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06BAGHDAD2534	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Your visits to Iraq for the launch of the International Compact on July 20 provide an opportunity to fundamentally change Iraq's foreign relationships by helping it overcome the political divisions in the international community that arose prior to and during the war and have su [...]	2006-07-17 02:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PGOV PREL IZ

06BAGHDAD2572	CODEL HOEKSTRA'S MEETING WITH IRAQI LEGISLATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a July 15 meeting with CODEL Hoekstra, a small group of Sunni, Shia, and Kurdish Council of Representatives (CoR) members blamed the USG for not establishing security and stability in Iraq. Mohammed Taqi al-Mawla (Shia Coalition) warned of serious consequences if security is [...]	2006-07-18 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR
06BAGHDAD2629	SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Introduction and Summary: Two months into his tenure as Iraq's first permanent Prime Minister since liberation, Nuri Kamel Maliki has staked his reputation and political future on improving the security situation, providing basic services, and rebuilding the Iraqi economy. Although he fac [...]	2006-07-22 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2667	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first meetings with Iraqi energy officials on July 18, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met with Minister for Electricity (MOE) Karim Wahid al-Hasan, Prime Minister (PM) Nuri al-Malaki, and Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh. Secretary Bodman said that [...]	2006-07-25 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2668	GOI TELLS SECRETARY BODMAN THEY ARE PUSHING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings July 18, Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh and Minister of Oil (MoO) Shahristani stressed to visiting U.S. Energy Secretary Bodman that the GOI intends to adopt foreign investor-friendly hydrocarbon legislation by year's end. [...]	2006-07-25 16:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD267	MASHHADANI SAYS SEIZE MOMENT TO END INSURGENCY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc figure Mahmud Mashhadani told Poloff January 29 that his group favors Nadeem al-Jabiri for the prime ministership but is more focused on the dynamics of the next government than its members. Mashhadani said that Tawafuq strongly supported the creat [...]	2006-01-31 03:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2738	CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVE'S ECONOMIC [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED 2. (SBU) Summary: In a July 30 meeting, Dr. Haider Al Abadi, Chairman of the Economic, Reconstruction and Investment Committee (ERIC),discussed the questions being raised in the CoR about the new Investment Law and the Fuel Import Liberalization Law. He note [...]	2006-08-01 05:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG IZ POL
06BAGHDAD2739	FM READ-OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND VISITS TO [...] (C) On July 30, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari characterized the Arab League preparatory meeting in Cairo as unsuccessful. He reported that it did not result in setting a date for the conference because sectarian tensions were too high and everyone was distracted by the Lebanon-Gaza crisis. [...]	2006-08-01 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ JO
06BAGHDAD2825	DEPUTY SPEAKER OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 4 introductory call with the DCM, Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives Shaykh Khalid Al-Attiya described the agenda of the CoR in September, growing dismay across party lines regarding the behavior of Speaker Mashadani, and his belief that 99% of all v [...]	2006-08-06 19:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ PREL
06BAGHDAD2851	CDA MEETS NEW AMBASSADOR FROM CROATIA [...] (C) On August 2, Ambassador Jerko Vukas told Charge d'Affaires Daniel Speckhard that he is honored to be Croatia's first Ambassador to Iraq. His day started with presentation of his credentials to President Talabani followed by separate meetings with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari and Defense [...]	2006-08-08 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ CR
06BAGHDAD2852	VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI: IS MASHHADANI ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 6 conversation with the Ambassador, Vice President Dr. Adel Abdel Mehdi said that there have been some conversations about removing Mashhadani as Speaker. He provided a positive assessment of the recent Maliki visit to the US. Abdel Mehdi warned that the Lebanon sit [...]	2006-08-08 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2892	GOI PROPOSES PROTECTING AGRO-PRODUCTS UNDER [...] (C) Summary. The GOI,s Tariff Steering Committee is drafting a comprehensive tariff schedule that calls for an average tariff on agricultural products of 16.9 percent; some products have been targeted for higher duties to stimulate sectoral growth. A preliminary assessment suggests that ta [...]	2006-08-10 02:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ETRD IZ
06BAGHDAD2907	PRIME MINISTER ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: On July 29, MNF-I CG Casey briefed Prime Minister Maliki on security-related developments that had occured during his absence from Iraq. The Prime Minister's National Security Adviser, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie was also present. General Casey stressed to the Prime Minister that the [...]	2006-08-12 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ MARR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2933	PM MALIKI REQUESTS USG HELP FACILITATING FUEL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Prime Minister Maliki requested the USG approach Iraq's neighbors - Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in particular - to request these countries increase or facilitate fuel exports to Iraq in light of the country's continuing fuel shortage. Gasoline and LPG (coo [...]	2006-08-13 19:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2958	FAREWELL CALL ON MINISTER OF OIL SHAHRISTANI [...] (C) Summary: In an August 10 farewell call with Economic Minister Counselor, Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani discussed hydrocarbon legislation, the Baghdad Security Plan, fuel import liberalization and import issues with Iran and Turkey, energy cooperation with Saudi Arabia and Jordan, [...]	2006-08-14 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2965	GOI SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM PLANS TO ADDRESS THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh jointly chaired a meeting August 12 to identify issues and concrete steps Iraq can take to address the immediate fuel crisis. National Security Advisor (NSA) Mowafuq Rubaie said a security operation similar to the Baghdad Secu [...]	2006-08-15 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3025	MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...]	2006-08-20 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3044	DEPUTY CHAIR OF COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE UPDATES ON [...] (C) EmbOffs met August 17 with Deputy Chair of the Council of Representatives' (CoR) Committee on Complaints Haider Karim al-Suweidi (Shia Coalition/Independent). The Committee on Complaints, a nine-member committee chaired by former Minister of State for National Security Abd al-Karim Ali al [...]	2006-08-21 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3058	LAUNCHING THE COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Department of State Counselor Zelikow met with Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Salih, Finance Minister Jabr, Oil Minister Shahristani, Central Bank Governor Shabibi and other foreign delegation members in Baghdad during the July 19-21 inf [...]	2006-08-23 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3257	DPM SALIH'S ENERGY RETREAT ADVANCES HYDROCARBON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 04:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3282	BADR LEADER SAYS BADR READY TO DEMOBILIZE [...] (C) Summary: On August 30, Charge d'Affaires Daniel Speckhard, Iraq Reconstruction Management Office (IRMO) Director Saloom, Pol-Mil Counselor Maerkle, and Rear Admiral Van Buskirk (MNF-I) met with Badr Organization leader and Council of Representatives Security and Defense Committee Chairman [...]	2006-09-06 02:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3287	PROVINCIAL LEADERS AGREE TO SUPPORT BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: As the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) begins to achieve results in the focus areas, the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) has begun to regain infrastructure reconstruction and economic recovery momentum. At a dinner hosted by the CDA, BPC Chairman Mu,eem al-Khademi, Baghdad Governor [...]	2006-09-06 06:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD3341	KRG WANTS NATIONAL HYDROCARBON LAW NOW [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-09 04:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD3371	VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MEHDI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice President Adel Abd Al-Mehdi described his US visit as useful. He agreed that the GOI needs a "roadmap" for how to resolve issues such as constitutional review and de-Baathification. Abd Al-Mehdi expressed support for Maliki's s [...]	2006-09-11 02:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IZ
06BAGHDAD3444	CHAIRMAN OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 08:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD3454	KURDISH LEADER BARZANI SUPPORTS "PACKAGE DEAL" IDEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador September 13 that he would support a "package deal" by Iraq's political leaders on federal region formation, constitutional questions, militias, hydrocarbons and other issues (ref A). Barzani feels a [...]	2006-09-14 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD3456	MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY [...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...]	2006-09-14 19:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD3516	MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY KARIM WAHID HASAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PBIO PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3539	NINEQA: TURKISH CG BOTSALI VISIT TO MOSUL 19-20 [...] (SBU) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Avni Botsali visited Mosul 19-20 Sep. While this visit was scheduled primarily to initiate contractor work to harden and rehabilitate the Consulate's facilities in Mosul, he held productive discussions on future GOT-Coalition economic and governa [...]	2006-09-21 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL ECON EAID MARR PREF TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3550	IRAQ AGAIN FACING KEROSENE SHORTAGE IN WINTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-24 06:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TK
06BAGHDAD3553	SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]	2006-09-24 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3555	SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]	2006-09-24 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3587	SEPTEMBER 24 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the September 24 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),participants described their efforts to consolidate and check casualty figures, discussed the need to have combined MoD/MoI checkpoints, and heard about initial plans to bring Facility Prote [...]	2006-09-25 19:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD359	CHALABI BULLISH ON FUEL PRICING, DOWNCAST ON [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi told the Ambassador on February 5 that a letter issued by PM Ja'fari empowering Chalabi to oversee fuel supplies to Baghdad was wholly inadequate to the task of restoring domestic refined product supplies and exports. The Ambassador foll [...]	2006-02-07 10:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD36	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-05 03:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ
06BAGHDAD3609	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT AL-HASHEMI REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi discussed federalism and constitutional review with the Ambassador on September 25, agreeing on the need for a broad consensus on these and related issues. He was optimistic about efforts being made to improve security in Anbar and Diyala but cau [...]	2006-09-27 09:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3610	INDEPENDENT IRAQI SHI'A MP DISCUSSES FEDERALISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Council of Representatives (CoR) Shia coalition (UIC) member Qassim Daoud told the Charge on September 23 that the role of the central government needed to be strengthened and that region formation should be delayed until the appropriate capacities are in place. He [...]	2006-09-27 09:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3629	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI UPDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on September 25 that a modified version of the Shi'a coalition's (UIC's) draft law on region formation would be read on September 26 according to a September 24 agreement between parliamentary bloc leaders (septel). He said tha [...]	2006-09-28 06:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3653	SHAHRISTANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met September 28 with Oil Minister Shahristani to discuss the status of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani confirmed that broad agreement has been reached on most elements, and felt that especially with U.S. help, the Kurds could be convinced to reach agreement on the rem [...]	2006-09-29 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3654	AMBASSADDOR'S 9/27 MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH - [...] ( C) Summary: Ambassador met September 27 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss prospects for the hydrocarbon law. Barham expressed optimism that a compromise could be reached, confirming the main issue was regional vs. central control of contracting, with the DPM taking the posi [...]	2006-09-29 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3655	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Chair of the Finance Committee at the Council of Representatives, Mr. Ayad Al-Samarai described committee priorities, interests, and training needs with Emboffs on September 26th 2006. Mr. Al-Samarai, a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party (Tawafuq),welcomes USG advice and [...]	2006-09-30 05:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3727	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER UPBEAT TO CODEL FRIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not downplaying the security challenge facing Iraq, Prime Minister Maliki gave an upbeat assessment to CODEL Frist. He hailed the four point agreement announced October 2 (reftel) as a genuine effort by diverse political parties to work together on security and said that [...]	2006-10-07 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3730	SCIRI LEADER RAISES SECURITY CONCERNS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SCIRI leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim agreed with the Ambassador on the need to move forward and bring closure on key outstanding issues such as federalism, oil, constitutional review, and militias. Al-Hakim noted th [...]	2006-10-08 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD375	ECONOMIC-REFORM PUBLIC EDUCATION: PUSHING FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The joint Economic-Reform Public Education Working Group (PWG) agreed February 5 that final messages and delivery strategies for a short-term public-education campaign on economic reform and anti-corruption efforts -- to include fuel price increases -- must be complete by Febr [...]	2006-02-07 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET KPAO PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3863	IRAQI SHIITE PARLIAMENTARIAN ON EFFORTS TO EASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Humam Hamoudi, one of the leading Council of Representatives members from the Shiite Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),told the Ambassador that Sunni Arab leaders in neighboring countries are beginning to understand that the Iraqi Shi'a did not want to divi [...]	2006-10-16 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3866	PM DISCUSSES KURDS, SECURITY WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki highlighted increasing tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk and Mosul. The next Presidency Council will discuss UNSCR 1546 and the current security situation in Baghdad. Finally, he noted the [...]	2006-10-16 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3900	DAWA STRATEGIST ON PARTY'S SUPPORT FOR FEDERALISM [...] (C) Falih al-Fiyadh, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and Dawa party strategist, told PolOff on October 16 that the Dawa party supported SCIRI in its drive to pass a regions formation law (reftel) because the party supports the principle of federalism and wanted to respect the constitu [...]	2006-10-17 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3913	GOI RELEASES FUEL IMPORT REGULATIONS [...] (U) This message is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The Ministry of Oil published regulations for the Fuel Import Liberalization Law (FILL) in Iraqi newspapers on October 12. The regulations, translated below, are unclear, self-contradictory, and unlikely to attract majo [...]	2006-10-19 03:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3947	PRT TIKRIT: WHERE IS THE RECONCILIATION? [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the province's first major episode of sectarian violence, provincial leaders held on October 19 a reconciliation meeting for Sunni and Shia tribal sheikhs, where sectarian violence was strongly denounced by [...]	2006-10-21 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3975	BAGHDAD,S RASHID DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT Baghdad Iraq Provincial Action Officer (IPAO) met with Rashid District Advisory Council (DAC) Chairman Sabeeh Radhy Kaaby and attended the weekly DAC meeting there on 18 October. Both the Chairman and the broader membership expressed deep frustration over the deteriorating s [...]	2006-10-23 09:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3988	HOW MINOIL DEVELOPED THE FUEL IMPORT REGULATIONS [...] (C) Conversations with a key Ministry of Oil (MinOil) official indicate that there was a truncated process with no outside consultations during the drafting of the Fuel Import Liberalization Law Regulations published by the MinOil on October 12 (reftel). Longtime MinOil official and current D [...]	2006-10-24 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3989	KRG OPENS NEW REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Dilshad Miran, the head of the newly established Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representation Office in Baghdad, met with PolCouns October 10 to discuss the origins and planned agenda of his new office and its relation with the federal ministries, Peshmerga integration, and [...]	2006-10-24 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD401	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SHIA COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate February 8 conversations with PolOffs, two Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) members expressed opposition to the proposed National Security Council. One of them, independent Taha Dera' al-Saadi, said that the entity would be anti- constitutional and could undermine [...]	2006-02-09 18:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD402	SHIA ISLAMIST PM CONTENDERS: NO PERFECT CANDIDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: None of the contenders for the Shia Islamist Coalition's prime minister nominee is ideal, and we will need to convince whoever the nominee is to construct a good set of structural agreements and program plans to address Iraq's deep problems. SCIRI's Adil Abd' al-Mahdi appears to [...]	2006-02-10 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4020	IRAQ'S REGIONS FORMATION LAW: LESSONS LEARNED AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) passed on October 11 a law defining the executive procedures for forming regions (ref E). The law was extremely contentious: all Arab Sunni MPs boycotted the session where the vote took place, and some described the law as paving the [...]	2006-10-29 03:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD403	IRAQI MINISTRIES AGREE -- AD REF -- ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Media Development Officer attended a February 6 meeting convened by Mohammed al-Asadi, director of the Government Communications Directorate (GCD),to continue discussions of a public "message" for government reductions in fuel subsidies. (Note: Messages would eventually encom [...]	2006-02-10 08:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON KCOR KPAO OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD4044	MINOIL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES NATIONAL OIL POLICY [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the State Company for Oil Projects (SCOP) described the Iraqi constitution as "unworkable" for efficient management of the country's natural resources. Falah Al-Khawaja discussed the Kurdish law, current capital projects in the Kurdish region, and nationa [...]	2006-10-29 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD405	POLITICAL POWER - AND REVENUE - GRAB AT OIL [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Dr. Musab al-Dujayli (strictly protect),Director General (DG) of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO),asked the U.S. and UK embassies February 8 to intervene with the Prime Minister to prevent new Minister of Oil Hashem al-Hashimi from abrogating SOMO's curren [...]	2006-02-10 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET KCOR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4054	AMBASSADOR AND DCM MEET WITH IRAQI NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador and DCM held a wide-ranging discussion with Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie immediately following the Ambassador's October 27 meeting with PM Maliki: - Rubaie portrayed the PM as under pressure, worried about failure, and without adequate staff to ad [...]	2006-10-29 18:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS JO SA AEMR IZ
06BAGHDAD41	AN IRAQI PUBLIC-EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy, the British Department for International Development (DFID) in Baghdad, and the GOI are developing an economic-reform public-education strategy. To date, we have established that an effective campaign would address three areas: 1) fuel-subsidy reform; 2) social safe [...]	2006-01-05 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV PINS KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD410	IRAQI MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the evening of February 6, 2006 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari. -- MNF-I Commanding General Casey urged the members to address the issue of kidnappings and assassinations about wh [...]	2006-02-10 18:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS EPET ENRG IZ
06BAGHDAD4104	AYATOLLAH HUSSEIN AL-SADR COMMENTS ON IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr shared his views on the need for the emergence of new, moderate political figures to pull Iraq out of its current political crises and on regional relations at an Iftar with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 22. He discussed three possible options to reorg [...]	2006-11-02 13:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4111	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UNSCR RENEWAL, ANBAR WITH PM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 1 meeting the Ambassador and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki focused on UNSCR 1546's extension, national reconciliation and progress in Anbar, recent statements to the press from Maliki's confidants, and a visit to Baghdad by KRG leadership. In a brief comment at the [...]	2006-11-03 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4127	DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAHDI DISCUSSES SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi told John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President, October 17 that the security situation is bad (but statistically getting slightly better),with more Iraqis, particularly in Baghdad, feeling personally threatened. Mahdi [...]	2006-11-05 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD4183	MUTHANNA AND DHI QAR OFFICIALS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 30 meeting with National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and the DCM, political leaders and security chiefs of Dhi Qar and Muthanna provinces characterized their provinces as relatively calm but raised concerns about the number and readiness of the ISF in their areas [...]	2006-11-08 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD420	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MODERATE SHIA [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, independent moderate Shi'a Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh told Poloffs that the two leading United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) candidates for Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jafari and 'Adil 'Abd al-Madhi, are in a dead heat, with eight or more Alliance members still u [...]	2006-02-11 13:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD423	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: VERY CLOSE COUNT ON [...] (C) Summary: In the competition for Iraq's Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) to name a prime minister nominee, we estimate that incumbent Prime Minister Jafari has a slim lead on challenger Adil Abd al-Mahdi, but the race is too close to call. On February 11, Shia Coalition members decided [...]	2006-02-11 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD4252	PRT/REO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP (OCTOBER 25 - NOVEMBER 10, 2006) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad has initiated a regular roundup cable of short political and economic items submitted by Provisional Reconstruction Teams and Regional Embassy Offices in Iraq. This is intended to complement other reporting and provide insight on events and developments across the [...]	2006-11-15 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EINV ECON IZ KJUS
06BAGHDAD4254	LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI LAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading SCIRI party member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi laid out a vision on how to achieve democracy in Iraq and gave specific recommendations in the security, political and economic spheres. He highlighted the short-term importance of building Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) committed to [...]	2006-11-15 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4310	CHARGE AND IRAQI CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected Constitution Review Committee (CRC) Chair Shaykh Humam Hammoudi (Shia Coalition/SCIRI) told Charge Speckhard on November 19 that the CRC will take up political, technical/drafting, and "continuity" issues. Political issues like regional authorities will be decided by [...]	2006-11-21 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD432	INITIAL REACTION TO JAFARI NOMINATION: MUTED [...] (C) Summary: The Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) February 12 voted 64-63 to renominate incumbent Ibrahim Jafari as Prime Minister. Jafari was supported by his Dawa Party, Dawa Tanzim, the Sadrists, and some independents in the Coalition. Jafari's challenger, Deputy President Adil Abd al- [...]	2006-02-13 03:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4328	TALABANI SAYS SYRIA READY TO HELP IN IRAQ; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 21 with the Ambassador Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed the conviction that Syria is ready to help secure and stabilize Iraq. He shared a plan drawn up by Vice President Adil al-Mahdi to encourage cooperation among political blocs in an effort to [...]	2006-11-22 22:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IQ
06BAGHDAD4335	FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAN, THE PRIME [...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Zebari expressed to the Ambassador on November 23 his view that the USG should take a tough stance with GOI ministers to bring about an agreement on national reconciliation. He explained how the restoration of diplomatic ties with Syria was brought about through [...]	2006-11-24 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4342	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS ON [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. In a November 19 meeting with Economic Minister Counselor, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani and KRG Minister of Natural Resources Ashti Hawrami presented their compromise proposal on contracting which denies signatory authority to the f [...]	2006-11-25 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4350	REPORT ON ENERGY COMMITTEE MEETING ON HYDROCARBON [...] (S) Summary: At the invitation of Oil Minister Shahristani and DPM Barham Salih, Econ MinCouns attended two sessions of the Energy Committee meeting on November 23 and 24. On the key issue of contracting, considerable progress was made. The committee will refer the issue to the "political leve [...]	2006-11-26 08:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD4351	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF OIL [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met evening of November 22 with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the outlook for the November 23 GoI Energy Committee discussion of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani expressed optimism that a breakthrough with the Kurds can be reached if the U.S. makes i [...]	2006-11-26 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ PREL SY TU
06BAGHDAD4370	APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH ON HYDROCARBON LAW AT [...] (S) Summary. Apparent breakthroughs on the issues of contracting, arbitration and arrangements for revenue sharing have raised a real prospect that agreement on a hydrocarbon law can be reached in time for a draft to be submitted to the Council of Representatives (CoR) before it adjourns for tw [...]	2006-11-27 17:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4372	DEPUTY PM SALEH DISCUSSES VIOLENCE, NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh asserted to Representative Steve King (R-IA) November 25 that a MNF-I withdrawal from Iraq without victory would embolden terrorists, Syria, and Iran. Although alarmed by the recent spike in violence, he cited the International Compact and the d [...]	2006-11-27 20:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS UNSC IZ
06BAGHDAD4391	TEXT OF DPM SALIH'S ECONOMIC DOCUMENT FOR AMMAN [...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih provided post with a draft of the comments on economic issues he developed for the Prime Minister for the upcoming summit in Amman. In the wide-ranging document, Barham outlines a vision for the development of the petroleum sector, the centrality of the [...]	2006-11-29 07:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EINV IZ PREL
06BAGHDAD4425	IRAQI PRESIDENT'S LIST OF STEPS FOR IRANIANS TO [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided the Ambassador December 1 with a document that included steps for Iran to take to help restore security and support the government in Iraq. Talabani delivered the list to Iranian leaders during his November 27-29 trip to Teheran. Recommended measu [...]	2006-12-03 03:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4434	DPM SALEH DISCUSSES IRAQ'S CURRENT SITUATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a November 28 dinner for visiting U.S. Governors Corzine (NJ),Huntsman (UT),Kulongoski (OR) and Pataki (NY) with Iraqi DPM Barham Saleh. After an overview by the Ambassador, Saleh gave the governors his views on how Sunnis and Shiites could forge a common v [...]	2006-12-03 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD444	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: KURDISH MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY On February 13, the day after the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) decision on PM nomination, Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation Barham Salih cautioned poloffs against assuming that Jafari now has a lock on the premiership. Salih said he would push for Thamir Ghadb [...]	2006-02-13 20:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD4476	PRT TIKRIT: BAYJI FERTILIZER PLANT BACK IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Bayji fertilizer plant, one of two large-scale petrochemical production sites in Iraq, resumed production at 45 percent of total capacity on November 21. The plant has operated only 15 days out of the entire 2006 calendar ye [...]	2006-12-07 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETRD IR IZ PTER SENV
06BAGHDAD4512	SHAHRISTANI UNLIKELY TO ADHERE TO SCHEDULE OF IMF [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: At the November 2-5 Government of Iraq (GOI) - International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Amman, Jordan, Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani agreed to very ambitious targets for fuel price increases before the end of 2006. The price increases discussed in Amman are a [...]	2006-12-11 06:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4534	GOI ENERGY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 07:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4536	IRAQ COMPACT: DEC 10 BCG MEETING CREATES "A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, 2006 Iraq,s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a session of the Baghdad Coordination Group (BCG) attended by several Ambassadors posted in Baghdad, including Ambassador Khalilzad. Deputy Prime Minister Salih and three key GOI Ministers including Planning, [...]	2006-12-13 09:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD454	GROUPS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION PONDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish leadership, Ayad Allawi, and Tawafuq leaders met the morning of February 13 to consider their reaction to Ibrahim al-Jafari's nomination to the premiership. Their discussions included two options: (a) forging a contract with Jafari on the basis of a clear government [...]	2006-02-14 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4549	IRAQ COMPACT: DEC 10 BCG MEETING CREATES "A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, 2006 Iraq,s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a session of the Baghdad Coordination Group (BCG) attended by several Ambassadors posted in Baghdad, including Ambassador Khalilzad. Deputy Prime Minister Salih and three key GOI Ministers including Planning, [...]	2006-12-14 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD4552	MASHHADANI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON HIS NATIONAL BLOC [...] (S) SUMMARY. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani told the Ambassador December 11 that approximately 100 CoR members are in agreement with the National Bloc proposal he presented to the CoR December 5. He said the National Bloc could be in formal opposition to the modera [...]	2006-12-14 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4560	PRT WEEKLY SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 1 - 7 DECEMBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This summary of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) activities for December 1-7, 2006, as provided by PRTs to the National Coordination Team at Embassy Baghdad. This report also includes PRTs' observations, views and assessments of the political, economic, infrastructure, r [...]	2006-12-14 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINS SOCI KJUS KDEM ECON EFIN
06BAGHDAD4576	SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS AT IRAQI PORTS OF ENTRY [...] (C) Summary. The GOI is plagued by what seems a never ending stream of problems involving imports of vitally needed goods from petroleum products to grain. Smugglers, including terrorists and militias, seem to have little difficulty bringing people and weapons into the country. The Ports of [...]	2006-12-16 12:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETLN EWWT EAGR ETRD PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4579	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR REPORTS ON LOAN PROJECT, LOOKS [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Iraq, Hisao Yamaguchi, briefed Ambassador Khalilzad on Japanese government concessionary loans to various projects in Iraq, totaling approximately USD 1.6 billion. Japan will pledge additional funds to Iraq's reconstruction in the next meeting of the In [...]	2006-12-16 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN JA IZ
06BAGHDAD460	MINISTRIES PURSUE AD HOC PRIVATIZATION (OR IS IT [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary. Various Iraqi ministries are leading initiatives to privatize state-owned enterprises. Recently endorsed by a Council of Ministers order, these initiatives (of which the Ministry of Industry and Minerals' plan to sell two cement companies is the most-developed) are a [...]	2006-02-14 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV KPRV PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4616	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES THE OIL LAW AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih met with Charge d'Affairs Daniel Speckhard on December 18 and discussed the issues raised in Prime Minister Maliki's speech at the National Reconciliation Summit on December 16. Specific topics include the oil law, the 2007 GOI budget negotiatio [...]	2006-12-19 10:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD463	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: HIZBALLAH LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi politicos are still adjusting to the victory of incumbent Prime Minister Jafari being named again by the Shia Islamist Coalition to be its prime minister nominee. A key element of the Shia Coalition, the SCIRI party, is worried about the rising influence of the rival Sad [...]	2006-02-14 20:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD4638	CHALABI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL TO SYRIA WITH [...] (S) In a December 15 meeting, Ahmed Chalabi discussed his recent trip to Syria with the Ambassador and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani. In an unofficial visit, Chalabi met with Syrian officials including Vice President Farouk al-Shara, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu [...]	2006-12-20 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS EPET SY IZ
06BAGHDAD4639	PRIME MINISTER MALIKI DISCUSSES MODERATE FRONT AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki discussed Iraq's political achievements, the formation of a moderate political front, terrorism and militias, and the role of neighboring countries during a December 17 meeting with Senators Dodd and Kerry, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM. Whi [...]	2006-12-20 16:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4652	SUNNI LEADER DISCUSSES IIP DEMANDS FOR JOINING [...] (S) Summary: Minister of Planning and senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader, Ali Baban, explained to the Ambassador in a December 19 meeting his party's concerns about participating in the moderate front before their recently presented demands have been met. IIP needs to demonstrate to thei [...]	2006-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4682	ISG Report criticized by Speaker of Iraqi Kurdish [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Adnan Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, Iraq, sent the Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) identical copies of a letter to President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a [...]	2006-12-24 07:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ

06BAGHDAD4690	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT AND IRAQ [...] (SBU) Action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary. Post has been working actively to engage the GOI on enforcement of the Arab League Boycott (ALB),since Iraq's status was changed to "under review" in June 2006. Post has discussed with the GOI the particular problems four U.S. companies ( [...]	2006-12-24 11:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KBCT PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4727	GOI HIGH INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON IRAQI [...] (SBU) Action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary. Dr. Dahill, one of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih's Senior Staff, told Emboff on December 19, 2006 that the GOI High Inter-Ministerial Committee on Iraqi Assets is reviewing all former regime assets in other countries that are f [...]	2006-12-27 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PGOV
06BAGHDAD4734	ACTIVITIES OF NORWEGIAN OIL COMPANY SUBSIDIARY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The General Manager of the oil company "DNO Iraq AS" told RRT Off that DNO Iraq AS completed a number of seismic studies in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region between May and October 2006. He forecast a robust first quarter of oil production and an ambitious plan to build 18 wells in 20 [...]	2006-12-28 10:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EFIN IZ PINR
06BAGHDAD4745	MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES THE 2007 BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr (Shia - SCIRI) told the Treasury Attache in a December 24 meeting that "all the Ministers are happy with the 2007 budget, because we gave them what they needed", including $10 billion in capital investment projects and over $7 billion for security m [...]	2006-12-28 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD4746	COR ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CHAIR ON 2007 BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: In a December 25 meeting with Acting Economic Minister-Counselor and Treasury Attache, the Chair of the Economic Committee at the Council of Representatives Dr. Haider Abadi (Shi'a - Da'wa) discussed the 2007 draft budget. The executive branch sent the budget to the Council of R [...]	2006-12-28 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD475	GOI, EMBASSY AND DFID EXPECTING BIDS FOR [...] (SBU) On February 12, Embassy ECON and PAS, together with the Iraqi Government Communications Directorate (GCD) and the UK's Department for International Development (DFID),met with two Iraqi production companies to present our request for proposals for TV and radio ads. All said they had t [...]	2006-02-15 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN PGOV ECON KCOR KPAO OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD4758	Media Reaction: Barzani Says Americans Will Not Stay [...] (U) SUMMARY: Speaking in everyday language directly to the Kurdish people, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Massoud Barzani made a statement to a special session of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) on December 26 in which he downplayed the significance of the Iraq Study Gro [...]	2006-12-29 21:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER EPET KPAO KMDR US IZ
06BAGHDAD4759	ANBAR PROVINCE -- THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 21:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD476	FORMER OIL MINISTER GHADBAN ON OIL SECTOR'S FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transitional National Assembly (TNA) member and former Minister of Oil Thamar Ghadban said on February 12 that he and others in the GOI have concerns over potential corruption and improper activities at the Ministry of Oil by Fadhila party members since they took over the Ministry [...]	2006-02-15 18:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4769	TA'MIM PROVINCE AND KIRKUK: THE ISSUES, THE [...] (S) Summary: Kirkuk's most divisive issue in Kirkuk remains Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution which dictates that normalization, a census and a referendum on Kirkuk,s future status occur before December 31, 2007. The Kurds are pushing for the process to go forward in order to tie Kirkuk [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4770	BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4774	SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4786	ISG Report criticized by Speaker of Iraqi Kurdish [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Adnan Mufti, Speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Erbil, Iraq, sent the Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) identical copies of a letter to President Bush, Vice-President Cheney, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a [...]	2006-12-31 05:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD48	OIL SECTOR IN CENTER OF CONFLICT [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of both Oil and Finance, hosted a status review January 4 of energy infrastructure protection. Fuel convoys were reported to be delivering fuel to Baghdad. The convoys had been attacked multiple times [...]	2006-01-06 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR EFIN IZ PO TU
06BAGHDAD495	DPM CHALABI ON OIL MINISTRY CORRUPTION AND KURDISH [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, newly provided with expanded authority over the energy sector, is wrestling for results with the military and civilian bureaucracies. On other subjects, Chalabi cited a recent comment by Kurdish Regional President Mas'ud Barzani o [...]	2006-02-16 17:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD5	SHIA POLITICO: JA'AFARI HAS TO GO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on December 31 with Qassim Daoud, a moderate liberal in the Shia Alliance, the Ambassador stated that, while the ultimate decision rested with the Iraqi people, the U.S. Government, as a partner in the new Iraq wished to make its concerns clear. He laid out five mai [...]	2006-01-02 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD515	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary. Maysoon Ahmad Bekr, head of women's programs for the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),and Shatha Abd al-Razzak, IIP member of the Council of Representatives from Salah al-Din province and a member of the Iraq's Promise (Ahad al-Iraq) movement, told Poloff February 16 that the IIP wome [...]	2006-02-18 21:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD549	MUQTADA SADR DEBUTS ON AL-JAZEERA WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Influential Iraqi politician Moqtada al- Sadr has emerged from relative media obscurity into the regional limelight with extensive travels and a remarkable interview on al-Jazeera on February 18. During a regional procession that included Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Syria and [...]	2006-02-21 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KISL OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD611	IRAQ ENERGY UPDATE -- THE INADEQUACY OF MUDDLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fuel supplies are very low across the country and are critically so in Baghdad. Imports of refined products and domestically produced fuels both dropped during the first two months of 2006. Turkey and Iraq have come to agreement on arrears payments and, in time, the resumption [...]	2006-02-27 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ
06BAGHDAD643	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Turkey's Iraq Coordinator, Amb. Oguz Celikkol, visited Baghdad February 24-25 where he met separately with Pres. Talabani, PM Jaafari and the Ambassador. Topics discussed were the Golden Mosque bombing, Sadrists, Iranian influence, formation of the Iraqi government, Kur [...]	2006-02-28 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD662	COLLABORATION AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN MOI AND [...] (C/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Recent high-profile encounters between the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlight the friction that exists between the two security ministries. Although there also has been cooperation in some areas, there have been several incidents in wh [...]	2006-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD745	MINISTRY OF OIL OFFICIAL -- LACK OF SECURITY IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr Radwan Al-Sa'adi (Please protect),a Director General at the Ministry of Oil, confirmed that lack of security reduced both oil exports and investment. Lack of constitutional clarity also inhibited upstream investment. Nevertheless, he said Iraq has 12 draft contracts with f [...]	2006-03-08 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET IZ KCOR PINR
06BAGHDAD766	IRAQ ENERGY COUNCIL ADDRESSES FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) directed that fuel be moved by rail from Bayji to Baghdad March 9. DPM Chalabi said he would submit draft fuel law to Council of Ministers (COM) to liberalize private import of fuel. NEC requested Ministry of Defense (MOD) increase security of [...]	2006-03-09 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KCOR MOPS
06BAGHDAD911	DAWA HARDLINER INSISTS DEEP-SEATED FEAR OF FORMER [...] (C) Summary. In a March 15 meeting with PolOffs, re- elected Dawa Council of Representative (CoR) member Kamal Abdullah Khallawi al-Saidi expressed only guarded support for Prime Minister Jafari to remain as PM, admitting that Jafari is not the most competent politician. He doubted anyone els [...]	2006-03-20 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD917	ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi took deserved credit for a series of strategic and tactical victories to meet the ongoing energy crisis during the past week, the most important [...]	2006-03-20 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR
06BAGHDAD922	ALLAWI OBJECTS TO PROPOSED POLITICAL BODY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya List (Allawi) member, former Planning Minister, and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member Dr. Mehdi al-Hafedh told PolOffs March 20 that the composition and powers of the "Political Committee for National Security" (PCNS) are not settled. He said that Iraqiyya [...]	2006-03-21 06:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD936	FUEL CRISIS CONTINUES IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel supplies, especially LPG and gasoline, remain short across Iraq. Fuel imports entering Iraq from Turkey are negligible. Supplies continue to be imported from Kuwait by truck and from UAE and Iran by sea at Khor Zubayr. A ten-car train delivered LPG to Baghdad for the f [...]	2006-03-21 20:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET IR TU IZ
06BAGHDAD984	IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY [...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]	2006-03-25 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAKU1010	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish MFA Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President (marketing) of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss development of a new "Southern Corridor" to help Europe diversify gas supplies [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EFIN PREL KZ RU TR
06BAKU1011	A NEW ENERGY AGENDA: EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 6, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and Turkish Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to discuss a new partnership on energy issues, particularly on bringing Azerbaijani gas to Europe. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov said that Az [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU1012	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA AND TURKISH ENERGY ENVOY MEET [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matthew J. Bryza and Turkish Special Energy Envoy Ambassador Mithat Balkan met with Rovnag Abdullayev, President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR) on June 7 to discuss the southern gas corridor proposal. Abdullayev said Azerbaijan is grateful for U.S. support over [...]	2006-07-12 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET EFIN AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU1042	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her July 11 introductory meeting with Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov, Ambassador Derse raised the importance of WTO accession, the GOAJ's transparency and anticorruption efforts and the importance of non-oil sector development and effective management of oil revenues. She [...]	2006-07-17 12:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU
06BAKU1076	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador July 11 hosted a breakfast with representatives from the IMF, EBRD, ADB and World Bank to review recent developments on international assistance to Azerbaijan and the status of the economy. The Ambassador explained U.S. economic priorities, highlighting the importa [...]	2006-07-21 07:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL AJ
06BAKU1082	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...]	2006-07-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ
06BAKU1084	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In her introductory call on Minister of Justice Fikrat Mammadov, the Ambassador discussed judicial reform, the status of a joint USG-GOAJ developed legal database, the registration process for NGOs, and prison reform. Mammadov outlined the MOJ's recent progress, [...]	2006-07-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS SOCI AJ
06BAKU1146	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON SPEAKER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her introductory call on Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov, the Ambassador discussed the importance of Parliament in democratic reform, the need for Members of Parliament (MPs) to be provided with sufficient resources, and the importance of communication between MPs and their [...]	2006-08-03 08:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
06BAKU1163	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY ROUNDTABLE WITH [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 31 roundtable meeting, nine of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan's elections in 2003 and 2005 were not free and fair, citing bias in the composition of the election commissions as part of the problem. The NGO leaders stressed [...]	2006-08-08 10:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM AJ
06BAKU1176	AZERBAIJAN: RAISING THE ECONOMIC DIALOGUE AND PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 12. 2. (C) It is strongly in the U.S. interest of securing Azerbaijan as a reliable regional and global partner on critical U.S. interests, including security, energy and human rights, to support economic reform as an essential part of our broad [...]	2006-08-10 07:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID AJ IR RU
06BAKU1198	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S AUGUST 20-22 VISIT [...] (U) Chairman Lugar, on behalf of Ambassador Derse who looks forward to greeting you on arrival, I warmly welcome you to Baku next week. President Aliyev's April 28 meeting with President Bush at the White House was a resounding success in advancing the bilateral relationship, and the relations [...]	2006-08-14 05:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU1211	AIOC PRESIDENT BRIEFS ON SHAH DENIZ AND BTC [...] (C) SUMMARY: AIOC President Woodward briefed U.S. and UK emboffs August 15 on Shah Deniz and BTC operations. Woodward noted that Shah Deniz first gas could be delayed until October, with a official celebrations possible November 9-10 in Baku. The GOAJ, according to Woodward, is still interes [...]	2006-08-17 04:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL IR AJ KZ RU
06BAKU1242	UPDATE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION: NOTHING NEW IN [...] (U) On 10 August, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Special Representative for Caspian Issues Mehdi Safari traveled to Baku for discussions with the GOAJ on the legal status of the Caspian Sea and the possibility of holding the next conference of littoral states in Baku. In addition, accord [...]	2006-08-22 05:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD IR PBTS PGOV PREL AJ TX
06BAKU1247	CHAIRMAN LUGAR AND ENERGY EXECUTIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman Lugar held a breakfast roundtable with international energy executives August 21 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as an international energy provider, the challenges facing the country as oil revenues increase and the GOAJ grapples with sustainable development. The ex [...]	2006-08-22 12:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG AJ IR RU KZ
06BAKU1248	CHAIRMAN LUGAR'S CALL ON SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Chairman Lugar's August 21 call on Speaker of Parliament Ogtay Asadov, the Speaker outlined the U.S.- Azerbaijani bilateral relationship, and spoke highly of the work of the U.S.- Azerbaijani Inter-Parliamentary Working Group. Chairman Lugar shared his experience in the U.S. [...]	2006-08-22 13:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1260	PRESIDENT ALIYEV LAYS OUT STRATEGIC VISION FOR [...] (C) Summary: In an August 21 office call and subsequent dinner, President Aliyev laid out for SFRC Chairman Lugar his strategic vision for Azerbaijan's sustainable development, including plans for infrastructure improvements, investment in the non-oil sectors, poverty reduction and environmen [...]	2006-08-24 12:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ
06BAKU1269	AZERBAIJAN: SEPTEMBER 2007 BAKU CONSENSUS [...] (SBU) Copenhagen Business School Professor and Director for the Copenhagen Consensus Center Bjorn Lomborg and UNDP Head Marco Borsotti briefed Ambassador Derse August 24 on the planned September 2007 Baku Consensus conference organized by Lomborg. The Baku Consensus will be modeled on the May [...]	2006-08-28 04:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN ETRD AJ
06BAKU1270	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV RALLIES HIS [...] (SBU): Summary: The GOAJ hosted its second Chiefs of Mission conference with more than 40 Ambassadors meeting in Baku the week of August 14. President Aliyev encouraged the diplomats to remain flexible and reactive to processes and events taking place in and around Azerbaijan. Aliyev also ca [...]	2006-08-28 11:50:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR AJ AM
06BAKU1274	BP QUIETLY LAUNCHES MACROECONOMIC MODELING UNIT IN EFFORT TO STRENGTHEN GOAJ ENERGY REVENUE MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP has quietly launched an intensive effort to help the Government of Azerbaijan better manage its anticipated billions of dollars in energy revenue. After years of discussions, the GOAJ agreed to place a BP-funded macroeconomic modeling unit at the State Oil Fund (SOFAZ). BP hop [...]	2006-08-29 04:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU1295	AID COUNTRY COORDINATOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL AT [...] (SBU) USAID COUNTRY COORDINATOR PAID AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE STATE OIL FUND (SOFAZ),SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV, AUGUST 7. MOVSUMOV OUTLINED THE PLANNED INTERNAL REORGANIZATION OF SOFAZ BASED ON A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WOULD BE COMPLETED BY MID-FALL. HE ALSO DISCUSSED THE [...]	2006-08-31 12:05:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET PREL AJ IR RU
06BAKU1315	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV REQUESTS ADDITIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadayarov told the Ambassador on September 7 that it would be an "honor and a privilege" for Azerbaijan to participate in the roundtable with President Bush on Natural Resources and Social Developm [...]	2006-09-07 12:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SENV UNGA AJ
06BAKU1327	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's August 28 courtesy call on Minister of Emergency Situations Kammaladdin Heydarov, Heydarov explained the difficulty of coordinating the various formerly independent agencies that were brought together to form the MES eight months ago. He requested help with [...]	2006-09-11 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KFLU PGOV PREL TBIO PINR AJ
06BAKU1367	THE CHANGING ROLE OF ISLAMIC RELIGIOSITY IN [...] (S/NF) Summary. Fifteen years after independence, Islamic religiosity, while far from widespread, is on the rise in Azerbaijan. This slow but steady growth of religious observance stems from two factors: a natural rediscovery of Azerbaijan's Muslim religious heritage, and active proselytizing [...]	2006-09-19 05:16:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM KISL IR AJ
06BAKU1395	AZERBAIJAN: TDA VISIT/PROGRESS ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with the Executive Director of the State Oil Fund Shahmar Movsumov, Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov and the Chairman of the State Protection Fund over the course of his visit to Azerbaijan September 10-13, Trade and Development Agency Regional Director Dan Stein dis [...]	2006-09-22 12:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG PREL AJ
06BAKU1398	PRESIDENT ALIYEV TELLS GENERAL WARD THAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 20 meeting with the Ambassador and Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, President Aliyev said that Azerbaijan wants to "increase and deepen" its relationship with the United States. He argued that US and Azerbaijani regional interests and goals "coincide," and [...]	2006-09-25 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1405	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14 Ambassador Derse hosted the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group, a group consisting of representatives from the diplomatic community and international financial institutions. The group discussed the current macroeconomic environment, the challenges faci [...]	2006-09-26 09:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR AJ
06BAKU1407	FM MAMMADYAROV DISCUSSES STRONG U.S.-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 21 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy EUCOM Commander General Ward, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov discussed the strength of U.S.-Azerbaijan relations and the Government of Azerbaijan's steady progress on democratic reform. Mammadyarov praised [...]	2006-09-26 12:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO ENRG KDEM IR RU AJ
06BAKU1410	OSD DASD MACDOUGALL'S SEPTEMBER 15 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Abiyev affirmed the importance of close cooperation with the US and NATO in a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James MacDougall. MacDougall raised the importance of Azerbaijan formally notifying NATO ab [...]	2006-09-27 08:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KZ AJ
06BAKU1450	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SHAH DENIZ GAS AND IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (SBU) A subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) holds a ten percent share in the consortium that is developing Azerbaijan's Shah Deniz gas field. BP and Statoil are the major partners in the consortium, with 25.5 percent shares ea [...]	2006-10-04 11:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL IR AJ
06BAKU1472	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY AND GAS TO EUROPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza and Ambassador Derse met with Azerbaijani Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov October 2 to discuss Azerbaijan's expanding role as an international energy supplier and to press Minister Sharifov to begin discussions with the Government of [...]	2006-10-11 04:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PREL AJ RU IR TU
06BAKU1473	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE OIL FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SHAHMAR MOVSUMOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her September 29 introductory call on State Oil Fund Executive Director Shahmar Movsumov, the Ambassador stressed the critical role the Oil Fund plays in maintaining macroeconomic stability and in providing a long-term savings vehicle for the Azerbaijani people. Movsumov br [...]	2006-10-11 05:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR EAID AJ
06BAKU1476	AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT 2007 BUDGET PROJECTS 42 PERCENT [...] (SBU) After months of debate and anticipation, the Government of Azerbaijan is poised to submit its largest ever Consolidated State Budget to Parliament for final approval. After the huge increases in expenditures in the 2006 state budget (an 80 percent increase over the 2005 budget),all econ [...]	2006-10-11 09:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL AJ
06BAKU1501	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) Summary. In a September 27 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Hassanov reiterated the GOAJ commitment to improving the conditions of Azerbaijan's IDP population. Hassanov said that he has transformed the GOAJ relationship with the international donor commun [...]	2006-10-16 04:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PBTS MARR SNAR AJ
06BAKU152	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY: BP BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON BTC, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish met with AIOC President David Woodward (Strictly Protect) January 31 to review AIOC, BP and Azerbaijan energy activities. Woodward updated Ambassador Harnish on progress of the BTC pipeline, now scheduled for completion in May. Woodward explained that due to t [...]	2006-02-02 13:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1525	DEFENSE MINISTER ABIYEV RAISES REGIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Matthew Bryza met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev on October 2 to discuss the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and regional security issues. Abiyev said the GOAJ advocates a peaceful resolution to the NK conflict, but there has been no concrete results in ending [...]	2006-10-19 12:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS MARR AJ AM IR RS GG
06BAKU1531	WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over dinner October 15 with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, representatives from four international financial institutions agreed that economic reform was critical for Azerbaijan's future and that the WTO accession process could advance the [...]	2006-10-20 06:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL AJ ETRD
06BAKU1540	ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...]	2006-10-21 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ
06BAKU1541	ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...]	2006-10-21 08:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ
06BAKU1564	WTO AMBASSADOR ALLGEIER DISCUSSES WTO ACCESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 17 lunch meeting with visiting U.S. Ambassador to the World Trade Organization Peter Allgeier, key Members of Parliament (MPs) agreed that when considering potential WTO accession, the most important point to consider is that Azerbaijan possesses the political will [...]	2006-10-30 06:09:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ETRD AJ
06BAKU1582	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES U.S.-AJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with a visiting German Marshall Fund delegation that included six Congressional staff, President Aliyev applauded U.S.-Azerbaijani relations as "developing very successfully" across many areas, and "entering a new phase." Underscoring that Azerbaijan is a [...]	2006-10-31 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ETRD ECON GG RU IR AJ
06BAKU1595	THE IMISHLI SUGAR FACTORY: A NON-OIL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Imishli Sugar Factory is credited with bringing much-needed development to the rural and impoverished Imishli region. Owned by agricultural import-export conglomerate Azersun Holding, the factory processes 5,000 tons of sugar beets and refines 1,000 tons of raw sugar daily. An [...]	2006-11-02 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ETDR ECON EAGR EIND PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU1621	AZERBAIJAN: STATE OIL FUND ANNOUNCES YEAR-TO-DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 1, the State Oil Fund announced that year-to-date budget revenues totaled USD 839.6 million while budget expenditures totaled USD 697.82 million. During the first nine months of 2006, the Oil Fund received revenue of USD 786.9 million from implementing oil and gas agr [...]	2006-11-07 16:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL AJ
06BAKU1656	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON STATE SOCIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a November 6 meeting with Ambassador, the Chairman of the State Social Protection Fund (SPF) Salim Muslumov briefed the Ambassador on Azerbaijan's reformed pension system and the SPF's efforts to provide greater pension benefits to citizens from Azerbaijan's new oil wealth, as [...]	2006-11-14 13:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL AJ
06BAKU1661	BP AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS AZERBAIJAN MOVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 10 Azerbaijan International Oil Company briefing, outgoing BP Azerbaijan President David Woodward told the Ambassador that according to SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev, Turkey had not agreed to forego its contracted for 2007 Shah Deniz gas deliveries as a way of helping [...]	2006-11-15 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV PREL EPET ENRG RU
06BAKU1673	AZERBAIJANI OPPOSITION CONCERNED BY DEMOCRATIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings, the leaders of Azerbaijan's "big three" opposition parties - Musavat, the Popular Front Party, and the Azerbaijan Liberal Party - shared their concerns over Azerbaijan's political situation. Severe restrictions on media freedom and freedom of assem [...]	2006-11-17 09:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU1682	EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his trip to Azerbaijan November 7-11, J. Frank Mermoud, the Department of State's Special Representative for Business and Commercial Affairs, met with Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) ministers and officials to discuss economic reform, World Trade Organization (WTO) member [...]	2006-11-17 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL AJ
06BAKU1684	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 14 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov provided an overview of the new ministry, created in December 2005. Jamalov, who was appointed in March, said the ministry [...]	2006-11-17 14:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM RS TU PK UP
06BAKU1692	BAKU HOSTS ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Azerbaijani Ministry of Economic Development hosted an investment conference for Islamic Development Bank members November 8-9 in Baku. The event included a trade exhibition, large-group presentations on potential investment projects, and sector-specific break-out sessions fo [...]	2006-11-20 15:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KISL AJ
06BAKU1693	AZERBAIJAN: CONOCO-PHILLIPS CONCERNED ABOUT LOSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 15 Conoco-Phillips executive Steve Park told the DCM that another, higher-level Conoco-Phillips executive was coming to Azerbaijan for a November 30 meeting with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev. The subject of that meeting will be Conoco-Phillips problems with its c [...]	2006-11-21 08:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET AJ
06BAKU1710	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON ENERGY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a late October 2006 meeting, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reiterated that Azerbaijan seeks a step-by-step solution to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and wants Armenia to share in the economic integration and prosperity of the south Caucasus. Mammadyarov characterized Russia [...]	2006-11-24 13:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV UNGA EAID ENRG AM UAM IR AJ
06BAKU1717	AZERBAIJAN: BP EXEC MEETS PRESIDENT ALIYEV, SOCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable relays for broader distribution informed shared earlier in ref email. In a November 2 meeting, BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis gave the Ambassador his read-out of separate meetings earlier that day with President Aliyev and with SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullaye [...]	2006-11-27 09:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET AJ PREL
06BAKU1721	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SEEKS BILATERAL "PERMANENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on November 23 (see septel for discussion of energy issues),President Aliyev, recalling his discussion with U.S. government officials in Istanbul last July about an intensified bilater [...]	2006-11-28 06:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EAID PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1754	AZERBAIJAN: GEORGIAN AMBASSADOR ON PM NOGHAIDELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan the November 30 visit of PM Noghaideli to Baku was "very positive," and highlighted Georgia's and Azerbaijan's shared strategic vision on energy security and on seeking European markets for Caspian energy. In the meeting between [...]	2006-12-01 16:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG AJ PREL PGOV
06BAKU1777	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON ANS TV STATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev said on December 5 that he had instructed his government to "find a solution" to the ANS problem, but added that ANS had to "act with respect" and realize it was not above the law. To facilitate a solution, he bruited the possibility of postponing the recently a [...]	2006-12-07 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU1783	AZERBAIJAN: SUBMISSION OF THE FINANCIAL CRIMES AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 08:31:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN PTER SNAR AJ
06BAKU1789	AZERBAIJAN: BP WILLING TO MAXIMIZE ACG GAS TO [...] SUMMARY: BP Azerbaijan President Bill Schrader told the Ambassador on December 8 that BP has come up with a proposed course of action to help Azerbaijan out of its upcoming winter gas supply shortage, part of which would be giving Azerbaijan "as much ACG associated gas as it can" over a six t [...]	2006-12-08 13:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AJ TU GA
06BAKU1798	AZERBAIJAN: IMF REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS REVENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IMF Resident Representative provided an overview of Azerbaijan's macroeconomic environment at a November 30 meeting of the Friends of Azerbaijan Revenue Management Group. Azerbaijan's GDP is projected to grow by 32 percent in 2006, while the non-oil sector fiscal deficit has [...]	2006-12-11 06:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL AJ
06BAKU1800	2007 STATE BUDGET FORESEES 60 PERCENT INCREASE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's Parliament approved the 2007 State Budget on November 28. Compared to the 2006 budget, the 2007 budget plans for a 57 percent increase in revenues, a 60 percent increase in expenditures, and a small budget deficit. Government revenues are expected to total USD 6.1 [...]	2006-12-11 06:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD AJ EINV
06BAKU1810	AMBASSADOR'S DINNER WITH FOREIGN POLICY ANALYSTS [...] (C) Summary: At a lively December 6 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, six of Azerbaijan's most respected foreign policy analysts argued that Azerbaijan's difficult geographical position forces it to have a cautious foreign policy to balance the divergent foreign influences. They also noted th [...]	2006-12-12 08:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR KDEM PHUM AJ
06BAKU1815	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY MINISTER: TRILAT GAS DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY At a December 12 meeting Energy Minister Natiq Aliyev briefed US and Georgian diplomats and energy company representatives on the results of the December 8 Energy Ministers' Trilateral in Tbilisi. Aliyev said the Energy Ministers came to a general agreement that Turkey's 2007 Sh [...]	2006-12-13 14:00:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU GA AJ
06BAKU1819	DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 discussion with Department of Defense Deputy Assistant Secretary James MacDougall and the Ambassador, Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Novruz Mammadov said that as recent regional developments have again underscored, Azerbaijan has "no alternative" to friendship [...]	2006-12-14 07:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM IR AJ
06BAKU1839	AZERBAIJAN: SHAH DENIZ PRODUCTION DELAYS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 19 conversation, SOCAR President Abdullayev said December 19 that the two main problems facing Azerbaijan,s 2007 winter gas balance were Turkish unwillingness to follow up on the general political agreements on gas redistribution discussed in Tbilisi, and the latest [...]	2006-12-20 14:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TU AJ GA
06BAKU1841	AZERBAIJAN: SOME PROGRESS IN TRILATERAL GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of 'First Gas' from Shah Deniz gas field beginning to flow on December 15, the question of how Turkey was to be compensated for allowing its 2007 Shah Deniz gas to be redistributed to Azerbaijan and Georgia was left undecided during December 14-15 negotiations [...]	2006-12-20 14:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA
06BAKU1842	AZERBAIJAN: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Summary: Cooperation between Azerbaijan and the United States on counterterrorism predates the September 11, 2001 attacks and the waiver of Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act in January 2002. Over the past five years, the GOAJ has continued to step up its efforts to combat terrorist fina [...]	2006-12-21 10:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR AJ KAPO
06BAKU1843	AZERBAIJAN SCRAMBLING FOR A SOLUTION WITHOUT SHAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov said on December 21 that BP had informed the GOAJ that there would be "at least a three month delay" in Shah Deniz production. He said that BP 's "poor work" on Shah Deniz was "unacceptable," and had greatly worsened the regional gas situatio [...]	2006-12-21 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV TU AJ GA ECON
06BAKU219	AZERBAIJAN: IMF READOUT ON ECONOMY IN LATE 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF resident representative, the slowdown in inflation during the last quarter of 2005 was due primarily to a combination of nominal appreciation in the manat and a deceleration in money growth. In addition, it appears that many businesses did not raise prices [...]	2006-02-14 13:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU234	AZERBAIJANI FM MEETS WITH CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov met February 13 with leaders from the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Mammadyarov characterized Azerbaijan's relations with the United States as a "strategic partnership" and said that Azerbaijan wants [...]	2006-02-15 13:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AM ENRG IR IS KZ PREL RU
06BAKU249	AZERBAIJAN IN 2006 LOOKS TO SOLIDIFY ITSELF AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the completion of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline scheduled for late May and the South Caucasus Pipeline scheduled for October, Azerbaijan in 2006 looks to solidify itself as a regional energy hub and energy provider to foreign markets, including Europe. Over the next [...]	2006-02-17 06:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU280	ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK; FEBRUARY 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 20 briefing for the diplomatic corps on avian influenza, Azerbaijani Minister of Agriculture Abbasov reviewed the steps the GOAJ has taken and reported that the GOAJ's revised action plan had been submitted to the Cabinet of Ministers. Abbasov said the GOAJ now ha [...]	2006-02-23 04:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KFLU EAID PGOV ASEC CASC AJ
06BAKU305	BTC COMPLETION ON TRACK FOR MAY; BP WORRIES GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 16 meeting with DCM (attending for Ambassador) and the British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward reported that BTC appears on schedule to send oil from Ceyhan by the end of May, with public ceremonies to take place in June. However, this depends on BP achi [...]	2006-02-27 14:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR
06BAKU309	AZERBAIJAN 2006 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (U) As per reftel, paragraph 3 below begins Embassy Baku's submission on status of action the GOAJ has taken on combating human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) In preparing this report, Post has undertaken extensive contacts with international organizations, [...]	2006-02-28 08:52:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PREF PGOV PHUM KFRD ASEC ELAB
06BAKU317	AZERBAIJAN'S OPPOSITION LEADERS DISCUSS PLANS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate mid-February meetings with Ambassador, three prominent opposition leaders discussed their plans for party development and election strategies this year. While Ali Kerimli's Popular Front has reconstituted the Azadliq Bloc as a political bloc (without Musavat) an [...]	2006-02-28 14:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM ASEC PGOV PREL PINR IR AJ

06BAKU322	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER PROMISES TO DO MORE ON AVIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 24 meeting with the Ambassador and USAID and UNICEF representatives, Deputy Prime Minister for Agriculture (and head of the presidential avian influenza commission) Abbas Abbasov showed a new interest in serious measures to address the issue. He indicated that [...]	2006-02-28 14:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID KFLU PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU327	BEYOND BTC - AZERBAIJAN SEEKS FURTHER ROLE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Azerbaijan's MFA, in cooperation with State Oil Company SOCAR, sponsored a "High-Level Meeting on the Issues of Energy Security of Europe" on February 24. Representatives of several European countries, the European Commission, and Iran attended. Although the subject matter was no [...]	2006-03-01 13:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR RU IR
06BAKU333	BP BUILDS PICTURE OF SPLIT GOAJ ON OIL TRANSPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his February 28 meeting with Ambassador and the British Ambassador, BP Azerbaijan senior executive David Woodward reported that the South Caucasus gas pipeline project (SCP) is continuing on schedule and the Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline (BTC) should remain on schedule as wel [...]	2006-03-02 14:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR
06BAKU368	STATUS OF THE KASHAGAN-BTC IGA -- THE VIEW FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. International energy companies in Baku believe Azerbaijan is holding out for better terms in the draft Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) with Kazakhstan over trans-Caspian oil transport. Parliament Deputy Speaker Valekh Alasgarov appears to be leading the charge for President A [...]	2006-03-07 12:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ
06BAKU369	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 13-14 TRIP TO [...] (S) Summary: We warmly welcome your March 13-14 visit and view it as much-needed opportunity to engage the highest levels of the GOAJ. Azerbaijan could play a critical role in advancing U.S. interests in energy security and a useful one in the resolution of the nuclear threat posed by Iran. [...]	2006-03-07 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG MARR KDEM PHUM IR RU AM AJ
06BAKU407	MANAGING AZERBAIJAN,S LOOMING ECONOMIC STORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan faces a massive economic challenge over the near-term. With oil revenue projected to reach USD 42 billion by 2010, Azerbaijan has the opportunity to transform from a cash-poor developing nation into an economically confident regional leader. While the GOAJ in theory h [...]	2006-03-15 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU411	ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING AZERBAIJANI STYLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ilham Aliyev is the lead economic and political decision-maker in Azeraijan. Aliyev, however, makes most economic polcy decisions relying upon a small close group ofbusiness contacts and trusted government ministers. High-level economic decision-making in Azerbaijan re [...]	2006-03-16 11:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU412	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR A/S Dan Fried and Ambassador Harnish discussed the importance of strengthening Azerbaijan,s economic and financial development with Economic Development Minister Heydar Babayev on March 14. Babayev told Fried that his job is to make Azerbaijan stronger economically and that h [...]	2006-03-16 11:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
06BAKU430	PRESIDENT ALIYEV LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EUR A/S Fried on March 14, President Aliyev said that the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship remains strong and reaffirmed Azerbaijan,s westward orientation. Aliyev expressed concern about the situation of ethnic Azeris in Georgia asked A/S Fried to raise the issue th [...]	2006-03-21 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ENRG MOPS AJ
06BAKU431	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES ENERGY SECURITY ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR A/S Fried discussed the role of the Caspian in European energy security with GOAJ, BP, TOTAL, Statoil and ConocoPhillips officials in Baku on March 14. The consensus opinion was that Caspian energy resources, particularly natural gas, could play an important role in meeting f [...]	2006-03-21 13:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ GG TR TX
06BAKU433	EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, IRAN, ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Azerbaijan's civil society leaders, EUR A/S Dan Fried discussed democratization, Iran, and Islamic extremism. Many civil society leaders noted a disengagement from politics by the population after the November elections failed to meet their high expectations. W [...]	2006-03-22 07:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR KISL AJ IR
06BAKU450	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from energy sector companies operating in Azerbaijan discussed the Barmek crisis, Caucasus gas needs, changes in pipeline security agencies, trans-Caspian oil transport and offshore gas development at the Ambassador,s March Energy Forum. Participants reported tha [...]	2006-03-23 10:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG AJ RU KZ
06BAKU454	REQUEST FOR U.S. REPRESENTATION AT JUNE 6-9 [...] The Thirteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held on June 6-9, 2006, here in Baku. COGS has traditionally been the largest oil and gas show in the region, attracting thousands of attendees. COGS 2005 hosted 331 exhibitors from 29 countries including a dozen major U.S. firms [...]	2006-03-23 13:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EPET ENRG ECON AJ
06BAKU455	UPDATE ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH: CEASEFIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (U) Militant rhetoric on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict during the past week followed reports of ceasefire violations and an announcement that three soldiers were convicted of treason for collusion with Armenia. Meanwhile President Aliyev called on the Armenians to accept the useful suggestions [...]	2006-03-23 13:17:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS ASEC AJ
06BAKU480	AZERBAIJAN LEADS EITI EFFORTS; PROBLEMS STILL EXIST [...] (C) SUMMARY. We warmly welcome your April 4-6 visit for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative International Advisory Group meeting. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to engage the GOAJ on the importance of effectively managing its oil wealth, strengthening public investment p [...]	2006-03-30 07:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EFIN ECON AJ
06BAKU510	CABINET OF MINISTERS REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT ON 2005 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 14 the Prime Minister presented the Cabinet of Minister's report on its 2005 activities, similar to a "State of the Union" address. As expected, the GOAJ comments and data were very positive: GDP and average salary increased, government reforms continued, state credits [...]	2006-04-04 09:14:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL PGOV ECON AJ
06BAKU511	AMBASSADOR AND STATOIL DISCUSS SHAH DENIZ PHASE II [...] (C) SUMMARY: Statoil executives briefed the Ambassador March 29 on the challenges facing the international energy companies and the GOAJ as Shah Deniz Phase II (Phase II will increase annual gas production by 18-20 bcma) moves forward. International companies want to pool their gas with the GO [...]	2006-04-04 09:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KZ AJ
06BAKU536	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE'S APRIL 12-14 VISIT TO [...] (U) Chairman Kolbe, I warmly welcome you and Congressman Garrett to Baku next week. This visit will be a superb opportunity to deliver a strong message of support for political and economic reform, and to enhance further our strong security cooperation with Azerbaijan. Your visit comes at a p [...]	2006-04-07 09:22:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEN ECON EAID MARR AJ
06BAKU540	PRESIDENT ALIYEV N ENERGY SECURITY, TRANSCASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 3 meeting with S/P Director Krasner and EUR DAS Bryza, President Aliyev said he looked forward to further development of Azerbaijan's gas reserves and creation of a new TransCaspian pipeline to export Central Asian gas to European markets as an important "second stage [...]	2006-04-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KDEM AJ
06BAKU573	AZERBAIJAN: SUCCESSFUL MINISTERIAL-LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Harnish hosted the first ever ministerial-level seminar on macroeconomic, budget and public investment planning strategies that brought together the Ministers of FinQce and Economic Development, National Bank Chairman and other high-level Government of Azerbaijan off [...]	2006-04-14 09:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL AJ
06BAKU581	AZERBAIJAN: S/P DIRECTOR AND EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 3 meeting, S/P Director Stephen Krasner discussed macroeconomic development and prudent oil revenue management with Minister of Economic Development Babayev and Minister of Finance Alakbarov. Babayev and Alakbarov stressed to Krasner that the GOAJ was aware of the da [...]	2006-04-17 04:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ
06BAKU582	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TRANS-CASPIAN GAS PIPELINE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 3 visit to Azerbaijan, EUR DAS Bryza heard GOAJ interest in a possible "Southern Corridor" of gas pipelines to export gas from Azerbaijan, and perhaps Central Asia through a trans-Caspian gas pipeline (TCP),via Georgia and Turkey to help Europe diversify its gas s [...]	2006-04-17 07:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KZ TU TX AJ
06BAKU602	AZERBAIJAN: FINANCE MINISTER REPLACED BY OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev dismissed April 18 Finance Minister Avaz Alakbarov and appointed Oil Fund Executive Director Samir Sharifov as the new Finance Minister. A successor for Sharifov at the critically important Oil Fund was not announced, leaving a key institution w [...]	2006-04-19 12:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU607	EC VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN HEAVY ON NEIGHBORHOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his April 7 visit to Baku, EC RELEX Deputy Director-General Fotiadis discussed mainly European Neighborhood Program issues and some energy issues. Sticking points for adoption of Azerbaijan's draft ENP plan appear to be language on regional cooperation, lingering Cypriot [...]	2006-04-20 03:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG AJ GG AM CY EU
06BAKU611	OPPOSITION MUSAVAT PARTY REMAINS ENGAGED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 10, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Musavat Party Chairman Isa Gambar. Gambar (whose party is participating in the May 13 rerun elections) said that the overall election climate remains difficult. As an example, one of Musavat's candidates in the May parliamentary [...]	2006-04-21 03:40:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL IR AJ
06BAKU624	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging discussion on the eve of Ambassador's departure from post, Azerbaijan Energy Minister Natik Aliyev argued for a trans-Caspian gas pipeline bringing natural gas from both Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan through Azerbaijan to European markets. Aliyev also expressed mi [...]	2006-04-24 04:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV EPET KZ PINR PREL TX
06BAKU650	BP UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. During his regular briefing for U.S. and UK Embassy officers on April 25, AIOC President David Woodward gave a downbeat assessment of talks with BOTAS on BTC completion and predicted further delays. SCP is largely on schedule although Woodward continues to argue that it will be [...]	2006-05-01 02:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU651	AZERBAIJANI VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Conversations with senior Azerbaijani official Samir Sharifov and SOCAR Vice President Elshad Nasirov reveal that the GOAJ is pushing for a focused and non-ambiguous Inter-Governmental Agreement for oil transport from Kazakhstan. Sharifov, somewhat mistrustful of Kazakhstan, wan [...]	2006-05-01 02:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU659	STATOIL EXECUTIVES ON SCP COMPLETION AND FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Statoil executives in Baku cautioned about on-time completion of the South Caspian Pipeline (SCP) and expressed concern about conditions in both Azerbaijan and Turkey that could be obstacles to further large-scale energy projects. SOCAR has requested that its share of Shah Deniz [...]	2006-05-01 12:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ TX KZ
06BAKU663	CONOCO-PHILLIPS VIEWS OF THE KAZAKHSTAN-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips executives believe the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan IGA for trans-Caspian oil transport must be signed this year if the needed maritime infrastructure is to be ready by the time the oil flows, although they concede the deadline may be more flexible. Major issues for Conoc [...]	2006-05-02 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU669	CONSULTANT FORSEES SERIOUS PROBLEMS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A consultant working on a USAID contract predicted serious difficulties for Azerbaijan's power sector in the coming years. The Barmek crisis has scared away private sector investment, and the GOAJ will be forced to rely on loans from IFIs. The consultant recommends that any suc [...]	2006-05-03 10:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EAID PREL AJ AM TX KZ
06BAKU695	EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE MERMOUD DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4 the Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met with new Minister of Finance Samir Sharifov to discuss improving the business climate, working more closely with the private sector and managing fiscal and budgetary constraints [...]	2006-05-11 07:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EPET EFIN EAID AJ
06BAKU704	ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION SUMMIT IN BAKU [...] (C) Summary: Leaders from Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan descended on Baku for the Ninth Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit on May 5. Iranian President Ahmadinejad's participation in the summit attracted much a [...]	2006-05-12 09:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EPET ENRG EAID IR AJ
06BAKU715	MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SEEKS MORE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Department's Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud and Charge met May 4 with Azerbaijani Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev. Babayev expressed a strong interest in purchasing U.S. products and having more U.S. products, [...]	2006-05-15 13:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM PINR AJ
06BAKU720	ITOCHU EXPRESSES INTEREST IN BAKU-TBLISI-KARS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese multinational Itochu is seriously interested in the proposed Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail link. Both Itochu and SOCAR feel the rail link will be necessary to deal with large Caspian oil volumes coming in the future. BP and British Embassy representatives disagree and do not s [...]	2006-05-16 12:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL ELTN AJ GG TR AM JA
06BAKU722	LATEST ROUND OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ConocoPhillips Russia/Caspian Transportation Manager John Dabbar and executive Steven Beck briefed Energy Officer May 6 on the just-concluded round of negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for trans-Caspian oil transport. While "double ta [...]	2006-05-17 10:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU724	AZERBAIJAN: NATIONAL BANK DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan announced May 15 the appointment of Shahmar Movsumov as Executive Director of the critically important State Oil Fund. Movsumov succeeds Samir Sharifov, who was named Minister of Finance on April 18. Movsumov, a close Embassy contact, speaks excellen [...]	2006-05-18 03:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU731	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Acting DCM paid a courtesy call on Presidential Economic Counselor Vahid Akhundov May 15 to discuss economic and financial developments in Azerbaijan. Akhundov, in his current position since the early 1990s, discussed the Government of Azerbaijan's efforts to manage its oil revenu [...]	2006-05-18 09:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU734	PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO ATTEND KIEV GUAM SUMMIT; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Aliyev will attend the GUAM Summit in Kiev, according to his foreign policy advisor, Novruz Mammadov. Mammadov believes Ukraine will use the summit to stake out a leadership role in the region. Russia, he believes, sees GUAM as a rival to the CIS and will try to lever [...]	2006-05-18 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PBTS ECIN AJ GG UP MD
06BAKU736	EXPORTING GAS: EB/CBA SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Charge and EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud met May 5 with Elshad Nasirov, Vice President of Azerbaijan's State Oil Company (SOCAR). Nasirov argued that Kazakhstan is unhappy with Gazprom and is looking at alternate methods to get its gas to world markets. Nasirov o [...]	2006-05-19 06:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AJ KZ RU TR
06BAKU742	NEW KAZAKHSTAN DRAFT OF AZERBAIJAN-KAZAKHSTAN IGA [...] (C) On May 19, John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips informed Energy Officer of recentdevelopments in the negotiations over the Azerbaijan-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) for cross-Caspian oil transport. Dabbar said that Kairgeldy Kabyldin of KazMunaiGaz has been removed from his positio [...]	2006-05-19 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU769	BP OFFICIALS ON FUTURE TRENDS IN THE EAST-WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 17, BP Azerbaijan Associate President David Woodward and BP Executive Vice President Andy Inglis briefed Charge and British Ambassador on recent developments in Caspian energy projects. BP has reached closure with BOTAS on a deal for BTC completion. Woodward and Inglis fe [...]	2006-05-30 03:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV AJ KZ
06BAKU804	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C/NF) Charge d'Affaires met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 1 to deliver reftel points on Iran. President Aliyev told Charge he would immediately instruct Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to follow-up on our request that the GOAJ issue a public statement welcoming the initiativ [...]	2006-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR AJ
06BAKU805	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 1 to deliver reftel points on Iran. President Aliyev told Charge he would immediately instruct Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to follow-up on our request that the GOAJ issue a public statement welcoming the initiative. [...]	2006-06-01 15:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AJ
06BAKU811	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENT'S REPUBLIC DAY ADDRESS NOTES [...] (U) Summary: In his May 26 Republic Day address President Aliyev underscored that the booming economy would positively impact the life of ordinary citizens as the GOAJ forcefully addressed the country's socio-economic problems. Aliyev made similar remarks to the nation May 29 when oil from the [...]	2006-06-02 06:54:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET PREL PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU828	EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD ATTENDS FORUM FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives from McDermott Caspian Construction, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Statoil and BP participated in the Charge's Energy Forum with Frank Mermoud on May 4. Many pointed out that while they want to do further projects in Azerbaijan, working levels of the GOAJ and SOCAR [...]	2006-06-06 10:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ KZ
06BAKU829	EB/CBA SPECIAL REP FRANK MERMOUD MEETS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 4, EB/CBA Special Representative Frank Mermoud and Charge met with Natik Aliyev, Minister of Energy and Industry. Aliyev discussed the importance of BTC expansion and progress on the BTC and SCP energy export projects. On the domestic side, he said that Turkish energy di [...]	2006-06-06 10:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PINR AJ
06BAKU858	EUR DAS BRYZA AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 6 to discuss Azerbaijan's growing role as energy supplier, its regional relations and Nagorno-Karabakh. Aliyev expressed strong and unambiguous support for the U.S. "Southern Corridor" Strategy to help Europe di [...]	2006-06-12 12:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AJ AM
06BAKU947	BP JUNE UPDATE ON EAST-WEST ENERGY CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his regular brief for Charge and British Ambassador, AIOC President David Woodward noted rising production in the ACG field and the first tanker lifting of BTC-delivered oil from Ceyhan. The gala ceremonies officially opening BTC in Ceyhan will take place July 12-13 and the G [...]	2006-06-27 14:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL AJ KZ IR
06BAKU948	BAKU ENERGY COMMUNITY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) Views in Baku of the Kazakhstan-Azerbaijan Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) on trans-Caspian oil recently signed in Almaty are positive if unenthusiastic. John Dabbar of ConocoPhillips considers the IGA to be "not that bad," as it includes "nothing hugely detrimental" to the project. A [...]	2006-06-27 14:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL EWWT EINV AJ KZ
06BAKU989	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In her July 7 introductory meeting with Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev, Ambassador Derse raised the importance of WTO membership, development of the non-oil sector, energy security and development of the banking sector. Babayev noted that he was not satisfied with [...]	2006-07-10 16:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EPET AJ IR RU ABLD
06BAKU996	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's introductory calls, executives from BP and other international energy companies operating in Azerbaijan painted a complex picture of fragmented leadership within Azerbaijan's energy sector, indecision within the GOAJ over whether to move forward on new energy p [...]	2006-07-11 12:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ENRG PREL PINR RU AJ
06BAMAKO520	PROSPECTORS PREDICT MALIAN OIL BY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: One and a half years after oil and gas exploration in northern Mali resumed, those searching for &black gold8 may be on the brink of success. To date, the Malian government has opened approximately 700,000 square kilometers of land to oil prospecting. Recent estimates by Austral [...]	2006-05-08 12:46:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EPET ML PGOV PINS PREL SENV
06BAMAKO521	FALLOUT FROM QADHAFI'S VISIT CONTINUES AS TUAREGS [...] (C) Summary. The fallout from Qadhafi's tumultuous mid-April visit to Timbuktu (ref A) continued to spread as members of the National Assembly expressed concern over Libya's intentions and some Tuareg leaders requested autonomy for Kidal. On April 19 a group of National Assembly Deputies sug [...]	2006-05-08 16:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV EINV ASEC ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN452	CHINA FIRM WINNER IN BRUNEI BLOCK L&M PRODUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 08:20:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN497	HEART OF BORNEO: UPDATE ON BRUNEIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GOB) remains solidly behind the Heart of Borneo (HOB) project, a WWF initiative that aims to establish a tropical forest conservation area consisting of 85,000 square miles of contiguous protected zones across the three countries that share the world' [...]	2006-09-28 08:21:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD SENV ID MY BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN572	BRUNEI'S HARI RAYA: OPEN TALK AT OPEN HOUSES [...] (C) At this year's Hari Raya open houses -- a custom that distinguishes Brunei's celebration of the post-Ramadan month -- Ambassador and DCM heard unusually candid views from senior GoB officials on issues ranging from royal succession, bilateral security cooperation, and the status of major [...]	2006-11-08 03:39:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ECON SOCI CVIS MARR PTER PHUM
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN630	BRUNEI KEEPS THE OIL TAPS WIDE OPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brunei's oil production and exports look set to reach their highest annual levels in 25 years in 2006, due to technical advances in offshore fields and a policy decision by the Government of Brunei (GOB) to maintain production at the maximum sustainable rate. The GOB has no pre [...]	2006-12-14 07:17:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET BX
06BANGKOK1119	THAILAND'S FORWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The fiftieth anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Kingdom of Thailand and Iran in 2005 showcased a growing mutual engagement between the countries. The previous year saw several high-level exchanges, particularly visits to Iran by Thailand,s Energy Minister, Foreig [...]	2006-02-24 08:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV ETRD TH IR
06BANGKOK113	THAI MFA DISCUSSES THAI INVOLVEMENT WITH BURMESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 4, Poloff and Econoff met with Mr. Damrong Kriakruan, the Burma desk officer at the Thai MFA. Damrong confirmed press and NGO reports that the state-owned power company EGAT Plc has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Burma,s Ministry of Electric Power on [...]	2006-01-06 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1236	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACFLT COMMANDER ADM [...] (C) Gary, your trip to Bangkok will take place as Prime Minister Thaksin faces his most serious political crisis since taking office. Speculation about the future of his government will likely arise during all of your meetings. We are asking all U.S. visitors meeting with Thai officials to u [...]	2006-03-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR TH
06BANGKOK2360	THAI ECONOMY REACTS TO POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few years, the Thai economy has weathered SARS, bird-flu, tsunami, increased competition from China and unrest in the country's south, all with only limited impact to growth. The ongoing political crisis that has gripped the country throughout this year, combined wi [...]	2006-04-24 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL TH
06BANGKOK2484	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Giambastiani, your trip to Bangkok will take place as Thailand recovers from its most serious political upheaval in over a decade. We are asking all U.S. visitors meeting with Thai officials to encourage continued respect for the democratic process. Your visit is also a [...]	2006-04-28 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK2617	THAILAND: NEW PRICING POLICY REINTRODUCES DIESEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 26, after weeks of popular outcry over high fuel prices, Thailand's Ministry of Energy announced several fuel pricing measures that had the effect of reducing the pump price of diesel. Rather than introducing a direct subsidy, the government reduced contributions from [...]	2006-05-04 04:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EPET TH
06BANGKOK2624	THAILAND: THE ANDAMAN SEA MARITIME SECURITY [...] (C) Post has proposed and the Royal Thai Supreme Command and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) have endorsed a U.S. funded initiative to secure Thai territorial waters in the Andaman Sea which would also provide radar coverage of the northern entrance to the Strait of Malacca. The proposed initiative w [...]	2006-05-04 07:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK2643	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM ADM FALLON [...] (C) Summary. Fox, I'm looking forward to your visit and hope to host you and Mary for lunch while you are here. While things have settled down for the moment on the domestic political front, a great deal of uncertainty remains over who the next Prime Minister will be and the makeup of the new [...]	2006-05-04 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MASS MARR TH
06BANGKOK2978	THAILAND: INVESTMENT SLOWDOWN [...] (SBU) On May 16, Econoff met with Mr. Vittaya Praisuwan, Senior Executive Advisor at the Thai Board of Investment (BOI). Most foreign investment in Thailand comes in under BOI auspices due to the various tax advantages and other benefits BOI-approved status confers. Vittaya confirmed that app [...]	2006-05-17 07:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN TH
06BANGKOK3828	CREDIT TIGHTENTING IN THAILAND [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Somkid will be visiting the US July 9-14 to fly the Thai flag for investment. The slowing of the Thai economy is being exacerbated in the short term by a reduction in credit availability and lack of liquidity in the stock exchange. Becaus [...]	2006-06-28 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN TH
06BANGKOK4889	THAILAND'S ENERGY PLANS [...] Summary: Despite rising energy prices and environmental concerns, Thailand expects to continue its reliance on traditional fossil fuels for its energy demands for the near future. Although varying alternatives to carbon-based fuels have attracted some government support, costly production pra [...]	2006-08-10 05:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG TH
06BANGKOK4896	EDUCATION AND SUPPLYING THE SKILLS FOR THE LABOR FORCE [...] Summary. Businesses, especially international companies, in Thailand suffer from a lack of important skills among their workforce as a result of an antiquated and ineffective education system. Lack of English proficiency and critical thinking skills, as well as a lack of career preparation i [...]	2006-08-10 06:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD TH
06BANGKOK5148	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE USS KITTY HAWK [...] (C) Summary. Admiral McClain and the men and women of the USS Kitty Hawk Carrier Strike Group, your trip to Bangkok is a terrific opportunity to demonstrate America's commitment to regional security and meshes with a series of initiatives the United States has with Thailand. Thailand affords t [...]	2006-08-23 05:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5203	CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...]	2006-08-24 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5204	CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...]	2006-08-24 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5268	SCENESETTER FOR PACOM DEPUTY J2 TOM MCNAMARA [...] (C) Summary. Mr. McNamara, your trip to Bangkok will allow you to observe the difficulties the Thai military face in sharing intelligence and information. A lack of basic analytical skills coupled with information firewalls between the services and with other agencies hampers the Thai militar [...]	2006-08-29 04:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL MARR PGOV TH
06BANGKOK5610	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: ANALYZING THE BOMBS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 6 meeting at the International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) in Bangkok, instructors from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) met with senior Thai police officials responsible for southern Thailand to discuss ATF analysis of bomb evi [...]	2006-09-13 04:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR TH
06BANGKOK5705	EYE ON AMERICA? - CHINESE MEDIA IN THAILAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representing television, radio and print media, six Mainland Chinese press outlets are present in Thailand. Each organization's mandate varies, but all have small staffs and budgets. Most reporters do not speak Thai and English appears to be their working language. While the [...]	2006-09-15 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	OPRC PREL PGOV CH TH ASEAN
06BANGKOK7422	REFORM BUT NO BIG CHANGES: THAILAND'S NEW [...] SUMMARY. On December 4, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Commercial Counselor and a group of industry representatives met with Thailand's new Minister of Energy, Dr. Piyasvasti Amranand. In his remarks and responses to industry concerns the Minister outlined a generally welcome program of [...]	2006-12-15 02:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET TH
06BANGKOK7435	"GRAVE CONCERN" ABOUT PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Amid pressure to take action in the face of a rapidly appreciating currency and tepid economic growth, on December 13 Thailand's Monetary Policy Committee met and decided to keep the Bank of Thailand (BoT) policy rate unchanged at 5 percent. Committee chair and BoT Assistant Governor Sucha [...]	2006-12-15 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON TH
06BANGKOK821	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SEVENTH FLEET COMMANDER [...] (C) Jonathan, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your return visit and the big top reception aboard the USS Blue Ridge. Our military-to-military relationship is strong. Nonetheless, our relationship with the Royal Thai Navy could be improved. We hope during your stay that you will be able [...]	2006-02-10 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR TH
06BANJUL11	THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S YEAR-END INTERVIEW [...] (C) In a year-end television interview, President Jammeh, in a vintage, shoot-from-the-hip performance, spoke of general economic improvement in 2005, while characterizing the dismal state of public utilities as among the country's "dramatic failures." He was optimistic about prospects for de [...]	2006-01-06 18:21:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PINS KMCA GA
06BANJUL233	THE GAMBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER REMOVED, [...] (C) The National Assembly Speaker, Sheriff Dibba, suspected of involvement in the failed coup plot, was released from detention April 15, but removed from the National Assembly by President Jammeh. A senior National Intelligence Agency official, Keemo Balajo, was also released and his job res [...]	2006-04-18 14:07:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG
06BANJUL439	THE GAMBIA: REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA, IRAN [...] (C) Prominent journalist and Embassy contact portrayed President Jammeh's invitation to Venezuelan and Iranian leaders to recent African Union Summit here as a swipe at the U.S. following the suspension of The Gambia's MCA eligibility. According to our source, Chavez actively lobbied Summit d [...]	2006-07-12 14:35:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMCA UNSC GA IR VE GT
06BANJUL583	THE GAMBIA: GOTG ISSUES INITIAL OIL EXPLORATION [...] (SBU) Local media have announced a September 8 agreement between the GOTG and a Canadian oil company, Buried Hill Energy Company (BHEC),whereby the latter obtained an oil exploration license covering two of six blocks in the GOTG-designated offshore exploration zone. Issuance of the explorat [...]	2006-09-19 17:33:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PGOV OPIC EXIM USTDA GA CA
06BANJUL612	THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RACE [...] (C) Ambassador made ref a demarche October 2 to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof (Deputy Formin equivalent),stressing that Venezuelan President Chavez's UNGA speech further demonstrated that Venezuela's election to the UNSC would seriously undercut its ability to address world [...]	2006-10-02 15:29:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE GA
06BANJUL764	THE GAMBIA: REPORT OF PRESIDENT'S MILITIA, IRANIAN [...] (C) In recent conversation with Ambassador, Pap Saine (protect) the well-connected chief editor of the private daily, "The Point," asserted that, nine months after the abortive coup plot in March, President Jammeh remained deeply concerned about another possible plot. According to Saine, Jam [...]	2006-12-21 15:25:00	Embassy Banjul	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS MASS PREL GA IR
06BASRAH103	UPDATE ON BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the UK and Iraq was extended for a second time to June 30, 2006. The second extension occurred because certification of the air traffic controllers (ATCs) is still pending, a shortage of fire trucks, issues with the [...]	2006-06-17 16:43:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR EAID IZ
06BASRAH104	MAJOR GENERAL LATIF MOTIVATED TO TACKLE BASRAH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting with the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC),Major General Abdul Latif of the 10th Division of the Iraqi Army expressed support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent visit to Basrah and his efforts to enhance security in Bas [...]	2006-06-18 06:40:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH107	ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: Water supply and sanitation are the main environmental issues for both the Basrah Provincial Council and the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Environment. Because of problems of purity, many residents purchase their water from reverse osmosis stations for drinki [...]	2006-06-20 09:07:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV ECON EPET IZ
06BASRAH115	FADILLAH LEADERS VISIT BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: On July 6, a delegation of Fadillah members from Baghdad visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and met with the Regional Coordinator (RC). The discussion centered on the broad topics of security in Basrah, particularly on militias and their infiltration of the Iraqi Police S [...]	2006-07-09 13:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BASRAH118	SOUTH OIL COMPANY INCREASES OUTPUT [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the South Oil Company (SOC),Jabbar al-Ueibi, met with the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) on July 13 and reported that SOC's crude oil production has risen from 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) at the end of 2005 to slightly more than 2 million bpd at [...]	2006-07-16 06:41:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
06BASRAH122	GROWING NUMBERS OF BASRAH YOUTHS TURN TO DRUGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-22 11:31:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PINS SOCI SNAR IZ
06BASRAH129	POLITICS AND POLLUTION -- UPDATE ON THE IRAQI PORT [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, the assistant to the director general of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA),Captain Hussein Mohammed Abdullah, met with the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) to discuss issues regarding the Iraqi Port Authority. Hussein described the permeation of politics in the IPA an [...]	2006-08-03 10:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IZ ZP
06BASRAH141	BASRAH'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DECLINES BY ONE-THIRD [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Electric Committee of the Basrah Provincial Council, Ghazy Smari Jaafar told poloff on August 24 that the electricity supply has fallen from three hours on, three hours off to two hours on, four hours off in recent weeks. He pointed to soaring August temperatures [...]	2006-08-30 05:46:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ENRG EINV IZ
06BASRAH151	THE BASRAH ASHURA COUNCIL - AN AL-MUSAWI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sayed Abdul Ali al-Musawi to discuss the Ashura Council he recently formed to advise and support the local government. The Ashura Council is inclusive of all religious, political and tribal groups as well as women, academ [...]	2006-09-18 06:18:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
06BASRAH29	SADR SURPRISES BASRAH, CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY, EXPULSION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unannounced visit to Basrah, Moqtada al Sadr made a televised statement at the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. His speech called for Sunnis and Shias to unite and force the expulsion of the occupiers. An explosion in the Imam Ali Mosque in Basrah occurred [...]	2006-02-26 16:46:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ
06BASRAH34	SNAPSHOT OF MUTHANNA: POOR, PEACEFUL, AND TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Located in the far southeast of Iraq, the province of Muthanna is the second largest in Iraq in terms of size, but the poorest and least populated of all of Iraq's provinces. A fairly quiet region with few security concerns, Muthanna's residents call it the "peaceful province." [...]	2006-03-14 14:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL
06BASRAH4	WE WILL PAY MORE, BUT WE EXPECT MORE - BASRAH COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's mishandling of the fuel price increase has led to anger on the part of most Iraqis in Basrah. News of the price increase has spread to the local population by word-of-mouth. Once understood, it is being accepted by those REO Basrah has contacted as a [...]	2006-01-20 12:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PINS ECON KDEM IZ
06BASRAH45	SOUTH OIL COMPANY - TOO MANY RUMORS AND NOT ENOUGH [...] Summary: On March 29, Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with General Manager of South Oil Company (SOC) Jabbar Ali Husayn Al Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO). Al Lu'aybi refuted concerns of oil smuggling through the SOC terminal and questioned a report he had receive [...]	2006-04-03 16:03:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG EINV IZ
06BASRAH47	SNAPSHOT OF MAYSAN - THE INDEPENDENT PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Maysan province, which shares the longest border with Iran, is regarded as the independent province, and the population has a reputation as a self-reliant people who look to their tribal leaders for leadership and guidance. Politically and socially the province is conservative [...]	2006-04-06 12:20:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ ECON
06BASRAH49	MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE BASRAH COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Wielders of power and influence in Basrah outside of the local government can be classified into three general categories: highly respected sheikhs and imams, thugs and militia leaders, and a nebulous third category of individuals in positions of power but whose influence on the [...]	2006-04-07 11:45:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KISL IZ

06BASRAH53	BASRAH GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah met with local Iraqi National Accord (INA) chairman and Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayid Ghali Najim on April 11. Sayid Ghali told the RC that he wanted to "consult" with him on the continuing stagnation [...]	2006-04-11 15:42:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BASRAH55	MILITIAS IN BASRAH -- DIRTY POLITICS PERSONIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Most of the militias in Basrah are controlled by political parties or, in some instances, are now political parties in their own right. The insidious nature of militias acting as political parties - or vice versa - makes politics in Basrah particularly perverse. The Fadillah pa [...]	2006-04-15 06:17:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BASRAH56	TRIBAL LEADERS FED UP WITH BAD SECURITY IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On April 12, Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheikh Kadim Al Gatrani, the Chair of the Basrah Council of Nobles (CoN) and leader of the Al Gatrani tribe in Basrah. As one of the most powerful and influential sheikhs in Basrah, Sheikh Kadim's message that security in Ba [...]	2006-04-15 11:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL SOCI IZ
06BASRAH69	SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHIEF PESSIMISTIC, BUT COMMITTED TO A [...] (C) On May 4, Regional Coordinator (RC),Deputy RC and Poloff met with South Oil Company (SOC) General Manager Jabbar Ali Husayn al-Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) as part of an ongoing dialogue. Looking visibly tired, Jabbar started the meeting on a positive note and confirmed re [...]	2006-05-06 15:38:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
06BASRAH79	BASRAH SECURITY ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) Summary: The recent uptick of violence in Basrah is directly attributable to the endemic political corruption and use of militia forces for criminal purposes. Killings of Sunni citizens have increased at an alarming rate, but the organized bloodshed knows no community boundaries. Govern [...]	2006-05-16 15:05:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH88	BASRAH ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting, Dr. Wathib Al Amood, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and member of the Reconstruction Committee, told Poloff that electricity availability in Basrah had declined from "three on, three off," to "two on, four off" since the beginning of May. With temperatures in t [...]	2006-05-29 11:28:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD IZ
06BASRAH93	SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH NEWLY-APPOINTED BASRAH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: It is unlikely that the 5-person emergency security committee appointed by PM Nouri Al Maliki will be able to positively impact on the security situation in Basrah. Three of its members, Badr Corps head Hadi al-Amiri, former Minister of Transportation Salam al-Maliki, and Minist [...]	2006-06-04 17:33:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC IZ
06BASRAH94	PM MALIKI DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a press conference in Basrah on May 31, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a one-month state of emergency in Basrah and requested that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) devise a security plan to stabilize the city. This announcement follows a May 29 press conference in Basra [...]	2006-06-05 15:23:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH99	READ-OUT FROM NEW FADILLAH PARTY LEADERSHIP IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with the new head of the Basrah Fadillah Party, Dr. Jamal Abdul Zahra Mezel, at the Fadillah Party headquarters. Dr. Jamal stated that the Fadillah Party in Basrah believed that the media was blowing the security issue out of pr [...]	2006-06-07 07:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ENRG EPET IZ
06BEIJING10104	PRC/UN: MFA BRIEFS ON UNSYG ANNAN VISIT [...] (C) UN SYG Annan asked President Hu Jintao what opinions or advice the UN can offer to help break the current Six-Party Talks impasse, MFA International Organizations Department Officer Guo Xuejun told Poloff on May 23. Hu said China continues to work with the other Partiesto resume the Six-P [...]	2006-05-24 10:50:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV UN CH
06BEIJING10121	ENERGY POINTS TO NDRC ON FIVE-PARTY MINISTERIAL, [...] (U) Economic Minister-Counselor and Energy Attache presented ref A points to National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Energy Bureau Deputy Director General XU Yongsheng on May 25. China's Five-Party Energy Ministerial Proposal 2. (SBU) DDG Xu thanked Washington agencies for t [...]	2006-05-25 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETTC PREL CH IR
06BEIJING1057	SENATOR MURKOWSKI HIGHLIGHTS U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] (SBU) Senator Murkowski highlighted U.S. concerns about the status of the Six-Party Talks during meetings with NPC Chairman Wu Bangguo and CCP Central Committee International Department Vice Minister Ma Wenpu. Wu blamed mistrust between the United States and DPRK for the current impasse in t [...]	2006-01-17 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP CH KN
06BEIJING10779	PRC/SINGAPORE: LEE KUAN YEW DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Singapore Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew used his May 10-17 isit to China to urge Chinese cunterparts including Premier Wen Jiabao to develop a bilateral relationship that reflects the increased role of energy security in world affairs, according to Chinese MFA Deputy Director He Wei. The t [...]	2006-06-01 04:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SN TW
06BEIJING10895	JUNE 1 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE, [...] Key points made at the June 1 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China welcomes U.S. gestures and willingness to resolve the Iran nuclear issue through dialogue, while not supporting the "arbitrary" use of sanctions in handling international affairs. -- Addressing the China-Arab Coope [...]	2006-06-01 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ECON CH JP KN
06BEIJING11173	CHINA/ENERGY: BRITISH EMBASSY CONSIDERING ASKING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: A British Embassy official on Friday June 2, 2006 informally sounded out Embassy Beijing reaction to a possible move by the British Government to promote China's membership in the International Energy Agency (IEA). The British Embassy has yet to present the pr [...]	2006-06-05 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL CH UK
06BEIJING11382	JUNE 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MILITARY DEVELOPMENT, [...] Key points made at the June 6 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- The United States maintains the largest military expenditure in the world and has "no reason" to criticize China's military development. -- China is making significant progress in combating human trafficking and is prepa [...]	2006-06-06 09:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH JP KN
06BEIJING11751	MFA BRIEFS ON SINO-ARAB COOPERATION FORUM [...] (C) Summary. Sino-Arab cooperation has risen to a higher level as a result of the May 31- June 1 Sino- Arab Cooperation Forum's Second Ministerial meeting, according to Ambassador in charge of the Sino-Arab Forum Yao Kuangyi. During a readout, Yao indicated that the Action Plan for 2006 ? 20 [...]	2006-06-09 11:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS CH
06BEIJING11755	PRC PREMIER TO VISIT 7 AFRICAN NATIONS [...] MFA Assistant Minister He Yafei previewed Premier Wen Jiabao's June 17-24 tour of Egypt, Ghana, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda to reporters. Besides meeting the leaders of each nation, Premier Wen will meet Chinese medical workers, tour an HIV/AIDS preve [...]	2006-06-09 12:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING11811	HIRC STAFFDEL HALPIN'S CHINA VISIT [...] (SBU) Reftels reported that House International Relations Committee (HIRC) STAFFDEL Halpin, consisting of Dennis Halpin and Hans Hogrefe, cut short its visit to Xinjiang after members of the family of Rebiya Kadeer were detained. As noted reftels, the STAFFDEL and the Embassy repeatedly urged [...]	2006-06-12 03:36:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CASC ENRG UNAUS CH JP
06BEIJING12531	JUNE 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN/SCO SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the June 15 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- Iranian President Ahmadinejad's remarks at the June 15 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit reflected only Iran's position. -- Beijing welcomes Iran's willingness to negotiate with relevant parties to resolve [...]	2006-06-15 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PHUM ASEC CH IR
06BEIJING12549	CHINA: IS INDUSTRIAL OVERCAPACITY OVERWHELMING, OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAS IDENTIFIED SEVERAL INDUSTRIAL SECTORS AS SUFFERING FROM OVERCAPACITY. THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT RECENTLY ISSUED REGULATIONS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION OUT OF FEAR THAT THE OVERCAPACITY PROBLEM COULD IMPACT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY. THE REGULATIONS [...]	2006-06-16 05:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG ELAB SENV WTRO CH
06BEIJING13022	JUNE 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH, [...] Key points made at the June 20 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China has "taken note" of reports of an impending DPRK missile launch. -- China will send an official delegation to the African Union Summit in July. China and Angola will sign a series of treaties involving law enfo [...]	2006-06-20 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH KN
06BEIJING1306	STRONG DOMESTIC PRESSURE DRIVING IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: A strong domestic consensus in Iran is driving the government to restart enrichment activities and to pursue an indigenous nuclear program, according to MFA West Asia and African Affairs Iran Division Director Xu Wei. In a January 19 meeting, Xu said that Beijing believes it is [...]	2006-01-20 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR EU AORC CH
06BEIJING13919	Chinese Think-tank Addresses Challenges to [...] (U) Summary: Officials at the Central Government's premier foreign affairs research and policy institution stressed the importance of sustainable human-based development at a meeting on June 6. A comprehensive approach, which takes into account social, environmental, and resources costs, is [...]	2006-06-30 06:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV SOCI SENV CH
06BEIJING14514	PRC ON EAST CHINA SEA TALKS [...] (C) China and Japan agreed to continue the process of consultations on the East China Sea dispute, to establish a panel of technical experts and to set up a hotline, MFA Asian Affairs Department Japan Division Deputy Director Lu Guijun told poloff during a July 11 briefing on the July 8-9 tal [...]	2006-07-11 14:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA CH
06BEIJING15388	July 13 Preparatory Meeting for Energy Ministerial [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On July 13, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) hosted a successful preparatory meeting to discuss a proposed five country Energy Ministerial Roundtable in Beijing later this fall. Reflecting input from the Japanese and Korean delegations, the [...]	2006-07-25 23:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET CH JA KS IN
06BEIJING15609	CHINA/ENERGY: DAS FOR ENERGY AND SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 12 and 14, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Energy and Sanctions Paul Simons, held SIPDIS separate meetings respectively with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) President Fu Chengyu, and Sinopec Vice President Zhang Yaocang. CNOOC President Fu said i [...]	2006-07-28 08:35:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH
06BEIJING15779	COMMERCE U/S LAVIN MEETS NDRC VICE CHAIRMAN ZHANG, [...] (SBU)Summary: Franklin L. Lavin, Department of Commerce Under Secretary (U/S) for International Trade on July 28, 2006 held separate meetings with National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang and State-owned Asset Supervisory and Administration Commission (SA [...]	2006-08-01 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR ECON WTRO KIPR CH TW
06BEIJING16162	CHINESE TELL BOUCHER STABILITY, SECURITY AND GOOD [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials, academics, and oil industry professionals told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard A. Boucher during his July 30 ? August 2 visit to China that stability and security are China's foreign policy goals in the Central and Sou [...]	2006-08-07 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XD XK CH
06BEIJING16513	CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo on August 11 in Beijing to discuss key U.S.- China bilateral issues following the third annual U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary Group (IPG) dialogue in Guilin. Senators raised concern [...]	2006-08-12 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG CH
06BEIJING16515	CODEL STEVENS AND NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO DISCUSS [...] (C) CODEL STEVENS, ACCOMPANIED BY THE AMBASSADOR, MET WITH NATIONAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (NPC) CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO ON AUGUST 11 IN BEIJING TO DISCUSS KEY U.S.- CHINA BILATERAL ISSUES FOLLOWING THE THIRD ANNUAL U.S.-CHINA INTER-PARLIAMENTARY GROUP (IPG) DIALOGUE IN GUILIN. SENATORS RAISED CONCERN [...]	2006-08-13 22:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG CH TW KN LE IR
06BEIJING16631	CODEL Stevens: U.S.-China Inter-Parliamentary [...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed issues including Taiwan, North Korea, Lebanon, China?s defense policy, energy security, intellectual property rights (IPR),the exchange rate and bilateral trade with members of the Chinese National People?s Congress (NPC) in Guilin [...]	2006-08-14 07:52:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG SENV KIPR OREP CH TW
06BEIJING16814	CODEL STEVENS DISCUSSES ENERGY POLICY WITH NDRC [...] (SBU) CODEL Stevens, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed energy policy with new National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice Chairman Chen Deming. Chen emphasized that China intends to maintain 90 percent energy self-sufficiency by relying on domestic coal resources and develop [...]	2006-08-15 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENGR KNNP TRGY CH
06BEIJING18543	CHINA REACTS TO JAPAN'S PROTEST OVER EAST CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN AUGUST 30 AGAIN VOICED DISAGREEMENT WITH JAPAN OVER GAS EXPLORATION ACTIVITIES IN THE EAST CHINA SEA. AFTER TOKYO RAISED OBJECTIONS ABOUT CONSTRUCTION OF NEW CHINESE "STRUCTURES" IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE EAST CHINA SEA IN JULY, BEIJING RESPO [...]	2006-09-01 10:20:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING19030	China Pushes SCO Economic Agenda at Western China [...] (SBU) Sumary: Zhang Deguang, Secretary General of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO),exhorted his central Asian counterparts at a September 2 event in Urumqi to quickly conclude three key economic agreements on customs, transportation and protection of foreign investment. These ar [...]	2006-09-08 09:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PTER CH ZK
06BEIJING19661	CHINA-JAPAN: BEIJING AWAITS ABE'S REMARKS BEFORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: CHINA HAD NO ROLE IN PUBLICIZING A PHOTO OF PREMIER WEN JIABAO SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER KOIZUMI AT THIS WEEK'S ASEM SUMMIT, A FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL SAID. CHINA REMAINS INTERESTED IN IMPROVING RELATIONS WITH JAPAN, THE OFFICIAL SAID, BUT AWAITS PRESUMPTIVE NE [...]	2006-09-15 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG JA CH
06BEIJING19683	PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D357208 DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) to be conducted at the facilities of the DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER OF CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (CGS),No. 4 [...]	2006-09-18 06:45:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING20070	PRE-LICENSE CHECK D355915 ZHEJIANG HESHENG [...] REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check end-use visit to determine the reliability of ZHEJIANG HESHENG CHEMICAL CO. LTD (a/k/a HE SHENG CHEMICAL) to receive controlled United States goods and technology. BIS license application D355915 lists ZHEJIANG HE SHENG CHEMICAL CO. LTD as the potential ult [...]	2006-09-21 05:34:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
06BEIJING20900	SEPTEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TAIWAN ISSUES, [...] Key points made at the September 28 MFA press briefing were: -- China opposes inclusion of Taiwan in the US-Japan bilateral alliance. -- China attaches great importance to improving relations with Japan. -- China welcomes Secretary Rice to visit China at a "proper time." -- China is [...]	2006-09-28 12:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH JP
06BEIJING21796	BEIJING SCHOLARS ON DPRK DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) China's issuance of a tough statement in reaction to the DPRK claimed nuclear test reflected President Hu Jintao's anger over Pyongyang's defiance, according to Beijing think tanker An Hongquan (protect). The Chinese leadership was particularly "shocked and angered" by the timing of the DP [...]	2006-10-13 13:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR CH KS KN
06BEIJING21851	QUESTIONABLE PROGRESS ON SINO-TURKMENISTAN GAS [...] (SBU) An industry contact questions recent reports that China has approved construction of a pipeline to carry gas imported from Turkmenistan -- a decision, that if carried through, would carry forward a deal announced last April by the presidents of both counties for gas sales. Separately, t [...]	2006-10-16 06:09:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV EPET CH
06BEIJING22983	OCTOBER 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CHINA-AFRICA [...] Key Points made at the October 31 Press Briefing were: -- Japan's demand that North Korea not rejoin the Six-Party Talks as a nuclear power can be handled within the framework of the Talks. -- There has been no change in China's policy regarding the normal trade relations with the DPRK. [...]	2006-10-31 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH PK KN
06BEIJING23169	PRC/AFRICA: BEIJING DECKS ITSELF OUT TO WELCOME [...] (C) Beijing is rolling out a dramatic welcome for participants in the November 3-5 Forum on China Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). Bright billboards, signs and installations with an African flavor festoon the city's main street. Authorities have beefed up security and will enforce special rules [...]	2006-11-01 11:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING23353	SCHOLARS SAY SCO EXPANSION, IRANIAN MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) Chinese scholars say that by 2007 the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) could be in a position to accept new permanent and observer members and will further establish a framework to address economic development, good governance and energy issues in Central Asia. Iran could become a [...]	2006-11-02 10:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PTER ZK RS CH IR
06BEIJING23356	NOVEMBER 2 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: NORTH KOREA, AFRICA [...] Key Points made at the November 2, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- The resumption of the Six-Party Talks is a positive step towards insuring peace and stability on the North Korean Peninsula. The Talks will resume at the parties' earliest convenience. -- Six African leaders will make state [...]	2006-11-02 12:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC TBIO KFLU AGOA JA CH KN
06BEIJING23571	PRC CLAIMS HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGERY ON GOOGLE EARTH [...] (C) China wants the United States Government to take action to get Google to reduce the resolution of the Google Earth images of China's military, nuclear, space, energy and other sensitive government agency installations in order to deprive terrorists of potentially dangerous information, XXXXXXX [...]	2006-11-07 06:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR TSPA CH
06BEIJING23628	NOVEMBER 7 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points made at the regular November 7 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China calls for speedy resumption of Six-Party Talks. The spokesman deflected a question about excluding Japan from the Talks. -- United States' Undersecretaries Nick Burns and Robert Joseph will visit China this week [...]	2006-11-07 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG KN CH
06BEIJING23631	ASEAN-CHINA SUMMIT MEMORIALIZES COOPERATION; TEES [...] (C) Heads of state from all ten ASEAN member countries attended the largely ceremonial October 30-31 ASEAN-China 15-year anniversary Summit hosted by Premier Wen Jiabao in China's Guangxi Province. The leaders signed a joint statement pledging to enhance strategic cooperation, to support a nu [...]	2006-11-07 13:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG EAIR EAID KWMN CH
06BEIJING23696	EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN AND FISS SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) Prime Minister Abe's visit to Beijing was an "icebreaking event" and momentum in resolving outstanding differences between Beijing and Tokyo is building very quickly, Chen Zhiya, Secretary General of the Foundation for International Strategic Studies (FISS) told EAP DAS Thomas Christensen [...]	2006-11-08 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN CH
06BEIJING23715	NOVEMBER 9 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S. MIDTERM [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- China has no comment on the resignation of Defense Secretary Rumsfeld or the midterm elections and stands ready SIPDIS to work with the United States and both its political parties. -- VFM Wu Dawei discussed the DPRK with [...]	2006-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KN RS CH JA
06BEIJING23811	CHINA/ENERGY: SENATOR CANTWELL, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN ZHANG [...] (SBU) United States Senator Maria Cantwell (WA) and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Guobao met to discuss a broad range of bilateral energy issues on Monday November 13, 2006. Senator Cantwell invited Zhang to travel to Washington State for bilateral energ [...]	2006-11-16 07:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING23938	CHINA/ENERGY: SENIOR DIRECTOR HUNTER, NDRC VICE-CHAIRMAN [...] (SBU) NSC Senior Director Roszell Hunter and National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) Vice-Chairman Zhang Xiaoqiang met to discuss energy and environmental issues relating to the Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) on November 16, 2006. Senior Director Hunter stated Washington wants cr [...]	2006-11-20 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ETRD SENV TRGY CH
06BEIJING24127	PRC SATISFIED WITH PRESIDENT HU JINTAO'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Chinese President Hu Jintao's November 15-20 state visits to Vietnam and Laos succeeded in strengthening Beijing's relationship with these two socialist neighbors, according to MFA officials and third-country diplomats. In Hanoi, Hu pledged support for Vietnamese efforts to enter [...]	2006-11-28 11:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG CH VM LA
06BEIJING24348	(C) PRC/AFRICA: ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA AT THE [...] (C) President Hu Jintao met with both Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A),according to MFA contacts, who added that the two African leaders did not meet each other while [...]	2006-12-06 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIJING24641	LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH
06BEIJING24655	LABOR SECRETARY CHAO'S MEETING WITH SAWS MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Li Yizhong, Minister for the State Administration for Work Safety (SAWS) met with Labor Secretary Chao on December 15, after the conclusion of the SIPDIS Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED). SAWS did not participate in the SED. Secretary Chao told Li that the SED was a histo [...]	2006-12-20 00:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PREL PHUM EMIN ENRG PBIO CH
06BEIJING24779	CHINA/ENERGY: EMBASSY OBJECTS TO CNOOC ON REPORTED [...] (SBU) Reuters reported on December 20 that the China National Overseas Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Iran reached agreement to develop Iran's northern Pars gas field and build liquefied natural gas. The Department asked us to confirm with CNOOC if the report was accurate (ref. B). While CNOOC, [...]	2006-12-26 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETTC ENRG EPET PREL IR CH
06BEIJING24780	CHINA/ENERGY: SINOPEC SAYS NO IRAN DEAL FINALIZED, [...] (SBU) Summary: Sinopec Director-General for Foreign Affairs Tang Suxin stated that contrary to Iranian press reports, Sinopec,s business cooperation with Iran on the Yadavaran Oilfield is currently at the contract negotiation stage. Iran was making propaganda to suit its own purposes, he add [...]	2006-12-26 11:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC ECON ENRG EINV EPET PREL IR CH
06BEIJING4557	JAPANESE ECONOMIC OFFICERS ON MINISTER NIKAI [...] (C) Summary. EconMinCouns and Econoff met with Japanese Embassy Economic Counselor Nishimiya and First Secretary Ishikawa to discuss Trade Minister Nikai,s February 21-23 visit to Beijing (ref A) and other issues. Nikai met with Premier Wen Jiabao, State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan, Ministry of [...]	2006-03-10 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTRO KIPR PREL EFIN CH JA
06BEIJING4560	CHINESE LESS NEGATIVE THAN JAPANESE ON OUTCOME OF [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to the negative Japanese assessment of the March 6-7 Japan-China East China Sea Talk reported reftel, MFA Japan Division Deputy Director Xue Jian claimed some progress had been made. China and Japan reached consensus on the principle of joint development, although bot [...]	2006-03-11 03:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG CH JA
06BEIJING4958	MARCH 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: U.S.-CHINA TRADE [...] Key points made at the March 16 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China hopes U.S.-China economic and trade frictions can be resolved through consultation but will no longer adopt administrative measures to control exchange rate fluctuation. - China does not view the United States as [...]	2006-03-16 11:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH JP IR KN
06BEIJING5223	MARCH 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CONGRESSIONAL VISIT, [...] Key points made at the March 21 MFA press briefing are as follows: - During a March 21 meeting with U.S. Senators Graham, Schumer and Coburn, Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing emphasized that the two countries should view bilateral relations from a strategic perspective and properly resolve dis [...]	2006-03-21 11:03:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM PARM CH IR
06BEIJING683	U.S.-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETS VFM QIAO ZONGHUAI [...] (SBU) Maintaining close relations with the DPRK and Iran gives Beijing the ability to play a constructive role in resolving their nuclear issues, VFM Qiao Zonghuai told Congressmen Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney on January 10. China remains dedicated to fulfilling commitments it made [...]	2006-01-13 04:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TSPA KIPR KN IR TW CH
06BEIJING6852	APRIL 11 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PRESIDENT HU'S U.S. [...] Key points made at the April 11 MFA press briefing are as follows: - President Hu Jintao will visit the United States April 18-21, Saudi Arabia April 22-24, Morocco April 24-26, Nigeria April 26-27 and Kenya April 27-28. - Beijing hopes President Hu's U.S. trip will help reduce bilateral [...]	2006-04-11 10:41:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PHUM PARM KNNP CH IR
06BEIJING7115	NDU DELEGATION MEETS WITH CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF [...] (C) Chief of the PLA General Staff Liang Guanglie advocated increased bilateral mil-to-mil exchanges, called Chen Shui-bian's cessation of the NUC and NUG a "dangerous step" and gave a general explanation for China's increased military spending in his April 11 meeting with a delegation from [...]	2006-04-14 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CH TW
06BEIJING7118	U.S.-CHINA LATIN AMERICA SUBDIALOGUE: A/S [...] (C) China attaches great importance to U.S.-China bilateral cooperation on Western Hemispheric affairs, MFA Director General for Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon at the commencement of the first U.S.-China Subdialogue on Latin America under the U.S.-China Senior/ [...]	2006-04-14 12:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON CH
06BEIJING7119	A/S SHANNON LUNCH MEETING WITH DG ZENG ON [...] (C) Chinese companies have not been spared from the political and economic turmoil in Venezuela, MFA Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Director General Zeng Gang told A/S Shannon during their April 14 working lunch. Despite the "severe protectionism" that has hurt the bottom line of PRC i [...]	2006-04-14 13:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV CH CU VE XM
06BEIJING7349	WHA A/S SHANNON DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH [...] (SBU) Over dinner with Chinese businessmen and academics on April 13, WHA Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon explained that the United States is launching consultations with China on Latin America as part of a broader dialogue. The Chinese executives explained that their firms operate in La [...]	2006-04-18 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EIND ETRD CH CU TW VE XM
06BEIJING7353	MIDDLE EAST SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHINA'S CONCERNS [...] (C) Beijing believes that military conflict involving Iran would severely threaten China's oil imports from the region, according to prominent Middle East scholar Yin Gang. Chinese Government officials are frustrated with President Ahmadinejad because he fails to accept the possibility of an [...]	2006-04-18 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG IR CH
06BEIJING8028	APRIL 27 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] Key points made at the April 27 MFA press briefing are as follows: - China is awaiting IAEA Director General ElBaradei's upcoming report on Iran and expects the report to provide a comprehensive and objective assessment. - China firmly opposes Taiwan political figures conducting activiti [...]	2006-04-27 11:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PARM PTER KNNP CH IR TW
06BEIJING8257	EAP SENIOR ADVISOR MCGANN DISCUSSES STRAITS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28 EAP Senior Advisor Steven McGann briefed MFA Asian Affairs Department Counselor Guo Yan on the 2005 Jakarta International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting and the February 2006 Alameda &Enhancing the Safe Use of the Strait of Malacca Conference.8 McGann explained t [...]	2006-05-04 09:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IMO EFIS ETTW KTIA ASEC CH
06BEIJING9507	MAY 16 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SCO SUMMIT, [...] Key points made at the May 18 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- China stands ready to help solve the Iran nuclear issue and hopes the EU-3 proposal will prove to be feasible and acceptable to Iran. -- The leaders of all SCO member states and observer states, including Iran President [...]	2006-05-18 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ECON KNNP CH IR JP
06BEIJING9666	PRC/RUSSIA: BRIEFING ON RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held very productive bilateral talks with China's Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, Russian Senior Counselor Evgueny Tomikhin told the A/DCM in a May 18 meeting. On May 16, Lavrov was received by President Hu Jintao and held extensive talks with [...]	2006-05-19 08:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU CH IR
06BEIRUT1544	MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...]	2006-05-17 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE
06BEIRUT1712	MGLE01: FINANCE MINISTER UPBEAT ABOUT ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. On May 30, Ambassador and Econ/Commercial Officer met with Finance Minister Azour to discuss the status of GOL economic reform efforts. Azour was upbeat as a result of the Lebanese economy's encouraging macroeconomic indicators and what he described as the positive reception he [...]	2006-05-31 12:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV LE
06BEIRUT1915	MGLE01: INFORMATION ON SA'AD HARIRI [...] (C/NF) Reftel requested information on Member of Parliament Sa'ad Hariri. Embassy Beirut's answers are keyed to the questions as set forth in reftel. HARIRI'S PERSONALITY -------------------- 2. (C/NF) Hariri is open, engaged, generally warm and friendly, and easily accessible (when [...]	2006-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV FR LE SA
06BEIRUT2587	LEBANON: FUEL AND ELECTRICAL POWER STATUS AS OF [...] (C/NF) The fuel and electrical power shortages in Lebanon have become serious. Lebanon's economy is operating at greatly reduced leels through austere rationing of gasoline, reduced consumption in the transport sector, selective brownouts of the electrical power grid. Some increase in the [...]	2006-08-10 09:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY ENRG
06BEIRUT2751	LEBANON: ECONOMY MINISTER SAYS BLOCKADE IS [...] (C) During an August 23 meeting with Representatives Christopher Shays (R-CT),Al Green (D-TX),Robert Inglis (R-SC),Brian Higgins (R-NY),Ambassador Feltman, and staffers and poloffs, Lebanese Economy and Trade Minister Sami Haddad (a Protestant close to March 14) said that anti-U.S. feeli [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT2826	LEBANON: MODERATE SHI'A MP YASSINE JABER ON [...] (S) The Lebanese economy, government and armed forces have been weakened by years of crisis and the recent armed conflict, according to moderate Shi'a MP Yassine Jaber. Lebanon's institutions are incapable of heading off the Hizballah threat without significant support from the international c [...]	2006-08-31 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL ECON PGOV PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2971	LEBANON: GHASSAN TAHER LAYS OUT PARTIAL REBUILDING [...] (C) During a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Grand Serail, PM Siniora's reconstruction adviser Ghassan Taher-Fadlallah described his specific role in the reconstruction effort, noting that he is the point person for project coordination. Taher explained the GOL st [...]	2006-09-13 15:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL LE
06BEIRUT3231	LEBANESE ECONOMY MINISTER: AG AND FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade (MOET) Sami Haddad summarized on October 5 for the Ambassador and econoff his attempts to phase out GOL agricultural subsidies, revive the TIFA and WTO accession, and move forward on Lebanon's social reform agenda. The Beirut I donor conference is likely to p [...]	2006-10-05 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KCRM ECON LE SY
06BEIRUT613	MGLE01: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DRUSE LEADER [...] (C) For better or worse, Walid Jumblatt may well be the single person most responsible for where we are in Lebanon today. He was a warlord in the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and became a pillar of the post-Ta'if Agreement "pax Syriana." Lately, however, he has emerged as the most importan [...]	2006-03-02 07:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BELGRADE1013	GOS TO PURSUE PHASED PRIVATIZATION OF OIL COMPANY [...] The GOS will move forward on a draft privatization strategy for state-owned oil and gas company Naftna Industrija Srbije (NIS) submitted by adviser Merrill Lynch, according to the head of the privatization steering group. In a recent meeting, Slobodan Sokolovic, Assistant Minister of Energy a [...]	2006-06-23 14:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR
06BELGRADE1157	Elections Timetable Speculations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite previous pronouncements suggesting fall elections, many of our interlocutors believe that the current coalition will hold together until after a decision is made regarding Kosovo's final status, with new elections occurring about 45 to 90 days later. Although elections [...]	2006-07-20 06:11:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL SR
06BELGRADE1257	GOS ADOPTS PRIVATIZATION STRATEGY FOR NIS [...] (U) On July 20, the Government of Serbia (GOS) approved the privatization strategy of state-owned oil company "Naftna Industrija Srbije" (NIS). The approved strategy was not the preferred option proposed by the privatization advisor consortium Merrill Lynch and Raiffeisen Investment. The appr [...]	2006-08-09 11:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON EINV SR
06BELGRADE1258	MOBI 63 SOLD FOR EUR 1.513 BILLION [...] On August 1, the largest Norwegian mobile operator Telenor signed the sales agreement with the Government of Serbia (GOS) to buy Serbian mobile operator Mobi 63 (former Mobtel) for EUR 1.513 billion. Telenor won the televised auction organized the day before, competing with Austrian Mobilkom [...]	2006-08-09 11:08:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV BTIO KPRV SR
06BELGRADE1765	SERBIA OFFERS INCENTIVES TO FOREIGN INVESTORS [...] (U) Attracting foreign direct investment is increasingly becoming a priority for the Serbian government. The GOS is developing a range of incentives for investors, including cash grants to investments resulting in significant job creation, as well as tax incentives in the form of credits and [...]	2006-10-27 08:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EINV ECON SR
06BELGRADE1877	SERBIAN FISCAL EXPANSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serbia's macroeconomic outlook appears strong as the country moves toward elections. GDP was up 6.7 percent in the first half of 2006, inflation likely will reach only 9 percent, and strong export growth continues, at 27 percent. Record inflows of foreign direct investment, mainl [...]	2006-11-20 10:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN EIND PGOV SR
06BELGRADE1899	SERBIA: 2006-2007 INCSR SUBMISSION PART II - [...] As the result of a public referendum on May 21, 2006, the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (SAM) was dissolved and Montenegro became an independent country. The Government of the Republic of Serbia (GOS) became the legacy member of the Council of Europe and the United Nations. As a result [...]	2006-11-22 13:24:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SR MW
06BELGRADE2062	RUSSIA, SERBIA SIGN MOU ON PIPELINE [...] (SBU) The Serbian Government (GOS),state-owned gas company Srbijagas and Russian Gazprom-Gazexport signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Moscow on December 20 that establishes a framework for future cooperation and a possible agreement with Gazprom on extension of the Blue Stream gas p [...]	2006-12-22 11:20:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EIND SR
06BELGRADE768	CENTRAL BANK TIGHTENS - AGAIN [...] SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL BANK OF SERBIA REACTED TO APRIL'S HIGHER INFLATION BY FURTHER TIGHTENING MONETARY POLICY. THE CENTRAL BANK NOT ONLY RAISED THE RESERVE REQUIREMENT ON OVERSEAS BORROWING BY BANKS, BUT IT ALSO FORMALLY IMPOSE LIMITS ON BANKS' RETAIL LENDING, TIED TO THEIR BA [...]	2006-05-15 15:43:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV SR MW
06BELGRADE842	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 27 VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Your visit comes at a time when the future of Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) is at a critical crossroads. Serbia will face difficult decisions in the weeks and months ahead on such key issues as: Kosovo final status, the dissolution of the SaM State Union, full ICTY compliance (re [...]	2006-05-26 16:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL
06BELIZE369	BELIZE: UPDATED BIO OF NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Eamon Harrison Courtenay, DOB: 11 June 1960, married to Denise Courtenay (nee Mitchell) with two children: Gavin Harrison and Alyson Giselle, was appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 11 APR 2006 and re-appointed Senator on 18 APR 2006. From 2003 to August 2004 Courtenay [...]	2006-04-27 15:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BH
06BELIZE937	BELIZE: GOB CONSTRUCTING HOLDING TANKS FOR [...] On October 18, Econ FSN spoke with Zaid Flores, General Manager of the Belize Banana Grower's Association and one of three owners/directors of the Big Creek Port, who confirmed that the Government of Belize (GoB) has contracted the services of the Big Creek Port to handle all on-ground logisti [...]	2006-10-25 22:05:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL SOCI BH
06BERLIN1132	GERMANY'S GAS IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA: BACKGROUND TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Energy issues will feature in Chancellor Merkel's agenda for April 26-27 talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Siberia. Recent EU-Gazprom exchanges and German media have played up the emotional side of Russian gas deliveries to the EU. Economics Minister Glos and an al [...]	2006-04-27 05:00:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL PGOV GM RU EUN
06BERLIN1495	GERMAN-IRAN TRADE: CHILL IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Increased international pressure on Iran to halt its uranium enrichment activities may already be affecting Germany's trade with Iran, despite record numbers for 2005. Germany enjoys a substantial trade surplus with Iran, but officials and business people report German businesses [...]	2006-06-02 14:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD ETTC GM MNUC PREL IR
06BERLIN1950	Snapshot of German Economy - Growth Remains Modest [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany remains on track for a mild economic revival this year, with 0.4% GDP growth in the first quarter of 2006 and expectations of 1.8% for the year as a whole. Recent unemployment figures were better than expected after the disappointing start earlier in the year. Busines [...]	2006-07-11 15:41:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PREL GM
06BERLIN3267	OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. OBJECTIVES DURING [...] (C) Summary: While debates over constitutional reform will limit Germany's ability to launch major initiatives, Germany's EU presidency presents opportunities for the U.S. and Germany to advance shared objectives and improve coordination. On energy, we have an opportunity to promote closer c [...]	2006-11-08 16:45:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PTER GM EU
06BERLIN3399	ENERGY AND GERMANY'S EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The German EU presidency provides us with opportunities to engage both Germany and the EU on all aspects of energy policy, including the question of standards for the next generation of energy technologies. Germany plans to make energy a key focus of its EU and G-8 presidenci [...]	2006-11-30 12:22:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL EU GM
06BERLIN3558	GERMANY SUPPORTS NARROW SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings with German government officials and business associations show continued willingness to support targeted sanctions concerning Iran's nuclear and missile programs, but at the same time reflect little enthusiasm for pursuing broader sanctions against Iran. Official [...]	2006-12-21 10:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EPET ETRD GM MNUC PREL IR

06BISHKEK1588	KYRGYZ WELCOME REGIONAL ELECTRICITY INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: During the October 30-31 visit of SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch and SCA RAO Leo Gallagher to Bishkek, Kyrgyz officials expressed support for developing infrastructure to export electricity, reform of the power sector and foreign investment in the Kyrgyz energy sector. However [...]	2006-11-13 03:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KG
06BISHKEK1752	KYRGYZ BROADCAST MEDIA: THE INFLUENTIAL AIRWAVES [...] (U) This is the third in a series of cables on the state of the media in Kyrgyzstan, with additional cables covering Kyrgyz National TV (KTR) and an overall analysis to follow. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Clearly all parties in the political spectrum of Kyrgyzstan see broadcast media as the most powe [...]	2006-12-13 10:58:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KPAO KG
06BOGOTA10214	ARAUCA AND CATATUMBO: 3 KEYS TO SECURITY [...] (S) Security in Arauca department is much improved, with no pipeline attacks this year and the population increasingly cooperating with the COLMIL. Three keys to this progress are U.S.-funded helicopters for combat air mobility, judicial processes against militias relying on out-of-town pros [...]	2006-11-02 18:54:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PROG PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10571	COLOMBIA AND VENEZUELA: TIES THAT BIND [...] (C) President Uribe sees Venezuela's polarizing, anti-U.S. focus as a serious problem, but prefers to manage President Chavez rather than confront him. He works to maintain a positive bilateral atmosphere, using joint energy projects and trade to create incentives to moderate Chavez' behavio [...]	2006-11-16 18:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CO
06BOGOTA10618	ECOPETROL TO CONSTRUCT PALM OIL BIODIESEL PLANT [...] Ecopetrol announced on November 15,2006 that it intends to build a biodiesel plant in Magdalena Department with an initial investment of USD 23 million. The plant is very close to Ecopetrol's refinery operations at Barrancabermeja, and would begin operations in 2008 (exact date unknown). The p [...]	2006-11-20 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ECON PGOV CO
06BOGOTA1118	SUMMARY - 2005 OIL INFRASTRUCTURE ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Colombian oil infrastructure attacks increased in 2005, due mainly to FARC offensives in the Putumayo region. While the overall number of oil pipeline and electrical tower attacks increased countrywide from 2004 levels, total figures remain at significantly reduced levels from t [...]	2006-02-06 22:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET MCAP MOPS CO
06BOGOTA1369	COLOMBIA SCENESETTER FOR LT. GENERAL CLAPPER [...] (C) The Embassy welcomes the visit of National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Director Lt. General Clapper to Colombia with enthusiasm. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern about Venezuela. With U.S. assistance, it is fighting each of t [...]	2006-02-14 11:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA1383	COLOMBIAN CONSTITUTIONAL MANDATE REDUCES SPENDING [...] SUMMARY: The Colombian constitution requires that the central government transfer funds to departments, which are equivalent to states in the U.S. The transfers are the primary source of revenue for the departments, and fund key programs such as education and healthcare. In some departments, [...]	2006-02-14 16:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CO
06BOGOTA144	WHY JANUARY 2006 IS DIFFERENT FROM JANUARY 2005 IN [...] (C) President Uribe broke the political custom of decades by winning the right to run for re-election. But campaign dynamics are complicating some of his policies. Absent tragedy, we can look to four-and-a-half more years of partnership like the last three-and-a-half years. In the face of [...]	2006-01-06 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR CO
06BOGOTA1448	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern about Venezuela. With U.S. assistance, it is fighting each of the fronts with a slightly different mix of political, military, and police measures, all of which are expensive and at times controv [...]	2006-02-15 16:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR CO
06BOGOTA1537	GREEN OIL -- GOC EFFORTS TO PROMOTE BIOFUELS [...] Summary: The Colombian government promotes the use of biofuels as part of a general strategy to reduce domestic consumption of dwindling oil reserves, reduce air pollution, and develop economic opportunity in the sugar and yucca industries. Recent legislation requires that gasoline contain [...]	2006-02-17 17:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET CO
06BOGOTA1643	ANALYSIS OF FARC'S POLITICAL-MILITARY STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) According to Colombian security analysts, the FARC's principal short term goals are to sabotage Uribe's reelection prospects; influence Congressional elections with intimidation and funding; and energize leftist constituencies. The FARC, though weakened by the Colombian military's offensi [...]	2006-02-22 16:00:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA2127	GOC-ELN CIVIL SOCIETY GUARANTOR SAYS LATEST TALKS [...] (C) GOC-ELN civil society guarantor Alejo Vargas told us that the latest round of exploratory in Havana were more tense than the first round, but resulted in a productive outcome. The next round starts early April, also in Cuba, but Vargas does not expect significant progress until after pre [...]	2006-03-08 20:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CO
06BOGOTA3049	DRUMMOND HAS MAJORITY STAKE IN NEW RAIL CONCESSION [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. based Drummond Co. recently purchased a controlling share of a new rail concession linking Colombia's coal belt in Cesar with the northern coast ports of Cienaga and Santa Marta, resolving one of Colombia's most serious trade irritants. Drummond and other coal companie [...]	2006-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ENRG EMIN CO
06BOGOTA3814	COLOMBIA SECURITY UPDATE - Q1'06 [...] (C) This quarterly review of the security outlook in Colombia considers Plan Patriota, FARC, ELN, and paramilitaries. The first quarter of 2006 was dominated by FARC pre-election actions and by large paramilitary demobilizations. Near the end of President Uribe's first term, his security in [...]	2006-05-01 17:20:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA4066	COLOMBIA'S FRUSTRATION WITH FTA DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The GOC is concerned over what it perceives as bad faith negotiating on the part of mid-level USTR officials. While senior Colombia trade officials have generally been reserved in public statements about the status of the FTA final texts, recent press reports indicate the GOC is [...]	2006-05-08 16:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL CO FTA USTR
06BOGOTA4125	COLOMBIA/VENEZUELA PIPELINE; PIPE DREAM BECOMING A [...] (C) Summary: GOC officials confirmed that a long-planned gas pipeline from La Guajira, Colombia to Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela is set to begin construction in July 2006. The pipeline is estimated to cost USD 300 million and will be financed entirely by the Venezuela's national petroleum company [...]	2006-05-10 13:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR EPET CO VE
06BOGOTA4294	COLOMBIA: 1Q06 LOOKS GOOD [...] Summary. Colombia's 1Q2006 GDP is exptected to grow at more than 5 percent, driven by stronger domestic consumption, increased access to credit, and low inflation. During the first quarter, the Colombian peso depreciated 2 percent relative to the dollar, highlighting the importance of the GOC [...]	2006-05-16 13:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON
06BOGOTA4754	COLOMBIA: LOCAL READ OUT ON A/S SHANNON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Representatives from the Chinese, Japanese and South Korean Embassies in Colombia said Assistant Secretary Shannon's visit to Asia to discuss Latin America was a success. All indicated their governments' willingness to continue the dialogue and look forward to future meetings. The Chin [...]	2006-05-30 19:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PREL ETRD ECON CO
06BOGOTA4894	A/S SHANNON MEETS PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wood met with President Uribe on May 26. Shannon emphasized U.S. policy in the region was based on cooperation, not confrontation; promoted democratic institutions and values; and addressed poverty, social exclusion, and inequality. Shannon said European offi [...]	2006-06-01 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ETRD ENRG SNAR CO
06BOGOTA5515	A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER BARCO [...] (C) A/S Thomas Shannon and Ambassador Wood met with Foreign Minister Carolina Barco on May 25. They exchanged views on Colombia's increasingly active regional diplomacy, Brazil's attitude toward Bolivia and Venezuela, Chavez's disruptive approach on the world stage, and relations with Chile. [...]	2006-06-16 22:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD PREL PTER SNAR CO
06BOGOTA5571	COLOMBIA ATPDEA-RELATED ACTIVITY 2005 [...] Below is Post's response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's request for information regarding Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) - related investment in Colombia during 2005. 2. Over the past decade, ATPDEA has provided significant economic benefits to [...]	2006-06-21 14:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD OTRA ASEC CO
06BOGOTA7383	COLOMBIA SECURITY UPDATE - Q2'06 [...] (C) Police and military operations at least temporarily pushed the FARC -- and many of its senior leaders -- out of the eastern side of the Macarena Park. Fighting on the western side continued. Police and the COLMIL deterred significant attacks during the presidential elections. FARC acti [...]	2006-08-14 14:48:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA7497	IS COLOMBIA READY FOR THE PARTIAL PRIVATIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV EPET CO
06BOGOTA7731	1.7 TRILLION CUBIC FEET METHANE GAS DISCOVERY AT [...] (C) U.S. based Drummond Corporation announced a 1.7 trillion cubic feet find of methane gas at their coal facility in La Loma, Cesar and at another block in La Guajira. The deposits increase by more than one-third Colombia's total reserves, presently estimated at 4.7 trillion cubic feet. The [...]	2006-08-23 22:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EMIN VE CO
06BOGOTA830	EX-LABOR LEADERS SAID TO USE ASYLUM IN EUROPE TO [...] (C) In a meeting on January 24 with LABOFF, leaders from Colombia's largest banker's union and its labor confederation claimed that exiled labor leaders with guerrilla affiliations are behind a Danish T-shirt sales campaign, whose proceeds reportedly are destined for the Revolutionary Armed For [...]	2006-01-30 16:19:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	ELAB PGOV PHUM PTER CO DA XT KLAB
06BOGOTA8793	PARAMILITARY JORGE 40'S COMPUTER LINKS HIM TO [...] Prosecutors are investigating information found on a computer hard drive allegedly belonging to paramilitary leader Jorge 40 that links him to murders, political corruption, and fraud, and contains extensive records of his ties to local and national politicians. A journalist who broke the st [...]	2006-09-22 17:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BRASILIA1056	BRAZIL - CVRD ON CHAVEZ AND CHINA [...] (SBU) Charge, CG and Econoff spoke to Brazilian mining giant Companhia Vale Rio Doce (CVRD) Director of Foreign Affairs, Renato Amorim, on May 26 about the company's stake in the current turmoil in the Latin American business climate and the increasing influence, often to Brazil's detriment, of [...]	2006-05-31 19:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET PREL BR CH VE
06BRASILIA1079	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 75 [...] The following is the seventy-fifth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-06-02 15:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1094	PETROBRAS' CAREFUL STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 26 meeting Petrobras Director of International Affairs Nestor Cervero told the Charge, CG and econoff that three issues occupy most of the discussion in ongoing negotiations with Bolivia -- the degree to which the Bolivian government will increase well-head taxes, how t [...]	2006-06-02 19:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CH BR BO
06BRASILIA1178	U.S. OIL EXPLORATION/PRODUCTION FIRMS FIND BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a series of June 5-6 meetings with U.S. firms involved in upstream petroleum sector operations, our interlocutors complained of Brazil's inadequate climae for foreign investment. In separate meetings,Exxon-Mobil, Chevron, and El Paso recounted talesof Brazil's dysfuncti [...]	2006-06-13 12:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PGOV ASEC BR
06BRASILIA1276	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL CORNYN [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned July 1-3 visit to Foz de Iguacu. Consul General McMullen will greet you in Sao Paulo, and he and his team will brief you on your program. In addition, our DEA Country Attache and our Acting DHS Attache will brief you on t [...]	2006-06-26 15:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA142	PETROBRAS WILL PLAY BALL WITH BOLIVIA OR ELSE [...] (U) The information provided is industry sensitive. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Banco Pactual energy analyst Pedro Batista, commenting on the recent visit of Evo Morales to Brazil and what it means for Petrobras, told us that the partially privatized Brazilian petroleum [...]	2006-01-23 19:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV BR
06BRASILIA1440	PROSPECTS FOR BRAZIL'S MERCOSUL PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, Econoffs met with Julio Laranjeiras, Counselor for Mercosul at the Ministry of External Relations to discuss Brazil's ambitious and hopeful integration agenda during its 5-month tenure as Mercosul pro tempore president starting August 1. Brazil plans to, among other th [...]	2006-07-17 15:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD PREL ECON BR
06BRASILIA1461	BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, JUNE/JULY 2006 [...] Brazil's main sugarcane-producing center, in the southwest region of the country, exported a record 428 million liters of ethanol in June 2006, in contrast to 268 million liters of ethanol over the same period last year. Most of the region's exports went to the United States, which has been im [...]	2006-07-19 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1480	THE VEGETABLE OIL REVOLUTION - FROM THE KITCHEN TO THE CAR [...] Summary: Brazilian energy parastatal Petrobras recently publicized the development of a new diesel fuel, H-Bio, further bolstering Brazil's already prominent position in the world of biofuels. A hydrogenated synthesis of petroleum and vegetable oil, Petrobras is touting the social, environment [...]	2006-07-24 11:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1509	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 78 [...] The following is the seventy-eighth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-07-27 13:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA1702	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Brazilian Minister of Development, Industry, and Commerce Luiz Furlan. The wide-ranging session touched upon a variety of topics, including the upcoming Commercial Dialogue meeting in Washington during the fall between U [...]	2006-08-16 16:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR EFIN SENV BR
06BRASILIA1711	BRAZIL ESTH UPDATE, JULY/AUGUST 2006 [...] American Company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has announced construction of a biodiesel plant in the state of Mato Grosso. ADM will invest a total of USD 30 million in the refinery, which will be the biggest biodiesel-producing plant in the world with a yearly production capacity of 180 thous [...]	2006-08-17 15:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1774	BRAZIL BIOFUEL UPDATE, AUGUST 2006 [...] A consortium headed by the French bank, Societe Generale, has announced a USD 1 billion outlay in projects to expand the ethanol market in Brazil. The bank estimates it will invest USD 20 billion in the ethanol sector over the next five years. Furthermore, it has declared its intention to in [...]	2006-08-23 13:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1775	BRAZIL: MOVEMENT ON PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS [...] (SBU) The GoB is close to launching a much-delayed inter-agency review of its first Public-Private Partnership (PPP) proposals for major infrastructure investments. These projects would be reviewed by the Ministers of Planning and Budget (Paulo Bernardo),Finance (Guido Mantega) and the Presid [...]	2006-08-23 13:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA1856	GOVERNMENT OF BRAZIL SET TO INVEST OVER USD 175 MILLION [...] The following is an excerpt from an article published in the August 31 issue of the Brazilian daily Valor Economico: Begin Text: President Lula's Chief of Staff, Minister Dilma Rousseff, announced Aug 30, 2006, during the first national biofuels meeting, that the Government of Brazil (GoB) [...]	2006-09-01 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
06BRASILIA1866	BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REFORM AGENDA WITH FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Finance (Fazenda) International Secretary Luiz Pereira made the point that, with the macroeconomic framework for growth in place, it was time for Brazil to focus ever more on the microeconomic reforms and business environm [...]	2006-09-05 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA2051	BRAZIL BIOFUELS UPDATE - SEPTEMBER 2006 [...] The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) announced the approval of a USD 600,000 grant to Ecologica Institute, a nongovernmental organization in Brazil, to create alternative market opportunities in rural areas of the state of Tocantins. The project will implement an integrated model for the [...]	2006-09-26 18:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TNGD KSCA EAGR BR
06BRASILIA206	CHARGE ENGAGES SAO PAULO PRIVATE SECTOR ON TRADE [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary data. 2. (SBU) Summary. During his January 16-18 economic theme meetings in Sao Paulo, Charge discussed a wide variety of trade, financial and investment issues with key private sector officials. Embassy and Consulate representatives met with [...]	2006-01-27 11:15:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV KIPR ECON PREL PINR BR
06BRASILIA2099	BRAZIL: SECOND QUARTER GDP GROWTH DISAPPOINTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's economy expanded by a scant 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2006, a result below most analysts' expectations, due primarily to poor results in industrial production and investment. According to Central Bank survey data, the market now expects 2006 GDP growth barely [...]	2006-10-02 19:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN EINV BR
06BRASILIA2150	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 82 [...] The following is the eighty-second in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expre [...]	2006-10-11 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA2193	BRAZIL ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST FOCUSES [...] (SBU) Summary. With a week and a half left before the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, the campaign has evolved into a bitter contest dominated by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's (PT - Workers Party) claims that challenger Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB - Brazilian Social Dem [...]	2006-10-19 14:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BR
06BRASILIA2433	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL GOODLATTE [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned November 26-28 visit to Rio de Janeiro. Deputy Chief of Mission Phil Chicola will greet you in Rio de Janeiro on November 26 prior to your scheduled meetings the next day. We are lining up for you meetings with U.S. agricu [...]	2006-11-20 18:13:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA2562	WHY BRAZIL'S ECONOMY WILL JUST KEEP MUDDLING THROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: By many measures, Brazil's economy has better fundamentals today than it has had at any point over the last three decades. The 1994 "Plano Real" brought previously unknown macroeconomic stability to Brazil, defeating its traditional inflation nemesis. Fiscal management has pro [...]	2006-12-07 15:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL SOCI BR
06BRASILIA2583	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY MCMURRAY [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned December 12-13, 2006, visit to Brasilia. Counselor for Environment, Science, Technology and Health Patricia Norman and OES Advisor Lawrence Sperling will greet you upon your arrival in Brasilia December 12. You are scheduled [...]	2006-12-11 17:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV BR
06BRASILIA324	BRAZIL INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2006 [...] This cable transmits Mission Brazil's submission of the 2006 Investment Climate Statement. This document has already been forwarded to USDOC by e-mail. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Brazil is open to and encourages foreign investment. The Brazilian Co [...]	2006-02-14 17:46:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV OPIC KTDB USTR BR
06BRASILIA339	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 70 [...] The following is number 70 in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and healh news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do n [...]	2006-02-15 19:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA476	BRAZIL'S ADVENTURES IN ETHANOL [...] Summary: Ethanol continues to be at the forefront of international politics, as sky-high oil prices have highlighted the necessity to find alternative fuels sources. Brazil, with a 30-year-old alcohol program and a sophisticated production and distribution infrastructure, is a model that many [...]	2006-03-10 20:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA498	BRAZIL'S ADVENTURES IN ETHANOL [...] Summary: Ethanol continues to be at the forefront of international politics, as sky-high oil prices have highlighted the necessity to find alternative fuels sources. Brazil, with a 30-year-old alcohol program and a sophisticated production and distribution infrastructure, is a model that many [...]	2006-03-13 18:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY SENV ENRG KSCA ETRD EAGR BR
06BRASILIA631	BRAZIL'S NEW AIR REGULATORY AGENCY FACES CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) was formally inaugurated in a March 20 ceremony in Brasilia. Emboffs met with ANAC officials March 16 to discuss the agency's plans for the airline industry. Settled are issues like where the agency will be headquartered -- Brasilia -- an [...]	2006-03-31 10:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EINV ECON CASC BR
06BRASILIA754	REINING IN PETROBRAS' PARADE [...] (SBU) Summary. Evo Morales' address at the opening ceremony of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) meeting in Belo Horizonte, along with the Bolivian IDB governor's speech, gave some discomfort to Petrobras' leadership, which is currently in the midst of increasingly tense contract negoti [...]	2006-04-18 18:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CH BR
06BRASILIA861	BRAZIL - UNCERTAIN RESPONSE TO BOLIVIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary: After an emergency cabinet meeting lasting into the evening to discuss the appropriate Brazilian response to Bolivia's May 1 nationalization of foreign oil and gas investments (ref A),the Lula Administration issued a stunningly bland public statement the evening of May 2 recogni [...]	2006-05-03 19:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL EPET XM BR
06BRASILIA875	BRAZIL - SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) Brazil has a close relationship with Cuba and the GoB does not publicly criticize the Castro regime's human rights policies. President Lula implied criticism of the state of democracy in Cuba during an April 2005 interview in which he told the press that "Brazil can help build a democratic [...]	2006-05-05 13:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ECON ETRD BR CU
06BRASILIA876	BRAZIL - UNCERTAIN RESPONSE TO BOLIVIAN OIL AND GAS [...] (C) Summary: After an emergency cabinet meeting lasting into the evening to discuss the appropriate Brazilian response to Bolivia's May 1 nationalization of foreign oil and gas investments (ref A),the Lula Administration issued a stunningly bland public statement the evening of May 2 recogni [...]	2006-05-05 13:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL EPET XM BR
06BRASILIA918	BRAZIL; LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR THE UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazilian officials admit that their game-plan for achieving results at the May 12 EU-Latin American summit in Vienna, followed by a May 13 EU-Mercosul bilateral in the same locale, is now in question. While they had hoped to use the opportunity of the summits to have Presiden [...]	2006-05-10 19:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN KSUM PREL BR
06BRASILIA954	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 74 [...] The following is the seventy-fourth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expr [...]	2006-05-16 17:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
06BRASILIA971	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ [...] (SBU) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your planned June 4-8 visit to Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and Sao Paulo. I will greet you in Sao Paulo airport on June 4 prior to your active schedule of events at the AACLA meeting in Rio and with Minister of Development, Industry, and C [...]	2006-05-18 18:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON BR
06BRASILIA981	BRAZIL ENRICHES URANIUM AND RENEWS CALLS FOR ANGRA III [...] Summary: In addition to renewed speculation regarding the resumed construction of Angra III, Brazil also entered an exclusive club of 7 nations worldwide with the capacity to dominate the complete nuclear fuel cycle. Following a discreet inauguration ceremony, Brazil detailed its short-term go [...]	2006-05-19 18:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	TRGY TNGD EMIN KSCA BR
06BRATISLAVA190	SLOVAK ENERGY SECURITY MEANS NUCLEAR, NOT GAS [...] (SBU) Summary. A March 2 lunch hosted by the Ambassador provided new insights on energy security in Slovakia. Like many of its neighbors, Slovakia is almost completely reliant upon Russia for its gas, oil, and nuclear fuel. However, the GOS believes that it was not significantly affected by [...]	2006-03-06 15:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EAGR LO
06BRATISLAVA221	"75" DINNER IN SLOVAKIA: NGOS POUNCE ON SPANISH [...] (SBU) On March 16, Ambassador hosted a "Black Spring" dinner commemorating the March 18, 2003 arrests of 75 Cuban dissidents. In addition to former chairman of parliament Pavol Hrusovsky and parliamentary human rights committee chairman Laszlo Nagy (both of whom have visited Miami's Cuban d [...]	2006-03-20 12:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI CU LO
06BRATISLAVA331	SLOVAK ECONOMY GROWING AT RECORD PACE [...] SUMMARY: In the last quarter of 2005, the Slovak economy reached an all time record for economic growth of 7.6 percent, the fastest rate among the four biggest economies that joined the EU on May 1, 2004. A high volume of investments and fast-growing household consumption were the key growth [...]	2006-04-25 12:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD LO
06BRATISLAVA501	SLOVAK GOV'T AIMS TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government is negotiating with Yukos to re-purchase the 49 percent stake in the oil pipeline that was originally sold to Yukos in 2002. Economic Minister Jirko Malcharek, who has the lead in the negotiations, is attempting to finalize an agreement before the current g [...]	2006-06-21 16:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA529	SLOVAKIA HAS ITS OWN MOTIVES FOR REPURCHASING [...] (C) Summary: The Slovak government's primary aim in repurchasing the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance is to maintain state control in the Slovak oil pipeline. Meciar-era businessmen from eastern Slovakia have claims on 34 percent of Transpetrol shares (two thirds of the government's 51 pe [...]	2006-06-29 14:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA532	SMER-SNS-HZDS: WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The "worst case scenario" government of Smer-SNS-HZDS is now a certainty. We can expect many more challenges in advocating U.S. policy goals under a Fico-led government than during Mikulas Dzurinda's tenure, particularly on controversial issues such as the war in Iraq or support [...]	2006-06-29 18:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KPAO EAID LO
06BRATISLAVA613	TRANSPETROL: SLOVAKIA FEELS PRESSURE FROM ITS [...] (C) Summary. The new Slovak government feels under increasing pressure to strike a deal with a Russian firm on Transpetrol before Yukos International initiates bankruptcy proceedings, now scheduled to begin on August 10. On July 25, the same day that Yukos creditors decided to commence bankr [...]	2006-07-28 06:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA615	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER KALINAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador's first formal meeting with new Interior Minister Robert Kalinak demonstrated Kalinak's openness and intent to continue Slovakia's efforts to fight extremism, trafficking in persons, and organized crime. Kalinak indicated that Slovakia may increase its training pr [...]	2006-07-28 14:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC CVIS PINR LO
06BRATISLAVA657	SLOVAKIA APPEARS TO CHANGE COURSE ON TRANSPETROL. [...] (C) Summary. On August 3-4, Special Advisor Steve Hellman met with high-ranking GOS officials, including Prime Minister Robert Fico and Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek, to discuss the benefits of buying back shares in Transpetrol from Yukos Finance rather than approving a quick sale to Ga [...]	2006-08-08 13:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA666	PM FICO PRESENTS POLICY AGENDA FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW AND COMMENT. One month after Slovakia's new governing coalition took office, Prime Minister Robert Fico has presented the government's policy statement, a four-year agenda determined by the governing three-party coalition. Bureaucrats had drafted an early version of the govern [...]	2006-08-09 16:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM LO
06BRATISLAVA673	SLOVAKIA TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL SHARES FROM [...] (S) Summary - On August 9, Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek reached an agreement with Yukos Finance representatives Steve Theede and Bill Shoff on a deal that allows Slovakia to repurchase the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance and thereby obtain greater energy independence. A "share p [...]	2006-08-10 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA703	FICO IN IRAQ: DEMINERS WILL LEAVE BUT SLOVAKIA MAY [...] This cable contains an action request for Department of State and Department of Defense in paragraph 3 and a guidance request in paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. PM Robert Fico visited Iraq on August 17. In a press conference after his return, Fico said Slovak deminers had not been active since [...]	2006-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA720	SLOVAKIA REMAINS FOCUSED ON REGAINING TRANSPETROL [...] (S) Summary - The Ministry of Economy continues to pursue a deal to buy back the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance and/or its subsidiary Yukos International. This task was complicated when a Dutch judge appointed Yukos Oil Receiver and Russian Eduard Rebgun a [...]	2006-08-25 14:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA816	SLOVAKIA PURSUES TRANSPETROL THROUGH MURKY LEGAL [...] (C) Summary - Slovakia's efforts to repurchase the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol have been hampered by legal uncertainties surrounding ownership and the right to sell the shares. Economy Minister Jahnatek has repeatedly tried to meet with Eduard Rebgun, the Yukos Oil receiver who was nomina [...]	2006-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA870	SLOVAKS SEEK RUSSIAN DEAL FOR TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary - Frustrated by an inability to strike a deal with either Yukos International or Yukos Finance, Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek has begun direct negotiations with the Russian government. The GOS is seeking a deal that would move the 49 percent Transpetrol stake temporarily in the [...]	2006-10-26 15:10:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA911	PUTIN TO SLOVAKIA - WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO OWN AN [...] (C) Summary - Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a blunt message on the future of the Transpetrol pipeline to Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic when the two met in Moscow on November 6th. In response to Gasparovic's assertion that the Slovak's preferred option is a GOS buyback of the 49 per [...]	2006-11-16 15:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA917	SLOVAKS KEEP OPTIONS OPEN ON TRANSPETROL SALE [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government replaced the two Transpetrol board members and five supervisory board members, who were appointed by the previous administration, with its own nominees at the November 21 shareholders meetings. No other changes took place at the meeting. Minister Jahnatek [...]	2006-11-21 15:48:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRATISLAVA927	TRANSPETROL NOMINEES AND COALITION DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary - The appointments made to the boards of Transpetrol at the November 20 shareholders meetings have been roundly criticized not only by the opposition parties, but by Prime Minister Fico as well. The most controversial nominees, Julius Rezes and Sergej Zapotocky, have strong ties t [...]	2006-11-28 12:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL KJUS LO
06BRATISLAVA972	RUSSIANS WAITING FOR CLOCK TO RUN OUT ON [...] (C) Summary - The Slovak government has made little progress towards its stated objectives of regaining control of the Transpetrol pipeline since the November 20 shareholders meeting. Economy ministry representatives have not communicated with either the Yukos Finance officials or the Moscow [...]	2006-12-18 14:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS
06BRIDGETOWN1095	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #22 - VENEZUELA HALTS FUEL [...] (C) Summary: In early June, Venezuela abruptly cut off the supply of Orimulsion fuel oil to the Arawak Cement Plant in Barbados with a year left in the contract, rerouting future shipments to China. According to an Arawak executive, Venezuela is the only supplier of Orimulsion, and the plant [...]	2006-06-23 21:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EIND PREL ETRD BB XL VE CH
06BRIDGETOWN1127	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #23: DOMINICA, GRENADA AND ST. [...] (C) Summary: Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts have each signed bilateral agreements with Venezuela allowing joint venture companies to begin receiving petroleum products under the PetroCaribe oil accord. Dominica and Grenada will reportedly import several different types of fuel, including d [...]	2006-06-30 16:16:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL DO GJ SC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1139	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS WELCOMES U.S.-PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations with Ambassador and DCM, Chinese Ambassador to Barbados Liu Huanxing discussed WHA A/S Shannon,s trip to Beijing, possible U.S.-PRC consultations on hemispheric cooperation, the recent visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the Easter [...]	2006-07-05 14:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR EAID EINV ETRD BB CH XL
06BRIDGETOWN1140	DOMINICA MAY CEDE BIRD ISLAND TO VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: Dominica has moved closer to abandoning its claim on Bird Island, a small piece of rock and sand located in the center of the Caribbean Sea that is also claimed by Venezuela. Following a June meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Sker [...]	2006-07-05 14:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PHSA PGOV PINR PREL EAID DO VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1254	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #24: GRENADA'S PLAN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Grenada (GOG) hopes to use the PetroCaribe oil accord to import diesel supplied by PDVSA, Venezuela's state-owned oil company, as a means to gain leverage over Grenada's privately owned electric company and convince it to lower rates charged to consumers. At [...]	2006-07-18 18:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL GJ VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1279	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #25: ANTIGUA ESTABLISHES NEW [...] (C) Summary: The government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) signed a joint-venture agreement with the Venezuelan National Petroleum Company (PDVSA) on July 14, making it the latest Caribbean country to enter into such an arrangement under the PetroCaribe oil accord. This signing establishes " [...]	2006-07-20 21:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL AC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN1743	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #26: ST. LUCIA PM'S OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Press Secretary to St. Lucia's Prime Minister confirmed press reports that St. Lucia and Venezuela will soon sign a bilateral Petrocaribe agreement and that Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) made a separate deal with Hess Oil to use its storage facilities on Saint Lucia for P [...]	2006-10-02 11:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV ST VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN178	BARBADOS BUDGET - PM PLEDGES TAX CUTS AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur presented his government's 2006 economic and financial policies in a January 16 speech to parliament. PM Arthur pledged to lower energy costs, cut taxes, boost pensions, and prop up manufacturing. Most of the budget seems practical and will [...]	2006-01-27 18:12:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECPS SENV ENRG PINR BB
06BRIDGETOWN1801	LATIN AMERICA-CARIBBEAN BIOFUEL INITIATIVE: [...] (U) Discussions with eastern Caribbean Energy Ministries in the region revealed a strong interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. Like the countries themselves, the proposed alternatives are very diverse, ranging from ethanol and geothermal, to solar and wind, and even to waste conversion. [...]	2006-10-10 21:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	BB EAGR ETRO PGOV PREL EAID EPET ENRG EINV
06BRIDGETOWN1852	BIOFUELS IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN: UNCLASS/SBU [...] (U) Discussions with eastern Caribbean Energy Ministries in the region revealed a strong interest in alternatives to fossil fuels. Like the countries themselves, the proposed alternatives are very diverse, ranging from ethanol and geothermal, to solar and wind, and even to waste conversion. M [...]	2006-10-20 00:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAGR ETRO EAID EPET EINV PGOV PREL BB
06BRIDGETOWN209	2005 END USE MONITORING - EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Embassy Bridgetown is responsible for the NAS- funded program in seven countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It is also responsible for monitoring equipment provided to the French department of Martini [...]	2006-01-31 17:37:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AMGT XL
06BRIDGETOWN2237	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #29: A COMEDY OF ERRORS IN [...] (C) In a recent conversation with PolOff, Dr. Joseph Bannis, Permanent Secretary for Public Works and Public Utilities, grinned as he shared how humorous he found the myriad of logistical struggles surrounding Petrocaribe. According to Bannis, Petrocaribe is proving to be only a political prog [...]	2006-12-22 19:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL VE DO XL
06BRIDGETOWN312	ST. LUCIA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Former St. Lucia Prime Minister John Compton has warned against the deepening ties between CARICOM member states, Venezuela and Cuba. Compton, leader of the opposition United Workers Party, expressed his concern that St. Lucia Prime Minister Kenny Anthony and other Caribbean l [...]	2006-02-17 17:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG CU VE ST XL
06BRIDGETOWN319	THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) The Barbados-based Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) announced that it is expanding its private sector outreach program, beginning in January with a dialogue that will bring together the private and public sectors in St. Kitts. The CRNM will also teach the private sector how [...]	2006-02-21 13:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CPAS SNAR EAID EAIR EFIN ELAB ENRG
06BRIDGETOWN344	ST. VINCENT'S DISPUTE WITH TEXACO CONTINUES: WILL [...] (C) Summary: The dispute between the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco over the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) has continued since the company threatened in November 2005 to stop supplying the island with the fuel unless the government-regulated price is ra [...]	2006-02-23 12:11:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE TD XL
06BRIDGETOWN455	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEFEATING VENEZUELA IN THE [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points regarding the competing Venezuelan and Guatemalan candidacies for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council to the MFAs of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Of th [...]	2006-03-13 21:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GT VE UN XL
06BRIDGETOWN530	HOW MANY CUBANS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cuban Government recently promised to provide hundreds of thousands of Cuban-made energy-efficient lightbulbs to the island-nations of Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Cuban aid in the region, previously confined largely to medical assistan [...]	2006-03-24 19:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ENRG PINR PREL XL CU VE CH

06BRIDGETOWN533	EASTERN CARIBBEAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY POSSIBILITIES [...] (U) This message is in response to the action request in Ref A. See contact list in paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Caribbean is a land of missed opportunities for alternative energy. High oil prices, however, have recently brought the issue to the forefront. This is a very [...]	2006-03-27 12:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENS SOCI EAID EPET TRGY ENRG XL CU VE
06BRIDGETOWN602	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #20: TEXACO AND VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSV) and Texaco have settled their dispute over the pricing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG),with the GOSV agreeing to increase the government-regulated price of this cooking fuel used in nearly every home on the island. The [...]	2006-04-07 11:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ETRD VC VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN635	WIN-WIN OR LOSE-LOSE: MARITIME BORDER DISPUTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 11, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague handed down its ruling finally establishing a single maritime boundary between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago. The new border differs from those claimed by each of the parties in their pleadings, yet both countries a [...]	2006-04-12 18:05:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS EWWT ETRD EPET PHSA TT BB GY VE XL
06BRIDGETOWN755	CRICKET BREAKFAST SERVES UP FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kramer met controversial Texan billionaire Allen Stanford for the first time at an April 21 "Legends of Cricket" breakfast in Barbados. Stanford bent the Ambassador's ear concerning his significant new tourism and property investments in Antigua and plans for his Caribbean S [...]	2006-05-03 22:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EAIR EFIN PREL PGOV PINR KCRM AC BB XL
06BRIDGETOWN76	THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) During a recent visit to the region, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Deputy Managing Director Agustin Carstens expressed concern that Caribbean nations would take on more debt through the concessionary financing scheme offered by Venezuela's PetroCaribe oil initiative. Carstens spoke hi [...]	2006-01-12 13:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CPAS EAID EFIN TW XL
06BRIDGETOWN777	AMBASSADOR MAISTO PETITIONS CARIBBEAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS),Ambassador John F. Maisto, visited Bridgetown, Barbados, April 26-28 to attend the U.K.-CARICOM Forum. His primary goal was to meet with CARICOM Foreign Ministers to discuss the June OAS General Assembly [...]	2006-05-05 19:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECIN ETRD KFPC KPAO OAS BB BF
06BRIDGETOWN788	THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) Leaders of the six independent nations in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) reaffirmed in April their intention to delay officially signing on to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) until a Regional Development Fund (RDF) is established to help less developed sta [...]	2006-05-08 20:03:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN EFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM PREL CH
06BRIDGETOWN877	PETROCARIBE UPDATE #21 - CHAVEZ MAY ALLOW PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: The Executive Director of Simpson Oil Limited (SOL) believes that Venezuela may work through SOL to import and distribute PetroCaribe fuel in the Eastern Caribbean. Such a move would contradict PetroCaribe's design as a government-only oil agreement. SOL used its participation [...]	2006-05-19 21:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV XL VE
06BRIDGETOWN911	BARBADOS/TRINIDAD MARITIME BOUNDARY DISPUTE: THE [...] (C) Summary: Barbados Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Teresa Marshall invited representatives from the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. to the MFA for a private briefing on the recently settled Barbados/Trinidad maritime boundary dispute. Marshall painted a picture of slipper [...]	2006-05-26 19:08:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS EPET EFIS PREL BB TT XL
06BRUSSELS1154	EUR/RUS DIRECTOR WARLICK DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission has three main priorities with Russia on energy: 1) Russian ratification of the Energy Charter Treaty; 2) third-party access to Russian pipelines and; 3) a reduction in state interference in the oil and gas sector. On Belarus, Russian officials have told t [...]	2006-04-04 16:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS1876	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 6, 2006 [...] Introduction 2. Upbeat Forecast from Planning Office 3. Belgian Savings Rate Drops 4. Big Future for Walloon Airports 5. Antwerp Port Container Traffic Booming 6. Belgian Competitiveness Weakening 7-8. American Financial Router Expanding 9. WANTED: Pan-European Pension Fu [...]	2006-06-07 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR TBIO BE
06BRUSSELS2203	BELGIUM: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] SUMMARY: Belgium continues to provide important contributions to the common Transatlantic defense, by assisting resident and transiting U.S. forces and with its own forces supporting stability in Afghanistan, the Balkans and the Congo. The Belgian military is hobbled by an aging force structur [...]	2006-06-27 16:42:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MCAP MOPS PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2249	BELGIUM RECONSIDERS RENOUNCING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The recent release of a political party-sponsored study of Belgium's nuclear energy options, combined with our analysis of views expressed more privately by Belgian government officials indicate that serious thought is being given to Belgium's future energy options. Opinion di [...]	2006-06-30 10:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG SENV PREL BE
06BRUSSELS3799	BELGIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY REASSESSED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pressed by global energy concerns and climate change targets, Belgium is reassessing the country,s use of nuclear energy and its future energy policy options. Although current law commits Belgium to decommissioning its nuclear-powered generating installations from 2015-2025, med [...]	2006-11-13 11:54:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EFIN SENV BE
06BRUSSELS731	EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA, [...] (C) Summary: In U.S.-EU COEST Troika consultations on Caucasus and Central Asia on February 23, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed with EU officials how to change the dynamic of discussions on South Ossetia. Echoing an EU Presidency statement on February 21, EU representatives agreed that the inte [...]	2006-03-06 08:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AM AJ TX KZ TI KG USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS899	EU PUSHING FOR MORE DIALOGUE ON ASIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Chris Hill met with EU Foreign Policy Advisor Robert Cooper during a brief stop-over in Brussels February 17. Hill's perspective on key developments in DPRK, China, Burma and Indonesia were well-received by a fully [...]	2006-03-15 17:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR XE EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1035	ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR AND PM DISCUSS ENERGY, ECONOMY AND ADOPTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Romanian Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu on June 22 to discuss the state of our bilateral economic relationship and the future of international adoptions. Tariceanu reiterated a request made by letter the previous day for U.S. assistance in strategic planning on e [...]	2006-06-23 15:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CASC RO
06BUCHAREST1203	PRESIDENT BASESCU ADVOCATES SERB LINE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Romanian President Basescu promised to advocate for Serbian President Tadic with the leaders of the Contact Group, beginning in Washington, according to the MFA. Following July 25 bilateral talks in Bucharest, Basescu and Tadic had no discernable difference on Kosovo Final Status [...]	2006-07-28 11:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SR RO
06BUCHAREST1258	BASESCU IN BAGHDAD: ROMANIAN TROOPS STAYING IN IRAQ, [...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu made an August 9 trip to Iraq to emphasize Romania's commitment to stay in Iraq until the Iraqis ask them to leave. His meetings with Iraqi officials also focused on getting Romanian companies reconstruction contracts, both to further support Iraq and t [...]	2006-08-10 15:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ RO
06BUCHAREST1309	IRAN "CONFISCATES" ROMANIAN OIL RIG IN APPARENT [...] (SBU) Romanian press reported on August 22 that an Iranian naval vessel reportedly fired upon and then seized the Orizont, a Romanian-owned oilrig in Iranian waters in the Salman field near the Kish islands. The rig, owned by the Romanian firm Grup Servicii Petroliere (Oil Services Group),ha [...]	2006-08-22 16:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO
06BUCHAREST1330	ROMANIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS AGREE: OILRIG INCIDENT IS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 22, Iranian authorities boarded and seized a Romanian-owned oilrig involved in a commercial dispute (see reftel). The rig's owner, Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP),controlled by controversial business figure Sorin Ovidiu Vantu, allegedly intended to remove the rig from Iranian [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO
06BUCHAREST1653	ROMANIA AND U.S. ON SAME WAVELENGTH - DAS BRYZA AT [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza visited Bucharest October 26 to participate in a conference on Regional Energy Cooperation jointly sponsored by the Romanian Presidency, the U.S. and German Embassies, and the George C. Marshall Center ) Romania. In this forum and in earlier meetings [...]	2006-10-30 15:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1694	RAFO REFINERY â€“ A TROJAN HORSE FOR RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RAFO oil refinery is embroiled in a web of corruption, money laundering, fraud and criminal charges involving shady entities in Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Russian-Israeli organized crime figures Mikhail Cernoy and Iakov Goldovskiy are believed to be behind the purchase [...]	2006-11-07 15:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	ENRG ECON PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1747	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnership in law enforcement and intelligence. In meetings with President Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and other key officials, our Romanian interloc [...]	2006-11-17 16:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST1797	ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...]	2006-11-29 16:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1804	ROMANIA REQUESTS NEGOTIATIONS TO REPLACE BILATERAL TRADE [...] (U) This cable is an action request. See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials met with Econoffs on November 27 to formally request negotiations on a replacement to the current bilateral Agreement on Trade Relations (BTA). The MFA is proposing that the current BTA, [...]	2006-12-04 05:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1837	PM TARICEANU'S LIBERAL PARTY SPLITS: DISSIDENTS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Tariceanu,s National Liberal Party (PNL) formally split on December 7. The dissident group of former party presidents, Theodor Stolojan and Valeriu Stoica, formed the Liberal Democratic Party (PLD),inviting others to join and claim PNL's position within the ruling [...]	2006-12-08 16:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST1839	LIBERAL DEPUTY ON PATRICIU SALE OF ROMPETROL [...] (C) In a 12/8 conversation with Poloff, National Liberal Party (PNL) deputy and youth leader Cristian Adomnitei explained that Rompetrol Chairman and leading PNL figure Dinu Patriciu, was in advanced negotiations to sell a 20 percent stake in Romania's Rompetrol to Russia's Gazprom. Adomnitei [...]	2006-12-08 17:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR ENRG RO
06BUCHAREST287	ROMANIAN AND UKRAINIAN VIEWS ON PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Romanian MFA officials expressed cautious optimism that the new bilateral commission set up by President Traian Basescu and Ukrainian President Yushchenko could yield concrete results in resolving historic problems between the two countries such as competing territorial claims ove [...]	2006-02-17 16:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PBTS MD UP RO
06BUCHAREST289	ROMANIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION BATTLE HEATS UP -- [...] (C) Summary: The National Anti-corruption Department (DNA) formally indicted former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase February 16 on bribery and corruption charges. Although the DNA has not showed its full hand, some of the charges relate to a suspicious property purchase in central Bucharest at [...]	2006-02-17 18:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON RO
06BUCHAREST411	(C) ROMANIA'S ENERGY SECTOR - RUSSIAN DEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Romania, once a net exporter of energy products, now produces 40% of its domestic oil consumption and 60% of its gas needs, and the rates are decreasing each year. While gas imports are based on trades at the international gas boards, Romania imports nearly all gas from Gazprom [...]	2006-03-10 17:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV PREL PGOV RO
06BUCHAREST436	BASESCU PREDICTS CALM ETHNIC HUNGARIAN "AUTONOMY [...] (C) Summary. President Traian Basescu predicted to the Ambassador during a March 13 meeting that a planned March 15 "autonomy declaration" organized by a fringe ethnic Hungarian group would be a relatively low-key event. He characterized it as the product of a power struggle between the main [...]	2006-03-14 17:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG EINV MARR HU RO
06BUCHAREST519	WHAT ROMANIA CAN DO TO PROMOTE STABILITY, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Romania's desire to play an active role in the Black Sea region could, if properly channeled and supported by the U.S., the U.K. and like-minded partners, further our goals for the region and beyond. Bucharest could play a positive role in promoting regional efforts to strengthen [...]	2006-03-24 18:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON ENRG ASEC PTER KCRM
06BUCHAREST590	ROMANIA: DEEPENING RIFT IN GOVERNING COALITION -- [...] (C) Summary: A series of events and statements in recent days have highlighted deepening divisions between the two leading parties of Romania's governing coalition, the center-right National Liberal Party (PNL) and the centrist Democratic Party (PD). President and de facto PD leader Traian Ba [...]	2006-04-07 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST629	ROMANIA: DAS KRAMER, AMBASSADOR HODGES - [...] (C) Summary: DAS David Kramer and Ambassador to Moldova Heather Hodges shared views with leading Romanian interlocutors on recent developments involving Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus and Russia during a visit to Bucharest on April 3-4. Although Romanian interlocutors described growing strains in [...]	2006-04-18 07:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD RS BO UP KDEM PHUM RO
06BUCHAREST902	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...]	2006-05-31 17:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	ECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO
06BUDAPEST1913	DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE; DISTINCTIONS EMERGE [...] (SBU) Crowds estimated at 10,000 - 15,000 gathered at Parliament on the evening of September 20, but the authorities report fewer and less severe violent incidents overnight. Residents are adjusting to the evening demonstrations against the Gyurcsany government and accept the peaceful expressi [...]	2006-09-21 15:05:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC HU
06BUDAPEST541	HUNGARY'S ELECTIONS: THAT'S ZALA, FOLKS [...] (U) On a March 9 trip to Nagykanizsa, Zala County, most contacts described the local mood as tenuous and uncertain. With the election one month away, Emboffs visited this small city of 60,000 to meet with a range of local figures: a business executive, a representative from the Roma minority [...]	2006-03-14 16:58:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI HU
06BUENOSAIRES1028	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased 1.0 percent m-o-m in April, slightly above market expectations of 0.9 percent, following a 1.2 percent m- o-m increase in March. Last month's increase brought inflation to 3.9 percent in the first four months of the year, compared to a 4.5 percent inc [...]	2006-05-08 15:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1035	THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, met May 5 with Argentine Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan at the Foreign Ministry. Also participating in the meeting were Under Secretary for Political Affairs Luis Cappagli, North American Affairs Director Vicente Espeche Gil, [...]	2006-05-08 17:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG SENV AR
06BUENOSAIRES1037	MEDIA REACTION IRAN LATIN AMERICA CHAVEZ US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover the probable crash between the US and Iran; Latin America's regional situation after Bolivia's nationalization of hydrocarbons; Brazilian fears of a regional 'cold war;' the US "praising Argentine and Brazilian efforts to contain Bolivia;" the alleged [...]	2006-05-08 19:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1038	MEDIA REACTION US-URUGUAYAN FTA THE PRE- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with the meeting held between US President George W. Bush and Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez; Argentine and Brazilian presidents' promise to respect "potentially explosive" Bolivia's nationalization of its natural gas sector; the Argentine ann [...]	2006-05-08 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1050	MEDIA REACTION IRAN MERCOSUR LATIN AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers lead with Iran attempting to approach the US; China warning about triggering a war like that of Iraq; the implications of Bolivia's nationalization of the energy sector; the crisis of Mercosur; and the Latin American chair at the UN Security Council. [...]	2006-05-09 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1069	MEDIA REACTION VENEZUELAN/BRAZILIAN CLASH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the clash between Venezuela and Brazil over the Bolivian gas crisis; the implications of Bolivian nationalization of the energy sector; the aftermath of the war in Iraq; the statements made by nominee for US Ambassador to Argentina [...]	2006-05-11 18:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1087	MEDIA REACTION EU-LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Bolivian President Morales ruling out compensation for nationalizing foreign oil and gas subsidiaries; the EU's belief Venezuelan President Chavez is a hurdle in reaching a deal between the EU and Mercosur; and statement [...]	2006-05-12 19:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1091	AMBASSADOR RAISES BUSINESS ADVOCACY ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on May 9 to discuss business advocacy cases. The Ambassador began the meeting by thanking De Vido for his help in improving the relationship between the two governments, especially during the January visit of Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-05-12 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG EAGR AR BL
06BUENOSAIRES1102	MEDIA REACTION US TROOPS TO MEXICAN BORDER EU- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories include the US Pentagon drawing up plans for troops on the Mexican border; European and Latin American leaders' pledge to bolster ties in "bi- regional strategic relationship;" Argentine deputy Carlos Kunkel rejecting the statements of nominee for US ambass [...]	2006-05-15 19:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1119	MEDIA REACTION US SANCTION ON VENEZUELA [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US imposing a ban on arms sales to Venezuela because of a lack of support by President Chavez's government for counterterrorism efforts; the USG decision to send troops to the US- Mexican border; the alleged confrontation of the US and China in I [...]	2006-05-16 18:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1144	MEDIA REACTION US SENATE VOTING A FENCE ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the US Senate voting to construct a fence on the US-Mexican border and supporting citizenship of undocumented US immigrants; Venezuelan President Chavez and Bolivian President Morales creating a bi-national mining corporation; the legality of Bolivia [...]	2006-05-18 19:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES117	MINISTER DEVIDO DISCUSSES BOLIVIA AND THE GOA'S [...] (C) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon on January 12. A/S Shannon and DeVido SIPDIS discussed recent developments in Bolivia and the need to engage with the new Evo Morales government. DeVido argued that it is important to help Morales consolidate h [...]	2006-01-17 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EINV EFIN ETRD AR BO VE
06BUENOSAIRES1176	ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER INTERVIEWS LIKELY WARM-UP FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kirchner recently gave extensive newspaper interviews that likely presage his speech at the huge rally planned in the central square of Buenos Aires on May 25 to commemorate Revolution Day and the third anniversary of Kirchner assuming the presidency. Kirchner's interv [...]	2006-05-24 14:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES118	MINISTER MICELI DISCUSSES ECONOMIC POLICY AND LATIN AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT WITH A/S SHANNON REF: 05 BUENOS AIRES 3122 Classified By: Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 (B) and (D) ------- Summary ------- [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon called on Minister of Economy Felisa Miceli during his visit to Buenos Aires on January 12. Miceli said she had worked for former Minister of Economy Roberto Lavagna for many years and that her presence is a continuation of what the GOA has been doing sin [...]	2006-01-17 20:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ENRG EINV EAGR AR BL
06BUENOSAIRES1188	MEDIA REACTION EUROPEAN ANTI-MISSILE SHIELD; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the USG planning a European anti-missile 'shield;' US President Bush expressing public concern about 'eroded democracies' in Venezuela and Bolivia; the USG's skepticism of the Argentine projected conciliation policy; the [...]	2006-05-24 19:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES119	MINISTER DE VIDO DISCUSSES ECONOMIC AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Minister of Planning Julio DeVido received CODEL McConnell on January 11. DeVido noted that the GOA and the U.S. Embassy had a constant dialogue and that they worked together to monitor the status of U.S. companies in Argentina. DeVido said he was optimistic about the future of the Ar [...]	2006-01-17 21:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EINV ENRG EFIN AR BL VE
06BUENOSAIRES1273	MEDIA REACTION OUTCOME OF PERUVIAN ELECTIONS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the implications of the Peruvian elections; the possibility of US-Uruguayan and US-Paraguayan FTAs; the US 2006 trafficking in Persons Report; and Venezuela's alleged entry into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STO [...]	2006-06-06 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1279	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] After numerous delays, the GOA and GOB technical delegations reached a preliminary agreement on a gas price range of USD 4.5-5.5 per million cubic meters imported to Argentina. The presidents of both countries are scheduled to meet the second week of June to agree on the final price, which w [...]	2006-06-07 13:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1362	2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The following report outlines new and ongoing investment disputes between the GOA and US investors, updating Post,s 2004 Investment Disputes Report (reftel C) and its 2005 update (reftel B). Post is aware of 21 disputes involving 19 claimants against the GOA, of which 12 are active. Since [...]	2006-06-16 14:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV KIDE PREL OPIC AR
06BUENOSAIRES1391	MEDIA REACTION PRESIDENT BUSH TO THE EU; US ANTI-MISSILE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include US President Bush's trip to the EU; the US activating its anti-missile defense system in an escalation of tension with North Korea; a report from the US Energy Information Administration stating that Brazil, Colombia and Argenti [...]	2006-06-22 19:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES140	ARGENTINA, BOLIVIA DISCUSS BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) President Kirchner met with Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales on January 17 in Buenos Aires. The Morales visit to Argentina followed a series of meetings that he had conducted with leaders in Venezuela, Brazil, Cuba, France, Spain, South Africa and China. Morales stated in a brief pre [...]	2006-01-19 17:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG AR BL
06BUENOSAIRES1414	MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA; KIRCHNER IN SPAIN; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include North Korea warning Washington about a possible military confrontation between the two countries; the alleged US campaign to avoid Venezuela's entry into the UN Security Council; the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee's resumptio [...]	2006-06-23 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1424	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] On June 29, the presidents of Bolivia and Argentina are scheduled to announce an agreement on natural gas exports, but several new issues have arisen. Bolivia is standing firm on its condition that Argentina cannot re-export gas to Chile (Bolivia refuses to sell gas to Chile, seeking to recov [...]	2006-06-26 12:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1434	The Argentine/Uruguay Pulp Mill Imbroglio: [...] Sensitive but Unclassified, Not for Internet Distribution 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina's strong stand against the construction of two pulp mills on the Uruguayan side of a river that borders an Argentine eco-tourism area, has given environmental activists an opening to press for increased e [...]	2006-06-26 17:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV ECON PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1441	THE US AND THE MEXICAN ELECTIONS; WTO DOHA ROUND; MIDDLE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the main points of the US-Mexican bilateral agenda vis-`-vis upcoming Mexican presidential elections; the main issues that need to be tackled in the upcoming WTO Doha Round; the impact of the Israeli soldier's kidnapping [...]	2006-06-27 17:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1462	ARGENTINA: THE K-STYLE OF POLITICS [...] (C) This cable is designed to examine President Nestor Kirchner's unique operating and decision-making style that has become known as the "K-Style." Given Kirchner's control over all aspects of GOA policymaking, knowledge of Kirchner's motivations and methods in arriving at decisions is essential t [...]	2006-06-29 15:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES1535	INTERVIEW WITH US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES LINO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" and leading "Clarin" conducted an interview with US Ambassador Lino Gutirrez. Those interviews were reported, thus far, by liberal, English-language "Buenos Aires Herald," wire service agencies Agence France Presse and TELAM, populist "Cronica," [...]	2006-07-10 20:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES155	MEDIA REACTION BRASILIA SUMMIT STRATEGIC [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Bin Laden's warning that he is preparing new attacks in the US; French President Chirac's warning that nuclear weapons could be used as a response to a state terrorist attack; French Defense Minister offering Argentina five sup [...]	2006-01-20 16:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1571	FISCAL SITUATION IN PROVINCES DETERIORATING [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Lino Gutierrez for reasons 1.4 b and d. 2. (C) Summary: Provincial finances are deterioriating, with the provincial contribution to the consolidated surplus this year projected to be zero. The worsening state of provincial finances is mainly the result of sp [...]	2006-07-14 21:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES158	MEDIA REACTION US AMBASSADOR TO BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include: Michele Bachelet winning Chilean presidential elections and considering relations with Argentina "strategic" for Chile; US President George W. Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel's joint statement to put mutual pressure on Iran [...]	2006-01-20 20:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1584	MIDDLE EAST; THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS ON NORTH [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with the escalation of the Middle East violence; disagreement at the UN Security Council regarding a call for ceasefire; UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea; the status of Ambassador Earl Anthony Wayne's confirmation as US Ambassador to Argen [...]	2006-07-17 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1587	JAPAN DRAFT RESOLUTION AGAINST NORTH KOREA; MIDDLE EAST; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Japan asking for Argentina's support in a draft resolution it submitted to the UN, which requests sanctions against North Korea for its missile tests; the US blames Syria and Iran for the escalation of violence in the Middle East; for [...]	2006-07-18 13:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1593	MIDDLE EAST; TRIPLE BORDER; WTO DOHA ROUND; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the war in the Middle East; the US Senate's attempt to pass a resolution intended to create an antiterrorist task force on the Triple Border between Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil; and the US-Argentine deal to fight money launderi [...]	2006-07-18 20:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1617	MIDDLE EAST; FIDEL CASTRO; MERCOSUR AND VENEZUELA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the war in the Middle East; Fidel Castro's probable visit to Argentina and the Cuban political transition; and Venezuela's incorporation into Mercosur. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US agrees with Israel [...]	2006-07-21 12:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1624	K,OMICS REVISITED: KIRCHNER,S ECONOMIC POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: During the first three years of his mandate, President Kirchner's rhetoric on economics was worse than his bite. Despite sometimes inflammatory, nationalist rhetoric, attacks on the IMF, oil companies, bondholders, various business sectors and orthodox economists, Kirchner did li [...]	2006-07-21 14:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENRG ETRD EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES1630	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] According to local media, the GOV will buy approximately USD 600 million of Boden 2012 bonds from the GOA through the end of the month. This will represent the largest purchase by the GOV in such a short period. Along with USD 1.4 billion deposited by the GOA in the Banco Nacion, it will be [...]	2006-07-21 20:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1643	MIDDLE EAST; MERCOSUR AND FIDEL CASTRO; US-ARGENTINE TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the situation in the Middle East; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to the region; and the outcome and implications of the Mercosur summit in Cordoba. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US asks for more pressure against Hezbollah" [...]	2006-07-24 20:36:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1705	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; US-PERUVIAN FTA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local newspapers report on diplomatic negotiations to find a solution to the war in the Middle East; Peruvian president-elect Alan Garcia and the US-Peru FTA; ties between Mercosur and Venezuela; and failed WTO negotiations. 2. OPINION PIECES AND KEY STORIES - "The US [...]	2006-08-01 16:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1707	WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST; THE US ROLE; GUANTANAMO; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the war in the Middle East; the UN Human Rights Committee notifying the US that it should close all its secret centers of detention; the confirmation of Ambassador Wayne as US Ambassador to Argentina; and Argentine President Kirchner's isolationism. [...]	2006-08-01 18:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1809	MIDDLE EAST; US CHARGE MICHAEL MATERA'S STATEMENTS IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the situation in the Middle East and the status of the US-French draft resolution; US Charge Matera's comments on Venezuela and Argentina during a seminar on US history in Buenos Aires; the status of US-Argentine ties; th [...]	2006-08-11 19:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES183	MEDIA REACTION EVO MORALES, US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers carry speculation about a second possible candidate for Ambassador to Buenos Aires; the aftermath and repercussions of Evo Morales' inauguration and the appointment of his new Cabinet, and the possible advantage of Brazil's 'war industry' as major supplier of weapon [...]	2006-01-24 20:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1943	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] Argentina announced that it would expand its nuclear power program and reactivate a dormant uranium enrichment facility. The announcement described four pillars upon which Argentina's enhanced nuclear energy capabilities would rest: The GOA plans to finish construction of the approximately 70 [...]	2006-08-29 18:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES1983	US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY RATING; WAR IN LEBANON; IRAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President George W. Bush's popularity rating; the status of the war in Lebanon; the nuclear threat posed by Iran; the role the UN should play in international conflicts; the US policy on Cuba; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the US-Asean [...]	2006-09-01 19:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES1984	TRAVEL NOTE: ARGENTINA'S UNDERDEVELOPED NORTHWEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met with leading political, economic and academic leaders August 14-19 in the politically and economically underdeveloped provinces of Catamarca and La Rioja. Poloff's meetings in Catamarca August 14-15 highlighted the province's economic potential, particularly in mini [...]	2006-09-01 23:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES20	ARGENTINA SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina on January 10-12. Your visit comes at a time of considerable ferment in the Argentine political and economic arenas. On October 23, President Kirchner won a resounding victory in mid-term [...]	2006-01-04 18:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PARM AR SNAR
06BUENOSAIRES2073	FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF 9/11; LATIN AMERICAN ISSUES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international story is US President George W. Bush's speech on the fifth anniversary of 9/11. Other international stories include Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez's attempt to gather support from his Mercosur counterparts for his negotiations to rea [...]	2006-09-12 17:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2117	US GENERAL CRADDOCK'S STATEMENTS AT TENTH CONFERENCE OF THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US General John Craddock's statements at the Tenth Conference of the Americas; the US Senate Armed Services Committee passing a bill aimed at protecting the rights of foreign terrorism suspects; and the US Lower House pas [...]	2006-09-18 10:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2123	ARGENTINA: CLOSE KIRCHNER ASSOCIATE ON U.S. AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 11, Charge and Poloffs (notetakers) met with Congressman and longtime Kirchner associate Carlos Kunkel that included a wide-ranging discussion on bilateral relations, Venezuela and Argentine politics. Kunkel noted that the GOA has many points of cooperation w [...]	2006-09-18 20:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2129	NON ALIGNED MOVEMENT SUMMIT; THE USG AND THE GWOT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 16:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2139	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for the week ending [...] The GOA announced that GDP grew 7.9 percent yoy in the second quarter of 2006 -- slightly above the central bank (BCRA) consensus forecast of 7.8 percent -- and 8.3 percent yoy in the first half of 2006. Growth derived primarily from strong domestic demand - primarily increased investment an [...]	2006-09-19 22:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES2242	A/S SHANNON STATEMENTS ON THE US-Argentina BILATERAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's statements on the US-Argentina bilateral relationship; Venezuela's candidacy for a seat at the UN Security Council; Argentina's vote in favor of Venezuela's candidacy; a Watergate reporter's [...]	2006-10-03 11:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2386	CORDOBA GOVERNOR DE LA SOTA: ARGENTINA'S FREE MARKET [...] (SBU) Cordoba Governor Jose Manuel de la Sota, in a dinner with the Charge, portrayed himself as a champion of free market orthodoxy standing up to a Kirchner administration riding roughshod over market disciplines and contractual sanctity. He questioned the values of a politically and sociall [...]	2006-10-20 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN AR
06BUENOSAIRES2389	US PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATEMENTS ON IRAQ; GLOBAL WAR ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include US President George W. Bush's statement about a possible parallel between the rise in violence in Iraq and the 1968 Communist Tet offensive; an Argentine-Bolivian gas deal worth 17 billion dollars; the role to be played by the 'Coalit [...]	2006-10-24 09:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2441	1994 AMIA BOMBING; US-MEXICAN BORDER WALL; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Last weekend's key international stories include the implications of Argentine Prosecutor Nisman's request for an international arrest order against former Iranian government officials for the 1994 AMIA bombing case; the probable impact of upcoming US legislative elections [...]	2006-10-30 18:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES250	MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with the State of the Union message, in which President Bush defends his foreign policy, warns Iran and Hamas that the U.S. will fight tyranny in the world, urges them to set aside terrorism; refers to Iraq saying that if the U.S. leaves, 'then Bin Laden will r [...]	2006-02-01 20:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2541	WAR IN IRAQ; IRAN; AMIA BOMBING CASE; AFTERMATH OF US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories during the weekend and today include the status of the war in Iraq and the USG's alleged withdrawal plans; the reasons pointed out by the media for the Republicans' defeat in US legislative elections; the Argentine judicial decision on the AMIA bom [...]	2006-11-14 13:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES255	MEDIA REACTION STATE OF THE UNION, IRAN-IAEA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key stories focus on the State of the Union message, noting that Latin America is hardly mentioned; the complicated international scenario posed by President Ahmadinejad's challenges to the UNSC and the Western world; speculation about a possible truce between Hama [...]	2006-02-03 12:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2556	PLANNING MINISTER DE VIDO CALLS FOR CLOSER [...] (C) Argentina's powerful Planning Minister, Julio De Vido, urged the Ambassador November 14 to use their direct relationship as the means to resolve bilateral economic issues. De Vido emphasized the importance of U.S. investment and said he anticipates a number of large U.S. energy sector inv [...]	2006-11-16 09:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ENRG EINV BEXP AR
06BUENOSAIRES2595	IRAQ; THE AMIA CASE; SOUTH AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers focus on the USG's possible shift on its strategy on Iraq; the AMIA case probe and its possible use by the USG to urge the UN Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran; Brazil's plans to unite South American military forces; and Ambassador Earl Anthony Way [...]	2006-11-20 19:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2598	ARGENTINA PETROLEUM ROUNDTABLE: U.S. PLAYERS [...] (C) Representatives of U.S. upstream and downstream hydrocarbon players Apache, Chevron, Esso, Occidental and Pan-American briefed Ambassador on regulatory, tax and labor issues they face. Key concerns include (1) the immediate impact of an oilfield work stoppage that threatens to disrupt nat [...]	2006-11-20 21:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OECD AR
06BUENOSAIRES2692	FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN THE US; CHAVEZ; US AMBASSADOR BOLTON'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the implications of Venezuelan President Chavez' re-election; the resignation of US Ambassador Bolton; freedom of speech in the US; the WTO's ruling on Techint; and climate change. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Freedom without taboos" [...]	2006-12-05 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES273	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso depreciated 0.3 percent versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD - one cent lower than last Friday's close. This week's depreciation is mainly attributed to higher dollar demand by banks and Central Bank (BCRA) intervention in the FX market, and comes in spite of higher USD [...]	2006-02-06 15:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR

06BUENOSAIRES2732	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE VISITS SALTA PROVINCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wayne traveled to Argentina's Salta province November 30-December 1, to support anti-narcotics efforts, public outreach and commercial diplomacy. The Ambassador visited the DEA's Northern Border Task Force office, and participated in a ceremony to deliver drug dogs t [...]	2006-12-12 14:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES2828	US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; AMIA-RIO TERCERO BLAST; ARGENTINA'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include US Senator Joseph Biden's statement that, once the US Congress is controlled by the Democratic Party, it will pay "much more attention" to Latin American issues; an interview with Brazilian sociologist Helio Jaguaribe, wh [...]	2006-12-28 11:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2842	SADDAM HUSSEIN; CUBA AND CHINA; ISRAEL; MERKEL; CRIMES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming execution of Saddam Hussein; Cuba looking to the 'Chinese model;' the US Department of State criticizing Israel's plans to establish a new settlement in the West Bank; a new declassification of USG documents; Angela Merke [...]	2006-12-29 16:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES346	LABOR PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT IN PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] SUMMARY: A two-week protest by dissident elements of the oil and gas workers union in President Nestor Kirchner's home province of Santa Cruz turned deadly on February 8 when a police officer was killed in the town of Las Heras, Santa Cruz and 15 others were wounded. This is the first death [...]	2006-02-13 15:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PGOV PINS ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES407	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Ambassador Meets with New MFA International Security Director -- Rumors of Kirchner Cabinet Changes -- Paper Mill Dispute: Blockage of Bridges into Uruguay Contin [...]	2006-02-17 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES414	ARGENTINA DETAINS FALKLANDS ISLANDS FISHING VESSEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Argentine Coast Guard vessel challenged and - for the first time - detained a fishing vessel from the Falklands Islands February 20. The Argentines claim that the boat was within Argentina's 200-mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ),while the vessel's owners - one of whom is an [...]	2006-02-22 11:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS MARR ENRG PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES451	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR FEBRUARY 24 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. (U) TABLE OF CONTENTS: -- Paco Use Increases Among Argentine Adolescents -- Ibarra Impeachment Update -- Las Heras Truce Wearing Thin -- Argentina Seeks Dialogue with Uruguay but Prepared f [...]	2006-02-24 20:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES459	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. Earlier in the week, the peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 92 million in the FX market on February 21. The BCRA then kept up its active intervention by purchasing a [...]	2006-02-27 16:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES515	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] The peso remained flat versus the USD this week, closing at 3.08 ARP/USD. The peso depreciated one cent to 3.09 ARP/USD early in the week, after the Central Bank (BCRA) purchased USD 29 million in the FX market on February 27. By mid-week, strong investment inflows to purchase domestic stoc [...]	2006-03-06 11:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES595	MEDIA REACTION IRAN CHILE US-BOLIVIAN TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover US President George W. Bush's alleged plan to destabilize Iran; the possible impact of a hypothetical pre-emptive attack against Iran; Argentine President Nestor Kirchner receiving Haitian president-elect Rene Garcia Preval, who thanke [...]	2006-03-14 16:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES625	ARGENTINA POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR MARCH 17 [...] (U) Reftels and other Mission reporting available at http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/wha/buenosaires 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ACEVEDO STEPS DOWN FROM TUMULTUOUS GOVERNORSHIP -- NARCOTICS UPDATE: THAT WHICH WAS LOST IS NOW FOUND -- TELERMAN TAKES THE HELM -- MISIONES PROVINCE IN FLAM [...]	2006-03-17 18:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR AR
06BUENOSAIRES628	MEDIA REACTION US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the US Operation Swarmer, its largest air assault against Baghdad; the US National Security Strategy Report, in which US President George W. Bush reaffirmed his strike-first policy against terrorists and enemy nations an [...]	2006-03-20 11:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES635	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] GDP increased 9.1 percent y-o-y in the fourth quarter of 2005 - well above the BCRA consensus forecast of 8.4 percent - bringing annual GDP growth for 2005 to 9.2 percent. Growth was mainly driven by investment and strong consumer spending. Investment increased 27 percent y-o-y in the fourt [...]	2006-03-20 17:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES666	Argentina: Environmental Challenges in Argentina's [...] Summary: ESTHOFF and Brasilia Regional Environmental Officer (REO) traveled to Chaco and Santiago del Estero provinces in Argentina's environmentally sensitive Grand Chaco area from March 6 - 9 to visit national and provincial parks and to examine deforestation and the ecological challenges [...]	2006-03-21 17:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAGR KSCA AR
06BUENOSAIRES727	ARGENTINA'S TOURISM SECTOR CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, not for internet distribution ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) Argentina received a record number of 3.7 million foreign tourists in 2005, a twelve percent rise over 2004. Argentina's tourist sector was the third most important source of foreign exchange [...]	2006-03-29 12:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON AR
06BUENOSAIRES748	BRIDGING ARGENTINA'S DIGITAL DIVIDE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Argentina's IT industry is the third largest in Latin America. Argentina's IT industry enjoys many advantages and is growing quickly. IT companies expect continued rapid growth and are inv [...]	2006-03-31 18:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND AR
06BUENOSAIRES754	MEDIA REACTION IRAN US-INDIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today cover Iran rejecting UN ultimatum; a US reporter being set free by Iraqi kidnappers; the Financial Action Task Force asking Argentine legislators to label terrorism as a crime; the US "criticizing Argentina's suspension of meat exports;" the [...]	2006-04-03 12:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES771	MEDIA REACTION ZACARIAS MOUSSAOUI US [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include a US federal jury finding conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for the death penalty; a debate in the US Senate on undocumented immigrants and the impact of the issue on November legislative elections; Peruvian presidential ca [...]	2006-04-04 20:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES786	MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY US- [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Latin immigrants preparing a large demonstration in the US for May 1; and Uruguayan Economy Minister Danilo Astori's statement that his government has not dismissed an eventual FTA with the US. Daily-of-record "La Nacion," leading [...]	2006-04-06 20:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES787	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S POST MEMORANDUM FOR OIG [...] (SBU) BACKGROUND: Argentina's size, importance to the regional economy, and ability to contribute to U.S. security goals make the bilateral relationship important to U.S. interests. Argentina is the size of the United States east of the Mississippi, with a population of 39 million inhabitants [...]	2006-04-06 21:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASIG BBG
06BUENOSAIRES866	MEDIA REACTION IRAN SIX US GENERALS AGAINST [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend stories cover six US retired military allegedly asking for US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urging the UN to adopt a resolution on Iran; the implications of the US immigration policy; the US policy on the Mi [...]	2006-04-17 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES903	ARGENTINA NAMES STRONG CHAVEZ ALLY AS AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOA announced April 18 that it was seeking acceptance from the Government of Venezuela to name former airline stewardess, union leader, congresswoman, and Chavez ally Alicia Castro as the new Argentine Ambassador to Venezuela. Castro, 56, is known as one of Chavez's most [...]	2006-04-21 19:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP ENRG AR VZ
06BUENOSAIRES908	MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the wave of arrests of illegal immigrants in the US; US President Bush's tour to China; Venezuela leaving the Andean Community of Nations to join Mercosur; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's statement that there are 'imperialistic fo [...]	2006-04-21 20:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES911	TRAVEL NOTES: ARGENTINA'S NEUQUEN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In March, Poloff traveled to the province of Neuquen to meet with political and academic leaders and has subsequently met with a number of national legislators from Neuquen. Neuquen Governor Jorge Sobisch is currently the only declared candidate for the 2007 presidential elect [...]	2006-04-21 21:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AR
06BUENOSAIRES915	MEDIA REACTION GLOBAL TORTURE CHINESE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Osama bin Laden issuing new threats in an audiotape broadcast on Arab TV accusing average Westerners of supporting "a Zionist, crusaders' war on Islam" and urging his followers to go to Sudan to fight a proposed UN peace force; criti [...]	2006-04-24 20:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES925	MEDIA REACTION US IMMIGRATION POLICY BLOW TO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include terrorist bombs hitting the Egyptian resort of Dahab killing at least 23 people and wounding more than 60; US President George W. Bush's trip to California and defense of his proposal to grant a temporary work permit to immigrant [...]	2006-04-25 19:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES940	MEDIA REACTION CHAVEZ' INFLUENCE ON LATIN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include President Bush's investigation into oil price abuses; Presidents Lula and Kirchner's reaction to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's increasing influence in Latin America; the increasing amount of Bolivian cocaine entering Argentina [...]	2006-04-26 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES956	MEDIA REACTION IRANIAN LEADER'S THREAT TO THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei's serious war threat to the US; the US reinforcing its espionage operations in Latin America; the implications of the complaints by several US military retirees against US Defense Secretary Don [...]	2006-04-27 20:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES966	Argentina Economic and Financial Weekly for [...] In its second quarter inflation report, the BCRA increased its 2006 growth forecast from 6 percent to "above 7 percent" based on the strong economic performance during the first two months of the year and the statistical carry-over effect from 2005. According to the report, the continued stre [...]	2006-04-28 20:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ELAB ALOW AR
06BUENOSAIRES984	ARGENTINA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR REACTION TO [...] (C) Bolivian President Evo Morales nationalized the country's oil and gas reserves by decree on May 1. The decree fulfilled one of Morales' most prominent campaign pledges, but the scope and speed of the decision came as a shock to Argentine officials and business representatives alike. GOA [...]	2006-05-02 21:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON AR BL
06CAIRO1288	GOE OFFERS TENDER DOCUMENT FOR THIRD MOBILE [...] (SBU) The GOE's National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) on February 19 made available instructions for bidders on the proposed third mobile telephone licence (reftel). According to press reports, as of February 27, 17 companies had purchased the tender document, or the "Networ [...]	2006-03-01 10:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KGIT
06CAIRO2477	MUBARAK'S MAY DAY SPEECH STRESSES CONTINUED REFORM [...] (SBU) President Mubarak's annual May Day address to the Egyptian labor movement, on April 27 at the Convention Center in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, was notable for his comments on reform and stability. In addition to the obligatory congratulations to Egypt's labor movement, Mubarak recapp [...]	2006-04-27 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO4377	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) The U.S. Mission in Egypt warmly welcomes your visit to Cairo. It provides us the opportunity to enhance the investment climate and opportunities for U.S. corporations operating in Egypt's vital petroleum sector. Your meetings with Minister of Finance Yousef Boutros Ghali and Minister of [...]	2006-07-13 16:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4518	EGYPT: IMMINENT INCREASE IN GASOLINE PRICE? [...] (C) The Egyptian Cabinet has apparently approved an increase in the heavily-subsidized gasoline price, although specifics regarding the extent of the increase were not given. The Minister of Petroleum believes an announcement could come within days, although fears over domestic turbulence ami [...]	2006-07-20 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4596	EGYPT INCREASES FUEL PRICES; PUBLIC REACTION MUTED [...] (SBU) Egypt made a small dent in its burdensome fuel subsidies on July 21 with price increases across a range of fuel products. The increases will be welcomed by multinational fuel retailers who have been operating on non-existent margins. Price gouging in the across the economy for derivati [...]	2006-07-27 09:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EG
06CAIRO4605	EGYPT MEDIA TRENDS FOR JULY 26, 2006 [...] Summary: As we have witnessed repeatedly since the outbreak of the current Israel-Lebanon crisis the Egyptian opposition and independent press demonstrated once again today, through words and photos, strong bias against Secretary Rice and her efforts thus far to achieve a cease-fire. Com [...]	2006-07-27 12:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR KPAO OPRC PGOV PTER AG AL EG IZ
06CAIRO5430	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FM ABOUL [...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on August 28. Aboul Gheit warned Ambassador Schulte that the U.S. handling of Lebanon had strengthened Iran, that economic sanctions against Ir [...]	2006-08-31 10:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC EG IR LE IS KNNP
06CAIRO5779	EGYPT: QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: The Central Bank intervenes to raise interest rates, parliament decreases stamp taxes and considers a single Treasury account, while the GOE increases cooperation with China. Industry organizations sign a cooperative agreement with major banks to finance new factories. Egypt [...]	2006-09-14 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO6038	MUBARAK FOCUSES ON NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EGYPT'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: At last week's National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, both President Mubarak and his son Gamal highlighted nuclear energy as an alternative to continued reliance on fossil fuels. Prime Minister Nazif convened the Supreme Council for Energy for the first time in 18 years to d [...]	2006-09-26 10:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV TSPL KNNP EG
06CAIRO6325	GOP SCHIZOPHRENIC ON VENEZUELAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] SUMMARY. (C) GOP Energy policy remains divided as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MICI) pursues divergent paths to ensure an affordable supply of petroleum for Panama. MICI Vice-Minister Jose Paredes stated publicly that the new Panamanian state run oil company would not distribute fue [...]	2006-10-11 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC MOPS PHUM ARABL EG SU
06CAIRO646	EGYPT HOSTS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT AND ISRAELI [...] (C) Playing a central role in post-Hamas victory diplomatic contacts, Egypt hosted Palestinian President Abu Mazen and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Cairo February 1. Livni met one-on-one with Mubarak for nearly 2 hours, and was hosted by Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for a joint press co [...]	2006-02-02 18:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO6524	EGYPT: MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] (U) IN THIS EDITION: Ramadan begins, and consumer prices rise. Egypt's credit rating remains unchanged, but interest rates for farmers decrease. The Ministry of Investment drafts changes to the investment law, as on-line trading and a new stock index are launched. Egypt's Minister of Enviro [...]	2006-10-23 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO6582	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In an introductory meeting October 21, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman reviewed Egyptian thinking on Sudan and Darfur with U.S. Presidential Envoy for Sudan, Andrew Natsios. Despite tense relations with Khartoum, Egypt is working to resolve the conflict in Darfur and to bolster the stabi [...]	2006-10-29 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EAID EG SU
06CAIRO6593	MUBARAK'S VISIT TO RUSSIA AND CHINA: DIVERSIFYING [...] (C) With media attention focused on Mubarak's upcoming visit to Russia (Nov 1-4) and China (Nov 6-9),speculation is rife as to why he is going, and what message he is sending. While Egypt has solid reasons for expanding cooperation with both countries; the fact that Mubarak is throwing his we [...]	2006-10-30 10:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ENRG EG RU CH KNNP
06CAIRO6894	EGYPTIAN GAS, TEXTILE EXPORTS NARROWING TRADE GAP [...] (U) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH U.S. EXPORTS TO EGYPT ARE RISING THIS YEAR, BARRIERS TO TRADE ARE LOWERING, AND NEW SECTORS ARE OPENING TO U.S. PRODUCTS, THE U.S. TRADE SURPLUS WITH EGYPT HAS BEEN SHRINKING SINCE 2000, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF RISING U.S. IMPORTS OF EGYPTIAN NATURAL GAS AND DECLINING EGYPT [...]	2006-11-19 05:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD FCSCEG EG
06CAIRO7190	GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...]	2006-12-20 07:23:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG
06CAIRO7250	SUEZ CANAL ENJOYS RECORD YEAR, PLANS AHEAD [...] (SBU) Egypt's Suez Canal revenues will reach record levels for 2006, and sustained high energy prices and ever-increasing Chinese container traffic to the U.S. and Europe bode well for the strategic waterway's near future. Completion of an ongoing dredging program in 2007 will facilitate great [...]	2006-12-28 11:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD EPET EG
06CALCUTTA509	DEADLY BOMB ATTACKS IN ASSAM KILL 12 PEOPLE AND INJURE 50 [...] (SBU) Summary: Following Assam's bloodiest month of insurgent violence this year, November began with one of Assam's deadliest bombings in recent years. On November 5, two bomb explosions in Assam's capital Guwahati killed 12 people and injured at least 50 others. GOI and state law enforcem [...]	2006-11-06 15:54:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR PTER PHUM IN
06CALCUTTA543	TO KEEP CHINESE OUT, INDIA SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The GOI recently provided arms to Burma for use in counter-insurgency operations along the Indo-Burma border. The GOI hopes to stop the activities of especially violent insurgent groups the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the United Liberation Front (UNLF),but the GO [...]	2006-12-04 11:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER IN BM
06CANBERRA1366	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) Opposition Leader Kim Beazley told the Ambassador during his September 6 introductory call that the alliance continued to enjoy broad bipartisan support in Australia. The Labor Party, for its part, could be counted on to continue to support the alliance,s core elements of ship visits, [...]	2006-09-08 06:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR PARM AS
06CARACAS1104	HAITI'S PRESIDENT-ELECT MAKES BRIEF VISIT TO [...] (U) Haiti's President-elect Rene Preval arrived in Caracas April 24 for a brief bilateral meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, which included discussions on energy and implementing effective strategies for improving the country's social conditions. During a joint press conference f [...]	2006-04-26 13:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS1169	IS CHAVEZ LOSING IT? [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' rhetoric has always been radical. Yet, up until the last six to 12 months, he reserved his most extreme statements for domestic audiences. Lately, he has flown off the handle in front of international microphones. He has criticized regional counterpar [...]	2006-05-03 16:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR VE
06CARACAS1174	TAKING THE BAIT: CHAVEZ CREATES ANOTHER [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez started a diplomatic row with the Peruvian Government after Peruvian presidential candidate Alan Garcia questioned Chavez' "Bolivarian" credentials in late April. Chavez called Garcia a corrupt thief on April 28, adding that Garcia and Peruvian President [...]	2006-05-03 20:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS1209	CHAVEZ' "BOLIVARIAN" BUSINESS MODELS: THE TRIUMPH [...] (SBU) As part of his "XXI-Century Socialism" project, President Chavez has chosen to reward business models that conform to his political vision via financial incentives and preferential treatment. The BRV has supported the creation of thousands of cooperatives, which have largely failed to [...]	2006-05-05 19:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON VE
06CARACAS1238	PDVSA: DIVERSIFICATION, CORRUPTION, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The politicization of PDVSA appears to have an increasingly negative impact on how it carries out its operations and conducts long term planning. As a result of Bolivarian ideology, PDVSA appears to be making a concerted effort to shed itself of long-term supply contracts as well [...]	2006-05-09 12:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1252	PARANOIA IN INTERNAL VENEZUELAN MILITARY DOCUMENT [...] (C) Embassy received from opposition contacts CD copies of two internal Venezuelan military powerpoint presentations that appear to date from around 2003. The presentations contain charts so complex, intricate, and overlapping as to be hardly readable. They portray revisionist history and [...]	2006-05-09 18:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL VE
06CARACAS1262	ALIANZA POPULAR TOUTS ABSTENTION MESSAGE [...] (C) Veteran Christian Democrat politician Oswaldo Alvarez Paz has just completed his first year building his "Alianza Popular," a center-right micro-party that prefers to throw rocks at the 2006 presidential elections rather than participate with other opposition groups. Alvarez Paz denies he [...]	2006-05-10 19:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS1291	BOLIVARIAN SPENDING UNSUSTAINABLE BELOW USD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Milton Guzman, the Vice President of Research with the Banco de Venezuela Santander Investment Group, said that if the Venezuelan oil basket price dropped to USD 40 per barrel (from the current USD 60.29 per barrel for April 2006),the current levels of BRV central government sp [...]	2006-05-12 18:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1363	PDVSA PUSHES FOR MORE CONTACT WITH USG [...] (U) Action requested. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA Vice President Luis Vierma suggested that senior USG and PDVSA officials meet on a regular basis to discuss a wide variety of energy issues. He also offered to host a week long visit for Departments of State and Energy [...]	2006-05-16 17:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1400	SUDDEN DROP IN VENEZUELAN EXPORTS [...] (C) A senior ExxonMobil representative told Petroleum Attache on May 17 that Venezuelan crude exports have fallen by 300,000 barrels. (COMMENT: We believe, given the context of his remarks, that the representative meant per day. END COMMENT) The representative also stated ExxonMobil employee [...]	2006-05-17 18:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1417	NO SURPRISES IN BRV RESPONSE TO CT DESIGNATION [...] (C) The Department's May 15 announcement that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is not fully cooperating in the global war on terrorism unleashed a series of scathing but typical responses from President Hugo Chavez and his senior mouthpieces. Chavez called the USG an "impotent empi [...]	2006-05-17 22:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER VE
06CARACAS1426	BCV'S ABILITY TO DEFEND BOLIVAR WEAKENED [...] (SBU) After delaying the issuance of its financial statements for a month, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) finally published its March 2006 financial statement showing cumulative 2006 first quarter losses of USD 136 million. These losses are mainly due to the increasing cost of BCV's effo [...]	2006-05-18 14:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1445	TEMPERATURE RISES FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly on May 16 approved amendments to the Organic Hydrocarbons Law (OHL) that raise income taxes on the strategic associations from 34 to 50 percent and introduced a 33.3 percent extraction tax. It appears that the six international oil companies (IOCs) that are [...]	2006-05-19 16:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1449	BOLIVARIANS IN THE OLD COUNTRY: CHAVEZ DOES EUROPE [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez conducted an array of state business and outreach to sympathizers during a six-country swing through Europe and North Africa, May 10-18. The trip began with Chavez getting a stern message on human rights from Pope Benedict XVI. In Rome, Chavez met with communist Ita [...]	2006-05-21 19:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE IT IZ AU AG UK VT
06CARACAS1468	DIVISIONS AND DISSENT IN CHAVISMO [...] (C) The diversity of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' "Bolivarian Revolution" often makes it appear divided. For example, differences have emerged between the movement's civilians and soldiers, its democrats and dictators, and its ideologues and crooks. Nonetheless, these disputes have bee [...]	2006-05-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE
06CARACAS1469	HOW CHAVEZ MANAGES PROBLEMS [...] (C) SEPTEL addresses the divisions within President Hugo Chavez' administration and the dissent among his support base. This cable shows that Chavez has sought with some success to deflect his administration's failures by blaming the USG, chastising his own subordinates, and holding rallies [...]	2006-05-22 20:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS16	EVO MORALES VISITS VENEZUELA [...] (U) Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales arrived in Caracas January 3 for a brief visit that included paying homage to Simon Bolivar at the National Monument, a two-hour bilateral meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, and a lengthy joint press conference in "Cadena Nacional." In addi [...]	2006-01-04 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1616	CHAVEZ OPENS OPEC 141ST EXTRAORDINARY MEETING [...] SUMMARY: President Chavez opened the 141st Extraordinary Meeting of OPEC mid-day June 1 with a speech of almost two hours that was long on attacks on U.S. imperialism and short on substance. After giving a rambling verion of Venezuelan and OPEC history, he proposed a 50 USD floor for oil pri [...]	2006-06-01 20:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1639	VISAS DONKEY -- TASCON GUTIERREZ, LUIS [...] (C) Post requests SAO on the prudential revocation of the B1/B2 visa of Venezuelan citizen Luis Tascon (DPOB: 27AUG1968, Venezuela) on Foreign Policy grounds under INA 212(A)(3)(C). Post believes that his entry in the United States would have potentially serious adverse foreign policy conse [...]	2006-06-05 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM PTER VE
06CARACAS1662	STATE MACHINERY DRIVING CHAVEZ' CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez abuses state power and the public purse to benefit his reelection campaign. He has ordered public officials to get out the pro-Chavez vote, and his administration has forced them to participate in Chavista rallies. Through his control over off-budget ex [...]	2006-06-06 22:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1709	UPDATE ON PETROAMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Petroamerica, the Chavez administration's initiative for Latin American and Caribbean energy integration, is composed of three parts: Petrocaribe (Caribbean),Petroandina (Colombia, Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru),and Petrosur (Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay). In addition, the BRV h [...]	2006-06-12 15:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1712	UPDATE ON PETROCARIBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the past seven months, the BRV appears to have focused on building institutions such as joint venture companies to support the Petrocaribe initiative (Reftel A). Shipments of oil still appear to be relatively few in number. Although the lines between various BRV initiati [...]	2006-06-12 15:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS2047	THE BRV'S PROPOSED MINING SECTOR REFORM: CHAVEZ [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 20, 2006, the Ministry of Basic Industries and Mines (MIBAM) proposed legislation in the National Assembly to reform Venezuela's mining laws and thereby empower the BRV to increase its control over the mining sector. Modeled on its reform of the petroleum sector, the bill [...]	2006-07-10 15:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EINV EIND VE
06CARACAS2065	VENEZUELA, COLOMBIA AND PANAMA INAUGURATE [...] (U) On July 8, 2006, Presidents Alvaro Uribe of Colombia and Martin Torrijos of Panama joined President Chavez to inaugurate the "Trans-Caribbean" Natural Gas Pipeline. To be constructed by Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) and Ecopetrol, Colombia's state oil firm, with private-sector supervision [...]	2006-07-10 18:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS2067	BRV PUBLIC CREDIT CHIEF'S VIEWS ON DEBT MANAGEMENT [...] (C) On July 6, econoffs met with Public Credit Chief Rudolf Romer to discuss the BRV's debt management strategy and upcoming bond issues, including the recently announced joint Venezuelan-Argentine "Bonds of the South." Noting Venezuela's debt profile had improved significantly in recent yea [...]	2006-07-10 19:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS217	ZULIA GOVERNOR ACCUSED OF COUP PLOTTING [...] (C) Zulia Governor and potential presidential contender Manuel Rosales is engaged in heavy mudslinging with the mayor of Venezuela's second largest city, Maracaibo. Mayor Gian Carlo Di Martino accuses Rosales of traveling to Bogota to meet with Colombian military officials and exiled Venezue [...]	2006-01-30 18:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2227	REFINERY FIRE FUELS RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fire broke out at the Amuay Refinery, part of the Paraguana Refining Complex, the world's largest refinery, on July 17. Experts state the fire will result in a gasoline production curtailment of 100 to 120 thousand barrels per day and that it will take four to five months to re [...]	2006-07-27 14:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ENIV VE
06CARACAS2268	PDVSA PUMMELS JBIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDVSA board scuttled a major gas project in March when it rejected project financing by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC),Japan's version of EXIM. The decision severely embarrassed JBIC and it is not clear if it will be willing to finance Venezuelan projects [...]	2006-08-01 13:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ENIV VE
06CARACAS2275	CHAVEZ' GUIDE TO DISMANTLING THE JUDICIARY [...] (C) When President Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999, there was general dissatisfaction with the judicial system, which the Venezuelan public viewed as extremely corrupt. He used his mandate and his majority in the National Constituent Assembly to create laws that purported to make the judici [...]	2006-08-01 19:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE
06CARACAS2297	PDVSA'S FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO ROT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Repairs at the Amuay refinery appear to be dragging as investigators look for evidence of sabotage. Crude destined originally for Amuay is being shipped to China. Production of roofing flux has stopped as a result of the fire, which could have a significant impact on the U.S. co [...]	2006-08-03 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS2367	CASTRO'S ILLNESS; IMPACT ON THE BRV, ON BRV-GOC [...] (S/NF) BRV reaction to the announcement of Castro's illness and recovery directly mirrored that of the Cuban regime. There is no reason to believe that the fundamentals of the Cuba-Venezuela relationship -- with Venezuela providing huge resource flows, and the Cubans providing tens of thousand [...]	2006-08-10 02:26:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM VE CU
06CARACAS2392	MANUEL ROSALES: CREDIBLE CANDIDATE, UNLIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Summary. Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales was named the opposition unity candidate for the December 3 election on August 9. Rosales is an experienced and tested politician who has secured the broad support of a significant portion of Venezuela's fractious opposition, is a serious presidentia [...]	2006-08-11 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2406	CHAVEZ ROMANCES THE CARIBBEAN TO GAIN UNSC VOTE [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela,s (BRV) bid for a seat on the UN Security Council will depend partially on the support of the fifteen CARICOM countries (almost half of the 33 Latin American votes). A CARICOM consensus in favor of support for Venezuela, while assumed by Pres [...]	2006-08-14 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS2431	CITGO SELLS LYONDELL REFINERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez announced that PDVSA's wholly owned U.S. subsidiary Citgo was selling its interest in Houston's Lyondell-Citgo Refinery to partner Lyondell Chemical Company. The sale comes as no surprise and is the result of a long running dispute between the two [...]	2006-08-15 21:21:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS2450	2006 SECTION 527 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 18:36:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
06CARACAS2489	INSIDE BARRIO ADENTRO: THE BRV'S PRIMARY HEALTH [...] (SBU) Mision Barrio Adentro ("Inside the Neighborhood") is a network of BRV-sponsored primary health care modules largely staffed by Cuban medical personnel. Current statistics and financial information about this BRV program are very difficult to obtain. Venezuelan physicians' groups alleg [...]	2006-08-21 20:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON VE
06CARACAS254	AMBASSADOR VISITS MARACAIBO JAN. 26 [...] (C) Maracaibo, Venezuela's second largest city and a current political hotspot, was the destination for the Ambassador's most recent in-country outreach program on January 26. During his visit the Ambassador presented scholarships to nine indigenous students on behalf of the Venezuelan-Amer [...]	2006-02-02 13:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2622	BANKING SECTOR UPDATE: SNAPSHOTS AND [...] (SBU) From December 2005 to June 2006, reported bank profits (return on equity) declined from 32.5 to 30.7 percent (17 percent real profit after adjusting for inflation, which is in line with bank returns in the region). During this period, the sector has faced increasing regulatory control [...]	2006-08-30 20:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS264	DETAILS OF VENEZUELAN ENERGY COOPERATION AGREEMENTS [...] SUMMARY: On January 23 President Chavez signed two bilateral agreements with Bolivian President Evo Morales: the Broad Scope Energy Agreement and the Caracas Energy Accord. Both are aimed at expanding regional integration through the BRV's Petroamerica initiative and the consolidation of its [...]	2006-02-02 17:01:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECIN EINV VE
06CARACAS2667	STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION MIGRATION: THE GAME'S AFOOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of speculation, the BRV has contacted international oil companies (IOCs) with stakes in the Faja strategic associations to begin negotiations on migrating the associations to joint ventures in which PDVSA holds a majority stake. Although the BRV has spoken with indi [...]	2006-09-06 12:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS2692	FORMER FM ALI RODRIGUEZ NAMED AMBASSADOR TO CUBA [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez's designation of former foreign minister Ali Rodriguez as Ambassador to Cuba on August 31 demonstrates that Chavez continues to make Venezuelan-Cuban relations one of his top foreign policy priorities. It may also portend the BRV's determination to play an impor [...]	2006-09-06 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE CU
06CARACAS2825	BITS AND PIECES FROM THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's books continue to be in complete disarray due to problems with tax authorities and the state petrochemical company. The BRV is pressing PDVSA to act as a central bank. PDVSA's recent shabby treatment of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has come back to [...]	2006-09-15 19:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS2845	THE CHAVEZ CAMPAIGN: VICTORY, AT ANY COST? [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez' re-election campaign is a disturbing mix of retrograde authoritarian tactics and creeping totalitarian tendencies. Chavez and his close campaign team exercise tight control over a formidable, country-wide grassroots electoral organization and an administra [...]	2006-09-18 20:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
06CARACAS2881	CNPC'S VIEWS ON THE VENEZUELAN HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: CNPC executives are frustrated with the migration of their former Operating Service Agreement (OSA) fields to joint ventures. They do not believe that CNPC is receiving any special treatment from the BRV and argued instead that they are in worse shape than a major American compa [...]	2006-09-20 14:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS2900	CHAVEZ HOSTSAHMADINEJAD: BRV FORGING EVER CLOSER [...] (C Summary. President Chavez hosted Iranian Presidet Ahmadinejad for a September 17-18 red carpet vsit to Venezuela, a follow-on to Chavez' July 29August 1 state visit to Iran. The two leaders reortedly signed 34, mostly commercial, accords aspart of a "strategic alliance" against American m [...]	2006-09-21 17:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE IR
06CARACAS298	CHAVEZ CELEBRATES SEVEN YEARS IN POWER, GOES FOR [...] (C) In a six-hour presentation celebrating his seventh year in office on February 2, President Hugo Chavez enjoyed musical performances, conferred several awards, summarized his administration's accomplishments, announced the expulsion of the US Naval Attache, warned the Embassy against futur [...]	2006-02-06 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON ELAB SOCI VE
06CARACAS2983	POLLS SHOW ROSALES ADVANCING, BUT ABSTENTIONISM [...] (C) Pollster Alfredo Keller told PolCouns September 20 that while his latest poll indicates hard-core opposition support (32 percent) outranks that of hard-core Chavismo (25 percent),continued distrust in the electoral system will result in high abstention rates that will almost certainly al [...]	2006-09-29 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS2998	MONAGAS STATE: THE CHAVEZ MACHINE VS. STRUGGLING [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez dominates the political landscape of the eastern plains state of Monagas and at this stage appears likely to carry the state of over 480,000 registered voters by a wide majority. Chavez' pet infrastructure projects and social programs in the state are having onl [...]	2006-10-02 17:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3041	PDVSA RELEASES 2005 FINANCIALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: PDVSA released its 2005 financial results on October 3. According to a presentation by PDVSA President and Minister of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) Rafael Ramirez, PDVSA had worldwide revenues of USD 85.73 billion in 2005 and USD 6.483 billion in profits. These results shed a lit [...]	2006-10-06 20:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3069	ROSALES RALLY GIVES OPPOSITION A BOOST [...] (C) Summary. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales, October 8 "Avalanche" Rally in Caracas, the biggest opposition event since the 2004 presidential recall referendum, put some new life into Rosales' long-shot campaign. The opposition also demonstrated that it retains residual "street power" a [...]	2006-10-11 17:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL VE

06CARACAS3131	MEP PRESENTS TERMS FOR STRATEGIC ASSOCIATION [...] (C/NF) Chevron Latin America Upstream President Ali Moshiri (strictly protect throughout) and ExxonMobil Venezuela (XM) President Tim Cutt (strictly protect throughout) paid separate calls on the Ambassador the week of September 29 to update him on the upcoming forced migration of the Faja st [...]	2006-10-17 20:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET VE
06CARACAS3175	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE MANUEL ROSALES' INNER CIRCLE [...] (C) Summary. While consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales continues to work with the "big tent" campaign team he announced on August 18, he relies more heavily on a smaller, less visible "kitchen cabinet" from his home state of Zulia. Former Zulia Governor Omar Barboza, for example, i [...]	2006-10-20 21:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VE
06CARACAS3194	STAFFDEL MEACHAM BREAKFAST WITH DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Senate Staff Member Carl Meacham, accompanied by Ambassador and DCM, met October 23 with diplomats from Chile, Mexico, the UK, and Canada. The diplomats predicted President Chavez will win the December 3 presidential election, but said Rosales is running a strong campai [...]	2006-10-24 17:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC VE
06CARACAS3224	RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips received a term sheet on the strategic association migration at roughly the same time as Exxon Mobil and Chevron. The Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MEP) has made it clear that it does not want state owned oil company PDVSA to operate the strategic associati [...]	2006-10-26 20:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3231	AMBASSADOR VISITS ANZOATEGUI STATE [...] SUMMARY: (U) With an eye to highlight USG-related activities and institutions in eastern Venezuela, Ambassador Brownfield visited the state of Anzoategui on October 19-20, 2006. When BRV meddling prohibited visits to U.S. business plants in the Jose industrial complex, he met with Exxon Mobi [...]	2006-10-27 17:28:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON VE
06CARACAS3257	CHAVEZ' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: SPREADING WEALTH AND [...] (C) Since 2005, President Chavez has verbally pledged over USD 90 billion for bilateral agreements, regional initiatives, government contracts, binational funds, donations, investments and joint ventures involving foreign countries. The total figure is approximately one third of combined GDP [...]	2006-10-31 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PREL VE IR
06CARACAS3296	COMPETING ECONOMIC PLANS: CHAVEZ AND ROSALES [...] (U) Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales released his "Proposal for Change toward a New Social Democracy" on October 25. This platform details his populist economic plans for distributing the country's oil wealth to the neediest through "Mi Negra" debit cards, respect for private pro [...]	2006-11-02 15:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3311	CHEVRON'S CRYSTAL BALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and Petroleum Attache (Petatt) met with Chevron Latin America President Ali Moshiri (strictly protect throughout) on October 31 to discuss a variety of issues in the hydrocarbon sector. Moshiri believes the BRV will face serious problems in 2008 as a result of a de [...]	2006-11-06 13:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3313	ROSALES FOREIGN POLICY PLATFORM - CHIDING CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales has prepared a written foreign policy platform. It is a moderate and savvy alternative to President Chavez' anti-American foreign policy. Rosales pledges to prioritize relations with Latin America and "normalize" relations with the [...]	2006-11-06 16:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ETRD VE
06CARACAS3316	BRV RELEASES 2007 NATIONAL BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Finance delivered the proposed 2007 budget for Venezuela to the National Assembly (AN) on October 17, 2006. The budget calls for spending 115.2 trillion Bolivars (USD 53.6 billion) in 2007. The proposal assumes an exchange rate of 2150 Bs/USD, an average oil exp [...]	2006-11-06 20:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3318	UNSC DEFEAT: CHAVEZ TRYING TO SAVE FACE [...] (C) Summary. After publicly predicting that Venezuela would definitely win a rotational seat on the UN Security Council, President Chavez has been forced to backtrack systematically as Venezuela subsequently lost 46 (and tied one) UNGA ballots to Guatemala. Chavez and BRV officials are lamel [...]	2006-11-06 21:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS3319	ROSALES CAMPAIGN ON THE MARCH [...] (C) Summary. While he still faces an uphill struggle to defeat President Chavez' electoral machine, consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales continues to campaign hard and intelligently. Rosales' November 4 city-wide Caracas march attracted several hundred thousand participants and his [...]	2006-11-06 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB VE
06CARACAS332	CHAVEZ CONVOKES MEGA-MARCH, TARGETS "THE EMPIRE" [...] (C) President Chavez convoked a march of more than a million supporters February 4 to commemorate the anniversary of his failed 1992 coup. During his march speech and the following day's Alo Presidente broadcast, Chavez called on his supporters to unite and prepare themselves for what he pr [...]	2006-02-08 20:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI VE
06CARACAS3345	THE VENEZUELA-IRAN ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP [...] (SBU) In the last two years, Venezuela and Iran have signed at least 61 agreements, respective presidents have visited each other at least four times, and trade between both countries has increased exponentially in percentage terms. However, the number of joint ventures in operation on the g [...]	2006-11-08 12:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EFIN VE IR
06CARACAS3402	SERVICE COMPANIES FACE A NEW GAME: JOINT VENTURES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV and PDVSA have announced in very vague terms that it expects service companies to enter into joint ventures in order to provide goods and services to PDVSA. It appears that the joint ventures will be limited to individual downstream projects at this point, but service com [...]	2006-11-15 14:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3411	SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY? BRV ACCUMULATES CASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy estimates are that the BRV currently has between USD 40 and 50 billion in available funds, apart from the USD 35 billion in foreign exchange reserves, distributed between the Central Bank (BCV) and private and public sector banks. These funds represent "excess" oil rev [...]	2006-11-15 19:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3427	ELECTION UPDATE: ROSALES INROADS, STILL UPHILL [...] (C) Summary. Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales continues to wage a strong, credible campaign against President Chavez. Rosales' political strength is now greater than the sum of the parts of the opposition that united behind him in August, and recent endorsements of his candidac [...]	2006-11-17 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3434	PARALLEL RATE SPIKES AS DEMAND FOR DOLLARS GROWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The recently-issued Bonos del Sur (see reftel A) were being re-sold in Venezuela at a rate in excess of 3400Bs/USD this week as Venezuelans are increasingly demanding dollars. The demand is driven by continued excess liquidity, problems with the Commission for the Administration [...]	2006-11-20 15:30:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3462	BARINAS STATE: OPPOSITION UNABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez' campaign team announced that Chavez will hold one of his last major campaign rallies in his native state of Barinas. Chavez is an odds-on favorite to carry the western plains state of Barinas, but he is not running as strong as might be expected in a state wher [...]	2006-11-24 18:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3476	CHAVEZ AND ROSALES MOBILIZE HUGE CROWDS IN FINAL [...] (C) Summary. Opposition candidate Manuel Rosales and President Chavez both held their last major campaign rallies in Caracas November 25 and 26, respectively. Rosales delivered a milestone stump speech November 25 to hundreds of thousands of supporters, easily his biggest campaign rally to d [...]	2006-11-27 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS3507	CHAVEZ DIRTY TRICKS, THE ROSALES "BUBBLE," AND THE [...] (C) Summary. Apart from a few rock-throwing attacks by Chavistas, the Rosales and Chavez campaigns have to date largely stayed away from each other. However, the December 3 presidential election will inevitably put ardent activists of both camps in close proximity. Both the Chavez and Rosale [...]	2006-11-30 22:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC VE
06CARACAS3529	CHEVRON'S TAKE ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV is serious about maintaining OPEC production cuts. PDVSA owes Chevron USD 800 million in operating expenses for the Boscan field and seems incapable of paying operators of the joint ventures in a systematic way. Chevron has met with Rosales advisors and given advice on hy [...]	2006-12-03 18:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3557	CHAVEZ WELCOMES NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT-ELECT ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez received Nicaraguan President-Elect Daniel Ortega at Maiquetia International Airport December 5. Ortega is the first foreign leader to visit Venezuela after Chavez was re-elected December 3, albeit for a visit of less than 24 hours. In brief remarks to the pres [...]	2006-12-07 15:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS3558	WORKING FOR THE MAN IN MARACAIBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: International oil company (IOC) executives paint a uniformly dismal picture of life as a partner with PDVSA in western Venezuela. Production at joint venture fields appears to be falling as costs escalate rapidly, private companies refuse to invest due to a lack of reimbursemen [...]	2006-12-07 15:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3559	MIXED BAG FOR SERVICE COMPANIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Service company representatives in western Venezuela present a mixed picture when it comes to dealing with PDVSA. Companies that provide services report payment problems and administrative arrangements straight from the pages of Kafka. However, equipment companies frequently be [...]	2006-12-07 17:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV VE
06CARACAS3561	BRAZILIAN FIRMS SAMBA ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuelan-Brazilian trade is expected to reach USD 4 billion this year, representing a 60 percent increase over 2005. This increase is consistent with Venezuela's import boom and with the growing relationship between the two countries. Brazilian firms also seem to be winning [...]	2006-12-07 18:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD VE
06CARACAS3604	POST-ELECTION: CAN ROSALES STAY THE COURSE? [...] (C) SUMMARY Although he lost to President Chavez by a substantial margin on December 3, Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales emerged from the presidential election as Venezuela's preeminent opposition leader. It remains to be seen whether the momentum Rosales enjoyed as a candidate will continue. [...]	2006-12-12 20:37:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3652	CAF PRESIDENT DISCUSSES INSTITUTION'S GROWING ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President for the Andean Development Corporation (CAF) Enrique Garcia detailed recent successes and plans for the future at a meeting with Econoffs on December 13. Garcia noted the significant increase in CAF funding and its prominent development role in Latin America. Garcia [...]	2006-12-19 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3653	VENEZUELA: THE BEST IS YET TO COME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two days after the Presidential election, the BRV instituted several changes to customs and currency control regulations. The measures included a 15 percent luxury tariff, price controls on construction materials, and changes to the list of goods which qualify for foreign exch [...]	2006-12-19 21:27:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS3688	ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT CORREA'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. President Hugo Chavez hosted Ecuadorian president-elect Rafael Correa December 20-21. Both Chavez and Correa pledged to enhance bilateral economic integration, particularly energy cooperation. Chavez also said he would consider the request of Correa and Bolivian President Mora [...]	2006-12-27 17:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ETRD VE EC
06CARACAS394	CURRENT STATUS OF OSA MIGRATIONS: NOT VERY PRETTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progress on negotiations on the migration from operating service agreement (OSA) to joint venture companies continues to be bogged down over basic issues such as block reserves certification and value assessment, the formula for valuing crude production, and royalty calculations [...]	2006-02-14 15:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS459	CARACAS BRIDGE CLOSURE: WEEK SIX [...] (SBU) Six weeks after the Caracas-La Guaira bridge closure, transportation remains cumbersome and important sectors of the greater Caracas-area economy continue to be affected. BRV plans for a February 26 opening of the bypass road will not restore pre-closure traffic volume. U.S. airlines [...]	2006-02-17 20:53:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELTN EAIR ETRD KDEM PGOV ASECVE VE
06CARACAS473	WHAT TO EXPECT FROM CHAVEZ' PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' history of dirty campaigning and his announcement that he is running against President Bush have several implications for how he will prepare for Venezuela's December 3, 2006 presidential election. Many of these actions violate the letter and spirit of [...]	2006-02-21 18:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS512	BRV CONTINUS TO FIGHT EXCESS LIQUIDITY [...] (SBU) The BRV continues to struggle with rapidly increasing money supply resulting from xpansionary fiscal policy, booming oil revenues, and foreign exchange restrictions. The money suply (M2) increased by 52.7 percent in 2005 and ha grown approximately 260 percent since the BRV iplemented [...]	2006-02-24 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV PINR VE
06CARACAS598	VIVA ZULIA - CHAVEZ AGAIN HITS ROSALES [...] (C) Chavez accused the U.S. government March 5 of working behind the scenes to create a secessionist movement in Zulia to gain control of the state's rich oil industry. Chavez implicated the state's governor Manuel Rosales with the group and threatened Rosales with jail time if his accusations [...]	2006-03-07 15:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS632	BRV DEBT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since Chavez assumed office in 1999, BRV debt stock increased 70 percent, to USD 46.6 billion at the end of 2005. In 2005, debt stock grew by USD 5.4 billion, despite an estimated 2005 total central government fiscal surplus of approximately USD 3 billion. Despite the increase [...]	2006-03-08 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS662	BRV BACKS OFF ZULIAN SEPARATIST ALLEGATIONS "FOR [...] (C) Zulia state governor Manuel Rosales came out swinging March 7 against the separatist allegations launched against him by President Chavez on March 5. On his weekly television program "Alo Presidente", Chavez accused Rosales of working hand in hand with the United States to create a secessio [...]	2006-03-13 11:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS704	VENEZUELA MACROECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Venezuela,s strong economic growth performance will most certainly continue through 2006 given the continued high oil price scenario and profligate BRV spending this election year, which is fueling a consumption boom. We also expect the state to continue to consolidate its role in th [...]	2006-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS718	VENEZUELAN OPPOSITION DEBATES BETWEEN CONDITIONS [...] (C) Since early January, the opposition has debated whether and how to unite forces for the December 3 presidential election. The current dilemma over whether to focus solely on securing transparent electoral conditions or to also choose a single opposition candidate has resulted in three pr [...]	2006-03-17 15:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS720	URUGUAY PRESIDENT'S STATE VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) During his state visit to Venezuela March 14-15, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez and President Chavez signed 12 cooperative agreements, discussed the revitalization of MERCOSUR, and held a joint press conference on free trade. The two also toured a shoe-manufacturing cooperative and [...]	2006-03-17 16:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KDEM PGOV VE
06CARACAS776	CARRIER VISIT TO BENEFIT US POLICY TOWARD VENEZUELA [...] (U) See Ambassador's comment para 9. 2. (S) Post supports Southcom's planned "Partnership of the Americas" maritime surge to the Caribbean to be led by the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George Washington. The deployment will help us to counter President Hugo Chavez' courtship of Caribbean co [...]	2006-03-23 19:26:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV MOPS MASS VE
06CARACAS784	LOOMING OSA DEADLINE INCREASES UNCERTAINTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV has stated that companies with Operating Service Agreements (OSA) must sign MOUs which commit them to sign joint venture agreements by April 1. Key issues still remain unresolved and it appears companies would waive rights if they signed the MOU. The BRV has stated it [...]	2006-03-24 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS808	VENEZUELAN URBAN AND RURAL EXPROPRIATIONS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) On March 6, President Chavez signed a Presidential Decree declaring a "housing emergency." The decree makes it easier to import construction materials and allows for further expropriations, stating only that they will occur "without violation of the law." The BRV has fallen short of pro [...]	2006-03-27 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS905	VENEZUELAN OIL PRODUCTION AND OUTLOOK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A number of private sector contacts believe that Venezuelan crude production has dropped to 2.3 million barrels per day. Conventional wisdom had placed production at 2.4 to 2.6 million barrels per day. PVDVSA has substantially increased its number of rigs but it does not appea [...]	2006-04-03 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS910	OIL COMPANIES SIGN OSA CONVERSION MOU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from sixteen oil companies signed memorandums of understanding converting their operating service agreements (OSA) to joint ventures in a televised ceremony on March 31. ENI (Italy) and Total (France) did not sign a MOU and PDVSA has taken control of their fields. [...]	2006-04-03 23:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS958	EXPLAINING VENEZUELA'S COZINESS WITH IRAN, [...] (S//NF) Manifest in the public rhetoric of both countries, a shared hatred for the USG is the driving factor in the budding relationship between Iran and Venezuela. The BRV is favoring Iran with petroleum deals and other contracts that appear to make little commercial sense. Although rumors of [...]	2006-04-07 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MASS PARM VE
06CARACAS960	OSA CONVERSION: DUST STILL SETTLING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Companies are still negotiating significant provisions of their joint venture contracts. It is not clear if additional companies will drop out of the process. Negotiations on the signing of the conversion MOUs were down to the last minute. Vice Minister Mommer has stated his go [...]	2006-04-10 11:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CASABLANCA773	IT'S THE ISLAMISTS, NOT THE POLISARIO! CASABLANCA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Casablanca business and financial elites reveal different priorities and perspectives than political elites on the issue of the Western Sahara. Whereas government contacts emphasize resolution of the Western Sahara conflict as a national priority, Casablanca b [...]	2006-07-06 17:32:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PBTS PGOV MO
06CHENNAI2303	COMMUNAL RIOTS CLOSE MANGALORE: PORT REMAINS OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Four days of sporadic communal (Hindu-Muslim) clashes and the resulting curfew stopped most commercial activity from October 4 to 9 in the western Karnataka port city of Mangalore. The conflict was sparked when militant Hindu groups attempted to prevent the transport of cattle f [...]	2006-10-10 09:45:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PINS PINR EWWT ASEC CASC IN
06CHENNAI2554	TAMIL NADU: ECONOMIC GROWTH, BUT IRRITANTS REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The growing FDI inflow into Tamil Nadu, particularly in the manufacturing sector, the support the state receives from the Center due to the synergic political arrangement between the DMK and the Congress parties, the bipartisan support for economic development available in the st [...]	2006-11-09 11:40:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD ECON EINV ENRG IN
06CHENNAI2564	UPDATE ON U.S. POWER PRODUCERS' DISPUTES IN TAMIL NADU [...] (SBU) Summary: This message provides an update on the long-standing disputes, often called "legacy issues," between three U.S. independent powers producers (IPPs) and the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN). In a letter to post received November 8, the GoTN asserted that it is awaiting a directive [...]	2006-11-17 11:35:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON EFIN PREL PGOV IN
06CHIANGMAI161	IRAQ IS ABOUT OIL, THAI ISLAMIC OFFICIAL TELLS NORTHERN [...] (C) Summary. Thailand's highest ranking Islamic official told northern Muslim leaders at a recent gathering that the U.S. invaded "Iraq because of oil; Iran is because of oil." In his remarks, the 91-year old Chularajamontri also praised the royal family, criticized the Pope and blamed the [...]	2006-09-27 04:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR OIIP OEXC TH
06CHIANGMAI93	GOLDEN TRIANGLE TO BECOME GOLDEN GATEWAY [...] Summary. Northern Thailand's physical proximity to southern China has led the eight provinces of upper northern Thailand to promote the region as the "Golden Gate of Trade to the World." Although the area is still better known as the "Golden Triangle" of opium fame, new river, air and land ro [...]	2006-06-20 00:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC TH
06COLOMBO1022	SRI LANKA: AIR STRIKES CONTINUE ON LTTE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Following a devastating presumed Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) claymore mine attack on a civilian bus on June 15 and limited Sri Lanka military retaliation on Tiger sea and air targets the same day, air raids continued the morning of June 16. Monitors and authorities f [...]	2006-06-16 08:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE
06COLOMBO1038	A POSSIBLE WAY OUT OF THE FUEL CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 11, THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA (GSL) RAISED THE PRICE OF FUEL FOR THE SECOND TIME IN EIGHT WEEKS AND ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LIBERALIZE FUEL PRICES. THE PRICE HIKE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE STATIONS IN SRI LANKA, RUN BY THE INDIAN OWNED LANKA INDIAN OIL C [...]	2006-06-21 03:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG ECON CE
06COLOMBO1052	INITIAL FIRST QUARTER GDP STATS MAY BE MISLEADING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Department of Census and Statistics (DCS),an agency coming within the Ministry of Finance and Planning, has released quarterly Gross Domestic Product (GDP) data for the first quarter of 2006. According to these statistics, GDP in the first quarter of 2006 was 7 percent mor [...]	2006-06-26 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON CE
06COLOMBO136	SRI LANKAN OPPOSITION LEADER GIVES FRANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23 Under Secretary Burns and Ambassador Lunstead met with United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister and presidential contender Ranil Wickremesinghe. Wickremesinghe thanked U/S Burns for showing support for Sri Lanka and the peace process. The veteran [...]	2006-01-23 15:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE
06COLOMBO1569	SRI LANKA: FINANCE SECRETARY EXPECTS GROWTH AND STABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Secretary PB Jayasundera, the government's economic mastermind, expects Sri Lanka's GDP to grow by 7 percent this year, fueled by strong performance in the service, construction, and manufacturing sectors, and by healthy export growth. The government is pushing hard to [...]	2006-09-26 03:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PTER CE
06COLOMBO1571	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TRADE AND INVESTMENT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Ambassador Blake informed Minister of Investment Promotion and Enterprise Development Rohitha Bogollagama of developing plans for a U.S. trade mission to Sri Lanka in early December, possibly followed soon after by a round of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement [...]	2006-09-26 03:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD CE
06COLOMBO1602	SRI LANKA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DESCRIBES ECONOMY'S [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal told Ambassador Blake during their introductory meeting that Sri Lanka's economy was healthy and its business climate good. Cabraal was making a personal effort to tell multilateral development banks, credit rating agencies, and [...]	2006-10-02 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PREL CE
06COLOMBO1733	SRI LANKAN RUPEE SLIDES AGAINST DOLLAR [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan depreciated markedly in the past three weeks and touched an all-time low of Rs 107.40 to the dollar on October 17. However, after the Central Bank commented against excessive speculation on the same day, the slide did not continue. End Summary. 2. The Sri Lankan [...]	2006-10-20 06:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN CE
06COLOMBO1756	Sri Lanka: 8 Percent Growth Drives Central Bank Governor's [...] Summary: Sri Lanka's Central Bank has reported 8 percent growth and other positive economic figures for the first half of 2006. Central Bank Governor Nivard Cabraal expects 2006 to finish with 7 percent GDP growth, reduced debt, lower inflation, and declining unemployment. The government belie [...]	2006-10-24 11:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD CE
06COLOMBO180	SRI LANKA TO SUPPORT IAEA REFERRAL OF IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) President Mahinda Rajapaksa called the Ambassador early February 2 to tell him that the cabinet had decided the night before to support the U.S. position on Iran and the IAEA by voting in the February 2 IAEA Board of Governors meeting to refer the issue to the United Nations Security Coun [...]	2006-02-02 09:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC IAEA KNNP CE IR
06COLOMBO186	ENERGY INVESTOR WOES AS SRI LANKA DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka?s oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) suppliers, including two foreign investors (neither American),are facing significant losses as the government has not allowed price increases or has not paid previously agreed subsidies in a timely manner despite increased wor [...]	2006-02-02 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ENRG CE
06COLOMBO1902	SRI LANKA: TRANSPORT AND PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT MINISTER [...] (SBU) Ambassador Blake called on Minister A. H. M. Fowzie October 25 to discuss transportation and petroleum development. Fowzie is Minister of Railways and Transport and Minister of Petroleum and Petroleum Resources Development. Fowzie's political career began 47 years ago, including signifi [...]	2006-11-14 09:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID CE
06COLOMBO1977	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1978	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO1982	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA'S REPORT CARD, ONE YEAR ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa came to office in November 2005 after a campaign highlighting his strong Sinhalese nationalism. He made electoral pacts with the Marxist, Sinhalese chauvinist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and the hard-line Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya [...]	2006-11-28 08:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CE
06COLOMBO2063	Sri Lanka FY 2007 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mahinda Rajapakse, who is also the Finance Minister, presented the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL's) FY 07 budget to Parliament on November 16. The budget envisages large increases in both expenditure and revenue. Military expenditure will increase by 28 percent to [...]	2006-12-13 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CE
06COLOMBO2086	SRI LANKA: HUGE PUSH TO DEVELOP THE PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] Summary. Since President Rajapaksa's election, there has been renewed interest in pursuing several infrastructure projects in Hambantota District, his home district and one of the poorest and least developed areas in Sri Lanka. Proposed projects include an international airport, an industria [...]	2006-12-18 03:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EIND ETRD EAID CE
06COLOMBO2132	DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR MALDIVES [...] (U) Summary: The importance of creating a stable economy before Maldives' 2011 LDC graduation, diversification beyond the fisheries and tourist industries, and promoting environmental protectionism were the main topics of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia, [...]	2006-12-27 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ENRG EWWT SENV EINV ETRD MV
06COLOMBO218	IMI - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 - [...] THE FOLLOWING IS THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR MALDIVES FOR 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2006 2. Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 87 are exclusive resort islands. The local population is about 285,000, and ove [...]	2006-02-10 05:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MV
06COLOMBO250	SRI LANKA: POLICE, COMMUNITY, SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7, emboffs traveled to Alawwa, 30 miles north of Colombo in Kurunegela District, to look into reports from the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) that the congregation of a local Christian church had been threatened and harassed on Christm [...]	2006-02-16 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV CE
06COLOMBO431	SRI LANKA MAY HAVE OIL AND GAS FIELDS, BUT LACKS [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lanka is preparing to call for expressions of interest from international companies for oil and gas exploration as studies conducted by an international company have revealed possible petroleum resources in the seabed off the northern and western coasts. While Sri Lanka app [...]	2006-03-21 03:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ETRD BEXP CE
06COLOMBO662	MALDIVES: DESPITE REFORM ROADMAP, QUESTIONS ON [...] (U) Summary: On March 27 the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) unveiled its much-hyped "Reform Roadmap" which calls for increased press freedom, a new constitution by June 2007, and a multi-party election in October 2008. Since then, however, little progress has been made and const [...]	2006-04-24 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MV
06COLOMBO819	Electricity strike could delay reforms [...] (U) Summary: Unions affiliated with the Marxist- Nationalist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party have warned of a strike and country-wide blackout on May 23 in protest of government moves to present electricity reforms to Parliament, which they fear would lead to privatization of the state [...]	2006-05-19 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG CE
06COLOMBO88	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 23-25 [...] (C) Your visit to Sri Lanka comes as small-scale but recurrent aggression by the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) is exerting increasing pressure on a still-new and relatively untested Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) executive. President Mahinda Rajapaksa appears to lack a coh [...]	2006-01-12 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE
06COPENHAGEN705	GREENLAND: AMB'S VISIT REINFORCES STRONGER TIES [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Cain's recent five-day visit to Greenland confirmed that U.S. relations with this strategic, semi-autonomous territory are stronger than ever and no longer the bilateral irritant they once were with the Danish government. Greenland Home Rule officials uniformly expr [...]	2006-05-18 11:42:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS SENV DA GL
06COTONOU918	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI VISITS CHINA TO BOOST TIES [...] SUMMARY: Since taking office in April 2006, President Yayi has traveled abroad extensively. The latest visit in this diplomatic offensive was an official visit to China, August 28 - September 2. Heading a delegation that included the Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Minister of Finance, Ministe [...]	2006-09-20 16:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD CH BN
06COTONOU944	BENIN U.S. COAST GUARD ISPS COMPLIANCE TEAM VISIT CONCERNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A four-man US Coast Guard delegation led by Mr. Peyton Coleman visited Benin August 27-30, 2006 to assess the Port of Cotonou's security and compliance with the International Shipping and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The team's unofficial findings are that the Port of Coto [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV BN
06DAKAR1170	GUINEA-BISSAU: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS HER [...] (C) Ambassador Jacobs presented credentials to President Joao Bernardo "Nino" Vieira and met with Prime Minister Aristides Gomes; members of the diplomatic corps, human rights and development NGOs, UNOGBIS, the UNDP representative for de-mining, the Law Faculty, National Assembly, a cashew pr [...]	2006-05-17 11:32:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR PU
06DAKAR1264	THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]	2006-05-30 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1265	THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]	2006-05-30 10:49:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1740	SENEGAL,S ECONOMIC GROWTH: IS THE WINDOW OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal,s real GDP growth for 2006 is likely to fall short of earlier expectations. Production in key export sectors is down; fish, phosphate and peanut exports all face difficulties, and indications are that industrial sector output is below projected levels. According to loc [...]	2006-07-19 17:38:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID ENRG SG
06DAKAR1746	SENEGAL PLANS TO TACKLE ONGOING ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) recently hosted a three-day workshop in the coastal town of Saly to diagnose the current energy crisis in the wake of the ongoing world market price increases that continue to negatively affect the Senegalese economy. The workshop featured energy [...]	2006-07-20 13:45:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID ECON EPET SG CH VE IR
06DAKAR2245	SENEGAL'S ENERGY CRISIS WORSENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There seems to be no medium- or long-term strategy to Senegal's energy crisis. After a year of rancor, the relationship between GE/GTi Dakar and Senelec has further deteriorated, and both's debts are mounting. On September 16, GTi shut down because of a lack of fuel, and the [...]	2006-09-18 09:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG
06DAKAR2255	PUSHING BUSH-DEBY MEETING, GOUDIABY SAYS THAT CHAD [...] (C) On September 15, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Counselor to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and prominent architect, came to see the Ambassador and DCM. Goudiaby, who used to work for Mobutu Sese Seko, now has several construction projects in Chad and says that he has become a friend and un [...]	2006-09-18 16:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG
06DAKAR2364	SENEGAL'S STRATEGY TO ADDRESS ITS ENERGY CRISIS [...] (SBU) As we enter the ninth month of Senegal's energy crisis, the GOS and energy parastatals have outlined a number of steps that they hope will stabilize the situation. With presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007, there is widespread agreement among sector analysts that th [...]	2006-09-29 17:09:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA SG CH IR LY MO
06DAKAR2367	"THE WADE FORMULA" - PRESIDENT WADE'S PROPOSES GLOBAL OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 26, President Abdoulaye Wade convoked the Ambassador to discuss Senegal's MCC program and other large development plans and to present "The Wade Formula," the President's own vision of a new mechanism for fighting poverty in Africa by sharing a new global surcharge [...]	2006-10-02 07:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EAID ECON ETRD EINV SG
06DAKAR2460	WESTERN OIL COMPANIES REDUCE HOLDINGS IN SENEGAL AS OTHER [...] (SBU) Citing poor returns on investments, Exxon-Mobil officials have announced publicly the sale of its 300 service stations in Senegal, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Cameroon, Kenya, and the island of Reunion to the Libyan firm Tamoil. At the same time, Royal Dutch Shell is quietly selling off the r [...]	2006-10-13 06:15:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ECON EPET KMCA CH IR LY MO SG
06DAKAR2588	LOOKING AT ELECTIONS AND OIL, UN SEES UNEMPLOYMENT AS [...] (SBU) On October 19, the six UN special representatives (UNSRs) in West Africa gathered in Dakar for their eighth meeting under the chairmanship of Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for West Africa. They focused on Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea alt [...]	2006-10-26 08:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECIN EPET PINS SNAR SG
06DAKAR2614	SENEGAL'S DONORS GIVE IMF MISSION AN EARFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, a visiting IMF Mission, on its first day in Senegal for Article 4 consultations, invited key donors to present their view of Senegal's economic situation and the policy performance of the Wade Government. The donors highlighted many issues of concern, a number of [...]	2006-10-30 11:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV SG
06DAKAR2779	2006-2007 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2006-2007 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2006-11-21 10:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
06DAKAR2818	2006-2007 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2006-2007 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2006-11-27 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
06DAKAR2892	LABORING UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION: UNIONS PREFER [...] (C) Leaders of Senegal's splintered labor movement prefer dialog with the state, but workers demand action to protest worsening social conditions. A strike by secondary teachers may invalidate the school year, and their union may launch job actions "to remind government we are here." Energy [...]	2006-12-05 09:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PINS PINR SG
06DAKAR558	UPDATE ON ICS BANKING CRISIS [...] SUMMARY: Pressure is mounting on local banks to take provisions against approximately USD 150 million in overdue loans to Senegal's failing phosphate mining concern, Industries Chimiques du Senegal (ICS). So far, Citibank appears to be the only foreign bank actively moving to write off bad l [...]	2006-03-06 08:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
06DAKAR604	SENEGAL: INPUT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON [...] Embassy Dakar's submission for the 2006 President's Report on the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) for Senegal follows. MARKET ECONOMY /ECONOMIC REFORM/TRADE LIBERALIZATION --------------------------------------------- ------- 2. Senegal's market-based economy is heavily dependen [...]	2006-03-08 18:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON PHUM SG
06DAKAR817	WADE'S CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES: THE TOWN WITHOUT A [...] (C) Old-timers claim populous and centrally-located Kaolack was once a beautiful, prosperous and charming city -- rather than a seasonally dust-choked or rain- sodden topographical smear on the road to somewhere else. With his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) fragmented locally into at leas [...]	2006-04-03 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PINR PINS KISL SG
06DAKAR831	GUINEA-BISSU,S ECONOMY IS GROWING DESPITE WEIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: American and British oil companies have drilled two exploraory oil wells in shallow Bissau-Guinean waters; wo more will be drilled by the end of 2006. If oi is found, it could transform Guinea-Bissau,s agiculturally based economy. The GOGB is optimistic, and President Vieira as [...]	2006-04-05 15:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR EINV MARR PU
06DAKAR904	GUINEA-BISSAU: COURTING U.S. AND OTHERS WITH [...] (C) In a March 29-31 visit, then Charge and PolOff saw a Guinea-Bissau that is oriented toward courting international donors and investors and implementing a domestic agenda that reflects the top priorities of UN, European and U.S. interests. The government,s priority is security sector refo [...]	2006-04-13 13:04:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON SNAR SG PU US

06DAKAR933	SENEGAL: 2006 BUDGET CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal's 2006 budget allocates more money to the social sector (education and health),and relies on CFA francs (CFAF) 43.1 billion (USD 78.3 million) in savings from the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief initiative to reduce poverty, which affects nearly 57 p [...]	2006-04-18 08:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID MARR SG
06DAKAR939	AF/W DIRECTOR CARTER EXAMINES SENEGAL'S POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director of West African Affairs Phillip Carter visited Dakar, March 26 through 29, to assess the political and economic situation. He had informative exchanges with a variety of GOS officials, Islamic leaders and opposition politicians. Carter praised recent steps taken by the [...]	2006-04-18 18:31:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV PHUM KMCA SG
06DAMASCUS1014	IN THE FACE OF SECTION 311 SANCTIONS, SYRIA [...] (C) Summary: As we move to impose sanctions against the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) under USAPATRIOT Act Section 311, it has become increasingly clear that the threat of sanctions succeeded in making it difficult for Syrian public financial institutions to conduct business with foreign bank [...]	2006-03-08 11:19:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PTER SANC SY
06DAMASCUS1019	FM MU'ALLIM BRIEFS EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: Recently appointed FM Walid Mu'allim provided EU Ambassadors a diplomatic tour d'horizon at a dinner March 7 hosted by the Austrian Ambassador. According to a Hungarian diplomat who attended the dinner, Mu'allim offered no revelations or dramatic changes of course in his remark [...]	2006-03-08 15:25:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE
06DAMASCUS1261	SARG TRUMPETS BURGEONING ECONOMIC TIES WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. The recent meeting of the Russian-Syrian joint ministerial committee is one in a series of recent events ostensibly reflecting the increasing economic activity between the two countries. Though Syria remains a difficult place for anyone to do business, the Russians are reportedl [...]	2006-03-22 10:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETTC SY
06DAMASCUS1273	FACING DOUBLE-DIGIT INFLATION, SYRIANS NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Local media is giving increasing coverage to the issue of inflation, with contacts estimating that the prices of basic commodities are rising much faster than the officially reported rate of 6%. Prices have refused to come down after a series of shocks in 2005, indicating a gen [...]	2006-03-22 14:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SY
06DAMASCUS1509	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the meeting of Dr. Buthaina Shabaan, Minister of Expatriates, with a US delegation from the Churches Panel for Peace in the Middle East. The meeting tackled practical and constructive means to deepen dialogue and communication and to bolster common grounds to ac [...]	2006-04-04 13:15:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1540	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Iraq, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the meeting of Dr. Buthaina Shabaan, Minister of Expatriates, with a US delegation from the Churches Panel for Peace in the Middle East. The meeting tackled practical and constructive means to deepen dialogue and communication and to bolster common grounds to ac [...]	2006-04-06 14:24:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1664	PETROCANADA AND SHELL RECOMMIT TO SYRIA [...] (C) Summary. The SARG,s annual exhibition to promote its oil and gas sector met with modest success. The UK and Canadian embassies both officially participated in the exhibition and promoted their companies further involvement in Syria. Only one US company, IPR, participated in the exhibit [...]	2006-04-12 08:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET SY
06DAMASCUS1696	SUBSIDIES CREATING HEAVY FISCAL BURDEN [...] (C) Summary: The SARG spends billions of dollars on subsidies and support for inefficient State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) that are consuming a growing portion of state revenue. The subsidies are the largest fiscal pressure on the SARG budget with oil revenues declining, and their removal repre [...]	2006-04-13 13:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
06DAMASCUS1786	Damascus Media Reaction: Asad/Anan, Syria/Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad discussed developments in Iraq and Lebanon in a phone call to UN SecGen Kofi Anan. Both sides expressed hope for a softening of tension in the region. Papers also reported that President Asad conferred with Rostam Tamboraka, Chairman of th [...]	2006-04-20 06:14:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1821	Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that the Syrian Popular Committee to Support the Palestinian People opened special accounts at the Real-Estate Bank of Syria and the branches of the Commercial Bank of Syria in Damascus, Hama, Homs, Lattakia, Aleppo, Tartus, Daraa, Swieda, Der-Ezzor, Kami [...]	2006-04-20 13:34:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1926	SYRIA'S ECONOMY - FRAGILE STABILITY [...] (U) Summary. Syria,s economy is benefiting from the high price of oil and other positive trends, but faces two chronic economic problems that could become acute in the next two to three years: decreasing oil production and rising unemployment. The economy is also hamstrung by a number of sho [...]	2006-04-27 15:21:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS1952	AIRLINES IN SYRIA SEEKING TO OBTAIN AIRCRAFT [...] (C) Summary: According to a recently commissioned International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) report, only four to six of Syrian Arab Airlines' 16 airplanes are currently fit to fly. As a result of U.S. sanctions, SyrianAir is facing difficulty obtaining U.S. or European-sourced aircra [...]	2006-04-30 13:31:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS2072	SEIF SAYS SARG ONLY FEIGNING CONFIDENCE, FACING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Charge d'Affaires and PolChief on May 4, key opposition figure Riad Seif noted a recent decrease in SARG security scrutiny. However, he remains subject to a travel ban and will not participate in the upcoming Syrian-American Congress in person or via a live ho [...]	2006-05-04 13:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS214	AHMADINAJAD'S PHOTO OP VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (SBU) Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinajad met for three hours the afternoon of January 19, shortly after the latter's arrival in Damascus. The talks were attended by PM Naji al-Otri, FM Shara'a, Iranian FM Manouchehr Mottaki, and several other ministers [...]	2006-01-20 12:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SY IR
06DAMASCUS2163	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara received Sheikh Jawad al-Khalisi, Secretary General of the Iraqi National Foundation Congress (INFC); at their meeting Shara reiterated Syria's condemnation of terrorist attacks that target innocent civilians and sow seeds of partition [...]	2006-05-09 12:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2164	THE SARG'S NEW ECONOMIC SCORECARD [...] (SBU) Summary: The recently enacted 10th Five-Year Plan presents a number of quantifiable targets for reaching seven percent annual GDP growth and represents an agenda for reform against which the SARG's progress can be measured. The plan assumes that broad-based reform will allow the SARG t [...]	2006-05-09 12:37:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EIND ELAB EAGR ENRG SY
06DAMASCUS2189	MARATHON ONE STEP CLOSER TO DIVESTING [...] (U) On May 10, the AP and other news services reported that Marathon Oil Company concluded a USD 127 million deal to develop an oil and gas concession in the center of Syria despite looming US sanctions. In spite of the news report implying otherwise, Marathon,s concession is actually quite o [...]	2006-05-10 12:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS2213	DAMASCUS COMMUNITY SCHOOL FACES CRITICAL SITUATION [...] (U) Summary. Our ongoing discussion with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding residency permits for overseas-hire teachers at the Damascus Community School (DCS) took an ominous turn for the worse today, with receipt of a diplomatic note asserting that DCS must be licensed before the iss [...]	2006-05-11 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT SY
06DAMASCUS2439	SYRIA'S RED HOT REAL ESTATE MARKET- A POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Contacts suggest that Syria may be experiencing a real estate bubble, with property prices rising rapidly throughout the country, but especially in Damascus and the surrounding area. Speculators increasingly are active in the market, with some Syrians trying to take advantage of [...]	2006-05-29 13:58:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN SY
06DAMASCUS2511	SYRIA'S RED HOT REAL ESTATE MARKET- A POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Contacts suggest that Syria may be experiencing a real estate bubble, with property prices rising rapidly throughout the country, but especially in Damascus and the surrounding area. Speculators increasingly are active in the market, with some Syrians trying to take advantage of [...]	2006-06-01 08:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT
06DAMASCUS2554	Damascus Media Reaction: Terrorism, Syria/China, [...] Summary: Government-owned Tishreen, the only paper to appear on Saturday, featured an Interior Ministry statement reporting the clash that took place Friday morning between an anti-terror unit and a terrorist extremist group near Omayyad Square in Damascus. The statement said that the clash r [...]	2006-06-04 12:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2781	SECOND SYRIAN-EMIRATI ECONOMIC FORUM DRAWS [...] (SBU) The SARG continues to try to attract Gulf foreign direct investment (FDI),as evidenced by the second Syrian-Emirati Economic Forum, entitled "Visions Beyond Investment," which opened in Damascus on June 10 and drew a crowd of approximately 2000 the first day. The forum opening featured [...]	2006-06-12 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SY
06DAMASCUS290	SARG ABRUPTLY RAISES PRICE OF GASOLINE, CEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Without prior warning, the SARG increased prices for gasoline and cement on January 25, claiming in state-owned dailies that it was a necessary step to stop smuggling and black market trading in both commodities. The price hikes, which were not accompanied by a concommitant incre [...]	2006-01-26 15:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SY LE
06DAMASCUS291	Damascus Media Reaction: Golan, Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by citizens of the Golan emphasizing that they are part of the Syrian Arab people and confirming adherence to national unity and genuine accord with their leadership in Syria. They announced their clear stands against all "conspiracies" against thei [...]	2006-01-26 15:54:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2976	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP: LABWANI TRIAL CONTINUES; [...] (C) LABWANI TRIAL CONTINUES: The trial of political activist Kamal Labwani continued June 19 at the Damascus Criminal Court, with numerous family members and Syrian activists present, as well as Poloff and a Finnish Embassy representative. Labwani, who faces charges of inciting a foreign p [...]	2006-06-20 14:00:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS3	SYRIA'S CORRUPT CLASSES [...] (C) Summary: The Syrian economy continues to be dominated by a "corrupt class" who use their personal ties to members of the Asad family and the Syrian security services to gain monopolistic control over most sectors of the economy, while enriching themselves and their regime benefactors. The [...]	2006-01-02 10:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER SY LE SANC
06DAMASCUS3365	HAMAS EXILED LEADER HOLDS DAMASCUS PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The leader of Hamas' external political wing, Khalid Mish'al, held a lengthy press conference July 10 at a Damascus hotel, covering the rejection of U.S. and Israeli demands to release a kidnapped Israel soldier, ongoing international dialogue with Hamas, and Syrian support for [...]	2006-07-10 14:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV SY IS
06DAMASCUS3573	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers continued to focus on the Israeli military action in Lebanon. Headlines featured President Asad's phone call with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyib Erdogan, which dealt with "the continuing Israeli aggression against Lebanon and Palestine." Papers also reported that t [...]	2006-07-20 12:52:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS394	RIAD SEIF COMMENTS ON PRESS CONFERENCE, DISCUSSES PLANS FOR ANTI-CORRUPTION INSTITUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 conversation with PolOff, prominent opposition figure Riad Seif discussed the SARG's prevention of the released Damascus Spring detainees' January 31 press conference and explained some of his requests for U.S. support in greater depth. In a later meeting, he d [...]	2006-02-02 15:47:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SY
06DAMASCUS4128	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Qatar, Qatar/Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the working visit to Damascus by Shaykh Hamad Bin-Khalifah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, and his meeting with President Asad, which focused on the Israeli aggression against Lebanon and its repercussions, the current Arab position, the situation in the Palesti [...]	2006-08-22 13:28:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4161	ROYAL DUTCH SHELL LARGEST WINNER IN CURRENT BID [...] (C) Summary. In addition to being awarded new concessions in the most recent bid round, Royal Dutch Shell is aggressively pursuing a number of new initiatives which, if successful, would expand the company's already considerable presence in Syria. More quietly and with a much lower profile, [...]	2006-08-23 13:53:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS4283	Damascus Media Reaction: Chavez Visit, Golan, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today continued to give prominent coverage to Venezuelan President Chavez's visit to Damascus. Papers reported that President Asad held a plenary meeting with his Venezuelan counterpart in the presence of members of the two delegations; afterward, the two leaders held [...]	2006-08-31 13:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4365	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Palestinian [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's phone call to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan following up on the situation in Lebanon, and Annan's interview with the daily newspaper Al-Hayat (Sept. 6 edition) describing Syria's cooperation with the UN regarding regional issues as "pos [...]	2006-09-06 13:29:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4610	CIRCUMSTANCE SAVES ASAD AGAIN [...] (C) Summary. Despite the isolation resulting from the SARG,s increasingly confrontational stance vis-a-vis the international community and its immediate neighbors, the country,s economy appears to once again be saved by circumstance from SARG incompetence and malfeasance. As a result of the c [...]	2006-09-21 15:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS4844	Damascus Media Reaction: Post-war Maneuvering, MEPP, [...] Summary: The Syrian press focused on the following issues October 6-9: All government-owned papers published the full texts of the interviews which President Assad gave to the BBC on October 9 and to Kuwaiti daily al-Anbaa on October 7. They focused on the President's accusation that the [...]	2006-10-10 14:53:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4876	THE SARG OVERSTATES THE POWER OF A TURKISH-SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will begin supplying Syria with approximately 200 megawatts of electricity per year through an electrical grid connection with Turkey's Birecik power plant. After having remained static for three years, the implementation of this agreement will still only provide 3.3% of Sy [...]	2006-10-11 16:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD PREL SY
06DAMASCUS512	Damascus Media Reaction: Beirut Riots/Accusations [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Muqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr Movement in Iraq, has rejected accusations that infiltrators enter Iraq through Syria, stressing that there is not any evidence of this. Al-Sadr, during a visit to the Syrian northeastern city of Raqqa described Syr [...]	2006-02-08 14:15:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5187	Damascus Media Reaction: Arms Smuggling [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers today reacted to statements by Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN Secretary General's envoy to Lebanon, and John Bolton, US Ambassador to the United Nations, saying that weapons continue to be smuggled to Lebanon from Syria. Papers featured a statement on Wednesday by Le [...]	2006-11-02 13:26:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS527	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Russia, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by Alexy Tserub, Russian Ambassador in Tunis, during a press roundtable confirming his country's rejection of pressure against Syria. "Syria has implemented what was requested from her in the UN Security Council resolutions and she has fully cooperat [...]	2006-02-09 14:51:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5279	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Europe, Syria/Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's meeting on November 6 with Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Store, focusing on Syrian-European relations, general developments and a potential European role in the Middle East peace process. Headlines featured a joint press conferen [...]	2006-11-07 14:56:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5284	THE REFORMER EMERGING? [...] (C) Summary. After having kept a lower profile for most of the summer, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Abdullah Dardari, reemerged recently to announce a number of new economic reforms. The initiatives are part of the SARG,s slow and halting effort at reforming its moribund econo [...]	2006-11-08 14:46:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5399	INFLUENCING THE SARG IN THE END OF 2006 [...] (S) Summary. The SARG ends 2006 in a much stronger position domestically and internationally than it did 2005. While there may be additional bilateral or multilateral pressure that can impact Syria, the regime is based on a small clique that is largely immune to such pressure. However, Basha [...]	2006-12-13 16:03:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5403	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/US, Syria/Senegal, [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Dec. 14 reported that President Asad met on Dec. 13 with US Democratic Senator Bill Nelson. Talks focused on the latest developments in Lebanon, Iraq and the Palestinian territories. President Asad called for non-interference in Lebanese affairs, since the Lebanese [...]	2006-12-14 11:41:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS601	ASAD PROMOTES SHARA'A TO VP IN MAJOR CABINET [...] (C) Summary: In a major cabinet reshuffle, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad promoted his foreign minister to Vice President and appointed 11 new ministers with portfolio (and three new ministers of state). He retained his PM, DPM, and 17 ministers (three without portfolio). The most importan [...]	2006-02-13 12:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS605	ASSESSMENT OF TARGETED FINANCIAL SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post offers the following observations based on its experience thus far with targeted financial sanctions against SARG officials and other Syrian entities. First, maximizing media coverage of the designation increases the "name and shame" effect. The designation of Asif Shawkat [...]	2006-02-13 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DAMASCUS624	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iraq, Lebanon, Danish [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Vice President Shara has informed Moqtada al-Sadr, Leader of the al-Sadr movement in Iraq, about Syria's decision to restore diplomatic relations with Iraq and exchange diplomatic representation at level of ambassadors after the formation of the new Iraqi [...]	2006-02-14 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS641	SARG PROCLAIMS 2005 TO BE YEAR OF INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Though Syrian officials and the government-controlled press have dubbed 2005 the &year of investment in Syria,8 SARG investment figures are generally highly exaggerated and the profit-making potential of approved projects remain largely unrealized. Recent investment in Syria fa [...]	2006-02-15 12:08:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SY
06DAMASCUS673	BIOGRAPHICAL DATA ON SYRIA'S NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bashar al-Asad appointed eleven new ministers with portfolio and three new state ministers without portfolio on February 11. The following includes basic biographical (and previously unavailable) data on new appointees. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) MINISTER OF THE INTERIOR [...]	2006-02-16 14:23:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SY
06DAMASCUS710	IRAN-SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION MEETS TODAY AMID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Syrian-Iranian Higher Economic Commission meets today in Damascus, but few contacts believe the meeting will produce any immediate results in improving the investment climate or increasing the two countries' anemic trade volume. Although the Commission is expected to addres [...]	2006-02-22 14:01:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV ETRD IR SY
06DAMASCUS775	READ OUT FROM IRAN-SYRIA ECONOMIC MEETING [...] (C) The annual meeting of the Iran-Syria Higher Economic Commission ended last week, meeting Syrians' already low expectations that it would lack economic significance (ref A). Government dailies trumpeted the signing of MOUs on a range of economic issues, from environmental protection to inv [...]	2006-02-27 14:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD SY IR
06DAMASCUS958	ASAD CALLS ON HAMAS NOT TO RECOGNIZE ISRAEL, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 4 speech at the opening of a pan-Arab conference in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar al-Asad urged Hamas not to recognize Israel, criticized efforts to oust Lebanese President Lahoud, and labeled U.S. actions in Iraq as part of a plan to divide and conquer the cou [...]	2006-03-06 13:55:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LB SY
06DAMASCUS962	MANAGING A TEMPORARY STALEMATE WITH THE SARG [...] (C) Summary: In important respects, U.S. relations with Syria seem to have reached an impasse. Over the past six weeks, Syrian contacts, some of them regime proxies, have voiced the opinion that the SARG senses it has hung tough with a set of hard-line policies that are paying dividends. As [...]	2006-03-06 16:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DARESSALAAM1503	THE SECRETARY'S REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE [...] (C) At Africa's first Regional Strategic Initiative (RSI) Conference in Nairobi (reftel),Embassy Dar es Salaam asked to take the first cut at a "Regional Counterterrorism Action Plan" for the Horn of Africa. Our action plan presents a set of recommendations for greater regional collaboration [...]	2006-09-07 12:30:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM KCRM SNAR TZ
06DARESSALAAM1560	ZANZIBAR OPPOSITION: STARTING TROUBLE OR SAVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a September 9 political rally, Ibrahim Lipumba, national leader of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF),set a deadline for breaking the political impasse on Zanzibar, provocatively suggesting Lebanon's Hezbollah as a model for action if the stalemate on the isles continues. [...]	2006-09-19 08:45:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON PINR PHUM PBTS TZ
06DARESSALAAM1638	TANZANIA'S TEXTILES: THE CHALLENGE TO COMPETE [...] SUMMARY. Tanzania's textile industry faces not only increased global competition, but also critical domestic challenges including a lack of reliable power, rising oil prices and a significant depreciation ofits currency over the past year. Based on its Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan, the Gov [...]	2006-10-04 13:21:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTEX TZ
06DARESSALAAM1693	TANZANIA: ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of Tanzania in 2005 was estimated at 38.3 million, up from an estimated 36.6 million in 2004. In 2005, Tanzania's GNI was USD 12.1 billion while GNI per capita was USD 340. From Octob [...]	2006-10-17 03:55:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ECON ETRD TZ
06DARESSALAAM1694	TANZANIA: ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW [...] Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2. The population of Tanzania in 2005 was estimated at 38.3 million, up from an estimated 36.6 million in 2004. In 2005, Tanzania's GNI was USD 12.1 billion while GNI per capita was USD 340. From Octob [...]	2006-10-17 04:00:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA ECON ETRD TZ
06DARESSALAAM277	KIKWETE CORRUPTION TIDBIT [...] (C) President Kikwete has accepted gifts (bribes) from the owner of the Kempinski Hotel chain,s Tanzanian properties, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates. 2. (C) In a conversation with the manager and the publicity director of Dar Es Salaam,s Kilimanjaro-Kempinski Hotel hours after accomp [...]	2006-02-14 03:38:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TZ
06DARESSALAAM712	DEAD DOLPHINS ON ZANZIBAR: US NAVY IMPLICATED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than four hundred dead dolphins have washed ashore on Zanzibar since April 27. Although the cause of death is not yet known, various theories have been put forward, including sonar from the US Navy. Post requests guidance in responding to the implication of US Navy sonar [...]	2006-05-02 16:09:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EWTR MOPS TZ
06DARESSALAAM715	AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (C) President Kikwete emphasized to Ambassador Retzer during an hour-long meeting in Dodoma that his administration intends to be "proactive in developing our relationship with the United States." Kikwete indicated he will use his mid-May trip to Washington, Boston and New York to forge stron [...]	2006-05-03 12:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID MARR TZ
06DARESSALAAM731	EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION: FAST-TRACK OR EMPTY TALK? [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic convergence in the East African Community (EAC) in on track, with a Customs Union expected to be fully functional by 2010. To further strengthen the region's economic ties, the EAC Secretariat also has hopes to undertake major infrastructure projects in areas such as e [...]	2006-05-04 12:26:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV TZ
06DHAKA2494	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER FOR LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and LGRD Minister/BNP Secretary General Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan discussed RAB's recent capture of top terrorist leaders (reftel),prospects for AL/BNP dialogue, and the BNP-JI coalition in the upcoming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador made her [...]	2006-04-30 07:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID BG
06DHAKA3053	RUMORS SWIRL AS DHAKA RETURNS TO NORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. Dhaka returned to normal on May 24, with only scattered processions after yesterday's rash of attacks on as many as 300 garment factories. An unclear mix of garment workers and others participated in the violence that injured approximately 100 persons, few if any seriously. The [...]	2006-05-24 12:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BG
06DHAKA3079	A/S TREASURY PATRICK O'BRIEN MEETS BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary: May 17 and 18, Department of Treasury (Treasury) Office for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Assistant Secretary (A/S) Patrick O'Brien visited key Bangladesh officials involved in counter-terrorist financing (CTF) policy making and implementation. Accompanying A/S O'Bri [...]	2006-05-29 07:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EFIN BG
06DHAKA3330	FINANCE MINISTER FRETS ABOUT THE UPCOMING BUDGET, [...] (C) Summary: According to Asian Development Bank (ADB) ResRep Hua Du, Finance Minister Saifur Rahman is frustrated by his declining influence as a senior advisor to the PM. He told Du that he wants development partners to know that he understands the need to act on key issues, like cutting [...]	2006-06-07 10:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ETRD EAID BG
06DHAKA5452	DEMONSTRATIONS AT COAL MINE TURN VIOLENT [...] Police and the Bangladesh Rifles opened fire August 26 on demonstrators in Phulbari (Northwest Bangladesh) protesting UK listed Asia Energy Corporation's plans to begin open cast coal mining in the area. At least seven protestors were killed and 60-300 people were injured, according to rep [...]	2006-08-28 10:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PGOV EMIN BG
06DHAKA641	Media Reaction: Victory of Hamas;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 05:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
06DHAKA6738	EMERGING LEADERS IN BANGLADESH (C-NE6-01896) [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 09:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PINR PGOV BG
06DHAKA746	THREATENING LETTER AGAINST FOREIGN MISSIONS [...] (SBU) On 02/12/2006, RSO was informed by the Canadian High Commission Security Officer that the Swiss Embassy received a general threat against foreign missions reportedly by the Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). The message was sent via letter and a scanned copy was sent to RSO. In these l [...]	2006-02-12 10:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC BD PTER
06DJIBOUTI1053	SENATOR OBAMA MEETS WITH DJIBOUTI'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Following visits to South Africa and Kenya, Senator Barack Obama and CODEL visited Djibouti on August 31-September 1. During the visit, the Senator, accompanied by members of CODEL, Admiral Hunt of CJTF-HOA, ChargQ d'Affaires, and Poloff, met with Djiboutian Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed [...]	2006-09-04 08:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP OTRA PREL DJ
06DJIBOUTI1057	DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT VISITS TEHRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh paid a two-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning on September 2. He was received by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and talks revolved around the reinforcement of economic and political ties between the two cou [...]	2006-09-04 13:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IR DJ
06DJIBOUTI300	DJIBOUTI'S INPUT FOR 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-08 06:01:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PHUM XA DJ
06DJIBOUTI318	SUPPORT LETTER ON DP WORLD FROM PRESIDENT OF [...] Ambassador received following letter on March 7 from Abdourahman Boreh, President of Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority. Boreh is also a shareholder in DP World's Doraleh Port investment in Djibouti. 2. Begin text: March 2006 Dear Sir: We are writing to express our concern a [...]	2006-03-13 16:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PREL DJ TC
06DJIBOUTI56	MEETING OF DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT WITH CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),General Peter Pace, met January 2 in Djibouti with President Ismail Omar Guelleh during CJCS's stopover with a USO troupe traveling in theater. The conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea and the Somalia situation dominated the 40-min [...]	2006-01-12 13:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR DJ SO ET
06DJIBOUTI63	DJIBOUTI AND REPORTING IRAN TO UNITED NATIONS [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, Ambassador briefed Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Yousuf January 14 on U.S. views regarding Iran's decision to proceed with uranium enrichment activities. In a meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Ambassador conveyed talking points provided in [...]	2006-01-16 08:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU DJ
06DJIBOUTI95	STATUS OF DJIBOUTI'S DORALEH PORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 11:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL DJ
06DOHA106	A/S WAYNE MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs E. Anthony Wayne met separately with Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy and Industry Abdallah bin Hamad al-Attiyah and Central Bank Governor Abdullah bin Khalid al-Attiyah on January 5. Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed [...]	2006-01-23 13:41:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET ENRG KTFN EFIN QA
06DOHA125	QATARI FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS IRAN AND MEETS [...] (U) Qatari Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani met the Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmedi-Nejad, delivering a verbal message from the Qatari Amir, on Tehran January 23. He met with his counterpart, Manouchehr Mottaki, the following day. Qatari official press reported that HBJ described, i [...]	2006-01-26 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR QA
06DOHA1288	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...]	2006-08-27 10:43:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP QA
06DOHA3	DOHA SECURITIES MARKET: THIRD QUARTER 2005 [...] Summary. Qatar's stock market is keeping up with the frenetic, bullish trajectory of Gulf region stock indexes. Although the market has remained below the 12,000 trading range reached in the summer, it is up 85 percent from the beginning of the year. Speculation -- rather than value investing [...]	2006-01-02 04:01:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EINV PGOV QA
06DOHA456	DOHA ROUNDUP [...] Topics: ----------- -Energy & Economy, paragraphs 2-4 -Labor, para. 5 -Civil Society, para. 6 -Drug Abuse, para. 7 --------------------------- Launch of Energy City Qatar --------------------------- 2. Hailed as the Middle East's first energy business hub, Energy City Qatar (ECQ),[...]	2006-03-26 13:12:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV ELAB KDEM PHUM PGOV INL SOCI
06DOHA461	COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...]	2006-03-27 09:41:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA
06DOHA465	SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPH'S VISIT TO DOHA [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. You will find the Qatari foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),will be interested to meet you to further the nascent Strategic Dialogue put forth by Counselor Zelikow during his visit March 20-21. HBJ will be particularly intereste [...]	2006-03-27 13:48:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KNNP QA
06DOHA5	SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY ANTHONY [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you back to Doha. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership open and responsive to the proposed Strategic Investment Initiative (SII) for several reasons. Our goals for regional democratic reform largely coincide with those of Qatar. Also, the Qat [...]	2006-01-02 09:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EFIN KTFN QA
06DOHA51	2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2006 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: The government of Qatar, under the leadership of the [...]	2006-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR ECON
06DOHA77	SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO QATAR [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership welcoming -- in principle -- of cooperation with the United States on UN Security Council issues. Our goals for regional security largely coincide with those of Qatar; the number two in the foreign m [...]	2006-01-17 14:53:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON QA UNSC
06DOHA868	A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS JUNE 4 WITH QATAR'S HEIR [...] (S) Summary. A/S David Welch met with the Qatari leadership, including Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and later with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),June 4 to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine. Relaxed and well-prepared, Sheikh Tamim, who handles defense [...]	2006-06-06 12:28:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL KNNP KPAL IR IZ IS QA
06DUBAI1859	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES' IRAN MEETINGS IN DUBAI [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-01 13:50:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SOCI
06DUBAI1904	SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-04 14:33:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI
06DUBAI2756	IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST VIEW OF IRAN AND US POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 13:33:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR PHUM
06DUBAI2819	IRAN-LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): IRAN-DANA GAS DEAL UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 14:42:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	AE IR PGOV PREL ETRD EPET ENRG
06DUBAI3999	POSSIBLE GASOLINE RATIONING IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 13:47:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL PGOV ZP EPET ETRD
06DUBAI4047	IRANIAN OFFICIAL STATEMENTS ON THE NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 16:38:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR ZP PGOV PREL KNNP
06DUBAI4503	TFLE01:IRAN'S RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MILITARY ACTION IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-17 14:52:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IS SY LE ZP MOPS
06DUBAI4992	IRAN TO CONTINUE GASOLINE SUBSIDIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 14:27:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PREL PGOV ZP EPET ETRD ZR
06DUBAI52	JEWS IN IRAN OKAY, BUT HAMPERED BY GLASS CEILING [...] (C) Summary: According to an Iranian Jewish couple, the situation of Jews in Iran is pretty good, as long as they remain apolitical. They are allowed to worship freely. The main drawback of being an Iranian Jew is the inability to move up in jobs with the Iranian government. End Summary. Ira [...]	2006-01-03 13:51:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	IR PHUM PINR PGOV
06DUBAI53	IRAN'S OIL MINISTRY FROM THE INSIDE [...] (C) Summary: According to several contacts, employees of Iran's Oil Ministry and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) are relatively satisfied with the selection of the new Oil Minister. At the same time, they were confused by President Ahmadinejad's promises to root out what he termed as th [...]	2006-01-03 13:51:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PINR ECON EPET
06DUBAI5421	IRPO: AUGUST 2006 ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-26 12:59:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR ECON EFIN

06DUBAI6919	IRAN-LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT (ILSA): DANA GAS: EXISTING [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 14:05:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EPET IR AE
06DUBAI857	IRANIAN OIL MINISTER TO RENEGOTIATE UAE GAS DEAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-20 06:33:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	TC IR PGOV PREL ETRD EPET
06DUBLIN1122	UP AND AWAY WITH AER LINGUS FLOTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The privatization of Aer Lingus, Ireland's national airline, is all but complete, with the Government expected to reduce its share in the carrier from 85 percent to 25 percent following the October 2 stock market flotation. Informal trading has already pushed Aer Lingus shares [...]	2006-09-29 15:17:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EI
06DUBLIN778	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS MAKE THEIR CASE IN IRELAND [...] (U) In a June 18-24 trip sponsored by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and organized with embassy assistance, a group of Iraqi parliamentarians visited Ireland to learn from the Irish experience of reconciliation and to plead for more Irish assistance. During this visit the group [...]	2006-06-30 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ EI
06DUSHANBE1361	TIT-FOR-TAT OP-ED SLAMS AMBASSADOR'S SUPPORTING TAJIK [...] (U) SUMMARY: The steady stream of (probably) Russian-influenced black propaganda against the United States continues in the Tajik press. A recent article alleges U.S. NGOs foment "color revolutions," the United States has done nothing for Tajikistan's economic development, the purpose of th [...]	2006-07-19 13:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KPAO TI
06DUSHANBE1420	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT RAHMONOV [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 90-minute one-on-one farewell call with President Rahmonov July 19, the President spoke without notes, because, we learned later, he had not expected a working meeting. President Foreign Policy Adviser Erkin Rahmatulloyev told us, "Generally, ambassadors come to sa [...]	2006-07-24 08:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EINV ENRG MARR KDEM IR
06DUSHANBE1436	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-27 17:17:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1439	REFLECTIONS ON THREE YEARS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) Three years ago, before I arrived in Dushanbe, I noticed wryly that nearly every reporting cable from the Post seemed to include the descriptive phrase, "Tajikistan, destroyed by civil war~." Greatly harmed and set back? Yes. Destroyed? No. Especially not the spirit of the nation and p [...]	2006-07-28 08:16:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID AMGT KPAO KDEM RS TI
06DUSHANBE1440	RUSSIAN MILITARY NEWSPAPER ASSERTS MOSCOW'S RIGHT [...] SUMMARY: A seminal July 25 analytical article in Russia's official military newspaper asserts Russia's right to dominate Central Asia and to prevent the United States and NATO - "[Russia's] traditional geopolitical rivals" - from any sort of further military presence in the region. The artic [...]	2006-07-28 09:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PROP ECON MARR RS ZK
06DUSHANBE1740	TAJIK KIDS ARE PICKIN' COTTON! [...] Cotton picking season has descended on Tajikistan, and just as in the days of central planning, several reporting districts are already exceeding set targets. According to news reports, Kulob region in Khatlon Olbast has yielded over 21,000 tons of cotton - 26% of the region's annual target. [...]	2006-09-22 09:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ELAB PGOV PHUM TI
06DUSHANBE1803	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO DUSHANBE [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes Assistant Secretary Boucher back to Tajikistan. This visit will be a good opportunity for you to build upon your May meetings in Dushanbe and give an extra push for better conduct one month before the presidential election. 2. (C) The U.S.-Tajikistan bilat [...]	2006-09-29 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV TI
06DUSHANBE1840	FOREIGN MINISTER LOOKS SOUTH FOR OPPORTUNITY AND NERVOUSLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a 45-minute meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher October 6, Foreign Minister Talbak SIPDIS Nazarov remarked that the United States and Tajikistan have a positive bilateral relationship because they have built an atmosphere of trust. He thanked Boucher for [...]	2006-10-07 08:08:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID EINV ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE44	TAJIK ENERGY MINISTRY RELUCTANT TO WORK WITH MEHRON OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Energy Minister Emomiddin Aslov reported the Tajik government would only allow a $20 million oil refinery project if the investors assume 100 percent of the risk and make no claims on the Tajik Government, should the project fail. The actions and background of Mehron Oil [...]	2006-01-05 12:45:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PGOV TI
06DUSHANBE443	TAJIKISTAN: DISTORTED VIEWS FROM THE EDUCATED STREET [...] SUMMARY: Distorted views of U.S. policy and goals originate, in large part, in the Russian mass media, which dominate Tajikistan's information space. Reputable and independent international broadcasts in Russian, perhaps from a CNN Russian Service, would help to alleviate this problem. END [...]	2006-03-06 11:23:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROP EINV SNAR SOCI KPAO RS TI
06DUSHANBE577	TAJIK AND AFGHAN BUSINESSWOMEN NETWORK AT KHATLON [...] Maybe sewing really IS women's work? At a March 29 conference in Qurghon-Teppa, 50 Tajik and Afghan women entrepreneurs came together to network and seek business cooperation, but had few examples of success outside the sectors of handicraft. Enthusiasm and energy were abundant, but the con [...]	2006-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID EAGR SOCI KWMN AF TI
06DUSHANBE582	GAZPROM SLOWLY STEPS INTO TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) After three years, and three days of intensive meetings, Gazprom signed an agreement March 28 with the Government of Tajikistan to create a joint venture to explore Tajikistan's southern gas and oil reserves. Deputy Minister of Energy Aslov told PolOffs the Memorandum of Understanding est [...]	2006-03-31 13:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TI
06DUSHANBE768	TAJIKISTAN: SHAKE UP AT MINISTRY OF ENERGY, MINISTER [...] President Rahmonov signed a decree April 24 dismissing the Minister of Energy and other ministry officials. According to press reports Abdullo Yerov will replace Jurabek Nurmahmadov as the Minister of Energy. Yerov was the former Minister of Energy until replaced by Nurmahmadov in 2004, when [...]	2006-04-24 13:20:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG TI
06DUSSELDORF49	RUSSIAN INTEREST IN INVESTMENTS IN GERMANY [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian interest in buying into German/European companies, including Deutsche Telekom and energy companies has been a front page story. At the moment, in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and other parts of Germany, the level of actual transactions has not come close to equaling th [...]	2006-12-20 17:11:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG PGOV RS GM
06FREETOWN400	LARGELY U.S.-OWNED SIERRA RUTILE OFF TO GOOD [...] (C) Sierra Rutile (SR) just exported the first shipment of mined product since 1995. Board members, including Chairman Walter Kansteiner, witnessed the re-entry of the US.-owned company into world markets. Up until the mid-1990s when the mining equipment was destroyed by rebels, SR was the wo [...]	2006-05-17 15:32:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN ETRD EFIN PREL BEXP SL
06FREETOWN597	WOLFOWITZ HAILS SIERRA LEONE'S PROGRESS [...] (U) On the first visit ever by a World Bank President to Sierra Leone, Paul Wolfowitz hailed Sierra Leone as "one of the most successful post-conflict countries." Speaking to the press at the end of a July 20-21 trip to meet with the Government, civil society, and war amputees, and to visit the [...]	2006-07-21 16:00:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SL
06GENEVA1699	ECOSOC HIGH LEVEL SEGMENT ADOPTS MINISTERIAL [...] The UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held its High Level Segment in Geneva July 3-5 to discuss the linkage between employment and economic development. A 40-paragraph Ministerial Declaration was adopted after protracted negotiations, drawing attention to the needs of the world's unempl [...]	2006-07-11 11:39:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ELAB EAGR ETRD EFIN PHUM KUNR ECOSOC UN
06GENEVA3142	GREENTREE AGREEMENT FOLLOW-UP COMMITTEE MEETING IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 16:26:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CM NI
06GEORGETOWN1039	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: VENEZUELA'S GREATEST HITS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on October 4 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rudy Insanally. 2. (C) Insanally considered Chavez' UN speech "far too much," and said he appreciated Congressman Rangel's reported response to it. However, he indicated that Guyana would support Ven [...]	2006-10-04 20:07:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GT VE GY
06GEORGETOWN1058	GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP [...] Jagdeo Pursues Debt Relief, Treasury Ties in Singapore 2. Guyana-Suriname Maritime Boundary Dispute: Legal Teams to begin Oral Arguments on December 7 3. Russian Firm Interested in Linden Bauxite Operations 4. Cambior/IAMGOLD Merger Could Affect Guyanese Mining Operation 5. Stone Supply Sh [...]	2006-10-10 20:50:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PBTS EMIN ETRD EFIN EINV ENRG GY
06GEORGETOWN1069	SURVEY OF ETHANOL POTENTIAL IN GUYANA [...] SUMMARY: Though a small-scale sugar producer, Guyana could be a lucrative destination for investment in ethanol production. Guyana's efforts to streamline its sugar industry and lower the cost of production--which will enable it to remain competitive--have limited excess cane capacity and inves [...]	2006-10-13 19:53:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG EAGR PREL PGOV GY
06GEORGETOWN1135	OAS AMBASSADOR MAISTO VISITS GUYANA: TALKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador John Maisto, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS),visited Georgetown October 18-20, meeting government and opposition leaders, addressing local media, and encouraging the pursuit of democracy and development. He also used his tr [...]	2006-10-31 14:52:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OAS GY
06GEORGETOWN365	Venezuela and the Caribbean [...] Following is text of the editorial in today's Stabroek News newspaper, Guyana's leading independent newspaper. The editorial is a good reflection of the Guyanese thinking man's view of Venezuela, Chavez, and the 160 year-old boundary dispute. 2. BEGIN TEXT: It was columnist Mr. Reggie D [...]	2006-04-21 14:21:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS ECIN EINV EPET EAID XL VE GY
06GEORGETOWN40	CARICOM UPDATE--DRUGS, DISASTERS, ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, speaking as chairman of CARICOM, identified drug control, disaster preparedness, and deeper regional integration as key issues facing the organization. He also announced January 30 date for the signing ceremony for the Caribbean Sing [...]	2006-01-13 15:02:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR ETRD EAGR GY CARICOM
06GEORGETOWN760	GUYANA ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP [...] Mining: Cambior prepared to sell bauxite stake 2. ESTH: Environmental permit sought for Berbice River bauxite project 3. Banking: Republic Bank Rebrands, Introduces Debit Cards 4. Debt: World Bank grants US$322M debt relief 5. Public Finance: Revenue Authority reports 2005 tax exemptions [...]	2006-08-03 20:55:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EMIN EAID EAIR ECIN ENRG ECON GY
06GUANGZHOU11471	China Southern Airlines Wary of U.S. Competition [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead-up to the U.S.-China aviation talks on April 19-20, China Southern Airlines is in a weak financial position and would not want any U.S. airlines competing directly against it. China Southern is resigned to a gradual expansion of its U.S. routes because of continued [...]	2006-04-12 07:21:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON KTIA CH
06GUANGZHOU25667	SOUTH CHINA Q1 ECONOMIC REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: THIS REPORT REVIEWS THE 2006 FIRST QUARTER ECONOMIC AND TRADE PERFORMANCE FOR SOUTH CHINA. ECONOMIC INDICATORS FOR GUANGDONG, FUJIAN, AND HAINAN PROVINCES AS WELL AS FOR THE GUANGXI ZHUANG AUTONOMOUS REGION SHOW SIGNIFICANT GROWTH. EACH PROVINCE OR REGION RECORDED DOUBLE- DIGIT [...]	2006-08-08 01:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB CH
06GUANGZHOU27482	WAITING TO INHALE: THE STATE OF AIR POLLUTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AIR POLLUTION IN CHINA HAS GROWN SO BAD THAT CHINESE OFFICIALS ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THE CHALLENGE IT PRESENTS, AND VARIOUS FOREIGN SCHOLARS ARE OFFERING ALARMING STATISTICS ABOUT THE FINANCIAL AND HEALTH COSTS IT BRINGS. IN SOUTH CHINA, FACTORIES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPOR [...]	2006-08-16 07:09:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU30121	ASIA PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP ON CLEAN DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In his roundtable discussion with American Chamber of Commerce South China representatives September 1, White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chairman James Connaughton said that his mission in China was to advance the Asia Pacific Partnership on Clean Development a [...]	2006-09-15 09:55:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG TSPL BEXP CH
06GUANGZHOU30165	Waiting to Inhale: Important First Steps in South China's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial and municipal governments have implemented many pollution-control measures, most notably installing desulfurization equipment, closing factories, developing an emissions trading scheme, implementing a "credit system," and increasing regional cooperation. Despite thes [...]	2006-09-18 03:24:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO CH SOCI PGOV
06GUANGZHOU30247	CIFIT 2006: Taiwan Tourism, Arab Oil, and U.S. Investment [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. attendees at the annual China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen left feeling pretty good about their reception while Taiwan travel agents -- who turned out in large numbers -- had to feel somewhat disappointed about the lack of movement in real cr [...]	2006-09-18 08:31:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO CH TW
06GUANGZHOU30952	Baise, Guangxi: Poor Amidst a Wealth of Resources [...] (U) Summary: Baise, Guangxi, is one of China's poorest prefectures and despite relatively successful anti-poverty efforts, accounts for one-fourth of the poor population of Guangxi. The prefecture has rich agricultural, mineral and tourism resources, but is only now developing its economy; ear [...]	2006-09-29 07:02:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SOCI PGOV CH
06GUANGZHOU32146	U.S.-China Bilateral on Margins of Seventh North Pacific [...] (SBU) Summary: Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen and PRC Vice Minister of Public Security Meng Hongwei exchanged views October 25 on a variety of maritime safety and security topics, including `border security, search-and-rescue and disaster relief issues. The Admiral said that the U.S. was pre [...]	2006-11-03 08:35:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA MARR CH
06GUANGZHOU5870	Journey to the West -- Beihai: Pearls, [...] (SBU) Summary: Acknowledging that previous economic development planning has not panned out as expected, Guangxi's Beihai City officials see their economic future in developing labor-intensive light manufacturing and logistic industries based on outside investment -- particularly from over-h [...]	2006-03-03 03:16:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV CH
06GUATEMALA252	Guatemalan Response to Central American Energy [...] Econoff met with GOG officials to discuss the new Central American Energy Initiative (the Meso-American Energy Initiative). GOG officials indicated that much of the initiative has existed in various forms throughout the region over the years. They added that, while this initiative is a welc [...]	2006-02-08 15:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV EPET BEXP ETRD PREL GT
06GUATEMALA253	Economic update - Guatemala: January 25- February [...] US Company to lose Venezuelan Oil Source 2. Business Climate Indicator Puts Guatemala on Top 3. Financial Crimes Conference to Prevent Money Laundering 4. Airport Renovations Stalled by Political Fighting 5. Investigating Investment Opportunities in Renewable Energy 6. Agriculture Market [...]	2006-02-08 15:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EWWT TBIO SOCI GT
06GUATEMALA49	GUATEMALA: 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 22:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB ECON GT OPIC EXIM
06GUATEMALA99	VENEZUELAN INTRIGUE IN THE GUATEMALAN OIL MARKET? [...] (C) Summary: The Franco-US oil company KLP Industries has contacted the Embassy repeatedly alleging that it is the victim of a plot to revoke an exploration contract it won from the Government of Guatemala (GOG). The contract has, in fact, been revoked by the GOG. KLP believes that it has be [...]	2006-01-19 19:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD EINV ECON PGOV PINR GT VE
06HALIFAX120	ATLANTIC CANADA: OFFSHORE ENERGY EXPLORATION COSTS BECOMING [...] Although there have been some major strides in reducing regulatory delays and costs for offshore energy exploration, most drilling expenses for companies looking for energy off Atlantic Canada are outside of the control of regulators, the Chair of the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Boar [...]	2006-06-23 20:25:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ETRD CA
06HALIFAX216	ROOKIE NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER TOUTS STRONG U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) Shawn Graham, Canada's newest Premier, is ready to implement a U.S.-friendly agenda that is focused on expanded trade to the United States, especially energy sales. While electricity exports have been the primary focus, the new Liberal government is looking at how Irving Oil's growing in [...]	2006-11-22 19:39:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG PREL PBTS PTER EPET ETRD EIND CA
06HALIFAX70	ENERGY: MOVING LABRADOR'S LOWER CHURCHILL PROJECT TO [...] SUMMARY: Suitors have lined up for a chance to be part of the long-anticipated project to develop the hydroelectric resource of the Lower Churchill River in Newfoundland-Labrador. A tough but calculated business plan by Premier Danny Williams, coupled with new market dynamics, has economists [...]	2006-04-07 15:03:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV CA
06HANOI2412	RECENT GVN ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS: SMOKE AND [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of several high-profile corruption scandals, the GVN is taking steps, both substantive and symbolic, to address corruption involving government and Communist Party officials. In August, the National Assembly Standing Committee passed a resolution specifyi [...]	2006-09-20 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCOR VM
06HANOI2420	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (SBU) Senator Hagel: Vietnam looks forward to welcoming you to Hanoi. Your visit will be an important step in strengthening our cooperative relationship with Vietnam while bringing into focus key issues, including those our two countries will need to address in the run-up to the President's [...]	2006-09-21 06:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OTRA VM
06HANOI2571	INITIAL GROUNDWORK FOR APP IN DANANG [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, the Charge discussed USG interest in opening an American Presence Post (APP) in Danang with MFA Americas Department Acting Director General Pham Van Que. Earlier in September, an Embassy team looked at potential locations in Danang for the APP. Among the three [...]	2006-10-06 00:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ABLD ASEC VM
06HANOI2619	SENATOR HAGEL MEETING WITH VIETNAM FINANCE MINISTER VU VAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Hagel met with Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh on October 6 to discuss Vietnam's economy and financial system. During the meeting Minister Ninh stressed that Vietnam aims to join the WTO as soon as possible and that it appreciates the support from the U.S. administration an [...]	2006-10-13 01:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG OVIP EIND EINV VM
06HANOI2620	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES PNTR AND ECONOMIC, SOCIAL REFORMS [...] (SBU) On October 6, Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman and Politburo member Nguyen Phu Trong briefed Senator Chuck Hagel on the NA's developing oversight role in Vietnam's policymaking process and in promoting social and economic development. Trong said passage of Permanent Normal Tra [...]	2006-10-13 01:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV OTRA ECON VM
06HANOI2642	VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO VENEZUELA AND CUBA ON ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Recent news reports have indicated that Vietnam has signed a series of energy deals with Venezuela and Cuba. According to a GVN official, such Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) are in line with the GVN's policy to seek more oil resources and partners outside of Vietn [...]	2006-10-16 09:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG OVIP EINV VE VM
06HANOI2765	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...]	2006-10-30 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM
06HANOI2767	PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung's recent trip to Japan was intended to reaffirm the two countries' friendship and cooperation in a highly visible manner. The PM's schedule included a full array of high-level events and meetings (Ref B). In addition to protocol-driven events, t [...]	2006-10-30 10:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV ENRG KIPR JA VM
06HANOI2800	2006-2007 INCSR PART I -- VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV KCRM VM
06HANOI453	RUSSIA AND VIETNAM KEEP UP THE ILLUSION OF A [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Ephimovich Fradkov was Vietnam's first high-ranking foreign visitor since Tet, the Vietnamese New Year. The February 16-17 visit was the third by a Russian Prime Minister to Vietnam since 1997. The primary purposes of this visit were to strengthe [...]	2006-02-24 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RU VM
06HARARE127	IMF TEAM LOSES CONFIDENCE IN ANY TURNAROUND [...] (C) IMF Mission Chief Sharmini Coorey told the Ambassador on February 2 she had been struck by Zimbabweans' growing despair since her last trip and had no confidence the GOZ could turn Zimbabwe's economy around. Faced with exploding expenditures and hyperinflation, the authorities had neither [...]	2006-02-07 11:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI
06HARARE317	ARMS CACHE SUSPECTS CHARGED, LINKED TO [...] (SBU) The GOZ on March 11 charged eight suspects connected to last week,s arms seizure in Mutare (reftel). The eight were charged under Public Order and Security Act (POSA) prohibitions against processing weapons to commit banditry, sabotage, or terrorism. Appearing in a Mutare court to be c [...]	2006-03-14 16:53:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HARARE319	JUDGE FREES SEVEN ARMS CACHE DEFENDANTS [...] (C) Ruling that police had acted improperly, High Court Judge Charles Hungwe on March 14 withdrew charges against all suspects linked to the arms cache discovered in Mutare last week, except for Michael Peter Hitschmann (reftel). The seven were released the morning of March 15. Zimbabwe Lawy [...]	2006-03-15 16:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL ZI
06HAVANA10104	"GREEN EYESHADE" SOBERON: CUBA'S SENIOR ECON GUY [...] (C) Summary: Unhindered by his modest background in accounting, Central Bank President Francisco Soberon has become one of Castro's key advisors. The architect of GOC efforts to recentralize the economy, Soberon has recently eclipsed most other ministers in influence and public profile (with [...]	2006-05-12 15:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	SECRET	PGOV EFIN ECON PINR CU
06HAVANA23608	CUBAN REGIME STIFFS CODEL FLAKE [...] (C) Summary: A Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Jeff Flake (R/AZ) spent the December 15-17 weekend publicly urging a change in US policy, but privately getting rebuffed by a Cuban regime that insisted it had no reason or desire to reform itself. The CODEL presented a letter requesting re [...]	2006-12-18 17:00:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HAVANA23612	CODEL FLAKE PRESS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: CODEL Flake was besieged by international press upon arrival in Havana on December 15 (reftel). Both in their individual comments to the media and in a joint statement read at a December 17 press conference, CODEL members characterized this as a time for dialogue and an "histor [...]	2006-12-18 20:55:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL ECON PHUM KDEM CU
06HELSINKI1037	DAS PEKALA,S OCTOBER 4 MEETINGS WITH FINNISH MFA [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Mark Pekala visited Helsinki October 4-6 to participate in the Nordic-Baltic Chiefs of Mission Conference and to consult with Finnish officials on bilateral and transatlantic issues. In separate meetings with Finnish Political Director Pilvi-Sisko Vierros-Villeneuve and Director [...]	2006-10-12 08:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV ENRG ECON FI AF GT VE RS GG
06HELSINKI1199	ENERGY FROM THE EAST: FINNISH RELIANCE ON RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: Gasum, Finland,s sole supplier of natural gas, has managed to settle into a peaceful coexistence with its notorious Russian partner Gazprom. Although totally dependent on Gazprom for 100 percent of its supply, Gasum ensures stability through long-term contracts with Gazprom which [...]	2006-12-01 14:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETRD EUN FI RS
06HELSINKI1231	FINNS PREPARE FOR THE WORST: A RUSSIAN OIL SPILL [...] (SBU) Summary: Fearing that Russia will react slowly to an oil spill and utilize controversial environmentally harsh clean up methods, Finland has taken a leadership role in the region by developing new oil spill clean up technology and by providing bilateral aid to Russia. During the past de [...]	2006-12-12 14:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT EPET EUN FI
06HELSINKI355	HIGHLIGHTS OF ADMIRAL COLLINS VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (U) Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, visited Finland, March 28 - April 1, 2006. Finnish Chief of the Border Guard, Vice Admiral Jaakko Smolander, was the host of the visit. The Admiral's itinerary included meetings with senior GoF officials, briefings by the Finnis [...]	2006-04-27 11:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHSA EWWT SENV IMO FI
06HELSINKI566	ENERGY DIVERSITY IN FINLAND AND WHAT IT CAN OFFER [...] (SBU) Summary: Finland has the EU's longest border with Russia and the two maintain a complex and long-standing energy relationship. While energy security is a concern for every country, Finland's somewhat unique position makes it very unlikely to suffer disruptions to its Russia- sourced ene [...]	2006-06-16 14:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETRD PREL EPET FI RU
06HELSINKI859	AMBASSADOR WARE'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 24, Ambassador Ware met with Finnish Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paula Lehtomaki. Lehtomaki described her August 14-16 trip to Lebanon and Israel, noting that she was particularly surprised by how quickly refugee centers emptied following the announcem [...]	2006-08-28 04:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EUN PREL FI
06HERMOSILLO9	SONORA STATE OFFICIALS SEE 5 PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] (U) Summary. Sonora economic officials are projecting that the state's economic growth rate for 2006 will be 5 percent. This would match 2005, when the Ford Company's major expansion of its automobile assembly operations in Hermosillo gave Sonora a major boost. Plans for a new LNG terminal i [...]	2006-01-10 23:24:00	Consulate Hermosillo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EINV EPET MX
06HILLAH102	QADISIYAH PROVINCE: SADR, SCIRI, AND SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Militia (MM) and his political organization, Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS),increasingly dictate the pace of events in Qadisiyah Province. While the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) holds 20 seats out of 41 on the Provincial Council, SCIRI is [...]	2006-06-12 16:11:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH24	JAFARI NOMINATION VARIOUSLY GREETED WITH PRAISE, DISBELIEF, [...] (SBU) Summary: The selection of Ibrahim Jafari as the choice of the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) to serve as Prime Minister of the new Iraqi government was greeted by widely divergent reactions across South Central Iraq. Most Shi'a Islamist contacts praised Jafari, even as some UIA constituent g [...]	2006-02-22 13:47:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL IZ
06HILLAH59	AYATOLLAHS BLAME U.S. FOR SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In reaction to the terrorist attacks near Najaf's Imam Ali Shrine (April 6) and the Attack at Baghdad's Buratha mosque (April 7) two of the major Shi'a clerics affiliated with Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani issued sharply worded Fatwas blaming the Un [...]	2006-04-09 18:55:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HOCHIMINHCITY1028	REPORT FROM THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: OBSERVATIONS ON ETHNIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Interviews in HCMC with thirteen ethnic minority families from Gia Lai seeking to join family members in the U.S. revealed no pattern of discrimination or harassment. Interviews suggested continued incremental improvement in living conditions and religious freedom in Gia Lai, alt [...]	2006-09-08 11:09:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV KIRF PREF VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1492	ALL HIS (PRIME MINISTER DZUNG'S) CHILDREN [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: ConGen has been seeking additional information on the biographies of the three children of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung. We understand that Dzung, in his meeting with the President during the APEC Leaders' Summit, sought to deflect or downplay the ties of h [...]	2006-12-26 09:36:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN PGOV PREL VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY34	SCOPE PAPER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT TO HO CHI [...] (SBU) HCMC and its neighboring provinces are the economic and financial soul of Vietnam. Textiles, footwear, furniture, aquaculture -- key export industries -- as well as the country's USD seven billion oil and gas sector are centered around HCMC. With roughly 15 percent of the population, H [...]	2006-01-10 10:19:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD PGOV VM
06HONGKONG2509	EVOLVING DISCUSSION OF AIR POLLUTION'S [...] (C) Positive reaction to the Consul General's (CG) recent speech encouraging business to be proactive in addressing worsening air pollution suggests a growing realism and sophistication in the local smog debate. Shortly after the speech, a local NGO published a report listing dramatic health [...]	2006-06-16 07:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SENV CH HK
06HONGKONG2606	COULD A "CHINA ENRON" HAPPEN IN HONG KONG? [...] (C) The expanding role of Hong Kong's stock market, now Asia's top location for raising new equity, underscores the importance of Hong Kong effectively vetting which firms list here and then regulating those companies in a manner that protects investor interests while also advancing China's ec [...]	2006-06-23 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG2981	MACAU ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATING [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy is again picking up steam as GDP growth surged 18.8 percent in the first quarter of 2006. Growth is being driven largely by the booming tourism and gaming sectors, and by massive investment in a number of large-scale casino and infrastructure projects. Tax receipt [...]	2006-07-21 10:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH PINR MC
06HONGKONG4550	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer (ECO) Ph [...]	2006-11-24 03:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETTC
06IRANRPODUBAI10	IRPO: WESTERN BANK REP CLAIMS AHMADINEJAD DIRECTING [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 14:11:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IR
06IRANRPODUBAI14	IRANIAN ACTIVISTS LAUD US HUMAN RIGHTS PRESSURE, ADVISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 17:16:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PREL PGOV PHUM
06ISLAMABAD14349	A PRIMER ON BALOCHISTAN [...] (C) Summary: This cable--the first in a series of cables on the province--is intended to serve as a primer on Balochistan, Pakistan's largest, least developed, and most sparsely populated province. Other cables in this series will cover the tribal and ethnic political dynamics of the province, [...]	2006-07-27 13:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD16269	GWADAR: THE NEARLY BLANK CANVAS [...] (U) Summary. During the Ambassador,s August 10-11 visit to Gwadar, Balochistan, provincial and Gwadar Development Authority (GDA) officials laid out their grand vision for the port,s future--which they hope will someday rival Dubai, providing a key transshipment point for trade with Afghanista [...]	2006-08-18 02:14:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK ECON EAID
06ISLAMABAD16962	BALOCHISTAN (2): THE GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary. While the Government of Pakistan (GOP) undertakes projects to develop Balochistan, in part to turn the province into a transit point linking Pakistan to western Afghanistan and the Central Asian states, it faces a distrustful and resentful provincial population. This wariness and [...]	2006-08-29 04:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD16987	BALOCHISTAN (3): A RESTLESS HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Balochistan has a history of uprisings against Pakistani rule. Major insurrections occurred in 1947-48, 1958, throughout the 1960s, and 1973-77. The Bugti tribe has been waging a localized insurgency since 2004. This cable on insurrections in Balochistan since the founding of Pak [...]	2006-08-29 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD16994	BALOCHISTAN (4): WHO'S WHO - THE BALOCH TRIBES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Baloch people give their name to Balochistan Province in Pakistan, where roughly two thirds of them live, as well as Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province in Iran. The Baloch are further spread across the southern reaches of Afghanistan. Baloch society is tribal, wit [...]	2006-08-29 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD6647	WITH SENATOR HAGEL, FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI PUSHES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR TRANSFERS AND WARNS THAT A MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD MEAN DISASTER FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 16:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	IN IR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD7770	PRINCE SULTAN'S VISIT TO PAKISTAN: MOSTLY OPTICS; [...] (C) Summary. In the week following Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud's April visit to Pakistan, PolCouns sought assessments in separate meetings with the MFA Director General for the Gulf region Sajjad Haider, Saudi Embassy DCM Abdullah Al-Omari and a respected local journalist, Far [...]	2006-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PK SA
06ISLAMABAD9705	PAK-SINO RELATIONS: â€œHIGHER THAN THE HIMALAYAS, DEEPER THAN THE SEAâ€ [...] (C) Summary. At a May 23 conference celebrating 55 years of Pakistan-China relations, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz characterized the Sino-Pak relationship as a model bilateral relationship, in which both countries are committed to peaceful co-existence, sovereign equality, and non-i [...]	2006-05-25 11:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	CH IN PK PREL
06ISTANBUL1296	JULY 12 PRESIDENT ALIYEV - ENERGY DEPSEC SELL [...] (U) This is a joint ConGn Istanbul-Embassy Baku message. 2. (C) SUMMARY Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev told Deput Secretary of Energy Clay Sell on July 12 that Aerbaijan and US goals and strategies with respect o developing Azerbaijani gas for world markets cincide, and Azerbaijan i [...]	2006-07-18 14:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TU
06ISTANBUL1341	BTC PRE-INAUGURATION MEETINGS IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary: Energy Deputy Secretary Sell and senior U.S. officials met with high-level delegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey and Kazakhstan in Istanbul on July 12 to discuss issues related to the Baku-Tiblisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline on the eve of its inauguration. Deputy Secretary Sell and [...]	2006-07-26 13:04:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PREL AJ GG KZ RU TU
06ISTANBUL1504	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 25-26 VISIT OF CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Turkey warmly welcomes the visit of Codel McCain to Turkey. Turkey is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),facilitating the distribution of supplies and fuel to the coalition in Iraq and supporting the NATO Training Mission (NTM-I) there; publicly calling on Ir [...]	2006-08-22 08:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT ASEC DA GG IT MW OREP TU
06ISTANBUL2149	ISTANBUL'S TESEV TOUCHES ANOTHER TABOO [...] (C) Summary. TESEV, the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation, convened an international academic conference that discussed internal displacement, with a particular focus on the plight of Turkey's Kurdish population. Discussion of social issues and Kurdish identity would have been [...]	2006-12-11 11:13:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL223	DANGER IN BOSPHORUS [...] (U) A major catastrophe in Istanbul's narrow Bosphorus Straits was narrowly averted on February 21 when a Liberian- flagged tanker carrying 86,000 tons of kerosene lost steerage way and nearly ran aground at Istanbul's historic Dolmabahce Palace. The out-of-control ship came to a stop some 20 [...]	2006-02-22 13:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EWWT TU
06JAKARTA10399	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MEETINGS WITH INDONESIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with S/P Director Stephen Krasner on August 11, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda emphasized Indonesia's desire to expand and deepen bilateral cooperation with the United States on political, security, economic and other fronts. Wirajuda appealed for U.S. assista [...]	2006-08-18 11:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID CVIS ID
06JAKARTA10895	DUE DILIGENCE FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE AWARD [...] (SBU) Summary. We are not aware of any significant embarrassment likely to arise should Chevron Indonesia receive the 2006 Award for Corporate Excellence. Chevron has been an outstanding corporate citizen and contributed greatly to community development in Indonesia. The largest crude oil p [...]	2006-09-01 06:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV ID
06JAKARTA11379	INDONESIA - 2007 BUDGET RAISES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Rp 746.5 trillion (USD 82.1 billion) draft 2007 budget proposes double digit percentage increases in spending on health, education and social welfare programs, with the total amount of central government spending on these programs reaching Rp [...]	2006-09-13 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KMCA KCOR PGOV ENRG TBIO ID
06JAKARTA1144	Bengkulu's Young Governor Tries To Reform Sumatra's [...] (SBU) Summary. Elected as a reformer in a poverty- stricken province more accustomed to corruption, political hacks and time-servers, new Governor Agusrin Najamudin represents a break with Bengkulu's past. Only devout Muslim PKS supported Najamudin's candidacy against candidates from larger an [...]	2006-01-30 00:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL EAID ECON SOCI ID
06JAKARTA11482	THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...]	2006-09-18 06:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR ID
06JAKARTA11767	INDONESIA'S ECONOMY - RIGHT DIRECTION, WRONG SPEED [...] Summary. Private sector and Government of Indonesia (GOI) interlocutors expressed optimism about the financial sector's growth and progress, but concern about the real sector, during the September 13-15 visit of Department of Treasury officials Andrew Baukol and Seth Searls. Most agreed Indo [...]	2006-09-21 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
06JAKARTA1179	YUDHOYONO CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON IRAN; [...] (S) Summary: President Yudhoyono (SBY) convoked the Ambassador to an extraordinary meeting January 31, attended by four ministers, to convey Indonesia's intention to decide its position on Iran's nuclear program when the IAEA Board of Governors meet on March 6. He conveyed concerns with resp [...]	2006-01-31 11:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL PGOV ID IR

06JAKARTA11930	ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION CONTINUES IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Although South Kalimantan's legal forest products industry has suffered a sharp decline, illegal mining and logging continue to degrade the province's environment. Overlapping and conflicting central and provincial government responsibilities and a lack of local resources comp [...]	2006-09-28 05:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO EINV ID

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