17 09:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA NATO XG ZB LH
08VILNIUS92	PURSUING THE U.S. AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: One year ago, we laid out a plan to engage the Lithuanian government strategically to support key U.S. objectives, especially in mobilizing the government to support the Global War on Terror and to promote democracy in the former Soviet Union. With PM Gediminas Kirk [...]	2008-02-14 07:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV OIIP LH
08VILNIUS928	BELARUS AND THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS: FEELING THE [...] (U) Until recently, the GOB voiced no concern regarding the global financial situation. However, as the crisis deepens and expands, and its negative effects become more visible in Belarus, the regime is looking for ways to limit the consequences while fundamentally maintaining its command eco [...]	2008-10-31 17:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL BO
08VILNIUS93	LITHUANIA: PURSUING THE U.S. AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: One year ago, we laid out a plan to engage the Lithuanian government strategically to support key U.S. objectives, especially in mobilizing the government to support the Global War on Terror and to promote democracy in the former Soviet Union. With PM Gediminas Kirk [...]	2008-02-14 08:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV OIIP LH
08VILNIUS958	(U) PARLIAMENT REJECTS LAW TO EQUATE NAZI AND [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania,s outgoing parliament on November 6 failed to outlaw praise or denial of Soviet aggression against Lithuania, but backers of the measure expect to try again next year. They said their bill was the first step in an effort to have the European Union legally equate the Sovi [...]	2008-11-06 15:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	LH PGOV PREL EUN
08VLADIVOSTOK103	WHAT'S RUINING FISHING AND WHY LEGAL CATCH DOESN'T PAY [...] Summary. Industry experts gathered in Vladivostok for the 2008 Fishery Congress to discuss problems facing Russia's fishing industry. Participants outlined several problems which include an obsolete fleet, confusing regulations, lack of processing facilities, and dwindling fisheries. An ev [...]	2008-09-18 10:20:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK111	ECONOMIC FORUM: RFE'S PROBLEM? DEMOGRAPHICS, TRANSPORTATION, [...] Summary. Participants gathered at the third annual Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk to discuss economic development in the Russian Far East. The most widely discussed topics were the region's ever-decreasing population and the high cost and inefficiency of transportatio [...]	2008-10-09 07:57:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK120	THE PROBLEM WITH THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST'S MORIBUND AGRICULTURE [...] Primorye is no longer the prosperous and productive agricultural region it was during Soviet times. In hopes of improving the region's stagnant rural economy, Moscow announced a new regional agriculture promotion plan last March. The new plan replaces the largely unsuccessful national plan t [...]	2008-10-22 04:48:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK129	APEC 2012, U.S. BUSINESSES, CULTURAL TIES FOCAL POINTS OF [...] (U) There were many highlights of Amb. Beyrle's November 16-19 trip to the Russian Far East -- a hike through leopard country, jazz concert, trip to the port of Vladivostok and a youth protest to name a few -- but if there was an underlying theme to the trip it was anticipation. The Ambassad [...]	2008-11-22 03:48:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SENV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK136	TAIGA NATIVE VILLAGE KRASNIY YAR: EVERY DAY IS A CRISIS [...] (U) Summary. In the 1930's Stalin relocated many indigenous minorities of Primorye and Khabarovskiy Krai to remote northern areas. One such town is Krasniy Yar. The remote town is an eleven hour drive from Vladivostok, the last four hours over a rough snow road (zimniki) cut through the woo [...]	2008-12-15 07:16:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PHUM RS
08VLADIVOSTOK139	VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT LATEST VLADIVOSTOK DEMONSTRATION [...] Vladivostok citizens' third protest against proposed tariff increases on imported used cars turned violent and resulted in large-scale detentions. Though past demonstrations were peaceful and ended without incident, it was clear from the beginning of this December 21 rally that the Kremlin wo [...]	2008-12-23 06:37:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON RS
08VLADIVOSTOK3	RUSSKIY ISLAND: FROM ICE FISHING PARADISE TO APEC HOST? [...] (U) Summary. Consulate staff chose the coldest day of the season at minus 21 centigrade to visit Russkiy Island, the purported site of the 2012 APEC summit. It is immediately apparent that the island has a long way to go before it is ready to accept many international visitors, let alone ho [...]	2008-01-15 03:24:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL SENV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK94	RUSSIAN-NORTH KOREAN ECONOMIC COOPERATION: DISTANT TRAIN [...] (U) Summary. Russian and North Korean officials have signed an agreement to renovate the railroad linking the two countries and to jointly develop the North Korean port of Najin to handle major container cargos. The move, which has been anticipated for years, is seen as the first step in upg [...]	2008-08-22 06:21:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD RS
08WARSAW1053	BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...]	2008-09-09 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1104	POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...]	2008-09-23 05:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PHUM PREL KN PL
08WARSAW1173	POLES DEEPEN AFGHANISTAN ENGAGEMENT DESPITE PUBLIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 1, Poland will increase its military presence and take on new responsibilities in Afghanistan. Polish forces will consolidate control over military operations in Ghazni province, and a Polish civilian contingent will replace its U.S. PRT counterpart over the course [...]	2008-10-07 06:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PL MAPP
08WARSAW1274	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY GUTIERREZ' VISIT TO POLAND - 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF INDEPENDENCE [...] Mr. Secretary, you are coming to Poland at an exciting time, following several high-profile bilateral successes: the August signing of the Missile Defense Agreement; the successful conclusion of a five-year Polish deployment in Iraq; and the simultaneous strengthening of support for the NATO [...]	2008-11-04 15:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD KIPR PL PGOV
08WARSAW1392	POLAND/GERMANY - ALL SMILES, BUT HALTING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the eve of German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit here, GoP officials are pointing to an improved Polish-German relationship as one of the top accomplishments of the government's first year in office. However, despite the Germans' poorly hidden preference for Prime Minister Tu [...]	2008-12-09 07:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EPET SENV PL
08WARSAW1409	POLAND: A NATURAL U.S. ALLY ON EASTERN POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Like us, Poland seeks to draw key countries on the eastern boundary of Europe, like Ukraine and Georgia, towards Western institutions. An increasingly active regional player, Poland has evolved since 1989 from aid-recipient to donor, helping us to spur reforms in the region. Warsaw [...]	2008-12-12 06:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV BO GG UP RS PL
08WARSAW1450	POLAND'S PLANS FOR A CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Polish government has committed to develop a nuclear power sector, driven by CO2 emissions constraints and reluctance to rely on imported energy. Prime Minister Tusk recently announced his intention to have two reactors up and running by 2020; an ambitious target for a coun [...]	2008-12-23 15:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV TRGY BEXP BTIO PL
08WARSAW243	PM TUSK AND ADVISERS CONFIRM PUBLICLY THAT POLAND [...] (C) Per Refs B and C, during the week of February 18 Charge demarched MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski and Presidential Chief of Staff Anna Fotyga urging prompt Polish recognition of Kosovo. Following a February 20 meeting with President Lech Kaczynki, PM Donald Tusk told the media February 21 th [...]	2008-02-22 14:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PBTS SR KV PL
08WARSAW245	POLISH FM BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON PM'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: Polish PM Donald Tusk's February 8 trip to Moscow accomplished little in concrete terms, but the political symbol of renewed dialogue with the Russians was viewed positively by the majority of Poles. FM Radek Sikorski briefed foreign mission representatives February 19 on Tusk' [...]	2008-02-22 15:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PL PREL ENRG ETRD RS LI LO
08WARSAW984	POLAND ASKING WHAT'S NEXT? RESPONSE TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. In an August 22 meeting with DCM, Polish National Security Advisor Wladyslaw Stasiak commended the creation of the NATO Commission on Georgia as "a good first step," but had little to offer in terms of Polish thinking on follow-up, despite President Kaczynski demonstrated flair for [...]	2008-08-25 15:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL RU GG PL
08WELLINGTON356	A/S FORT'S OCTOBER 9-10 VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary. During an October 9-10 visit to New Zealand, INR A/S Randall Fort met with members of the External Assessments Bureau (EAB),the Chief Executive of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth, and official [...]	2008-10-24 01:29:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL NZ
08YEKATERINBURG71	SNOWY UFA WARMLY WELCOMES CONSULATE TRAVELERS [...] (SBU) Consul General and Public Affairs Officer traveled to Ufa November 6-8. The delegation had official meetings with the president of the Bashkortostan Republic Murtaza Rakhimov, Bashkortostan Minister of Foreign Relations and Trade Boris Kolbin, Ufa mayor Pavel Kachkayev and Supreme M [...]	2008-11-13 10:10:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV RS SCUL
08YEREVAN100	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Yerevan, Armenia submits the following as its 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. According to data from the National Statistical Service (NSS),foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to [...]	2008-02-08 03:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AM
08YEREVAN1006	FROM SURVIVAL TO REVIVAL - EMBASSY EVENTS MARK 2OTH [...] Two photo exhibits, a Speaker's Program, a message from President Bush and a U.S. military flight bringing humanitarian aid served to recall the devastating earthquake that struck northern Armenia in 1988 and the leading role the USG played as part of the international response. The exhibits [...]	2008-12-16 12:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO SCUL AM
08YEREVAN1013	DASHNAK LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Top Dashnaksutyun party leaders called on the Ambassador to broaden their contacts with USG. The Dashnaks fretted about the rights and welfare of Georgia's Armenian minority, which they portrayed as a dangerous crisis with the potential to deteriorate into irredentist conflict. T [...]	2008-12-17 06:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PBTS CVIS KIRF KDEM TU RU GG
08YEREVAN1035	ARMENIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There have been no major terrorism-related developments in Armenia in 2008. Armenia continued to be a constructive partner of the United States in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT). The Armenian Government (GOAM) made measured progress in implementing border security and an [...]	2008-12-24 08:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR AM
08YEREVAN1046	EMBASSY PRESSES GOAM ON "CASE OF SEVEN" [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with a presidential adviser and met with the Prosecutor General to register USG concerns over the GOAM's handling of the "Case of Seven," which has gotten off to a tumultuous start (reftel). In observing the first three hearings of the trial so far, Emboffs have witnes [...]	2008-12-30 15:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN1049	ARMENIA'S CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 09:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08YEREVAN125	ARMENIA'S SOUTH RELATIVELY QUIET BEFORE [...] (C) Blanketed by feet of snow, residents of Armenia's southern regions of Syunik and Vayats Dzor seem more interested in their crops, the weather and even the U.S. presidential campaign than in their own presidential elections slated for February 19. Opposition activists are having trouble ge [...]	2008-02-14 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN127	THE DVD WAR: THE RULING PARTY STRIKES BACK, [...] (C) Levon Ter-Petrossian's (LTP) campaign has for weeks been distributing campaign DVDs, featuring the former president's campaign speeches and rallies. This technique has been somewhat effective, not only as a medium to reach voters in the absence of fair television coverage, but also as a [...]	2008-02-15 03:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN140	BITTER LEMONS: ELECTION TENSION TURNS FUNERAL [...] (C) During a pre-election regional reporting trip to the northwestern city of Stepanavan, PolOff uncomfortably watched a funeral gathering degenerate into a tense shouting match between friends and family when discussion turned to Armenia's approaching February 19 presidential election. Forget [...]	2008-02-15 14:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PROG PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN144	VOTERS FOR SERZH SARGSIAN -- ARMENIA'S MOST [...] (C) Although he is the front-runner in Armenia's February 19 presidential election, Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian nevertheless remains little known by the Armenian electorate. While many despise him and accuse him of being sinfully corrupt, countless others respect him as an experienced mili [...]	2008-02-19 14:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN145	ARMENIA: PRE-ELECTION TOUR OF ARAGATZOTN REGION [...] (C) While characterizing the pre-election campaigning as "routine to date," governmental, non-governmental, political party and international observers in the Aragatzotn region of Armenia nevertheless highlighted a growing undercurrent of widely suspected fraud, particularly vote buying, in th [...]	2008-02-19 14:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC AM
08YEREVAN163	PM STAFF PLEA FOR U.S. SUPPORT IN CANDID CHAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and polchief met with two of the PM's closest advisers over drinks late February 26 to compare notes. PM staff probed for our political assessment. We expressed concerns over arrests of opposition politicians, voting infractions we had seen, the conduct of the recounts, and [...]	2008-02-27 14:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AM
08YEREVAN164	LTP AND SARGSIAN HOLD DUELING RALLIES; LTP WINS [...] (C) Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian and president-elect Prime Minister Serge Sargsian held competing rallies blocks away from each other in downtown Yerevan the afternoon of February 26. While Sargsian's first post-election rally drew approximately 60,000 to 70,000 bussed-in supporters, LTP' [...]	2008-02-28 04:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN186	ARMENIA SITREP: ARMY CALLED IN TO RESTORE ORDER; [...] (C) Calm prevailed in Yerevan March 3, after pitched battles between opposition protesters and security forces ended in the early hours of March 2. Official GOAM reports state that eight people died in the armed clashes, 33 police were injured, and 100-200 injured overall, although a higher d [...]	2008-03-03 14:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN204	ARMENIA'S POLITICAL FUTURE -- WHERE DO WE GO FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mounting evidence -- including the latest ODIHR interim report -- has called into question the government's claim that PM Serzh Sargsian won a legitimate first-round majority on February 19. This result, combined with the subsequent heavy-handed use of force and declared State o [...]	2008-03-10 14:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN209	VOICES FROM ARMENIA'S FREEDOM SQUARE: IT'S NOT [...] (U) This cable was mostly drafted late February 29, before police cleared the protesters from Freedom Square March 1, and the subsequent chaos. After some thought, we have decided to transmit it anyway, as a small window into what continues to be an important constituency. ------- SUMMARY [...]	2008-03-12 02:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN240	ARMENIAN OPPOSITIONISTS DEVELOP UNDERGROUND [...] (C) Supporters of opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian and others disillusioned with Armenia's post-election crackdown are engaged in a spirited technological battle with the authorities to maintain access to independent news sources in the face of the near-total media ban imposed under the [...]	2008-03-19 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO PREL AM
08YEREVAN243	ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]	2008-03-20 03:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN244	ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]	2008-03-20 05:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08YEREVAN261	REGIONAL PRO-OPPOSITION TV STATION HOLDS TELETHON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The embattled, Gyumri-based GALA TV station continues to fight for survival, hoping supporters will help it raise the USD 82,000 in fines levied last October in apparent political retaliation for airing footage of opposition presidential candidate Levon Ter-Petrossian. After a [...]	2008-03-25 13:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN267	UNEASY SEMI-CALM SETS IN; ALL SIDES AWAIT APRIL 9 [...] (C) The much-anticipated end of the state of emergency (SOE) on March 21 transpired without any violence, with Armenian police massed in downtown Yerevan to deter would-be protesters. The silent evening protest drew roughly 3,000 supporters, a smaller-than-expected number that suggests GOAM p [...]	2008-03-28 12:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN268	OMBUDSMAN KEEPS UP DISAPPROVAL OF HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) Armenia's government Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Armen Harutyunian criticized the GOAM's recent conduct, in a March 27 interview with the Russian Regnum news agency. The ombudsman condemned continued restrictions on and violence against journalists, reported on his staff's prison vi [...]	2008-03-31 01:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN281	FORECAST FOR REFORM IN ARMENIA: MOSTLY CLOUDY [...] (C) Recent public comments by PM Sargsian suggest that he understands his "legitimacy problem" and views a return to reform as the best way to overcome it. Serious questions remain, however, about Sargsian's understanding of basic concepts of democratization and his willingness to take on the [...]	2008-04-01 15:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN315	ARMENIA'S PRESDENTIAL INAUGURATION: SERZH STANDS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian was sworn in as Armenia's third president in a solemn ceremony in Yerevan's opera house on April 9. Meanwhile, several thousand opposition supporters laid flowers near the French Embassy in honor of those killed in the authorities' March 1-2 crackdown [...]	2008-04-10 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN316	KRUSCHEV'S "VIRGIN LANDS" ALL OVER AGAIN?: NEW [...] (C) President Serzh Sargsian has been calling for a new national program to make Armenia self-sufficient in the production of wheat and corn. Emboff's discussions since mid-March with senior Agriculture Ministry, regional, and local officials have made clear that the GOAM is already activel [...]	2008-04-11 05:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD AM
08YEREVAN337	HRAZDAN RESIDENTS RALLY FOR JAILED MP [...] (C) Since March 24, residents of Hrazdan have staged daily protests against the arrest and continued detention of Sasun Mikaelian. A Republican member of parliament and Karabakh war hero, Mikaelian supported Levon Ter-Petrossian in the recent Presidential election. Mikaelian appears to enjoy [...]	2008-04-16 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN344	GALA TV FORCED OFF THE AIR, THEN PUT BACK ON, BUT REMAINS [...] (SBU) GALA TV, the regional opposition TV station that has weathered five months of government pressure because of its support of ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian, finally had its plug pulled the evening of April 16 only to have its connection restored the following morning. Armenian marshals [...]	2008-04-21 13:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN357	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (SBU) Food prices have risen significantly in Armenia over the past year. Despite some public discontent over those increases, there have been no reports of food shortages or food-related political disturbances. While prices have increased largely in step with world markets, food import monopo [...]	2008-04-25 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV AM
08YEREVAN375	ARMENIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS SPURS EMIGRATION [...] (C) For those Armenians who have long considered emigrating abroad to pursue a brighter economic future, the current political crisis appears to have finally moved some to action. Besides the twenty or so asylum seekers who approached the Embassy after the fatal March 1 clashes and state of emergen [...]	2008-05-02 12:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON KDEM AM
08YEREVAN384	CDA PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) CDA and FM Nalbandian reviewed U.S. relations, Armenia's neighbors, and democratic reforms during an April 29 introductory call. On Turkey he afirmed readiness to talk, but nitpicked FM Babacan's congratulatory letter. On NK, he again expressed firm commitment to negotiate, but complain [...]	2008-05-09 09:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM GG RU TU AJ AM
08YEREVAN515	UNSANTIONED LTP RALLY PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY, DRAWS [...] (SBU) In defiance of the authorities who rejected his applications to hold a large opposition rally, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian (LTP) nonetheless drew approximately 20,000 supporters on June 20 in his first rally appearance since the fatal March 1-2 clampdown. The rally, which proce [...]	2008-06-23 15:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN551	DOJ HOLDS TOPICAL CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) The Armenian criminal justice system is in need of virtually a complete overhaul, as it is institutionally corrupt, with almost no rights being afforded to suspects or defendants. Moreover, the situation has grown worse since March 1 as the presidential authorities have gone after politic [...]	2008-07-07 11:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN564	FM NALBANDIAN PREVIEWS ISSUES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Eduard Nalbandian July 10 at the FM's request to compare issues to be raised during Nalbandian's July 17 meeting with Secretary Rice and other high-level meetings in Washington that week. Nalbandian fenced with CDA in classic Soviet style on Armenia's democracy [...]	2008-07-11 13:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM KJUS TU AM
08YEREVAN638	SERIES OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS SPOTLIGHTS STRAINS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Separate incidents of serious violence -- one fatal -- July 14 and 16 related to property disputes over Yerevan apartments which had been sold. In both cases, the former owners of the properties sought to intimidate the new owners into giving back apartments they had rightfully p [...]	2008-08-08 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC EINV CASC PGOV KCRM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN758	DOJ HOLDS CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR FOR ARMENIAN JUDGES [...] (SBU) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) held a seminar on "Rules of Evidence in Adversarial Proceedings" on September 13-14, 2008, in Armenia. The conference was attended by Armenian judges, judicial candidates and of [...]	2008-09-22 10:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN8	PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN [...] (SBU) On December 19-20, the Foreign Relations Committee of Armenia's parliament held public hearings on Turkish-Armenian Relations titled "Issues and Perspectives." Viewed as a positive step to discuss the delicate issue of improving Turkish-Armenian ties, the hearings quickly morphed into a [...]	2008-01-04 14:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU AM
08YEREVAN86	OPPOSITION CANDIDATES CHALLENGE PM IN REPUBLICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The major opposition representatives in Gyumri allege that biased media coverage, vote-buying, and use of administrative resources by the ruling regime puts them at an inherent disadvantage. All three party chairs consulted say they stand by the embattled independent GALA TV cha [...]	2008-02-05 17:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN887	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ARMENIAN [...] (C) In a November 3 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness Karekin II was upbeat about prospects for Armenia achieving peace with its neighbors. On Armenia's domestic political situation, the Catholicos spared no detail in describing the lengths to which he and the Armenian Church had gone [...]	2008-11-07 11:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL TU GG AM
08YEREVAN89	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: VAHAN HOVANISSIAN [...] (C) Deputy parliament speaker Vahan Hovanissian is the presidential standard bearer of the 117- year-old Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF),more often known simply as the Dashnaks, (after the Armenian word Dashnaksutyun, meaning "federation"). Hovanissian brings a literate, articulate [...]	2008-02-06 14:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM AM

08YEREVAN906	POLITICS DOMINATE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory meeting with Emergency Situations Minister Mher Shahgeldian on November 4, Shahgeldian shared his views on the current political situation in Armenia and related his priorities for the Ministry, while also upbeat about the upcoming DOD Biological Threat [...]	2008-11-12 14:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID ASEC MARR AM

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