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07SOFIA1325	BULGARIA MOVES FORWARD ON SOUTH STREAM AND [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Bulgaria signed a declaration with Russia on the proposed South Stream gas pipeline in Moscow November 8. As expected, the document is a general one-page political statement that leaves details about ownership of the pipeline to a later intergovernmental agree [...]	2007-11-21 13:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EU PGOV RU BG

07SOFIA1339	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EUR DAS BRYZA TO BULGARIA [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Sofia comes at a time when Bulgaria is rapidly signing deals to position itself as a future energy transit hub. Eager to produce deliverables for a January 2008 Putin visit and develop new revenue sources, Bulgaria is rushing into South Stream, in particular, with [...]	2007-11-30 14:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV BG
07SOFIA1364	RESULTS OF SOFIA REGIONAL ENERGY OFFICERS TRAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6-7, 37 USG energy officers from more than 30 posts and agencies gathered in Sofia for a training session on midstream economics and pipeline projects. On December 6 outside speakers from industry, thank tanks and the European Commission briefed on pipeline projec [...]	2007-12-11 15:17:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET BU
07SOFIA1396	SUBJECT: BULGARIA: FACING RESURGENT RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is bracing for the January 17-18 visit of the Russian President, fully expecting Putin will bring some deliverables, but many more demandables. Together with a few cultural sweeteners, the Russians will push a hard line on Kosovo; missile defense, CFE, and U.S. temp [...]	2007-12-21 13:38:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV PREL BU
07SOFIA1397	YOUR MEETING WITH BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Kalfin comes to Washington as Bulgaria's coalition government faces some key foreign and security policy decisions, including Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan deployments, and Russian energy deals. President Putin will visit Sofia on January 17-18 to kick off the "Year of Russi [...]	2007-12-21 13:46:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG MOPS MARR RU KV AF IZ BU
07SOFIA593	BULGARIA'S EU ENTRY HELPS MANY - BUT NOT ALL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria entered the EU in strong macroeconomic and fiscal shape with 5 percent annualized GDP growth over the past 7 years and three years of budget surpluses. Foreign investors are piling in to take advantage of cheap prices and labor, much as they did in the EU-10 a few year [...]	2007-05-16 08:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN ECON EINV BU
07SOFIA611	PUTIN PUSHES RUSSIA-TO-BULGARIA UNDERSEA GAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-17 13:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EUN RU BU
07SOFIA794	BULGARIA: 2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] The United States government is aware of two (2) claims of U.S. persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Bulgaria (GOB). 2. List is keyed according to reftel instructions. A) Claimant A (ongoing case) B) 2000 C) In 1999, Claimant A established a subsidiary, whic [...]	2007-06-28 16:03:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE CASC PGOV BU
07SOFIA949	OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-BULGARIAN ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. New Economy and Energy Minister Petar Dimitrov recently told the Ambassador that he welcomes a partnership with the U.S. government on energy and will also work to eliminate obstacles to U.S. investments in Bulgaria. A newcomer facing a steep learning curve on energy, Dimitrov is [...]	2007-08-07 12:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV RU BU
07SOFIA951	PIPELINE EXPLOSION CUTS GAS TO GREECE [...] (U) Summary: A strong explosion disrupted a section of the pipeline used for transiting Russian natural gas to Greece on the morning of August 6. No one was injured in the blast. Officials quickly ruled out terrorism, blaming instead a landslide caused by recent heavy rains. Bulgargaz offic [...]	2007-08-07 13:16:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON RU BU
07STATE131603	THE SECRETARY'S SEPTEMBER 14 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR A/S Daniel Fried PA A/S Sean McCormack Steve Beecroft Marc Nordberg, EUR note taker Hungary ------- FM Kinga Goncz Appointed Ambassador Ferenc Somogyi State Secretary Laszlo Varkonyi Acting Chief of Cabinet Gyorgy Varga DCM Viktor Sz [...]	2007-09-18 23:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HU
07STATE135395	EEB ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN RAISES GAS DEAL \ [...] (C) Summary. EEB A/S Sullivan met with Swiss ambassador \ Ziswiler to underscore our concerns about the EGL \ gas/pipeline deal with Iran (reftels),particularly its \ negative impact on efforts to pressure Iran to comply with \ UNSC resolutions on its nuclear activities. Ziswiler \ defended the [...]	2007-09-25 23:01:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR SZ TU GR IT
07STATE136164	U.S.-CHINA STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DIALOGUE (SED) [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Treasury Prepared the backgrounder information in paragraph 2 to assist posts in understanding the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) and in discussing the SED with host governments, and other interested parties such as business groups and the m [...]	2007-09-26 23:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL
07STATE138761	ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 25 MEETING [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Notetaker Aaron Jensen Romania --------- Foreign Minister Adrian Mihai Cioroianu U.N. Permanent Representative Mihnea Motoc Charge Daniela Gitman Political Director Stefan Tinca Chief of Cabinet Gabriel Sopanda 2. [...]	2007-10-02 17:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ENRG HU SR MD RU MK AL PL RO
07STATE142040	IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): APPARENT [...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraphs 2 through 4 below. 2. (C) Department appreciates Embassy,s continuing close attention to this matter. Ref. C conveys disturbing news of apparent progress toward a firm agreement on Yadavaran. The seriousness of this issue calls for furt [...]	2007-10-09 23:50:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH
07STATE150552	RESPONDING TO BULGARIAN CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIAN [...] (C) As detailed in reftel, the Bulgarian government is under pressure from Russia to come to a quick agreement and sign various texts related to the Russian conglomerate Gazprom,s proposed South Stream pipeline project under the Black Sea. The GOB has requested USG assistance and talking poi [...]	2007-10-30 19:05:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	BG ECON ENRG EU PGOV RS
07STATE153799	EU-EGYPT ENERGY FORUM AND ARAB GAS PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Department requests information on the recent EU-Africa-Middle East Energy Conference that took place on November 1 in Sharm el Sheik, Egypt, and on the status of construction and operation of the Arab Gas Pipeline, including possible links to Iraq. See paragra [...]	2007-11-07 22:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EUN XF XG
07STATE156094	NUCLEAR POWER MEETINGS IN JORDAN [...] (U) On August 9, Alex Burkart, Deputy Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Safety and Security, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN/NESS),Jody Daniel, Office of Regional Affairs (ISN/RA),and Embassy Econoff held several meetings with Jordanian officials to discuss [...]	2007-11-14 15:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL
07STATE158849	LOSS OF RESTRICTED BLANKET OVERFLIGHT AND LANDING [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: Reftel notes that the Government of Turkmenistan (GOTX) has notified post by diplomatic note that it will not renew the blanket overflight and clearance request number 999c, which will expire November 30. [...]	2007-11-21 02:20:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	US EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS PREL TX
07STATE163714	REQUEST TO GOVERNMENT OF THE NETHERLANDS FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable, please see paragraph 3. 2.(SBU) SUMMARY: The USG will host the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) on March 4-6, 2008 at the Washington Convention Center. As the third global ministerial-level event on renewable energy, WIREC is e [...]	2007-12-05 18:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENG KPAO SENV TRGY
07STATE164866	IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): REPORTED [...] (U) This is an action message; please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Press reports indicate that ONCG Videsh Limited (OVL) and the Hinduja group are seeking to participate jointly in two Iranian oil/gas projects --the development of Iran,s Azadegan oilfield and of some portion (perhaps Pha [...]	2007-12-07 21:55:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR IN
07STATE166902	IRAN SANCTIONS ACT (ISA, FORMERLY ILSA): [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 23:51:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET IR CH
07STATE166990	U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH AZERBAIJANI FM [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyrov on November 30 on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid. On Iran, Under Secretary Burns pushed for Azerbaijani support of USG policy to deter Iran,s nuclear power ambitions. On Nagorno-Karabakh, FM M [...]	2007-12-14 14:20:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL
07STATE167347	EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE IAMB FOR IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (U) Objective: To explain the role of the IAMB and ensure that the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development is aware that the renewal of the Development Fund for Iraq (under a new UNSCR) will also require renewal of the IAMB. UNSC cap [...]	2007-12-14 23:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN AA
07STATE167364	INSTRUCTIONS FOR CIRCULATING REVISED MNF-I UNSCR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to circulate to the Security Council the revised text of the US/UK draft resolution to extend through 2008 the authorities for MNF-I, DFI, and IAMB (see paragraph 3). 3. Begin text of revised UNSCR: The Security [...]	2007-12-15 02:17:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07STATE18053	GEORGIA/ABKHAZIA: BERLIN FRIENDS MTG - JAN 22 [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matthew Bryza attended a January 22 meeting in Berlin of the UN Friends of the Secretary General for Georgia (FSG or Friends) hosted by the German MFA. The Friends finalized a list of substantive confidence-building measures to be discussed with the sides at Geneva on Febru [...]	2007-02-13 15:47:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN GG
07STATE4858	FOLLOWING UP ON THE EU'S DRAFT PROPOSAL ON [...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 6-7. 2. In November, Reftel A asked posts to reach out to appropriate EU member state representatives to seek their views on a European Commission proposal to include international aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme [...]	2007-01-13 12:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON SENV EUN
07STATE48862	(C) IRAN AND SYRIA NONPROLIFERATION ACT -- [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Kuala Lumpur please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background: The Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act (ISNA) requires periodic reports to Congress identifying foreign entities with respect to whom there is credible information indicating that they have [...]	2007-04-12 20:57:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC MY IR
07STATE65749	(S) NIAG 7011/7015/7016: EFFORTS BY AN [...] ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to approach appropriate Chinese officials regarding ongoing attempts by an unsafeguarded nuclear program to obtain technology for the program from Chinese entities. Post should provide new information about continued activities by this program to seek enric [...]	2007-05-14 22:35:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC PK CH HK
07STOCKHOLM1319	SWEDEN: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (c) DCM made reftel demarche on designations of Iranian entities, individuals, and banks October 26 to Deputy Foreign Minister Frank Belfrage, urging Sweden to support parallel steps in an EU setting, as part of the package of autonomous measures. Belfrage said Sweden would like to see anothe [...]	2007-10-26 15:39:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM EFIN IR SW
07STOCKHOLM32	SWEDEN: HOW FM BILDT'S STOCK OPTIONS AFFECT HIS [...] (SBU) Post-holiday headlines in Sweden have focused on Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and his recent decision to exercise options in a publicly traded Swedish company, Vostok Nafta, whose main holding is shares of the Russian energy giant Gazprom. Bildt resigned from the board of Vostok Nafta [...]	2007-01-11 08:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SW
07SURABAYA37	EAST JAVA: LAPINDO MUD UPDATE: HYDROGEN SULPHIDE LEVELS AND [...] (SBU) Sofian Hadi, Director of Operations for the Sidoarjo Mud Management Agency (BPLS),told Consulate Surabaya September 18 that hydrogen sulfide gas levels at the mud flow site in Sidoarjo had increased to 30 -- 35 ppm (parts per million),levels considered dangerous to human health. It has [...]	2007-09-19 01:13:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ELAB ENRG PGOV ASEC ID
07SURABAYA73	EAST JAVA: INAUGURATION OF HESS PROJECT CANCELLED BY [...] (SBU) On November 15, beginning at approximately 1100, hundreds of demonstrators blocked the entrance to the Hess Onshore Processing Facility in Gresik, north of Surabaya, demanding Hess (the facility's operator) discontinue operations. The protestors, residents of three villages surrounding t [...]	2007-11-16 06:31:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EPET ID
07SURABAYA79	MADURA -- DOMINANT POLITICAL ROLE OF NAHDLATUL ULAMA (NU) [...] (SBU) Summary: The moderate Islamic organization Nadhdlatul Ulama (NU) enjoys widespread support among the conservative Muslim population of Madura. Although not officially involved in politics, NU religious leaders "Kiais" are influential community leaders, running larger educational institut [...]	2007-11-29 01:27:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI EAID ID
07SUVA169	KIRIBATI NEW FLAG OF CONVENIENCE SHIP REGISTRY; [...] (C) Ship owners looking for a flag of convenience can now hoist the colors of the tiny Pacific island nation of Kiribati, which amended its maritime shipping act in June 2006 to allow creation of a foreign ship registry. Singapore-based Sovereign Ventures Limited is the agent, as it is for Tuv [...]	2007-03-18 21:30:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PHSA KR SN
07TAIPEI1168	TAIWAN USING GAS TURBINES AND WINDPOWER TO MEET [...] SUMMARY. Taipower Co. operates the Tatan complex which will consist of six LNG-fueled units generating power from gas/steam turbines. Two of the units are currently operational with the remainder scheduled for completion in 2008. When complete the complex is expected to produce 10 percent [...]	2007-05-24 23:00:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KNNP ENRG TW
07TAIPEI1257	Taipei Economic Brief for May 2007 [...] This cable summarizes selected May 2007 economic events in Taiwan: --Economic Growth --Economic Prospects --High-speed Rail Impact --Taiwan and Japan Amend Aviation Agreement --New Cross-Strait Operations --Free Trade Agreement (FTA) --Ban on Bank Branches Lifted --Greenhouse Gas Legisl [...]	2007-06-05 09:11:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PINR TW
07TAIPEI1317	PRC/TAIWAN JOINT VENTURE TO EXPLORE OIL IN TAIWAN [...] SUMMARY. The PRC and Taiwan are both actively seeking new energy sources and compete for oil concessions in the same countries. However, the PRC and Taiwan are cooperating to explore for petroleum in the Taiwan Strait. This is part of an effort to triple energy exploration spending by Taiwa [...]	2007-06-12 02:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON CH TW
07TALLINN2	ESTONIA: FM PAET VISITS GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Georgia December 18-19, Georgian Officials told Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that: -- they hope for a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) already in 2007; -- they intend to extend economic and political reforms and substantially increase investment in educa [...]	2007-01-03 09:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EU NATO OSCE GG RU EN
07TALLINN273	ESTONIA'S NEW GOVERNMENT (PART IV): DOMESTIC AND [...] (SBU) Summary. As reported in reftels, On April 4, 2007, the Estonian Reform Party formed a center-right coalition with the Isamaa-Res Publica Union (IRL) and the Social Democrats (SDE). The new government has four key domestic policy priorities: tax cuts, innovation, bolstering the workfor [...]	2007-04-25 15:11:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
07TALLINN280	REACTIONS TO REMOVAL OF ESTONIA,S BRONZE SOLDIER [...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of April 26, a mostly young, mostly Russian crowd of 1,000-1,500 demonstrating against the removal of the Bronze Soldier monument refused police orders to disperse. The police then dispersed the crowd by force. As the demonstrators scattered they broke shop wind [...]	2007-04-27 11:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS EN
07TALLINN290	ESTONIAN AMBASSADOR TO MOSCOW REPORTEDLY ATTACKED [...] (C) This is an urgent action request: see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On the morning of May 2, the MFA called in resident ambassadors to brief them on the security situation of Estonia's embassy in Moscow. The briefing included a readout of the April 30- May 1 visit of a delegation of Duma m [...]	2007-05-02 10:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS EN
07TALLINN433	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Summary: The last eight months have been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's recent visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves [...]	2007-06-28 14:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN519	AMBASSADOR'S MEEING WITH NEW FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Ambassador hosted a luncheon with Sven Mikser, Member of Parliament (MP) and the new Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC). The two discussed Estonia and the European Union's relations with Russia, Estonia's contributions in the global war on terror, an [...]	2007-08-13 07:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EINV EN
07TALLINN52	ESTONIA: FORMER PM LAAR OPTIMISTIC ON GEORGIA [...] (C) On January 23, former Prime Minister Mart Laar told Charge that he was "optimistic" about the situation in Georgia - citing improvements in Georgia's energy security and factors affecting the situation in Abkhazia. Laar noted the GOG asked him to come back to Georgia in late February (in [...]	2007-01-24 15:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG EN
07TALLINN548	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF ENERGY SELL [...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to W [...]	2007-08-24 10:40:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN549	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The last year has been a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations, including President Bush's November visit to Tallinn, Foreign Minister Paet's visit to Washington for a celebration of the 85th anniversary of diplomatic relations, and President Ilves' June visit to [...]	2007-08-24 10:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN583	SCENESETTER FOR PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SECRETARY KURT [...] (U) Welcome to Tallinn. Your visit will bring you to one of our most supportive allies in Europe. Your arrival comes on the heels of a banner period for U.S.-Estonian bilateral relations the past year: the President's historic visit to Estonia last November; Estonian appreciation for U.S. su [...]	2007-09-06 14:25:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN588	LEADING ESTONIAN MP DISCUSSES RUSSIA [...] (SBU) During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Marko Mihkelson, head of the Parliament's EU Affairs Committee, highlighted as important issues: regional security and stability issues, Russia and President Vladimir Putin's political future, and Russia's re-tooling of history. He also emph [...]	2007-09-07 13:20:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR RU GG EN
07TALLINN589	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Welcome to Tallinn. Three and a half years after NATO and EU accession, Estonia remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is a steadfast ally in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and an effective role model for democracy in the former Soviet states [...]	2007-09-07 14:42:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP AMGT ASEC AFIN EN
07TALLINN633	ESTONIA: PDAS VOLKER AT V-10 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker participated in the Vilnius Ten (V-10) political directors conference in Tallinn, Estonia on September 12-13. V-10 political directors generally supported eventual NATO enlargement for the Adriatic 3 (Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia) and the need for more EU unit [...]	2007-09-26 11:22:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN
07TASHKENT1022	CHEAP CHINESE LOANS TO KEY UZBEK SECTORS [...] (U) In April, the Chinese Eximbank extended by one year the validity of a $300 million export-financing credit line to the National Bank of Uzbekistan. This credit line was initially provided in 2004 to finance the purchase of Chinese-produced equipment for use in key sectors of the Uzbek eco [...]	2007-05-29 09:49:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL PGOV CH UZ
07TASHKENT1299	AFGHANISTAN ELECTRICITY PROJECT: ASIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Hong Wei told the Charge July 13 that the bank is ready to finance upgrades to approximately 80 miles of power lines between the Talimarjan Power Plan and the Uzbek-Afghanista [...]	2007-07-16 14:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RF AF UZ
07TASHKENT1325	RUSSIAN OIL AND GAS UNIVERSITY TO OPEN BRANCH IN [...] (C) Russian Ambassador Farit Mukhametshin confirmed to the Charge July 12 that the Moscow-based Russian Oil and Gas University plans to open a branch campus in Tashkent later in 2007 (ref A). Mukhametshin said that the decision to open the branch campus was made because Russian oil and gas co [...]	2007-07-19 04:15:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI EPET RS UZ
07TASHKENT1479	LET THEM EAT BREAD! PRICES SURGE ACROSS THE BOARD [...] (C) Summary: August 1 marked an overall surge in prices for nearly every basic consumer good and service, from gasoline to food to public transportation. This surge coincided with a presidential decree that raised the minimum salary. Presidential elections are expected in only four months. [...]	2007-08-14 08:45:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT1509	ENERGY AND AGRICULTURE EXPOS FAIL TO ATTRACT [...] (SBU) Summary: In April, the Agrominitech and Oil and Gas Expositions opened Uzbekistan's expo season, but attracted less foreign interest and attention than in 2006. On the whole, foreign companies continue to avoid investing in Uzbekistan. Even Russian companies are adversely affected by t [...]	2007-08-17 09:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND ETRD EINV ENGR PREL UZ
07TASHKENT2029	RESOURCE NATIONALISM: GRAB WHAT YOU CAN \ [...] (C) The natural resources sector is strictly controlled by \ the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU). Its equipment and \ infrastructure is antiquated and, out of economic necessity, \ it relies on foreign firms to help extract and export \ resources. Foreign firms operate in joint ventures with \ sta [...]	2007-11-26 07:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN EPET PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT237	SHINY RED GAS STATIONS -- ZEROMAX MAXES OUT THE \ [...] (C) Summary: Zeromax, a Swiss-registered company linked \ to President Karimov's daughter, Gulnora Karimova, has made a \ strong mark in the gasoline service sector through its \ opening of over ten modern, full-service stations under the \ name UzGazOil. UzGazOil appears to have a monopoly on \ [...]	2007-02-13 06:01:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PGOV UZ
07TASHKENT354	UZBEK TELECOM CHIEF DENIES DISCRIMINATORY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov, also chief of Uzbekistan's national telecommunications agency, used his meeting with SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum almost exclusively to harp on complaints about alleged legal and regulatory violations by U.S.-owned cellular provider COSCOM. He was [...]	2007-03-05 05:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ECPS PGOV US UZ
07TASHKENT355	(C) UZBEK FM MISSES OPPORTUNITY IN MEETING WTIH [...] (C) Summary: SCA DAS Evan Feigenbaum's March 2 meeting with Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov did not live up to expectations. Over three days of meetings with senior Uzbek officials, Feigenbaum had proposed that the Government take concrete steps to improve relations and offered specific sugge [...]	2007-03-05 06:25:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EU AF UZ
07TASHKENT438	RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (C) Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov's visit to Tashkent focused primarily on economic issues, including difficulties faced by Russian firms doing business here. The two sides also discussed the production of Russian aircraft in Uzbekistan. Russia and Uzbekistan did agree to establish [...]	2007-03-16 11:07:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON RS UZ
07TASHKENT807	SIU OFFICERS DOUBT FUTURE MVD SUPPORT FOR UNIT [...] (C) The Sensitive Investigative Unit (SIU),a specialized counternarcotics unit within the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD),has received no new operational funding, according to an SIU member. The unit was established in 2003 as a cooperative effort between the MVD and the U.S. Drug Enforc [...]	2007-04-20 08:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR UZ
07TASHKENT968	UZBEKISTAN URGED TO SEND HIGH-LEVEL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche May 16 to MFA U.S. Division Chief Ismat Fayzullaev. Fayzullaev said that he would pass the information to appropriate authorities. 2. (C) Post attempted to coordinate delivery of a joint demarche with the Russian Embassy. However, the Russians told us [...]	2007-05-16 11:20:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OSCE UZ
07TASHKENT971	YANUKOVYCH'S TASHKENT VISIT MARKS GRADUAL PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Ukrainian Ambassador discussed with Charge and Poloff the recent visit to Tashkent of Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych. He characterized the Ukraine-Uzbekistan relationship as complicated, particularly since the Orange Revolution, and said that Ukraine is approachin [...]	2007-05-17 00:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PRGOV ECON PINR UP UZ
07TBILISI1140	GEORGIA'S CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary: Roman Gotsiridze, the president of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG),Georgia's central bank, came under withering criticism in Parliament after he presented the Bank's annual report on May 10. Parliamentary criticism reflected a less than exact understanding of the interplay b [...]	2007-05-15 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN GG
07TBILISI1446	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update June 15 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of June 2-15. Meeting of Georgian and Russian Presidents ------------------------------------------ 2. Georgian President Saakashvili and Russian President Putin had a 50-minute [...]	2007-06-15 11:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI1563	SOUTH OSSETIA TENSIONS HIGH [...] (SBU) A number of dangerous eruptions in tension have recently occurred in South Ossetia, suggesting that we may be in for a long, hot summer in the conflict zone. Georgian villagers have squared off with Russian peacekeepers over Georgian efforts to improve a road connecting two Georgian vil [...]	2007-06-29 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GG
07TBILISI1940	SOUTH OSSETIA: SHOOTINGS AND ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) OSCE Political Advisor Gantcho Gantchev told us August 6 that South Ossetian accusations of a Georgian "terrorist attack" August 3 should not be taken too seriously. In the incident, a bomb reportedly exploded in Tskhinvali, damaging a gas station but causing no injuries. The next day the [...]	2007-08-06 11:14:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE GG
07TBILISI2076	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE AUGUST 17 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of August 4-17. Saakashvili Visits Upper Abkhazia --------------------------------- 2. On August 11, President Saakashvili visited the Upper Kodori Gorge (or Upper Abkhazia) fo [...]	2007-08-17 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON ENRG GG
07TBILISI2439	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE SEPTEMBER 28 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of September 8-28. New CEC Chair to be Chosen Soon ------------------------------- 2. On September 23, a special Selection Commission under the President's administration compl [...]	2007-09-28 13:23:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2498	PM NOGHAIDELI TALKS TOUGH ABOUT BP AND AZERI GAS [...] (C) On October 4, the Ambassador met with Georgian Prime Minister Noghaideli. Noghaideli told the Ambassador that shortly before he went to Baku on September 27-28 for a meeting of the Georgian-Azerbaijani Economic Commission, he received word from the Azerbaijanis that there would be no chan [...]	2007-10-05 09:37:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GG AJ RU AR
07TBILISI2532	SAAKASHVILI QUESTIONS INTERIOR MINISTER ON MOD [...] (U) Summary: During a televised government session with his cabinet, President Saakashvili criticized Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili for allowing the former Head of Procurements at the MOD, Iason Chikhladze, to escape to Russia. Merabishvili said Chikhladze traveled to Turkey with Okruas [...]	2007-10-05 12:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI263	SOUTH CAUCASUS SUMMIT ENERGY RESULTS DISAPPOINT [...] (C) Summary: IN a February 8 meeting with DCM Mark X. Perry, Valeri Chechelashvili, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia expressed strong disappointment that the February 7 meeting of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Erdogan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian President Saaka [...]	2007-02-09 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL GG TU AJ
07TBILISI2657	GEORGIA'S NEW ENERGY MINISTER OUTLINES 2007-08 [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Georgia's new Minister of Energy, Aleksandr Khetaguri, on October 18. Khetaguri outlined increasing hydroelectric production in Georgia that has enabled Georgia to export significant amounts of power to Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan in 2007, as well as supp [...]	2007-10-26 07:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL GG RU AJ
07TBILISI2664	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE OCTOBER 26 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of October 13-26. Deputy Governor Resigns, Levels Charges --------------------------------------- 2. Deputy Governor of the Mtskheta-Mtianeti region Beso Sabashvili announced h [...]	2007-10-26 12:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON GG
07TBILISI2762	RIOT POLICE MOVE PROTESTERS OUT OF STREET WITH [...] (C) On November 7 at 1:20 local time Georgian riot police used water cannons and tear gas to move the increasing crowd of protesters out of Rustaveli Avenue and away from the front of Parliament. Embassy Tbilisi is monitoring events. Embassy will soon issue a warden message and is convening th [...]	2007-11-07 09:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2764	PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 1 [...] (SBU) This cable provides a rough timeline of ongoing events on November 7 regarding protests against the Saakashvili government in front of Parliament, and the police actions that have been used to break up the protests and push people to the perimeter streets. 2. (C) Chronology of Events [...]	2007-11-07 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2771	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP NO.2 [...] (U) As of 1700 local time, the street in front of the Georgian Parliament remains clear after riot police used tear gas to clear the area that has been the scene of continuous anti-government demonstrations, on the morning of November 7 (reftel). The scene of protest has moved to the opposite [...]	2007-11-07 13:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV GG
07TBILISI2772	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI2774	TBILISI PROTESTS: SITREP 3 [...] President Saakashvili addressed the Georgian nation live on television at approximately 1900 on November 7. Meanwhile, demonstrators clashed in the streets with police after being dispersed from the Rike area on the other side of the Mtkvari River from Parliament. The demonstrators had retrea [...]	2007-11-07 17:18:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC GG RU
07TBILISI2777	PROTEST IN TBILISI SITREP NO. 4 [...] (C) This cable details the latest information regarding the November 7 government crackdown on opposition protests in Tbilisi, including Embassy EAC action. Currently, RSO reports that the Freedom Square and Rustaveli metro stations are closed. Major streets Rustaveli Avenue and Baratashvili [...]	2007-11-08 09:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2804	TBILISI EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE DUE TO CIVIL [...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) was convened on November 7, 8, and 9, 2007 in response to the development of violence in the recent protests against the administration of Georgian President Saakashvili in Tbilisi. At around 1330 on November 7 Georgian police dispersed the peaceful, [...]	2007-11-13 15:13:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AEMR GG
07TBILISI2814	DAS BRYZA'S NOVEMBER 12 MEETING WITH GEORGIAN PM [...] (C) Summary: In a November 12 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza urged that the government lift its state of emergency and return independent television station Imedi back to the air. Noghaideli admitted that the government's aggressive pursuit of econom [...]	2007-11-14 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG GG
07TBILISI2893	HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS ARISING FROM THE NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: Events before, during, and after the violence of the November 7 Opposition protest in Tbilisi have raised a number of human rights issues. NGOs, participants in the demonstrations, and others have alleged abuses, including disproportionate use of force, abridgment of freedom of [...]	2007-11-19 14:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
07TBILISI2999	TBILISI UPDATE: 11/30/07 [...] (U) Opposition parties accused Mikheil Saakashvili of misusing administrative resources for political campaign purposes after he met with Abkhaz Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) on November 28 at a Tbilisi Municipality building. Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and Minister for Refugees and Acco [...]	2007-11-30 12:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI3002	WHY PATARKATSISHVILI SCARES THE GOG [...] (C) Summary. The Georgian government accuses oligarch and presidential candidate Badri Patarkatsishvili of moving from ordinary politics to fomenting revolution over the course of 2007. It has taken steps against him personally and against his business interests in an attempt to blunt his in [...]	2007-11-30 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KBIO GG
07TBILISI3099	GEORGIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGNS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11, the Central Election Commission (CEC) released the final list of the seven registered candidates for the January 5 pre-term presidential elections. Several candidates, however, have been actively campaigning for as long as a week, meeting daily with Tbilisi res [...]	2007-12-14 12:22:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KBIO PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3101	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/14/07 [...] (C) On December 13, the OSCE/ODIHR Monitoring Team briefed the diplomatic community on its series of meetings with civil society, political parties, and government representatives. ODIHR reviewed election concerns to date with "misuse of administrative resources" being one heard frequently. [...]	2007-12-14 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3137	TBILISI ELECTION UPDATE 12/19/2007 [...] (C) In a meeting December 18, United National Council of opposition (UNC) presidential candidate Levan Gachechiladze told Ambassador he was certain the elections would go to a second round, and he expected Saakashvili to gain at most 15 -20% in the first round. Gachechiladze said during UNC d [...]	2007-12-19 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI3146	GEORGIA: NOT QUITE THERE ON ENERGY INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Georgia should be able to meet at least 3.5 million of its total 7 million cubic meter per day natural gas needs from Azerbaijan, in the early part of 2008. The rest will have to be purchased from Gazprom. The 2008 Gazprom price is expected to be higher than 2006, but not to do [...]	2007-12-21 10:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL GG AJ RU TU
07TBILISI3148	GEORGIA: PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO AKHALKALAKI, [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the Armenian minority region of Akhalkalaki in Javakheti December 18-19 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOs, press and general populace in the lead-up to the January 5 snap Presidential elections. This impoverished region traditionally [...]	2007-12-21 10:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
07TBILISI379	PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI SHARES HIS VIEWS ON CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs Daniel SIPDIS Sullivan, Georgian President Saakashvili gave the Assistant Secretary a tour d'horizon of Caucasus and Caspian region SIPDIS politics. He spoke positively of Karim Mas [...]	2007-02-26 07:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON GG
07TBILISI384	Georgia Update February 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of February 10-23. The 81 Richest Georgians? ------------------------- 2. The newspaper Georgian Times stirred up considerable public interest with its February 15 list of Geor [...]	2007-02-26 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
07TBILISI624	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update March 23 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 11-23. Investigation of MOD Finances under Okruashvili --------------------------------------------- -- 2. Georgian newspapers are reporting that the Audit Chamber has [...]	2007-03-23 13:07:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO GG
07TBILISI652	THE GEORGIAN ECONOMY LOOKS FORWARD TO A YEAR OF [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Georgia's economy overcame Russian sanctions and grew 9.3 percent in 2006. Growth is expected to continue at a 7-8 percent rate in 2007. Prospects for increased foreign direct investment ar [...]	2007-03-28 10:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV GG
07TBILISI656	GEORGIAN PRIME MINISTER NOGHAIDELI REPORTS ON HIS [...] (C) Summary: Returning from a March 23 visit to Ashgabat, Georgian Prime Minister Noghaideli told the Ambassador on March 26 that he found Turkmenistan's President Berdimuhammedov interested in learning more about the West and exploring sending more oil through the South Caucasus, in lieu of c [...]	2007-03-28 12:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL GG TX
07TBILISI711	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a March 29 meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed the recent attack on Georgian government buildings in Kodori and rising tensions in the Gali region, and their relationship to the debate over the next UNOMIG mandate renewal in the U [...]	2007-04-02 10:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI725	EUR DAS MATT BRYZA'S MARCH 29 MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 11:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG GG AR RU TX UN
07TBILISI894	Georgia Bi-Weekly Update April 20 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of April 7-20. Controversy over Border Monastery --------------------------------- 2. A longstanding controversy over the border with Azerbaijan -- and specifically over the Dav [...]	2007-04-20 11:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG

07TEGUCIGALPA1367	TELECOM PROTESTS HIGHLIGHT DIVISION IN LIBERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent scuffling in the Honduran National Congress, when union members of Hondutel, with the support of the minor left-wing party Unificacion Democratica, attempted to stop Congress from passing a telecommunications rate reduction bill, was a visible manifestation of an ongoing [...]	2007-08-14 00:39:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1792	SMUGGLING, UNCERTAINTY AND RED INK IN HONDURAN [...] (C) Summary: Oil industry sources here report that the Zelaya Administration's efforts to manipulate pump prices and control the importation of petroleum products has increased gasoline smuggling. Zelaya still appears publicly in favor of building new import terminals to receive fuel from a so [...]	2007-11-14 21:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1818	GOH PURSUING PETROCARIBE DEAL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary: Facing severe losses at state-run electric energy company ENEE, in addition to increasing losses stemming from gasoline subsidies, the GOH is pursuing a package of solutions that includes a deal with PetroCaribe. [...]	2007-11-26 21:01:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1944	HONDURAS JOINS PETRO CARIBE; ANALYZING POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Honduras took a clear step toward securing energy financing from Venezuela by becoming the 17th member of PetroCaribe during the December 20-21 energy conference in Havana. Joining PetroCaribe allows Honduras to engage in discussions toward a possible energy agr [...]	2007-12-27 22:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL HO
07TEGUCIGALPA493	HONDURAN FUEL IMPORTS: USG EFFORTS STAVE OFF [...] (C/NF) In a hemisphere disillusioned with market economics, the USG has successfully held the line in Honduras. Thanks to two face-to-face meetings between POTUS and Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and numerous public and private interventions by the Ambassador and his sta [...]	2007-03-21 14:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA77	HONDURAS EXPROPRIATES U.S. OIL COMPANIES' STORAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 13, the GOH announced in a surprise decision that it would be compelling use of privately-owned oil import and storage facilities in Honduras. It remains unclear which facilities are affected, but at a minimum Honduran firm DIPPSA and U.S. firm Esso are subject to [...]	2007-01-14 20:00:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET EINV ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TEGUCIGALPA86	HONDURAN PRIVATE SECTOR OPPOSES ANNOUNCED GOH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Lawyers for U.S. firm Esso admit that expropriations can be legal if carried out properly and effectively compensated, so they continue to monitor closely the GOH's implementation of its January 13 decree announcing its intention to take control of private sector oil storage f [...]	2007-01-16 23:09:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET ENRG PREL BBSR NI VE HO
07TELAVIV1143	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Gates to Israel, April 18-19, 2007 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and The Jerusalem Post prominently covered the visit of Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates to Israel. Yediot and Maariv did not report on th [...]	2007-04-19 08:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1335	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] PM Olmert's Performance 2. Mideast 3. France: Presidential Election ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported on a Qassam rocket attack on Sunday afternoon that wounded two people at a gas station near Sderot. The media c [...]	2007-05-07 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1536	SENIOR DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIAL BLASTS IDF [...] (C) Summary: Haggai Alon, Senior Political Advisor to Defense Minister (DM) Peretz, criticized the IDF in a Ha'aretz interview for serving as the "settlers' army," defying High Court of Justice (HCJ) rulings on the separation barrier and stonewalling AMA (Agreement on Movement and Access) i [...]	2007-05-22 15:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07TELAVIV1661	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Israeli officials are concerned about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice possibly influencing the speech SIPDIS President Bush is slated to deliver on the Mid [...]	2007-06-07 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1729	IRAN: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ASSESSMENT [...] (S) In a June 12 meeting, Israel Atomic Energy Commission Nonproliferation Department Director Gil Reich (accompanied by new External Relations Director Joshua Zarka and Arms Control Department Director Merav Zafary) provided poloff with the IAEC's current assessment of Iran's uranium enrichme [...]	2007-06-13 15:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR KNNP MNUC IAEA IR IS
07TELAVIV1789	Trilateral Land Exchange Revisited [...] (SBU) Summary: Hebrew University Geography Professor Yehoshua Ben-Arieh shared his trilateral land swap (IS-PAL-EGY) idea with the Ambassador and ECON/C on June 13, the general contours of which remain basically as it was unveiled in 2004 (see main points below). Ben-Arieh has previously bri [...]	2007-06-18 13:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KBTS KWBG KPAL EG IS JO
07TELAVIV1844	GOI UPDATE ON CROSSINGS AND FUEL SITUATION IN GAZA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: COGAT confirmed to EconOff on June 19 that most of the Gaza border crossings are effectively closed. However, the GOI is facilitating import of humanitarian goods into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom cargo crossing and working on an alternate mechanism at Erez crossing point to ass [...]	2007-06-19 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
07TELAVIV1901	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV1972	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that on Tuesday two Qassam rockets were launched at Sderot. This morning leading electronic media reported on IDF operations in the southern Gaza StripQIs [...]	2007-06-27 10:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2081	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 10:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2173	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-17 10:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2221	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on the release of 255 Palestinian prisoners this morning. The released prisoners signed a pledge not to return to terrorism and they will be welc [...]	2007-07-20 10:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2504	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Aid to Israel 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns as saying on Thursday that the new USD 30-billion defense package for Israel is not conditioned on [...]	2007-08-17 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2678	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. US-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz cited the belief of GOI sources that most Security Cabinet members will support increasing financial pressure on the Gaza Strip during the cabinet's meeting in Jerus [...]	2007-09-05 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3145	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 10:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3242	RESULTS OF BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 PRE-LICENSE [...] (SBU) Acting on instructions in reftel, Embassy Tel Aviv Blue Lantern Officer visited Dead Sea Magnesium (DSM),Limited's magnesium plant in Sodom, Israel on November 6, and interviewed DSM's Procurement and Contracts Manager, Itzik Ben-Lulu, and the head of DSM's Electrolysis and Chlorination [...]	2007-11-08 09:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS
07TELAVIV3514	PDAS MCNERNEY'S OCTOBER 24 MEETING AT THE ISRAELI [...] (S) In an October 24 meeting at the Israeli MFA, an Israeli government interagency team lead by MFA DDG (Strategic Affairs) Miriam Ziv shared its assessment of the current situation in the IAEA and UN Security Council, and the likelihood of key UNSC members supporting a third UNSC sanctions resolut [...]	2007-12-13 16:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR IS
07TELAVIV3566	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] President Bush's Doctrine 2. Gaza ------------------------- Key Stories in the Media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that U.S. general (ret.) James Jones said in his meetings on Tuesday with Israeli ministers that he will not serve as a "judge" and arbitrator of road map [...]	2007-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV3631	CODEL SPECTER'S MEETING WITH BINYAMIN NETANYAHU [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-28 12:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PAL KWBG IR IS
07TELAVIV554	IRAN: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH [...] (S) During his January 30 - February 2 visit to Israel, Under Secretary Robert Joseph participated in talks with Israeli representatives from the MFA, MOD, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) and affiliated research centers, IDF intelligence (IDI),and the Mossad. Discussions focused on t [...]	2007-02-22 06:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL KNNP MNUC PTER IR RU IS
07TELAVIV557	IRAN-UNSC: UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S DISCUSSIONS WITH ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 07:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IR IS KNNP MNUC PREL PTER RU UNSC
07TELAVIV733	LEADING NATIONAL SECURITY EXPERTS DEBATE IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A MARCH 1 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH VISITING S/P DEPUTY DIRECTOR MATT WAXMAN, POLCOUNS AND POLOFF, SENIOR RESEARCHERS AT TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY,S INSTITUTE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES (INSS) SURVEYED A VARIETY OF REGIONAL THREATS FACING ISRAEL AND OFFERED VARIOUS POLICY AL [...]	2007-03-08 12:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPAL KWBG LE SY IR IZ IS
07TELAVIV762	GOI APPROVES REFORM OF ELECTRIC COMPANY DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 18, the cabinet approved a proposal by Minister of Finance Abraham Hirchson and Minister of National Infrastructure Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to reform Israel's electricity market. The reform plan is to be phased-in starting in 2008 and envisions dividing the Israel Ele [...]	2007-03-13 14:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ELAB PGOV KPRV IS
07TELAVIV999	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran-Britain Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Ehud Olmert, at a press conference on Sunday evening in Jerusalem with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, proposed a "meeting of all the heads of the [...]	2007-04-04 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE1050	NETHERLANDS/NSG: IRAN EXPORT DENIAL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the GONL provided the following information regarding the one export denial to Iran currently in force in the Netherlands. The GONL provided this information in preparation for the open-ended seminar in national capacities to discuss implementation of UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 du [...]	2007-06-04 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR NL
07THEHAGUE1360	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYAN [...] (SBU) Dr. Hesnawy of the Libyan National Committee provided a copy of the Detailed Facility Information (DFI) for the facility the Libyan government is contracting S.I.P.S.A., an Italian engineering firm, to construct. In discussions on Libya's decision to terminate its cooperation with the U [...]	2007-07-18 14:52:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1413	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): U.S.-CHINA [...] (S) On June 25 and 28, chemical weapons (CW) experts from the United States and China held bilateral discussions on Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) compliance issues on the margins of the 49th Session of the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Executive Council in The Ha [...]	2007-07-27 09:26:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL CH CWC
07THEHAGUE1902	NETHERLANDS/EU: DUTCH PREVIEW OCTOBER 15-16 GAERC [...] (SBU) On October 10, Embassy shared reftel points with the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmells; Deputy Director for European Integration, Marisa Gerards; and Pauline Diepenbroek, Senior Policy Officer, European Cooperation Directorate. 2. (SBU) WTO off the agenda: Diepenbroek to [...]	2007-10-16 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IS KPAL PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC NL EU
07THEHAGUE1992	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: BALKENENDE MIXES BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 5-8 visit to Moscow, Dutch Prime Minister Balkenende engaged Russian President Putin on tough issues such as Kosovo, Iran, and human rights in addition to announcing a major multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal (reported septels). Balkenende believes that strong e [...]	2007-11-15 12:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON PINR IR RU KO NL
07THEHAGUE1999	NETHERLANDS/RUSSIA: DUTCH EXPAND ECONOMIC TIES DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dutch trade and energy officials are claiming success following Prime Minister Balkenende's recent Russia visit and the conclusion of Dutch-Russian business deals that build on existing bilateral trade and business ties. The Dutch hope that a Gasunie-Gazprom pipeline deal wil [...]	2007-11-19 07:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV ECON RS NL
07THEHAGUE2001	NETHERLANDS/EU: VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 19-20 (GAERC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 15, POLOFF delivered reftel points to the Dutch MFA's EU Correspondent, Desiree Kopmels. Also on November 15, Stefan van Wersch, Director for EU external policy, and Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, reviewed Dutch priorities ahead of the November 19-20 GAERC du [...]	2007-11-20 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NL EU EAID ETRD
07THEHAGUE2002	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: KEEPING UP THE PRESSURE (PART 2) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past month, POLOFF has engaged Dutch MFA officials Mr. Karel Hartogh, Deputy Director for Asia and Oceania, and Ms. Maaike van der Werf, Burma Desk, on reftel A - D points, expressing USG appreciation for Dutch leadership in pursuing Burma sanctions at the EU. The Dutc [...]	2007-11-20 16:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CVIS ETRD NL BM EU UNGA
07THEHAGUE2029	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. While Dutch investments in Cuba remain minimal, nickel exports from Cuba to the Netherlands increased significantly in 2006. Post is not aware of any bilateral trade agreements or exchange programs between Cuba and the Netherlands. However, Post recently learned of plans for [...]	2007-12-03 13:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU NL
07THEHAGUE246	ILSA: DUTCH, SHELL ON SOUTH PARS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Shell CEO van der Veer confirmed to the Ambassador on February 7 that no deal was expected on the South Pars LNG project until 2008 at the earliest. Van der Veer said his recent public comments on political concerns related t [...]	2007-02-09 12:00:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EPET ENRG PREL CH IR SP NL
07THEHAGUE341	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERAL ENERGY [...] Country clearance is granted for Commissioner Sudeen G. Kelly to travel to the Netherlands from March 8-14, 2007 to attend the Flame 2007 European Gas Conference, sponsored by ICBI. 2. Embassy point of contact is Economic Officer (with energy portfolio) Jason Heung - Emb. Tel: (31) (70) [...]	2007-02-23 14:42:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OTRA NL
07THEHAGUE396	NETHERLANDS/EU: MARCH PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Following the PIC, the Dutch expect a continued but significantly smaller EU military presence in Bosnia over the next year. On Kosovo, they await Serbia's and Kosovo's responses to SE Ahtisaari's proposals. The GONL is skeptical on the Palestinian GNU but will wait to see how t [...]	2007-03-05 11:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EUN KPAL PGOV PHUM AF BK IR IS SO
07THEHAGUE501	NETHERLANDS: LINKING CLIMATE CHANGE WITH WATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Geographical realities in the Netherlands and the economic consequences of rising sea levels argue for a U.S.-Dutch dialogue that links climate change initiatives with water management and innovation efforts. In response to reftel, Post will continue to encourage Congressional and st [...]	2007-03-21 08:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV SENV ENRG TSPL NL
07THEHAGUE504	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (SBU) What promised to be an uneventful EC-48 on March 13-16 turned into a lengthy session that previewed important, upcoming issues. Iran's tactics have focused the minds of delegations on how to keep Iran from delaying work at future EC sessions. The handling of the Albanian destruction is [...]	2007-03-21 15:21:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE643	STATE SECRETARY TIMMERMANS ON EU CONSITUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 4 with Frans Timmermans, the new Dutch State Secretary for European Affairs. Timmermans expressed hopes that EU members could agree on a compromise EU treaty prior to the end of the German Presidency. He reiterated his personal commitment to a continued Dutch [...]	2007-04-05 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL EUN NATO PINR AF BO RS UP NL
07THEHAGUE935	ISA (FORMERLY ILSA): DUTCH AND SHELL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Shell official confirmed the company does not expect to make any final investment decisions before mid-2008 or early 2009 on the Persian LNG and Yadavaran gas and oil investment projects in Iran. Dutch Foreign Ministry officials noted surprise with the Iranian announcement of a [...]	2007-05-16 13:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET NL IR
07TIRANA1032	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS --------------------- [...]	2007-12-07 14:02:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TIRANA981	THIS WEEK IN ALBANIA, NOVEMBER 3-10, 2007 [...] (U) The following is a weekly report prepared by Embassy Tirana's local staff to provide political and economic context and insight into developments in Albania. These updates will supplement post's DAR reports and reporting cables. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ---------------------- 2. (U) [...]	2007-11-13 09:25:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL AL
07TOKYO1025	ANRE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS DIRECTOR GIVES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on March 2 Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) Petroleum and Natural Gas Division Director Shin Hosaka expressed only partial satisfaction with discussions between Japan and Russia that took place in late February. He appreciated assurances from Russian P [...]	2007-03-09 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON JA CH RU
07TOKYO1059	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1218	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/20/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-20 01:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1341	SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT: FRAMING THE DEBATE [...] (C) Summary: Maintaining sufficient levels of Japanese Host Nation Support (HNS) during upcoming discussions on a new Special Measures Agreement will require a sustained, high-level political message about Japan's alliance responsibilities. There is a growing perception among Japanese officia [...]	2007-03-27 06:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV JA
07TOKYO1379	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/29/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-29 08:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1384	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI'S "EXCELLENT" VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi's March 21-24 visit to Tokyo was "excellent," according to Iraqi Ambassador Ghanim al-Jumaily. During the visit PM Abe assured Hashimi his government would push to renew the Iraq Special Measures Law for two years, permitting the continued d [...]	2007-03-29 10:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA
07TOKYO1472	NAKAGAWA GETS WARM BEIJING RECEPTION, PUSHES "NEW" [...] (C) Summary: China and Japan will do all they can to reach an agreement on oil and gas exploration in the East China Sea before Premier Wen's April 11 visit to Japan, according to LDP Diet-member Kuniko Inoguchi. On March 22 Inoguchi briefed on her March 16-19 Beijing visit with a Diet dele [...]	2007-04-04 09:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CH JA
07TOKYO1524	NO RESOLUTION TO EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary. Despite positive reports in the press, the March 29 meeting in Tokyo between Japan and China to discuss the East China Sea dispute yielded no new proposal and failed to bring the two sides any closer to a resolution. A panel of experts from both countries likely will meet on Apri [...]	2007-04-06 08:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV JA CH
07TOKYO1555	PREMIER WEN,S APRIL VISIT TO JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 visit is an important step in further "warming" the bilateral relationship following the "cool" Koizumi years. Despite earlier press speculation to the contrary, the East China Sea dispute over energy resource development is unlikely to be resol [...]	2007-04-10 04:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL CH JA
07TOKYO1643	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 04/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-13 08:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1725	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-19 01:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO1743	PREMIER WEN JIABAO'S JAPAN VISIT: GETTING BACK ON [...] (C) Summary: Marked more by warm atmospherics rather than specific agreements, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's April 11-13 Japan visit is being characterized as a successful and important step forward in the relationship by Japanese diplomats and others. One disappointment, however, was the fa [...]	2007-04-19 09:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW KS JA
07TOKYO1854	SPECIAL MEASURES AGREEMENT BACKGROUNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Special Measures Agreement (SMA) expires March 31, 2008. For the next SMA, the Japanese government will likely seek significant reductions in utilities reimbursements, and perhaps, labor costs. In the last round of negotiations, the Japanese government agreed to a tw [...]	2007-04-25 09:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL JA
07TOKYO1923	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 05/01/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 01:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO2269	ECON CONTACTS CONFIRM SUCCESS OF ABE'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Separate talks with METI and Keidanren officials largely confirmed MOFA and Kantei reports (reftel) that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe,s April 28-May 2 visit to the Middle East was a success. One official emphasized the improved relationship with Saudi Arabia but explained that the [...]	2007-05-21 09:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AE JA
07TOKYO2272	EAST CHINA SEA DISPUTE DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary. The dispute over oil and gas exploration in an area in the East China Sea claimed by both Japan and China is no closer to resolution following a technical experts meeting in April, according to an Embassy contact at METI's Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE). China's [...]	2007-05-22 01:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2306	METI MINISTER'S VISIT TO CENTRAL ASIA, MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials from the Ministry of Economy Trade and Industry (METI),the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed the success of METI Minister Akira Amari's April 27 - May 5 visit to Central Asia and the Middle East. In [...]	2007-05-23 07:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG XF EG KUNC QA SA AEMR JA
07TOKYO2343	MEDIA REACTION Q POST-KYOTO PROTOCOL FRAMEWORK - [...] "Global Climate Initiative Hinges on US and China" The top-circulation, moderate Yomiuri editorialized (5/25): "...PM Abe on Thursday announced the GOJ's basic policy for an international framework to succeed the Kyoto Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, which states tha [...]	2007-05-25 01:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2529	ANRE'S HOSAKA "BORED" WITH EAST CHINA SEA [...] (C) Summary. The eighth round of director- general level talks between Japan and China on May 25 over the disputed oil and natural gas deposits in the East China Sea broke no new ground. Japan expected a new proposal from China but none was proffered. The two sides will step up the frequency [...]	2007-06-06 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENFR PREL PGOV CH JA
07TOKYO2542	MEDIA REACTION - G-8 SUMMIT - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: Most Thursday morning papers front-paged the Bush-Abe meeting Wednesday afternoon before the opening of the G-8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. 2. "G-8 Summit Should Aim for Substantive Progress on Global Warming" The liberal Mainichi editorialized (6/7): "...Global warming i [...]	2007-06-07 03:17:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2601	The Japan Economic Scope - June 7, 2007 - Part 2 [...] (U) This cable contains part two of the Japan Economic Scope from June 7, 2007. 2.(SBU) Table of Contents 3. Northern Japan's Biotech Crops Regulatory Regime: an In- depth Look 4. KIAC Chairman Welcomes Asian Open Skies Policy of GOJ 5. KIX Criticizes JAL for Cancelling LA Routes [...]	2007-06-08 07:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO2612	MEDIA REACTION - G-8 SUMMIT IN GERMANY - TOKYO [...] LEAD STORIES: There were no papers published Monday morning because of a press holiday. Quasi-governmental broadcaster NHK-TV reported on computer glitches Sunday at the Shizuoka and Okayama branch offices of the Social Insurance Agency (SIA),which inconvenienced pensioners who had flocked to [...]	2007-06-11 04:11:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO JA
07TOKYO2764	PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE'S BILATERAL MEETINGS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's bilateral meetings on the margins of the G-8 Summit were successful in building support for Japan's bid to obtain a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, according to MOFA sources. Abe also agreed to work together with the EU and other G-8 countr [...]	2007-06-19 08:03:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREK SENV UNSC AF CH FR GM LE JA
07TOKYO321	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/24/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO355	JAPAN RENEWS PUSH TO IMPROVE TIES WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: MOFA Vice Foreign Minister Yachi's January 26-27 trip to China is intended to maintain the momentum in improving bilateral relations, according to MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Nomura. Yachi and his counterpart, Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, will sta [...]	2007-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG CH JA
07TOKYO3594	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: Chief Cabinet Secretary Shiozaki assured the Deputy Secretary on August 3 that the LDP's election setback would not affect U.S.-Japan relations, and the two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance would continue to form the cornerstone of peace and stability in the region. CCS Shioz [...]	2007-08-06 07:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JA
07TOKYO3600	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measure law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance w [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3601	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: The Abe Cabinet is committed to moving forward on extending the Anti-Terror Special Measures law despite the LDP's defeat in the Upper House election, Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi told Deputy Secretary Negroponte on August 3. The two agreed that the U.S.-Japan alliance [...]	2007-08-06 22:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PGOV AS CH TW KS KN RS PG JA
07TOKYO3739	CLIMATE CHANGE: EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE: NPP SHUTDOWN [...] Summary: According to a joint Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) and Ministry of Environment (MOE) interim report issued on August 10, Japan will miss its Kyoto Protocol emissions reduction target by 20-34 million tons per year (1.5-2.7 percent of total emissions) if it maintains [...]	2007-08-14 09:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG KGHG JA
07TOKYO3765	WEAKENED PRIME MINISTER ABE TO VISIT INDIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, weakened by his party's defeat in last month's Upper House elections and facing dropping support from the public and rising criticism from within the LDP, will depart Tokyo August 19 for a visit to Indonesia, India, and Malaysia. He returns to [...]	2007-08-15 07:31:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PARM IN ID MY JA
07TOKYO3837	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 08/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 01:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4280	HIGH-LEVEL DIPLOMACY CONTINUES JAPAN-PRC WARMING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with Chinese President Hu Jintao twice on the sidelines of APEC to discuss ways to strengthen economic, environmental, and security ties. Marked more by warm atmospherics than progress on substantive issues, the informal talks signal the warming tren [...]	2007-09-13 07:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH TW JA
07TOKYO4787	The Japan Economic Scope--October 11, 2007 [...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from October 12, 2007. 2. (SBU) Table of Contents Money Matters 3. Unemployment Post Slight Rise to 3.8% 4. Bank Sales of Insurance Advocacy 5. U.S. - Japan Investment Initiative 2007--Investment Seminar in Osaka 6. KIAC Welcomes [...]	2007-10-12 03:47:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO4799	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/12/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-12 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4814	JAPANESE THINKING ON CUTTING TARIFFS ON GOODS THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Japanese Government officials report the call in former PM Mori's September 24 speech to the UN High Level Event on Climate Change, for countries to reduce voluntarily their tariffs on goods that can help cut CO2 emissions, is a move to get countries to act now against climate [...]	2007-10-15 09:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV JA
07TOKYO486	YACHI,S CHINA VISIT: NO SURPRISES [...] (C) Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi's January 26-28 visit to China went smoothly and there were no surprises, MOFA China Division Principle Deputy Director Kosei Nomura told Embassy Tokyo Political Officer January 29. Yachi and his Chinese counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo, [...]	2007-02-02 06:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH KN KS ENRG JA
07TOKYO4980	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/25/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5217	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/13/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-13 02:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5272	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/19/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 01:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5324	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 01:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO5457	GOJ INFIGHTING HAMPERING EAST CHINA SEA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. Achieving a resolution to the dispute between China and Japan over East China Sea gas fields before Prime Minister Fukuda's expected visit to China sometime in the near future, as called for by the two countries' foreign ministers on December 1, could force the Prime Minister to [...]	2007-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG JA PGOV CH
07TOKYO739	CHINESE FM LI ZHAOXING VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: China will "cooperate to the fullest extent possible" to help Japan resolve the abduction issue with the DPRK, Chinese FM Li Zhaoxing told the Japanese during a February 15-16 visit. According to MOFA China Division contacts, the two sides hope to reach general agreement on th [...]	2007-02-22 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV CH KS JA
07TOKYO748	The Japan Economic Scope - February 16, 2007 [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Ambassador Schieffer on U.S.-Japan Economic Relations at the ACCJ 4. Fourth Quarter Real GDP Grew 4.8 Percent; Up 2.2 Percent in CY2006 5. Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy Hiroko Ota on GDP News 6. Japan Post Privatization: Level Playing F [...]	2007-02-22 05:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
07TOKYO752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TRIPOLI1038	LIBYAN EPSA GAS BIDDING ROUND: INTERNATIONAL MAJORS' [...] (C) Summary: Four companies won exploration and production rights for gas in the recently concluded fourth round of Libya's Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) mechanism. Winning bids featured low production sharing percentages for the international oil companies (IOC's),but i [...]	2007-12-13 16:18:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET BTIO ECON EINV ENRG LY
07TRIPOLI912	A SUCCESS?: ENI'S DEAL WITH LIBYA'S NATIONAL OIL [...] Summary: Italian energy firm Eni has struck a major deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation that will significantly extend its concession contracts and launch an ambitious series of exploration and development activities. While trumpeted by Eni as a success, the deal carries serious negat [...]	2007-10-26 16:32:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO ECON EINV EPET ENRG PREL LY
07TRIPOLI945	LIBYAN REACTION TO AQ-LIFG MERGER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 16:15:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	KISL PTER PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI949	SLOW PROGRESS ON ITALY-LIBYA COLONIAL COMPENSATION TREATY A [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 16:31:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD LY IT
07TRIPOLI967	GROWTH OF RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN LIBYA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 14:17:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET LY
07TRIPOLI978	EXXONMOBIL ADDS NEW OFFSHORE ACREAGE [...] (SBU) ExxonMobil has clinched a deal with Libya's National Oil Corporation to increase its acreage in the country by about fifty percent. The soon-to-be announced deal is for a giant offshore bloc adjacent to another it secured in the December 2006 Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement [...]	2007-11-20 16:21:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY
07TRIPOLI983	OXY EXTENDS FOR 25 YEARS IN LIBYA [...] Summary: U.S. energy company Occidental Petroleum is set to announce a 25-year extension of its existing contracts in Libya. This deal will include more than $13 billion in capital investment, and solidifies Occidental's position as a major player and top acreage holder in country. End Sum [...]	2007-11-21 14:23:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EPET ENRG LY

07TUNIS120	US COMPANIES BEMOAN COMPLEX REGULATIONS, BUT ARE [...] (U) During a January roundtable hosted by Ambassador, representatives of US companies in Tunisia highlighted a wide range of issues related to doing business in Tunisia. Common complaints included Tunisia's complex regulatory environment, excessive restrictions on importation, and poor telecom [...]	2007-01-26 14:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ETRD EINV ECPS EINT KIPR TS
07TUNIS143	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Dec. 16 - Jan. 15 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia and Libya Announce Reciprocal Exchange Convertibility B. ALTEK Opens Plant in Tunisia C. Gasoline Prices May Increase Three Times in 2007 D. Tunisia Repays External Debt [...]	2007-01-31 09:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EPET BEXP ECPS EAID TS
07TUNIS1488	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) Although the Government of Tunisia retains strong control over natural resources, the energy sector remains one of the largest sources of foreign investment in the country and the GOT actively encourages foreign investment in the sector. In 2006, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the ene [...]	2007-11-16 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV TS
07TUNIS1597	SOUTHERN TUNISIA'S ENCOMIUM TO BEN ALI [...] (C) During a December 10-13 trip to the southern cities of Djerba, Medenine, Zarzis and Tataouine, with a stop in Sfax, Ambassador Godec met with a wide-range of government officials, community leaders, and private business people, who were generally effusive in their praise of President Ben A [...]	2007-12-21 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
07TUNIS180	ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS CT COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The January 30-31 Arab League Interior Ministers meeting in Tunis was focused on counter-terrorism cooperation. Voicing support for Lebanon and Iraq, the Council of Arab Interior Ministers also discussed narcotics trafficking, civil protection and road safety. President Ben Ali' [...]	2007-02-05 15:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IZ SY SU TS
07TUNIS225	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS: Jan. 16 - Jan. 31 [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. GOT Promotes Solar Energy B. Maghreb Ministers of Commerce Discuss FTA C. GOT To Tax Offshore Companies D. 6.5 Million Tourists in 2006 ------------------------- GOT Promotes Sol [...]	2007-02-14 07:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD SENV EFIN BEXP ENRG TS
07TUNIS453	MINISTER OF INDUSTRY SEEKS INCREASED US INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's April 10 courtesy call, Minister of Industry, Energy, and Small and Medium Enterprise Afif Chelbi focused on the potential opportunities for US investment and expressed his readiness to meet with US investors. Chelbi also highlighted the broader economic cha [...]	2007-04-12 07:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND ENRG EPET ETRD EAIR TS
07TUNIS591	SFAX FACTS: TUNISIA'S BUSINESS CAPITAL WANTS [...] Ambassador conducted a familiarization tour of the southern governorate, and second largest city, Sfax from April 4-8. The visit included economic/commercial, public affairs, and humanitarian components. Interlocutors at every stop pressed for increased collaboration and assistance from the [...]	2007-05-11 18:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON ETRD KPAO SCUL TS
07TUNIS896	TUNISIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Creation of a New Agency for E-Commerce B. British Gas to Invest US $1.3 billion in Tunisia C. Central Bank June Report D. Italy and Tunisia Agree to Connect Electrical Grids ---- [...]	2007-07-06 14:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN ECPS ENRG EPET TS
07ULAANBAATAR494	Mongolia's President Visits Kazakhstan, Bolsters Ties [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian President Enkhbayar's August 13-15 visit to Kazakhstan produced several cooperative agreements, firmed up already solid bilateral relations, and convinced at least some of the visiting Mongolians that development through authoritarianism is undesirable. One agreement, [...]	2007-08-29 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG KZ
07UNVIEVIENNA432	AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES IRAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary : Ambassador Schulte delivered the keynote speech at a July 6-8 conference on Iran in Liechtenstein and addressed criticism of U.S. policy on Iran,s nuclear program. He defended P5 Plus 1 demands for a suspension of uranium enrichment as a starting point for negotiations. Also in [...]	2007-07-11 12:03:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IAEA
07USEUBRUSSELS2984	DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 13:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3343	EU-EGYPT ENERGY FORUM AND ARAB GAS PIPELINE [...] (C) IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING INFORMATION ON THE RECENT EU-AFRICA-MIDDLE EAST ENERGY CONFERENCE IN SHARM EL SHEIKH, MISSION CONTACTED EU COMMISSION OFFICIALS IN DG RELEX (FOREIGN AFFAIRS) AND DG TREN (ENERGY) WHO ATTENDED THE CONFERENCE. EU-AFRICA-ENERGY CONFERENCE ------------------ [...]	2007-11-15 15:02:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EUN XF XG
07USNATO76	MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL [...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...]	2007-02-07 10:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS NATO PREL MARR ML
07USUNNEWYORK1072	SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON THE REPORT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee held its debate on the report of the fifty-ninth session of the International Law Commission (ILC) from October 29 through November 6. ILC Chairman Ian Brownlie (UK) attended sessions from October 29 through November 2 to present the ILC report to the Sixth Comm [...]	2007-11-28 13:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1118	UN SECRETARIAT CIRCULATES QUESTIONNAIRE ON STATE [...] This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. The UN Secretariat has sent a diplomatic note to USUN, transmitting a questionnaire prepared by the International Law Commission (ILC),which seeks information on State practice regarding oil and gas (para 3). The ILC prepared the questio [...]	2007-12-05 13:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK1159	MNF RESOLUTION: POSITIVE REACTION TO US/UK TEXT [...] (C) On December 12, the Security Council met at experts level to discuss the draft UK/US resolution extending for 2008 the mandates of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I),the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). Significantly, no del [...]	2007-12-13 00:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1167	IRAQI PERMREP PROPOSES CHANGES TO MNF UNSCR [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Upon receipt of revised text from Washington (ref e-mail),Amb Khalilzad met with Iraqi PermRep Bayati December 13 to provide him with the UK/US revision to the resolution to extend through 2008 the authorities for MNF-I, DFI, and the IAMB (reftels). For his [...]	2007-12-14 00:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1217	EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES AND THE 62ND UNGA [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador James Gadsden, who served as Senior Area Adviser for Eastern European Affairs to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (C) Summary: Most Eastern European states generally supported US priority objectives for the Fall session of the 62nd UNGA [...]	2007-12-26 20:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA AA AM BK BU CY EN GG GR HR
07USUNNEWYORK1218	UNGA 62: DEALING WITH WESTERN EUROPE [...] (U) Robert Smolik served as the Senior Area Adviser for Western Europe during the main session of the 62nd UN General Assembly. The following is his summary of the UNGA as it pertained to the region. 2. (C) Throughout this 62d UN General Assembly our EU partners have not always proven effec [...]	2007-12-27 12:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XH XT ZB
07USUNNEWYORK150	SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ [...] (U) The Security Council adopted a press statement February 22 condemning recent terrorist attacks in Iraq, including the chlorine gas bombing of February 21 (text in para 5). This step concludes a series of recent Council press statements condemning terrorist attacks in Lebanon (February 1 [...]	2007-02-23 00:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK162	UNSC CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN IRAN, LEBANON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary and comment. The UN Security Council approved a press statement condemning two bus bombings in Lebanon on February 13, another press statement condemning the bombing of a bus carrying Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) [...]	2007-03-01 15:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC LE IR
07USUNNEWYORK217	IRAQ BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Abd al-Mahdi told the Security Council that 2007 will be the year of civil peace and unity in Iraq. The UN Security Council held March 15 its quarterly open briefing (REFTEL) on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational For [...]	2007-03-19 14:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK302	SECURITY COUNCIL CLIMATE CHANGE DEBATE: RIGHT [...] (U) UK Foreign Secretary Beckett chaired the UN Security Council's unprecedented April 17 open debate on energy, security and climate, although, because of controversy over introducing this topic into the Council, the event was formally titled "Open Debate on Letter from UK Permanent Represent [...]	2007-04-19 13:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC SENV ENRG UK
07USUNNEWYORK415	U.S. BILATERALS AT THE UN COMMISSION ON [...] (U) Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky took advantage of the ministerial segment of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development's 15th Session (CSD-15) May 9-11 to conduct a number of bilateral discussions with key states, with climate change, energy and economic dev [...]	2007-05-25 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KGCC SENV EAID EAGR CH MD FI PK RS IN
07USUNNEWYORK573	U.S. OFFICIALS BRIEF UNSYG ON PRESIDENT'S CLIMATE [...] (C) White House CEQ Chairman Connaughton and Under Secretary Dobriansky briefed UN Secretary-General Ban on the SIPDIS President's May 31 climate change initiative (reftel) during a June 18 meeting at the UN. Connaughton and Dobriansky clarified the USG goals and how the initiative would c [...]	2007-07-13 19:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KGHG SENV PREL KPKO SU
07VATICAN147	HOLY SEE REVIEWS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH APEC DIPLOMATS [...] Summary. At an October 8 diplomatic gathering, Charge drew on recent high-level USG statements to provide Holy See and other representatives with a broad view of USG activities addressing climate change and the environment. Holy See deputy FM Parolin confirmed in detail the Holy See's increas [...]	2007-10-10 16:11:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV APEC VT
07VATICAN86	SANT'EGIDIO PESSIMISTIC REGARDING PRC --HOLY SEE RELATIONS [...] (C) Valeria Martano of the Vatican-linked Sant'Egidio Community believes China-Holy See relations are stuck in neutral in the short to mid-term because the Chinese do not see a clear benefit to formalizing relations with the Holy See. China's economic clout on the international trade front tak [...]	2007-05-09 00:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH VT
07VIENNA1054	OMV CONFIRMS GAS DEAL WITH IRAN [...] (SBU) OMV Spokesman Thomas Huemer confirmed to us on April 23 that the Austrian energy company had signed a "Heads of Agreement" with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participate in the further development of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf. Huemer added that Iranian pr [...]	2007-04-23 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ETTC AU IR
07VIENNA1068	(ILSA) OMV REVEALS DETAILS OF IRANIAN GAS DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador met separately on April 24 with OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer and with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Political Director, Thomas Mayr-Harting, to convey the USG's strong disapproval of OMV's recent Heads of Agreement with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to participa [...]	2007-04-25 12:02:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA1204	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 09, 2007 [...] There are new tensions in the SPOe-OeVP coalition government over the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter purchase. Vice-Chancellor and Finance Minister Wilhelm Molterer of the People's Party has criticized Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of the Social Democrats over his handling of the [...]	2007-05-09 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1284	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 15, 2007 [...] Austrian Defense Minister Norbert Darabos from the Social Democrats said negotiations with EADS, the manufacturer of the Eurofighter interceptors, will continue. Speaking in Brussels at a joint meeting of foreign and defense ministers, Darabos said talks would resume in a few days. A scenario t [...]	2007-05-15 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1307	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 18, 2007 [...] The People's Party's defense and military spokesperson Walter Murauer has accused Social Democratic Defense Minister Norbert Darabos of "working against the military." In his efforts to cancel the Eurofighter deal, the Minister has "neglected his responsibilities," and is "only working towards [...]	2007-05-18 13:25:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1363	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: May 23, 2007 [...] The quality control test for the first Eurofighter jets for the Austrian armed forces will take longer than the usual testing period of two days, a spokesperson for Eurofighter told the Austrian Press Agency yesterday. This is "not unusual," however, given that it is the first interceptor earma [...]	2007-05-23 13:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1480	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 04, 2007 [...] Austrian President Heinz Fischer is urging that by summer, the entire complex matter surrounding the Eurofighter purchase for Austria's military, including the parliamentary investigative committee looking into the circumstances of the deal, be concluded. In an interview with an Austrian daily, [...]	2007-06-04 13:52:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA1604	IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...]	2007-06-15 13:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA1666	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: June 21, 2007 [...] EU heads of government are preparing to meet in Brussels today to discuss a treaty to help the union work more effectively. A draft tabled by Germany recommends deep reforms, but not a constitution - an idea rejected by French and Dutch voters two years ago. Whether progress can be made at the [...]	2007-06-21 12:50:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2111	OMV CEO RUTTENSTORFER DISCUSSES IRAN, NABUCCO, MOL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 12:33:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ETTC EINV PREL AU IR HU
07VIENNA2423	NABUCCO MOVING FORWARD, BUT STILL LOOKING FOR [...] (C) OMV Gas CEO Werner Auli told Acting DCM and EconUnit Chief on September 11 that the Nabucco gas pipeline project was moving forward, with the imminent announcement of a 6th shareholder and the appointment of an EU Nabucco Coordinator to "manage Brussels." Auli argued that Nabucco had the [...]	2007-09-17 12:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA2466	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 21, 2007 [...] The wife of Wolfgang Floettl, one of the key defendants in the trial surrounding the Bawag banking scandal took the witness stand Thursday, as one of the most closely-watched trials in recent Austrian history continues to grind on. Anne Eisenhower, the granddaughter of President Dwight Eisenhow [...]	2007-09-21 09:44:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2479	NABUCCO PIPELINE: AUSTRIA INVITES AZERBAIJAN'S STATE [...] (SBU) On the occasion of a visit to several Central Asian countries, an Austrian business delegation, headed by Minister of Economics and Labor Martin Bartenstein, met with their counterparts from Azerbaijan in Baku on September 21. Bartenstein and his Azeri colleague Natiq Aliyev signed a " [...]	2007-09-25 06:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON ETTC EPET AU
07VIENNA2482	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 25, 2007 [...] Austria's Data Protection Commission does not issue a good report for the state authorities and companies with regard to their handling of sensitive data. In their Data Protection Report 2005-1007, the Commission has made a case for urgent legislative action in three areas: Information on cred [...]	2007-09-25 11:15:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2493	OMV UPS ANTE IN HOSTILE BID FOR MOL [...] (U) Austria's leading energy company, OMV, has made public an offer to buy at least 50% of the voting shares of Hungary's MOL at a price 18.7% above MOL's current market price. OMV has conditioned its offer on MOL removing limitations on minority shareholders voting rights and canceling MOL's [...]	2007-09-26 11:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA2499	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 26, 2007 [...] Contrary to the recommendations of a SPOe/OeVP expert group, there will be a separate asylum court - Vice Chancellor Wilhelm Molterer has announced that a respective decision will be made this year and that the new institution will begin its work in the first half of 2008. The intention is to r [...]	2007-09-27 13:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2526	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: September 27, 2007 [...] Austrian Minister of the Interior G\|nther Platter wants to avoid fixed deadlines that give asylum seekers the right to stay in Austria indefinitely and favors instead the current practice according to which each case is to be examined individually. This is his answer to the discussion about the [...]	2007-09-28 11:20:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2578	AUSTRIA REJECTS FRENCH CALL FOR TOUGHER EU [...] (C) French Embassy DCM van Rossum has confirmed Austrian media reports that Austria has rejected Foreign Minister Kouchner's proposal for tougher EU sanctions on Iran. Van Rossum described a letter form Kouchner to his EU colleagues as calling on them to use the Oct. 15 GAERC to add additional [...]	2007-10-09 05:58:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP FR UK GE AU
07VIENNA2596	IRAN SANCTIONS: AUSTRIA REJECTS EU ACTION [...] (U) Econ/Pol Counselor and Poloff called on Austrian MFA Deputy PolDir and Near East Division Chief Ralph Scheide October 10 to discuss Iranian sanctions policy. Emboffs raised three concerns: Austrian objection of consideration of expanded sanctions or other diplomatic action until after the [...]	2007-10-11 06:28:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IR EU FR AU
07VIENNA2626	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: October 15, 2007 [...] A government platform addressing topics and problems in connection with integration and security will begin its work today. The arrest in Austria in September of three Islamist suspects and the case of Bosnian teenager Arigona Zogaj have added a sense of urgency to the creation of the platform, [...]	2007-10-15 13:24:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2627	U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS VISIT AUSTRIA [...] (U) To promote U.S.-Austria environmental cooperation, the Foreign Ministry sponsored an intensive week-long program from Aug. 7-14 for a group of 10 American environmental experts. The group included representatives from federal, state, and local governments; Congress; universities; business [...]	2007-10-15 13:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV
07VIENNA2818	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 16, 2007 [...] According to a report on migration trends by the Austrian Academy of Sciences, which was published on Thursday, Austria is an important destination for immigrants. The authors of the study warn, however, that Austria is not sufficiently aware of this fact and has failed to create the necessary [...]	2007-11-16 16:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA282	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 06, 2007 [...] The Eurofighter investigation committee has concluded that the Austrian government purchased the technically most advanced and, at the same time, most expensive interceptor planes. The version purchased was calculated to be the best deal because only new (not used) planes were considered and ma [...]	2007-02-06 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA2829	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHANCELLOR ON AUSTRO-IRANIAN [...] (C) Ambassador McCaw used her Nov. 20 farewell call on Chancellor Gusenbauer to convey again U.S. unhappiness with OMV's South Pars gas deal with Iran. The Ambassador stressed how unhelpful the deal was to the international diplomatic effort to stop Iran's uranium enrichment program. She note [...]	2007-11-20 14:54:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2838	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 21, 2007 [...] All Austrian media report that a new internet video threatening Austria and Germany has surfaced, apparently made by militants associated with the "Global Islamic Media Front" (GIMF),an al Qaeda propaganda group. The video demands that Austria and Germany withdraw their military personnel from [...]	2007-11-21 14:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2849	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: November 26, 2007 [...] The departure of the Austrian Army contingent's advance party to Chad will not take place today, as originally scheduled. The Commander of the Austrian unit, which will participate in peacekeeping and humanitarian aid efforts in the African state, Lt. Gen. Guenther Hoefler, said the delay was b [...]	2007-11-26 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA2851	OMV'S IRAN DEAL: CRACKS IN THE ARMOR? [...] (U) According to Austrian press, Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein told the November 22 European Competition Council that Iranian gas was a "no-go" for the Nabucco pipeline. Bartenstein reportedly noted that USG support for Nabucco depended on excluding Iranian gas from the Euro 5 bil [...]	2007-11-27 08:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA2853	AUSTRIA'S BAUMGARTEN GAS HUB AND GAZPROM INTERESTS IN [...] (SBU) OMV Gas executives recently confirmed to Emboffs that Gazprom will become a 50% operator in OMV's Central European Gas Hub (CEGH),which is actually a web-based trading platform in operation since 2005 offering commercial, logistical, and auctioneering services to gas traders. OMV maint [...]	2007-11-27 10:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA2874	OMV LOOKS TO RUSSIAN GAS FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Emboffs, Reinhard Mitschek, OMV's Managing Director for Nabucco Gas Pipeline International, expressed concern that Azerbaijan could not provide enough gas by itself for Nabucco's initial phase in 2012. Nabucco would therefore turn to Russia to supply half of the [...]	2007-11-29 16:50:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET AU
07VIENNA2890	OMV DEFENDS OIL CONTRACTS WITH THE KRG [...] (C) During a November 30 meeting with Emboffs, OMV's Vice President for Business Development, Peter Seitinger, defended OMV's recent signing of two production sharing agreements (PSAs) with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Seitinger argued that the PSAs were entirely in line with the Ir [...]	2007-12-04 08:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV ECON IZ AU
07VIENNA2914	BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: AUSTRIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) Environment Minister Josef Proell told the Charge on December 6 that Austria was supportive of U.S. efforts to develop a Bali roadmap. Proell recognized that any post-Kyoto agreement needed to include flexibility for national plans, but he stressed that Austria supported the EU goal of [...]	2007-12-07 16:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG AU
07VIENNA2948	AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...]	2007-12-14 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2980	BACKGROUND AND PROSPECTS FOR RECENT OMV-GAZPROM DEALS [...] (U) In September 2006, Austria's OMV negotiated an extension of its gas supply agreement with Gazprom that will guarantee that Russian gas is routed through OMV's Baumgarten gas distribution center until 2027. As part of that deal, Gazprom obtained the right to market gas in three of the nine [...]	2007-12-18 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA328	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: February 09, 2007 [...] Starting Friday, the SPOe/OeVP coalition will begin working on an extensive reform of state and government which, according to Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, will be the "core piece" of the grand coalition and is intended for completion in summer. The reform will build on reforms announced and p [...]	2007-02-09 13:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA380	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS, [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...]	2007-02-13 17:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU
07VIENNA552	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: March 02, 2007 [...] After the Defense and Finance Ministers reconciled their differences over allocation of funds for the defense portfolio, the coalition partners SPOe and OeVP agreed yesterday on a double budget for 2007 and 2008. The spending plan is expected to be presented in parliament before the end of Marc [...]	2007-03-05 07:27:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
07VIENNA568	CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRIA TALKING TOUGH, BUT ACTING SOFTLY [...] Austria, with one of the most ambitious Kyoto Protocol targets, has thus far failed to achieve its emissions reduction goals. According to Austria's 1997 Kyoto Protocol commitment, it should reduce emissions to no more than 69 million tons of CO2 equivalent by 2012. In 2005 Austria emitted 93 [...]	2007-03-05 16:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EIND ECON PGOV AU
07VIENNA701	OMV CEO: NABUCCO KEY FOR EUROPE'S ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) During a recent lunch with Ambassador, OMV CEO Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer emphasized that obtaining a sufficient supply of Azeri gas is the key for the start-up of Nabucco. Without Azeri gas, OMV would have to look for other possible suppliers--Iran and Russia--that would not be good alternat [...]	2007-03-20 19:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA728	NABUCCO PIPELINE: OMV STILL BULLISH ON 2012 STARTUP [...] (C) During a March 20 meeting with EconUnit Chief, the Managing Director of the Nabucco Pipeline consortium, Reinhard Mitschek, said that the project remains on track to begin operations in 2012. Nabucco is still looking to take on a major European gas company to help finance the project. Re [...]	2007-03-22 10:18:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET EINV AU
07VIENNA891	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 03, 2007 [...] Helmut Elsner, one of the chief suspects in the Bawag banking scandal, has begun rehabilitation treatment in a facility in the south of Austria after a heart bypass operation. The former CEO of Bawag is expected to remain in the clinic for at least four weeks, during which time Austrian justice [...]	2007-04-03 14:14:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PAO AU
07VIENNA932	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 10, 2007 [...] Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer of the SPOe, and the head of the parliamentary inquiry into the Eurofighter deal, Peter Pilz of the Green Party, believe the country's chances to get out of the purchase contract have increased. Last week new documents surfaced which allegedly confirmed bus [...]	2007-04-10 12:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VIENNA990	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: April 16, 2007 [...] After the first 100 days of the SPOe-OeVP coalition, all Austrian media present their assessments of the government's performance so far. One daily in its weekend issue says the Social Democrats and Conservatives' cooperation has been marked by "dispute, glitches, intrigues and petty jealousies [...]	2007-04-16 13:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO AU
07VILNIUS142	RUSSIA: LITHUANIA'S FAVORITE ANXIETY [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's relationship with Russia continues to affect Lithuania's foreign policy and much of its domestic politics. Fifteen years after independence, Lithuania is still a teenager, struggling -- sometimes rashly -- to demonstrate its independence. Nevertheless, most Lithuani [...]	2007-02-28 10:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LH RU EUN
07VILNIUS306	LITHUANIAN PLANS TO EXTEND IGNALINA NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C) Summary: The GOL may ask the EU to approve extending the life of Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant's (INPP) second unit, which is scheduled to be shut down no later than December 31, 2009 in accordance with Lithuania's EU accession treaty. (Note: Unit One was shut down in 2004.) The GOL and [...]	2007-05-02 14:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON EUN XG LH
07VILNIUS542	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN [...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...]	2007-08-01 08:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS729	LITHUANIA ON THE OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Begin Summary. Lithuania's priority at the October 15-16 GAERC will be to express concerns about Russia prior to the EU-Russia summit in Portugal later this month. The FM also may intervene to discuss concerns about the EU's new treaty reform, to express support for strong pressure on Bu [...]	2007-10-12 14:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL LH RS IR
07VILNIUS796	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MINISTER OF ECONOMY [...] (U) Begin summary. In an October 25 meeting, Economy Minister Vytas Navickas told the Ambassador that the capacity of the new Ignalina nuclear power plant (INPP) would not be known until the environmental impact assessment was completed at the end of 2008. He expressed confidence that, despi [...]	2007-11-05 13:34:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON LH
07VILNIUS811	LITHUANIA HOPING TO MOVE AHEAD ON ENERGY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. DCM met November 7 with Darius Degutis, MFA, Ambassador at Large, Economic Security Policy Department. Degutis's direct responsibilities include international energy projects such as the proposed Polish & Swedish power bridges and the new Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (INPP). H [...]	2007-11-13 06:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET LH
07WARSAW1098	YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...]	2007-05-11 16:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1179	POLAND COMPLAINS ABOUT NEW CO2 LIMIT, BUT WILL [...] The Government of Poland is upset that the EU approved a CO2 emissions limit 1/3 lower than the GOP requested. Although the approved limit is close to Poland's current emission level, and Poland lowered CO2 emissions 18% since 1990, the GOP fears that such a cut-back in emissions will slow fu [...]	2007-05-21 14:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL
07WARSAW1901	POLISH BUSINESSMEN STAYING ABROAD WHILE KRAUZE [...] (C) Summary: David Ensor told us that the Polish investors in his company, Mercuria Energy, are staying out of Poland while the GOP investigates Polish businessman Richard Krauze. Ensor stated that the company is afraid that during the likely upcoming election campaign that PiS will use a [...]	2007-09-06 14:40:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PO ES RS GM
07WARSAW231	POLAND: MOE ATTEMPT TO STOP OIL TANKER LOADING [...] (C) Summary: J&S Executives report that Minister of Economy Wozniak requested that the company not load an oil tanker during the recent Druzba oil pipeline shutoff, a request the company denied. J&S currently supplies 50% of Poland's crude, but is diversifying in Europe, the U.S. and Canad [...]	2007-02-02 15:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PL RS UR NO
07WARSAW2355	NEW ENERGY CZAR WANTS MORE ECONOMIC LIBERALISM IN [...] (C) Adam Szejnfeld, the newly appointed Secretary of State in the Economics Ministry responsible for energy affairs, told the DCM that he wants to bring more economic liberalism into Poland's energy policy. Szejnfeld said he will review over the next three months the various energy projects p [...]	2007-12-11 14:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET EINV PL
07WARSAW31	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 13:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW320	POLAND'S ECONOMY STARTS TO HIT ITS STRIDE [...] (U) Poland's GDP rose 5.8 percent in 2006 to $337 billion, according to the National Statistics Agency, the best performance since 1996. Growth was propelled by a 5.8 percent rise in domestic demand, sharply increased EU funds inflows, and surging investment (up 16.7 percent). Profiting from [...]	2007-02-09 15:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PL
07WARSAW33	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW372	POLAND: SHOWING OF AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH AND HIGHLIGHTING [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post co-sponsored the Polish premiere of Al Gore's movie on global warming, "An Inconvenient Truth," and used the occasion to articulate U.S. policy on climate change and to highlight USG efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The screening, at an environmental and clean en [...]	2007-02-16 10:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EINV ETRD PL
07WARSAW563	POLAND: ENVIRONMENT AND SCIENCE INITIATIVES [...] In response to ref A, post takes the opportunity to highlight post initiatives in environment and science. Various initiatives are already underway and post is planning for continued and increased cooperation in these areas. The Ambassadorplays a significant role in many of the environmental [...]	2007-03-08 13:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV KPAO ENRG PL
07WARSAW691	POLAND-GERMANY: (C-RE7-00514) MERKEL'S SPRING [...] (U) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 16-17 visit to Poland was deemed a great success by both sides, and could prove an important step in warming previously frosty bilateral relations (reftel). By declaring opposition to the claims of German WWII expellees on Polish land Merkel earned [...]	2007-03-20 15:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ENRG PL GM
07WELLINGTON108	AS MCMURRAY'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND HIGHLIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-02 03:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG NZ
07WELLINGTON227	PM Clark Says Visit to Washington is about Cooperation, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Parliamentary Question time on Wednesday, March 14, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was bombarded with questions (from Parliamentary friends and foes) regarding her upcoming visit to Washington. Clark was asked about Climate Change, the US Human Rights record at Gu [...]	2007-03-14 05:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON304	NEW ZEALAND: PROPOSAL TO HOST SCIENCE FELLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the 2007 Embassy Science Fellow Program, Embassy Wellington proposes to host for three months a USG scientist with research interests in biofuels and associated renewable energy technologies. Familiarity with hydrogen, geothermal and marine (wave and tidal) technologi [...]	2007-04-15 19:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER NZ
07WELLINGTON36	Scenesetter for A/S McMurray's visit to New Zealand: [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming commemoration of the 50th anniversary of U.S. - New Zealand cooperation in Antarctic provides a terrific opportunity to strengthen NZ public understanding of the depth and significance of US-NZ scientific cooperation, an often unrecognized strength in our bilateral [...]	2007-01-10 18:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON695	CLARK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Helen Clark announced on September 20 her government's plan to significantly reduce New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. This comprehensive plan would establish an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) designed to impose prices to limit greenhouse gas emissions. Th [...]	2007-09-24 20:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PREL NZ KGHG
07YAOUNDE1044	TRADITIONAL LEADERS SEEK EMBASSY PROTECTION WHEN [...] (U) Summary. Nineteen men from the community of Sabga in Cameroon's Northwest Province gathered outside of the Embassy compound at the opening of business on August 21 claiming fear of arrest, violence, and deadly force in retaliation for their opposition to an effort to install a governmen [...]	2007-08-21 12:33:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL CM
07YEREVAN1012	CDA CALL ON ENERGY MINISTER RAISES IRAN, NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. CDA met August 6 with Energy Minister Armen Movsisian to discuss the Armenian nuclear power plant (ANPP) and Armenia's economic relations with Iran. Movsisian assured that the GOAM aims to close the plant by the target date (2016). He believed that Armenia's only option is to [...]	2007-08-09 05:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON ETTC PREL PARM IR AM
07YEREVAN1032	TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU
07YEREVAN1241	SCENESETTER FOR PM SERZH SARGSIAN'S WASHINGTON [...] (C) Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian's visit to Washington October 17-23 is his chance to see and be seen with Washington leaders in the run-up to his February 2008 presidential election bid. With his extensive defense and security background, Sargsian now needs to show himself as a world leade [...]	2007-10-16 02:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP SERZH SARGSIAN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1274	IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT LOW-KEY, BUSINESS-LIKE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Oskanian for an immediate readout of President Ahmadinejad's visit. Oskanian said that the Iranian delegation's early departure (a fact which dominated local media coverage) was at the Iranian side's request, and that only vague explanations were offered of urge [...]	2007-10-23 13:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD EINV ENRG KNNP IR AM
07YEREVAN1279	APPARENT CRACKDOWN ON TER-PETROSSIAN SUPPORTERS [...] (SBU) Armenian police on October 23 detained 12 opposition activists as they publicly called for an opposition rally in support of the candidacy of Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-petrossian in the approaching presidential election. Police scuffled with, and then detained the activists, af [...]	2007-10-24 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1359	PM STAFF GIVE AND TAKE ON TURKEY, ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM had a long and fruitful conversation with two of PM Sargsian's close advisers. The two men affirmed the PM's desire to start a process to reconcile with Turkey, even before he become president. They agreed that a string of recent events against pro-opposition figures damag [...]	2007-11-19 04:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TU IR AM
07YEREVAN1416	ARMENIA: NO SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN WORST FORMS OF [...] (SBU) In 2007 there were no significant developments to report with respect to worst forms of child labor in Armenia. As previously reported (ref B),Armenia has adopted all international agreements on children's rights, as well as a list of occupations considered hazardous for children. Both [...]	2007-12-12 05:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM

07YEREVAN251	HOW LONG CAN THIS GO ON? ARMENIA'S CONTINUED DOUBLE- [...] Armenia's economy continued its significant expansion in 2006, with GDP up by 13.4 percent, the fifth consecutive year of double-digit growth. As in previous years, construction, much of which is funded by remittances, was the primary driver of growth, up by 37 percent and accounting for 26 pe [...]	2007-03-05 06:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID
07YEREVAN305	PROMISE OF PROSPERITY RESONATES WITH VILLAGERS IN [...] (SBU) The crocuses are blooming in Yerevan, but it is still winter in the remote villages of Armenia's Shirak province. Though construction dust has displaced the February slush in the relatively well-heeled capital city, Shirak villagers are still burning dried bars of cow dung for heat and [...]	2007-03-15 08:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN323	IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE--FM OSKANIAN FINDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA delivered reftel points March 15 to a surprised and non-plussed FM Oskanian. Oskanian hoped Washington would understand Armenia's difficult neighborhood, and thus its imperative to obtain Iranian gas as an alternative to the unreliable supply line of Russian gas. Oskanian pr [...]	2007-03-16 13:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN328	IRAN-ARMENIA GAS PIPELINE: GOAM REPLIES TO OUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA called in CDA March 19 to present Armenia's reply to Ref A demarche (see para 5 for full text of MFA non-paper),three hours before Presidents Kocharian and Ahmadinejad formally opened the pipeline. The most significant point in their reply is that "there is no more imp [...]	2007-03-19 12:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EPET EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN331	ARMENIAN GAS COMPANY COMMENTS ON IRAN-ARMENIA [...] (C) On March 16, we met with ArmRusGasProm (ARGP) General Director Karen Karapetyan to discuss the Iran-Armenia pipeline, Russian ownership of ARGP and future developments in the Armenian energy sector. Karapetyan reported that the "second phase" of the Iran-Armenia pipeline would be complete [...]	2007-03-19 13:50:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL EPET ETTC EINV IR AM
07YEREVAN343	FM OSKANIAN BRIEFS US ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Oskanian called in CDA to provide a readout of the Iran-Armenia pipeline opening, and the presidents' bilateral meeting on the margins. Oskanian said that the GOAM had kept the event "as low-key as possible" and that Ahmadinejad had also been restrained in his remarks. Presid [...]	2007-03-22 08:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ENRG EINV EPET MNUC IAEA IR AM
07YEREVAN386	ARMENIAN MEDIA, PUBLIC CRITICAL OF CEREMONY MARKING THE [...] (SBU) Armenian media outlets varied from semi-critical to extremely critical in their coverage of the March 29 Holy Cross (Aktamar Island) Church re-opening ceremony. Most claimed that the opening was a propaganda move and berated Turkey for placing Turkish flags and a portrait of Ataturk on th [...]	2007-03-30 13:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
07YEREVAN608	OPPOSITION FIGURE'S ARREST DRAWS PROTEST MARCHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 7 arrest of a minor oppostion personality led to a protest march on the National Security Service headquarters May 9. Police were poorly prepared for the unscheduled event. When several officers unwisely interposed themselves in front of -- then got swallowed by -- the c [...]	2007-05-11 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC AM
07YEREVAN723	ARMENIA'S YEZIDI KURDISH MINORITY: A SMALL BUT [...] (S) The mayors of two Yezidi Kurdish villages, spoke openly to us during a May 31 visit about the fact of PKK (KGK) presence in Armenia, telling us that wounded PKK fighters from neighboring countries receive medical treatment in Armenia. We also discussed the complicated issue of Yezidi Kurd [...]	2007-06-01 11:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL ASEC PTER PHUM AM
07YEREVAN755	CDA RAISES ENERGY SECURITY,NUCLEAR POWER, AND IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: We met with Energy Minister Movsissian June 1 to explore Armenia's current plans and thinking with regard to replacing the Soviet-era Armenian Nuclear Power Plant (ANPP). Press reports had suggested Armenia had made deals with Russia for the construction of a new nuclear plant, [...]	2007-06-08 11:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ENRG ETTC PARM ETRD AM IR
07YEREVAN815	IRAN-ARMENIA PIPELINE DEMARCHE; MEDIA REPORT U.S. [...] (C) CDA and Pol/Econ chief delivered Ref A demarche points to FM Oskanian June 13. CDA also emphasized the continuing diplomatic and public relations disaster that Armenia's Iran engagement represents, given the context of UNSCRs and international consensus on the need to isolate Iran. He po [...]	2007-06-22 13:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PREL KMDR IR AM
07ZAGREB101	GOC COMMITTED TO ADRIATIC LNG PROJECT [...] (C) Summary: Croatian Assistant Minister of Economy for Energy Zeljko Tomsic told Econ Off that Croatia remains committed to building an LNG terminal on the Adriatic coast, despite press rumors that the project may be in jeopardy. Tomsic said that the GOC is very concerned about energy securi [...]	2007-01-29 15:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON HR ENERGY
07ZAGREB122	CROATIA AND SLOVENIA AT ODDS OVER MARITIME [...] (C) Summary: The long-standing dispute between Croatia and Slovenia over their maritime boundary flared up this week when the GOC renewed a 2001 concession to its national oil and gas company INA for exploration in the Northern Adriatic. With rhetoric that was more heated than usual in this [...]	2007-02-02 15:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT ENRG ECON HR SI REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB364	DAS BRYZA'S ZAGREB MEETINGS WITH GREEK AND [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza met with Greek Minister of Development Dimitris Sioufas and Bulgarian Minister of Economy and Energy Rumen Ovcharov on the margins of an April 3 energy conference in Zagreb. Both Sioufas and Ovcharov expressed concern over what they perceive as mixed signals co [...]	2007-04-16 09:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL GR BU AJ RS TU TX
07ZAGREB407	CROATIA'S INA: OTHER SOURCES EXIST FOR LNG [...] (C) Summary: Following up on reports of Austrian OMV's LNG deal with Iran, Econ Off spoke to Stevo Kolundzic, Senior Advisor to the Chairman of Croatia's national oil and gas company INA about the reports. Kolundzic said that there are many other potential sources of LNG for the Croatian proj [...]	2007-04-25 12:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL ECON HR IR
07ZAGREB453	PRM Ambassador's Fund for Refugees - Croatia Projects [...] After consultation with UNHCR and other partners, Post is pleased to propose two projects for PRM's Ambassadors Fund for Refugees. The projects listed below do not receive other donor funding and would provide immediate assistance to vulnerable populations in Croatia. If approved, Post has the [...]	2007-05-10 12:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV HR
07ZAGREB620	ZAGREB ENERGY SUMMIT: ALL TALK, NO SUBSTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Zagreb Energy Summit, held on June 24 and attended by Russian President Putin and South East European leaders garnered substantial media attention here, but brought little new to the discussion of regional energy supply. The Summit, organized by Croatian Preside [...]	2007-06-29 09:13:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL HR
07ZAGREB669	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER SANADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 7 meeting with Prime Minister Sanader on the margins the of the "Croatia Summit," EUR Assistant Secretary Fried welcomed the Summit as evidence of Croatian leadership in Southeastern Europe. Sanader reviewed his efforts to gain support for the closure of the OSCE Missi [...]	2007-07-11 15:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG OSCE HR
08ABIDJAN130	PETROLEUM SECTOR IN COTE D'IVOIRE - AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Kassoum Fadika, Director General of state-owned PETROCI for a tour d'horizon of the energy production business in Cote d'Ivoire. Fadika discussed production problems that he says have limited oil production to 50,000 b/d and described the cost structure of [...]	2008-02-26 12:06:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN149	COTE D'IVOIRE NAMES MEMBERS OF EXTRACTIVE [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Ministry of Mines and Energy named the 26 members of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative National Committee. The group is government-heavy, and includes representatives from the Prime Minister's Office; the Ministries of Economy and Finance, Mines and [...]	2008-03-06 11:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EITC ETRD EFIN PREL PGOV IBRD IV
08ABIDJAN274	RESIDENT IMF, WORLD BANK HEADS DISCUSS EARLY HIPC [...] (C) Summary. In an April 18 meeting, IMF ResRep Phillipe Eugume defended the notion of an early HIPC Decision Point, noting Cote d'Ivoire's heavy indebtedness and already negative cash position with the IFIs, but acknowledged substantial shareholder reluctance to proceed with such a course [...]	2008-05-02 08:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID IMF IBRD PGOV PREL IV
08ABIDJAN396	THE NEW BLE GOUDE [...] (C) Summary. Charles Ble Goude, leader of COJEP (PanAfrican Congress of Young Patriots),is one of three Ivorians under United Nations (UN) Security Council sanctions. However, an offensive seems to be underway, bolstered by the presidential camp, to re-shape Ble Goude's public image and portr [...]	2008-06-18 16:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI UN IV
08ABIDJAN441	COTE D'IVOIRE EXTENDS TAX HOLIDAY ON FOODSTUFFS [...] (U) On July 2, 2008, the Ivorian government announced a three month extension of special tax reductions on basic foodstuffs (rice, milk, palm oil, fish and tomatoes). The reductions were originally announced on March 31 and put into effect on April 1, following demonstrations against the high [...]	2008-07-08 14:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EAID IMF IBRD PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN469	EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS PLANNED GENERAL STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, to review mission security and work posture following the announcement of a 2-day general strike beginning on Thursday, July 17, 2008 (ref a). The consensus of the EAC was that mission emplo [...]	2008-07-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV AMGT IV
08ABIDJAN475	GENERAL STRIKE LARGELY SUCCESSFUL; NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) Summary. The members of UGTCI, the country's largest federation of unions, overwhelmingly observed its call for a general strike on July 17 and 18 to call for salary increases in response to the gas price hike, following some initial confusion. Taxi and mini-bus transporters maintained the [...]	2008-07-18 16:08:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV
08ABIDJAN493	STRIKE ANNOUNCED FOR JULY 31 [...] (SBU) Summary. The Union of General Workers of Cote d'Ivoire (UGTCI) has rejected as insufficient the economic measures enacted by the government on July 20 in response to the UGTCI's July 17-18 general strike and widespread discontent among transporters and consumers. The UGTCI has called fo [...]	2008-07-25 15:44:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC ECON ELAB AMGT IV
08ABUDHABI1002	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: IT DEALS FZC, DEIRA, DUBAI, [...] Reftel requested that post conduct a pre-license check at IT Deals FZC, Deira, Dubai for their order of drilling and fluid related products from Computer Dynamics of Illinois (CDI),a General Electric company. On August 31, 2008, Embassy Export Control Officer (ECO) attempted to locate Mr. Bash [...]	2008-09-04 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE
08ABUDHABI1062	ADNOC LOOKS TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES (AND NEW POLICIES) TO MEET [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is exploring the application of new technologies to increase the supply of natural gas to the domestic market. ADNOC officials report that the company is developing nitrogen injection capacity as well as testing the impact of temporary reduc [...]	2008-09-22 03:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV AE
08ABUDHABI1271	UK PM BROWN PROMOTES BUSINESS AND ENERGY TIES WITH UAE [...] (C) Summary. In an October 5 briefing for G8 and EU ambassadors, the UK ambassador denied press reports that Prime Minister Gordon Brown had pressed the UAEG for a financial commitment to the international bailout during his November 3 visit to the UAE. Rather, Brown discussed the challenges f [...]	2008-11-06 12:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV UK AE
08ABUDHABI1385	PROJECT FINANCE A CHALLENGE FOR ABU DHABI DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. The global economic downturn and related liquidity crisis is beginning to impact Abu Dhabi-based companies' ability to obtain reasonably-priced project finance. The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) says its monthly cash flow will easily meet its development plans, despite f [...]	2008-12-04 11:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV AE
08ABUDHABI1430	SENATOR BAUCUS'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) During his December 13-15 visit to the United Arab Emirates, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) and accompanying delegation from the Senate Finance Committee staff met with senior government and financi [...]	2008-12-21 09:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ETRD ENRG OREP PREL SENV PARM KNNP AE
08ABUDHABI197	UAE INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to provide input to the Department's report to Congress as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. The UAE qualifies as a major energy producer. Increasingly, with rapid economic development, the UAE is becoming a larger energy consumer as [...]	2008-02-13 06:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD AE
08ABUDHABI222	UAE PRIME MINISTER'S QUICK VISIT TO TEHRAN AND [...] (C) Summary: UAE Prime Minister, Vice President, and Ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid embarked on a sudden visit to Tehran and Damascus February 18, taking the Foreign Minister (an Abu Dhabi royal) in his entourage. Public explanations of the visit are benign and innocent, and we heard fr [...]	2008-02-19 14:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP IR SY AE
08ABUDHABI372	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN JEFFERY III [...] Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai welcome the April 6-8 visit of Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery. Economic and Financial Growth Strong ------------------------------------ 2. (U) UAE economic growth continues to be strong, on the b [...]	2008-03-24 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV AE
08ABUDHABI405	GUARDIAN'S POWER PROBLEMS REFLECT UAE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Counsel for Guardian Industries (a U.S. firm with a USD 150 million float glass plant in Ras Al-Khaimah (RAK) suffering from lack of a reliable electricity supply) contacted post for information on pipeline networks in the UAE that could supply gas to RAK (to help power [...]	2008-04-01 15:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV AE
08ABUDHABI45	UAE EVALUATING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (C) sUMMARY: The UAE is evaluating the development of peaceful nuclear power. UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (ABZ) summoned nuclear supplier states' ambassadors on January 10 to present a white paper and soli [...]	2008-01-10 14:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP ECON EINV AE
08ABUDHABI535	A/S WELCH AND KHALDOON AL-MUBARAK DISCUSS INVESTMENTS, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On April 20, Mubadala CEO Khaldoon Al-Mubarak told A/S Welch that he was seeing a slightly improved political risk for investment in the U.S. than he had in the summer and that ADIA's work with the U.S. Treasury and Singapore to develop best practices for Sovereign Wealth Funds wa [...]	2008-04-30 04:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PREL EPET ENRG IR AE
08ABUDHABI57	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of President Bush's visit has been widespread and generally favorable. Key points including Iran, the democracy agenda and Israeli-Palestinian affairs were prominently reported in headlines and there have been positive and optimistic assessments of the likely impact on [...]	2008-01-15 12:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
08ABUDHABI815	BP ENERGY PRESENTATION IN ABU DHABI [...] Summary: on July 10, 2008, Mark Finley, Head of Energy Analysis for BP P.L.C. in London, delivered a presentation on BP's annual statistical review of world energy. In attendance were representatives from ADNOC, Taqa, the British Embassy, Canadian Embassy, and the media. BP expressed the view t [...]	2008-07-16 09:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR ECON AE
08ABUJA1081	NIGERIA: TRIAL UPDATE - BAUCHI CROSS-DRESSERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Poloffs attended a meeting of gay, lesbian, and transgender rights organizations regarding the case of 18 young men from Bauchi State arrested in August 2007 for allegedly displaying homosexual behavior. Defense attorney Ralph Monye elaborated on the case to date, as [...]	2008-06-11 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1121	NIGERIA-INCREASING ASSISTANCE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A Department of Energy (DOE) team from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),Office of Global Threat Reduction (GTR) visited Nigeria April 19-25 to assess the security and storage of radiological and nuclear materials in Nigeria. The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory [...]	2008-06-13 12:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC ENRG IAEA SENV TBIO TRGY NI
08ABUJA1314	AMBASSADOR AND COMMERCE MINISTER DISCUSS TRADE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and Commerce Minister Ugwuh discussed Nigeria's tariff barriers and bilateral trade and investment issues, the upcoming AGOA Forum, GON efforts to expand value-added manufacturing and increase non-oil exports, The bilateral investment treaty (BIT),prospects for an i [...]	2008-07-09 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV ECON PGOV KIPR EPET NI
08ABUJA1349	NIGERIA: FOUR-DAY FUEL TANKER DRIVER STRIKE ENDS [...] (SBU) The Nigerian Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD),in association with the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),ended a four-day strike on July 14. NUPENG President Peter Akpatason confirmed to Poloff press reports that the tanker drivers were striking over diesel and [...]	2008-07-16 12:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EPET ECON EFIN ELTN ENRG NI
08ABUJA1494	BAKASSI: NIGERIAN FEDERAL COURT ISSUES INJUNCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31, a Federal Court in Abuja issued an injunction to postpone the August 14 scheduled handover to Cameroon of the disputed Bakassi Peninsula, pending resolution of a suit to stop the transfer or compensate residents. Senator Jubril Aminu (strictly protect),Chair of the Se [...]	2008-08-01 14:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA PGOV NI CM
08ABUJA1584	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JULY 17-31, 2008 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of July 17-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --National Assembly --Pol/Mil --PDP Politics --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas NATIONAL ASSEMBLY --------------- [...]	2008-08-11 09:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA1603	NIGERIA: NEITI BRIEFS U/S JEFFERY AND REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 25 meeting, Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) officials briefed visiting Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery and requested additional USG assistance to strengthen the institution's capacity to implement required audits of revenues and expenses in [...]	2008-08-12 14:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID NI
08ABUJA1695	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 1-15, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Elections --National Assembly --Economic and Business --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------------------------------- [...]	2008-08-25 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS NI
08ABUJA178	PDP: WINDS OF CHANGE? [...] (C) Post reported (reftels) that forces within the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) were hoping to gradually reduce former President Obasanjo's control over the party and his influence on the government, but that steps to reduce his influence had to be taken slowly and gradually. The PD [...]	2008-01-26 07:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
08ABUJA1827	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR AUGUST 16-31, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of August 16-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Military, Security, and Bakassi --Economic and Business --Southern Political --Oil and Gas --Other News ---------- [...]	2008-09-09 13:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ETRD KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI
08ABUJA1930	NIGERIA ORDERS JOINT VENTURES TO PROVIDE NATURAL GAS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Unmet demand for electricity is pushing the Gas Ministry to price and deliver gas to specific power plants, as outlined in the Strategic Plan for the Sustainability of the Power Sector (Refs A and B),to achieve 6,700 average MW by December 2009. In February 2008, the Federal E [...]	2008-10-01 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA1942	NIGERIA: USG COLLABORATES WITH WORLD BANK & DFID TO ASSIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Sanders met with the Minister of Energy (Gas) Odusina on September 25 and offered U.S. support to assist with implementing the GON's gas policy, master plan, and pricing formula, funded through the Africa Infrastructure Program (AIP) program funded and managed by USAID [...]	2008-10-03 11:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV EAID PREL NI
08ABUJA1950	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja/ConGen Lagos compilation of September 1-15 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic and Business --Trafficking in Persons --National Assembly --Oil and Gas --Southern Politics ----------- [...]	2008-10-06 06:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET MOPS KTIP NI
08ABUJA1956	CHEVRON ON BUNKERING AND SECURITY, GAS FLARING, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Chevron Nigeria Chairman and Managing Director Fred Nelson told Ambassador on September 25 that the Joint Task Force has put a stop to illegal bunkering in and around Chevron's onshore operations. He noted that increased supplies of gas from the Escravos field have not led to [...]	2008-10-06 07:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ELAB ECON SENV PGOV NI
08ABUJA2009	NIGERIA: THE VIEWS OF ONE DELTA POLITICIAN [...] (C) On October 9, Polcouns spoke with Sokonte Davies, PDP Member of the House of Representatives for the Degema-Bonny constituency in Rivers State (protect fully). Davies said that, during a visit to his constituency a few days earlier, he had met with "militant" commander Fara Dagogo. He de [...]	2008-10-10 16:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
08ABUJA2049	DRL DAS KRILLA DISCUSSES VOLUNTARY PRINCIPLES WITH GON [...] (SBU) Summary: DRL DAS Krilla met in Abuja with representatives of the offices of the President and Vice President and separately with international oil company (IOC) representatives to discuss the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights and the potential for their wider implementatio [...]	2008-10-17 06:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EPET PGOV EINV PREL NI
08ABUJA2064	NIGERIA: U.S. EPA SUPPORT FOR LANDFILL METHANE RECOVERY [...] Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Landfill Methane Outreach Program Manager, Swarupa Ganguli, attended the International Renewable Energy Conference (IREC) from October 6-9 in Abuja. She delivered a presentation on "Landfill Gas to Energy Experience in the U.S. and oth [...]	2008-10-17 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON TRGY KRVC TPHY NI
08ABUJA2131	NIGERIA TO EXTEND EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE, NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to October 10 press reports, President Yar'Adua has ordered the National Boundary Commission (NBC) to "ensure the extension of Nigeria's continental shelf beyond the present 200 nautical mile limit." The GON believes this move will not/not upset relations with Nigeria [...]	2008-10-29 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EPET EFIS EMIN PHSA PGOV PREL GH CM TP
08ABUJA2146	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT DISMISSES 20 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late on October 29, President Yar'Adua announced the dismissal of 9 Ministers and eleven Ministers of State, believed to be the first step in his long-awaited Cabinet reshuffle (reftel). The Ministers of Commerce, National Planning, Mines and Steel Development, Air Transport, Ed [...]	2008-10-30 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON NI
08ABUJA217	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR JANUARY 16-31, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of January 16-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- Military Affairs -- National Assembl [...]	2008-02-04 09:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB EPET MOPS KCOR SENV NI
08ABUJA2243	U.S. Mission Partners with American Business on Energy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY U.S. Mission in Nigeria is working with the American Business Council (ABC) to operationalize a public-private partnership on energy issues and other economic and business issues. The Ambassador opened a recent meeting with ABC with a review of progress to date, which includes a [...]	2008-11-14 12:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ENRG PGOV EAID ETRD EFIN EINV NI
08ABUJA2264	NIGERIA: POWER SECTOR TO GET $5.3 BILLION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, 2008 the National Assembly approved the Federal Government's portion of $2.4 billion the required $5.3 billion for Nigeria's short-term power strategic plan. The funds will be used to rehabilitate the electricity grid and begin the completion of the National Indep [...]	2008-11-18 07:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EAID NI
08ABUJA2304	NIGERIA: FIRST ENVIRONMENT SUMMIT EXPOSES PROBLEMS [...] Summary: From October 20-21, 2008 the Nigerian government (GON) hosted its first ever environmental summit where participants from the federal and state governments, civil society and academics assessed the environment and discussed approaches for sustainable development. The summit provided [...]	2008-11-24 13:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EAGR ECON EFIS EPET NI
08ABUJA2322	NIGERIA: EXXONMOBIL DISCUSSES YAR'ADUA'S HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 17, 2008 ExxonMobil (EM) senior officials reported to the Ambassador that President Yar'Adua appeared frail and thinner than usual in their meeting with him that day. EM officials also expressed disappointment in the lack of progress in the current administration and c [...]	2008-11-26 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON PREL NI
08ABUJA2333	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --HIV/AIDS --HUMAN RIGHTS --CORRUPTION --FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY --SOUTHERN ECONOMIC NEWS --DELTA INCIDENTS --OIL AND GAS HIV/AID [...]	2008-12-01 09:13:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET EFIN MOPS PHUM NI
08ABUJA2365	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA PRESENTS THE 2009 BUDGET [...] (U) Summary. President Umaru Musa Yar'Adau presented the 2.87 trillion naira ($24.53 billion),budget for calendar year 2009 to a joint session of the National Assembly on December 2, 2008. The 2009 budget is a slight increase from the final 2008 budget of 2.7 trillion naira ($23 billion) re [...]	2008-12-04 11:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV EPET ENRG PGOV NI
08ABUJA2372	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY ECON UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER 15-30, 2008 [...] (U) The following is a US Mission Nigeria compilation of November 15-30 political and economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: - - CORRUPTION - - DELTA INCIDENTS - - OIL AND GAS - - AVIATION - - FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY - - HEALTH - - ECONOMIC - - POLITI [...]	2008-12-05 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2438	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 1-14, [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of December 1-14 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Southern Economic News --Delta Security Incidents --Oil and Gas --Human Rights --Labor --Corrupti [...]	2008-12-16 14:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
08ABUJA2526	NIGERIA: THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (C) Per reftel A, the following is comprehensive biographical information, with comment, on President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua's new cabinet. The list is presented in alphabetical order by Ministry. 2. (C) Michael Kaase Aondoakaa -- Attorney General/Minister of Justice. Aondoakaa hails from Be [...]	2008-12-24 14:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ETRD EAGR EAID NI
08ABUJA403	AMBASSADOR, AG DISCUSS COUNTERTERRORISM DURING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador and EconCouns met with Attorney General and Minister of Justice Chief Michael Kaase Aondoakaa and Solicitor General/Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Justice Prof. I.A. Ayua on February 7 to discuss the Pfizer case (reported ref A) and Nigerian counterterrorism (C [...]	2008-02-29 13:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR NI
08ABUJA408	NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEB 15-29, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of February 15-29, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Niger Delta -- Human Rights, Labor, TIP -- Economic News -- Oil [...]	2008-03-03 09:59:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PHUM EPET ETRD KDEM ELAB KIRF NI
08ABUJA536	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES MARCH 1-16, 2008 [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-16, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Party Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Human Rights, Migr [...]	2008-03-20 16:20:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KIRF NI
08ABUJA624	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAR 17-31, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 17-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Labor -- Economic News -- Military Affai [...]	2008-04-04 13:40:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS MASS ELBR KDEM
08ABUJA686	NIGERIA: KOGI BY-ELECTION SEES LITTLE IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The March 29 Kogi State gubernatorial by-election was better organized than the April 2007 general elections, but was still plagued by problems including missing voting materials, late opening of polling stations, underage voting, poorly organized voter registers, and some viole [...]	2008-04-14 18:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
08ABUJA735	SHELL OFFICIALS DISCUSS NIGERIA PETROLEUM [...] (C) Summary: Shell officials told Senator Bob Corker and Ambassador that Nigeria's oil production can reach three million barrels per day in the near to mid-term under present security conditions, but government targets of four million BPD are unrealistic within that time frame given security [...]	2008-04-18 14:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET OREP PGOV ECON EFIN PREL EINV SENV ETRD
08ABUJA760	NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 1-15, [...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- National Assembly -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Other News [...]	2008-04-24 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA882	NIGERIA: PASSAGE OF THE 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua signed the 2008 budget appropriation bill into law on April 14, 2008. Due to disagreements between the President and the National Assembly (NA) budget passage was held up for five months, stalling government economic activities. The Government of N [...]	2008-05-15 09:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV NI
08ACCRA1404	GHANA OPPOSITION ALLEGES RULING PARTY CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition shadow minister for energy Moses Asaga outlined the National Democratic Congress (NDC) party election manifesto focused on broadening the benefits of Ghana's economic growth. While praising the ruling New Patriotic Party's (NPP) earlier management of Ghana's economy o [...]	2008-10-30 08:54:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PINR GH
08ACCRA1521	GHANA MACROECONOMIC AND FINANCE HIGHLIGHTS, NOVEMBER 2008 [...] SUMMARY: A. (U) According to the Governor of the Bank of Ghana, Accra's financial isolation may provide the country with a temporary respite from the global economic downturn unfolding in international financial centers, while leaving open the potential for a slide if traditional exports, F [...]	2008-12-02 14:05:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EFIN EINV GH
08ACCRA1530	GHANA'S NORTH- HOLDING CALM PRIOR TO ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The people of Northern Ghana are preparing for the December 7 election with the same mix of campaigning, rallies and calls for peace as the rest of the nation. The north's history of violence-- including some campaign related clashes earlier this political season-- is a source of [...]	2008-12-04 14:54:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM GH
08ACCRA255	FUNDING REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL [...] Request ICASS funding to continue leasing the current USAID warehouse April 1, 2008. Estimated annual warehouse lease (33,000),utility (16,000) and guard (13,700) costs are 63,000 USD. This cable has been cleared by the ICASS Council. In addition, OBO/RE advised use of MOU to transfer leas [...]	2008-02-22 10:52:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KICA AFIN AMGT USAID ASEC ABUD
08ACCRA353	GHANA: PLANNING FOR OIL AND GAS REVENUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 25 and 26, the Government of Ghana (GOG) hosted the National Forum on Oil and Gas Development in Accra, followed on February 27, 28 and 29 by the International Summit Workshop on Oil Sector Development. The five days of discussion and consultation were aimed at launch [...]	2008-03-17 09:28:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG EPET PREL ECON EFIN GH
08ACCRA614	China's Engagement in Ghana [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While China's close ties to Ghana date to the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1960, economic and commercial ties are growing, with China focused on a series of high-profile infrastructure projects. The Chinese have shown little interest, however, in coordinating with ot [...]	2008-05-08 16:46:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY GH
08ADANA39	TURKEY: PUBLIC PROTESTS IN SOUTHEAST MULTIPLY TENSIONS OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Violent riots, organized marches, and rallies in major cities throughout southeast Turkey over the weekend of October 18 were sparked by an announcement made by Abdullah Ocalan's attorneys that the imprisoned PKK leader had been abused by Turkish soldiers. The Pro-Kurdish DTP pa [...]	2008-10-21 09:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PTER TU
08ADANA43	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO THE SOUTHEAST PROVOKES [...] (U) Summary: Thousands of Kurds turned out to oppose Prime Minister Erdogan's visit to the southeastern cities of Van and Hakkari and to protest AKP's lack of movement forward on the Kurdish issue. Suspension of municipal services such as garbage collection and public transportation accompani [...]	2008-11-04 07:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER TU
08ADANA45	TURKEY: TECHNICAL GLITCH SAID TO RUPTURE KIRKUK-CEYHAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Media report on the afternoon of November 5, a technical malfunction triggered a rupture in the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline near the Bozova district of Sanliurfa province. An MFA source told us the cause of the accident was technical, while a BOTAS official preferred to wait for the [...]	2008-11-07 15:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON SENV TU
08ADDISABABA1502	Recent Improvised Explosive Device Incidents in Ethiopia. [...] (U) During the past several months there have been numerous apparent Improvised Explosive Device (IED) incidents in Ethiopia, with an increased number occurring in Addis Ababa. This appears to be a reoccurrence of the trend of approximately 35 to 40 similar IED incidents reported within Addis [...]	2008-06-02 11:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PTER ET
08ADDISABABA1533	ETHIOPIA: ACTION REQUEST FOR PRE-BLAST TRAINING [...] ACTION REQUEST: Embassy Addis Ababa requests DS/ATA provide Ethiopia the following courses, to be conducted in Ethiopia, as soon as possible: Explosive Incident Countermeasures (EIC) and Advanced Explosive Incident Countermeasures (AEIC). The courses have been requested by the Ethiopian poli [...]	2008-06-05 06:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREL PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA165	MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR DECEMBER 2007 [...] SUMMARY -- Ethiopian Government's (GoE) 2006/07 macroeconomic performance report indicates economic growth was broad based and sustainable. -- GoE projects double digit economic growth in 2007/08, the fifth year in a row; -- The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) changed the base year of the [...]	2008-01-22 13:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ET
08ADDISABABA2223	ADDIS ABABA RESPONSE - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE AND DEMONSTRATIONS ------------------------------------- A. ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? -Yes, there is a sizable Muslim population throughout Ethiopia as well [...]	2008-08-12 12:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER ET
08ADDISABABA414	ETHIOPIA'S RESPONSE TO CONGRESSIONAL REPORTS ON ENERGY [...] Post offers the following responses to reftel: A. The Political/Economic section and the Regional Environment, Science and Technology Office share responsibility for energy matters. The Political/Economic section, when fully staffed, consists of 8 FSOs, 1 OMS, 1 EFM and 6 FSNs. The Regiona [...]	2008-02-19 08:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD ET
08ADDISABABA512	BLACK GOLD: PETROLEUM RESOURCES IN ETHIOPIA [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Ethiopia (GoE),through the Ministry of Mines and Energy, is actively seeking investment and exploration in the oil and gas sector. While to date there are no proven reserves of oil or gas, exploration is taking place in several areas of the country with promising geo [...]	2008-02-27 14:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON ENRG ET
08ADDISABABA82	PRIVATIZATION OR MONOPOLIZATION IN ETHIOPIA? [...] SUMMARY: An examination of available information on privatized enterprises in Ethiopia shows that companies owned by, or affiliated with, Ethio-Saudi billionaire Sheik Mohammed Al Amoudi have purchased the vast majority (in terms of value) of enterprises. Nearly every enterprise of significant [...]	2008-01-11 07:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN ET
08ADDISABABA886	ETHIOPIA: UNIONS AND UNIONIZATION AN EVOLVING PHENOMENON [...] Ethiopia's unions are small institutions experiencing difficulties in the context of a growing private sector. Although both constitutional and labor laws recognize and protect worker rights, the economy's formal sector is small, and efforts to organize workers in-country are challenging. Empl [...]	2008-04-01 13:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET
08AITTAIPEI1517	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 09:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08ALGIERS1003	RESURGENCE OF "ECONOMIC PATRIOTISM" TARGETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Bouteflika's public blaming of foreign investors for Algeria's lagging economy outside of the hydrocarbons sector (ref A),the Algerian government has begun to impose new taxes and restrictions on foreign companies doing business here. Apparently sobered by t [...]	2008-09-16 16:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD EFIN ECON AG
08ALGIERS1088	GOVERNMENT SCRAMBLES TO REASSURE GHARDAIA FLOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frustration in Ghardaia province following severe October 1 floods led some 5000 people into the streets to protest what they perceived to be the government's sluggish response. The worst flooding the region has seen in over a century took the lives of 33 people, damaged 4000 h [...]	2008-10-06 16:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL AG
08ALGIERS1120	FINANCE MINISTER DETERMINED TO BUILD PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finance Minister Karim Djoudi told the Ambassador that Algeria's economic situation is generally strong, and that Algeria will weather the current global economic crisis relatively unscathed. Djoudi shared his vision for the Algerian economy, and said that his priority now lie [...]	2008-10-15 17:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV AG
08ALGIERS1232	CROSSING THE ALGERIAN BORDER: AVENUES FOR REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Economic integration in the Maghreb is effectively blocked by the physical border closure between Algeria and Morocco. While there may be hope for a "quiet" rapprochement on the Moroccan side (ref A),Algerian policy makers voice such ardent, public distrust of their Moroccan co [...]	2008-11-19 08:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL ENRG ECON AG
08ALGIERS220	ALGERIA FY 08 BFIF PROPOSAL [...] SUMMARY AND JUSTIFICATION: Embassy Algiers submits the following request for FY 08 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF) in support of commercial outreach outside of Algiers. The U.S.-Algeria commercial relationship has grown dramatically over the past 3 years -- from USD 11.5 billion [...]	2008-02-27 17:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP KIPR ETRD AG
08ALGIERS287	ALGERIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY 2008 [...] This cable summarizes key economic developments in Algeria during February 2008, and includes: -- Motorola to Open Office in Algiers -- Bouteflika-Putin Meetings Stoke Fears of Gas Cartel -- U.S.-financed Desalination Plant Inaugurated in Algiers -- Bahraini Bank to Invest USD 3 billion in [...]	2008-03-10 07:11:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR ENRG EPET ETRD AG

08ALGIERS481	PACKAGING AND REPACKAGING ALGERIA'S WTO BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's chief WTO negotiators said in press interviews surrounding an Algerian Senate-sponsored conference about Algerian WTO membership negotiations that Algeria's WTO bid was in an "advanced state" and that they are preparing for a new round of talks that they expect to occur [...]	2008-04-28 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS537	ALGERIA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS APRIL 2008 [...] The following is a summary of some economic developments in Algeria for April 2008: -- NEW SUBSIDIES TO STABILIZE FOOD PRICES -- NEW PHARMACEUTICAL PLANT OPENS IN ALGERIA -- FOREIGN INSURERS ENTER THE ALGERIAN MARKET -- SONATRACH COMMERCIALIZES GAS SALES TO EUROPE PRICE CHECK: ALGERIA [...]	2008-05-12 10:52:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EPET ETRD AG
08ALGIERS626	OPEC CHIEF OPINES ON FUEL PRICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's Energy Minister and OPEC President Chakib Khelil told us May 28 that the high price of fuel in the United States has less to do with OPEC production caps than with the value of the dollar, oil speculation and refining techniques associated with bio-fuel additives. Kheli [...]	2008-05-30 17:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ETRD PREL AG
08ALGIERS825	ALGERIA ANNOUNCES NEW OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION ROUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria announced its long-awaited oil and gas licensing round by inviting pre-qualified companies to an informational session in late July. The list of pre-qualified companies has not been made public, but Energy Minister Khelil told us in May that almost all companies that h [...]	2008-07-23 15:44:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ECON AG
08ALGIERS837	MERKEL EXPLORES DEEPER ALGERIAN TIES - AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first visit to Algiers July 16-17 in an effort to boost natural gas supplies and promote stronger commercial ties between Germany and Algeria. Following on the heels of the Mediterranean Union Summit in Paris, Merkel's trip was also seen [...]	2008-07-28 16:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD MARR GM AG
08ALGIERS904	ALGERIA HAS NO GAS TO SPARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite speculation in the press and pleas from Moroccan officials regarding new sales of Algerian natural gas to Morocco (ref A),as we have previously reported (refs B, C),Algeria will likely have little or no excess gas export capacity starting in 2009, and might face an expo [...]	2008-08-13 17:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ECON PREL MO AG
08AMMAN1140	EMBASSY AMMAN REQUEST FOR SCIENCE FELLOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post requests an Embassy Science Fellow from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to assist the Jordanian Ministry of Environment (MOE) with environmental remediation at the Russeifah landfill. The science fellow would build upon the work that former EPA science fellow Tha [...]	2008-04-16 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KSCA EAID TSPL TPHY OTRA JO
08AMMAN1161	Restructuring of Jordan's Oil Sector Lagging [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordan's plans to open up the oil sector to competition are running behind schedule. The draft Minerals and Petroleum Law -- the main legislation that will set up a regulatory framework for opening up the sector -- is still pending Cabinet and parliamentary approval. Before com [...]	2008-04-17 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON EINV JO
08AMMAN1565	Rebuild Iraq 2008 Conference - Less Than Meets the Eye [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Project Rebuild Iraq 2008 (not to be confused with the similarly named look-alike tradeshow, IRAQ BUILD 2008, which took place in Amman in April 2008) has in previous years been a major event among those interested in development in Iraq. While seemingly professional [...]	2008-05-22 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD JO IZ
08AMMAN1567	JORDAN TO GET MORE EGYPTIAN GAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced a new agreement with Egypt in April 2008 on the supply of Egyptian natural gas to Jordan through the Arab Gas Pipeline. The new deal will allow Jordan to purchase up to 2.7 billion cubic meters (BCM) at a preferential rate through 2012, [...]	2008-05-22 16:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EFIN JO
08AMMAN1754	Fourth Consecutive Increase In Jordan's Fuel Prices Since [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced on June 9 new prices of petroleum products, which rose by four to 13.5% over last month depending on the product. This represents the fourth increase since the GOJ liberalized fuel prices in February 2008. An interagency committee determines prices ba [...]	2008-06-12 09:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON JO
08AMMAN1833	CONVEYING THE UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR IRAN - [...] (S/NF) Reftel points were delivered to FM Salah Al-Bashir by NEA/IR Acting Director Philo Dibble on June 15 (Ambassador was present). In general, the FM portrayed Iran's nuclear program as nothing more than a bargaining chip, saying that Iran has been "studying" and "declaring" its nuclear i [...]	2008-06-19 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM KNNP MNUC IR JO
08AMMAN1903	LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT PASSES SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian Lower House of Parliament passed a 500 million JD ($705 million) supplemental budget for 2008 in early June. The supplement includes funds for fuel subsidies provided in January and February, wheat and fodder subsidies, increased civil servant salaries, and some c [...]	2008-06-29 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN2066	Fifth Consecutive Increase in Jordan's Fuel Prices since [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced new prices of petroleum products, effective July 10. Prices rose by four to nine percent over last month depending on the product, representing the fifth increase since the GOJ liberalized fuel prices in February 2008 (reftels). An interagency committ [...]	2008-07-10 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON JO
08AMMAN2354	First Semi-Reduction in Jordan's Prices of Fuel Products [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) announced new prices of petroleum products, effective August 10 (see para 5). While newspaper headlines said prices decreased by about five percent, the full story reveals that prices of only three distillates went down -- gasoline (all grades),kerosene, and di [...]	2008-08-12 04:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON JO
08AMMAN257	JORDANIAN CONDEMNATION OF AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials up through King Abdullah and the Queen have reacted with dismay - and portions of the public (egged on by the Islamic Action Front) more angrily - to the intensification of Israel's "siege" of the Gaza Strip. The government has condemned Israeli policies and d [...]	2008-01-23 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG JO IS
08AMMAN2696	DESPITE SLOWDOWN IN CEMENT DEMAND, JORDAN'S PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: After five years of 10-15% growth in cement demand and 3.8% growth in production, domestic demand for cement in Jordan has begun to drop due to inflation and a slow down in construction. Despite this trend, Jordan's annual cement production is set to double from 4.5 to 11 million t [...]	2008-09-18 10:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV JO
08AMMAN2994	GOJ Officials Confirm to ISN PDAS Jordan's Commitment to [...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashi [...]	2008-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO
08AMMAN3136	Two-Day Strike by Truckers Results in Some Fuel Shortages; [...] (SBU) Summary: Sixty-five Jordanian oil transportation companies held a two-day strike on November 13 and 14 in protest of what they consider to be low transportation fees paid by the Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company (JRPC) and an alleged unfair bidding process for the transport of oil from I [...]	2008-11-19 10:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN EPET JO IZ
08AMMAN407	JORDAN'S SUBSIDY-FREE BUDGET SIGNED INTO LAW; PRICE [...] (U) On February 6 Jordan's 2008 state budget law was enacted, a decision that sets into motion an unpopular, but fiscally responsible, plan to eliminate subsidies for petroleum products and barley. The new law was published in a special edition of the Official Gazette, the final legal step fol [...]	2008-02-07 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV EAID JO
08AMMAN573	OPIC CEO Reviews Projects Supporting King's Initiatives in [...] (SBU) Summary: OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher discussed ongoing and potential OPIC investments in Jordan worth $750 million with senior Jordanian officials on the margins of the February 10-11 Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference held in Amman. In 2007, OPIC [...]	2008-02-24 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG OPIC JO KWBG
08AMMAN628	Jordan Feeling the Impact of Increased Fuel Prices [...] (SBU) Summary: After the decision to lift remaining fuel subsidies went into effect on February 8, the prices of fuel derivatives were set to market prices, rising by 3% to 110.9% (Ref B) depending on the product. Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) will remain partially subsidized until April, whe [...]	2008-02-27 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON JO
08AMMAN670	RISING PRICES REINFORCE VIEW AMONG SOME THAT AMMAN IS THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Amman has recently been rated as one of the most expensive cities in the Middle East by the Economist Intelligence Unit. Prices in Jordan continue to rise as a result of rising world fuel and food prices and Jordan's peg to the weakening U.S. dollar. Jordan's Consumer Price Averag [...]	2008-03-03 06:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV SOCI JO
08AMMAN785	Jordan Sets New, Higher Fuel Prices for March 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON JO
08AMMAN815	NEARLY SEVEN PERCENT INFLATION IN ONE MONTH REFLECTS FUEL [...] (U) Jordan's Department of Statistics reported a 6.54 percent increase in the monthly Consumer Price Average (CPA) between January 2008 and February 2008 - the largest monthly jump in several years - in its March 10 monthly report. This increase follows a 0.7 percent one-month increase from De [...]	2008-03-16 05:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON JO
08ANKARA1	TURKEY'S 2008 ENERGY SECTOR PRIORITIES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister Guler told the Ambassador December 28 that energy issues will continue to play a central role in the GOT's domestic and foreign policy agendas for 2008. Guler noted three main priorities: 1) expanded investment [...]	2008-01-01 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1010	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA102	TURKEY: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDS KARAMANLIS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey and Greece's decade-long rapprochement will take a much awaited step forward with Greek PM Costas Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Ankara and Istanbul -- the first visit of a Greek prime minister to Turkey in 49 years. His meetings with high-level GOT official [...]	2008-01-18 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA1022	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (C) Summary. FM Ali Babacan is projecting a business-as-usual image as Turkey's domestic political situation continues to roil over the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). With the Prime Ministry focused on Iraq issues and the Presidency tracking Turkey's relations with A [...]	2008-06-02 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID TU
08ANKARA1054	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1070	TURKEY: GULER UPBEAT ON GAS SUPPLY POST-NAKHCHIVAN [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan,s meeting with Azerbaijan President Aliyev June 4 in Naxchivan may have produced enough agreement on new Azeri gas supplies for Turkey to unblock the Nabucco and Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas transit negotiations, Energy Minister Guler suggested to Ambassador June 9. [...]	2008-06-10 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1071	TURKEY UNVEILS SCHEDULE FOR NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. On May 30 and June 4, we met with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel and MFA Energy Issues Department Head Berris Ekinci, respectively. Both understood that Turkey is being blamed for lack of progress on Nabucco and they detailed a re-invigorated GOT approach to Nabucco t [...]	2008-06-10 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1085	BOTAS CONFIRMS SOCAR GAS OFFER [...] (C) Summary. June 4 talks between PM Erdogan and Azerbaijan President Aliev resulted in a SOCAR offer to sell 50% of the Shah Deniz phase II export volumes to Turkey (roughly 5 bcm),BOTAS Chairman Duzyol told the Ambassador on June 11. Duzyol went on at length about Turkey's need for gas; [...]	2008-06-12 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA11	TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL'S JANUARY VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Abdullah Gul is Turkey's first president to visit Washington since 1999. He took office in August following a sharp confrontation between the government and military in April and an overwhelming Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory in parliamentary elections in July. Gul's move f [...]	2008-01-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU
08ANKARA1100	TURKEY: SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK ON TURKEY-IRAQ NEXT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey-Iraq bilateral relations are set to gain another boost with PM Erdogan's visit to Baghdad to establish a TU-IZ senior level bilateral strategic commission o/a July 4 (please protect). GOT Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik hopes to gain Turkish National Security [...]	2008-06-13 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TU IZ
08ANKARA1121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 06:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1138	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR AND MFA U/S APAKAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan, Ambassador urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the P5 1 package (ref a),sought MFA's assistance in modernizing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in counterterrorism, and recommended Turkey do more to develop a coordinated message on Nabucc [...]	2008-06-18 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN TU
08ANKARA1158	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-24 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1172	EU SUPPORTS TURKEY AS A NATURAL GAS HUB [...] Summary. On June 20, Turkey,s Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel told us the EU and Turkey reached a new level of understanding during June 14-15 talks with the EU Nabucco Coordinator's Assistant Brendan Devlin. Goksel supports the EU's new position which shifts focus from Nabucco to the larg [...]	2008-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1176	FOREIGN INTEREST DOWN FOR TURKEY'S PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Privatization receipts are a significant source of income for Turkey. The AKP-led government has pursued an aggressive privatization program since it took office in 2002. On June 12, Privatization Agency (PA) President Metin Kilci told us that although foreign investor intere [...]	2008-06-26 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON TU
08ANKARA1222	SCENESETTER FOR C. BOYDEN GRAY'S JULY 10-13 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit coincides with political uncertainty surrounding the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) due to a closure case against it pending in the Constitutional Court. Recent high-profile detentions in connection with a year-long investigation into suspec [...]	2008-07-07 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1265	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...]	2008-07-14 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU
08ANKARA1277	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's chief foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told visiting DAS Matt Bryza July 11 that Erdogan's July 10 Baghdad meetings were a "good start." The Turks discussed alternate sources of gas for the Nabucco pipeline with Iraqi officials, acknowledgin [...]	2008-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ AM CY TU
08ANKARA1279	TURKEY/IRAQ ENERGY COOPERATION: GOT OPTIMISTIC, [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, Iran and South Asia Sinirlioglu expressed to visiting EUR DAS Bryza July 11 the GOT's satisfaction with PM Erdogan's July 10 visit to Baghdad. The visit was the first full-fledged ceremonial reception of a visiting leader held at Baghdad airport. Sinirliog [...]	2008-07-16 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG IZ TU
08ANKARA1284	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE FORWARD ON [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-16 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1286	CORRECTED: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY URGES TURKEY TO MOVE [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray discussed regional energy issues and moving Caspian gas westward with Turkish PM Erdogan, Energy Minister Guler and others on July 11. Erdogan reiterated Turkey's strong support for Nabucco and the Turkey-Greece-Italy gas projects [...]	2008-07-17 09:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA129	TURKEY: GUL FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, ARAB LEAGUE IN [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul's January 14-16 visit to Egypt was successful and primarily focused on enhancing the bilateral economic relationship, according to MFA Levant Desk Officer Murat Omeroglu. In addition to his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PM Ahmed Nazif, FM Ahmed Abou [...]	2008-01-23 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ETRD TU EG
08ANKARA1301	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-21 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1326	BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY GROUNDBREAKING; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul traveled to the ancient Armenian capital of Ani July 23 before joining Georgian President Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Aliyev for a groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, Turkey on the Turkish leg of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, July 24. The bilateral m [...]	2008-07-24 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ AM GG TU
08ANKARA1353	TURKEY: EC ENERGY DELEGATION VISIT YIELDS NO [...] (C) Summary. Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Energy Security at the EC Directorate General for Energy Transportation led a technical-level delegation to Ankara for talks with Turkey's Nabucco Coordinator Osman Goksel on July 17-18. The talks were to prepare the groundwork for the visit of Com [...]	2008-07-29 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1355	TURKEY: IRAQ ARREARS CAUSE DESPERATE ACTION BY [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring pleas from high-level GOT officials, BOTAS (state-owned oil and gas pipeline company) temporarily suspended, then resumed, operation of the Kirkuk-Yumurtalik pipeline, a major export route for Iraqi oil on July 22. BOTAS claims the inability to collect on large Iraqi d [...]	2008-07-29 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1372	TURKEY: GUL-ALIYEV/SAAKASHVILI BILATERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy issues and Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations monopolized President Gul's bilateral with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, July 24, MFA U/S Cevikoz told the DCM July 29. Gul also had an unexceptional discussi [...]	2008-07-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD ENRG EPET AJ AM GG TX TU
08ANKARA1378	RUSSIA,S GROWING INTEREST IN TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. According to the local press and commentators, the July 18 visit of Gazprom Deputy CEO Alexander Medvedev signified warming relations between Turkey and Russia on energy issues. The jury is still out on whether Medvedev's proposals for further access to Turkey's market or his n [...]	2008-07-31 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1430	TURKISH REACTION TO DEMARCHE DISCOURAGING AN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised US concerns per reftel with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan on August 8. Apakan said the US message was clearly understand and that there would be "nothing new, tangible or solid" on energy signed with Iran anytime soon. MFA Energy Office Director Altay said August 11 [...]	2008-08-11 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC AJ IR TU
08ANKARA1458	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 11:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1465	TURKEY: AHMADINEJAD VISIT SCHEDULE STILL FLUID [...] (C) President Gul's Foreign Policy Advisor Amb. Gurcan Turkoglu characterized Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul trip to CDA as a "political necessity" to maintain good bilateral relations. It is impossible for Turkey to ignore Iran, he said. Given the nuclear issue's grow [...]	2008-08-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1494	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1497	TURKEY URGES AHMADINEJAD TO ACCEPT P5/1 OFFER [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an MFA readout, President Gul told visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad August 15 that Iran should take advantage of the P5/1 refreshed package and urged the Iranians to be constructive on regional issues. Ahmadinejad did not respond substantively, other than to den [...]	2008-08-19 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1498	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1532	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1560	TURKEY: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 26, Senator Lugar and delegation discussed the situation in Georgia, Caspian energy issues including Nabucco, Turkey's EU accession and other issues with President Gul, Foreign Minister Babacan and Energy Minister Guler. The Senator also hosted a dinner for represen [...]	2008-08-28 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
08ANKARA1565	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1566	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1567	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1580	TURKEY'S ENERGY DEAL WITH IRAN STALLED [...] (C) Summary. Local press continues to speculate that Energy Minister Guler will travel to Iran soon to conclude a detailed energy agreement. In private, Energy Acting Under Secretary Selahattin Cimen told us the deal has no legs. He confirmed that technical negotiations between Iran and Tur [...]	2008-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1586	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1604	TURKEY: STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY IN ANKARA, SEPT. 1-2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 1-2 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation in Georgia, energy issues, and the ongoing Israel-Syria talks with senior Turkish government officials at the Presidency, Prime Ministry, and Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-09-05 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1641	TURKEY: GULER PRESSES BAKU AND ASHGABAT FOR GAS [...] (C) Summary. In a September 11 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler continued to be obsessed by attracting gas to Turkey and expressed indifference over the fate of Nabucco. Guler said he had positive meetings in Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan but divulged few details. Turkey ap [...]	2008-09-12 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1669	SCENESETTER FOR USG-GOT UNGA MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials will be highly visible in New York for this year,s UN General Assembly as their years-long effort to secure election to a UN Security Council seat representing the Western European and Others group comes to a climax. U.S. officials will want to engage the Turks o [...]	2008-09-18 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA1679	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-22 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1680	TURKEY REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR NORTHERN IRAQ GAS [...] (C) As part of the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group held in Ankara on September 15, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and DAS Matt Bryza discussed Iraq energy issues with the GOT. Caspian energy issues reported septel. Gray and the head of the Turkish delegation MFA Dep [...]	2008-09-22 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1681	GULER STICKS TO TURKEY FIRST FORMULA FOR CASPIAN [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza discussed Caspian and Iraqi gas with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler during a September 15 meeting. Guler asked for U.S. support for a northern export route for Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe. [...]	2008-09-22 08:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU IZ
08ANKARA1699	U.S.-TURKEY ENERGY WORKING GROUP: TURKEY RECOMMITS [...] (C) Summary. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray and Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Bryza led the U.S. delegation to the first U.S.-Turkey Energy Working Group. A summary of Gray and Bryza,s points on Caspian energy is below. Iraq energy issues reported septel. -- Turkey mu [...]	2008-09-24 08:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR IZ TU
08ANKARA1710	NEAR-TERM IRAQI GAS TO TURKEY? [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed the near-term possibility of importing Iraqi gas to Turkey and Europe with the Chairman of Turkerler Group, Kazim Turker, on September 23. Turker said his Iraqi partner, Dana Gas, is committed to use early gas to supply Iraqi domestic needs but gas for expo [...]	2008-09-25 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1722	TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ON KHANAQIN STABILITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is as concerned as the United States about stability in Iraq in light of events in recent weeks in the Khanaqin area of Diyala Province and the stand-off between Peshmerga and the IAF, according to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Can Oguz. The GOT has no intention of taking actions [...]	2008-09-26 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1724	RUSSIANS ARE THE SOLE BIDDER ON TURKEY'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. Ignoring delay requests from a majority of potential bidders, the GOT stuck to the September 24 bid submission deadline for the nuclear power tender and received only one bid, from AtomStroyExport of Russia. The bid will be subjected to an approval process, but GOT officials se [...]	2008-09-26 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG RS TU
08ANKARA1754	TURKISH PETROLEUM CONFERENCE TARGETS UPSTREAM INVESTMENT IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The purpose of Turkish Petroleum's "Northern Arabian Plate Oil and Gas Summit" (NAPOGS 2008) October 8-10 was to share information about ongoing or planned upstream development in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. The conference targeted participation of energy ministers and nati [...]	2008-10-09 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1761	TURKEY: ENERGY MINISTER ON INVESTMENT IN IRAN [...] (U) On October 8, Reuters carried an interview with Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler on investment in Iran. The version in Turkish provided more detail than the wire service version. Below is a translation by Embassy staff of Guler's comments from the original story. 2. (U) Guler sai [...]	2008-10-09 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU IR
08ANKARA1786	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1801	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1810	TURKEY STILL OPPOSES OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION OFF [...] (C) We met October 16 with Basat Ozturk, DDG for Aviation and Maritime Affairs at MFA, to discuss Turkey,s position on oil and gas exploration off the coast of Cyprus. Ozturk said Turkey,s position has not changed from last year (reftel),and will not be affected by ongoing talks between the [...]	2008-10-17 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PBTS ENRG CY TU
08ANKARA1818	TURKEY: EUROPE MUST COUNT TURKEY AS PART OF ITS [...] (C) Summary: DCM and EconCouns met with Energy U/S Selahattin Cimen on October 16 to present copies of President Bush's letters to PM Erdogan and President Gul (reftel a) and to discuss Ministry of Energy (MOE) views on Turkey's energy supply policy. Cimen said Turkey appreciates the sincerity [...]	2008-10-18 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG TU
08ANKARA1828	TURKEY: TRABZON UP FOR GRABS IN NATIONWIDE LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Politics are personal and party affiliation counts for little in Turkey's Black Sea port of Trabzon. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is hoping to win Trabzon -- one of the very few large municipalities outside of its control -- in the March 2009 local [...]	2008-10-20 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ETRD EIND SOCI TU
08ANKARA183	IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: MARCH 1-4 ENERGY WORKING [...] (SBU) MFA Energy Department Head Altay and GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikol told us in separate meetings that the GOI has agreed to dates for the next meeting of the Neighbors Process Energy Working Group. The GOT plans to host the Energy Working Group on March 1 and 2 in Istanbul. The GOT is p [...]	2008-01-31 20:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET IZ TU
08ANKARA1846	SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEP SEC KUPFER'S OCT 30-31 [...] (SBU) Turkey remains the vital link in our strategy to bring gas from the Caspian Basin and Central Asia to Europe through a Southern Corridor. Turkish leaders with whom you will meet believe Turkey is facing acute electricity shortages as early as 2009 and natural gas shortages of up to 16 [...]	2008-10-23 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1897	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1901	EU COMMISSIONER PIEBALGS TO GET TURKEY TO DROP [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, an EU Commission delegation led by Heinz Hilbrecht, Director for Conventional Energy Sources, Directorate General for Transportation and Energy met with Ministry of Energy Undersecretary Selahattin Cimen, MFA Deputy Undersecretary Selim Kuneralp and other GOT off [...]	2008-11-03 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU XG
08ANKARA191	GOT PRESSES IRAQI TURKMEN TO RETURN TO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials are pressing Iraqi Turkmen members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council to end their boycott and resume involvement in council deliberations. The Turks recognize it is in the interests of the Iraqi Turkmen people that their elected representatives participate in the pol [...]	2008-02-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA1920	(C) MINISTER SIMSEK ASKS USG HELP TO MODERATE IMF [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Ambassador Wilson, Treasury Minister Simsek asked the USG to intercede with the IMF to moderate its demands for a new program with Turkey. Simsek said the GOT sees a Precautionary Stand-By Agreement as an anchor for private sector expectations, but t [...]	2008-11-05 17:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
08ANKARA1936	GOT AND PIEBALGS AGREE ON CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Summary. Ankara EU Commission Economic Counselor Ulrike Hauer described EU Commissioner Andris Piebalgs' November 6 visit to Ankara as very successful. Piebalgs met with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Treasury Minister Simsek and Energy Undersecretary Cimen. Gul told Piebalgs he [...]	2008-11-07 17:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1957	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA198	TRENDS FOR TURKISH ECONOMY IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: 2008 will be a challenging year for the Turkish economy and the government's economic policies. Turkey already has felt effects from the global credit crisis and investor risk re-assessment and it remains vulnerable because of its external financing needs. Economic growth is s [...]	2008-02-04 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN TU
08ANKARA1983	TURKEY TAKES BTC TO COURT [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, recently-promoted BP Turkey President Djan Suphi told us that negotiations with Azerbaijan on Shah Deniz Phase II pricing are deadlocked, but he feels Azerbaijan is softening its position and that could lead to a compromise. Suphi argued that SOCAR does not want [...]	2008-11-14 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA1991	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1994	TURKEY: MINISTER GULER IN TEHRAN TO TRY TO CLOSE [...] (C) On November 15, a delegation led by Turkish Energy Minister Guler went to Tehran to try to conclude negotiations begun in July 2007 to develop natural gas in Iran's large South Pars field and to construct a dedicated pipeline to bring Iranian gas to Turkey (reftel). The delegation also i [...]	2008-11-17 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1996	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1998	TURKEY SIGNS NATURAL GAS MOU WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci characterized the MOU signed between Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler and Iranian Petroleum Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari on November 17 as "nothing new." There was no progress on long-standing issues such as gas price, investment ter [...]	2008-11-18 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA200	GOT EXPLAINS WHY GAS TO GREECE IS SHUT OFF [...] (C) Summary: BOTAS (state gas pipeline company) Chairman and General Manager Saltuk Duzyol told us that he cannot supply both the domestic Turkish market and meet supply commitments to Greece because of both deep and sustained supply cuts from Iran and supply reductions from Azerbaijan. Duyz [...]	2008-02-05 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA2011	TURKEY PLANS TO AMEND NATURAL GAS MARKET LAW TO FREE GAS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOT is expediting long-awaited legislative amendments to liberalize the natural gas market in Turkey. Iran's gas cut-off the past few winters, and increasing pressure from companies wanting to enter the market pushed the Energy Ministry to prepare a Gas Sector Strategy Pap [...]	2008-11-20 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
08ANKARA2013	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

08ANKARA2022	TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]	2008-11-21 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2028	TURKEY-IRAN NATURAL GAS MOU: OUTSTANDING ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. We continue to seek information on the November 17 natural gas MOU signed between Turkey and Iran. The MFA is reluctant to share the text but did read from it during our meeting. The MOU is a "statement of intent" rather than a firm commitment, the MFA argued. As reported refte [...]	2008-11-21 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA2039	TURKEY-AZERBAIJAN GAS TALKS HELD UP BY RESALE [...] (C) On November 20, BOTAS International Relations Department Head Emre Unger described to us the state of play on Turkey-Azerbaijan gas negotiations. He said the two sides are nearing agreement on how much Azerbaijan Shah Deniz Phase II (SD II) gas would be available for purchase by Turkey. [...]	2008-11-24 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET AJ TU
08ANKARA2052	TURKEY'S RULING AKP: LET THE ELECTION GAMES BEGIN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Facing its first nationwide electoral test since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is sparing no expense in taking organizational steps to help secure victory. AKP Deputy Chairman for Electo [...]	2008-11-25 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ANKARA2088	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Apakan's December 8-9 visit will be the fifth iteration of the "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" agreed upon by Secretary Rice and then-FM Gul in July 2006. Knowing it will take some time for the new administration to have its new team in place, U/S Apakan presse [...]	2008-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL TU
08ANKARA2123	TURKS ASK WHETHER AZERBAIJAN IS SERIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) MFA Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci expressed frustration with Azerbaijan after the latest round of talks on gas transit in Ankara on December 5. Ekinci, who attended the talks, told Econoff that the purpose of the talks was to finalize an agreement on a gas transit MOU first propose [...]	2008-12-16 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA2126	U/S APAKAN ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, IAEA, NSG [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Apakan and Amb discussed U.S.-Turkish cooperation on energy, Afghanistan, and Iran. Apakan asked for U.S. support for a Turkish proposal to increase NATO-ESDP cooperation, and expressed concern for NATO's support for exercise Noble Archer. Amb asked for Turkey's continu [...]	2008-12-17 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL NATO CY US TU
08ANKARA2137	TURKEY: RUSSIAN NUCLEAR POWER BID PASSES FIRST [...] (C) Summary. The Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) announced December 19 that it accepted the technical merits of the bid by a Russian-led consortium to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. The consortium consists of Russian companies Atomstroyexport and Inter RAO UES and Turkish fin [...]	2008-12-19 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ENRG EPET RS TU
08ANKARA216	TURKEY-IRAN JOINT ECONOMIC COUNCIL ADVANCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's economic relationship with Iran continues to grow, with the bilateral trade volume increasing from $1 billion in 2000 to $7.4 billion in 2007. 80% of this trade, however, continues to be Iranian fuel exports to Turkey, totaling $5.2 billion in 2006. The number of Irania [...]	2008-02-07 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA2194	TURKEY/TIP: STRONG COMMITMENT, UNEVEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: GOT, NGO, and IOM experts discussed with visiting G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Jennifer Donnelly December 15-17 the considerable progress Turkey has made in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) sin [...]	2008-12-31 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
08ANKARA268	DOE DAS HEGBURG DISCUSSES CLEAN ENERGY WITH ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of a January 29-30 Department of Energy-sponsored Clean Energy Technologies Conference, DOE DAS for International Policy Alan Hegburg discussed a range of energy issues with Energy Minister Hilmi Guler. Guler said Turkey wants to be a regional leader in clean ene [...]	2008-02-13 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA316	TURKEY NEEDS GAS TO BE A RELIABLE TRANSIT PARTNER [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is under increasing pressure to conclude a transit agreement with Azerbaijan to clear the way for Caspian gas to flow into Europe. The negotiation between Turkey and Azerbaijan is not only about transit but also about supply. Our Caspian Strategy needs to look at Turkey [...]	2008-02-20 08:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA321	EU NABUCCO COORDINATOR SAYS TURKEY MUST ACT NOW ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, EU Coordinator for Nabucco Jozias van Aartsen told us he would deliver a firm message to his Turkish interloctuers (which included Prime Minister Erdogan) that Turkey must act now to save the Nabucco pipeline. He said he has a six-month time horizon for progress [...]	2008-02-21 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA35	DESPITE IRANIAN GAS CUTS, TURKEY KEEPS THE LIGHTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In the midst of cold winter weather and snow, Turkey is suffering from reduced gas imports from Iran and Russia. The GOT is taking several measures to assure that power is kept on. In a worse case scenario of bad weather forcing Russia to cut gas supplies to Turkey via the West [...]	2008-01-08 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA358	EU NABUCCO COORDINATOR SAYS TURKEY MUST ACT NOW ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, EU Coordinator for Nabucco Jozias van Aartsen told us he would deliver a firm message to his Turkish interloctuers (which included Prime Minister Erdogan) that Turkey must act now to save the Nabucco pipeline. He said he has a six-month time horizon for progress [...]	2008-02-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA36	Turkish Parliament Ratifies 2008 Budget [...] (U) Summary: The most significant aspect of Turkey's 2008 budget is the decrease in the primary surplus target to 5.5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). For five years, the Government of Turkey (GOT) has used a primary surplus target of 6.5 percent of GDP. In working to achieve the amb [...]	2008-01-09 05:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN TU
08ANKARA366	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 5: GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE, [...] (C) Turkish ground forces continue to engage PKK terrorists in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, supported by air and artillery strikes. Deteriorating weather conditions in the objective area will likely hamper operations over the next 24 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations [...]	2008-02-26 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA393	TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS REMAIN ON TRACK DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The atmosphere was surprisingly positive during Turkish FM Babacan's February 19-20 visit to Moscow, MFA Russia and Eastern Europe Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas told us February 26. Trade and investment continue to drive relations, though the Turks are dissatisfied with a [...]	2008-02-28 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA41	TURKEY'S PM DISCUSSES TERRORISM, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a January 7 meeting with Codel Martinez, Prime Minister Erdogan said he hopes for continued, vigorous bilateral cooperation against terrorism and stressed Turkey wants to contribute positively to Iraq's welfare. He said the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R.106) had [...]	2008-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AM IZ TU
08ANKARA43	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA449	ENERGY COORDINATOR MANN URGES TURKEY TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Summary. On February 25-26, Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steve Mann met with GOT officials to discuss gas and oil issues. Energy Minister Guler stressed that security of supply is Turkey's most urgent priority. He suggested Turkey and the U.S. work together to develop Iraqi [...]	2008-03-07 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA453	TURKEY/NABUCCO: DAS BRYZA URGES COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Nabucco pipeline is economically feasible as Russia can supply the gas for South Stream only from Turkmenistan, with Nabucco enjoying a forty percent advantage over South Stream in terms of the cost of shipping Caspian gas to Austria, DAS Matt Bryza told FM Babacan March 3. [...]	2008-03-07 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET AJ IQ RU TX TU
08ANKARA461	TALABANI GOES TO ANKARA: A BREAKTHROUGH VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's March 7-8 visit to Ankara, hailed by President Gul as the first ever by a democratically-elected Iraqi head of state to Turkey, should help to repair bilateral relations. It is remarkable for having occurred only one week after the return of Turkis [...]	2008-03-10 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA504	TURKEY PREVIEWS MARCH 24-25 BERDIMUHAMEDOV VISIT [...] (C) Summary. The GOT is prepared to encourage Turkmenistan to open its energy sector to foreign investment and work with Western energy companies during Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's March 24-25 visit. A lack of enthusiam from the Turkmen side has forced the Turks to pull-back on their [...]	2008-03-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU TX
08ANKARA54	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA562	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA623	TURKEY'S POLICY ON GAS TRANSIT FIRMLY UP IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary and comment. Turkey is at least considering a change in its strategy on natural gas transit from Azerbaijan to Europe. They appear to have gotten the message that their 15% reserve at net-back price formula (reftel A) is not viable. However, they have not yet come up with an al [...]	2008-04-03 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA627	TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]	2008-04-03 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA630	TURKEY/TURKMENISTAN: BILATERAL TIES INCH AHEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite media reports to the contrary, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov discussed energy matters in some detail with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his March 24-25 visit to Turkey, MFA Central Asia Department Head Sule Gurel and Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci told us [...]	2008-04-03 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG TU TX
08ANKARA642	TURKEY: PRIVATIZATION PROCESS ADVANCES, DELAYS [...] (C) Summary: The GOT has 16 major privatizations on its 2008 agenda that are expected to begin and/or be completed this year. Their estimated sales prices are USD 24.475 billion, although the GOT would not actually receive much of that money until 2009. These deals are estimated to draw in [...]	2008-04-04 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EFIN TU
08ANKARA687	TURKEY PRIORITIZES ITS OWN GAS NEEDS OVER NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Energy Minister Guler confirmed that Turkey has offered to buy all 12 bcm of Shah Deniz Phase II gas, but said it really wants "only" 8-9 bcm. The Ambassador noted that this would leave only 3-4 bcm for transit to Europe, undermining th [...]	2008-04-11 08:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA711	TURKEY'S BIG PLANS TO DEVELOP IRANIAN GAS [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler's informal advisor Faruk Demir told us April 3 that Turkey plans to develop Iranian South Pars gas for Turkish and European consumption, and expects to obtain financing and Western partners to develop the field and construct a new pipeline to Turkey. Turkey [...]	2008-04-16 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA72	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA725	BP VALIDATES TURKEY,S DEMAND FOR LARGE GAS [...] (C) Summary. BP Natural Gas Manager Oktay Sen shared with us his view that the GOT,s play for large volumes of gas from Shah Deniz Phase II development is based on realistic projections of Turkey's future gas needs. Turkish industrial consumers and households will continue to convert to nat [...]	2008-04-18 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA728	EU PRESIDENT BARROSO GOES "BACK TO BASICS" IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso's April 11-12 visit to Turkey coincided with intense national debate and polarization over the March 14 indictment to close the ruling Justice and Develop [...]	2008-04-18 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA825	TURKEY-IRAQ: SPRING WEATHER BRINGS UPSWING IN [...] (S) Summary: Turkish security operations against PKK terrorists in Turkey and in northern Iraq have increased with the onset of spring. Meanwhile, clashes within Turkey have occurred as far north as Kars and have claimed up to eleven Turkish dead this month. Turkish forces conducted the lar [...]	2008-04-30 07:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
08ANKARA850	TURKEY EPC: IRAQ INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP MAY 22 - [...] Turkey will host its Third Iraq International Fair in the southeastern city of Gaziantep May 22 - 25. This trade fair is jointly organized by the Iraqi Ministry of Trade and the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) and will include exhibitors from Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Italy, Russia, Ta [...]	2008-05-02 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA853	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA873	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA878	TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S CEVIKOZ INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) This is an action message for EUR, AF, and SCA. 2. (SBU) MFA Deputy U/S (A/S equivalent) for Central Asia and Caucasia, Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),East Asia and Africa Unal Cevikoz has expressed interest in visiting Washington before August 2008 for consultations on Africa [...]	2008-05-07 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA89	TURKEY RE-LAUNCHES BID TO WIN CENTRAL ASIAN HEARTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Abdullah Gul is spearheading a renewed GOT effort to strengthen Turkish-Central Asian relations through visit diplomacy. Unlike Turkey's initial, post-Soviet era approach to the region, the Turks are viewing Central Asia as a partner not a patron, and offering [...]	2008-01-16 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET EINV KZ KG TI TX
08ANKARA895	SHELL AND TPAO TO ANNOUNCE MOU FOR WORK IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. On May 12, Shell will announce an MOU framework agreement with Turkish Petroleum (TPAO) to work together in Iraq, with Shell having its sights on the Akkas Field as a first step in their new partnership. TPAO is still trying to reverse the Iraqi Oil Ministry,s April 14 decision [...]	2008-05-09 08:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG IZ TU
08ANKARA899	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA90	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA953	AFRICA: TURKEY'S NEXT FRONTIER? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Like China and India, Turkey has joined the rush to forge relations with sub-Saharan Africa. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has raised Turkey's political profile since coming to power in 2002 -- declaring 2005 the "Year of Africa" and announcing plans to open 1 [...]	2008-05-16 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU AF
08ANKARA970	TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...]	2008-05-21 18:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA971	TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...]	2008-05-22 04:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA99	TURKEY AT A CROSSROADS ON SOUTHEAST, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat (please protect),ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) vice chair, political veteran and ethnic Kurd, believes President Gul and PM Erdogan's recent White House meetings created an opportunity for progress on Turkey's Kurdish issue. It [...]	2008-01-17 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM TU IZ
08ANTANANARIVO531	COMORANS PROTEST ACUTE FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (U) Hundreds of Comorans took to the streets of Moroni this week to protest acute fuel shortages. The demonstrators, many of them taxi drivers, remained peaceful and carried banners critical of President Sambi. 2. (SBU) EmbOffs (who visited the Comoros July 23-30) found fuel virtually un [...]	2008-07-30 13:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO748	IRAN SEEKS FRIENDS IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Marquardt, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Amar gave a detailed read-out of the recent visit of Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Envoy of the President, Hossain Sheikholislam. After meeting with the Malagasy Prime Minist [...]	2008-11-06 11:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR MA PINR PREL
08ANTANANARIVO821	Comoran President Sambi Popular and Assertive [...] SUMMARY: With life again relatively normal in the Comoros, President Sambi is riding a renewed tide of popularity; fuel and power supplies are adequate and the general mood is hopeful. The President remains committed to reconciliation and democracy, but his priority is economic development. [...]	2008-12-10 07:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON CN
08ASHGABAT1004	TURKMENISTAN SIGNALS INTEREST IN DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to a meeting request by the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan, USAID's Project Development Officer Andrew Maybrook, USAID Project Specialist Serdar Yagmurov, and Bearing Point Deputy Chief of [...]	2008-08-01 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT1010	TURKMENISTAN: INFORMATION ON MODALITIES TO REALIZE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Charge met with Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov August 4 to reaffirm U.S. support for an early gas option and to convey a non-paper on options. Meredov read the entire document and noted that it offered very [...]	2008-08-04 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1016	TURKMENISTAN: CURRENCY REFORM A NET POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the first few months of relative stability since currency unification, prices remain high and locals struggle to adjust. The investment climate seems to have visibly improved, however, despite the continued lack of a stable financial framework to support entrepreneurs and p [...]	2008-08-05 14:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT1024	TURKMENISTAN'S AIR NAV FEE PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government has proposed an administrative solution to resolve the air navigation fee issue in which bills presented to USG aircraft commanders will now only show a total charge for all ground and other services [...]	2008-08-06 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
08ASHGABAT1027	TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS FINALLY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Case New Holland representatives have finally gotten the ball rolling again in regard to negotiations for the sale of tractors, cotton harvesters, and other agricultural equipment that had been slowing down since they began in September 2007. After the Case CEO's successful me [...]	2008-08-06 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EIND EAGR TX
08ASHGABAT1035	TURKMENISTAN: DISCOURAGING AN IRAN-TURKEY NATURAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENERG EPET ETTC TX
08ASHGABAT1039	TURKMENISTAN: WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM [...] (C) During a discussion of regional pipeline issues, Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Meredov told Charge August 11 that Turkmenistan is still waiting for a response from Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan's concrete proposal on oil and gas cooperation. He emphasized that the proposal was serious and [...]	2008-08-11 14:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1041	FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV ASSERTS TURKMENISTAN'S [...] (C) Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov called in the Charge on August 11 to respond to Ref. A demarche on discouraging an Iran-Turkey natural gas agreement. During a one-hour, one-on-one meeting, Meredov outlined Turkmenistan's view of the issue. He said he had briefed President [...]	2008-08-12 05:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET ETTC TX
08ASHGABAT1045	TURKMENISTAN: ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF ITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Few would disagree that China's relationship with Turkmenistan centers almost exclusively on its expanding energy partnership and trade. Regular political and economic engagement between the two states during [...]	2008-08-12 10:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV EIND CH TX
08ASHGABAT106	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...]	2008-01-22 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX
08ASHGABAT1067	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: U.S. BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS [...] (C) The AMCIT country manager for Bertling Logistics, a Houston-based firm that provides logistical support for many of the foreign oil companies active in Turkmenistan, said during an August 15 meeting that he has been told that there has been more than one incident involving Azeri gunboats i [...]	2008-08-16 06:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ IR TX
08ASHGABAT107	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDEPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...]	2008-01-22 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX
08ASHGABAT1070	TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTATIVE [...] (C) Fedor Klimtchouk, Deputy Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventative Diplomacy for Central Asia and Senior Political Affairs Officer, said on August 15 that President Berdimuhamedov asked Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of Center Ambassador Miroslav Jenca d [...]	2008-08-18 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET AORC TX
08ASHGABAT1075	TURKMENISTAN: CABINET MEETING FOCUSES ON STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to announcing that Turkmenistan's People's Congress will meet on September 26 to review and approve the draft constitution and talk briefly about the situation of South Ossetia, President Berdimuhame [...]	2008-08-18 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB EPET CH JO TX
08ASHGABAT109	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS SECTOR: U.S. FIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. hydrocarbon firms have seen little progress since November (Ref. A) in terms of receiving responses from the Government of Turkmenistan to their offers. Looking to the future, Chevron has appointed an Amcit country manager and is opening an office in Turkmenistan. However [...]	2008-01-22 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ENIV TX
08ASHGABAT1116	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without [...]	2008-08-26 10:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1120	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without prior Chinese embassy approval. A Turkmen worker at a regional he [...]	2008-08-26 13:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1121	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE OIL COMPANY PROVIDES JOBS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Chinese National Petroleum Company (CNPC) is developing a series of natural gas drilling and refinery complexes around Turkmenabat, near the Turkmen-Uzbek border. These complexes do not allow visitors without prior Chinese embassy approval. A Turkmen worker at a regional he [...]	2008-08-26 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1130	TURKMENISTAN: CNPC'S GROWING PRESENCE HAS IMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Emboff who spends a great deal of time in Lebap Province has been observing the impact of the growing Chinese National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) presence. Over the last few months, a growing number of Chinese workers have become visible in Turkmenabat, and the company's [...]	2008-08-27 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET EINV CH TX
08ASHGABAT1131	TURKMENISTAN: MURADOV OUT AS STATE AGENCY [...] (C) Chevron's Country Manager called us late on August 27 to report that, when he attempted to send documents to the Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, his intern was told that Bayrammurat Muradov is no longer Executive Director. Instead, t [...]	2008-08-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1137	MARATHON PATIENTLY KEEPING LINES OF COMMUNICATION [...] (C) Marathon Oil Company Vice President Declan O'Byrne and several of his colleagues on August 27 provided Charge with an update on their negotiations with the government. They had given a presentation to a core group of Turkmen oil and gas experts the day before on the joint project definit [...]	2008-08-28 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1138	TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY COMPANIES HAVE POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Energy companies now operating in Turkmenistan are viewing the new Petroleum Law as a good first step in making it easier to do business here, and see the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources' central role in implementing the law as a sign that the gover [...]	2008-08-28 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1139	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron has received two letters from Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhammedov stating that Turkmenistan is ready to open negotiations on the company's proposal to work natural gas onshore. The country manager talked with both Hojamuhammedov and the Executive Director of [...]	2008-08-28 13:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1148	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE PRESIDENT'S VISIT SWIMMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese president's second visit here in less than a year offered a strong indication that bilateral cooperation, in particular on the planned Turkmenistan-China pipeline, is proceeding very well. If they [...]	2008-09-02 20:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX CH
08ASHGABAT1153	TURKMENISTAN: REASONS FOR HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week after President Berdimuhamedov's August 27 decision to shake up Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon leadership, there continues to be much speculation about his reasons for making the changes. All post's sources agree that there are no indications that the Executive Director of t [...]	2008-09-03 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR TX
08ASHGABAT1156	TURKMENISTAN: REASONS FOR HYDROCARBON SECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A week after President Berdimuhamedov's August 27 decision to shake up Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon leadership, there continues to be much speculation about his reasons for making the changes. All post's sources agree that there are no indications that the Executive Director of t [...]	2008-09-03 17:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR TX
08ASHGABAT1157	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV SAYS NO DELIMITATION, [...] (C) During a wide-ranging meeting September 3 with Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol (septel),President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov said Turkmenistan has no problem with a trans-Caspian pipeline, but the need for delimitation is standing in the way. If delimitation is not solved, how can [...]	2008-09-03 17:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1158	DAS KROL DISCUSSES TURKMENISTAN/CENTRAL ASIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 2 lunch with members of Ashgabat's foreign diplomatic corps, Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol raised regional issues of direct concern to the United States and western governments. There was much discussion the situation in Turkmenistan and the region, es [...]	2008-09-03 17:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT116	TURMENISTAN'S CONSTRUCTION MINISTRY SHOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 meeting at Turkmenistan's Ministry of Construction and Construction Materials Industry, officials representing all departments expressed enthusiasm about learning from the U.S. experience, espe [...]	2008-01-23 10:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1168	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN ENERGY COMPANIES PRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the summer, some foreign oil and gas companies, hoping to make progress on proposals they submitted to the government months ago, were in a "wait and see" mode, after Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon officials gave them subtle hints that responses could be forthcoming or policie [...]	2008-09-04 16:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1169	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL STILL TESTING THE WATERS [...] (C) During a September 2 meeting, a visiting ExxonMobil representative told the A/DCM that his company is continuing to test the waters with the Government of Turkmenistan. The company is continuing to meet with hydrocarbon officials -- most recently with TurkmenGaz on September 1 and 2 -- in [...]	2008-09-04 16:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1170	CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to the 2003 Law on NGO Registration, which required all existing NGOs to re-register, USAID changed the focus of its civil society development program to work more closely with communities. This grass-ro [...]	2008-09-05 04:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1180	TURKMENISTAN: RECEPTIVE TO TURKISH ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Hilmi Guler's visit laid the groundwork for expanding the Turkish role in Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry and also could strengthen and enhance the two countries' electricity relationship. It is possible that Turkmen officials were quite receptive to [...]	2008-09-06 08:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET ENRG EIND IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT1181	TURKMENISTAN: LOTUS ENERJI OFFICIALS SAY AUDIT [...] (C) Officials of the Turkish energy company Lotus Enerji told Charge September 5 that an audit done by the seismic imaging company WesternGeco confirms large gas deposits in South Yoloten. Although an audit by Gaffney-Kline, which is due to be made public in late September, is necessary in or [...]	2008-09-06 09:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1186	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a friendly meeting lasting almost two hours September 3 with Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov: -- stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship, including commercial ties and cooperation. -- encouraged U.S. companies to [...]	2008-09-09 05:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ECON EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1187	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a two-hour meeting on September 2 and a three-hour private lunch on September 4 that included Charge, Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov expressed appreciation for cooperation with the United States and dialogue with the embassy. He underscored Turkmenistan's [...]	2008-09-09 06:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1205	TURKEMNISTAN: HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR INVITES [...] (C) Hungary's Ambassador at Large for the Nabucco Pipeline Project Mihaly Bayer met September 10 with Charge. He was in Ashgabat to deliver an invitation to President Berdimuhamedov to attend a Nabucco Summit in Hungary January 26-27, 2009. Bayer had just come from Baku where he had delivered [...]	2008-09-11 10:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET RU TX
08ASHGABAT1209	TURKMENISTAN: SHOOTING INCIDENT IN KHITROVKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 9, two men, one armed with an AK-47, killed a soldier in a three-person foot patrol and wounded another soldier and the policeman with him. The suspects escaped. Police sources claim the suspects were extremists or at least influenced by outsiders. It is unc [...]	2008-09-11 14:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SOCI KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT1218	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy [...]	2008-09-15 08:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX
08ASHGABAT1229	TURKMENISTAN: KHITROVKA - - INITIAL HOTWASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police were in a gun battle September 12 at a bottled water factory north of town with a group of men linked to the two suspects who escaped following the shooting of peace officers on September 8. Starting late on September 12 and extending until the afternoon of September 13, po [...]	2008-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PTER KCRM KISL SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1230	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy s [...]	2008-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX
08ASHGABAT1231	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF UN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol met September 4 with United Nations Regional Center for Preventive Diplomacy Head of Office Miroslav Jenca to discuss regional issues, including water, energy, and Afghanistan. Jenca described Turkmenistan's proposed UN resolution on energy s [...]	2008-09-15 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBIO PREL ECON ENRG EPET UN TX
08ASHGABAT1233	TURKMENISTAN: GRAY/MANN VISIT EXTENDS ACCURATE STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Following DAS Krol's successful visit and media coverage (reftel),state media favorably covered Energy Envoys C. Boyden Gray and Steven Mann's September 7-8 visit to Turkmenistan, their meeting with President Gurb [...]	2008-09-16 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1237	TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIAN ENERGY COMPANY OMV SMELLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Austrian energy company OMV has been having trouble communicating its development ideas to government officials in Ashgabat, and its regional representative believes that the Russian military actions in Georgia may be causing some hand wringing at the highest levels. A key [...]	2008-09-16 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX AU
08ASHGABAT1240	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV RESTATES THE FAMILIAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting September 8 which lasted more than 2 1/2 hours, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Special Envoy for European Energy C. Boyden Gray and U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Affairs Steve Mann that an audit by the British company Gaffney-Kline, due to be rele [...]	2008-09-17 10:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1247	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBONS OFFICIALS RESTATE [...] (C) During a September 18 meeting with Charge, the AmCit country manager for Chevron's Turkmenistan office said a number of Turkmenistan hydrocarbons officials reiterated to him the national preference for Turkmen companies (TurkmenNeft and TurkmenGas) to do the onshore work. September 12-18, [...]	2008-09-18 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1248	AMERICAN SUPPLY COMPANY SURPRISED BY [...] (C) On September 18, emboffs met with Greg Ballou, the Amcit business development manager for Gateway Ventures International, a U.S. company with offices across Eurasia, the Middle East and Asia. The company's business activities appear to be broad, but the company's recently-registered off [...]	2008-09-18 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1257	KYRGYZ ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PURCHASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov and Kyrgyz Minister of Industry, Energy, and Fuel Resources Saparbek Balkibekov discussed in meetings in Ashgabat on September 17 Kyrgyzstan's need to purchase electricity for the upcoming winter and interest in purchasing petrochemical products in the f [...]	2008-09-23 12:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND ENRG EPET ETRD KG UZ TI TX
08ASHGABAT1306	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS' PSA AWAITING OK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lukoil's country director for Turkmenistan is frustrated by the continued delay in signing the PSA that they and operations partner ConocoPhillips negotiated in July. Both companies now must wait for new State Agency Director Kakayev to approve the agreement, and then work out mo [...]	2008-09-30 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL RS TX

08ASHGABAT1324	TURKMENISTAN: TAGIYEV SAYS GAFFNEY-KLINE AUDIT [...] (C) Wintershall manager Kal Sandhu told Charge October 3 that Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev had recently told him that the just completed Gaffney-Kline audit shows that Turkmenistan has 24 trillion cubic meters in gas reserves in South Yoloten, Osman, and Yashlar fields. Ta [...]	2008-10-04 07:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1329	TURKMENISTAN: RELATIONS WITH GERMAN COMPANIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov will visit Germany November 13-16 for meetings with German officials and with German business executives, including with BASF/Wintershall, the largest German investor in Turkmenistan. According to Wintershall's resident manager, the Turkmen app [...]	2008-10-07 14:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL ECON EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1333	TURKMENISTAN: COMMERCE DAS DYCK TELLS MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Minister of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations told visiting Department of Commerce DAS Paul Dyck September 29 that he hopes that increased U.S.-Turkmenistan trade relations will move the U.S. up from Turkmenistan's 16th place trading partner to "the top ten or b [...]	2008-10-08 07:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1334	TURKMENISTAN: KAKAYEV REPEATS "NO FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Department of Commerce officials, State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbons Director Kakayev reinforced previous government statements that Turkmenistan will develop its own onshore hydrocarbon resources. Kakayev said only President Berdimuhamed [...]	2008-10-08 07:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1341	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY COMPLAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The director of the only private Turkmen construction company has complained about nonpayment for its renovation of office space, allegedly at the behest of a U.S. energy firm. The energy firm, Midland Oil and Gas, is actually a UK entity with U.S.-based management. The work, p [...]	2008-10-09 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ENGR EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1344	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL AND GAS PURSUING SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local agent for Midland Oil and Gas ("Midland"),a UK entity based in New York, said Midland is close to concluding an agreement to provide drilling rigs worth USD 400 million to Turkmen Oil. The company is also looking for an operating partner to develop three offshore bloc [...]	2008-10-09 12:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1345	TURKMENISTAN AND IRAN: FLOATING PRICE GAS DEAL [...] (C) A Turkish diplomat confirmed to us today that notwithstanding earlier press reports to the contrary, no deal has been reached whereby Iran would purchase gas from Turkmenistan according to a floating price formula beginning next year. The diplomat, Hakan Chengiz (please protect),told embo [...]	2008-10-10 03:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT1351	TURKMENISTAN'S SABIT ALUMNI ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Alumni of the Special American Business Internship Training (SABIT) program said at a reception held during the visit of U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Europe and Eurasia Paul Dyck on September 29 that they [...]	2008-10-11 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1352	TURKMENISTAN: DONORS DISCUSS POSSIBILITIES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting hosted by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) resident representative, donor country diplomats said that there is more discussion about developing the private sector in Turkmenistan than ever before. Some were doubtful, however, t [...]	2008-10-11 08:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET AORC TX
08ASHGABAT1354	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON REGISTRATION NEARLY [...] (C) The registration for Chevron's office in Turkmenistan is nearly done and should be completed by the end of the month, the company's Amcit country manager told Charge October 10. Registration officials informed Chevron that its preliminary registration certificate would be ready within a f [...]	2008-10-14 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT1358	TURKMENISTAN: NEW MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY [...] (SBU) The October 14 issue of Neytralniy Turkmenistan contained an order appointing 35 year-old Annaguly Redjebovich Deryayev Minister of Oil and Gas Industry and Resources. Deryayev was born in 1973 in Ekerem in Balkan province. He graduated from the Turkmenistan Polytechnical Institute i [...]	2008-10-15 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1362	TURKMENISTAN: IMMENSE VOLUMES OF NATURAL GAS ARE CONFIRMED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The general manager of the British firm Gaffney, Kline & Associates, which just completed an independent audit of the natural gas fields in South Yoloten-Osman and Yashlar, presented the results of their study to a s [...]	2008-10-15 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1390	TURKMENISTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SENSES ITS PROSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stonewalling by the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, combined with reports of Turkmenistan government negotiations with BP, have made ConocoPhillips concerned that its prospects for Block 21 are slipping away. Moreover, despite repeated overtures by [...]	2008-10-22 11:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1394	TURKMENISTAN: NEW WEALTH FUND, BUDGET FIGURES AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on October 21, the government announced that Turkmenistan's 2009 state budget will be 39.5 percent higher than the 2008 budget. Expenditures on education and healthcar [...]	2008-10-22 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT1399	EXPAT SOURCES SAY THAT ITERA GAVE TURKMENISTAN A [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to expatriate sources in Ashgabat, a yacht that recently set sail on the Caspian Sea -- reportedly worth 60 million euros -- is actually a gift from Russian company Itera. Itera is working on signing a deal jointly with Russian state-owned companies Rosneft and Zarubezhneft a [...]	2008-10-23 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EPET EINV ETRD EWWT SCUL RS TX
08ASHGABAT1406	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's December 28 New Year party provided a glimpse of his government at work -- and at play. The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting organized it as a dinner-cabaret (to be televised later) in the south wing of the central Exhibition Palace. Guests in [...]	2008-01-02 08:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1417	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: OIL MINISTER VISITS ASHGABAT; [...] (SBU) According to the October 28th edition of the Russian-language Neytralniy Turkmenistan" and Iranian press reports, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari attended the Independence Day festivities in Ashgabat on October 27 and met with President Berdimuhamedov to discuss bilateral energy coope [...]	2008-10-29 12:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL IR TX
08ASHGABAT1421	TURKMENISTAN/ROMANIA: RELATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Romanian Charge, relations between his country and Turkmenistan are fairly good. Nevertheless, there are several areas of concern, including Turkmenistan's request that Romania convince EU member states not to be so critical of Turkmenistan's human rights record. [...]	2008-10-30 15:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON TX
08ASHGABAT1425	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON OFFER OF TRAINING [...] (C) The Chevron Amcit country manager told Charge October 30 that the company's proposals to provide training to Turkmen officials may be starting to bear some fruit. In early October, he sent a letter to State Agency for the Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources Director Yagshygeldi Ka [...]	2008-10-31 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1431	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL STILL CASTING ABOUT FOR [...] (C) On November 3, ExxonMobil Caspian Area Manager Rob Young and Regional Upstream Coordinator David Rekhviashvili met with the Charge to discuss ExxonMobil's interest in doing an onshore project in Turkmenistan. Young said they were here to make a proposal to the Turkmenistan government to d [...]	2008-11-03 12:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PGOV ENRG EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1432	TURKMENISTAN'S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a longtime Turkmenistan expatriate resident recently observed, Turkey's arrangements with Turkmenistan let them get away with a lot, but Turkish companies -- particularly construction companies -- are also vulnerable to arrest, deportation, and other unpleasantries when thi [...]	2008-11-03 14:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND KCOR TX TU RS
08ASHGABAT1443	TURKMENISTAN: OBSTACLES APLENTY FOR TAPI PIPELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Progress on the Asian Development Bank's ("ADB") proposed gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to India is beset by challenges as the proposed project enters its sixth year. Working group meetings to finalize key agreements have been repeatedly postponed. From the Turkmen side, auth [...]	2008-11-05 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL ADB ZK XD TX
08ASHGABAT1452	TURKMENISTAN AIRLINES EMPLOYEES RECEIVE BIG PAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 16, President Berdimuhamedov announced that salaries of Turkmenistan Airlines employees would double. Meanwhile, he has reprimanded the national airline's chief several times this year, most recently on September 26. One airport employee believes that the pay rais [...]	2008-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAIR EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1454	TURKMENISTAN: PAKISTANI DIPLOMAT SKEPTICAL ON IPI PIPELINE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 03:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET IR PGOV PINR PK PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1466	TURKMENISTAN POSSIBLY AFFECTED BY RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a local expat source, Turkmenistan is feeling the effects of Russia's economic problems. Most significant would be decreased revenue from Turkmenistan's gas exports. Turkmenistan has also seriously overcommitted itself on future gas exports, including to Russia [...]	2008-11-06 14:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1468	TURKMENISTAN/CHINA: BILATERAL RELATIONS ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recently arrived Chinese ambassador Wu Hongbin describes bilateral relations as positive because of mutual respect and understanding between the two nations. He underscored that China's chief interest in Turkmenistan is energy and that his country's pipeline project serves as a c [...]	2008-11-07 03:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1481	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF ENERGY ADMITS DELAYS DUE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry (MOEI) Yarmuhammet Orazgulyev told USAID on November 6 that the Ministry's specialists are struggling with the financial calculations to determine repayment ti [...]	2008-11-10 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ENRG AF TX
08ASHGABAT1487	TURKMENISTAN: MORE HURDLES IN A CHALLENGING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A resident IFI representative recently shared reasons for construction delays at some sites in Ashgabat: credit problems and a breakdown in the cement supply chain. According to this source, a Turkish industrial magnate active in Turkmenistan has said the Turkmen are consistent [...]	2008-11-13 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN ETRD RU TX TU UP UZ AORC
08ASHGABAT1498	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S FIRST TRIP TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korea hosted the president of Turkmenistan for a two-day visit that centered on developing the economic relationship. The two countries explored cooperation in a variety of areas, including energy development and infrastructure modernization. A Korean diplomat in Ashg [...]	2008-11-18 10:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1500	TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON WILLING TO BE PATIENT, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the upcoming international oil and gas conference, Marathon executives are looking for substantive engagement with GOTX officials about the company's proposed integrated gas-to-fuels project. Since the signing of a confidentiality agreement and presentations about the pro [...]	2008-11-18 11:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EIND PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1508	DELOITTE TAX NOT YET REGISTERED, BUT CONFIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deloitte Tax LLP is working on registering an office in Ashgabat in order to be where its cutomers are. Company representatives describe plans to set up the office as "cautiously optimistic." Deloitte delayed registration for some time because of bureaucratic requirements, incl [...]	2008-11-21 08:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EPET ETRD KTIA TX
08ASHGABAT1509	TURKMENISTAN: CATHOLIC PRIESTS' VILLAGE VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Father Andrzej Madej, Charg at the Vatican Embassy and head of the local unregistered parish that operates under the auspices of the Embassy, asked a group of missionary friends in the U.S., Germany, and Slovakia to assist him during the absence of his assistant priest. The Amc [...]	2008-11-21 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT1512	TURKMEN PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV: "WE'LL DO IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov, accompanied by Foreign Minister Meredov, received U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Issues, Ambassador Mann, accompanied by Charge Miles, for an hour and a half conversation touching on Berdimuhamedov,s just concluded trip to Korea, Germany a [...]	2008-11-21 13:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1522	TURKMEN FOREIGN MINISTER: MORE OF THE SAME [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1528	TURKMENISTAN'S PHARMACEUTICALS MARKET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's pharmaceutical market offers a wide variety of basic pharmaceuticals made in Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, India and China, sold through drugstores owned by the Ministry of Health or private entities which have received Ministry licenses for distributorships a [...]	2008-11-26 02:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AMED EIND ETRD SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT153	TURKMENISTAN: "WARMING OF A PRODUCTIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: "Neytralniy Turkmenistan," the official Russian-language government newspaper, published an article summarizing Senator Richard Lugar's Janury 24 letter to President Berdimuhamedov. The article mentioned Lugar's [...]	2008-01-31 10:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EAGR EPET KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1531	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAJIYEV [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IR TX
08ASHGABAT154	TURKMENISTAN: USCENTCOM COMMANDER ADMIRAL [...] (SBU) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: USCENTCOM Commander William J. Fallon USCENTCOM PolAd Henry Ensher Embassy Ashgabat Defense Attache LTC James Zink Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov [...]	2008-01-31 10:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID EPET SNAR SCUL KPAO AJ
08ASHGABAT1544	AMBASSADOR MANN: A WELCOME FIGURE IN TURKMEN STATE MEDIA - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state media widely reported on U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steven Mann's November 20 meeting with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov. The same day, media sources accurately carried [...]	2008-11-28 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EPET KPAO OIIP RS TX
08ASHGABAT1557	TURKMENISTAN'S GAS DELIVERIES TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-03 10:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ECON EINDIR IR TX
08ASHGABAT1559	TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN TRADE SHOW IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Several dozen Iranian companies exhibited their products at a large trade show in Ashgabat from November 28-30. The wide range of goods on display included Iran Khodro/Peugeot automobiles, farm equipment, foodstuffs, applicances, cosmetics, and construction materials. The booths covered a [...]	2008-12-03 12:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL IR TX
08ASHGABAT1588	TURKMENISTAN OIL AND GAS EXHIBITION: LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent international oil and gas exhibition in Ashgabat attracted participation from a wide-range of foreign companies looking for opportunities in Turkmenistan. Government officials repeated their willingness to work with foreign partners. However, the gap between Turkmen [...]	2008-12-08 12:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ETRD PREL PGOV IR TX
08ASHGABAT1590	TURKMENISTAN: HEAD OF HYDROCARBONS AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Engineering firm KBR's regional representative recounted a conversation he had with Turkmenistan's State Hydrocarbons Agency chief during which the official compared letting IOCs work in Turkmenistan to a "tsunami." The official also indicated that the agency is overwhelmed by co [...]	2008-12-08 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ECON EIND TX
08ASHGABAT1598	TURKMENISTAN: READOUT ON TRILATERAL SUMMIT FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Turkish DCM, the November 29 trilateral summit between the Turkmen, Turkish and Azeri presidents covered a range of issues, with no particular breakthroughs. On energy, the Turkish president urged the Turkmen to develop a gas export route to the West, a suggesti [...]	2008-12-09 10:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET TU AZ TX
08ASHGABAT1600	TURKMENISTAN ANNOUNCES INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan sent to diplomatic missions a list of international exhibitions, conferences, and fairs for 2009 on December 5, 2008: -- Industrialists and Entrepreneurs Exhibition and Busine [...]	2008-12-09 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT162	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT VISIT BY U.S. COORDINATOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's state media highlighted U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Steven Mann's January 29 visit to Turkmenistan. Mann's meeting with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received wide state media coverage. Some international media sources char [...]	2008-02-01 15:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EPET KPAO OIIP RS TX
08ASHGABAT164	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV TELLS MANN, "WE [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov told Ambassador Mann on January 29 he -- wants a Trans-Caspian Pipeline with Azerbaijan but wants to "start small" and needs a legal basis for it to protect him from Russia and Iran; -- needs a legal structure to allow Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan jo [...]	2008-02-04 05:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM EPET TU RS IR KZ AJ TX
08ASHGABAT1643	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting with the Charge, the Russian Ambassador discussed Russian activity in Turkmenistan. Russian oil and gas firms are pursuing production projects, with two firms close to finalizing agreements. The Ambassador appeared well informed about the Chinese gas pipeline [...]	2008-12-30 07:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON RU TX
08ASHGABAT166	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN TAGIYEV -- THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for hydrocarbon issues, Tachberdi Tagiyev, told U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann things are going well for Turkmenistan. The country is discovering promising new hydro [...]	2008-02-04 05:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT169	TURKMENISTAN: MIDLAND OIL SEEKS HYDROCARBON DEAL [...] (C) The Chairman of the Board and President of the U.S.-based Midland Oil and Gas Company Robert Murphy visited Ashgabat January 29-February 2 with a delegation of consortium members to see whether he could work out a hydrocarbon deal. Murphy met on January 30 with President Berdimuhamedov, [...]	2008-02-04 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT170	IRAN'S NATURAL GAS WOES [...] (C) Iran has no gas to sell to customers and carries on gas negotiations with various countries in an attempt to show it is not isolated, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge during a February 1 lunch. In a discussion that covered a number of Caspian and Central Asian energy issues [...]	2008-02-04 11:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET IR TU TX
08ASHGABAT188	TURKMENISTAN GAS PRICE HIKE: BEHIND THE SCENES [...] (C) A long-time Embassy diplomatic source, who has resided in Ashgabat for many years, told us a behind-the-scenes account of what happened following President Berdimuhamedov's announcement at a January 11 cabinet meeting that Turkmenistan would introduce higher gasoline prices (reftel) that [...]	2008-02-06 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT190	TURKMENISTAN: UPDATE ON ADB'S PLANS FOR A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Ayna Kekilova, the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) liaison officer in Turkmenistan, told EmbOff February 6 that the ADB partners in the proposed Trans-Afghan pipeline (TAPI) project are proceeding with the work for the proj [...]	2008-02-06 12:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT2	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV'S NEW YEAR [...] (SBU) President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov's December 28 New Year party provided a glimpse of his government at work -- and at play. The Ministry of Culture and Broadcasting organized it as a dinner-cabaret (to be televised later) in the south wing of the central Exhibition Palace. Guests in [...]	2008-01-02 09:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT209	TURKMENISTAN: INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] (U) The following is Embassy Ashgabat's response to reftel, which requests input for two new reports to Congress on energy. Paragraph 2 offers a brief overview of the energy situation in Turkmenistan, paragraph 3 lists energy-related U.S. objectives, paragraph 4 offers a short description of [...]	2008-02-11 08:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD TX
08ASHGABAT210	TURKMENISTAN: SOME TURKISH VIEWS ON TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) On February 1, Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil met with the Charge to discuss regional energy issues (reftels). He said it is important to explain to Turkmenistan that allowing major Western companies to work in the Caspian and onshore would promote the country's economic and political ind [...]	2008-02-11 08:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TU AJ TX
08ASHGABAT211	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER DENIES NATURAL-GAS [...] (C) Charge met at OOB February 11 with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to deliver talking points in para seven below as a non-paper. Meredov closely read the points and then commented, "You should not believe every rumor you hear." Charge assured Meredov his evidence was documentary and exte [...]	2008-02-11 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EU RS HU TX
08ASHGABAT223	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV ONE YEAR ON: LET'S [...] (C) When "The Eternally Great Saparmurat Turkmenbashi" Niyazov died on December 21, 2006, U.S. foreign policy took the opportunity to approach Turkmenistan's soon-to-be new president, offering to "turn the page" in our bilateral relations. To the extent Turkmenistan was ready to engage with [...]	2008-02-12 10:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT224	TURKMENISTAN-TO-HUNGARY NATURAL GAS: ALMOST A [...] (S) On February 12, Charge met with Polish Ambassador Maciej Lang and, separately, EU-TACIS Adviser Michael Wilson (strictly protect both throughout). Wilson was the initial source of the documentary evidence that negotiations are far advanced for Hungarian company Millander International Ltd [...]	2008-02-12 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET HU RS TX
08ASHGABAT228	TURKMENISTAN: WHY ASHGABAT SHOULD HOST THE 2008 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In response to Ref A. request asking embassies in Central Asia to poll host governments about where to hold the 2008 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan both expresse [...]	2008-02-13 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT230	TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC REFORM TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an extended Cabinet of Ministers meeting on February 8, President Berdimuhamedov said Turkmenistan's industrial sector should operate according to the principles of transparency, privatization, market diversit [...]	2008-02-13 09:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT239	TURKMENISTAN: CITIZENS UPSET OVER GAS PRICE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contrary to assertions that Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Oil and Gas Tagiyev made during a February 13 cabinet meeting, efforts to raise gasoline prices by almost 800% (reftel) are not going well. As-yet unsubstantiated rumors of unrest focused [...]	2008-02-14 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON TX
08ASHGABAT254	TURKMENISTAN: WHY BURIED HILL FOR SERDAR? WHY NOW? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian petroleum company Buried Hill signed a contract in December 2007 to work Caspian Block III -- a key area disputed by Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan -- but the deal was not announced until after a February 12 meeting between the company's CEO, Roger Haines, board member form [...]	2008-02-20 10:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT264	TURKMENISTAN'S PARLIAMENT RATIFIES MONTREAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Mejlis (Parliament) on January 22 adopted a resolution on Turkmenistan's accession to the Montreal Protocol, apparently so that the Ministry of Nature Protection will be eligible for additional dono [...]	2008-02-22 05:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV TSPL KTIA TX
08ASHGABAT286	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting with U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein, Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurad Hojamuhamedov enthusiastically welcomed possible USTDA assistance. He expressed parti [...]	2008-02-29 05:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EPET TX
08ASHGABAT290	TURKMENISTAN: EVIDENCE OF DISCONTENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an EmbOff's trip to Turkmenbashy February 17-19, an ethnic Dagestani Turkmen citizen driver effusively disclosed -- with little prodding -- his thoughts on the gas price hike, Avaza, and Turkmenistan's econ [...]	2008-03-01 07:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EIND ELAB SCUL SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT291	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS PLANNING FOR EXPANDED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-01 08:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT295	TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMEDOV LAYS DOWN MARKERS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a February 28 meeting in Ashgabat, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann: -- He rejects the concept of Gazprom as monopolist; it's Turkmenistan's key economic partner; -- He is strongly irked at Azerb [...]	2008-03-03 06:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET UP TU RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT300	TURKMENISTAN: UKRAINIAN INDUSTRIALIST MENDS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: With a series of diplomatic and commercial forays in January and February, the Ukrainian government appeared to be aggressively working to resolve contractual issues that have stalled its relations with Turkmen [...]	2008-03-04 11:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV UP TX
08ASHGABAT307	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS: FLOUNDERING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During back-to-back meetings on Feburary 29 with U.S. Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Ambassador Steven Mann, Turkmenistan's Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev, and Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources By [...]	2008-03-06 06:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV AJ TX
08ASHGABAT326	TURKMENISTAN: FIRST PHASE OF USTDA TRAINING A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Two officials from Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, including the deputy and another high-ranking official, were extremely enthusiastic about the just-completed first phase of USTDA [...]	2008-03-10 11:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT327	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT VISITS SOUTH YOLOTEN AND OSMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 4 President Berdimuhamedov visited the South Yoloten and Osman onshore oil and gas fields. According to Turkmenistan media reports, the field has a potential of 3 trillion cubic meters of gas. The timin [...]	2008-03-10 13:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT33	TURKMENISTAN: PRESIDENT PRESSURING STATE AGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bayrammyrat Muradov, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, who the president publicly but indirectly criticized during a December 18 cabinet meeting (reftel),is reportedly under growing pressure and could lose hi [...]	2008-01-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT333	TURKMENISTAN: BHP BILLITON CONSIDERS ENTERING [...] (C) BHP Billiton Petroleum, a Houston-based petroleum company that identifies itself as one of the largest producers in the Gulf of Mexico, is looking at bidding on one of Turkmenistan's Caspian Sea blocks, according to Commercial Director Larry Killion during a March 7 meeting with the Charg [...]	2008-03-12 11:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT334	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV BONDS WITH KARIMOV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to official press reports, President Berdimuhamedov's official visit to Uzbekistan was a foreign policy success, during which he established a positive working relationship with President Karimov. The [...]	2008-03-12 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD TX UZ
08ASHGABAT338	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON SUBMITS DETAILED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron Country Manager Doug Uchikura told the Charge during a March 11 meeting that he had delivered a 200-plus page detailed "indicative offer" earlier that morning to the office of the Executive Director of the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The [...]	2008-03-13 10:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT343	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF OIL AND GAS DISCUSSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhamedov told a U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) consultant on March 11 that his Ministry is eager to establish a petrochemical industry to receive higher value for [...]	2008-03-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT355	TURKMENISTAN: POSITIVE TRENDS IN STATE MEDIA ENVIRONMENT [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU). SUMMARY: State Media's coverage of Embassy events and visitors has become almost routine with levels of propaganda or pro-regime "spin" dropping slowly over the last year. Recent coverage is evidence of this continuing trend [...]	2008-03-18 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT358	TURKMENISTAN: MORE "YIKES MOMENTS" AT THE [...] (C) On March 19, Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov -- admitted the Government of Turkmenistan will not meet the final deadline to submit names for the next USTDA training in the United States; -- said he wants to find an international law firm or oil and gas consultancy that will [...]	2008-03-19 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT365	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON TO PARTNER WITH WINTERSHALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Country Manager for German oil firm Wintershall, Cal Sandhu (protect throughout),told EmbOff during a March 20 tour d'horizon his company and Chevron are negotiating a partnership in Turkmenistan that could be announced as early as June. More speculatively, he also suggested t [...]	2008-03-24 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EPET GE TX
08ASHGABAT373	TURKMENISTAN: AMCIT EVANGELICAL GROUP BRINGS [...] (C) The AmCit Evangelical group, Friends of the Turkmen, has returned to Ashgabat for its semi-annual visit. This time the group included one of the officials from the International Foundation, the DC-area organization that does the administrative work for the 2009 National Prayer Breakfast [...]	2008-03-25 12:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KIRF TX
08ASHGABAT377	TURKMENISTAN: NEW TAX CODE FOSTERS FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On March 17 President Berdimuhamedov passed a law amending the Tax Code of Turkmenistan for the sixth time since he is in office. The March 17 amendments are the most numerous and significant so far. The majority o [...]	2008-03-26 10:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EPET TX
08ASHGABAT388	TURKMENISTAN/TURKEY: ENERGY WAS THE KEY ISSUE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador Hakki Akil told the Charge on March 28, -- the key issue discussed during President Berdimuhamedov's March 24-25 visit to Turkey was energy, both with President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan; -- Berdimuhamedov is prepared to sell to Turkey up to 20 bcm/y [...]	2008-03-28 10:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TU TX
08ASHGABAT405	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) On March 28, ExxonMobil Caspian Area Manager Robert Young told the Charge that ExxonMobil is "struggling" to see whether there are any big, tough, challenging hydrocarbon production projects -- the type of project ExxonMobil does best -- in Turkmenistan. Things are going slowly, because [...]	2008-04-01 08:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT412	TURKMENISTAN'S GAS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION FAILS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting on President Berdimuhamedov's instruction to have more exhibitions, Turkmenistani state petroleum agencies decided to hold three separate events in 2008 -- on gas, on oil, and one comprehensive exhibition an [...]	2008-04-02 09:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT415	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON GETTING A HEARING [...] (C) Chevron's Turkmenistan Country Manager, Doug Uchikura, told EmbOff April 2 that, following his March 11 submission of a detailed bid to drillQlow the salt in the Amu Darya basin (reftel),he had a "very positive" one-on-one meeting with the Executive Director of the State Agency for Manag [...]	2008-04-03 08:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT417	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: EU TROIKA, LONDON CONFERENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the cancelled energy session during the upcoming EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial in Ashgabat (ref A),Turkmenistan is increasingly skittish, even secretive, about discussing Caspian energy issues where it cannot strictly control the agenda and content of the [...]	2008-04-03 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET EU RS IR AJ TX
08ASHGABAT419	TURKMENISTAN: GENERAL OBSERVATIONS FROM A VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EmbOff recently traveled to the city of Mary, the capital of the province of the same name. As she walked around town and stopped at various venues, she had an opportunity to talk to a number of local residents. They revealed a degree of ambivalence about transition and refor [...]	2008-04-03 12:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT431	TOWN MEETING TURKMEN-STYLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The administration of a building where foreigners and well-off Turkmen reside recently decided to hold a town meeting to inform residents of a switch from private satellite dishes to communal cable TV. Since thi [...]	2008-04-07 08:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT435	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV MAKES THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's trip to Bucharest April 2-3 for the NATO summit appears to have been a success, both in terms of promoting Turkmenistan's image as an engaged player on the world stage, and in confirmi [...]	2008-04-07 12:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MARR NATO TX
08ASHGABAT439	TURKMENISTAN: INDIA SEEKING TO REINVIGORATE ITS [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: India and Turkmenistan took yet another step toward reenergizing their bilateral relationship with the April 4-6 visit of India's Vice President Hamid Ansari to Turkmenistan. During the visit, Turkmenistan's P [...]	2008-04-09 06:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET IN TX
08ASHGABAT44	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS SEEKS OPTIONS TO EXPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Malaysia-based hydrocarbon company Petronas continues to move forward with plans to begin producing natural gas in Turkmenistan's Livonov block, it still has not reached any final conclusions about how to transport that gas to market, according to the company's country [...]	2008-01-10 05:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AZ TX
08ASHGABAT453	TURKMENISTAN: FOR CHEVRON, IT'S NOW A MATTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Chevron's country manager, Chevron's April 5 presentation to officials from Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon sector (reftel) went smoothly, but Turkmenistan is still unwilling to come to the table to negotiate the company's bid to work onshore sub-salt gas fields. While [...]	2008-04-11 06:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT454	TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN AMBASSADOR ALLEGES U.S. [...] (C) During an April 10 reception hosted by the Baku-based Ambassador of Switzerland, Alain Guidetti, who had just presented his credentials to the Government of Turkmenistan, Charge found himself in a group conversation with the Ambassadors of Georgia, the United Kingdom, Tajikistan, and Iran [...]	2008-04-11 07:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET IR RS TX
08ASHGABAT457	TURKMENISTAN: THE FIELD OF POTENTIAL FOREIGN OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With two exceptions, Turkmenistan's record of dealing with foreign petroleum companies remains sharply bifurcated between the second-tier companies present in Turkmenistan since former President Niyazov's time and the others that are standing in line to complete new agreements n [...]	2008-04-11 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PGOV EINV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT458	TURKMENISTAN: OMV REP ASSERTS NABUCCO IS THE EC [...] (SBU) Charge met April 11 with Baku-based Austrian Energy firm OMV Caspian Region Country Manager Wolfgang Sporrer who also introduced himself as the Nabucco representative for Turkmenistan. He was in Ashgabat for the April 9-10 EU Troika Central Asian Ministerial, and for the next-day Turkm [...]	2008-04-14 04:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET EU AU RS IR TX
08ASHGABAT472	EC TROIKA IN TURKMENISTAN: THE HEADLINE WAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 9-10 EU Troika-Central Asia Ministerial added to Turkmenistan's international and regional credentials. The media headline from the event was Turkmenistan guarantees at least 10 bcm/y natural gas for Europe/Nabucco, although it took a while for media commentators to r [...]	2008-04-15 11:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID EPET KG KZ TI TX UZ EU
08ASHGABAT482	TURKMENISTAN/EU TROIKA-CENTRAL ASIA: BEHIND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Briefing on the April 9-10 EU Troika-Central Asia Ministerial in Ashgabat, French Ambassador Christian Lechervy (strictly protect throughout) -- lamented the region's lack of cohesion and common interests, as well as Kazakhstan's "arrogance"; -- criticized EU Commissioner fo [...]	2008-04-17 08:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL PHUM PINR EPET RS FR IR ZK TX
08ASHGABAT49	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (U) See action request in para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a January 10 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Byrammurat Muradov, told the Charge that press reports that each of the three countries involved in const [...]	2008-01-10 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET RS KZ TX
08ASHGABAT509	IRANIAN DIPLOMAT PUBLICLY HARANGUES TURKMENISTAN FOR POOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 22 Trade Facilitation workshop held in Ashgabat for Central Asian agencies involved in border control and trade, an Iranian diplomat made a 5-minute harangue criticizing the Government of Turkmenis [...]	2008-04-24 03:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD SNAR IR TX

08ASHGABAT511	TURKMENISTAN: U/S JEFFERY'S APRIL 21 VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery visited Ashgabat on April 21. The overall tone of the visit was decidedly positive, even though several of the meetings were head-bangingly Soviet. Alt [...]	2008-04-24 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EAID TX
08ASHGABAT514	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO BUILD ELITE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: At the April 14 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov approved $575 million in construction projects, including 1,764 elite apartments that must be completed by February 2010. Although the presiden [...]	2008-04-25 07:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT525	TURKMENISTAN: INTERBUDMONTAZH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2008 Turkmenistan announced its intention to take Ukrainian construction company Interbudmontazh to court for failing to fulfill the terms of a major tunnel construction contract. President Berdimuha [...]	2008-04-28 06:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV BEXP PGOV TX
08ASHGABAT526	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF UNDER SECRETARY REUBEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: International and domestic state media accurately covered Under Secretary of State Reuben Jeffery's April 21-22 visit to Turkmenistan. The accurate state media coverage reflects the Turkmen government's continued c [...]	2008-04-28 06:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT527	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT TO VISIT BAKU, SEEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov has asked the United States to play a watchful and helpful role as he negotiates with Azerbaijan's President Aliyev to establish a bilateral Caspian Sea commercial venture that would allow Turkmenistan's natural gas to flow Westward to Europe, bypassing [...]	2008-04-28 08:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT536	TURKMENISTAN'S ETREK DISTRICT: WAITING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Burdened by an isolated location, poor roads and years of neglect from the center, Turkmenistan's Etrek District, located in western Turkmenistan on the border with Iran, has experienced little economic developmen [...]	2008-04-29 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR SNAR PBTS PREL TX
08ASHGABAT537	TURKMENISTAN: BP INTERESTED IN OPENING AN OFFICE, [...] (C) BP President for Business Development in Russia and Central Asia John-Paul Stalder told the Charge April 28 that BP is moving forward with plans to open an office in Ashgabat. The registration process will take 3-6 months, and BP foresees that the toughest problem will be finding appropr [...]	2008-04-29 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET TX
08ASHGABAT538	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV VISIT TO KABUL A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's president arrived April 28 for a one-day visit in Kabul. Although the two presidents see opportunities in an expanded relationship, the projects they are most interested in will require further c [...]	2008-04-29 11:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET AF TX
08ASHGABAT55	TURKMENISTANL: AHAL TEKE TRIBE DOMINATES GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Examination of background information that is available on government leadership reinforces the widely-held notion that President Berdimuhamedov's Ahal Teke tribe dominates the senior levels of government. Members o [...]	2008-01-14 07:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT551	AT LONG LAST, A UNIFIED EXCHANGE RATE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 1, the Central Bank of Turkmenistan announced a unified exchange rate of 14,250 manat per $1. The final impact of the four-month process for unifying the dual exchange rate is yet unclear. Immediately evident is the fact that the arbitrary devaluation of the dollar ha [...]	2008-05-01 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EIND ETRD EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT552	PAYMENT OF AIR NAVIGATION AND OTHER FEES BY U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government informed us that it will stop charging air navigation fees to USG aircraft, as long as the Turkmenistan National Civil Aviation Service (Turkmenhowayollary - THY) continues to receive the same amount of i [...]	2008-05-01 14:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS US TX
08ASHGABAT558	TURKMENISTAN: SOCIAL ILLS WORSEN IN DASHOGUZ PROVINCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Life in Dashoguz, a mid-sized city with 100,000 residents close to the Uzbek border, has always been hard. The city and central governments favor Turkmen and offer limited opportunities for educational advancement [...]	2008-05-02 12:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SCUL SOCI KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT562	TURKMENISTAN: PRICES CONTINUE TO RISE - COST OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Just a day after Turkmenistan unified its dual currency exchange rate at 14,250 manats to the dollar (Ref A) -- a rate which many experts here thinks inflates the manat's real value against the dollar -- authorities seem pr [...]	2008-05-02 14:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT568	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NATURAL GAS "AGREEMENT" LEAVES [...] (C) Although Iran and Turkmenistan agreed April 25 to resume delivery of Turkmenistan's natural gas to Iran, they are still negotiating both the price and volume of natural gas deliveries, the Iranian ambassador told Poland's Ambassador Marciej Lang during a May 5 diplomatic event. The two s [...]	2008-05-05 12:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT570	TURKMENISTAN: MAGTYMGULY SHELTERED FROM ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although life seems increasingly tough in most of Turkmenistan's agricultural areas, the district of Magtymguly, located west of Ashgabat close to Turkmenistan's border with Iran, seems to be weathering the country's inflation and unemployment slightly better than other rural ar [...]	2008-05-05 13:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECON SOCI IR TX
08ASHGABAT572	TURKMENISTAN: CADDO EXPLORATION LOOKS TO LONG TERM [...] (C) Houston-based Caddo Exploration is looking at becoming involved in Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon production, according to the company's president, Neel Duncan. Although Caddo is "willing to drill almost anywhere" in the short-term, the company really wants to become involved in on-shore pro [...]	2008-05-06 09:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET PREL TX
08ASHGABAT588	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON WANTS TO RACHET UP LEVEL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recognizing that the competition for on-shore contracts for drilling in the Amu Darya basin in eastern Turkmenistan is increasing, Chevron is focusing on bringing Turkmen officials to the negotiation table soonest. After Deputy Premier for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Executive Direc [...]	2008-05-07 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EPET TX CH
08ASHGABAT589	TURKMENISTAN: LARGEST TURKISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY [...] (C) During a routine meeting on May 5 with the Planning Manager of the Turkish construction company, Polimeks (reftel),EconOff coincidentally met the Business Development Manager of the newly created Polimeks Energy Corporation, Deniz Tura. Tura said that Polimeks Energy is interested in fo [...]	2008-05-07 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TU TX
08ASHGABAT600	TURKMENISTAN: NORWAY'S STATOILHYDRO OFFERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Like many other foreign oil companies, Norway's Statoilhydro is looking for a formula that will allow it to get a contract to drill for natural gas in Turkmenistan's on-shore fields, the company's Vice President for Caspian Operations, Kristian Hausken, told EmbOff May 8. Hauske [...]	2008-05-08 15:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET NO TX
08ASHGABAT62	TURKMENISTAN: SFRC MINORITY CHAIRMAN SENATOR [...] (C) PARTICIPANTS: UNITED STATES: Senator Richard Lugar Kenneth A. Meyers III, Republican Senior Professional Staff Charge d'affaires (note-taker) TURKMENISTAN: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers for Foreign Affairs [...]	2008-01-14 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR EPET EU AZ GG RS TX
08ASHGABAT626	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON UPDATE [...] (C) During a May 14 briefing to update the Charge on the current state of play of Chevron's bid to produce deep sub-salt natural gas in Turkmenistan's Amu Darya basin, Chevron Country Manager Doug Uchikura repeated most of the information contained Ref A. However, he added that Chevron is dr [...]	2008-05-15 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT638	TURKMENISTAN: EUROPA HOUSE HELPING FULFILL EU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The coordinator for the EU's central clearinghouse for assistance and initiatives in Turkmenistan updated post on the work that Europa House is now doing to implement EU initiatives that will raise the prospects [...]	2008-05-17 07:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET TX
08ASHGABAT640	TURKMENISTAN'S NORTH: SATELLITE DISHES ON MUD HOUSES, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Turkmenistan's northern city of Dashoguz, PolOff found local residents generally positive about life in their region. Vendors in the city's largest market, which was bustling with activity [...]	2008-05-19 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI UZ TX
08ASHGABAT656	SUCCESS OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov was in Baku May 19 and 20 for the first visit by a Turkmen president to Azerbaijan in 12 years, and appears to have closed the door on seven years of sour diplomatic relations between th [...]	2008-05-22 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ETRD RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT66	TURKMENISTAN: STATE MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS VISIT OF SENATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On January 11, the Russian-language, government-operated website "Turkmenistan Golden Age" reported on Senator Lugar's arrival in Turkmenistan, giving accurate details on his planned schedule. Similar reports on the same day [...]	2008-01-15 08:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR EPET KPAO OIIP TX
08ASHGABAT666	TURKMEN-AZERI JOINT CASPIAN EXPLOITATION: A WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a readout of President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku, Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov said: -- the will exists in both Ashgabat and Baku for trans-Caspian transportation of Turkmenistan's natural gas through Azerbaijan to Europe, and for a bi-nation [...]	2008-05-27 09:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT667	TURKMENISTAN-EU ENERGY MOU MIGHT OPEN NEW DOORS [...] (C) During his early-November 2007 visit to Brussels, President Berdimuhamedov agreed that Turkmenistan and the European Union would draw up and sign an energy memorandum of understanding (MOU). The original intention was that Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tachberdi Tagiyev would retu [...]	2008-05-27 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EU TX
08ASHGABAT677	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV DAZED AND CONFUSED [...] (S) During the second half of their nearly two-hour meeting on May 28, President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov asked all the participants in his meeting to step out so that he could brief SCA Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on his May 9-10 visit to Baku and his talks with President Ilham Aliy [...]	2008-05-29 07:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT680	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV PLIES AND A/S [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov told Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher: -- Turkmenistan is committed to funding and building two new power stations to provide electricity to Afghanistan, and strongly supports the Trans-Afghani [...]	2008-05-29 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EPET KEDM AF TX
08ASHGABAT681	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TO BOUCHER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 28 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Turkmenistan's Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov welcomed broader cooperation in the education sector, especially in exchange programs. He did not rule out [...]	2008-05-29 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EPET SCUL AF TX
08ASHGABAT684	TURKMENISTAN: TAKING ITS TIME TO OPEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Turkmenistan up to now has pursued a policy of banning foreign companies from its gas fields onshore (foreign companies are working the Caspian oilfields),Turkmenistan may be reconsidering this policy. At the heart of this new thinking is a need to [...]	2008-05-29 12:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT697	TURKMENISTAN'S PETROLEUM LAW UNDER REVISION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon agencies are working on changes to the country's Petroleum Law. One set of changes would seek to address major complaints by subcontractors in the hydrocarbon sector, exempting them from paying value-added and many other taxes, and making it easier fo [...]	2008-05-30 13:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT7	TURKMENISTAN PLAYING HARDBALL WITH IRAN OVER GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Now that Turkmenistan has reached agreement with the China National Petroleum Company and Gazprom on new prices for its natural gas, Turkmenistan has turned its focus to Iran, to which it sells approximately 8 billion cubic m [...]	2008-01-03 11:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT722	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER OPEN-MINDED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a nearly two-hour meeting on June 4 with U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov: -- praised U.S.-Turkmenistan energy cooperation; -- expressed cautious interest in an idea that could by-pass the cur [...]	2008-06-06 08:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT727	TURKMENISTAN: NEGOTIATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: High-level representatives from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India met in Ashgabat in late May to resolve some issues that continue to stand in the way of more substantive negotiations on the envisa [...]	2008-06-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET ECON ETRD IN PK AF TX
08ASHGABAT732	TURKMENISTAN: EBRD DIRECTOR DETAILS MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a June 4 lunch with visiting European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Central Asia Director, Masaru Honma, and new EBRD Resident Representative, Neil McKain, told USAID that as a result of a recent bre [...]	2008-06-09 06:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AMGT ECON EFIN EAID TX
08ASHGABAT734	TURKMENISTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both Deputy Prime Minister for Oil and Gas Tagiyev and Hydrocarbon State Agency Director Muradov told U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray on June 5 Turkmenistan welcomes investment by U.S. companies and promotes multiple export routes, including Westward across [...]	2008-06-09 07:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT737	TURKMENISTAN: GLOBAL ENERGY CAPITAL SEEKS [...] (C) During a meeting on June 6, Global Energy Capital's AmCit managing partners told Charge that their company, which focuses on providing direct equity for direct investment in frontier and emerging energy markets, is looking at investing in Turkmenistan. The two, visiting Ashgabat to attend [...]	2008-06-09 12:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT740	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL INCHING FORWARD [...] (C) ExxonMobil's Caspian Manager Rob YOung (please protect) told the Charge June 6 that his company is still hoping to get a contract to work in Turkmenistan's onshore gas fields, but has not yet submitted a bid. ExxonMobil wants to get a better sense of what the Government of Turkmenistan w [...]	2008-06-10 10:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT741	TURKMENISTAN: MARATHON CLOSE TO SIGNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Marathon International Petroleum Limited is very close to signing a confidentiality agreement that would allow it to carry out a definitional study for a project that would, if allowed to go forward, involve construction of an onshore gas extraction rig, a gas processing facility [...]	2008-06-10 10:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT744	TURKMENISTAN'S OIL EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE: A LESS THAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY. (SBU) On June 6-7, the Government of Turkmenistan held the Exploration of Oil Fields, Oil Production, Refining, and Petrochemicals Exhibition and International Conference. This was the second of three separate events Tu [...]	2008-06-11 09:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT75	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: NOW THE IRANIANS ARE BLAMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) As Turkmenistan's gas pipelines to Iran remain shut off for the second week, both sides have dug in their heels in the natural gas war that began just after the new year. However, Iran continues to rachet up the stakes. Acco [...]	2008-01-15 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT762	TURKMENISTAN: LUKOIL PARTNERSHIP BECOMES A DRAG [...] (S) SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips, bidding with its partner Lukoil on production sharing agreements (PSAs) for Turkmenistan's offshore Blocks 19, 20 and 21, is very close to resolving all outstanding issues in its negotiations with the Government of Turkmenistan and has even accepted a non-standa [...]	2008-06-16 12:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RU TX
08ASHGABAT763	TURKMENISTAN: STRIKE CONFIRMED AT BURREN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deutsche Welle reported June 10 that there had been a violent demonstration by up to 600 workers at the field just south of Balkanabat (formerly Nebitdag) whose production sharing agreement Italian oil company Eni had purchased in November 2007 from Burren Energy. According to [...]	2008-06-16 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB EPET SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT77	CENTRAL ASIAN NORTH-SOUTH RAILWAY LINE: A LOT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. GREAT HOPES RESTING ON NORTH-SOUTH LINE 2. (SBU) Head of the Ministry of Railway Transportation International Affairs Department Annamurat Horantsanliyev met january 7 with EconOff to discuss the Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran Nort [...]	2008-01-15 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ELTN IR KZ TX
08ASHGABAT771	TURKMENISTAN: AUSTRIA'S OMV JUMPS INTO THE ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 17 meeting, Austrian oil company OMV's Country Manager for the Caspian Region, Wolfgang Sporrer, told the Charge that his company will propose two separate gas deals to Turkmenistan: a simple gas-at-the-border purchase (OMV is willing to build the pipeline to tra [...]	2008-06-17 13:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ RU AU TX
08ASHGABAT778	TURKMENISTAN: HUNGARY'S NABUCCO AMBASSADOR MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungary's new Ambassador-at-Large for the Nabucco Pipeline Project, Mihaly Bayer, told the Charge June 18 that, though Nabucco has "full European Union (EU) backing," less-than-united support from individual capitals and a multiplicity of interests at play in Brussels are slowin [...]	2008-06-19 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET EU HU TX
08ASHGABAT817	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIMUHAMEDOV ON AZERBAIJAN: [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a surprising display of pique and frustration, Berdimuhamedov let loose to the Charge against Azerbaijan's President Aliyev, implying that the brief standoff in April between Azeri border patrol boats and a Turkmen vessel in the mid-Caspian disputed Serdar/Kyapaz block (ref A [...]	2008-07-01 07:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PREL EPET RS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT829	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING CHANGES TO [...] (C) British Petroleum (BP) is continuing its efforts to register a new office in Ashgabat -- although very slowly, the company's Country Manager for Turkmenistan told EmbOff during a July 3 meeting. For the time being, the country manager is continuing to commute between his home in Baku and [...]	2008-07-07 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT849	TURKMENISTAN: CHALIK ENERJI DELINQUENT ON [...] (C) Almost 18 months ago, Turkmenistan had a major blowout in its South Yoloten gas field in an exploratory drilling operation operated by Turkish company Chalik Enerji. After weeks of trying to handle the blowout, Chalik Enerji signed a contract on an emergency basis with U.S. company Cudd [...]	2008-07-08 06:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ECON TU TX
08ASHGABAT850	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY'S MURADOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge paid a farewell call on Executive Director of the Hydrocarbon State Agnecy Bayrammurad Muradov on July 7. Muradov (almost) confirmed that Turkmenistan is seriously reconsidering its past hard-line policy of no Western energy majors working onshore other than in service-c [...]	2008-07-08 08:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET RS KZ AJ TX
08ASHGABAT869	TURKMENISTAN PASSES NEW LAW ON LICENSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Less than two months after amending Turkmenistan's licensing law, President Berdimuhamedov on July 8 signed a newly redrafted licensing law. The new version of the law reduces the list of licensed activities and cl [...]	2008-07-11 05:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT871	TURKMENISTAN/HUNGARY: PM GYURCSANY PUSHES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian ambassador Gyorgy Busztin, resident in Tehran, told Charge and DCM July 10 that Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany's eight hours with President Berdimuhamedov on July 9 was dominated by a single issue: the Nabucco pipeline. While Busztin indicated that Berdimu [...]	2008-07-11 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET HU TX
08ASHGABAT873	TURKMENISTAN: DESPITE PRESS REPORT, KOREANS NOT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Turkmenistan.ru website reported that South Korean Minister of Knowledge Economy, Lee Youn-ho, had told President Berdimuhamedov during a July 6 meeting in Astana that the Republic of Korea is setting up a special consort [...]	2008-07-11 10:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
08ASHGABAT884	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: DETAIL FROM OIL COMPANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The country manager for German oil company Wintershall told us that the early-April standoff between two Azeri border guard gunboats and an international oil company involved Petronas, in block I, rather than Buried Hill in block III, a block that contains a boundary under disput [...]	2008-07-14 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET MOPS AJ TX
08ASHGABAT89	TURKMENISTAN: NEW ENERGY-SECTOR PROJECTS [...] (C) During his January 17 farewell call on the Charge before he moves to Abu Dhabi, Chalik Holding executive Aziz Chengel (please protect) discussed several of Turkmenistan's new projects in the energy sector. UAE COURTS, BUT ITERA SCORES 2. (C) Turkmenistan intends to build two new ure [...]	2008-01-17 11:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV ENRG TX
08ASHGABAT894	TURKMENISTAN: HYDROCARBON TOUR D'HORIZON WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 11 tour d'horizon meeting, German oil company Wintershall's country manager told emboff that Wintershall is beginning exploratory drilling the week of July 14 in the southern part of block 11. In an effort to promote rapid exploration of Block III, for which Canadi [...]	2008-07-15 13:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT901	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting with the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Hajiyev acknowledged that Turkmenistan must upgrade the knowledge of its petrochemical specialists. He also welcom [...]	2008-07-17 09:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID EPET TINT TX AZ
08ASHGABAT903	TURKMENISTAN: PETRONAS NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION TO [...] (C) During a July 15 meeting, Malaysian petroleum firm Petronas general manager in Turkmenistan Mohammed Ridzan Mohammed Sharif told emboff that his company is now planning on producing only 5 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year in Turkmenistan's block I (Livanov). (NOTE: This stat [...]	2008-07-17 10:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT917	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 16 meeting, the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov, told U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Manager for Europe and Eurasia Dan Stein that the State Agency was please [...]	2008-07-18 13:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT926	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS MINISTER EAGER FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During meetings on July 16, Turkmenistan's Minister of Oil and Gas, Baymurat Hojamuhammedov, offered U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Regional Director Dan Stein and Department of Energy Director for Rus [...]	2008-07-21 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT931	TURKMENISTAN: AGREEMENT REACHED WITH IRAN ON GAS [...] (C) Turkmenistan and Iran have reached an agreement on gas. According to Turkish Ambassador Huseyin Bichkali, who was informed by the Iranian ambassador, Turkmenistan and Iran have agreed that Iran will pay $175 per tcm for a five-year period. Bichkali said the accord was reached several we [...]	2008-07-23 08:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET IR TX
08ASHGABAT955	TURKMENISTAN: ROMANIANS SAY BERDIMUHAMEDOV PROMISED TO CUT BACK GAS TO RUSSIA TO FILL NABUCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's July 16 trip to Romania appears to have been a success, yielding constructive agreements that will expand the political and economic bilateral relationship and Romania's assistance with development in the areas of education, water management, and investment. [...]	2008-07-24 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EPET TX RO
08ASHGABAT957	TURKMENISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN JOINT WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16-18, 2008, the Joint Working Group of the Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water and the Turkmenistan Minister of Energy and Industry met in Ashgabat to discuss technical details of the construction o [...]	2008-07-24 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT964	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER OF DISCONTENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While commercial contacts between Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan apparently have continued to expand, the two countries' budding political dialogue by all accounts has taken a nosedive. While not solely responsible for the cooling of efforts to find a political resolution of the [...]	2008-07-25 14:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT97	2008 TURKMENISTAN BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Brief justification -- U.S. EmbassQshgabat would like to hold meetings with U.S. companies at the 2008 Gas and Oil Show in Atyrau, Kazakhstan, April 9-11, 2008. Many U.S. firms are showing interest in opening up offices in Turkmenistan, and attending the Atyrau Gas and Oil Show would give pos [...]	2008-01-18 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT973	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL SAYS IT IS UNFAZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canadian oil firm Buried Hill, which has a contract from the Government of Turkmenistan to develop hydrocarbons in the Serdar/Kyapaz field in block III, is moving forward very slowly in its plans. It concluded 2-D seismic imaging in February, and hopes to drill three explorator [...]	2008-07-28 12:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT996	TURKMENISTAN: STATE AGENCY HEAD TELLS CHEVRON IT [...] (C) During a brief July 31 meeting, Chevron's AMCIT country manager told emboff that he had a very positive July 30 meeting with the Executive Director of Turkmenistan's State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources, Bayrammurat Muradov. This was the second meeting between the [...]	2008-07-31 12:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASMARA18	UNMEE FUEL UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNMEE Force Commander Major General Mohammad Taisir (protect) estimates UNMEE can continue operations at the current reduced levels until January 31. After that UNMEE would have to dip into its strategic fuel reserve, which Taisir said is only sufficient to move UNMEE's troops ba [...]	2008-01-14 08:37:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PBTS PREL MOPS ASEC ER ET XW
08ASMARA258	ERITREA'S DIESEL DIET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Diesel fuel remains an extremely scarce commodity in Eritrea. UN agencies and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have not received their diesel allocations from the Eritrean government since April 10. Many of the Eritrean government's civilian vehicles are [...]	2008-05-14 07:47:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ENER PINR ER
08ASMARA300	ERITREA - NO FUEL BY JULY? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Eritrea has fuel reserves of only one month, and poor prospects for purchasing more, according to Total's Managing Director in Eritrea. Eritrea's Kuwaiti suppliers reportedly have not been paid since December 2007, and will not supply more fuel until the government makes paym [...]	2008-06-04 18:34:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL ENRG PINR ASEC ER
08ASMARA330	AVIATION FUEL STATUS IN ERITREA [...] (C/NF) RSO met with UNMEE Source who provided information on the current low levels of aviation fuel in Asmara. This source by virtue of his position at UNMEE has been able to inspect the fuel tanks at the Asmara International Airport and regularly receives updates on aviation fuel in Asmara [...]	2008-06-23 14:08:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON MOPS ASEC ER
08ASMARA389	GSE SUPPLIES FOREIGN ERITREANS WITH INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) rations basic commodities through government-owned stores. Though the majority of Eritreans complain that the rations allowed are not enough to sustain the average family, so-called Beles (Eritreans living abroad who return to Eritrea f [...]	2008-08-08 10:05:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI ER
08ASTANA1202	KAZAKHSTAN - NOMINEES FOR THE MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post would like to submit the following Kazakhstani entrepreneurs as possible participants in the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference in Dubai. Please note that the nominees are all ethnic Kazakhs, which means we believe they are all Muslims by ancestry, but we do not [...]	2008-07-02 01:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KZ
08ASTANA1209	KASHAGAN UPDATE: GOK CONFIRMS DELAY OF COMMERCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 05:29:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1210	ASSET STRUCTURE OF KAZAKHSTAN'S NATIONAL OIL AND GAS [...] (U) KazMunayGas (KMG),Kazakhstan's state-owned oil and gas company, is a vertically integrated company holding 25 subsidiaries in oil and gas exploration, extraction, processing, transportation, and sales. KMG produces 16% of Kazakhstan's oil output, transports 65% of its oil, and manages 10 [...]	2008-07-03 05:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA1309	KAZAKHSTAN - BURKITBAYEV SURPRISE CHOICE AS NEW [...] (C) Serik Burkitbayev, chairman of "Samgau," replaced Uzakbay Karabalin as KazMunayGas president on May 29. Burkitbayev is a long-time government insider with a mixed record. Contacts at KazMunayGas and western oil and gas companies called the move a surprise and saw no obvious explanation fo [...]	2008-07-21 11:29:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV EINV PINR KZ
08ASTANA1343	U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERT DISCUSSES CLIMATE CHANGE WITH [...] As part of its U.S. speaker program, U.S. Embassy Astana sponsored the July 7-12 visit to Kazakhstan of environmental law expert Dr. John Dernbach in order to familiarize Kazakhstani audiences with the concepts of sustainable economic growth and the importance of energy conservation in mitigat [...]	2008-07-25 01:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SOCI PREL ENRG KZ
08ASTANA1361	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JULY 6 - JULY 19, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. - New Transfer Pricing Law Signed - Kazakhstan-Russia Cooperation on Financial Supervision - Kyrgyzstan to Receive Kazakhstani Wheat - New Head of ABN AMRO Bank Kazakhstan [...]	2008-07-28 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1368	KAZAKHSTAN - ASTANA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES SULFUR STORAGE, [...] (U) The Kazakhstan-Canada Business Association (KCBA),in partnership with Canada's Alberta Sulfur Research Ltd. organized the First International Conference on Sulfur Reutilization and Sustainable Development in Astana on July 9. Representatives of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources [...]	2008-07-30 10:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET SENV PGOV PREL KZ
08ASTANA1375	KAZAKHSTAN - GOVERNMENT TAKING FURTHER MEASURES [...] (C) A Wall Street Journal article in which Rakhat Aliyev made new charges of corruption against President Nazarbayev and his family appears to have provoked the government to strike back with an anti-Aliyev media campaign and a threat of new charges against him. Some of Aliyev's allegations to [...]	2008-07-31 12:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM ECON KZ
08ASTANA1558	TFGG01: KAZAKHSTAN CAUTIOUS ON GEORGIA-RUSSIA [...] (C) Kazakhstan will likely continue its cautious approach toward the Georgian-Russian conflict to preserve its equities with both countries. Nevertheless, the Kazakhstanis appear genuinely concerned about the long-term implications of Russia's actions for other CIS states. While Kazakhstan is [...]	2008-08-21 07:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KZ GG RS
08ASTANA1609	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, AUGUST 3 - AUGUST [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Banking Sector Updates -- New Player in Local Capital Market -- Competition Agency Announces Inspection Results -- Ministry Presents Draft of New Subsoil Use Legislat [...]	2008-08-28 02:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1646	KAZAKHSTAN - KARACHAGANAK FACES DIFFICULTIES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan's Karachaganak field has large proven reserves of natural gas, but further Karachaganak expansion (i.e., a Phase III) faces obstacles, including administrative delays. The Karachaganak consortium, KPO, maintains that it was recently pressured into paying an environmen [...]	2008-09-03 06:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1697	KAZAKHSTANI LEADERSHIP PROMISES BOUCHER FOLLOW [...] (C) Prime Minister Masimov and Foreign Minister Tazhin, citing President Nazarbayev's public commitment, told Assistant Secretary Boucher on September 2 that Kazakhstan would follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Masimov looked forward to next steps on the Public-Priv [...]	2008-09-08 07:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM OSCE ECON KZ
08ASTANA1699	KAZAKHSTAN - MASIMOV AND MYNBAYEV STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) The 3rd annual KazEnergy Eurasian Energy Forum was held in Astana during September 4-5. In opening remarks, Prime Minister Masimov promised that Kazakhstan "will always be a reliable and dependable international partner," stressing that Kazakhstan's "principled stand" is "to ensure stabili [...]	2008-09-08 08:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1701	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, AUGUST 17 - AUGUST [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstani Wheat Exports -- Regional Economic Integration: Latest Developments -- Banker Mukhtar Ablyazov Looking for IPO -- Economic Statistics -- ONGC To [...]	2008-09-08 10:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EPET ENRG EFIN KZ
08ASTANA182	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 6 - 18, [...] Summary: This information on economic and energy developments in Kazakhstan is drawn primarily from the local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- GOK Economic Policy in 2008 -- New Appointments -- US Bank Provides Loan to Kazakhstani Partner -- Economic Statistics -- KazM [...]	2008-01-31 01:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1865	KAZAKHSTAN - ATYRAU OIL REFINERY LOOKS TO UPGRADE [...] (SBU) Charge and Energy Officer met with Kairat Urazbayev, First Deputy General Director of the Atyrau oil refinery, on September 18 and toured the refinery's processing facilities. The original plant was built in 1936, but was upgraded most recently in 2006. It is therefore, said Urazbayev, [...]	2008-09-24 11:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1868	KAZAKHSTAN - CASPIAN OIL PRODUCTION, PLANS, AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Oil production at Tengiz has expanded to 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) and the Kashagan consortium is expected to produce at least 150,000 bpd by 2013 and up to 1.5 million bpd by 2020. Tengizchevroil (TCO) could easily increase oil production to 600,000 bpd but is constrained [...]	2008-09-25 02:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1869	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, AUGUST 31 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazyna Upgrades Legal Status -- Samara-Uralsk Fiber Optic Line -- German Technical Assistance to Help Labor Ministry -- August Inflation -- Kazakhstani Investment in G [...]	2008-09-25 02:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA1910	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT TO PRESENT DRAFT OF NEW SUBSOIL LAW [...] (SBU) The Government of Kazakhstan will present to Parliament in October a draft of a new law on subsoil use. The proposed legislation would require separate contracts for exploration and production operations, put shorter time limits on exploration contracts, enhance the government's authorit [...]	2008-09-29 12:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1944	KAZAKHSTAN: DECISION NOT TO BUILD POTI GRAIN [...] (U) In contradiction to earlier Kazakhstani government claims, it now appears that Kazakhstan's decision not to build a grain terminal at Georgia's Poti port was actually a commercial one that had no connection to the recent Georgia conflict, according to several sources. 2. (C) Prime Minis [...]	2008-10-01 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR EINV RS GG KZ
08ASTANA1974	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS SIGNS MAJOR OFFSHORE DEAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 5, ConocoPhillips CEO Jim Mulva signed a memorandum of understanding with Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, KazMunaiGas (KMG),and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala for the exploration and development of th [...]	2008-10-06 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET EINV RS TX KZ
08ASTANA2025	KAZAKHSTAN: KASHAGAN PROJECT UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 4, Eurasian Energy Diplomacy Coordinator Ambassador Steve Mann visited the offshore and onshore facilities of the North Caspian Sea Production Sharing Agreement project -- also known as Kashagan -- with [...]	2008-10-14 10:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2042	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALLS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping on October 14 and joined Russian Ambassador Mikhail Nikolayevich Bocharnikov for lunch at his Embassy on October 15. Although both were rather formal on first meeting, Ambassador Cheng seemed the somewhat less guarded. Both [...]	2008-10-16 06:01:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS CH KZ
08ASTANA2080	KAZAKHSTAN: FM TAZHIN THANKS AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 17 meeting, Foreign Minister Tazhin thanked U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Khalilzad for his attendance at the Common World ministerial. Tazhin told Khalilzad that he expected Kazakhstan to finalize an agreement with NATO on land transit of supplies for [...]	2008-10-20 11:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EINV KISL KDEM AF KZ
08ASTANA2082	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZMUNAIGAS VICE PRESIDENT IDENOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of Kazakhstan's national oil company KazMunaiGaz (KMG) and Chairman of KazTransOil, told Ambassador Mann his frustrations and expectations for the future development of Kashagan, the largest oil and gas field outside the Middle E [...]	2008-10-20 12:05:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2084	KAZAKHSTAN: TIMUR KULIBAYEV NAMED AS CO-DEPUTY HEAD OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) On October 17, President Nazarbayev's son-in-law, Timur Kulibayev, was appointed as one of two Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of the Samruk-Kazyna National Welfare Fund, which was established on October 13 through the [...]	2008-10-20 12:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2098	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL EXCITED ABOUT NEW NORTH CASPIAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 21, ExxonMobil Kazakhstan's New Business Development Manager Peter Claypool (protect) described to Energy Officer a promising onshore North Caspian development opportunity that ExxonMobil has pursued qu [...]	2008-10-23 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ

08ASTANA2144	KAZAKHSTAN: BP SUPPORTS CPC EXPANSION - AT THE RIGHT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 29, Jonathan Popper of British Petroleum's (BP) Exploration Operating Company, briefed Energy Officer on the status of negotiations to expand the capacity of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeli [...]	2008-10-30 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2152	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, OCTOBER 12-25 [...] SUMMARY: The information in this Kazakhstan economic and energy update is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press. -- Deposit Insurance Increased -- EU-Kazakhstan WTO Talks: Update From Aitzhanova -- News From the Agricultural Sector -- Pipeline News -- K-WAC Ltd. To Design Facilitie [...]	2008-10-31 05:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND EAGR EPET EFIN KZ
08ASTANA2153	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 13-24 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." "PUBLIC PARLIAMENT" SUPPORTS ELECTION AMENDMENTS 2. During an October 13 meeting, the "Khalyk Kenesy" ("People's Parliament") expr [...]	2008-10-31 06:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2156	CENTRAL ASIAN LEADERS REACH AGREEMENT ON WATER AND ENERGY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidents of the five Central Asian states overcame their disagreements and signed an agreement in Bishkek on October 10 to share water and energy resources this winter. One expert sees Gazprom's influence beh [...]	2008-10-31 09:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV TX TI KG UZ KZ
08ASTANA2179	KAZAKHSTAN: ECONOMIC CRISIS AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a meeting of SCO heads of government in Astana on October 30. All four SCO observer states, as well as Afghanistan, also sent high-level representatives to the event. The SCO heads of government called for greater coordination in [...]	2008-11-04 11:46:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET AF KZ
08ASTANA2195	KAZAKHSTAN: CRUDE EXPORT DUTY RAISES CONCERNS, GOVERNMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan introduced an export duty on crude oil and oil products through a government decree issued on April 8. The rate for the crude duty is calculated based on a formula linked to the price of Brent crude. I [...]	2008-11-07 06:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2226	KAZAKHSTAN: PROPOSED TAX CODE CHANGES COULD IMPACT OIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In September, the Ministry of Finance submitted several proposed changes to the tax code to Parliament. If Parliament adopts the amendments, the changes will take effect January 1, 2009. A major objective of the [...]	2008-11-10 02:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2232	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZATOMPROM PLAYS LEAD ROLE IN COUNTRY'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Kazakhstan has more than one million tons of uranium reserves, 15% of the world's total and the largest reserves after Australia. The country is currently the world's third largest uranium producer after Canada a [...]	2008-11-10 11:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV KZ
08ASTANA2259	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR TOURS TENGIZ AND KASHAGAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador toured the supergiant oil fields Tengiz and Kashagan on November 11 and 12 respectively, discovering in the process new facts about future production, transportation options, public perceptions, lab [...]	2008-11-17 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SENV KZ
08ASTANA2291	KAZAKHSTAN: KULIBAYEV ON THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, Timur Kulibayev, newly-appointed Deputy Chairman of the Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund, gave the Ambassador his assessment of the domestic impact of the global financial crisis and an update o [...]	2008-11-21 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAGR EPET EINV SOCI KPAO RS IR AJ
08ASTANA2392	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, November 9 - [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- National Bank Eases Reserve Requirements -- Use of the National Fund Criticized -- New Appointme [...]	2008-12-04 01:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2470	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, NOVEMBER 23 - [...] SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- New Budget Code Signed by President -- Regional Trade News -- ArcelorMittal Guarantees Employment to Share Purchasers -- Renaissance Capital Advisor for Distressed A [...]	2008-12-18 16:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA2481	KAZAKHSTAN: SMALL BORDER TOWN BALANCES RUSSIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aksai is a small, provincial border town in northern Kazakhstan much like many others -- with the notable exception that it has billions of dollars worth of oil and gas buried in its backyard. Unfortunately, it w [...]	2008-12-19 02:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SOCI PBTS RS KZ
08ASTANA2523	KAZAKHSTAN: ARTICLES ACCUSE OIL COMPANIES OF CAUSING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, the Russian-language, independent weekly newspaper "Svoboda Slova" launched a series of inflammatory articles written by journalist Igor Larra called, "Defending the Caspian." The paper has publish [...]	2008-12-22 10:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EPET EINV SENV KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2561	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, December 7 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Kazakhstan Ready to Negotiate Debt Restructuring -- Banks to Receive Government Assistance by March -- Conservative Scenario for 2009 National Budget -- Economic S [...]	2008-12-30 06:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET KTDB KZ
08ASTANA338	CHEVRON INCIDENT REFLECTS CHANGING DYNAMICS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 11:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PINR KZ
08ASTANA342	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV DISCUSSES [...] (S) President Nazarbayev thanked Assistant Secretary Boucher for U.S. support for Kazakhstan's OSCE chairmanship bid during a February 11 meeting. (Septel provides details of their discussion of the commitments on democratic reform that Kazakhstan made at the OSCE Madrid ministerial.) Nazarba [...]	2008-02-19 03:53:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL OSCE ECON EPET KZ
08ASTANA352	KAZAKHSTAN: TYPHOON COUNTER-NARCOTICS OPERATION [...] Summary: Law enforcement agencies of Kazakhstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, with the assistance of Afghanistan, broke up one of the largest Central Asian trafficking organizations. As a result of the multi-stage operation "Typhoon" conducted over the past three years, law enforcement [...]	2008-02-20 03:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM KCOR PREL KZ
08ASTANA367	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, JANUARY 19 - [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- WTO accession: updates and comments -- Socially Responsible Business in Kazakhstan -- New Special Economic Zone -- Inflation in January -- Energy Minister Proposes Oil [...]	2008-02-22 13:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA422	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 11 - 22, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. KNB Trying to Discredit Alga? ----------------------------- 2. The National Security Co [...]	2008-03-04 10:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
08ASTANA431	EMBASSY ENERGY OFFICERS IN ASTANA [...] This cable responds to reftel request for information for required reports to Congress on energy. Following are post's responses to reftel questions: A. The Pol/Econ section covers energy issues. Fully-staffed, the section has seven officers, one OMS, and five locally-employed staff (LES). [...]	2008-03-05 11:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD
08ASTANA474	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 2 - 22, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Bilateral Talks with Canada Completed -- New Head of Samgau Holding Appointed -- General Electric Begins New Era of Cooperation -- EBRD to Invest over $1 Bln in Kazakhs [...]	2008-03-11 01:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA494	KAZAKHSTAN'S GAS EXPORTS: NOT YET ABUNDANT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan, along with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, plans to sell its gas exports at "European prices" in 2009. KazMunayGas President Uzakbay Karabalin announced Kazakhstan's intent at a meeting in Moscow between Gazprom and energy officials from Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Uz [...]	2008-03-12 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PRL EPET KZ
08ASTANA522	YUSHCHENKO'S VISIT TO KAZAKHSTAN PAYS NO IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: Presidents Yushchenko and Nazarbayev both described Kazakhstan - Ukraine relations as excellent during Yushchenko's March 5-6 visit to Kazakhstan. No agreements were reached, however, on energy cooperation. Instead, President Nazarbayev publicly pronounced that Kazakhstan will n [...]	2008-03-17 08:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA616	KAZAKHSTAN - SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY [...] (U) EST officer's January 20 - February 19 TDY visit to Kazakhstan provided a timely opportunity to discuss the Kazakhstani government's science and technology (S&T) infrastructure, particularly in light of continued negotiations on a bilateral Science and Technology Agreement. This cable focu [...]	2008-03-21 11:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL EAGR KSCA PREL PGOV KZ
08ASTANA618	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, FEBRUARY 23 - MARCH [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Quota for Sugar Imports -- Financial Sector News -- Results of 2005 EITI Report -- KazMunayGas To Explore Zhambyl Block of Caspian Shelf -- Kazakhstan-China Joint Vent [...]	2008-03-24 10:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA66	SENATOR LUGAR MEETS WITH GOVERNMENT LEADERS IN [...] (C) Summary: During his January 9-11 visit to Astana Senator Richard Lugar discussed energy, non-proliferation, regional security, and economic cooperation issues in a series of meetings with high-ranking officials. Kazakhstani officials praised Senator Lugar for his long support of Kazakhsta [...]	2008-01-14 11:34:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET ENRG KZ
08ASTANA722	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 8 - MARCH 21, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- $1 Billion Loan for Kazakhstan Development Bank -- New Appointments at FSA -- MangistauMunayGas Appeals Energy Ministry Decision -- Karachaganak Consortium Faces Enviro [...]	2008-04-14 12:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA726	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 22 - APRIL 4, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- KazAgro to Transfer Secondary Assets -- ArcelorMittal Temirtau Wins Court Ruling in Tax Dispute -- KMG to Upgrade Oil Refineries -- State Considers a 15% Stake in Kazak [...]	2008-04-15 06:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA768	KAZAKHSTAN AND INDIA SEEK TO REVIVE BILATERAL TIES [...] (C) Bilateral relations between Kazakhstan and India started off strongly following Kazakhstani independence, but the momentum has slowed since then. Both sides appear to be interested in reviving ties, and President Nazarbayev is expected to visit to India in November -- his first trip ther [...]	2008-04-18 12:11:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD KZ IN
08ASTANA778	KAZAKHSTAN - POST ENDORSES FY2008 SECTION 1206 [...] (SBU) Post fully endorses the FY2008 proposal for Section 1206 funding for Kazakhstan that was submitted by CENTCOM. The funding is aimed at providing Kazakhstan with the capability to conduct counterterrorist operations, deploy forces, and react to threats in the northern Caspian Sea, which [...]	2008-04-21 09:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PREL KZ
08ASTANA779	GOK INCREASES PRESSURE ON TENGHIZCHEVROIL OVER [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani authorities continue to closely scrutinize TenghizChevroil (TCO),which has already paid hundreds of millions of dollars in fines in recent years. Consortium representatives describe a working environment made difficult by government harassment and constant requests fo [...]	2008-04-21 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET KZ
08ASTANA782	KAZAKHSTAN ECONOMIC AND ENERGY UPDATE, APRIL 5 - APRIL 18, [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani local press, and has not been verified for accuracy. -- Temporary Ban on Wheat Exports -- First Hearings on New Competition Law -- Social Security of Bazaar Workers to Be Ensured -- Economic Statistics for January-March 2008 [...]	2008-04-22 06:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN KTDB KZ
08ASTANA869	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] (SBU) This cable constitutes post's response to reftel, which requested specific information regarding the impact in host country of rising food and agricultural commodity prices. 2. (SBU) DEMAND: The most important foods and agricultural commodities consumed in Kazakhstan include flour, b [...]	2008-05-06 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV KZ
08ASTANA91	KAZAKHSTAN: ALL SIDES SMILING WITH KASHAGAN DEAL [...] (C) In a marathon negotiating session on January 13, the Kashagan consortium partners reached agreement in principle with the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) on restructuring the ownership and operatorship of the project, overcoming two main stumbling blocks. ENI had objected to a new operatin [...]	2008-01-18 08:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ECON KZ
08ASTANA962	KAZAKHSTAN - OIL EXPORT DUTY GOES INTO EFFECT, BUT [...] (U) Kazakhstan's recently announced duty on the export of crude oil and oil products went into effect on May 17. The duty does not apply to companies whose contracts set fixed tax regimes, which means that Kazakhstan's three principal oil and gas projects -- Tengiz, Karachaganak, and Kashagan [...]	2008-05-19 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON ETRD PGOV KZ
08ASUNCION590	CHAVEZ BREAKS ALL THE RULES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Chavez attempted to steal President Lugo's limelight on and around his August 15 inauguration, but most of his efforts backfired, making him the object of widespread criticism in the Paraguayan press. Chavez did, however, get a good amount of "face time" with [...]	2008-08-25 22:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PA
08ASUNCION721	NEGATIVE PUBLIC REACTION TO PARAGUAY-VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay and Venezuela signed 13 agreements August 16 which attempt to establish the framework for extensive Venezuelan activity in Paraguay. Constitutionally, Congress is required to authorize agreements with a foreign government, and reproached the Executive for not submitting [...]	2008-10-24 15:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV PA
08ATHENS1019	GAZPROM "REPAIR ISSUES" LEAVE GREECE WITH FIVE [...] (C) Claiming the need to undertake extensive "repair works" on its natural gas pipeline through Bulgaria, Gazprom has drastically reduced gas flows to Greece. According to Natural Gas Company of Greece (DEPA) President Makis Papageorgiou in a July 16 conversation with A/DCM, the cuts leave G [...]	2008-07-16 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET GR
08ATHENS1023	SCENE SETTER FOR ATHENS GREECE (U) [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Athens, we look forward to your important visit which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Since your visit last July, ADM Fitzgerald (2-3 April),Lt Gen McFann (2 July),and LTG Eikenberry (3 July) visited Athens and met with key Greek m [...]	2008-07-17 08:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO TU MK GR
08ATHENS1043	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S JULY 27 - 29 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. I am pleased that you are coming and the Embassy stands ready to make your visit a success. Your visit is opportune, as the Greeks are thinking carefully about Iran. On the one hand, those handling non-proliferation matters largely share international community concern [...]	2008-07-23 08:28:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA GR
08ATHENS1060	DEPA AND BOTAS: CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR [...] (U) This i a joint Embassy Athens-Embassy Ankara cable. 2. (C) Summary. Greek and Turkish natural gas companies DEPA and BOTAS are close to an agreement to supply Greece increased quantities of gas at a time of great Greek need. According to DEPA, two key issues remain outstanding: how [...]	2008-07-24 14:59:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GR
08ATHENS1216	TFGG01: GREECE'S BUSINESS-AS-USUAL WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite strong statements at NATO and the EU by FM Bakoyannis supporting Georgian territorial integrity and condemning Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, the GOG at the same time is moving ahead with several "business-as-usual" events with Ru [...]	2008-08-28 17:51:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG GR RS
08ATHENS1294	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL GRAPSAS' VISIT TO D.C. [...] (C) The visit of General Demetrius Grapsas, Chief of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, to Washington is an important opportunity to recognize Greece's support of multiple U.S. Navy and Air Force operations in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, including Iraq through ove [...]	2008-09-11 14:27:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PGOV PREL
08ATHENS1388	BIOFUELS: GREECE TRYING TO GET IN THE GAME [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel points to the Advisor to the Secretary General of Energy and Natural Sources Viky Georgakopoulou. Following the proposed legislation on the Renewable Fuels Directive in the Council of the European Union (EU) and the European Parliament, Georgakopoulou said the G [...]	2008-10-02 07:26:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG EAGR SENV ENRG TRGY EUN GR
08ATHENS1452	GREECE: ADVANCING THE U.S. AGENDA ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) The October 23 - 24 meeting of the High Level Consultative Commission (HLCC - a policy-level bilateral on political-military issues mandated by the U.S./Greece treaty that establishes basing rights in Greece) is an important opportunity to advance our agenda on Afghanistan. We recommend [...]	2008-10-17 09:34:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS MARR GR
08ATHENS1539	GEORGIAN FM VISIT TO ATHENS: GREEK, GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During her November 6-7 visit to Athens, Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili discussed with FM Bakoyannis and other Greek interlocutors problems with the OSCE observer mission in Georgia, the recent donors' conferences, the plight of IDPs, the Geneva talks, energy pipelines, and domestic i [...]	2008-11-10 15:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG
08ATHENS1635	GREECE/CHINA: GREEKS SEE PRC AS MORE "AGGRESSIVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Embassy and Greek MFA readouts painted very different pictures of Chinese President Hu's recent visit to Athens. The Chinese saw the visit as fulfilling three goals: repaying Greece for President Papoulias' visit during the Olympics; cementing the Chinese-Greece "comprehe [...]	2008-12-05 14:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD GR PGOV PREL CH
08ATHENS1728	GREEK FM URGES ACTIVE EU ROLE IN GAZA CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) SUMARY: Events in Gaza temporarily pushed domestic concerns, such as anarchist violence, the Vatopaidion scandal, and economic troubles, off Greek front pages, giving the Karamanlis government a much-needed breather after weeks of bruising criticism and declining poll figures (reftels). [...]	2008-12-30 11:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS
08ATHENS20	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit, which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Greece is a NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. The center-right New Democracy governm [...]	2008-01-04 17:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON GR
08ATHENS216	CT TASK FORCE: CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) As requested in Reftel, this message contains Embassy Athens' assessment of critical infrastructure and key resources in Greece which, if destroyed, disrupted, or exploited, might have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States. 2. (U) Greek Shipping Industry: Greek compan [...]	2008-02-15 16:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EAID EFIN GR
08ATHENS217	GREEK MFA ON RUSSIA/ABKHAZIA AND GREECE/RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek MFA Russian affairs directorate chief Ambassador Tsamados said Greece had seen little evidence indicating Russia was serious about recognizing Abkhazia as independent and had no interest in altering Soviet-era borders. The GOG was not pleased by Putin's recent comments comp [...]	2008-02-15 16:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PGOV PREL GG RU KNAR
08ATHENS262	PROMETHEUS GAS CHAIRMAN: NO SOUTHSTREAM THROUGH [...] (C) Prometheus Gas Chairman Dimitri Copelouzos told the Ambassador and the acting Economic Deputy in a meeting on February 15 that he does not see Gazprom moving ahead with Southstream through Greece for many years. Copelouzos also indicated Prometheus Gas could supply another 3 bcm to Gree [...]	2008-02-26 05:37:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
08ATHENS469	SCENESETTER: ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISITS ATHENS [...] (SBU) Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit which comes at an important time, during the Bucharest Summit, in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. As you know, Greece is an important NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. [...]	2008-03-31 07:47:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR NATO ODC PARM PGOV PREL
08ATHENS563	GREEK PM MAY RAISE ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Charge, MFA SecGen Agathocles and PM deputy diplomatic advisor Bitsios affirmed Greek support for Georgian sovereignty and the worrisome nature of the Kremlin's latest moves to establish "mechanisms" in dealing with Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel). B [...]	2008-04-21 14:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS GR
08ATHENS598	P.M. KARAMANLIS TRIP TO RUSSIA: ENERGY [...] (C) According to Raphael Moisis, Chairman of the Greek Energy Council, P.M. Karamanlis and Russian President Putin signed "an important but general" inter-governmental agreement during Karamanlis' April 28-29 visit to Moscow. The IGA, he said, includes provisions that: a. an international hol [...]	2008-04-30 14:38:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET GR
08ATHENS743	Scenesetter for Ambassador Tahir-Kheli's visit, June 2-5 [...] (SBU) Dear Ambassador Tahir-Kheli, we are looking forward to your visit. I wanted to offer you the following background information that you may find interesting in preparing for your trip. I look forward to the opportunity to meet and discuss some of these issues in more detail when you are [...]	2008-05-30 09:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI GR
08ATHENS996	GREEK PARLIAMENT'S STEFANOU ON TGI, SOUTH STREAM, [...] (C) In a meeting on July 10, the Secretary General of Parliament, Nikos Stefanou, voiced his support for the TGI pipeline and confirmed the GoG,s strong support for this project. At the same time, he expressed skepticism on South Stream, implying there is no concrete plan in place for its dev [...]	2008-07-14 05:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG GR PGOV PREL RS CVIS KCRM EU EPET
08BAGHDAD1021	WHAT IS THE U.S. VIEW OF THE PROPOSED IN-KIND [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Minister of Oil Husseyn Shahristani spoke to EMIN by phone April 1. Asked about progress on the negotiation of the oilfield technical service agreements (TSAs) under negotiation with major international oil companies (IOCs),Shahr [...]	2008-04-03 06:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD107	FLEDGLING "NATIONAL PROJECT" SEEKS POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Billing their fledgling group as a broad-based CoR coalition that cuts across sectarian lines, organizers of the "National Project" told the media January 13 that they hope to attract as many as 145 CoR members from across Iraq's political spectrum with a common goal of fostering [...]	2008-01-14 18:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1168	NECHIRVAN BARZANI HAILS NEW AMITY WITH BAGHDAD [...] (C) Econ Minister-Counselor Charlie Ries, Pol/Mil Minister-Counselor Marcie Ries, and Special Assistant to the President for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk met on April 12 with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani. Barzani proclaimed a dramatic upswing in G [...]	2008-04-14 10:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1180	Oil Ministry announces qualification results [...] Anadarko Iraq Company, USA 2. BG International, UK 3. BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd., Australia 4. BP, UK 5. Chevron Iraq Ltd., USA 6. CNOOC China Ltd, China 7. CNPC, China 8. Conoco Phillips, USA 9. Edison International SPA, Italy 10. ENI, Italy 11. Exxonmobil, USA [...]	2008-04-15 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD1207	VP ADEL: JAM AND SADRISTS DOWN BUT NOT OUT, IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 16 meeting, Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador that Sadrist insiders have confirmed his analysis that Muqtada al-Sadr (who is in Iran, not Iraq) is mainly a symbolic leader of a fragmented and failing movement comprised of diverse bands of thugs, sheik [...]	2008-04-17 19:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1249	POSSIBLE MUSTARD GAS CACHE LOCATED IN FALLUJAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following a lead from a local source, Coalition Forces located a metal tank buried under two meters of concrete near Fallujah in Anbar province on March 18. A non-intrusive test resulted in a positive reading for the blister agent mustard (HD). The tank appears to be intact. Fu [...]	2008-04-23 01:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	CWC IZ OPCW PARM PREL
08BAGHDAD1254	KRG BUILDING ITS OWN POWER GENERATING CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: A privately-constructed build-own-operate 500 MW power plant located on the outskirts of Irbil at Pir Daoud should be completed by July 2008. Since the supply of associated gas it was designed to run on is not yet available, two of the 125 MW GE turbines have been retrofitted to [...]	2008-04-23 07:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV EAGR EPET IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1337	COR SPEAKER MAHMOUD MASHADANI: NO IRAQI SHOULD BE [...] (C) Summary: On April 26, Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mashadani told the Ambassador that diplomatic representation from Saudi Arabia is needed to bolster Arab relations with Iraq and counteract Iran's growing influence. Regarding the Sadrists, Mashadani shared with the Ambassador [...]	2008-04-30 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1342	ZEBARI ON NEIGHBORS MINISTERIAL, STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an April 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari agreed with Ambassador Crocker and S/I Satterfield that Iraq must host the next Neighbors Ministerial and that the GOI must fast track ambassadorial nominees to key neighboring countries, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in part [...]	2008-04-30 18:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1401	OIL MINISTER ON OIL LAW, CONTRACTS, BUDGET AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Oil (MOO) Shahristani told EMIN on May 4 the GOI had not heard anything more from the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) about continuing with negotiations to enact the hydrocarbon framework law (HCL). He is hopeful that he will sign a Technical Service Contract (TSC) t [...]	2008-05-05 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1447	RRT ERBIL: KRG PM BARZANI FORECASTS HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister told the Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq and RRTOffs May 6 that he expects the KRG to complete its short list of modifications to the February 2007 text on national hydrocarbon legislation soon. He does not plan, h [...]	2008-05-09 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1503	MCNS ON MAY 11 REVIEWS SADR CITY AND MOSUL [...] (S REL AS UK) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the May 11 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS). The committee reviewed military operations in Sadr City (Baghdad) and in Mosul (Ninewa Province). Operations will continue in Sadr City, Maliki declared, until the crim [...]	2008-05-14 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD1558	IT'S TRIBAL TIES THAT BIND IN NORTHERN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad and e-PRT 5 reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation in Baghdad takes many shapes: it can mean dialogue between sects and tribes, acceptance of the Government of Iraq (GOI),and/or cooperation with Coalition Forces. The role of tribal leaders in al [...]	2008-05-20 09:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1565	CHANGING EUROPEAN UNION ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAQ [...] (SBU) During a May 6 presentation to the Defense Attache Association in Iraq (DAAI),the Ambassador of the European Commission to Iraq, Ilkka Uusitalo, noted a rapidly changing view within the EU towards Iraq. Admitting that the EU has been strongly divided since 2003, Uusitalo emphasized that [...]	2008-05-20 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ETRD PREL EU IZ
08BAGHDAD1603	GOI KURDS ON SFA/SOFA, TIES WITH THE NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) The Ambassador and Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk met on May 20 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, May 21 with Salih and President Talabani, and May 22 with Salih and Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari. On the Strategic Framework and Status of Forces Agreements ( [...]	2008-05-26 05:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1629	CANADIAN NIKO SIGNS OIL CONTRACT IN KURDISTAN [...] (U) Canadian oil company Niko Resources, Ltd., announced May 20 that it has entered into its first production-sharing contract (PSC) with the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) as a consortium operator. The PSC will cover the exploration, development, and production of petroleum in the Qar [...]	2008-05-28 07:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1641	PRT ANBAR: UNAMI VISITS ANBAR TO DISCUSS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A small UNAMI delegation visited Ramadi on May 27 with a dual purpose: to hold talks with provincial officials on economic development in advance of the expected establishment of a permanent UNAMI presence in the province and to m [...]	2008-05-29 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI ECON EAID UN IZ
08BAGHDAD1826	RRT ERBIL: KRG OIL MINISTER ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Natural Resources Dr. Ashti Hawrami expressed cautious optimism that KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani's upcoming meetings with PM Maliki in Baghdad could lead to passage of some hydrocarbon legislation "by October." This optimism [...]	2008-06-17 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD1989	NECHIRVAN BARZANI ON SOFA, OIL LAW, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani, accompanied by Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) official Rowsch Shaways and KRG Oil Minister Ashti Hawrami, on June 26 met with the Ambassador, Special Assistant to the President Brett McGurk, Econ Minister-Cou [...]	2008-06-29 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD204	BAGHDAD ESSENTIAL SERVICES: 2007 YEAR IN REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: Initiated in 2007, Fardh Al Qanoon (FAQ),aka the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),emphasized several themes, including the delivery of essential services. Although initially led by DPM Zoubai, his attempted assassination and the political boycott of the Tawafuq bloc hindered efforts to [...]	2008-01-25 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	AMGT EAID ECON ENRG IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
08BAGHDAD205	ANBARIS RAISE CONCERNS OVER KARBALA BOUNDARY [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: At a January 20 meeting in Ramadi, Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sheikh Ahmad Abu Risha, the leader of the "Iraq Awakening Movement," and several other local notables raised their concerns with the Ambassador over putative Shi'a attempts on [...]	2008-01-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD210	PM'S ADVISOR SAYS POLITICAL WILL NEEDED TO PASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Thamir Ghadban, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's chief advisor on oil and hydrocarbons legislation, told Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery that political will is needed to agree on the draft hydrocarbon framework law (HFL). Ghadban enumerated six issues that he believes have sti [...]	2008-01-25 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2180	KRG NEGOTIATOR ON HYDROCARBONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: KRG senior adviser Dr. Rosch Shaways met July 9 with EMIN to discuss Kurdish positions on the hydrocarbon and related legislative proposals. Shaways presented scaled-back Kurdish requirements for a hydrocarbon package: an independent federal-regional regulatory body to set st [...]	2008-07-13 12:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2320	IRAQ APPROVES A NEW DPM AND NINE MINISTERS: A [...] (C/NF) Summary/Comment. The Council of Representatives (CoR) approved a new Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and nine ministers on July 19 in a strong step towards national reconciliation. This approval came after months of tumultuous negotiations between Prime Minister Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hash [...]	2008-07-26 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2354	OIL CONTRACTS LOSE STEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Oil Minister Shahristani is backpedaling on the technical support contracts that he had previously intended to sign with international oil companies. He intends to stop negotiating actively for the contracts. He will shorten the period of the contracts from two years to as lit [...]	2008-07-28 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2492	KARBALA PREPARES FOR SHABANIYAH [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to avoid a repeat of the deadly violence that marred last year's Shabaniyah (a Shia observance commemorating the twelfth imam's birth, which this year is on August 17),Karbala officials are tightening security throughout the province. Seven thousand additional police and [...]	2008-08-08 03:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD2518	MAYSAN GOVERNOR PLAYS IT COOL WHILE SHEIKHS RUN HOT [...] (C) Summary: Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki said all the right things in an August 9 meeting with PRT Team Leader (TL) at the Governor's offices in downtown Amarah. The Governor expressed satisfaction with security gains in the province as a result of Operation Tidings of Peace and the presen [...]	2008-08-11 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS
08BAGHDAD2588	A NEW GOI BIG PLAYER IN OIL? [...] (C) The Ministry of Industry and Minerals is reportedly seeking to expand into both upstream and downstream oil and gas projects, including technical service joint ventures with the oil majors. In addition, MIM wants to increase its role in mineral exploitation and transportation infrastructur [...]	2008-08-14 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EMIN EIND EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD2702	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2703	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2712	MOPDC MINISTER BABAN ON MATCHING, BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: At an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Ries and Ambassador Wall (CETI),Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban said that DPM Barham Salih was circulating a draft letter related to the "commitment to obligate funds" for GOI ministerial approval. Baban o [...]	2008-08-24 06:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2727	UPDATE ON INVESTMENT IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the recent months, Iraq has seen some early but significant successes in attracting foreign (and, to a lesser extent, domestic) investment. The Ministry of Industry and Mining has moved several SOEs toward point of sale or joint venture status and received 56 JV bids. The [...]	2008-08-25 07:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD2768	WORLD BANK OFFICIALS ON ENERGY STRATEGY, WORLD [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the World Bank has the expertise to assist the Iraqi Government develop a national energy strategy and believes a strategy is important, working level staff in the World Bank's headquarters will not expend resources on this effort until the GOI demonstrates a genuine commit [...]	2008-08-28 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG SENV EFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD2783	SUNNI SHEIKHS FEELING EXCLUDED FROM THE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Sunni tribal views of the GOI are defined by perceptions of corruption, and the belief that political and sectarian motives drive a Shi'a-dominated government that utilizes the Iraqi Security Forces (both police and military) as a political tool. Sunni tribal contacts are ge [...]	2008-08-29 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2902	IRAQI OIL MINISTER'S FAILED RAID ON SOUTH OIL [...] (SBU) In a September 4 decision, Oil Minister Shahristani appointed Jabbar al-Luaibi to a new position within the Ministry of Oil that will oversee the new Maysan Oil Company, the South Gas Company, and the South Oil Company, rather than simply reinstating him to his old position as director g [...]	2008-09-08 16:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2915	CHINESE EMBASSY ON WASIT OIL DEAL AND BUSINESS IN [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the China National Petroleum Company to develop the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province are not yet complete, despite an August signing ceremony in Beijing, said Chinese Embassy Economic and Trade Counselor Zhue Yuesheng on Sept [...]	2008-09-09 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EAID PREL PINR CH IZ
08BAGHDAD3065	IRAQI OIL MINISTRY'S PENDING HUMAN RESOURCES CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the retirements in the next few years of its top cadre, who are on one-year waivers of the mandatory 63-year-old retirement age, the Ministry of Oil will lose a generation that has the international exposure and experience to lead the Ministry during a period when it restr [...]	2008-09-24 06:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EAID SOCI PGOV KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD3067	DPM SALIH ON 2009 BUDGET, OIL LAW, AND A NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 16. 2. (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told EMIN September 22 that he would like to host a second session of Dialogue on Economic Cooperation before the end of 2008 to bring both senior U.S. government and business leaders [...]	2008-09-24 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3089	MAYSAN WANTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT, BUT IN WHAT? [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a September 20 meeting with seven members of the Investment Committee of Maysan,s Provincial Council,s (PC) and the head of the provincial Chamber of Commerce, the Maysanis presented a unified plea for PRT assistance in attracting foreign private investment to the prov [...]	2008-09-25 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD IZ
08BAGHDAD3106	IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: UNAMI PLANNING FOR [...] (C) Summary: GOI preparations are moving forward for an expanded neighboring countries ministerial in Baghdad this fall but, according to a senior UNAMI advisor, the Neighbors Process is a weak mechanism that falls short of its goals. This is due, he said, to the lack of a coherent Iraqi re [...]	2008-09-26 11:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PREF IZ TU SY JO
08BAGHDAD3241	IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL PREPARES TO INVITE IN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Iraq will launch talks with international oil and gas companies on long-term Technical Service Contracts (TSCs) at a conference in London on October 13. Oil Minister Shahristani will meet with representatives of 41 pre-qualified companies to invite their participation in six oil [...]	2008-10-07 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3250	IRAQ ATTENDING ISTANBUL TRILATERAL GAS TALKS; [...] (C) Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani assured EMIN Wall October 6 that a Ministry of Oil (MoO) Director General would attend the October 12 U.S.-Turkey-Iraq trilateral meeting on natural gas in Istanbul. He noted that, in general, the process of consultations with Turkey needed to be streaml [...]	2008-10-08 09:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG TU IZ

08BAGHDAD3309	IRAQ OIL MINISTER ON OIL INVESTMENTS, KRG, FUEL [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with EMIN, Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani blamed international oil firms for the end of negotiations on short-term contracts, and said the Ministry of Oil (MoO) would try to raise crude oil production by 250,000-300,000 barrels per day by 2009 on its own. Shahris [...]	2008-10-14 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG MOPS EINV PGOV PREL KU IZ
08BAGHDAD3310	ERBIL: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES SOFA, PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 meeting in Sulaymaniyah with Iraq's Presidency Council and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, Iraq President Jalal Talibani told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Ambassador Crocker that the Presidency Council would propose adding Article 50 (election quo [...]	2008-10-14 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3332	IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL QUIETLY OFFERS CONTRACTS [...] (S//NF) Summary: Iraqi Deputy Minister of Oil (MoO) for Upstream Affairs, Abdul Sahib Al-Qutub, sent three identical letters to Repsol YPE, Nippon Oil Exploration Limited, and Eni S.p.A. requesting a detailed proposal for developing the Nasiriya oil field under a two-year Engineering, Procurem [...]	2008-10-16 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	EINV ENRG EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD3341	SAHWA LEADER TO AMB CROCKER: WE MUST HAVE [...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the leader of Anbar's Iraqi Awakening Conference (Sahwa) party, and prominent Anbari politician Sa'adoun Duleimi, told Ambassador that Anbar province needs investment from U.S. companies. Sheikh Ahmed bemoaned the current weak state of the economy in Anbar, partic [...]	2008-10-16 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3446	BRIEF MOVEMENT OF IRAQI HYDROCARBONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: The long-delayed Hydrocarbons Framework Law saw brief movement in recent days; it is not yet clear if this signifies a genuine thaw and some possibility of the legislation actually moving toward approval in the near future. The bill was unexpectedly forwarded to Parliament late l [...]	2008-10-29 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3467	IRAQI HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION: PERHAPS STILL [...] (C) Summary: There are conflicting stories about why the hydrocarbons legislation briefly moved to parliament in recent days. Confusion also remains about which is the "right" version of the law. Parliamentary Committee on Oil and Gas Chairman Ali Balo believes that a political decision on h [...]	2008-10-31 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
08BAGHDAD3487	UNAMI INTERESTED IN "GRAND BARGAIN" FOR KIRKUK, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with S/A Krajeski, UNAMI's Andrew Gilmour said UNAMI will finish its second round of reports on the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) areas by mid-December, but delay issuing them until after the provincial elections because of the currently tense politic [...]	2008-11-03 10:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3562	NAJAF: ISCI LOOKS STRONG BUT FACES WELL-ORGANIZED [...] (C) Summary. Days before the release of the open list candidates for January provincial elections, the relative surface calm of Najaf,s ISCI domination of the provincial government is beginning to reveal turbulent anti-ISCI undercurrents. ISCI officials, led by Deputy Governor Abtan, continu [...]	2008-11-11 13:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3564	IRAQ-KOREA ECONOMIC RELATIONS -- SECURITY STILL A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Korean Embassy Counselor Kwang Yong Chung said, during an October meeting with EconOffs, that virtually the only Korean business activity in Iraq is in the KRG, with the Korean National Oil Company holding interests in eight exploration and production blocks. One problem hamperi [...]	2008-11-11 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV ENRG EPET EAID KS IZ
08BAGHDAD3653	D/S KIMMITT AND MINISTER SHAHRISTANI REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, 2008, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt, accompanied by Deputy Assistant Secretary Andrew Baukol and Treasury Attache Ged Smith, met with Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraq's Minister of Oil at his office in the International Zone. A wide range of topics were [...]	2008-11-18 14:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ENRG IZ
08BAGHDAD3956	FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON BUDGET ISSUES, GE [...] (C) Summary: At an informal dinner on December 12 with CETI and the newly-arrived Treasury Attache, Finance Minister Jabr described a "shadow budget" that would trim expenditures by USD 8 billion by noting that "we are in a crisis." He noted that while he would facilitate the sale of General [...]	2008-12-18 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD4070	PETRAEUS DISCUSSES MASHADANI, SYRIA, WITH VP [...] (S) SUMMARY: The replacement for Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani, GCC relations generally and Syrian relations specifically, and concerns about Saudi relations were topics of conversation in a December 26 meeting between US Central Command General David Petraeus and [...]	2008-12-31 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD470	NEA/DAS BUTLER MEETING WITH FM ZEBARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 14 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told NEA DAS Lawrence Butler that he thought Iran postponed the trilat scheduled for February 15 because of the February 12 assassination in Damascus of Hezbollah leader Imad Mughniyah. Zebari confirmed that Iranian Pre [...]	2008-02-19 07:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD474	MALIKI RECONSIDERS CABINET RE-SIZING, MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 14, Prime Minister Maliki expressed optimism on the return of the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties to the government, but noted their objection to reducing the number of ministries. On services, Maliki [...]	2008-02-19 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD537	BAGHDAD EPRT: SHEIKH ALI-HATEM SPEAKS ON AQI, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: During a February 12 meeting with MNF-I Officers and E-PRT Team Leader, Sheikh Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, a controversial Anbar Province figure, condemned the February 11 VBIED attack against him, which he attributed to AQI, and de [...]	2008-02-24 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD547	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - February 19 [...] SUMMARY: The February 19th meeting for the Provision of Services Committee heard concerns, including fiscal, from the Baghdad Sheraton Hotel and the Babil Hotel. The Baghdad General Manager for the Ministry of Transportation was there to discuss bus shortages and transportation costs. For the s [...]	2008-02-25 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD646	Input for New Required Reports to Congress on Energy [...] (U) This report is prepared per reftel request under Sections 931(b) and (d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, requiring a description of the Department of State personnel who are dedicated to energy matters at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a major energy producer. The p [...]	2008-03-05 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER ABUD IZ
08BAGHDAD657	GOI OFFICIALS DISCUSS HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq officials told Under Secretary Jeffery in a series of meetings held February 24-28 in Baghdad that the time is ripe to move forward on the hydrocarbon legislative package (septels). VP Adil Mahdi agreed to place the item on the agenda for the next Executive Council meeting, [...]	2008-03-05 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON PGOV EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD744	TALABANI'S ANKARA VISIT STRESSES PKK, GOI-GOT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani met on March 10 with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor Ries, and NSC Senior Director McGurk. Talabani told the Ambassador he was quite satisfied with his visit to Turkey and especially with progress on Northern Iraq. In fran [...]	2008-03-13 12:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD763	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 11 [...] SUMMARY: Despite the Chairman's absence, the Provision of Services Committee met this week, hosted by the Deputy Minister of Electricity (DMoE). The meeting was well attended - the Baghdad Governor and a representative from the National Reconciliation Committee attended for the first time. The [...]	2008-03-14 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD855	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-20 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD866	TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...]	2008-03-21 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD886	IRAQI NSA RUBAI ON AHMEDI-NEJAD'S VISIT - [...] (S) National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the purpose and meaning of the Iranian President Ahmedi-Nejad's recent visit with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Amb. Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk in two hour-long conversations, one each on March 5 and March 7. (S/I Amb [...]	2008-03-24 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PRGO IR IZ
08BAGHDAD905	TURKISH ENVOY VISITING IRAQ TO IMPROVE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish Special Envoy to Iraq Murat Ozcelik told Ambassador March 20 that he will stay flexible with how long he remains in Iraq during this visit in the hopes of holding a meeting with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani next week, which the GO [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD909	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD915	IRAQI NSA RUBAI ON AHMEDI-NEJAD'S VISIT - [...] (S) National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the purpose and meaning of the Iranian President Ahmedi-Nejad's recent visit with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Amb. Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk in two hour-long conversations, one each on March 5 and March 7. (S/I Amb [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PRGO IR IZ
08BAGHDAD926	IRAQ OIL MINISTRY ASKS BIDS FOR 3-D SEISMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24 Iraq's Ministry of Oil (MOO) announced, via its website, its request for tenders (RFT) for technical assistance for three specific oil and gas fields, the Akkas Gas Field, Kirkuk Oil Field, and Rumaila Oil Field. (COMMENT: Thamir Ghadban on 3/24 informed Parks and G. H [...]	2008-03-26 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ
08BAGHDAD94	RECENT IRANIAN ECONOMIC INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-13 12:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON IR IZ
08BAKU1012	SOCAR WILLING TO PROVIDE GAS TO GEORGIA BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Azerbaijan's State Oil Company, Azerbaijan is prepared to provide necessary volumes of gas to Georgia during the winter months, but prefers to do so on more commercial vice concessionary terms. According to SOCAR and BP Azerbaijan sources, Georgian winter gas needs a [...]	2008-10-22 12:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AZ ENRG GA
08BAKU1026	SCENESETTER FOR DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPURTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Baku comes on the heels of Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election, which resulted in a landslide victory for President Ilham Aliyev. This fall also marked a troublesome time for the region, with Russia's invasion of Georgia casting a shadow on security and [...]	2008-10-27 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV ENRG PREL AJ GG
08BAKU1068	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Commerce Deputy Secretary Sullivan October 28 that economic reform and diversification would be among his top priorities in a second term. The GOAJ, while facing lower oil prices and declining revenues, will continue to promote the Azerbaijan Investment Com [...]	2008-11-07 11:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV ENRG PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU1069	IRAN-AZERBAIJAN SNAPSHOT AND OVERVIEW [...] This cable provides a general unclassified snapshot of Iranian political, economic, and commercial activities in Azerbaijan, outlining apparent evolving Iranian regional priorities and recent and pending developments in bilateral political and economic relations. Many issues noted in the cab [...]	2008-11-07 13:31:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG ECON RU IR AZ
08BAKU1083	MINISTER SHARIFOV DISCUSSES EPC, BUDGET AND ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan Minister of Finance Sharifov heads to Washington next week for EPC meetings and WTO discussions with views on the international financial crisis -- and lower oil prices -- formed in part by Russian Minister of Finance Kudrin, who recently hosted a CIS financial summit. [...]	2008-11-12 08:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EIND PGOV AJ
08BAKU1089	EXPORT-IMPORT BANK DIRECTOR VISIT BUILDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank Director Bijan Kian visited Baku October 13-16 to follow-up on his February 2008 trip, checking in on U.S. based companies, their partners and projects, and to reassure interlocutors of the Bank's ability to continue to support those projects in spite of the rec [...]	2008-11-13 12:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU1091	AZERBAIJAN BEGINNING TO CONSIDERING FUTURE NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy Frank Mermoud met with the Minister of Emergency Situations during his November 10-14 trip to Baku. They discussed successful past projects, as well as areas for future cooperation and trade in both goods and services, including possible projects for soil remediati [...]	2008-11-14 13:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EAGR ENRG EFIN PARM ECIN SENV
08BAKU1097	BAKU ENERGY SUMMIT ADVANCES U.S. EURASIAN ENERGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 13-14 Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev hosted the IV Energy Summit in Baku, following up on previous energy summits in Krakow (May 2007),Vilnius (October 2007) and Kyiv (May 2008). Prominent attendees included the Heads of State of Turkey, Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuan [...]	2008-11-17 13:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TK
08BAKU1108	FIRST MEETING WITH NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 11-12 visit to Baku Senator Corker met with the newly appointed Minister of Economic Development Shahin Mustafayev. In his first meeting with USG officials, the new minister stuck closely to his prepared talking points, emphasizing GOAJ plans to improve the [...]	2008-11-20 11:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN EAGR ECIN AJ
08BAKU1127	DRAFT POTUS LETTER TO PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU1147	PRESIDENT GUL TELLS SECRETARY BODMAN OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 13 meeting with President Gul, Energy Secretary Bodman stressed U.S. support for the region and the Southern Corridor, with Gul expressing appreciation for USG support and noting its importance to future projects. Gul indicated that Turkey and Azerbaijan are close t [...]	2008-12-03 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
08BAKU1167	(ZFR CANCEL) FORMAL REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE CONCERNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 11:36:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AJ IR ENRG
08BAKU1168	CORRECTED COPY -- FORMAL REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (U) On November 26, 2008 the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) identified the National Iranian Oil Company (aka NIOC),Naftiran Intertrade Company Ltd (aka NICO) and Naftiran Intertrade Company Co. SARL [...]	2008-12-12 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ IR ENRG
08BAKU1176	AZERBAIJAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:27:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL AJ
08BAKU1186	AZERBAIJAN: WHERE WE ARE WITH SHAH DENIZ PHASES [...] (C) SUMMARY (CONT): As 2008 ends, the 16-month long stasis surrounding the marketing of Shah Deniz Phase Two (SD2) gas continues, as Turkey and Azerbaijan remain unable to agree on a gas marketing mechanism which would allow them to agree on volumes, prices, and transit. Price negotiations f [...]	2008-12-19 13:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU1195	AZERBAIJAN: CENTRAL AZERI PLATFORM IN ACG OIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: After having been shut down since September 17, the Central Azeri (CA) Platorm in Azerbaijan's offshore ACG oil mega-field has begun to resume production, leading to an overall increase of production in the ACG field to approximately 690,000 bpd. However, limits on handling any [...]	2008-12-23 12:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU1196	AZERBAIJAN: CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR OVERVIEW [...] SUMMARY: In response to Ref. A tasking, this report summarizes the structure plans and potential players in Azerbaijan's nascent civil nuclear energy sector. End Summary. OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER PROGRAM --------------------------------------- 2. As noted in Azerbaijan's 2004 r [...]	2008-12-24 06:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AJ
08BAKU12	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL WEXLER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 11:47:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU1205	AZERBAIJAN: READOUT OF PRESIDENT ALIYEV NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Italian Ambassador to Azerbaijan, during President Aliyev's November 25 visit to Italy he expressed a clear preference for the Turkey-Greece-Italy pipeline project over the Nabucco one, citing it as achievable in the short-term. It is unclear to Embassy how accu [...]	2008-12-30 12:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TK
08BAKU135	EU TROIKA VISIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 4 visit to Baku, the EU Troika opened the European Commission Delegation and discussed energy, democracy and human rights and the NK conflict with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and EU embassy contacts separatel [...]	2008-02-13 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EAID AJ
08BAKU136	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY PLAYERS GIVE STATUS UPDATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Azerbaijan energy interlocutors agree the key to timely development of the Shah Deniz Stage Two gas project is settling issues of gas transit through Turkey. BP and Statoil claim that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) is moving too slowly in signing commercial cont [...]	2008-02-13 15:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PBTS TU AJ
08BAKU14	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHUSTER'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-04 12:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU140	AZERBAIJAN'S OIL COMPANY UPBEAT ON COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOCAR President Abdullayev was very upbeat upon hearing of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's willingness to increase bilateral cooperation with Azerbaijan and looked forward to follow up discussions with the USG as soon as possible. He denied European charges that SOCAR was no [...]	2008-02-14 14:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG PBTS TU TX AJ
08BAKU149	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BROWNBACK'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe and to use its energy resources to drive growth and development in the region, make it an important U.S. partne [...]	2008-02-15 15:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON AJ
08BAKU153	AZERBAIJAN INPUT FOR NEW REQUIRED REPORTS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD AJ
08BAKU178	S/CT URBANCIC DISCUSSES ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Urbancic's February 14-15 visit to Baku reaffirmed USG appreciation for Azerbaijan's cooperation in the war on terror and underscored USG interest in deepening bilateral CT cooperation. GOAJ officials confirmed they are work [...]	2008-02-29 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ENRG KTFN KISL AJ
08BAKU185	IDEAS FOR PROMOTING A U.S.-AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Ankara and Baku. 2. (C) Embassy Ankara and Embassy Baku provide the following informal suggestions to follow up with EUR A/S Fried's December 2007 speech at the Mayflower Hotel on a strategic partnership among the U.S, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Bo [...]	2008-03-04 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG TU AJ
08BAKU191	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN TALKS ENERGY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev seeks enhanced cooperation with Turkmenistan on offshore energy development, and is willing to be minority partner with the GOTX in developing the Serdar-Kapaz field. Aliyev seeks concrete action from Turkmenistan showing it is interested in such cooperation, an [...]	2008-03-05 08:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU TX ENRG
08BAKU193	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR AZERBAIJAN FOR S/CT [...] (C) The Embassy provides the following response to ref A's request for information on Azerbaijan's critical infrastructure (CI) and key resources (KI),which would "have an immediate and deleterious effect on the United States" if destroyed. Embassy recommends that Azerbaijan's primary energ [...]	2008-03-05 11:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU196	UPDATE ON CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: According to President Aliyev on March 5, the situation along the Line of Contact has de-escalated and Azerbaijan did not instigate the firefight and would not "take advantage of the situation." Based on our conversations with other GOAJ officials, initial press reports, and pu [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ASEC AM AJ
08BAKU218	AZERBAIJAN: BTC PARTNERS APPROVE EXPANSION, ACG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 6 the BTC Partners voted to approve expansion of the BTC pipeline from one to one point two million barrels per day (mmbd),despite strong opposition from the Government of Azerbaijan. Earlier, the ACG Partners had agreed to "provisionally and without prejudice" change [...]	2008-03-07 14:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU224	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR MANN TALKS ENERGY WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eurasian Energy Coordinator Ambassador Mann told Foreign Minister Mammadyarov that BTC expansion was "imperative." On Turkmenistan, Mann said President Aliyev and Azerbaijan could provide a good example to Berdimuhamedov of how to invite foreign energy companies into a productive [...]	2008-03-11 07:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX ENRG
08BAKU237	REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SOLICIT FUNDS [...] This is an action request - please see paragraph 5. Reply requested NLT Friday March 28. 2. The 2008 Caspian Oil and Gas Show (COGS) will be held June 3-6, 2008, here in Baku. This annual event has thousands of attendees and is the largest oil and gas show in the region. COGS 2007 hoste [...]	2008-03-12 13:40:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ENRG AJ
08BAKU242	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR PRESIDENT SAYS ANY PUBLICITY BAD [...] (C) SUMMARY. State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) continues to seek a 'zero publicity' policy in relation to its efforts to strengthen energy ties with Europe. Specifically, Socar President Abdullayev asked that USG officials not refer publicly to the current GOT-GOAJ dispute over tas tran [...]	2008-03-13 06:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU250	SENATOR BROWNBACK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Brownback, President Aliyev affirmed Azerbaijan's commitment to developing new Caspian gas reserves and export routes to Europe in spite of increasing pressure from Russia and Iran. He said that continued U.S. support would be key to these i [...]	2008-03-14 06:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD PBTS AJ
08BAKU263	AZERBAIJAN: TGI SAYS IT IS MOST VIABLE PROJECT FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. A representative of the Italian Energy Company Edison argued that of the three pipeline projects vying for volumes of Shah Deniz Phase Two (SD2) gas, the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) project is the most commercially viable. Given t [...]	2008-03-18 08:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU276	AZERBAIJAN ENERGY UPDATE, MARCH 2008 [...] SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of regular energy updates, highlighting developments outside of the major off-shore oil and gas production and transport projects. The information contained in these reports is drawn primarily from the Azerbaijani local press, and has not been checked for [...]	2008-03-19 14:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU277	LOOKING TO ARMENIA,"AZERBAIJAN NOW SYMBOL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A clearly pleased President Aliyev branded the recent Armenian Presidential elections "a fraud," the incoming and outgoing Armenian President "criminals," and said that the sham elections and subsequent violence, where the Armenian government was forced to kill its own people, al [...]	2008-03-25 05:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TX AR ENRG
08BAKU282	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ENERGY COOPERATION WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 4-5 visit to Baku, EUR/DAS Bryza discussed energy cooperation in separate meetings with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov, Minister of Economic Development Heydar Babayev, and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alasgarov. Bryza briefed Mammadyarov on his recent e [...]	2008-03-26 06:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU291	UPDATE ON SOFAZ, AZERBAIJAN'S OIL FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since its creation in 1999, the State Oil Fund of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) has acted as Azerbaijan's energy revenue sterilizer and long-term savings vehicle. With current assets in excess of USD 2.5 billion (expected to grow to USD 6 billion this year, and USD 10 billion by 2010, based [...]	2008-03-28 08:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL AJ
08BAKU292	REQUEST FOR U/S JEFFREY TO VISIT BAKU IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Baku requests that Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III consider visiting Azerbaijan June 3-4, in conjunction with the June 3-6 International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Confer [...]	2008-03-28 09:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP AJ ENRG
08BAKU293	REQUEST FOR U/S JEFFERY TO VISIT BAKU IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 2. 2. (U) Embassy Baku requests that Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III consider visiting Azerbaijan June 3-4, in conjunction with the June 3-6 International Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Confer [...]	2008-03-28 10:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP AJ ENRG
08BAKU3	AZERBAIJAN'S INCREASINGLY CONFIDENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In the past few years and especially the last year as oil revenues have come on-line, the GOAJ has adopted a strikingly more confident and activist foreign policy. The GOAJ's new activism is reflected in a high volume of foreign visits to and from Azerbaijan, the large number o [...]	2008-01-03 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAKU34	AZERBAIJAN STATE OIL COMPANY APPOINTS NEW VICE PRESIDENTS [...] (U) On December 27, 2007, President Ilham Aliyev appointed three new vice presidents of the State Oil Company (SOCAR). Under the decree, Qorkhmaz Huseynov was appointed VP for social issues, Mukhtar Babayev VP for ecology issues, and Khalik Mammadov VP for personnel, regime, and information t [...]	2008-01-15 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU38	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL),President Aliyev said he was confident about winning the October Presidential election, due to his government's accomplishments and the opposition's inability to introduce fresh faces. Aliyev said Azerbaijan is [...]	2008-01-15 12:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET MARR MASS PTER KDEM AJ
08BAKU395	AZERBAIJAN: TGI FIGHTING NABUCCO, EU AND TURKEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Edison SpA Business Manager Elio Ruggieri, one of the main executives involved in promoting the Turkey-Greece-Italy (TGI) gas pipeline, TGI needs nine bcm/a of Shah Deniz Two gas for sanctioning. The minimum amount it sought was six bcm/a, although this limited amou [...]	2008-04-25 08:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG
08BAKU416	AZERBAIJAN: NABUCCO CONTINUES TO WORK FOR SHAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Nabucco Pipeline General Manager Reinhard Mitschek, the Nabucco Pipeline Consortium is increasingly focusing on the commercial mechanism the Shah Deniz consortium will devise to market its gas. To break the Turkish transit deadlock, it is contemplating offering Turke [...]	2008-05-01 09:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU422	MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT PURSUES ECONOMIC TIES DURING [...] (C) Summary: During an April 23-24 visit, Moldovan President Voronin focused on economic issues, including a new agreement to have Azerbaijani specialists examine Moldovan oil and gas reserves. They also discussed possible Azerbaijani investment in the privatization of Moldovan industries, th [...]	2008-05-02 07:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENERG ECON AJ
08BAKU446	U/S JEFFERY MEETS WITH KEY AZERBAIJANI MINISTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 22 visit to Baku, Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Reuben Jeffery III discussed with the Foreign Minister and State Oil Company president the importance of gas transit and securing Caspia [...]	2008-05-12 05:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV AJ
08BAKU467	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SHARES HIS VISION WITH U/S JEFFERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 22 conversation with U/S Jeffery and Ambassador Derse, President Aliyev said that he was seeking "greater clarity" from the Nabucco countries as to their real intentions, and from Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov on how active the GOTX will be in seeking energy cooper [...]	2008-05-21 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU482	INITIAL READOUT OF TURKMEN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov's May 19-20 visit to Baku was a significant step in the ongoing improvement of bilateral relations. According to SOCAR President Abdullayev, although the two heads of state seems to have reached no specific agreement on offshore energy devel [...]	2008-05-23 15:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TX
08BAKU51	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT TELLS SENATOR LUGAR HE WANTS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting with Senator Lugar, President Aliyev said that the Turkmen President is moving too slowly on trans-Caspian gas discussions while at the same time continuing to sign deals with Russia. Aliyev said that he needs a political signal in the next six months to [...]	2008-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG MARR AJ RS IR
08BAKU535	AZERBAIJAN: TURKEY NAKHCHIVAN SUMMIT A SUCCESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Initial press accounts indicate that Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's June 4 meeting in the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan was successful, with the two countries announcing that their positions coincide "in all spheres." However, SOCAR Vice Pre [...]	2008-06-09 13:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TK
08BAKU541	PRESIDENT ALIYEV "HURT" BY U.S. CRITICISMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, President Aliyev bluntly detailed his personal sense of "hurt" over statements by the Secretary and President that were critical of Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. He views the statements as part of a trend -- the UNGA vote, the Presidential statement [...]	2008-06-10 11:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU550	AZERBAIJAN: TOTAL AND SOCAR AGREE TO EXPLORE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. French Energy Company Total has signed an agreement with SOCAR to explore and develop the Absheron offshore field, expected to be a gas-condensate field. Total believes that production from the field could begin o/a 2015; it has not provided an estimate of the field,s possible r [...]	2008-06-13 09:41:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG
08BAKU552	AZERBAIJAN: SE GRAY'S MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy C. Boyden Gray, accompanied by EUR DAS Matthew Bryza, Eurasian Energy Coordinator Ambassador Steven Mann, Ambassador Richard Hoagland, and Ambassador Anne Derse, met separately with Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Energy Minist [...]	2008-06-17 10:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV ENRG PINR PGOV PREL AJ TX
08BAKU553	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF CONTINUES TO EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev told visiting EUR DAS Bryza that, as a strategic partner, Azerbaijan expects the U.S. to take a more active role in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. Mehdiyev said greater U.S. activism and pressure is needed to balance Rus [...]	2008-06-17 10:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM AJ
08BAKU565	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT SAYS ENERGY COOPERATION MUST [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 2 meeting with Special Coordinator for Eurasian Energy Ambassador Steve Mann, President Aliyev said the recent visit of Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov helped moved forward the bilateral relationship, which could well lead to expanded cooperation on energy sector devel [...]	2008-06-18 11:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG PGOV PREL TU TX
08BAKU566	AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR TELLS SE GRAY EVERYONE WANTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev told a USG delegation on June 2 that in addition to competition among the Nabucco, TGI and TAP pipeline projects for Shah Deniz Phase Two gas, Turkey, Israel, Iran and Russia have each individually notified SOCAR that they wish to purchase all o [...]	2008-06-18 11:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX TK
08BAKU584	AZERBAIJAN: RWE, TGI, OMV, DEPA ALL SAY 'TIME IS NOW' FOR SHAH DENIZ PHASE TWO DECISON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Companies involve with TGI and Nabucco, two of the three pipelineprojects seeking to buy Shah Deniz Phase Two gas agree that the next six months are crucial for rogress in the Southern Corridor project, and that main stumbling block currently is the issue of gas transit through T [...]	2008-06-20 14:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ ENRG
08BAKU585	AZERBAIJAN: PENDING BREAKTHROUGH IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Aliyev told the Ambassador on June 20 that the June 19 Ashgabat visit of a delegation headed by SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev went well, and that Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan "may have some news on gas soon." In a separate conversation, SOCAR Marketing Vice-President [...]	2008-06-20 15:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX TU
08BAKU604	CONGRESSMAN ADAM SCHIFF AND AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 24 meeting with Representative Schiff and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Mammadyarov underscored Azerbaijan's interest in an early peaceful resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict and the benefits that increased cooperation with a rapidly developing Azerbaija [...]	2008-06-26 10:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU620	AZERBAIJAN'S SOCAR UPBEAT ON TURKMENISTAN; WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 24 meeting, SOCAR President Rovnaq Abdullayev told the Ambassador that during a recent meeting in Ashgabat he had outlined to Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov a vision of bilateral energy cooperation between the two countries. Berdimuhamedov struck him as a reasona [...]	2008-06-30 13:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TK ENRG
08BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA IN THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will make his first state visit to Baku on July 3-4, following on the heels of recent stops in Azerbaijan from the head of Gazprom Alexei Miller, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Grigoriy Karasin, and Speaker of the Lower House of the Duma Boris G [...]	2008-07-02 04:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU625	AZERBAIJAN FACES CHALLENGE OF PROTECTING CRITICAL [...] (S) Summary: On June 9-13 an interagency team representing the Global Critical Energy Infrastructure Program (GCEIP) and consisting of representatives from the Department of State, Department of Energy, the Coast Guard, and EUCOM met with a number of government and private industry officials respon [...]	2008-07-02 06:27:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	ENRG EPET PTER MARR MASS PBTS IR AJ
08BAKU630	AZERBAIJAN STATOIL EXEC SAYS SD1 AND SD2 WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a Baku-based StatoilHydro executive, issues relating to the new price of Shah Deniz Phase One gas being sold to Turkey will be solved contemporaneously with agreement of sales of volumes of Shah Deniz Phase Two to Turkey. According to him, there are features of the S [...]	2008-07-02 13:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ TU ENRG
08BAKU639	PACE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS ABOUT AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (SBU) On June 24, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved resolution 1614, which serves as a "scorecard" on the state of Azerbaijan's democratic institutions. The resolution's overall tone is critical of Azerbaijan's track record, citing the "deteriorating" human [...]	2008-07-03 11:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU646	RUSSIAN PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV DISCUSSES ENERGY AND NK [...] (C) Summary: During his July 3-4 visit to Baku, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev discussed energy and Nagorno-Karabakh with President Aliyev. Despite the usual public rhetoric of friendly relations, public statements from the leaders and press reporting indicate that no substantive agreement [...]	2008-07-07 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV ENRG RU AJ
08BAKU667	AZERBAIJAN INCREASES 2008 BUDGET WITH LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the May 2 approval of the 2008 supplemental budget by Parliament, the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) increased expenditures by USD 3.7 billion, raising total expenditures to USD 12.2 billion. In order to fund the dramatic increase in expenditures, the GOAJ will increase th [...]	2008-07-10 07:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD ENRG EFIN AJ
08BAKU671	AZERBAIJAN SCENESETTER FOR JULY 14 VISIT OF [...] (C) Your second visit to Baku comes on the heels of your early June participation in the Fifteenth Annual Caspian Oil and Gas Exhibition and Conference (ref A),and your subsequent early July letter to President Aliyev providing input for next steps we can take together to pursue joint USG-GOAJ ene [...]	2008-07-11 09:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ ENRG TU
08BAKU674	PRESIDENT ALIYEV SAYS NO COUNTRY HAS RIGHT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a speech delivered to the biannual conference of all Azerbaijani heads of diplomatic missions, President Aliyev pushed for a strong public diplomacy effort to bolster Azerbaijan's position in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, presented a confident vision of Azerbaijan's place in [...]	2008-07-11 15:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ
08BAKU675	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S VISIT MEANT TO TELL [...] (C) Summary: According to the Russian Ambassador to Baku Vasily Istratov, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Baku had one major purpose: to convey the message to the GOAJ that "Azerbaijan matters" to Russia. Defining the new relationships as "same book, different page," Istratov c [...]	2008-07-11 15:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG RU AJ

08BAKU719	AZERBAIJAN,S SOCAR DISCUSSES TURKMEN NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 16 conversation, SOCAR Marketing Vice-President Elshad Nassirov and Eurasian Energy Coordinator Steven Mann discussed prospects for an "early gas" project getting Turkmen gas to Azerbaijan, with both agreeing that the first, and key, step was the Turkmen President makin [...]	2008-07-31 15:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG AJ TX

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