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09USUNNEWYORK206	GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] SUMMARY. (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told Ambassador Rice and Ambassador Wolff on February 26, that her current priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE were to find a consensus approach for engaging on Russia's proposals for a new European security architecture and to get [...]	2009-03-04 22:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UNSC RS GG TU CY GR

09USUNNEWYORK213	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] Summary: In a March 2 meeting, Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),discussed with Ambassador Rice efforts to prevent transmission to children, support for their HIV-positive parents, and other key priorities. Ambassador Rice invited [...]	2009-03-04 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO
09USUNNEWYORK223	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) During a March 5 introductory meeting, Zimbabwe PermRep Chidyausiku told Ambassador Rice Zimbabwe wants to engage with the U.S. He noted the dramatic decline in health, education, infrastructure and quality of life in Zimbabwe and asked for the U.S. to lift its sanctions. Chidyausiku ex [...]	2009-03-09 16:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC ZI ZU
09USUNNEWYORK224	ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BASHIR AND AID TO [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani began his March 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice by raising the International Criminal Court's (ICC) March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir. He reiterated the AL's position that the indictment is not a positive st [...]	2009-03-09 18:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SU
09USUNNEWYORK228	P-5 MEET WITH UN SYG BAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, UK Perm Rep Sawers hosted a P-5 lunch with Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to discuss Sudan, the DPRK, DRC, Somalia and the Middle East. Prior to the arrival of SYG Ban and U/SYG Pascoe, P-5 ambassadors and [...]	2009-03-10 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK238	COUNCIL DISCUSSES SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 10, Austrian Perm Rep Thomas Mayr-Harting, Chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee (1591 Committee),briefed the Council on the activities of the Sudan Sanctions committee over the past ninety days, and highlighted the inability of the Panel of Experts (POE) to travel t [...]	2009-03-11 00:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK243	IRAN COMMITTEE LETTERS DELIVERED (WITH DIFFICULTY) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee has approved letters to Iran and Syria regarding the transfer of arms-related materiel on the Cypriot-flagged ship Monchegorsk. The letters state clearly that this transfer was in violation of Security Council resolution 1747 an [...]	2009-03-11 09:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK251	SRSG FALL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON CAR [...] Summary: On March 10, the Council was briefed on recent developments in the Central African Republic (CAR) by SRSG Fall, along with Belgium Perm Rep Grauls, who chairs the Central African Republic (CAR) configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. CAR Perm Rep Poukre-Kono also addressed t [...]	2009-03-12 17:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREF PREL UNSC CD CT SU
09USUNNEWYORK262	P-3 MEET TO DISCUSS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, French Perm Rep Ripert hosted a P-3 meeting with UK Ambassador Pierce and U.S. Ambassador DiCarlo to discuss future Council action regarding the humanitarian situation in Sudan. The P-3 agreed to request an additional briefing from the UN Office for the Coordinatio [...]	2009-03-16 19:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK270	ITALY'S CHIEF OF COUNTER-TERRORISM, DIEGO [...] SUMMARY: Italy, as President of the G8, convened its first meeting of counter-terrorism (CT) experts from the G8 UN delegations on March 11. Diego Brasioli, Chief of the Counter-Terrorism Branch in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presided over the meeting and discussed the stand-a [...]	2009-03-17 14:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK283	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Francis Deng, the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on March 16 to discuss current activities of his office and priorities for the future. Deng explained his efforts to engage three important constituencies on the work of his office in order [...]	2009-03-19 13:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK286	SOMALIA/1267: UN OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nick Pyle, Special Adviser to Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, discussed a sanctions delisting request and political developments in Somalia with USUN on March 17. He described President Sharif as tolerating, but not embra [...]	2009-03-19 19:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO SO MARR ETTC
09USUNNEWYORK297	UNMIL HEAD SAYS LIBERIAN PEACE IS FRAGILE; FRANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Loj told the Security Council on March 19 that UNMIL would complete its second drawdown by March 31, reducing troop levels to 10,200. Loj described the numerous external and internal threats facing Liberia. Ambassador Rice strongly supported UNMIL, its plan for troop leve [...]	2009-03-23 18:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK305	MONCHEGORSK: IRAN/SYRIA REBUFF SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran and Syria effectively rebuffed a request from the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee for information regarding a vessel found carrying Iranian arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions. Syria answered with an anti-Israel screed that implicitly acknowledged its [...]	2009-03-24 21:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK331	UNSC WELCOMES EULEX ROLL-OUT, DIVIDED ON UNMIK'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK SRSG Zannier told the Security Council on March 23 that the successful deployment of EULEX had allowed UNMIK to step up its reconfiguration. Serbian President Tadic and Kosovo FM Hyseni both spoke with approval of the EULEX deployment but did so for polar opposite reas [...]	2009-03-27 23:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SR KO
09USUNNEWYORK355	DPRK: SECURITY COUNCIL, KEY PLAYERS RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 5 bilateral meeting, Amb. Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that in response to the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch the United States will seek a Security Council resolution that includes real consequences for the DPRK's actions. She [...]	2009-04-06 17:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK361	BOLIVIAN CHARGE PLEDGES DIALOGUE, PUSHES "MOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently arrived Bolivian Charge d'Affaires Pablo Solon Romero paid a courtesy call April 6 on Ambassador Wolff, agreeing to pursue an open and constructive dialogue with USUN on issues of concern and avoiding the temptation to use the UN as a propaganda pulpit. Ambassador Wolff [...]	2009-04-07 20:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV SNAR UN BL
09USUNNEWYORK396	AMB RICE MEETS WITH HAITIAN PM PIERRE LOUIS [...] (C) Summary. Haitian Prime Minister Pierre Louis said prospects for the upcoming donor conference "look good," during her April 13 meeting with Ambassador Rice. Pierre Louis pressed for U.S. support in Haiti's fight against illicit drugs and said that she expects a low turnout but no trouble [...]	2009-04-14 22:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV HA
09USUNNEWYORK403	SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFINGS ON IRAQ/KUWAIT, DFI/IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 16, the Security Council received two Iraq-related briefings. The first briefing, by high-level coordinator for Kuwaiti missing persons/archives Gennady Tarasov, focused on the lack of real progress on this issue over the past year. Tarasov asked for an additional 15 [...]	2009-04-17 00:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK409	UNSC REFORM: P-3 DISCUSS FRENCH-UK INTERMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The UK and France formally raised with the United States their "intermediate option" initiative for Security Council expansion in an April 16 meeting of P-3 Perm Reps and IO Assistant Secretary-equivalents. Ambassador Rice emphasized the Administration's preference to articulate [...]	2009-04-21 23:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK413	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH JOHN HOLMES [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew met with Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes in New York. Lew and Holmes discussed a wide range of humanitarian concerns including Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The meeting als [...]	2009-04-22 22:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM UNAUS AF IZ PK SU CE
09USUNNEWYORK417	UN/CYPRUS: TURKISH PERMREP OFFERS TO ADVANCE DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Baki Ilkin has proposed advancing the date of the adoption of a rollover of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to the end of May in order to avoid having the adoption fall during Turkey's June Security Council presidency. Ilkin told Ambassa [...]	2009-04-23 14:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY TU
09USUNNEWYORK422	DPRK: CHINA YIELDS ON U.S. SANCTIONS PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Perm Rep Zhang told Amb. Rice on April 23 that China could support U.S. proposals in the DPRK Sanctions Committee to update a technical annex of banned goods and to designate three high-value entities. He said this decision, which he portrayed a major concession from Chin [...]	2009-04-23 22:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK427	KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON UNMIK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council on the status of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on April 16 at the request of the Russian Federation. Mulet said that the UN was unable to carry out its interim administration fu [...]	2009-04-24 12:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK SR KV
09USUNNEWYORK43	U/SYG LE ROY DISCUSSES ICC INDICTMENT WITH P-3 [...] (C) Summary: U/SYG Le Roy met with UK-France-U.S. (P-3) ambassadors on January 21 to discuss the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pending decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir. The P-3 ambassadors confirmed that their countries' positions on Article 16 ha [...]	2009-01-23 21:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK
09USUNNEWYORK432	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on April 20 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the relationship between the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA). This meeting, during which 52 delegations spoke, marked t [...]	2009-04-24 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK448	AMB VERVEER AND DEPUTY SG MIGIRO DISCUSS WOMEN AT THE UN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and UN Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro met April 28 at the UN for a cordial discussion of the need to move forward on reforming the UN's gender architecture, the importance of Security Council Resolutions 1325 [...]	2009-05-01 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN
09USUNNEWYORK455	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL WORKING MEETING WITH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on April 23 met with the entire African Union (AU) as part of her pledge to conduct regular meetings with the African Group. The discussion encompassed U.S. priorities, peace and security in Africa, socio-economic issues, UN reform, non-proliferation, and the AU [...]	2009-05-05 09:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XA
09USUNNEWYORK465	SECURITY COUNCIL RECEIVES BRIEFING ON NEPAL/UNMIN, [...] (U) Summary: On May 5, the Security Council received a briefing on Nepal/UNMIN from Karin Landgren, the Secretary-General,s Representative in Nepal and head of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). Landgren emphasized that the recent political crisis that led to the resignation of the Prime Minist [...]	2009-05-07 00:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NP PHUM KDEM
09USUNNEWYORK466	UNMIS MANDATE RENEWED [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1870 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) until April 30, 2010. Unanimity on the U.S.-drafted text was achieved after intensive negotiations to arrive at compromise language that implicitly addres [...]	2009-05-07 00:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK469	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH EC HEAD OF DELEGATION [...] On May 5, Ambassador Rice met with European Commission (EC) Head of Delegation Ambassador Fernando Valenzuela. He requested the meeting as an initial courtesy call. Valenzuela raised three specific issues: the future of the EC at the UN; the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) June 1- [...]	2009-05-07 15:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EU KGHG SENV
09USUNNEWYORK470	SUBJECT: A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 5 MAY BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 5 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: South Africa,s Ambassador Abdul [...]	2009-05-07 15:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM NPT
09USUNNEWYORK481	SRSG QAZI BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNMIS REPORT [...] Summary: On April 23, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). SRSG Ashraf Qazi stressed that key Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues -- elections, border demarcation, the two referenda (South [...]	2009-05-12 01:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK485	SRSG ADADA IN SHARP EXCHANGE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's April report on the hybrid United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). SRSG Adada characterized the situation in Darfur as a "low-intensity" conflict with a high-risk of escalation an [...]	2009-05-12 01:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK490	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH MAURITIUS PR SOMDUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 6, Mauritius Permanent Representative Somduth Soborun told Ambassador Rice that he hoped the US could provide "friendly support" in the Mauritius/UK negotiations over the disposition of the British Indian Ocean Territories (Diego Garcia). Ambassador Rice noted that the O [...]	2009-05-12 16:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PGOV MARR MP
09USUNNEWYORK492	UK: MILIBAND DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Ambassador Rice discussed the Middle East, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on the margins of a May 11 Security Council Ministerial on the Middle East. Miliband was pleased with U.S. support for the Middle East peace process a [...]	2009-05-13 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UK
09USUNNEWYORK496	U.S. ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council on May 12 with 167 votes cast in our favor during secret balloting, with a vote count that was among the highest the United States has ever received in a vote in the General Assembly. Also elected by the General Ass [...]	2009-05-13 09:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC UNGA PREL
09USUNNEWYORK497	A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 5 AND 7 MAY BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 5 and 7 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: Brazil's Head of Delegation Lui [...]	2009-05-13 15:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NPT
09USUNNEWYORK498	A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 8 MAY BILATERAL MEETINGS ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 8 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: Austria,s Ambassador Alexander [...]	2009-05-13 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM NPT
09USUNNEWYORK502	SOMALI FM MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR AID TO AMB. RICE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a May 13 meeting, Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Omaar briefed Amb. Rice on the situation in Mogadishu following fighting between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Islamist opposition forces of a [...]	2009-05-14 17:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK517	UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS [...] On May 11, 2009, Security Council President Churkin (Russia) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of April 29-MAY 5, 2009. 2. Begin text of Briefing Note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 29 April, the African Union Spec [...]	2009-05-18 19:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK521	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BOTSWANA FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, Botswana FM Mompati Merafhe told Ambassador Rice that Botswana would balance support for Zimbabwean social ministries controlled by the MDC and revitalization of the economy with the necessity of continuing to deny access to foreign credit to ZANU-PF leaders. To this [...]	2009-05-19 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA SOCI KHIV ETRD ELAB BC ZI MA
09USUNNEWYORK522	NPT, CTBT, FMCT DISCUSSED AT P-5 LUNCH IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Anatoly Antonov, Director for Arms Control, Russian MFA, hosted Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller (also U.S. Head of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) delegation meeting in New York) and other P-5 NPT PrepCom Delegati [...]	2009-05-20 14:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
09USUNNEWYORK560	CROATIA: PRIME MINISTER SANADER DISCUSSES EU, ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader told Ambassador Rice on June 1 he is hoping for a positive assessment of Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, when Brammertz reports to the Secu [...]	2009-06-04 01:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC HR
09USUNNEWYORK565	ICC'S OCAMPO PRESSES HIS POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo claimed to Ambassador Rice on June 3 that the African Union (AU) realizes that Article 16 deferral of the Bashir case is not attainable and is looking for a face-saving way to let go of the issue. Ocampo suggeste [...]	2009-06-04 23:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK574	MUSLIM AMBASSADORS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on June 4 hosted 28 Ambassadors from Muslim-majority countries at her residence to view President Obama's speech in Cairo a few hours earlier and discuss it. There was uniform praise for the President's sincerity and honesty, and most judged the speech a watershed [...]	2009-06-08 23:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS UN EG
09USUNNEWYORK575	ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his June 5 briefing to the Security Council, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo stressed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had not cooperated with the ICC, in contravention of its obligations under UNSC resolution 1593. Ocampo said he would n [...]	2009-06-09 15:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK580	GEORGIA: MARGINAL PROGRESS ON UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin acknowledged to France, Germany, U.K., U.S., and Croatia Permreps on June 9 that Russian forces would be subject to any security regime that would serve as the basis for a revised UNOMIG mandate. Churkin also said Russia would n [...]	2009-06-10 14:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK587	UNDERSECRETARY-GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS UNSC ON SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In his June 11 briefing to the Security Council, Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Response Coordinator John Holmes reiterated his assessment that the decision of the Government of Sudan (GoS) to expel 13 aid agencies and close 3 national non-governme [...]	2009-06-12 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU
09USUNNEWYORK589	AMBASSADORS DENNIS ROSS AND SUSAN RICE DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Rice and Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia Ambassador Dennis Ross on June 9 met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to explain key elements of U.S. diplomatic outreach to Iran and to hear Ban's assessment. Ambassador Ross explained that President Obama in various fora [...]	2009-06-13 00:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZP IR IS UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK601	NATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM CENTER DIRECTOR MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center,s (NCTC) Director, Michael Leiter, met with Mike Smith, the Executive Director of the UN,s Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) in New York on June 5. Director Leiter conveyed to Smith that the NCTC is currently trying to co [...]	2009-06-17 22:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF CT
09USUNNEWYORK605	KOSOVO: SRSG ZANNIER UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council on June 17 that UNMIK's nearly completed reconfiguration is "timely and necessary" due to UNMIK's "limited capacity" to perform administrative functions in Kosovo. Zannier, along with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, n [...]	2009-06-18 23:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK UNSC SR KS
09USUNNEWYORK61	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY CZECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice discussed ways to strengthen EU - U.S. cooperation in the UN context with Czech Permrep Ambassador Martin Palous January 28, including institutionalizing both high-level and working level contacts, in order to promote agreement on issues of common concern. Amba [...]	2009-01-29 14:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM ECON PARM UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK613	SUDAN: COUNCIL CONSIDERS SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee ("1591 Committee") updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days highlighting the Committee's informal consultations to review the Panel of Experts'(POE) m [...]	2009-06-22 23:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETTC SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK62	NEW SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND FIRST [...] This is an action cable, see paragraph 5 below. 2. Summary. New members of the Security Council attended their first CTC meeting January 22. The agenda included a discussion of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) reports on its visits to Niger and Kenya and on the prepar [...]	2009-01-29 19:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK620	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE FM YANG [...] (C) Summary. During a June 24 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Yang commented on the excellent U.S.-China working relationship including at the UN and praised the smooth transition of the Obama administration. Yang agreed on the need to build positive, cooperative, comprehensive relations for t [...]	2009-06-25 11:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC IZ KN SU
09USUNNEWYORK624	UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council held its monthly meeting on the Middle East on June 23. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry briefed the Council and highlighted the concerted push to create the conditions for re-launching negotiations for a two state solution. [...]	2009-06-26 00:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK626	LIBERIA SANCTIONS: COUNCIL CONSIDERS EXPERT [...] SUMMARY: On June 25, Uganda Perm Rep, reporting on behalf of chair of the Liberia Sanctions Committee ("1521 Committee") briefed the Committee on the Panel of Expert's (POE) midterm report. Ambassador DiCarlo thanked the POE for recommendations on strengthening the efficacy of the sanctions [...]	2009-06-26 01:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM USNC LI KCRM
09USUNNEWYORK640	AMB RICE'S JUNE 29 MEETING WITH CHAIR OF NPT [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Zimbabwean PermRep Chidyausiku on June 29 to discuss his work as chair of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom). Chidyausiku said the U.S. had been very helpful during last month's PrepCom meeting. In response to the Ambassador's question as to what more the U. [...]	2009-06-30 20:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA
09USUNNEWYORK646	AMBASSADOR DICARLO'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH IDF BG [...] (C) Summary: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Brigadier General Yossi Heymann, who leads the IDF delegation to the UNIFIL monthly tripartite meetings, told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 30 that Iran and Hizballah are the major Israeli concerns when discussing the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Israeli [...]	2009-07-02 00:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN IS LE SY IR
09USUNNEWYORK657	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Observer Ambassador Mansour raised with Ambassador Rice on July 6 the possibility of cooperating on the various Israeli-Palestinian-related UNGA resolutions. Ambassador Rice pressed Mansour to set a tone during the upcoming UNGA that is constructive, responsible, and [...]	2009-07-07 23:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK658	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: P5 MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: P5 Ambassadors met on July 2 to discuss intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. The U.S. and Russia encouraged the P5 to coordinate on positions, but the U.S. advocated against a uniform P5 position at this time since the broader membership and not the P5 shou [...]	2009-07-08 01:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK667	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) The UN's Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Executive Director, Mike Smith, met with Ambassador Rice on July 7. Ambassador Rice thanked Smith for the positive impact he has had as Executive Director. Smith provided an overview of CTED's work and shared some recent initiati [...]	2009-07-09 23:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK668	AMB RICE MEETS WITH AUSTRALIAN PERMREP QUINLAN [...] (C) During a courtesy call on July 6, recently arrived Australian PR Quinlan told Ambassador Rice that Australia looked forward to continued close cooperation at the UN. He noted that Australia's priorities align closely with those of the U.S., including disarmament and nonproliferation, peac [...]	2009-07-09 23:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ENRG PARM PGOV PREL
09USUNNEWYORK670	GAMBARI CONVENES THE NINTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, Special Advisor Gambari convened the ninth Group of Friends of Burma meeting on behalf of Secretary-General Ban. Gambari reviewed Ban's schedule of meetings during the trip as well as his brief visit to the Delta and speech to the diplomatic corps and others. Gamba [...]	2009-07-09 23:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK682	UN OFFICE FOR WEST AFRICA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (SBU) UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) SRSG Djinnit briefed the Security Council on July 7 on the biggest challenges facing the region, namely unconstitutional changes of government, security sector reform, and drug trafficking. He warned of the slow pace of reform in Guinea. Djinnit said UN [...]	2009-07-13 16:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY
09USUNNEWYORK687	MONUC AT THE UN: "ZERO TOLERANCE" FOR SEXUAL [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 11 AND 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss on July 10 told the Security Council that significant progress was being made on integrating the DRC army (FARDC) and combating the FDLR and LRA rebel groups. He warned of an ongoing humanitarian cris [...]	2009-07-14 18:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC CG XA ZF RW
09USUNNEWYORK689	BAN BRIEFS THE UNSC ON JULY 3-4 TRAVEL TO BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. In an open session of the Security Council on July 13, Secretary-General Ban said he was "deeply disappointed" in the regime's refusal to allow a visit with Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). However, he added that he was able to convey key recommendations, including the release of all [...]	2009-07-14 22:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK692	AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MEASURES TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ad Hoc Committee on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism met from June 29 to July 2 to discuss the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). While all countries publicly expressed the belief that terrorism must be condemned and professed the desir [...]	2009-07-15 16:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CT
09USUNNEWYORK701	DPRK:1718 COMMITTEE MAKES NEW SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") unanimously approved a package of new sanctions designations, which included five entities, five individuals, and two technical items linked to DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The Committee acted in res [...]	2009-07-18 00:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK704	SYG BAN TALKS TO DPRK KIM YONG-NAM AT NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) On July 17, UN Secretary-General Ban's Chef de Cabinet Kim Won-soo provided Ambassador Wolff a readout of Ban's brief conversation with President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly in North Korea Kim Yong-nam, on the margins of the Non-aligned Movement Summit in Sharm el-She [...]	2009-07-20 15:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL KN
09USUNNEWYORK71	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: During a productive and cordial initial meeting with Japanese Permanent Representative Takasu, Ambassador Rice outlined U.S. priorities and conveyed the Administration's desire to deepen the bilateral relationship. Takasu said Japan shares U.S. objectives and lends its "fullest [...]	2009-01-30 19:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC JA
09USUNNEWYORK711	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH LIECHTENSTEIN PERMANENT [...] (U) Summary: Amb. Rice met with Liechtenstein Amb. Wenaweser on July 7 on ICC issues. They discussed the USG review of the ICC, possible future USG engagement with the ICC, the 2010 review conference, the recent AU decision not to comply with the arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan [...]	2009-07-21 23:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS KAWC UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK712	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNMIN/NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Karin Lundgren, Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, briefed the Council July 20 on latest developments. As noted in the Secretary-General,s recent report on Nepal/UNMIN, Lundgren reiterated disappointment with the slow pace of the peace process [...]	2009-07-22 00:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC NE
09USUNNEWYORK713	U/SYG PASCOE UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] Summary: (SBU) In July 21 consultations on the Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute, U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council that Eritrea has failed to comply with UNSC Resolution 1862, which calls on Eritrea to recognize the dispute, accept mediation and withdraw its forces. Council members unan [...]	2009-07-22 11:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC DJ
09USUNNEWYORK723	SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER OMAAR POSITIVE ON THE TFG, FRUSTRATED BY ERITREA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 16:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER
09USUNNEWYORK724	MEETING WITH JEAN PAUL LABORDE, NEW HEAD OF THE [...] Summary: USUN Legal Adviser met with incoming CCITF (spell our name) head Jean Paul Laborde July 22 for an introductory meeting. Laborde explained that his vision of CCITF was as a coordinator, not an implementer, and politely pressed his case for money to support a modest staff. Laborde, f [...]	2009-07-24 22:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CT
09USUNNEWYORK728	SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON PEACEBUILDING [...] SUMMARY. At a July 22 debate on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict, 42 speakers from the Security Council, Secretariat, major troop and police contributors and major donors stressed the importance of national responsibility for peacebuilding efforts and the need for early en [...]	2009-07-28 19:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK730	SRSG ANGELO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON MINURCAT [...] Summary. On July 28, MINURCAT SRSG Angelo reported that the security and humanitarian situation in Eastern Chad and Northeastern CAR had further deteriorated, largely as a result of increased tensions between Chad and Sudan. Despite this deterioration, Angelo also pointed to positive develop [...]	2009-07-29 17:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PREF UNSC CD CT SU
09USUNNEWYORK736	UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on July 27. He focused his briefing on continuing Israeli settlement activity, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and th [...]	2009-07-31 00:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL KPO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK739	SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNOCI MANDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council on July 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1880, extending the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d,Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 31, 2010. Negotiations on the French-drafted resolution were non-contentious. The resolution expresses support for the ongoing e [...]	2009-07-31 23:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV
09USUNNEWYORK74	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Head of the Palestinian Observer Mission Riyad Mansour used his January 28 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge renewed USG engagement with the UN. He said the Palestinian Mission is interested in building consensus for UN actions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and enco [...]	2009-01-30 20:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV UN IS
09USUNNEWYORK740	IRAQ/KUWAIT INITIATIVE MEETINGS IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: In meetings at the UN on July 29, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented the initiative on Iraq/Kuwait (reftel) to the Kuwaiti FM. Separately, ex-SRSG Staffan de Mistura and other UN officials presented the same initiative to Iraqi PR Bayati, and the P3 presented the initiative [...]	2009-08-01 00:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK753	BAN CONVENES THE TENTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 5, Secretary-General Ban convened the tenth meeting of the Group of Friends of Burma to report on his meeting with Burmese Permanent Representative Swe and to seek support for a unified public message from the group on the need for Burmese authorities to respond to th [...]	2009-08-07 18:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK755	NEW SRSG AD MELKERT ADRESSES THE COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Summary: In his first address August 5 to the Security Council as Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to Iraq, Ad Melkert emphasized the optimism and energy in Iraq and drawing upon his UNDP background, emphasized the importance of economic and social reforms in Iraq. [...]	2009-08-07 21:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK76	GEORGIA PERMREP DISCUSSES UNOMIG WITH AMBASSADORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice told newly arrived Georgian PermRep Lomaia that Russia was tying extension of UNOMIG's mandate to Abkhaz formal participation in a UNSC meeting under Rule 39. Participation in an Arria-format meeting might be a compromise option to preclude their formal attendance [...]	2009-02-02 19:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK769	AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Summary. During a substantive introductory meeting on August 12, Ambassador Rice and Sergio Duarte, UN Undersecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, discussed active U.S. engagement on disarmament, especially the planned summit-level UNSC meeting during September, the UN 1540 Committee, [...]	2009-08-14 22:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP KACT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK770	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 11, Ambassador Rice met with European Union representatives to discuss issues including climate change, non-proliferation and disarmament, UN peacekeeping, the Middle East peace process, and the upcoming 64th UN General Assembly -- including budget and human rights i [...]	2009-08-14 22:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO KNNP KGHG PHUM UN IS KPAL KWBG EUN
09USUNNEWYORK771	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS PAKISTAN'S US AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, met with Ambassador Rice. Haqqani discussed the positive transition of the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship and emphasized his desire to lessen US-Pakistan tensions in the UN General Assembly by seeking to [...]	2009-08-14 22:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON UNGA PK
09USUNNEWYORK773	ISRAELI MISSION VOICES CONCERN OVER [...] (U) This contains an action request (see paragraph 6). 2. (C) Daniel Carmon, the Deputy PermRep of the Israeli Mission in New York, on August 11 informed Ambassador Wolff that the representative office of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had rej [...]	2009-08-17 18:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNSC KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK775	DPRK: UAE REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION TO 1718 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a possible violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The UAE reports having stopped a vessel loaded with containers of arms being shipped from North Korea to [...]	2009-08-17 21:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK778	DPRK: AUSTRALIA "EXCITED" ABOUT OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian mission approached USUN to discuss Australia's role in an apparent violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea involving an Australian-based shipping firm. The Australians noted that Canberra authorities were aware that the UAE had discovered arms apparently [...]	2009-08-19 22:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK798	ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN UNRWA AT 60 EVENT - USUN [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Observer Mission to the UN has taken a very hard-line position against the Israeli request for a speaking role at the high level segment of the UNRWA 60th anniversary commemorative event. The Arab members of the steering committee are likely to follow the Palestin [...]	2009-08-28 13:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNGA IS KPAL
09USUNNEWYORK799	UNSC : MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on August 19. He focused on evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem homes, the continuing difficulties at the borde [...]	2009-08-28 14:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO KBIO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK827	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 1 and 2 for the first two of three meetings in the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 38 delegations spoke on September 1 during the discussion on all of the five key iss [...]	2009-09-09 22:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK834	IRAN: UNSC MULLS SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION, IAEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee briefed the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting in particular a final round of letters and the publishing of an "Implementation Assistance Notice" to respond to r [...]	2009-09-14 12:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK837	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN MEETS WITH UN [...] Summary: In an August 25 visit to the UN, S/CT Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with Richard Barrett, Coordinator, Al-Qaida/Taliban Monitoring Team (UNSCR 1267),Mike Smith, Executive Director, Counter-terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED),and the acting Chair of the Security Council Counte [...]	2009-09-15 16:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK838	UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON SYG'S REPORT ON HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 9 the Security Council held an open debate on the Secretary-General's report on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Former President Bill Clinton, addressing the Council in his capacity as UN Special Envoy to Haiti, called for projecting a "more posi [...]	2009-09-15 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC HA
09USUNNEWYORK840	MOVING FORWARD AT UNGA 64 ON THE COMPREHENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee will address the CCIT on October 6, 7 and 23. Negotiations on the CCIT have foundered for nine years on two issues: (1) the scope of an exemption for military activities and (2) exemption of national lib [...]	2009-09-16 14:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CT PREL

09USUNNEWYORK842	AMBASSADOR RICEâ€™S SEPTEMBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon on September 16, the day after the release of the Goldstone report on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during the Gaza conflict. Ayalon termed the report "outrageous" and said it gave Hamas [...]	2009-09-17 00:45:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS IR RS
09USUNNEWYORK85	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory call by Ambassador Rice, New Zealand PermRep Rosemary Banks lobbied for U.S. support for former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark's candidacy to become Administrator of the UN Development Program. Banks also urged the U.S. to join the UN Human Rights Counc [...]	2009-02-03 15:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KGHG KUNR PHUM PREL NZ
09USUNNEWYORK854	UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Robert Serry briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on 17 September. He focused on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Serry noted efforts aimed at the deve [...]	2009-09-23 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KHUM KBIO UN IS LE IV SO
09USUNNEWYORK864	UN COMMEMORATION OF 60 YEARS OF UNRWA [...] (SBU) Summary: The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) special high-level meeting of the General Assembly took place at UN headquarters September 24, 2009. The event was an opportunity [...]	2009-09-30 14:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF UNRWA KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK868	IRAQI FM ZEBARI MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Rice's September 28 meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, he reiterated the Iraqi government request for U.S. support for a UN investigation into the August 19 Baghdad bombings and to move out of Chapter VII obligations. Zebari confirmed that Ir [...]	2009-10-01 17:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP IZ SY
09USUNNEWYORK869	HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Wolff on September 28 met with Honduran Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas in which she provided an update on the status of Honduran President Zelaya and recent events in Tegucigalpa. Rodas said additional pressure from the international community, including the UN Securi [...]	2009-10-01 18:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XK HO OAS
09USUNNEWYORK885	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPT. 24 A.M.) [...] SUMMARY: During the September 24 morning meeting of the UNGA General Debate, heads of state or governments from Comoros, Ghana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Israel spoke. Common themes we [...]	2009-10-09 18:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC PGOV CN GH BK RW LH CY TP SL PM
09USUNNEWYORK886	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 25 PM) [...] SUMMARY: During the eighth plenary meeting of the general debate of the General Assembly, the last of the presidents of countries spoke and governmental representatives began to represent their countries. The representative from Madagascar was unable to speak after an objection by Southern Af [...]	2009-10-09 18:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO YI FM CF WZ
09USUNNEWYORK890	GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: CUBA AND MYANMAR SPEAK [...] SUMMARY: The eleventh plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 28. The following countries spoke: San Marino, Namibia, Peru, Myanmar, Mexico, Bahrain, Cuba, Tunisia, Eritrea; Syria; Niger; Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Oman; Belize; Sin [...]	2009-10-10 02:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA AORC SM WA PE BM
09USUNNEWYORK905	SIXTH COMMITTEE: DEBATE ON UN COMMISSION ON [...] Summary: On October 12, the Sixth Committee discussed the Report on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Soo-Geun Oh, Chairman of UNCITRAL, summarized the activities of the 42nd session of UNCITRAL on June 29-July 17. Following the opening remarks, twenty-one [...]	2009-10-13 21:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK908	BILATERAL WITH COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe at his request during his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 24. Uribe, who praised U.S. government support for Colombia and the region in his recent U.N. General Assembly spee [...]	2009-10-14 11:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XM XR CO HO VE
09USUNNEWYORK910	BURMA, BURUNDI, COLOMBIA AND UGANDA ADDRESS SC [...] (SBU) The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (WGCAAC) held a formal meeting chaired by Mexican Permanent Representative Claude Heller on October 12 to adopt the group's conclusions on Burma and to discuss the Secretary General's reports on children and armed conflict [...]	2009-10-14 19:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI UNSC BM CO BY UG
09USUNNEWYORK924	UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: SEEKING MOMENTUM FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Secretary-General's September 22 high-level event on climate change drew leaders from nearly one hundred countries just a day before the start of the UN General Assembly and three months before the anticipated Climate Change Convention ministerial in Copenhagen. Leaders from a [...]	2009-10-19 15:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KGHG SENV UN
09USUNNEWYORK926	SUBJECT: U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES SEPT 29: [...] SUMMARY: The final session of the 64th General Assembly general debate focused on non-proliferation, climate change, multilateralism, Security Council reform, the financial crisis, and sustainable development. Several countries reflected on the importantance of preventing piracy on the high s [...]	2009-10-19 16:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO ER GJ NU NO
09USUNNEWYORK936	MOMENTUM BUILDING TO BOLSTER MONUC'S MANDATE AND STREAMLINE ITS TASKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss told the Security Council on October 16 that progress continued on integrating the DRC army (FARDC),but noted that the FDLR had not been neutralized and LRA remnants were still active. In closed consultations with Council members, Doss said that LRA elements h [...]	2009-10-22 16:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC CG ZXA ZF RW
09USUNNEWYORK942	IRAQ-KUWAIT TARASOV REPORT SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: In Security Council consultations on October 22, the UN high-level coordinator Gennady Tarasov briefed on the recently released report regarding activities and progress made on missing persons and archives issues during the last six-month "confidence and cooperation building peri [...]	2009-10-23 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK948	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 22:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK949	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK953	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 22:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK965	UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General Atul Khare briefed the Security Council on the Secretary-General's interim report on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste on UNMIT on October 23. Khare discussed the successful community elections, strengthening the rule o [...]	2009-10-29 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC XB XV XU
09USUNNEWYORK968	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON USSCR 1559, [...] (SBU) UN Special Envoy for the Secretary-General for Implementation of UNSCR 1559 Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council in consultation on October 27, 2009. The positive part of his presentation centered on the restoration of full diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria and th [...]	2009-10-30 17:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC LE IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK980	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UK FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice on October 27 met with 14 members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament. The Parliamentarians, who represented the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour, raised Iran, the Middle East, U.S. relations with Russia, Afghanistan, and concern ove [...]	2009-11-02 22:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UK IR
09USUNNEWYORK982	UNGA: UN PASSES 18TH ANNUAL RESOLUTION AGAINST THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) passed its 18th annual resolution condemning the United States economic and commercial embargo on Cuba. The Foreign Minister of Cuba delivered a hostile, cold-war style intervention, blaming the United States for pr [...]	2009-11-03 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ECON UNGA CA
09USUNNEWYORK984	QAZI URGES COUNCIL TO CURB AVAILABILITY OF WEAPONS [...] Summary: In his last briefing before the Security Council, SRSG Qazi labeled mistrust between the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as the biggest challenge to its implementation. Qazi discussed the increasing tribal violence in the south and urged the Security Council to ad [...]	2009-11-03 20:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK986	SOMALIA 1844 DESIGNATIONS: USUN REQUESTS TO ENGAGE [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paras 6-8. 2. (C) Summary: Per Department instructions (REF A),USUN has shared with the P-3 a list of names we would consider designating under UNSCR 1844 (2008),the Somalia UN targeted sanctions regime established in November 2008. This list in [...]	2009-11-03 22:26:00	USUN New York	SECRET	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK989	GENERAL DEBATE AND RESOLUTION ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Summary: On October 29, Judge Sang-Hyun Song updated the General Assembly on the activity of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Twenty-eight Member States addressed the General Assembly on the issue. Most countries pledged support for the ICC and commended Chile and the Czech Republic [...]	2009-11-03 22:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK999	GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Representative Joseph Mutaboba on November 5 told the Security Council in an open session that there has been progress on national reconcliation, especially sinc [...]	2009-11-06 20:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA
09VALLETTA449	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for External Relations and Mediterranean Affairs Helga Mizzi on October 9. Mizzi expressed appreciation for the information and for U.S. willingness to share its view of the discussion outcomes. 2. (SBU) Mizzi advised that the GOM view [...]	2009-10-09 16:15:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR MT
09VALLETTA525	MALTA'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed MFA Permanent Secretary Cecelia Attard-Pirotta on December 1 concerning the substance of the President's Afghan policy speech to be delivered later that day. She expressed the GOM's interest in the new strategy but had no comment concerning GOM commitments for [...]	2009-12-04 16:22:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PMIL IS MT AF
09VALLETTA537	SECURITY COOPERATION DILEMMA: WITH LABOR PARTY IT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Malta Douglas Kmiec, Labor Party leader Joseph Muscat and former Labor government FM George Vella declared that the country's reactivated membership in PfP was invalid, as it failed to comply with Malta's Treaties Act. Though exp [...]	2009-12-15 16:31:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP PARM MT
09VANCOUVER205	CODEL BOEHNER HEARS THE CANADIAN SIDE ON BUY AMERICA [...] (U) Summary: A Congressional Delegation (Codel) headed by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) met with Canadian business, municipal and provincial representatives to discuss the impact of ARRA Buy America provisions on cross-border trade. The Codel heard first-hand accounts of how Buy Ame [...]	2009-08-19 20:03:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CA ETRD OVIP
09VATICAN11	CHURCH UNITY ONE, CATHOLIC-JEWISH RELATIONS ZERO [...] (S) Summary: The Pope's decision to reinstate communion with a breakaway Catholic group that included a Holocaust-denying cleric (ref A) proved that his highest concern is the long-term religious well-being of the Church, not the Holy See's relations with other sovereign states. This religion-first [...]	2009-01-27 16:52:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM JO IS VT
09VATICAN122	AMIDST CONTROVERSY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY MEETS POPE [...] (S) Summary: During his recent visit to Rome and meeting with the Pope --planned before the Pope urged disaffected Anglicans to convert to Catholicism-- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams challenged the position of the Catholic Church on ordination of women and made it clear that the Vat [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI UK VT
09VATICAN123	AMIDST CONTROVERSY, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY MEETS POPE [...] (S) Summary: During his recent visit to Rome and meeting with the Pope --planned before the Pope urged disaffected Anglicans to convert to Catholicism-- Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams challenged the position of the Catholic Church on ordination of women and made it clear that the Vatican s [...]	2009-11-30 17:19:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI UK VT
09VATICAN134	AN INVENTORY OF THE VATICAN'S INTERFAITH DIALOGUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vatican is a leader or partner in many inter-religious dialogues, primarily with the "Abrahamic" religions - Islam, Judaism, and of course, other Christians. Vatican leaders are also beginning to reach out to Asian faiths. This cable describes the Vatican's primary, organized dia [...]	2009-12-18 11:44:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT
09VATICAN135	INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: A VIEW FROM THE VATICAN [...] (U) In an era of growing contacts and conflicts between faith communities, interfaith dialogue -- to increase understanding and in pursuit of concrete objectives -- is increasingly important. The Holy See is an active proponent and participant in a wide range of these dialogues, in order to [...]	2009-12-18 11:53:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KIRF SOCI SCUL VT
09VATICAN137	PROPOSALS FOR COLLABORATING WITH THE VATICAN ON INTERFAITH [...] (U) Catholics and the organized Catholic Church are present in virtually every country of the world, and the Holy See is second only to the United States in terms of relations with other states. Given this near-universal presence and the Vatican's critical role in interfaith dialogues, Embassy [...]	2009-12-18 12:45:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KIRF VT
09VATICAN16	EMBASSY VATICAN CONFERENCE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS OF FORMAL [...] (U) In honor of the 25th anniversary of formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See, Embassy Vatican convened an international conference on the American model of church-state relations on January 13, 2009. More than 200 officials, academics, diplomats, and students seized the opportunity t [...]	2009-01-29 10:16:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF SOCI VT
09VATICAN28	THE HOLY SEE: A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE [...] (C) Summary: Together with other flaps, the recent global controversy over the lifted excommunication of a Holocaust denying bishop (reftel) exposed a major disconnect between Pope Benedict XVI's stated intentions and the way in which his message is received by the wider world. There are many cause [...]	2009-02-20 16:00:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECPS PHUM PGOV KPAO KIRF VT
09VATICAN41	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VATICAN ON CHRISTIANS IN IRAQ AND [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Albert Yelda denied to CDA and ADCM rumors that the Kurdish government was behind violence against Christians in Mosul. While recognizing that provincial elections were peaceful, Yelda worried about rivalries among Christians and tensions between [...]	2009-03-17 18:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF IZ VT
09VATICAN42	VATICAN VIEWS ON SAUDI GOVERNMENT REFORMS; DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican's Arabian Peninsula Director said the Holy See considered recent Cabinet changes in Saudi Arabia significant but "oversold". The decision to include all schools of Sunni jurisprudence in the Council of Senior Ulamas was far more meaningful. The Vatican still expected [...]	2009-03-18 13:03:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PREL KIRF PHUM VT SA
09VATICAN5	VATICAN OFFICIAL ON INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT AND INDIAN APPROACH TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 17:29:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF IN PK VT
09VATICAN58	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION:VATICAN WELCOMES U.S. [...] (SBU) The Vatican welcomes the U.S. candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council. For the Secretariat of State's point person on human rights, Monsignor Christophe El-Kassis, it is another positive sign of the new administration's commitment to multilateralism and dialogue. While the Holy See, a [...]	2009-04-17 17:23:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VT
09VATICAN61	(C) VATICAN PESSIMISTIC ON CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican's point person for relations with China sees no change in the PRC's hard line towards the Catholic Church. Chinese Catholics loyal to the Pope risk detention, while clergy in the government-approved Patriotic Association are "treated like children" and strictly control [...]	2009-04-24 19:54:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM CH TW VT
09VATICAN64	VATICAN ADDRESSED HUMAN RIGHTS WITH LUKASHENKA [...] (C) The Vatican's point person on relations with Belarus, Monsignor Julio Murat, told ADCM on April 29 that human rights were discussed during the meetings that President Lukashenka had with the Pope and Secretary of State Bertone on April 27 (reftel). Murat added that most of the conversatio [...]	2009-04-30 20:34:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF BO VT
09VATICAN77	EMBASSY VATICAN HIGHLIGHTS THE ENVIRONMENT WITH VISITS BY [...] (U) Summary. To underline the increasing importance of addressing climate change, Embassy Vatican hosted two IIP speakers on the environment in the first half of June. Walter Grazer, who visited Rome from June 3-5, emphasized the role of faith communities in protecting the environment and i [...]	2009-06-26 15:39:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO VT
09VATICAN91	POPE'S SAINTHOOD CEREMONY FOR HAWAIIAN LEPER PRIEST: [...] Summary and Action Request: On October 11, Pope Benedict XVI will confer sainthood on ("canonize") Father Damien de Veuster, the Belgian priest who famously worked in the late 1880's with leprosy (Hansen's disease) patients in Hawaii. The event is attracting global attention, not just among [...]	2009-08-21 13:33:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KHIV VT BE HHS INT
09VIENNA1026	AUSTRIA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH: STRUGGLING THROUGH CONTROVERSY [...] (U) Summary: The Austrian Catholic Church has had a number of high-profile clashes with the Vatican in 2009. Cardinal Schoenborn, Archbishop of Vienna and head of the Austrian Bishops' Conference, publicly criticized the Pope's decision in January to rescind the excommunication of a bishop who [...]	2009-08-12 15:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KIRF VN AU
09VIENNA1058	AUSTRIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN DOLDRUMS, BUT [...] (C) For many reasons, the present Austrian Government has largely ignored foreign policy since its formation in December 2008. Some of the reasons -- economic crisis, budget cuts, lack of ministerial interest -- are specific to the new government. Others, however -- lack of a long-term goal, popula [...]	2009-08-20 11:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU
09VIENNA1076	Austrian Banks Remain Stable, CESEE Crisis Manageable [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: in meetings August 7-10 with Treasury Representative for Europe Mathew Haarsager, Austrian banks and regulators painted the country's financial sector situation as difficult but manageable. Three of Austria's six major banks (Bank Austria, Erste, & Raiffeisen Zentralbank) are mo [...]	2009-08-24 13:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1125	AUSTRIA AND THE VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary. Staffdel Nunez-Neto's Aug. 27 meetings with Data Protection Office personnel revealed some positive movement in Austrian thinking about the data protection provisions of the PCSC agreement; however, serious concerns remain about the HSPD-6. With the Foreign and Interior Ministri [...]	2009-09-08 13:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA1155	Austria Climate Update: GoA Investing Heavily, But Still [...] SUMMARY: Leading Austrian researchers say the GoA must invest much more in the fight against global warming in order to sustain the emissions and energy use reductions associated with the ongoing economic crisis. Existing and planned laws/standards and investment levels are not enough to meet [...]	2009-09-11 11:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG EIND ECON AU
09VIENNA1195	AUSTRIA: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) Amb. Eacho delivered ref A demarche August 16 to Austrian Political Director Stefan Lehne, emphasizing both the potential impact on Iran's conduct in the upcoming Oct. 1 P-5 1 talks and potential downstream benefits should further discussion of sanctions in the UNSC prove necessary. Lehne [...]	2009-09-17 14:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC IAEA PARM UN IR AU
09VIENNA1257	Austria Banking/Finance Update [...] First-half results of Austrian banks were largely positive, with higher operating results offset by a strong expansion of loan loss provisions. Tier 1 capital ratios as of June 30 ranged from 6.7% to 10.9%. Unicredit Bank Austria will not take GoA equity participation and financial sector exp [...]	2009-09-30 10:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA1269	Austria Economic Outlook - Bottom Reached, Modest Growth in [...] SUMMARY: Austria's economy will post a deep recession for 2009, but economists expect stabilization in the second half and are increasingly optimistic for 2010 (growth of 1.0%). Government stimulus must continue in order not to stifle the weak recovery. Pressure on the labor market will persi [...]	2009-10-02 11:23:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA139	GOA DEBATING POSSIBLE SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of the MFA, Interior Ministry, and Defense Ministry are discussing options for supporting the Afghanistan mission. No decisions have been made, but support for the UNODC and a contribution to election security are among the options under discussion. An MFA contac [...]	2009-02-10 08:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU
09VIENNA1431	VWP: AUSTRIANS SEEK FURTHER DATA PRIVACY [...] (U) Amb. Helmut Tichy, MFA Deputy Legal Advisor, reported to Econ/Pol Counselor October 22 that an inter-ministerial meeting on Oct. 22 had not agreed to seek a negotiating mandate for conclusion of PCSC or HSPD-6 agreements. The Austrian Data Protection Office (DPO) continues to have concern [...]	2009-11-06 14:15:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PGOV PTER AU
09VIENNA1491	AUSTRIA: SUPPORTING MACEDONIA'S EU MEMBERSHIP AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EU GR MK PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA1514	AUSTRIAN MFA ON IRAN NUCLEAR STEPS [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Middle East Deputy Director Meran called into question the utility of sanctions as a next step in dealing with Iran's nuclear program. Without contesting the lack of a positive Iranian response to U.S./P-5 1 initiatives over the last yea [...]	2009-11-25 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR
09VIENNA1534	Previewing Austria's Johannes Hahn as EU Regional Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable offers political background on Johannes Hahn, the 51-year-old Vienna native slated to become European Commissioner for Regional Policy in the second Barroso cabinet. Hahn, who has served as GoA science/higher education minister since 2007, was a surprise candidate fo [...]	2009-12-02 14:49:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON AU EUN
09VIENNA1549	AUSTRIA AND AFGHANISTAN: MODEST, BUT REAL, PROGRESS [...] (C) Austrian Foreign Minister Spindelegger publicly affirmed Dec. 2 that Austria would make a contribution to the civilian effort in Afghanistan. To consider Austria's specific contribution, the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Justice, and Defense met that same day. Readouts of that [...]	2009-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF AU
09VIENNA1551	AUSTRIAN MINISTER WELCOMES USG SHIFTS ON CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador reinforced USG climate positions with Austrian Environment Minister Berlakovich in advance of Copenhagen. While agreeing that Europe and U.S. need to present a positive, united front and keep pressure on developing countries, he expressed hope for a significantly highe [...]	2009-12-04 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL KGHG OPRC AU
09VIENNA1554	Hydropower, Austria's Mixed Blessing [...] SUMMARY: Austria is blessed with extensive hydropower resources which provide the bulk of its electricity supply -- but come with environmental and political costs. Austria's hydropower potential is (TWh) 56 terawatt hours annually -- of which 38 TWh are already installed -- but further expan [...]	2009-12-09 15:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV ECON KGHG AU
09VIENNA1616	AUSTRIA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAM FOR POLICE [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Interior announced on December 10 (Human Rights Day) a project designed to increase the diversity of the Austrian police force and promote respect for human rights. Law enforcement authorities, facing rising crime, drew criticism during 2009 for their handling of [...]	2009-12-29 16:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AU
09VIENNA193	AUSTRIA OPPOSES AN ARTICLE 16 DEFERRAL WITHOUT [...] Poloff conveyed the information in ref A to Georg Diwald, MFA Deputy Director of the Department for International Organisations. Diwald told Poloff that, in consideration of Austria's commitment to the rule of law and against impunity, Austria would respect the independence of the Internationa [...]	2009-02-20 15:21:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC SU XA XW AU
09VIENNA228	CARINTHIAN STATE ELECTION MAY BE LAST HURRAH FOR [...] (U) Though the vote is expected to be close, the March 1 election in Austria's southern state of Carinthia may well prove to be the last hurrah for the right-populist Alliance for Austria's Future (BZOE),a party established in 2005 by then-Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider. Seen now as benefi [...]	2009-02-27 09:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
09VIENNA365	Austrian Bank Rescue Shows Positive [...] SUMMARY: The Austrian government's EUR 100 billion bank rescue package is showing positive effects across the financial sector. The interbank market is calmer with lower rates and improved liquidity; there is no credit crunch in Austria even though banks are being more selective about bor [...]	2009-03-27 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA381	TURKISH GULENIST MOVEMENT IN AUSTRIA AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: The international movement of Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gulen is represented in Austria by a cultural foundation, a high school, and a newspaper. While Gulenists in Austria are openly critical of the Turkish secular state, they avoid controversies over Muslim integration [...]	2009-03-30 15:08:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU AU
09VIENNA394	Agricultural Biotech Outreach Shows Faint [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From March 2 to 4, Embassy Vienna carried out a series of biotech outreach activities. The target audience of the program consisted of agricultural students, farmers, farmers' representatives, and government officials. Two U.S. farmers from Iowa reported about their long-ter [...]	2009-04-01 11:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
09VIENNA401	SERBIAN FM TELLS AUSTRIANS BELGRADE MUST [...] (C) Summary: Serbian FM Jeremic said during a March 30 visit to Vienna that the Serbian government had to "recalibrate" its European perspective, as the economic crisis had sapped the EU's enthusiasm for enlargement. According to an MFA contact, Jeremic claimed in his meeting with Austrian FM [...]	2009-04-02 11:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV SR AU
09VIENNA402	Austrian Recession Deep, Budget Deficit [...] SUMMARY: Austria's export-oriented economy has plunged into a much deeper recession than expected but will still outperform Germany. Leading Austrian forecasters have drastically downgraded their GDP growth forecasts for 2009 (now projected to contract by 2.2-2.7%). The recession is severe [...]	2009-04-02 14:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB EUN AU
09VIENNA404	AUSTRIA PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 06:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN AU
09VIENNA408	Austria Reactions to OMV Sale of MOL Stake to Russian [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: OMV's sale of its 21.2% stake in Hungarian energy national MOL to Siberian energy company Surgutneftegas has raised few eyebrows in Austria, where it is seen as the logical unwinding of OMV's abandoned effort to grow into a regional powerhouse. The sale is no surprise: ever sin [...]	2009-04-03 14:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON AU HU
09VIENNA483	AUSTRIAN VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF THE GAERC [...] (U) Polchief met April 22 with Klaus Famira, MFA European correspondent, to discuss the agenda items for the upcoming GAERC. Famira offered the following views: 2. (U) Iran: There will be no debate on Iran. The EU will adopt a set of conclusions supporting the new U.S. approach to Iran an [...]	2009-04-23 10:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL AU
09VIENNA495	Austria's 2009/2010 Crisis Budgets - [...] SUMMARY: Austria's grand coalition government introduced its 2009 and 2010 budgets this week, projecting federal deficits of 3.2%/GDP in 2009 and 4.1% in 2010 (total public sector deficit to be 3.5% and 4.7% respectively). Consolidated public sector debt will rise to 73%/GDP in 2010 (from 6 [...]	2009-04-24 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN AU
09VIENNA503	CDA, UNVIE AMB. SCHULTE DISCUSS ASAD VISIT WITH GOA [...] (C) Summary: Charge Kilner and Ambassador Schulte met April 24 with Johannes Kyrle, MFA SecGen, and (separately) with Alfons Kloss, President Fischer's diplomatic advisor, to discuss Syrian President Asad's April 27-28 visit to Vienna. Charge stressed that the visit should be viewed as an oppo [...]	2009-04-28 06:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA PHUM PARM SY AU
09VIENNA595	Nabucco-Turkey Progress - OMV Uncertain On IGA Timeline, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following media reports that an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on the planned Nabucco Pipeline is imminent, OMV and Nabucco contacts appear more optimistic but are concerned about media speculation and caution that not all IGA issues have been resolved. END SUMMARY. (NOTE: [...]	2009-05-19 09:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV BEXP AU
09VIENNA673	Nabucco IGA: GoA Confirms No Reference To Specific Entry [...] (SBU) On June 5,Embassy conveyed ref A demarche to Gerhard Langeer, energy advisor to Economic Minister Reinhold Miterlehner. (NOTE: the meeting came after repeatd delays in meeting with Austrian Special EnergyEnvoy Dr. Maria Reich-Rohrwig, who was ill -- EN NOTE). Langeder confirmed earlier [...]	2009-06-08 15:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV AU
09VIENNA689	ENGAGING AUSTRIA ON THE CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE EU NATO AU
09VIENNA690	AUSTRIA PLANS DANUBE/BLACK SEA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary. Austrian FonMin Spindelegger has made a Danube-Black Sea (to include the Caucasus) initiative a centerpiece of his foreign policy agenda, but has said little in public about the initiative's content. Conversations with numerous MFA officials and Austrian academics suggest that Sp [...]	2009-06-09 14:55:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU
09VIENNA691	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. RICE [...] (U) Embassy Vienna looks forward to your visit, Amb. Rice, which will give us the opportunity to review significant UNSC issues with the Austrian government and to take a broad look at the bilateral relationship. After a quick survey of Austria's political scene, this cable takes a closer look [...]	2009-06-10 07:49:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA RICE AU
09VIENNA75	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY [...] (C) In separate farewell calls on January 16 with both new Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger and long-standing MFA Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, Ambassador Girard-diCarlo reviewed the top items on the US agenda with Austria: cooperation in the UN Security Council, Iran, energy securi [...]	2009-01-21 14:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	AU ENRG ETTC PREF PREL UNSC AF
09VIENNA755	UN AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH ASUTRIAN [...] (C) Summary. UN Ambassador Susan Rice met separately with Austrian President Fischer and Foreign Minister Spindelegger on June 15. Charge accompanied Amb. Rice to both meetings. Fischer and Spindelegger were both joined by aides, as well as Austrian Ambassador to the UN Mayr-Harting. Both [...]	2009-06-23 09:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	USUN PREL AU
09VIENNA78	AUSTRIA: GAZA TO DOMINATE JANUARY 26-27 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:30:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PREL PGOV AU
09VIENNA828	Austrian Bank Exposure to Central/Eastern/ Southeastern [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alarm over Austrian bank exposure to Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) has given way to a more realistic view of the situation as difficult but manageable. Top Austrian banks will suffer losses in the region -- but they continue to make profits, have ramped up lo [...]	2009-07-07 13:03:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AU
09VIENNA847	Stung by Critique, Austria Now Working on FATF Action Plan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Stung by their grilling at the Financial Action Task Force/FATF Plenary in Lyon, the Austrian government is determined to improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing standards to avoid de facto "black listing" by the FATF. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Over the [...]	2009-07-10 13:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM AU
09VIENNA941	Nabucco Gas Pipeline: Next Steps [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian government and industry contacts are optimistic that the Nabucco consortium can build on positive momentum from the July 13 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) signing. The GoA has reaffirmed its support for Nabucco at the highest levels, while continuing to negotiate ove [...]	2009-07-28 08:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV AU
09VIENTIANE120	LAOS AND U.S. DISCUSS BASIC PROCEDDURES FOR LAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:36:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC KCRM LA PREL
09VIENTIANE138	DEMARCHE TO LAO MFA: DEFENDING THE AUTHORITIES OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 07:24:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM LA BM
09VIENTIANE227	DEMARCHE TO LAO MFA: URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (SBU) A/DCM met with MFA ASEAN Department Deputy Director General Kham-Inh Khitchadeth May 14 to deliver subject demarche. Neither DDG Kham-Inh nor his Director General had been available earlier in the week. By the time the meeting took place, media reports had begun to circulate that Aung [...]	2009-05-13 09:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	BM LA PGOV PHUM PREL
09VIENTIANE29	CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA IN LAOS FOR APPF MEETS LAO [...] (C) Summary: U.S. House Asia Subcommittee Chairman Faleomavaega, in Vientiane to attend the 17th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) reviewed the U.S.-Laos bilateral relationship with the Lao Prime Minister, Acting Foreign Minister, and Deputy National Assembly Speaker. In each of his thr [...]	2009-01-16 10:31:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD LA OREP PARM PREL
09VIENTIANE291	Lao Government Issues Long-Awaited Decree on Associations [...] (SBU) Summary. The Prime Minister's Office has officially released the text of the new decree on the formation of non-profit associations in Laos, opening the door for Lao-run civil society organizations to register legally. Issued on April 29th, the decree will permit the formation of non-pro [...]	2009-06-18 09:39:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI SCUL LA
09VIENTIANE303	LAOS H1N1 INFLUENZA UPDATE: THREE CASES CONFIRMED [...] Laos' second and third cases of H1N1 influenza were confirmed this week. The two new cases are members of an American family that had just arrived from the U.S. for a visit. The elevated body temperature of the young Amcit son was picked up by an airport thermal scanner on arrival in Vientia [...]	2009-06-24 07:58:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09VIENTIANE389	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (SBU) You come to the Lao People's Democratic Republic as the bilateral relationship continues to broaden beyond anything seen since the Communist Pathet Lao came to power in 1975. Your visit will be interpreted by the Lao government (GOL) as further evidence of U.S. interest in positive engag [...]	2009-08-07 10:49:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR LA
09VIENTIANE406	SENATOR JIM WEBB'S VISIT TO LAOS [...] (C) GOL interlocutors warmly welcomed Senator Jim Webb,s August 12-14 visit to Vientiane. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith discussed GOL views of Burma and asked that the U.S.-Lao comprehensive bilateral dialogue be raised to a higher level. Senator Webb also he [...]	2009-08-20 10:58:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	BM ECON ETRD EXIM LA PGOV PHUM PREL
09VIENTIANE594	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA VISIT TO LAOS [...] (SBU) You come to the Lao People's Democratic Republic after a year of increased international attention to Laos, and as the bilateral relationship continues to broaden beyond anything seen since the Communist Pathet Lao came to power in 1975. Your visit will be interpreted by the Lao governme [...]	2009-12-30 11:49:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR LA
09VILNIUS120	UN JUDICIAL POSITIONS: LITHUANIAN, U.S. CANDIDATES [...] (C) We delivered Reftel B information to Rita Kazragiene, head of the MFA's United Nations and Global Policy Division on February 23. She told us February 25 that the GOL would support the U.S. candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal (UNAT) if the USG would commit to supporting Lithuania's candi [...]	2009-02-27 14:02:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KUNR UNGA PREL LH
09VILNIUS139	GAERC: SPOTLIGHT ON EASTERN PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Usackas will focus on the Eastern Partnership (EaP),Belarus and European Council Conclusions at the upcoming GAERC meetings. The GOL continues to support Belarus' participation in the Eastern Partnership. The GOL supports extending sanctions against Belarus fo [...]	2009-03-16 09:37:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LH
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
09VILNIUS166	ECONOMIC DISTRESS INTENSIFYING IN LITHUANIA [...] (C) The economic situation is worsening in Lithuania. Devaluation of the Polish zloty and Russian ruble, rising unemployment, and decreasing revenues are some of the challenges Lithuania faces. Local analysts recently revised growth forecasts for 2009 to negative nine to ten percent. Unfortu [...]	2009-03-27 10:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LH

09VILNIUS171	LITHUANIAN ANALYSTS TELL TREASURY LITHUANIA MAY [...] (C) During their March 18-19 visit to Lithuania, Treasury's Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Europe and Eurasia, Eric Meyer and David Wright, an International Economist in the Office of Europe and Eurasia, heard pessimistic views of the current economic situation. Although the current ac [...]	2009-03-31 07:49:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN LH
09VILNIUS174	RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Minsk hereby offers its views assist with preparation of the guidance requested reftel. 2. (C) As is known, one year ago, the GOB forced the reduction of U.S. diplomatic staff by 90%, declaring among others the Defense Attache persona non grata. We no longer have an America [...]	2009-04-02 07:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09VILNIUS22	MEETING BETWEEN EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried and FM Usackas discussed the continuing negotiations to resolve the gas cut-off to Ukraine. They agreed that Russia had shown itself to be an unreliable supplier, and the current crisis may build support for greater diversification of supplies. A/S Fried stressed to [...]	2009-01-13 10:31:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL MOPS
09VILNIUS241	CODEL TANNER VISITS VILNIUS [...] Summary. Representatives John Tanner and Jo Ann Emerson visited Vilnius April 4-6. The delegation attended NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) meetings and met with the Speaker of the Seimas (Parliament) Arunas Valinskas and several MPs. Tanner and Emerson thanked MPs for Lithuania's contribut [...]	2009-05-04 06:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP NATO PREL PGOV LH
09VILNIUS245	TFFLU01: ILL LITHUANIANS TEST NEGATIVE FOR H1N1; [...] Recent Lithuanian travelers to the United States and Mexico have tested negative for the H1N1 flu virus. One man fell ill after returning from Mexico on April 23. Another developed flu-like symptoms a few days before flying from the United States on April 22, and his wife and daughter became [...]	2009-05-04 12:54:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
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
09VILNIUS305	LITHUANIA ASKS FOR HELP WITH AFGHAN PRT [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Lithuanian MFA Secretary Asta Skaisgiryte Liauskiene called in DCM and DAO on 27 May to outline Lithuania's unsuccessful efforts to find donors for development projects at its Ghor Province PRT, especially the paving of the airport runway to allow military [...]	2009-06-04 13:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR AF 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
09VILNIUS52	AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO PANEVEZYS [...] Summary. Ambassador Cloud traveled to the city of Panevezys in central Lithuania on January 23 to meet with local officials and participate in community outreach. He raised tolerance issues with the Mayor and visited two schools and one factory. Panevezys is the fifth largest city in Lithua [...]	2009-01-27 11:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON OTRA KGLB EAGR EAOD LH
09VILNIUS577	LITHUANIA IS VERY HAPPY WITH GOVERNOR OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PREL NATO 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
09VILNIUS594	LITHUANIA IN AFGHANISTAN -- ADVANCING MUTUAL GOALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following our mid-October visit to Afghanistan to review Lithuania's ISAF contributions, Foreign Minister Usackas is seeking to inject much-needed new organization, energy and financing into Lithuania's efforts to support development in Ghor Province, where Lithuania leads a 200 [...]	2009-11-06 16:03:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	AF LH MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAID
09VILNIUS596	LITHUANIAN GOVERNMENT SEES H1N1 THREAT AS [...] SUMMARY: After H1N1 flu sickened dozens of cadets at a Lithuanian military academy, GOL officials have urged the public not to panic. At the same time, they have decided to stop testing flu victims to determine whether they have the H1N1 virus, and have yet to decide whether to purchase any [...]	2009-11-09 11:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO PREL LH
09VILNIUS619	LITHUANIA REPORTS FIRST FLU DEATH AS EPIDEMIC IS [...] SUMMARY: A 14-year-old boy died in Kaunas of complications from H1N1 flu on November 17, giving Lithuania its first flu death of the season. Health officials also announced that cases of flu and respiratory diseases have risen dramatically in the past week. New cases have reached epidemic [...]	2009-11-19 15:18:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO PREL LH
09VILNIUS624	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON JEWISH COMMUNITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Lithuania's small Jewish community, largely elderly and impoverished, lives among a homogeneous ethnic Lithuanian population, significant elements of which accept anti-Semitic stereotypes and blame the Jews for fighting alongside Soviet soldiers during World War II, Jewish lead [...]	2009-11-23 10:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SCUL SOCI LH
09VILNIUS648	LITHUANIA: OUTREACH FOR DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 15:46:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM AORC SOCI LH
09VILNIUS656	LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON WESTERN BALKANS, EAP PLANNING [...] (C) We spoke with head of MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division, Egidijus Navikas on December 4. He said that Lithuania will be focused on the Western Balkans during the upcoming Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting. Navikas expects that Ministers will reach an agreement on tran [...]	2009-12-07 11:21:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN LH
09VILNIUS68	(S) LITHUANIA POISED TO ACCEPT GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: Lithuania is ready to move expeditiously to approve resettlement of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay and has asked that we put our request into a formal letter from the Secretary. The Foreign Minister also asked that a team from Washington be prepared to come and brief senior GO [...]	2009-01-30 12:40:00	Embassy Vilnius	SECRET	PTER PREL LH
09VILNIUS696	LITHUANIA PASSES BUDGET, FACES DEFICITS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of negotiation and debate, the parliament passed the GOL's 2010 budget on December 11, one day after passing a social-security budget. Both budgets contain deep cuts, but the government still faces billions of dollars in deficits and projected borrowing for the comi [...]	2009-12-21 10:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN 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
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
09VILNIUS84	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER PLAN FOR SECRETARY [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph five. Ambassador Seche is authorized to orally convey information in paragraphs 7-9 in delivering this demarche (but asked not to leave points in written form). Post may not/not provide these points in the form of a non-paper. 2. (S) OBJE [...]	2009-02-10 09:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LH
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
09VLADIVOSTOK21	DCM FAR EAST VISIT COMES AMIDST TURMOIL AND PROMISE [...] (U) DCM Eric Rubin's February 2-6 visit to the Russian Far East came at a time of economic turbulence and discontent, but also high hopes that the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit will lift the region's fortunes when it is held in Vladivostok in 2012. The DCM visit was a chan [...]	2009-02-13 07:18:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON SENV RS
09VLADIVOSTOK5	FOREST MAFIA ADAPTS TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] Despite lower demand for wood products due to the global economic crisis and implementation of the Lacey Act Amendment, illegal logging in Russia continues at critical levels. Approximately 70 percent of Russia's forests are concentrated in the Russian Far East and Siberia in close proximity t [...]	2009-01-29 08:34:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL ECON EAGR RS
09VLADIVOSTOK57	SLAM DUNK IN YAKUTIA [...] (U) Former NBA Coach Tom Newell brought his basketball diplomacy to Yakutia April 22-29 for a week of seminars for coaches, practice sessions for boys and girls, and exhibition games. CG joined Newell for a game with local public officials dedicated to WWII veterans. CG also visited a Yakuti [...]	2009-04-28 06:46:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON 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
09WARSAW1004	POLISH GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (C) The GoP fully agrees with the approach outlined in reftel, according to MFA Iran desk officer Piotr Kozlowski. Poland continues to support full, comprehensive, and transparent negotiations between P5 plus 1 members and Iran. In bilateral exchanges with Iranian officials, the GoP will stre [...]	2009-09-29 15:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR 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
09WARSAW1087	POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 26-27 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland largely shares U.S. views on the Western Balkans, Afghanistan/Pakistan and the Middle East. Poland supports a sustained EU operational presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as visa liberalization regimes for both Albania and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Poland appreciates [...]	2009-10-26 15:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PL
09WARSAW1096	POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. UNGA PRIORITIES, OFFERS A FEW [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Poland will support UNGA Third Committee country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. Although some states argue that the resolutions cross into the domain of the UN Human Rights Council, MFA UN and Huma [...]	2009-10-29 10:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN PL
09WARSAW113	POLAND - PRIME MINISTER TO FUND TIP VICTIMS SHELTER [...] (SBU) Summary. Following front-page media coverage about the potential closure of Poland's only shelter providing specialized assistance for victims of trafficking in Poland (reftel),Prime Minister Tusk offered public assurances January 13 that the GoP would provide the funds necessary to kee [...]	2009-02-02 15:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB 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
09WARSAW1140	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICIZES RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) The controversy sparked by FM Sikorski's reported call for U.S. troops in Poland "as a shield against Russian aggression," although subsequently retracted by Interfax, was widely covered in the media and distracted from an otherwise disciplined and positive trip for the FM to Washington. [...]	2009-11-12 07:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PL PREL RS
09WARSAW1150	POLAND SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF EUFOR MISSION IN [...] (C) Poland favors UN Security Council renewal of the EUFOR mandate in Bosnia. Tomasz Lekarski, Deputy Director of the MFA Security Policy Department, said he did not expect any major obstacles to renewal when UNSC considers the issue November 18. However, he described the EU's position on E [...]	2009-11-17 17:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU BK PL
09WARSAW1163	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS FOR "STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told the Ambassador on November 20 that negotiations over the U.S.-Polish Supplemental SoFA Agreement are "done." The Foreign Minister did not mention Prime Minister Tusk having approved the SoFA text, as required, but left the strong impress [...]	2009-11-24 17:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR PHUM ECON ENRG PL
09WARSAW1164	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS FOR "STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski told the Ambassador on November 20 that negotiations over the U.S.-Polish Supplemental SoFA Agreement are "done." The Foreign Minister did not mention Prime Minister Tusk having approved the SoFA text, as required, but left the strong impress [...]	2009-11-25 07:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MARR PHUM ECON ENRG 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
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
09WARSAW122	UKRAINE, POLAND, CZECH REPUBLIC SUMMIT ON GAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lech Kaczynski's January 28 meeting in Wroclaw with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and Czech Prime Minister Topolanek, representing the EU presidency, produced only an inconclusive assessment of the Ukraine-Russia gas agreement. Officials from President Lech Kaczynski' [...]	2009-02-04 06:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG RS CZ BO UP PL
09WARSAW1222	GOP ENGAGEMENT DE-ESCALATES STANDOFF WITH CHECHEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Polish border guards December 15 stopped a train carrying more than 150 mostly Chechen refugees en route to Dresden, Germany. The refugees said they were on their way to Strasbourg to protest poor conditions for refugees in Poland. However, they did not have permission to travel [...]	2009-12-17 18:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF 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
09WARSAW139	POLAND ON EU CLIMATE PACKAGE, ENERGY SECURITY AND [...] (C) Piotr Serafin, Under Secretary of the Office of the Committee for European Integration (UKIE) recently briefed EconCouns and ESTOff on: 1) Polish tactics and outcome of the December 12, 2008 EU climate package; 2) a new EUR 3.5 billion allocation for European energy and power interconnecti [...]	2009-02-10 06:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG SENV EPET ENRG EUN 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
09WARSAW18	Poland/TIP - Continued Forward Progress, But ... [...] (SBU) Summary. Poland has continued to make strides in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Poland ratified the 2005 Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings on November 17. It will enter into force on March 1, 2009. The Polish government and Interna [...]	2009-01-08 12:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL
09WARSAW212	POLAND: CANNOT TAKE LEAD IN NTM-I BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) In response to retel demarche, Lucyna Golc-Kozak, the Head of the Operations and Crisis Management Section at the Polish MFA, told us that Poland will not take the lead as the Principal Coordinating Nation for a border security program within the NATO training mission in Iraq. Golc-Kozak s [...]	2009-02-25 15:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ PL
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
09WARSAW225	POLAND: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: POST [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Poland be removed from the Special 301 Watch List. In 2008, Poland consolidated and extended the major advances it made during 2007 in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR). Improved enforcement was highlighted in February, when Polish police raid [...]	2009-03-02 15:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KIPR PL
09WARSAW231	POLAND - HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, DURBAN REVIEW, HRR [...] (C) Summary. The GoP is pleased with the USG decision to be an active observer at the Human Rights Council (HRC). Poland intends to run for a seat on the HRC in 2010. The GoP will remain part of the Durban Review process despite having little hope for the draft text. The Country Report on Hum [...]	2009-03-03 09:40:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PL
09WARSAW26	POLAND AND RUSSIA TO HOLD REGULAR SECURITY MEETINGS [...] (C) Poland and Russia have agreed to a regular dialogue to discuss a wide range of security issues, including the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty, NATO-Russia relations, non-proliferation, and missile defense (MD). The decision occurred in the context of a December 19 meeting between Po [...]	2009-01-08 16:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PREL MARR RS 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
09WARSAW288	POLISH FINANCIAL SECTOR: WILL THEY NEED THE IMF? [...] (C) Summary. Poland's financial sector continues to look sound, with adequate liquidity and access to global markets. However, potentially serious vulnerabilities have been exposed by the prolonged strain on European parent banks, the deepening economic downturn, and the steep decline in the [...]	2009-03-19 17:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON 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
09WARSAW351	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ROGERS VISIT TO WARSAW, [...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Warsaw. Your meetings will occur one day after President Obama meets with the Polish leadership on the margins of the U.S.-EU Summit in Prague, which will likely be with both Prime Minister Donald Tusk and President Lech Kaczynski. [...]	2009-04-01 14:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR OREP ENRG MARR RS PL
09WARSAW361	POLISH VIEWS ON U.S. HRC CANDIDACY, DURBAN REVIEW [...] (C) As reported ref B, the Polish MFA positively assesses U.S. re-engagement with the Human Rights Council (HRC). When discussing the U.S.-announced candidacy for the HRC (ref A),the acting deputy director of the MFA's Department for United Nations and Human Rights, Jerzy Baurski, said the GO [...]	2009-04-03 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV 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
09WARSAW387	LEGACY USDA LOCAL CURRENCY FUNDS [...] Summary. The cable requests approval from FAS/W for use of zloty-denominated funds remaining from a series of Section 416(b) commodities' grants from 1989-1993. U.S. Department of Agriculture commodity assistance from that period totaled roughly $194 million, and some $62 million in zloty eq [...]	2009-04-10 13:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PL
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
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
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
09WARSAW521	CUBA - LIBERTAD ACT RESPONSE FROM POLAND [...] (U) Post provides the following in response to ref A questions. 2. (U) Promotion of democracy and human rights in Cuba: Poland has an excellent track record with respect to supporting freedom and democracy in Cuba, and believes that its experience in the Solidarity trade movement and it [...]	2009-05-22 14:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU PL
09WARSAW562	POLAND CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR MI-17 HELICOPTERS [...] (C) Poland will consider the request for additional air support for Pakistan and get back to us within a few days. Maciej Falkowski of the MFA's Security Policy Department said Warsaw understood the urgent need but pointed out that the Ministry of National Defense (MND) had the lead on such o [...]	2009-06-03 15:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG PARM PHUM PL PK
09WARSAW564	POLISH EXPECTATIONS: FROM PATRIOT TO SOFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 2 meeting with DCM, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw Komorowski reiterated his government's belief (articulated in writing for the first time in reftel A) that it had been promised an operational U.S. Patriot battery. Referring to the public back and forth on the Pat [...]	2009-06-04 06:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
09WARSAW586	POLES TO CONSIDER NATO COUNTER-PIRACY SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 15:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL 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
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
09WARSAW694	POLAND-CODEL NELSON WITH MINISTER KOMOROWSKI [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 14:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OREP PGOV PL PREL RS
09WARSAW704	CODEL NELSON: POLISH FM PRESSES FOR RESPONSE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Sikorski told Senator Nelson the GoP still hoped the Missile Defense (MD) agreement would be implemented, and said he was awaiting clarity regarding Patriot missiles. He said the Patriots should be deployed as originally intended -- not as a "sales promotion" [...]	2009-07-08 13:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP OTRA PHUM 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
09WARSAW73	POLAND/GAERC: ADDITIONAL INPUT FOR JAN 26-27 EU FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel A points, MFA Political Director Witold Sobkow told the DCM January 22 that the GAERC would focus heavily on the EU role in resolving the Gaza conflict and on energy security issues. Sobkow accused Germany of undermining efforts to develop a common EU energy [...]	2009-01-23 08:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BO GG IS PL PREL SY 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
09WARSAW76	PM TUSK'S NEW SHERIFF - JUSTICE MINISTER ANDRZEJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unlike his bookish predecessor, Poland's new Justice Minister, Andrzej Czuma -- one of the fathers of Poland's early anti-Communist movements and a former U.S. resident (1986-2005) -- is expected to take on the Polish judiciary,s daunting challenges in a more visible, determined a [...]	2009-01-23 15:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL 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
09WARSAW860	POLAND - LACK OF VISION IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since taking office in November 2007, the Tusk Government has been faulted by the opposition, NGOs, and the media for not making the fight against corruption a top priority. Recent surveys suggest Poles are as concerned as ever about corruption, despite notable progress over the [...]	2009-08-21 12:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KCOR PL
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
09WARSAW940	POLISH FORMIN OUTLINES EVOLVING RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent remarks to the media, FM Sikorski suggested that Poland is a regional partner of the U.S., but only the EU has the scale and resources to be America's strategic partner. Sikorski argued that Poland should support deeper EU integration, Lisbon Treaty ratification, and a [...]	2009-09-12 07:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM NATO PL
09WARSAW966	POLAND READY TO EXPAND THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] (C) The GoP fully agrees with reftel views and believes that Iranian authorities are running out of time to engage in a substantive, comprehensive dialogue with the West. MFA Iran desk officer Piotr Kozlowski told us Poland would do what it could to persuade Iran to be more forthcoming rega [...]	2009-09-18 15:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR PL
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
09WELLINGTON106	MGSF01 - SWINE FLU UPDATE FOR NEW ZEALAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 20:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR AMGT TBIO KFLU CASC AEMR ASEC KFLO KSAF
09WELLINGTON122	NEW ZEALAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICIZES US DAIRY [...] (SBU) In a lunch today with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully and Charge, the former opened the conversation by noting the New Zealand Government,s strong negative reaction to the recent dairy subsidy announcement by the USG. McCully remarked that the decision by the EU and US to [...]	2009-05-27 06:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PREL NZ
09WELLINGTON128	NEW ZEALAND'S MINISTER OF TRADE ASSESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand's Trade Minister Tim Groser categorized all his meetings in Washington as extremely successful; he also expressed decidedly negative reactions to recent dairy export subsidy measures by the U.S. and EU. Groser outlined his plans to revamp NZ development assistance [...]	2009-06-04 23:54:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD PREL NZ
09WELLINGTON169	New Zealand H1N1 Sitrep, June 19, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 18, the New Zealand Government announced a shift of its H1N1 strategy from one of "containment" to one of "management" of the virus. This move was prompted by increased volumes of confirmed and suspected cases of the virus received by the country's regional health authori [...]	2009-06-19 05:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR KFLU ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
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
09WELLINGTON241	NZ GOVT BRIEF DIPLOMATS AHEAD OF PIF MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Officers attended a July 27 briefing to diplomats by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on the August 5-6 Pacific Island Forum Leaders' Meeting in Cairns, Australia. It was announced at the briefing that Prime Minister John Key will lead the N [...]	2009-07-30 05:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL NZ
09WELLINGTON260	NEW ZEALAND SAS RETURNS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 10, New Zealand Prime Minister John Key announced that his country's elite SAS will be re-deployed to Afghanistan. He also stated that the New Zealand-led PRT will, over the next three to five years, draw down its military component and increase its civilian contribut [...]	2009-08-10 20:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR NZ AF US
09WELLINGTON27	NEW ZEALAND'S RESERVE BANK SLASHES INTEREST WHILE FONTERRA [...] (U) Summary: In a week of poor economic news, the Reserve Bank has reduced the Official Cash Rate to record lows while New Zealand's largest company Fonterra registered sharp losses that will translate into a 1 percent GDP reduction this year. Meanwhile, the opposition Labour Party held its [...]	2009-01-30 05:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
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

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
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
09WELLINGTON54	NEW ZEALAND AND UNITED KINGDOM COLLABORATE ON RENEWABLE [...] (U) Summary. In February, the British High Commission (BHC) in New Zealand and the NZ Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MoRST),organized a visit to New Zealand by a party of UK energy specialists. The purpose of the visit, funded the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),was [...]	2009-02-27 03:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV TRGY KGHG PREL NZ UK
09WINDHOEK105	WELCOME TO NAMIBIA [...] On behalf of all of us at the U.S. Mission in Namibia, congratulations on your assignment to Windhoek! We look forward to welcoming you to our community and to making your stay here as productive and pleasant as possible. Namibia is a beautiful country with its vast and varied landscapes full [...]	2009-03-26 16:05:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AMGT WA
09WINDHOEK18	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, IRAN [...] (C) On January 21, Ambassador met with Namibian Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku to convey a New Year's greeting and discuss the situation in Zimbabwe. Hausiku also briefly mentioned Namibia's overtures to Iran. -------- Zimbabwe -------- 2. (C) Ambassador began by urging the Government [...]	2009-01-21 15:57:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA ZI IR WA
09WINDHOEK193	SACU Secretariat Praises US-SACU Relationship [...] (SBU) A May 14 Namibian newspaper article alleged that the USG had abandoned its commitment to continuing trade discussions under the July 2008 Trade, Investment and Development Cooperation Agreement (TIDCA) signed by the United States and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). In a publi [...]	2009-05-29 09:24:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV 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
09WINDHOEK246	NAMIBIA AND THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (SBU) While Namibia maintained positive economic growth in 2008, the consensus for 2009 is that the economy will shrink between 0.6 and 2.0 percent. Two of Namibia's primary sectors, mining and fishing, shrank considerably in 2008 and all indications are that this slump is continuing in 2009. [...]	2009-07-09 16:06:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR WA
09WINDHOEK45	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE: EXPORT PERMITS FOR CHEETAHS [...] This cable includes two action requests. Please see paras 6 and 7. EXPORT OF CHEETAHS ------------------ 2. Ambassador Mathieu delivered reftel demarche to Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, Namibia's Minister of Environment and Tourism, on February 4. The Ambassador explained that the U.S. cons [...]	2009-02-09 08:52:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV WA
09WINDHOEK468	Namibian Supreme Court Rules Independently, Finds Labor Law [...] (SBU) On December 14, the Namibian Supreme Court unanimously ruled as unconstitutional a provision of the 2007 Labor Act which prohibited employers from using labor hire, i.e., third-party hired temporary or contract workers. Opponents of labor hire see the industry as akin to the "inhumane" [...]	2009-12-16 08:26:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV 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
09WINDHOEK6	PRESIDENT HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA'S NEW YEAR MESSAGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 15:19:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL WA
09YAOUNDE1062	CAMEROON'S PRIME MINISTER ON ECONOMY AND GOVERNANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister Philemon Yang said the Cameroonian economy was improving, with renewed focus on the energy an agriculture sectors. He appreciated recent productive meetings with Boeing and Lufthansa Consulting to revive the national airl [...]	2009-12-17 14:30:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAIR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SENV
09YAOUNDE111	CAMEROON: USG SENDS MESSAGE ON ELECTION AGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's decision not to attend the public swearing-in of the controversial leadership of Cameroon's elections agency (ELECAM) has caught the attention of the press, civil society, and the Government of Cameron (GRC). The Ambassador had briefed the Prime Minister and c [...]	2009-02-02 15:59:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EAID 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
09YAOUNDE175	CAMEROON'S FOREIGN MINISTER CRITICIZES DIPLOMATS [...] (U) On February 19, Cameroonian Foreign Minister Henri Eyebe Ayissi summoned the diplomatic corps to the Foreign Ministry to present the government's views on the newly established Electoral Commission (Elections Cameroon - ELECAM). He detailed reasons why the international community should [...]	2009-02-20 13:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM PGOV PHUM PREL
09YAOUNDE216	CAMEROON: IMF PLANS AND PERSPECTIVES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cameroonian government has not yet decided what kind of follow-on it wants to the just completed three-year IMF Poverty Reduction program. At the moment, the IMF is limited to a data-gathering and policy advisory role, although this will be discussed during a scheduled M [...]	2009-03-02 15:54:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON EFIN PREL
09YAOUNDE224	POPE'S UPCOMING VISIT TO CAMEROON DRAWS MIXED [...] (U) SUMMARY : Pope Benedict XVI will visit Cameroon March 17-20, for both a state visit and to conduct internal meetings with church officials from around Africa. This visit has met with mixed local press, including some criticism of the trip,s cost and church fundraising efforts. The Pope's [...]	2009-03-05 16:09:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM PGOV PREL VT PHUM KIRF
09YAOUNDE237	CAMEROON: JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES REFORM PRIORITIES IN [...] (SBU) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) acknowledges the persistence of significant human rights violations in Cameroon, but is committed to stepping up investigations and punishment of violators, according to Amadou Ali, the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice. Ambassador, accompanie [...]	2009-03-10 14:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CM
09YAOUNDE24	CAMEROON: CPDM SECRETARY GENERAL ON CURRENT [...] (C) On January 8, Ambassador hosted a lunch for Rene Sadi, Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party and Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency. Sadi thought the newly created Electoral Commission (ELECAM) could function independently, contrary to [...]	2009-01-12 13:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM CM
09YAOUNDE286	CAMEROON GIVES POPE ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME, AMID [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Pope's March 17-20 day visit to Cameroon went smoothly, drawing large, enthusiastic crowds. The Pope drew criticism for his pre-arrival comments to the international press about condom usage. Government efforts to clean up the city (including the destruction of many illegal [...]	2009-03-26 15:32:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO CM VT PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM
09YAOUNDE486	CAMEROONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, Ambassador met with Cameroonian Minister of External Affairs Henri Eyebe Ayissi, who praised bilateral relations and cited regional and maritime security as his top foreign policy priority. He claimed to know little about an ongoing case of piracy involving an Ame [...]	2009-06-01 16:08:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CM ECON MAS PGOV PREL
09YAOUNDE591	(C) CAMEROON: PM AND CORRUPT MINDEF REMOVED IN [...] (U) Summary. In a June 30 cabinet shuffle, President Biya appointed Philemon Yang, a senior official in the Presidency and former diplomat, to be his Prime Minister and dismissed Defense Minister Remy Ze Meka, whose grand-scale corruption made him persona non grata in the U.S. Otherwise, the [...]	2009-07-02 08:43:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL KCOR KDEM
09YAOUNDE682	NEW ENERGY AND WATER MINISTER WANTS RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 24, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the new Minister of Energy and Water, Michael Ngako Tomdio, who came to his job in a June 30 cabinet shuffle. Clearly under pressure to produce results, he signaled a breakthrough on the impasse between AES-Sonel and aluminum prod [...]	2009-08-06 07:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON ENRG EWWT PGOV PREL
09YAOUNDE705	Cameroonian University Students Decry Corruption and [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroonian university students are frustrated with corruption, political influence, educational neglect, and perceived discrimination related to bilingualism within Cameroon's education system. They are generally afraid to discuss their problems, especially politics, but have o [...]	2009-08-18 11:09:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ECON PGOV CVIS PHUM 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
09YAOUNDE882	CAMEROON: BAKASSI'S ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: One year after the August 2008 handover of the Bakassi Peninsula, the Government of Cameroon(GRC) has succeeded in dramatically improving the security of the region and has done some work to improve infrastructure. However, Bakassi remains poor and isolated, and the inter-agency [...]	2009-10-21 11:21:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR NI CM PBTS PGOV ECON
09YAOUNDE896	CAMEROON: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: Cameroon, with a 2008 nominal GDP of about $23.7 billion, is the largest economy in the six-nation Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC). It is enjoying its fourteenth consecutive year of GDP growth, currently projected at 2.4 percent for 2009. It has a popula [...]	2009-10-22 06:54:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM CM
09YAOUNDE972	BIYA AT 27 WRITES A LETTER TO THE PEOPLE [...] (U) Summary: On November 5, the occasion of the day marking the 27th anniversary of his ascension to the Presidency, Paul Biya published an open letter in French and English to his "dear compatriots" and "dear CPDM Militants." Taking up two pages in each of the major dailies, both state-run [...]	2009-11-13 14:38:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV
09YEKATERINBURG12	MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE IVLP A SUCCES FOR URALS PARTICIPANTS [...] A group of five professionals from municipal governments, NGO and local legislative bodies of the four Urals cities with over a million residents -- Yekaterinburg, Chelyabinsk, Perm and Ufa -- took part in the Municipal Good Governance and Promoting Transparency in Decision-Making Internationa [...]	2009-03-02 05:37:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO RS
09YEKATERINBURG31	TYUMEN, TOBOLSK SPARKLE IN THEIR OWN WAYS [...] Summary: Consul General traveled to Tyumen and Tobolsk May 18-20. In Tyumen, we opened a photographic exhibit, saw the newly renovated American Corner, met with the rector of the oil and gas university and visited the offices of the Halliburton oil services company. In Tobolsk, we met the m [...]	2009-05-23 08:05:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SCUL PGOV 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
09YEKATERINBURG46	PILORAMA ROCKS THE GHOSTS OF THE GULAG [...] (U) Summary: Frequent showers during the weekend of July 25-27 did not dampen the spirits of an estimated crowd of 6,000 to 9,000 people who attended the 5th annual Pilorama Civic Forum held on the site of the Perm-36 Memorial Museum, located 90 kilometers from Perm. From Friday evening thro [...]	2009-07-28 13:31:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SCUL RS
09YEKATERINBURG60	SIBERIAN OASIS BALANCES DEVELOPMENT AND PRESERVATION [...] (SBU) Begin summary. Sustainable economic development, environmental protection, and preservation indigenous northern cultures were the main themes of Consul General's visit to Khanty-Mansiysk September 14-16. The city of 70,000, which is about 650 km northeast of Yekaterinburg and could be d [...]	2009-09-19 08:15:00	Consulate Yekaterinburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET SENV SCUL PGOV RS
09YEREVAN107	PROPOSED LAW THREATENS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ARMENIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 17:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF 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
09YEREVAN137	AMBASSADOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WAY AHEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: For nearly a year, this embassy has urged a tough, measured line on Armenia's Millennium Challenge Compact, seeking to maximize the incentive value of MCC to galvanize Armenian action to correct it's Ruling Justly performance. We sense that some in Washington have lost patience [...]	2009-02-25 17:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PHUM KDEM AM
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
09YEREVAN148	CALM EXPECTED, BUT CLASHES POSSIBLE, ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: An opposition-organized rally and march planned for Sunday, March 1, to commemorate the violent political clashes one year ago, is expected to proceed calmly. Although the demonstration is proceeding without municipal approval, we do not perceive that either side has motives to [...]	2009-02-27 14:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC AM
09YEREVAN149	BANNED OPPOSITION RALLY PROCEEDS WITHOUT INCIDENT [...] (C) The opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) and Heritage Party attracted an estimated 10-15,000 people to a rally on the grounds of the Matenaderan manuscript museum March 1 to commemorate the anniversary of last year's political violence. ANC organizers then led the demonstrators in [...]	2009-03-02 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC KDEM AM
09YEREVAN151	DRAM FALLS 25 PERCENT AFTER CENTRAL BANK ENDS [...] (U) The board of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA) announced today that it would end its aggressive intervention in support of the Armenian Dram (AMD). Almost immediately, the AMD fell nearly 25 percent. GOAM officials are hopeful that the currency has reached a new equilibrium price, but it [...]	2009-03-03 15:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB AM
09YEREVAN167	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) In their introductory meeting, Minister of Nature Protection Aram Harutyunian thanked the Ambassador for the assistance provided by USAID on a range of water projects as well as the work of Peace Corps volunteers in environmental education. He requested that USAID assistance be extended b [...]	2009-03-09 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR EAID ENRG SENV 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
09YEREVAN20	(S/NF) CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUE [...] (S/NF) The separate meetings on January 14 with NSS Chairman Hakobian and President Sargsian regarding the Iran export control issue were both positive and constructive. Sargsian acknowledged the weapons purchase from Bulgaria, and neither he nor the NSS Chairman challenged our information that the [...]	2009-01-14 15:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PINR 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
09YEREVAN203	ARMENIA ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC PGOV PREL ENRG AORC KNNP UNGA IAEA NPT
09YEREVAN211	13 UNIVERSITIES FAIL TO MAKE THE GRADE [...] Summary: On February 26, the Armenian Ministry of Education and Science (MOES) revoked the operating licenses of 9 private universities and sanctioned 4 others due to their failure to meet basic requirements stipulated in the Law on Education. Affected private university representatives comp [...]	2009-03-25 07:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO SCUL AM
09YEREVAN216	A DETAILED GUIDE TO YEREVAN'S MAY 31 MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) The Law on Local Self-Governance in Yerevan was passed by the National Assembly on December 26, 2008, and created the framework for the pre-election period, election, and post-election day procedures. This cable summarizes those provisions. The new law provides for a new City Council of [...]	2009-03-26 12:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
09YEREVAN217	KOSOVO/KFOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- ARMENIANS HAPPY [...] (C) CDA conveyed an abbreviated version of reftel talking points to Deputy Foriegn Minister Arman Kirakossian. Our points highlighted appreciation for Armenian commitment to Kosovo, including its recent doubling of its troop contingent there, and signaled continued firm U.S. commitment to sein [...]	2009-03-26 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV AM
09YEREVAN222	GOAM CREATES HIGH SCHOOLS; ADDS TWO YEARS OF SCHOOLING [...] Summary: The Government of Armenia has announced the opening of 150 high schools by the end of 2011. This new development is an incremental expansion of a 2008-09 pilot program which aims to improve educational quality and create a 12-year educational system roughly modeled on the U.S. exper [...]	2009-03-27 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO SCUL AM
09YEREVAN225	ARMENIA - MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW FOR 2008 [...] (SBU) Armenia's economic growth slowed considerably in 2008, with signs of global financial crisis observed in nearly all sectors of the economy. Construction, the main driver of the country's double-digit economic growth in recent years, was among the hardest hit. Mining and metallurgy secto [...]	2009-03-30 03:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD 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
09YEREVAN26	PACE RAPPORTEURS FORESHADOW COMPROMISE TO POSTPONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: PACE rapporteurs John Prescott and Georges Colombier debriefed the CoE member state ambassadors (and a few other invited diplomatic representatives) January 15 on the results of their meetings in Yerevan. They revealed that they had reached agreement with the GOAM on a proposal t [...]	2009-01-16 15:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM COE AM
09YEREVAN261	PRESIDENT SARGSIAN ON DEMOCRATIZATION, MILLENNIUM [...] (C) In an April 15 meeting with the Ambassador, President Sargsian said he would not take action to free March 1 detainees before the trials of the final (and most prominent) seven defendants are concluded. Once the judicial process is over -- Sargsian left no doubt that all would be convicted [...]	2009-04-16 14:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AM
09YEREVAN263	ARMENIAN TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS [...] (SBU) On April 2 a Yerevan court sentenced an ex-convict to seven years in prison for trafficking. This individual was found guilty of forcing Armenian boys into panhandling (reftel),after being prosecuted under a trafficking charge. According to the prosecutor who tried the case, the court' [...]	2009-04-17 12:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM HSTC 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
09YEREVAN286	MEDIA REACTION: Armenia - Turkey Negotiations, the Long [...] (SBU) Both print and TV media extensively covered the April 23 joint "road map" statement by Turkish, Armenian and Swiss foreign ministries on the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations. President Sargsian and FM Nalbandian made strong public statements of support for the proposal, which w [...]	2009-04-30 07:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KPAO KMDR 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
09YEREVAN313	INITIAL MEETING OF US-ARMENIA EXPORT CONTROL [...] (S/NF) ISN Acting DAS Ann Ganzer led an inter-agency delegation to the initial meeting of the U.S.-Armenia Export Control Working Group, held April 29-30, 2009, in Yerevan. The working group was formed in accordance with the U.S.-Armenia Joint Action Plan (hereinafter the Plan),recently sign [...]	2009-05-12 14:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PINR 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
09YEREVAN321	LINE-UP OF PARTIES CONTESTING YEREVAN MUNICIPAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) In view of the upcoming May 31 Yerevan City Council election that will determine the capital's next mayor, post has prepared a profile of the seven political parties contesting the election. This is the first time since 1995 that the mayor of Yerevan, who governs approximately one third [...]	2009-05-14 10:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM 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
09YEREVAN345	STAFFERS SAY PRESIDENT SARGSIAN TO OUTLINE PROCESS [...] (C) During a May 20 lunch with DCM, Presidential Chief of Staff Vigen Sargsian and presidential advisor (and son-in-law) Misha Minasian promised that President Sargsian would make a "major announcement" on May 28 that will outline a way forward toward the release of all March 1 detainees. The [...]	2009-05-20 13:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM 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
09YEREVAN358	TREASURY DAS MEYER'S MEETINGS IN YEREVAN [...] (C) Acting Treasury DAS for Europe and Eurasia Eric Meyer met May 13 with the Chairman of the Central Bank of Armenia (CBA),Armenia's Minister of Finance and the IMF Resident Representative for Armenia. All three painted a dim picture of Armenia's macroeconomic situation, though noted that d [...]	2009-05-26 14:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD AM
09YEREVAN363	MEDIA WATCHDOG NOTES IMPROVED ELECTION COVERAGE [...] (SBU) From April 16 to May 15, the Yerevan Press Club (YPC) monitored TV coverage of the mayoral election campaign, and found that Armenia's leading seven TV stations were more objective and neutral than they were in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election. In spite of the more neutral co [...]	2009-05-27 14:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KPAO AM
09YEREVAN372	WIDESPREAD FRAUD OBSERVED/REPORTED IN YEREVAN [...] (C) Systematic fraud, both confirmed and reported, marred the first election of Yerevan's mayor and its new city council on May 31. Ballot-stuffing, bussed-in voters, intimidation and violence against precinct members, political party proxies, media, and observers figured prominently. With 52 [...]	2009-06-01 16:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN386	RFE/RL'S ROSY VIEW OF THEIR STATUS IN ARMENIA [...] (C) RFE/RL Prague representative Nenad Pejic traveled to Armenia from May 20-21 to review Radio Liberty's coverage related to Yerevan's May 31 municipal election. Pejic sought feedback from Armenia's political parties and explained to them the election guidelines under which Radio Liberty's r [...]	2009-06-05 13:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO AM
09YEREVAN407	THE PLIGHT OF EDUCATION IN THE REGIONS [...] From May 18 -20, Ambassador Yovanovitch traveled to Syunik marz, one of Armenia's 11 provinces, known for its industrial capacity, rich natural resources, and geostrategic importance. Syunik marz aspires to become southern Armenia's regional education hub. During meetings with government off [...]	2009-06-12 14:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO OEXC SCUL AM
09YEREVAN431	TWO GOVERNMENT LOYALISTS JAILED FOR ELECTORAL FRAUD [...] (SBU) On June 16, two pro-government loyalists were sentenced to three years in prison for electoral fraud during Yerevan's May 31 municipal election. Both of the men were found guilty of ballot-stuffing at a voting precinct in Yerevan's Malatia-Sebastia district, the site of widespread fraud [...]	2009-06-19 13:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	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
09YEREVAN441	AMNESTY DECLARED, BUT NOT ALL MARCH 1 DETAINEES [...] (C) On June 19, sixteen months to the day following Armenia's disputed 2008 presidential election, Armenia's parliament declared a wide-ranging amnesty that will result in the release of approximately 32 of the roughly 48 oppositionists still in jail for their election-related activities suppo [...]	2009-06-22 22:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM 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
09YEREVAN503	MEDIA GIVES POSITIVE SPIN TO DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG [...] Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg made a brief visit to Armenia on July 11, meeting with President Sargsian and holding a short press conference with Foreign Minister Nalbandian. The visit was widely covered by virtually all television stations and the pro-government press. These outl [...]	2009-07-16 11:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO AM
09YEREVAN517	POLICY CHANGE TOWARDS MINORITY FAITHS IN ARMENIA? [...] (C) On July 16, Father Ktrij Devejian (please protect AMCIT),the foreign press secretary of the "Catholicosate of All Armenians Mother See of Holy Echmiatsin," briefed the Ambassador on recent church developments. According to Fr. Ktrij, CatQS"QakQEQor of individual Armenian Church clerics. [...]	2009-07-23 06:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF AM
09YEREVAN625	AMBASSADOR'S TRAVEL TO TAVUSH MARZ [...] (SBU) On August 21 the Ambassador traveled to Tavush marz, one of Armenia's 11 administrative regions. The region's governor and the mayor of the capital, Ijevan, remarked on the effects of the current economic crisis and the challenges of local governance. The USAID-supported Advocacy and Ass [...]	2009-09-09 12:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON AM
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
09YEREVAN645	YOUTH ACTIVIST PERSECUTED FOR REPORTING ABUSE OF SPECIAL [...] (SBU) The Prosecutor General's Office has pressed charges of "false crime reporting" against an environmental activist who went public with reports about instances of sexual and other abuse at a state-run boarding school for children with special needs. The activist and local human rights moni [...]	2009-09-16 13:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AM
09YEREVAN648	AMBASSADOR SEES ARID ECONOMIC LANDSCAPE IN VAYOTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's early August trip to Vayots Dzor marz, she found a region struggling to dig out of an economic hole. Local mayors, the governor, NGO leaders and business groups all noted that the arid region, over 100 kilometers southeast of Yerevan, faced an uphill stru [...]	2009-09-17 12:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON AM
09YEREVAN653	ARMENIAN ECONOMIC RECOVERY HAMPERED BY STRUCTURAL [...] (C) Recent meetings with an IMF economist and an opposition Armenian businessman about Armenia's macroeconomic situation indicate that while there are hints of an eventual recovery from the economic crisis, structural problems remain that undermine Armenia's economic growth prospects. The Cen [...]	2009-09-18 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD AM
09YEREVAN673	PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION RELEASES CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) On September 16, after more than a 15-month-long inquiry that the political opposition boycotted, the Ad hoc Parliamentary Commission on the March 1, 2008 events released its long-awaited report into the violence that followed Armenia's disputed 2008 presidential election. The 138-page r [...]	2009-09-28 14:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM 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
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
09YEREVAN712	ON THE TURKEY-ARMENIA BORDER: IS THE RAILWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and EXBS Advisor toured the Akhurian Train station near the Turkish border, where Armenian railway officials claimed that they are ready to begin rail traffic as soon as the border opens and procedures are established. Our assessment, however, is that much work wou [...]	2009-10-07 09:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ELTN PBTS SOCI TU 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
09YEREVAN742	"JUDO DIPLOMACY" BRINGS AZERBAIJANI ATHLETES TO YEREVAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 29, DCM met with the Armenian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs, Armen Grigorian, to discuss the successful "judo diplomacy" involving Azerbaijani athletes participating in a September competition in Yerevan. DCM also informed the Minister about the DOS Sports Envo [...]	2009-10-19 13:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AJ AM
09YEREVAN746	OCT 20 LETTER FROM FM NALBANDIAN TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) On October 20, while receiving EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow in Yerevan, Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian handed over a letter addressed by him to the Secretary. Below is the verbatim text of the signed-English language original, which is dated October 20, 2009. Post will send signed original [...]	2009-10-20 13:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PGOV PREL TU AM
09YEREVAN753	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO ARAGATSOTN MARZ ASSESSES [...] (SBU) NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE INTERNET. HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Yovanovitch's September 15 trip to Aragatsotn Marz, one of the nation's poorer regions, included visits to USG assistance project sites as well as meetings with Governor Sargis Sahakian, Ashtarak Mayor Gagik [...]	2009-10-26 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
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
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
09YEREVAN85	PAY YOUR TAXES, WIN THE LOTTERY! [...] (SBU) In an effort to encourage greater tax compliance by both retail sales outlets and consumers, the State Revenue Committee this month introduced a lottery that pays prizes to persons holding a winning cash register receipt. This follows regulations issued last fall requiring all retail se [...]	2009-02-13 09:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN AM

09YEREVAN859	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES EDUCATION MINISTER ON [...] (C) On December 9 the Ambassador met with Minister of Education Armen Ashotian and raised the case of the environmental youth activist Mariam Sukhudian who, after blowing the whistle on abuses in a state-run boarding school for special needs children, found herself charged with reporting a fal [...]	2009-12-11 14:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
09YEREVAN865	DEPUTY PM DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING, INVITES AMB [...] (C) On November 25 Ambassador Yovanovitch met with Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian to discuss Armenia's current anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador emphasized that Armenia needed to continue the positive momentum it had achieved with its improved ranking last year, and that now was [...]	2009-12-15 06:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN TU AM
09YEREVAN882	ARMENIAN CATHOLICOS LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] The Ambassador received a letter from His Holiness, Karekin II, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church addressed to President Obama regarding the outstanding issues concerning ethnic and religious minorities in the Republic of Georgia. Text of the letter follows below. The Ambassador will [...]	2009-12-22 09:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC KIRF GG 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
09YEREVAN95	DEPUTY PM OUTLINES BEEFED UP ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Gevorgian evinced detailed knowledge of Armenia's TIP situation in a private lunch with the Ambassador, and outlined a very encouraging program of intensified work on the issue. The government has re-launched criminal cases to investigate the notorious Zakharyants [...]	2009-02-13 14:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP AM
09ZAGREB103	UNDP 2008 HUMAN DEVT REPORT: CLIMATE CHANGE AND [...] Summary: On February 16, UNDP released its 2008 Human Development Report for Croatia, which analyzes the links between climate change, the economy, and human development. While expected warmer temperatures could have good or bad effects on tourism in Croatia, rising sea-levels and increased fr [...]	2009-02-23 13:14:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG PGOV KGHG HR
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
09ZAGREB118	CROATIAN-SLOVENIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT We see little prospect that significant progress can be made in resolving the longstanding border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia before Croatia formally joins the NATO Alliance. Assuming Croatia achieves NATO membership in time for the April 3 Summit there may [...]	2009-03-04 07:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO HR
09ZAGREB120	MAYOR MILAN BANDIC, THE KING OF ZAGREB [...] (C) SUMMARY Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) will be running for re-election to his fourth term. He has a comfortable lead in recent polls and is an experienced campaigner, which will make him very tough to beat in the May election. Frequently criticized for his [...]	2009-03-04 10:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HR
09ZAGREB126	NEW BUDGET TOPS GOC'S SET OF ANTI-RECESSION [...] Summary: On February 26, PM Sanader announced a set of ten anti-recession measures the government will pursue. The first measure will be to cut budget expenditures by HRK 1-3 billion ($175-526 million). Other measures will increase support for exporters, small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) [...]	2009-03-09 10:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV HR
09ZAGREB132	POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT INFORMAL SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 5 and 6 Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic hosted an informal meeting of Southeastern European Defense Ministers that focused on advancing peace and stability through Euro-Atlantic integration. Defense Ministers from Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Hungary, Greece, an [...]	2009-03-10 14:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO HR
09ZAGREB139	SCENESETTER FOR MG KISNER, CG SOCEUR, VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Sir, your visit is very important for the dedication ceremony in honor of MSG Ivica Jerak (YER-ak). You will meet Ambassador Bradtke at the ceremony and will be hosted later by the Chief of the General Staff, GEN Josip Lucic (LOOTS-itch). 2. (C/NF) Atmospherics. Your trip comes at [...]	2009-03-13 15:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE
09ZAGREB148	CROATIA-SLOVENIA: NO PROGRESS ON BORDER ISSUE, [...] (C) Summary. In a March 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic reported that there was no substantive progress on resolving the Croatia-Slovenia border dispute during his March 17 meeting with Slovene Foreign Minister Zbogar and EC Commissioner Rehn. On Sloven [...]	2009-03-19 12:27:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO EU
09ZAGREB152	CROATIA IPR UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Croatia is currently not on the Special 301 Watch List. Post has researched the area of concern identified by industry in its Special 301 submission (see paragraph 4). Croatia's legal framework continues to develop and is now completely harmonized with the EU. However, effec [...]	2009-03-20 14:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR HR
09ZAGREB167	GOC COORDINATING WITH USG ON NEXT STEPS IN NATO [...] (C) Summary. After the Croatian Parliament approved Croatia's NATO Accession Protocol, the Ambassador met with MFA Director Mario Nobilo on March 26 to coordinate on the next steps that the GoC would take so it would be ready to become a member of NATO in time for the Summit on April 3. Nobi [...]	2009-03-26 12:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO
09ZAGREB172	REFUGEE RETURNS, MARCH PRINCIPALS MEETING [...] (U) Summary. In a March 17 meeting with ambassadorial level representatives of the international community (IC),the Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return, Slobodan Uzelac, reported that the GOC had made significant progress in resettling former occupancy/te [...]	2009-03-27 15:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL EUC REFUGEES HR CROATIA
09ZAGREB173	GOVERNMENT MOVES TO CUT SALARIES, UNIONS CRY FOUL [...] SUMMARY: The GOC has proposed a budget revision showing a revenue drop of HRK 8 billion ($1.5 billion) and expenditure cuts of HRK 5.4 billion ($1 billion). The revision assumes a 2 percent fall in GDP for 2009 and estimates a deficit of 1.6 percent of GDP. The revision includes a 6 percent cut [...]	2009-03-27 15:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV HR
09ZAGREB175	CROATIA-SLOVENIA BORDER DISPUTE: CROATIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 30 conversation, Croatian Prime Minister Sanader told the Ambassador that Croatia would continue to insist that the final arbitration of the disputed border with Slovenia could only be done by an international court. All other outstanding issues, including the right [...]	2009-03-30 15:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR NATO EU
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
09ZAGREB213	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - APRIL 24, 2009 [...] (U) U.S.-CROATIAN OPERATIONAL MENTORING LIAISON TEAM (OMLT) DEPARTS FOR AFGHANISTAN: On April 16, twelve Minnesota National Guard soldiers and 12 Croatian soldiers departed for Afghanistan where they will serve as the first multinational combat support operational mentoring liaison team (OMLT [...]	2009-04-24 10:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB215	FM JANDROKOVIC EXPECTS CROATIA TO AGREE TO REHN [...] (C) FM Goran Jandrokovic told the Ambassador on April 24 that the latest Rehn proposal for sending the Croatia-Slovenia border dispute to arbitration and to de-block Croatia's accession negotiations was a good and balanced one. Croatia had one concern about a reference to "Slovenian contact w [...]	2009-04-24 13:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI EUC HR
09ZAGREB218	MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MESIC ON SLOVENE BORDER [...] (c) In a one-on-one with President Mesic this morning (April 27),I told President Mesic that the United States was following closely the progress of EU Commissioner Rehn's efforts to establish a mechanism to arbitrate the Croatia-Slovenia border dispute and unblock Croatia's EU accession tal [...]	2009-04-27 13:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI EUC HR
09ZAGREB226	SANADER POSITIVE ABOUT REHN PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Building on previous meetings with Foreign Minister Jandrokovic and President Mesic (see reftels),Ambassador met today (April 28) with Prime Minister Sanader to urge a "positive and rapid" response to the latest version of the Rehn proposal. Sanader agreed, saying that he is "ve [...]	2009-04-28 13:52:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI EUC HR
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
09ZAGREB250	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 7, 2009 [...] (U) FORMER CROATIAN POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN JAIL FOR WAR CRIMES: After having been acquitted three times in past years by a local court, former member of the Karlovac special police Mihajlo Hrastov was found guilty by the Croatian Supreme Court of killing 13 and wounding two JNA res [...]	2009-05-08 06:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB251	TFFLU01: CROATIA TO LIFT TRADE BAN ON PORK [...] In response to reftel, Econ officer discussed points with the MFA Department for Bilateral Economic Affairs, the MFA Department Head for North America, as well as the Ministry of Agriculture's Department of Veterinary Inspection. All were sympathetic to our position and the MFA informed us on [...]	2009-05-08 12:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD HR KFLU
09ZAGREB252	PUBLIC SECTOR UNIONS ANNOUNCE STRIKE FOR MAY 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Eight public sector unions will go on strike May 13 and stage a public demonstration May 16 over the six percent pay cut that took effect April 1 as part of the GOC's budget revision. The decision comes after nearly two months of failed negotiations and a majority vote by union mem [...]	2009-05-08 13:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON 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
09ZAGREB3	OFFICIAL DATA SHOW RISE IN CROATIAN TOURISM FOR [...] (U) Summary: According to official statistics, Croatia saw a 1.9 percent rise in the number of visitors for the 2008 season, but anecdotal evidence from businesses suggests the statistics may not be entirely accurate and there may already be a significant downturn in this critical industry. Re [...]	2009-01-07 15:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON HR
09ZAGREB304	GOC BOND ISSUANCE PROVES EASY MONEY [...] (U) Seemingly unaffected by recent credit-rating downgrades, the GOC successfully completed its largest ever bond issuance on May 27. Media report that investor interest was "beyond expectations"; the full EUR 750 million was registered in just one day and the issuance was oversubscribed by 6 [...]	2009-05-29 10:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV HR
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
09ZAGREB326	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JUNE 5, 2009 [...] (U) BRIEF TRADE WAR WITH BOSNIA RESOLVED (FOR NOW): The Croatian Minister of Agriculture and officials of the Veterinary Office met with Bosnian counterparts over the May 30-31 weekend in an attempt to resolve a growing meat trade war that threatened Croatia's $400m export market in food produ [...]	2009-06-05 12:01:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB329	CMC STEEL: LARGEST U.S. INVESTMENT IN CROATIA [...] Summary: With the buyout of Barr Pharmaceuticals by the Israeli firm Teva, the Houston-based Commercial Metals Corporation of Sisak is now the largest U.S. investment in Croatia. The mill employs roughly 1,000 people, making it also one of the largest employers in this central Croatian town [...]	2009-06-05 12:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV HR
09ZAGREB341	FRENCH EMBASSY VIEW OF THE CROATIAN-SLOVENIAN [...] (C) French diplomats in Zagreb judge that Ljubljana,s ultimate aim is to leverage Croatia,s EU accession process to secure a settlement or a mechanism to settle the longstanding border dispute that is unbalanced in Slovenia,s favor. France is pessimistic that EU Enlargement Commissioner Ollie [...]	2009-06-09 10:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR SI
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
09ZAGREB361	CROATIAN MARKET COMPETITION AGENCY ASSERTS ITSELF [...] (SBU) Croatia has recently made significant progress toward a new competition law that will be more in line with EU legislation, strengthening potential penalties for monopolistic practices, and empowering the Agency for the Protection of Market Competition (AZTN) to enforce its directives. [...]	2009-06-16 06:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG HR
09ZAGREB37	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] (U) EMBASSY HOSTS INAUGURATION RECEPTION AT AMERICAN CORNER ZAGREB: Embassy Zagreb hosted an inauguration event January 20 at the American Corner located at a downtown Zagreb library. The reception targeted young Croatian academic, business and politicla leaders to give them the opportunity [...]	2009-01-22 13:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV CVIS UNSC HR LY
09ZAGREB396	SCENESETTER FOR GEN HAM, CG USAREUR, VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Sir, yours is the first USAREUR CG visit to Croatia in several years. CSM Bean visited his Croatian counterpart in February. After you arrive you will be hosted by the Chief of the General Staff, GEN Josip Lucic (Lootz-itch) and the Croatian Army Commander, LTG Mladen Kruljac (KREWL-ya [...]	2009-06-30 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM
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
09ZAGREB432	SDP SELECTS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE; SEEKING ALLIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the first ever party primary in Croatia, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) on July 12 chose law professor Ivo Josipovic as the party's presidential candidate for elections to be held in late December 2009 or early January 2010. The formal Josipovic campaign will probably be [...]	2009-07-15 09:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR HR
09ZAGREB433	NEW CAPITAL MARKETS LAW WILL IMPROVE OVERSIGHT, [...] (U) Officials of the Croatian Financial Markets Regulatory Authority (HANFA) have explained to Econoff the provisions of the new capital markets law that came into effect earlier this year. According to HANFA, the law brings Croatia 99 percent into harmonization with EU regulations under the [...]	2009-07-15 11:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON HR
09ZAGREB447	LARGE CROATIAN STUDENT GROUP EXPOSED TO H1N1; [...] (U) A Croatian Ministry of Health spokesperson confirmed to us that 7 members of a large student group that returned from Spain last week, as well as 3 additional unrelated individuals, have tested positive for H1N1. This brings the total number of confirmed cases in Croatia to 36. While som [...]	2009-07-21 10:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR PREL CASC PINR AMGT HR
09ZAGREB448	CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON SECOND BUDGET REVISION THIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Kosor has made revising the deteriorating budget one of her top priorities. The Croatian Sabor passed the government's second budget revision this year on Friday July 17, then immediately went into negotiations for its third. The bill passed last week includes [...]	2009-07-21 10:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV HR
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
09ZAGREB480	CROATIAN PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Kosor's Foreign Policy Advisor, Davor Stier, described the 7/31 Trakoscan meeting between PMs Kosor and Pahor as "an important step forward" in the resolution of the bilateral border dispute between Croatia and Slovenia that has blocked Croatia's EU accession process. Stier said [...]	2009-08-03 11:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI HR
09ZAGREB484	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH BOSNIAN [...] (C) In a private meeting with Deputy Secretary Steinberg, Sulejman Tihic of the SDA argued that constitutional reform had to come before the closure of the Office of the High Rep (OHR) in Bosnia. He also expressed skepticism of the value of continuing the "Prud 3" process, unless it was to agr [...]	2009-08-04 12:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR BK
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
09ZAGREB552	EUR DAS JONES' ZAGREB DISCUSSIONS ON SLOVENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic told visiting EUR DAS Stu Jones on September 1 that he believed agreement with Slovenia on a way forward in the border dispute was near, and that Croatia's EU accession negotiations might be able to re-start soon. He added that he was [...]	2009-09-10 08:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV HR SI EUC
09ZAGREB581	MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER KOSOR [...] (C) Summary: During a September 18 introductory courtesy call, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor welcomed Ambassador Foley to Croatia, noting that bilateral relations were excellent and expressing thanks for U.S. support on Croatia's NATO accession and recent negotiations with Slovenia over a lo [...]	2009-09-24 13:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR SI ICTY ICJ
09ZAGREB628	OSCE ZAGREB HEAD TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Foley paid an introductory call to Ambassador Enrique Horcajada, head of the OSCE office in Zagreb, on October 14. Based on this year's annual assessment (currently in draft form) Horcajada indicated that he will ask for an extension of the office's mandate. The reco [...]	2009-10-20 14:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF OSCE KAWC HR
09ZAGREB629	OSCE ZAGREB HEAD TO RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL YEAR FOR OFFICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Foley paid an introductory call to Ambassador Enrique Horcajada, head of the OSCE office in Zagreb, on October 14. Based on this year's annual assessment (currently in draft form) Horcajada indicated that he will ask for an extension of the office's mandate. The reco [...]	2009-10-20 14:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF OSCE KAWC 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
09ZAGREB649	CROATIA: INCSR 2009-2010, PART 1 [...] The following is the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, 2009-2010, Part 1 for Croatia. BEGIN TEXT. Croatia I. Summary The Republic of Croatia is a transit point through which narcotics are smuggled from production countries to consumer countries. While smuggling occurs [...]	2009-11-03 15:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM HR
09ZAGREB652	CROATIAN PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a courtesy call on October 27, Croatian Chamber of Commerce President and independent presidential candidate Nadan Vidosevic told the Ambassador that the time has come to speak of Croatia's future in economic terms. He said he was uniquely qualified as an economist and busin [...]	2009-11-05 07:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB653	PM KOSOR URGES BOSNIAN CROAT LEADERS TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Kosor made an official one day visit to Sarajevo on November 3 and during her meetings with HDZ-1990 Party President Bozo Ljubic and HDZ-BiH Party President Dragan Covic the GoC urged them to support the Butmir process. Ljubic said that he had proposals for changes to the Hou [...]	2009-11-05 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR BK
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
09ZAGREB667	ZAGREB WEEKLY REPORT - NOVEMBER 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) KOSOR APPOINTS NEW ECON MINISTER; EXPANDS DEPUTY PM POSITIONS: Croatian PM Kosor announced the appointment of Croatian Employer Association (HUP) Executive Director Duro Popijac as new Minister of Economy November on 13. PM Kosor also announced that Health Minister Darko Milinovic and Fi [...]	2009-11-13 14:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN PREL PGOV HR
09ZAGREB684	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT- NOVEMBER 20,2009 [...] (U) PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY, WITH 12 CANDIDATES: The State Electoral Commission (DIP) announced on November 18, 2009 that 12 candidates had met all constitutional requirements, including submitting more than 10,000 valid signatures, to be included on the first round presiden [...]	2009-11-20 13:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON HR UK
09ZAGREB710	CROATIA'S 2010 BUDGET; FAILS TO ADDRESS NEEDED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Croatian parliament passed PM Kosor's proposed $25.3 billion 2010 budget draft December 2, with all coalition parties voting in favor. Increased spending for social payments and the public sector comprise the majority of the budget with cuts in Defense, Foreign Affairs and oth [...]	2009-12-03 14:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV HR
09ZAGREB722	CROATIA CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS WHILE PREPARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia is preparing for a Trial Chamber hearing at The Hague on December 16 to assess its cooperation with the ICTY, which the GoC sees as a critical juncture in Croatia's EU accession process. Justice Minister Simonovic told the Ambassador on December 8 that [...]	2009-12-10 13:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR
09ZAGREB723	CROATIA CONTINUING INVESTIGATIONS WHILE PREPARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia is preparing for a Trial Chamber hearing at The Hague on December 16 to assess its cooperation with the ICTY, which the GoC sees as a critical juncture in Croatia's EU accession process. Justice Minister Simonovic told the Ambassador on December 8 that i [...]	2009-12-10 13:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KAWC ICTY HR
09ZAGREB725	Zagreb Daily Report - December 11, 2009 [...] (U) Investigation for ICTY Documents continues: As reported in Zagreb 724, on Wednesday, December 9, Croatian police searched dozens of buildings and interviewed some two dozen individuals, including some closely tied to Gotovina's defense team, looking for artillery documents sought by the IC [...]	2009-12-11 13:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR
09ZAGREB73	CROATIA CIVIL AVIATION REFORM: POSITIVE SIGNS BUT [...] Summary. Econoff met with the director of the recently formed Croatian Civil Aviation Agency (CCAA) to disQs reform of aviation oversight and the IASA proQs. The director appears to have a good grasp of the problems and challenges identified by the FAA during their IASA inspection last year [...]	2009-02-09 11:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON HR PGOV
09ZAGREB731	GOC SAYS ALL LEADS ON ICTY DOCUMENTS POINT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Davor Stier, foreign policy advisor to PM Kosor, briefed the Ambassador on December 14 regarding the latest developments in the GoC's search for the artillery documents sought by ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz. Stier said that the searches conducted by the special Task Force [...]	2009-12-16 10:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ICTY HR
09ZAGREB93	CROATIA MAKING PROGRESS IN COOPERATION WITH ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) said that Croatia and ICTY have reached agreement on a list of key documents in the Gotovina case that Croatia now admits existed. According to ICTY's representative in Croatia, this represents [...]	2009-02-19 14:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC ICTY HR
09ZAGREB98	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - FEBRUARY 19, 2009 [...] (U) MFA REPORTS THAT ALL NATO PARLIAMENTS HAVE APPROVED CROATIA'S NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOL The MFA issued a press release on February 18 stating that it received information that the Parliament of Greece approved Croatia's accession protocol. The MFA also reported that over the last week it [...]	2009-02-20 15:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON HR
10ABIDJAN21	Little GOCI Progress on IMF Program Goals [...] (C) Summary: IMF Resident Representative Philippe Egoume gave a mixed review of Cote d'Ivoire's economic performance in a meeting with Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief on January 15. While he was optimistic about the country's future economic prospects and believed President Gbagbo would hold t [...]	2010-01-20 16:17:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PREL IV
10ABIDJAN73	COTE d'IVOIRE: FACTORS AFFECTING FORMATION OF A NEW [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo's decision to dissolve the government and the independent electoral commission (CEI) has bought him time to improve his standing with the Ivorian electorate but undermined his credibility with the opposition. This has hampered PM Soro's ability to form a new gove [...]	2010-02-18 16:33:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID IV
10ABIDJAN77	New Government Announced; Opposition Slots Still Vacant [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 23, the new, slightly streamlined Ivoirian government was announced; 11 ministerial slots reserved for the various opposition parties remain vacant, as the opposition has refused to participate until the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) is reconstituted. Sixt [...]	2010-02-24 14:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID ASEC 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
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
10ABUDHABI106	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES UAE ARABIC MEDIA TO CORRECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Olson granted two interviews to UAE Arabic media on January 21, 2010 to provide an accurate view of U.S. and global assistance to Haiti, in the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. The interviews also served to correct misperceptions about the U.S. role in Haiti, spec [...]	2010-01-25 08:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KPAO HA AE
10ABUDHABI200	(SBU) UAE EXPECTS "POSITIVE" RESPONSE TO COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) On February 10, Ambassador followed up on reftels' demarche with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash, who said the UAE is conducting its "due diligence" on the Copenhagen Accord through a dedicated committee led by Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, CEO of Masdar (Abu Dhabi Future E [...]	2010-02-10 12:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG AE
10ABUDHABI27	(S) US-UAE Cooperation Against Taliban Finance Continues [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for Treasury, DoJ and FBI. See para 19. 2. (S/NF) Summary. On 11 January 2010 SRAP Ambassador Holbrooke and Treasury Assistant Secretary David Cohen met with UAE State Security (SSD) head Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al Nahyan. On 12 January, Cohen m [...]	2010-01-24 15:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN AF IR AE
10ABUDHABI73	UAE SUPPORTS "SHIFT" TO PRESSURE TRACK ON IRAN [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, Ambassador presented reftel points and pressed for UAE support as the USG works with partners to develop new measures to pressure the IRIG towards cooperation with the international community. He noted t [...]	2010-02-10 14:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC ETTC IR 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
10ABUJA126	Haiti Disaster Competes with Domestic Priorities, but [...] (U) Nigeria media were initially slow to report on the earthquake in Haiti. Initial reports largely derived from wire services and contained limited factual reporting on U.S. support of relief efforts. Early reporting and editorials largely criticized the failure of the Nigerian Government (G [...]	2010-01-29 15:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF EAID ECON HA
10ABUJA128	HAITI DISASTER COMPETES WITH DOMESTIC PRIORITIES, BUT [...] (U) Nigeria media were initially slow to report on the earthquake in Haiti. Initial reports largely derived from wire services and contained limited factual reporting on U.S. support of relief efforts. Early reporting and editorials largely criticized the failure of the Nigerian Government (G [...]	2010-01-29 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO HA NI
10ABUJA141	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 5, 2010 [...] (SBU) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. ---------------------------------------- RENEWED POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN AKWA IBOM ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) Contacts o [...]	2010-02-05 17:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO 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
10ABUJA149	INCUMBENT WINS CREDIBLE GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION IN ANAMBRA [...] (C) Anambra State Governor Peter Obi comfortably won re-election February 6 against a competitive field where political parties, security forces, and, to a lesser extent, the Independent National Election Commission (INEC) all performed credibly. U.S. Mission observers note reports of isolated [...]	2010-02-08 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA150	NIGERIA RECORDS ITS FIRST DEATH FROM H1N1 [...] (U) The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) reported the first laboratory-confirmed death from H1N1 in Nigeria, in a press release issued on January 18. Nigeria's first reported victim of H1N1 was a 38-year-old Lagosian female who died at the Reddington Hospital in Victoria Island, Lago [...]	2010-02-02 11:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU SENV EAGR EAID ECON WHO NI
10ABUJA161	ELECTORAL REFORM COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON UWAIS HOPEFUL ON [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met with Electoral Reform Committee (ERC) Chairperson and retired Chief Justice Muhammadu Lawal Uwais February 10 to discuss electoral reform, prospects for return to military rule, need for expanded corruption investigations and prosec [...]	2010-02-11 18:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR OVIP PTER SOCI KCRM NI
10ABUJA167	GOODLUCK JONATHAN BECOMES ACTING PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives approved resolutions February 9 designating Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Jonathan announced his acceptance of the designation during a brief televised address to the nation. [...]	2010-02-12 20:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KPAO NI
10ABUJA171	ANAMBRA IMPRESSIONS -- PROGRESS, BUT MUCH WORK TO DO [...] (C) Many observers had expected a messy, even violent, vote going into the February 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra State. That the worst of Nigerian elections past did not materialize this time may be the most encouraging outcome of this vote. The peaceful, largely violence-free, process [...]	2010-02-12 21:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KCRM KDEM 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
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
10ABUJA187	ECOWAS HEADS OF STATE DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY, SELECT [...] (C) Nigerian Acting President Goodluck Jonathan opened the 37th Ordinary Summit of the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Heads of State and Governments (HOS) Meeting in Abuja February 16 with a call for increased transparency in government and "redoubled efforts" at consolidatin [...]	2010-02-18 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS ECOWAS NI
10ABUJA197	NIGERIAN SECURITY CHIEF BRIEFS FOREIGN PARTNERS ON MUTUAL [...] (S) Director General Afas Gadzama, Intelligence Director Yusuf Bichi, and Operations Director Mathew Seiyefa of the Nigerian State Security Service (SSS) briefed foreign diplomats and intelligence officials on security issues February 18. Gadzama welcomed the opportunity to correct what he cha [...]	2010-02-22 17:20:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER ASEC SOCI KPAO NI
10ABUJA246	TEXT OF NIGERIAN INFORMATION MINISTER'S MEMORANDUM TO [...] (SBU) As reported in Reftel, Nigerian Information and Communications Minister Dora Akunyili submitted a memorandum to Cabinet colleagues at the February 3 Federal Executive Council Meeting requesting that President Yar'Adua hand over power to Vice President Goodluck Jonathan as Acting President [...]	2010-02-05 17:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL SCUL KPAO SOCI 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
10ABUJA61	NIGERIA'S VICE PRESIDENT JONATHAN REASSURES U.S. HOMELAND [...] (C) Vice President Goodluck Jonathan reassured U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute of the commitment of the Nigerian Government (GON) to aviation security and counter-terrorism efforts during a January 12 meeting. He lamented the December 25 at [...]	2010-01-21 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR OVIP PGOV PINR 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
10ABUJA77	NIGERIA: FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL [...] (U) The following is Embassy Abuja's response to the questions contained in Reftel A. 2. (U) SFOAA funding: The Government of Nigeria is expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance, using FY 2010 funds, for the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR),International M [...]	2010-01-22 14:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL NI
10ABUJA79	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- JANUARY 22 2010 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- --------- ELECTION MONITOR REQUESTS MORE INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS -------------------------------------- [...]	2010-01-22 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR EAID SOCI 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
10ACCRA97	DOHA DEMARCHE: GHANA PREFERS MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS [...] SUMMARY. Econoffs met with GOG trade officials to discuss the recent WTO Ministerial Conference (Reftel). Director of Multilateral, Regional and Bilateral Trade Clement Nyaaba appreciated Post initiating the conversation and agreed that the impasse at the conference was "disturbing." He exp [...]	2010-02-02 12:24:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV ETRD 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
10ADDISABABA12	ICG FAILS TO DELIVER FOR MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the African Union (AU) convened a meeting of members of the International Contact Group on Madagascar (ICG-M) in Addis Ababa to discuss the country's ongoing political crisis, and develop a common position towards regime leader Andry "TGV" Rajoelina's recent unilate [...]	2010-01-07 08:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MA AU
10ADDISABABA128	ICG MEETING ON GUINEA REINFORCES JAN 15 OUAGADOUGOU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The tenth meeting of the International Contact Group (ICG) on Guinea on January 26 brought no surprises as Group members were generally encouraged by recent political developments in Guinea. Discussion focused on reinforcing the January 15 Ouagadougou Declaration through advan [...]	2010-01-27 12:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AU ASEC GV
10ADDISABABA163	UNDER SECRETARY OTEROâ€™S MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN [...] (SBU) January 31, 2010; 4:15 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Otero Assistant Secretary Carson NSC Senior Director for African Affairs Michelle Gavin PolOff Skye Justice (notetaker) Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Special Assistant Gebretensae Gebremich [...]	2010-02-02 05:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS ECON KE ET
10ADDISABABA167	UNDER SECRETARY FOR DEMOCRACY AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero and Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson, in a January 31 meeting with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif on the margins of the AU Summit underscored continued USG support bu [...]	2010-02-02 11:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER EAID SO
10ADDISABABA190	ETHIOPIA - FIRST LADY TELLS U/S OTERO OF FGM PROGRESS, TIP [...] (U) In a January 30 meeting, Ethiopian First Lady Azeb Mesfin told Under Secretary of State Maria Otero that after four years of intensive engagement with community and religious leaders in the Afar region, her efforts on behalf of the Ethiopian Government (GoE) have prompted a significant redu [...]	2010-02-04 04:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PREL OTRA ET
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
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
10ADDISABABA273	U/S OTERO TALKS WATER IN ETHIOPIA [...] (U) On January 30, 2010, Under Secretary (U/S) for Global Affairs, Maria Otero, met with USG partners implementing programs to improve access to water, sanitation, and hygiene (WaSH) for people in Ethiopia. The meeting was hosted by USAID and included the Deputy Chief of Mission, the Region [...]	2010-02-10 07:16:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW 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
10ADDISABABA280	AU SUMMIT: MUSEVENI'S MUSINGS ON AFRICAN [...] (U) January 31, 2010; 5:00 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Africa Advisor Michelle Gavin Special Envoy Scott Gration Special Advisor Howard Wolpe Deputy Special Advisor Jim Yellin USAU Amba [...]	2010-02-11 05:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL 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
10ADDISABABA292	USAU: PROGRESS ON COMMAND, CONTROL, [...] Summary: There have been several positive developments in the C3IS project since the last update (ref D). Key among the developments was the USAU-sponsored dedication ceremony to commemorate the opening of the African Union (AU)'s Peace Support Operations Division's Operations Center. This f [...]	2010-02-11 14:46:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MASS AU
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
10ADDISABABA297	JANUARY REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT NEWSLETTER, EAST AFRICA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Regional Environment Officer (REO) spent much of January 2010 on the road. Thanks to Dovie Holland in Madagascar for a busy 10-day orientation visit complete with informative meetings and field visits. REO and the Regional Environment Assistant (REA) also travelled to C [...]	2010-02-13 07:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA SENV ENRG ETRD PGOV ECON ET
10ADDISABABA314	SOMALIA: TFG-ASWJ DEAL INITIALED IN ADDIS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the leadership of the Al-Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) movement in Somalia have initialed an agreement aiming to integrate ASWJ into the structures of the TFG. The agreement would specifically assign five of the TFG's 39 ministries to [...]	2010-02-17 04:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ET PGOV PREL SO
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
10ADDISABABA331	AU SUMMIT -- U.S. DELEGATION MEETS WITH CONGOLESE [...] (U) February 1, 2010; 2:45 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Maria Otero Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson NSC Senior Africa Advisor Michelle Gavin Special Advisor Howard Wolpe Deputy Special Advisor Jim Yellin USAU Military Advisor Ellington (notet [...]	2010-02-18 10:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPKO AU
10ADDISABABA332	AU SUMMIT -- S/A WOLPE ENGAGES EAST AFRICAN [...] (U) January 30, 2010; 2:45 p.m.; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Special Advisor Howard Wolpe Deputy Special Advisor Jim Yellin USAU Military Advisor Ellington (notetaker) East African Community Secretariat Deputy Secretary General Beatrice Kiraso Principal Internatio [...]	2010-02-18 10:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR PGOV PREL AU
10ADDISABABA338	EMBASSY ADDIS ABABA S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS SUBMISSION [...] Embassy Addis Ababa is pleased to submit the following seven proposals for consideration by the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI) for the FY 2010 Small Grants Initiative. The mission's submissions are submitted in priority rank order. 2. First-Ranked Proposal: KMG-Ethio [...]	2010-02-18 13:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY ET
10ADDISABABA365	PM MELES URGES U.S. TO PLAY STRONGER LEADERSHIP [...] (C) With few exceptions, Meles conveyed to visting AFRICOM Commander General Ward what has become his standard message on regional security: First, Sudan is the greatest threat to stability on the continent, and civil war there is Ethiopia's "nightmare scenario." Second, although al-Shabaab [...]	2010-02-22 09:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR SO SU 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
10ADDISABABA49	POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE ON ALLOCATION OF AIRTIME FOR ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 14:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
10ADDISABABA51	Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative: Diplomacy and [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-13 04:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL ET
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
10AITTAIPEI181	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-23 08:44:00	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
10AITTAIPEI59	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS; U.S. BEEF [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused news coverage January 14 on the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti Tuesday; on Google's threat to quit China Tuesday; and on the year-end five city and county magistrate elections in Taiwan. 2. In terms of editorials and commenta [...]	2010-01-14 09:18:00	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
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
10ALGIERS117	Algeria Media Reaction to Algeria's Reported Inclusion in [...] (SBU) Media reports that the Transportation Security Administration had included Algeria as one of fourteen "countries of concern" has sparked a myriad of negative reactions from the Algerian press and an obsessive focus on this issue that shows little sign of abating. In fact, the issue has [...]	2010-02-11 07:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAO KMDR ASEC AG US
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
10ALGIERS185	ENTREPRENEURSHIP ROUNDTABLE [...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers has been working to prepare for the April 26-27 Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. This cable summarizes post's efforts to date in support of that event and indicates what we think the Algerian participants will be looking for in terms of Summit outcomes. Their analys [...]	2010-02-28 07:40:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL KISL AG
10ALGIERS186	ALGERIA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP [...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers has been working to prepare for the April 26-27 Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. This cable summarizes post's efforts to date in support of that event and indicates what we think the Algerian participants will be looking for in terms of Summit outcomes. Their analys [...]	2010-02-28 07:53:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL KISL AG
10AMMAN218	GOVERNMENT ENACTS CONTROVERSIAL TAX LAWS TO STREAMLINE AND LOWER RATES, AND EMPOWER TAX AUTHORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan enacted recently two new tax laws to lower income tax rates and grant greater powers to tax authorities. The laws, which will remain in force until a new parliament is elected and votes on them, represent the first notable achievement of the new governm [...]	2010-01-21 10:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV JO KMCA
10AMMAN222	U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Committee Meets; Seeks Closer Trade [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted the fifth U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Area Agreement Joint Committee meeting on December 15 in Amman. The agenda focused on expanding trade and investment ties and stressed the importance of full implementation of not just the trade agr [...]	2010-01-24 09:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON ELAB EFIN EAID PGOV JO
10AMMAN239	JORDAN WILL OFFER SUPPORT TO SALEH AT YEMEN [...] (SBU) PolChief shared reftel points with Samer Naber, Director of the MFA's North America Unit, and Bisher al-Khasawneh, Personal Advisor to the Foreign Minister and Director of Policy Planning at the MFA. Khasawneh will travel to London with Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh to attend the Januar [...]	2010-01-25 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID YM 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
10AMMAN307	UNHCR IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE RESPONSE PLAN [...] Summary: (SBU) While coordinating the 2010 Regional Refugee Assistance Response Plan (RRP),UNHCR in Amman, Beirut, Cairo, and Damascus improved the organization of all the regional Iraqi refugee activities. The RRP performs the function of a management mechanism previous filled by the Coun [...]	2010-02-03 10:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF JO SY
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
10AMMAN323	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman warmly welcomes your visit, which will allow us to engage the Government of Jordan (GOJ) at the highest levels. We have requested an audience with King Abdullah and confirmed meetings with the Foreign Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperatio [...]	2010-02-04 16:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID JO
10AMMAN327	CODEL HASTINGS VISIT FOCUSES ON DISPLACED IRAQIS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During a January 11 visit to Amman, Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL),in an audience with King Abdullah and joint meeting with Prime Minister Samir Rifai and Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh, reasserted the importance of U.S.-Jordanian relations, a message well-received days a [...]	2010-02-07 11:41:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS JO AF
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
10AMMAN356	Demarche on Distracting Driving - Jordan Has Legislative [...] (SBU) Summary: ESTHOff delivered ref A demarche on distracted driving to officials at the Greater Amman Municipality and representatives of the traffic safety NGO Hikmat on February 3. Both work with a coalition of GOJ partners including the traffic police, Ministry of Interior, and Ministry [...]	2010-02-11 10:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL PGOV JO
10AMMAN425	JORDAN: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Amman received 22 proposals in response to the S/GWI project proposal solicitation. The Public Affairs Section reviewed the proposals, with input from USAID and POL sections, and is pleased to support the proposal, "Empowering Young Women: Life Skills and Vocational Training for Leader [...]	2010-02-18 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TAGS
10AMMAN454	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JOHN KERRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Senator John Kerry. We have confirmed meetings with King Abdullah and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY CONTINUED: The end of 2009 was marked with a flurry of political changes in Jordan, with the Kin [...]	2010-02-25 09:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID 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
10AMMAN461	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 [...]	2010-02-28 08:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI KPAL KWMN PREL PGOV PHUM JO
10AMMAN87	JORDAN: NEW CABINET PUTS A FRESH FACE ON THE WALL [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: The government of newly appointed Prime Minister Samir Rifai has issued a series of circulars -- policy notices for government offices -- aimed at illustrating a break from the policies of the previous government (ref a). One issued on January 4 mandates that government offices dis [...]	2010-01-07 13:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS JO
10ANKARA114	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA118	PROPOSAL TO SEND TURKISH JOURNALISTS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 9. Turkey: A Key Contributor in Afghanistan... ------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Turkey is an important contributor to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan and is a key partner in the USG' [...]	2010-01-25 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS NATO AF TU
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
10ANKARA135	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 14:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA14	CYPRUS TALKS: TURKISH MFA PLUGS NEW PROPOSAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish MFA Undersecretary Sinirlioglu on January 5 passed the Charge a copy of the Turkish Cypriots' latest proposal on Governance and Power-Sharing that includes a cross-voting provision to enable Greek Cypriots to have a 10-20 percent weighted vote on Turkish Cypriot candidates [...]	2010-01-05 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU UNFICYP US
10ANKARA160	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR JEFFREY DISCUSSES BIOTECH, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jeffrey discussed the Framework for Strategic Economic and Commercial Cooperation (FSECC) with Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Coordination Ali Babacan on January 28. He also raised concerns about the potential effect of a draft biotechnology law on US exports and [...]	2010-02-01 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN EINV ECON USTR TU
10ANKARA17	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA172	TURKEY'S VIEWS ON NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT'S [...] (SBU) Together with Dutch Embassy PolCouns Sander Jansen, we delivered the note verbale contained in reftel to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Chief Mustafa Yurdakul, Turkey's sous-Sherpa. Yurdakul confirmed that he has registered Dr. Hakan Fidan, Turkey's Sherpa for the Nuclear [...]	2010-02-03 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA AORC ENRG MNUC PGOV
10ANKARA175	Science Envoy Finds Strong Programs, Opportunities in [...] (U) SUMMARY: On a January 13-15 visit to Ankara and Istanbul, Science Envoy Dr. Ahmed Zewail met with academics, government officials, and PM Erdogan. He was impressed by the GOT's strong commitment to S&T development and the programs being implemented in academia and the private sector, all o [...]	2010-02-03 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV TU
10ANKARA176	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-03 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
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
10ANKARA241	TURKEY TOUTS FIFTH BOSNIA/SERBIA/TURKEY TRILATERAL [...] (C) Turkish media reports lauded the February 9 trilateral meeting in Ankara of Turkey, Bosnia, and Serbia as having succeeded in establishing diplomatic relations and the exchange of ambassadors between Bosnia and Serbia. The media outlets appeared unaware that Bosnia and Serbia had actually [...]	2010-02-12 17:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU BK ZL
10ANKARA243	NATIONALIST ACTION PARTY: GOOD COP, BAD COP [...] (C) Summary. Though not in full election mode, the Nationalist Action Party (MHP) appears to have begun its planning for national elections now set for mid-2011. Talks with senior party members suggest that the strategic party organs are kicking into gear to develop an election and post-ele [...]	2010-02-12 17:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
10ANKARA246	D/SRAP JONES BILATERALS AT ISTANBUL REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Paul Jones met with senior representatives from China, Russia, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Organization of Islamic States (OIC) on the edges of the January 26 Afghanistan neighbors conference in Ista [...]	2010-02-16 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV AF TU
10ANKARA251	SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Turkish Minister of National Defense Mehmet Vecdi Gonul (MND Gonul) and the Chief of the Turkish Genral Staff General Ilker Basbug (Gen Basbug) in separate meetings during his bilateral visit to Ankara on February 6, 2010. Se [...]	2010-02-16 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL PTER TU
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
10ANKARA256	TURKEY: HEALTH MINISTRY PROPOSES SCENARIOS FOR DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ministry of Health (MOH) recognizes that its new rules on Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certificates for new drug approvals (described in Ref A) will have some impact on trade in the short term, but is sanguine about the long-term effect. According to Saim Kerman, Dir [...]	2010-02-17 09:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN TU
10ANKARA262	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-17 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA268	USF-I COMMANDING GENERAL ODIERNO'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his February 4 meeting with USF-I Commanding General Raymond Odierno, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmet Davutoglu reiterated Interior Minister Besir Atalay's request, made in a separate meeting earlier that day, that USF-I work with Turkey to develop "a calendarized common [...]	2010-02-17 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR MARR TU IZ
10ANKARA27	TURKEY MAKES PROGRESS ON TURKMEN GAS VIA IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Yildiz attended the January 6 opening ceremony for the Turkmen-Iran natural gas pipeline and met with Turkmen President Berdimuhamidov, Iranian President Ahmadinejad, and the energy ministers from both countries. Yildiz said progress was made in bringing Turkmen g [...]	2010-01-07 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL TU
10ANKARA272	TURKEY CONSIDERING DOING MORE TO SUPPORT ANSF [...] (C) We delivered ref a points to MFA NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security Issues Section Head Esra Dogan on February 18. She confirmed that the GoT has received recent letters from both NATO SYG Rasmussen and DSACEUR regarding additional ISAF training requirements and said that Turkey is actively [...]	2010-02-18 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL NATO
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
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
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
10ANKARA312	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA40	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 05:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANKARA46	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] Italian PM Berlusconi returned to official duties a month after he was injured by an attacker in Milan. SILLIMAN [...]	2010-01-12 12:38:00	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
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
10ANKARA74	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BOEING SALE WITH [...] (C) Summary. Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim confirmed to Ambassador Jeffrey that price is now the main sticking point in the prospective purchase of Boeing aircraft by Turkish Airlines (THY). Yildirim stressed, however, that price is not the only consideration and that THY is looki [...]	2010-01-19 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP ETRD EAIR PREL TSPA TU
10ANKARA78	TURKISH MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-19 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ANTANANARIVO111	LOCAL FRENCH VIEWS ON MALAGASY CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the French government may be outwardly in synch with the rest of the international community, discussions with local French representatives indicate that do not plan to "lay down the law," in a clear, non-ambiguous way, to Andry "TGV" Rajoelina and the HAT. They contin [...]	2010-02-25 14:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FR MA
10ANTANANARIVO43	MADAGASCAR: AU/PING MISSION FAILS TO PERSUADE RAJOELINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Jean Ping, accompanied by a delegation from SADC, the UN, COI, and the OIF, met with Madagascar's political leaders January 21-22 to propose a compromise solution for implementing the Maputo and Addis Ababa accords. De facto president Rajoelina immediately rejected [...]	2010-01-25 13:15:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA
10ANTANANARIVO44	MADAGASCAR: AU/PING MISSION FAILS TO PERSUADE RAJOELINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AU Chairman Jean Ping, accompanied by a delegation from SADC, the UN, COI, and the OIF, met with Madagascar's political leaders January 21-22 to propose a compromise solution for implementing the Maputo and Addis Ababa accords. De facto president Rajoelina immediately rejected [...]	2010-01-25 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MA
10ANTANANARIVO56	MADAGASCAR: TGV'S CHOICES: ACCEPT PING PROPOSAL [...] (S) Summary: Finally exasperated with Rajoelina's incompetence, a group from within his inner circle and the military will give him a stark: accept the Ping/AU "compromise" proposal, or stand aside to allow a consensual council to run Madagascar until elections. Rajoelina returns today fr [...]	2010-02-02 07:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	SECRET	PGOV PREL MA
10ANTANANARIVO66	ANTANANARIVO POL/ECON WEEKLY UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is U.S. Embassy Antananarivo's Weekly Update for February 1 - 5, a periodic unclassified review of major political, economic, and commercial events and information from the U.S. Mission to Madagascar and Comoros. POLITICS (Paragraphs 2-6) - French Deputies Support TGV - TG [...]	2010-02-05 11:15:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ECPS MA
10AQNA272	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS UNDERSTANDABLY PESSIMISTIC ABOUT REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 09:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
10ASHGABAT131	TURKMENISTAN: NEW LAW ON STATE MIGRATION SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In late 2009, the Turkmen Government adopted a law governing the State Migration Service. Previously, the Migration Service's responsibilities were spelled out in a presidential resolution. The law provides a lega [...]	2010-01-27 13:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PHUM PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT134	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EAID ECON HA TX
10ASHGABAT14	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S CULT OF PERSONALITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov appears to be following his predecessor's example of establishing a cult of personality. This appears to be part of the model of governance that the Turkmen leadership knows and with which it is comfortable. However, so far Berdimuhamedov has set limits [...]	2010-01-06 09:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TX
10ASHGABAT157	TURKMEN POLICE, CUSTOMS OFFICERS VISIT LONDON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An INL-funded familiarization trip for Turkmen Customs and Police officers to the UK took place from January 26-30, yielding positive results. While in London, the participants met with MP Viscount Waverly of th [...]	2010-02-02 11:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SNAR AORC PGOV XG XT TX

10ASHGABAT160	TURKMEN DOCTORS PAY BRIBES TO AVOID PENALTIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Public Internet. 2. (SBU) Despite the Turkmen healthcare system's glamorous fagade of gleaming white marble medical facilities, family doctors and nurses struggle to provide services to the local population. In the early 1990s, the Ministry of Health [...]	2010-02-02 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SOCI PGOV 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
10ASHGABAT182	TURKMENISTAN: IDHR ACKNOWLEDGES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Turkmenistan's Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) met with the EUR/ACE Central Asia Assistance Review team on February 3 and discussed IDHR's recent activities. Former IDHR director Shirin Ahmedova, elected to the parliament just days before, was not prese [...]	2010-02-08 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL 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
10ASHGABAT213	TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS OPEN TO COOPERATION ON LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the visiting EUR/ACE delegation Mejlis (Parliament) Speaker Akja Nurberdiyeva said local self-governing councils, which are subordinated to Parliament, realized that they should suppor [...]	2010-02-16 04:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM TX
10ASHGABAT216	HYUNDAI TO BUILD GAS FACILITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Hyundai Engineering Company Ltd. (HEC) is preparing to launch construction of a gas processing plant at the South Yoloten gas field, Turkmenistan's largest. The construction agreement was signed with government-run [...]	2010-02-16 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV KS TX
10ASHGABAT231	TURKMENISTAN: HARE KRISHNA LEADER VISITS AFTER [...] (C) On February 22, poloff met with visiting Hare Krishna spiritual leader Govinder Swami to discuss the situation of religious freedom in Turkmenistan. Based in India, Govinder Swami is responsible for Hare Krishna groups in Central Asia, Tatarstan and Mauritius. He spends a few months each [...]	2010-02-23 06:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM 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
10ASHGABAT30	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON HOPEFUL IN 2010 [...] (C) On January 6, EconOff met with Chevron's local representative to discuss the company's plans for 2010. The local rep alluded to the recent announcement that the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX) awarded four service contracts to Chinese, Korean, and UAE companies to develop onshore gas re [...]	2010-01-07 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO 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
10ASHGABAT47	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES ALTERNATIVE ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) On January 11, the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent an announcement to all diplomatic missions about a conference, "Problems of Use of Alternative Energy in Turkmenistan," that is being organized by the Academy of [...]	2010-01-13 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG BTIO PGOV SENV TX
10ASHGABAT50	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN BUSINESSMAN INFURIATED; [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Iran Watcher, Golammreza Gieahpour, the General Director of Iran Samen's Ashgabat branch, said that he was "surprised, angry and very, very disappointed" that the UAE-based firm Pars Energy, owned and run by Iranian citizen Ahmad Ramazani, had been awarded the c [...]	2010-01-14 04:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IDB IR PGOV TX
10ASHGABAT71	TURKMENISTAN: LUKOIL BIDING TIME FOR OFFSHORE DEAL [...] (C) On January 15, econoff met with the director of LukOil's office in Ashgabat, Andrey Podbolotov, to discuss the company's prospects in Turkmenistan. Podbolotov stated that LukOil was still very much interested in developing an offshore exploration block in the Caspian Sea. He thought that [...]	2010-01-19 06:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RS TX
10ASHGABAT73	MI SWACO'S EIGHT-YEAR EXPERIENCE IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) MI SWACO, a U.S. company represented in Turkmenistan by its UK-based subsidiary M-I Drilling Fluids U.K. Ltd, has been present in Turkmenistan since 2002. In Turkmenistan, the company focuses on supplying drilling fluids and drilling fluid-related equipment. The company also provides c [...]	2010-01-19 13:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
10ASHGABAT93	TURKMENISTAN: CSI COMES TO ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmen forensic specialists and police detectives participated in a basic Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) training course in Ashgabat last week. During the training, participants learned everything from how to lift [...]	2010-01-20 14:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL TX
10ASHGABAT97	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CLAIMS GDP GROWTH; INCREASED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 14, "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" newspaper published an article on Turkmenistan's economic development during the global financial crisis. The article provides statistical data for 2009 and claims that Tu [...]	2010-01-21 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EINV TX
10ASTANA10	NORTHERN KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES CUSTOMS UNION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a series of visits to Kazakhstan's two northernmost provinces, local officials praised their regions' economic stability and growth potential. Accounting for the largest share of Kazakhstan's 20.8 million [...]	2010-01-08 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR ETRD SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA138	KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER'S TRIP CLEARS CTR LOGJAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past eight years, implementation of the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program, also known as the Nunn-Lugar Program, has been grinding along, ever more slowly, as the Kazakhstani bureaucracy matures. In advance of State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev's [...]	2010-02-01 10:17:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KNNP KZ
10ASTANA184	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW TRIES, BUT FAILS, TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Timur Kulibayev, the President's influential son-in-law and Deputy Chairman of the National Welfare Fund Samryk Kazyna, sued four independent newspapers for publishing articles alleging that he received major kick-backs from the Chinese for oil contracts signed in 2003-05. The [...]	2010-02-12 09:33:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM 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
10ASTANA20	KAZAKHSTAN: NDN AND OVERFLIGHT ISSUES STILL UNRESOLVED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a January 11 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov told the Ambassador that the Kazakhstani government still is discussing U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (ref A). He communicated his plan to p [...]	2010-01-11 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PARM MARR MNUC KNNP IR AF RS
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
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
10ASTANA56	KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DEPUTY CHAIR LAYS OUT HIS PRIORITIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-appointed Deputy Chairman of President Nazarbayev's ruling Nur Otan party (Nazarbayev is the Chairman) told the Ambassador on January 19 that Kazakhstan's OSCE Chairmanship is a sign of its growing in [...]	2010-01-21 04:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OSCE 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
10ASUNCION31	PARAGUAY RAISES PROFILE OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Leading daily newspaper ABC Color ran a full-page article on trafficking in persons (TIP) January 11. The article focused on Ciudad del Este (CdE) and cited the penal code, explained "what is trafficking in persons," and described two ongoing prosecutions. The new penal code increas [...]	2010-01-15 11:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PGOV PREL KPAO PA AR
10ASUNCION49	PARAGUAY PROCEEDS WITH HAITIAN AID [...] (U) Paraguay's 13-person team arrived in Port-au-Prince early January 21 and co-located themselves with a Mexican contingent. The Paraguayan Red Cross and religious authorities launched local appeals for donations. Following PAO media interviews to highlight U.S. humanitarian contributi [...]	2010-01-22 11:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PGOV PA HA
10ASUNCION71	PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]	2010-02-11 15:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN ECON PTER PA CO
10ASUNCION77	PARAGUAY DEBATES HAITI DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs America Desk Officer said February 12 there are ongoing internal discussions regarding a Paraguayan desire to deploy in support of the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) under the Paraguayan flag. He said internal discussions are prelim [...]	2010-02-12 14:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MCAP MASS PA HA PGOV UN SOCI CG
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
10ATHENS117	GREECE: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Greeks are concerned about the privacy of data involved in law enforcement and counterterrorism information sharing with the U.S., as would be expected in a country with privacy laws that are significantly stronger than the European norm. Nevertheless, it is possible to engage in [...]	2010-02-18 17:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA EUN GR
10ATHENS139	Greeks on Goldstone Report Follow-Up [...] (C) On February 25, Poloff discussed Ref points on U.S. positions on the upcoming UNGA vote on the Goldstone Report with Stelios Gavriil, MFA A6 Directorate for Arab Countries and the Middle East. Gavriil stated that Greece intended to abstain in the upcoming vote. 2. (C) According t [...]	2010-02-25 14:07:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA 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
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
10ATHENS33	Greek Views on January 2010 FAC [...] (C) On January 21, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the January 25 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council) with Alexandros Ioannidis, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Ioannidis said the FAC's agenda would focus on Iran, Bosnia, Somalia, [...]	2010-01-22 15:16:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GR
10ATHENS41	MFA TALKS TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA interlocutors were wary of Turkish motives in the Aegean yet intent on finding ways to improve relations in a January 19 meeting. While they attributed some of the positive gestures from Turkey toward the tail-end of 2009 as posturing in advance of the December 2009 European [...]	2010-01-27 14:41:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GR TU CY
10ATHENS51	Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]	2010-01-29 13:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
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
10ATHENS59	Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]	2010-02-01 20:41:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
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
10ATHENS99	Climate Change: Interagency Obstacles Threaten Greek Forests [...] (SBU) Interagency coordination obstacles and a weakened forestry service continue to threaten Greece's ability to adequately protect its forests, wild lands, and meet climate change targets. Greece recently agreed to associate with the Copenhagen Accord through the EU (ref A),but by not addr [...]	2010-02-12 12:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG EAGR GR
10BAGHDAD110	MP MUTLAQ TO APPEAL ELECTION BAR; SEEKS USG, [...] (C) Summary: Sunni MP Saleh al-Mutlaq appealed to the A/DCM for USG and international community intervention to prevent him and other candidates from being barred from running in the parliamentary elections. He asked that pressure be brought on senior GOI officials to halt what he termed "an [...]	2010-01-16 08:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD119	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS IRAQ'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with DCM January 12, senior MFA advisor Mohammed al-Haj Hamoud asked for USG help in improving Iraq's relations with its neighbors and in defending its interests. Regarding Iran, he noted a host of contentious issues that went beyond the current disputed border are [...]	2010-01-18 08:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SA SY IZ IR JO
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
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
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
10BAGHDAD165	PRT DIWANIYAH: CHALLENGES TO INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Big dreams and bigger obstacles define the investment climate in Diwaniyah Province. Provincial authorities are aiming high, but the province,s business leaders dismiss recent announcements of large investment deals in housing, hospitals, and construction as media events. Bu [...]	2010-01-22 16:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN
10BAGHDAD18	PRT DIYALA: MUQDADIYA PUBLIC MARKET RISES FROM THE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Before near destruction in clashes between Coalition Forces, Al Qaeda, and militias in 2006 and 2007, the Aruba Suq in Muqdadiya Qada (district) was the largest market in Diyala Province, and the third largest in Iraq. The abse [...]	2010-01-03 17:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PREF EAID IZ
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
10BAGHDAD186	BAGHDAD: WORLD BANK MAY SCALE UP IRAQ PRESENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: World Bank Vice President for the Middle East and North Africa Shamshad Akhtar told GOI officials and international donors January 16-19 that the World Bank would seriously consider increasing its presence in Iraq. Specific programmatic and staff increases would depend on the se [...]	2010-01-25 13:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON 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
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
10BAGHDAD250	DIYALA VISIT HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS OF IDP RETURNS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: A January 24 visit to Diyala province demonstrated that a GOI-led initiative to create conditions for return is reaching returnee populations and appears to be having a positive effect on populations that are considering coming back. The Government of Iraq (GOI) is enthusiastic [...]	2010-01-31 16:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
10BAGHDAD261	RATIFICATION OF MILITARY SERVICE AND RETIREMENT LAW [...] (C) The Military Service and Retirement law (MSRL),a potentially positive step towards national reconciliation, is on track for implementation after being ratified by the Presidency Council. After lingering in parliament for more than two years, the law -- covering the current military and p [...]	2010-02-01 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF 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
10BAGHDAD272	UNAMI TRIES TO ENERGIZE KIRKUK PROPERTY DISPUTE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: The dispute over property claims in Kirkuk is a major obstacle to ethnic and political reconciliation. There are nearly 42,000 pending claims for property confiscated during the Saddam era, which are complicated by post-2003 cancellations of a [...]	2010-02-02 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD289	PRT ANBAR: ABU RISHA DISCUSSES POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. On January 19, PRT Team Leader and incoming U.S. Division-Central (USD-C) deputy commanding general for Anbar met with paramount Anbar Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the Mutammar Sahawat al-Iraq (MSI) Party S [...]	2010-02-04 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM 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
10BAGHDAD296	POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO JUDICIAL DECISION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Cassation Chamber's February 3 decision ordering the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) to allow all candidates who have appealed their de-Ba'athfication disqualifications to remain on the ballot was widely denounced by the major Shi'a-led parties as "un [...]	2010-02-04 17:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
10BAGHDAD318	VIOLENCE AGAINST IRAQI CHRISTIANS DROPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a recent up-tick in violence against Christians living in Ninewa over the past two months, a new report by an Iraqi NGO indicates that the number of Iraqi Christians killed has dropped by 82 percent since 2007. In addition, top officials at the non-Muslim Endowment report [...]	2010-02-07 10:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	KIRF PTER PHUM IZ
10BAGHDAD339	VPOTUS MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani told VP Biden that Iraqi leaders understand the need for a transparent solution to the political problem created by the attempt to disqualify some parliamentary election candidates because of alleged Ba'athist ties. He claimed the main Sunni parties and politic [...]	2010-02-09 07:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EPET IZ
10BAGHDAD347	FORMER SPEAKER ON DE-BA'ATHIFICATION, IRAN, AND [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-10 03:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
10BAGHDAD348	PRT WASIT: PLAYING ON THE SAME TEAM: THE IRAQI [...] (SBU) Summary: The relationship between the Iraqi Police (IP) and judicial personnel in Wasit province appears to have improved significantly over the last year after reaching a low point marked by violence in late 2008. Corruption, bribery, and failure to work jointly plagued the relationshi [...]	2010-02-10 07:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV KCOR PTER IZ
10BAGHDAD381	UPDATE #3: BARZANI EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Approximately 90 minutes before the February 11 deadline set by the Kurds to withdraw from the Ninewa Combined Check Points (CCPs) and block the roads north of Mosul to the Kurdistan Region, KRG President Barzani was persuaded to extend the deadline to February 13 to allow time [...]	2010-02-14 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS PBTS IZ
10BAGHDAD406	PRT WASIT PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INTERESTS JOIN HANDS [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Wasit Provincial Government has declared its full commitment to supporting a large privately financed housing development project planned for al-Kut. This multi-year project will provide over eight-hundred apartments for middle [...]	2010-02-16 13:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECIN ECON 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
10BAGHDAD434	AMBASSADOR MEETS UNAMI SRSG TO DISCUSS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and UNAMI SRSG Melkert agreed February 6 to work together to create a robust new impetus for settlement of Iraq's disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) following the March 7 election. The USG and UNAMI will work to establish a broad-based "normalization process" (t [...]	2010-02-18 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL 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
10BAGHDAD463	PRT ANBAR: ANBARIS PERCEIVE IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iranian attempts to exert influence in Anbar Province face a significant obstacle: Anbar is 96% Sunni and Anbaris view Iran as Iraq's mortal enemy. Most of PRT's interlocutors believe that Iran has been meddling in Iraq not only t [...]	2010-02-21 16:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ IR
10BAGHDAD490	EPRT BAGHDAD WEST: INTERNALLY DISPLACED RAISING [...] This is an ePRT Baghdad West report. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On February 16, Kadhimiyyah District Advisory Council (DAC) Chairman Muslim Salih repeated to ePRT Baghdad West Team Leader (TL) his preference that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) resident in local clusters return to their places [...]	2010-02-23 18:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM IZ
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
10BAGHDAD518	MOBILE BANKING - GREAT POTENTIAL IN IRAQ, BUT OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) This cable contains substantial input from Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),DoD's Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TF BSO) and USF-I, J-6 (Communications and Information Systems Directorate). 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With two cell phones for every three Iraqis [...]	2010-02-28 03:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN ECON EAID 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
10BAGHDAD534	PRT ANBAR: TENSION BETWEEN ANBAR POLICE AND [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tension between the Iraqi Police and the judiciary was on display at the weekly Anbar Operations Command meeting covering security issues. Similar feelings were present at PRToffs meeting with Provincial Chief Judge Mohammed Al-Kubaisi. END S [...]	2010-02-28 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ
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
10BAGHDAD59	CSI IRAQ: FORENSIC SCIENCE REGAINING FOOTHOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Forty years ago Iraq was a leading center in the Middle East for scientific and medical evidence and the rule of law. Many senior Iraqi Police Officers involved in the forensics program have worked in the forensic field for over 20 years, and the GOI is, with US, UK, and Austra [...]	2010-01-10 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM IZ KCRM
10BAGHDAD64	KRG OFFICIALS ON ARTICLE 140 AND KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with senior leaders of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraqi (SANI) emphasized U.S. support for a negotiated, consensus-based solution to Kirkuk. SANI stressed to Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament Speaker Kamal Kirkuki an [...]	2010-01-11 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM USNC 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
10BAGHDAD89	IN WAKE OF ATTACKS, ANBAR GOVERNMENT SIDESTEPS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The December 30 attacks against the Provincial Government Center in Anbar resulted in the resignation of the Provincial Chief of Police. The direct involvement of Prime Minister Maliki and Sahwa party head Sheikh Ahmed ab [...]	2010-01-13 12:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KCOR KISL KTFN PREL ASEC IZ
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
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
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
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
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
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
10BAKU69	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CLAIMS NAKHCHIVAN POLICE [...] (C) On January 29, Senior Presidential Advisor for Law Enforcement Fuad Alesgarov told the Charge that "I don't know if there were Interior Ministry abuses in Bananyar village (of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic),but if there were, we had to do it to fight religious extremism." He continu [...]	2010-02-02 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP AJ IR

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
10BAKU79	AZERBAIJAN GOVERNMENT COMMENTS ON MOBILIZING [...] (C) Baku Iran Affairs Officer vigorously delivered reftel talking points on February 2 to Elchin Huseynli, MFA point man on the Iranian nuclear program. Huseynli, reports directly to GOAJ Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov, and was accompanied by his deputy, Aykan Hajizada. 2. (C) Husey [...]	2010-02-04 13:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UNSC OSCE RU IR AJ
10BAKU83	AZERBAIJAN: NAKHCHIVAN AUTHORITIES REPORT RELEASE [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Ambassador Cankorel told Charge that during his January 28-29 visit to the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and Bananyar village, the Chairman of the Supreme Soviet, Vasib Talibov, told him that the criminal case was closed on the Bananyar village incident (reftels B-D). More [...]	2010-02-08 14:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR PGOV PHUM
10BAMAKO77	MALI'S COURTS TAKE ON CORRUPTION IN SPECIAL SESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: From December 30, 2009 to January 29, 2010 the Court of Appeals of Bamako held a special session to try a series of corruption cases. Twelve cases were presented involving 52 defendants accused of having stolen a total of USD 3.7 million of public money. The cases covered a wid [...]	2010-02-09 09:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ML
10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN12	NEW YEAR BRINGS NEW REGULATIONS FOR CREDIT CARDS AND [...] (SBU) The Government of Brunei (GOB) rang in the New Year with a series of immediately applicable personal credit card regulations enforced throughout the banking community. Raising minimum age limits, regulating card balance limits independent of bank control, and imposing mandated deposits w [...]	2010-01-15 07:48:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT ETRD ECON BX
10BANDARSERIBEGAWAN32	BRUNEI DEBATING COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-16 00:35:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KINR BX
10BANGKOK111	U.S. Support for Biotechnology Development in Thailand; [...] Summary and Comment: Agricultural biotechnology is widely accepted by the Thai scientific community, including Thai officials, but NGO and consumer groups continue to oppose biotech crops and foods (also known as genetically modified organisms or GMOs). Given Thailand's importance as the worl [...]	2010-01-14 07:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO BEXP SENV KPAO TH
10BANGKOK113	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW MFA PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary. During a January 12 meeting with the new MFA Permanent Secretary Theerakun Niyom, the Ambassador and Theerakun explored opportunities for U.S. engagement in Thailand and the region, agreeing that additional U.S. involvement would be valuable for both nations. The Ambassador prev [...]	2010-01-14 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM APEC SMIG TH LA
10BANGKOK125	BANGKOK PROPOSAL: 2009 AG-BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok requests $20,000 in funding from the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs' (EEB) agricultural biotechnology outreach funds for FY2010. EEB's funding would support a workshop on the intersection of biotechnology, food security, rice production and the four [...]	2010-01-15 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BEXP SENV TH
10BANGKOK147	SOUTHERN THAILAND: JUNE 2009 MOSQUE SHOOTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Sutthirak Kongsuwan, the prime suspect in the June 8, 2009 shooting at the Al Furqon mosque in Narathiwat, turned himself into Thai police on January 14 after months of pressure from Democrat Party politicians on security forces for progress in the case. Authorities announced t [...]	2010-01-19 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
10BANGKOK163	THAILAND SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD BUT LAGS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: ESTHoff discussed COP15 with Thailand's lead climate change negotiator on January 13; Ref A demarche was delivered to Minister of Environment on January 14. Both viewed the Copenhagen Accord positively. The PM will chair an interagency meeting on January 21 to start [...]	2010-01-20 07:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH
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
10BANGKOK209	BANGKOK ENGAGES MEDIA AND PUBLIC ON HAITI [...] Summary: Post engaged local Thai audiences in a variety of ways to counter any possible misperceptions, inaccuracies and misinformation regarding U.S. relief efforts for Haiti. The centerpiece of the outreach was a roundtable for Thai journalists held by the Ambassador on Thursday, January 21 [...]	2010-01-26 04:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA 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
10BANGKOK248	THAI TELECOMS: FINANCE MINISTER KORN'S PLAN TO BREAK THE 3G [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Thai government has repeatedly delayed the auction and licensing of third generation (3G) telecommunications services -- largely because of disagreements over how to deal with the two state-owned telecommunications operators, TOT and CAT, and the private providers that have c [...]	2010-01-29 04:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV KIPR PREL 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
10BANGKOK269	CHINA,S SUSTAINED, SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO COURT [...] (C) Summary: Thai contacts from government to academia see a decade-long Chinese romance of Southeast Asia, both through ASEAN and bilaterally, to have been successful in increasing Chinese influence during a period in which many believe that U.S. influence and prestige in the region has waned [...]	2010-02-02 04:24:00	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
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
10BANGKOK360	RELO BANGKOK REPORT ON ENGLISH-TEACHING IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary. The Regional English Language Office (RELO) in Bangkok, consisting of a RELO and a RELO Assistant (LES),is actively engaged in a variety of programs aimed at improving the teaching and learning of English in SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, Cambodia and Taiwan). A dive [...]	2010-02-11 05:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH KPAO OEXC SCUL
10BANGKOK381	DAS MARCIEL ENGAGES THAI LEADERS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. EAP DAS and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged the Thai MFA PermSec and PM deputy SecGen, as well as several prominent Thai thinkers, on key regional and bilateral issues during his February 10 visit to Bangkok. Issues included regional architecture, U.S.-Thai rel [...]	2010-02-12 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH
10BANGKOK411	ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders stressed continued U.S. engagement in Thailand and assistance to the Thai military as extremely valuable during Admiral Willard's February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva highlighted his desire for continued strong U.S. engagement in Thailand and [...]	2010-02-18 05:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MARR MASS MCAP 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
10BANGKOK432	NGO Activist Believes Prevention is Key to Fight against [...] (SBU) Summary: An experienced NGO activist working in a Thai border area believes the only thing that has proven to work against trafficking in persons is prevention, i.e., keeping victims from getting involved in the first place. Once involved in trafficking, it is hard for victims to return [...]	2010-02-22 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
10BANGKOK454	HOW FAST IS BANGKOK SINKING? [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With a decades-long history of land subsidence similar to that of New Orleans, rising sea levels now threaten the 12 million people of Bangkok with inundation by 2050. ESTHoff and Embassy Science Fellow met with various academic and government actors over several weeks to [...]	2010-02-24 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG KGCC SENV EAGR ECON ETRD TH
10BANGKOK456	Asian Ministerial Continues Efforts to Prevent Extinction [...] (U) Summary: In a ministerial meeting hosted by Thailand and the World Bank's Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) last month, thirteen tiger range states issued a joint declaration to stem the alarming decline of tigers in the wild, through regional law enforcement and country action plans. They a [...]	2010-02-24 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE NP 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
10BANGKOK481	THAILAND: MFA ANTICIPATING OCTOBER ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Burma Unit Chief Arunrung Phothong Humphreys told us February 24 that the RTG still believed that Burma would hold elections in October of this year, despite some rumors that they would be held in May (reftel). The RTG intends to increase assistance to Burma for development a [...]	2010-02-26 09:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SMIG TH BU
10BANGUI2	FURTHER ATTACKS TARGETING NGOS IN NE CAR MARK TROUBLING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 22 and 23 targeted attacks on International Medical Corp (IMC) facilities, in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR) continue a disturbing pattern in this lawless and unstable part of central Africa (Ref A). The recent discovery of the three IMC vehicles for sa [...]	2010-01-05 17:09:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT
10BANGUI7	CAR: IMPROVEMENTS IN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY EVIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a response to Ref A. The Central African Republic (CAR) made commendable strides to address budget transparency in 2009. Though there is still much ground to cover, the government, with the help of the international community, is making concerted efforts to increase its [...]	2010-01-14 16:49:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID EAID ECON EFIN PREL CT
10BANJUL65	Ambassador Meets with President Jammeh [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-26 12:10:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM GA
10BASRAH2	BASRAH ANTI-IRAN DEMONSTRATION: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE [...] (U) This is a Basrah reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Basrah-based representatives of political parties and tribes staged a brief and peaceful protest on January 2 at the Iranian Consulate to protest the reported December 18 Iranian occupation of the cross-border Al Fakkah oil well in nearb [...]	2010-01-31 11:07:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SCUL KPAO IZ IR SA
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
10BEIJING102	PRC/CENTRAL ASIA: NATURAL GAS PIPELINE OPENING [...] (C) Summary: Following President Hu Jintao's December 12-14 visit to Central Asia and his participation in the inauguration of the China-Central Asia natural gas pipeline, the PRC hopes to deepen political and economic ties to the region, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In [...]	2010-01-14 09:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ENRG EWWT EPET ETRD MARR CH
10BEIJING122	POSITIVE OFFICIAL REACTION, MUTED PRESS REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: An MFA official responded positively to the Secretary's January 12 speech on Asian regional architecture, inviting further bilateral discussion on how best to build effective regional institutions. Stating that differences among Asian states made an EU-like structure untenable, o [...]	2010-01-15 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ASEAN APECO ARF XC XE XU
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
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
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
10BEIJING208	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: IMPACT OF FOUR PARTY ELDERS' [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, four Communist Party elders published an open letter questioning the legal basis for the conviction of rights activist and Charter 08 co-author Liu Xiaobo on charges of "inciting subversion." The letter did not call on the Chinese government to release Liu, but rat [...]	2010-01-26 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI 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
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
10BEIJING241	CHINA REJECTS PROPOSAL ON NEW FEDEX FLIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) authorities rejected a U.S. Government request to approve new flight segments to FedEx's hub facility at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. CAAC Director General Li Jiangmin's January 29, 2010 response, faxed to the Embassy, cited the airspa [...]	2010-01-29 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA CH
10BEIJING247	GOOGLE UPDATE: CHINA TECH BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary. Despite media reports quoting Google officials in the U.S. as saying Google is in talks with China, a Ministry of Commerce official told a visiting U.S. delegation on January 28 that "it would be better if Google stopped telling the media that it is in negotiations with China, sin [...]	2010-01-29 12:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL 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
10BEIJING291	China/Energy: New Energy Commission Aims to [...] (SBU) Summary: China's State Council announced January 27 the creation of a new National Energy Commission (NEC) headed by Premier Wen Jiabao, with Vice Premier Li Keqiang serving as NEC deputy. According to the State Council's announcement, the NEC aims to strengthen China's energy policy fo [...]	2010-02-04 09:45:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SENV CH
10BEIJING292	CHINA ASSET BUBBLES: ARE THEY HERE, WILL THEY POP? [...] (C) Summary. China's massive 2009 monetary stimulus program was instrumental in avoiding economic recession during the global crisis, but the huge amount of new credit flowing into the economy has prompted concerns that asset bubbles could form -- and burst -- in the property and equity marke [...]	2010-02-04 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV CH
10BEIJING30	CHINA RATIFIES PALERMO PROTOCOL AND PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Summary: China on December 26, 2009 voted to ratify the UN Palermo Protocol, effectively obligating itself to bring domestic laws and efforts in line with international standards to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Separately, a Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official told PolMinCo [...]	2010-01-08 03:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN CH
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
10BEIJING312	THIRD U.S.-CHINA TOURISM WORKING GROUP HELD IN SANYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Third U.S.-China Tourism Working Group (TWG) meeting under the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) was held on January 13, 2010, in Sanya, China, chaired by U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Services Joel Secundy and Vice Chairman Zhu Shanzhong of the China Natio [...]	2010-02-05 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD CVIS EAIR CH
10BEIJING325	CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY COMPENSATION FOR NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) Acting Assistant Commerce Secretary Mary Saunders on January 14 led a delegation made up of USG officers from Commerce, Energy, and State, and U.S. nuclear industry representatives to discuss the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC) with China's National Ene [...]	2010-02-08 06:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
10BEIJING326	IOM DEEMS CHINA TAKING POSITIVE STEPS TO FIGHT [...] (SBU) In a January 28, 2010 telcon with Embassy Beijing and Department representatives, Tom Sinkovits, Head of Office for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Liaison Office in Beijing stated that human trafficking was a high interest issue in the upper ranks of the Chinese gover [...]	2010-02-08 07:11:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	CH KWMN KTIP PGOV
10BEIJING340	CHINA'S MFA, GACC, CAEA PRESS FOR GREATER NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) Assistant Deputy Administrator for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Nonproliferation, Dave Huizenga, visited Beijing China 20-23 January. He participated in the Transportation Security Workshop with China Atomic Energy Authority ( [...]	2010-02-09 07:27:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC TRGY KNNP IAEA KTIA CVIS CH
10BEIJING342	MEDIA REACTION: CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT, RMB EXCHANGE RATE, [...] CAPITALIST DEVELOPMENT "Reflection on capitalism in the international financial crisis" The official Communist Party People's Daily (Renmin Ribao) (02/09)(pg 23): "The outbreak of the international financial crisis urged many people to reexamine the capitalist's development direction. In [...]	2010-02-09 08:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING351	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS, IRAN [...] U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS a. "Be vigilant about being pushed to the opposition side of the world by the U.S." The People's Daily-sponsored and internationally-focused commercial news publication Global Times (Huanqiu Shibao)(02/10)(pg 14): "In 2010, Sino-U.S. relations are undergoing a substant [...]	2010-02-10 09:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC 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
10BEIJING353	BEIJING'S OLYMPICS AIR QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS TEMPORARY [...] (SBU) The results of a Cornell University-led study on air quality control measures imposed by the Chinese government during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing show that local controls in Beijing succeeded in only temporarily improving air quality. Although the measures reduced certain pollutants, [...]	2010-02-10 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV CASC KGHG TRGY ENRG PREL 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
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
10BEIJING360	CHINA DEFINES ITS TERMS ON INDIGENOUS INNOVATION: [...] (C) Summary. Chinese interlocutors made it clear to a visiting interagency team the week of January 24 that China intends to keep giving their home-grown innovators an edge, including preferences under government procurement. The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) advised it would rev [...]	2010-02-11 03:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL CH
10BEIJING367	AFRICAN EMBASSIES SUSPICIOUS OF US-CHINA [...] (C) African Embassy officials told EmbOffs that many in the African community were uncomfortable with the concept of US-China development cooperation in Africa. China's fast, efficient, "no strings attached" bilateral approach is popular in the region, as is the PRC preference for infrastructure ov [...]	2010-02-11 09:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EINV CH XA
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
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
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
10BEIJING413	MEDIA REACTION: DALAI LAMA MEETING, IRAN [...] DALAI LAMA MEETING a. "The Dalai Lama's lies and the prejudice of the West" The official intellectual publication Guangming Daily (Guangming Ribao)(02/21)(pg 8): "Although it does not require the approval of another country for a state leader to meet someone, sometimes there are exceptions [...]	2010-02-22 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV KGHG KMDR OPRC CH
10BEIJING42	CHINA: MIIT SAYS INDUSTRIAL POLICY TO REMAIN UNCHANGED; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 7 meeting, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT),Department of Industrial Policy Deputy Director General Hou Shiguo told Economic Minister Counselor China treated State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) and private companies equally, but indicated that, due [...]	2010-01-11 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN ETRD SENV 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
10BEIJING457	CHINA/AUTOS: SAAB PURCHASE SPEEDS THROUGH; [...] (C) Summary: High level Chinese government support enabled Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd. (BAIC) to complete its USD 200 million purchase of General Motors' (GM) Saab Unit in a mere four months, according to BAIC officials. As a Beijing City Government controlled enterprise, B [...]	2010-02-25 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EIND EINV
10BEIJING462	JAN 13 US-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY DIALOGUE: TAIWAN, NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Taiwan arms sales and trade issues dominated the 5th session of the U.S. China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG),which took place in Beijing January 13. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) led the U.S. Senate delegation to the IPG, which also included Senators Christopher "Kit" Bond (R- [...]	2010-02-26 04:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS ETRD KIPR CVIS EFIN SENV ENRG
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
10BEIRUT100	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER RAHHAL WELCOMES U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Water management, reforestation and solid waste management were the Environment Ministry's key priorities, new Environment Minister Mohammed Rahhal told the Ambassador on January 28. Rahhal pledged continued cooperation with USAID reforestation programs and asked for assistance i [...]	2010-02-01 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON EFIN ENRG EPA PGOV PREL KGHG AID LE
10BEIRUT104	UNRWA LEBANON DESPERATE FOR RESOURCES [...] (C) Summary: UNRWA Lebanon will exhaust its funding by March 2010 and be forced to make drastic cuts without additional support, United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Lebanon country representative Salvatore Lombardo told donor countries on January 15. While PM Hariri and the new Leb [...]	2010-02-02 09:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KPAL PTER KCRM LE
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
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
10BEIRUT14	BAROUD OUTLINES EFFORTS TO EXTEND STATE SOVEREIGNTY [...] (C) Summary: The Lebanese government is committed to implementing UNSCR 1701, but Prime Minister Saad Hariri must establish a coordinated strategy for border control, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador. His Internal Security Forces (ISF) had achieved initial successes in polici [...]	2010-01-05 18:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KPAL LE
10BEIRUT145	CHRISTIANS OBJECT TO BERRI'S PROPOSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 1989 Taif Accord that ended the Lebanese civil war called for "deconfessionalization," the abolishment of the quotas for sectarian representation that undergird the Lebanese political system. Like many tenets in Taif, the proposal has yet to be implemented. Recently, Speaker [...]	2010-02-12 15:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR SOCI KDEM LE
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
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
10BEIRUT35	NEW CABINET MINISTERS TACKLE ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new ministers of finance, telecommunications, and energy were enthusiastic about taking on key reform priorities outlined in reftel during separate meetings with the Ambassador the week of January 4. All three ministers were confident the GOL would pass a budget in 2010 fo [...]	2010-01-12 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINT ENRG PGOV PINR KCOR AA LE
10BEIRUT47	PRIME MINISTER HARIRI MEETS WITH CODEL MCCAIN [...] (C) Summary: Increased U.S. military assistance to Lebanon is a priority, Prime Minister Saad Hariri told CODEL McCain on January 9. Though wary of Syrian intentions after his recent trip to Damascus, Hariri said he would work to build on positive practical steps to improve the bilateral rela [...]	2010-01-15 13:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC MASS MCAP KJUS PBTS LE SY IR
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
10BEIRUT65	MARCH 14 PARTNERS STRUGGLE WITH NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Members of the March 14 coalition are now struggling to agree on how to mark their next significant event, the fifth commemoration of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination on February 14. Prime Minister Saad Hariri is reportedly hesitating to hold a major political r [...]	2010-01-21 15:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM LE SA
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
10BEIRUT75	LEBANESE DISCUSS ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Ambassador Sison held a roundtable discussion January 14 on ways to encourage the culture of entrepreneurship in Lebanon with 19 leaders from the private sector and civil society. In a lively discussion, participants noted the need for political and security stability; greater publicity [...]	2010-01-26 04:43:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN PGOV LE
10BEIRUT81	HEALTH MINISTER TOUTS MINISTRY'S COMMITMENT TO IPR [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Health Mohammad Khalifeh informed the Ambassador January 22 that earlier that morning he had worked with the chief prosecutor's office to issue arrest warrants for individuals involved in a counterfeit pharmaceutical smuggling ring. Proud of the ministry's accomplishm [...]	2010-01-27 14:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV KIPR KDEM PINR KPAL 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
10BELGRADE106	SERBIA: FY2010 BIOTECH OUTREACH PROPOSAL [...] In response to reftel call for proposals, post requests $19,060 in EEB biotech outreach funds for programs that will educate consumers, media, farmers, academics and policy makers about the benefits of agricultural biotechnology and encourage the GoS to fulfill its promise to change a restricti [...]	2010-01-21 13:27:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EAID TBIO KPAO SR
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
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
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
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
10BELGRADE254	SERBIA: ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY STARTS OPERATION [...] (SBU) Serbia's new Anti-Corruption Agency officially opened its doors January 1, 2010, after months of preparatory work. Despite government officials' strong statements supporting anti-corruption efforts, some observers noted that the new agency lacked effective enforcement power; others were [...]	2010-02-17 07:21:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR SR
10BELGRADE274	Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Djelic Talks Kosovo to [...] (SBU) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Technology Djelic told the Ambassador that Serbia sought a more "balanced" solution for Kosovo, otherwise Serbia would be isolated from the EU and would not advance toward Europe. Djelic thanked the United States for supporting Serbia's [...]	2010-02-19 17:52:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV TSPL 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
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
10BELGRADE82	SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: ------------------------------------- A. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------------- Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly [...]	2010-01-16 21:59:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SR
10BELMOPAN104	UDP GOVERNMENT'S SECOND ANNIVERSARY BRINGS BUDGET SHORTFALLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 9 the Prime Minister held his quarterly press conference in Belize City. The main issues discussed were his Government's successes, social assistance programs, the economy, and crime and security. The PM also answered an onslaught of questions from the media, includi [...]	2010-02-24 15:07:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI ECON BTIO BH
10BELMOPAN53	OPENING OF THE 2010 SUPREME COURT SESSION [...] SUMMARY: On January 18, 2010, the formal opening of the Supreme Court was marked by a church ceremony and addresses delivered by Chief Justice Abdulai Conteh (CJ) and Attorney General and Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington (AG). In their statements, the CJ and AG sought to end tensions from 200 [...]	2010-02-01 22:21:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV BH
10BERLIN108	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, HAITI, IRAQ, U.S., ISRAEL, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German Position 3. (Haiti) Montreal Conference 4. (Iraq) Execution of Chemical Ali 5. (U.S.) Bank Reforms 6. (Israel) Goldstone Report 7. (U.S.) Bernanke Hearing Â [...]	2010-01-26 15:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR AF HA IQ ECON XF
10BERLIN114	MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, U.S. YEMEN, IRAN, FRANCE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Haiti) Aftermath of Quake, Montreal Conference 3. (U.S.) State of the Union, Austerity Program, Banking Crisis 4. (Yemen) London Conference 5. (Iran) Karrubi Gives In 6. (France) Ban on Burqas 7. (Afghanistan) London Conference, German [...]	2010-01-27 13:29:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR HA US YM AF IR FR
10BERLIN117	(S) IRAN-BOUND SIEMENS COMPUTERS REMAIN STUCK IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 17:01:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR AE UK CH GM
10BERLIN138	MAXIMIZING GERMANY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-01 10:34:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
10BERLIN147	IRANIAN IAEA PERM REP DEMANDS NEGOTIATIONS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a restricted high-level January 19 event organized by the Koeber Foundation, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iranian Permanent Representative to the IAEA argued that negotiations about Iran,s nuclear program remained the only constructive and promising approach to avoid further escal [...]	2010-02-02 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
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
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
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
10BERLIN189	ATHENA -- THE GERMAN GODDESS OF BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bremen-based OHB-System is seeking a partnership with "like-minded" countries to develop and deploy a ballistic missile (BM) early warning/tracking satellite constellation, dubbed Athena, conceptually capable of accurately tracking northern latitude missiles from early launch thr [...]	2010-02-18 12:24:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR RS CH GM
10BERLIN198	GERMAN VIEWS ON THE EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA [...] (U) Post delivered points from both reftels to deputy MFA European Correspondent Hans-Peter Jugel on February 19. EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA 2. (C) In response to our reaffirmation of U.S. opposition to a lifting of the EU arms embargo against China, Jugel distanced Germany from Spanis [...]	2010-02-19 17:14:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM NATO EUN GM CH IR HA UP
10BERLIN203	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-NETHERLANDS, IRAN, EU-GREECE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Afghanistan-Netherlands) Dutch Government's Fall 3. (Iran) Nuclear Program 4. (EU-Greece) Economic Crisis 5. (U.S.) Justice Department Report 6. (UK) Brown in a Bad Temper Â [...]	2010-02-22 13:12:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NL IR EMS US UK
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
10BERLIN216	GERMANY ON-BOARD TO CLAMP DOWN ON IRANIAN SHIPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany supports sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) along with its affiliates and views denying Iran access to insurance/reinsurance as an excellent vehicle to do so. On February 23, Emboffs delivered reftel demarche to the German Ministries o [...]	2010-02-25 16:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL UK IR FR GM
10BERLIN4	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.YEMEN, TERRORISM-AIRPORTS, MEPP, IRAN [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Terrorism) Developments in Yemen 3. (Terrorism) Airport Security 4. (Middle East) New U.S. Peace Proposal 5. (Iran) Role of Opposition Movement 6. (Afghanistan/Iraq) U.S. Role 7. (Economic) Russian Oil Exports 8. (Greece) Financia [...]	2010-01-05 13:50:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER XF IR AF RS GR
10BERLIN42	SPD CHAIR GABRIEL SAYS NO SPD MAJORITY FOR MORE [...] (C) Summary: Social Democratic Party Chair Sigmar Gabriel told the Ambassador in a January 12 meeting that building stability in Afghanistan before troop reductions begin in 2011 will require greater attention to training Afghan troops and police, and that sending more combat troops is not as [...]	2010-01-13 17:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF GM
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
10BERLIN69	CHANCELLOR EMPHASIZES NEED FOR BROAD POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The internal German debate regarding a possible increase in German troops in Afghanistan after the January 28 London Conference is back on a positive trajectory now that government concerns about the planned inflow of U.S. forces into the north have been largely dispelled. Defense [...]	2010-01-19 19:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF
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
10BERLIN80	GERMANY INCREASES HAITI ASSISTANCE TO 10 MILLION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Germany is actively engaging the German government and public on Haiti following the January 12 earthquake, and has formed an internal task force to coordinate our initiatives. As part of our efforts, I would like to update you on our outreach activities, the German go [...]	2010-01-21 06:40:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL UN GM HA
10BERLIN81	GERMAN MFA HOPE IRAN SANCTIONS TARGET LEADERS NOT MASSES [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP IR GM
10BERLIN82	GERMANY SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany intends to inscribe and associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord within the context of the European Union before the January 31st deadline, and the government has begun to encourage third countries to do the same. However, some German officials continue to publicly ex [...]	2010-01-21 12:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GM SENV KGHG AG CH
10BERLIN83	MEDIA REACTION: HAITI, OBAMA PRESIDENCY, KUNDUZ AIRSTRIKE, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Haiti Earthquake 3. Massachusetts Senate Race 4. Afghanistan--Kunduz Airstrike 5. Climate Protection--IPCC Â [...]	2010-01-21 15:18:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR SENV KGHG HA US AF
10BERLIN85	GERMAN ECONOMICS MINISTER: SMALL IS GOOD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Germany's new Minister for Economics and Technology, Rainer Bruederle (Free Democratic Party - FDP),is a strong proponent of the market economy with a policy agenda focused on strengthening small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and competition. His principled stand against f [...]	2010-01-21 16:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND GM PGOV
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
10BISHKEK51	TRANSIT CENTER RENEWAL AND U.S. COMMITMENTS LOOM [...] (U) See para 18 for action requests. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S. must inform the Government of Kyrgyzstan of its intent to renew the Transit Center agreement for another year by April 14. Since the agreement went into effect in July 2009, U.S.-Kyrgyzstan relations have improved significant [...]	2010-01-20 10:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
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
10BISHKEK84	KYRGYZSTAN SEEKS SIGNS FROM THE U.S. OF LONG-TERM [...] (C) Action request para. 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of the Kyrgyz Republic is actively reviewing the state of its relationships with the U.S., Russia, and China, seeking a balance which would best serve its interests. A key concern of our interlocutors is what role the U.S. inten [...]	2010-02-02 10:04:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
10BISHKEK86	MAXIM BAKIYEV'S DEBUT ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Maxim Bakiyev made his international debut leading an official delegation to China. He returned home triumphant, at least at first glance, with several signed agreements, including one on Chinese financing for the construction of a trans-Kyrgyzstan power transmission line. Howev [...]	2010-02-03 02:31:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
10BISHKEK91	KYRGYZSTAN: AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS ICG VISA [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting, Ambassador Gfoeller and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev discussed the denial of a visa extension to the International Crisis Group's Central Asia Project Director Paul Quinn-Judge by the MFA. The Ambassador expressed concern at the decision and no [...]	2010-02-05 08:47:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KG
10BOGOTA105	COLOMBIA CONTINUES ROBUST RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. Colombian military and civilian sectors continue in high gear supporting relief efforts in Haiti. Colombia has flown 14 flights transporting 294 personnel, 21 dogs and 224,509 pounds of supplies to Haiti. Colombian medical personnel have performed more than 2,150 procedures near [...]	2010-01-28 21:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV ECON PREL MARR KPAO CO HA
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
10BOGOTA121	COLOMBIA REACTS PRUDENTLY BUT FIRMLY TO ALLEGED VENEZUELAN [...] (C/NF) Minister of Defense Silva told the Ambassador that an alleged January 27 Venezuelan overflight of Colombian airspace was a deliberate provocation and that he expected more such incidents. According to the GOC, a Venezuelan military helicopter crossed into the Colombian department of Arau [...]	2010-02-01 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE
10BOGOTA13	Peace Commissioner Lays Out Way Ahead on FARC, ELN [...] (S/NF) Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Frank Pearl told the Ambassador January 5 that his office is preparing "roadmaps" for the next Administration on how best to pursue peace agreements with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and National Liberation Army (ELN). Pearl acknowle [...]	2010-01-07 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PARM ECON 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
10BOGOTA139	MODERATE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE, RECORD LOW INFLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Colombian government decreed a 3.6 percent increase in the federal minimum wage for 2010. The increase was greater than the two percent inflation for 2009, meaning it should provide some stimulus to an economy just beginning to pull out of recession. Annual minimum wage hik [...]	2010-02-03 13:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV CO
10BOGOTA151	CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF NN BODIES, BUT NO MASS GRAVE [...] (C) Spanish and American press published stories January 28 and 29 announcing the discovery of a mass grave in the township of Macarena, Meta which reportedly contained 2,000 unidentified victims of forced disappearance by the Colombian military since 2005. We have not discovered any informat [...]	2010-02-04 18:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
10BOGOTA165	Mixed Reactions to Plan Colombia Cut, GOC to Lobby US [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia's (GOC) reaction to the announcement of cuts to USG Plan Colombia assistance has been measured and has recognized fiscal realities in the United States as well as Plan Colombia's natural tendency towards reduced assistance. Still, officials have expressed conce [...]	2010-02-05 23:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SNAR EAID CO
10BOGOTA171	FIGHT OVER DEMOCRATIC SECURITY: COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR [...] (C) Despite its weakened state, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continued to carry out asymmetrical attacks on soft targets and executed several higher profile operations in the fourth quarter of 2009 -- including the kidnapping and execution of the governor of Caqueta and an [...]	2010-02-08 15:22:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS MCAP ASEC PREL PGOV PHUM CO
10BOGOTA198	Haiti Reporting from Colombia [...] (U) SUMMARY. All leading national and regional newspapers in Colombia continue their extensive coverage of the events in Haiti, and have highlighted the USG's quick response to the crisis. Post has closely followed the overwhelmingly positive coverage of the U.S. role in Haiti disaster assista [...]	2010-01-21 18:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO
10BOGOTA201	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JANUARY 12, 2010 MEETING WITH [...] (U) January 12, 2010; 10:00 AM; Monteria, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador William Brownfield DAS Christopher McMullen, WHA DCM Brian Nichols USAID Mission Director Ken Yamashita Political Counselor Mark Wells (notetaker) NAS Director Dan Foote [...]	2010-02-09 19:10:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL OVIP EAID KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR ETRD SENV CO VE
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
10BOGOTA227	GOC CLAIMS SOME PROGRESS WITH FARC, ELN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Swedish intermediaries have reportedly arranged for a meeting in Sweden between representatives of the Government of Colombia (GOC) and representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Separately, negotiations proceeded for the humanitarian release of two [...]	2010-02-11 23:38:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CO
10BOGOTA231	COLOMBIA'S 2010 ECONOMIC FORECAST: POSITIVE GROWTH, BUT SLOW [...] (SBU) Colombian Finance Minister Oscar Zuluaga projects a 2.5 percent GDP growth rate for 2010, which is supported by both local and international analysts. Zuluaga, however, told us that Colombia's economic recovery will be slow and behind those of Brazil, Chile, and Peru on account of Colomb [...]	2010-02-12 14:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT PGOV CO
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
10BOGOTA245	Santos Eager to Assume Uribe's Mantle, but Uribe Still [...] (C) The reelection referendum rollercoaster rolls on. Constitutional Court Judge Humberto Sierra's draft decision declaring the referendum unconstitutional initially led many observes to predict the referendum would not be held. This perception was fueled by President Uribe's meetings with pot [...]	2010-02-12 21:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO
10BOGOTA25	SOACHA DEFENDANTS RELEASED FROM PRE-TRIAL DETENTION, [...] On January 7, the presiding judge released 17 defendants from pre-trial detention in a criminal case arising out of alleged "false positive" killings -- military murders presented as killed in combat [Reftel]. Under Colombian law, defendants may only be held in pre-trial detention for 90 days. [...]	2010-01-08 19:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
10BOGOTA258	Haiti Reporting from Colombia (January 22-25, 2010) [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post continues to closely follow the Colombian media coverage of the U.S. role in Haiti disaster assistance. Though Colombian coverage of the earthquake aftermath is beginning to diminish, reporting on the U.S. role in providing sweeping disaster and humanitarian assistance continu [...]	2010-01-26 13:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA CO
10BOGOTA276	EX-IM BANK CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS TRADE AND EXPORT OPPORTUNTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg announced a $1 billion Preliminary Commitment to Colombia's state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, for the purchase of U.S. goods and services during a visit to Bogota and Cartagena on January 18-21. Ecopetrol's goals [...]	2010-01-27 17:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON ENRG EAID PGOV CO
10BOGOTA287	UNHCHR REP BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON INTELLIGENCE PURGING [...] (C) United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission Christian Salazar briefed the Ambassador on the results of a delegation of Colombian intelligence officials to Germany in early February to observe safeguards and procedures for protecting citizens from abuse of inf [...]	2010-02-17 19:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM UN CO
10BOGOTA293	SHARP DECLINE IN INTERNAL DISPLACEMENTS, CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (C) The Colombian Government (GOC) and local NGO Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) both reported new internal displacements declined, 47% and 24% respectively, in 2009. The GOC attributed the decline to consolidated state presence, reduced violence from the conflict, and b [...]	2010-02-17 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS CO
10BOGOTA307	JUSTICE IN CRISIS: SUPREME COURT ORDER TO REPLACE [...] (C) A Supreme Court ruling on February 4 touched off mass firings at the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) when the Court gave Acting Prosecutor General Guillermo Mendoza 15 days to comply with the results of a November 2007 written exam, which was sponsored by the EU and intended to profe [...]	2010-02-19 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
10BOGOTA315	WITNESSES KILLED, INVESTIGATORS QUESTIONED IN FALSE POSITIVE [...] (S/NF) Two military witnesses in "false positive" -- military murders fraudulently presented as combat kills -- cases have been killed and another was attacked. Ministry of Defense (MOD) Legal Advisor and Suarez Commission member Monica Cifuentes (strictly protect) told us Armed Forces Inspect [...]	2010-02-19 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
10BOGOTA343	GOC SUPPORTS ALL U.S. CITES PROPOSALS EXCEPT BOBCATS [...] (U) The GOC has consolidated its response to the U.S. CITES proposals in ref A. They will likely support all the proposals with the exception of the proposal to delist the lynx rufus from Appendix II. They are still considering the proposal due to concerns over how it would affect a rare Colo [...]	2010-02-25 15:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA AORC UNEP CO
10BOGOTA35	URIBE DENOUNCES SOACHA DEFENDANTS' RELEASE, SOLDIERS [...] Seven additional Soacha "false positive" -- military murders presented as combat kills -- defendants were ordered released on January 12 because they had been held in pre-trial detention longer than the legal limit. Defense Minister Gabriel Silva Lujan announced on January 10 that the 17 Soach [...]	2010-01-13 21:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
10BOGOTA355	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES PROMINENT LABOR LEADER [...] (U) The Ambassador expressed USG support for the essential role unions play in healthy democratic societies in a February 17 meeting with the Colombian Confederation of Workers (CTC). The CTC is one of the three main labor confederations in Colombia, with 120,000 members organized into approxi [...]	2010-02-26 19:42:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BOGOTA49	2009 LABOR VIOLENCE NUMBERS AND IMPUNITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) National Union School (ENS) statistics show that murders of trade unionists fell by 20% in 2009, and by 80% since 2002. However, ENS Director Jose Luciano Sanin said the focus on killings masked the scope of anti-union violence -- only 26% of the violent acts ENS had recorded were murders [...]	2010-01-19 14:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL USTR LAB CO
10BOGOTA600	JANUARY COLOMBIA STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT INTIATIVE UPDATE [...] (SBU) The GOC made progress to secure adequate civilian ministry commitment to the National Consolidation Plan (PNC) but a great deal of work remains to be done. The Center for the Coordination of Integrated Action (CCAI) mapped consolidation regions down to the village level, which should fac [...]	2010-02-17 13:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM EAID SNAR CO
10BOGOTA61	DECEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Reports of false positive killings -- military murders presented as combat kills -- declined by 96 percent in 2009 according to the GOC. A court convicted a Lieutenant and a Sergeant for the 2006 false positive murders of two individuals. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) c [...]	2010-01-22 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
10BOGOTA95	EX-IM BANK CHAIRMAN HIGHLIGHTS EXPORT AND TRADE [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank Chairman Fred Hochberg announced a $1 billion Preliminary Commitment to Colombia's state-owned petroleum company, Ecopetrol, for the purchase of U.S. goods and services during a visit to Bogota and Cartagena on January 18-21. Ecopetrol's goals a [...]	2010-01-27 19:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON ENRG EAID PGOV CO
10BOGOTA97	International Donors Signal Future Support for Consolidation [...] (C) On January 19, the Embassy's Colombia Strategic Development Initiative (CSDI) working group hosted officials from the Dutch, German and Canadian Embassies to discuss CSDI, Colombia's National Consolidation Plan (PNC) and the status of support from those Embassies for the PNC. The chief con [...]	2010-01-27 19:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER EAID SNAR CO CA GM NL
10BRASILIA102	BRAZIL: ONE NORTHEAST STATE TRIES TO CATCH THE SOUTH [...] (U) Summary: The development challenges facing the Brazilian northeast state of Piaui are representative of the difficult issues Brazil's poorest regions must overcome to achieve the level of prosperity in the country's southern regions. Despite economic growth rates over the past several yea [...]	2010-02-02 12:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC COM USTR EAID PREL BR
10BRASILIA104	BRAZIL: NEGOTIATIONS BRING TROPICAL FOREST CONSERVATION ACT AGREEMENT CLOSE TO CONCLUSION [...] (SBU) On January 29 negotiators from the Brazilian Finance (Fazenda),Ministry of External Relations (MRE),and the Ministry of the Environment (MMA) met via digital videoconference with representatives from the U.S. Department of State, Treasury Department and USAID to finalize the text of the Tro [...]	2010-02-02 19:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA BR
10BRASILIA140	BRAZIL: INCORPORATING CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY INTO DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the Copenhagen Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),the Government of Brazil (GOB) announced the mitigation actions it plans to take to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 36.1 percent to 38.9 percent by 2020 compared with " [...]	2010-02-09 15:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EFIN KSCA BR
10BRASILIA16	Brazil: Scenesetter - DHS Deputy Secretary Lute visit [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-06 13:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC BR
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
10BRASILIA42	Mission Brazil and Embassy Maputo Propose Trilateral [...] SUMMARY: In response to ref A, Embassy Brasilia and Embassy Maputo jointly request funding for a trilateral seminar on the benefits of agricultural biotechnology to take place in Mozambique, featuring speakers from the United States and Brazil. The United States is a world leader in [...]	2010-01-14 18:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO BR MZ
10BRASILIA45	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MRE SECRETARY-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. After presenting his credentials to Brazilian President Lula (septel),Ambassador Shannon met for over an hour February 4 with Secretary-General (Deputy FM) Antonio Patriota, covering the work ahead in Haiti, the status of Brazil's FX2 fighter purchase, climate change negotiatio [...]	2010-02-09 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SENV MASS HA IR
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
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
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
10BRATISLAVA29	SLOVAK POLICE MAKE FIRST CHARGE UNDER TERRORISM LAWS [...] (U) A 33 year-old man from central Slovakia is the first person to be charged under the country's relatively new anti-terrorism laws. According to Police President Jan Packa, who briefed the media on Thursday, January 21, the man had explosives in his home and was planning to blow up a church. [...]	2010-01-22 16:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV LO
10BRATISLAVA30	CHARGE EDDINS CARRIES HAITI MESSAGE ON LEADING BROADCASTER [...] (U) Leading Slovak cable news broadcaster "TA-3" broadcast an exclusive interview with Charge Eddins on Saturday, January 23, as part of their half-hour evening special on the situation in Haiti. In response to a query on speculation that the U.S. would "occupy" Haiti Charge Eddins strong [...]	2010-01-25 15:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA LO
10BRIDGETOWN23	St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party Wins Historic Fourth [...] (C) The St. Kitts and Nevis Labor Party (SKNLP) won six of the eight seats available to them in the Federal Elections on St. Christopher, giving them a majority of the seats in the federal parliament for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term. Opposition People's Action Movement (PAM) Lea [...]	2010-01-29 19:15:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR XL
10BRIDGETOWN68	Teamwork Produces Successful Results in the Eastern [...] (SBU) The Drug Enforcement Administration, the Military Liaison Office, and the Narcotics Affairs Section are working with local and regional authorities to deter drug trafficking. Many operations have been successful; however, without consistent, reliable maritime assets to assist the Region [...]	2010-01-29 17:45:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ECON PGOV XL
10BRUSSELS11	BELGIUM: EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Brussels' Public Diplomacy (PD) office has been working with the Washington, D.C.-based Non Governmental Organization "Karamah: Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights" (http://www.karamah.org/) since 2004 in order to empower Belgian Muslim women and improve their health a [...]	2010-01-05 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN XG PHUM BE
10BRUSSELS115	BELGIUM: AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (U) One week after the earthquake in Haiti, Ambassador Gutman appeared as a guest on the Flemish evening talk show, Phara. During this interview, the Ambassador addressed concerns that America was "taking over" Haiti, as the presenter suggested. When the presenter inquired whether America ha [...]	2010-01-29 09:26:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HA BE
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
10BRUSSELS155	BELGIUM: H1N1 CASES KEEP FALLING IN 2010 [...] On January 28, 2010, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 1,614 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of January 12 to January 17 (week 3). This figure is marginally higher from an estimated 1,302 cases the previous week. [...]	2010-02-09 14:14:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
10BRUSSELS168	NEW EU ICT COMMISSIONER KROES SEEKS AMBASSADOR'S HELP IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Incoming EU Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes sought Ambassador Kennard's help during their initial meeting February 8 in identifying and addressing the major ICT challenges she will face in her new position. She listed as her priorities broadband development, infrastruct [...]	2010-02-10 14:27:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECIN EINV EINT ETRD ECON EUN

10BRUSSELS169	THE MIGRATION DIALOGUE: A U.S.-EU JHA DELIVERABLE [...] (U) This cable includes two action requests. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, the USEU representatives from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM),the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA),and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) met with represen [...]	2010-02-10 16:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PREF CVIS KFRD KISL EUN
10BRUSSELS178	BELGIUM: H1N1 CASES CONTINUE TO FALL IN JANUARY [...] On February 11, 2010, the Government of Belgium's Interministerial Influenza Commission (IIC) announced an estimated 626 new cases of the H1N1 virus in Belgium for the week of January 25 to January 31 (week 5),and an estimated 257 cases during January 18 to 24. Two additional H1N1-related de [...]	2010-02-12 16:24:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
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
10BRUSSELS186	CLIMATE: PERSHING AND HEDEGAARD COMMIT TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change Jonathan Pershing met with EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard on February 11. Also present was Ambassador William Kennard. Pershing and Hedegaard agreed that the U.S- EU cooperation remains important, particularly in light of the s [...]	2010-02-17 13:55:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL EU
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
10BRUSSELS200	EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDERING SUPPORT TO GUINEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission's Directorate-General for Development is considering providing support to Guinean judicial and security sector reform (JSSR). The Commission's development aid to Guinea has been largely suspended since September, but a Commission delegation will trave [...]	2010-02-22 06:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC EUN GV XA XY EAID
10BRUSSELS203	BELGIAN PREMIER RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO ELDER [...] (U) On February 19, four elder statesmen of Belgian foreign policy, Former NATO Secretary General and Belgian Foreign Minister Willy Claes (Sp.a, Flemish Socialist),former Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene (CD&V, Flemish Christian Democrat),former Foreign Minister Louis Michel (MR, francophone [...]	2010-02-22 16:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC MARR PREL PGOV NATO BE
10BRUSSELS222	EU INCREASING ENGAGEMENT ON GENDER ISSUES, [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with EU and Belgian officials in January, Anita Botti, Deputy Director of the State Department's Office of Global Women's Issues: -- highlighted the need to implement existing UNSCRs on women, peace and security; -- encouraged an EU view of women as change agent [...]	2010-02-25 12:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PHUM EUN KWMN
10BRUSSELS226	EUR PDAS MCELDOWNEY AND ASHTON CABINET OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-25 20:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR
10BRUSSELS35	EU REVISES CT, DPRK, GUINEA SANCTIONS [...] (C) On December 22 the EU Council formally revised EU counterterrorism (both UN/Al-Qaeda & Taliban and autonomous regimes),North Korea, and Guinea sanctions programs. The December revisions reflect an EU willingness to move beyond UN common denominators in the sanctions domain. Procedural [...]	2010-01-14 05:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER UNSC EFIN
10BRUSSELS42	AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 6 MEETING WITH JOSE MANUEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, Ambassador Kennard presented his credentials to Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. Barroso was positive about the U.S.-EU relationship, saying, &We want to work with you.8 The 45 minute meeting covered climate change, energy security, dat [...]	2010-01-14 14:42:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EU PGOV PINR PREL SENV
10BRUSSELS48	EU: COPENHAGEN DISAPPOINTING BUT GOOD STEP [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: After the leaders departed Copenhagen, initial commentary was not positive, the prevailing theme being the inability of EU leadership to deliver. Initial press reports highlighted the marginalization of EU officials, but soon began to focus on China's unconstr [...]	2010-01-15 15:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EIND PREL KGHG EU
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
10BRUSSELS63	DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY JONES DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones met with the European Commission's Director of Asia and Oceania James Moran January 12 to discuss assistance to Pakistan. Moran stated the European Commission is deepening its commitment to Pakistan by increasing its assistance, holding a EU-P [...]	2010-01-20 14:23:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EUN PK
10BRUSSELS70	BELGIUM:CENTRAL AFRICA, ESPECIALLY THE DRC, IS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister's Vanackere's week long trip to Congo, Rwanda, and Burundi from January 18 to 25, underscores the importance of Central Africa to Belgium. For the Belgian political class and the media, Central Africa, especially the Congo, is the chief foreign policy concern. A [...]	2010-01-21 15:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CG RW BY BE
10BRUSSELS85	BALKAN POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSS KOSOVO AND [...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 11, Quint Balkans political directors - representing the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, the UK and EU Council Secretariat - met to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia. On Kosovo, the EU Council Secretariat noted Serb hardening and suggested [...]	2010-01-26 09:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BK KK SR
10BUCHAREST105	ROMANIA: LNG NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD [...] (C) Summary. Excited about the possibility of developing a shortcut to new gas supplies, Minister of Economy and Trade Adriean Videanu relayed his hope to the Ambassador that the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector (AGRI) proposal, which would twin liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals i [...]	2010-02-26 09:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV 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
10BUCHAREST52	ROMANIA'S PUBLIC SECTOR PREPARING FOR LAYOFFS TO COMPLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although overall unemployment in Romania reached 7.8 percent in December 2009, the number will go higher in 2010 as layoffs in the public sector are just beginning. As many as 100,000 government positions could be on the chopping block if the Government of Romania (GOR) is to rem [...]	2010-02-01 11:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON EIND PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI IMF 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
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
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
10BUDAPEST50	HUNGARY'S COMMENTS ON MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 14:31:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PARM PREL UNSC IAEA IR HU
10BUDAPEST98	HUNGARY: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] We believe the Government of Hungary (GOH) fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The GOH has improved its efforts to combat trafficking and followed through on its proposals to address the problem. Notably, the government improved its support for victims [...]	2010-02-18 17:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV MCA PHUM PREF
10BUENOSAIRES106	MEDIA REACTION; HAITI; 1/30/10 -2/1/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Most local newspapers reported that ten U.S. Baptists were arrested after attempting to take 33 children out of Haiti, as well as on the temporary suspension of U.S. medical evacuation flights from Haiti. One positive opinion piece emphasized the important logistic role played by the U.S. in [...]	2010-02-01 15:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES108	MEDIA REACTION: COMMENTARY CONTINUES FOLLOWING STATE OF THE [...] Over the weekend, only two Argentine dailies, largest daily Clar????n and left-leaning, pro-government P????gina 12, printed opinion articles written by Argentine reporters on President Obama's foreign policy following the State of the Union address. All other dailies published articles fro [...]	2010-02-01 18:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IS
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
10BUENOSAIRES111	Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Debt Swap Moving Ahead [...] (C) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino expects the GoA's proposed debt swap agreement to be fully approved by international regulatory authorities and ready for launch by mid-March. Noting the recent negative market environment, he said that the exchange might have to go forward without t [...]	2010-02-25 15:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES118	Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Full Speed Ahead on [...] (SBU) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino stressed in a February 1 meeting that the debt exchange is moving ahead at full speed. He repeatedly emphasized that there are no political obstacles to moving it forward and that the Central Bank and Redrado affair is not affecting the trans [...]	2010-02-02 22:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES134	Argentina: Fiscal Situation Steadily Deteriorating But No [...] (SBU) The long-term Argentine fiscal situation is deteriorating. The fiscal gap is manageable in 2010, but will be difficult to overcome in 2011 without a restoration of the government's ability to borrow on the international financial markets. The GOA has, so far, managed to bridge the gap [...]	2010-02-04 22:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES154	ARGENTINA: Firm Offer of 200 Additional Peacekeepers for [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met February 5 and February 8 with Defense Minister Nilda Garre and Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, respectively, to confirm Argentina's offer of additional peacekeepers to Haiti. Both confirmed that the formal offer to the UN had been made. Garre said the offer was f [...]	2010-02-10 13:50:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PREL EAID HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES162	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 2/10/10; BUENOS [...] Argentine media coverage of Iran's nuclear program on 2/10 shifted from covering U.S. and French efforts to sanction Iran to the response from Russia, China, and Brazil. Articles were positive towards Russia's possible support of international sanctions, but also gave a lot of weight to neig [...]	2010-02-10 19:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR IR
10BUENOSAIRES168	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February 5-February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January February 5-February 12, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@sta [...]	2010-02-12 18:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES178	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM; 2/11-16/10; BUENOS [...] Argentine President Kirchner's invitation from President Obama to attend a nuclear summit in April received large, positive press coverage. Newspapers also widely reported on Iran's 31st Anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, with articles highlighting the Iranian government trying to suppre [...]	2010-02-16 19:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR
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
10BUENOSAIRES206	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, February [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period February 12-February 19, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ Deputy Jason Witow at WitowJN@state.gov [...]	2010-02-19 18:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES208	Argentina: Farmer Demonstration Against Agriculture Policy [...] (SBU) A February 17 demonstration by farmers in Chab????s, Santa Fe province, protesting the government's agriculture policies has brought about welcome policy changes. That evening, hoping to defuse the situation and avoid another all-out strike and sales boycott by farmers, Minister of Agr [...]	2010-02-19 19:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR ELAB EFIN AR
10BUENOSAIRES25	U.S. Court Lifting of Asset Freeze Calms Argentine Waters, [...] (C) Summary: A New York District Judge's decision on January 15 to temporarily lift the freeze on Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) reserves in the U.S. calmed the markets and appeared to give the GoA some breathing room to resolve the issues of Martin Redrado's fate as BCRA President and the fut [...]	2010-01-20 18:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES34	MEDIA REACTION: US RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI [...] All major Argentine newspapers reportedly positively on U.S. relief efforts in Haiti, echoing President Obama's comments that they are "the most important in recent time." Media coverage of U.S. troop deployments also was generally positive, focusing on the humanitarian nature of the mission [...]	2010-01-19 22:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
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
10BUENOSAIRES46	MEDIA REACTION: US MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN HAITI; BUENOS [...] The crisis in Haiti did not make the front pages on January 21, with Argentine dailies focusing instead on domestic political disputes. However, Haiti continued to dominate the international sections, with headlines dramatizing the U.S. military deployment. While reporting generally did not c [...]	2010-01-21 13:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES54	MEDIA REACTION: US RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI; 01/21-22/10; [...] In contrast to January 20 headlines, which highlighted the U.S. military deployment, Argentine dailies on January 21-22 focused primarily on the January 20 aftershock and early signs of recovery. The Charge d'Affaires' January 20 interviews with public news agency Telam, the country's most pop [...]	2010-01-22 14:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL
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
10BUENOSAIRES60	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ROLE IN HAITI; JANUARY 23- [...] Press coverage of U.S. relief efforts in Haiti was mostly positive over the last three days, highlighting the humanitarian nature of the U.S. role. Local media welcomed the U.S.-U.N. agreement putting the U.N. in charge of security operations, following concerns over the use of U.S. troops. [...]	2010-01-25 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES63	Argentina: Ambassador Meets New UN Representative [...] (SBU) Ambassador Martinez met on January 28 with the newly-arrived UNDP representative in Argentina, Martin Santiago. Santiago is charged with coordinating the activities of 12 UN agencies in Argentina. Warm and friendly with US officials, Santiago will be a helpful interlocutor and partner i [...]	2010-02-03 17:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI AR
10BUENOSAIRES68	MEDIA REACTION: MONTREAL FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR [...] Local newspapers report on the Montreal First International Conference for Haitian Relief Efforts, highlighting that Canada and humanitarian NGOs called wealthy countries to cancel Haitian debt. Some papers picked up an Embassy press release on the U.S. Southern Command's 50,000 dollar donatio [...]	2010-01-26 20:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES75	Argentina: Surprise Appointment to Head Central Bank [...] (C) In a surprise move, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) appointed Mercedes Marco del Pont to the post of President of the Central Bank of Argentina (BCRA). Marco del Pont, 50, and the first woman ever to hold the job, is now serving as Interim President until she is confirmed b [...]	2010-02-04 23:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES78	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI; 01/27/10; [...] The top Haiti story on January 27 was the U.S. troops' "miraculous" rescue of a survivor from the ruins of a collapsed building. Some media also covered Secretary Clinton's strong defense of U.S. relief efforts in response to those who criticized the U.S. decision to send troops along with ci [...]	2010-01-27 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA 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
10BUENOSAIRES86	MEDIA REACTION; STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; 1/28/10; BUENOS [...] Local newspapers extensively covered President Obama's State of the Union Address, leading their international sections. Reactions were mixed. Most newspapers reported positively, highlighting the President's plans regarding job creation and health care reform. Largest daily Clarin and righ [...]	2010-01-28 18:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL AR EFIN ECON ETRD
10BUENOSAIRES88	MEDIA REACTION: HONDURAS; 01/28/10; BUENOS AIRES [...] Local media distinguished between U.S. support for elected President Lobo and the absence of most Latin American countries from his swearing-in ceremony. Newspapers were divided on the U.S. role in the Honduran crisis. Some media blame the U.S. for helping validate the June 28 coup d'etat t [...]	2010-01-28 20:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO KMDR PREL HA AR
10BUENOSAIRES90	Argentina Unlikely to Associate with Copenhagen Accord by [...] (U) Summary: Emboffs discussed reftel with Samuel Basualdo of the Argentine Foreign Ministry's Climate Change Office and Gabriel Blanco of the Environment Secretariat's Climate Change Division several times over the last week. The GoA does not appear positively inclined to associate with [...]	2010-01-28 20:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL KGHG ENRG AR
10BUENOSAIRES92	Argentina to Speak Out on Human Rights in Iran during the UN [...] (SBU) On January 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Human Rights division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina. The GOA shared aspects of its carefully-crafted recommendations and questions to be presented to Iran during the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodi [...]	2010-01-28 20:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UN UNHRC IR AR
10BUENOSAIRES96	Argentina Economic and Financial Review, Jan 22-28, 2010 [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 22-28, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]	2010-01-29 14:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUJUMBURA59	AMISOM: BURUNDIAN CONCERNS [...] This is an action message. Action request at para 7. 2. In the past week, the First and Second Vice Presidents and the Minister of Defense have raised with the Ambassador the subject of protection and "equitable" remuneration for the Burundian contingent in AMISOM. In the wake of another [...]	2010-01-29 13:49:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR BY SO AU
10CAIRO145	A/S POSNER ENGAGES WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] Key Points: -- (C) In meetings January 13-14, A/S Posner told activists and opposition politicians that the U.S. is seeking ways to advance human rights and political participation over the coming 12-18 months. -- (C) Activists urged the U.S. to end a "double standard" on Israeli human rig [...]	2010-01-31 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
10CAIRO162	EGYPT WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Key Points: --Egypt will not associate with the Copenhagen Accord before the January 31st deadline. --Egypt's reluctance to do so is based on what it believes is a lack of information regarding targets for emission reductions and financial details for the $30 billion global fund for [...]	2010-01-28 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KGHG ENRG EG
10CAIRO165	Sudan: NCP Cairo Head Evaluates U.S. and Egyptian Roles [...] (C) Key Points: -- The Head of the Sudanese National Congress Party's (NCP) office in Cairo, Kamal Ali, told us he was working with the Government of Egypt (GoE) to organize the logistics so Sudanese in Cairo can vote in the Sudanese Presidential election. The Government of Sudan (GoS) [...]	2010-02-04 15:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU 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
10CAIRO171	Arab League Pursuing Solutions on Somalia and Sudan REF: 10 CAIRO 137 CLASSIFIED BY: Donal A. Blome, Minister Counselor, DoS, ECPO; REASON: 1.4(B),(D) [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-08 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
10CAIRO183	Minister of Social Solidarity Distances Himself from MEPI [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of Social Solidarity (MSS) Ali El-Meselhi distanced himself from a MSS diplomatic note which took issue with MEPI funding of Egyptian NGOs. He explained that the note was coordinated by Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga. -- El-Mesel [...]	2010-02-10 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV 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
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
10CAIRO255	TPT Blanket Approval for Non-technology Transfer Requests [...] (C) Post continues its efforts to improve Egypt's End Use Monitoring (EUM) performance and to simplify the Third Party Transfer (TPT) request process in an effort to streamline the process and provide timely responses to the Government of Egypt (GOE). We recommend implementation of a responsive, st [...]	2010-02-28 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS EG MARR
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
10CAIRO36	EGYPT-U.S. CIVIL NUCLEAR-RELATED BILATERAL CONTACTS [...] (C) Key Points: -- During separate visits, two Department of Energy (DOE) technical delegations recently held constructive talks with GOE counterparts on indigenous nuclear safety capabilities and the recovery and control of materials usable in dirty bombs. -- Senior GOE officials responsible for n [...]	2010-01-05 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	APCS EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY
10CAIRO47	SCENESETTER FOR A/S POSNER'S JANUARY 12-15 [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) The impact of the political reform process that started at the beginning of this decade is mixed. Activists and opposition politicians are increasingly engaged in political life and the independent press has achieved a substantial degree of freedom to criticize the government. [...]	2010-01-06 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF ELAB EG
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
10CALGARY38	Signs of Life for Northern Canadian Gas Through the [...] Summary: The contents of a long-delayed regulatory report on the proposed Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline has brought some optimism back to project proponents. The pipeline would bring 1.2 billion cubic feet (bcf) of northern Canadian gas per day from the Northwest Territories' Mackenzi [...]	2010-02-16 23:48:00	Consulate Calgary	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV SENV CA
10CANBERRA142	AUSTRALIA SHARES AMERICAN POSITION ON THE TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR [...] (U) The Australian government's position on the Tehran Research Reactor is in complete agreement with that of the United States. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Marnie Wright of the Middle East Section quoted the recent press release, February 8, of Foreign Minister Smith: "Preside [...]	2010-02-26 05:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM AS IR
10CARACAS137	Venezuela: Carabobo Round Closes, Winners to be Announced on [...] Summary: Two international consortia bid on two of the three Carabobo extra heavy oil projects in Venezuela. Companies from countries (Russia, China, and Brazil) with ideological affinities to Venezuela, reportedly abstained from the bid round. There is some speculation in Caracas that Iraq' [...]	2010-02-03 21:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS143	Venezuela: Airlines Close to Deal with GBRV on Arrears [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reached an agreement with the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to use the new 2.6 bolivares fuertes (BsF) to $1 exchange rate to liquidate foreign exchange requests pending with the GBRV from international airlines prior to the Ja [...]	2010-02-04 14:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL SNAR VE BEXP EINT ETTC
10CARACAS177	Opposition Committed to Elections Despite Challenges [...] (C) Summary. Despite continuing internal rivalries, opposition political party leaders are united on the need to resist Chavez' "provocations" and remain focused on the September legislative elections, where they expect to present a unified candidate slate and to win at least 40 seats i [...]	2010-02-12 15:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM 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
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
10CARACAS27	Venezuela: Chavez Devlaues Bolivar and Creates a Second Rate [...] (SBU) Summary: President Chavez announced a devaluation of the bolivar (Bs) on January 8. Instead of an official exchange rate of 2.15 Bs/USD, there will be two rates: an "official" rate of 2.6 Bs/USD (a devaluation of 17 percent) and a "dolC!r petrolero" rate of 4.3 Bs/USD (a 50 percent de [...]	2010-01-11 19:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE PGOV EPET EINV ETRD EAIR CVIS
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
10CARACAS41	CHAVEZ ASSERTS 2009 "ENDED WELL" [...] (C) Summary: On December 30, President Chavez delivered a self-congratulatory review of the events of 2009, lauding accomplishments in health care, unemployment, education, the cost and availability of food, the strengthening of the armed forces, and the handling of the recent bank crisis [...]	2010-01-15 17:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI VE
10CARACAS47	TFHA01: Venezuela Sends Aid, Minimizes Coordination with [...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 19, the Venezuelan government (GBRV) has completed five airlifts and launched three sealifts to provide disaster relief to Haiti. The arrival of two Russian operated cargo planes, if fully employed, could significantly increase Venezuela's relief contribu [...]	2010-01-19 22:30:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL VE OAS PREF EAID HA KPKO
10CARACAS57	TFHA01: Venezuela Continues Attacks on U.S. Haiti Relief; [...] (C) Summary: In a January 19 resolution, the Venezuelan National Assembly characterized U.S. assistance to Haiti as a "military occupation," which it rejected as a threat to both Haiti and Venezuela. The GBRV Ministry of Communication and Information Vive website altered its January 18 articl [...]	2010-01-20 22:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KDEM SNAR VE
10CARACAS69	Venezuelaâ€™s Economy in 2010: A Difficult and Uncertain Year [...] (C) Summary: 2010 is shaping up to be another bad year for Venezuela economically. After oil prices fell in the second half of 2008, Venezuela's bubble burst and the economy contracted 2.9 percent in 2009. Analysts' predictions for growth in 2010 range from anemic growth of 1.4 percent to a contrac [...]	2010-01-22 15:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN 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
10CARACAS81	Chavez Proclaims "I am the People" and Demands Absolute [...] (C) Summary: Pro-government and opposition groups each led large, peaceful demonstrations in Caracas on January 23 to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the fall of the Marcos Perez Jimenez dictatorship. President Chavez joined thousands of his supporters bused in from across the country and [...]	2010-01-26 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
10CARACAS83	Chavez Proclaims "I am the People" and Demands Absolute [...] (C) Summary: Pro-government and opposition groups each led large, peaceful demonstrations in Caracas on January 23 to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of the fall of the Marcos Perez Jimenez dictatorship. President Chavez joined thousands of his supporters bused in from across the country and [...]	2010-01-26 17:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
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
10CDGENEVA2	2010 Conference on Disarmament: Pakistan Demurs on Fissile [...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan, having delayed adoption of the agenda of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) by one week to January 26, is now publicly temporizing on action to adopt a Program of Work while privately telling the CD President it cannot accept CD/1864 (the 2009 Program of Work) as a basi [...]	2010-02-05 15:20:00	US Mission CD Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC CDG PK
10CDGENEVA6	2010 CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT - CD PRESIDENT CONSIDERING [...] (SBU) Summary: CD President Ambassador Khvostov (Belarus) announced his two-track approach during the February 22 Regional Coordinators/P6 meeting, which involves tabling a draft Program of Work that combines the Program of Work adopted in 2009 (CD/1864 with elements of CD/1870) together with a [...]	2010-02-26 12:24:00	US Mission CD Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM CDG MNUC
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
10CHENGDU28	CHONGQING'S IPR ENVIRONMENT: VIEWS FROM THE GOVERNMENT, A [...] (U) This message contains Sensitive But Unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: Chongqing officials expressed their willingness to cooperate with the USG to further intellectual property rights (IPR) protections during a recent meeting wit [...]	2010-02-04 02:54:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV KIPR CH
10CHENGDU30	YUNNAN CHRISTIANITY GROWING, GOVERNMENT ATTITUDE IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: The number of Christians in Yunnan Province continues to grow, both among government-approved congregations and illegal "house churches," the Pastor of a large church in Kunming told us recently. 80 percent of adherents in Yunnan belong to ethnic minorities, though Christianity [...]	2010-02-04 10:24:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PINR SOCI CH
10CHENGDU45	YUNNAN IMAMS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE HAJJ, AND BUILDING [...] (U) Summary: Southwest China's Yunnan Province has one of the PRC's highest concentrations of Muslims, with over 640,000 Muslims in the province and 140,000 in the provincial capital of Kunming. Muslims' religious freedom in Yunnan is increasing, though unannounced visits by Religious Affairs [...]	2010-02-26 06:17:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINR SOCI KISL SA 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
10CHENNAI17	BJP STATE GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO RECENT CHURCH ATTACKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Several acts of vandalism against Christian sites in Karnataka over the past several days may be the work of the Hindu extremist Sri Ram Sena, the same outfit responsible for multiple violent incidents in the state over the past 18 months. The group reportedly sent a letter to a [...]	2010-01-28 08:41:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PINR IN
10CHENNAI3	WORLD LEADER IN ELECTRIC CARS PRODUCES QUIETLY IN [...] (U) Summary: The Reva Electric Car Company, producing vehicles just outside of Bangalore, lays claim to being the world's leading manufacturer of electric cars, with its products driven more than 85 million kilometers since production began in 2001. A family-owned business, Reva has experienc [...]	2010-01-06 05:07:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV SENV ETRD PGOV IN
10CHIANGMAI8	ROUND-UP: PAD CANCELS RALLY; RED-SHIRTS SPLINTERING? [...] (SBU) On January 9, the generally pro-government Peoples' Alliance for Democracy cancelled a rally it planned to hold in Chiang Mai on January 16 in order to avoid violent clashes with anti- government red-shirts. Meanwhile, the localized reconciliation effort brokered by academics and priva [...]	2010-01-15 14:09:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI ECON TH
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
10CHISINAU52	Romanian President Basescu's Visit Underlines Shift in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 27-28 visit to Moldova, Romanian President Traian Basescu offered 100 Million Euros of assistance for the country's infrastructure and promised to provide support for the energy sector. Several agreements were signed, including a joint declaration of cooperation be [...]	2010-01-29 15:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PINR RO MD
10CHISINAU62	MOLDOVA'S INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND [...] In order to obtain information for this cable, Econoff contacted the International Labor Organization Office -International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor (ILO-IPEC) in Moldova, the Ministry of Labor, Social Protection and Family, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the General Prose [...]	2010-02-03 12:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI 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

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