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09VILNIUS155	BELARUS: A DULL GLOW AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? [...] (S) Charge met with Belarusian Presidential Administration Head Makey March 20. Makey pledged that "positive steps" would continue, expressed interest in dialogue with the U.S., showed perceptive understanding of both USG and EU approaches to Belarus, stressed that Belarus was under intense [...]	2009-03-24 12:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PREL PHUM ECON PINR BO RS GG

09VILNIUS180	LITHUANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL BERKLEY [...] Welcome to Lithuania! We look forward to your visit, which coincides with a number of local celebrations. This year marks the fifth anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO. Lithuania is also celebrating the 1,000-year anniversary of the first reference to the country in historical te [...]	2009-04-03 13:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OREP LH
09VILNIUS228	LITHUANIA TELLS CODEL BERKLEY: RELY ON US IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Summary: Political leaders assured CODEL Berkley on its visit to Vilnius April 15-17 that the GOL would not falter in its efforts in Afghanistan despite the country's deteriorating budget situation. They also promised -- again -- to move forward swiftly on resolving longstanding problems with J [...]	2009-04-27 10:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL PGOV ECON ENRG BO LH
09VILNIUS266	LITHUANIA IS NOT ACTIVELY ENGAGED WITH CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 12:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL LH
09VILNIUS269	LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON GEORGIA AND MOLDOVA IN GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on Georgia and Moldova at the upcoming GAERC meetings. The GOL is in favor of visa liberalization discussions with both countries. We encouraged the GOL to rethink a possible EUFOR drawdown in Bosnia. We also discussed GOL priorities for the [...]	2009-05-14 13:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN
09VILNIUS273	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MAY 17; WHAT ARE THE [...] (U) Summary: European Commissioner Dalia Grybauskaite continues to far outpace the six other candidates in opinion polls for the May 17 presidential election. No analyst or politician we have talked to has questioned whether she will win the presidency, but only whether she will do so in the [...]	2009-05-15 13:16:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
09VILNIUS340	LITHUANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL CARDIN [...] Welcome to Lithuania! We look forward to your visit, which coincides with a number of local celebrations. This year marks the fifth anniversary of Lithuania's membership in NATO. Lithuania is also celebrating the 1,000-year anniversary of the first reference to the country in historical te [...]	2009-06-22 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OREP LH
09VILNIUS381	PARLIAMENT OVERRIDES VETO TO PASS LAW THAT COULD [...] SUMMARY: Lithuania's parliament overrode a presidential veto and passed amendments to a law on protecting minors from harmful effects of public information. The law has drawn complaints from Lithuanian and international human-rights organizations that said the amendments could make it illegal [...]	2009-07-14 14:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV LH
09VILNIUS419	SCENESETTER FOR A/S GORDON'S VISIT TO LITHUANIA [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Lithuania provides an opportunity to reinforce the United States' commitment to an already strong bilateral relationship, to address Lithuanian concerns about security, Afghanistan and Guantanamo detainees, and to remind Lithuanian officials that important post-Holo [...]	2009-08-05 14:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON LH
09VILNIUS474	LITHUANIA WILL MAKE AN ICJ STATEMENT IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) After delivering on September 4 ref A demarche to MFA's Head of the EU Enlargement Division (and Kosovo point man) Nerijus Aleksiejunas, we learned that the GOL was shifting its previous position and would most likely present an oral statement in support of Kosovo at the International Cou [...]	2009-09-10 06:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL LH
09VILNIUS479	GOL FOCUSED ON SOUTHERN CAUCASUS AT GAERC [...] (C) The head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas told us that Foreign Minister Usackas will speak in favor of new generation treaties with the Southern Caucasus at the GAERC session on September 14-15. He said FM Usackas will also suggest that energy securi [...]	2009-09-11 13:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LH PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI
09VILNIUS490	LITHUANIA CONCERNED ABOUT PERCEPTIONS OF PHASED, [...] (C) We delivered reftel talking points to MFA's Head of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Department Director Gediminas Varvuolis and Strategic and Transatlantic Relations Division Head Jonas Daniliauskas on September 17, shortly before the President's announcement (we later follo [...]	2009-09-18 13:57:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM LH
09VILNIUS494	LEGAL FLAWS COULD DERAIL JEWISH PROPERTY [...] (C) Legal deficiencies identified by parliamentary lawyers have called into doubt the prospects of a draft law on Jewish property compensation. The draft law would require the Lithuanian government to pay more than 50 million USD in compensation for Jewish communal property seized by Nazi and [...]	2009-09-24 08:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM LH
09VILNIUS549	LITHUANIA'S PRESIDENT REIGNITES ALLEGED CIA PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a period in which the story had largely disappeared, Lithuanian media again began writing articles and editorials about the alleged existence of a CIA prison in Lithuania after President Grybauskaite addressed the issue in a press conference October 20 and said she suspec [...]	2009-10-22 12:33:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH
09VILNIUS571	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALL ON JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her introductory call on Justice Minister Remigijus Simasius, Ambassador Derse heard that the GOL remains committed to passage of legislation providing compensation for expropriated Jewish communal property and to removing references to homosexuality from a controversial la [...]	2009-10-30 14:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CJAN EINV LH
09VILNIUS592	PARLIAMENT VOTES TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED CIA PRISON [...] SUMMARY: Members of all parties in the Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) on November 5 voted to authorize their National Security and Defense Committee to investigate whether the CIA operated a secret prison in Lithuania and, if so, whether GOL institutions or officials were involved. The resol [...]	2009-11-06 15:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LH
09VILNIUS593	PM'S CHANCELLOR DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, BELARUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister's Chancellor Deividas Matulionis said November 5 that Lithuania remains committed to leading the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan's Ghor Province, puts a high priority on NATO contingency planning for defense of the Baltic states, and has seen positiv [...]	2009-11-06 15:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON MOPS LH
09VILNIUS634	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH FOREIGN-AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chairman of the parliamentary committee on foreign affairs told Ambassador Derse that Lithuania remains committed to development efforts and its PRT leadership in Afghanistan's Ghor Province, despite financial straitQd difficulties in attracting foreign donors. He also obl [...]	2009-11-25 15:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS LH
09VILNIUS660	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PARLIAMENT'S DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Derse's introductory meeting with him, Seimas Committee on National Security and Defense Chairman Arvydas Anusauskas said his committee's members unanimously agreed that they would not allow their investigation into an alleged CIA prison in Lithuania to harm r [...]	2009-12-08 15:09:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LH
09VILNIUS668	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a lunch with the Ambassador on December 4, 15 members of the American caucus of the Seimas (parliament) expressed concerns about the level of U.S. and NATO commitment to the Baltic states, NATO defense planning, Afghanistan, missile defense, and relations with Russia. Th [...]	2009-12-10 08:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH
09VILNIUS676	EX-PREMIER'S NEW POLITICAL PARTY HAS RUSSIA TIES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Former Lithuanian Prime Minister Kazimira Prunskiene, whose popularity with voters has tumbled in recent years, has founded a new political party that has drawn attention because of its open ties with Russian politicians. The meeting to establish the party was attended by the [...]	2009-12-11 10:55:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LH
09VILNIUS698	AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN, ITALY BILATERAL MEETINGS AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8-9, Director of Office of Afghanistan Affairs Henry Ensher led a U.S. delegation comprised of U.S. officers posted to Herat and Ghor provinces, the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, USAID, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD),the Joint Staff, CENTCOM [...]	2009-12-21 14:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MAPP MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF LH
09VILNIUS699	LITHUANIA'S GO-FORWARD STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the U.S. delegation to the December 8-9 GOL-hosted RC-West conference met bilaterally with MFA and MOD representatives on December 9 to discuss RC-West conference conclusions and future strategy for Afghanistan. The U.S. delegation underscored that we should work toge [...]	2009-12-21 14:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MAPP MOPS NATO PREL EAID LH
09VILNIUS704	PARLIAMENT AXES RESTRICTIONS ON INFO ABOUT [...] The Lithuanian Seimas (parliament) on December 22 again amended a law to protect minors from harmful effects of public information, this time to remove restrictions on information concerning homosexual, bisexual or polygamous relations. The law, when amended earlier this year to include thos [...]	2009-12-22 15:53:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV LH
09VILNIUS708	LITHUANIA: ENGAGEMENT AND OPPORTUNITIES ON WOMEN'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Domestic violence, human trafficking and gender-based discrimination, including pay inequality, are among the major women's issues in Lithuania. The Embassy maintains a regular dialogue with the GOL and a variety of NGOs regarding women's issues, and has recently supported pro [...]	2009-12-23 13:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PHUM LH
09VILNIUS709	LITHUANIAN COMMENTS ON DRAFT MOU ON LIFE, SECURITY [...] We contacted MOD's Head of the International Operations Section of the International Relations and Operations Department Tomas Urbonas on December 21 to inquire about the status of the MOU on Life, Security and Mobility Support, per ref A instructions. Urbonas confirmed that the GOL has revie [...]	2009-12-23 13:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MAPP MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF LH
09VILNIUS711	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL MEETING WITH POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a free-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius' new domestic political advisor Virgis Valentinavicius said that President Dalia Grybauskaite "has a lot to learn" about how politics work in Lithuania but is doing so quickly, that Lithuania's fo [...]	2009-12-24 08:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
09VILNIUS716	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her first meeting with Zygimantis Pavilionis, the MFA's Coordinator for Lithuania's Presidency of the Community of Democracies (CD),Ambassador Derse heard that the current recalibration of Lithuania's foreign policy provided an opportunity for the United States, and that Li [...]	2009-12-29 14:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH
09VLADIVOSTOK103	EUR/RUS DIRECTOR KYLE SCOTT VISIT TO VLADIVOSTOK [...] During his visit to Vladivostok on October 2, Primorye Region authorities gave EUR/RUS Director Kyle Scott an economic overview of the region, pointing out: the continuous youth out-migration; complicated transportation routes between the RFE, Primorye in particular, and the USA; and "non-fa [...]	2009-10-14 06:44:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ECIN RS
09VLADIVOSTOK114	ANNUAL RUSSIAN AMERICAN PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (RAPP) SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Fourteenth Annual Russian American Pacific Partnership (RAPP),entitled "A Meeting of Shared Interests," took place in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk September 29-30. USG and GOR officials touted the benefits of such fora and the strengthening of U.S.-Russian ties that they fostered. GO [...]	2009-12-02 03:07:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECIN EAIR KDEM RS US
09VLADIVOSTOK12	DCM DONS A YARMULKE IN BIROBIDJAN [...] A highlight of DCM Eric Rubin's trip to the Russian Far East was a February 5 visit to the capital of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast (JAO),Birobidjan. The Jewish Autonomous Region was established in May 1934 as a homeland for Soviet Jews. It was a social experiment that some historians contend [...]	2009-02-11 05:00:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM RS
09VLADIVOSTOK121	PORNOGRAPHY ON ICE: VLADIVOSTOK SENDS MAYOR A MESSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary. "Have you seen the newspaper?" was the question of the day in Vladivostok on December 17. The front page of the Pacific Komsomolets newspaper featured a shocking photo of, what shall we call it, a snow phallus erected by residents outraged with the city's lack of snow and ice r [...]	2009-12-17 04:07:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON RS
09VLADIVOSTOK50	YOUTHS DANCE, SEVEN PROTESTERS DETAINED AT VLADIVOSTOK [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-13 07:34:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV RS
09VLADIVOSTOK54	NEW APEC LAW TO STREAMLINE PROJECTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 07:48:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV RS
09VLADIVOSTOK75	US NAVY SHIP VISITS VLADIVOSTOK FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] The U.S. Navy Destroyer USS STETHEM made a port visit to Vladivostok July 1-6, marking the second visit by a navy ship to Vladivostok since May. American sailors from the ship participated in a number of community relations events, including a "dragon boat" race, and officers from the ship an [...]	2009-07-13 07:01:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV RS
09VLADIVOSTOK9	YAKUTSK: DISPATCH FROM COLDEST CITY IN THE WORLD [...] Vladivostok Political/Economic Officer and FSN paid a mid-winter visit to Yakutsk and met with several officials of the Sakha Republic. Officials discussed economic and development plans for the area, including infrastructure development, possible areas of cooperation with United States busi [...]	2009-02-09 07:57:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAIR ETRD RS
09VLADIVOSTOK93	DBS FERRY TO ATTRACT TOURISM TO PRIMORYE? [...] (SBU) Summary: A new, South Korean-owned cruise ferry connecting Vladivostok, Donghae, South Koreia, and Sakaiminato, Japan began operating on July 7. Local officials hope it will help boost tourism to Primorye Region, as it offers an affordable, comfortable, and convenient way to travel betw [...]	2009-09-17 05:10:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EIND ECIN EINV PGOV PREL PHSA RS JA KS
09VLADIVOSTOK94	CONSULATE VLADIVOSTOK HOSTS 2009 SYMPOSIUM ON NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate Vladivostok, in collaboration with the Vladivostok State University of Economics and Service (VGUES),hosted the 2009 Symposium on Northeast Asia Security (SNEAS) on 14-16 September 2009 in Vladivostok, Russia. Participants from Russia, Mongolia, Japan, India, China, S [...]	2009-09-18 05:49:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OCII OPRC MARR MCAP OIIP SCUL PREL KR RS
09VLADIVOSTOK98	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EUR/RUS DIRECTOR KYLE SCOTT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Consulate General Vladivostok warmly welcomes you to the Russian Far East (RFE). You are coming to a region rich in investment opportunities for U.S. firms, especially as Vladivostok builds new infrastructure in the run-up to APEC 2012. Such investment from U.S. firms would b [...]	2009-09-22 03:00:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EIND ECIN
09VLADIVOSTOK99	FRAUD SUMMARY - VLADIVOSTOK [...] Local Conditions: Though Primorye's government reported six percent growth in the gross regional product in 2008, the economic situation in the past few months is showing signs of trouble. The first sector to feel the economic crisis in Primorye was the mining and extracting industry. In lat [...]	2009-09-23 04:48:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS SPAS CMGT ASEC RS
09WARSAW1005	POLAND WELCOMES TRILATERAL MIDDLE EAST MEETING [...] (C) GoP officials were pleased that U.S., Israeli, and Palestinian leaders met last week. Although the Poles discerned little progress, they saw the symbolic talks as establishing a precedent for more detailed discussions in coming months and, more importantly, demonstrating a renewed U.S. c [...]	2009-09-29 15:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS PL
09WARSAW1068	PM TUSK REMAINS MAN TO BEAT DESPITE SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly two years in office and in the midst of a corruption scandal and the global economic crisis, PM Tusk's public approval has held steady at around 50 percent, a feat unprecedented since 1989. By dismissing ministers implicated in the "Gamble-gate" scandal, even absent [...]	2009-10-19 12:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PL
09WARSAW1069	FM SIKORSKI PITCHES U.S.-POLISH TEAMWORK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Sikorski told visiting DRL A/S Posner that it is in the U.S. and Polish "national DNA" to share the benefits of liberty with the world. He said that together, U.S. resources and Poland's transformational experience could reinvigorate the Community of Democracies (CD). Sikorsk [...]	2009-10-19 12:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV PL
09WARSAW1071	HLDG: CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRESS ON U.S. BMD AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, led a U.S. delegation to Warsaw for the first ever U.S.-Poland High Level Defense Group (HLDG). Polish Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Stanislaw Komorowski led the Polish dele [...]	2009-10-20 08:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR PL
09WARSAW1091	BALTIC ENERGY BRIDGE: POLAND CHEERS FROM THE [...] (C) Summary. The Polish government (GoP) views Baltic energy security as important to its regional diplomatic efforts, particularly to building EU energy solidarity and managing EU-Russian relations. However, the GoP does not believe that connecting Baltic energy markets to Poland or other [...]	2009-10-27 14:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PREL PL
09WARSAW1112	POLES FATALISTIC ABOUT UKRAINIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland shares our desire to integrate Ukraine into Western institutions, but many in the GoP view the upcoming Ukrainian presidential election in zero-sum terms: a likely victory for Russia and loss for Poland -- no matter which candidate wins. Many Poles believe that for five ye [...]	2009-11-02 16:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL UP RS
09WARSAW1137	POLAND: KEEP BELARUS SANCTIONS, BUT HOW? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GoP supports a rollover of the current EU sanctions mandate set to expire in March 2010, as well as extending the suspension of travel restrictions against EU officials, which expires on December 15, 2009. However, according to MFA officials, Poland still cannot commit to a [...]	2009-11-10 15:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO PL
09WARSAW1139	HLDG: CONSTRUCTIVE PROGRESS ON U.S. BMD AND [...] This corrected cable replaces WARSAW 01071. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, led a U.S. delegation to Warsaw for the first-ever U.S.-Poland High Level Defense Group (HLDG). Polish Undersecretary of Defense for Policy [...]	2009-11-12 07:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR PL
09WARSAW1170	AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR IN POLAND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Morningstar traveled to Poland November 12-14 to meet with government, opposition and business officials on a wide range of regional energy security topics. The visit followed Vice President Biden's commitment in Warsaw to further cooperation on energy security and t [...]	2009-11-25 16:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV PREL PL
09WARSAW1185	POLISH MFA: MIXED PROGRESS WITH EASTERN NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's engagement with Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus is yielding mixed results, according to Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, Director of the MFA's Eastern Department. What Bratkiewicx described as a "pragmatic approach" toward Russia has led to some movement on historical issues and broug [...]	2009-12-02 16:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PL PREL
09WARSAW1187	POLAND'S POLDIR ON AFGHANISTAN, MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland will respond positively to a U.S. troop increase in Afghanistan and, after interministerial consultations, hopes to announce its own increase soon, according to MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow. Poland prides itself on being a pro-Israel voice within the EU, Sobkow sa [...]	2009-12-02 16:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KNNP EFIN IR PL
09WARSAW1197	POLISH VIEWS ON DECEMBER 7-8 EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref points December 3 to MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, who responded with a summary of Poland's positions for this first EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC). With a view to establishing the EU as a global actor, Poland endorses all activities aimed at strengtheni [...]	2009-12-07 18:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EUN PL
09WARSAW1200	SCENESETTER FOR U/S TAUSCHER'S DECEMBER 10-11 [...] (C) Welcome. Since your visit to Warsaw in mid-September, much has changed for the better in the bilateral relationship, although clean-up may be needed in light of Polish government statements on Patriot missiles following the December 4 meeting between the Secretary and Foreign Minister Sik [...]	2009-12-08 18:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV RS PL
09WARSAW1204	POLAND SEEKS TO BUILD CSDP AS CREDIBLE PARTNER FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As one of the goals of its 2011 EU Presidency, Poland aims to give life to the European Union Common Security and Defense Policy. To that end, Polish PM Tusk and French President Sarkozy issued a Declaration on Security and Defense on November 5 in Paris. Polish MFA officials [...]	2009-12-09 14:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR NATO EU PL
09WARSAW121	POLISH SENATORS TO AMBASSADOR: POLAND DESERVES DUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador, members of the Polish Senate's Foreign Affairs Committee urged that progress on building a Polish-U.S. strategic partnership not slow or stop, regardless of the current U.S. Administration's decision on the Ballistic Missile Defense Ag [...]	2009-02-03 16:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS PL
09WARSAW1250	SEJM SPEAKER KOMOROWSKI ON U.S.-POLISH RELATIONS [...] (C) In his first meeting with Sejm Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski (Civic Platform - PO),Ambassador Feinstein heard that the Speaker sought U.S. help building public support for Poland's troop increase in Afghanistan. Komorowski also agreed that NATO contingency planning was a positive developm [...]	2009-12-31 14:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	NATO MARR MCAP PREL PGOV PL
09WARSAW146	POLAND/RUSSIA: MOVING FORWARD IN CHOPPY WATERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Vladimir Putin's proposed spring visit to Warsaw has not yet been scheduled, but Polish officials tell us that energy security will likely top the agenda. Prime Minister Tusk's staff said the media accurately described Tusk's January 29 meeting with Putin in Davos as a discussion [...]	2009-02-10 14:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PL RS
09WARSAW217	POLAND - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poland is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). The majority of victims were trafficked to work in the sex industry, but Poland is increasingly becoming a destination country for forced labor. Government officials at the hig [...]	2009-02-27 15:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
09WARSAW22	CODEL TAUSCHER VISIT TO POLAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Tauscher emphasized to Polish interlocutors December 17 that the U.S. remained committed to missile defense (MD),but insisted that the long-range component must be realistically tested and certified effective before deployment. In the meantime, Tauscher said Congress woul [...]	2009-01-08 15:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL MARR MCAP NATO PL CZ RS
09WARSAW23	CODEL TAUSCHER'S MEETING WITH POLISH FM SIKORSKI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 16 conversation visiting CODEL Tauscher and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski discussed Missile Defense, including Russian views of MD in Europe, Georgia and Afghanistan. On Missile Defense, Congresswoman Tauscher described Congressional plans to seek a strategic pa [...]	2009-01-08 15:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PL PREL
09WARSAW258	POLAND/GERMANY - WHO'S AFRAID OF ERIKA STEINBACH, [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Tusk and PM-Advisor Bartoszewski have been criticized by the opposition and media commentators for failing to communicate the extent of Polish opposition to the establishment of a German documentation center for expellees. In the view of these critics, the withdrawal of German [...]	2009-03-10 15:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GM PL
09WARSAW260	POLISH VIEWS ON MARCH 16-17 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland believes the EU will reach a general consensus on extending -- for another six months -- suspension of the EU's travel ban on Belarusian officials. Poland views as a positive initiative the Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister's March 6 visit to Warsaw to address Polish conc [...]	2009-03-10 16:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF TU PL
09WARSAW298	POLAND: ARE WE SINCERE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Polish political leaders have largely recovered from initial misgivings about recent U.S. overtures to Russia. The President's public clarification of his letter to President Medvedev, as well as the meeting between FM Sikorski and Secretary Clinton, have set aside for now Poli [...]	2009-03-20 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PM PL
09WARSAW32	LECH WALESA CALLS FOR NEW ERA OF U.S. LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Nobel Laureate and former Polish President Lech Walesa told the Ambassador January 10 that the United States -- while still a military and economic power -- is no longer the moral or political leader it once was. After the fall of communism, Walesa said, the world needs to be "rearranged." [...]	2009-01-12 16:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PL
09WARSAW323	POLISH MFA: ENGAGE BELARUS BUT PROTECT MINORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA continues to push for EU and U.S. engagement with Belarus to keep it out of Russia's clench, but insists that such engagement should not be at the expense of the Polish minority in Belarus. An MFA official told us the Union of Poles in Belarus held a successful ele [...]	2009-03-26 13:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO PL
09WARSAW33	FORMER POLISH PM KACZYNSKI MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with the Ambassador, a subdued and reflective Jaroslaw Kaczynski -- former Prime Minister and current chair of the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) party -- characterized the U.S.-Georgia charter as an important development given Georgia's precarious politic [...]	2009-01-12 16:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON PL
09WARSAW339	YOUR MEETING WITH POLAND'S LEADERSHIP IN PRAGUE [...] (C) Your April 5 meeting with Poland's leadership (which is likely to be both President Lech Kaczynski and Prime Minister Donald Tusk) is much anticipated in Warsaw. If you meet with them together, which I expect to be the case, it will be the first time these two political rivals have met jo [...]	2009-03-31 08:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP PHUM MARR ECON ENRG CVIS PGOV PL
09WARSAW345	POLAND'S "TRUTH-TELLER" CANDIDATE FOR COE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland's candidate for Council of Europe (COE) Secretary General has done it all. Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz has served as prime minister, foreign minister, justice minister, and parliamentary speaker; he has also run twice for president. A moderate social democrat, he is one of t [...]	2009-04-01 07:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM COE PL
09WARSAW360	POLAND IN NATO: LOOKING FOR RESPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: "Nothing about us without us" has become the clarion call of Poland's security strategy in the post-communist era. Poles are determined to have a say in security arrangements that affect them, having suffered all too often as the pawn of larger powers. Because Poles see NATO a [...]	2009-04-03 16:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR NATO PL
09WARSAW377	POLAND: SNAPSHOT OF BIALYSTOK, NEAR THE BELARUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local and regional officials in Poland's northeastern Podlaskie Province -- located along the Belarusian border -- told us April 1-3 that residents still viewed the U.S. as Poland's main security guarantor but have been shifting their focus towards the EU over the past five years. [...]	2009-04-09 13:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON SOCI PL BO
09WARSAW388	POLAND STEPS UP IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Jacek Najder April 9 confirmed GoP plans to increase Poland's contribution to ISAF and noted: -- Polish President Lech Kaczynski had good meetings with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and other senior leaders during a visit to Afghanistan April 8. -- K [...]	2009-04-10 14:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MCAP MOPS AF PL
09WARSAW389	POLES FACE EC DELAY, DIVISION ON EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. We reviewed developments in Poland's Eastern neighborhood in separate meetings with Witold Sobkow, MFA Acting Political Director, and Jacek Cichocki, Secretary of State in the Polish Prime Minister's Chancellery. They noted that: -- The EU is still divided on the issue of invit [...]	2009-04-10 14:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PL GG AJ AM UP BO
09WARSAW394	POLAND/BELARUS - IS DIALOGUE WORKING? [...] (U) SUMMARY: At an April 2 conference on EU-Belarus relations, panel participants representing the GOP, parliament, and think-tanks agreed that the EU's earlier policy of isolation failed, but disagreed on the extent to which the EU and Poland should "conditionalize" dialogue with Belarus. MP [...]	2009-04-14 09:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM BY PL
09WARSAW397	POLISH SOLIDARITY UNION BLASTS GOP "NEOLIBERAL" [...] (C) Janusz Sniadek, President of Solidarity Trade Union, told the Ambassador April 8 that Poland is only starting to feel the effects of the global financial crisis, but said the GoP should prepare for the worst case. The government is doing virtually nothing, he argued, to mitigate the effe [...]	2009-04-14 14:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PL
09WARSAW418	POLAND: KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP BID [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 12:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV PL
09WARSAW424	POLAND: BURMA SANCTIONS SHOULD BE BETTER TARGETED [...] (C) The Polish MFA supports the concept of "better-targeted" U.S. and EU sanctions against Burma and strengthening diplomatic engagement with the regime. On April 17, Danuta Bolimowska, First Counselor at the MFA's Africa-Pacific Department, told us that she was encouraged by the U.S. review [...]	2009-04-20 14:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM PL
09WARSAW431	POLISH VIEWS ON APRIL EU FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish MFA's EU Correspondent defended the Czech Presidency's decision to invite Belarusian President Lukashenka to the May 7 Eastern Partnership, and predicted that Lukashenka would indeed attend. Poland will use the release of the Commission's report on the European Neighb [...]	2009-04-24 09:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PL
09WARSAW466	POLISH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES MISSILE [...] (C) Summary: Poland,s Deputy Defense Minister, Stanislaw Komorowski, said the decision to host the Missile Defense (MD) site was not an easy one and they hoped it would be fulfilled. Poland is counting on the Patriot deployment and he did not consider it a replacement for MD. He expressed [...]	2009-05-06 12:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ORP RS PL CZ NATO
09WARSAW467	POLAND - CODEL LEVIN DISCUSSES MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with CODEL Levin, the Polish Prime Minister's chief of staff, the President's deputy national security advisor, and the speaker of the Polish parliament expressed unanimous support for a large U.S. military footprint in Poland to bolster Article 5 guarantees. PM chief of s [...]	2009-05-07 05:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OREP RS PL
09WARSAW468	POLISH FM SIKORSKI TO CODEL LEVIN: WE WANT "REAL" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polish FM Sikorski told CODEL Levin that Poland "would not suffer" but "would look silly" if the U.S. decided not to pursue Missile Defense and is open to alternatives that would ease Russian concerns. Sikorski stressed that Poland's ultimate aim is to have an increased U.S. and [...]	2009-05-07 05:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR OREP RS PL
09WARSAW490	DAVID LIPTON IN WARSAW: EUROPEAN FINANCIAL [...] (C) Summary: NSC Senior Director David Lipton and Treasury,s Eric Meyer were in Warsaw April 28-29. They met with government and private sector finance officials to discuss the crisis, as well as with Finance Minister Rostowski and Foreign Minister Sikorski regarding the situation in Ukrain [...]	2009-05-12 07:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PL
09WARSAW500	POLISH VIEWS ON MAY 18-19 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland shares U.S. views on Russia with respect to both concerns and opportunities. Although differences remain, the improved tone of Polish-Russian relations bodes well for U.S.-Russian and EU-Russian relations. Poland will press for more EU-U.S. coordination on Georgia, Moldo [...]	2009-05-14 16:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN KNNP IR PK KS PL
09WARSAW522	EURO ELECTIONS: POLES SEEK MORE OF A GOOD THING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland's love affair with the European Union colors the message of its European Parliament (EP) candidates, who largely focus on maintaining EU largesse and maximizing Polish influence within the EU. The expected post-election consolidation of Polish deputies inside only three [...]	2009-05-22 14:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN PL
09WARSAW553	POLAND - THE STRUGGLE FOR SOLIDARITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. June 4 celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of free elections were supposed to highlight Poland's prominent role in toppling communism in Europe in 1989. Instead, plans for a media extravaganza in Gdansk have devolved into competing events in multiple cities amid mutual ch [...]	2009-06-03 06:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PL
09WARSAW563	POLES HOST DALAI LAMA, RILE CHINESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jie Chi warned Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski on May 26 that Polish support for the Dalai Lama could impede the improvement of bilateral ties. The Chinese appear to be holding off on senior visits to Poland this year. The Polish government beli [...]	2009-06-03 15:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PL CH
09WARSAW574	EURO ELECTIONS: CIVIC PLATFORM HEADED FOR BIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. As expected when the campaign began, the ruling Civic Platform (PO) should win around half the votes in June 7 elections for European Parliament, according to opinion polls issued in the campaign's final days. The opposition Law and Justice (PiS) will finish a distant second, wi [...]	2009-06-05 10:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN PL
09WARSAW584	POLAND'S GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. After five years in the European Union, Poland is increasingly skilled at "navigating" the EU, but still far from guru status. While Poland is tactically more effective, a lack of strategic vision, internal coordination, and active engagement in European capitals has hindered Po [...]	2009-06-09 11:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM EUN PL
09WARSAW59	POLAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] The 1923 Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses 2. The 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards 3. The 1961 Geneva European Convention on International Trade Arbitration 4. The 1972 Moscow Convention on Arbitration Resolution of Civ [...]	2009-01-20 07:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EIQ EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PL
09WARSAW594	POLAND BACKS U.S. APPROACH TO MEDVEDEV SECURITY [...] (C) The U.S. and Polish positions on Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev's European security initiative are virtually identical. Iwona Pawlikowska of the MFA Security Policy Department told us that the GoP fully supported the proposed U.S. approach (Ref A) for the OSCE informal ministerial on [...]	2009-06-10 15:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE EU NATO PL
09WARSAW596	POLISH VIEWS ON JUNE 15-16 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. In advance of the June 15-16 GAERC, MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski said Poland will press for close coordination with the U.S. on the Middle East and oppose efforts to condition the upgrade of EU-Israel relations on progress in the peace process. Poland views the E [...]	2009-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN KNNP IR PK KS PL
09WARSAW643	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BEN NELSON TO WARSAW, JUNE [...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Warsaw. Your focus, Missile Defense, is front and center in our on-going conversation with the Poles, along with the rotation of a Patriot battery to Poland and on-going Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) Supplemental negotiations. Pre [...]	2009-06-23 15:39:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR OREP PGOV PREL PL
09WARSAW718	POLES WELCOME U.S.-RUSSIA SUMMIT RESULTS [...] (C) GoP officials welcomed the results of the U.S.-Russia Summit and were cautiously optimistic that it would lead to a substantial improvement in U.S.-Russian relations. Marek Szczygiel of the MFA's Security Policy Department said Poland appreciated, in particular, that the U.S. had not sacr [...]	2009-07-10 14:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MCAP MARR NATO RS PL
09WARSAW720	POLAND: INCREASING FRUSTRATION WITH SITUATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told us that Warsaw remained committed to Ukraine's rapid Euro-Atlantic integration, but programs like the Eastern Partnership (ref C) can only do so much given the disruptive political infighting in Kyiv. The infighting had led to disappointing results during the " [...]	2009-07-10 15:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PL UP
09WARSAW738	AMBASSADOR MULL BRIEFS MOSCOW SUMMIT TO POLES; [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Stephen Mull reassured senior GOP officials July 8 that President Obama had protected U.S. redlines during the Moscow Summit and bartered neither European missile defense (MD) plans nor future NATO enlargement to gain Russian cooperation on ballistic missile defense. [...]	2009-07-17 09:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PGOV MAPP MARR PL
09WARSAW763	POLISH VIEWS ON 27-28 JULY GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of this month's meeting of the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council, MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski said Poland intended to: -- Advocate for the extension of the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia; -- Support tougher sanctions agai [...]	2009-07-23 14:57:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM IR GG PL
09WARSAW78	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON SEJM SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting, Sejm (lower house of parliament) Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski asked about the possible timing of an Administration decision on Missile Defense and expressed confidence that the U.S.-Polish relationship would continue to flourish. Komorowski expressed regr [...]	2009-01-23 16:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PL
09WARSAW782	POLISH PARLIAMENTARY LEADER: "COMMUNICATION" KEY [...] (C) Newly elected Chairman of the Sejm Foreign Affairs Committee Andrzej Halicki (Civic Platform, PO) told the Ambassador July 28 that communication between the U.S. and Poland was key to maintaining excellent bilateral relations. His remark came in the context of prospective ratification of [...]	2009-07-29 15:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM PINR PL
09WARSAW805	GAY RIGHTS IN POLAND: LONG ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The greater part of Polish society remains negatively disposed toward homosexuality. Mainstream and extremist media, the educational system, and the Catholic Church all contribute in some form to homophobia in Polish society. Gays and lesbians face discrimination in the educa [...]	2009-08-07 06:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PL
09WARSAW81	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER'S KYIV "BUSINESS" VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The media mischaracterized FM Radoslaw Sikorski's January 15-16 trip to Ukraine as an effort to resolve the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute, according to an MFA read-out. It was instead a long-planned trip to resolve "thorny" bilateral issues, particularly in the economic area. The [...]	2009-01-26 11:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RS UK PL

09WARSAW82	LAW AND JUSTICE (PIS) TO PRESENT "NEW FACE" AT [...] SUMMARY: With a new media strategy and a new platform designed to present a "complete party" to Polish voters, members of the opposition Law and Justice (PiS) are increasingly confident about their prospects for success in June 2009 elections to the European Parliament -- widely advertised a [...]	2009-01-26 11:59:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
09WARSAW854	POLISH PROPERTY COMPENSATION LEGISLATION STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoP is unlikely to introduce promised private property compensation -- including to Holocaust survivors -- any time soon. Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski, the MFA's liaison to the Jewish community, continues to repeat the surprising argument that Polish compensation legislation [...]	2009-08-20 14:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PL
09WARSAW875	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO POLAND [...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Poland to commemorate the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago. Your trip comes at a key moment as Poland, Germany, Russia, and their neighbors work to put behind them controversial historical memories that have mired their relations [...]	2009-08-28 11:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RS UP GM PL
09WARSAW879	POLISH MFA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PUTIN VISIT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite controversy sparked by a recent Russian documentary about Poland's alleged alliance with Nazi Germany in the run-up to World War II, the Polish MFA appears to be upbeat about Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's scheduled visit to Poland for the September 1 commemoration in Gda [...]	2009-08-28 14:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PL PREL RS
09WARSAW894	POLISH DEFENSE MINISTER PLACES CONDITIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. While at the International Defense Trade Show in Kielce August 31, Polish Defense Minister Bogdan Klich pointedly told U.S. vendors that Poland and the United States needed to improve their political relationship, or Poland would look to Europe and other suppliers su [...]	2009-09-02 11:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MAPP MARR PL
09WARSAW896	POLAND UNDECIDED ON WHETHER TO FILE ORAL ICJ BRIEF [...] (C) Polish MFA is divided on the issue of filing an oral ICJ brief in support of Kosovo. Legal Department advisors are arguing in favor of the U.S. position, while the Central and South Europe and Eastern Departments want to take relations with regional partners such as Serbia and Russia int [...]	2009-09-02 19:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KVIR PL
09WARSAW912	POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 4-5 GYMNICH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the run-up to the September 4-5 EU Gymnich meeting, Cyryl Kozaczewski, the Deputy Director of the MFA's EU Department, told us that Poland will advocate increased EU coordination with the U.S. on the Isaeli-Palestinian peace process and targeted assistance to Afghanistan. Polan [...]	2009-09-04 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN EAID AF IS PK IR
09WARSAW916	PUTIN-TUSK MEETING CONCILIATORY BUT AWKWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Polish MFA official described Russian Prime Minister Putin's September 1 visit to Gdansk as generally positive, but added that there were occasional "cumbersome moments," particularly during Tusk's bilateral meeting with Polish PM Tusk. Although Putin told Tusk that the killin [...]	2009-09-04 15:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS PL
09WARSAW930	POLES INTENT ON SHAPING NATO'S REVISED STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has high expectations for the upcoming revision of NATO's Strategic Concept (SC). Since joining NATO ten years ago, Poles believe they have paid their expeditionary dues in the Balkans and Afghanistan, and will insist that the Alliance now focus more attention on its tra [...]	2009-09-10 13:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR NATO PL
09WARSAW931	POLAND INTERESTED IN COORDINATED APPROACH TO SRI [...] (C) Anna Krzak-Danel, Sri Lanka desk officer in the MFA's Asia-Pacific Department, welcomed reftel points on IDP freedom of movement and said they would be helpful in developing Poland's position for the upcoming EU debate. To this end, Krzak-Danel said Sri Lanka had fallen off next week's G [...]	2009-09-10 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE PL
09WARSAW934	POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland strongly supports increased EU engagement in Afghanistan, including more resources for civilian reconstruction and the EUPOL police training mission. The Poles appreciate the Swedish Presidency's efforts to elaborate a comprehensive, far-reaching EU strategy for Afghanist [...]	2009-09-11 10:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EFIN EAID KNNP IR PK AF CE PL
09WARSAW938	POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. ON NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland strongly backs the U.S. administration's efforts to strengthen nuclear nonproliferation mechanisms and move forward on arms control negotiations. In particular, Polish MFA officials view the 2010 Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference as an opportunity to strengthe [...]	2009-09-11 13:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09WARSAW950	SCENESETTER FOR JUSTICE SCALIA'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 [...] (SBU) Mr. Justice, Mission Poland warmly welcomes your September 23-25 visit to Warsaw. Your trip comes on the heels of ceremonies in Gdansk marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II -- one of many important commemorations this year, including the 20th anniversary of 1989 e [...]	2009-09-15 14:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PL
09WARSAW97	BEEF HORMONES: POLES LOOKING FOR A DEAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) Summary: On instructions from the government of Prime Minister Tusk, officials from the Polish Agriculture Ministry asked EMBOFFS January 29 what concrete steps Poland could take to have its products removed from the retaliation list in [...]	2009-01-29 16:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EUN EAGR PL EU
09WARSAW983	POLES CAUTIOUS BUT OPEN-MINDED ON U.S. MD PROPOSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the face of overwhelmingly negative press coverage, Polish officials' initial skepticism regarding the new U.S. offer on Missile Defense (MD) has evolved slightly to a posture of wait-and-see (but not too long). Both FM Sikorski and PM Tusk have issued guardedly encouraging p [...]	2009-09-23 16:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PL
09WELLINGTON104	LABOUR DOOMED TO WANDER NEW ZEALAND'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Since the November 2008 election that ousted the Labour-led government of former PM Helen Clark, the Labour Party has struggled to define itself in opposition to attract positive media attention as well as the public's interest. So far the Labour Party has failed on both counts [...]	2009-04-23 19:49:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON108	UPDATE ON NEW ZEALND'S MONETARY AND FISCAL POSITION AS THE [...] (U) Summary. On April 30, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) reduced the Official Cash Rate (OCR) by 50 basis points to 2.5 percent. The RBNZ move continues a series of dramatic cuts since July 2008 when the OCR stood at 8.25 percent. Economists reacted favorably to both the size of the [...]	2009-05-01 04:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
09WELLINGTON117	TONGA PM SAYS APPROACH TO FIJI NEEDS REVISION [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 18, Tongan Prime Minister Dr. Feleti Seveli gave a public address in Wellington where he stated that critics need not worry about political reform in his country as it was continuing apace and is fully supported by the Tongan King. On Fiji, Dr. Seveli offered a nuanced [...]	2009-05-19 05:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL NZ
09WELLINGTON181	FIXING THE BIG CITY [...] (SBU) The Auckland region, New Zealand's commercial center and home to a third of the country's population, is governed by a patchwork of institutions - four city councils and mayors, two district councils and an overarching regional council. These overlapping and competing authorities slow d [...]	2009-06-26 03:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON223	ENGAGING AN MP CRITIC OF AFGHAN COMBAT OPS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 15, Charge lunched with freshman Green Party MP Dr. Kennedy Graham, a former NZ and UN diplomat who recently questioned the legitimacy of Operation Enduring Freedom in the New Zealand Parliament. At lunch, Graham eloquently displayed his extensive knowledge and underst [...]	2009-07-20 05:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL AF NZ
09WELLINGTON275	Trade Minister on TPP - The Hour Is Not Yet Here [...] (C) Summary. During a September 16 introductory call on Tim Groser, Minister for Trade and the Associate Minister for Climate Change Issues and Conservation, the ChargC) emphasized his desire to help the bilateral relationship continue on an upward path. Groser assured that he also wanted to [...]	2009-09-18 02:49:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL NZ KGHG EAGR
09WELLINGTON287	Foreign Minister on U.S. Relationship, Trade, Afghanistan [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 26 introductory call, Foreign Minister Murray McCully warmly welcomed the Charge and emphasized that his door is always open for future meetings. McCully said the New Zealand Government puts a "huge priority" on building the relationship with the U.S., and he [...]	2009-09-30 02:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD ECON NZ AF PGOV MARR XV EAID
09WELLINGTON31	GOVERNMENT DISCUSSES ECONOMIC RISK TO MAORI [...] (SBU) Summary. The New Zealand Government recently sponsored an Economic Workshop dedicated to finding a response to the risk created by the worsening economic climate to indigenous Maori. Among New Zealanders, Maori remain particularly susceptible to the economic downturn as many work in low- [...]	2009-02-05 04:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON313	Vice Premier Li Keqiang Visit Underscores New Zealand's [...] (C) Summary: During a November 27 meeting with ChargC),Political and Economic Chief and Econoff, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs China Desk Director Grahame Morton gave a read-out of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's November 1-3 visit to New Zealand. Morton said Li's initial visit [...]	2009-12-06 22:42:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SENV CH EAID ETRD EINV EAGR AU
09WELLINGTON317	Vice Premier Li Keqiang Visit Underscores New Zealand's [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with ChargC),Political and Economic Chief and Econoff, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs China Desk Director Grahame Morton gave a read-out of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's November 1-3 visit to New Zealand. Morton said Li's initial visit [...]	2009-12-07 02:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EINV SENV EAGR NZ AS CH OVIP
09WELLINGTON36	NZ NATIONAL DAY UNDERSCORES GOOD RELATIONS WITH MAORI [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 6, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key joined Maori leaders at Waitangi, the site of the signing of the country's founding document, to commemorate New Zealand's National Day. In recent years, this traditional event has been characterized by hostility by Maori activ [...]	2009-02-13 03:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON38	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 03:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN NZ PHUM PREF SMIG
09WELLINGTON41	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 18:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP NZ
09WELLINGTON42	FORMER PM HELEN CLARK'S LEGACY IN ASIAN FOREIGN POLICY [...] (U) Summary. In a wide-ranging historical look at New Zealand's evolving foreign policy towards Asia over the last half century before a select group hosted by the Asia Forum, former PM Clark discussed her legacy. She characterized New Zealand's emphasis post-World War II as security orient [...]	2009-02-19 19:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON47	PM KEY's BUSY AND POPULAR FIRST 100 DAYS [...] (SBU) Summary. The first 100 days on the new National-led Government have been active and largely well received by the New Zealand media and public. The Government has kept its campaign promises pushing through tax relief and tougher law and order measures, starting to reform the bureaucracy, [...]	2009-02-25 04:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON69	TAXES, LAW AND ORDER TOP KEY'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister John Key was quick to enact his initial legislative agenda after coming to power following the 2008 election. As Key had promised prior to the election, his Government swiftly passed a tax cut package and a series of stronger law and order measures. The National [...]	2009-03-10 02:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM KDEM NZ
09WELLINGTON70	2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATE FOR NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is Post's resubmission of the 2009 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for New Zealand. As of end of January 2009, Post submitted ICS as part of the 2009 Country Commercial Guide per reftel. 2. Begin text of ICS submission: 2009 Investment Climate Statement - New Zealand Open [...]	2009-03-11 03:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR NZ
09WELLINGTON86	IS NEW ZEALAND OPEN OR OPPOSED TO ADDED AFGHAN [...] (U) March 25, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully gave his first public speech on the bilateral relationship with the United States (full text emailed to EAP/ANP). He started with his overall assessment: "Relations are, in my judgment, in better shape than we have seen in 25 years. T [...]	2009-03-26 19:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL AF NZ
09WELLINGTON92	NZ EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME UNDER REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 9, 2008, the newly elected National-led Government announced its review of the country's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Established by the previous Labour government, the ETS attracted criticism from many quarters, including the National Party, for its lack of poli [...]	2009-04-09 02:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV KGHG NZ
09WINDHOEK118	UPDATE ON CHINESE ACTIVITIES IN NAMIBIA [...] (C) China provided significant financial support to the ruling SWAPO party during the liberation struggle, and today it continues to maintain close political, financial, and commercial ties to SWAPO. The Chinese government has given the GRN over 1 billion Namibian dollars since independence ( [...]	2009-04-09 12:15:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR WA CH
09WINDHOEK176	DEMARCHE ON BIOLOGICAL AND TOXIN WEAPON CONVENTION [...] On May 14, Ambassador Mathieu joined her counterparts from Germany and the United Kingdom, as well as the DCM from France, to deliver a demarche to MFA Permanent Secretary Veiccoh Nghiwete regarding the Biological and Toxin Weapon Convention (BTWC). Deputy Permanent Secretary Asheeke and Mul [...]	2009-05-19 17:35:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PREL WA
09WINDHOEK20	NAMIBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Summary. Post is pleased to submit its 2009 Investment Climate for Namibia. Per reftel paragraph 13, Post sent the ICS in Microsoft Word format to J. Nathaniel Hatcher and his backup Gregory N. Hicks on January 16. End Summary. BEGIN TEXT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Openness to [...]	2009-01-22 15:01:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR WA
09WINDHOEK374	NAMIBIA: 2009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is the AGOA Eligibility Review submission for Namibia. Responses are keyed to paragraph 3 of reftel. End Summary. Country: NAMIBIA Current AGOA Status: Eligible 3. (SBU) Country Background Summary: Namibia has a population of approximately 2.1 million (proj [...]	2009-10-14 12:30:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM WA
09WINDHOEK514	Namibia: Human Rights Trends Pertaining to Sexual [...] (SBU) Legislation: Namibia has no legislation that criminalizes same-sex relationships and none is being contemplated that would target gays or lesbians. Article 10 of the Namibian constitution prohibits any form of discrimination. Sodomy -- defined as sexual intercourse between two [...]	2009-12-30 10:04:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM WA PGOV
09YAOUNDE1007	PRESIDENT BIYA'S DEMARCHE TO AMBASSADOR: FRIENDS [...] (C) Summary: On November 25, Cameroonian Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi summoned Ambassador to his office to read her a message which he said was from President Paul Biya. The statement, written in French, affirmed that diplomats should not interfere with Cameroon's internal affairs, e [...]	2009-11-25 15:32:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL
09YAOUNDE1046	CAMEROONIAN PRESIDENT BIYA UNUSUALLY ACTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Cameroonian President Paul Biya has been uncharacteristically active in the past two months. He issued a letter to the Cameroonian people, attended two high profile public events, announced several other future engagements, encouraged his party to refocus on bread and butter i [...]	2009-12-11 11:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON PGOV PINR PREL
09YAOUNDE1057	CAMEROON: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, Ambassador met with Minister in Charge of Special Duties at the Presidency and Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party Rene Sadi for a tour d'horizon of regional and national developments. Sadi explained President Biya [...]	2009-12-16 12:13:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL
09YAOUNDE147	CENTRAL AFRICAN BANK READY FOR CRISIS, ROCKED BY [...] (C) Summary. The member governments of the Economic and Monetary Union of Central Africa (CEMAC) are well-prepared to weather the fallout from the global financial crisis, but the socio-economic impact of slower economic growth is harder to predict, according to Rigobert Roger Andeley, a Con [...]	2009-02-13 06:59:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD KCOR ECIN PINR GB CM
09YAOUNDE152	CAMEROON: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Summary: The Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) acknowledges that Cameroon is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficked women and children. In 2005, the National Assembly passed Anti-Child Trafficking legislation. A number of sections of the penal code apply to tra [...]	2009-02-16 09:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CM
09YAOUNDE246	CAMEROON'S FIU HEAD SAYS COORDINATION IMPROVING, [...] (C) Summary. Corruption remains pervasive at the highest levels of the Government of Cameroon, but there are signs of increasing cooperation among the Ministry of Justice, the police and Cameroon's financial intelligence unit, the National Agency for Financial Investigations (ANIF),accordi [...]	2009-03-12 14:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KTFN PREL PGOV CM
09YAOUNDE257	CAMEROON MP, ERSTWHILE US PARTNER, DEMOTED FOR [...] (C) Summary. President Paul Biya, enraged to learn that three senior members of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) were implicated in an alien smuggling operation, moved swiftly to remove them from their positions as Vice Presidents of the National Assembly, according t [...]	2009-03-12 16:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV CM
09YAOUNDE275	(S) ALLEGED PLOT TO KILL BIYA "PLAUSIBLE, BUT [...] (S) Summary. According to Francis Dooh Collins, a French national of Cameroonian origin who has proven to be politically well-connected but of dubious credibility, Minister of Defense Remy Ze Meka and a group of disgruntled senior military officials intend to assassinate President Paul Biya [...]	2009-03-20 17:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PINS ASEC CM
09YAOUNDE28	CAMEROON'S ELECAM: VIEWS FROM THE EU, [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, Ambassador hosted a meeting of the "8 6", an informal group of resident Chiefs of Mission which meets periodically. The group discussed the implications and possible responses to President Biya's recent creation of a new Electoral Commission (ELECAM) packed with [...]	2009-01-13 16:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM PGOV PHUM PREL
09YAOUNDE38	Human Rights Outreach in Cameroon [...] Summary: Recent post human rights engagement has included a human rights discussion with the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, two workshops on trafficking in persons, and a well-attended human rights roundtable to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human [...]	2009-01-15 07:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM CM
09YAOUNDE39	Human Rights Outreach in Cameroon [...] Summary: Recent post human rights engagement has included a human rights discussion with the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice, two workshops on trafficking in persons, and a well-attended human rights roundtable to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human [...]	2009-01-15 08:57:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM CM
09YAOUNDE482	BIYA'S SUCCESSION UNCERTAIN, SAYS SENIOR [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon will either not have presidential elections, as scheduled, in 2011 or the elections, if they are held, will be so bad no one will believe them, according to Yaya Hamidou Marafa, Cameroon's Minister for Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD). In a wid [...]	2009-05-29 11:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR CM
09YAOUNDE581	Cameroon's Separatist SCNC Still Pushing its Cause [...] (U) The Southern Cameroons National Council (SCNC) is an Anglophone separatist movement whose ultimate goal is a return to the two-state Federation which existed pre-1972. The movement has used violence in the past and has recently internationalized its campaign by lobbying in Washington, New [...]	2009-06-29 15:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR CVIS CM
09YAOUNDE590	U.S. COMPANY AES AT CENTER OF CAMEROON'S ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. American power company AES, having won the 2001 concession to manage SONEL, the former parastatal that operated Cameroon's power production and distribution networks, continues to struggle to improve its image and performance in the face of diverse challenges, from bad weathe [...]	2009-07-02 08:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON ETRD KCOR CM
09YAOUNDE71	CAMEROON'S SECRETARY GENERAL AT PRESIDENCY ON [...] (C) Summary: In a January 16 meeting with Ambassador, Secretary General of the Presidency and Minister of State Laurent Esso defended President Biya's decisions in naming the Electoral Commission (ELECAM). He forcefully criticized the political opposition and elements of the international [...]	2009-01-22 15:38:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM PREL
09YAOUNDE73	MINISTER MARAFA: PRESIDENT BIYA NEVER LIKED ELECAM [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador had dinner on January 10 with Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Marafa Hamidou Yaya, a longtime political insider whose ministry used to oversee the Organization of Elections Cameroon (ONEL),the predecessor to Elections Cameroon (ELECAM [...]	2009-01-22 15:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PHUM PREL
09YAOUNDE74	ALIEN SMUGGLING CASE EMBROILS PARLIAMENTARIANS, [...] (U) Summary. Post is investigating allegations--reported in the independent press--that Samuel Azuu Fonkam, recently named to head Cameroon's new elections agency (ELECAM),abused his former position as the Deputy Secretary General of the National Assembly to provide official cover for mala [...]	2009-01-22 16:15:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS KFRP PHUM CM
09YAOUNDE769	CAMEROON'S COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP WITH FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon has a complex relationship with France. The two countries share historical, linguistic and cultural ties and many Cameroonian elites have studied and lived in France. Cameroon is France's largest recipient of foreign assistance and one of its biggest trading partners [...]	2009-09-10 15:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON FR PGOV PINR PREL
09YAOUNDE841	FRAUD SUMMARY - CAMEROON [...] Cameroon, population 18 million, is a unitary republic dominated by a strong presidency and highly entrenched bureaucracy. The primary languages are French and English, with numerous dialects amongst its more than 200 tribal and ethnic groups. Embassy Yaounde also processes visa applications ( [...]	2009-10-05 15:45:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT PHUM ASEC CM
09YAOUNDE971	RETHINKING OUR APPROACH TO CAMEROON [...] (C) Summary: Cameroonian President Paul Biya, who recently celebrated his 27th year in office, has delivered little in the way of democratization, good governance, economic reforms, or investments in people - all key USG goals. The government here values its relationship with the United St [...]	2009-11-13 14:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAID ECON FR KCOR MAS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09YEKATERINBURG27	BILATERAL COOPERATION A BRIGHT SPOT IN AN ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On a visit to Kurgan Oblast April 27-29, the Consul General (CG) found a striking mix of highly visible areas of U.S. -- Russian bilateral cooperation and durable personal relationships forged by exchange programs. Everyone from the Governor on down praised the long-term s [...]	2009-05-08 05:55:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV SCUL RS
09YEKATERINBURG37	CHELYABINSK OBLAST: SOUTHERN URALS REGION COPES WITH [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Consul General, Public Affairs Officer, Department TDYer and LES Pol/Econ assistant traveled to Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk May 26-28. In Chelyabinsk, we met with the leader of the of the Pravoe Delo (Right Force) political party, toured an American investment and met [...]	2009-06-17 11:02:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV PGOV RS SCUL
09YEKATERINBURG44	BASHKORTOSTAN - WAITING FOR CHANGE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Political/Economic Officer and LES Pol/Econ assistant traveled to Ufa June 29-July 1, meeting with human rights and opposition activists, the rabbi, and exponents of women's rights. We participated in the op [...]	2009-07-15 03:33:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON RS
09YEKATERINBURG54	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP: YEKATERINBURG VISIT OF DRL [...] (U) Introduction: Susan Corke, DRL's EUR team leader, visited Yekaterinburg July 26-28, meeting with local human rights activists and sitting in on a blogger's class conducted by the Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations. Her visit provided an excellent opportunity to catch up on local [...]	2009-08-07 09:23:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
09YEKATERINBURG63	KURGAN-LAND THAT TIME FORGOT [...] (SBU) Political/Economic officer and Political/Economic assistant traveled to Kurgan September 9-10 to assess the political climate ahead of the October 11 municipal elections. They met with Rotary Club members, an opposition city duma deputy, a Soldiers' Mothers activist, a Golos representativ [...]	2009-10-09 08:46:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON RS
09YEKATERINBURG79	CONFERENCES HIGHLIGHT BARRIERS TO INNOVATION AND [...] (U) Summary: At recent events in Yekaterinburg, prominent government, business, and academic representatives discussed issues of the Greater Urals economy. Several presenters from business and government noted signs of improvement in the Russian economy, but called for greater diversification [...]	2009-12-02 07:39:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN RS
09YEREVAN106	OPPOSITION BUSINESSMAN'S COMPANY SOLD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly two months after first putting it up for auction, the GOAM on February 16 finally found a buyer for the Bjni mineral water company, seized last fall from fugitive opposition oligarch Khachatur Sukiasian. This was the second attempt to auction off the firm. The first auct [...]	2009-02-18 12:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
09YEREVAN108	PRESIDENT TAMPS DOWN PREDECESSOR'S POLITICAL [...] (S) Republican Party faction secretary Samvel Nikoyan (protect) confided February 18 that political intrigues aimed at unseating Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian have dropped off from their peak in December. Nikoyan said that President Sargsian had gone to see ex-President Kocharian at some poi [...]	2009-02-18 17:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV EFIN AM
09YEREVAN135	ARMENIA'S 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AM ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
09YEREVAN145	PRESIDENT INVITES EU ENVOY BACK FOR SENSITIVE TALKS [...] (C) Peter Semneby, the EU's Special Representative to the South Caucasus, provided the Ambassador a read-out of his conversations with President Sargsian and opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian. Semneby is trying to facilitate a dialogue between the president and the opposition that could [...]	2009-02-27 11:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AJ AM
09YEREVAN168	DAS MATTHEW BRYZA DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND NK WITH [...] (C) During his meeting with EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, the Catholicos of All Armenians, Karekin II, expressed hope for a resolution of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. He was less optimistic about a resolution of the growing dispute with the Georgian Church regarding the legal status of the Armen [...]	2009-03-09 14:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL KIRF GG AM
09YEREVAN172	AMBASSADOR VISITS TAVUSH AND LORI MARZES [...] (SBU) Ambassador visited Tavush and Lori Marzes (northern Armenia) March 4 to meet with GOAM officials and several regionally-based private enterprises. Speaking on U.S. - Armenian relations, the Ambassador emphasized the commitment of the USG to help improve the lives of the Armenian people a [...]	2009-03-12 09:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON AM
09YEREVAN186	MEDIA REACTION: HRR REPORT LARGELY MISUNDERSTOOD [...] Armenian media devoted considerable coverage to the Department's Human Rights Report. Most of the articles focused on the angry reaction of pro-government politicians. Editorial comment was scarcer, and some came much later. The nature of the editorials had mostly to do with the publication [...]	2009-03-17 12:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO KMDR KDEM AM
09YEREVAN192	MCC - ECONOMIC ADVISOR URGES ANALYTICAL APPROACH [...] (C) Presidential Economic Advisor Vahram Nercissiantz told Ambassador that the MCC compact's close linkage to political indicators is problematic, and using assistance programs as a political cudgel usually backfires. Nercissiantz urged that the USG make its case to the GOAM on democracy indic [...]	2009-03-20 11:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN PHUM KDEM AM
09YEREVAN2	CARC DIRECTOR HEARS PESSIMISM ON DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) During his December 7-10 visit to Yerevan, EUR-CARC Director Baxter Hunt met with civil society leaders, members of parliament, heads of various think tanks, business leaders, senior officials, and representatives of the political opposition to discuss a wide range of domestic and foreign [...]	2009-01-05 10:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID ELAB ECON KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN201	SPEAKER LEANS FORWARD ON MARCH 1 DETAINEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Without revealing specifics, National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian seemed to signal dramatic new moves on releasing March 1 (and election-related) detainees in the upcoming weeks, now that the parliament has enacted the criminal code revisions negotiated with PACE. He indica [...]	2009-03-23 08:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM COE GG TU AJ RU AM
09YEREVAN235	BSEC ENERGY MINISTERS SEEK COOPERATION WITH EU, [...] (C) A meeting of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization energy ministers in Yerevan March 20 underscored the desire for stronger energy cooperation with the EU, but also showed that Russia remains intent on impeding such an initiative. In working group meetings Russia successfully [...]	2009-04-02 09:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD EAID ZS ZJ ZL RU MD UP AM
09YEREVAN241	LUNCH WITH AN OLIGARCH: SARGSIAN ALLY CRITICIZES [...] (C) In an extended discussion with DCM on March 20, Armenian oligarch Mikhail Bagdasarov -- a close ally and personal friend of President Sargsian -- strongly criticized the GOAM for its handling of the economic crisis, questioned the Prime Minister's competence, and expressed enthusiastic sup [...]	2009-04-03 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN257	EU-ARMENIA PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Armenian and European parliamentarians agreed to a "Final Statement and Recommendations of the EU-Armenia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee meeting" (text below) on April 8. The text lists 41 points of interest in EU-Armenia relations, and is remarkable for its [...]	2009-04-15 10:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM EU AJ TU AM
09YEREVAN269	EUR DAS BRYZA DRUMS UP POLITICAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matt Bryza held discussions with two opposition parties and the semi-governmental/nationalistic Dashnaks April 17, in a bid to build support -- or defuse possible opposition -- for possible negotiated settlements with Turkey or Azerbaijan. All three parties voiced strong [...]	2009-04-22 13:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ TU AM
09YEREVAN275	SERIES OF SMALL PROTESTS AT EMBASSY CALL FOR U.S. [...] The Embassy has been visited by a string of small, brief demonstration rallies in recent days, each calling for the U.S. Government to label the Armenian massacres of 1915 as "genocide." Each of these demonstrations amounted to several dozen participants. First in line, on April 16, was the [...]	2009-04-27 03:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC AM
09YEREVAN278	NATIONALIST DASHNAK PARTY BOLTS COALITION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF; aka Dashnaksutyun) party announced its resignation from the ruling coalition April 27, as a protest against President Sargsian's initiative to normalize relations with Turkey. The ARF criticized the recent Armenian joint communique with [...]	2009-04-27 17:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN280	ARMENIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO IRAN FURTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Last week's visit to Iran by President Sargsian was the culmination of a series of recent visits by officials of the two countries, and included the signing of eight MOUs, mostly on energy and transportation projects. Officials of both countries spoke of their desire [...]	2009-04-28 12:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL IR
09YEREVAN282	AMBASSADOR URGES OPPOSITION LEADER NOT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on former President Levon Ter-Petrossian April 22 to deliver two messages: 1) that LTP should act as a patriot and not undermine recent progress in Turkish-Armenian relations for short-term political ends, and 2) to urge LTP, going into the Yerevan election, to [...]	2009-04-29 04:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN288	SCENESETTER FOR FM NALBANDIAN'S MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Your meeting is an opportunity to offer balanced encouragement and cautions to the Armenian government: encouragement for its moves on Turkey and Nagorno-Karabakh (NK),cautions about continuing failings on democracy and human rights, as well as export control. President Sarg [...]	2009-04-30 15:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM
09YEREVAN299	SPEAKER PROMISES DOMESTIC BREAKTHROUGHS IN JUNE [...] (C) On April 27 EUR DAS Matthew Brzya met with National Assembly Speaker Hovik Abrahamian to discuss progress on normalization of relations between Turkey and Armenia. Abrahamian said he fully supported President Sargsian's move to normalize ties, and would actively promote its benefits to Arm [...]	2009-05-06 12:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EAID AZ TU AM
09YEREVAN306	LTP CALLS SARGSIAN TRAITOR ON "GENOCIDE" RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under the shadow of a heavy police presence, the opposition led by ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) held its second rally of the year on May 1. LTP accused President Sargsian of being willing to pay any price -- even denial of the "genocide" -- to remain in power, as evid [...]	2009-05-11 09:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN308	KOCHARIAN: "U.S. INTERFERES IN ARMENIA'S [...] (C) The Ambassador called May 8 on ex-President Robert Kocharian to hear his views on Armenia's recent joint statement with Turkey regarding normalization of relations (septel),and learn of his plans for Yerevan's upcoming May 31 municipal election that will decide the capital's next mayor. [...]	2009-05-11 12:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
09YEREVAN314	ARMENIANS CONVEY GEORGIA CONCERNS TO VISITING [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to Georgia John Tefft met with the Armenian MFA and Armenia's top religious leader during a visit April 27 to discuss regional issues. Deputy Foreign Minister Shavarsh Kocharian emphasized Armenia's desire for good relations with Georgia, but also relayed Armeni [...]	2009-05-12 14:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF GG AM
09YEREVAN319	ARMENIAN OPINION LEADERS DEBATE TURKEY-ARMENIA TIES [...] (C) Ambassador hosted five prominent television and political personalities April 22 for a lively discussion of Armenia-Turkey relations. The Armenian guests remained convinced that the Turks are unscrupulously exploiting Armenia's diplomatic initiatives in order to prevent "genocide" recogni [...]	2009-05-14 06:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN323	SARGSIAN APPOINTS THREE NEW MINISTERS TO REPLACE DASHNAKS [...] (SBU) On May 12, President Sargsian signed a decree replacing the three ministers from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutiun (Dashnaks) who resigned their posts on April 27, when the Dashnaks withdrew from the four-party ruling coalition in protest of Sargsian's efforts to norm [...]	2009-05-14 10:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM AM
09YEREVAN332	FM OSKANIAN CRITICIZES TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 5, Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian shared his critical views of Turkey-Armenia normalization. On content, he said that Armenia had traded away "genocide" recognition for illusory progress in Turkey-Armenia negotiations. Turkey, he claimed, is now holding Armenia hostage [...]	2009-05-15 16:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	POGV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN333	GOVERNMENT COMPLAINTS FOLLOW MEDIA FUROR OVER U.S. [...] (C) Repeating Diaspora lobby group talking points, Armenian media have produced a barrage of stories lambasting the alleged 38 percent cut in U.S. assistance to Armenia for FY 2010, and noting that the Administration requested more military assistance funding for Azerbaijan than for Armenia. S [...]	2009-05-15 16:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KPAO KMDR AJ AM
09YEREVAN334	"OPPOSITION" DASHNAKS CONFIDENT ABOUT MAYORAL [...] (C) The leadership of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutiun (Dashnaks) told the Ambassador that they are confident of their chances in the upcoming May 31 municipal election that will determine Yerevan's next mayor. They said that in spite of having recently exited the ruling [...]	2009-05-18 09:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN335	DASHNAK LEADERS EXPLAIN DECISION TO EXIT COALITION [...] (C) Leaders of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutiun (Dashnaks) told the Ambassador that they exited the coalition in response to the April 22 Turkish-Armenia joint statement to normalize relations. They said that Armenia had gotten nothing out of it, while Turkey had success [...]	2009-05-18 09:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN337	ECONOMIC CRISIS TAKES IT TOLL ON ARARAT REGION [...] (SBU) On May 29 the Ambassador traveled to Ararat marz, one of the country's 11 administrative regions that is also the primary agricultural growing area in Armenia. The region's governor and the mayor of the regional capital of Artashat said that while remittances from abroad had noticeably d [...]	2009-05-18 11:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON AM
09YEREVAN347	ARMENIAN REACTION TO SECRETARY'S LETTER ON MCC [...] (C) Following receipt of the Secretary's May 12 letter to President Sargsian concerning Armenia's MCC program, Ambassador requested an appointment with Sargsian to discuss the letter and gauge reaction. Although scheduling issues prevented that meeting from taking place before the Ambassador' [...]	2009-05-21 15:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
09YEREVAN410	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ARMAVIR MARZ [...] (C) Ambassador's May 27 familiarization visit to Armavir Marz highlighted the deepening impact of the global economic crisis in Armenia's regions, particularly as a result of declining agricultural demand and falling remittances. Corruption remains a serious problem in nearly every interaction [...]	2009-06-12 17:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON ENRG AM
09YEREVAN418	OUTRAGED GOAM REACTION ON MCC DECISION NOT TO FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Nalbandian expressed dismay that MCC had chosen not to fund the roads portion of the MCC compact. He said that the U.S. did not understand the political blow this represented; the opposition would use this for their own ends and wrongly interpret the MCC decision as a lack of [...]	2009-06-17 10:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	POGV PHUM PREL ASEC AM
09YEREVAN422	EUR A/S GORDON'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Meeting with EUR A/S Philip Gordon on June 9, former Armenian Foreign Minister and current leader of the opposition Raffi Hovannisian characterized the results of the recent elections for Yerevan Mayor and City Council as a "failed post-Soviet" election that shows the challenge Armenia fa [...]	2009-06-18 05:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AJ AM
09YEREVAN424	ARMENIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS GLOOMY ON [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dr. Philip Gordon met with four of Armenia's civil society leaders to learn their views on the current state of human rights and democratization in Armenia. The leaders offered a gloomy assessment, recounting their experiences with Yer [...]	2009-06-18 05:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM

09YEREVAN434	SARGSIAN SETS OCTOBER AS DEADLINE FOR TURKEY [...] (C) In their first meeting, President Sargsian told A/S Gordon that October 2009 was his deadline for the GOT to respond concretely to his rapprochement initiative. On resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict, Sargsian stated Armenia was ready to move forward, but Azerbaijan's leadership [...]	2009-06-19 13:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN440	TEXT OF AMNESTY DECLARED BY ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] Enclosed is post's unofficial translation of the text of the proposed amnesty that Armenia's President Serzh Sargsian sent to Hovik Abrahamian, the Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly (parliament),requesting parliament to consider an amnesty that would affect some but not all of the approxi [...]	2009-06-22 14:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN444	A/S GORDON TALKS TURKEY, N-K, DEMOCRACY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Gordon met Armenia's former Foreign Minister, Vartan Oskanian, on June 9 to discuss Turkish-Armenian rapprochement, prospects for a resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and Armenia's rocky road to democracy. Oskanian was frank in his views that Turkish- [...]	2009-06-24 05:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU GG AJ AM
09YEREVAN47	ARMENIA'S HEAD OF POLICE TALKS REFORM [...] (C) In a December 30 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Maj Gen Alik Sargsian, Chief of the Republic of Armenia Police, expressed a strong wish for reform within the police system and an interest in further cooperation with the USG. His ideas for reform, however, centered mainly on i [...]	2009-01-23 12:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS AM
09YEREVAN474	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG VISIT [...] (S/NF) You are coming to Armenia at a pivotal moment. Delighted by the visit of the rare high-level USG visitor, President Sargsian will use the opportunity to appeal for U.S. acknowledgement and support for his foreign policy risk-taking. On Turkey-Armenia, Sargsian has stayed the course, bu [...]	2009-07-08 13:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS TU AJ IR
09YEREVAN505	NATIONALISTS UP THE STAKES AHEAD OF PRESIDENTS' [...] (C) By calling for Foreign Minister Nalbandian's resignation, Armenia's nationalist Dashnak party has increased the stakes for Armenian-Azerbaijani negotiations on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict set for July 17 in Moscow. The hard-line party held a widely-publicized conference in Stepanakert, [...]	2009-07-16 15:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN515	PROMISES AND PROTESTS MARK SAAKASHVILI'S ARMENIA [...] (C) Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's June 24-25 visit to Armenia produced lots of smiles, but little apparentaction. Saakashvili's talks with President Sargsian focused on energy, transportation, border issues, tourism, communication and regional security. Two protests over the ethnic [...]	2009-07-22 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL GG AM
09YEREVAN534	STATUS REPORT ON ARMENIA'S FULFILLMENT OF JOINT [...] (S/NF) Four months have elapsed since the Armenian Government signed the U.S.-Armenia Joint Action Plan (hereinafter the Plan) committing itself to strengthen Armenia's export control regime. With two months remaining for Armenia to fulfill its commitments under the Plan, Post has compiled a [...]	2009-08-03 13:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	AM ETTC PARM PINR
09YEREVAN567	EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH ARF/DASHNAKTSUTIUN [...] (C) EUR DAS Matthew Bryza's meeting on August 8 with ARF/Dashnaktsutiun leaders Vahan Hovhannisian and Giro Manoyan indicated this leading opposition group remains skeptical about President Sargsian's efforts to negotiate reconciliation with Turkey and an end to the conflict over Nagorno Karab [...]	2009-08-17 11:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN570	EUR DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) In their meeting on August 8, former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosian (LTP) noted that time was not on Armenia's side on negotiations over Nagorno Karabakh as Azerbaijan grew relatively stronger. While the framework outlined by the Minsk Group's Basic Principles provided the only wa [...]	2009-08-17 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN597	AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ARMENIA'S DISJOINTED OPPOSITION? [...] (C) Growing public skepticism and unease with President Sargsian's handling of Turkey-Armenia negotiations and talks on Nagorno-Karabakh have created an opportunity for Armenia's opposition forces to rally around their common opposition to the President on these issues. The three main oppositi [...]	2009-08-31 11:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AM EAID KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09YEREVAN608	ECONOMIC PROJECTS READY TO GO -- EVEN WITHOUT [...] (C) Opening the border between Armenia and Turkey is generally expected to produce long-term economic benefits for both countries. However, even without formal opening of the border or establishment of diplomatic relations, projects in the transportation, energy and telecommunications are near [...]	2009-09-02 11:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN638	ARMENIA: PRESIDENT SARGSIAN DEFENDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-12 09:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU AZ AM
09YEREVAN66	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 [...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per reftel request for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While Armenia's government officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some global indi [...]	2009-02-04 04:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
09YEREVAN687	ARMENIA'S OPPONENTS TO PROTOCOLS RATCHET UP THEIR [...] (C) Less than two weeks before Armenia's and Turkey's foreign ministers are to sign their agreed protocols to establish bilateral relations, domestic and Diaspora opponents of President Sargsian's rapprochement policy are ratcheting up their rhetoric against the protocols and the President. A [...]	2009-09-30 11:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN688	KOCHARIAN GRIM ON NORMALIZATION, NK CONFLICT, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's recent call on Robert Kocharian, Armenia's second president criticized President Sargsian for his handling of normalization of relations with Turkey. Kocharian said Sargsian was taking too big a risk and conceding too much in a misguided negotiating process that he [...]	2009-09-30 12:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN689	COOL-HEADED OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGES SARGSIAN'S [...] (C) At a reception hosted September 15 by the Ambassador, PolOffs heard from leaders of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and independent observers that the normalization process with Turkey, by itself, posed little risk to Serzh Sargsian's rule. A small minority of nationalists [...]	2009-09-30 13:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN69	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TAX REFORM WITH STATE REVENUE [...] (C) Meeting with State Revenue Committee Gagik Khachatrian, Ambassador encouraged planned institutional reforms at the State Tax Service, while emphasizing the importance of establishing performance benchmarks and ensuring the political independence of the agency. Khachatrian outlined planned [...]	2009-02-05 05:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN AM
09YEREVAN706	SCENESETTER -- ARMENIA AND THE OCTOBER 10 SIGNING [...] (S) For Armenia, the October 10 signing of the normalization protocols with Turkey in Zurich represents the culmination of President Sargsian's boldest foreign initiative, and one that carries significant political risk. Sargsian is under heavy fire by nationalists and political opposition at [...]	2009-10-05 11:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU AM
09YEREVAN71	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER GIVES PARTY LINE ON DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador accompanied EUR DAS Bryza for an introductory meeting with National Assembly Chairman Hovik Abrahamian January 20. Abrahamian affirmed President Sargsian's determination to reach a peaceful Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) settlement through the Minsk Group negotiations. He rev [...]	2009-02-05 16:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ AM
09YEREVAN719	OPEN BORDER COULD INCREASE TRADE AND COOPERATION, [...] (C) The closure of Armenia's border with neighboring Turkey has isolated this landlocked country and imposed a high price in terms of lost economic opportunities. Armenia is not part of any regional transportation or energy network. Its isolation has helped foster import monopolies, stifled [...]	2009-10-13 14:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PROG PREL AJ AM TU
09YEREVAN758	DAS KAIDANOW MEETS WITH OPPOSITION, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Turkey-Armenia relations and the recently signed Protocols dominated the conversation between EUR DAS Kaidanow in her meetings with a former Armenian President and the Dashnak Political Party. Former President Levon Ter-Petrossian wants more attention paid to the problems of democratic fre [...]	2009-10-27 07:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OVIP KDEM TU AM
09YEREVAN759	DAS KAIDANOW DISCUSSES REGIONAL INTEGRATION, [...] (S/NF) During meetings October 20 and 21, senior GOAM officials told EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow that Turkey will need to be the first to ratify the protocols signed October 10. President Sargsian told Kaidanow that there has never been any question that Armenia would ratify, but that Armenia ratify [...]	2009-10-27 15:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN771	ADVANCING HR/ROL AGENDA WITH THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prosecutor General (PG) Aghvan Hovsepian on October 28 in an attempt to advance Post's human rights and rule of law agenda. The specific goals of the meeting were to acknowledge the PG's recent intervention in the release of two civil society activists--that Post ha [...]	2009-11-02 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS KTIP TU AM
09YEREVAN78	LATEST PACE RESOLUTION SPURS LIMITED REFORM [...] (C) With its January 27 passage of Resolution 1643, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) elected to give Armenia more time to complete reforms highlighted in previous PACE resolutions 1609 and 1620, focusing on the way forward negotiated by rapporteurs John Prescott and [...]	2009-02-10 16:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM COE AM
09YEREVAN789	FATE OF PROTOCOLS--DEPENDS ON TURKEY'S RATIFICATION [...] (C) In light of the executive branch's dominance of the unicameral National Assembly, where President Sargsian's ruling Republican party and its loyal coalition partners control 97 out of 131 seats, ratification of the protocols to normalize Turkish-Armenian relations is essentially a one-man [...]	2009-11-10 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN797	EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES - ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Armenian Diaspora is a well organized and well financed community within the United States. They have moved beyond their original purpose of maintaining their Armenian identity and giving a political voice to the various communities, to providing humanitarian aid, development [...]	2009-11-17 12:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PREL SOCI SMIG EINV AM
09YEREVAN798	THE BUSINESS OF POLITICS: LEADING ENTERPRISES OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The murky ownership of Armenia's major industry clusters is a hidden driver of Armenian politics and elites' inter-relationships. Yerevan chatter frequently refers to which prominent political figure owns what prominent economic assets, but it is difficult to get clear and consis [...]	2009-11-17 14:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR KDEM AM
09YEREVAN8	DAS GRAFFY VISITS ARMENIA, EMPHASIZES ENGLISH LANGUAGE [...] Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy in Europe and Eurasia Colleen Graffy visited Yerevan from December 12 - 14, 2008. DAS Graffy held fruitful discussions with Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian and Ara Tadevosyan, Director of the NATO Information Center. She als [...]	2009-01-08 04:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL AM
09YEREVAN803	TURKEY-ARMENIA END GAME: GETTING TO 'YES' [...] (C) After the signing of the protocols, the Turkey-Armenia normalization process seems to be at an impasse, with both countries trapped by their own narrow conception of the issues: Turkey,s demand for "progress" on NK that Armenia is unable to deliver, and Armenia,s insistence that there is [...]	2009-11-18 17:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU RU AJ AM
09YEREVAN830	ARMENIAN YEZIDIS: POVERTY, EDUCATION, AND ETHNIC [...] (U) In September and October 2009, Embassy officers met with members of the ethnic Yezidi community, Armenia's largest minority group. Ethnic identity, education, and endemic poverty are the main issues that confront the Yezidis. There is a dispute in the Yezidi community as to whether Yezidis [...]	2009-12-03 09:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEC PTER PREF SMIG SOCI KWMN KIRF
09YEREVAN849	PRESIDENT'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) It is in Turkish interests to ratify the protocols normalizing relations with Armenia, and for the Turks to sort out their own domestic political challenges in order to seal the deal, according to Presidential Deputy Chief of Staff Vigen Sargsian. Delay of ratification beyond January/Febr [...]	2009-12-10 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN864	MEDIA REACTION: ARMENIA - ERDOGAN'S U.S. VISIT A SETBACK [...] (SBU) The Armenian press, pro-government and opposition alike, expressed alarm at statements made by Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan, regarding rapprochement with Armenia, during his visit to the U.S. His comments linking ratification of the protocols on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations t [...]	2009-12-14 14:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL TU AZ AM
09YEREVAN885	ARMENIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER WEIGHS IN ON [...] (C) Parliamentary Speaker Abrahamian believes, based on conversation with his Turkish counterpart, that the Turkish Parliament has the votes necessary to ratify the Turkey-Armenia normalization protocols, if the government makes the political decision to proceed. On democracy and human rights [...]	2009-12-22 13:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AJ AM
09YEREVAN889	ARMENIA TO DEPLOY PEACKEEPERS TO AFGHANISTAN IN [...] (C) After only one day of debate, on December 8 Armenia's National Assembly (parliament) approved in overwhelming fashion the February 2010 deployment of up to 80 Armenian peacekeepers to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. Parliament's swift approval of [...]	2009-12-24 10:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AF GM AM
09YEREVAN9	ARMENIA'S RUST BELT PINS HOPES ON BORDER OPENING [...] (U) During the Ambassador's December 16 visit to Gyumri, capital of the economically depressed Shirak region, interlocutors expressed unanimous support for Armenia reestablishing relations with Turkey and opening the nearby border. Gyumri's population sees a possible trade opening with Turkey [...]	2009-01-08 05:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON TU AM
09ZAGREB109	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 27, 2009 [...] AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH ON NEW ADMINISTRATION DRAWS LARGE AUDIENCE AT AMCHAM: Ambassador Bradtke delivered a speech entitled "New Directions in the Obama Administration" at the American Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Hotel Esplanade in Zagreb. Speaking to over 150 members of the business co [...]	2009-02-27 14:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR ECON
09ZAGREB180	SANADER'S VISIT TO BELGRADE OPENS POSITIVE CHAPTER [...] (U) This cable was drafted jointly by Embassies Zagreb and Belgrade. Summary ------- 2. (C) Summary: Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader visited Belgrade on March 20 to meet with senior Serbian political figures, including Serbian President Boris Tadic. Both the GoC and the GoS viewe [...]	2009-04-02 06:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PRGOV PREL HR SR
09ZAGREB232	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 30, 2009 [...] (U) WORK STARTS ON CROATIAN SUPPORTED CIVILIAN ASSISTANCE PROJECT IN AFGHANISTAN: On April 26 Croatian civilians serving in the PRT working with the government of Afghanistan and local officials in the Feyzabad district of Badakhshan province took part in a ground breaking ceremony for a heal [...]	2009-04-30 15:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KFLU MARR MASS KPAO HR
09ZAGREB24	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 14, 2009 [...] (U) CROATIAN NATIONAL BANK GOVERNOR NAMED CENTRAL BANKER OF THE YEAR: Croatian National Bank (HNB) governor Zeljko Rohatinski has been named both the European Central Banker of the Year and World Central Banker of the Year by The Banker magazine, a publication of the Financial Times. The awa [...]	2009-01-15 14:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON MASS HR SI SR MW
09ZAGREB26	CROATIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]	2009-01-16 07:31:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
09ZAGREB295	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 26, 2009 [...] (U) ALBANIAN PRESIDENT VISITS ZAGREB: Albanian President Bamir Topi met with President Mesic on May 20 and discussed the widening cooperation between the two countries. Mesic stated that Albania and Croatia joining NATO this year introduced "a new element" in bilateral relations, and that it [...]	2009-05-26 11:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG HR PGOV PREL
09ZAGREB321	UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE CLAPPER DISCUSSES REGION [...] (C) Summary. President Mesic told Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence James Clapper on June 1 that Serbia needed to send a public message to the political elite in Republika Srpska that they were part of BiH and should look to Sarajevo, not to Belgrade. Mesic warned that the leaders [...]	2009-06-04 12:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR
09ZAGREB349	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 12, 2009 [...] (SBU) OPPOSITION LEADERS SPAR OVER INFLUENCE IN ZAGREB CITY GOVERNMENT: Newly re-elected Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic seems to have relented to pressure from his Social Democratic Party (SDP) chief, Zoran Milanovic, to accept SDP MP and city councilman Boris Sprem as the head of Zagreb City Co [...]	2009-06-12 13:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB354	CROATIAN VIEWS ON THE WAY AHEAD WITH SERBIA [...] (C) In a recent conversation with PolOffs, Ambassador Davor Vidis, MFA Director General for the Southeastern European Region, said that the GoC still hopes to build on the momentum from PM Sanader,s March visit to Belgrade (ref A) to deepen Croatia's bilateral relationship with Serbia. It see [...]	2009-06-12 13:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF HR SR
09ZAGREB383	EUR/SCE DIRECTOR HYLAND DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his June 12 meetings in Zagreb, EUR/SCE Director Jason Hyland discussed regional cooperation with interlocutors from the Croatian government, the South East Regional Cooperation Council, and the European Commission. Presidential Advisor Loncar expressed concern over nega [...]	2009-06-23 12:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR
09ZAGREB421	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 10 [...] (U) LITTLE CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC POLICY: The new Kosor government released a 19-point governance program this week, 15 points of which concern economic policy. There is no major change of direction from the Sanader government. Most points focus on broad principles such as establis [...]	2009-07-09 08:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HR
09ZAGREB431	FORMER MINISTER RONCEVIC AND UN AMBASSADOR JURICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatia's Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic plans to file criminal charges against former Assistant Minister of Defense Ivo Bacic in the next week, followed by charges against former Minister of Defense and Interior Berislav Roncevic, for abuse of office relating to the purcha [...]	2009-07-15 08:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR HR
09ZAGREB436	CG USAFE FROM DATT/ARMA DEPARTMENT FOR EUR/SCE [...] (SBU) Monday 20 July, you are scheduled to meet with U.S. Embassy country team representatives headed by Charge Vivian Walker. Following your meeting with the embassy country team, Croatian Air Force Commander, MG Vlado Bagaric (BAAG-r-itch) will receive you at Pleso Air Base. Tuesday morni [...]	2009-07-15 14:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM MARR MOPS
09ZAGREB453	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 24 [...] (SBU) BOZINOVIC APPOINTED MFA STATE SECRETARY FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS: On July 16 the MFA announced that Davor Bozinovic would be the new MFA State Secretary for Political Affairs, replacing Bianca Matkovic who is now serving as Minister without Portfolio in the new Kosor government. Bozinovic [...]	2009-07-24 11:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV KHDP KCRM HR
09ZAGREB458	CROATIAN PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON UPCOMING [...] (C) PMs Kosor and Pahor will meet Friday, July 31, at 11:30 at Trakoscan castle in northern Croatia. The GoC would like to present a three-step solution for unblocking Croatia's EU accession negotiations and restarting negotiations on an eventual arbitration process for the border dispute. T [...]	2009-07-28 11:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI HR
09ZAGREB467	NEW KOSOR GOVERNMENT KNOWS TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Croatian economy is likely to shrink between 4 and 5 percent in 2009, and the Government of Croatia is struggling to cut its budget deficit down to a manageable level and secure financing. Years of poor and bloated fiscal policy are at the center of Croatia's pro [...]	2009-07-30 13:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HR
09ZAGREB522	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS JONES' VISIT TO ZAGREB [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit to Zagreb comes at a time of renewed optimism on the Slovenia border dispute, but also political and economic uncertainty for the young Kosor government. As the vacation season winds down, Croatian government leaders return to Zagreb with major challenges looming bef [...]	2009-08-28 10:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON HR SI
09ZAGREB524	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - AUGUST 28, 2009 [...] (U) CHIEF STATE PROSECUTOR TESTIFIES IN GOTOVINA TRIAL IN THE HAGUE: Croatian Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic testified this week before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in the trial of Generals Gotovina, Markac, and Cermak. Bajic, who was a Deputy Mil [...]	2009-08-28 12:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB551	EUR DAS JONES' DISCUSSIONS IN ZAGREB ON BOSNIA, [...] (SBU) Croatian officials told EUR DAS Stu Jones on September 1 of their concern about political developments in Bosnia-Herzegovina, but pledged that Croatia would continue to play a constructive, and relatively hands-off, role there. The Croats also noted continued strains in their relationsh [...]	2009-09-10 07:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HR BK SR ICJ
09ZAGREB576	AMBASSADOR FOLEY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) Ambassador Foley presented his credentials to Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Sept. 15. In his remarks, Ambassador Foley said he was "proud to be representing the United States in a country that has so recently become our ally within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization." The Ambas [...]	2009-09-18 12:33:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR
09ZAGREB583	SDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOSIPOVIC DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: SDP presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic outlined his campaign goals and his stance on various judicial reform issues of interest to the U.S. He said a major theme of his election campaign would be fighting corruption, but took a moderate line on privatization reforms. He claim [...]	2009-09-25 14:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS HR
09ZAGREB607	Union Disunity Causes ProtestsQ Failure [...] SUMMARY. A series of September protests organized by the small Croatian Trade Union Association failed to gather more than a few hundred angry senior citizens, while Croatia's larger unions elected not to participate. Relations between the government and unions have been strained, particularly [...]	2009-10-07 09:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND EINV PREL HR
09ZAGREB635	WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP DISCUSSES ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Stephen Rapp met separately with top Croatian justice officials and EU ambassadors to discuss Croatia's latest investigation into the missing Gotovina documents (reftel) and related efforts to unblock the Judiciary Chapter in the EU accession process. He noted t [...]	2009-10-23 08:39:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KAWC HR
09ZAGREB645	ZAGREB WEEKLY REPORT - OCTOBER 31, 2009 [...] (U) GOVERNMENT SETS DATE FOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: The Government announced on October 30 that it has set the date for Croatia's upcoming Presidential election. The first round will be held on December 27, 2009. A second round, if necessary which is likely) will be held on January 10, 2010. [...]	2009-10-30 15:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF HR
09ZAGREB657	EXBS: CROATIA MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER 2009 [...] (U) BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS -None Known. 2. (U) COMPLETED ACTIONS FOR THE REPORTING PERIOD -None Known. 3. (U) SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD CROATIA: A) (SBU) October 22 - the GoC held an interagency meeting with a member [...]	2009-11-06 14:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KV
09ZAGREB666	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A request, Croatia enjoys a variety of security dialogues with the United States -- bilaterally, regionally, and multinationally. The security dialogues the United States has with Croatia are through NATO, the Adriatic Charter, the Southeastern Europe Defense [...]	2009-11-13 13:43:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS HR
09ZAGREB717	Zagreb Daily Report - December 09, 2009 [...] (SBU) Slovenia Still Blocking Three Chapters: Slovenian Foreign Minister Samuel Zbogar said in Brussels after the EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Tuesday that Ljubljana would not be able to lift its blockade of three more negotiating chapters at the accessi [...]	2009-12-09 13:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR ECON
09ZAGREB721	Zagreb Daily Report - December 10, 2009 [...] (U) Minister announces planned new agreement with Bosnia on fugitive convicts: Croatian Justice Minister Ivan Simonovic on December 9 said publicly that he expects Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina to sign, by the end of this month, an agreement on the execution of final verdicts delivered in the [...]	2009-12-10 12:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR AF ECON
09ZAGREB728	SERBIAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TURNING A NEW PAGE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met on December 10 with new Serbian Ambassador to Croatia Stanimir Vukicevic. Vukicevic stressed that relations between Serbia and Croatia were the "keystone" for stability in the region. More work needed to be done to improve them, however, and to shift the focus [...]	2009-12-15 10:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR SR
09ZAGREB759	PROSECUTORS PLANNING TO CHARGE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic may charge several presidential candidates for unspecified crimes following the first round of presidential elections. In the meantime, Bajic is beginning to feel a backlash as he investigates corruption among top politicians. Parliament rejec [...]	2009-12-23 14:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR HR
09ZAGREB99	RESTRAINED CROATIAN RESPONSE TO SLOVENIAN BLOCKING [...] (SBU) Summary: So far the senior Croatian leadership has had a restrained response to a toughly worded resolution the Slovenian Parliament passed on February 19 regarding the border dispute with Croatia as well as the news that a referendum on Croatia's membership in NATO was moving forward [...]	2009-02-20 15:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO HR
10ABIDJAN182	Cote d'Ivoire: S/GWI Project Proposals [...] (U) Embassy Abidjan is pleased to submit two funding requests for consideration by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative. Post's first choice is a project submitted by an Ivoirian NGO, the Feminine Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEFCI). CEFCI plans [...]	2010-02-22 15:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN PHUM AID IV
10ABIDJAN81	COTE D'IVOIRE: NEW ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO BE HEADED BY [...] (U) Summary: A slightly revised Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) was sworn-in by the President of the Constitutional Court on February 25, with former Foreign Minister Youssouf Bakayoko as its new president. The opposition has reportedly called a halt to further demonstrations and is f [...]	2010-02-26 15:55:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID IV
10ABIDJAN98	Cote d'Ivoire 2010 Investment Climate Statement [...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Abidjan's Investment Climate Statement 2010 follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin Text. Openness To Foreign Investment. In September 2002, an attempted coup in Cote d'Ivoire began a crisis that divided the country politically, militarily, and eco [...]	2010-01-22 17:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON OPIC KTDB USTR IV
10ABUDHABI105	D/S Wolin Discusses Global Recovery with UAE Officials [...] (U) Summary. On 15-16 February 2010, Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin met with UAE officials to review progress in the global economic recovery. UAE officials expressed approval of U.S. measures to restore global growth and stressed the resilience of the UAE's economy in navigating Dubai's [...]	2010-02-25 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF AE IR
10ABUDHABI160	WELCOMING CODEL LOWEY TO THE UAE [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai. 2. (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pleased to welcome CODEL Lowey for a first-hand review of key U.S. priorities here. Our robust relations with the UAE focus on mutual [...]	2010-02-01 14:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS ECON AE
10ABUDHABI194	SCENESETTER FOR TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY AND UNDERSECRETARY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai and complements the Mission's classified scenesetter (reftel). 2. (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Mission to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is pleased to welcome the February 14-16 visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary [...]	2010-02-09 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN BEXP MARR AE
10ABUDHABI246	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY CHU [...] (U) Mission UAE looks forward to welcoming the Feb. 23-25 visit of Secretary of Energy Dr. Steven Chu. THE UAE AND THE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) In the past five years, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as one of the economic pow [...]	2010-02-18 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET SENV KGHG AE
10ABUDHABI39	UAE Illicit Finance Strategy 2010 [...] (S/NF) This is a country team assessment. CONTEXT ------------ I. II. 2. (S/NF) Given the UAE's open financial system, sizeable expatriate community and role as an regional financial hub, some Taliban, al-Qaeda and other illicit financing may originate in and mor [...]	2010-01-27 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER PGOV PINR AF AE
10ABUDHABI55	SCENESETTER FOR DEPSEC WOLIN AND U/S HORMATS UAE VISIT [...] (SBU) Mission UAE looks forward to hosting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neil Wolin and Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Robert Hormats in Abu Dhabi and Dubai from February 14-16. This is a joint message from Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai 2 [...]	2010-02-04 13:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PTER PGOV AE
10ABUDHABI7	ABU DHABI'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC MODEL [...] (C) Summary: While many have surmised that Abu Dhabi would seek certain political concessions for its (at least) USD 25 billion financial support for Dubai in 2009 (reftel),there is little indication of a coerced quid pro quo. Rather, Abu Dhabi officials remain squarely focused on mastering [...]	2010-01-07 10:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KIPR ECON ENRG AE
10ABUDHABI72	UAE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 06:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AE
10ABUDHABI85	UAE ON IRAN SANCTIONS, ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA [...] (C) In a joint meeting with British ChargC) d'Affaires Ian Wood on February 14 at the MFA, Ambassador discussed Ref A demarche points with Assistant Minister for Political Affairs Tariq Al Haidan. Haidan considered Iran's February 11 announcement on uranium enrichment a turning point in the sa [...]	2010-02-18 12:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC ETTC IR CH AE
10ABUDHABI89	PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...]	2010-02-21 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE
10ABUDHABI91	CODEL HASTINGS DISCUSSES TIP, IRAN, MEPP WITH MINSTATE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 16 meeting in Abu Dhabi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash discussed human trafficking, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-FL). Gargash outlined the UAE's efforts to meet USG expectations on traffi [...]	2010-02-22 04:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC KTIP UNSC IR AE
10ABUDHABI95	UAE ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (C/NF) On February 14, the United Arab Emirates became the first OPEC member to associate with the Copenhagen Accord in a letter from Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash to the UNFCC (complete text below). Unusually, there was no UAEG press release on the decision and no lo [...]	2010-02-22 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG PREL AE
10ABUJA105	KANO GOVERNOR INSISTS HIS STATE HAS NO LINKS TO OUTSIDE [...] (C) Kano Governor Ibrahim Shekarau insisted to the Ambassador during a January 21 meeting in Kano that the state had no "linkages" to external terrorism or religious extremist groups. He noted that the brigade based in Kano had deployed some of its personnel to Jos in Plateau State to help con [...]	2010-01-27 18:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI NI
10ABUJA116	U.S./U.K. Team Assesses Nigeria's Preparedness for National [...] (SBU) In response to a request from President Yar'Adua to the Ambassador and UK High Commissioner (reftel),USAID and DFID assembled and facilitated an international, independent team of experts to conduct an assessment of Nigeria's electoral system. During its two weeks in Nigeria, the team me [...]	2010-01-28 19:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV PINR NI
10ABUJA147	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS/WATT VISIT TO NIGERIA, FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Meeks/Watt to Nigeria to visit Lagos February 15 and 16. Embassy provides the following political and economic overview of the current situation in Nigeria. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RE [...]	2010-02-08 15:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PINR OVIP NI
10ABUJA155	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON ENGAGES WITH GOODLUCK JONATHAN ON [...] (C) U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Ambassador Johnnie Carson engaged in a lively dialogue with Nigerian Vice President Goodluck Jonathan February 9 on democracy and constitutional succession, the need for credible national elections, prospects for removal of Nigeria from [...]	2010-02-11 11:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP PINR PTER SOCI NI
10ABUJA163	MADUEKWE REITERATES SUPPORT FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM AND [...] (C) Nigerian Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe reiterated to Assistant Secretary Carson and the Ambassador February 9 his country's full support for counter-terrorism engagement in Nigeria and regionally and commitment to democratic principles and the constitution during Yar'Adua's absence. [...]	2010-02-11 19:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER OVIP SOCI NI
10ABUJA177	ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH FORMER HEAD OF [...] (C) Summary. Former head of state General Ibrahim Babangida assured Ambassador Carson of his support for constitutionalism, and affirmed the right of Acting President Goodluck Jonathan to contest the next election provided he prevailed in a (newly) democratic nomination process within the PDP. [...]	2010-02-17 15:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV NI
10ABUJA179	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR CHANGE WITH NIGERIA'S NEW ATTORNEY [...] (C) Within 24 hours of Vice President Goodluck Jonathan's designation as Acting President, Jonathan replaced controversial Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa with Minister of Labor and Productivity Adetokunbo Kayode on February 10. The Ambassador met with Kayode Februa [...]	2010-02-17 18:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER CJAN SNAR SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA181	NIGERIAN ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF: WE BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY [...] (C) Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff (COAS),LTG Dambazau, told A/S Carson February 8 that the GON military believes there is no alternative to democracy. "We are a young nation and will improve if we give ourselves the opportunity." He termed the violence in the North a "new phenomenon," and sa [...]	2010-02-18 09:19:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR PINS PINR NI
10ABUJA185	NORTHERN NIGERIAN MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE UNITED STATES [...] (C) Muslim scholars, government officials, politicians, professors, students, and civil society representatives discussed their views on the United States and its foreign policy with PolOffs during a visit in January to the Northern Nigerian state of Sokoto. Many interlocutors expressed apprec [...]	2010-02-18 12:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI KDEM KISL KPAO NI
10ABUJA191	SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION CALLS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation Ahmed called on Ambassador Sanders on February 16 to discuss the state of the nation. Ahmed said the domestic political situation in Nigeria was "very sensitive." Ahmed raised the possibility of Jonathan traveling outside [...]	2010-02-18 19:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
10ABUJA199	MINISTERIAL DELEGATION TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA TO SEE [...] (C) Secretary to the Government of the Federation Mahmud Yayale Ahmed called the Ambassador shortly before 1 a.m., February 23, to inform her of his impending departure for Saudi Arabia along with five other Cabinet colleagues. As reported in reftel, the Federal Executive Council had decided F [...]	2010-02-23 20:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA207	GON Chief of Army: Political Climate Dangerous, Politicians [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Dambazau, concerned about the current political environment in Nigeria, told the Ambassador February 24 in a one-on-one session at a safe house in Abuja, that he still considers Goodluck Jonathan the Commander-in-Chief of Nigerian Armed Forces until such [...]	2010-02-25 12:39:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS PINR MARR NI
10ABUJA209	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. Included in this addition are: -- CRISIS AVERTED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA'S JIGAWA STATE -- LES IN CANADIAN EMBASSY IN NIGER BECOMES THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...]	2010-02-25 14:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON CASC KISL KPAO NI
10ABUJA213	NIGERIA: GOLDSTONE FOLLOW UP AND HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] (C) PolOffs delivered demarches (refs a and b) to Foreign Ministry International Organizations Director Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim February 24. Ibrahim accepted U.S. points on the upcoming vote in New York, but told us he could "not see a way to change Nigeria's vote on Goldstone." Due to the im [...]	2010-02-26 14:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UNGA NI
10ABUJA39	TSA DEMARCHE ON NEW AIR PASSENGER SCREENING RULES [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Transportation Security Administration (TSA) demarche (ref A) January 12 to Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe, who characterized the December 25 attempted bombing of a U.S. commercial aircraft as a "wake-up" call for Nigeria. Though Maduekwe initially smirked when t [...]	2010-01-14 16:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR NI
10ABUJA64	NIGERIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with an estimated population of over 150 million. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic market in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite these advantages, much of that market potential is unre [...]	2010-01-21 12:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC NI
10ABUJA67	DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE MEETS WITH NIGERIAN AVIATION [...] (C) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Lute met with senior-level Nigerian policy makers on January 12 to underscore the need for global cooperation to strengthen international civil aviation security and counter-terrorism measures. Deputy Secretary Lute met with [...]	2010-01-21 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR OVIP PGOV PINR NI
10ABUJA69	SCENE-SETTER FOR FEBRUARY 6 TO 11 VISIT BY ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Ambassador Carson to Nigeria to visit Lagos, Abuja, and Kano February 6 to 11. Embassy provides the following political, economic, and management information. We will transmit key messages f [...]	2010-01-21 15:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR NI

10ABUJA73	CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT TO NIGERIA [...] (C) During his January 8-9 visit to Nigeria, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Nigerian Vice President Jonathan and seven Cabinet members, and signed various "cooperation agreements," according to PRC embassy contacts. End Summary. ------------------------ FOREIGN MINIST [...]	2010-01-22 11:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PINS CH NI
10ABUJA75	YAR'ADUA'S HOLD ON POWER GROWS TENUOUS [...] (C) President Yar'Adua's recent BBC interview showed that he is alive, but reinforced doubts about his ability to resume presidential powers. The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has become divided over whether Yar'Adua should hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan. Many Senators [...]	2010-01-22 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NI
10ABUJA81	TENSE CALM REIGNS IN JOS [...] (SBU) A tense calm reigned over Jos city as of January 22. The state government continues to impose a night-time curfew. Violence has largely ended within the city limits, but may continue at some surrounding locations. Unconfirmed reports estimate over 300 deaths. The International Committ [...]	2010-01-22 17:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM CASC SOCI KCRM NI
10ACCRA139	PRESIDENT MILLS DISCUSSES OIL AND WEST AFRICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a February 3 meeting with Assistant Secretary Carson, Ghanaian President Mills expressed his commitment to rule of law and transparency. He also stressed the importance of respect and openness in the way oil companies engage with Ghana, highlighting Kosmos Energy as a case where [...]	2010-02-16 16:30:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ELAB EINV ENRG PGOV PREL SNAR IV
10ACCRA54	2010 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana [...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. The Mills Government, which came to power in January 2009, has maintained the encouragement of foreign investment in Ghana as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]	2010-01-19 15:54:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
10ACCRA56	2010 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana [...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. The Mills Government, which came to power in January 2009, has maintained the encouragement of foreign investment in Ghana as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]	2010-01-19 15:54:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
10ADANA9	TURKEY: SPIKE IN SYRIAN VISITORS TO SOUTHERN TURKEY FOUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The reciprocal abolishment of the visa regime between Turkey and Syria on September 18, 2009, has resulted in a spike in Syrian visitors to Mersin, Hatay and Gaziantep. According to contacts, the travel, tourism and retail sectors have seen vigorous business that only promise [...]	2010-02-01 15:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PTER TU SY PREL
10ADDISABABA114	DECEMBER REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA [...] (U) Summary: The December 2009 Regional Environment Office (REO) eastern Africa newsletter reports on a variety of environment, science, technology and health events that took place in Addis Ababa this month. From two U.S. university sponsored science and technology workshops and a Peace C [...]	2010-01-25 12:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
10ADDISABABA174	SE GRATION MEETING WITH CHINESE VFM ZHAI [...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 29 meeting between Special Envoy Gration and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister (VFM) Zhai, Zhai stated China's interest in coordinating with the United States to ensure stability and peace in Sudan. He said he believed the peace that has held since the Comprehensive P [...]	2010-02-03 08:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER ET
10ADDISABABA176	ETHIOPIA: ASD VERSHBOW AND GOE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) During separate January 25 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Ambassador Alexander Vershbow discussed regional issues and bilateral relations with Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin, Minister of Defense Siraj Fegessa, and Chief of De [...]	2010-02-03 09:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR YE SU SO ET
10ADDISABABA186	AU SUMMIT: UNSYG FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS LEROY [...] (U) January 30, 2009; 1:30 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson USAU Ambassador Michael Battle AU Desk Officer Ryan Bowles Special Assistant Samantha Lasry (AF Notetaker) United Nations: Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Op [...]	2010-02-03 11:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR AU
10ADDISABABA192	AU SUMMIT: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING [...] (SBU) February 1, 2010; 11:45 a.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin USAU Ambassador Michael Battle USAU A/DCM Joel Maybury AF Special Assistant Akunna Cook PolOff Brian Bauman PolOff [...]	2010-02-04 05:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GV GB AU
10ADDISABABA236	AU SUMMIT: SOMALILAND FORMIN REASSURES A/S CARSON [...] (U) February 1, 2010; 7:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. 2. (C) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson Ambassador Michael Battle USAU DCM Joel Maybury Special Assistant Akunna Cook IO Michael Gonzales (Notetaker) SOMALILAND Foreign Minister Abdullahi Duale Notetaker [...]	2010-02-04 13:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL PTER SO
10ADDISABABA240	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Ethiopia comes during a period of political and economic challenges. Ethiopia takes pride in being the oldest independent country in Africa. The modern political landscape of Ethiopia has been shaped by the 1998-2000 border conflict with Eritrea (70,000 Ethiopian [...]	2010-02-04 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF ET
10ADDISABABA244	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS VISIT TO ETHIOPIA: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Ethiopia comes during a period of political and economic challenges. Ethiopia takes pride in being the oldest independent country in Africa. The modern political landscape of Ethiopia has been shaped by the 1998-2000 border conflict with Eritrea (70,000 Ethiopian [...]	2010-02-08 05:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ETRD EAID PGOV AF ET
10ADDISABABA247	FOREIGN INVESTORS GRAB UP MORE LAND IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Ethiopia's (GoE) recent high profile land deals and shift in agricultural policy (reftel) have attracted additional foreign investors to the agricultural and tourism sectors. In January, Egyptian Prime Minster Dr. Ahmed Nazif led a large delegation to Ethiopia [...]	2010-02-08 06:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BEXP AF ET
10ADDISABABA25	USAU: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: With less than three weeks to go before the start of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, several predictable and recurring themes will take center stage: the crises in Somalia and Sudan, the unconstitutional changes of power in Guinea and Madagascar, and the constituti [...]	2010-01-11 05:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID AU
10ADDISABABA266	SE Gration Meeting with JSR to UNAMID Gambari [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration met with Joint Special Representative of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),Ibrahim Gambari on January 30 to share observations and discuss priorities for UNAMID. The conversation covered the core mandat [...]	2010-02-09 09:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER ET
10ADDISABABA279	AU Summit - European Union's Manservisi Reaffirms [...] (U) February 1, 2010, 10:30 a.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin USAID Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator Earl Gast USAU Ambassador Michael Battle Special Assistant Akunna Cook AU Desk [...]	2010-02-11 04:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
10ADDISABABA288	AU SUMMIT - A/S FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS CARSON MEETS [...] (U) January 30, 2010, 4:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: United States Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Director Michelle Gavin USAU Ambassador Michael Battle Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe USAU A/DCM Joel Maybury USAU Political Officer L [...]	2010-02-11 12:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PGOV AU
10ADDISABABA289	USAU: AU SUMMIT IN ADDIS ABABA -- OUTCOMES [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 13:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNP UNGA UNSC NI AU
10ADDISABABA291	ETHIOPIA: FORMER ONLF LEADER URGES U.S. MEDIATION [...] (C) According to a former leader from the early days of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF),Ismael Sheikh Abdi, continued conflict between the ONLF and the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has resulted in the deterioration of humanitarian conditions in Ethiopia's Somali region over the pa [...]	2010-02-11 14:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SO ET
10ADDISABABA293	Ethiopia: Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 04:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI ET
10ADDISABABA328	ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Leaders of the opposition Forum for Justice and Democratic Dialogue (Forum) coalition told Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero they had little confidence that Ethiopia's May election will be free or fair, and complained that their party activists are being [...]	2010-02-18 05:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL ET
10ADDISABABA371	FORUM PR CHAIR ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGY AND TIGRAY [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Tigrayan and opposition coalition "Forum" leader Gebru Asrat told Poloffs the Forum is taking its campaign message directly to the people to obviate distortion of that message through state run media. Gebru described the Forum's political platform as advancing freedom, promoting [...]	2010-02-22 13:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET
10ADDISABABA375	CHAD-SUDAN BORDER DEAL POSITIVE STEP, BUT [...] (C) During a February 1 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Gration, Chadian Foreign Minister Faki hailed the 15 January Chad-Sudan agreement as a positive step, but warned of mistrust on both sides and in various levels of government. Faki said Chad was ready to agree to independent ve [...]	2010-02-22 13:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC
10ADDISABABA387	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES-CODELS TALK FRANKLY ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of Codels Durbin and Meeks asked PM Meles on February 17 about the status of Ethiopia's democracy, prospects for food self-sufficiency, differences between Chinese and U.S. approaches to economic assistance and investment, the high numbers of Ethiopian medical profession [...]	2010-02-24 12:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS ECON EINV EAGR SO AF ET
10ADDISABABA73	ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] (U) This cable is a reftel response that includes Ethiopia's Investment Climate Statement 2010. As requested, the response is divided into the following categories: Openness to Foreign Investment; Conversion and Transfer Policies; Expropriation and Compensation; Dispute Settlement; Performanc [...]	2010-01-15 12:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AF ET
10ADDISABABA83	ETHIOPIA: FY10 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE AND [...] (U) This cable is a Ref A response cable regarding questions on Ethiopia's fiscal transparency and USG FY2010 assistance. 2. (SBU) Ethiopia's central government is slated to received USG assistance through the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act [...]	2010-01-21 05:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL ET
10AITTAIPEI104	MEDIA REACTION: FIRST YEAR OF PRESIDENT OBAMA, U.S.-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 27 on a Taiwan Air Force Academy T-34C twin-seat training aircraft, which went missing near Kaohsiung Tuesday; on President Ma Ying-jeou's transit in San Francisco en route to Honduras; on developments in cross-Stra [...]	2010-01-27 09:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI114	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 28 on the Taiwan government's plan to raise the National Health Insurance premiums; on President Ma Ying-jeou's transit in San Francisco en route to Honduras; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the ye [...]	2010-01-29 08:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI119	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 news coverage on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, on suspected Chinese submarine movement in the waters near Kaohsiung on January 27, and on the college entrance exams for Taiwan senior high school students. 2. Almost ever [...]	2010-02-01 09:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI12	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 5 on the controversy over the U.S. beef issue and the discussions in the Legislative Yuan over amendments to the law concerning U.S. beef imports; on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; on the domestic concerns over the H1N1 [...]	2010-01-05 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI126	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 2 news coverage on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; on developments in cross-Strait relations; on the reform of the KMT; and on the year-end five city and county magistrates' elections. 2. Editorials and commentaries in the Chinese [...]	2010-02-02 09:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI13	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 1-4 on the New Year celebrations; on the controversy over the U.S. beef issue and the discussions in the Legislative Yuan over amendments to the law concerning U.S. beef imports; and on cross-Strait relations. 2 [...]	2010-01-05 09:57:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI130	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused February 3 news coverage on an article written by James Kraska on a scenario in which the United States lost a naval war to China in 2015; on U.S. arms sales to Taiwan; and on the Taipei City government's plan to increase the property ta [...]	2010-02-03 09:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI144	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-05 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI151	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 09:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI155	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 09:30:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI170	TAIWAN MAKES PROGRESS TOWARD CROSS-STRAIT TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taiwan officials confirmed that Taiwan and the PRC have formally agreed to pursue a bilateral Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA). Following January 26 talks in Beijing, the two sides plan to conclude an ECFA during the fifth round of cross-Strait economic talks, tent [...]	2010-02-12 00:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PGOV PREL EAGR TW CH
10AITTAIPEI179	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 10:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI204	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 09:24:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI27	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 7 on the fallout following the Legislative Yuan's decision Tuesday to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation which bans the import of six types of "risky" U.S. beef products; on the National Communications Commissi [...]	2010-01-07 10:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI35	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 8 on the proposed referendum on the import of U.S. beef products, which passed the initial review by the Referendum Review Committee of the Executive Yuan Thursday and will be able to enter the second stage of the r [...]	2010-01-08 09:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI40	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BEEF IMPORTS, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 9-11 on the legislative by-elections on Saturday, in which the ruling KMT suffered a major setback; on the fallout following the Legislative Yuan's decision to amend the Act Governing Food Sanitation last week, whic [...]	2010-01-11 09:59:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI46	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 12 on yet another legislative by-election, which is slated for the end of February; on the year-end five city and county magistrate elections; on developments in cross-Strait relations; and on the visit by three-tim [...]	2010-01-12 09:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI69	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 09:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI77	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, HAITI, GOOGLE [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 16-19 on the Legislative Yuan's passage of a disputed amendment to the Local Government Act on Monday amid fistfights between ruling KMT and opposition DPP legislators; on the devastating situation in Haiti in the w [...]	2010-01-19 09:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI90	THE DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH KMT SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: Poor political judgment by the Ma administration was a key factor in Taiwan's inability to implement fully the bilateral beef protocol, KMT Secretary General King Pu-tsung told the Director on January 21. King agreed to work to lift Taipei city's anti-U.S. beef campaign, and sai [...]	2010-01-21 08:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL PINR TW
10AITTAIPEI91	MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY TREATY [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 21 on the aftermath of Prosecutor-General Chen Tsung-ming's resignation Tuesday; on the legislative by-election slated for the end of February; on the rescue and relief efforts in earthquake-stricken Haiti; and on d [...]	2010-01-21 11:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI95	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10AITTAIPEI99	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA, GOOGLE, U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 26 on President Ma Ying-jeou's nomination of the island's top prosecutor Monday; on developments in cross-Strait relations; on President Ma Ying-jeou's visit to Honduras and the Dominican Republic; on Taiwan's rescu [...]	2010-01-26 09:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
10ALGIERS111	ALGERIA: DIRECTORS OF NATIONAL OIL COMPANY [...] (C/NF) Eight directors, including the CEO, of Algeria's national oil company Sonatrach are under investigation for corruption and have been fired and replaced. Industry insiders fear company operations will soon be affected. Algeria's intelligence services are leading the investigation. This sc [...]	2010-02-08 16:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD KCRM PINS AG
10ALGIERS123	CHINA'S IMPACT AND RISKS IN ALGERIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's footprint in Algeria is primarily commercial and focused on construction contracts for major infrastructure projects. China provides no development or other forms of assistance. There are more than 40,000 Chinese nationals living in Algeria. Chinese firms have a stake i [...]	2010-02-11 16:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC ELAB ECON ETRD CH AG
10ALGIERS153	ORASCOM TELECOM ALGERIE DISPUTE CAUSES WIDESPREAD [...] (C) Orascom Telecom Algerie (OTA),Algeria's largest wireless phone company -- one of the largest and most economically productive foreign investments this decade -- has been assessed USD 650 million in back taxes via a series of assessments dating back to late 2008. On the face of it, many o [...]	2010-02-21 16:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV AG EG
10ALGIERS37	ALGERIAN INVITATION TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL RETREAT [...] Algerian MFA Director General for Political Affairs and International Security Benchaa Dani briefed ambassadors January 10 on GOA plans to hold a "retreat" in Algiers February 19 - 21 for informal consultations in the framework of the Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the work and [...]	2010-01-11 17:32:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM UNHRC AG
10AMMAN196	JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...]	2010-01-19 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
10AMMAN203	JORDAN BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF [...] (SBU) Economic Section and Foreign Commercial Service (FCS) LESs conducted initial/preliminary database searches on this firm through Government of Jordan (Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)) on-line records and indentified no pertinent information. 2. (SBU) Blue Lantern Officer, accompa [...]	2010-01-20 08:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC JO
10AMMAN237	JORDAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: OPENNESS TO [...] In the ten years since King Abdullah ascended to the throne, Jordan has taken several steps to encourage foreign investment and realize the vision of transforming Jordan into an outward-oriented, market-based economy competitive in the global marketplace. Key reforms have been undertaken in th [...]	2010-01-25 11:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR JO
10AMMAN274	JORDAN: SCENESETTER AND INPUT FOR FTA LABOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor cooperation between the U.S. Jordan has been strong and productive over the past several years. Effective engagement, backed with targeted assistance, has produced significant results, such as improved labor conditions in the garment sector, enhanced efforts to combat traf [...]	2010-01-28 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ELAB ECON ETRD JO
10AMMAN314	JORDAN: GOVERNMENT, CIVIL SOCIETY, AND YOUTH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In meetings with NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Tamara Wittes January 26-28, government officials, representatives of civil society, and alumni of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs discussed the challenges of democratic reform and sought further U.S. assistance [...]	2010-02-04 06:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN JO
10AMMAN317	JORDAN: NEA DAS WITTES PRESSES FOR INCREASED [...] (S) Summary: In the wake of the Secretary's speech on Internet freedoms and a recent court decision subjecting Jordan's online media to the problematic Press and Publications law, NEA DAS Tamara Wittes met during her January 26-28 visit with the King's media advisor to discuss official actio [...]	2010-02-04 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM SOCI JO
10AMMAN326	JORDAN: A/S POSNER'S FOCUS ON DEMOCRATIC AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL),pressed the Jordanian government during his January 10-11 visit to move forward on the implementation of a number of high-priority political and human rights reforms. This cable describes A/S Posner [...]	2010-02-07 10:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI KPAL KWMN PREL PGOV PHUM JO
10AMMAN329	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR JOINT CHIEFS CHAIRMAN ADM [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The Chairman's visit comes at a time when Jordan has made significant contributions both in Afghanistan and to broader regional security: encouraging Syria to seek a moderate Arab alternative to Iranian influence, maintaining its focus on a two-state solution to the Israeli- [...]	2010-02-08 06:43:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS OVIP JO
10AMMAN383	JORDAN: INPUT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR FOR [...] (U) Task 1 Summary: A range of governmental, non-governmental, and private sector interlocutors continue to inform Post that, as a whole, forced labor in the garment sector has significantly decreased, largely due to government action. However, they also state some forced labor conditions st [...]	2010-02-11 13:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KWMN PGOV JO
10AMMAN396	JORDAN: HRW REPORT ON CITIZENSHIP WITHDRAWALS [...] (S) The release of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report "Stateless Again: Palestinian-Origin Jordanians Deprived of their Nationality" has elicited an angry response from the GOJ. The report highlights the personal experiences of eleven individuals who had their nationality revoked by the Mini [...]	2010-02-16 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF KPAL IS JO
10AMMAN456	JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO
10AMMAN459	JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (S//NF) Summary: Mr. Vice President, Embassy Amman warmly welcomes you to Jordan. As you arrive, Jordan continues to face some of the most troubling challenges of King Abdullah's 10-year reign. Jordan has been hit hard by the global economic slowdown and is heavily aid-dependent. The pared- [...]	2010-02-25 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP EAID PGOV PREL JO
10ANKARA110	BARAK AND DAVUTOGLU ON GAZA, SYRIA AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Israeli Embassy's readout on the January 17 Davutolgu-Barak meeting was markedly more downbeat than that offered us by the Turkish MFA. Barak was cautiously receptive to a GoT proposal that it be permitted to deliver pre-fabricated housing units to Gaza. He discouraged Turk [...]	2010-01-22 20:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
10ANKARA121	CHP DEPUTY CHAIR OYMAN ON EARLY ELECTIONS, MIL-GOV [...] (C) Summary: During a January 23 conversation with the Ambassador, Republican People's Party (CHP) Deputy Chairman Onur Oyman predicted elections in 2010 that would cost the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) its ability to govern without forming a coalition. AKP's likely partner wou [...]	2010-01-25 17:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA126	SECRETARY GATES' TURKEY BILATERAL VISIT: [...] (S) PM Erdogan welcomed President Obama's reiteration of support to the fight against the PKK during the December 7 meeting in the Oval Office, but the Secretary should expect questions about how we will operationalize that commitment as plans to withdraw from Iraq move forward. A key issue wi [...]	2010-01-26 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF PK IR IZ IS AM
10ANKARA127	NO MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS ON SOUTH PARS DEAL OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a brief "Oil and Gas Journal" news report from Paris January 8th of a recent Turkey-Iran gas agreement, GOT and Turkish Petroleum Company (TPAO) officials tell us there have been no significant developments or changes regarding their dealings on either South Pars gas field [...]	2010-01-26 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU
10ANKARA145	KEY QUESTIONS FOR NEW U.S.-TURKISH ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Following up on the successful announcement of the new Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with Turkey during PM Erdogan's visit, we now need to put meat on the bones of the proposal. I and my staff will be working closely with the Turks, but the USG will [...]	2010-01-28 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV USTR TU
10ANKARA150	TURKEY: OF COUPS AND CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS [...] (C) Reports of coup plots against PM Erdogan's Islamist-leaning government have been a staple of the Turkish media since 2007. Despite protests by Turkey's top brass that there is no substance to the allegations, a growing percentage of the population believes that at least some elements wit [...]	2010-01-29 07:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU
10ANKARA155	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA176	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-03 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA184	FEBRUARY 4 GENERAL "WORK STOPPAGE" GATHERS STEAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The looming February 4 nationwide "work stoppage" by six major labor confederations is garnering extensive media coverage but few reliable predictions on the extent of participation. Turk-Is President Kumlu has carefully emphasized that what they will launch should not be term [...]	2010-02-03 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB TU
10ANKARA203	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 06:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA209	TURKEY: USMISSION GENEVA CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. USMission Geneva Charge d'Affaires Griffiths and Deputy Legal Adviser Mansfield visited Ankara February 1 to discuss the defamation of religions resolution and draft treaty being planned by the OIC in the UN Human Rights Council. They met with Turkey's Ambassador for Human Rights [...]	2010-02-09 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF UN TU AORC
10ANKARA21	FM DAVUTOGLU REBUILDING HIS MINISTRY IN HIS IMAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Davutoglu used his opening speech to the January 4-8 Turkish ambassadors' conference to reinforce his vision of an activist diplomacy that asserts the country's profile regionally and beyond. He appears to be making progress selling that vision to a generation [...]	2010-01-07 07:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
10ANKARA214	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA252	GREECE-TURKEY: A SLOW START, BUT FORWARD MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite the eleven-week delay in Greek PM Papandreou's reply to PM Erdogan's October 30 overture, the Turkish MFA indicates that it views the response as positive and as a sincere attempt "to address our issues." The MFA envisions a foreign minister-level bilateral meeting, poss [...]	2010-02-16 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY GR PREL TU
10ANKARA257	PARLIAMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE WARNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an extensive meeting with the Ambassador February 16, eight members of the Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee raised concerns about the draft Armenian Genocide Resolution now being discussed in the US Congress and warned that, if passed by the full Congress, an AGR wo [...]	2010-02-17 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AR TU
10ANKARA263	SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS [...] (C) Welcome to Turkey! With this cable, I'd like to update you on where the relationship stands. WHAT TO RAISE: -- Move forward on the Armenia protocols; an end to Turkey-Armenia reconciliation will harm, if not terminate, the Minsk Group process (para 3). -- Be prepared to support uni [...]	2010-02-17 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
10ANKARA270	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA275	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-19 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA28	MFA UPDATE ON TURKEY-ARMENIA PROTOCOLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA desk officer for the Caucasus and Middle Asia Selin Ozaydin characterized Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov's December 2009 visit to Ankara as symbolic and positive, and said more bilaterals on energy are planned for 2010. She said Turkey will decide for itself how m [...]	2010-01-07 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AM AJ TU
10ANKARA285	MISSION TURKEY'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] SUMMARY: Mission Turkey received 180 proposals for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. Ankara, Adana, and Istanbul POL and PAS officers were energized by the vast number of responses from every corner of Turkey and worked together to reach out and brief [...]	2010-02-22 09:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SGWI SOCI KPAO KWMN PREL
10ANKARA287	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA299	No Foreseeable Relief For Iranian Domestic Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFFs surveyed Iranian Immigrant Visa (IV) and Non-Immigrant Visa (NIV) applicants regarding the political, economic, and social conditions since the February 11 Revolution Day demonstrations. Applicants expressed mixed views about the effectiveness of the Iranian opposition [...]	2010-02-24 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA3	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WASSERMAN SCHULTZ [...] (SBU) Welcome to Ankara. Your visit comes one month after Prime Minister Erdogan and President Obama met for three hours, an event that received a warm reception in the Turkish press. The two leaders discussed our countries' close collaboration on Afghanistan, convincing Iran to give up its [...]	2010-01-04 08:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA301	NUMAN KURTULMUS: SAADET'S GENTLER AND KINDER FACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent dinner hosted by the religious Saadet Party (SP),Chairman Numan Kurtulmus outlined the party's ideology, outlook, and priorities. Kurtulmus's presentation of his party's conservative views on democracy, human rights, the economy, and foreign policy were calm and [...]	2010-02-25 09:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TU ELAB PREL ECON
10ANKARA302	U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 18 MEETINGS WITH U/S [...] (C) Summary: During February 18 "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" meetings in Ankara, Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu: -- Appealed for "simultaneity" between Armenian Protocols ratification and the Minsk Process; -- Registered increasing GoT dissatisfaction with Iraqi PM Mal [...]	2010-02-25 11:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC MASS IR TU
10ANKARA305	U/S BURNS FEBRUARY 18 MEETING WITH TGS DEPUTY [...] (C) In a February 18 meeting with Undersecretary Burns, Turkey's Deputy Chief of Staff GEN Guner described U.S. Turkey relations as dynamic and positive. Guner expressed satisfaction with U.S. - Turkey cooperation against the terrorist PKK, giving great credit to the recent visit to Ankara [...]	2010-02-25 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV TU
10ANKARA316	SCENESETTER FOR 5TH US-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP [...] (C) In preparation for the U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group meeting to be held in Washington on March 1, we would like to update you on where our relationship with Turkey stands, where Turkey's relationships with other key countries stand, and how these relationships are affecting energy issue [...]	2010-02-26 17:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU
10ANKARA35	Iranians Pine For Relief As GOI Tightens Grip [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CONOFF surveyed Iranian non-immigrant visa (NIV) and immigrant visa (IV) applicants from mid-December to early January 2009 to gain insight into Iran's current economic and political climate. Applicants report a bleak economic outlook due to continued corruption and mismanageme [...]	2010-01-08 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL TU IR
10ANKARA38	(C) TURKEY PRESSES FOR USF-I INTEL TEAM VISIT TO [...] (S) Turkish ambassador to Iraq Murat Ozcelik requested a meeting January 8 with the Charge to emphasize President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan and Minister of Interior Atalay's strong interest in a proposed visit by a USF-I (formerly MNF-I) intelligence team to Ankara in late January or early F [...]	2010-01-08 16:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ
10ANKARA40	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 05:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA41	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 06:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA52	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO

10ANKARA54	MFA EYES "ANTI-TURKISH SENTIMENT" IN BULGARIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA told us January 8 "anti-Turkish sentiment" in Bulgaria was a cause for concern in otherwise good relations between the governments of Turkey and Bulgaria. This anti-Turkish stance, it said, was one of the factors leading to Minister Dimitrov's demanding compensation from [...]	2010-01-13 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BU TU
10ANKARA56	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA57	TURKEY READY TO RE-ENERGIZE AEGEAN TALKS, BALL IN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director General Cagatay Erciyes told PolMilCouns on January 8 that Turkey is ready to re-energize Aegean talks with Greece, but is still awaiting a formal response to Erdogan's letter to Papandreou. The MFA wants exploratory talks to resume early in 2010, and said the [...]	2010-01-13 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS GR TU
10ANKARA62	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA78	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA81	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA87	WHAT LIES BENEATH ANKARA'S NEW FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) There is much talk in chanceries and in the international media these days about Turkey's new, highly activist foreign policy, which unquestionably represents a transition not only from prior governments, but also from the AKP regime before the Gaza/Davos events, and before the ascent of A [...]	2010-01-20 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
10ANKARA88	TURKEY: CODEL HASTINGS HIGHLIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 4-6 visit to Ankara, U.S. Representative Hastings (D-Florida) met with leaders of government, the Turkish General Staff and human rights organizations to discuss Turkey-US relations and regional developments. With the TGS, Rep. Hasting underscored the importance [...]	2010-01-20 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OREP TU
10ANKARA92	TO RUSSIA WITH LOVE: PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Erdogan's January 12-13 visit to Moscow produced several key agreements, notably a joint statement committing both sides to continue talks on a nuclear power plant, with a nod from PM Erdogan that he would sign an intergovernmental agreement granting Russia the pro [...]	2010-01-20 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU RU
10ANTANANARIVO32	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Update for January 4 to 20, a periodic unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and the Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-4) -Crack Down Against the Opposition - [...]	2010-01-20 07:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV MA
10ANTANANARIVO72	CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MADAGASCAR AND COMOROS [...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese investment stock, detailed below, reached USD 39 million in 2008 in Madagascar, while Chinese investment remains limited in the Comoros. No USG collaboration on development programs has been undertaken to date with the Chinese in either island nation. The best opportuni [...]	2010-02-12 05:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAGR EAID CH CN MA
10APIA2	CHINA AID TO SAMOA: A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND-OR WHAT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 05:07:00	Embassy Apia	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV PREL WS
10ASHGABAT112	WINTERSHALL REP ON TURKMEN ENERGY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: German-based energy company Wintershall continues to seek an onshore energy deal with the Turkmen Government, but reports little success. The local representative described the company's progress as slow going, adding that its current offshore production sharing agreement has not [...]	2010-01-22 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
10ASHGABAT151	THE TRANSLUCENT STATE OF TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan is often described as opaque, with a government with an inscrutable decisionmaking process. While still very insular, with few external points of reference, it is not opaque. The system has rules, although this fact is not readily apparent to those with only a pass [...]	2010-02-01 15:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TX
10ASHGABAT178	COMSOCCENT VISIT WITH TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Commander, Special Operations Central Command (COMSOCCENT),Major General Charles Cleveland, met with the Minister of Defense and the Chairman of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan to discuss ongoing military relations and the possibilities of future training, including [...]	2010-02-08 07:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
10ASHGABAT193	DFM HAJIYEV HIGHLIGHTS TURKMENISTAN'S ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 4 meeting with the Central Asia Assistance Review delegation, Turkmen Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev provided an outline of the country's ongoing reform process. He stressed that potential assistance donors needed to coordinate their proposals with the T [...]	2010-02-10 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID TX
10ASHGABAT21	TURKMENISTAN: KOREAN COMPANIES SEE LITTLE PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the recent success of a few South Korean companies is concluding contracts with the Turkmen government, an ROK Embassy official emphasized that Korean companies still have difficulty entering the Turkmen market. The November 2008 visit to South Korea by President Berdimuh [...]	2010-01-07 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO KS TX
10ASHGABAT211	SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an opportunity to strengthen our bilateral diplomatic dialogue and highlight our desire for greater cooperation involving Afghanistan. Key issue [...]	2010-02-12 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT244	TURKMENISTAN: U.S. ENERGY COMPANY SHOWS SAVVY IN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Executives of recently-formed, Houston-based TX Oil, whose directors include a son of the 41st U.S. President, met with Turkmen government officials, including President Berdimuhamedov, on February 24-25. The purpos [...]	2010-02-25 11:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BTIO ENIV ENRG EPET PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT41	TURKMEN GAS TO TURKEY AND BEYOND THROUGH IRAN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The attendance of Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Yildiz at the opening of the second gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Iran raised questions about Turkey's heightened interest in Turkmen gas via Iran. The Turkish Embassy's Economic Counselor in Ashgabat, Ahmet E [...]	2010-01-08 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO IR TU TX
10ASHGABAT45	TURKMENISTAN 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The following is Post's 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Turkmenistan. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is relatively large (slightly larger than California),but sparsely inhabited (about five million),[...]	2010-01-13 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC TX
10ASHGABAT57	TURKMENISTAN'S ONLY HOMEGROWN WOMEN'S MAGAZINE [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Turkmen Government publishes a monthly magazine for women named Zenan Kalby (Women's Soul). Despite having the largest circulation of any Turkmen periodical, the magazine's highly politicized content lacks [...]	2010-01-14 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI KWMN KDEM PGOV PHUM TX
10ASMARA9	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The following is keyed to reftel, para 15. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, with government activities crowding out most private investment. Investors in Eritrea face significant risks, including: lack of transparen [...]	2010-01-13 15:33:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV ER
10ASTANA159	KAZAKHSTAN: GE EXECUTIVE DISCUSSES REGIONAL PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An American executive with General Electric's Transportation Division visited the Embassy on February 3 to discuss the company's plans to assemble locomotives in Kazakhstan and expand into the Russian market. He identified financial and political challenges the company faces, [...]	2010-02-05 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELTN RS TX KZ
10ASTANA186	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE HEAD TAKES ADVANTAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Alexandre Keltchewsky, Head of the OSCE Center in Astana, told the Charge d'Affaires during a luncheon on February 1 that the OSCE and Kazakhstan have politely differed over words and perceptions, a te [...]	2010-02-12 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KZ
10ASTANA187	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA PUSHES ABC GOALS AS SUMMIT PROSPECTS LOOK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a working lunch on February 15, MFA Americas Director Askar Tazhiev told Charge that State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev was very pleased with his February 1-4 visit to Washington and wants to g [...]	2010-02-16 02:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA2	KAZAKHSTAN EXPRESSES PIQUE OVER HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 31 meeting (reftel),Kazakhstan's Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov raised concerns about the human-rights certification process. He told the Ambassador that Kazakhstan is ready to refuse al [...]	2010-01-05 06:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID UZ KZ
10ASTANA23	ETHNIC HARMONY IN NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During recent visits to Kazakhstan's Kostanai and North Kazakhstan Oblasts, interlocutors emphasized the tolerant nature of Kazakhstani society and government efforts to encourage ethnic harmony. According to Vik [...]	2010-01-12 04:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA251	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (SBU) General Petraeus, on behalf of Ambassador Hoagland, and the Department of Defense and Embassy Astana country teams, we extend a warm welcome on the occasion of your upcoming visit to Astana, Kazakhstan. Visit overview 2. (S) The Office of the Defense Attache and your staff are working towa [...]	2010-02-22 07:03:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET PINR MARR SNAR KZ
10ASTANA255	KAZAKHSTAN: WEEKLY SPOT-REPORT DIGEST, FEBRUARY 16-19 [...] (SBU) This is the first edition of a new weekly cable to disseminate spot reports based on Embassy conversations with interlocutors, as well as from the mass media. Our goal is to draw attention to information that might not merit a full cable report. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS - NAZARBAYEV TAL [...]	2010-02-22 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ENRG SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
10ASTANA261	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS ON OIL TRANSPORTATION, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 22, ConocoPhillips' John Dabbar called on the Ambassador to discuss relations between the Kashagan consortium and national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),expansion of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (C [...]	2010-02-23 09:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI AJ TX KZ
10ASTANA267	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, ZHOVTIS, OSCE SUMMIT WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	AF KZ MARR PGOV PREL
10ASTANA275	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Rashid Tusupbekov to discuss ongoing legal reforms and the possibility of a general amnesty that could include jailed prominent Kazakhstani human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Tusupbekov praised cooperation with the [...]	2010-02-26 10:00:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ
10ASTANA41	KAZAKHSTAN: THE U.S. IOC BIG THREE AND KMG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior executives from the three largest U.S. investors in Kazakhstan -- ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron -- spoke recently about their companies' plans, priorities, and problems with the biggest oil explor [...]	2010-01-15 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA44	KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 01:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR
10ASTANA53	KAZAKHSTAN: EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS DISCUSS NABUCCO GAS PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussion with European diplomats at January 14-15 energy events centered on the Nabucco gas pipeline, and what role -- if any -- Kazakhstan would likely play in supplying natural gas to Europe via a "southern corridor." There was also agreement that Turkmenistan's ability to d [...]	2010-01-20 09:17:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX RS KZ
10ASTANA67	KAZAKSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]	2010-01-25 06:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ASTANA74	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINA PRAISES ASTANA'S FOREIGN POLICY, WORRIES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In his farewell courtesy call with the Ambassador on January 22, China's Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping (please protect) highly praised Kazakhstan's skillful balancing of the "great powers." Repeatedly emphasizing the personal nature of the conversation, Cheng highlig [...]	2010-01-25 09:22:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR EPET ECON NATO CH RU UZ KZ
10ASUNCION2	Paraguay Media Analysis [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paraguay is characterized by a free and vibrant media environment with independent newspapers, TV and radio stations. While radio and TV penetration is close to 100%, Internet diffusion is fairly low at about 8%, with Google, Orkut and YouTube being the most popular sites. Tex [...]	2010-01-05 14:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS OIIP PA KPAO PREL AID
10ASUNCION97	GOP SEEKS TO IMPLEMENT NEW CELL PHONE INTERCEPT SYSTEM, BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Filizzola told the Ambassador February 10 that the GOP would soon be rolling out a new, expanded cell phone intercept program, which would continue to cover counternarcotics but would also include anti-kidnapping cases as the GOP ratchets up efforts to capture the [...]	2010-02-18 20:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV SNAR ASEC PREL PA
10ATHENS113	Papandreou Cabinet Insider Pamboukis on Managing the [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Minister of State Haris Pamboukis February 1 to gain a better understanding of the GoG's internal deliberations on reforms, the economic crisis and domestic stability, and on regional foreign policy priorities. Pamboukis, a constitutional lawyer who esc [...]	2010-02-18 08:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN PTER GR PINR
10ATHENS137	GREECE: VIEWS ON EU CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greek interlocutors conveyed that a review or a possible lifting of the European Union's China arms embargo is not on the agenda in Brussels, to the best of their knowledge. They stated that since the replacement of the EU's political "Code of Conduct on Arms Exports" in Decembe [...]	2010-02-25 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM CH EUN GR
10ATHENS18	Greece: Engagement on Women's Issues [...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Greece closely integrates women's issues into public diplomacy programming, human rights outreach, commercial outreach, and partnerships with [...]	2010-01-08 17:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KWMN KTIP GR
10ATHENS198	GREECE???"New Directions in the U.S-Greece Economic [...] Post is seeking to recruit senior level Administration officials to participate in a mid-March (likely March 17-19) strategic economic dialogue with Greek counterparts. The United States-Greece Economic and Commercial Cooperation Commission (ECCC) re-established in 2007 to channel senior [...]	2010-02-10 14:16:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD ENRG GR
10ATHENS25	Muslim Engagement in Greece [...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission Greece has a multifaceted Muslim outreach strategy encompassing public diplomacy programming, human rights and religious freedom advocacy, outr [...]	2010-01-19 15:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO GR
10ATHENS55	Scenesetter for Alt/FM Droutsas' visit to Washington [...] (C) Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas travels February 2 to the much anticipated first meeting of the new GoG with senior USG officials in Washington. We have had signals from within the MFA that PM Papandreou will soon step aside as foreign minister, permitting Droutsas to take [...]	2010-01-29 13:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN GR
10ATHENS61	Scenesetter for Alt/FM Droutsas' visit to Washington [...] (C) Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitris Droutsas travels February 2 to the much anticipated first meeting of the new GoG with senior USG officials in Washington. We have had signals from within the MFA that PM Papandreou will soon step aside as foreign minister, permitting Droutsas to take [...]	2010-02-01 20:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EFIN GR
10ATHENS77	AMBASSADOR TO DROUTSAS: SHOW WASHINGTON YOUR STUFF [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 30 meeting with Alternate Foreign Minister Dimitri Droutsas just prior to his first trip to the U.S., Ambassador Speckhard focused him on resolving challenges close to home and advised him to show Washington he was not just a diplomat but a political decision maker w [...]	2010-02-03 16:43:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR GR MK TU CY IR
10ATHENS85	THE CASE FOR INCREASING GREECE'S FY2012 IMET FUNDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens strongly supports EUCOM's request for $500,000 IMET funding for Greece in FY2012. Returning IMET funding in Greece to 2000-2008 norms will help advance American goals by: - Fostering strong bilateral mil-mil relations with the U.S.; - [...]	2010-02-08 09:09:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS GR
10ATHENS89	U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUES WITH GREECE [...] (U) The United States has two ongoing security dialogues with Greece dating back to 1991. Emerging out of the Mutual Defense Cooperation Agreement (MDCA) of 1990, the Joint Commission (JC) and the High-Level Consultative Committee (HLCC) aim to foster U.S.-Greek dialogue on security issues, a [...]	2010-02-10 10:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR GR
10ATHENS92	2010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) - GREECE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 08:34:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV KSPR KIDE KTDB ELAB OPIC GR USTR
10BAGHDAD101	CODEL MCCAIN MEETINGS WITH PRIME MINISTER MALIKI [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD112	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON MOTTAKI VISIT AND IRAQ-IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Taha Shukr Abbassi, the head of the Iraqi MFA's Neighboring Countries' division (A/S equivalent),made the following comments regarding Iranian FM Mottaki's visit and the recent oil field dispute between Iraq and Iran: (1) Mottaki promised to fully withdraw Iranian sold [...]	2010-01-17 09:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
10BAGHDAD118	MFA ACCEPTS TO SEEK UNSC PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: Senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud told DCM January 13 that the GOI would accept the USG-suggested option of seeking a UNSC Presidential Statement as the best way to have WMD-related Chapter VII resolutions eventually lifted. Haj Hamoud agreed that the GOI would send a l [...]	2010-01-18 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ KU
10BAGHDAD124	ANBAR FACTIONS RESOLVE LEADERSHIP DISPUTE IN WAKE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. In the wake of the December 30 terrorist attack on the Anbar Provincial Government Center, which resulted in the severe wounding of Governor Qassim abd Muhammad Hammadi al-Fahadawi, there was some initial governmental confusion and a v [...]	2010-01-19 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD127	LOCAL COUNCILS IN NAJAF PROVINCE -- GOVERNANCE,S [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT representatives, including PRT Team Leader and Urban Planning Advisor, trained Najaf local council representatives in municipal budgeting in the United States and its transparency at a conference i [...]	2010-01-19 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD131	CORRECTED COPY: LOCAL COUNCILS IN NAJAF PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY. PRT representatives, including PRT Team Leader and Urban Planning Advisor, trained Najaf local council representatives in municipal budgeting in the United States and its transparency at a conference i [...]	2010-01-19 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD137	ABOUT BOMBS IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad Message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Four major bombings have shaken Baghdad since the US operational military withdrawal from Iraq,s cities June 30. Despite the dramatic improvement in overall security in the province since the middle of 2008, these attacks acce [...]	2010-01-20 03:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KCRM KJUS IZ
10BAGHDAD139	RRT ERBIL: BARZANI'S CHIEF OF STAFF AND KRG PM ON [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) discussed the December 7 White House statement, President Barzani,s upcoming visit to Washington, and the way forward with Dr. Fuad Hussein, President Barzani,s chief of staff on Januar [...]	2010-01-20 11:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD140	RRT ERBIL: RECENT KRG OUTREACH TO TEHRAN, ANKARA [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) and RRT Team Leader, KRG officials gave readouts of their recent contacts with Tehran, Ankara, and Baghdad. KRG PM Barham Salih and others categorically denied press reports that [...]	2010-01-20 11:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC EPET IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD145	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador January 18 that the key objective of his visit to Washington next week is to seek a strong reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to Kurdistan, including possibilities for a U.S. diplomatic and security presence bey [...]	2010-01-20 15:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EPET IZ TU
10BAGHDAD146	HASHIMI CONFIDENT ABOUT SOLUTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
10BAGHDAD172	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said senior KRG officials recently signaled for the first time an understanding that Kirkuk would not ultimately be annexed to the Iraqi Kurdistan [...]	2010-01-24 07:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ TU
10BAGHDAD173	TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Kahl on January 11, Turkish Ambassador Murat Ozcelik said Turkey does not want PM Maliki to win another term and will actively support other coalitions. Driven in part by their desire to preserve recently improved Tu [...]	2010-01-24 08:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KNNP IZ IR TU
10BAGHDAD183	RRT ERBIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS BARZANI AND BARHAM [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary. On January 18 in Erbil, the Ambassador met separately with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani and KRG PM Barham Salih. Both were sympathetic to U.S. concerns about the political aspects of the de-Ba'athification co [...]	2010-01-25 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET IZ TU
10BAGHDAD19	NINEWA PRT: CHRISTIANS WARY ABOUT PERSISTENT [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Attacks on northern Iraq's Christian community in recent weeks, although comparatively unspectacular, have left the beleaguered minority population wary ahead of the national election. Widespread Iraqi and [...]	2010-01-04 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD191	IRAQ VISA AND REFUGEE VETTING: INTERAGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Using Embassy Baghdad's VISAS VIPER Committee as a focal point, the Consular Section (CONS) and the Office of Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Affairs (REF) have coordinated efforts to significantly increase the sources and flow of derogatory information on persons that [...]	2010-01-25 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS PREF PTER PINR PINS KVPR IZ
10BAGHDAD198	MUTHANNA PRT: LONG SHADOW OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Muthanna PRT Team Leader met with Provincial Council Chairman Lateef Hassan al-Hassani, at his request, on January 14 at JSS Soto. During the meeting Chairman Hassani decried what he called &Iranian heavy handedness and threats8 a [...]	2010-01-26 16:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD20	PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER BLACKWATER DECISION GENERATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public outrage has erupted within Iraq over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges brought against Blackwater employees for their role in the deaths of 17 Iraqis on September 16, 2007. GOI spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh condemned the decision on Januar [...]	2010-01-04 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD206	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOQTADA AL-SADR'S KINDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Grand Ayatollah Hussein Ismail al-Sadr (strictly protect),cousin of Moqtada al-Sadr, made the following points: (1) Iraq owes a debt of gratitude to the U.S. for toppling Saddam and will require a lasting partnership [...]	2010-01-27 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR EG IZ
10BAGHDAD211	SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI'S [...] (C) Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi hopes to use his trip to Washington to bolster his image domestically as a respected national figure and defender of Sunni interests. We understand from his advisors that he sees himself as a contender to succeed Jalal Talabani as President. Time and again, [...]	2010-01-27 16:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD22	IRAQI VIEWS ON EVENTS IN IRAN AND IMPACT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-05 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD221	PASSAGE OF NGO LAW SIGNALS MAJOR STEP FORWARD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In one of the last sessions of the outgoing Council of Representatives, Iraqi legislators adopted a bill regulating the status of non-governmental organizations (NGO) that, once promulgated by the Presidency Council later this month, will be the gold standard for civil society le [...]	2010-01-28 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD225	RECOMMENDATION FOR FUTURE U.S. CIVILIAN PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: This message responds to ref A request for a drawdown plan for Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq. The plan below has been jointly agreed by Ambassador Hill and GEN Odierno. Embassy and USF-I request interagency concurrence on this plan, which envi [...]	2010-01-29 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL APER AMGT IZ
10BAGHDAD233	A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI LAUNCH DIPLOMATIC JCC- [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]	2010-01-30 09:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ JO KU PGOV PREL SY TU YM
10BAGHDAD234	A/S FELTMAN AND FM ZEBARI CO-CHAIR DIPLOMATIC JCC- [...] (C) Summary: On January 24, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs Jeffrey Feltman, A/DCM, and a delegation of experts on Chapter VII issues met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and an interministerial committee of Iraqi experts at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Baghdad. [...]	2010-01-30 09:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KU PGOV PREL SY
10BAGHDAD235	A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES EXTERNAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow up meeting to the diplomatic Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC),A/S Feltman met with PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi on January 24 to discuss Iraq's external relations, the de-Baathification controvery and government transition. Rikabi expressed his desire to see the JCC focu [...]	2010-01-30 09:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL IZ SY
10BAGHDAD236	A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQI REGIONAL INTEGRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Feltman met with the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on January 23 to discuss Iraq's role in the region and Hakim's recent regional engagement efforts. Hakim stressed the importance of Iraq's regional integration and the need for Arab states to [...]	2010-01-30 10:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD238	DPM AL-ISSAWI ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, THE IRAQIYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPM Rafi al-Issawi said the growing realization among some Shi'a politicians of the Iraqiya Coalition's appeal and the threat it posed to sectarian-based politics spurred the de-Ba'athification effort, which was intended to divide Sunni voters and perhaps prompt them to boycott. [...]	2010-01-30 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD243	VP HASHEMI REVIEWS DE-BA'ATHIFICATION ISSUE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: VP Hashemi reviewed with NEA A/S Feltman January 24 the current state of play on the de-Ba'athification controversy. He expressed the hope that USG interlocutors would convince PM Maliki that the de-Ba'athification decisions of the Accountability and Justice Commission (AJC) sho [...]	2010-01-31 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ SA
10BAGHDAD254	AMBASSADOR MEETS KURDISH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with a U.S. Ambassador, the leader of the Kurdish opposition Goran ("Change") Movement, Nawshirwan Mustafa, made the following points: 1) U.S. observers will be critical in ensuring the legitimacy of upcoming national parliamentary elections; 2) Goran expects [...]	2010-01-31 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD267	FM ZEBARI ANNOUNCES GOI'S WMD ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari held a brief meeting with A/DCM and COMs from the other four permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. The FM briefed the group on recent developments on the Oil for Food (OFF) and follow-on arrangements for the D [...]	2010-02-02 06:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD290	ALLAWI CRITICIZES PM MALIKI'S AUTHORITARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqiyya coalition leader Ayad Allawi told A/DCM on February 2 that the Accountability and Justice Commission's (AJC) effort to eliminate candidates on de-Ba'athification grounds was symptomatic of a broader problem of intimidation in the Iraqi political system. He att [...]	2010-02-04 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE IR IZ
10BAGHDAD291	PRT KARBALA: VOTERS IN DOUR MOOD AS UNOFFICIAL [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Karbala province has been allotted ten seats in the next Council of Representatives (CoR). Local PRT employees and Karbala business and community leaders expect that Dawa will win four to five seat [...]	2010-02-04 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD305	THE VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSSES PRE- AND [...] (U) January 23, 2010; 9:30 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (C) Participants: United States: Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher R. Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General USF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeff Feltman, Assistant Secretary of State for Ne [...]	2010-02-06 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD308	RUMAILA OIL-FIELD LAWSUIT CONTINUES BUT SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary: The lawsuit concerning the Rumaila oil-field contract continues and could affect the nine other contracts awarded from Iraq's June and December 2009 oil bid rounds. However, key Government of Iraq (GOI) officials predicted the lawsuit would be unsuccessful. No decision is expected [...]	2010-02-06 14:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD326	VPOTUS MEETING WITH PM MALIKI [...] (U) January 23, 2010, 11:00 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General USF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP Jeffrey Feltman, Assistant Secretary, NEA Colin Kahl, DASD Pun [...]	2010-02-08 06:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD338	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PM MALIKI, ISCI CHAIRMAN; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ambassador met separately with PM Maliki and ISCI Chairman Ammar al-Hakim on February 7 to press for early resolution of the de-Ba'athification controversy, underscore U.S. support for de-Ba'athification in accordance with Iraqi law, and push back on accusations t [...]	2010-02-08 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD34	IRAQI SPEAKER ON FUTURE OF THE PRESIDENCY, BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) Speaker Iyad Sammarra'i confirmed for Pol M/C January 4 that the Constitution made clear that Iraq's Presidency Council would not continue after the end of the term of the current government, and the new President would not have the veto. H [...]	2010-01-06 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD343	PRT MAYSAN: MAYSANI PC MEMBERS ATTEND IRI [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Maysan PRTOffs accompanied Maysan Provincial Council (PC) members, including PC Chair Abd Al-Rathah Reesan (ISCI),to the International Republican Institute,s (IRI) National Forum of Iraqi Provincial Leaders in Erbil, Jan [...]	2010-02-09 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR IZ
10BAGHDAD347	FORMER SPEAKER ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 03:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD350	SOUTH BAGHDAD: ON THE EVE OF U.S. MILITARY [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The January 25 Transfer of Authority (TOA) from ePRT Baghdad South's current partner brigade (30th HBCT) to the incoming new brigade (1/3 ID) is a good moment for a snapshot of the Area of Operations (AO) jointly shared with the 30th for the past 10 months. In an AO [...]	2010-02-10 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD36	VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI'S JANUARY 12-14 VISIT [...] (C) Vice President Adel Abd al-Mahdi travels to Washington to show us that he has what it takes to be Prime Minister, according to his close aides. We assess that he is a strong candidate for Prime Minister in the next government, having positioned himself as a good compromise for Shi'a partie [...]	2010-01-06 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP KJUS SA IR IZ
10BAGHDAD361	MULTI-PARTY COOPERATION ON THE BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) was reborn in 2009 as a remarkably inclusive body. In a deliberate repudiation of its predecessor's sectarian outlook, it has adopted a non-partisan approach that emphasizes institutional priorities. The national elections will str [...]	2010-02-11 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD368	SETTING THE CONDITIONS - MARCH 7TH ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: USG, GOI, and international election security planning continues since the January 23rd release of the GOI,s election security plan. The Ambassador hosted a well attended and received election briefing for the Baghdad diplomatic community on February 4th that focused heavily on s [...]	2010-02-11 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PREL PTER ASEC
10BAGHDAD369	UPDATE #1: NINEWA GOVERNOR'S FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tempers that flared in the wake of the February 1 confrontation involving Kurdish security forces, Ninewa Governor Nujaifi, and U.S. forces have cooled for the moment. Angered by the detention of 11 males accused of attacking Nujaifi's convoy, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG [...]	2010-02-11 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD372	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ANBAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's trip to Anbar province on February 9, provincial government leaders and tribal sheikhs implored him to "intervene" more directly against perceived Iranian domination of the GOI. They envisioned Anbar as the key to a prosperous, stable, and united Iraq that [...]	2010-02-11 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD385	2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INFORMATION FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period of mid- February 2009 to mid-February 2010. Despite numerous issues facing the Government of Iraq (GOI) during this reporting period, it has taken decisive steps towards addressing the issue of human t [...]	2010-02-15 05:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TIP LAURA PENA INL DRL PRM NEA RA KTIP
10BAGHDAD401	THE FUTURE OF BAGHDAD'S LOCAL COUNCILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the American military drawdown in Iraq progresses, members of Baghdad sub-provincial councils remain anxious. Threats to their positions, salaries, lives and political independence have taken a toll even though legislation approved by parliament on January 25 may deliver some [...]	2010-02-15 18:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD42	INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's Baghdad Visit Lays [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary Johnson utilized his December 11-15 Baghdad trip to advance the transition of the police development program from the U.S. military to the State Department. Johnson prev [...]	2010-01-07 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ

10BAGHDAD425	PRT KARBALA: ANTI-BA'ATH SENTIMENT CREATES STRANGE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala report. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: (C/NF) Strong anti-Ba'ath sentiment in Karbala has created an odd mix of cooperation and competition among provincial political entities to date. Local Sadrists and followers of former PM Ja [...]	2010-02-17 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD430	PRT DIYALA: AMBASSADOR HILL DISCUSSES IDPS, SUNNI [...] (U) This is a Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador Hill visited Governor Abd-al-Nasir al Muntsir al-Mahdawi and,separately, local leaders in the village of Al Mujadad on February 8 in Diyala Province. The Governor said the security situation in hi [...]	2010-02-18 07:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IZ IR
10BAGHDAD436	ISCI CHAIRMAN HAKIM CONDEMNS MILITARY OPERATION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISCI Chairman Ammar al-Hakim condemned a recent combined Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) - USF-I operation in Maysan to CDA, arguing that Iraqi Police should have conducted the operation. U.S.-Iraqi relations should be increasingly defined by socio-economic ties, rather than military [...]	2010-02-18 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS PTER KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD446	DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: PUSHING FURTHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diwaniyah Province officials continue to press their de-Ba,athification campaign, and some of them view their province as a trailblazer in the effort. Governor Salim Alwan led a February 9 demonstration to protest against allowing former Ba,athists to run in the upcoming electio [...]	2010-02-19 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD447	AMBASSADOR SHEHI DISCUSSES THE UAE'S ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq (SANI) discussed the UAE's role in Iraq with Ambassador Abdullah Ebrahim Alzoy al Shehi on February 7. Shehi noted the Sunni - Shi'a divide, Iraq's lack of a "business friendly" investment climate and Iraqi's poor educational system as significan [...]	2010-02-19 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD449	EPRT EAST-BAGHDAD: LEGAL ASSISTANCE CENTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Zafraniyyah is a sometimes violent, mixed semi-rural/urban area on the outskirts of the city, squeezed between the Diyala and the Tigris rivers in south Eastern Baghdad. In an effort to develop indigenous civil society organizations, ePRT East-Baghdad and the Brigade focused on [...]	2010-02-19 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KDEM
10BAGHDAD466	NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CELL OPERATIONAL BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Prime Minister created the National Intelligence Cell (NIC) after the December 8 high profile terrorist attacks in Baghdad to consolidate information and work with operational units to prevent future attacks. While it started off slow, it now is beginning to p [...]	2010-02-22 09:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD470	GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VISIT OF UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered reftel demarche to DFM Labeed Abbawi February 17, regarding the visit to Syria of Under Secretary Burns and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Benjamin. Abbawi said the GOI would not have problems with the visit. Reports in the Arab press that Washington had decide [...]	2010-02-22 12:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY IZ
10BAGHDAD489	BAGHDAD GOVERNOR TELLS CDA DE-BA'ATHIFICATION WAS [...] (U) THIS IS A PRT BAGHDAD MESSAGE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Baghdad Governor Salah Abd al-Razzaq (Da'wa) questioned CDA about the USG's position on de-Ba'athification on February 18, noting that the de-Ba'athification process was legal and mandated under the Iraqi Constitution. He criticized U.S. [...]	2010-02-23 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD499	COALITION PROFILE: PM MALIKI'S STATE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a significant move toward political independence, PM Maliki announced the formation of the State of Law Alliance (SLA) in October 2009, distancing himself from the Iraqi National Alliance (INA),the dominant Shi'a-led coalition. Despite its strong ties to Iran, SLA [...]	2010-02-24 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IR IZ
10BAGHDAD500	DETAINEE RELEASES AND TARGETING APPROVAL CHANGES [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: U.S. forces transferred thirteen detainees captured in Maysan in a joint U.S.-Iraqi operation in accordance with demands by the PM and terms of the Security Agreement. After an initial transfer of nine of the detainees, the Prime Minister ordered high value target [...]	2010-02-24 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD501	COALITION PROFILE: COALITION FOR IRAQ'S UNITY [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-24 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KDEM PGOV
10BAGHDAD508	PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: TRANSITION ISSUES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) held its quarterly Team Leaders Conference of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at Embassy Baghdad. Embassy, NEA, and military officials briefed Team Leaders on the state of play regarding the national election scheduled [...]	2010-02-25 16:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV
10BAGHDAD513	PRT NAJAF: FORMER OIL MINISTER AND COR CANDIDATE [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Najaf parliamentary candidate and former Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr-Uloum (Iraqi National Alliance/Independent) met PRT Team Leader February 18 to discuss his campaign and the impact of de-Ba'athificati [...]	2010-02-26 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL KDEM OESC IZ
10BAGHDAD514	PRT KIRKUK: KURDISH CAMPAIGN BEHAVIOR - UNHEEDED [...] This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary. Politically motivated intimidation, vandalism and threats of violence in Kirkuk did not subside following the provincial governor's emergency meeting, calling on political parties to cease irresponsible behavior [...]	2010-02-26 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD520	HUMAM AL-HAMMUDI: ELECTION PROSPECTS AND U.S. ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) bloc leader Humam al-Hammudi was optimistic regarding the election and believed the Iraqi National Alliance (INA) and State of Law Alliance (SLA) were in very close competition. He welcomed U.S. and UNAMI efforts, especially monitoring, to s [...]	2010-02-28 07:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD537	COALITION PROFILE: THE IRAQI NATIONAL ALLIANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi National Alliance (INA) was officially formed on August 24, 2009 and is often seen as the successor of the pan-Shi'a United Iraqi Alliance (UIA),which captured a plurality of votes in the 2005 national elections. Comprised of 32 entities, including a small number of tok [...]	2010-02-28 16:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD63	FALLOUT OVER BLACKWATER CONTINUES, ALBEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The public upset over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges against former Blackwater employees for their role in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in September 2007 has quieted, but there continue to be repercussions. The Embassy and CODEL McCai [...]	2010-01-11 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PREL ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD70	IRAQI PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Senators John McCain (R/AZ),Joseph Lieberman (I/CT),John Barrasso (R/WY),and John Thune (R/SD) on January 5, 2009 held meetings with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi to discuss the recent Blackwater ruling, upcoming Iraqi national election, an [...]	2010-01-11 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ KDEM PGOV PREL
10BAGHDAD91	RRT ERBIL: NO SIGN PUK-GORAN TENSIONS ABATING IN [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (U) Summary: Recent violence in Sulaimaniyah Province (details reported reftel) may foreshadow a rough and dirty political struggle between the PUK and Goran ("Change") Movement in the runup to the March 7 national elections. Everyone from KRG PM Salih [...]	2010-01-13 14:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD93	NAJAF ELECTIONS DIRECTOR REPORTS ON POLLING [...] (U) This is a Najaf Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. PRT Najaf met with the Najaf Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Bushra Kadhum Al-Zamily and Deputy Director Anwar Tha'aban Abid Ali regarding preparations for the upcoming elections. Director [...]	2010-01-13 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAKU11	WHY WE NEED A DEMOCRACY DIALOGUE WITH AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past year the democracy and human rights situation has worsened in Azerbaijan, harming the long-term stability of the country and our bilateral relations. Azerbaijan continues to be a strategically important country for the United States, particularly in terms of securi [...]	2010-01-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
10BAKU117	KREMLIN FREQUENT FLYER NARYSHKIN BRINGS SOFT POWER [...] (C) Summary. Sergey Naryshkin, the head of the Russian Presidential Administration, completed another high-profile visit to Baku - his fifth since President Aliyev's second presidential term began in October 2008 - from January 22-24. Naryshkin's visits combine close-hold diplomacy with Pres [...]	2010-02-18 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RU AM AJ
10BAKU118	AZERBAIJAN: S/GWI FY2010 PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel, this cable summarizes the three prioritized Post proposals addressing (1)prevention of gender-based violence through public awareness in IDP populated areas in the outskirts of Baku; (2) legal empowerment of women through education and individualized legal support in isola [...]	2010-02-19 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM AID COM TSY AJ KWMN PREL
10BAKU123	KAZAKH CIO TRIP TO BAKU AND YEREVAN "ONLY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan's Embassy eagerly denied to Poloff that FM Kanat Saudabayev, visiting Baku February 14-15 as OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),brought any new proposals with him relating to Nagorno-Karabakh (NK),contrary to local media reporting. The Embassy emphasized that the Minister [...]	2010-02-23 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
10BAKU127	AZERBAIJAN: WHO OWNS WHAT VOL. 2 - THE MINISTER OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: This cable is the second in a series that profiles the most powerful families in Azerbaijan, both in terms of economic and political power. This issue features Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov and his family. Heydarov was previously Chairman of the State Customs Com [...]	2010-02-25 05:18:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ECON EINV EIND ETRD KCOR PINR PGOV RS KS IR
10BAKU134	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT TO U/S BURNS: "YOU CAN'T [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev used this coarse street slang to describe the relationship between Russian President Medvedev and PM Putin, but he might well have used the same idiom to describe his concerns about Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) Peace Process. He to [...]	2010-02-25 08:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR ETRD AJ AM RS IR TU
10BAKU136	AZERBAIJAN 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Embassy submits answers to reftel questions on Trafficking in Persons in Azerbaijan. Point of contact is Poloff Joanna Ganson and she can be reach by phone 994-12-498-0335, fax 994-12-465-6671, and email gansonjh@state.gov. Estimated number of hours spent on thi [...]	2010-02-25 13:21:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP ELAB KMCA PREF
10BAKU138	HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NOW FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22 poloff met with three of Azerbaijan's leading human rights defenders for an update on their major concerns. Topping their list were increasing Iranian-inspired religiosity and property rights, as well as political prisoners and NGO registration problems. The righ [...]	2010-02-26 12:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KIRF KISL IR AJ
10BAKU14	AZERBAIJAN: TREASURY A/S COHEN DISCUSSES AML/CTF [...] (U) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baku, October 21-22, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, David S. Cohen, met with Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) officials and private sector business representatives. In meetings with the Minister Finance, Chairman of the [...]	2010-01-08 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN SNAR EIND PGOV PTER AJ
10BAKU30	REVOLUTION IN THE REVOLUTION: UNDERSTANDING IRAN'S [...] (C) Iran has one of the largest state-owned sectors in the world, and privatization has long been an official part of state policy. This "View from Baku" report examines the reality behind Iran's recent privatization effort, based on a wide variety of Baku Iran watcher discussions with Irania [...]	2010-01-14 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ECON PGOV EINV AJ RU IR
10BAKU32	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MORNINGSTAR MEETING WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, Ambassador Morningstar met with President Ilham Aliyev, and separately with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, to discuss the status of various issues in the region and emphasize the U.S. desire to maintain strong bilateral relations with Azerbaijan. They [...]	2010-01-15 14:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EIND EPET PGOV PREL PTER TU AM AJ
10BAKU39	AZERBAIJAN: DIPLOMATS HARASSED IN NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As detailed in reftel A, on December 28 and January 5, police mistreated hundreds and arrested dozens of residents of Bananyar, a small village in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan. Poloff and a political LES joined the Norwegian DCM on a fact-finding trip to Nakhchivan on Ja [...]	2010-01-19 13:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
10BAKU49	AZERBAIJAN: FOREIGN MINISTER BLAMES THE U.S. FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: During Ambassador Morningstar's January 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Mammadyarov, Charge took the opportunity to draw the Minister's attention to the recent incident in Nakhchivan (ref A) and the Charge's earlier discussion with Deputy Foreign Minister Sadiqov. The exchang [...]	2010-01-25 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KDM AJ
10BAKU51	AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2010 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...]	2010-01-25 13:12:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC AJ
10BAKU63	IRAN: CHILD MALNUTRITION, DRUG USE, DRUG LABS AFFLICT URBAN POOR [...] (C) Baku Iran Watcher met with a two Iranian NGO leaders who focus on children's rights and drug addiction problems in poor areas on Tehran and other cities. Among other activities the NGO operates child-feeding programs that support approximately 4,000 families. The pair work in some of th [...]	2010-02-01 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AJ ECON IR PGOV PHUM SNAR UN
10BAKU65	AZERBAIJAN: THREE AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTORS TRAINED AT USDOJ [...] SUMMARY: In April 2009, three Azeri prosecutors went with the DOJ OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor on an INL funded study-tour to the DOJ National Advocacy Center (NAC) Columbia, South Carolina. Under the RLA's supervision, they took an intensive two-week trial advocacy course. Each of these thre [...]	2010-02-02 07:29:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ
10BAKU77	AZERBAIJAN: MEETING WITH BP PRESIDENT JAVANSHIR [...] (C): Charge Lu and Energy Officer met with BP President Rashid Javanshir and British Ambassador Dr. Carolyn Browne on February 1. Javanshir reviewed the January 22 meeting in Baku between President Aliyev and BP Head of Exploration and Production (E&P) and Board Member Andy Inglis. Aliyev t [...]	2010-02-03 14:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU IR AJ
10BAKU86	BAKU SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 19 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku will be a welcome demonstration of high-level attention to Azerbaijan as the Turkey-Armenia normalization process moves toward a conclusion. Baku is plainly seeking assurances that the United States will continue to engage on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after the Tur [...]	2010-02-09 14:32:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
10BAMAKO48	MALI - GHFSI DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY [...] (U) Embassy Bamako is pleased to submit its Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) diplomatic strategy paper. Post has a robust plan to foster agricultural development. It coordinates closely with the Government of Mali (GOM) and international donor partners. We have identified s [...]	2010-01-29 11:11:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR PREL ML
10BAMAKO75	MALIAN SECURITY SERVICE ARRESTS CHEIBANI OULD HAMA [...] (S) On February 2, 2010, Malian security forces apprehended Cheibani ould Hama (a.k.a. Alhassan ould Mohammed). Cheibani has been accused of participating in the kidnappings of four western tourists along the Mali/Niger border in late December 2008/early January 2009. These were later sold [...]	2010-02-09 09:27:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PREL PTER ML
10BAMAKO98	NEW ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) The new Algerian Ambassador to Mali, Nourredine Ayadi, paid what turned out to be much more than a courtesy call on the Ambassador on February 10. Ayadi said Algeria's and Mali's fate were tied together by history and geography. Unfortunately, the two countries have a very different app [...]	2010-02-19 12:50:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	MARR ML PREL PTER
10BAMAKO99	NEW ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (S) The new Algerian Ambassador to Mali, Nourredine Ayadi, paid what turned out to be much more than a courtesy call on the Ambassador on February 10. Ayadi said Algeria's and Mali's fate were tied together by history and geography. Unfortunately, the two countries have a very different app [...]	2010-02-19 12:50:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	MARR ML PREL PTER
10BANGKOK149	THAILAND: RED-SHIRT CORE LEADERS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with top strategists of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD, or "red-shirts") on January 14 to engage them on UDD plans for anti-government protests in the new year. The Ambassador stressed the importance of the movement eschewing violence a [...]	2010-01-20 04:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK178	AMBASSADOR AND RTG SPOKESMAN DISCUSS RED SHIRTS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with RTG spokesperson Dr. Panitan Wattanayakorn at the Residence January 21 to review the latest political developments in Thailand. Panitan analyzed the three main factions within the anti-government United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),aka t [...]	2010-01-22 07:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PREF SMIG TH
10BANGKOK186	A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: DISCUSSIONS OF REGIONAL ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro discussed a range of regional issues during meetings with senior Thai officials. The rise of China was viewed benignly by Thai officials, who stressed that Beijing was more interested [...]	2010-01-23 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR MASS TH CH CB
10BANGKOK192	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PRIVY COUNCIL CHAIR [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador paid a series of New Year's-related calls on influential Thai figures, including Privy Council Chair GEN Prem, Privy Council member ACM Siddhi, and former PM Anand, to discuss the year ahead. Abhisit's performance, issues related to the royal family, and challenges posed by [...]	2010-01-25 07:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK197	A/S SHAPIRO VISIT: BILATERAL TIES AND DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary. During a January 13-15 visit, Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs Andrew Shapiro met with a wide range of military and civilian government officials to discuss U.S.-Thai relations, Thai views of strategic challenges, and RTG plans to deploy a battalion of peacekeep [...]	2010-01-25 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK206	THAILAND: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (David J. Ahn and Thomas J. Walsh),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text: Chapter 6: Investment Climate --------------- [...]	2010-01-26 01:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
10BANGKOK211	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on opposition Puea Thai party Chair GEN Chavalit Yongchaiyuth January 26 to discuss the Thai political year ahead, the relationship between Thaksin, his Puea Thai party, and the red-shirt United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD),and the agenda that [...]	2010-01-26 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK226	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL WILLARD [...] (C) Admiral Willard, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecognized. That a full range of actors in the Thai political scene can openly and vigorously debate policies and the state [...]	2010-01-27 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK227	THAILAND: DEMOCRATS OPPOSE CHARTER CHANGES [...] (U) Summary: The Democrat Party MP caucus voted on January 26 to oppose the proposal by the five junior members of the governing coalition to amend the constitution. The coalition partners had proposed altering the articles dealing with the parliamentary electoral system (Article 94) and parli [...]	2010-01-27 11:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BANGKOK255	DASD SCHER ADDRESSSES ASEAN CENTRALITY, U.S. ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 21-23 visit, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher met with officials from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The centrality of [...]	2010-01-29 11:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK259	DASD SCHER ADDRESSSES ASEAN CENTRALITY, U.S. ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 21-23 visit, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia Robert Scher met with officials from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss a variety of bilateral and regional issues. The centrality of [...]	2010-02-01 06:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK278	THE CURSE OF THE BLUE DIAMOND: THAILAND INDICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest chapter of a two decade-long saga which has long soured Thai-Saudi relations, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) Office of the Attorney General on January 12 indicted five police officers in connection with the 1990 murder of a Saudi Arabian businessman with family ti [...]	2010-02-02 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SA TH
10BANGKOK286	CHINA'S RISE AS THAILAND'S ECONOMIC PARTNER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the month of December 2009, China, for the first time, displaced the United States as Thailand's top export market. For the previous year as a whole, the U.S. barely held on to the number one position it has held for decades, but China is likely to overtake the U.S. in 2010. [...]	2010-02-03 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TH
10BANGKOK298	SCENESETTER FOR THE CSA-HOSTED VISIT OF THAI ARMY [...] (C) General Casey, the upcoming visit of Thai Army Commander General Anupong Paojinda will be an important occasion to demonstrate our appreciation for the U.S.-Thai relationship. Despite ongoing domestic political challenges, Thailand's adherence to democratic values should not go unrecogni [...]	2010-02-04 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK3	PM ABHISIT AT THE ONE-YEAR MARK: A MOSTLY POSITIVE [...] (C) One-year into his term as Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva has lasted in office far longer than most political prognosticators ever thought possible. Through this sheer act of survival in the rough and tumble world of Thai politics, he has confounded his detractors and rebutted -- in the [...]	2010-01-04 04:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK344	THAILAND: "LET THE MAGIC AMULET BREAK YOUR NECK" - [...] (C) Summary. Thai refusal to allow Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen to bring armed soldiers to visit Ta Muen Thom, border temple ruins long under Thai control, February 8 apparently led to Hun Sen's most recent scathing denunciation of Thai PM Abhisit, with the colorful insults dominating Tha [...]	2010-02-09 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK378	THAILAND S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR THE 2010 [...] (SBU) Embassy Bangkok's grant review committee submits the following four proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. Our first choice is an innovative and comprehensive economic empowerment program for women in Souther [...]	2010-02-12 08:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TH
10BANGKOK379	Thai Business Leaders Tell DAS Marciel that the Regional [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting hosted by Ambassador John for visiting DAS Scot Marciel, Thai business leaders expressed confidence in ASEAN as a stable business community and stressed the importance of the Greater Mekong Sub-region in U.S. foreign policy. They are not concerned about China's gro [...]	2010-02-12 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP BTIO ECON CH BM TH
10BANGKOK413	ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: RTG FOCUSED [...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders provided their view of the strategic goals for Thailand and the nations' goals for the future for PACOM Commander Admiral Willard during his February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva encouraged increased U.S. engagement in the region, particularly [...]	2010-02-18 06:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF TH
10BANGKOK43	SCENESETTER FOR CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA,S JANUARY [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Congressman Faleomavaega, Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes your visit. You will arrive January 16 to a Kingdom of Thailand divided politically and focused inward, uncertain about the country's future after [...]	2010-01-07 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
10BANGKOK434	DON,T CALL IT A COMEBACK: THAKSIN,S PARTY LOOKS TO [...] (C) Fugitive former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's Puea Thai political party appears poised to reassert its political pre-eminence in one of its traditional strongholds in Northeastern Thailand, aka Isaan. Unlike in central Isaan (REF B),and south-central Issan (REF C),where the trend [...]	2010-02-23 00:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR TH
10BANGKOK45	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHAPIRO [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shapiro, Embassy Bangkok welcomes you to Thailand. Despite ongoing domestic discord and current inward focus, Thailand's strategic importance to the U.S. cannot be overstated. Your visit provides an opportunity to signal the United States' appreciation for the long-s [...]	2010-01-07 10:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
10BANGKOK468	THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 06:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
10BANGKOK478	THAILAND: GT200 BOMB DETECTOR FAILURE IGNITES [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered a halt to RTG procurement of the GT200 explosive detection device on February 16, after tests conducted by the Ministry of Science and Technology determined the device was ineffective. The GT200 is used throughout Thailand by many agenci [...]	2010-02-26 08:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
10BARCELONA20	BARCELONA BRIEF - A TWICE MONTHLY ROUNDUP OF POL/ECON [...] (U) Barcelona Mayor Jordi Hereu's announcement that the city will bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics has sparked tension with the neighboring autonomous community of Aragon, which also seeks to host the Games. Hereu's surprise announcement last month caught many off guard, as Aragon's capital c [...]	2010-02-22 09:36:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	SP FR AN PGOV PNAT PREL KCOR ECON EINV ELAB
10BASRAH3	BASRAH'S PRESS: A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) A recent joint press conference held by Basrah PRT Leader and Basrah Governor Shiltagh Aboud to highlight USG reconstruction efforts generated revealing insights into the current state of Basrah's local media. The coverage -- which ranged from exaggeratedly positive ("PRT to rebuild city [...]	2010-02-06 08:00:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KPAO KMDR KDEM PGOV PREL IZ
10BEIJING104	JANUARY 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINA'S INTERNET, HAITI [...] Key points at the January 14 MFA press briefing were: --"China's Internet is open and the Chinese Government encourages the development and application of the Internet and creates a favorable environment." --"China's law prohibits cyber attacks, including hacking" and China "welcomes inter [...]	2010-01-14 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MNUC ETRD CH TW IR IN JA AU
10BEIJING109	CHINESE LGBT NGOS FACE CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: PRC lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender (LGBT) NGO leaders told PolOffs December 22 that their organizations are not viewed by the government as particularly sensitive but face the same registration and funding challenges as other civil society groups. PRC Internet censors equate h [...]	2010-01-15 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM SOCI
10BEIJING113	MEDIA REACTION: GOOGLE, CHINA POLICY, THE MIDDLE EAST [...] GOOGLE "What on earth does Google want to do?" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/15)(pg 14): "Normally commercial companies like Google will try hard to avoid things like making political requests to China. Secretary Clinton has c [...]	2010-01-15 08:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING123	PRC: PRIME MINISTER NEPAL ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese and PRC official sources stated that Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's December 26-31 visit to China achieved tangible outcomes, including the signing of two official agreements, commercial contracts and broad agreement to strengthen the bilateral relationship. P [...]	2010-01-15 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM CH NP IN
10BEIJING137	DESPITE LISBON TREATY, BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS [...] (C) Summary: Though uncertainty exists on how EU-PRC relations might change in the wake of the recent ratification of the Lisbon Treaty, the PRC hopes to "consolidate strategic trust" in the relationship, according to an MFA official. PRC and EU contacts alike concur that while EU-PRC relation [...]	2010-01-19 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KIPR SENV EINV ETRD PHUM
10BEIJING146	PRC SCHOLARS GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC scholars view the late-December passage of the Southern Sudan Referendum Law as "only the first step" in a long and difficult Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) implementation process. The scholars acknowledged that Southern Sudan will likely vote for independence in January [...]	2010-01-20 07:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EPET PHUM SOCI KDEM CH SU
10BEIJING150	MEDIA REACTION: GOOGLE, HAITI, U.S. POLICY [...] GOOGLE "China should enhance the building of its information sovereignty" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(01/20)(pg 2): "Information freedom without supervision can only be realized in smaller countries. If this happens in China, it [...]	2010-01-20 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING157	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, EXCHANGE RATE, YEMEN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "The U.S. media slanders that China discriminates against Avatar" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/21)(pg 1): "Zhang Hongsen, deputy director of the Bureau of Film, State Administration of Radio, Film and [...]	2010-01-21 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING167	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH, U.S.-JAPAN [...] SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH a. "Secretary Clinton's speech promotes internet freedom" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/22)(pg 3): "Although the U.S. officials denied that Secretary Clinton's speech was targeted at China, after Goog [...]	2010-01-22 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING168	PRC: POSITIVE RESPONSE TO SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech in Honolulu on Asia-Pacific multilateralism, claiming that the PRC and the U.S. shared nearly identical principles for the development of regional institutions in the Asia-Pacific. MFA officials welcomed fur [...]	2010-01-22 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF IN XC XE XU
10BEIJING183	SECRETARY'S INTERNET FREEDOM SPEECH: CHINA REACTION [...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 21 speech on Internet Freedom touched a nerve in China. Official reaction was negative, with harsh criticism coming from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in an official statement and from other parts of the Chinese system through critical articles and editorials [...]	2010-01-25 07:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM EINV CH
10BEIJING19	BEIJING VIEWS ON FOURTH ROUND OF CROSS-STRAIT TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS) Vice Secretary General Ma Xiaoguang said that of the three agreements signed in the December 21-23 Straits Exchange Foundation (SEF)-ARATS talks in Taichung, the one on agriculture was most likely to benefit Taiwan as it op [...]	2010-01-06 08:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN CH TW
10BEIJING204	MEDIA REACTION: INTERNET FREEDOM, U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, [...] INTERNET FREEDOM a. "Keep in mind the lessons learned by blindly following the West's steps" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/26)(pg 14): "A few Chinese intellectuals are fascinated about Western political theories, hoping that Ch [...]	2010-01-26 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING209	JANUARY 26, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ARMS SALES, [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MASS EINT TINT SENV CH AF HA
10BEIJING21	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, WAR ON TERROR, NORTH [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Many U.S. think tanks predict Sino-U.S. frictions" The official Communist Party international news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(01/06)(pg 16): "In regard to the Eurasia Group's report that Sino-U.S. relations are likely to worsen and become the biggest ge [...]	2010-01-06 08:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING216	MEDIA REACTION: INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING218	PRC MEDIA DEBATE CHINA'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Obama's December 1 announcement at West Point to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, Chinese Communist Party(CCP)-affiliated media and the PRC's official television network CCTV began airing disparate views on the proper PRC response to the situation [...]	2010-01-27 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO ECON CH PK AF XD ZK
10BEIJING230	MEDIA REACTION: INTERNET FREEDOM, CHINA POLICY [...] INTERNET FREEDOM a. "The White House started the 'Internet War' to prepare for elections" The official Communist Youth League China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao)(01/28)(pg 2): "The Chinese people are a little confused by the fact that an unprecedented 'Internet War' is occurring when [...]	2010-01-28 08:50:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING231	BUILDING U.S. JOBS BY LEVERAGING CHINA,S GROWTH [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 10:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL WTRO CH
10BEIJING232	JANUARY 28, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TALKS WITH DALAI LAMA [...] Key points at the January 28 MFA press briefing were: -- Chinese officials will meet with representatives of the Dalai Lama for talks in the "near term." -- The EU arms embargo against China was the result of "political prejudice" and China demanded that it be lifted. -- Requests for inf [...]	2010-01-28 10:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM MASS EINT TINT SENV CH AF JM
10BEIJING233	PRC/INDIA: CONTACTS SEE POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: China and India will seek to leverage the positive atmosphere surrounding the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2010 to project an image of a healthy, stable bilateral relationship, according to PRC academics and Indian diplomatic contacts. There is consensus that terr [...]	2010-01-28 10:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PTER MARR CH PK AF IN XD
10BEIJING240	MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, WAR ON TERROR [...] STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS a. "Obama shouted that the United States won't be the second in the world" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao) (3/14)(pg 1): "In President Obama's 71-minute State of the Union address [...]	2010-01-29 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING243	S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH MFA COUNTERPART [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China are both aware of the "strategic importance" of their relationship, notwithstanding recent "troubles" and "differences," said MFA Policy and Planning Department DDG Zhao Jianhua in a January 26 meeting with S/P Deputy Director Chollet. The Strategic a [...]	2010-01-29 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV CH AF PK UNSC
10BEIJING245	EU OFFICIAL IN BEIJING DOWNPLAYS SPANISH COMMENTS [...] (C) EU Mission Political Counselor Alexander McLachlan told PolOff January 29 that some EU member states were annoyed with Spanish Ambassador to China Blasco Villa's recent statements to Chinese media that suggested that the EU would consider lifting its arms embargo against China. The Spanish Amba [...]	2010-01-29 10:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV ECON CH EU
10BEIJING246	PRC/EGYPT: IRAN SUPPORT, LOP-SIDED BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Egyptian diplomatic contact, Arab states are increasingly frustrated by China's ability to obtain concessions in the China-Arab Cooperation Forum without offering the region commensurate support for its interests. China was primarily interested in political suppo [...]	2010-01-29 11:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON CH EG IR
10BEIJING259	MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, INTERNET FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 08:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING260	PRC INITIAL RESPONSE TO TAIWAN ARMS SALE [...] (C) Summary: Two days after the announcement of new arms sales to Taiwan, China's negative reaction to the announcement dominated all discussions of U.S.-China relations. Observers predict a continued series of responses across various sectors that could be exacerbated if President Obama mee [...]	2010-02-01 11:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PARM CH TW
10BEIJING266	MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 09:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING278	MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, DALAI LAMA, [...] ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN "U.S. arms sales will have a serious negative effect on Sino-American exchanges and cooperation on many issues" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao)(02/03)(pg 3): "Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Ma Zhaoxu said that 'The United States insis [...]	2010-02-03 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING28	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, CARBON TARIFF, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Calmly deal with trade protectionism" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (01/07)(pg 3): "Some countries' protectionist measures have added more difficulty to the global economic recovery. Unfortunately, following the financial crisis, some cou [...]	2010-01-07 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING281	TAIWAN ARMS SALE: MEDIA REMAINS FIERCELY CRITICAL, [...] (C) Summary: Beijing observers continue to claim that despite the loud and angry official reaction to the U.S. announcement of arms sales to Taiwan, the government wants to avoid fundamentally damaging U.S.-China relations. Nonetheless, real popular discontent may underlay harsh media statemen [...]	2010-02-03 23:16:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PARM CH TW

10BEIJING290	MEDIA REACTION: MEETING THE DALAI LAMA, ARMS SALES TO [...] MEETING THE DALAI LAMA a. "Obama insists on meeting the Dalai Lama; Sino-U.S. relations are drastically cooling down" The Shanghai-based Shanghai Media Group (SMG) publication, China Business News (Diyi Caijing)(02/03)(pg A5): "Zhang Zhi-rong, professor of Tibetan Studies at Beijing Univer [...]	2010-02-04 08:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING293	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING CONTINUES TO CALL FOR PATIENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRC counsels continued patience on the Iran nuclear issue because it seeks a "thorough solution" to the problem, and it supports the removal of all 1200kg of low-enriched uranium from Iranian soil, according to an MFA contact. PRC officials have urged Iranian counterparts in [...]	2010-02-04 11:22:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH BR
10BEIJING307	MEDIA REACTION: ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN, RMB APPRECIATION [...] ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN a. "The United States threatens to be tougher on China" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/05)(pg 1): "President Obama's remarks to be tougher on China on trade issues seems to have star [...]	2010-02-05 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING309	(C) PRC COOPERATION ON SIX-PARTY TALKS, DPRK [...] (C) PRC, South Korean and Japanese contacts believe that Chinese efforts in the Six-Party Talks process will not suffer from Chinese anger at the recent U.S. decision to sell arms to Taiwan. MFA Asia Department Korean Peninsula Affairs Office Director Mao Ning told PolOff February 3 that work [...]	2010-02-05 09:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PARM CH KN KS JA TW
10BEIJING311	China/RMB: Patience and Stbility [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior Chinese officials continue to signal publicly that China's currency is pegged at a basically "reasonable level." In a meeting with the Ambassador today, Central Economic and Financial Leading Group Vice Minister Liu He urged patience on the exchange rate issue, noted th [...]	2010-02-05 09:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN CH
10BEIJING314	TIBET TALKS: NO PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials blamed the Dalai Lama's personal representatives for the lack of progress in the January 30-31 talks, saying the Tibetan side was unwilling to compromise on its Memorandum on Genuine Autonomy. CCP United Front Work Department (UFWD) Execu [...]	2010-02-05 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
10BEIJING352	CHINA: S&ED II DATES AND TOPICS; RMB APPRECIATION; ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 25-28 visit to advance preparations for the U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue II (S&ED II),the U.S. Economic Track staff delegation met with key economic ministries, economists, and U.S. industry representatives. The delegation proposed to their Ministr [...]	2010-02-10 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CH
10BEIJING355	PRC/IRAN: BEIJING'S PROLIFERATING ARGUMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC academics are deploying a range of arguments against new UN Security Council sanctions against Iran, but some contacts say China will not go it alone in opposing them. A well-placed think-tanker argued that Iranian political divisions could result in favorable changes to the [...]	2010-02-10 09:42:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
10BEIJING356	FEBRUARY 9, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, IRAN, [...] Key points at the February 9, 2010 MFA press briefing were: --Following a meeting with Chinese Communist Party International Liaison Department Director Wang Jiarui, DPRK officials stated that North Korea is ready to continue consultations with relevant parties regarding the Six-Party Talks. [...]	2010-02-10 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM ETRD MNUC CH JA IR KN
10BEIJING358	TIBET: CHINA FEELING PUBLIC PRESSURE TO REACT [...] (C) Summary: Increased expression of nationalistic sentiment and public anger over recent Taiwan arms sales mean the PRC leadership will need to somehow "punish" the United States if the President meets with the Dalai Lama, according to several contacts. A Tibetan academic at a Communist Pa [...]	2010-02-10 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL CH
10BEIJING359	MAINTAINING POSITIVE U.S.-PRC RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: A Chinese public perception that U.S. China policy under President Obama would be "different" than that of his predecessors and that recent warming in cross-Strait relations made arms sales unnecessary fueled many Chinese' vitriolic response to the latest Taiwan arms sales, accord [...]	2010-02-10 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS ECON ETRD CH TW IR AF KN
10BEIJING362	MEDIA REACTION: COLOR REVOLUTION, IRAN, INTERNATIONAL [...] COLOR REVOLUTION "'Color Revolution' is a democratized political game" The official Communist Youth League newspaper China Youth Daily (Zhongguo Qingnianbao) (02/11) (pg 5): "In fact, the 'color revolution' is none other than 'non-normal regime change' carried out through the interference [...]	2010-02-11 08:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING369	VFM CUI PROTESTS POTUS-DALAI LAMA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai delivered a "stern representation" and expressed China's "grave concern" about the President's planned February 18 meeting with the Dalai Lama. Such a meeting "would amount to connivance with the Dal [...]	2010-02-11 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MASS PGOV SOCI CH TW
10BEIJING37	CHINA-MONGOLIA COOPERATION ON TRAFFICKING IN [...] (C) Summary: China-Mongolia cooperation on combating trafficking in persons (TIP) improved over the past year, particularly at the local levels, according to official and NGO contacts in Beijing, Ulaanbaatar and Erlian, a Chinese town located near the PRC-Mongolia border. Mongolian officials [...]	2010-01-11 01:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
10BEIJING377	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, IRAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Sino-U.S. competition will see who changes its growth method first" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/12)(pg 14): "Both the United States and China are seeking new advantages [solut [...]	2010-02-12 07:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING380	PRC/PAKISTAN: NO PLA BASE PLANNED, CCP PLAYING ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent press speculation about PRC plans to establish a military presence in Pakistan is completely groundless, has been fanned by paranoid Indian news outlets and can be traced back to a single op-ed by a Chinese academic, according to Pakistan Embassy officials. The Pakistani [...]	2010-02-12 08:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH PK AF IN XD
10BEIJING382	CHINA-ROK RELATIONS: MINOR TENSIONS, POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a round of recent meetings on the state of Sino-ROK relations, Chinese and ROK officials agree that the overall trend of the bilateral relationship is positive. Chinese leaders are quite pleased at the appointment of Yu Woo-ik, the former Chief of Staff to ROK President Lee My [...]	2010-02-12 09:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PARM ECON KN KS CH
10BEIJING393	PRC-INDONESIA: INCREASED PRC DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC State Councilor Dai Bingguo's "warm, friendly" January 21-26 visit to Indonesia reinforced the perception that China-Indonesia relations have been relatively free of tension of late; however, in reality PRC diplomatic assertiveness with Indonesia has risen steadily in recent [...]	2010-02-18 07:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ASEAN CH ID XC XE
10BEIJING399	MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA MEETING; U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; [...] DALAI LAMA MEETING "Dalai Lama meeting to be held as scheduled" The official English-language newspaper China Daily (02/18) (pg 1): "Despite the choice of location, however, any state leader who meets with the Dalai Lama in private or public risks damaging relations with China, said Pang Z [...]	2010-02-18 08:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING4	MEDIA REACTION: U.S., U.S. - CHINA, ECONOMIC [...] U.S. "No breakthroughs on the DPRK/Iran nuclear issues can be achieved without the United States" The Beijing-based newspaper sponsored by official intellectual publication Guangming Daily and Guangdong Provincial official publication Nanfang Daily, The Beijing News (Xin Jing Bao)(01/03)(p [...]	2010-01-04 09:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING429	MEDIA REACTION: RMB EXCHANGE RATE, DALAI LAMA MEETING [...] RMB EXCHANGE RATE a. "How to view China's decreased holding of U.S. Treasury bonds" The China Radio International sponsored newspaper World News Journal (Shijie Xinwenbao)(02/23)(pg 2): " Before the U.S. economy bottoms out, any appreciation of the U.S. dollar is only temporary and is mani [...]	2010-02-23 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING432	FEBRUARY 23, 2010 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-PRC RELATIONS, [...] Key points at the February 23, 2010 MFA press briefing were: --China looks to the United States to take credible measures to undo the damage to U.S.-PRC relations following arms sales to Taiwan and President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama. --China hopes relevant parties will show flexi [...]	2010-02-23 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM KN NG DA UN CH IR JA PK IN ZA IS
10BEIJING443	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, DALAI LAMA MEETING, [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "The United States exagerates that China is the top network threat" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/24)(pg 3): "Tang Lan, expert of information security at the China Institute of Co [...]	2010-02-24 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING454	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, DALAI MEETING, IRAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS "Be careful about the U.S.'s transferring middle class crisis" The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/25)(pg 14): "The American engineer's suicidal airplane attack on the tax bureau building [...]	2010-02-25 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING468	TIBET WORK CONFERENCE: EXPANDING DEVELOPMENT FOCUS [...] (C) Summary: Although the Communist Party's Fifth Tibet Work Conference January 18-20 did not result in major policy changes, it signaled shifts in emphasis intended to address economic tensions that led to the March 2008 violence throughout Tibetan areas of China. Contacts at two Party thin [...]	2010-02-26 08:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON CH
10BEIJING80	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE, U.S. POLICY, NORTH [...] U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE "Where should U.S.-Japan alliance go?" The official Xinhua Daily Telegraph (Xinhua Meiri Dianxun)(01/13)(pg 8): "Experts say that if an alliance is running well, there is no need to reiterate its importance. However, U.S.-Japan relations have seen some friction over th [...]	2010-01-13 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING86	MEDIA REACTION: GOOGLE, TAIWAN, FINANCIAL CRISIS [...] GOOGLE a. "Google's global strategy will experience a severe setback if it withdraws from the China market" The official popular newspaper Beijing Youth Daily (Beijing Qingnianbao)(3/14)(pg B9): " Over the past four years, and under the leadership of its CEO, Dr. Kai-fu Lee, it has not bee [...]	2010-01-14 08:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIRUT108	INFORMATION MINISTER PRESSURED TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Information Tareq Mitri informed the Ambassador on January 27 that President Sleiman continues to be personally interested in the issue of House Resolution 2278 regarding satellite providers broadcasting channels carrying anti-American incitement to violence. Mitri said tha [...]	2010-02-03 14:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KPAO PINR LE
10BEIRUT11	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HASTINGS' JANUARY 8 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8 visit as the first high-level delegation to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Foreign Min [...]	2010-01-05 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR PREF
10BEIRUT113	PM COMMITS TO UNSCR 1701/BORDER CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Hariri met with UNSCOL Michael Williams and ambassadors from key donor nations on February 2 to assure them that border control remains a high priority for his government. In order to address donor concerns, Hariri, who as chair of the Ministerial Border Committee [...]	2010-02-04 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PTER PGOV SY LE
10BEIRUT114	JUSTICE MINISTER NAJJAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador on February 3 that he had forwarded a draft trafficking in persons law to the cabinet for approval, a step needed before it goes to a parliamentary vote. He did not expect the draft to face political opposition. His ministr [...]	2010-02-04 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP KJUS PHUM KWMN PREF EAID SY
10BEIRUT116	MARADA'S FRANJIEH CALLS FOR INDIRECT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marada leader Sleiman Franjieh reported to the Ambassador on February 2 that he had established a rapport with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, whom he described as "a man you can deal with." Franjieh, a strong Syrian ally, expressed his support for indirect negotiations between Leban [...]	2010-02-04 16:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL PINR PTER SY IS LE
10BEIRUT118	GEAGEA ON MARCH 14 POSITIVE MOMENTUM, CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The March 14 coalition has recaptured some of its momentum as it prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told the Ambassador on February 3. Geagea complained of Syria's ascendant status [...]	2010-02-05 12:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAL LE SY SA
10BEIRUT122	ECONOMY MINISTER SAFADI OPTIMISTIC ON GROWTH [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammed Safadi requested assistance in setting up meetings during his private March 7-14 trip to Washington. The prime minister, presi [...]	2010-02-05 16:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EAID MEPI KIPR LE
10BEIRUT123	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' FEBRUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your February 16-17 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri will rein [...]	2010-02-05 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR MOPS PBTS KPAL EAIR
10BEIRUT154	CRASH OF ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES 409, GOL CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The January 25 crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 409 into the Mediterranean minutes after takeoff from the Beirut airport has brought to light the GOL's weak crisis management planning and interagency coordination. While such deficiencies are common around the world, Lebanon's u [...]	2010-02-17 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PGOV PREL MASS MCAP LE ET
10BEIRUT167	HARIRI RALLY HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES FACING MARCH 14 [...] (C) Summary: Tens of thousands of Future Movement, Lebanese Forces and Kataeb supporters joined the February 14 rally -- organized by the March 14 coalition -- to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Turnout was less than in previous ye [...]	2010-02-22 12:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS SA
10BEIRUT187	DEMARCHE ON SYRIAN TRANSFERS OF ARMS TO HIZBALLAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to the Ambassador's February 25 demarche on the danger of Syrian transfers of increasingly sophisticated weaponry to Hizballah, Prime Minister Saad Hariri acknowledged the urgency and serious nature of the message and said he had feared that Hizballah had "new technol [...]	2010-02-25 16:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PTER PREL PBTS MASS MOPS IS LE TU SY
10BEIRUT4	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S JANUARY 8-9 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Embassy Beirut welcomes your January 8-9 visit as one of the first high-level delegations to Lebanon of 2010. As Lebanon emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, and [...]	2010-01-05 07:27:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV KDEM EAID UNSC PTER MARR LE
10BEIRUT44	SCENESETTER FOR SEMEP GEORGE MITCHELL'S JANUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Beirut warmly welcomes your January 19-20 visit to Lebanon. As the country emerges from a six-month struggle to form a new national unity government, your meetings with President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, Foreign Minis [...]	2010-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPP PTER PINR UNSC MARR SY IS LE
10BEIRUT50	PRESIDENT SLEIMAN, SPEAKER BERRI AND WALID [...] (C) Summary: An urgent need for progress on regional peace was the common priority for President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt during their meetings with visiting CODEL McCain on January 8 and 9. Sleiman sought reassurances that U.S. military assistance [...]	2010-01-19 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC MASS KPAL KJUS ECPS SY IR LE
10BEIRUT61	AOUN HIGHLIGHTS FPM REFORM AGENDA FOR NEW [...] (C) Summary: Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) leader Michel Aoun welcomed the Ambassador for a wide-ranging discussion on January 14 that focused on his party's reform platform. Eager to portray the FPM as a positive force, Aoun highlighted its program for energy sector reform and budget transpar [...]	2010-01-20 14:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREF SOCI PINR ECON LE
10BEIRUT72	NEW CABINET'S AGENDA AND EFFECTIVENESS STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet, which first met on December 21, has not resolved any substantive issues during the three sessions that have been held to date. All sides appear keen to avoid polarization in the cabinet following the late 2009 dispute over the wording of the ministerial [...]	2010-01-22 15:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
10BEIRUT89	S/E MITCHELL RULES OUT FORCED NATURALIZATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell affirmed to Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, and Foreign Minister Ali Chami that the U.S. opposes the forced naturalization of Palestinians in Lebanon under any circumstance. During his Janua [...]	2010-01-29 08:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MEPP KPAL SY IS LE
10BEIRUT96	UNSCOL WILLIAMS ON UNIFIL INCIDENT, GHAJAR [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams shared with the Ambassador on January 27 a disturbing report of a January 23 act of aggression against a UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) foot patrol in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil involving an angry crowd an [...]	2010-01-29 16:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR MOPS PTER PINR IS SY LE
10BEIRUT99	PM HARIRI SETS SIGHTS ON TURKEY AS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his aides explained that Lebanon was seeking "strategic cooperation" with Turkey following the PM's January 10-12 visit to Ankara and Istanbul. Turkish diplomats in Beirut confirmed that the Lebanon and Turkey signed six agreements, includi [...]	2010-02-01 09:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PINR MARR TU SY LE
10BELFAST15	NORTHERN IRELAND'S SDLP ELECTS MARGARET RITCHIE PARTY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Seeking to right itself following years of decline in the post-Good Friday Agreement era, the SDLP has chosen Margaret Ritchie to succeed Mark Durkan as party leader. Ritchie will seek to regain the party's pre-eminence among Northern Ireland's nationalist voters by differentia [...]	2010-02-12 14:15:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR UK EI
10BELGRADE108	SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly a priority for the government of Serbia (GoS). Serbi [...]	2010-01-21 15:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EINT OPIC KTDB EFIN PGOV SR
10BELGRADE172	Serbia: Ambassador's Introductory Call on PM Cvetkovic [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Cvetkovic highlighted the Serbian government's commitment to European integration in welcoming Ambassador Warlick to Serbia. Cvetkovic said that Serbia's formal application for candidacy status demonstrated there was no turning back from a European future. Cvetkovic comm [...]	2010-02-04 07:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV SR
10BELGRADE188	SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 17-19 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Belgrade comes at a time when Serbia's pro-European government is stable and recently achieved key milestones in its path to EU membership. To keep making progress, however, Serbia must stop allowing the Kosovo issue to undermine its broader foreign policy approach and s [...]	2010-02-05 13:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR SR
10BELGRADE19	Serbia: Ambassador's First Meeting with President Tadic [...] (C) In a January 28 meeting with Serbian President Tadic, the Ambassador emphasized her desire to expand bilateral cooperation on defense and economic issues, as well as to increase high-level contacts between our governments. Tadic welcomed the intent but expressed frustration that he had not [...]	2010-01-29 17:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PREL PGOV SR KV
10BELGRADE21	Ambassador's February 2 Meeting with Serbian Foreign [...] (C) During their first meeting on February 2, Foreign Minister Jeremic reinforced President Tadic's recent statements that 2010 would be the "Year of Solutions" for the Western Balkans. When pressed for details, however, the "solutions" appear linked to the expectation that other parties woul [...]	2010-02-05 13:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR BK KV HR MW US
10BELGRADE23	SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) In a February 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Sutanovac welcomed the opportunity for increased bilateral engagement and identified his top goals for 2010 as professionalization of the military, sending troops to peacekeeping operations in Lebanon and Cyprus, and increa [...]	2010-02-05 14:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SR KV
10BELGRADE244	SERBIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 18-21 VISIT OF CODEL [...] (SBU) Your visit to Serbia comes at a time when Serbia's pro-European government is stable and recently achieved key milestones in its path to EU membership. To keep making progress, however, Serbia must stop allowing the Kosovo issue to undermine its broader foreign policy approach and shift [...]	2010-02-12 11:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR PREL OREP SR
10BELGRADE248	SERBIA: PATRIARCH TELLS AMBASSADOR HE WANTS TO "REINTRODUCE" [...] (SBU) During a courtesy call with Ambassador Warlick on February 12, Patriarch Irinej assessed the current state of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC),expressed a desire to "reintroduce" Serbia to Europe and the United States, and touched on the future of Church relations with the Vatican and [...]	2010-02-12 17:03:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL SR KV
10BELGRADE25	SERBIA: AMBASSADORâ€™S FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN [...] (C) In a February 3 conversation with the Ambassador, presidential foreign policy advisor Jovan Ratkovic conveyed Serbia's desire for intensified cooperation with the United States and detailed his plans to visit Washington February 10-12 to discuss possible ways forward on Kosovo, saying Serbia so [...]	2010-02-05 14:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR SR KV
10BELGRADE266	Serbia: Ambassador's Introductory Call on Minister Dulic [...] (SBU) In her February 9 introductory call on Minister of Environment and Zoning Dulic, the Ambassador thanked him for his assistance leading to the NEC groundbreaking. Dulic pledged his ongoing support as construction proceeds and requested technical assistance on a variety of environmental [...]	2010-02-18 11:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KIDE SENV PGOV SR
10BELGRADE29	Serbia: Deputy Prime Minister Ivica Dacic to Ambassador: [...] (C)Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic told the Ambassador, during her February 9 courtesy call, that following his meetings and recent trip to the United States he was committed to expanding our police cooperation on training and operational issues. He assured the Ambassad [...]	2010-02-12 17:50:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC SR
10BELGRADE302	SERBIA: CONGRESSMAN POMEROY PROMOTES SERBIA'S EU PATH AND [...] (SBU) During his Feb 18-21 visit to Serbia, Representative Pomeroy expressed strong support for Serbia's EU integration and encouraged leaders to find a modus vivendi on Kosovo. In separate meetings, Prime Minister Cvetkovic, Deputy Prime Minister Djelic and Foreign Minister Jeremic, conveyed [...]	2010-02-25 09:56:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SR
10BELGRADE324	SERBIA: Recipe for a NATO Debate - Let Stand 10 Years Then [...] (SBU) In recent months Serbian media and civil society have tossed a decade of taboos out the window by publishing letters, op-eds and articles that openly debate Serbia's future relationship with NATO, which they have portrayed for years as a "criminal organization." Despite sharp emotional [...]	2010-02-26 11:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL OEXC SCUL SR KPAO
10BELGRADE334	SERBIA: CODEL VOINOVICH DISCUSSES EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, [...] (SBU) During their February 17-19 visit to Belgrade, Senator Voinovich and Senator Shaheen expressed strong support for Serbia's European aspirations and urged the government to tackle remaining challenges including domestic reforms and finding a modus vivendi with Kosovo in the wake of the In [...]	2010-02-26 15:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR SR
10BELGRADE35	SERBIA: FINGERPOINTING CONTINUES IN MAJOR ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (C) Serbian efforts to crack down on narcotics trafficking and organized crime have led to several arrests, including in the Operation Balkan Warrior case, which began with Serbian cooperation in seizing two tons of cocaine in October 2009. Montenegrin-born organized crime figure Darko Saric [...]	2010-02-24 17:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM SR MW
10BELGRADE72	Serbia: Prime Minister Protests Bogdanovic Removal from [...] (SBU) On January 13 the Prime Minister convoked Quint Ambassadors and Charges to formally protest Kosovo Minister Bogdanovic's expulsion from Kosovo earlier that day (reftel). The government released a statement about the meeting to highlight their protest of the action. The incident recei [...]	2010-01-14 16:53:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SR KV
10BELGRADE88	SERBIA SAYS KOSOVO ELECTRICITY OFFER IS INSUFFICIENT AND [...] (SBU) Serbia's lead electricity negotiator, Assistant Minister for Kosovo Dragan Petkovic, insists Serbia wants to find a solution to the ongoing electricity dispute in northern Kosovo, but says KEK's proposal is insufficient and its willingness to reconnect the north is insincere. While Petk [...]	2010-01-19 11:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG KV SR
10BERLIN11	EMILY HABER'S RISE TO POWER IN GERMANY'S [...] (U) The following report contains observations about the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new Political Director Emily Haber based on Embassy PolOff's experience as Transatlantic Diplomatic Fellow in the Western Balkans division (209) at the MFA between September 2007-August 2008. PolOff, [...]	2010-01-07 07:38:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	GM PREL PGOV
10BERLIN124	MEDIA REACTION: U.S., AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, HONDURAS, SRI [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) State of the Union Address 3. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German Strategy 4. (Yemen) London Conference 5. (Honduras) Lobo Inauguration 6. (Sri Lanka) Outcome of Elections 7. (Iran) Nuclear Program 8. (Germany-U.S.) Germ [...]	2010-01-28 13:54:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF YM HO CE IR GM
10BERLIN139	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, CHINA, IRAN, UK, YEMEN, MIDEAST, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) U.S. Beefs Up Military Presence in the Gulf 3. (China-U.S.) Arms Shipments to Taiwan 4. (Iran) Opposition Movements 5. (UK) Iraq War Inquiry 6. (Yemen) Anti-Terror Measures 7. (Mideast) Goldstone Report 8. (Economic) Davos W [...]	2010-02-01 13:11:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IR CH UK YM XF ECON EU GM
10BERLIN145	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BUDGET, U.S.-NASA, U.S.-CHINA, MIDDLE [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Draft Budget 3. (U.S.) Reaction to Plans to Stop Moon Mission 4. (U.S.-China) Arms Shipment to Taiwan 5. (Middle East) Goldstone Report 6. (Yemen) Anti-Terror Measures 7. (Russia) Demonstrations in Kaliningrad, Moscow Â [...]	2010-02-02 13:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR US TSPA ETRD XF YM RS
10BERLIN151	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-BUDGET, U.S.-QDR, U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Draft Budget 3. (U.S.) Quadrennial Defense Review 4. (U.S.-EU) Summit Meeting 5. (U.S.-China) Relations 6. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 7. (EU-U.S.) SWIFT 8. (Iran) Nuclear Program 9. (Environment) Climate Policies 10. [...]	2010-02-03 13:44:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR EFIN MCAP EU CH PARM PTER IR KGHG GR
10BERLIN153	DEFLATED EXPECTATIONS FOR MERKEL'S DREAM COALITION [...] (C) Summary: One hundred days after Germany's black-yellow coalition took office, a strong, unified government led by Chancellor Merkel has yet to materialize. The much anticipated "dream coalition" comprised of Merkel's Christian Democratic Union (CDU),its Bavarian sister the Christian Social Uni [...]	2010-02-03 16:56:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON GM
10BERLIN156	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-EU) Fallout from Cancellation of Summit 3. (U.S.-China) Arms Exports to Taiwan 4. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Missile Test 5. (Afghanistan) Karzai, Future Strategy 6. (EU-Greece) Financial Crisis 7. (U.S.) Space Travel 8. (Economic [...]	2010-02-04 14:07:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR US CH IR AF EU ECON
10BERLIN16	MEDIA REACTION: US, AFGHANISTAN, TERRORISM, U.S. [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Obama-Intelligence Services Meeting 3. (Afghanistan) Run-up to London Conference 4. (U.S.) Guant namo, Yemen 5. (U.S.) Obama Policy 6. (Environment) Climate Policy Â [...]	2010-01-07 13:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	AF PTER US KGHG
10BERLIN160	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-EU, U.S.-CHINA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-EU) Relations 3. (U.S.-China) Impact of Arms Exports to Taiwan 4. (Afghanistan) Holbrooke Interview 5. (Iran) Nuclear Program 6. (EU-Euro) Financial Woes 7. (Haiti) Reconstruction Efforts 8. (Environment) Climate 9. (Fran [...]	2010-02-05 13:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR US CH AF IR EMS HA KGHG FR
10BERLIN168	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, UKRAINE, EU, NATO, IRAQ, US.;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Enrichment 3. (Ukraine) Outcome of Elections 4. (EU) Deficit Worries 5. (NATO) Istanbul Defense Ministers Meeting 6. (Iraq) Parliamentary Elections 7. (U.S.) Budget Deficit Â [...]	2010-02-08 13:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IR UP EMS UK NATO IQ US
10BERLIN170	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, UKRAINE, EU;BERLIN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Ukraine) Outcome of Elections 4. (EU) Deficit Worries Â [...]	2010-02-09 17:14:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IR UP EU
10BERLIN175	TEHRAN: OPEN FOR BUSINESS; POLICE ON CHARM [...] (C) Summary: A European Iran analyst, who travels frequently to Iran, recently returned to Germany from a three-week trip to Tehran during which he met with contacts and attended an Institute for Politics and International Studies (IPIS) sponsored conference in mid January. He noted that th [...]	2010-02-11 12:21:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR GM
10BERLIN177	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GREECE-EU, GREECE-EURO, UKRAINE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Greece Financial Crisis) Germany, France Rescue Efforts 4. (Greece Financial Crisis) Long-term Prognosis for Euro 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 7. (U.S.-EU) SWIFT [...]	2010-02-11 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IR EMS UP START PTER SF ECON
10BERLIN178	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN-NUCLEAR, EU-SWIFT, EU-GREECE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Anniversary 3. (EU-U.S.) SWIFT 4. (EU-Greece) Special Summit Meeting 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections Â [...]	2010-02-12 12:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IR PTER EMS UP
10BERLIN180	CHANCELLOR MERKEL ANGERED BY LACK OF GERMAN MEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chancellor Merkel is privately angry over the lack of support German members of the European Parliament gave the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) interim agreement and is worried that Washington will view the EP's veto as a sign that Europe does not take the terrorist threat s [...]	2010-02-12 17:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM
10BERLIN183	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GREECE-EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) ISAF Offensive 3. (Mideast) Secretary Clinton in the Mideast 4. (Greece-EU) Stability of the Euro, Goldman Sachs Involvement 5. (U.S.-China) Obama Receives Dalai Lama 6. (EU-U.S.) SWIFT 7. (U.S.) Obama Government Â [...]	2010-02-16 12:43:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF XF EMS CH PTER US
10BERLIN190	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-IRAN, U.S.-SYRIA, DUBAI-MOSSAD, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.-China) Relations, Dalai Lama 3. (U.S.-Syria) Washington Sends New Ambassador 4. (Dubai) Killing Of Hamas Arms Dealer 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.) New Nuclear Power Plants 7. (EU-Greece) Euro Â [...]	2010-02-18 13:24:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CH SY XF UP ENRG EMS
10BERLIN192	BULGARIA ACTIVELY SEEKS DISCUSSION ON HOSTING OF [...] (S) Begin summary. During a February 6 meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference, Bulgarian FM Nickolay Mladenov told U/S Tauscher that Bulgaria stands ready to discuss the hosting of any part of the U.S./NATO missile defense system on its territory. He further proposed sending [...]	2010-02-19 11:11:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL NATO BG GM
10BERLIN2	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, ANTI-TERROR, PAKISTAN, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Governance, Cabinet Selection 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict 4. (Anti-Terror Fight) Yemen, Guant namo, Security Measures 5. (Pakistan) Attack on Volleyball Game 6. (Islam in European Society) Westergaard Attack 7. Look Back at [...]	2010-01-04 13:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC AF IR ZP PK
10BERLIN21	MISSION BERLIN INCORPORATES WOMEN'S ISSUES INTO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Embassy Berlin's programming on women's issues has focused on a range of themes, including violence against women, discrimination, and raising awareness. The Mission's approach has been to address issues that affect women within our broader agenda and to strengthen our ties to lo [...]	2010-01-07 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN XG PHUM GM
10BERLIN215	MEDIA REACTION: CUBA, U.S.-HEALTHCARE, GREECE-GERMANY, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 3. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform Summit 4. (Greece-Germany) Greek Anger at Germany 5. (Greece-EU) Austerity Program 6. (U.S.) Criticism of Google 7. (Sudan) Peace Process 8. (Western Hemisphere) Latin America [...]	2010-02-25 13:04:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR CU US GR EMS KWWW SU XM MASS
10BERLIN223	MEDIA REACTION: U.S., INDIA-PAKISTAN, SYRIA-IRAN, CUBA, EU, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) Healthcare Reform 3. (India-Pakistan) Resumption of Talks 4. (Syria-Iran) Ahmadinejad-Assad Meeting 5. (Cuba) Death of a Dissident 6. (EU) Debate Over Leading Personnel 7. (Falkland Islands) Tensions over Drilling 8. (Turkey) [...]	2010-02-26 13:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR US XO SY CU EU FK TK EMS UP
10BERLIN25	BUNDESTAG TO EXAMINE CIA/BLACKWATER ASSASSINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 27 the Bundestag Interior Affairs Committee will examine allegations that a CIA team tracked a suspected al-Qaida supporter in Hamburg and planned to assassinate him before eventually aborting the mission. The story originated from a recent Vanity Fair article on Black [...]	2010-01-08 12:17:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV GM
10BERLIN48	MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, CHINA-GOOGLE, TURKEY-ISRAEL, U.S., [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Earthquake 3. (China-Google) Dispute 4. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations 5. (U.S.) Bankers in The Hot Seat 6. (Iran) Aftermath of Assassination of Scientist Â [...]	2010-01-14 17:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR HA KWWW TK US IR
10BERLIN56	MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S., CHINA, TERRORISM, TURKEY- [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Relief Efforts 3. (U.S.) President Obama to Tax Banks 4. (China) Censorship of Google 5. (Terrorism) Attack on Mesud 6. (Turkey-Israel) Strained Relations Â [...]	2010-01-15 15:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR HA CH PTER TK
10BERLIN76	ISRAEL USES GERMANY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTREE, [...] (C) MFA NEA Assistant-Secretary equivalent Andreas Michaelis told Pol M-C January 20 that the January 18 German-Israeli consultations in Berlin were primarily oriented toward the bilateral relationship rather than the peace process or regional issues, outside of Iran. He described Israeli FM [...]	2010-01-20 15:59:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL KWBG IS IR GM
10BERLIN9	GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM 2009 [...] Begin text of report: German security officials stress that Islamist-inspired terrorism is the greatest threat to German security and they estimate that roughly 185 individuals have undergone paramilitary training over the past ten years at Islamist extremist training centers located primari [...]	2010-01-06 13:30:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL GM
10BERLIN97	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, HAITI, MIDEAST, U.S, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) Run-Up to London Conference 3. (Iraq) Biden Visit 4. (Haiti) Reconstruction Efforts 5. (Mideast) Peace Process, U.S. Role 6. (U.S.) Obama Administration 7. (Economic) Banking Regulation Â [...]	2010-01-25 15:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF IQ HA XF US ECON
10BERN48	U/S HORMATS REVIEWS BILATERAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS \ [...] (U) January 25 at 11:00 am; Zurich \ \ 2. (U) Participants: \ \ U.S. \ \ U/S Robert Hormats, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and \ Agricultural Affairs \ Amb. Donald Beyer, US Ambassador to Switzerland \ Alex Whittington, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary \ Richard Rorvig, Bern Em [...]	2010-02-04 17:31:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD SZ
10BERN56	TIP - SWITZERLAND: ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 11:52:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10BISHKEK113	SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Bishkek welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke to Kyrgyzstan on February 19. Your visit comes at a timely period as the U.S.-Kyrgyzstan relationship has experienced positive momentum since the signing of the new agreement for [...]	2010-02-16 07:41:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK114	KYRGYZ DEMOCRACY, OR POLITICAL THEATER: PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES A NATIONAL KURULTAI [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-16 08:23:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	KG PGOV PREL
10BISHKEK37	PRESIDENT BAKIYEV OUTLINES A NEW FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In two separate speeches during the last week of December, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev voiced the need for a new Kyrgyz foreign policy doctrine better suited to the country,s current challenges, and vowed to continue with a series of large-scale reforms initiated in 2009. W [...]	2010-01-12 07:20:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK56	Chinese Soft Power in Kyrgyzstan [...] (SBU) Summary: China is making inroads in Kyrgyzstan, a country that has traditionally gravitated toward Russia. The Chinese Embassy in Bishkek recently achieved a public diplomacy coup when it agreed to donate 20,000 satellite receiver boxes in exchange for permission to broadcast two televis [...]	2010-01-22 04:12:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KG CH
10BISHKEK71	KYRGYZ OMBUDSMAN BLAMES SECURITY SERVICES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kyrgyz Ombudsman for Human Rights Tursunbek Akun said in a meeting with the Ambassador that he was very concerned about the deteriorating human rights situation in Kyrgyzstan. He asserted that the Kyrgyz State National Security Service (SNB) was responsible for the death o [...]	2010-01-29 03:14:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KG
10BISHKEK98	HEAD OF SECRETARIAT ASSERTS SADYRKULOV DEATH AN [...] (S) Summary: During a friendly lunch at the Ambassador's residence, Oksana Malevanaya, the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, broached the topic of Medet Sadyrkulov's death. She said that he was her husband, soul mate and the father of her youngest child, and that she could not have con [...]	2010-02-09 06:11:00	Embassy Bishkek	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KG

10BOGOTA11	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JAN 11-13 VISIT [...] (C) Your visit is an opportunity to focus U.S. and Colombian efforts to consolidate Colombia's gains as the country enters a transition year. President Uribe will seek your reassurance of our commitment to their fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups. His decision on whether to [...]	2010-01-06 23:01:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL OVIP PGOV PHUM PTER ECON ETRD EAID SNAR MOPS CO
10BOGOTA115	DRUMMOND FIRES WORKERS FOR ILLEGAL STRIKE [...] (SBU) U.S. mining company Drummond has begun the process of firing the majority of the National Mining and Energy Industry Workers' Union's (SINTRAMIENERGETICA) 35-member board of directors due to the union's illegal strike in March 2009. SINTRAMIENERGETICA leaders have urged a negotiated solut [...]	2010-02-01 14:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BOGOTA132	AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO CARTAGENA HIGHLIGHTS THE RICHNESS OF [...] The Ambassador traveled to Cartagena on December 4-5 to inaugurate the 13th Houston Series conference, visit two USAID projects, meet with landmine survivors, and attend a luncheon hosted by AmCham Cartagena. The Ambassador's visit to Cartagena was widely covered by the press and highlighted t [...]	2010-01-14 20:12:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ECON ETRD PTER PREL SOCI CO
10BOGOTA145	Third Uribe Term Increasingly Likely [...] (C) President Uribe took another step toward a third term with his January 20 decision to adhere to restrictions designed to level the playing field between an incumbent president and his/her competitors. As expected, the Inspector General recommended January 12 that the Constitutional Court a [...]	2010-02-03 21:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO
10BOGOTA159	NEW VOICES IN THE LABOR VIOLENCE DEBATE [...] (SBU) Colombian research institutions are focused on labor violence to an unprecedented degree. Two prominent universities and six think-tanks have recently completed or initiated studies. The influx of new voices has intensified and enriched the debate concerning the causes and scope of viole [...]	2010-02-05 18:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BOGOTA217	"FTA WITH U.S. IS BLOCKING COLOMBIA'S GLOBAL TRADE POLICY," [...] (C) SUMMARY. Colombian Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata told us the lack of U.S. Congressional action on the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) is hampering Colombian efforts to integrate into the world economy and in particular threatening pending accords with Canada and the E [...]	2010-02-11 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL ELAB EAIR PGOV CO
10BOGOTA235	THAW WITH ECUADOR EVIDENT AT HAITI SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) continued its leadership in the Haiti relief effort at a February 9 UNASUR (Union of South American Countries) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. At the summit, President Uribe expressed his support for the summit's reconstruction initiatives, including reducing [...]	2010-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC EAID HA
10BOGOTA238	CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES FTA AND DCA, ENCOURAGES COLOMBIAN [...] (SBU) House Foreign Affairs Committee Western Hemisphere Subcommittee Chairman Eliot Engel led a Congressional delegation to Cartagena and Monteria, Colombia from January 7-10, 2010. At his private ranch in Monteria, President Uribe outlined Colombia's progress, with U.S. support, on counterna [...]	2010-01-22 18:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR EAID ETRD PHUM MOPS OREP CO
10BOGOTA239	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEMIEUX (FEBRUARY 17-19) [...] (SBU) Your upcoming visit to Bogota and two Colombian military facilities is an opportunity to discuss with the Colombians our shared fight against illegal drugs and illegal armed groups as well as the underlying social inequality that drives both phenomena. The possible referendum to allow Pre [...]	2010-02-12 18:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV MCAP MOPS PTER ETRD PHUM SNAR OREP CO
10BOGOTA244	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR DECEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The aerial eradication team reached its CY-2009 goal of 100,000 hectares (ha) of coca sprayed, with a total True Ground Area Coverage of 101,573 ha for the year. Manual eradication of coca for 2009 totaled approximately 61,000 ha, short of the goal of 70,000 ha; total eradicati [...]	2010-01-22 21:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
10BOGOTA333	Specter of "Parapolitics" Hangs Over March Congressional [...] (C) The "parapolitica" scandal severely damaged the 2006-10 Colombian Congress' legitimacy and ability to stand as an independent and productive branch of government (90 members were implicated for collaboration with paramilitaries). The Supreme Court is investigating these cases and has recen [...]	2010-02-24 16:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KJUS KCRM CO
10BOGOTA361	COURT RULES URIBE THIRD TERM REFERENDUM UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled February 26 that the constitutional amendment process to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for an unprecedented (and controversial) third term could not legally go forward. The Court -- reportedly by a 7-2 vote -- specifically cited flawe [...]	2010-02-26 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO
10BOGOTA40	REQUEST FOR US SPEAKER ON POLITICAL SATIRE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 21:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO CO
10BOGOTA42	REQUEST FOR US SPEAKER FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 21:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO CO
10BOGOTA716	S/WGI PROJECT PROPOSAL - COLOMBIA [...] Embassy Bogota nominates the project proposal "Political Training for Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Women" by the Departmental Network of Choco for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) small grants initiative. The project complements Post's strategy to promote opportunities [...]	2010-02-23 18:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CO
10BOGOTA73	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH INDIGENOUS NGO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on January 15 with Luis Evelis Andrade, Director of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC). Andrade described human rights and political issues faced by the Colombian indigenous community and welcomed increased engagement with the USG to confront those [...]	2010-01-22 22:32:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
10BRASILIA108	PER COPENHAGEN ACCORD, BRAZIL INFORMS THE UNFCCC OF ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In accordance with the Copenhagen Accord, the Government of Brazil (GOB) on January 29 notified the Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) of Brazil's nationally appropriate mitigation actions (NAMAs). These NAMAs were released prior to the [...]	2010-02-03 12:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA BR
10BRASILIA16	Brazil: Scenesetter - DHS Deputy Secretary Lute visit [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC BR
10BRASILIA184	SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 23-26 VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) I want to warmly welcome you to Brazil for your visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, and to attend the 8th Meeting of Justice Ministers of the Americas (REMJA). The Government of Brazil (GOB) is enthusiastic that you have decided to attend the REMJA, and you will be eagerly received [...]	2010-02-19 22:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KJUS KCRM JUS OAS BR
10BRASILIA198	BRAZILIAN NATIONAL WATER AGENCY SEEKS TO DEEPEN COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Brazilian National Water Agency (ANA) seeks to deepen its cooperation with the USG on environmental issues related to water resources. ANA consistently highlights its history of cooperation with U.S. agencies, as well as on-going negotiations with the Brazilian Ministry of [...]	2010-02-26 17:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID EWWT EINV BR
10BRASILIA204	Brazil: March HRC [...] On February 24, poloff delivered the points reftel to Nathanael de Souza e Silva and Bruna Vieira de Paula of the Division of Human Rights, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Religious and racial intolerance 2. Poloff handed Silva and de Paula a copy of the U.S.-proposed Action Plan [...]	2010-02-27 21:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN BR GV IR BM CG IS
10BRASILIA31	Preparing for the Nuclear Security Summit [...] (SBU) In conjunction with Netherlands ChargC) Frans Van Rijn, ChargC) d'Affaires Lisa Kubiske presented the Note Verbale and points contained in reftel to Ministry for External Relations Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Machado. Machado said that the GOB supports the Nuclear Securit [...]	2010-01-29 20:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM IAEA AORC MNUC PREL BR
10BRASILIA33	MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO PERSUADE IRAN'S ENGAGEMENT ON ITS [...] (C) ChargC) delivered the reftel demarche Jabnuary 29 to Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Vera Machado. Machado asked if the USG and P5+1 partners were seeking additional sanctions against Iran at the present time and if the issue had been placed o [...]	2010-01-29 20:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IR UNSC BR
10BRASILIA48	BRAZIL: DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE'S VISIT TO BRAZIL JANUARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the failed bombing attempt of Delta flight 253 destined for Detroit on December 25, 2009, DHS Deputy Secretary (DEPSEC) Lute visited Brazil on the last stop of a 10 country trip designed to elicit support from partner nations in adopting a multilateral/global respo [...]	2010-01-20 11:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ASEC BR PTER PREL
10BRASILIA49	BRAZIL'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: DILMA ROUSSEFF COMES UP [...] (C) Summary. Late January polling indicates that likely Workers' Party (PT) presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff, President Lula's chosen successor, has closed much of the gap with front-running opposition Brazilian Social Democratic Party (PSDB) candidate Jose Serra, and now trails by less t [...]	2010-02-13 18:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BR
10BRASILIA53	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON EFFORTS AND FUTURE PLANS IN HAITI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Brazilian Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) officials coordinating Brazil's post-earthquake assistance to Haiti listed for PolOffs Brazil's humanitarian donations, gave an update on February 8 on the deployment of Brazilian troops to Haiti, and laid out Brazil's plan for transitioning [...]	2010-02-18 17:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MASS BR HA
10BRASILIA55	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, CN, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Institutional Security Office (GSI) Minister General Jorge Felix shared with Ambassador Shannon on February 9 Brazil's top security concerns, which include: assistance and cooperation in Haiti; increased drug trafficking in the region and consumption in Brazil; and security for the [...]	2010-02-18 21:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PTER SNAR ASEC BR BL HA DHS KOLY
10BRASILIA59	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MRE UNDER SECRETARIES FOR [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Ambassador Shannon February 9, MRE Under Secretaries for Political Affairs I Vera Machado and Political Affairs II Roberto Jaguaribe both focused on concerns that Iranian domestic issues would make a solution to the nuclear issues difficult to achieve. [...]	2010-02-19 22:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR CH BR
10BRASILIA60	BRAZIL: LET'S ESTABLISH A TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Vice Minister of the Environment Izabella Teixeira says that the Government of Brazil (GOB) wants to establish a program under the Tropical Forest Conservation Act (TFCA) quickly, both to help conserve Brazil's tropical forests and as a symbol of the growing U.S.-Brazil bilater [...]	2010-01-21 16:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID EFIN BR
10BRASILIA7	BRAZIL: FOREIGN MINISTRY EAGER TO LAUNCH NEXT PHASE OF [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Celso Amorim broke with normal protocol and practice and met with Ambassador Shannon January 8, only hours after the Ambassador had arrived in country. Amorim welcomed the Ambassador's arrival, lamented the drawn out confirmation process, and said he was eager to [...]	2010-01-11 11:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
10BRASILIA9	Brazil Has Not Addressed Amcit Cases with Iran [...] (C) The Government of Brazil has not discussed with the Government of Iran the cases of the six American citizens detained or missing in Iran. Reftel was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Relations (Itamaraty) Iran desk officer Roberto Salome (currently acting head of the Iran/Central Asia [...]	2010-01-11 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CASC BR IR
10BRATISLAVA12	SLOVAKIA CAUTIOUS ON CUBA [...] PolOff delivered reftel points to Martin Podstavek, desk officer for Latin America at the Slovak MFA. Podstavek appreciated the information about the recent U.S. engagement with the GOC, particularly on improving communication opportunities for the Cuban people. Podstavek said that the Slova [...]	2010-01-13 13:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SOCI CU LO
10BRATISLAVA35	NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS...ONE JOURNALIST'S STORY [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 15:38:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP LO
10BRATISLAVA71	SLOVAKIA 2010 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The Ministry of the Interior (MOI),police, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),and NGOs are reliable sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. In March 2010, the government will open an Inter [...]	2010-02-18 15:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10BRIDGETOWN19	Rearranging the Dominos in Dominica's Cabinet [...] (C) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced his new cabinet at an event in the National Stadium on the 4th of January. Fifteen ministerial positions will be parsed out among 18 MPs, almost half of whom are new to government. Skerrit added Foreign Affairs and Information Technology [...]	2010-01-23 00:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL XL
10BRIDGETOWN84	OIG REVIEW OF IMPACT OF REQUIRED REPORTING [...] (SBU) Embassy Bridgetown appreciates the OIG's interest in the impact of mandated reporting on Post resources and welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback. The 65 annual reports cited reftel tracks closely with our February, 2009 OIG inspection report, but in fact under-reports the number [...]	2010-02-04 18:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASIG PHUM
10BRUSSELS106	EMBASSY CONTINUES VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN OF AWARENESS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Brussels, and particularly Ambassador Gutman, have intensified their efforts to raise Belgian public and official awareness, understanding and support for the President's strategy on Afghanistan since the new year. The strategy has included a vigorous round of media interv [...]	2010-01-27 16:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV EAID BE AF
10BRUSSELS109	EU: WHAT IS "MAINSTREAMING" WOMEN'S ISSUES AND HOW [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Secretary's priority to integrate women's issues into the broader work of the Department coincides with an effort by the European Union to mainstream gender issues into its own external relations. Towards this end, the EU is currently circulating an internal action plan th [...]	2010-01-27 19:06:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KWMN MASS EU
10BRUSSELS119	EU FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL, JANUARY - HAITI [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 25, EU Foreign Ministers focused their attention on the situation in Haiti and discussed how the EU could better support international community relief efforts taking place there. Following an overview of Spanish presidency priorities, discussions [...]	2010-02-01 06:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID AF MASS EUN BK SR SO YM
10BRUSSELS121	USEU AND MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: USEU Muslim outreach efforts have two objectives: U.S-EU cooperation on countering radicalization in Europe and globally, and sharing of best practices in integrating minorities into our societies. The latter cooperation on broader integration of minorities particularly reinfor [...]	2010-02-01 06:15:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI PTER PINS
10BRUSSELS126	PAKISTAN'S AMBASSADOR DETAILS HIS PRIORITIES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Newly arrived Pakistan Ambassador to the European Union Jalil Abbas Jilani outlined Pakistan's priority topics with the EU during a courtesy call with Ambassador Kennard January 29. Pakistan hopes to formalize relations with the EU by establishing a regular summit schedule ( [...]	2010-02-02 17:02:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EUN PINR PK PREL
10BRUSSELS141	BELGIAN FM VANACKERE'S JAN 18-25 TRIP TO CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: MFA Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry provided a readout February 1 of Belgian FM Vanackere's January 18-25 trip to the Central African nations of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Rwanda, and Burundi. Vanackere met the presidents and foreign ministers of all three coun [...]	2010-02-05 17:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS161	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR ASKS U.S. SUPPORT ON EU [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Ambassador on February 8, Israeli Ambassador to the EU (and to NATO) Ran Curiel described Israel's frustration with the freezing of an upgrade in Israel-EU relations since the end of the Gaza incursion in 2009. Curiel said Israel was instead [...]	2010-02-10 06:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN IS KPAL PREL
10BRUSSELS176	EU INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 [...] Per reftel, this is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the European Union. Post will email Word versions as instructed in reftel. The statement covers the following categories: --Openness to Foreign Investment --Conversion and Transfer Policies --Expropriation and Compensation --D [...]	2010-02-12 14:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR EUN
10BRUSSELS183	SUBJECT: DEPUTY NSA MICHAEL FROMAN VISIT TO [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman held wide-ranging discussions with over 25 senior EU officials in Brussels January 27. Froman and the Ambassador met with Commission President Barroso, the incoming European Commissioners for Climate (Hedegaard),[...]	2010-02-17 13:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ECPS EFIN ENRG EINV ETRD EUN KGHG
10BRUSSELS192	GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SE FRIED DISCUSSES EUROPEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility Daniel Fried, along with Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner and Guantanamo Detainee Review Task Force Director Matthew Olsen discussed the detention facility's curr [...]	2010-02-18 05:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDRG EUN PTER
10BRUSSELS197	EU REVISES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The EU formally agreed on February 15 to extend its sanctions against Zimbabwe by twelve months. Changes include the de-listing of six individuals and nine entities; the EU otherwise rolled over all existing program measures. Preambulatory paragraphs within the Council Deci [...]	2010-02-19 13:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER EFIN EUN
10BRUSSELS211	THE EU AND SANCTIONS (INTRODUCING THE EU, PART [...] (C) This cable describes political and procedural dynamics associated with the creation and maintenance of EU-wide sanctions programs. Effective USG influence over specific EU sanctions policies generally requires early, sustained, and strategic outreach to Member State capitals, Member Stat [...]	2010-02-23 16:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP EAID EAIR EFIN ETRD ETTC EUN EWWT KHLS
10BRUSSELS219	U.S. - EU SANCTIONS INFORMAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On February 3, an interagency delegation held an off-the-record roundtable discussion on sanctions issues with Spain (current EU Presidency) and the EU institutions. Topics included legal challenges to sanctions regimes, innovations to UN and EU counterterrorism programs, d [...]	2010-02-25 08:42:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP BM EAIR EFIN ETTC EUN EWWT KJUS KN KNNP
10BRUSSELS228	EU DECLARES U.S. A KEY SECURITY AND DEFENSE PARTNER [...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors recently approved a policy paper on EU defense and security relations with non-EU countries, which singles out the United States as an indispensable partner, according to French Pol-Mil Counselor Thomas Bertin (protect). [...]	2010-02-26 11:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL EUN
10BRUSSELS233	IRAN'S URANIUM PROGRAM, EU SANCTIONS AND IRISL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Acting PolEconCouns and PolIntern met with Werner Bauwens, the Belgian MFA's Special Envoy for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, regarding ref A and B demarches. Bauwens said Belgium regards Iran's insistence on moving forward with a higher level of uranium enrich [...]	2010-02-26 18:25:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM EWWT IR BE
10BRUSSELS49	EU PASSES BURMA REPORT IN ANTICIPATION OF SPECIAL [...] (SBU) According to European Council Desk Officer for South East Asia Leo Schulte Nordholt, EU Special Envoy for Burma/Myanmar Piero Fassino will seek advice from us and the UN on how to negotiate preconditions for his upcoming visit to Burma during his January 26-29 consultations in New York [...]	2010-01-15 15:38:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM EU
10BRUSSELS64	BELGIUM: ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cuba desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Sadi Brancart, said that Belgian-Cuba relations are "better than the EU average," thanks to significant development assistance. He was unaware of Spain's initiative to replace the EU common position with individual bi [...]	2010-01-20 15:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI CU BE
10BRUSSELS65	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 21 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your January 21 meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton will enable you to deepen the relationship you established with her during your introductory meeting at NATO in early December and in subsequent phone calls. By receivin [...]	2010-01-20 15:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL MASS MARR EU
10BRUSSELS73	DEPUTY GREAT LAKES ENVOY JIM YELLIN'S MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) James Yellin, Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for Africa,s Great Lakes region, met with Belgian MFA Africa Division officials on December 18 after returning from his travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Burundi, and Rwanda with Roeland van de Geer, the EU Special Repr [...]	2010-01-21 15:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BU RW BE
10BRUSSELS92	BELGIUM:FM VANACKERE CRITICIZED FOR MEETING KABILA [...] (SBU) All Belgian newspapers gave prominent coverage January 25 to the criticism levied by former Belgian FM Karel De Gucht on FM Steven Vanackere for meeting with Congolese President Joseph Kabila last week. FM Vanackere met with Kabila at his private estate in Lubumbashi, DRC on January 19 [...]	2010-01-26 16:54:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CG BE
10BUCHAREST101	ROMANIA: PROFESSIONAL MANAGERS (FINALLY) IN CHARGE [...] (SBU) Summary. After a series of politically-motivated delays, the Government of Romania (GOR) signed a contract with U.S.-based Franklin Templeton Investments to manage the Property Fund ("the Fund") on February 25th. Despite early hopeful signs (reftel) that this management contract would b [...]	2010-02-25 13:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ECON CASC PGOV RO
10BUCHAREST22	ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 [...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. Romania's marketplace offers 21.5 million consumers, a well- [...]	2010-01-13 12:27:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
10BUCHAREST28	NEW FM - A CAREER DIPLOMAT, TRUSTED BY PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Teodor Baconschi, 47, was confirmed by the Romanian Parliament as Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 23, 2009. President Traian Basescu himself pushed Prime Minister Emil Boc to choose Baconschi for the job rather than incumbent MFA State Secretary Bogdan Aurescu who was put forw [...]	2010-01-15 13:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RO
10BUCHAREST45	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 22, 2010 MEETING WITH NEW ROMANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER BACONSCHI [...] (S) Summary: In his introductory call on new Romanian FM Teodor Baconschi, Ambassador previewed the upcoming visit to Romania by U/S Tauscher and expressed U.S. gratitude for the GOR's January 21 decision to increase its Afghanistan contingent by an additional 600 troops. FM Baconschi noted his gov [...]	2010-01-27 13:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF RO
10BUCHAREST81	Law Enforcement and Counterterrorism Information-Sharing [...] (SBU) On February 10, 2010 POLOFF and Department of Justice (DOJ) Resident Legal Advisor to the SECI Regional Center for Combating Transborder Crime (SECI Center) delivered reftel non-paper to Radu Ragea, Deputy Undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and Viviana Onaca, Director of the [...]	2010-02-17 04:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA CON
10BUDAPEST102	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE EU FAC MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolOff on February 19. 2. (C) Dekany provided the following comments on three topics: Iran, Ukraine and Libya. -- IRAN: The recent announcement by Iran that it would increase i [...]	2010-02-22 15:24:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU RU UA HU
10BUDAPEST103	HUNGARY'S NON-PAPER ON NATO'S NEW STRATEGIC CONCEPT [...] (SBU) The MFA's NATO Office Director, Eszter Sandorfi, provided PolOff a copy of the following Hungarian Non-paper on NATO's new strategic concept Februray 19. 2. (C) The non-paper text, dated February 2010, follows: Begin text --------------------------------------------- ------ Core [...]	2010-02-22 15:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MAPP NATO PREL HU
10BUDAPEST14	RENATIONALIZING MALEV AIRLINES: JAN 31 THE LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent press reports indicate that the GOH is close to finalizing a deal by January 31 to reacquire a majority stake in struggling Malev Airlines from Russia's Vnesheconombank (VEB). The conclusion of such a deal would help close a turbulent era for Malev under de facto Russian o [...]	2010-01-12 07:23:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAIR EINV EFIN RU HU
10BUDAPEST16	HUNGARY H1N1 UPDATE: NEW CASES DOWN, FOR NOW [...] Summary: The first wave of the H1N1 pandemic in Hungary appears to be in decline, according to data from the Influenza Surveillance Division of Hungary's National Center for Epidemiology. However, the Center cautions that a second wave may arrive shortly, as schools reopen following the Chri [...]	2010-01-12 14:18:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO PREL ASEC HU
10BUDAPEST26	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS: [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador made January 11-14 introductory calls on President Laszlo Solyom, Prime Minister Gordan Bajnai, and Foreign Minister Peter Balazs. Although the most substantive meeting was with Prime Minister Bajnai, each of the Ambassador's Hungarian interlocutors stressed the [...]	2010-01-19 14:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG EPET EINV MARR MOPS PHUM RS LO HR
10BUDAPEST30	GOH SOON TO ENTER SOUTH STREAM JOINT VENTURE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian officials will soon sign a set of agreements to establish a Russian-Hungarian joint venture to commence work on the feasibility study for the Hungarian segment of the South Stream pipeline project. This will set the project in motion after nearly a year of apparent sta [...]	2010-01-21 11:36:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV RU HU
10BUDAPEST33	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Cuba Desk Officer Istvan Sandor on January 19. Sandor greatly appreciated the update on U.S. policy towards Cuba and stated that Hungary's position has been, and will remain, consistently firm with regards to human rights, politic [...]	2010-01-21 16:11:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SOCI CU HU
10BUDAPEST36	HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON THE JANUARY FAC AGENDA [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed ref email topics with PolEconOff on January 22. 2. (SBU) Dekany provided comments on the following topics: Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Somalia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. -- Afghanistan/Pakist [...]	2010-01-22 16:02:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF BH IR PK SO HU
10BUDAPEST37	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings January 21 with the Ambassador, MFA State Secretaries Laszlo Varkonyi and Gabor Iklody stressed the importance of the U.S.-Hungarian bilateral relationship and outlined proposed cooperation between the Visegrad Four and the USG on Roma and energy issues. Hi [...]	2010-01-25 12:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET MOPS PHUM RS BK AF HU
10BUDAPEST39	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WESTERN BALKANS/SLOVAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hungary continues to favor an early NATO Membership Action Plan for Bosnia, believing it could help stabilize the Western Balkans. State Secretary Szabo told the Ambassador that he fears bilateral tensions over the new Slovak language law might be exploited by extremist elements [...]	2010-01-25 16:52:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PHUM PREL OSCE HR YI LO RU HU
10BUDAPEST43	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HUNGARY [...] The following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Hungary: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HUNGARY OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. Hungary maintains an open economy and attracting foreign investment remains a priority for the Hungarian government. According to the Hungaria [...]	2010-01-27 13:39:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN OPIC KTDB PGOV HU
10BUDAPEST7	HUNGARY'S ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] Summary. Post employs three basic tools to engage on women's issues: outreach by the Ambassador and Embassy staff at numerous events; hosting prominent visitors to Hungary; and making full use of exchanges and the International Visitor's (IV) Program, which yield the most promising longer-last [...]	2010-01-08 13:42:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM EU HU
10BUDAPEST70	SOCIALIST PM CANDIDATE TALKS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. Socialist prime ministerial candidate Attila Mesterhazy is planning a vigorous nation-wide campaign against Viktor Orban's well-oiled Fidesz machine. Although likely to go down in defeat in the April elections, Mesterhazy is positioning himself for the inevitable internal strugg [...]	2010-02-05 05:53:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
10BUDAPEST88	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the MFA's Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Istvan Lakatos February 8 and to the MFA's Iranian Desk Officer Ferenc Kato February 10. Lakatos expressed Hungary's support and agreement with the reftel points, specifically underscoring that Hungary does [...]	2010-02-11 15:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR HU
10BUDAPEST90	VISEGRAD FOUR POLITICAL DIRECTORS MEETING IN [...] (SBU) The Hungarian MFA's Political Director, Gabor Ikody, offered to share with PolOff a report of the Visegrad Four (V4) Political Directors January 27-28 meeting in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Hercegovina. The Political Directors met with the three members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, [...]	2010-02-11 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN NATO PREL PGOV BK HU
10BUENOSAIRES109	Argentina: Codel Engel Addresses Bilateral Relations [...] (SBU) Summary: Codel Engel enjoyed a very productive visit to Buenos Aires, January 5-7. The Codel was led by Eliot Engel (D-NY) and included Shelly Berkley (D-NV),Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) and Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) met with the Codel for two hours [...]	2010-02-24 22:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP ECON ELAB PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES11	(C) WHA A/S VALENZUELA MEETS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS, [...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez and Acting Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti during his December 15-17 visit to Buenos Aires. Valenzuela explained the U.S. position on Honduras, exchanged views on other regional developments, and praise [...]	2010-01-08 21:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PHUM AR
10BUENOSAIRES114	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA; THE MILITARY IN LATIN AMERICA; [...] China's threats to suspend its military ties with the U.S. and to impose sanctions on U.S. companies selling weapons to Taiwan received wide coverage over the weekend. Opinion articles highlighted U.S.-Chinese interdependence and their need for a strategic partnership based on issues such as [...]	2010-02-02 13:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL CH AR
10BUENOSAIRES124	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS; 2/3-4/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Local and other international news overshadowed U.S.-China conflicts, with only two newspapers printing articles from their own journalists, and the rest using news wires. All articles speculated on possible Chinese retaliation and questioned U.S. motives for "provoking" the disagreements. [...]	2010-02-04 17:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR CH
10BUENOSAIRES200	Argentina: S/GWI Project Proposals [...] Summary: A Country of Healthy Women was developed by Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra El Cancer (LALCEC) with support from Embassy Buenos Aires. Argentina has a low awareness rate of cancer risks, the importance of early detection, and treatment possibilities. Research has shown that a lar [...]	2010-02-19 15:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY AR
10BUENOSAIRES204	MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA IN WASHINGTON; 2/19/10; BUENOS [...] President Obama's meeting with the Dalai Obama led international news sections, with commentary ranging from the meeting's "modesty" to the "deteriorating relations" with China. All articles focused on the President's decision to not hold the meeting in the Oval Office in order to "not irrita [...]	2010-02-19 17:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR CH
10BUENOSAIRES226	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, FALKLANDS, OAS, U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN [...] Regional issues were the dominating theme on 2/23, including Brazil-Iran relations, the Falkland Islands, the OAS, and an introspective look at Latin American politics. One opinion article criticized Brazil for rolling out the "red carpet" for Iran, while another highlighted differences betw [...]	2010-02-23 20:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR BR FK
10BUENOSAIRES43	Argentina: Former Vice Mayor Michetti Talks National [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with newly-elected national Deputy from Argentina's center-right Republican Proposal (PRO) party Gabriela Michetti on January 8, and discussed the GOA's showdown with Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado (reftel) and the opposition's legislative plans under t [...]	2010-01-26 20:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AR
10BUENOSAIRES55	Argentina: Economy Minister Says Debt Swap On Track [...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Economy Minister Amado Boudou emphasized the positive despite the many challenges he faces. Confident and composed despite the late hour of the meeting and the severe political pressure he has faced in the past month, Boudou insiste [...]	2010-01-28 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES81	Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayor Macri on Political Plans and Current Situation REF: BUENOS AIRES 25; 09 BUENOS AIRES 1222; 09 BUENOS AIRES 55 CLASSIFIED BY: Tom Kelly, DCM; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador hosted prominent opposition leader and Buenos Aires Mayor Mauricio Macri, along with four of his cabinet members, to lunch January 28. Macri spoke openly of his planned run for president in 2011. He considered President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her husband and [...]	2010-02-05 18:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON PREL SCUL AR
10BUENOSAIRES91	Argentina: Profiles of Key Anti-Kirchner Piqueteros REF: BUENOS AIRES 526; BUENOS AIRES 794; BUENOS AIRES 13 09 BUENOS AIRES 1084; 08 BUENOS AIRES 980 CLASSIFIED BY: VilmaSMartinez, Ambassador, DOS, Exec; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, Argentina's social activist movements, known as piqueteros, have captured the media spotlight through frequent protests. While former President Nestor Kirchner's efforts to co-opt the movement have divided it, the hotly contested title for noisiest piqueteros go [...]	2010-02-12 21:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AR
10BUJUMBURA37	UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF EXTREMIST CELL IN BURUNDI [...] (S) Summary. On 17 January, the founder of the MSD political party, Alexis Sinduhije, met with RSO Bujumbura. Sinduhije requested this meeting to report his knowledge of a possible terrorist cell in Burundi. Sinduhije stated one of his party members had learned that two Arabs and four Somal [...]	2010-01-19 10:45:00	Embassy Bujumbura	SECRET	ASEC BY PTER
10CAIRO119	EGYPT: NEW MB SUPREME GUIDE NAMED [...] Key Points: -- (C) Administrative insider and relative unknown Mohammed Badie, 66, was named the Muslim Brotherhood's eighth Supreme Guide on January 16. Badie's selection represents a generational shift within the group. He is the first Guide not to have known MB-founder Hassan Al-Banna. -- (C) In [...]	2010-01-21 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG
10CAIRO123	EGYPT-IRAQ BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-24 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EG IZ EINV ECON
10CAIRO153	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMMISSION VISITS EGYPT - SECTARIAN ATTACK [...] (SBU) A delegation from the United States International Religious Freedom Commission (USCIRF),consisting of three commissioners and three staff members led by the USCIRF chairman, visited Cairo from January 22 to 26. The delegation met with the Minister of Islamic Endowments, the Grand [...]	2010-02-03 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL EG KPAO
10CAIRO159	Scencesetter for Deputy Secretary Lew's February 15-16 Visit [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Lew, we warmly welcome you to Cairo and are seeking meetings with Prime Minister Nazif, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Minister of International Cooperation Aboulnaga. While we continue to work closely and effectively with Egypt on the range of critical regional issues, [...]	2010-02-04 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL OVIP EFIN EG
10CAIRO167	Country Team Support for Third-Party Transfer to Iraq [...] (SBU) The Egyptian military is requesting third-party transfer approval for the sale of M1A1 tanks and ammunition to Iraq. All of the equipment is produced in Egypt under a co-production agreement with the United States. The country team supports the sale. 2. (C) Egypt proposes sell [...]	2010-02-04 16:26:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS ETTC EG
10CAIRO179	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) Director Mueller, I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our strong law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the auspices of Minister of Interior Habib Al Adly (we have reques [...]	2010-02-09 14:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG
10CAIRO181	Scenesetter for Admiral Mullen [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- Since your last visit, the U.S. and Egypt initiated a senior-level Strategic Dialogue that built upon the improved bilateral atmosphere following President Obama's June 2009 speech in Cairo. We have seen improved cooperation in multilateral fora, in addition to close c [...]	2010-02-09 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PARM ETTC EG
10CAIRO185	Egyptians Miffed Over Continuing Algerian Antagonism [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor Mahmoud Afifi told poloff Feb 7 that although the Egyptians have returned their ambassador to Algeria, and are seeking to publicly downplay the recent diplomatic row between the two countries, the Algerians continue to antagonize Cairo. Note: The diplomatic tension was [...]	2010-02-10 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG EG
10CAIRO203	FORMER HOUSING MINISTER RESIGNS FROM PARLIAMENT AMIDST [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) On February 2, former Housing Minister Mohammed Ibrahim Soliman resigned from parliament in the midst of press reports that the Public Prosecutor is investigating him for corruption. -- (C) Independent MPs had filed a criminal complaint against Soliman in Januar [...]	2010-02-15 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR EG
10CAIRO213	ACTIVIST URGES U.S DIPLOMATIC APPROACH TO THE GOE ON TORTURE [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) Human rights activist XXXXXXXXXXXX told us February 10 he believes the top USG human rights priority in Egypt should be diplomatic approaches to urge the GOE to combat torture. He recommended quiet diplomacy over public statements. -- (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX was pessimi [...]	2010-02-17 13:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KTIP EG
10CAIRO245	UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Key points: -The U.S.-Egypt Strategic Economic Dialogue was launched in 2009, and the USG will have to overcome weak GOE inter-ministerial cooperation to move forward on the dialogue's goals in 2010. -The key U.S. objectives in its economic relationship with Egypt are deepening bilat [...]	2010-02-25 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EG EAID EAGR EINV
10CAIRO257	DASD Kahl Meeting with Egyptian Military Officials [...] (C) Key Points: -- On January 31, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East Dr. Colin Kahl met with Major General Mohammad al-Assar, Assistant to the Minister of Defense, Major General Ahmad Moataz, Chief of the American Relations Branch, and Major General Fouad Arafa, Consu [...]	2010-02-28 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR IS IR IZ EG LY SU

10CAIRO33	EGYPT: NEW EDUCATION AND TRANSPORT MINISTERS, FIVE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ELTN SOCI
10CAIRO65	TURKISH INVESTMENTS IN EGYPT GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) Key points: -Turkish investment in Egypt has more than tripled in recent years, and is expected to continue growing in the coming years. -The favorable outlook by Turkish investors is driven by lower costs of doing business and Egypt's solid market access to the European Union, the [...]	2010-01-12 09:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EG ETRD TU EINV
10CAIRO78	EGYPT'S AID-BASED DIPLOMACY EFFORTS IN SUB-SAHARAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 11:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SU SO EG
10CANBERRA17	AUSTRALIA-INDIA: GOA CONCERNED BY LATEST ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Another Indian student has been attacked in Australia, this time fatally. Nitin Garg, a twenty-one year old was stabbed to death on January 2 as he walked to work in Melbourne. The attack was the most recent in a spate of violent attacks on Indians in Australia over the last two [...]	2010-01-07 21:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IN AS
10CANBERRA34	DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY LUTE VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] SUMMARY: In January 10 meetings with Australian Transportation Minister Albanese and National Security Advisor Lewis, DHS Deputy Secretary Lute stressed the need for global cooperation to strengthen security on international flights following the attempted Christmas Day terrorist attack. D/S [...]	2010-01-14 02:49:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EAIR PTER PREL AS
10CANBERRA62	AUSTRALIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Throughout the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Australia, we have used the exchange rate of A$1 = US$0.92, reflecting the most current rate as of January 2010. It should be noted, however, that the exchange rate fluctuated widely over 2009. Following is a table of contents meant to faci [...]	2010-01-24 20:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB PGOV AS
10CANBERRA93	CORRECTED COPY -- GARRETT COOL TO WHALING DEAL, [...] (C/NF) Summary: Environment, Heritage and Arts Minister Peter Garrett raised enhanced coordination with the U.S. in the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI),Antarctic conservation and logistics, and the current whaling negotiations with Ambassador Bleich on February 4. Garrett believes that Aust [...]	2010-02-05 08:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV EFIS AS
10CAPETOWN37	WILL MOTUMI BE MADE PERMANENT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE? [...] (U) Summary . On February 9, Defense Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, briefed Parliament,s Portfolio Committee on Defense and Veterans Affairs (Defense Committee) in response to the poor performance of SA Acting Permanent Secretary (PermSec) in the Ministry of Defense, Tsepe Motumi, the week before [...]	2010-02-22 16:52:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS SF PGOV
10CAPETOWN39	AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH ATHOL TROLLIP, [...] (C) Summary. On February 12, Ambassador Gips met with Athol Trollip, Parliamentary leader of the Democratic Alliance (DA),the main opposition party in Parliament, to discuss USG programs and cooperation. Also in attendance were Political Counselor, Cape Town CG, and Cape Town Poloff. T [...]	2010-02-25 12:43:00	Consulate Cape Town	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL SF
10CARACAS105	Raising RCTV and Haiti with Venezuelan Foreign Ministry [...] (C) Summary. In a January 27 lunch with the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry's Director for North American Affairs, Yaneth Arocha, Polcouns raised U.S. concerns about official Venezuelan misinformation about U.S. assistance efforts in Haiti (ref a) and the closure of RCTV. Arocha said she [...]	2010-01-28 16:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM VE PINR
10CARACAS15	Chavez Seeks to Institutionalize His Regional Vision and [...] (C) Summary: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to try to institutionalize his revolutionary vision for Latin America and his regional leadership by formalizing his socialist ideology; creating and financing new regional political, economic, social and media structures; and trying to [...]	2010-01-07 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM VE
10CARACAS163	Venezuela: Italian Ambassador Briefs on Eni Oil Deals [...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Eni stands to become possibly the second largest international oil company operating in Venezuela as a result of deals signed at the end of January, according to Italian Ambassador Luigi Maccotta. It has agreed to develop the extra heavy crude Junin 5 block, to build an upgrade [...]	2010-02-10 22:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON IT VE
10CARACAS185	Unofficial Emissary Suggests Possibility for Improved [...] (C) Summary. Rene Arreaza, who is closely tied to senior Chavista officials, told the Ambassador on February 3 that, despite President Chavez' hostile rhetoric, the GBRV was willing to have a dialogue with the United States. Arreaza noted two initiatives promoting dialogue, one bilater [...]	2010-02-12 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
10CARACAS189	Widespread Support for "Chavismo Lite" in Lara State [...] (C) Summary: On February 3 and 4, Emboffs visited the city of Barquisimeto in western Lara State, where "Chavista lite" Governor Henri Falcon is widely praised across the political spectrum for his administrative efficiency and relatively moderate political stance. Business leaders noted Fa [...]	2010-02-12 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS193	Chevron "Wins" A Carabobo Project [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron and Repsol-led consortia won the rights to negotiate mixed company deals with the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) in the Carabobo bid round. In its first major heavy oil bid round since President Chavez assumed power in 1999, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [...]	2010-02-12 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS201	Venezuela: The GBRV's Political Response to Colombian Offer [...] (SBU) In response to press reports of Colombian Minister of Mines and Energy HernC!nMartC-nez' offer to help Venezuela through its current electricity crisis, Venezuela's Executive Vice President ElC-as Jaua rejected the Colombian offer on Tuesday, February 16. On Wednesday, February 17, Venez [...]	2010-02-18 22:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV CO VE
10CARACAS209	S/GWI Project Proposal - Venezuela [...] Please find below a project proposal for the "Shelter for Victims of Gender-Based Violence" for the S/GWI small grants initiative, as announced in reftel. FundaSucre, a public foundation of the Sucre municipality of Caracas, would be the recipient organization, and this project would support [...]	2010-02-19 22:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
10CARACAS21	Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" Bilateral Contacts [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy as well as ope [...]	2010-01-08 22:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG VE
10CARACAS213	VENEZUELA: Chevron Fears Default Expropriation of Natural [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron believes its 10% participation in the downstream development of Venezuela's first liquefied natural gas (LNG) train may be in jeopardy due to Iranian involvement in the project. The company has learned that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (GBRV) has contracted with Ir [...]	2010-02-22 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON IR TD VE
10CARACAS227	POPULAR GOVERNOR LEAVES THE PSUV, JOINS ALLIED PPT [...] (C) Summary: The second-most popular political figure within the Chavista movement, Governor of Lara State Henri Falcon, announced February 22 in an open letter that he was leaving the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) for the allied Fatherland For All (PPT) party. Falcon alleged t [...]	2010-02-24 21:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS23	Vice Foreign Minister Expresses Interest in "Normalizing" [...] (C) Summary. On January 8, six months after his return to post, Ambassador Duddy had his first meeting with a senior Venezuelan government (GBRV) official, Vice Foreign Minister Francisco Arias Cardenas. Arias told the Ambassador he was interested in opening a dialogue both on policy a [...]	2010-01-08 22:08:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ENRG VE
10CARACAS231	Venezuela's 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 20:49:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KMCA PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP
10CARACAS233	VENEZUELA: PDVSA Director for Strategic Planning Alleges it [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fadi Kabboul, a member of PDVSA's board of directors, asserted PDVSA's openness to dialogue with the USG, and expressed interest in the US Geological Survey's survey on recoverable oil in the Orinoco Belt that effectively doubled Venezuela's estimated reserves, and the on-going deb [...]	2010-02-26 13:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS29	Foreign Minister Maduro Protests Alleged Overflights, [...] (C) Summary. On January 11, Foreign Minister Nicholas Maduro called in Charge Caulfield to deliver a diplomatic note protesting an alleged violation of Venezuelan airspace by a U.S. military aircraft on January 8. Maduro expressed concern that the alleged overflight occurred on the v [...]	2010-01-11 23:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE
10CARACAS49	EU-Venezuela Counternarcotics Agreement: More Optics Than [...] Summary. The 3.3 million euro EU-Venezuela counternarcotics cooperation agreement, signed on December 29, was largely a political gesture toward the European Union, according to the EU's cooperation director Marc Fiedrich. Because the agreement was pending signature for a year, it will [...]	2010-01-19 23:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV VE
10CARACAS63	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel, please find following the submission of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela. 2. (U) Openness to Foreign Investment Economic and political uncertainties, a recent history of actual and threatened nationalizations, and increasing state inter [...]	2010-01-21 22:06:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB VE
10CARACAS64	EMBASSY STAFF OPENS DIALOG WITH NEWLY APPOINTED MFA PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy representatives met with newly appointed MFA Protocol and Immunities and Privileges personnel to clarify procedures for expediting Embassy requirements in the areas of approval of Venezuelan visas for TDY and permanently assigned staff, importation of vehicles, c [...]	2010-01-26 22:15:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ADPM APER ADCO AMGT CMGT PREL VE
10CARACAS7	DISCONTENT GROWS IN ONE OF VENEZUELA'S INDUSTRIAL HEARTLANDS [...] (C) Summary: The Venezuelan government's (GBRV) perceived mismanagement of recently nationalized basic industries in the country's Guayana region has engendered resentment among the local population and led to work stoppages and demonstrations by the industries' workers. The crisis within [...]	2010-01-06 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON EIND VE
10CARACAS77	CHAVEZ "WANTS TO TALK WITH U.S."; DECLARES HIMSELF A MARXIST [...] (C) Summary: During his January 15 annual address to the National Assembly (AN) and in subsequent public remarks, President Chavez formally declared himself a "Marxist," criticized President Obama for "serving the interests of the Empire," and affirmed that the Venezuelan government (GBRV [...]	2010-01-25 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE MOPS ECON SOCI
10CARACAS85	CHAVEZ TACKLES RISING CRIME WITH THE BOLIVARIAN NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On December 20, about 950 members of the newly created "Bolivarian National Police" (PNB) deployed to the streets of Libertador, one of the municipalities of Caracas. President Hugo Chavez had officially inaugurated the PNB in a November 28 speech to PSUV party officials [...]	2010-01-26 17:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR CO VE KCRM
10CASABLANCA18	MOROCCO: LABOR MONITORING AND TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco has engaged in significant labor reform, primarily through a 2004 modernization of its labor code, an effort that received added impetus as a result of the negotiation of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement. While the current law adheres to core international labor [...]	2010-02-05 11:10:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM PGOV MO
10CASABLANCA20	MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]	2010-02-16 09:01:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA24	OIL CONTINUES TO GREASE MOROCCO-IRAN RELATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Rabat broke diplomatic relations with Tehran in March 2009, commercial links between the two countries remain important, led by Iran's provision of more than one quarter of Morocco's crude oil imports in 2009, worth nearly USD 1 billion. At the same time, Morocco export [...]	2010-02-19 11:26:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG KISL MO IR
10CASABLANCA25	MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]	2010-02-22 17:35:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA5	MOHAMMED EL FIZAZI AND THE SALAFIST SHEIKHS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Moroccan Salafist Sheikh Mohammed El Fizazi's letter to his daughter in Germany, published by Der Spiegel in October 2009, in our view signals a carefully couched reassessment of his support for legitimate jihad but probably not a complete renunciation of violence. Fizazi's le [...]	2010-01-13 15:56:00	Consulate Casablanca	SECRET	PINR KISL GM MO
10CASABLANCA8	MOROCCO - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 09:25:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
10CDGENEVA77	(U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...]	2010-02-15 13:33:00	US Mission CD Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP
10CHENGDU31	NEPAL'S LHASA CG ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The unspoken quid pro quo during the December 26-31 visit of Nepal's Prime Minister to Lhasa and Beijing appears to have been a public statement by Nepal that it would no [...]	2010-02-04 11:20:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV ENRG SENV CH NP IN
10CHENGDU35	SW CHINA: MINORITIES DISCUSS PRC MINORITY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Retired Tibetan Communist leader Yangling Dorje and three ethnic minority professors at Chengdu's Southwest Nationalities University -- a Miao, a Korean, and a Tibetan -- recently discussed their frustrations with PRC minority policy in two separate meetings with Congen Chengdu. [...]	2010-02-05 03:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI CH
10CHENGDU8	TIBETAN NOMAD POLICIES IN SICHUAN: SETTLEMENT, CONFLICT AND [...] (U) This is the first of two cables on settlement policies and economic development in Tibetan communities of Hongyuan County, Aba (Tibetan: Ngaba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, western Sichuan, based on EconOff's travel there in November and December. Summary and Comment - [...]	2010-01-08 10:05:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR PHUM PGOV CH
10CHISINAU21	MOLDOVA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating [...]	2010-01-15 10:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
10CHISINAU5	MOLDOVAGAZ PRESIDENT GUSEV TALKS BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 22 meeting, Moldovagaz President Alexander Gusuv told Pol/Econ Officer that the new Government of Moldova (GOM) no longer interfered in his company's business as the previous GOM had done. Gusev said recent meetings with Ukrainian representatives -- on the eve of [...]	2010-01-05 13:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD PGOV MD
10CHISINAU80	ACTING PRESIDENT PREFERS NEW [...] (C) Summary: In a February 3 meeting, Acting President Ghimpu told the Ambassador that he hoped to address Moldova's difficulties in electing a President through constitutional reform. Ghimpu said there were serious disagreements within the governing alliance over holding repeat parliamenta [...]	2010-02-12 12:51:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MD
10CHISINAU83	MOLDOVA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-16 13:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10CHISINAU9	OUR MOLDOVA ALLIANCE ON VERGE OF SPLIT [...] (C) Summary: The Our Moldova Alliance (AMN),one of the four parties of the ruling Alliance for European Integration (AIE),is on the verge of a schism following a heated December 12 party congress. Though AMN Chairman (and Deputy Parliament Speaker) Serafim Urechean retained his post, a fa [...]	2010-01-11 06:13:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EAID PINR MD
10COLOMBO142	ANGLICAN BISHOP OFFERS ADVICE AND HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Ambassador called on Anglican Bishop Duleep Kamil De Chickera, a well-respected and influential Sri Lankan cleric. The bishop saw a role for the international community in Sri Lanka but cautioned against a didactic approach. While there were two national interfait [...]	2010-02-26 07:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO26	MALDIVES ASSISTANCE OVERVIEW: U.S. AND OTHER DONORS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The United States and Maldives have enjoyed a friendly and expanding relationship. U.S. efforts were instrumental in the successful conclusion of negotiations between Maldives and IMF, with the IMF approving in December 2009 a stand-by arrangement and related program worth a combin [...]	2010-01-13 05:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS ECON EFIN
10COLOMBO67	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - THE MALDIVES [...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for the Maldives for 2010. (NOTE: Certain Website addresses were split to allow for sending via cable. The report sent in Word format has the correct links.) INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - THE MALDIVES JANUARY 2010 INTRODUCTION [...]	2010-01-29 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MV
10COLOMBO72	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 08:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10COLOMBO75	AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...]	2010-02-01 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO76	AMBASSADOR RAISES POST-ELECTION CONCERNS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following on Assistant Secretary Blake's January 29 meeting with the Sri Lankan charge d'affaires in Washington (reftel),Ambassador Butenis requested and held a meeting on January 31 with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama to raise U.S. concerns regarding Government of Sri L [...]	2010-02-01 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO8	CAMPAIGN STRATEGIST SAYS FONSEKA WANTS TRUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador, chief opposition campaign strategist and one-time Rajapaksa confidante Mangala Samaraweera said he was "pleasantly surprised" that General Fonseka believed accountability was important for Sri Lanka, that he agreed with Samaraweera that the country ne [...]	2010-01-06 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COPENHAGEN103	EUR DAS QUANRUD'S FEBRUARY 10-11 VISIT: FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with visiting EUR DAS Quanrud, Danish officials indicated solid support for new UNSC sanctions against Iran; described Danish-Chinese relations as barely recovered from "a major bilateral crisis" after a fall meeting between the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister [...]	2010-02-22 11:51:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ETTC ASEC KWMN CH RU IR GL DA
10COPENHAGEN69	(SBU) DENMARK: GOVERNMENT WEATHERS COP-15 AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Unrealistic public expectations for the outcome of COP-15 and initial confusion over how to interpret the Copenhagen Accord led to intense media and opposition questioning of Denmark's role as host of the conference, in particular focused on PM Lars Loekke Rasmussen's performanc [...]	2010-02-05 07:03:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PGOV PREL DA
10COPENHAGEN88	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: POST'S INPUT TO 10TH [...] (U) Post is providing the following answers keyed to question headings in REFTEL. 2. (SBU) DENMARK'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The following is a list of sources and their websites that offer information regarding human trafficking in Denmark: -The United Nations Human Rights Council - www. [...]	2010-02-16 07:39:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB KMCA DA
10COTONOU53	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI's STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: In his annual year-end State of the Nation address, President Yayi emphasized that the Government of Benin (GOB)has made steady progress towards prosperity and stronger democracy, despite the international economic crisis and regional threats to peace and security. Yayi underscored [...]	2010-01-29 11:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM KMCA BN
10COTONOU80	BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Benin (GOB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The GOB provided to Post prosecution statistics for 2009 demonstrating good will to crack down on child trafficking. 2. (SBU) The National Child Protection Coordination and Monitori [...]	2010-02-12 10:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN BN
10DAMASCUS102	GRAND MUFTI'S COMMENTS ON PROPHET SPARKS RARE [...] (C) Summary: Reporting on a January 19 meeting between Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun and a George Mason University delegation, London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi attributed remarks to the Mufti that sparked outrage in certain conservative Islamic circles. As a result, a public campaign against t [...]	2010-02-03 14:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO SCUL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS103	OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL: LOCAL LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Charge met a range of political, religious, and business leaders during a January 26-27 visit to Homs. In addition to a long discussion with Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal (ref B),the Charge met Melkite Catholic Archbishop Isidore Battikha, Greek Patriarchate Deputy Patriarch Fat [...]	2010-02-03 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EIND EINV ETRD CASC CVIS KISL
10DAMASCUS106	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES -- SARG BUDGES ON TIP, BUT [...] (C) Summary: SARG pressure on civil society and human rights activists has been unrelenting since the 2007 detention of the Damascus Declaration National Council's leadership. The SARG consistently retaliated against any public statements, including press reports, deemed critical of the regime. The [...]	2010-02-07 03:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KISL KMPI KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS159	SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF ATTENDS CT DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a surprise appearance, Syrian General Intelligence Director (GID) General Ali Mamlouk attended a February 18 meeting between Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad and a U.S. delegation led by S/CT Coordinator Daniel Benjamin. Miqdad explained Mamlouk had joined the meeting at th [...]	2010-02-24 14:08:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS170	"WE ARE READY": IRAQI DIPLOMATS AND ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of discussions with SARG ministries, the Iraqi Embassy and the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported they would be ready to facilitate voting by Iraqi refugees in Syria in the Iraqi legislative elections on March 5-7. However, confusion over [...]	2010-02-25 14:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAL PHUM PREF PREL SOCI SY IZ
10DAMASCUS18	SAUDI FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT SHOWCASES CLOSER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal met President Bashar al-Asad during a brief surprise visit to Damascus on January 5. Discussions focused on instability in Yemen, the prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, Iraqi elections, and the peace process. Arab diplomats and [...]	2010-01-07 11:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS19	CONGRESSMAN HASTINGS' JANUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Congressman Alcee Hastings met President Bashar al-Asad on January 7 for a cordial one-hour discussion on how the U.S. and Syria might improve regional stability. During the meeting, the congressman told the president he would advocate for Syria to be granted observer status with [...]	2010-01-10 03:52:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM IR LE IZ TU SY
10DAMASCUS23	NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES FOR IRAQI REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-10 14:41:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY
10DAMASCUS41	IRANIAN FM'S DAMASCUS VISIT MEANT TO SERVE AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki visited Damascus on January 11, the latest in a string of visitors from Tehran during the last six weeks. Arab diplomats told us the Iranian visits reflected growing insecurity in Tehran over (1) whether Syria's warmer relations with Tu [...]	2010-01-13 13:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SY
10DAMASCUS51	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC SY
10DAMASCUS56	DAMASCUS' YOUNG ELITE BACK IMPROVED TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Syrian Young Entrepreneurs' Association (SYEA) celebrated its sixth anniversary with a gala dinner in Damascus on January 14. The group's founders said the organization, which seeks to strengthen the entrepreneurial capabilities of Syrian young people, has evolved beyond youn [...]	2010-01-18 08:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS57	SYRIA-IRAQ UPDATE: DAMASCUS FORESEES LITTLE CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials and Iraqi diplomats agreed Iraqi-Syrian relations would likely not improve until at least after Iraqi parliamentary elections slated for March. There has been no sign of a thaw in the frostiness between Damascus and Baghdad since the withdrawal of the countries' res [...]	2010-01-18 08:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PTER SY IZ
10DAMASCUS66	IRAQI REFUGEES: SARG BACKS UNHCR REGIONAL APPEAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad used a UNHCR conference in Damascus to burnish the SARG's credentials in helping Iraqi refugees and to call on others, including the U.S. and Iraq, to do more. UN officials, though uncertain of the donor response to their ambitious [...]	2010-01-19 10:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM SOCI PREL PREF PHUM SY IZ
10DAMASCUS75	THE VIEW OUTSIDE DAMASCUS: SYRIAN BUSINESSMEN IN [...] (C) During Econoff's recent tour of northwest Syria, Syrian businessmen argued that U.S. sanctions have had a minimal impact on most Syrian businesses. Major companies in the region appeared to be not only surviving but prospering in spite of the sanctions regime. Businessmen told Emboff the [...]	2010-01-25 10:10:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON EIND EINV PGOV PREL SY
10DAMASCUS77	SYRIA-IRAQ TENSION: IRAQI EMBASSY PROTESTS SARG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi embassy told us January 25 the GOI was offended by comments regarding Iraq's alleged neglect of Iraqi refugees made by Syrian Vice Foreign Minister Faisal al-Miqdad at a UNHCR conference in Damascus last week. Miqdad's comments reportedly angered Baghdad and heightened G [...]	2010-01-25 14:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PTER IZ SY
10DAMASCUS8	CODEL GREGG'S DECEMBER 30 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: In a frank one-hour meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, Senators Gregg, Bayh, Specter, Enzi, Cornyn, and Klobuchar affirmed Washington's interest in better U.S.-Syrian relations and pushed Asad to take positive steps as well. The senators urged Syria to move forward on [...]	2010-01-04 09:32:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL IR LE IZ SY
10DAMASCUS93	GOVERNOR IYAD GHAZAL OUTLINES HIS "DREAM OF HOMS" [...] (C) Summary: Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal waxed poetic on his vision of economic/social/political revival that he romantically called the "Dream of Homs" during a January 26 meeting with the Charg in Homs. Two key elements stood at the "dream's" center: (1) the development of an industrial park [...]	2010-02-01 07:42:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN ECON EIND EINT EINV EPET ETRD
10DARESSALAAM105	EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY SEC-GEN ON USG-EAC [...] SUMMARY: On January 20, I visited East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General Juma V. Mwapachu (Tanzania) to discuss the three-D's: "Defense, Diplomacy and Development." The U.S. and the EAC share common goals. We have undertaken several projects together in the areas of defense, aviation [...]	2010-02-03 14:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PREL ECON EAID XW ZF TZ
10DARESSALAAM108	ZANZIBAR ENERGY CRISIS: Z-BAR GOVT LIKELY TO ASK USG [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-04 09:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD MCC PGOV EPET EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM114	THE TPDF PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE: FROM THE OPTIC [...] (C) Summary. Over the past two years, the Tanzanian Peoples Defense Force has taken a significantly more active role in regional and international issues while simultaneously implementing broad structural changes within its own organization. End summary. Tanzanian Military Activities in the [...]	2010-02-04 11:57:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL TZ
10DARESSALAAM136	TANZANIA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable is in response to guidance in reftel. TIP SITUATION IN TANZANIA ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Reliable sources of qualitative information for TIP trends include the Government of Tanzania (GOT) Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the lead agency on TIP issues; Ministry o [...]	2010-02-11 11:31:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10DARESSALAAM156	CODEL DURBIN REVIEWS TANZANIAN HEALTH ISSUES [...] Over an informal breakfast, the delegation met with an interagency group of senior USG officials working on health and development issues in Tanzania. The USG representatives were from State, DoD (including Walter Reed MRU),TREAS, HHS/CDC, Peace Corps, and USAID. After a brief introduction f [...]	2010-02-19 09:48:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID TZ
10DARESSALAAM61	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO TANZANIA [...] Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when our bilateral relationship with Tanzania is at an historic highpoint, in part because of our expansive assistance efforts in multiple sectors. Tanzania's unbroken record of political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development n [...]	2010-01-28 04:04:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP TZ
10DHAKA130	BANGLADESH PM ASKS U/S MCHALE FOR MORE [...] (C) Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told visiting Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale that she welcomed increased U.S. Government educational programs in Bangladesh, including the return of the Peace Corps. The Prime Minister also requested U.S. support [...]	2010-02-16 01:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP SOCI SCUL EAID EAGR BG
10DHAKA137	A MEETING OF MINDS: U/S MCHALE AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale and Foreign Minister Dipu Moni discussed opportunities for closer multilateral cooperation, Indo-Bangladesh relations, climate change, and expanded bilateral exchange programs when they met on February 7. Both agreed [...]	2010-02-17 09:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM SENV BG IN
10DHAKA141	BANGLADESH S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (U) Mission Dhaka received more than 20 submissions from Bangladesh organizations for the S/GWI small grants program. The proposals addressed the full range of women's issues, including projects to advance political rights, human rights, food security and entrepreneurship for women. A commit [...]	2010-02-18 04:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL EAID ECON PHUM SOCI BG
10DHAKA26	BANGLADESH MISSION FOOD SECURITY DIPLOMACY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Bangladesh and the U.S. diplomatic-development team at Embassy Dhaka (Mission Dhaka) are well-positioned to maximize the opportunities presented by the USG's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. Mission Dhaka will capitalize on the political will of Bangladesh's leaders and our wh [...]	2010-01-10 09:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI KPAO KWMN BG
10DHAKA27	BANGLADESH'S PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR ""TRANSFORMATIONAL"" VISIT TO INDIA [...] (C) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed will arrive in New Delhi January 10 to begin her most important foreign visit since assuming office in early 2009. Recognizing the inertia within Bangladesh's bureaucracy, the Prime Minister entrusted her own office with preparations for the visit [...]	2010-01-10 09:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD PTER KDEM BG IN
10DHAKA41	BANGLADESH CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) After sweeping into power in a landslide victory in December 2008, Bangladesh's Awami League Government overcame a number of challenges during its first year in office, most critically the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles Mutiny. Public opinion polls show the Government retains much of its [...]	2010-01-13 06:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KDEM PTER BG
10DHAKA82	BNP CHAIR ZIA SLAMS AWAMI LEAGUE, PROMOTES [...] (C) Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chair Begum Khaleda Zia alleged Awami League abuses and slights toward her party to visiting PDAS Moon and the Ambassador on January 21, decrying the AL's denial of a proper role in Parliament for the BNP as the lead opposition party. She reiterated the [...]	2010-01-27 01:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON SOCI KDEM BG
10DHAKA88	BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR U/S MCHALE [...] (C) Undersecretary McHale, we look forward to welcoming you to Bangladesh, a secular democracy with a moderate Muslim-majority population of nearly 160 million people that is friendly to the United States. U.S. engagement with Bangladesh to help develop its democracy and economy and countert [...]	2010-01-27 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPAO ECON PINR PINS KDEM PTER BG
10DHAKA92	ON THE RIGHT TRACK: PDAS MOON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) In January 21 meetings at the Foreign Ministry, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Moon and the Ambassador underscored opportunities for closer U.S.- Bangladesh cooperation on a wide range of issues including regional integration, refugees, and multilateral issues. The Foreign Mi [...]	2010-01-31 08:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN KVIR PINR BM KN BG
10DJIBOUTI127	DJIBOUTI: ASD VERSHBOW AND GODJ DISCUSS STRONG BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate January 24 meetings, visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow discussed Yemen, Somalia, and Eritrea with Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Defense [...]	2010-02-02 12:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KPIR DJ YM ER SO
10DJIBOUTI66	DJIBOUTI: FY10 BFIF PROGRAM PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Embassy Djibouti, a non-Commercial Service post, requests USD 3,500 in FY10 BFIF funds (ref A) to organize a three-day workshop on entrepreneurship in Djibouti before October 2010. The proposed workshop--to be executed in collaboration with the Djiboutian National [...]	2010-01-25 10:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EINV ETRD ECON DJ
10DOHA22	QATAR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 07:10:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC QA
10DOHA52	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY'S VISIT TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Chairman, Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir and Prime Minister on the margins of the U.S.-Islamic Forum. You would be the first Congressional visitor to meet in Doha with Qatari officials since Speaker Pelosi in M [...]	2010-02-08 09:50:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL OVIP OREP KWBG KPAL QA
10DOHA70	SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S AMIR [...] (C) Senator Joh Kerry (D-MA),the Chairman of the Senate Foreig Relations Committee(SFRC),joined by Ambassador,P/E Chief, and SFRC staff member Dr. Jonah Blank met February 14 with the Amir of Qatar, Hamad bn Khalifa Al Thani. The meeting took place at Waba Palace, the residence of the Amir [...]	2010-02-23 10:47:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA
10DOHA71	SENATOR KERRY'S MEETING WITH QATAR'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) The Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC),Senator John Kerry (D-MA),accompanied by Ambassador, P/E Chief and SFRC staff Frank Lowenstein and Fatema Sumar, met February 13 with Prime Minister (and Foreign Minister) of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ). HBJ [...]	2010-02-24 09:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IR QA
10DUBAI14	UAE Media Reaction: New TSA Security Screening [...] SUMMARY: Emirati editorials this week express anger and disappointment over new TSA air screening measures of U.S.-bound passengers from 14 specific countries. While acknowledging a need to address terrorist threats, the recent screening measures are widely decried as discriminatory and rac [...]	2010-01-07 13:26:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR AE
10DUBAI7	Dubai-based Companies Transition to New Wage Protection [...] (C) Summary: The UAE Ministry of Labor (MOL) issued a decree on the "protection of wages" in September 2009 affecting all the emirates, including Dubai. The Wage Protection System (WPS) is an electronic salary payment system meant to shield the UAE's massive foreign labor population from dela [...]	2010-01-25 12:37:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM EFIN KTIP PGOV AE
10DUBLIN65	IRELAND - TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-24 10:47:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10DUSHANBE104	TAJIKISTAN: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 06:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TI
10DUSHANBE108	TAJIK ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY LEADER PRAISES PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Deputy Chairman of the ruling People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT),Safar Safarov, told Ambassador Gross that his party is ready for February 28 parliamentary polls and pledged to run a fair campaign. Safarov is "ready for debates" but set conditions t [...]	2010-01-26 03:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TI

10DUSHANBE172	TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP HOLBROOKE [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight righ [...]	2010-02-12 10:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE173	CORRECTED COPY - TAJIKISTAN SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SRAP [...] (C) Summary: U.S. interests in Tajikistan are a stable state on Afghanistan's northern border, support for our military efforts in Afghanistan, and for Tajikistan to be a stabilizing influence and contributor to economic development in the region. Tajikistan gives unrestricted over flight rights, [...]	2010-02-16 13:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ECON EINV TI
10DUSHANBE215	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS RELIGION AND ELECTRICITY [...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullo Yuldashev summoned Ambassador Gross on February 25 to discuss a range of religious, economic, and political issues. On May 18-20, Tajikistan will host an Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Foreign Ministers summit in Dushanbe and will invite U.S. Spec [...]	2010-02-25 11:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI
10DUSHANBE223	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) Summary: In a one hour forty five minute meeting on February 20, President Rahmon reiterated his commitment to supporting U.S.-led efforts in Afghanistan and complained at length about Uzbek efforts to obstruct regional cooperation. Ambassador Holbrooke urged Rahmon to work with President [...]	2010-02-26 08:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EINV AF PK UZ TI
10DUSHANBE82	MAYOR MEETS AMBASSADOR, CONFIRMS EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a platitude-ridden meeting, Dushanbe Mayor Mahmadsaid Ubaidulloev said upcoming elections would be free and fair, that contributions to the Roghun Dam were voluntary, and that the losses suffered by the United States in Afghanistan were felt by Tajiks as their own. Ubaidulloev [...]	2010-01-15 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TI
10FLORENCE1	AMBASSADOR SEEKS UPDATE ON STATUS OF BILATERAL TAX [...] See Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a bilateral discussion following his presentation of credentials, Ambassador David Thorne pledged his best efforts to meet the Republic of San Marino's request to conclude a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the [...]	2010-01-04 11:55:00	Consulate Florence	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV SM IT
10FRANKFURT100	Baden-Wuerttemberg's Younger Political Leadership Sets New [...] (SBU) Summary: Baden-Wuerttemberg's four primary political parties have all in the last six months elected new and younger party leaders, setting in motion new political dynamics in the state. The trend began in June of 2009 when the FDP surprisingly chose Hans-Ulrich Ruelke (48) as caucus chi [...]	2010-01-11 08:48:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GM
10FRANKFURT564	A Polarizing Conservative Takes Charge in Southwest Germany: [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: On February 10, the Baden-Wuerttemberg (B-W) state parliament elected Christian Democrat Union (CDU) caucus chief Stefan Mappus as Germany's youngest Minister President. Mappus succeeds Guenther Oettinger, who was elected EU Commissioner for Energy Affairs on February 9. With M [...]	2010-02-11 12:43:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GM PREL
10FREETOWN64	SIERRA LEONE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This report covering 2009 relies on the research done for 2008 in ref B, updating where necessary. The trafficking situation remains much as reported there. Sierra Leone ranks near or at the bottom of every global measure of poverty. Trafficking in persons thrives in such an environm [...]	2010-02-12 15:05:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10GABORONE110	BOTS-ZIM TENSIONS RISE OVER ARRESTED GOB OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Botswana said it would recall its Defense and Intelligence Attaches from Harare by the end of February and expects that Zimbabwe will similarly recall its Attaches from Gaborone to protest the GOZ's January 19 arrest and continued detention of three GOB wildlife [...]	2010-02-05 14:24:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS ZI BC
10GABORONE139	WELCOME TO BOTSWANA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL [...] (SBU) Embassy Gaborone warmly welcomes Codel Meeks-Watt to Botswana. Your visit comes as the Government of Botswana, which announced its proposed FY 10/11 budget last week, attempts to maintain its social welfare and infrastructure development programs despite the global economic slowdown. Bo [...]	2010-02-12 10:21:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ECON EFIN PREL PGOV BC
10GENEVA101	SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) CONFORMING GROUP MEETINGS IN MOSCOW, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-001. 2. (U) Meeting Dates: January 18-22, 2010 Place: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. and Russian members of the New START Treaty Conforming Group met in Moscow January 18-22, [...]	2010-02-18 18:09:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GENEVA136	Fourteenth Session of the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law [...] The World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on the Law of Patents (WIPO SCP) continued to discuss preliminary studies requested by the SCP in June 2008 and March 2009, and commenced a discussion on Brazil's proposal concerning exceptions and limitations to patent rights. [...]	2010-02-18 17:01:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR WIPO
10GENEVA141	SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS, FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-058. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 17, 2010 Time: 11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott and Col Ilin co-chaired a meeting to discuss proposed agr [...]	2010-02-26 13:04:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GENEVA237	SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) AGREED STATEMENTS MEETING, FEBRUARY 26, [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-094. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 26, 2010 Time: 12:00 P.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) Mr. Elliott met with Col Ilin to discuss the status of the agreed stateme [...]	2010-02-28 17:32:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GENEVA55	SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-030. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:50 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...]	2010-02-17 16:23:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GENEVA57	(U) GOTTEMOELLER-NYKONENKO LUNCH, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 -- [...] (S) At a U.S.-hosted lunch on February 3 on the margins of the START Follow-on negotiations in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller met with the Ukrainian Director of Arms Control and Military and Technical Cooperation, Ambassador Aleksandr Nykonenko. Nykonenko inquired as to the progress [...]	2010-02-18 13:46:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US UP
10GENEVA89	SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) TELEMETRY WORKING GROUP MEETING, FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-030. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 9, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 5:50 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) At the Telemetry Working Group meeting co-chaired by Mr. Siemon and General [...]	2010-02-18 16:41:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GENEVA97	SFO-GVA-VIII: (U) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WORKING GROUP [...] (U) This is SFO-GVA-VIII-021. 2. (U) Meeting Date: February 5, 2010 Time: 3:30 P.M. - 6:00 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) During a meeting of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Working Group [...]	2010-02-18 17:58:00	Mission Geneva	SECRET	PARM KACT MARR PREL RS US
10GEORGETOWN1	Pol/Econ Round-up December 25- January 11 [...] (U) This "round-up" reporting cable covers the period from December 25, 2009 to January 11, 2010. Search for next PPP Presidential Candidate Begins 2. (C) The People's Progressive Party (PPP) General Secretary Donald Ramotar publicly stated on December 30 that the PPP has st [...]	2010-01-11 20:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON XL CH GY
10GEORGETOWN86	Guyana: S/GWI Project Proposal [...] (U) Per reftel, local NGO Help & Shelter's program proposal is provided below: 2. Project Title: Support in Combating Gender-Based Violence (GBV) with proposed project duration of 18 months. Amount requested is USD99,970 (see paragraph 7). 3. Help & Shelter Background: [...]	2010-02-19 19:59:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC GY
10GEORGETOWN90	SCENESETTER FOR MARCH 3-4 VISIT BY S/EGCI DAVID GOLDWYN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Embassy Georgetown welcomes you to Guyana March 3-4. On March 3 you are scheduled to meet with President Bharrat Jagdeo, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Finance Minister Ashni Singh, Bank of Guyana Central Governo [...]	2010-02-24 14:38:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV GY
10GUANGZHOU24	Xiamen-Based Taiwan Watchers Say Cross-Strait Relations [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beijing's policies toward Taiwan likely will remain unchanged in the near term, according to Xiamen-based officials, academics and business leaders. One Taiwan business leader said that the cross-Strait relationship could weather a 2012 win by Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party [...]	2010-01-15 08:41:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH TW
10GUANGZHOU34	(C) South China Sea - Hainan-Based Think Tank Probes DATT [...] (U) Classified by Economic/Political Section Chief Steve Lang for reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to the National Institute for South China Sea Studies (NISCS),Defense Attach (DATT) Rear Admiral Gehrke was treated to more than a generic overview of the institute's history an [...]	2010-01-21 09:07:00	Consulate Guangzhou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHSA PGOV CH
10GUANGZHOU85	POSITIVE MEDIA REACTION IN GUILIN AND LIUZHOU [...] (SBU) Summary: Consul General Goldbeck's February 1-3 visit to Guilin and Liuzhou garnered unprecedented media coverage for a Consulate Guangzhou event outside of Guangzhou city. The positive media coverage from over 100 outlets reached over 700 million people in and outside of China (ref A). [...]	2010-02-18 00:08:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL OPRC ECON CH TW
10GUATEMALA132	Ambassador Hosts Second Round of GOG-Private Sector Dialogue [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 15, the Ambassador hosted the second round of GOG-private sector dialogue. President Colom said that, with CICIG's findings in the Rosenberg murder case exonerating him, new political space had been opened. He was prepared to work with the private sector to addre [...]	2010-01-15 22:25:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI GT
10GUATEMALA19	GOG to Recognize Lobo's GOH [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 21:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HO GT
10GUATEMALA45	2009 in Review; What to Watch for in 2010 [...] (C) President Colom's tenure during 2009 was characterized by a number of successes in the social field, and growing challenges in others, especially security. Preparing for a presidential run in 2011, controversial First Lady Sandra de Colom continued to lead the government's efforts to alleviate [...]	2010-02-17 20:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR ASEC EAID GT
10GUATEMALA47	Your Meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom [...] (C) Summary: During your February 18 meeting with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom you will have the opportunity to address several key issues including poverty alleviation, general and food security, rule of law, transparency, and taxes. Your meeting comes in the wake of his January exone [...]	2010-02-17 22:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI EAID GT
10GUATEMALA82	Guatemala - Diplomacy and Development Plan for the Global [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Guatemala welcomes the opportunity to continue its engagement with the Government of Guatemala (GoG) and others on food security (Ref A and B). Guatemala is highly vulnerable to food crises and progress on this issue is integral to economic development. At present, the G [...]	2010-01-13 23:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PGOV GT
10HANOI1	Violent Demolition of Crucifix Overshadows Progress on [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
10HANOI11	How much influence does China have over Vietnam's internal [...] (C) SUMMARY: Animosity toward China, heartfelt and pervasive in the most routine of times, appears to have taken on an added urgency in the wake of sensitive border negotiations, protracted controversy over Chinese investment in bauxite mining projects in the Central Highlands, and China's imp [...]	2010-01-27 02:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MARR CH VM
10HANOI124	Codel Faleomavaega Touts Engagement during January 4-5 Visit [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-02 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PHUM PGOV PREL VM
10HANOI17	Vietnam's Impressions of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first major ASEAN meeting of Vietnam's chairmanship, an informal foreign ministers retreat, focused primarily on internal efforts to implement ASEAN's new charter and on aspirations to build an ASEAN Community by 2015, according to officials from the MFA's ASEAN Department. A [...]	2010-02-04 04:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MARR ASEAN BM VM
10HANOI18	SETTING THE SCENE FOR CODEL BOND VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third- largest trading partner, and one of its largest fore [...]	2010-01-06 10:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HANOI196	Vietnam's Nomination for S/GWI Project Proposal 2010 [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Vietnam is pleased to submit two distinct project proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative (ref A). Domestic violence is a serious problem in Vietnam - one that is of growing concern to the Vietnamese government and public. The 2 [...]	2010-02-12 09:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN VM
10HANOI218	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY OES ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES TO [...] (SBU) Mission Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important signal to the Vietnamese of continued U.S. engagement on health and environmental issues. Your meetings with the Government of Vietnam (GVN),the United Nations (UN),and the European Union will allo [...]	2010-02-24 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO SOCI PREL ECON KGHG KHIV VM
10HANOI23	EAP DAS Marciel and MFA DG for the Americas Exchange Views [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 06:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ECON KNNP MNUC CH VM AF BM
10HANOI25	DAS MARCIEL REBUTS ALLEGATIONS OF U.S. DISENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an at times contentious discussion with EAP DAS Marciel, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister General Nguyen Van Huong criticized the "lack of U.S. engagement" in Southeast Asia in contrast to China's rising power and influence. Gen. Huong said China was focused [...]	2010-02-11 06:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN VM
10HANOI27	DAS MARCIEL DISCUSSES REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE WITH GVN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam continues to push for a U.S. Presidential visit in 2010 and, less forcefully, for the United States to join the East Asia Summit (EAS). In separate conversations with EAP DAS Marciel, Vietnam's Senior Official for ASEAN and the influential Vice President of Vietnam's Dipl [...]	2010-02-11 07:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN MARR MOPS CH RS VM
10HANOI29	CDA Encourages Vietnam to Step Up Participation in GPOI [...] (C) Summary: MFA DG for IO Affairs Le Hoai Trung told Charge February 12 that after reviewing its tenure as a UNSC member, Vietnam was likely to be more active in multilateral fora addressing global issues such as counter-terrorism, piracy, non-proliferation, and climate change. Charge encoura [...]	2010-02-12 10:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO PGOV MARR VM
10HANOI3	Ambassador cautions Vice Foreign Minister that deteriorating [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador used his January 13 working lunch with VFM Pham Binh Minh to discuss managing the overall relationship this year in the context of deteriorating human rights situation, the 15th anniversary of re-normalization of bilateral relations, and the lead-up to the Party Cong [...]	2010-01-15 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AMGT APER ABLD
10HANOI31	Tour D' Horizon with Vice Minister of Public Security [...] (C) Summary: Over dinner with the Ambassador February 8, powerful vice Minister of Public Security Nguyen Van Huong expressed serious concern about the success of China's "soft power" campaign to increase its influence in the region and challenged the U.S. commitment to Asia, saying ASEAN nati [...]	2010-02-12 12:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN
10HANOI32	Education Reform in Vietnam: Everyone Being Left Behind [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This cable is the first of two reports on Vietnam's stalled education reform. Education reform is key to Vietnam's political and economic development, yet three years after Deputy Prime Minister Nhan announced his intent to overhaul the education system, little real [...]	2010-01-13 04:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC KPAO PGOV VM
10HANOI4	Setting the Scene for CODEL Bond Visit to Vietnam [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S.-Vietnamese relations have advanced significantly over the past three years and are arguably at their most productive since relations were reestablished in 1995. We are Vietnam's largest export market, its third-largest trading partner, and one of its largest foreign invest [...]	2010-01-05 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM MARR ECON SENV VM
10HANOI7	Vietnam Religious Freedom Update - The Case Against CPC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vietnam's poor handling of the situations at the Plum Village Community at the Bat Nha Pagoda and the Dong Chiem Catholic parish last week "” particularly the excessive use of violence "” is troublesome and indicative of a larger GVN crackdown on human rights in the run-up to the J [...]	2010-01-20 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF HURI PREL VM
10HARARE105	Zimbabwe: Doing Business Zimbabwe-style [...] (SBU) A recent conversation with businessman Kumbirai Katsande illuminated the difficulties of doing business in Zimbabwe. Katsande is the past president of the Zimbabwe Business Council and the current head of the Confederation of Zimbabwean Industries. He is the Managing Director of Ariston [...]	2010-02-16 13:55:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV ZI
10HARARE158	Zimbabwe: Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in ref B. --------------------------------- Zimbabwe's TIP Situation --------------------------------- -- 25 A. (SBU) There are no reliable statistics on the trafficking problem in Zimbabwe. Most informa [...]	2010-02-23 20:01:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB SMIG ASEC KMCA KWMN
10HARARE19	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH INDIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) In a meeting on January 13, Indian ambassador to Zimbabwe Ashok Venkatesan told the Ambassador that India has had a relationship with Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF that dates to the independence struggle, and Mugabe had a personal relationship with Indira Gandhi. The GOI takes a neutral sta [...]	2010-01-14 12:12:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI IN
10HARARE20	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ZIMBABWE [...] Zimbabwe's gross domestic product (GDP) declined by roughly 50 percent over the past decade, possibly the largest peacetime contraction ever recorded. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) estimates that GDP shrank by 14 percent in 2008 alone. In July 2008 inflation reached the officially est [...]	2010-01-15 07:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC ZI
10HARARE50	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a courtesy call by the Ambassador, Zimbabwe Minister of Agriculture Joseph Made stated that the Global Political Agreement was deadlocked and there would be no movement by ZANU-PF unless sanctions were lifted. Hewing to the ZANU-PF party line, Made touted land reform, denied there [...]	2010-01-26 12:27:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR PREL PGOV PINR ZI
10HARARE7	SURVIVING IN TODAY,S ZDF -- VIEWS OF TWO SERVING [...] (C) The most senior ranks of the Zimbabwean military are so entwined with ZANU-PF as to be practically indistinguishable from the party. This is particularly frustrating for many officers who want to concentrate on building a professional military that can serve as a national army and play a [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ZI
10HARARE75	MEETING WITH ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the newly arrived Algerian Ambassador to Zimbabwe, the country is currently in the midst of three transitions: the internal transformation of ZANU-PF, the transitional coalition government, and an economic transition. If these transitions, especially the overall po [...]	2010-02-03 12:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR ASEC ZI AG
10HARARE8	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NIGERIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since Mugabe pulled Zimbabwe out of the British Commonwealth in December 2003 relations between Nigeria and Zimbabwe, while not hostile, have been decidedly cool. Mugabe blames Nigeria for plans to expel Zimbabwe, and believes the current Nigerian president is 'misinformed' abo [...]	2010-01-09 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI NI
10HARARE85	Ambassador's Call on Zim Minister of Women's Affairs, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on February 5 with ZANU-PF's Olivia Muchena, Zimbabwe's Minister of Women's Affairs, Gender and Community Development. Muchena described the objectives of her ministry and briefly commented on the Global Political Agreement. 2. (SBU) With regard to women, Much [...]	2010-02-08 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI SOCI PHUM KWMN KTIP PINR
10HARARE87	Ambassador's meeting with Zim Minister of Youth, [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Indigenization and Empowerment Saviour Kasukuwere suggested to the Ambassador that all donor and NGO support for youth be channeled through the Zimbabwe Youth Council. He defended indigenization as necessary to protect Zimbabwe's resources, and said the pol [...]	2010-02-08 15:04:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI ECON EINV
10HARARE93	XXXXXXXXXXXXâ€™s observations on the political landscape and [...] (SBU) Pol/econ chief met February 9 with XXXXXXXXXXXX offered his observations on various topics including the state of ZANU-PF, indigenization, and elections. 2. (C) ZANU-PF. XXXXXXXXXXXX described the party as badly fractured. It was like a stick of TNT, susceptible to ignition and disintegratio [...]	2010-02-10 13:00:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZI
10HAVANA11	CLIMATE CHANGE PROVIDES GOC WITH MUCH NEEDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Cuba (GOC) used the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen to distract attention from problems within Cuba and ferociously vent against the United States and, in particular, President Obama. While some elements within the GOC are legitimately concerned about the e [...]	2010-01-07 18:48:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV ECON PREL CU
10HAVANA84	KEY TRADING PARTNERS SEE NO BIG ECONOMIC REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little prospect of economic reform in 2010 despite an economic crisis that is expected to get even worse for Cuba in the next few years, according to key commercial specialists, economic officers and Cuba-watchers in Havana. Promised structural reforms remain on hold while the [...]	2010-02-09 18:49:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
10HAVANA9	U.S.- CUBA CHILL EXAGGERATED, BUT OLD WAYS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Over the course of the last month the tone coming out of Havana seems a regression to the hostile language that kept U.S. - Cuba relations on ice for much of the last 50 years. The U.S. press is playing it that way, and both U.S. and Cuban observers are publicly throwing their [...]	2010-01-06 20:20:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV SMIG CU
10HELSINKI15	COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH EASIER SAID THAN DONE: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Finnish government is justly proud of its contributions to crisis management operations. In the last decade alone it has deployed military and civilian personnel to the Balkans, Africa, the Middle East, and Afghanistan as part of missions under UN, EU, OSCE, and NATO auspic [...]	2010-01-13 16:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	AF FI MOPS PGOV
10HELSINKI19	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - FINLAND [...] The following is Embassy Helsinki's response to reftel regarding features of the investment climate in Finland. A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Finnish Government is open to direct foreign investment. There are no general regulatory limitations relating to acquisitions. Legisl [...]	2010-01-15 15:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD USTR OPIC ELAB KTDB PGOV FI
10HELSINKI49	FM STUBB CALLS FOR REVIEW AND RENEWAL OF U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an address delivered 27 January at Chatham House, just prior to the London Conference on Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Stubb prescribed a bit of marriage counseling for the EU-U.S. axis of the transatlantic relationship. Describing the relationship as akin to "a grumpy old c [...]	2010-02-03 14:11:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU FI PREL
10HOCHIMINHCITY51	NEW YEAR'S UPDATE WITH FORMER MAYOR VO VIET THANH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vo Viet Thanh, former HCMC Mayor and current advisor to both PM Dung and President Triet, remains deeply troubled by what he views as China's increasingly belligerent stance towards not only Vietnam but the rest of Asia. His message for the USG was that whether we are dealing with [...]	2010-02-12 07:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CH VM
10HONGKONG19	HONG KONG TO BEIJING: WE WANT A ROLE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Hong Kong government (HKG) has embarked on all-out effort to be included in China's 12th Five-Year Plan (FYP),due to start in 2011. Spurred by fears of being marginalized and buoyed by overwhelming public support, Chief Executive Donald Tsang in his October Policy [...]	2010-01-05 08:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH HK
10HONGKONG233	JASPER TSANG ON EXECUTIVE-LEGISLATIVE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Legislative Council (LegCo) President Jasper Tsang Yok-sing used a luncheon address organized by the Hong Kong Democratic Foundation to de-bunk a widely-held belief that relations between Hong Kong's executive and legislative branches were dysfunctional. That many government init [...]	2010-02-08 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HK
10HONGKONG277	NEXT GENERATION MACAU LEADERSHIP: THE PLAYER, THE [...] (C) Summary: Few of our counterparts seemed able (or willing) to tip anyone as a future leader in Macau. In some respects, argued one democratic politician, even Beijing was stuck on the issue, since the small-circle election system it devised gave Macau's establishment a veto effective agains [...]	2010-02-17 07:08:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV MC CH
10HONGKONG80	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HONG KONG [...] The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing disincentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied consistently and without discrimination. There is no distinction in law or practice between investment [...]	2010-01-14 09:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR HK CH
10ISLAMABAD10	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 04, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-05 03:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD102	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 15, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD11	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 05, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-05 10:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD115	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 16-19, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 10:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD137	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 20, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-20 10:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD144	SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 21, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD148	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: January 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD152	SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Qureshi opened the January 13 meeting with SRAP Holbrooke by stressing the need to pay more attention to the bilateral relationship. He stated that the situation in Afghanistan needed to improve and that Pakistan could assist in these efforts by actively participating in [...]	2010-01-23 08:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
10ISLAMABAD176	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 23-25, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD184	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 26, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 10:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD208	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 27, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 11:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD222	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 28, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 11:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD265	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 03, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-03 10:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD298	COMBATING BONDED LABOR ABUSES IN AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: In Pakistan debt labor in agriculture stems from culturally accepted money lending traditions and a socio-economic disparity that contributes to maintaining the poverty gripping the country's rural areas, especially in the Sindh province. There is a spectrum of abuse that arise [...]	2010-02-05 15:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI ELAB PREL PGOV PTER
10ISLAMABAD310	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD313	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 09, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD319	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 10, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 02:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD326	SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY [...] Summary: (C) Deputy Secretary Wolin's visit to Pakistan comes at a time when Pakistan's long term stability depends more and more upon the government's willingness to confront difficult economic policy choices it has long sought to avoid. Pakistan must begin to address a breadth of economic [...]	2010-02-11 09:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER CH PK
10ISLAMABAD330	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-11 11:58:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD332	U.S.-PAKISTAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT: A POTENTIAL GAME CHANGER [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Zardari, Prime Minister Gilani and Finance Minister Tarin, like many Pakistanis before them, have pleaded with the USG for "trade, not aid." A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan holds substantial opportunity for the Pakistani economy, with small, [...]	2010-02-11 14:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAGR EINV ENRG PK PREL
10ISLAMABAD339	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-12 10:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD34	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 08, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-08 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD362	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 16, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-16 10:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD380	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 17, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 09:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD387	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 18, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-18 10:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD398	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-19 10:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD41	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 11, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-11 11:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD414	SUBJECT: PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 22, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 11:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD426	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 23, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 07:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD441	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 24, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-24 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD446	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: FEBRUARY 25, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 10:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK
10ISLAMABAD54	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 12, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK

10ISLAMABAD94	PAKISTAN MEDIA REACTION: JANUARY 14, 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-14 12:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK

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