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09ASHGABAT1352	TURKMENISTAN: HOSPITALS SWAMPED WITH SICK CHILDREN [...] (C) Post's Foreign Service Health Practitioner and locally employed medical officer received more information on 23 October about the spread of upper respiratory illnesses in schoolchildren in Turkmenistan. Doctors at the Turkish-run Central Hospital, considered the country's best health faci [...]	2009-10-23 13:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV TX

09ASHGABAT136	CONSULAR NOTIFICATION IN TURKMENISTAN: PERPETUAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting to discuss the consular notification issues that arose in a recent deportation case, the Head of the MFA's Consular Department suggested that Turkmenistan's law enforcement agencies were unaware of all the requirements contained in the Vienna Convention. Specific [...]	2009-01-28 05:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1370	TURKMENISTAN: FLU SPREADING TO ADULTS [...] (C) The flu that was affecting mostly children throughout Turkmenistan the week of October 19-23 (reftel) has spread to adults as well, as of October 26. Local employees at Post report that large numbers of people (some reports say as many as 50%) in Dashoguz province in northern Turkmenistan [...]	2009-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1380	TURKMENISTAN: A LOOK INSIDE A TURKMEN EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: When Turkmen embassies produce reporting it generally does not get transmitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mainly because there is no advanced technology used to convey the information between Turkmen missions and Ashgabat, and reporting is considered secondary to attending [...]	2009-10-29 11:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1381	TURKMEN GOVERNMENT ORGANIZES LAST MINUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the margins of Turkmenistan Independence Day celebrations, GOTX officials organized a last-minute meeting of the U.S.-Turkmenistan Business Council in Ashgabat. The meeting was a follow-up event to a dinner for Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov hosted by the Business Council i [...]	2009-10-29 12:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EINV PGOV BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1384	TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS GIVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Six law enforcement officers graduating from Post's INL-funded English Language training (ELT) courses gave presentations on various subjects in English on October 19 before their classmates, language instructors, [...]	2009-10-30 07:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1390	TURKMENISTAN: INDEPENDENCE DAY HOLDS LITTLE JOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Independence Day holiday in Turkmenistan lasted from October 26-28 and included concerts, fireworks, and a massive parade. As part ofthe festivities, government workers were required to attend the events, which seemed to sap the excitement and happiness out of the holiday. No [...]	2009-10-30 11:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1391	TURKMENISTAN: REPORTS OF DEATHS CAUSED BY FLU [...] (SBU) Cases of the flu, probably H1N1, are still widespread in Turkmenistan and Embassy local employees have heard about several deaths. A lawyer from the local government of the area where many embassy employees live, who was reportedly around 30 years old, died the last week in October. In [...]	2009-10-30 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1398	TURKMENISTAN: "THE SANDPIT GENERALS" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On the occasion of Turkmenistan's Independence Day, President Berdimuhamedov conferred the rank of the Major General (MajGen) to the Minister of Defense (MOD) and the Chief of the State Border Service (SBS). S [...]	2009-11-02 06:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1399	TURKMENISTAN: NGO HOLDS SEMINAR ON MASS MEDIA AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A local NGO recently held a public seminar on the role of mass media in the democratization of society. Topics covered included an overview on the legal sphere of mass media activity, a comparative analysis of [...]	2009-11-02 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT140	TURKMENISTAN: CENTCOM VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN COVERED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: USCENTCOM Commander General Petraeus made his first official visit to Turkmenistan January 15-16. State media highlighted the visit, especially the General's meeting with Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdi [...]	2009-01-29 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO MARR TX
09ASHGABAT1402	HUNGARIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN DISCUSSES "BURNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Ambassador to Iran Gyorgy Busztin met October 29 with Charge to share his views on the situation in Iran. Busztin said the protests marked a turning point for the country, because the government lost legitimacy and people felt the power they had to promote change. He s [...]	2009-11-02 12:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM IR TX
09ASHGABAT1403	TURKMENISTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVIST ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 28, Andrei Zatoka was given the maximum sentence of five years in prison for his involvement in an altercation on October 20. The victim in the case claimed that Zatoka attacked him after stepping on the man's foot and not apologizing. Zatoka and those close to him ma [...]	2009-11-02 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1404	TURKMENISTAN: NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM FLU RISING [...] (C) Many local employees and Embassy contacts on November 2 had stories about someone they knew having died from the flu. A 26 year-old pregnant woman, the neighbor of a local guard, died this weekend. An Embassy officer's housekeeper said that three children in her son's kindergarten class h [...]	2009-11-02 13:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1409	TURKMENISTAN: NEW GRANDDAUGHTER FOR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Colleagues at the UK Embassy passed to us copies of the visa application for Aynagozel Yhlasgeldiyevna Amanova, daughter of President Berdimuhamedov's daughter Guljahan Amanova. Aynagozel was born April 15, 2009 in Ashgabat. The visa application lists the family's Ashgabat address as #83 [...]	2009-11-04 07:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1418	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT OCTOBER POST EVENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In October, Turkmen media provided generally accurate coverage of post conducted activities. At the beginning of month international media widely expressed U.S. concern over Turkmen government's efforts to prevent students from traveling to U.S.-linked schools. Also, internatio [...]	2009-11-05 03:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1420	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS ON ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both the Russian government and the Russian embassy in Ashgabat have been fully engaged in trying to find a resolution to the case of environmental activist Andrei Zatoka. According to the Russian DCM, he has been in touch with both the Russian Presidential Administration and the [...]	2009-11-05 13:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1421	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT IN DENIAL ABOUT PRESENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers estimate that the number of deaths in Turkmenistan has risen sharply since mid-October, but the Turkmen Government denies that there is H1N1 in the country. The government has reportedly given instructions that people are not allowed to wear masks and pharmacies [...]	2009-11-05 14:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1423	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIANS SAY GAZPROM NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) According to Russian Embassy DCM Aleksey Demin, negotiations between the Russians and the Turkmen over gas are "very difficult." We met with Demin on November 5 to discuss the status of the Gazprom negotiations. He told us that currently the negotiations between Turkmengaz and Gazprom ar [...]	2009-11-06 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1424	ZATOKA RELEASED FOLLOWING APPEAL; PLANS TO DEPART [...] (C) On the morning of November 6, the Dashoguz appellate court judge changed Andrei Zatoka's sentence from five years in prison to a 1,000 manat (USD 353) fine, with immediate release upon payment of the fine. Embassy's Public Affairs Officer, who was present at the court building in Dashoguz, [...]	2009-11-06 12:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1426	TURKMENISTAN: COTTON STILL MOSTLY HAND PICKED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy officers visited all five provinces of Turkmenistan in the fall to monitor cotton harvesting. Based on what they saw, the government appears to be serious about its ban on the use of child labor during the cotton harvest. While the Turkmen have replaced some hand picking [...]	2009-11-06 13:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ELAB PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1427	SEPTEMBER 29 VISIT OF ST. PERSBURG GOVERNOR [...] (C) Russian Embassy DCM Aleksey Demin briefed us November 5 on the September 29 visit of St. Petersburg Governor Valentina Matviyenko. According to Demin, two construction contracts totaling $700 million were signed. One was for building bridges, roads,and highways in Ashgabat and Ahal provi [...]	2009-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TX RS
09ASHGABAT1429	THE FAST AND FURIOUS RELEASE OF ANDREI ZATOKA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Andrei Zatoka's release and departure to Russia was planned and executed within eight days of his initial conviction. After a brief and surprisingly open meeting with KNB officials the evening of November 3rd, Evgeniya and Andrei Zatoka agreed to renounce their citizenship and we [...]	2009-11-09 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1443	NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH DEPUTY CHAIRMAN SAPARLYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 10 Charge met with Deputy Chairman for Education, Health, Sciences, and Religion Hydyr Saparlyev. They discussed ongoing problems with TASP, the Peace Corps, and other educational exchange programs. Saparlyev indicated a desire to resolve the various problems while adh [...]	2009-11-10 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1444	TURKMENISTAN: FIGHTING THE FLU WITH RASPBERRIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, a Turkmen state-run newspaper published two articles about methods for treating and preventing flu. The Turkmen Government appears to have changed its approach slightly by using the word "flu" for the first time publicly, but the natural remedies they recommend gi [...]	2009-11-10 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED KFLU PGOV SOCI TX UP
09ASHGABAT1446	TURKMENISTAN: JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' WOES CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Four Jehovah's Witness conscientious objectors are currently in prison. Their families will exhaust all means of appeal, after which the Jehovah's Witnesses will bring the cases to international fora for further attention. Harassment of Jehovah's Witnesses has increased in rec [...]	2009-11-10 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1460	TURKMENISTAN: VISITING IRANIANS DESCRIBE VISA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranians who wish to visit Turkmenistan face an array of bureaucratic roadblocks, including a stringent visa regime (most applicants are unsuccessful) and, once in the country, a burdensome registration process. Several recent visitors described these difficulties in conversations [...]	2009-11-12 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PHUM PGOV PREL CVIS TX
09ASHGABAT1481	DEPUTY CHAIRMAN CONFIDENT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chairman for Oil and Gas Baymyrat Hojamuhammedov, in a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Krol, reiterated the Turkmen government's energy sector policies of diversifying sales of natural gas, hiring service companies to work on development and explora [...]	2009-11-18 15:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1488	MEDIA HIGHLIGHT DAS GEORGE KROL VISIT TO HEAD U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The official visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ambassador George A. Krol to Turkmenistan on November 16-18 received generally accurate and widespread media coverage. Ambas [...]	2009-11-23 11:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1489	MEDIA HIGHLIGHT DAS GEORGE KROL VISIT TO HEAD U.S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The official visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs, Ambassador George A. Krol to Turkmenistan on November 16-18 received generally accurate and widespread media coverage. Ambas [...]	2009-11-23 11:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT1493	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTER OF INTERIOR PUBLICLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov last week publicly reprimanded the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD),Ingender Mulikov, citing "shortcomings." Mulikov was appointed to the position six months ago and received a promo [...]	2009-11-23 13:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1498	GE TURBINES BOOST ELECTRICITY CAPACITY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not For Public Internet. 2. (U) Chalyk Energy, a Turkish company, and General Electric (GE) are nearing completion of a project to build a new power station in Balkanabat, the capital city of Balkan Province in western Turkmenistan. According to an article in [...]	2009-11-24 09:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ECON PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT1502	TURKMENISTAN: 2010 NTE REPLY ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KBCT IS TX
09ASHGABAT1503	HELL HATH NO FURY LIKE A BERDIMUHAMEDOV SCORNED [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Embassy contact conveyed a story from President Berdimuhamedov's life before he became a high-ranking government official. Apparently Berdimuhamedov tried to pressure a staff member at his dental clinic to enter into a relationship with him and when she scorned him, he fired h [...]	2009-11-24 13:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1521	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: POLISH DIPLOMAT CALLS [...] (C) In a recent conversation with Iran Watcher, Polish Charge d'Affaires Robert Rokicki said that major changes in Turkmenistan's relations with Iran took place following President Berdimuhamedov's visit to Tehran eight months ago. Rokicki, who has been posted in Ashgabat since late last year, [...]	2009-11-25 13:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL PINR IR TX
09ASHGABAT1533	TURKMENISTAN: GAZPROM TO BUY LESS GAS IN 2010? [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent Russian article claimed that Gazprom would significantly lower the price it would pay for Turkmen gas, and the quantity it would take, in 2010. Although neither Gazprom nor the Turkmen government have commented on the article, the GOTX is preparing for Russia to buy less [...]	2009-11-27 12:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO RS TX
09ASHGABAT1534	IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT IN TEHRAN DESCRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran Watcher spoke recently with a Hungarian Embassy officer based in Tehran, who described the growing frustration of Iranian business leaders with the government's policies. He said that more and more businesses cannot meet their obligations and are declaring bankruptcy. In his [...]	2009-11-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT1540	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. SLD Radiation Portal Monitors (RPM). EXBS has located a Turkmen agency, Turkmenstandards (English translation),which is responsible for regulations concerning the importation of radioactive test sources for the radiation portal [...]	2009-12-02 12:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TX
09ASHGABAT1543	IRAN: UNESCO DIRECTOR SHARES THE UPS AND DOWNS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Ashgabat this week, the Director of UNESCO's office in Tehran spoke of the challenges of cooperating with the Iranian government in several areas, including training journalists and the preservation of cultural heritage sites. He also described the reaction of hi [...]	2009-12-03 11:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1546	TURKMEN AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENTS MEET OFTEN BUT NO [...] (C) Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov's one-day working visit to Moscow on November 29 did not finalize a new gas deal between Russia and Turkmenistan. Berdimuhamedov officially announced his trip to Moscow two days before arriving in the Russian capital to meet with President Medvedev. Follo [...]	2009-12-03 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV PREL EINV RS TX
09ASHGABAT1550	TURKMENISTAN: STATE HYDROCARBON AGENCY SUBMITS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 25, USAID received a detailed request for technical cooperation from the State Agency for Management and Use of Hydrocarbon Resources. The requested activities, which will be carried out within the fr [...]	2009-12-04 09:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EPET TX
09ASHGABAT156	TURKMENISTAN: SISTER-IN-LAW OF FORMER FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sister-in-law of former Foreign Minister, Boris Shikhmuradov, Aina Shikhmuradova, contacted Political Officer to ask the Embassy to assist in obtaining permission for her youngest son to emigrate from Turkmenistan. Boris Shikhmuradov was the alleged leader of a plot to kill fo [...]	2009-02-02 08:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1590	TURKMENISTAN: UNREGISTERED RELIGIOUS GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a recent Embassy-organized roundtable attended by leaders of unregistered religious groups, the participants were at a loss to describe a path forward. Two groups have had applications pending at the Ministry of Justice for a year, but inquiries about their status are left un [...]	2009-12-09 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1595	A PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG TURKMEN IDEOLOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. PAO met with a young leader of the Turkmen Union of Youth and discussed the political ideology that supports President Berdimuhamedow. The underlying ideology of the Democratic Party is to support the notion of a strong leader. Without such a leader, tribal divisions and the lac [...]	2009-12-10 09:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1596	TURKMENISTAN: MFA PROTESTS EMBASSY-ORGANIZED [...] (C) On December 9, MFA Americas Department Director Serdar Bashimov called in the Acting DCM to "strongly protest" the Embassy-organized roundtable for leaders of non-registered religious groups that took place on December 3 (reftel). Bashimov complained that the MFA had not been notified in a [...]	2009-12-10 09:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1597	INL-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Turkmen Government officials participated in an INL-funded General Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Program in Alexandria, VA from December 1-4. Delegation members also met with INL Deputy [...]	2009-12-10 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR TBIO TNGD TPHY TRGY TSPA PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1600	TURKMENISTAN: ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OPEN TO [...] (SBU) The Acting President of the Academy of Sciences of Turkmenistan, Dr. Gurbanmurat Mezilov, and Head of the International Relations Department, Dr. Orazmamed Vasov, met with Poloff on November 27 and discussed areas for possible cooperation on environmental protection and alternative energ [...]	2009-12-10 13:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SENV TX
09ASHGABAT1603	TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, EDUCATION, AND FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: From December 1-3, the PD Section co-sponsored with UNESCO, UNICEF, the Turkmen Academy of Sciences, and Ministry of Education (MOE) a three-day conference on education, science, and the use of information communication technologies (ICT) in these spheres. The conference was ope [...]	2009-12-11 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1604	TURKMENISTAN: NO HONKING (OR NEW WOMEN DRIVERS)! [...] (C) SUMMARY: The streets of Ashgabat are not the safest roads to drive on. However, new regulations seem more aimed at pleasing a whim of the President or due to gender prejudice than promoting public safety. President Berdimuhamedov has mandated that Ashgabat be a "car horn honking free zon [...]	2009-12-11 15:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TX
09ASHGABAT1605	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA HIGHLIGHT NOVEMBER POST EVENTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In November, media provided generally accurate coverage of post conducted activities. The graduation of Turkmen law enforcement officers from a U.S. Embassy sponsored-English language program was accurately highlighted on foreign websites. U.S. websites posted the Embassy statem [...]	2009-12-14 03:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT162	TURKMENISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDES POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 2, the Charge met with the Foreign Minister, Rashid Meredov, to discuss a list of pending bilateral issues, including the present imbroglio over the diplomatic bags. The Foreign Minister took the opportunity to recap 2008 achievements in the bilateral relationship, s [...]	2009-02-02 13:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ADPM TX
09ASHGABAT1622	TURKMENISTAN: EXXONMOBIL SETTING UP SHOP IN [...] (C) On December 15, EconOff met with ExxonMobil representatives tasked with opening an office in Ashgabat. Company reps expressed frustration with finding available office space in the Turkmen capital, adding that they did not find anyone who seemed "excited to rent." They asserted that they [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1623	TURKMENISTAN: PRM TAFT GRANT-FUNDED VOCATIONAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On December 11, poloff and political assistant attended the opening of three vocational training workshops funded by a Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration Julia Taft Refugee Fund grant, the first such grant pr [...]	2009-12-17 03:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1624	TURKMENISTAN: ROMANIAN RELATIONSHIP STRONGER [...] (C) On December 14, Poloff met with Romanian Embassy Political Officer Laurentiu Ciocan to discuss Romania's relationship with Turkmenistan. Ciocan described relations as limited, especially in the economic arena. There is only one Romanian company in Turkmenistan with Romanian employees -- [...]	2009-12-17 08:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL MD RO TX
09ASHGABAT1625	GOVERNMENT WORKERS SLEEPLESS IN ASHGABAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Long working hours are the norm for Turkmen government employees. Few agencies compensate their staff for overtime. Some higher-level officials bring bedding from home for the long nights at the office. On the [...]	2009-12-17 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1628	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following paragraph is Embassy Ashgabat's submission for the 2009 country terrorism report (reftel). 2. Since the September 2008 violence in Ashgabat's Khitrovka neighborhood, the Turkmenistan Government has not reported any other violent incidents. The government maintains a military- [...]	2009-12-18 08:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL TX
09ASHGABAT1633	BERDIMUHAMEDOV AND TURKMENISTANâ€™S RULING FAMILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen President Berdimuhammedov is vain, fastidious, vindictive, a micro-manager, and a bit of an Ahal Teke "nationalist." He also is the only son in a family of eight children. His father is a retired prison guard with the rank of colonel. The father, many in Turkmenistan think, is [...]	2009-12-18 13:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TX
09ASHGABAT1642	TURKMENISTAN: OFFICIALS RAID BAPTIST CHURCH [...] (C) Shohrat Shirmedov, son of the pastor of the Iman Yoly (Path of Faith) Baptist church in Dashoguz, came to the Embassy to relate events that took place at his church in Dashoguz on Sunday, December 20. Shirmedov said that church members, all ethnic Turkmen, were at the place where they wor [...]	2009-12-21 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1643	ASHGABAT'S PRICEY WHITE MARBLE DECOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In the mid 1990s, the late Turkmen President Niyazov ordered that each newly-built, multistoried house or office building be decked with white marble siding, in order to beautify Turkmen cities, especially Ashgabat. Althou [...]	2009-12-22 05:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EMIN BBSR BEXP BTIO TX
09ASHGABAT1646	TURKMENISTAN: CHANGE IN VISA REGIME WITH [...] (SBU) On December 13, the day before the opening of the Turkmenistan-China pipeline, President Karimov of Uzbekistan had official meetings with Turkmenistan President Berdimuhamedov in Ashgabat. The presidents signed four documents, including a joint communiqu and a cooperation agreement betw [...]	2009-12-22 14:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UZ TX
09ASHGABAT1648	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC LAW ENFORCEMENT MEETING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Ashgabat held its last 2009 law enforcement coordination meeting on December 18th. Ministries and agencies members of the National Drug Control Committee f [...]	2009-12-23 06:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT1655	TURKMENISTAN: LACK OF RULE OF LAW IN A HOUSING CASE [...] (C) Muhammet Kelemenov, a Turkmen citizen and former doctor, came into the Embassy on December 23 to ask for help with an ongoing case to repossess his house. He said that he had purchased his house in the Kopetdag district of Ashgabat in 1997, and had been living there without any problems un [...]	2009-12-23 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1665	TURKMEN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO JAPAN NOT A PANACEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmen media spent several days giving headline coverage to President Berdimuhamedov's recent visit to Japan. Although they painted the trip as successful, a Japanese Embassy official was more cautious, saying that the visit was more productive economically than politically. Eve [...]	2009-12-29 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD PREL JA TX
09ASHGABAT1667	TURKMENISTAN: PROTESTANT CHURCH HOLDS CHRISTMAS [...] (C) On December 28, poloff attended a special Christmas holiday service organized by the registered Greater Grace Church, which is affiliated with a Baltimore-based organization of the same name (Ref A). The church had sent a glossy printed holiday greeting card and invitation to the Embassy [...]	2009-12-29 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT1669	TURKMENISTAN: DESERT INSTITUTE OPEN TO SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 29 met with the director of the Turkmenistan National Institute of Deserts, Flora, and Fauna, one of his deputies, and a deputy minister of the Turkmenistan Ministry of Nature Protection to discuss possible future joint projects that might fulfill the goals of Presiden [...]	2009-12-30 07:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID OSCI SENV TSPL PREL PGOV UN TX
09ASHGABAT1670	TURKMENISTAN: RESTAURANTS AND CAFES ORDERED CLOSED [...] (C) Private restaurants and cafes in Ashgabat have been closing their doors, reportedly at the unwritten order of Turkmen government officials. Embassy staff have reported that most restaurants in downtown Ashgabat are closed, during what is usually the busiest time of the year for restaurants [...]	2009-12-30 08:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT1675	DRUGS IN TURKMENISTAN: BURN, BABY, BURN [...] (SBU) On December 24, Poloff attended a drug burning ceremony run by the Turkmenistan State Counternarcotics Service (SCNS) in cooperation with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Turkmenistan conducts these ceremonies twice a year, and, according to government officials, burns all the [...]	2009-12-30 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI UN TX
09ASHGABAT17	REDENOMINATION OF NATIONAL CURRENCY IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 1, 2009 the Government of Turkmenistan began a redenomination of its national currency, the Manat (TM). The new currency, or Denominated Turkmen Manat (DTM),maintains the U.S. dollar exchange rate established in the summer of 2008 (Ref. A). Current USD-TM exchange r [...]	2009-01-07 04:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN AMGT AFIN TX
09ASHGABAT178	TURKMENISTAN CHARGES FEES FOR OVERFLIGHT [...] (C) Post has received a letter from the Turkmenhowayollary State Civil Aviation Service. The letter, dated January 28, claims that the United States Air Force and the Department of Defense owes Turkmenhowayollary $4,200 and 20,000 Euros for overflight of aircraft. Attached to the letter are 2 [...]	2009-02-04 11:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MASS TX
09ASHGABAT179	UZBEK DIPLOMAT EXPLORES U.S. BUSINESS EXPERIENCE [...] (C) Uzbek Embassy Consul, Abdulmajid Dusimov (please protect),said in a meeting on February 3 that Uzbek Embassies are looking for successful examples of international investments, and that he wanted to discuss with Economic Officer the U.S. experience in Turkmenistan. Further clarification [...]	2009-02-04 11:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EIND CVIS TX UZ
09ASHGABAT180	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 PRIORITIES FOR OSCE CENTER'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT185	UNHCR SEMINAR ON IMPROVEMENT OF TURKMENISTAN'S REFUGEE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, Embassy's Political Assistant attended a seminar on Improvement of Turkmenistan's Refugee Legislation held at the Turkmen National Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR). The event was [...]	2009-02-05 09:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL UNHCR TX
09ASHGABAT190	TURKMENISTAN: DECREPIT ASHGABAT GLASS FACTORY [...] As part of Post's language program, a small group of Embassy Officers on January 30 visited a small glass factory still operating in the heart of Ashgabat. The Saparmurat Niyazov Glass Factory, located just a few miles from the Embassy, has been in operation since 1936. According to its cu [...]	2009-02-06 07:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EIND TX
09ASHGABAT191	TURKMENISTAN: JANUARY MEDIA REACTION, MIXED RESULTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In January, state media highlighted some Embassy events, but at times, omitted any mention of a U.S. role. State media were reluctant to cover donations of musical instruments to local schools, although anything [...]	2009-02-06 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT194	TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY OFFICIALS LEAVE US GUESSING [...] (SBU) Poloff met on February 5 with Deputy Minister for Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources Nedirov and officials from the Turkmen State Gas Concern to discuss the status of talks and agreements on development of a Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Turkmen offic [...]	2009-02-06 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET TX AF IN PK
09ASHGABAT2	: TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your visit to Turkmenistan follows the visit of Lieutenant General John Allen, Deputy Commander, U.S. Central Command [...]	2009-01-05 06:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT20	TURKMENISTAN: DECEMBER MEDIA REACTION - PRODUCTIVE STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State media coverage of post events was positive in December. In fact, in some cases, such as holiday messages, the Embassy had a higher profile than other foreign missions in country. In one case, post was able [...]	2009-01-07 12:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT202	TURKMENISTAN: DIPLOMATIC POUCH ISSUE RESOLVED [...] (C) On February 5, the Embassy was able to resolve a contretemps regarding the diplomatic pouch that had started two weeks before when the Customs Department at the Ashgabat airport started to insist that the Embassy send diplomatic notes in order to receive or send the diplomatic pouch. L de [...]	2009-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AGMT ADPM TX
09ASHGABAT203	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: South Korean Ambassador Chong Yul Kim described bilateral relations between his country and Turkmenistan as growing, although at a more modest pace than South Korean companies would prefer. Although Turkmen Government agencies have been engaged in commercial relationships wi [...]	2009-02-09 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV EPET KS TX
09ASHGABAT205	UNHCR HOLDS SEMINAR ON STATELESSNESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a February 6 seminar for Government officials on the improvement of legislation on statelessness, a UNHCR expert explained the international legal framework of citizenship rights and prevention of statelessn [...]	2009-02-10 05:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF UNHCR TX
09ASHGABAT215	TURKMENISTAN: TRAFFICKING 101: PROSECUTING [...] (SBU) In preparing Post,s submission of the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Poloff met this week with representatives of the General Prosecutor,s office in Ashgabat to raise a number of the questions posed in Ref A. It was Post's first consultation with the prosecutor,s office for [...]	2009-02-12 14:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG TX
09ASHGABAT218	TURKMENISTAN/IRAN: WEAPONS FOUND HIDDEN IN IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) A Turkmen customs official told an Embassy LES on February 13 that an Iranian Embassy diplomatic container with AK-47's, sniper rifles and ammunition hidden in it had been discovered one week earlier at the Serdar Uli (Gaudan) customs point in Ashgabat, where vehicles and containers ar [...]	2009-02-13 12:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET//NOFORN	IR PGOV PREL PTER TX
09ASHGABAT219	TURKMENISTAN: GRAIN ASSOCIATION TOUTS ROLE IN FEEDING THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 9 meeting with Economic Officer, Grain Association Chairman, Atamurat Altybayev, praised Turkmenistan's 1,000,000 ton grain harvest and said that Turkmenistan is self-sufficient in grain and flour. [...]	2009-02-17 04:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON TX
09ASHGABAT231	TURKISH DIPLOMAT DESCRIBES RISKS AND COMPLEXITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 12 conversation with the Turkish Third Secretary yielded interesting insights on corruption and market access, the legal complexities of doing business here, and the role that intergovernmental economic commissions play in making it less risky for Turkmen officials t [...]	2009-02-17 10:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ETRD TX TU
09ASHGABAT236	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRAN,S AMBASSADOR ON THE EVE OF [...] (U) The Russian-language "Neytralniy Turkmenistan" published an interview on February 11 with Iran's Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Mohammad-Reza Forqani. The interview focused almost exclusively on economic and trade topics, avoiding anything even remotely controversial such as the Iranian nucle [...]	2009-02-17 13:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT256	READOUT FROM EMBASSY ASHGABAT LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Post,s Law Enforcement Working Group held its quarterly meeting on February 17, chaired by the DCM. DEA, POL/ECON (INL),DATT, RSO, EXBS and POL/MIL updated the group on their sections, activities in coordination with Turkmen law enforcement entities. DEA PRESENCE EXTENDED 2. (C) DE [...]	2009-02-24 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT262	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT MAY BE AVOIDING U.S. AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bertling Amcit Logistic General Manager, a longtime Ashgabat resident, shared news he had heard about a potential new government policy on Italian and U.S. energy majors being kept out of the running on field development, and also shared his views on how to bring Turkmenist [...]	2009-02-26 07:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
09ASHGABAT266	TURKMENISTAN: HOW SOME FOREIGN COMPANIES GAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Perhaps the single greatest challenge in seeking to do business in Turkmenistan is the lack of access to the people empowered to make decisions about commercial contracts here, particularly those involving infrastructural and energy sector development. Most companies have come [...]	2009-02-27 10:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT268	TURKMENISTAN: CASE NEW HOLLAND DISCUSSES [...] (C) Case New Holland's Business Director for Central Asia, Tom Davies (please protect),said in a meeting on February 10 that the company is planning to open a representative office in Ashgabat this year. He also confirmed that the contract decision-making process is taking longer and longer [...]	2009-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EIND TX UZ
09ASHGABAT269	TURKMENISTAN'S SUPREME COUNCIL ON SCIENCE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public I 2. (SBU) In a meeting on February 20, Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology, Akjeren Allanurova, and Head of the Council's Research Forecasting and International Relations Departments, Orazmamed Vasov, said that [...]	2009-02-27 12:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER EPA
09ASHGABAT272	GERMAN FIRM WORKING WITH TURKMENISTAN -- ALLEGEDLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German consulting firm Goetzpartners is advising the Government of Turkmenistan on economic development and strategic planning. Sectors of focus include tourism, textiles, education, and infrastructure. The German Ambassador claimed that he doesn't know anything about the ag [...]	2009-02-27 13:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TRD SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT283	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]	2009-03-02 12:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT284	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: ENERGY WAS THE FOCUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ashgabat-based diplomats with close ties to the Iranian Embassy say that increased energy cooperation was the focus of talks between President Berdimuhamedov and Iranian leaders during a February 13-15 visit to Tehran. In addition to an energy pact, in which Iran reportedly agree [...]	2009-03-02 13:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT285	Ashgabat: Request to Remove Article 14 from Model Lease [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: This is a time sensitive action request for permission to remove Article 14, Disputes Resolution, from Post's residential leases in order to continue normal leasing operations. See para. 8. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY [...]	2009-03-03 03:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ABLD TX
09ASHGABAT292	TURKMENISTAN: TRAFFIC POLICE PERSONALLY LIABLE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) In 2008, the Turkmen government purchased 200 Mercedes-Benz vehicles for use as patrol cars, each costing EUR 70,000. The cars were equipped with law enforcement-related equipment by the State Road Patrol Service unde [...]	2009-03-04 07:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT295	TURKMENISTAN: ROUNDTABLE ON IMPROVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: TurkmenistanQs first seminar on the QImprovement of Penitentiary LegislationQ was held in Ashgabat on March 2. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Institute for Democracy and [...]	2009-03-05 03:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT3	CORRUPTION IN TURKMENISTAN'S BUSINESS CIRCLES - THE MORE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's decrees promising support for small and medium businesses appear so far to have benefited only a select group of business people, mostly those with a familial relationship or close conne [...]	2009-01-05 06:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ECON ETRD PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT303	TURKMENISTAN: WHY ENGLISH MATTERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: English Language programs continue to play a vital role in achieving Embassy Ashgabat's MSP goals of assisting civil society development and promoting democratic and economic reforms in a predominantly Muslim countr [...]	2009-03-06 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT307	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION ON FISHING [...] On February 28, the Embassy received an announcement from the State Committee on Fishing Industry inviting participation in an international exhibition and conference on fishing industry to be held on October 8-10, 2009. 2. The original text of the announcement follows. BEGIN TEXT: D [...]	2009-03-09 02:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EIND ECON TX

09ASHGABAT311	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA COVERAGE OF EUR/ACE COORDINATOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Daniel Rosenblum, Coordinator for U.S. Assistance in Europe and Eurasia visited Turkmenistan February 23-24, 2009, holding a number of meetings in Turkmenistan. State media inaccurately reported Rosenblum's title, which was then replicated in many outlets, including non-state [...]	2009-03-09 12:47:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT315	TURKMENISTAN: INSTITUTE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS OPENS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an introductory meeting with the Charge on March 9, Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) Director, Shirin Ahmedova, highlighted the "positive and constructive" relations it enjoyed with USAID and [...]	2009-03-10 09:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM TX
09ASHGABAT320	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON FEBRUARY POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In February, media provided generally accurate coverage of Post-conducted events. Embassy press releases played a large role in shaping the stories carried in state and non-state media. While one TV news program o [...]	2009-03-11 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT33	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: BACKGROUND ON TEHERAN MOU -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish diplomat told Embassy Ashgabat's Iran Watcher on January 8 that recent announcements of expanded cooperation between Iran and Turkmenistan are more about the need to address the flow of Afghan opiates from Iran into Turkmenistan than anything else. Hakan Chengiz, the T [...]	2009-01-09 04:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR IR TX
09ASHGABAT339	TURKMENISTAN: ITALY - TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS - [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an Italian Embassy Moscow Counsellor, in Turkmenistan to advance the upcoming visit of a Deputy Foreign Minister, President Berdimuhamedov should visit Rome sometime in 2009. Hopefully, a Berdimuhamedov visit will give a kick start to bilateral relations, which the [...]	2009-03-13 15:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT344	TURKMENISTAN: NEWLY-ARRIVED AFGHAN DIPLOMAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A newly-arrived Afghan diplomat in Ashgabat recently shared his views about the current situation in Afghanistan. He stressed that there needs to be a focus on reconstruction, democratic government and an end to the interference in Afghan affairs emanating from Pakistan. Accordin [...]	2009-03-16 13:15:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF TX
09ASHGABAT350	TURKMENISTAN: UNRESOLVED OVERFLIGHT FEES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan has banned the overflight of all USG aircraft not covered by our blanket overflight agreement until we pay overflight bills from 2007 and 2008. The U.S. Government does not pay overflight fees for state aircraft, but we may be able to resolve this issue with an "in-k [...]	2009-03-17 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT359	GOVERNMENT PROVIDES LEGAL CONSULTATIONS FOR TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) together with representatives from General Prosecutor's Office, Supreme Court and Ashgabat Lawyers' Association, organizes regular, free of charge legal consultations fo [...]	2009-03-19 12:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT371	TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON GICNT WORKSHOP IN SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-23 14:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL PTER KGIC TX
09ASHGABAT382	TURKMENISTAN: LAWYERS ASSOCIATIONS EVOLVE FROM SOVIET [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Registered by Turkmenistan's Ministry of Justice as a public organization, Lawyers Associations provide legal consultations and legal services to the public. Fees are flexible and geared towards the client's a [...]	2009-03-25 11:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI KCOR ECON TX
09ASHGABAT390	TURKMENISTAN: REGIONAL EXPERTS DISCUSS CENTRAL [...] (C) Carefully avoiding any reference to the term "conference," the UN Center for Preventive Diplomacy (Center) held a two-day seminar in Ashgabat on March 11-12 entitled "Central Asia and Global Challenges." Iran Watcher got a read-out from Armands Pupols, a Political Officer with the Center [...]	2009-03-26 13:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN ZK TX
09ASHGABAT40	TURKMENISTAN: ECONOMIC POLICY PROJECT RECEIVES LETTER OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, 2009, the Country Coordinator of USAID's implementing partner for its Economic Reform to Enhance Competitiveness (EREC) project, BearingPoint, received an e-mail from Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministe [...]	2009-01-13 05:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
09ASHGABAT401	LONGTIME COMMERCIAL RESIDENT POSTULATES ON ROOTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time Amcit commercial resident of Turkmenistan told a recent visitor that U.S. influence here has been curbed in part because of changes in U.S. policy over the last 15 years, but also because of the historical missteps of U.S. energy giants who abandoned difficult and c [...]	2009-03-30 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX
09ASHGABAT402	TURKMENISTAN: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETS IN ASHGABAT [...] (SBU) At a March 13 meeting in Ashgabat of Mini-Dublin Group members organized by the Italian Embassy in Moscow, representatives of the U.S.,French, UK, Polish, Romanian, Turkish, Japanese and Russian embassies exchanged views with two officials of the State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) on [...]	2009-03-30 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR TX
09ASHGABAT403	TURKMENISTAN OFFICIALS THREATEN TO END OVERFLIGHT [...] (C) Turkmen State Civil Aviation officials informed DAO on March 29 that, starting April 27, the Government of Turkmenistan will deny overflight permission for all USG aircraft, including those currently covered by blanket overflight, if an outstanding bill for overflight fees is not paid by [...]	2009-03-30 13:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT405	TURKMENISTAN: BIG BROTHER ON THE STREETS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The presence of undercover security agents on the streets is nothing new in Turkmenistan. People have grown accustomed to seeing them standing on nearly every street corner of the capital, purportedly to ensure " [...]	2009-03-31 09:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT409	TURKMENISTAN: RESIDENT TURKISH CITIZENS BARRED [...] (C) On March 30, poloff met with the Turkish Embassy's Counselor for Religious Affairs Aziz Chankaya to hear his views on religious practice in Turkmenistan. Chankaya explained that his role is to advise the Turkish Embassy on religious affairs as they involve the resident Turkish community. [...]	2009-03-31 12:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT41	TURKMENISTAN: USTDA MEETINGS WITH HYDROCARBON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with the U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia and Charge, Turkmenistan hydrocarbon sector officials agreed to consider further cooperation with TDA. Turkmengas will continue to develop onshore gas deposits itself, hiring ser [...]	2009-01-13 10:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT416	TURKMENISTAN: A TALE OF TWO NON-REGISTERED NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Turkmenistan, a civic organization is required to register with the Ministry of Justice ("MOJ") in order to operate legally. In 2008, one independent, non-government-affiliated civic organization was registered, the first since 2005. Despite these restrictive legal conditions [...]	2009-04-02 09:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT429	TURKMENISTAN: UNODC LAW ENFORCEMENT DONOR COORDINATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 3, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the Law Enforcement Donor Coordination meeting in Ashgabat. It was the first of four such events this year. Representatives of internationa [...]	2009-04-06 13:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT431	TURKMENISTAN: DOLLARS NOT WANTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Problems exchanging US dollars for Turkmen manat have been observed for the past week, due to the rumors that the Government plans to depreciate the official exchange rate to an even one manat for one dollar. (NOTE [...]	2009-04-07 04:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV SOCI EFIN TX
09ASHGABAT434	TURKMENISTAN: PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES INCREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent meeting with a leader of Jehovah's Witnesses in Ashgabat confirmed that its adherents in the provinces have seen a recent uptick in harassment, including raids and seizures of religious literature. While the situation in the provinces is particularly tough due to poorly [...]	2009-04-07 13:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT436	TURKMENISTAN: MARCH MEDIA REACTION - MEDIA PRAISE GROWING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In March, media favorably and accurately covered events reflecting U.S.-Turkmenistan cooperation in education and health care, and highlighted various U.S. visits. The visit by USAID Regional Director William Frej [...]	2009-04-08 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT44	TURKMENISTAN: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER URGES MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Trade Development Agency (TDA) Regional Director for Europe and Eurasia, Dan Stein, and Charge, Turkmenistan Deputy Foreign Minister, Wepa Hajiyev, expressed hope the Stein's visit would encourage more trade between Turkmenistan and the U.S. Hajiy [...]	2009-01-13 11:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON TX
09ASHGABAT45	TURKMENISTAN: DIFFICULTIES FOR RFE/RL REPORTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 9, poloff met with RFE/RL reporter, Halmurat Gylychdurdiyev, to discuss his current working conditions and recent reports of harassment of two other RFE/RL reporters, Osman Hallyev and Dovletmurat Yazguliev, by security officials. Gylychdurdiyev said security officials [...]	2009-01-13 11:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT458	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER,S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to advance our urgent military overflight issues, as well as to show continued support for U.S. investment in energy resource development, greater cooperation in education, and progress in human r [...]	2009-04-09 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT469	TURKMENISTAN: OVERFLIGHT CAP AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have nearly reached the overflight cap of 1600 the Turkmenistan government imposed as a continuation of annual renewal of blanket overflight. While DAO will process requests for special flights (MEDEVAC, etc.),all other flights have stopped in order not to exceed the limit. [...]	2009-04-10 14:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR TX
09ASHGABAT480	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: WAITING FOR RAPPROCHEMENT: [...] (C) In a conversation with Ashgabat Iran Watcher this week, the general manager of the local office of the construction company Iran Samen (GM) spoke hopefully about the possibility of U.S.-Iranian construction joint ventures in Turkmenistan in the future. Our contact, who has lived and worke [...]	2009-04-16 10:12:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR ECON PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT487	RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO UPDATE TERRORISM FINANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 09:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER TX
09ASHGABAT490	TURKMENISTAN: DAYS OF (PRESIDENTIAL) FOLDERS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Special documents must be presented to the Turkmen President in a green velvet folder bearing his photo and with a gold national emblem on the cover. Documents must be inserted in this folder -- which costs $77.46 -- in a particular way. Twenty-five long-stemmed white roses c [...]	2009-04-17 12:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR EIND TX
09ASHGABAT491	TURKISH GULENIST MOVEMENT IN TURKMENISTAN: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish-run schools in Turkmenistan have been surprisingly successful since their start in 1993. The schools, which include language centers, high schools and a university, are loosely linked by their affiliation with the Beshkent Educational Firm, which is the financial organ [...]	2009-04-17 12:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS TU TX
09ASHGABAT494	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 13:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT498	EDUCATION OFFICIALS EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR COOPERATION, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher's meeting with Turkmenistan's top two education officials successfully presented U.S. views and continued engagement in this area. Unfortunately, it also revealed the continued [...]	2009-04-20 05:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL EAID KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT500	TURKMENISTAN: LAW ENFORCMENT OFFICERS DISCUSS THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Poloff, at the request of an instructor at Post's INL-funded English Training Center (ELT) for Turkmen law enforcment officers, gave a presentation to a group of students on April 17 in which she outlined the foundation and st [...]	2009-04-20 10:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT508	LEGAL NGO SUPPORTS CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES BY OFFERING [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Six months after reports of questionable business practices (reftel),Post checked in with local NGO "Bosfor" for an update on its activities. The NGO carries out youth outreach and provides legal services, in [...]	2009-04-21 05:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT512	TURKMENISTAN: USG CONTRACTORS ARE THE INTERIOR MINISTER'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A technician from the Tashkent office of the Agilent Technologies was dispatched to Ashgabat under the auspices of Post's INL-funded DOJ/ICITAP project with the Ministry of the Interior in order to repair a gas ch [...]	2009-04-21 09:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT515	TURKMENISTAN: GERMAN COMPANY CLOSER TO AN OFFSHORE PSA FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16, RWE AG, a German energy company and Nabucco shareholder, signed a Memorandum on Long-term Cooperation with the Turkmen Government. The Memorandum stipulates that RWE will support the Government in tr [...]	2009-04-21 12:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT518	TURKMENISTAN: A/S BOUCHER VISIT DRAWS SIGNIFICANT MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher visited Turkmenistan April 14-17, holding a meeting with President Berdimuhamedov, and meetings with other high-ranking government officials. The visit [...]	2009-04-23 11:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT529	TURKMENISTAN: GRANT PROPOSAL FOR PRM FY 2009 JULIA TAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is Embassy Ashgabat's recommendation for FY 2009 support via the Julia Taft Refugee Fund to finance a refugee assistance project. The proposed project would provide equipment and materials for th [...]	2009-04-24 13:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF TX
09ASHGABAT530	CONSTRUCTION IN TURKMENISTAN: FOR MAJOR COMPANIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the local representative from Deloitte in Turkmenistan, Turkmen-owned construction companies register offshore in order to move money overseas and take part in the part of the lucrative construction industry reserved for foreign companies. Foreign companies that are [...]	2009-04-27 04:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT543	TURKMENISTAN: OFFICIAL TRAVEL TO DASHOGUZ PROVINCE IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ECA Policy and Evaluation Director, Rick Ruth, visited Turkmenistan in early April to tour sites undergoing restoration thanks to support from the Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation. During the visit to Das [...]	2009-04-29 10:03:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PCUL PINR KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT546	TURKMENISTAN: LEGISLATIVE REFORMS ARE A GOOD THING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 27, 2009, Professor of Law, and internationally recognized arbitration specialist, Dr. Murad O. Haitov discussed with Embassy Officer recent legislative actions adopted by the Turkmenistan Parliament. The acts cover a wide variety of issues from labor code to food safet [...]	2009-04-30 03:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT550	TURKMENISTAN: THY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TECHNICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 30 meeting with DATT, Turkmen State Civil Aviation officials asked for U.S. assistance in four areas, which would allow Turkmenistan to raise the blanket overflight cap: get the Afghanistan to expand the flight altitude range and routes for Turkmen civilian aircr [...]	2009-04-30 11:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT556	TURKMENISTAN: MFA NOT ABLE TO MAKE OVERFLIGHT [...] (C) During a meeting with Charge on April 29 regarding recent denial of overflight to U.S. VIP planes, Deputy Foreign Minister Wepa Hajiyev encouraged the Embassy to follow up with MFA's America's Department following a meeting between DATT and Turkmen State Civil Aviation (THY) officials, sc [...]	2009-05-01 12:48:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TX
09ASHGABAT557	TURKMENISTAN: "TRUST" NGO HELPING FILL SOCIAL SERVICE GAP [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Political Assistant met with NGO Chairperson Lyudmila Petuhova to learn about the NGO Ynam's ("Trust") activity. The NGO provides legal, psychological and reproductive health consultation services and [...]	2009-05-01 13:23:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT558	SPECIAL 301 - TURKMENISTAN 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 14:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR TX
09ASHGABAT562	TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF DAS KROL AT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, George Krol, visited Turkmenistan April 22-24, 2009, holding meetings with government officials and heading the U.S. delegation at the "Reliable and Secure Tran [...]	2009-05-04 06:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT564	TURKMENISTAN: OIL AND GAS SECTOR OFFICIALS SHOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) representatives met on April 30 with six top oil and gas officials to answer questions and get government commitment to a two-day seminar on pipeline management. The appearance of the six officials in one meeting and their confirmation that th [...]	2009-05-04 12:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET TX
09ASHGABAT569	TFFLU01: OFFICIAL TURKMEN REACTION TO INFLUENZA A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Although there have been no reported cases of H1N1 in Turkmenistan or in the Central Asia region, the government has taken certain steps in reaction to the influenza A (H1/N1) scare and has publicized many of these measures i [...]	2009-05-05 11:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09ASHGABAT572	TURKMENSITAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 09:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT575	INFORMATION REGARDING U.S. COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 10:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT578	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON APRIL POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In addition to coverage of visits by Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and DAS George Krol in April (Refs A and B),April saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of numerous U.S. visitors and P [...]	2009-05-08 04:59:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT597	NGO CHARITY WITHOUT BORDERS SEEKS OPPORTUNITIES TO [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 6, Post Political Assistant met with Selbi Akmuradova, leader of the public organization, Charity Without Borders (CWB),to learn about their activities. The NGO carries out charitable activities, an [...]	2009-05-12 01:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT600	TURKMENISTAN: A REBORN PUSHKIN THEATER PUSHES BOUNDARIES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ashgabat's resurrected Pushkin theater has on its own initiative begun to introduce audiences to a growing variety of international plays, some of which push the boundaries of what is generally acceptable in offic [...]	2009-05-13 04:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT605	TURKMENISTAN COMMEMORATES VICTORY DAY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet publication. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 9 Victory Day commemorations in Ashgabat focused on the fact that it has now been 64 years since the end of World War II. Russian representatives held some special events marking the heroic roles pl [...]	2009-05-13 11:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI TX RS
09ASHGABAT623	TURKMENISTAN'S SUPREME COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Council for Science and Technology, Akjeren Allanurova, said in a meeting on May 12 that her organization is interested in collaboration with the following U.S. agencies under the Embassy Scie [...]	2009-05-15 11:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG EPA EPET PGOV SENV TBIO TSPL
09ASHGABAT625	IRAN: HUNGARIAN DIPLOMAT SAYS IRAN STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A visiting Hungarian diplomat from Tehran, accredited to both Iran and Turkmenistan, shared with us his latest impressions of both living and working in Iran. These included his frustration with trying to get an accurate picture of economic conditions there, as well as trying to [...]	2009-05-15 11:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT628	TURKMEN DELEGATION TO UN IN VIENNA PRESENTS LIST [...] (C) On May 15, a Western embassy passed to post a copy of the Note Verbale sent by the Permanent Mission of Turkmenistan (to the United Nations office in Vienna) to the Secretariat of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 3, 2009. The list contains a total of 78 people who can be cla [...]	2009-05-15 14:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT644	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIYEV RELEASED FROM DETENTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post learned on May 13 that Bazargeldy Berdiyev had been released from Ministry of National Security (MNB) detention on that day. Berdiyev has been seeking compensation from the government for violations of his and his wife's rights during the 1990s (Ref A). Poitical Officer [...]	2009-05-22 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT649	TURKMENISTAN: NGO FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED FACES [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The local NGO "Dayanch" provides moral support and technical assistance to visually impaired and blind people by publishing audio books and organizing reading sessions for them. Despite its affiliation with the [...]	2009-05-26 08:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT654	TURKMENISTAN: STREET PRICE OF HEROIN REPORTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) On May 22, the Ashgabat weekly "Adalat" (Justice) published an article by Ulugbek Amankulov, Judge of Hojambaz Etrap (district) Court of Lebap province, reporting that a resident of Olam village named Azat Abdyrahmanov purcha [...]	2009-05-27 09:02:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT655	TURKMENISTAN TO PRODUCE METAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Last week, President Berdimuhamedov commissioned Turkmenistan's first metal works plant. The project, which was approved when former President Niyazov was still alive, was intended to reduce the importation [...]	2009-05-27 09:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EIND EINV ECON TX
09ASHGABAT661	TURKMENISTAN: WHERE WILL PETRONAS SEND ITS CASPIAN GAS WHEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Petronas officials are making confident statements regarding the company's goal of delivering its first natural gas from offshore Block 1. The company is etimating it will begin delivering five bcm per year of ga [...]	2009-05-28 06:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT671	TURKMENISTAN: TRADITIONS OF NOHUR CHALLENGED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nohur, a remote settlement of about 5,000 people located in a mountainous area near Iran in the Western part of Ahal province, is notable for its traditional culture and animalistic-superstitious variant of Islamic belief. Living conditions are primitive and the economy is based [...]	2009-06-01 09:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS SCUL SOCI EAGR TX IR SA TC
09ASHGABAT678	TURKMENISTAN: PHYSICIANS' ARREST FOR SELLING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Twenty employees of a prison hospital in Mary were reportedly arrested two weeks ago for selling drugs to prisoners who were being treated at the hospital. The Minister of Internal Affairs was held responsibl [...]	2009-06-02 09:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT679	TURKMENISTAN: MIGRATION OFFICIALS DO NOT [...] (SBU) On May 27, Political Officer met with Senior Inspector of the Central Apparatus of the State Migration Service, Mekan Hojayev, and Acting Head of the Visa Department, Dowran Kurbannazarov, to discuss the situation of freedom of emigration in Turkmenistan. Hojayev stated that according t [...]	2009-06-02 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PGOV PHUM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT681	TURKMENISTAN HAS MI-17 HELICOPTERS; STILL CHECKING ON [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) On June 2, Post informed the Turkmenistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) about reftel request to support Government of Pakistan forces with additional Mi- 17 helicopters. Post also asked for MFA assistance to arran [...]	2009-06-02 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG PARM PK TX
09ASHGABAT690	TURKMENISTAN: DEPORTED TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The number of illegal Turkmen migrant workers deported from Turkey due to the violations of the visa regime has reportedly increased significantly in the past year. Failing to find jobs in their hometowns in Tu [...]	2009-06-04 10:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PMIG PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT696	TURKMENISTAN: ISRAEL TO OPEN EMBASSY "SOON" [...] (S) The Israeli Ambassador to Central Asia and the Caucasus (currently based in Jerusalem),Shemi Tzur, said in a meeting with Charge on June 4 that Israel was planning to open an embassy in Ashgabat "very soon" -- in July or perhaps even sooner -- in part due to Foreign Minister Avigdor Libe [...]	2009-06-05 12:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	SECRET	PREL EINV PTER EPET ETRD SNAR TX IS AJ KZ
09ASHGABAT712	TURKMENISTAN: COUNTERNARCOTICS SERVICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting DOJ/ICITAP Forensic Advisor and DEA Chemist recently met with section chiefs of the Turkmenistan State Counter Narcotics Service (SCNS) to discuss possible cooperation between the USG/ICITAP and SCNS on [...]	2009-06-09 06:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT720	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON MAY POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat maintained a high profile in state media during the month of May. Post organized events such as USAID's 15th anniversary celebration of partnership with Turkmenistan in early May, a one-week tour [...]	2009-06-09 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT722	TURKMENISTAN: EFFECTIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard L. Morningstar visited Turkmenistan May 29, 2009, holding meetings with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov and high-ranking government off [...]	2009-06-09 10:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT723	TURKMENISTAN: NONDENOMINATIONAL PROTESTANT GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Pastor Vladimir Tolmachev, his registered Greater Grace Church encounters numerous government hindrances, despite its legal status. Religious literature, youth camps, property ownership, registration of branches, and invitations for foreign visitors all need govern [...]	2009-06-09 11:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT733	IRAN ELECTION UPDATE: TRUCKERS INDICATE SUPPORT [...] (C) Conversations with Iranian truck drivers held in and around Ashgabat on June 10 demonstrate that support for candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi is growing among working class Iranians. Iran Watcher spoke with transiting drivers representing various geographic areas and ethnic groups and found [...]	2009-06-10 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PREL TX
09ASHGABAT734	TURKMENISTAN: PURPOSE OF MEREDOV'S VISIT IS TO [...] (C) On June 10, the Charge met with Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov to discuss Meredov's upcoming visit to Washington. Meredov confirmed that he will depart Ashgabat on June 22 and travel to Washington via Frankfurt. His arrival in Washington will be in the early afternoon on June 22. He w [...]	2009-06-10 13:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT740	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES DOMINATE A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The June 7-9 textile exhibition in Ashgabat, organized by the Turkmen Government, hosted the representatives and displays of local enterprises and some 30 foreign companies seeking to enter the market or expand th [...]	2009-06-11 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ERD EIND TX KS
09ASHGABAT743	TURKMENISTAN: 2009 INTERIM REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT75	2009 TURKMENISTAN BFIF PROPOSAL [...] Brief justification -- U.S. Embassy Ashgabat would like to bring an individual with a proven track record of success in business, and with specific experience in marketing and advertising, to Turkmenistan to lead a one-day seminar on the basics of marketing and advertising for 40-50 entreprene [...]	2009-01-16 10:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD BEXP TX
09ASHGABAT757	IRAN POST-ELECTION: [Source removed] CALLS [...] (C) In a conversation today with Iran Watcher, a [Source removed] in Ashgabat labeled the announcement of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in Friday's presidential election a "coup d'etat," and called Iran's incumbent President "another Pinochet." [Name removed] said that based on calculations from Mo [...]	2009-06-15 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR TX PGOV PREL PHUM
09ASHGABAT761	TURKMENISTAN: MEJLIS COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, SCIENCE, AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's PAO had a friendly and open meeting with the Chair of the Mejilis (Parliament) committee on Education, Science, and Culture. The discussion revealed that the committee has a massive portfolio of issues, bu [...]	2009-06-17 10:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO ECA TX
09ASHGABAT772	TURKMENISTAN: BERDIYEVS CONTINUE TO SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following up on recent information that the Berdiyevs were under virtual house arrest, with security police not allowing them to leave and forbidding visitors, Political Oifficer made an unannounced visit to the Berdiyev's home on June 19. There was no sign of security official [...]	2009-06-19 12:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT773	TURKMENISTAN: "NUMBER 1 IS HAPPY" ABOUT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As reported reftel, the general manager of the official Mercedes-Benz dealership in Turkmenistan traveled to the United States under heavy pressure from the Presidential Apparat to take delivery of President Berdimuhamedov's new armored Bentley. Upon his return, the manager rep [...]	2009-06-19 12:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ELTN ETRD TX
09ASHGABAT787	TURKMENISTAN: REVISED GRANT PROPOSAL FOR PRM FY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The following is Embassy Ashgabat's revised recommendation for FY 2009 support via the Julia Taft Refugee Fund to finance a refugee assistance project. The proposed project would provide equipment and mate [...]	2009-06-23 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF TX
09ASHGABAT79	EU'S CASPIAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION PROPOSAL DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 10:56:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET CR EU TK TX
09ASHGABAT794	TURKMENISTAN: MILITARY CADETS ARRESTED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Two senior cadets of the Military Institute were arrested on June 14 for making and distributing counterfeit bus passes. The Deputy Defense Minister promised to prosecute all those who were involved. The cadets, [...]	2009-06-24 11:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT797	AVAILABILITY OF QURAN IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A survey of bookstores in central Ashgabat to check the availability of the Quran, the holy book of Muslims, revealed that the book was practically unavailable in state stores except for rare cases of second- [...]	2009-06-25 07:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PGOV SOCI SCUL TX
09ASHGABAT80	TURKMENISTAN 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive by unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Following please find post's 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Turkmenistan. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Turkmenistan is a relatively large but sparsely inhabited country (about five million) with abundant hydroc [...]	2009-01-16 11:00:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR TX
09ASHGABAT809	TURKMENISTAN: LUKASHENKO VISIT FOCUSED ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Lukashenko's recent visit to Turkmenistan focused on enhancing bilateral commercial relations. The relationship is particularly important to Belarus, given large Turkmen purchases of Belarus tractors and trucks and the mammoth potash fertilizer project that was just k [...]	2009-06-29 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EMIN PREL PGOV BO TX
09ASHGABAT812	TURKMENISTAN: TANKER FIRE AT LOCAL GAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 25, a spark caused a gasoline tanker truck fire at a gas station near the 11th Microdistrict of Ashgabat. More than 15 tons of gasoline (approximately 4,995 gallons) was drained from the burning tanker to [...]	2009-06-30 02:21:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT817	EXBS: TURKMENISTAN EXBS ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Site Assessments and Meetings during this Reporting Period. a. From 1 to 6 June the EXBS Advisor was in the Republic of Georgia for the world-wide EXBS Advisor's Conference. b. On 8 June, EXBS Assistant Batyr Hommadov resigned without notice. c. From 17 - 24 June EXBS Assistant from Uzbe [...]	2009-06-30 11:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KG
09ASHGABAT837	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' VISIT TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as a timely opportunity to demonstrate the U.S. commitment to regularizing our bilateral diplomatic dialogue. Key issues are increased transit for [...]	2009-07-02 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TX
09ASHGABAT842	TURKMENISTAN: FM MEREDOV CALLS FOR A MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 3, Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with the Charge to discuss his recent visit to Washington. He thanked the Charge for assistance in arranging his meetings and noted how useful they had been, especially the one with the Secretary. Meredov said tha [...]	2009-07-06 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
09ASHGABAT847	TURKMENISTAN: EXCHANGE RATE ILLUSTRATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Significant aspects of the dual exchange rate system that existed in Turkmenistan until May 2008 remain a mystery. While people knew that someone or some people profited handsomely from the system, it was not clear who the beneficiaries were. After exchange rate unification, [...]	2009-07-07 07:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN AORC TX
09ASHGABAT851	TURKMENISTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON JUNE POST EVENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: June saw media provide generally accurate and favorable coverage of U.S. government and post conducted events in Turkmenistan. The U.S. Department of Energy-organized workshop on pipeline integrity and management [...]	2009-07-07 11:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
09ASHGABAT859	GERMAN BUSINESS IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To date, German companies have been more successful than any other Western companies in doing business in Turkmenistan. Although there are no available official statistics regarding the number of German companies [...]	2009-07-09 04:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV EINV GM TX
09ASHGABAT864	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL NGO HOLDS SEMINAR ON PENITENTIARY [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a July 9 seminar for the public on the penitentiary system of Turkmenistan, local NGO "Bosfor" Director Zalina Rossoshanskaya explained types of penitentiary systems in the world, types of penitentiary insti [...]	2009-07-09 13:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TX
09ASHGABAT88	TURKMENISTAN: SOUTH KOREAN NATIONAL ENERGY [...] (C) Chevron's Amcit country manager told poloff January 16 that a South Korean diplomat had invited him to lunch recently to talk about energy development in Turkmenistan. The South Korean wanted to know about the status of Chevron's project proposal process with the Turkmen government. He [...]	2009-01-21 08:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EPET ECON TX
09ASHGABAT883	TURKMENISTAN: DEA SPECIAL AGENT COMPLETES A LONG TERM TDY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: From March 10, 2009, through July 25, 2009, a DEA special agent conducted a long-term TDY in Ashgabat. The agent was involved in various activities with the Turkmen State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) in order [...]	2009-07-15 08:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM SNAR SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT888	TURKMENISTAN: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH TURKMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an hour and a half, wide-ranging discussion on July 10, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns and Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov touched on regional issues, including Turkmen support for the stability of Afghanistan. Other participants in the meeting incl [...]	2009-07-16 10:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT897	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: IRANIAN COMPANY MANAGER SAYS [...] (C) In a July 14 conversation with Iran Watcher, the general manager of the Ashgabat branch of Iran Samen said that the U.S. needs to focus on reaching out to the "more than 20 million Iranians who voted for Mir-Hussein Mousavi." Gholamreza Gieahpour, who has headed the office since 1996. He a [...]	2009-07-17 12:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX

09ASHGABAT900	TURKMENISTAN: OSCE HOLDS SEMINAR ON TURKMEN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a July 16 seminar for government officials devoted to the subject of improving the work of Turkmen human rights institutions, an OSCE expert from Sweden explained the international legal framework regulating [...]	2009-07-17 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASHGABAT92	TURKMENISTAN: POST FINDINGS ON COTTON CHILD LABOR [...] This is Post's response to Ref A's request for information concerning child labor in the cotton fields and forced labor in Turkmenistan. According to local UNICEF representatives, reports about the widespread use of child labor in the cotton harvest in Turkmenistan predate the government's 2 [...]	2009-01-21 11:25:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI KTIP TX
09ASHGABAT920	TURKMENISTAN: GTZ RULE OF LAW PROJECT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On July 21, poloff discussed GTZs (German Society for Technical Cooperation) Supporting Legal and Judicial Reform in Central Asia Program with Head of Program Hirbod Aminlari, based in Tashkent, and its local Legal Coordinator Alexander Jumayev. Aminlari stressed that the program focuses o [...]	2009-07-22 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SOCI KCOR TX
09ASHGABAT924	U.S. FIRM ASPECT ENERGY PURSUING BUSINESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Aspect Energy, a U.S. energy exploration and investment company, has been persistent in attempting to enter the Turkmen market over the past year. The company unsuccessfully bid for a license to explore and deve [...]	2009-07-23 09:30:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET PGOV EINV TX
09ASHGABAT925	TURKMENISTAN: LOCAL IWPR REPORTER MAINTAINS LOW [...] (C) On July 22, poloff discussed conditions for independent journalists in Turkmenistan with local Institute for War and Peace Reporting ("IWPR") contributor Svetlana Mamedova. Prior to 1999, Mamedova worked 24 years as a correspondent and editor for State Radio and Television. Her ability t [...]	2009-07-24 12:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT933	CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite Turkmenistan's huge hydrocarbon wealth and the government's multimillion dollar, lavish construction projects, there are many residential areas in Ashgabat and elsewhere that lack normal roads, street l [...]	2009-07-28 04:51:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT941	TURKMENISTAN: CIVIC ACTIVIST FOLLOWS "PARTISAN [...] (C) On July 27, poloff met with civil society activist Natalya Shabunts to discuss her activities and the current situation for rights activists in Turkmenistan. Shabunts has long had ties with the Embassy, including her participation in a 2000 International Visitors Program on civil society, [...]	2009-07-28 13:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT947	TURKMENISTAN'S PERSPECTIVE ON CASPIAN DELIMITATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the July 24 Cabinet of Ministers session, President Berdimuhamedov made a strong statement that Azerbaijan's position on delimitation of the Caspian boundary hampers the negotiation process. He criticized Azerbaijan for its unilateral decision to start development of the [...]	2009-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET PBTS EINV AZ TX
09ASHGABAT953	TURKMENISTAN: GOVERNMENT'S TOUTED CRACKDOWN ON THE DRUG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's local press continue to report an increase in arrests and convictions of drug dealers. Ashgabat residents, however, are skeptical about the government's so-called "rigorous measures" to crack down [...]	2009-07-30 09:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT965	PRINCE ANDREW DISCUSSES ENERGY DURING JUNE 27-28 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Envoy of Great Britain on the issues of International Trade and Industry Prince Andrew, Duke of York, visited Turkmenistan July 27-28. Prince Andrew's talks with President Berdimuhamedov and Foreign Minister Meredov centered almost exclusively on energy issues. Andrew a [...]	2009-07-30 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT974	TURKMENISTAN: NEW COUNTER NARCOTICS CHIEF BROUGHT FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 29th, President Berdimuhamedov replaced the Acting Chief of the State Counter-Narcotics Service (SCNS) of Turkmenistan with the Deputy Minister of National Security. No background information is yet ava [...]	2009-07-31 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM SOCI TX
09ASHGABAT992	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue in the area of military cooperation. Your second visit to Turkmenistan follows the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher in April, Special Envoy Morningsta [...]	2009-08-05 12:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EPET SNAR SOCI MARR TX
09ASHGABAT993	IRAN/TURKMENISTAN: SCHOLAR PREDICTS MORE OF THE [...] (C) In a conversation this week with Iran Watcher, Ghandeem Gurbanov, Turkmenistan's most prominent Farsi language scholar, who currently teaches at the Iranian Embassy's Cultural Center in Ashgabat, said that Iranians residing in Turkmenistan voted nearly unanimously for and continue to suppo [...]	2009-08-05 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PGOV PHUM PREL TX
09ASMARA100	PERSPECTIVES ON BASHIR'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese and Sudan watchers in Asmara agree Bashir's visit was a defiant move against the ICC. The disagreement lies, however, in Bashir's leadership capabilities. While the Sudanese Embassy stuck to the party line that Bashir is on his way to fixing the Darfur crisis, the Eritr [...]	2009-03-27 08:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA103	AWEYS ON THE MOVE [...] (C) AWEYS IN SUDAN - JUST VISITING? --------------------------------------- Hassan Dahir Aweys, a UN-listed terrorist and leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia, recently traveled to Sudan, according to Embassy Asmara contacts. Embassy Khartoum report [...]	2009-03-30 15:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER SO SU
09ASMARA105	RADIO ASENA IS THE NEW OPPOSITION VOICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Opposition website assenna.com recently launched Radio Asena, airing hour-long broadcasts on Mondays and Wednesdays in Tigrinya and on Fridays in Arabic. ("Asena" means "good" in the congratulatory sense). The station, found on 9610kHz, reports on a variety of topics including [...]	2009-04-02 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA11	TIGRAY PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT IN ERITREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The anti-TPLF Tigray People's Democratic Movement (TPDM) based in Eritrea recently selected a new leader after the death of the group's founder. Eritrean television often commends the TPDM for its armed actions against the Ethiopian government, but these stories are uncorrobora [...]	2009-01-08 14:19:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV PBTS ET ER
09ASMARA110	ERITREA AND SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eritrea is on bad terms with all of its neighbors except Sudan. Sudan is Eritrea's closest and most important friend, as it supplies petroleum, grain, consumer goods, political support, and cooperates on military issues. Eritrea, in turn, provides strategic political depth to B [...]	2009-04-06 08:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ER SU
09ASMARA126	STRENGTHENING EASTERN SUDAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) is concluding its fifth USG-funded workshop for eastern Sudanese NGO leaders. The week long workshop invited 29 participants from the four previous workshops to attend a final session on "training the trainers." Embassy offic [...]	2009-04-20 13:20:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM SOCI EAID SU ER
09ASMARA128	AWEYS DISCOURAGED AND ALONE IN ASMARA [...] (C) HOME AGAIN: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys returned April 18 from his stay in Khartoum "completely discouraged" by Sudan's pressure on him to reconcile with the TFG on President Sharif's terms, according to Dr. Taisier Ali, the Sudanese director of the Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Afri [...]	2009-04-22 11:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER SO SU EG
09ASMARA13	ERITREANS REFOULED FROM EGYPT SPOTTED ON [...] (SBU) Two separate groups of Eritreans recently refouled from Egypt were spotted on commercial flights landing in Asmara. Emboff noticed approximately 25 Eritrean males between the ages of 25 and 30 grouped in the rear of an EgyptAir flight bound for Eritrea on Sunday January 4. A UNICEF emp [...]	2009-01-08 14:44:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EG ER
09ASMARA131	EMBASSY'S USAID FSN RELEASED AFTER 15 MONTHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Asmara's sole USAID FSN was released on April 18 after 15 months in prison. The Eritrean government (GSE) arrested him in January 2008, holding him in a prison in downtown Asmara. He spent four months in solitary confinement in a 3x6 foot cell. The FSN, Mehreteab Araya, [...]	2009-04-24 08:13:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EAID PINR ASEC ER
09ASMARA134	REFERRAL TO THE U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM [...] (U) This is an action cable. Action request is in paragraph five. 2. (C) U.S. Embassy Asmara supports the referral of Mr. Mahari Tesfagergishfor to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for resettlmement in the United States based on his fear of persecution and based on USG interest in his s [...]	2009-04-27 14:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF KE ER
09ASMARA141	FORMER ERITREAN PRISONER TO PRODUCE MOVIE ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Eritrean detainee, Semere Kesete, is in the process of filming a movie about the G-15, the fifteen high-ranking Eritrean party officials that stood up to the President in 2000 and have been jailed since. Semere is the former student body president of the now-defunct Unive [...]	2009-04-30 09:17:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL ER
09ASMARA142	POST'S PD EFFORTS HELP ERITREAN STUDENTS STUDY IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite poor bilateral relations and Eritrea's fledgling education system, Post's PD efforts regularly assist hundreds of Eritreans interested in educational opportunities in the United States. Post operates an educational advising system that provides students with materials on [...]	2009-04-30 13:08:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL KPAO ER
09ASMARA143	CHINA'S MERCANTILIST AID TO ERITREA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China's foreign assistance to Eritrea consists in part of a multi-million dollar shopping spree for Chinese manufactured goods selected by a senior Eritrean official, according to the Chinese ambassador to Eritrea. End Summary. 2. (C) MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR GIFT CARD ----------- [...]	2009-05-04 12:02:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL ECON ER CH
09ASMARA146	PROMOTING EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR ANTI-REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Eritrea, only the elderly and pro-regime individuals are allowed passports and exit visas to travel abroad. The regime closed the University of Asmara in 2005 and conscripts almost all young adults into open-ended national service, which borders on indefinite forced labor. Per [...]	2009-05-05 13:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CMGT PREL PGOV SOCI PREF ER
09ASMARA147	GSE FURTHER ISOLATES RELIGIOUS DETAINEES [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) has recently been relocating prisoners from Asmara to an isolated prison in the small town of Meiter, located 113 miles northeast of Asmara, near the costal city of Massawa. The newly constructed prison is already filled with between 150 and 200 detainees hel [...]	2009-05-06 11:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV ER
09ASMARA153	GSE WARNS AGAINST "UNAUTHORIZED CELEBRATIONS" [...] (SBU) The Eritrean Embassy in Washington, D.C. reportedly distributed a notice on April 29 warning Eritrean citizens in the United States to not partake in "unauthorized" celebrations for the upcoming Liberation Day, May 24, according to the opposition website www.assenna.com. The website disp [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA154	CATHOLIC RELIEF SERVICES APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Country Director Jim McLaughlin told the ambassador that CRS will close down in June if it is unable to secure USG funding of at least $750,000 to $800,000. McLaughlin had just returned from consultations with CRS headquarters in Baltimore where this decisio [...]	2009-05-12 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ER PREL
09ASMARA156	INCREASED MILITARY ROUND-UPS AS INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) The Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) is conducting its usual military round-up of persons in Asmara as the May 24th Independence Day approaches. Thus far, the round-ups have consisted of plainclothes military and security officials at traffic circles during the daytime hours looki [...]	2009-05-14 14:41:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV MOPS ER
09ASMARA157	DEMARCHE: GSE ACKNOWLEDGES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] (S) Charge delivered the demarche as instructed per referenced conversations to Director General All Desks Fessahazion Petros at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (roughly the "P" equivalent). After delivering the first two objectives, the Charge then noted that in various exchanges in recent m [...]	2009-05-15 08:22:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER SO ER
09ASMARA159	LATE NIGHT SEARCH OF ASMARA HOTEL FOR SUSPICIOUS [...] (C) Eritrean soldiers and police raided the Nyala Hotel from 0100-0400 hrs on 05/13/09. An embassy source told RSO she and the rest of the guests of the 50-room hotel were woken up by soldiers as they went room to room. The soldiers searched the each room, under the beds and in the closets. [...]	2009-05-15 08:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA16	ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) [...] The following unclassified crime and medical information is provided for the OSAC public website. Responses are keyed to Reftel. I. Overall Safety and Crime Environment A. Post continues to receive reports of violent crime in Eritrea. According to Eritrean police, local sources, and [...]	2009-01-13 09:30:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER ER
09ASMARA166	MFA WARNS DESK OFFICER TO AVOID USG [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has recently warned its Desk Officer responsible for the Americas to not contact the U.S. Embassy, according to a close Embassy source. The Desk Officer was told "the relationship between the U.S. and Eritrea is not good," an [...]	2009-06-01 13:17:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA18	REPORTS OF GANG ACTIVITY IN ASMARA [...] (SBU) Zoba regional administrative officials and Eritrean police representatives in northeast Asmara recently held a townhall meeting to discuss the rise of gang activity in Asmara. These officials stated there are over 10 gangs in Asmara, comprised of 20-30 members each, based on neighborho [...]	2009-01-15 05:10:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ER
09ASMARA185	UN SECURITY OFFICER CONCERNS OVER CRIME AND WATER [...] (C) The UN security officer told RSO he is concerned about the rise in crime in Asmara. Recently, he has instructed all UN personnel to avoid walking in Asmara, even during daylight hours. He is also upgrading residential security at all houses to include grills and 24/7 residential guard cov [...]	2009-06-18 13:51:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS ER
09ASMARA196	SITUATION DIRE FOR ERITREAN REFUGEES IN SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are more than 62,000 Eritreans registered in UNHCR refugee camps in eastern Sudan, and tens of thousands more living in Khartoum and in refugee camps in the east that have been officially closed over the years. Eritreans in Sudan face discrimination from the Sudanese governm [...]	2009-06-25 13:48:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SU ER
09ASMARA198	ERITREAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON U.S.-ERITREAN [...] (S) Major General Sebhat Efrem, Eritrea's popular minister of defense, warmly greeted the ambassador on the margins of an Italian defense attache function June 25. He was aware of the letter from President Obama to President Isaias (ref) and said he seemed pleased at the prospect of improved r [...]	2009-06-26 07:54:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL MOPS ER
09ASMARA2	ISAIAS TELLS MINAWI TO BE PROACTIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese senior presidential advisor Minni Minawi met with President Isaias December 25 and 26 (ref A),reportedly complaining about Bashir's inability to bring about peace and his own lack of influence within the Bashir government. Isaias reportedly told him he should take action [...]	2009-01-02 07:56:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ER SU
09ASMARA220	MASS ARREST OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IN ASMARA [...] (C) Eritrean police arrested a group of 22 Jehovah's Witnesses in Asmara in late June and detained them in Police Station 4. The group consisted mostly of women as authorities had targeted men in earlier round-ups. According to a close embassy source, police detained four children between th [...]	2009-07-10 08:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA231	SUMMARY OF PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR APRIL-JUNE 2009 [...] Summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the time period of April-June 2009: a) Monthly alumni American club lecture over 200 guests in attendance at each event: April: Global Climate Change and Global Warming May: Eritrea's Journey to Independence June: The American [...]	2009-07-16 14:54:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA239	RELEASE OF ARRESTED AMCIT EMBASSY EMPLOYEE AFTER 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 14, pol/econ assistant Helen Tesfazion, a dual Eritrean-American citizen, was arrested, held in a small cell, and interrogated for four days at an unknown location in Keren, 60 miles from Asmara, Eritrea. She was released on July 18th, after being told she was a spy, doin [...]	2009-07-24 08:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	APER ASEC CASC EAID ER KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR
09ASMARA242	GSE RELEASES MUSLIM "RADICALS," ARRRESTS [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Eritrean government (GSE) released the remaining Muslims imprisoned since January 2009 (reftel). Simultaneously, the GSE rounded up 30 young, possibly influential Muslims from around Asmara. The GSE reportedly entered homes and workplaces to find the targeted victims. T [...]	2009-07-30 11:22:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV ER
09ASMARA245	SECURITY FORCES OPENLY HARASS GUESTS AT PD EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean National Security Forces openly harassed more than 200 guests at the embassy's monthly Public Diplomacy lecture series on July 30. Security forces posted themselves outside the event, coerced attendees into providing their national ID cards, and filmed guests in the lobb [...]	2009-08-03 14:32:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PGOV ASEC ER
09ASMARA247	ERITREAN OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL TIES, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Rewinding the tape to before the August 08 Djibouti Process is the best way to mend Somalia, contends key regime insider Yemane Ghebreab. While robustly denying that Eritrea supports Somali jihadists, Yemane said Eritrea favors an all-parties meeting that would form the basis of [...]	2009-08-04 14:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER
09ASMARA249	ERITREAN OFFICIAL ON BILATERAL TIES, SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Rewinding the tape to before the August 08 Djibouti Process is the best way to mend Somalia, contends key regime insider Yemane Ghebreab. While robustly denying that Eritrea supports Somali jihadists, Yemane said Eritrea favors an all-parties meeting that would form the basis of [...]	2009-08-04 14:38:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER
09ASMARA25	MASSAWA'S ECONOMY DWINDLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs traveled to Massawa January 14-15 for a Public Diplomacy engagement (septel) and observed a more hollow, destitute city than we saw in April 2008. Although the city's vice mayor remained optimistic about the city's situation, the evidence on the ground suggested a more b [...]	2009-01-21 10:47:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV ER
09ASMARA260	ERITREA CONFISCATES YEMENI FISHING BOATS [...] (SBU) Eritrean maritime authorities have recently seized a number of Yemeni fishing vessels allegedly fishing illegally in Eritrean waters. The crewmembers are jailed in Massawa until their companies or relatives pay a sizable fine, then they are released to make their way back to Yemen. Erit [...]	2009-08-07 07:15:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIS ER YM
09ASMARA261	ISAIAS PUSHES ITALIAN GOVERNMENT FOR MORE [...] (C) The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Sub-Saharan Africa, Giuseppe Morabito, visited Asmara the week of July 27. According to an Italian embassy source, Morabito obtained a last-minute meeting with President Isaias on Friday. The president made a strong push for gr [...]	2009-08-07 07:45:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SO IT
09ASMARA267	MOST OF G-15 REPORTED DEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nine of the 11 imprisoned members of the G-15 are dead, according to a recent news article from the website assenna.com. The website published Tigrinya documents supposedly from the Office of the President that detail the arrest and cause/date of death for nine members of the [...]	2009-08-12 04:39:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP PHUM ER
09ASMARA278	ERITREAN AIR ASSETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Asmara is aware of nine former or current airports in Eritrea, based on unclassified imagery or personal observation. Four airports have long concrete runways capable of handling jet aircraft. Only Asmara airport has military aircraft visible; over half of the 43 airc [...]	2009-08-20 07:00:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS EAIR PINR PGOV ER
09ASMARA279	CORRUPTION IN THE ERITREAN PASSPORT OFFICE [...] (C) Ten officials in the Department of Immigration (DOI) passport authority have been imprisoned for running an illegal passport operation, according to close embassy sources. The illegal outfit involved preparing false documentation for clients, including national service release and medical [...]	2009-08-24 13:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CONS ASEC PINS ER
09ASMARA293	EAC ON AUGUST 20TH INCIDENT (ASSAULT OF U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAC met on 08/21/09 to discuss the August 20th incident in which plainclothes agents from the Eritrean National Security Organization (ENSO) assaulted a U.S. diplomat outside a regularly scheduled embassy outreach event. Members in attendance were: AMB, A/DCM-RSO, MO, PAO, POL, [...]	2009-08-27 08:35:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV PINS PREL ER
09ASMARA298	GSE SHUTS DOWN EMBASSY ASMARA IFTAR [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) Office of Protocol sent a note verbale on August 27 expressly forbidding the embassy from hosting a planned Iftar meal and showing the film "Islam in America." The note verbale was in response to the embassy's official protest of the August 20th incident wh [...]	2009-08-27 14:50:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC ER
09ASMARA30	SOURING RELATIONS BETWEEN ERITREA AND ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Over the past 8 months, the once cordial relations between the Israeli and the Eritrean governments have deteriorated. The Israeli security officer told RSO that they previously had good relations with the GSE and never had any problems obtaining travel permits or TDY visas. In the pa [...]	2009-01-27 07:24:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ER IS
09ASMARA31	JEM'S INTER-ETHNIC HOSTILITIES [...] (C) Summary: On January 1, gunmen led by ethnic Zaghawa JEM commanders fired on 32 unarmed JEM members of the Meidob ethnic group of North Darfur, according to JEM's Secretary for Legal Affairs. The attack was aimed at eliminating potential opposition to Khalil Ibrahim's retention by force o [...]	2009-01-27 08:20:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SU ER
09ASMARA317	ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR AUGUST 2009 [...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of August is as follows: a) Embassy Asmara's summer hire employees, in partnership with Public Diplomacy, taught a successful six week Summer English and art enrichment program that ended on August 13. The program featured [...]	2009-09-18 08:33:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA319	ERITREA AND SOUTH SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese VP and SPLM chairman Salva Kiir, accompanied by top Southern officials, concluded a two-day visit to Eritrea September 15. President Isaias, reportedly worried that the SPLM lacks strategy and cohesion, fears that Sudan could tip into chaos in the context of the upcoming [...]	2009-09-22 09:06:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SU
09ASMARA323	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN ERITREA (C-CI9-01825) [...] (C) Per Reftel post submits the following responses as requested: A. (C) There is no Russian trade representative in Eritrea. The Russian Embassy consists of three officers: an ambassador, a DCM, and one attache. B. (C) There are no Russian companies operating in Eritrea. The Russian Em [...]	2009-09-24 12:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV ER
09ASMARA340	Eritrea Fraud Summary through August 2009 [...] The Eritrean government (GSE) continued its harsh economic policies, which further increased the scarcity of basic goods and the impoverishment its people. Grocery stores are thinly stocked; meat and fish are not always available, and basic commodities such as sugar, flour, cooking oil, coffee [...]	2009-10-01 14:05:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ZA IL KE SD EG ER
09ASMARA35	GSE LIGHTENS UP ON TRAVEL, VISAS, AND POUCHES [...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, Post has seen a marked loosening of restrictions in our interactions with the GSE, and since the inauguration of President Obama, GSE officials have been uncharacteristically cordial and cooperative. The three major local bilateral irritants-- TDY visas, pouches, [...]	2009-01-29 13:13:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT ER
09ASMARA350	MINE WORKERS KILLED IN ATTACK IN ERITREA [...] (C/NF) Three Eritreans working for the Australian mining company Chalice Gold Mined Ltd were shot and killed at approximately 1200 hrs on 10/04/09 approximately 25 miles north of Keren. Reliable embassy sources stated that two cars left the Chalice Gold Ltd camp near Zara on the morning of 1 [...]	2009-10-08 12:09:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV PINS ER
09ASMARA359	ERITREAN SEMINAR ON CRIME [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government held a seminar last week on crimes involving emotionally disturbed persons (EDPs) and juveniles. The seminar was composed of court officials, judges, police, and prison administrators and was held in response to a rapid increase in criminal acts being committed [...]	2009-10-16 05:04:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA36	QATARIS SEEK U.S. CONTRACTOR'S HELP WITH STALLED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 08:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EINV ER QA
09ASMARA363	ISAIAS ZEDONG? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, who trained as a political commissar in China during the depths of the Cultural Revolution, continues to idolize Mao, remains fond of China, and governs Eritrea and its relations with the outside world based on his decades of experience as a rev [...]	2009-10-20 10:12:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ER CH
09ASMARA366	ISAIAS WOOS EGYPT ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Omar Suleiman met with President Isaias on October 3 to discuss Somalia and other regional issues, according to the deputy at the Egyptian embassy, Hossam Nureldein (protect). FM Gheit's [...]	2009-10-21 06:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG ER SO
09ASMARA368	KHARTOUM BLASTS ERITREA ON DARFUR AND SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddein met with President Isaias Afwerki October 15 to chastise the Eritrean government's (GSE) support for Darfur rebel groups. He warned Isaias that the backdoor shipments of oil and foodstuffs would cease if the GSE con [...]	2009-10-23 07:03:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA376	GSE MISMANAGEMENT OF POWER SUPPLY [...] (C) Vital lubricants for Eritrea's main generators are at least five days away from machinery that needed them a month ago (Ref A),according to Mohammed Gbepo (protect),Total's managing director in Eritrea. In a typical last minute deal, the Eritrean government (GSE) scraped together more th [...]	2009-10-27 12:19:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV KU ER
09ASMARA379	ERITREAN AVIATION: GOVERNMENT SQUEEZING THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four international airlines serving Asmara are discouraged by the Eritrean government's (GSE) refusal to allow them to convert $20 million worth of local currency and its repeated attempts to gouge them for hard currency. The GSE, through its wholly owned Eritrean Airlines, [...]	2009-11-04 10:40:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ATRN ASEC CASC EFIN ECON ER
09ASMARA38	UPDATE ON SHEIKH AWEYS AND THE HARD-LINE ARS [...] (C)) DWINDLING PRESENCE: Only about 20 members of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) remain in Asmara, according to Pekka Haavisto, Finland's Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, who met with the faction's representatives earlier this week. Sheikh Oma [...]	2009-01-30 08:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL ER SO
09ASMARA385	REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...]	2009-11-05 10:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA386	REPORTED OCTOBER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AGAINST [...] (C) On 10/28/09 President Isaias narrowly missed being killed in an IED attack east of Barentu, according to a reliable embassy source. The source told RSO that Isaias visited a micro-dam project in Tessesnei and then traveled east in a motorcade to Keren. Outside of Barentu, an IED explode [...]	2009-11-05 13:16:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINR PINS MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA391	ERITREAN GOVERNMENT RELOCATES MILITARY TRAINING [...] (C) The Eritrean government (GSE) is reportedly planning to relocate its Sawa training center to a newer facility located in the vicinity of Massawa along the Red Sea, according to a reliable embassy source. NOTE: All 12th grade students in Eritrea report to Sawa in western Eritrea to conduct [...]	2009-11-10 09:03:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PREL PINS ASEC ER
09ASMARA392	ISAIAS ORDERS ERITREA/SUDAN BORDER TIGHTENED [...] (C) President Isaias, upset at the high number of Eritreans illegaly leaving the country, ordered Major General Gerezgiher "Wuchu" Andemariam to tighten the Eritrea-Sudan border, according to an embassy source. Wuchu, who formerly was in charge of the Zoba Makael region, where Asmara is locat [...]	2009-11-10 09:53:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV PREF SU ER
09ASMARA393	GSE ARRESTS 10 MORE RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (C) Eritrean government (GSE) security forces arrested 10 members from the Full Gospel Church in Asmara, during a mid-October raid at the home of Pastor Tewelde Hailom, according to a close embassy source. The GSE placed the pastor under house arrest and sent the other nine church members to [...]	2009-11-10 09:55:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV ASEC ER
09ASMARA394	ERITREA TO NATIONALIZE MEDICAL CLINICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 13:19:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED SOCI PGOV ECON AMGT ER
09ASMARA397	ERITREA'S MFA ISSUES RARE APOLOGY [...] (SBU) MOI ATTEMPTS TO HALT THE AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION --------------------------------------------- --------------- The Eritrean MFA told Embassy Asmara in August to suspend PD outreach activities until further notice (ref). On November 9 MFA informed post in writing that scheduled PD activ [...]	2009-11-16 12:08:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI KPAO ER
09ASMARA398	EASTERN SUDAN OUTREACH CONCLUDES FIRST WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) The Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Africa (PCHA) successfully concluded the first week of a five-part workshop series for eastern Sudan civil society leaders. A total of 24 participants traveled to Asmara to take part in the 10-day workshop, hosted by Dr. Taisier M. Ali, an exiled [...]	2009-11-16 13:14:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI PGOV SU ER
09ASMARA40	ERITREAN MUSLIMS NOT EXEMPT FROM GSE ABUSE [...] (C) Mohammed Salih (protect),an Eritrean working as the information officer for a UN agency in Asmara, provided insight on the government's recent spate of Muslim arrests. According to Mohammed, the Eritrean government is using the threat of radical Islamism to justify a country-wide sweep an [...]	2009-01-30 08:40:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PHUM ASEC SOCI ER
09ASMARA406	MFA GRANTS FULL PERMISSION FOR PD EVENTS [...] (SBU) The embassy received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on Nov 19 granting permission to resume "all public outreach programs as scheduled as of today." To our surprise, the MFA followed through that evening when notified that the Ministry of Information (MOI) had order [...]	2009-11-20 07:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PGOV ER
09ASMARA413	YEMEN DOUBTS ERITREA'S SUPPORT OF AL-HOUTHI REBELS [...] (C) Yemen is skeptical of reports that Eritrea is providing direct support to the Al-Houthi rebels, according to Mr. Abdella Al-Suqarti, deputy of the Yemen embassy in Asmara. While Mr. Al-Suqarti maintains that Iran is supplying arms to the rebels, he told poloff he is not convinced that Eri [...]	2009-11-24 11:25:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PREL PGOV YM ER IR
09ASMARA423	ASMARA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] A summary of Public Diplomacy sponsored special events for the month of November is as follows: a) On November 12, Ambassador McMullen delivered a lecture titled "Eritrea: Africa's Bridge to the World." The lecture illustrated recent advances in genetic paleoanthropology. Ambassador McMulle [...]	2009-12-10 04:00:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL OEXC AMGT ER
09ASMARA426	ENGAGING THE ERITREAN DIASPORA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Eritrean diaspora is a complex mixture of asylum seekers who fled during the Liberation War, political outcasts who were shunned during the country's formative years, Eritrean youth (some of whom have never seen Eritrea and others who visit mainly during the summer),and cur [...]	2009-12-14 09:43:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER
09ASMARA427	GSE ARRESTS 27 WOMEN FOR PRAYING [...] (SBU) The Eritrean government (GSE) arrested 27 women praying together in Asmara on December 6, according to multiple embassy sources (Note: although numerous media outlets report 30 arrests, local sources contend it to be 27. End Note). The women were members of the Faith Mission Church, a [...]	2009-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI ER
09ASMARA429	ERITREAâ€™S SQUABBLING COLONELS, FLEEING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Things are getting worse and worse in Eritrea. The regime is facing mounting international pressure for years of malign behavior in the neighborhood. Human rights abuses are commonplace and most young Eritreans, along with the professional class, dream of fleeing the country, even to [...]	2009-12-15 11:19:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PGOV MOPS SOCI PREF ER
09ASMARA47	AN ERITREAN OVERTURE TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Eritrean officials in recent weeks have signaled their interest in re-engaging with the United States in areas of mutual interest. They have done so by loosening restrictions on Embassy Asmara (REF),by engaging in more diplomatic interaction with embassy personnel, by ending th [...]	2009-02-09 14:53:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PTER ECON ER
09ASMARA57	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) ERITREA'S TIP SITUATION: --------------------------------- --A. Information on trafficking in persons was scarce during the reporting year. The government remained elusive to requests to provide information for this report and published neither data nor statistics regarding TIP. Vari [...]	2009-02-18 15:05:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP SOCI PREF PGOV ER
09ASMARA60	30% INCREASE IN CRIME IN ASMARA [...] (C) The leader of the Maekel Zoba, Beraki Haile, told an Embassy source that there has been a 30% increase in crime in the last six months in the Asmara region. The Maekel Zoba includes Asmara and extends out a radius of 30 km outside of Asmara. Haile stated there has been an increase in re [...]	2009-02-19 13:41:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ER
09ASMARA66	MEETINGS WITH SHEIKH AWEYS [...] (C) AWEYS MEETS WITH DIPLOMATS ------------------------------------ In recent weeks Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, leader of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia based in Asmara, has met with diplomats from a number of countries, including Canada, Egypt, Libya, [...]	2009-02-23 13:47:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC ER SO
09ASMARA67	BRITISH VSO VOLUNTEER DETAINED IN ASMARA [...] (C) Summary. The deputy head of mission at the British embassy told RSO that on February 19, Eritrean security forces detained a 70-year-old VSO volunteer during a raid on his job site, a government-sanctioned radio station. The volunteer was released the following day. The GSE did not info [...]	2009-02-23 14:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ER
09ASMARA70	ASMARA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (SBU) On 02/25/2009, EAC met to discuss Post's response to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ). the following responses are keyed to Reftel. --------------------------------------------- - POLITICAL VIOLENCE --------------------------------------------- - Â [...]	2009-02-26 14:07:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER ER
09ASMARA76	UN ISSUES SECURITY NOTICE AHEAD OF BASHIR [...] (C) The United Nations Office of Security (UN/DSS) has issued a worldwide travel warning to all UN offices regarding the possibility of riots erupting as a result of the impending indictment of Sudanese President Bashir, according to the UN/Asmara security officer. The notice expressed partic [...]	2009-03-04 11:52:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINS ER
09ASMARA83	INCREASED CORRUPTION WITHIN THE ERITREAN POLICE [...] (C) Corruption within the Eritrean police continues to increase as economic conditions within Eritrea worsen. The police are conscripts who are paid between $5-$30 per month and many are forced to live in barracks. These police officers are unable to support their families, pay their rent, o [...]	2009-03-10 13:09:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV ER
09ASMARA84	ERITREAN AIRMAN MURDERS MILITARY GUARDS [...] (C) An Eritrean airman reportedly murdered six air force guards on March 6. He had recently been arrested for desertion and was being held with other deserters at the air force base adjacent to the Asmara international airport, pending transportation to his unit in Massawa. The airman was abl [...]	2009-03-10 13:11:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PGOV PREL ER
09ASMARA96	SECURITY REPRESENTATIVES SHARE CRIME INFORMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post hosted a meeting of security officers and others who handle security affairs at their embassies. Topics of discussion included the rapid increase of crime in Asmara, food security in Eritrea, and reports of attacks outside of Asmara by insurgent groups. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]	2009-03-23 13:00:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL ER
09ASTANA1006	KAZAKHSTAN: KEY MAJILIS LEADER NAMED AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov told the Ambassador on June 11 he has been appointed ambassador to Iran and is awaiting agrement. He described the draft Internet law as "not right, but necessary," admitted that it was par [...]	2009-06-12 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ETRD KDEM RU IR KZ
09ASTANA1015	SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL: VIEWS FROM CENTRAL ASIA [...] SUMMARY. The Summer Work and Travel (SWT) programs of Central Asia are all tiny compared to our neighbor to the north. Nonetheless, the countries of Central Asia each have interesting insights into the program. There are few commonalities among SWT experiences in the region, which is not surpr [...]	2009-06-15 08:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD KZ KG TJ UZ TX
09ASTANA1018	KAZAKHSTAN: CUSTOMS UNION WITH RUSSIA TRUMPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent evidence suggests the Russia-Belarus-Kazakhstan (RBK) Customs Union that Russian Prime Minister Putin announced in Moscow on June 9 was already becoming concrete a reality in May, if not earlier. Even before that, we had ample warning that Kazakhstan was weighing the adva [...]	2009-06-15 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAGR ENRG WTRO EU RS BO
09ASTANA1035	KAZAKHSTAN: DOING BUSINESS WITH CHINA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, Energy Officer met separately with a Western manager from the U.S. oil services company Baker Hughes and an American partner with the consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, both of whom shared experience [...]	2009-06-17 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR ECON EPET EINV ELAB SMIG CH KZ

09ASTANA1042	KAZAKHSTAN TIP REPORT -- ONLY FRIENDS CAN TELL EACH OTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Per reftel, on June 16, Post delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Kazakhstan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Elvira Azim [...]	2009-06-19 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA1068	KAZAKHSTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable responds to reftel's request for post's input on Kazakhstan for demarches in advance of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). DEMOCRATIC REFORM 3. (SBU) The September 26 - October 9 HDIM is [...]	2009-06-24 07:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1084	CONCEPT APPROVAL FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REF D, THIS MESSAGE CONVEYS EMBASSY ASTANA APPROVAL OF CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (SOF) DURING 4TH QUARTER FY09. 2. (SBU) U.S. AGENCY REQUESTING CN [...]	2009-06-26 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ
09ASTANA112	KAZAKHSTAN: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is Post's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Kazakhstan. 2. BEGIN TEXT: Kazakhstan 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Kazakhstan Openness to Foreign Investment Kazakhstan has made significant progress toward creating a market economy sinc [...]	2009-01-22 00:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR KZ
09ASTANA1196	KAZAKHSTAN: THE CONFLICTED POST-SOVIET MIND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a regional official who was assigned as the Ambassador's "minder" during a two-day visit to Aktau interfered with the Ambassador's meeting with NGO representatives, the same official spoke frankly in private about Kazakhstan's post-Soviet history, NGOs, and democracy. Thou [...]	2009-07-17 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ
09ASTANA12	KAZAKHSTAN: SECURITY SERVICES QUESTION CDC/USAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2006, the Kazakhstani Ministry of Health (MoH) requested the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Central Asia Region, Almaty (CDC/CAR-Almaty) conduct an epidemiological investigation relating to a pediatric HIV outbreak in Shymkent (southern Kazakhstan). Two [...]	2009-01-06 11:06:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC TBIO UZ KZ
09ASTANA1207	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN AKTAU [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador travelled to Aktau on July 15-16. Aktau, located in Mangystau oblast (province) in western Kazakhstan, is a small city known primarily for its oil production and as Kazakhstan's only operational port on the Caspian Sea. While in Aktau, the Ambassador met with Askar Nu [...]	2009-07-21 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA1208	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE'S RESPONSE TO H1N1 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Regional Environmental Officer (REO) on May 6 delivered ref A demarche urging Kazakhstan to lift its H1N1-related bans on the importation of pork and other meats. Ref B reports the government's initial reaction to the de [...]	2009-07-21 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON SENV KZ
09ASTANA1210	KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL UIGHURS CONCERNED ABOUT UNREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media outlets, think tanks, and interest groups are expressing concern that Uighur-related unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may negatively affect Kazakhstan because of Kazakhsta [...]	2009-07-21 10:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA1215	KAZAKHSTAN: PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Coordinating Committee of the Public-Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) held its second meeting on July 17 in Astana. During the meeting, the PPEPI Secretariat summarized the initiative's progress to date. The meeting revealed that there are obstacles and imp [...]	2009-07-22 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1250	KAZAKHSTAN OFFERS 'LOGISTICS BASE' FOR NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with USTRANSCOM Commander General Duncan McNabb, Kazkahstan's Security Council Deputy Chairman Nurlan Abdirov was pleased to learned that the United States has approved local procurement of non-lethal supplies along the Northern Distribution Network, including i [...]	2009-07-24 07:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA1251	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S AUGUST 8-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 8-9 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) [...]	2009-07-24 08:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM EPET KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1328	KAZAKHSTAN PRAISES BILATERL RELATIONSHIP, SAYS "LOGISTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev opened an August 3 meeting with the Ambassador with an unusually long introduction with the media present in which he stressed that U.S.-Kazakhstan relations are a top priority for President Nazarbayev and detailed the full spectrum of bilateral c [...]	2009-08-04 11:39:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP AF KZ
09ASTANA1330	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TWO SCIENCE FELLOWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Post requests the assistance of two Embassy Science Fellows for a two-week period from mid-August through September 2009. The Fellows will work in Astana, Kazakhstan, under the supervision of the Political-Econo [...]	2009-08-04 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ETRD EAGR TSPL BEXP KSCA KZ
09ASTANA134	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMOCRACY IN ACTION AT EDITOR'S CLUB [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On January 21, the Ambassador attended a meeting of the Astana Editors-in-Chief Club. Though this organization has been in existence for some time, it has recently risen in profile through increased government ties [...]	2009-01-23 10:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1357	KAZAKHSTAN: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO TIFA AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Pol-Econ Chief met on August 5 with Saadat Asanseitova, Director of the Department for Regional Integration at the Ministry of Industry and Trade, to discuss the draft agenda for the 4th U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Council meeting on [...]	2009-08-06 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA1373	POWERING AFGHANISTAN: CONSIDERING THE CONTRIBUTION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Reliable, affordable electricity is vitally important to Afghanistan's economic growth, prosperity, and stability. Donors are investing substantial resources in Afghanistan to build a power transmission and distr [...]	2009-08-11 06:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV ECON EAID EINV KZ AF ZK
09ASTANA1376	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JULY 2009) [...] The Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS) was successful in nominating three Kazakhstani Customs Officers, Ermek Smagulov, Marat Kabdushev, and Abzal Shogelbaev, for participation in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) in Washington D.C., from August 24 to S [...]	2009-08-12 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA139	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 17-23 [...] The following is another of the weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. UPROAR LEADS TO RETENTION OF NATIONALITY IN PASSPORTS 2. On January 5, Kazakhstan began issuing new, electronic passports. Complying with international conventions, the new documen [...]	2009-01-23 11:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1402	KAZAKHSTAN: "ALMA-ATA INFO" EDITOR LOSES TWO COURT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 13, Kazakhstan's Supreme Court ruled against "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper and upheld a lower court's ruling that suspended the newspaper for three months for publishing allegedly classified documents. This [...]	2009-08-17 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1407	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MORNINGSTAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 26-28 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (O [...]	2009-08-18 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA1415	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, AUGUST 3-7 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-08-18 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1423	KAZAKHSTAN: USCENTCOM CDR GENERAL PETRAEUS' [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an August 13 meeting in Astana, USCENTCOM CDR General Petraeus and Security Council Chairman Suleymenov discussed potential Kazakhstani noncombatant military and other assistance to support U.S. policy in Afghanistan, including the possibility of Kazakhstan hosting a l [...]	2009-08-20 07:05:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR RS AF KG TI UZ KZ
09ASTANA1427	KAZAKHSTAN: MUSLIM ACTIVIST STRUGGLES TO TURN GRAND IDEAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Murat Telibekov, a Kazakhstani Muslim activist and president of three NGOs, is never short on grand ideas, and most of them involve the U.S. Embassy. His newest idea is to build Islamic centers in Astana and Alma [...]	2009-08-21 08:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KIRF PINR KZ
09ASTANA1450	KAZAKHSTAN: IN VINO VERITAS [...] (C) On August 28, I hosted a reception at Embassy Astana's Chief of Mission Residence in honor of USNAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper and his team. Deputy Minister of Defense Rear Admiral Ratmir Komratov attended as the senior-most Kazakhstani military official, and stayed [...]	2009-08-31 05:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1468	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, the Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov to present officially Under Secretary Blake's proposal on Annual Bilateral Consultations. Zhigalov responded that the government i [...]	2009-09-03 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1470	KAZAKHSTAN: TRIAL COURT HANDS DOWN GUILTY VERDICT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, a Kazakhstani district court sentenced human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis to four years imprisonment for criminal negligence in connection with a vehicular accident. Zhovtis' legal team is exp [...]	2009-09-04 07:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1478	KAZAKHSTAN: LAND-LOCKED OIL POWER WANTS TO IMPROVE NAVY, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On August 28, U.S. NAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Thomas Cropper met General-Major Mazhitov, Deputy Director of Kazakhstan's Border Guard Service; Rear-Admiral Abikeyev, Chief of Kazakhstan's Border Guard Service Coast Guard Directorate; and Rear-Admiral Ratmir Komratov [...]	2009-09-04 11:32:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR RS AF KZ
09ASTANA1494	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH KAZAKSTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, the Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser, Kairat Sarybai, for a frank exchange on the case of internationally-respected human rights advocate, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years in a penal c [...]	2009-09-09 06:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1495	EAST KAZAKHSTAN: AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 20, the Ambassador visited Oskemen (Ust-Kamenogorsk),East Kazakhstan, an industrial region well-endowed with natural resources and populated by blue-collar miners, shady businessmen, political patrons, a [...]	2009-09-09 07:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KZ
09ASTANA1498	KAZAKHSTAN: THE BOLASHAK REVOLUTION [...] (SBU) At a September 8 dinner in honor of the UK Minister for Europe, Baroness Glenyth Kinnock of Holyhead, the Ambassador was seated next to the deputy head of Prime Minister Masimov's office, Dauren Toleukhanov. Before moving to the Prime Minister's apparat, Toleukhanov was a diplomat, hav [...]	2009-09-09 09:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KPAO KCOR KZ
09ASTANA1512	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, the Ambassador and Kazakhstan's State Minister and Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev, exchanged frank views on the Zhovtis case reftel A. The Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of a transparent appeals process and finding a way forward that [...]	2009-09-11 09:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1514	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (AUGUST 2009) [...] Two Kazakhstani Customs Officers, Lieutenant Colonel Marat Kabdushev, and Lieutenant Colonel Abzal Shogelbaev, are participating in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) from August 24 until September 16. 2. In response to a diplomatic note, Dr. Gulnara Eligbayeva, Kazakhstan [...]	2009-09-11 10:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA1517	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SAYS FUNDING APPROVED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev told the Ambassador that the Cabinet approved VAT exemption for all goods and services procured with Cooperative Threat Reduction funds on September 7, and th [...]	2009-09-11 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EINV KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1535	KAZAKHSTAN TO RESUME WTO ACCESSION TALKS SEPARATE FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are signs Kazakhstan might be willing to resume its suspended bilateral WTO accession negotiations. Concluding U.S.-bilateral WTO negotiations would be in our national interest and would enhance Kazakhstan's independence and sovereignty. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On Septemb [...]	2009-09-17 06:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN WTO RS KZ
09ASTANA1538	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS' LEAD LAWYER COMMENTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Evgeniy Zhovtis' lead lawyer, Vitaliy Voronov, predicts Zhovtis will not be acquitted at his appeal hearing but that his sentence might be reduced. Voronov said he had been told that "someone high up in the government" had triggered the trial by [...]	2009-09-18 09:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1539	KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN SEA SUMMIT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 12, President Nazarbayev hosted the presidents of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan at a private resort in Kenderliy, south of the port city of Aktau in western Kazakhstan. According to press repor [...]	2009-09-18 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EPET EINV IR RS KZ
09ASTANA1541	KAZAKHSTAN: A KEY PARTNER ON NON-PROLIFERATION REF: A. A. ASTANA 00607 B. B. ASTANA 01090 C. C. ASTANA 01164 D. D. 08 ASTANA 01867 E. E. 08 ASTANA 01648 F. F. 08 ASTANA 01649 G. G. ASTANA 02232 H. H. ASTANA 00200 I. I. ASTANA 00623 J. J. STATE 76904 K. K. ASTANA 00521 L. L. 08 ASTANA 02298 M. M. 08 ASTANA 02316 N. N. ASTANA 00254 O. O. ASTANA 01536 Classified By: Ambassador Richard E. Hoagland, 1.4 (b/d) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is a full and supportive partner of the United States on countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs). Kazakhstan actively participates in many international counter-proliferation organizations. Recently, it sought to enhance its role in non-proliferation [...]	2009-09-18 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1546	KAZAKHSTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO "REFLECTION" WORKS INSIDE [...] SUMMARY: The environmental organization/NGO Otrazhenie (Reflection),physically located in one of 22 "eco-schools" in Kazakhstan, engages in community service projects, works closely with the Temirtau city council, and serves as the city's environmental information center. The school and NGO [...]	2009-09-21 06:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1613	KAZAKHSTAN: GERMANS HYPER ABOUT BTA RESTRUCTURING MOU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Germany is highly concerned that BTA bank is about to declare bankruptcy, endangering large investments by the German export credit agency. Our sources in ExIm disagree, and believe a settlement is in the works. [...]	2009-09-22 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KZ GM UK
09ASTANA1627	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY PONEMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your October 5-8 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OS [...]	2009-09-28 01:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA167	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF EXTENSION OF PROGRAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an Action Request. Please see para 3. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: According to the USAID Economic Contagion Tracker released in January, Kazakhstan is one of only three CIS countries that is listed as a R [...]	2009-01-28 11:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KZ
09ASTANA169	KAZAKHSTAN: SOUTH KOREANS SEEKING INVESTMENTS, BUT GLOBAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss economic relations between Kazakhstan and Korea. They explained that overall bi [...]	2009-01-28 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KS CH KZ
09ASTANA172	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMENTS ON DOL DRAFT LIST OF GOODS MADE WITH [...] Per reftel A, this cable provides Embassy Astana's comments on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that are allegedly produced by child labor or forced labor. DOL's findings on such goods produced in Kazakhstan coincide with reports and studies post has received from local and inter [...]	2009-01-29 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD SOCI KZ
09ASTANA173	KAZAKHSTAN: KOREANS SHARE U.S. VIEWS ON MADRID COMMITMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff met several times in January with South Korean Embassy First Secretary Lee Jooil and Second Secretary Lee Moon-bae to discuss political and cultural relations between Kazakhstan and South Korea. South Kore [...]	2009-01-29 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI SCUL KDEM KIRF KS KZ
09ASTANA175	KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER ACCEPTS MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp has accepted the proposal made by MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev for resolving his criminal case -- specifically, that after a brief closed trial, Sharp will be found guilty, given a suspended sentence, and immediately deported fro [...]	2009-01-29 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA1768	KAZAKHSTAN: FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Embassy Astana submits the following proposals for FY 2009/2010 FSA funding for counter-narcotics, border security, drug-demand reduction, and anti-trafficking in persons programs. Responses are keyed to paragraph 19 of the reftel. 2. All projects proposed directly respond to targets estab [...]	2009-10-02 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA1770	CURRENT U.S.-KAZAKHSTANI NON-PROLIFERATION PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 12:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM ECON MNUC KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1809	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (SEPTEMBER [...] September 1-10, EXBS Advisor Paul Shott processed into Embassy Astana and conducted office turnover with departing EXBS Advisor Robert Colbert. 2. September 15, EXBS Advisor and administrative assistant met with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Customs Control Committee. The Chairma [...]	2009-10-07 00:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA184	KAZAKAHSTAN WILL ATTEMPT TO ADVOCATE FOR MANAS [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Embassy Astana attempted to communicate talking points to the highest possible level. Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Khairat Sarybay is in Davos, Switzerland, at the World Economic Forum with President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin is in A [...]	2009-01-30 08:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR RS KG KZ
09ASTANA1842	KAZAKHSTAN FY 2010 COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF 1206 FUNDING [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy Astana's Country Team approve the Kazakhstan Fiscal Year 2010 1206 funding proposal. The proposals are for equipment and training for the Kazakhstan Peacekeeping Brigade (KAZBRIG) of the Airmobile Forces Command and the Air Defense Forces. The proposal fo [...]	2009-10-13 06:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
09ASTANA1844	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR SECTION 1004 COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] Embassy Astana Country Team and Deputy Chief of Mission have approved the Kazakhstan FY10 request for DOD support under Section 1004 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1991, as amended for support concerning the Government of Kazakhstan Counternarcotics (CN) effort. 2. Emb [...]	2009-10-13 09:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MCAP PARM EAID KOMC KZ
09ASTANA1853	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Yerbol Orenbayev would like to meet in Washington the last week of November with Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius to seek linkages between the National Institutes of Health and Kazakhstan's new national university. We encourage this meet [...]	2009-10-15 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OEXC SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1856	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE AGENCY? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 14, Talgat Kaliyev, head of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs' new policy planning staff, told the DCM that with FM Saudabayev's endorsement, he is exploring plans to establish a bureau within [...]	2009-10-16 02:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI AF KZ
09ASTANA187	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 24-30 [...] The following is part of a series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. KARAGANDA DISABLED: "SEX PLEASE" 2. A disability rights group in Karaganda called on the government to legalize prostitution and to provide disabled people with special "card [...]	2009-01-31 02:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EPET SOCI KDEM KCRM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA1897	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...]	2009-10-21 08:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1898	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...]	2009-10-21 09:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA191	KAZAKHSTAN: DETAINED NEWSPAPER EDITOR YESERGEPOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports link Ramazan Yesergepov, the Editor-in-Chief of "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper who has been detained and charged with disseminating classified information, with an unsavory business tycoon, Sultan Makhmadov. One of Makhmadov's companies is under investigation for tax [...]	2009-02-02 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1914	KAZAKHSTAN: "BIG FRIEND" MEDDLES AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov suggested on October 21 that disinformation from Russian intelligence played a role in Yevgeniy Zhovtis' conviction and prison sentence being upheld. He also said that Russian intelligence is getting the word to President Nazarbayev that th [...]	2009-10-22 07:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA1919	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] SUMMARY: On October 20, an Almaty regional court upheld the conviction of prominent Kazakhstani human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter (reftel). Most major pro-government and government-controlled news outlets did not report the story. Notable among thos [...]	2009-10-23 10:34:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1920	KAZAKHSTAN: PLANS FOR THE NATIONAL SULFUR STORAGE CENTER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As Kazakhstan continues to debate sulfur storage, the Caspiy Socially Responsible Corporation has contracted feasibility and technical studies for the government's planned National Sulfur Storage Center (NSSC) in [...]	2009-10-26 07:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV KZ
09ASTANA1921	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH HEARS FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her first overseas trip as Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith visited Kazakhstan October 12-13. In Astana, Muslim civil society leaders told her that Kazakhs are "a different kind of [...]	2009-10-27 04:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF OIC OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1935	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH SPEAKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her October 13 visit to Almaty, Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith broke new ground by visiting Kazakhstan's only Islamic University and engaging the students in a lively discuss [...]	2009-10-28 00:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISM KIRF OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1954	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA APPROVES STATUS CHANGE TO CONSULATE [...] On November 3, Embassy Astana received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that the government of Kazakhstan does not object to the United States designating Embassy Branch Office Almaty as Consulate General Almaty. Post seeks Department approval to announce this [...]	2009-11-03 07:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD ABLD KZ
09ASTANA200	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW OIL AND URANIUM DEALS WITH INDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 23-26, at the invitation of Indian President Pratibha Patil, President Nazarbayev, accompanied by more than 100 state and private business representatives, paid an official visit to India, seven years a [...]	2009-02-03 10:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET ENRG EINV EMIN KNNP IN KZ
09ASTANA2004	KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK HEARS VIEWS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, Staffdel Woolfork met with DCMs from several European embassies, who said that Kazakhstan has made some progress on liberalization, but it needs to do more. The Spanish DCM said Spain will not suppo [...]	2009-11-12 09:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2006	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR ROBERT S. [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your November 17-18 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent region. Although Ka [...]	2009-11-13 05:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2008	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE SYG HEARS SUMMIT IS NAZARBAYEV'S TOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para seven. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the deputy head of the Astana OSCE Center, Kazakhstan's desire to organize a summit of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) during its 2010 chairmanship was the main topic of discuss [...]	2009-11-13 07:49:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2026	KAZAKHSTAN: ENERGY, EDUCATION, AND EXPECTATIONS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mud, oil, gas, and ambition blend to form the strange clay that molds the Western Kazakhstani city of Atyrau. In a three-day visit from November 5-7, DCM, Energy Officer, and local staff met with the Deputy Gover [...]	2009-11-13 08:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET EAID SOCI KDEM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2027	KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTING IN ATYRAU [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During two trips to Atyrau November 5-10, Energy Officer met with U.S. and international companies doing business in the region to discuss their opinion of Atyrau's investment climate. They said the region is led [...]	2009-11-16 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ
09ASTANA2061	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON NOAA CONTRACT EMPLOYEE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the status of Mamilov, alledged to be a contract emplo [...]	2009-11-19 09:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV KZ
09ASTANA2067	KAZAKHSTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 20, Rimma Zhunussova of the MFA's UN office told PolOff that Kazakhstan will support the U.S. candidacy for re-election to Category A membership in the International Maritime Organization Council (ref A and B). S [...]	2009-11-20 07:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EWWT PHSA IMO KZ
09ASTANA2069	KAZAKHSTAN: METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY WANTS [...] Regional Environmental Officer (REO) met with First Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Environment's Department for Hydro-Meteorological Service (KazHydroMet),Kuanysh Bektemirov, on November 20 to discuss future cooperation between KazKydroMet and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [...]	2009-11-20 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SENV KZ
09ASTANA2073	KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO PROVIDE ASSURANCES REQUIRED FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 17, Post received Diplomatic Note 10-2/4116 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan. It assures the U.S. government that the technology proposed for transfer by Westinghouse Electric Com [...]	2009-11-23 06:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP TRGY KZ
09ASTANA2090	ALL IN A DAY'S WORK: KAZAKHSTANI FOREIGN MINISTER IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 22, State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev traveled to Kabul to discuss bilateral cooperation with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and unveil Kazakhstan's 2009-2011 assistance package. Saudab [...]	2009-11-24 09:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID OSCE AF KZ
09ASTANA2095	KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...]	2009-11-25 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA2098	KAZAKHSTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] In response to ref A, Post submits the following nomination for the International Woman of Courage award: NAME: Galina Morozova TITLE: President ORAGANIZATION: NGO Feminist League DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15-Apr-1949, Russia ID NUMBER: 000813104 LANGUAGES: Russian ADDRESS: 107, Lubov She [...]	2009-11-30 09:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KPAO KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2099	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: This cable responds to reftel request for nominees from Kazakhstan for the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit in 2010. It also summarizes Mission plans to conduct a series of public diplomacy events and business roundtables to highlight the importance of fostering entrepreneu [...]	2009-11-30 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EINV EAID KZ
09ASTANA21	KAZAKHSTAN: CONNECTIONS KEY TO SMALL BUSINESS SUCCESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is home to a number of government-sponsored initiatives to improve conditions for small and medium enterprises. However, such support from the highest levels of government still has little impact on th [...]	2009-01-08 11:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA2100	KAZAKHSTAN TO STUDY PLANS FOR SAMSUN-CEYHAN PIPELINE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Meeting in Yalta on November 20, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Kazakhstani Prime Minister Karim Masimov witnessed the signing of a protocol to study plans for the construction of an oil pipeline betwee [...]	2009-11-30 10:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KZ RS TK AJ IT
09ASTANA2101	KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROGRAMS IN KOKSHETAU - NGO [...] SUMMARY: During a November 12-13 visit to northern city of Kokshetau, the DCM reviewed efforts to fight trafficking in persons (TIP). She met with a local NGO, visited its shelter for victims of trafficking, and opened the anti-trafficking play "Night Stars" and a trafficking-prevention train [...]	2009-12-01 04:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2106	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ABS CASE WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to reftel, the Ambassador raised the issue of granting the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) official status as a recognized ship classification organization in Kazakhstan with Deputy Prime Minister Ye [...]	2009-12-02 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV KZ
09ASTANA2110	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAVID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your December 9 visit to Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan has proven to be an increasingly reliable security and law enforcement partner and a steady influence in a potentially turbulent regi [...]	2009-12-04 04:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SNAR SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2127	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (NOVEMBER [...] November 2-10, EXBS Advisor was TDY to Embassy Yerevan to conduct meetings and briefings for Fred Carter, the newly arrived EXBS Advisor to Armenia. 2. November 12, EXBS office received a Diplomatic Note from the MFA advising EXBS that the Border Guards would not be able to meet with EXBS [...]	2009-12-07 09:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA2143	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPNOTE ON CDC "ILLEGAL SMUGGLING" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Embassy Astana has received the following diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning a criminal case involving alleged 2006 "illegal smuggling" of HIV-infected blood samples from Kazakhstan to the Unite [...]	2009-12-14 08:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KHIV SENV KG KZ UZ
09ASTANA2146	KAZAKHSTAN: VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert Mueller, III, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, visited Kazakhstan November 17-18 and met with the Committee on National Security, Prosecutor General, Minister of Internal Affairs, and Chief of [...]	2009-12-14 09:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2157	KAZAKHSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HOSTS MUSLIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake chaired a roundtable discussion of Kazakhstan's business environment with 14 of the country's leading Muslim entrepreneurs in Almaty. The Decem [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI KCOR KISM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2160	KAZAKHSTAN: DFM UMAROV DETAILS HIS DISSIDENT PAST TO A/S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Robert Blake concluded his successful three-day visit to Kazakhstan with an elegant but relaxed dinner hosted by Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov on December 15. Umarov revealed in great detail his person [...]	2009-12-19 03:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KNNP SOCI OSCE KZ
09ASTANA218	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT DEVALUES TENGE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet distribution. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The National Bank of Kazakhstan allowed the country's currency, the tenge (KZT),to devalue on February 4 from its exchange rate of approximately 122 to the dollar. Announcing that it would abandon it [...]	2009-02-06 03:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELAB KZ
09ASTANA22	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENE SETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: Your visit will foster our bilateral cooperation and our strategic interests, and will provide you the opportunity thank the Government of Kazakhstan for its support to Operation Iraqi Freedom and continued support of Operation Enduring Freedom, to encourage and support [...]	2009-01-09 02:19:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR MCAP MASS AF KZ
09ASTANA2200	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER TELLS SCA A/S BLAKE ECONOMY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: After briefly noting the government of Kazakhstan's obligatory talking points on the need for a 2010 OSCE summit and a bilateral meeting between Presidents Obama and Nazarbayev during the April Global Nuclear Secu [...]	2009-12-23 02:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD EFIN KZ
09ASTANA2201	KAZAKHSTAN: INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY JOHNSON BILATERAL [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Kazakhstan for the inauguration of the Central Asian Regional Information and Coordination Center (CARICC) (septel),Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs Davi [...]	2009-12-23 05:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR KCRM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2204	KAZAKHSTAN: TERRORISM AND SECURITY CONCERNS INFLUENCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 22, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (refs A, B). Umarov told the Ambassador that 10 Kazakhstani government agenci [...]	2009-12-23 09:37:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA2255	KAZAKHSTAN: CASPIAN MARITIME TRADE AND TRANSPORTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: This report summarizes international donor efforts to promote Caspian maritime trade and transportation, including projects to bring Kazakhstan's maritime legislation in line with international standards, improve [...]	2009-12-30 05:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SENV SOCI KZ
09ASTANA2257	KAZAKHSTAN'S INITIAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE TO PREVENT THE TRANSFER OF URANIUM TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 07:48:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09ASTANA2272	KAZAKHSTAN SEEKS NEW OVERFLIGHT AGREEMENT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador and Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov met again to discuss outstanding U.S. requests to amend the 2001 overflight and 2009 Northern Distribution Network (NDN) agreements (reftel). Umarov told the Ambassador that Kazakhstani government agenci [...]	2009-12-31 05:32:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR MARR AF RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA2273	KAZAKHSTAN STRONGLY DENIES REPORT OF POTENTIAL URANIUM TRANSER TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 07:44:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC KNNP IR JA KZ
09ASTANA231	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - WHAT WEB LINKS ARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see para six below. 3. (SBU) Embassy Astana noticed that a recent article in "The Washington Post" was an excellent expression of the Obama Administration's traditional family and commun [...]	2009-02-09 01:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO KIPR KZ
09ASTANA235	KAZAKHSTANI ACADEMICS DISCUSS RELATIONS WITH CHINA, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In December, PolOff met with several academics from one of Kazakhstan's most prestigious universities, Al-Farabi National University in Almaty. PolOff's interlocutors stressed the importance of Kazakhstan's balan [...]	2009-02-10 01:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI KPAO KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA248	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (JANUARY [...] (SBU) On January 23-26, Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev paid an official visit to India. During this visit, Kazakhstan's national nuclear energy company Kazatomprom (KAP) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL),run by India's State Department of Atomic Energy, signed a me [...]	2009-02-11 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ

09ASTANA264	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA OFFICIAL SAYS FM TAZHIN WILL BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former MFA Americas Department Director Talgat Kaliyev told Pol-Econ Chief on February 12 that Foreign Minister Tazhin will be replaced in the coming months. Kaliyev explained that he has been appointed to be Tazhin's advisor on OSCE issues. He said that Kazakhstan intends to p [...]	2009-02-13 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON KNNP OSCE IAEA KZ
09ASTANA281	KAZAKHSTAN SECURES LUCRATIVE DEALS WITH INDIA, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Nursultan Nazarbayev's January 23-26 trip to New Delhi as the guest of honor at India's 2009 National Day celebration underscored the close political relations between Kazakhstan and India which have existed since Kazakhstan's independence. However, despite profession [...]	2009-02-17 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET ETRD MARR IN KZ
09ASTANA285	KAZAKHSTAN: CZECH PRIME MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representing the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU),Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek visited Astana on February 12 to discuss European energy security, bilateral trade and investment, and other issu [...]	2009-02-18 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EPET EINV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA314	KAZAKHSTAN: WRITTEN ASSURANCES OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent the Embassy a diplomatic note confirming in writing that the Kazakhstani government will treat returned GTMO detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev (alias Abdul Rahim, partial ISN 521) humanel [...]	2009-02-23 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDRG KAWC KZ
09ASTANA348	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR DENIES ANY CHINESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Ambassador to Kazakhstan Cheng Guoping told the Ambassador on February 24 that he expects China will agree to participate in the Northern Distribution Network (NDN) for commercial shipment of non-lethal supplies to Afghanistan. He described China's principal objective in [...]	2009-02-25 08:18:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR CH AF RS KG UP KZ
09ASTANA353	KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...]	2009-02-27 01:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ
09ASTANA373	KAZAKHSTAN: PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SENTENCED TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following the conclusion of his criminal trial in Ridder on February 26, Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp was sentenced to two years in prison on explosives charges -- and taken away in handcuffs straight to jail. The Ambassador immediately raised this development with senior [...]	2009-03-02 10:41:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA376	KAZAKHSTAN: THE CENTRAL ASIAN PIVOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We have enormous equities at play in Afghanistan, Russia, and China. Kazakhstan in particular, and Central Asia more widely, has a pivotal role to play in securing our national interests. With the advent of a new Administration, we need to take hold of the opportunities in a f [...]	2009-03-03 06:50:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS AF KZ
09ASTANA381	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PEACE CORPS CASE [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Presidential Administration head Aslan Musin on March 3 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. Musin said the case is a small issue and agreed we should avoid it becoming a major bilateral irritant. However, he maintaine [...]	2009-03-03 10:30:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL CASC KZ
09ASTANA410	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE EAGER TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During his March 4 introductory call on Minister of Education and Science Zhanseit Tuymebayev, the Ambassador raised U.S.-Kazakhstani cooperation in the field of education, including on the Bolashak program and reg [...]	2009-03-05 08:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TBIO KNNP KPAO KZ
09ASTANA426	KAZAKHSTAN: DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Kazakhstan's Deputy Minister of Defense, General-Lieutenant Bulat Sembinov, accompanied by Embassy Astana's defense attache, travelled via Manas at Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, to Kabul, Afghanistan, February 23-25. In Kabul he met with Commander International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) [...]	2009-03-10 03:05:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA432	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR [...] (SBU) During February 2-13, the BN-350 Program team traveled to Aktau to conduct a Canister Requalification Meeting and to discuss multilateral transport operations for BN-350 spent fuel project. 2. (SBU) During February 11-13, the Second Line of Defense Program held its quarterly meeting wi [...]	2009-03-11 07:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA433	KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TELLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial March 10 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, the Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Saginbek Tursunov explained that his organization's primary role is to provide advice on and [...]	2009-03-11 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA442	KAZAKHSTAN: ITALY REMAINS A MAJOR INVESTOR, ACTIVE IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff met on February 17 with Ugo Boni, First Secretary and DCM at the Italian Embassy in Astana, to discuss the Kazakhstan-Italy relationship. Boni characterized the overall Kazakhstan-Italy relationship as pos [...]	2009-03-13 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD IT KZ
09ASTANA443	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR RECOMMENDS "BE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay called in the Ambassador on March 12 to discuss the criminal case against Peace Corps volunteer Anthony Sharp. He advised the Ambassador it is not "constructive" to describe the case as a "political provocation." He said he woul [...]	2009-03-13 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CASC IR KZ
09ASTANA445	KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR EMBASSY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Assistant Secretary Johnson, I want to express my great appreciation for INL's support for counter-narcotics, counter-trafficking in persons, and other law-enforcement programs in Kazakhstan. We have a fine INL officer post [...]	2009-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL APER EAID SNAR KCRM KTIP AF KZ
09ASTANA446	KAZAKHSTAN: THEY AREN'T READING WHAT WE'RE READING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan is highly oriented toward the Russian language. Much of its media are available only in Russian and come from Russia. Thus, the vast majority of Kazakhstani citizens get their world view from Russia. Eng [...]	2009-03-13 09:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OEXC SCUL KPAO KZ
09ASTANA450	KAZAKHSTAN: A BILLION-DOLLAR QUESTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the director of Chevron's operations in Eurasia told the Ambassador that Tengizchevroil (TCO),in which Chevron has a 50% share, has come under "renewed attack" from the government over sulfur storage [...]	2009-03-13 10:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV KZ
09ASTANA494	KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...]	2009-03-19 09:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA540	ALMATY AND ASTANA FRAUD SUMMARY SEPTEMBER 2008 - FEBRUARY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The following sections correspond to questions in Ref A. --------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS --------------------- 3. (U) Kazakhstan is a single consular district with two consular offices, Embassy Astana and Embass [...]	2009-03-26 04:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KZ
09ASTANA545	KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY GROUP ADDRESSES LETTER TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) An ad-hoc advocacy group of journalists and NGO activists sent a letter via public mail received at Embassy Astana to the Secretary, expressing concerns about a [...]	2009-03-30 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA55	KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY DECLINES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Internal Affairs investigators have recommended that the Prosecutor General charge Peace Corps Volunteer Anthony Sharp with violation of Article 251, Part 1, of the Kazakhstan Criminal Code, illegal possession of firearms (explosives) while trespassing in a restricted [...]	2009-01-12 08:36:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR CASC RS KZ
09ASTANA559	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SEEKS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MVD) sent a letter to the Embassy seeking guidance on how police in the United States handle large public gatherings and uphold public order while ensuring that the civil rights of participants in [...]	2009-03-31 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA572	KAZAKHSTAN: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ON START TREATY, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Russian Ambassador Mikhail Bocharnikov for a one-on-one lunch April 2. The Ambassador briefed Bocharnikov in detail on his March 24 meetings at the Foreign Ministry in Moscow with Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin and Director of the Third CIS Department Maksim Peshko [...]	2009-04-02 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KACT OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA58	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMA-ATA INFO EDITOR CHARGED WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Alma-Ata Info", Ramazan Yesergepov, was formerly charged with disseminating classified information in an article his paper published on November 21. Yesergepov [...]	2009-01-12 10:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA591	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH [...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...]	2009-04-03 12:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA593	KAZAKHSTAN: LEGALIZED PROSTITUTION -- TO BE OR NOT TO BE [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstan has struggled for years with the question of prostitution. Though not legalized, prostitution is not technically illegal and this legal grey zone has enabled the country to deflect difficult questions. In a recent, public appeal to the government, Rosa Petraus, Chairwom [...]	2009-04-03 12:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA594	KAZAKHSTAN COMMITTED TO PUBLIC PRIVATE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, the initial Coordinating Committee meeting of the Public Private Economic Partnership Initiative (PPEPI) was held in Astana. While the initiative has been slow getting off the ground since it was laun [...]	2009-04-03 12:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA597	NEW TIMES REQUIRE NEW METHODS FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) As the Obama Administration moves to implement the policy objectives determined by the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review, and also works on the U.S.-Russia relationship, it would be useful to reconsider public diplomac [...]	2009-04-06 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PROP PINR KPAO RS ZK
09ASTANA598	KAZAKHSTAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS DENY GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis (i.e., the lower house of parliament) is currently considering draft legislation regarding the introduction of a special currency regime, which would include certain currency control measures. Senior K [...]	2009-04-06 12:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA610	KAZAKHSTAN: HUNGARIAN-LED BOMCA DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with a Border Management in Central Asia (BOMCA) delegation on April 6 to discuss efforts to implement European Integrated Border Management (IBM) in Kazakhstan. According to the delegation's leader, General Istvan Samu, Deputy National Commander of the Hungarian [...]	2009-04-09 05:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR KNNP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA621	KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE LEADERS EXPRESS VIEWS ON FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 19, the Ambassador hosted 10 future Kazakhstani leaders who are alumni of the Marshall Center. The alumni, who represented at least five government ministries and agencies, asked the Ambassador questions [...]	2009-04-10 12:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA623	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. ASSISTANCE HELPS CUSTOMS CONTROL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post's Export and Related Border Security (EXBS) and Department of Energy (DOE) offices have provided assistance to strengthen border security at many of Kazakhstan's 112 border crossing points. Typical site assessments indicate Kazakhstan's border crossing points typically pro [...]	2009-04-12 07:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL MNUC KNNP CH KZ
09ASTANA628	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MARCH 2009) [...] In May, the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee plans to make a presentation at the World Customs Organization (WCO) meeting in Norway regarding an effort to obtain designation of Kazakhstan as a regional WCO training center and get WCO capacity building assistance in creating a regional custo [...]	2009-04-13 11:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA638	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...]	2009-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ
09ASTANA660	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNATIONAL CANINE CONFERENCE [...] Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for Public Internet 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. INL funded a March 26-27 International Conference on the Role of Canines in the Fight against Drug Trafficking, Extremism and Terrorism in Almaty. Representatives from the canine services of the five Central Asian countri [...]	2009-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI KCRM ZK KZ
09ASTANA662	KAZAKHSTAN: FUTURE OF LARGEST BANKS REMAINS UNCLEAR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments within the Kazakhstani banking sector -- specifically pertaining to BTA and Alliance banks -- indicate continued instability and increased risk of default on the repayment of foreign obligation [...]	2009-04-17 11:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EINV EFIN KZ
09ASTANA666	KAZAKHSTAN: INTER-AGENCY DELEGATION TO VISIT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent us a diplomatic note on April 14 requesting bilateral consultations in Washington during May 4-5 to discuss Kazakhstan's interest in joining the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR). The text of the note follows: BEGIN TEXT No. 10-3/1270 [...]	2009-04-20 11:31:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP MTCR KZ
09ASTANA67	KAZAKHSTAN: UNIFICATION CHURCH MISSIONARY SENTENCED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, an Almaty court found Unification Church missionary Yelizaveta Drencheva guilty on charges of "instilling a sense of inferiority in citizens based on their tribal and social association," and sentenc [...]	2009-01-14 10:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA711	KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. PROPOSED PROJECT: COUNTERING YOUTH EXTREMISM 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana requests $100,000 to counter youth extremism in Kazakhstan through English-language training and sustained exposure to the best of American [...]	2009-04-24 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN PTER KCRM KPAO KHLS AEMR
09ASTANA734	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PED EXTENSION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 28 meeting, the Ambassador informed Minister of Economy and Budget Planning Bakhyt Sultanov about the U.S government's approval of a three-year extension for the Program for Economic Development (PED) and updated him on the progress of the U.S.-Kazakhstan Public-P [...]	2009-04-28 11:35:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID KNNP KZ
09ASTANA744	KAZAKHSTAN: "TASZHARGAN" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermurat Bapi, editor of the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan," was arrested on April 23 for failing to pay a 30 million tenge ($200,000) court-ordered damage award to a parliamentarian, but was released the same [...]	2009-04-29 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA756	KAZAKHSTAN: TV CO-OP SUBMISSIONS 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kazakhstan is proud to submit two proposals for the 2009 TV Co-Op Program. The first is a proposal to produce a series of news stories and a 15-minute documentary on trafficking in persons (TIP) in the United States. They will air both locally and on the popular nationa [...]	2009-04-30 12:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP
09ASTANA759	REQUEST FOR FY09 USCENTCOM/SOCCENT COUNTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN ACCORDANCE WITH REFS A AND B, THIS MESSAGE IS AN EMBASSY ASTANA REQUEST FOR FY09 DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT 1991, AS AMENDED, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTER NARCO TERRORISM (CNT) TRAINING DEPLOYMENT (CKZ2009CNT021N) WITH THE KAZAKHSTAN S [...]	2009-05-04 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS SNAR KZ
09ASTANA760	KAZAKHSTAN TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT PLENARY BUT UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 10:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PTER MNUC KNNP KGIC KZ
09ASTANA771	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (APRIL 2009) [...] On April 27, Kazakhstan tightened epidemiological control at all airports, seaports, and land border crossings in response to reports of cases of H1N1 influenza virus in other countries. Kazakhstan has prohibited the importation of pork products from certain countries and is using the Fever Sc [...]	2009-05-05 08:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA829	KAZAKHSTAN: ISLAMIC LEADERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK, COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the week of April 20, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor met in Astana with the Deputy Imam of the Nur Astana Mosque, Beibit Alikpekovich Mirzageldiyev, and in Almaty with the Deputy Mufti of Kazakhstan [...]	2009-05-13 01:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA830	KAZAKHSTAN: KAZAKHSTAN WELCOMES REVITALIZED TIFA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 24 and April 27, Deputy Assistant United States Trade Representative (DAUSTR) for South and Central Asia Claudio Lilienfeld held meetings in Almaty and Astana to discuss the future of the Central Asia Trad [...]	2009-05-13 03:35:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN EAID KZ
09ASTANA853	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 8 [...] 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. AZAT'S ABILOV -- THE CHOSEN ONE? 2. Rumors are swirling around Azat party leader Bulat Ab [...]	2009-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA89	KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...]	2009-01-16 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ
09ASTANA90	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 10-16 [...] The following is the first in a new series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. MASIMOV JOINS BLOGOSPHERE 2. Prime Minister Karim Masimov has joined the Kazakhstani blogosphere by starting his very own weblog ("primeminister. government.kz"). In [...]	2009-01-16 10:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI SCUL KPAO KCRM KZ
09ASTANA91	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONFIRMS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming the government's approval of the transit of non-military goods for Afghanistan shipped through the Distribution Network [...]	2009-01-16 11:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR AF KZ
09ASTANA925	KAZAKHSTANI FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT VISITS UNITED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A delegation from the Committee of Financial Monitoring of the Ministry of Finance participated in an FIU orientation program presented by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). The orientation program wa [...]	2009-06-01 06:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KCOR KZ
09ASTANA927	KAZAKHSTAN: EXBS ADVISOR'S REPORTING CABLE (MAY 2009) [...] On May 22, the proposed visit of the Kazakhstan Customs Control Committee Chairman Kozy-Korpesh Karbuzov to the U.S. was postponed until the fall, in order to organize a fully coordinated program that will be successful in advancing the broad goals of mutual cooperation. On May 23, Kazakhstan [...]	2009-06-01 10:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC MNUC KNNP KSTC KZ
09ASTANA959	KAZAKHSTAN: KOSTENAI, THE WHEAT AND SLAVIC HEARTLAND OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 24-26, the Charge d'Affaires visited Kostanai -- a northern city of 250,000 people located in a heavily agricultural area -- to attend a concert by visiting American jazz musicians and to open Kazakhstan's n [...]	2009-06-08 02:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI KPAO KZ
09ASTANA982	KAZAKHSTAN: CHINESE AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON KEY FOREIGN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, Chinese Ambassador Cheng Guoping hosted the Ambassador for dinner at the restaurant on the 23rd floor of a striking new hotel built in Astana and owned by the Chinese National Petroleum Company. During a fascinating, wide-ranging, three-hour tour d'horizon, the Chinese Amb [...]	2009-06-08 10:08:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET AF GG RS IR KN ZK KZ
09ASUNCION10	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Alvaro Lopez Cattebecke [...]	2009-01-08 17:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION103	IRAN MAKES COMMERCIAL OVERTURES TO PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Iran's Ambassador to Paraguay, Morteza Tafreshi, resident in Montevideo, met separately January 22 with Paraguay's Foreign Minister Hamed Franco and with Minister of Industry and Commerce Heisecke in Asuncion. During his meeting with Hamed, Tafreshi invited President Fernando Lugo to vis [...]	2009-02-17 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PA IR
09ASUNCION112	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Jorge Godoy Uriarte [...]	2009-02-23 12:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION117	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Ramon [...]	2009-02-24 20:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION129	PARAGUAY'S CONCERNS OVER DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion thanks the Department of Labor for the opportunity to comment on the draft list of goods believed to be produced by child labor or forced labor in Paraguay as mandated in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) (ref A). 2. (SBU) Post echoes som [...]	2009-03-03 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PA
09ASUNCION13	PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]	2009-01-09 22:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MASS PTER SNAR PA
09ASUNCION132	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These Paraguayan National Police officers are sc [...]	2009-03-04 18:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION133	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Selva Noemi Galeano Alvaren [...]	2009-03-04 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION134	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Rojas [...]	2009-03-04 18:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION14	PRESIDENT LUGO DISCUSSES SECURITY AND DEFENSE [...] (S) President Lugo, joined by two close confidants, frankly and amicably discussed with Charge January 5 current security issues, principally the Paraguayan People's Army's New Year's Eve attack on an Army outpost and the separate subsequent capture by police of stolen plastic explosives by Army pe [...]	2009-01-09 22:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	MASS PTER SNAR PREL PARM PA
09ASUNCION149	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan National Police that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Crim [...]	2009-03-10 15:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION162	FRAUD SUMMARY Q ASUNCION [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request in paragraph 6 of retel. ------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------- 2. (U) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected former Roman Catholic b [...]	2009-03-19 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CMGT KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS PA
09ASUNCION165	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Patrocino Rivas Ramirez [...]	2009-03-20 13:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION173	END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) program provided computer equipment, software, vehicles, a construction project, and rent assistance to a variety of Paraguayan government agencies in 2008, including the Anti Drug Secretariat (SENAD),the Women's Secretar [...]	2009-03-23 21:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AFIN PREL PA
09ASUNCION188	SUCCESSFUL SOUTHCOM VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM Military Deputy Commander Lt. Gen. Spears conducted a successful visit to Paraguay March 24-26. Defense Minister Barreiro Spaini voiced his support to pursuing a general agreement on military cooperation (while cautioning that he is but one of many voices in the governm [...]	2009-03-28 19:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PA
09ASUNCION189	PARAGUAYAN POLS PLOT PARLIAMENTARY PUTSCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors persist that discredited General and UNACE party leader Lino Oviedo and ex-president Nicanor Duarte Frutos are now working together to assume power via (mostly) legal means should President Lugo stumble in coming months. Their goal: Capitalize on any Lugo mis-steps to break the [...]	2009-03-28 20:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR PINS PA
09ASUNCION190	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Pe [...]	2009-03-30 20:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION198	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend Intelle [...]	2009-04-01 19:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION216	PARAGUAY INVESTS IN GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING COMPANY [...] (C) Paraguayan Military Forces Commander Admiral Cibar Benitez informed Ambassador by letter March 30 that he had authorized over USD 3.5 million in funds to support Paraguay's first United Nations (UN) Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineer (MRE) Company. The authorization follows Def [...]	2009-04-07 19:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA
09ASUNCION228	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training assistance (refs A-D). Many were previously vette [...]	2009-04-13 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION233	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Ru [...]	2009-04-15 18:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION239	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. Mr. Valdez Ruiz is scheduled to attend drug enfor [...]	2009-04-20 18:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION240	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan Army that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Peacekeeping [...]	2009-04-20 18:53:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION241	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Co [...]	2009-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION242	INVITATION TO SECRETARY CLINTON TO SPEAK AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Gloria Rubin, Paraguay's Minister for Women's Affairs, requested that the Embassy forward an invitation to Secretary Clinton inviting her to participate as a keynote speaker during the opening act of the "XXI Specialized Meeting of the [...]	2009-04-20 20:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OPDC PREL KWMN PHUM SCUL PA
09ASUNCION249	PARAGUAY: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 19:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PA
09ASUNCION252	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to attend the Joint [...]	2009-04-23 21:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION253	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled for the Senior C [...]	2009-04-23 21:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION259	LUGO REPLACES FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Fernando Lugo named MERCOSUR Parliament (Parlasur) Representative Hector Lacognata Foreign Minister April 28. The announcement follows Lacognata's April 7 resignation from the moderate Beloved Fatherland Party and political realignment with the leftist Paraguayan Movement Tow [...]	2009-04-29 21:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PGOV PA
09ASUNCION261	BOMB EXPLODES AT SUPREME COURT BUILDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: At approximately 12:15 pm, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated at the Paraguayan Palace of Justice (Supreme Court). The explosion caused only minor property damage and no physical injuries. The building was quickly evacuated. RSO Asuncion assisted the Police with id [...]	2009-04-29 22:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PA
09ASUNCION264	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled for the Interage [...]	2009-04-30 17:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION265	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to attend the Senior [...]	2009-04-30 17:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION274	PARAGUAY: RESPONSE ON KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 16:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV PA
09ASUNCION284	FAKE BOMB CAUSES DOWNTOWN CONFUSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At approximately 8:30 am on May 5, 2009, the Paraguayan police located what appeared to be an improvised explosive device (IED) in downtown Asuncion. After securing the area, the Government of Paraguay (GOP) requested U.S. Government assistance. RSO, FBI and SOCFWD elements re [...]	2009-05-05 20:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PA
09ASUNCION293	CIRCLING SHARKS IN LANDLOCKED PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As President Lugo approaches nine months in office, he faces increasing political and social instability. Rumors persist that former coup-plotting General Lino Oviedo, ex-President Nicanor Duarte Frutos, and/or Vice President Frederico Franco continue to look for ways to cut Lug [...]	2009-05-06 22:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL SNAR PA
09ASUNCION294	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PA
09ASUNCION295	PARAGUAYAN UPDATE ON ITAIPU NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) The Paraguayan government confirmed May 8 that President Fernando Lugo's May 7 meeting with Brazilian President Inacio Lula about Itaipu bi-national dam ended without any agreements. In more than two-and-a-half hours of discussion, Paraguay maintained its key negotiating points about fai [...]	2009-05-08 20:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA
09ASUNCION3	PARAGUAY ARRESTS SOLDIERS FOR STOLEN (USG-ORIGIN?) [...] (C) Paraguayan police arrested two Paraguayan Army soldiers January 5 for possessing and attempting to sell apparently U.S.-sourced military ordinance -- including hundreds of packets of C4 plastic explosives -- possibly stolen from military stockpiles. The suspects -- apprehended while driv [...]	2009-01-05 22:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS PTER PA
09ASUNCION30	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Teresa Concepcion Britez M [...]	2009-01-14 20:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION326	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend Antite [...]	2009-05-21 18:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION338	MIXING THE MILITARY AND POLITICS IN PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 8-12 holding of a South American leftist, anti-imperialist youth convention at a Paraguayan military facility continues to cost the Lugo government scarce political capital. President Lugo publicly denied authorizing the use of the military facility to hold the political event [...]	2009-05-22 17:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MARR PA
09ASUNCION344	THREATS AND FAKE BOMBS IN ASUNCION [...] (U) SUMMARY: There have been 58 bomb threats in greater Asuncion since April 29, with one device actually detonating and four mock explosive devices found. This is likely part of a harassment campaign against the Government of Paraguay. The presence of multiple devices specifically designed t [...]	2009-05-26 21:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL PA
09ASUNCION345	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend the U.S [...]	2009-05-27 14:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION355	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Amalio Rios Rolon DOB: [...]	2009-06-08 12:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA

09ASUNCION356	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This candidate, who is the new coordinator for th [...]	2009-06-08 21:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION372	LETTER FROM PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT LUGO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 13:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PA
09ASUNCION373	LETTER FROM PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT LUGO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 15:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PA
09ASUNCION376	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. This individual, who is [...]	2009-06-17 20:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION377	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...]	2009-06-17 20:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION378	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals, who are Paraguayan police offic [...]	2009-06-17 20:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION380	US COMPANY INVESTMENT DISPUTE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Texas-based Crescent Global Oil disputes with the Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC) the starting date for an oil exploration contract. While ambiguities in the contract were clarified by MOPC Resolution 583 in Crescent's favor under President Duarte's administrati [...]	2009-06-17 20:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA
09ASUNCION383	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-06-18 19:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION384	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...]	2009-06-18 19:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION385	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate i [...]	2009-06-18 19:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION389	SUCCESSFUL HIGH-PROFILE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Embassy's Public Diplomacy and Political-Economic Sections, and the local Military Information Support Team, collaborated on a successful anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign launched in conjunction with the June 16 release of the Department's TIP Report. The campaign brought atten [...]	2009-06-23 20:10:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV GTIP KPAO GIWI SNAR MX PA
09ASUNCION39	LUGO CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo summoned Charge January 12 as a follow-up to their January 5 meeting (reftel). On Lugo's top regional priority -- Brazil -- Lugo told Charge Brazilian President Lula expressed concern about the property rights of Brazilians in Paraguay; Lugo said he was telling Lula [...]	2009-01-16 18:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SNAR MASS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION402	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security force that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...]	2009-06-30 13:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION403	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commanders of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance (refs A-D). Jose [...]	2009-06-30 13:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION422	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). This [...]	2009-07-07 11:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION423	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are schedule to participate in [...]	2009-07-07 11:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION426	FOREIGN MINISTER ON HONDURAS AND US MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Lacognata called in Charge early July 7 to discuss Honduras and to lay out a proposed way forward on U.S-Paraguayan military cooperation. Lacognata stressed his overarching concern for OAS consensus; he suggested Honduran President Zelaya ) and "vanguard nation [...]	2009-07-07 20:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV PINS HO PA
09ASUNCION427	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-07-08 17:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION428	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are an intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate [...]	2009-07-08 17:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION429	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-07-09 18:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION45	LUGO LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 20:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL AMGT PA
09ASUNCION451	CHACO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE UNDER SEVERE [...] (SBU) During a June 18-19 visit to the indigenous communities of the Paraguayan Chaco, PolOff observed very poor living conditions exacerbated by severe drought. Local indigenous leaders said that although many indigenous workers earned less than minimum wages and no benefits, they had no kn [...]	2009-07-17 13:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND SOCI PA
09ASUNCION456	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]	2009-07-21 11:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION463	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]	2009-07-24 12:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION464	PARAGUAY'S 2009 SECOND QUARTER INL REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 12:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN PREL KCRIM PA
09ASUNCION466	CORRESPONDENCE FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN [...] (U) Embassy received a letter from the Paraguayan Congress to Vice President Biden on July 21. An unofficial translation follows: (BEGIN TEXT) Asuncion, 14 de julio de 2009 Mr. President: I have the pleasure to address your honor in order to inform you of the members of the Paraguaya [...]	2009-07-24 14:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPDC PREL PY
09ASUNCION469	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-07-27 18:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION49	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Felix Raul Benitez Velazqu [...]	2009-01-22 22:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION495	CODEL PRICE SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Price August 19-20. Your visit will come on the heels of President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. An inexperienced team, exceedingly high exp [...]	2009-08-05 20:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OVIP PREL PY
09ASUNCION497	US OIL COMPANY SUES PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) Texas-based Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) will likely file a lawsuit against the government of Paraguay August 6 after efforts failed to find a solution to the dispute about the start date of Crescent's exploration contract (reftel). The Ministry of Public Works and Communications (MOPC [...]	2009-08-05 21:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA
09ASUNCION5	BOOSTING BIOFUELS IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A public-private working group approached the Embassy December 23 to outline an ambitious plan to dramatically increase Paraguayan sugarcane-based ethanol production. They asserted a five-fold increase in five years is quite feasible, if more favorable access to the U.S. market [...]	2009-01-06 21:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EAGR EPSC PA
09ASUNCION50	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Join [...]	2009-01-22 22:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION504	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR MISSION SPA2010TRP502W, [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),US Agency for International Development (USAID),and CHOD Benitez concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here ( [...]	2009-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PHUM MARR PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA MASS
09ASUNCION51	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals will attend the ICT Alumni Even [...]	2009-01-22 22:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION515	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-08-17 11:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION516	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]	2009-08-17 11:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION521	MIXED REVIEWS OF LUGO AT THE ONE YEAR MARK [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo had several successes in his first year in office, including improvements in health care and an improved deal from Brazil regarding electricity from the Itaipu dam. However, Lugo's failings (increased insecurity, slow response to the financial crisis, lack of agrar [...]	2009-08-20 19:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
09ASUNCION528	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-08-24 11:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION532	CODEL GRANGER SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes Codel Granger September 2-5. Your visit follows President Fernando Lugo's one-year anniversary in office, and will find the Lugo government grappling with the challenges of day-to-day governing. A corrupt judiciary and national police, under-funded law [...]	2009-08-25 19:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PREL OVIP PA
09ASUNCION535	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-08-27 10:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION537	UPDATE: US OIL COMPANY LEGAL BATTLE WITH PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Texas based company PetroVictory/Crescent Global Oil (Crescent) is engaged in an escalating legal and public relations battle with the government of Paraguay after efforts to find a solution outside the courts failed, in spite of Embassy advocacy for the U.S. company. Crescent's [...]	2009-08-28 15:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL KGHG KSUM SENV PA
09ASUNCION54	ASUNCION PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY SPEAKER ON [...] Summary: Post wishes to join Montevideo (REFTEL 2) in the organization of a biofuels speaker program to take place in July 2009. Given Paraguay's interest in energy diversification and a pending bilateral renewable energy and biofuels MOU, post believes this funding possibility could spur d [...]	2009-01-27 19:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ENRG EAGR ECON PGOV KPAO ETRD UR
09ASUNCION544	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-09-01 12:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION546	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-09-02 10:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION547	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...]	2009-09-02 11:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION569	REGIONAL TENSIONS MOVE PARAGUAY TO CANCEL NEW HORIZONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOP declined a USG a 2010 DOD-sponsored training and humanitarian exercise due to regional tensions over the Colombia-U.S. Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). President Lugo's moderate stance on the DCA agreement at Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) meetings receive [...]	2009-09-11 16:12:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV MOPS PA
09ASUNCION579	PRESS EXPLAINS REJECTION OF NEW HORIZONS [...] (U) Daily newspapers Ultima Hora and La Nacion published stories September 17 on Paraguay's decision to decline the U.S.-offered New Horizons military exercise. The articles placed the decision within the context of regional controversies discussed at recent UNASUR meetings, including t [...]	2009-09-18 18:52:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION580	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-15 16:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION582	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-15 16:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION588	CODEL GRANGER IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: House Appropriations Committee Member Kay Granger (R- Texas) led a delegation to Paraguay September 2-5. Codel Granger conveyed U.S. support for Paraguay's fight against corruption and drug trafficking. Meeting with a variety of law enforcement and criminal justice partners th [...]	2009-09-16 22:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV OREP PREL PA SNAR
09ASUNCION59	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Christian Saturnino Centurio [...]	2009-02-02 12:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION592	Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...]	2009-09-21 14:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION594	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-21 14:21:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION595	BOLIVIA EXPLAINING ARMS PURCHASES [...] (U) Press reports that Bolivian ministers of defense and foreign affairs are visiting Paraguay to better explain up to USD 100 million in future Bolivian arms purchases from Russia. Foreign Minister Hector Lacognata responded to earlier press reports with an official request for information to Boli [...]	2009-10-08 20:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PINR PA
09ASUNCION596	Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...]	2009-09-21 14:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION598	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-21 14:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION613	Kidnapping by Paraguayan People's Army or EPP Seizes [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) kidnapped well-known rancher Fidel Zavala on October 15. According to initial reports, the kidnappers demanded a ransom of US $5 million for Zavala's release. The Zavala family initially refused involvement of the Paraguayan National Police, b [...]	2009-10-21 22:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR
09ASUNCION617	AMBASSADOR AYALDE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT LUGO TO REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: I met with President Lugo late October 16 at Lugo's request. Lugo was in good spirits but very concerned about the kidnapping of cattle rancher Fidel Zavala in Concepcion Department. Lugo recognized that the EPP (Paraguayan People's Army) was "very dangerous" and hoped for Zavala's saf [...]	2009-10-22 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PA
09ASUNCION661	EMBASSY IS NOT SPARED AS CRIME CONTINUES TO RISE IN ASUNCION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over the course of the past six months, Asuncion has experienced a notable increase in crime. The crime wave has impacted the Embassy community, but most recently the Paraguayan National Police have reacted quickly to arrest suspects. Case in point: on November 16 the Paraguayan Nation [...]	2009-11-23 21:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC AMGT ALOW
09ASUNCION67	DEFENSE MINISTER ON U.S. SECURITY COOPERATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 30 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, Paraguayan Defense Minister Bareiro assessed his Government's response to the New Year's Eve attack on a small army outpost in Tacuati (San Pedro Department) and shared his thoughts regarding expanded security cooperation with the [...]	2009-02-04 22:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL MOPS PA
09ASUNCION675	SCENESETTER FOR A/S VALENZUELA'S VISIT TO PARAGUAY [...] (C) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela December 17-18. Your visit will serve as a boost to Paraguay's nascent democracy. An inexperienced President Fernando Lugo promised the electorate he would deliver change, but he has dashed expectations by failing [...]	2009-12-07 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PA
09ASUNCION68	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Adalberto Garcete DOB: [...]	2009-02-05 11:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION681	PREPPING FOR A/S VALENZUELA: PARAGUAY'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Lacognata met December 10 to review the bilateral agenda before WHA Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December 17-18 visit. The Ambassador told Lacognata that we believe the investment climate is deteriorating. She also expressed concern about the sustain [...]	2009-12-15 17:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS ECON PREL MASS PA IR
09ASUNCION690	LETTER FROM PARAGUAYAN PRESIDENT LUGO TO PRESIDENT OBAMA IN [...] The Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered to the Embassy a letter dated October 13, 2009 from President Fernando Lugo Mendez addressed to President Barack Obama. An informal translation follows. No signed original to follow. 2. Embassy's informal translation of letter: [...]	2009-10-21 13:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PA
09ASUNCION695	PARAGUAY UNLIKELY TO APPROVE VENEZUELA'S MERCOSUR [...] (U) Despite President Fernando Lugo's strong political support in favor of Venezuela's entry into Mercosur (ref A),Paraguay's Congress, the population in general, and leading daily newspaper ABC Color remain opposed to the measure. While Lugo asked Congress to approve Venezuela's admission in Octo [...]	2009-12-29 16:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINT ECIN ECON PGOV PA VE
09ASUNCION700	U.S. OFFERS SUPPORT TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Ayalde and A/PAO visited newly appointed National Institute of the Indigenous (INDI) President Lida Acuna on October 13. Acuna explained the many challenges INDI faces and accepted the Ambassador's offer to partner with Post on indigenous issues. End summary. 2. [...]	2009-10-22 18:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC OIIP SCUL IAII SOCI PHUM PGOV PA
09ASUNCION703	WHA A/S VALENZUELA TELLS PARAGUAYANS TO WORK TOGETHER TO [...] (C) WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela visited Paraguay December 17-18. Congressional leaders from major political parties expressed frustration with their failed attempts to initiate dialogue with President Lugo on building a national agenda. They commented on swirling rumors of pre [...]	2009-12-31 17:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PA
09ASUNCION706	FRAUD SUMMARY - ASUNCION [...] This cable is in response to an action request in reftel. ------------------------------- COUNTRY CONDITIONS ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) After the 35-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner and six decades of Colorado Party rule, Paraguayans elected forme [...]	2009-10-28 13:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC PA
09ASUNCION72	SCENE-SETTER FOR CAPSTONE FELLOWS [...] (SBU) Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes CAPSTONE fellows February 22-24. President Fernando Lugo's administration represents an historic transition after the Colorado Party's 61 years of rule. Lugo's challenges are many: An inexperienced team, exceedingly high expectations for change, endemi [...]	2009-02-06 12:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MARR SNAR MASS MCAP PGOV PA
09ASUNCION9	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These candidates are scheduled to attend the Str [...]	2009-01-08 16:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION93	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of Tactical Commander's ATA training March 2 - March 20, 2009, in As [...]	2009-02-12 13:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION94	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces who are intended recipients of U.S. training March 9 - 20, 2009 in Lima, Peru. 2. Candidate n [...]	2009-02-12 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION99	LUGO MEETING REQUEST WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 14:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PA
09ATHENS1015	(S) Bakoyannis: TUAF Overflights Must Stop Before Progress [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 15:44:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL GR
09ATHENS1049	Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary's Bilat with FM Bakoyannis, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Welcome back to Greece! Your visit will focus primarily on broader European security issues, yet it will also provide an opportunity on the bilateral side to reinforce a message of the new Administration's desire to put on a new course our relationship with Greece, which had b [...]	2009-06-23 13:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OTRA GR
09ATHENS1063	GREECE -- CODEL CARDIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit to Greece of the Congressional delegation headed by the Honorable Senator Benjamin Cardin, U.S. Senator for Maryland, accompanied by Mr. Fred Turner, Chief of Staff, CSCE, and DOD LCDR Greg Kausner, USN, who will arrive in Corfu on Sunday, June 28 at 07:00, an [...]	2009-06-24 12:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GR
09ATHENS1069	GREECE -- CODEL CARDIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE -- CORRECTED COPY [...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit to Greece of the Congressional delegation headed by the Honorable Senator Benjamin Cardin, U.S. Senator for Maryland, accompanied by Mr. Fred Turner, Chief of Staff, CSCE, and DOD LCDR Greg Kausner, USN, who will arrive in Corfu on Sunday, June 28 at 07:00, an [...]	2009-06-25 08:28:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GR
09ATHENS109	KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...]	2009-01-29 05:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO TU GR
09ATHENS1121	Presidential Delegate, Rep. Titus, Discusses VWP, Greece's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Head of the Presidential Delegation to the opening of the New Acropolis Museum, Representative Dina Titus, visited Athens June 20-21, meeting with PM Karamanlis, FM Bakoyiannis, Interior Minister Pavlopoulos, Tourism Minister Markopoulos, Cypriot President Christofias, and Pre [...]	2009-07-01 14:16:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP TU GR
09ATHENS113	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW ALTERNATE MINISTER [...] (C) In a January 15 courtesy call with Christos Markoyiannakis, newly appointed to the key position of Altern!Q% A)"QQQ!Q" QQ Q)Lrder, the Ambassador streQQQ$QQQTQQQ!QQQQQQQbout terrorism and human tQQ"Q "!$ "!Q! QQQQQat both problems were Q!$ Q% Qreed to help work on several specific cases ra [...]	2009-01-29 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KTIP KCRM SMIG EFIN TU GR
09ATHENS114	THE HELLENIC POLICE: FEW FRIENDS, BIG CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the riots that swept across Greece after the death of a 15-year-old youth in an altercation with police, the public spotlight has been on the Hellenic Police (HP) -- both for its role in the shooting but also for its perceived ineffectiveness in protecting property owners a [...]	2009-01-29 15:06:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KCRM PTER EAID SNAR GR
09ATHENS116	KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS' [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...]	2009-01-29 15:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO TU GR
09ATHENS1201	GREEK FIU: IMPROVED FUNCTIONALITY, BUT MORE NEEDED TO MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting on July 9, Stelios Grozos, the Chairman of the Hellenic Anti-Money Laundering Committee (aka the Greek Financial Intelligence Unit or FIU),told A/EconCouns that he largely agreed with the problems and recommendations identified in the FATF's Fifth Follow-Up Report [...]	2009-07-13 09:48:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN KTFN MK PREL EFIN ECON GR
09ATHENS1265	Aegean Issues: Thoughts on CBMs, Preparing for Turkish [...] (C) Embassy Athens welcomes the interagency focus on Aegean issues reflected in the sub-IPC reported informally in ref. We recognize that it will be important for Greece to contribute to an improved atmosphere in the Aegean that can diffuse the tension and create an opportunity for more subs [...]	2009-07-17 14:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL TU GR
09ATHENS1365	OSCE CiO S/R Discusses Tbilisi Bureau, Seeks Guidance on [...] (C) Summary: OSCE CiO Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts Charalampos Christopoulos met with Ambassador Speckhard July 28 to discuss intentions to open a CiO Special Representative Bureau in Tbilisi, the OSCE's role in Georgia and developments in Moldova. S/R Christopoulos gave Amb [...]	2009-07-30 16:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR RS GG
09ATHENS138	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): GREECE POCS [...] (SBU) Post provides in paragraph 2 contact information for Embassy Athens and the Greek government for issues related to the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT). Post will transmit by septel a substantive response to other reftel requests for information prior to the February 20 deadline. I [...]	2009-02-02 14:16:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09ATHENS141	NEW JUSTICE MINISTER SIGNS OFF ON U.S.-EU MUTUAL [...] (C) During an introductory call by the Ambassador January 27, new Greek Justice Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed that he had recently signed out to Parliament a legislative package for Greek ratification of the U.S.-EU Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) and Extradition agreements. Securing ratific [...]	2009-02-02 15:32:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KTIP CVIS KJUS GR
09ATHENS1443	GREEK VIEWS ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (C) MFA Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou commended U.S. efforts to resolve the impasse over participation in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia, agreed with excluding North Korea and Iran from participation, and labeled our reftel message "a nice compromise." He noted his und [...]	2009-08-26 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO GR
09ATHENS1445	SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS KAIDANOW'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (U) Dear Tina, 2. (SBU) It's my pleasure to welcome you to Greece. The last twelve months have been marked by a succession of crises for the government of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, who has managed to hold onto his one-seat majority in Parliament through the global financial cri [...]	2009-08-26 17:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON OTRA GR
09ATHENS147	GREECE/NATO: ACCESSION PROCESS STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Per ref A request, we have further followed-up with GOG officials on the status of the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO (ref B). The protocols are now pending in the Parliament, and various contacts have confirmed that the Parliament is expected to approve them in "Fe [...]	2009-02-03 10:34:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL HR AL GR
09ATHENS1479	GREECE WILL FOLLOW EU CONSENSUS ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES AT [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief delivered Reftel A points to the MFA's Disarmament Sub-Section Head Loukas Tsokos on September 16. Tsokos reiterated the Greek position, as detailed in Reftel B, noting that Greece continues to believe that a single Middle East resolution is desirable, and that Greece will [...]	2009-09-16 11:29:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA GR
09ATHENS1491	EUROPE 2010: ATHENS PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) The following individuals from Embassy Athens will attend the Europe 2010 Conference in Brussels September 30 - October 1. Both hold valid NATO clearances. Hotel information is included directly below the personal data of each traveler. -- Ambassador Daniel Vern Speckhard DO [...]	2009-09-22 13:19:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR OTRA PARM NATO GR
09ATHENS1497	YOUR VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of political fervor and uncertainty, with early national elections called by an embattled Prime Minister on October 4 in which he and his party are widely expected to lose to the opposition center-left PASOK party. Beyond po [...]	2009-09-23 14:08:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR
09ATHENS1503	SECOND FRONTEX INCIDENT IN AEGEAN VIEWED CALMLY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Greek MFA informed us September 18 that they had transcripts and photos from an EU Frontex mission in the Aegean of a Turkish Coast Guard vessel assisting illegal immigrants enter Greek territorial waters and land on the Greek-inhabited island of Farmakonisi. This September [...]	2009-09-24 06:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN SMIG GR TU
09ATHENS1511	Embassy Athens Engages with GoG on Iran [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens' Front Office and Political Section have engaged with our Greek partners from the highest levels to the working level at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in order to expand our dialogue on Iran. Characterizing the Iranian regime as weak, Greek interlocutors maintain [...]	2009-09-25 14:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA IAEA KPAL IR IS GR
09ATHENS1513	Likely Scenarios for Greek Elections/Impact on USG interests [...] (C) Summary: All indications point to PASOK winning narrowly; the vote is more a protest against ND than a vote for PASOK and its policies. An interregnum leading to a second round of elections in November resulting in a stronger PASOK government is also possible. A PASOK government is unlik [...]	2009-09-25 14:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MK TU GR
09ATHENS1519	GREECE ARRESTS SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF DOMESTIC TERRORIST GROUP [...] (SBU) In the most high-profile arrests of domestic terrorist suspects since 2003, Greek police raided two houses in the Athens districts of Halandri and Galatsi on September 23, and arrested four individuals who were subsequently charged September 25, in connection with three bombings carried o [...]	2009-09-30 07:26:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PTER PREL ASEC ABLD GR
09ATHENS1523	GREECE -- STAFFDEL TURNER (OCTOBER 8-13) [...] Embassy warmly welcomes the visit to Greece of CSCE Congressional Staff Delegation members Alex Johnson and Winsome Packer from October 8-13 in order to join CODEL Cardin for the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Meeting in Athens. 2. Embassy has assigned Political Counselor George H. Frowic [...]	2009-10-01 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GR
09ATHENS1529	Opposition PASOK Wins Greek Parliamentary Elections [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unexpectedly strong victory in Greece's October 4 Parliamentary elections, George Papandreou's Pan Hellenic Socialist Union (PASOK) opposition party defeated incumbent Costas Karamanlis' New Democracy Party by a spread of more than ten percentage points. -- Winning 44 [...]	2009-10-05 11:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON GR
09ATHENS1531	H1N1: GREECE WILLING TO PROVIDE ADVICE, NOT VACCINES [...] SUMMARY: In a response to reftel demarche, the Greek Ministry of Health indicated that it was not in a position to contribute vaccines to the US-led World Health Organization effort to aid developing countries ahead of the anticipated autumn flu season. The Ministry did offer technical and sc [...]	2009-10-05 15:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KFLU WHO AORC

09ATHENS1533	Opposition PASOK Wins Greek Parliamentary Elections [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an unexpectedly strong victory in Greece's October 4 Parliamentary elections, George Papandreou's Pan Hellenic Socialist Union (PASOK) opposition party defeated incumbent Costas Karamanlis' New Democracy Party by a spread of more than ten percentage points. -- Winning 44 [...]	2009-10-06 10:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON GR
09ATHENS1535	WHO'S WHO IN THE NEW GREEK GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: As expected after his comfortable win in the October 4 Greek parliamentary election, PM George Papandreou has named a government consisting of some PASOK old guard, with a liberal helping of fresh new faces, many of whom have substantial international experience, if not govern [...]	2009-10-07 15:16:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ECON GR PGOV
09ATHENS1543	64th UNGA: CANDIDATE FLOGAITIS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for information about Spyridon Flogaitis, Greek candidate for the UN Fifth Committee International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),Flogaitis is a long-time contact of Embassy Athens and Post hasn't encountered any disqualifying information. Flogaitis i [...]	2009-10-15 05:57:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNGA PINR GR
09ATHENS1544	FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 24 SITREP [...] (SBU) Over the weekend of August 21-23, over 80 wildfires broke out throughout Greece. The worst of these hit northeast of the greater Athens area, fueled by strong winds and evoking images of Greece's devastating 2007 fire season. In response, Post issued a Warden message. While the worst o [...]	2009-08-24 16:59:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS1549	ATHENS LAY OF THE LAND FOR PM A/S SHAPIRO [...] (C) Andrew: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of calm between two storms; the first being the recently concluded Parliamentary elections in which PM Papandreou scored a decisive victory over the moribund Karamanlis administration, and the second being Greece's dismal economic sit [...]	2009-10-15 15:38:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MARR MASS GR
09ATHENS1555	GREECE SUPPORTS U.S. IMO CANDIDACY, EXPECTS SAME [...] (SBU) On October 2, we delivered reftel demarche and diplomatic note to the MFA's D1 Office, responsible for the UN and other international organizations and conferences. On October 16, we followed up with Director Emannouil Papadorgiorgakis, who assured us of Greek support for the United Sta [...]	2009-10-16 12:28:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA GR
09ATHENS1560	FIRES IN GREECE: AUGUST 26 SITREP [...] (SBU) Wildfires in towns north of Athens subsided on 25 August after four days of destruction. No casualties were reported, but press reports indicate about 50,000 acres of land had been burnt and 50 homes destroyed. Following an "emergency" cabinet meeting on August 25, the Government of Gree [...]	2009-08-26 15:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL SENV SOCI GR
09ATHENS1563	MOD VENIZELOS LAYS OUT VIEWS BEFORE PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. New Minister of Defense Evangelos Venizelos recently told Parliament that he will take an "extremely cautious" view towards NATO's Strategic Concept, that he wants to avoid Aegean tensions but will resist flagrant Turkish violations of international law and threats of violence, an [...]	2009-10-23 10:50:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS GR
09ATHENS1581	Greece: Government Manages to Suspend Port Strike, But For [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Confronting its first major challenge since taking office, Greece's new PASOK government negotiated a temporary suspension to a dockworkers' strike on October 17. Latching onto PM Papandreou's pre-election promises to re-examine privatization agreements, dockworker unions at t [...]	2009-10-27 11:31:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ELAB GR CH
09ATHENS1585	ACTION REQUEST: GREECE TO U.S.: "HELP US HELP YOU IN [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a meeting with DepEconCouns and USAID/E&E representatives on October 22, Ambassador Karafotias, the Director-General of Hellenic Aid (HA),made a very pointed request-the latest in a long line of requests-for specific projects [...]	2009-10-27 17:35:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL GR EAID AF
09ATHENS1589	SCENESETTER FOR ADM ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Welcome to Greece. You are the first and most senior flag officer to visit Greece since the October 4 national elections. Admiral Stavridis (as SACEUR) and Admiral Fitzgerald (as NAVEUR) visited Athens in late September. Your visit comes as newly elected PM George Papa [...]	2009-10-30 09:38:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS PREL PGOV NATO GR
09ATHENS1591	GREEK DOMESTIC TERRORISTS STRIKE POLICE STATION [...] (SBU) A group of six unidentified individuals carried out an attack with automatic weapons on the police station in the Athens suburb of Agia Paraskevi, eight kilometers north of the Embassy, on the evening of October 27, wounding six police officers, one of them seriously. In addition to firi [...]	2009-10-30 15:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC ABLD GR
09ATHENS1593	CITIZENS' PROTECTION MINISTER CHRYSOCHOIDIS AND PM A/S [...] (C) PM A/S Andrew Shapiro stressed U.S. counter-piracy objectives in an October 23 meeting with new Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Mihalis Chrysochoidis, urging Greece to build on its current counter-piracy actions by signing the New York Declaration on best practices for vessel self-pr [...]	2009-11-04 12:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SMIG KCRM MARR GR
09ATHENS1601	GREECE: MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AUTHORIZATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 08:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY KRVC EWWT GR
09ATHENS1609	GREECE -- STAFFDEL PACKER (NOVEMBER 27-DECEMBER 3) [...] Embassy Athens warmly welcomes the visit to Greece of CSCE Congressional Staff Delegation member Winsome Packer from November 27 to December 3, 2009, in order to attend the 17th OSCE Ministerial Council and the OSCE PA Meeting in Athens. 2. Embassy has assigned Political Counselor Geor [...]	2009-11-09 12:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC OTRA AFIN OSCE GR
09ATHENS1623	SCENESETTER FOR ASD VERSHBOW'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Welcome to Greece. Your visit is an important one and reinforces efforts by recent high-level USG visitors (SACEUR ADM Stavridis, COMNAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald, PM A/S Shapiro, and CNO ADM Roughead) to demonstrate to the Greeks that we are serious about our Alliance and about working with them [...]	2009-11-12 17:08:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR AF TU
09ATHENS1627	MFA VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT, NRC, CFE, OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece supports our goal at the December Foreign Ministerial of MAP for Montenegro, and agrees BiH is not ready. On NATO-Russia, he noted that the SecGen's draft ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats may be a bit overly ambitious, but that it was importan [...]	2009-11-13 15:46:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1629	ISAF: GREEKS WON'T GO TO RC-WEST AFTER ALL, NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) As foreshadowed by MOD Venizelos in his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Greek press reports that the Government Council of Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA),Greece's NSC equivalent, decided November 13 to reverse the previous government's commitment to re-deploy the Greek ISAF [...]	2009-11-13 15:48:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1633	Greece Supports EU Renewal of Belarus Sanctions and [...] (C) PolOff met November 10 with Vassilis Tselios, Deputy Head of the C1 EU External Relations Directorate, to discuss a coordinated Belarus sanctions policy. Tselios - the Greek MFA's point person for EU- Eastern partner affairs - noted that Greece does not have an embassy in Minsk and therefo [...]	2009-11-16 14:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO GR EUN
09ATHENS1643	Ambassador's Meeting with Minister of Citizens' Protection [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek Minister of Citizens' Protection Michalis Chrysochoidis provided Ambassador Speckhard with an outline on November 12 of his ambitious plan to reorganize and energize all of Greece's civilian security agencies, including the national police, the domestic intelligence servi [...]	2009-11-19 13:54:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PGOV SOCI PTER KCRM KTIP SMIG GR
09ATHENS165	UNKNOWN GREEK TERROR GROUP CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY [...] A previously unknown group calling itself "Sect of Revolutionaries" has claimed responsibility for the February 3 shooting and hand grenade attack on the Korydallos police station in suburban Athens (reftel). An anonymous call to the Ta Nea newspaper led police to discover a CD containing the [...]	2009-02-05 16:34:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV ASEC GR
09ATHENS1669	Greek Response to Burma Dialogue Demarche [...] (SBU) On December 1, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. dialogue with Burma with Ambassador Charalambos Dafaranos, Director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Dafaranos said Greece fully agreed with U.S. views on the necessity of a legitimate 2010 election, for dialogue between [...]	2009-12-01 13:40:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GR BM
09ATHENS1673	NATO: GREEK UNEASE AT UPCOMING NATO CAOC AND CC-AIR COMMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek interlocutors, including Minister of Defense Venizelos and Chief of Defense Giagkos, have increasingly and more stridently expressed to us that NATO's new "Flags-to-Posts" (FTP) arrangement agreed by CHODs in May 2009 is not acceptable to the new Papandreou government, citi [...]	2009-12-04 11:31:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR TU
09ATHENS1677	GREECE: ENGAGEMENT ON OUR AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens took advantage of the Deputy Secretary's October 1-2 visit to press the Greek government for greater contributions in Afghanistan, and reinforce with the media the themes in the President's December 1 announcement. In a bilateral meeting October 2 with Greek PM Pa [...]	2009-12-04 14:12:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO NATO MARR GR AF
09ATHENS1679	GREEK COURT OVERTURNS CONVICTIONS OF ELA TERRORIST GROUP [...] (SBU) On December 3, 2009, a Greek appeals court threw out the 2004 convictions of three members of the People's Revolutionary Struggle (ELA) terrorist organization, ruling there was insufficient evidence. A fourth defendant died in June 2009. The ELA members were cleared of all charges for w [...]	2009-12-04 15:21:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV GR
09ATHENS168	IRAQI FM, IRANIAN DFM BOTH SEEK GREATER COOP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Athens, Iraqi FM Zebari discussed a wide range of topical issues with Greek FM Bakoyannis, thanked Greece for its decision to open a commercial office in northern Iraq, and urged Bakoyannis to make good on her long-standing promise to visit Iraq. Following [...]	2009-02-06 09:07:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IZ IR GR EAID ENRG
09ATHENS1683	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH GREEK PRIME [...] (C) In a meeting on December 2, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and Greek Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and OSCE Chair-in-Office George Papandreou discussed the President's announcement on the way forward in Afghanistan, the Macedonia name issue, bilateral relations with Turkey, the Cyprus issue [...]	2009-12-04 15:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP GR
09ATHENS1707	GREECE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Athens submits the draft below for the Greece section of the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. Begin text: 2. Greece and the United States have a strong record of counterterrorism cooperation. Domestic terrorism and extremist violence increased significantly in 2009, fol [...]	2009-12-16 09:48:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR GR
09ATHENS1717	INFORMAL ADVISOR TO PAPANDREOU SHEDS LIGHT ON GOG INTERNAL [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff met December 3 with Paulina Lampsa, head of the PASOK International Secretariat, to discuss internal dynamics and key players in the Papandreou Administration and the current state of play in Cyprus and Turkey. Lampsa discussed her role and that of other semi-official a [...]	2009-12-20 22:05:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV GR TU MK CY
09ATHENS1721	Russia Looks to Court New GoG Officials, Displays Interest [...] (C) In recent weeks Russian officials, including Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, have reached out to Greek officials and the Greek public, in an effort to display reinvigorated Russian-Greek ties and paint a picture of close cooperation with the Greece on economic, political and cultur [...]	2009-12-22 11:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG OSCE RS BU GR
09ATHENS1725	University Asylum in Greece: When Democracy Goes Awry [...] (C) Summary: A series of violent attacks against Greek academics in both Athens and Thessaloniki during the past month has fueled public debate over whether the university asylum law should be repealed to allow police officers to enter university grounds absent a formal request from university au [...]	2009-12-23 08:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OEXC SOCI GR
09ATHENS1774	FRAUD SUMMARY ATHENS [...] Over the past 20 years Greece has seen a remarkable improvement in its standard of living. This is primarily due to the long-term convergence plan of the European Union for socioeconomic uniformity among member states. This, together with its geographic location, has made Greece an attractiv [...]	2009-09-30 13:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC GR
09ATHENS1816	GREECE H1N1 FLU UPDATE: 7,000 STUDENTS OUT OF SCHOOL; MASS [...] SUMMARY. The number of confirmed H1N1 cases has exceeded 2,100 in Greece in the period May-October 2009 but the unrecorded infections are estimated at 20 to 30 times that number. Greece had 12 serious cases and 3 fatalities from H1N1 infection to date, however 95 percent of patients have ful [...]	2009-10-06 09:44:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU AEMR TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09ATHENS19	FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE, [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...]	2009-01-07 17:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN
09ATHENS191	THE SORRY STATE OF THE GREEK EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM: [...] (C) Summary: This is the first of two cables on the challenges created by the Greek educational system for U.S. public diplomacy in Greece. This cable will describe the state of the sector and current attempts to reform it. The second cable will describe how we are reaching out to Greek y [...]	2009-02-13 08:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KAPO OPRC OEXC SCUL GR
09ATHENS203	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 1 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the first of four cables. After the Summary, the cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 23 (THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION) and 24 (SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS). ---- [...]	2009-02-17 14:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS2038	Greeks Host Third Global Forum on Migration and Development [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece hosted the 2009 Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) in Athens November 2-5. For the first time, a U.S. delegation attended the Forum, led by PRM/PIM Office Director Suzanne Sheldon and including officers from U.S. Mission Geneva, U.S. Embassy Athens, and DH [...]	2009-11-16 17:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF EAID SMIG GR
09ATHENS204	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 2 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the second of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraph 25 (INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS). -------------------------------------------- INVESTIGATION AND PROSECU [...]	2009-02-17 14:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS206	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]	2009-02-17 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS216	NEW GREEK FINANCE MINISTER ON GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) In a February 13 courtesy call, the Ambassador discussed the global financial crisis and its impact on the Greek economy with Ioannis Papathanasiou, Greece's new Minister of Economy and Finance. The new Minister summarized his recent EcoFin meetings in Brussels, the revisions to the Gre [...]	2009-02-19 13:44:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GR
09ATHENS226	TURKISH EMBASSY'S VIEWS ON MIGRANT READMISSIONS [...] (C) According to an official at the Turkish Embassy in Athens, there are two reasons why Turkey is unwilling to permit Greece to return third-country illegal migrants to Turkey at the port of Izmir, as called for in a 2001 bilateral protocol and which the Greeks believe would greatly reduce th [...]	2009-02-20 12:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU GR
09ATHENS228	MAURITANIA: GREECE AGREES "100 PERCENT" WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on EU policy toward Mauritania to MFA A9 Africa Directorate deputy head Taxiarchis Christopoulos. Christopoulos said Greek diplomats from Brussels would attend the February 20 EU meeting in Paris. He also said that Mauritania was a regular topic of [...]	2009-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GR EUN MR
09ATHENS235	FOREIGN MINISTER BAKOYIANNIS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyiannis will use her visit to Washington to define, publicly and privately, Greece's relations with the Obama administration. A charismatic yet practical politician, Bakoyiannis relishes her job as Foreign Minister, and will offer to work with us on a broad r [...]	2009-02-23 05:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GR MK
09ATHENS243	UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: AMCIT NOMINATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Directorate, on 23 February. Panagiotidis indicated that it would be given due consideration, but we have not yet received a response. MCCARTHY [...]	2009-02-24 14:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR
09ATHENS248	"SECT OF REVOLUTIONARIES" CLAIMS TV STATION [...] (SBU) On February 21, the Greek newspaper Ta Nea published the text of a letter it reportedly received the day before from the "Sect of Revolutionaries" claiming responsibility for the February 17 attack against the Alter TV station. In that attack, four assailants fired at vehicles and threw [...]	2009-02-26 09:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC ABLD GR
09ATHENS249	SENATOR DURBIN DISCUSSES CYPRUS, TURKEY, VISA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial and very substantive discussion during his visit to Athens, Senator Richard Durbin told Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis about his impressions of the chances for a settlement of the Cyprus issue following his visit to Nicosia and underscored the new administration's [...]	2009-02-26 11:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL CVIS ECON ENRG PTER PGOV TU CY GR
09ATHENS253	GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Greek Parliament formally ratified the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to join NATO. Although Parliamentary approval is the last political step, the protocols must still be signed by the President of the Republic and published in the "Official Gazette. [...]	2009-02-26 15:28:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR
09ATHENS266	OSCE CIO/GREEK FM BAKOYANNIS ORGANIZING IRAQ VISIT [...] (C) During a discussion of ref A points on the review of U.S. policy in Iraq, MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs Counsellor Gregory Karahalios, who has responsibility for Iraq, told DepPolCouns that FM Dora Bakoyannis, who is also currently OSCE CiO, is trying to organize a visit to Ir [...]	2009-03-03 11:45:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MOPS IZ GR
09ATHENS286	GREECE/OSCE: BAKOYIANNIS MEETING WITH OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabbi Andrew Baker, the OSCE Personal Representative for Combating Anti-Semitism (and International Jewish Affairs Director for the American Jewish Committee) told Polofs that the OSCE Chairmanship was focused on security issues, and had not developed an agenda or active plan fo [...]	2009-03-09 10:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGO PHUM GR KIRF
09ATHENS287	GREECE/NATO: RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA [...] The Government of Greece has completed the process to ratify the NATO accession of Croatia and Albania. Law 3753 -- the Parliament's ratification of the accession protocols for Croatia and Albania -- was published in the "Official Gazette" and became official on March 4, 2009. MFA sources h [...]	2009-03-09 13:01:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR
09ATHENS315	GREECE: NEW WAVE OF MIGRANT PROTESTS ON POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest incident in a series of violent immigrant-police confrontations, police clashed with approximately 70 illegal migrants in the port town of Patras on March 3. Media reported that an illegal migrant was injured attempting to stow away on a truck bound for Italy. W [...]	2009-03-13 13:51:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM GR SMIG
09ATHENS326	GREEK TOURISM:RECESSION AND SECURITY THREATEN, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a call by Ambassador February 23, new Minister of Tourism Constantinos Markopoulos expressed high hopes for U.S.-Greek relations with the new Administration, acknowledged that Greece's tourism sector faces difficult challenges in 2009 due to the drastic fall off in book [...]	2009-03-16 12:42:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN ETRD GR
09ATHENS349	GREECE: BOMB ATTACK AT GOVERNMENT REAL ESTATE [...] (SBU) At approximately 2130 on March 19, a bomb went off near the entrance of the Hellenic Public Real Estate Corporation (KED),heavily damaging a nearby parked car. No injuries or deaths were reported. According to police contacts and media reporting, the bomb was placed in a plastic bag [...]	2009-03-20 14:37:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC KCRM GR
09ATHENS419	GREECE REJECTS ROM PROPOSALS AS DISTRACTION FROM REAL ISSUE [...] (C) In a letter dated March 24, 2009, to Republic of Macedonia (ROM) Foreign Minister Milososki, Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis rejected Milososki's March 13 initiatives for signing a declaration of friendship, establishing a joint committee on education and history issues, and a framework proposal f [...]	2009-03-31 13:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GR MK
09ATHENS471	Greek Contributions to Afghanistan [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A instruction to urge Allies and partners to provide specific support for Afghanistan, Post has reached out to a range of Greek contacts in the MFA and MOD. Ambassador spoke on April 2 with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Chief of the Foreign Minister's Diplomati [...]	2009-04-03 14:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR GR
09ATHENS497	MFA POSITIVE ON AFGHANISTAN, VISA WAIVER NEGOTIATIONS, POTUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador discussed ref A points on Afghanistan and Pakistan with head of the Foreign Minister's Diplomatic Cabinet, Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, noting the issue was not only a top priority for the U.S. but also a critical one for Greece, which had recently seen Afghani migrant [...]	2009-04-06 09:42:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PGOV PREL IR AF MOPS GR
09ATHENS509	GREECE -- RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to LouQsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive res [...]	2009-04-07 07:43:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP KN GR
09ATHENS513	GREECE SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On April 6, Poloffs delivered reftel points on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Ambassador Tryphon S. Paraskevopoulos, Director of UN and International Specialized Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and George Panagiot [...]	2009-04-07 08:52:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR UN
09ATHENS515	GREECE - RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),D1 Directorate, on April 6, on the issue of the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 Launch. Tsokos expressed thanks for the information but made no substantive [...]	2009-04-07 12:06:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP KN GR
09ATHENS541	EMBASSY ATHENS RESPONSE: FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) The GoG is expected to receive $100,000 in International Military Education and Training (IMET) funding in FY 2009 in order to continue to professionalize Greece's military. Therefore, Greece is covered by Section 7088(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Progr [...]	2009-04-08 11:41:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL GR
09ATHENS58	FY 2009 Request for Sustaining Funds-American Corners [...] Introduction and Summary: Embassy Athens requests $58,340 in FY09 funds to strengthen programs at the six American Corners (ACs) in Greece: Xanthi (northeastern Greece),Veria (northwestern Greece),Sparta (southern Greece),Corfu (western Greece),the Hellenic American Union (HAU) in central [...]	2009-01-16 12:50:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP KIRC GR
09ATHENS591	Greece reiterates support for the U.S. candidacy to the UN [...] (U) On April 15, poloff delivered reftel points on the formal announcement of United States candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to George Panagiotidis, Embassy AttachC) for the UN Directorate at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In response, Panagiotidis reiterated Greece' [...]	2009-04-15 14:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS62	GREEKS ALERTED TO SIGNING OF U.S.-ISRAEL [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the signing of the U.S.-Israel Anti-Smuggling MOU to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Maria Zisi. Zisi was grateful for the information but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) It was the opinion of the Embassy Country Team th [...]	2009-01-16 15:55:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
09ATHENS647	Greece Welcomes U.S. Candidacy to the UN Human Rights [...] (U) On April 23, Embassy received a Note Verbale from the D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) expressing its support for the U.S. candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2009-2012 term. Greece "warmly [...]	2009-04-23 12:36:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS65	GREECE: UPDATE ON RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) MFA Secretary General Agathocles told Ambassador Speckhard 1/15 that the NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albanian are pending in Parliament and should be approved "soon." Although contacts in the MFA NATO Department and the Office of the President of the Parliament report that A [...]	2009-01-20 13:38:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PGOV PREL HR AL
09ATHENS683	GREEK LAW ENFORCEMENT FACES BIG HURDLES IN MEETING TERRORIST [...] (C) As domestic terrorist groups and violent anarchist gangs continue the heightened level of activity that they initiated following the December 2008 riots, Greek law enforcement is looking for help. At the request of the Greek Ministry of Interior, Scotland Yard recently conducted an assessm [...]	2009-04-28 14:27:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ABLD PREL KCRM GR
09ATHENS685	VISA WAIVER PROGRAM: A TOP PRIORITY IN U.S.-GREECE BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's entry into the U.S. Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a top priority in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations. As the U.S. and Greece "reset" relations after several difficult years and the advent of a new American Administration, Secretary Clinton and Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyann [...]	2009-04-29 05:36:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DHS CVIS GR
09ATHENS695	Ambassador, FM on Resetting Bilateral Relations, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Bakoyiannis on April 30, Ambassador Speckhard outlined our strategy for re-focusing the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship toward common strategic challenges, and away from the more narrow parochial interests that have defined our relationship in recent year [...]	2009-04-30 16:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS TU AF GR
09ATHENS747	EMBASSY ATHENS WELCOMES STAFFDEL JOHNSON (MAY 17-22) [...] Embassy Athens welcomes STAFFDEL Johnson to Athens, Greece, from May 17-22 for the 17th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. 2. The Administrative Point of Contact (Control Officer) for STAFFDEL Johnson is: David Muehlke, Political Officer Office: (30) 210-720-2551 Mobile: (30) 69 [...]	2009-05-08 14:54:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM GR
09ATHENS751	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO) SHIP RECYCLING [...] (SBU) On May 8, A/EconCouns and Julienne Hince, Deputy Chief of Mission for the Australian Embassy in Greece, discussed reftel points with Captain Elias Sabatakakis, Directorate for the Protection of the Sea Environment, Greek Ministry of Mercantile Marine, Aegean Sea & Island Policy. Sabataka [...]	2009-05-11 10:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EWWT IMO KTIA PREL SENV GR
09ATHENS757	Scenesetter: Deputy Secretary Steinberg's Visit to Athens, [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you to Greece. Your visit provides crucial support to our efforts to re-shape the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Building on the overwhelmingly positive attitudes in Greece to the new administration, we are working to focus on common strategic [...]	2009-05-11 14:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OVIP GR MK TU
09ATHENS799	GREEK TERRORISTS BLOW UP BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 12:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC ABLD PGOV GR
09ATHENS841	Greece: Cuba Libertad Act Response [...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy Athens offers the following information on the general state of Greece-Cuba relations as they pertain to the Libertad Act. 2. (C) We assess that Greece will continue to follow the EU common position to support the development of democracy and human rights [...]	2009-05-20 11:57:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU GR
09ATHENS9	GREEK FM CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis -- who became Chairman-in-Office of the OSCE on January 1 -- has also taken an activist role in the EU response to the Gaza crisis. On January 4, she issued a statement criticizing Israeli ground operations in Gaza, calling for an immediate ceasefire, an [...]	2009-01-05 13:16:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SOCI GR IS
09ATHENS937	Pakistan: No Requested Air Assets in Greek Inventory [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-02 13:55:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PK GR SMIG PARM
09ATHENS979	Greece: Cuba Libertad Act Response II [...] (C) Per reftel A request and as a supplement to response reftel B, Embassy Athens offers the following additional information on Greece-Cuba relations in the areas of trade and investment. 2. (C) According to the Cuba Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),the bilateral legal fra [...]	2009-06-11 08:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU GR
09AUCKLAND22	NEW ZEALAND REACTION TO THE END OF THE E-PASSPORT EXEMPTION [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Summary. New Zealand expects hundreds of its citizens abroad may be inconvenienced by the end of the e-passport exemption for emergency travel and will lobby DHS to use its waiver authority liberally. End summary. 3. (U) [...]	2009-05-06 08:39:00	Consulate Auckland	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CMGT KPAO PBTS PREL NZ
09BAGHDAD101	BATTLING CORRUPTION IN IRAQ: OVERVIEW AND WAY [...] (C) There are signs of the GOI's growing concern over widespread corruption, although the depth of its professed commitment to curbing it remains uncertain. In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih spoke of convening a meeting of representatives of the GOI, [...]	2009-01-14 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCRM PGOV PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1011	DIYALA: PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT FORMED DESPITE [...] (U) This is a Diyala PRT reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a tense atmosphere, with the threat of arrest looming over several members of the Tawafuq bloc, the newly-formed Diyala Provincial Council convened the third meeting of its first session on April 11 and elected it [...]	2009-04-13 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1012	SRSG BRIEFS PM MALIKI ON DIBS REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 12 meeting, a UNAMI official described PM Maliki's positive reaction to a briefing by SRSG de Mistura on the impending release of the UN's DIBs reports. Maliki reportedly welcomed news that the reports would disappoint the Kurds and offered no evidence that he is pr [...]	2009-04-13 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1024	DIVIDED GOVERNMENT -- TENSIONS RISE IN EXECUTIVE [...] (C) Summary. Tensions that could impede political progress have grown further between the Prime Minister and the Presidency Council (PC) over different conceptions of executive authority, failed promises, and anxiety about the internal balance of power after national elections. PM Maliki has e [...]	2009-04-14 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1027	RRT ERBIL: KRG LEADERS WELCOME GREATER U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Top Kurdistan Regional Government decision makers (the President, Security Chief and Prime Minister) are interested in USG proposals to reduce tensions in Kirkuk and welcome greater USG involvement in resolving Kurd-Arab tensions. KRG leadership did not eliminate the possibility [...]	2009-04-14 12:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1029	IRAQI NSC DEBATES DETAINEE RELEASE ISSUES [...] (C) The Iraqi National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Maliki, debated detainee issues at its April 5 meeting. During the loosely structured and free flowing 90 minute discussion, several senior GOI officials worried that technical flaws in the vetting process might cause the inad [...]	2009-04-14 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1030	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF: BRINGING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In recent weeks, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has steadily increased the pressure on the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),prohibiting entry of additional categories of supplies and personnel. The GOI recently announced its intention to move the residents of Camp Ashraf from their curr [...]	2009-04-14 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD1032	CHARGE AND MOHR DISCUSS MEK, KUWAITI MIAS, HUMAN [...] (C) Minister of Human Rights (MoHR) Wijdan Salim expressed satisfaction with the program G/IWI has planned for her official April 19-26 visit to Washington, D.C., during which she will meet with senior USG officials and human rights organizations. An issue Salim is likely to raise in her U. [...]	2009-04-15 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1039	ERBIL RRT: DEPUTY ANTI-CORRUTION COORDINATOR VISITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Anti-Corruption Coordinator (D/ACC) Lynn Gurian traveled to the Kurdistan Region (KR) to learn more about the ways in which corruption manifests itself in the KR, steps being taken to combat corruption, and determine best "next steps" for USG-funded anti-corruption effort [...]	2009-04-16 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD1056	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ - STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) Summary: Skepticism over the significance of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) has begun to grow among donors as Iraq has shifted its focus to developing bilateral political, economic, and military agreements. Many donor countries have demanded a streamlined ICI. Prime Minister M [...]	2009-04-18 08:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1061	Nomination of Jeff Lodinsky for the 2009 Barbara M. Watson [...] Embassy Baghdad is proud to nominate Consul General Jeff Lodinsky for the 2009 Barbara M. Watson Award. Jeff supervises one of the most stressful, demanding and unusual Consular operations in the world. Through his leadership in Baghdad, the diverse, multi-national staff has achieved remark [...]	2009-04-19 13:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	CMGT APER AMGT IZ
09BAGHDAD1062	NEW SPEAKER OF THE PARLIAMENT: BUILDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ayad Samarrai'e, leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and Tawafuq coalition was elected speaker of the Iraqi parliament by 153 votes on April 19, 2009, after a four-month campaign. His election indicates there is a strong cross-sectarian, cross-ethnic political alliance invol [...]	2009-04-20 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1074	Bechtel to Survey First Bid Round Oil Fields [...] (U) Summary: On April 15, EMIN met with Bechtel executives who described their project to survey six oil fields in support of the first bid round at the behest of the Ministry of Oil (MoO). International oil companies (IOCs) that are participating in the bid round could then purchase the surve [...]	2009-04-21 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EINV ENRG ETRD PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1076	UNAMI GETTING SOME TRACTION ON ARAB-KURD DISPUTE [...] (C) Summary: UNAMI SRSG deMistura is satisfied so far with the level of buy-in he is getting from Kurdish Region President Barzani and Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki for the launch of a political dialog aimed at eventually resolving the disputed internal boundaries issue. On April 17 deMistur [...]	2009-04-21 09:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD1077	JOURNALISTS' RIGHTS DEFENDERS WORRY GOI CLAMPING [...] (C) In the wake of the brouhaha over senior GOI security official Maj. Gen. Qassim Ata's April 13 threat to close the Baghdad office of the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat and to shut down Sunni satellite channel Al-Sharqiyah (in response to allegations that he had issued orders to arrest ex-detaine [...]	2009-04-21 10:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1090	SOME DISPLACED FAMILIES RETURN TO MIXED BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Embedded PRT governance specialist and Coalition Force (CF) leaders met on April 19 in Baghdad's Hurriya section with local Iraqi officials, area sheikhs and Iraqi Army (IA) officers involved in the resettlement of internally displaced (IDP) families. Hurriya had [...]	2009-04-22 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREF PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD1096	Nasiriyah's Old and New Refineries [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Dhi Qar Deputy Team Leader and visiting Embassy Baghdad EconOff met with Nasiriyah Refinery manager Abdul Hasan al-Lawi on April 12. The 30,000 barrel per day Nasiriyah Refinery is representative of the small refineries scattered throughout Iraq. Lawi came across as a dedi [...]	2009-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV ENRG IZ
09BAGHDAD1097	FM ZEBARI,S CHIEF OF STAFF PROMISES HELP WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 16 meeting with EMIN Wall, Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff, Ambassador Srood R. Najib noted that he would facilitate formalizing documents related to physical assets transfer from the USG to the Government of Iraq (GOI). After many months of delay, Najib [...]	2009-04-24 03:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL EINV KCOR ECON PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1103	IRAN IN IRAQ: STRATEGY FOR PRESSURING IRGC-QF [...] (S/NF) Summary: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Quds Force (IRGC-QF) officers are active in Iraq, conducting traditional espionage and supporting violent extremists as well as supporting both legitimate and malign Iranian economic and cultural outreach. Iraqis and their government have dem [...]	2009-04-24 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR MOPS ECON ETRD IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1104	IRANIAN PLANS FOR IRAQ AS U.S. FORCES DRAW DOWN [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Iranian response to the drawdown of U.S. military forces in Iraq, and Iraq's evolving relationship with Iran, will influence the climate for U.S. engagement with Iran on our range of interests. The Iranians may see the drawdown as an opportunity to strengthen their hand in Ira [...]	2009-04-24 16:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR PGOV MOPS ECON IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1106	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF:MEK COOPERATIVE IN FACE OF NEW GOI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GoI) continued its efforts to establish civil authority over the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) community at Camp Ashraf. The GoI has taken over responsibility for the hospital, and is in discussions to take over electric and water services. The GoI conducted a do [...]	2009-04-24 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD1110	EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009 (IRAQ) [...] (U) The Embassy Science Fellows Program offers an important opportunity to bring US government experts to Iraq, where they would be assigned to teach one- to three-month courses in the area of their expertise within the field of cultural heritage at the newly established National Training Insti [...]	2009-04-26 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL SENV TSPL TBIO AMGT EAGR ENRG ECON
09BAGHDAD113	MEK UPDATE: DEFECTOR CLAIMS MEK HAS CONTINGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A defector from Camp Ashraf, home to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MeK) in Iraq, says the group's leadership at Camp Ashraf is prepared to order residents to kill themselves to protest any arrests of Ashraf residents. The defector (now under the care of the Ministry of Human Rights a [...]	2009-01-15 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR

09BAGHDAD1137	NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER WANTS TO HELP BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first official meeting with the Embassy as Speaker of the Parliament on April 23 Ayad al-Samarrai'e expressed support for an oil law and thought passage of a text this calendar year was feasible. He expressed support for ratification of the USAID Bilateral Assistance Trea [...]	2009-04-29 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID EINV ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD1138	DISPLACED FAMILIES IN BAGHDAD DESCRIBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Poloff, Refcoord, and Embedded PRT governance specialist met April 26 with approximately 15 displaced (IDP) families in Baghdad's Hurriya neighborhood, in 2006-2007 the site of some of the capital's most intense sectarian violence. Most heads of household said they had [...]	2009-04-30 06:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREF PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD1146	IRAQI FINANCE MINISTER ON BUDGET WOES AND CUSTOMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr continues to lament Iraq's budget woes and the parliamentary restrictions he faces in trying to find ways to meet shortfalls. He told EMIN that he is planning to offer a recisionary amendment ("negative supplemental") in June or July and may be f [...]	2009-04-30 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ETRD WTO PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD1148	ASSISTING IRAQ TO DEVELOP ITS PETROLEUM RESOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary pressures have motivated the GOI to increase crude oil production, but it is having difficulty executing its plans. We have a vague request for additional support for contracts the GOI hopes to complete in the short term, but no details on what is required. The GOI's ur [...]	2009-04-30 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL US IZ
09BAGHDAD1149	KRG ELECTIONS ON TRACK, WITH LIMITED NEED FOR USG [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reports that planning for the Kurdish parliamentary elections is on track, with an anticipated election date of July 25. IHEC's Chairman told us that PM Maliki has orally authorized funding for the elections, but that IHEC wi [...]	2009-05-01 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD118	NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL [...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...]	2009-01-16 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1189	BAGHDAD CITY PLANNING: A CAPACITY BUILDING SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: What began five years ago as a request for USG assistance with electronically mapping four Baghdad neighborhoods has grown into a sustainable Geographic Information System (GIS) Center within the Mayor's office, also known as the Amanat. The Baghdad Provincial Reconstruction [...]	2009-05-06 06:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PINR KCRS IZ
09BAGHDAD119	NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL [...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...]	2009-01-16 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1204	DEVELOPING IRAQ'S SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Through a series of meetings over a week-long visit, senior GOI officials told a visiting USG delegation from NEA/I and STAS that the GOI lacks a coherent Science and Technology (S-T) policy development and funding mechanism, and identified three similar but competing options th [...]	2009-05-07 16:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPHY SCUL TBIO TNGD TINT PREL KPAO IZ
09BAGHDAD1207	BARHAM SALIH REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE ON OIL [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki wants to conclude direct contracts with international oil companies for six oil fields in hopes of accelerating output, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told Ambassador Hill May 5. He said the PM would soon create a group to focus on this new strate [...]	2009-05-08 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD121	NINEWA: HADBA LEADER CLAIMS HIS PARTY IS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a January meeting with PMIN DCG of MND-N, Al Hadba ("The Gathering") leader Atheel al-Najaifi, said his party would score do well in the Ninewa election as it was the only party actively campaigning in all parts of Ninewa. Despite his confidence, Najaifi said he was concerned a [...]	2009-01-16 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1222	ARAB-KURD CONFLICT NARROWLY AVERTED MAY 8 [...] (C) On May 8, a potential armed confrontation between Ninewa Governor Atheel Alnujaifi and Kurdish Peshmerga, 20 kilometers northeast of Mosul in disputed Hamdaniya province, was averted when the event the governor was scheduled to attend was cancelled. Peshmerga manning a checkpoint on the [...]	2009-05-10 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD124	ASSESSING THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: At the direction of Prime Minister Maliki, Support Councils (SC) (Arabic: majilis al-isnad) were first established in Maysan and Basra in conjunction with ISF security operations in March and May 2008. The first Support Council, established in Basra, didn't develop much due to [...]	2009-01-16 16:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1248	PM TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT IRAQ WANTS STRONG RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador Hill's initial official meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, the PM stressed Iraq's desire to develop a strong strategic relationship with the Obama Administration, and to focus on implementing the Security and Strategic Framework Agreements. Maliki complaine [...]	2009-05-12 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD1260	IRAQI MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY INVITES SECRETARY OF ENERGY [...] Summary and action request: Iraq's Minister of Electricity passed ITAO a letter of invitation to US Secretary of Energy Chu to come to Iraq for bilateral discussions of four Iraqi power sector challenges: power plant construction, Iraq's participation in global emissions reductions, solar and [...]	2009-05-13 14:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD129	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DPM AL-ESSAWI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met with Iraqi Deputy Prime minister al-Essawi in the CMR January 5, immediately after the conclusion of the ceremony to commemorate the opening of the new U.S. Embassy. Conversation focused on upcoming local elections, integration of the Sons of Iraq (SOI) i [...]	2009-01-17 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1294	ARREST OF SUNNI LEADER HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES ON [...] (S) Summary: On May 12, the Iraqi Army arrested prominent Sunni Tribal leader Sheikh Mutlab Al-Massari, on suspicion of collaborating in efforts to reconstitute the Ba'th Party. The arrest of Mutlab, who is a close contact of the U.S. Embassy and Coalition Forces, highlights many of the challe [...]	2009-05-18 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER MARR MOPS IZ
09BAGHDAD1311	KHANAQIN, DIYALA KURDS INFLEXIBLE ON DIBS DEMANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish interlocutors in the Khanaqin district of Diyala province strongly believe that Khanaqin and surrounding areas must be part of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). They assert that Khanaqin's population has historically been overwhelmingly Kurdish (despite Saddam's [...]	2009-05-20 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD1321	UNDER SECRETARIES BURNS AND FLOURNOY MEET WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with Under Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Secretary of Defense Michele Flournoy, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al-Issawi blamed the politicization of government ministries and corruption for the poor state of essential services in Iraq. He said hea [...]	2009-05-20 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IZ
09BAGHDAD1331	IRAQ SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FUNDING INADEQUATE [...] (SBU) From May 11-13, visitors from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and National Science Foundation met with numerous Government of Iraq (GOI) officials to discuss science and technology (S-T) policy development and funding. GOI officials admitted Iraq lacks a driving force and vision t [...]	2009-05-21 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPHY SCUL TBIO TNGD TINT PREL KPAO AORC
09BAGHDAD1342	STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: One of the key elements of PM Maliki,s expected visit to Washington this summer will be the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA). The SFA defines areas of cooperation necessary to ensure a sustainable and enduring bilateral relationship with Iraq. Approved by the Iraqi p [...]	2009-05-22 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD1346	UK-GOI NEGOTIATIONS FOR UK MILITARY PRESENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. UK-GOI negotiations for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding UK military presence in Iraq have stalled. The deadline to execute an agreement is May 31. UK Ambassador Prentice indicated to the Ambassador that Prime Minister (PM) Maliki is unwilling to support an agree [...]	2009-05-23 07:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UK IR
09BAGHDAD1359	ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MASS GRAVES, AND THE MEK [...] (C) In a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador and the Embassy's Senior Coordinator for Refugees, ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer provided an overview of the ICRC's activities in Iraq and praised the close cooperation between the organization and the Embassy. Schaerer highligh [...]	2009-05-25 12:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD1365	VP HASHIMI CLAIMS POLITICAL TARGETING BY PM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with Ambassador Hill May 23, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi complained that Prime Minister Maliki is targeting Sunnis Arabs and the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP). Hashimi claimed that the Council of Representatives' (CoR) anti-corruption interrogation of the Min [...]	2009-05-25 17:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1385	GOI SLOWLY MAKING PROGRESS IN WMD NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq (GOI) is slowly making progress in building support among its various ministries for the complex tasks the GOI faces in order to fulfill its international obligations in the field of WMD nonproliferation. The Iraqi National Monitoring Directorate (INMD) and [...]	2009-05-27 09:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP KTIA KLSO CWC IZ
09BAGHDAD1390	PROGRESS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Zebari,s Chief of Staff Ambassador Srood Najib told the Embassy that he had reduced the number of outstanding Oil-for-Food (OFF) contracts from 130 to 80. He hopes to have all outstanding OFF accounts closed, and return whatever is left to the Development Fund f [...]	2009-05-27 17:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KCOR ECON PREL IZ UN
09BAGHDAD1412	PRT SALAH AD DIN: LOCAL IRAQIS CONSIDER [...] (SBU) The postponement of local (District and Sub-District level) elections presents a major obstacle to the development of democracy in SaD Province. Currently, local officials in SaD lack legitimacy because they were largely appointed by CF/DoS under the CPA, rather than elected by Iraqis. [...]	2009-05-31 08:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1414	JOINT COORDINATION COMMITTEE CONVENES TO ADDRESS IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The President of the Iraq Higher Judicial Council (HJC),Chief Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud, and the President of the Kurdistan Judicial Council (KJC),Chief Judge Ahmad Zobair, along with representatives of their respective judiciaries, met on April 28 to discuss issues of judicial feder [...]	2009-05-31 09:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD1427	NINEWA OPERATIONS COMMAND: SOME DETAINEES FINALLY [...] (C) The Government of Iraq is trying to adequately address problems relating to its detainee population. The Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) is a particularly egregious offender. Although most of the approximately 1,000 people incarcerated at the NOC have had their cases reviewed by an inv [...]	2009-06-01 06:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PJUS PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1431	IRAQ-SAUDI ARABIA: NO RAPPROCHEMENT IN SIGHT [...] (C) Summary: On May 29, Prime Minister Maliki publicly complained about Saudi Arabia's "negative stance" toward Iraq's efforts to improve the bilateral relationship. In his sharp response two days later, the Saudi Interior Minister suggested that Maliki himself was working against Iraq's i [...]	2009-06-01 09:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SA
09BAGHDAD1433	IRAQI JOURNALISTS CONTINUE THE ELUSIVE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Iraqi journalists and representatives from various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provided their views on freedom of the press, access to information and the influence of political parties on Iraqi media. Participants expressed a genuin [...]	2009-06-01 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1437	ICI - BAGHDAD COORDINATION GROUP DEMANDS RESULTS [...] (C) Summary: The International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial set for October or November, 2009 in Baghdad must have substance to persuade ministers to attend, UN Special Advisor to the Secretary General Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador Hill May 25. Gambari met with the Ambassador prior t [...]	2009-06-01 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1441	IRAQ: ASSET TRANSFER PROCESS WELL UNDER WAY [...] SUMMARY: The United States and Iraq have agreed upon, and are implementing, a comprehensive asset transfer process. The process includes commitments by the Government of Iraq to maintain U.S.-funded infrastructure in Iraq. End Summary. 2. Since 2008, Embassy representatives have been wo [...]	2009-06-02 03:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1456	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS, CRIMINAL [...] (C) Summary: During the May 31 session of the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) the Minister of Human Rights aggressively confronted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the assembled security officials over her concerns over the human rights situation in Iraq, directly refuting his c [...]	2009-06-03 06:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR IZ PTER
09BAGHDAD1457	NEW IIP LEADERSHIP TAKES PARTY IN NEW DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The largest Sunni Arab political party, the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP),has changed its leadership in a move that might presage a reconciliation with the Prime Minister's Shia Islamist party. On May 24, 2009, the IIP selected both a new Political Bureau, and Osama al-Tikriti as it [...]	2009-06-03 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD1469	OIL MINISTRY MOVES ON ADDITIONAL SOUTHERN OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Oil's South Oil Company continues to make some progress on a project to replace aging underwater pipelines through which three-quarters of Iraq's crude oil is exported. Two surveys, one to identify unexploded ordnance and a second to collect bathymetric data, ar [...]	2009-06-04 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV SENV KCOR KU IZ
09BAGHDAD148	OIL MINISTER SHAHRISTANI TARGET OF CRITICISM [...] (S) Summary: In a January 15 meeting with Department of Energy (DOE) Embassy representatives, a senior Ministry of Oil (MoO) official said that on January 12 Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh's special investigative committee (ref B) presented its initial findings to Saleh and other senior G [...]	2009-01-20 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1480	MAY 2009 PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: SECURITY, STABILITY, [...] (U) Summary: On May 26-27, Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) hosted its quarterly conference for leaders of the Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). All PRTs, embedded Provincial Reconstruction Teams (ePRTs) and Regional Embassy Offices (REOs) participated, including [...]	2009-06-05 11:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AMGT EAID EAGR SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1481	IRAQ-KUWAIT: IRAQI RHETORIC HEATS UP [...] (C) From the Baghdad perspective, the Iraq-Kuwait relationship is getting stickier and it may start to affect U.S.-Iraqi relations eventually. Contrary to rumors, Kuwait has not recalled its Ambassador to Iraq, according to contacts here. However, Kuwait's recent actions opposing lifting I [...]	2009-06-05 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1487	IMMUNITIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, Ambassador Hill and other Embassy officials delivered the message on extension of immunities by Executive Order to relevant Government of Iraq officials. Ambassador Hill delivered the message verbally, and by letter (see text at paragraph 8 below). [...]	2009-06-07 10:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOT ECON PREL IZ UN
09BAGHDAD149	U.S.- IRAQ SECURITY AGREEMENT: JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary. On January 15, the United States and the Republic of Iraq held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Committee (JC),established under the auspices of the U.S. - Iraq Security Agreement (SA). The meeting was co-chaired by General Raymond Odierno, Commanding General, Multi-National [...]	2009-01-20 13:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MOPS IZ
09BAGHDAD1495	ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ: UPDATE BY UN [...] (C) UNODC official provided update on the GOI's request to join the Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative, highlighting the late May UNODC/World Bank conference here to familiarize GOI stakeholders with the Initiative. The UNODC official also noted the GOI's growing interest in strengthenin [...]	2009-06-07 16:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1496	SPEAKER SAMARRAIE SAYS THAT HE CONCURS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: Ayad al-Samarraie, Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),told the Ambassador and Commanding General June 4 that a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA) was unnecessary, but doubted the CoR could pass a law nullifying the referendum requirement because of e [...]	2009-06-08 06:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1498	IRAQI POLITICIANS PASS THE BUCK AS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The Council of Representatives' (CoR) Legal Committee is working on a law to conduct a July referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA),as required by the 2008 SA approval law. Although key politicians and groups (e.g., the PM, CoR Speaker, Kurds, mainstream Sunn [...]	2009-06-09 07:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD150	TURKISH-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS: SLOW [...] (C) Summary: Little progress was made at the Iraqi-Turkish-U.S. trilateral security talks, held at the intermediate subcommittee level on January 15. Turkish MG Ozturk made a brief presentation on the PKK in Northern Iraq, but most of the time was spent discussing modalities. All parties [...]	2009-01-20 15:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PTER PREL PINR PRES TU IZ
09BAGHDAD1524	NORWAY'S FM REQUESTS HELP TO FACILIATE BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 09:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IZ NO PREL
09BAGHDAD1528	AN OVERVIEW OF USG ANTI-CORRUPTION ASSISTANCE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The USG remains very active in support of and funding for programs with an anti-corruption content in Iraq. Embassy Baghdad's Anti-Corruption Coordination Office (ACCO) has compiled a catalog of ongoing USG assistance programs to build the Iraqis' awareness of and capacity t [...]	2009-06-11 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCOR KDEM EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1531	UN ARAB-KURD HIGH LEVEL TASK FORCE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI Special Representative to the Secretary General Staffan de Mistura (SRSG) met separately on June 10 with Government of Iraq (GOI) and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) delegations chosen by GOI Prime Minister (PM) Maliki and KRG President Barzani. This began High Level [...]	2009-06-11 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1536	NINEWA AND ERBIL GOVERNORS MEET IN MOSUL [...] (C) Summary: During his May 31 visit to Mosul (reftel),the Ambassador called on local Arab and Kurdish political leaders to address their differences through dialogue. The Embassy, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa, Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil, and Multinational Divi [...]	2009-06-12 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ PINR PINS KISL TU
09BAGHDAD1538	KRG ELECTIONS: A "REAL RACE" IN SULAIMANIYAH? [...] (C) Summary: Two recent polls conducted in the Kurdistan region project that the Kurdistan Coalition -- formed by the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) -- and current KRG President Masoud Barzani are early favorites in the elections to be held on Ju [...]	2009-06-12 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV KDEM
09BAGHDAD1540	THIRD MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND ENERGY JOINT [...] (C) The third meeting of the Economic and Energy Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) met under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 10, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih and EMIN Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, at which working group chairs provide [...]	2009-06-13 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PREL CVIS IZ
09BAGHDAD1542	VP ADIL ABD AL-MAHDI TELLS AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (C) Summary. Momentum to delay a referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement has built, Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi told the Ambassador June 11. He recommended that the U.S. raise its concerns over GOI payments to GE directly with the PM, and said that debt and border issues with Kuw [...]	2009-06-14 11:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1555	ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED [...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was [...]	2009-06-15 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD1556	ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED [...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was a [...]	2009-06-15 16:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD156	GOI ANTIBODIES ATTACKING INDEPENDENT IRAQI TELECOM [...] (SBU) Five members of the Communications Media Commission (CMC) caretaker authority met with EMIN on January 13 to discuss the beleaguered commission's challenges and search for ways to help the CMC navigate Iraq's treacherous political waters. Provisionally established by CPA Law 65 to mana [...]	2009-01-21 12:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT KGIT KWIR TINT TSPL
09BAGHDAD1580	EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 16, we delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. We informed the minister that the Department had ranked Iraq as a Tier 2 Watch List country rather than categorize it as a special case, as had been done in previous years. W [...]	2009-06-17 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG IZ
09BAGHDAD159	IRAQ'S NOMINATIONS FOR MEPI STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM [...] Embassy Baghdad is pleased to nominated six principal candidates and three alternates in rank order for the MEPI Student Leaders Program. 2. First principal candidate: A) Last name: Saudi B) First name: Mustafa C) Middle names: Abdul Haleem Abdul Kareem D) Date of birth: Oct. 7, 1987 E) [...]	2009-01-22 05:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPMI KPAO PREL SCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD1599	UPDATE ON ARREST OF PROMINENT TRIBAL LEADER [...] (C) On June 9, Emboffs conducted a follow-up visit to detainee Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a prominent West Baghdad Sunni tribal leader and SOI affiliate who had close cooperation with the Embassy, the Baghdad PRT, and the U.S. Military. As outlined ref B, Mutlab's case is significant in that i [...]	2009-06-18 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD161	NINEWA: VICE GOVERNOR CLAIMS KDP WILL WIN A [...] (C) Summary: Vice Governor and KDP leader in Ninewa Province, Khasro Goran, said the KDP is deeply concerned that hundreds of thousands of Kurdish IDPs from before and after 2003 will not be able to vote in provincial elections. Goran said that, despite disenfranchisement of Kurdish IDPs, KDP [...]	2009-01-22 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1632	CENTRAL BANK OF IRAQ - MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs recently met the Director and Legal Consultant of the Money Laundering Reporting Office (MLRO),the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) of Iraq, which is part of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI). MLRO leadership and emboffs discussed the recent Middle East and North Africa [...]	2009-06-21 15:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM PGOV SNAR IZ
09BAGHDAD1633	Finance Minister Says Treasury Bills for GE Payment and IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 17 meeting with EMIN and Brigadier General Stephen Lanza, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr said the GOI and International Monetary Fund (IMF) had agreed to conduct technical negotiations on an 18 month loan program of around $5.5 billion. He also believed that the issuan [...]	2009-06-22 03:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAIR ETRD IZ
09BAGHDAD1643	GOI MAKING PROGRESS ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Recently returned from the June 1 Tripartite Commission meeting in Kuwait, the head of Iraq's delegation, Arkan Saleh, reported that the talks were constructive and that Kuwait's lead delegate, Ibrahim Shaheen, had agreed in principle to visit Iraq in the next few months. The issue of Kuwa [...]	2009-06-22 09:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV KU IZ
09BAGHDAD1648	FIRST OIL BID ROUND: THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH. [...] (C) Summary: On June 29 and 30, Iraq's Ministry of Oil (MoO) will award contracts to international oil companies to work eight large oil and gas fields, marking the largest bid round ever conducted, covering approximately 40% of Iraq's total proven reserves. A week before the event, on June 2 [...]	2009-06-22 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD1655	EMBASSY DISCUSSES TIP WITH MFA [...] (SBU) On June 22, we delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Alhamaimidi, the head of the North America desk at the MFA. We informed Alhamaimidi that the Department had evaluated and ranked Iraq as it does other countries, not as a special ca [...]	2009-06-23 10:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG IZ
09BAGHDAD1669	MEK BLUSTER, IRANIAN ACCUSATIONS HINDER CHANCE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) leader Miriam Rajavi wrote to Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki on June 22 to assail the Iranian government and urge greater accommodation of the MEK's Camp Ashraf, even as Iranian media carried accusations that the MEK instigated deadly post-election rioting i [...]	2009-06-23 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1670	Leadership Opportunities in Iraq PRTs [...] Embassy Baghdad OPA requests that NEA/EX transmit following as ALDAC. 2. Dear Senior-level Colleagues: 3. We ask you to consider a position as Team Leader of an Iraq Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT). Success in Iraq remains a vital component of U.S. foreign policy in the Middle Ea [...]	2009-06-24 06:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	APER IZ
09BAGHDAD1673	DETAINEE RELEASES CONTINUE, ALBEIT AT A SLOWER PACE [...] (C) Summary: The release and transfer of detainees held by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) continues, albeit at a slower pace than when the process began in February. The Detainee Affairs Joint Subcommittee (JSC),established in February by the Security Agreement, continues to hold biwee [...]	2009-06-24 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1695	Trial Begins on Destruction of Marshes and Marsh Arabs [...] (U) Summary: On June 24, the Iraqi High Tribunal began the trial of the Marsh Arabs case, which consists of crimes against humanity committed by Saddam's regime against Arabs living in the southern marshes of Iraq. The military attacks, forced relocation and draining of the marshes destroyed [...]	2009-06-25 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1697	ENVIRONMENT MINISTER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a meeting of the Environment Working Group under the Strategic Framework Agreement on June 22, 2009, the Minister for the Environment requested USG assistance for environmental legislation and regulation, laboratory c [...]	2009-06-25 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID SENV SOCI EWWT KGHG IZ
09BAGHDAD1699	PRISON ABUSE SCANDAL PUTS GOI ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The issue of detainee abuse and prison conditions has been transformed into an election-year hot potato following the assassination of Deputy Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Harith al-Obeidi, a Sadrist parliamentary bloc report alleging human rights violations by security officials, [...]	2009-06-25 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1700	ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ: THE POSITIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq's lead anti-corruption agency, the Commission of Integrity (COI),works with NGOs and civil society (hereafter referred to as NGOs) to enforce ethical behavior in the public and private sectors. A number of NGOs have demonstrated their commitment to fi [...]	2009-06-26 08:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV KDEM EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD1702	KRG PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTION CERTAIN TO [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) has unexpectedly passed a constitution for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),and approved its going to a referendum on July 25. The draft contains a number of provisions that may conflict with the Iraqi constitution. Politically, the [...]	2009-06-26 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1703	PM MALIKI PUSHES BACK ON PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONING [...] (C) Summary: Relations between Prime Minister Maliki and parliament's Sunni leadership have improved in recent weeks but remain cool. Responding to what he saw as a political campaign to weaken him after gains in the provincial elections, Maliki has sought to change the rules of the road for [...]	2009-06-26 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1704	RIVAL SHIA MPS FIND COMMON GROUND ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Influential Shia MPs Qasim Daoud and Jabir Habib Jabir -- both of whom belong to the Shia Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) but who hold contrasting views of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki -- share nationalistic viewpoints about Iraq's place in the region. In separate meetings with Polo [...]	2009-06-26 13:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KU SA IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1707	VP HASHIMI ON TROOP WITHDRAWALS, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting, Vice President Hashimi told the Charge he was concerned that upcoming withdrawals of U.S. combat forces from urban centers would lead to a deterioration of security, possibly mandating a return of U.S. forces in some areas. The Vice President expressed support for th [...]	2009-06-26 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MOPS IZ
09BAGHDAD172	PRT SALAH AD DIN: IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN TUZ [...] (S) Summary: Iranian influence in the Salah ad Din (SaD) district of Tuz Khormatu derives from the district's high proportion of Shi'a Turcoman residents, its relative proximity to Iran and its position as a north-south and east-west crossroads. Coalition Forces (CF) believe the district to [...]	2009-01-23 13:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ IR
09BAGHDAD1742	EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: ARRIVAL NOT IMMINENT [...] (C) Ambassador Mohammad Tawfiq, head of the Egyptian delegation that visited Baghdad this week to check on progress on renovation of the building that will house the future Egyptian Embassy, told Deputy Pol/Couns June 25 that the GOE's June 16 announcement that it had appointed an ambassador [...]	2009-06-29 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ EG
09BAGHDAD1744	IRAQ AFTER JUNE 30: THE VIEW FROM SADR CITY [...] (C) Summary. As the June 30 deadline for withdrawal from the cities approaches, Sadr City remains unstable and dangerous. Security there and in surrounding low-income Shi'a neighborhoods remains fragile but has not significantly deteriorated. Information about the two-thirds of Sadr City [...]	2009-06-29 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD175	FM ZEBARI ON "NEW ERA" FOR AMERICA, KUWAIT SUMMIT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Zebari told Ambassador Satterfield and Senior Advisor Gray January 22 that Iraqis are following closely the first days of President Obama's Administration, and that early signals to the region have been reassuring. He said the Iraq-Kuwait bilaterals on the margins of the [...]	2009-01-24 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS EFIN ECON IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1752	IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. SECURITY DIALOGUE: PLANNING FOR [...] (S) In mid-July (date TBD),the third Ministerial level meeting of the Iraq-Turkey-U.S. Security Dialogue will take place in Istanbul. The Trilateral Committee is divided into three parts: the Ministerial Level Committee, the Intermediate Subcommittee, and the Working Group. The main successe [...]	2009-06-29 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR IZ TU
09BAGHDAD1773	NORWEGIAN FM VISITS BAGHDAD, PLEDGES TO ESTABLISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his first visit to Baghdad on June 29, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere announced that Norway will establish an Embassy here and discussed expanding Norwegian cooperation with Iraq after four years of minimal diplomatic contact. He also advocated for Norwegian [...]	2009-07-01 11:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG IZ NO
09BAGHDAD1785	CHRISTIANS SEEK POLITICAL UNITY IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) Several key Christian politicians and religious leaders have begun to lay the groundwork for the unification of Iraq's Christian political parties into a single electoral coalition in anticipation of the January 2010 national elections. Although Iraq's Christian community suffers from num [...]	2009-07-02 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD1787	THE USG'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY IN IRAQ: [...] (SBU) Since the submission of our anti-corruption (AC) strategy, aimed at strengthening Iraq's AC regime, an array of USG agencies have continued to work to implement it. Our dialog with the GOI on AC issues centers on promoting Iraq's compliance with the United Nations Convention Against Corr [...]	2009-07-02 14:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1798	DEMINING DEADLOCK STARTING TO GIVE WAY? [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi ministries nudged closer July 1 to signing an interagency agreement (MOU) that would allow humanitarian demining to continue in Iraq. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) ordered the cessation of demining activities in December 2008 citing security concerns, but subsequent bur [...]	2009-07-05 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KHDP PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNDP
09BAGHDAD1799	KURDS DISMISS USG CONCERNS ABOUT KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy and RRT Erbil have met with Kurdish COR members and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials to express serious concern about politically inflammatory provisions in the recently passed Kurdish Constitution and the KRG's apparent rush to submit it to a public ref [...]	2009-07-05 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1805	IRAQ,S FIRST OIL BID ROUND: TOO HARD A BARGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: The Iraq Ministry of Oil's June 30 bid round (ref A) resulted in a winner for only one of the eight fields on offer, leading international oil companies (IOC) and foreign observers to claim that the GOI had failed to achieve its goals. For the most part, however, senior GOI offic [...]	2009-07-06 13:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1811	GOI PLANS ULTIMATUM TO CLOSE ASHRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings between GOI and USG officials last week, the GOI committee responsible for the Mujahedin-e-Khalq's Camp Ashraf appeared increasingly intent on closing Camp Ashraf. GOI officials informed acting Pol-Mil Couns that plans are underway to enter the camp, est [...]	2009-07-06 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PHUM PINR PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD1812	LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT TARIQ AL-HASHIMI TO [...] On July 5 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Vice President Hashimi to President Obama on the occasion of Independence Day. A similar letter was sent to Vice President Biden. Both original letters will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: R [...]	2009-07-06 17:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD1816	IRAQI AGREEMENT ENABLES DEMINING TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi ministries signed an interagency agreement (MOU) without fanfare July 5 that will enable NGOs and companies to continue humanitarian demining in Iraq, according to Ministry of Environment (MOEnv) Deputy Director Dr. Kamal Latif. The breakthrough ends a six-month bureauc [...]	2009-07-07 09:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1822	LAND ISSUES HALTING INVESTMENT IN IRAQ,S PROVINCES [...] (SBU) The Muthanna Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) is one of the most active and dynamic economic development organizations in Iraq. Since its inception in late summer 2008, Muthanna,s PIC has issued seventeen (17) licenses worth some 363 million dollars to a broad array of businesses [...]	2009-07-07 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV
09BAGHDAD1823	PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION LAW: MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) The ad hoc parliamentary elections committee (reftel) produced a draft election law for the January 2010 national elections on July 6. The ad hoc committee is currently seeking input and reaction to the draft, including from the Embassy-funded CLA/University of Utah elections experts th [...]	2009-07-07 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ KDEM
09BAGHDAD185	ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCY WADES INTO CONTROVERSY OVER [...] (C) The Commission on Integrity (COI) acting head, Judge Rahim Al-Ugaili, criticized the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) for failing to vet educational certificates submitted by candidates in the upcoming provincial council elections. Rahim had previously announced that the COI, in [...]	2009-01-25 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD1857	HOMOSEXUALS FLEE IRAQ IN THE FACE OF CONTINUED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 07:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1873	LETTER FROM IRAQI PRIME MINISTER NOURI AL-MALIKI [...] On July 2, Embassy Baghdad received a diplomatic note from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq, which forwarded a letter from Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki to President Obama. Original letter will be send to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Below is the text of the letter. B [...]	2009-07-11 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD1875	COMMERCIAL LAW DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (CLDP) ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On his recent visit, Marc Tejtel, U.S. Department of Commerce Deputy Chief Counsel of the Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP),through discussions and cooperation with CLA, Treasury, ROLC, INL, ECON, and Iraqi officials, initiated project proposals for commercial capacity- [...]	2009-07-12 03:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ
09BAGHDAD1890	NON-MUSLIM ENDOWMENT: FLUSH WITH CASH, BUT NO ONE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1891	SEVEN CHURCHES BOMBED IN BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD1911	A STEP FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS: MOD TRANSFERRING [...] (C) In response to a recent prison abuse scandal (ref A),the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) has ordered its operational commands to transfer detainees to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to bring the Iraqi Army in compliance with CPA Order number 10. CPA Order 10 vests full authority and contr [...]	2009-07-14 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KJUS PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1912	SOLVING THE IRAQ-KUWAIT MARITIME BOUNDARY ISSUES [...] (SBU) In paragraphs 16 and 17 of this message, we lay out a way forward to address Iraq's concerns with respect to its right to free access to the sea, including an unambiguous statement of Iraqi rights to international waters and a suggested expansion of the Khor Abdullah Interoperability P [...]	2009-07-14 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ETRD EWWT PBTS PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09BAGHDAD1913	PRT SALAH AD DIN: SADDAM'S UNIVERSITY AS A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both the SAD PRT and its Coalition Forces (CF) partner have had increasing success in building positive connections with the University of Tikrit, a notable change from the University's previous unwillingness to work with Americans generally and open hostility toward CF. Over t [...]	2009-07-14 19:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KPAO SCUL IZ

09BAGHDAD1920	U.S.-SUPPORTED DEMINING EFFORTS IN IRAQ FACE FORK [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Defense (MOD) will block the Iraqi Mine Clearance Organization (IMCO) from doing demining in Iraq, according to Deputy Minister of Environment Dr. Kamal Latif, who also heads the Directorate for Mine Action. IMCO is a NGO that the Department's Weapons Removal and [...]	2009-07-15 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KHDP PARM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1921	DRAFT LAW OUTLINES KEY OPTIONS FOR IRAQ'S NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 16:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1925	SHIA AGAIN PONDER UIA AS AN ELECTORAL VEHICLE [...] (C) Summary. Local media and Embassy contacts are speculating about the imminent revival of the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) as a coalition for the planned January parliamentary election. The potential revival of the UIA encompasses three main issues: whether the Islamic Supreme Council of Ira [...]	2009-07-16 08:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1926	RRT ERBIL: KRG ELECTIONS PROCEDURES FOR VOTING BY [...] (C) Summary: The Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) is confident that the voting process during the upcoming Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) elections will be conducted with integrity. However, the special circumstances surrounding voting by security personnel point to possibl [...]	2009-07-16 09:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1951	PM MALIKI: DON'T MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki used the platform provided by a July 8 symposium on the role of human rights-focused NGOs, sponsored by the Cabinet, to denounce the politicization of human rights issues by critics of the GOI. He laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of the S [...]	2009-07-19 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD1961	IRAQ'S NEW ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Council of Ministers (CoM) signed an order in April 2009 establishing the Iraqi National Atomic Energy Commission, an inter-ministry commission mandated to provide coordination and advice regard [...]	2009-07-20 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA
09BAGHDAD1972	MOVING IRAQ'S HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: While passage of hydrocarbons legislation (HCL) remains important for Iraq's development of its petroleum resources, GOI and KRG interlocutors have preferred to keep the legislation on the back burner pending resolution of other Arab-Kurd issues. The ramp-up of a national electio [...]	2009-07-21 16:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1987	PROGRESS CONTINUES ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary. Progress under the Security Agreement (SA) has improved from the early days when a fist fight broke out between two Iraqi generals. The USG and GOI have worked through the SA,s joint subcommittees (JSCs) to sort through alleged "violations" at the working level, rarely needing [...]	2009-07-23 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL IZ MARR KTIA EAIR PGOV MASS
09BAGHDAD1988	CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISCUSS JULY 12 CHURCH BOMBINGS [...] (C) In the wake of the July 12 church bombings in Baghdad, we have met with representatives of the four largest churches in Iraq, including the heads of the Chaldean, Assyrian, and Syriac Catholic denominations as well as the Christian endowment and various Christian political leaders to expres [...]	2009-07-23 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD199	SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO IRAQ; [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. After providing humane treatment and security assurances to the USG, the Government of Iraq (GOI) successfully took custody and control of four former Guantanamo detainees from U.S. forces January 17. The four are currently being detained for investigation into crimes possibl [...]	2009-01-26 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
09BAGHDAD1998	SPECIAL NEEDS VOTING IN THE KRG - PEACEFUL DAY, [...] (C) On January 23, roughly 120,000 voters participated in Special Needs Voting for the Kurdistan Regional elections. This day was set aside to ensure that members of the KRG security forces, prisoners, and hospital patients all had a chance to cast their ballots for ahead of the regular ele [...]	2009-07-24 14:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV
09BAGHDAD2000	SITREP: U.S. MONITORS REPORT QUIET AND ORDERLY [...] (SBU) Today, July 25, voters in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Region head to the polls to vote for a new regional parliament and to participate in the first popular election of a Kurdistan president. This election is the first Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament election since January 30, 2005. In th [...]	2009-07-25 10:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ PGOV KDEM
09BAGHDAD2002	KRG ELECTIONS: MODEST TURNOUT AND MINOR [...] (SBU) Overall, election observers report a calm, orderly day of voting in the Kurdistan region on July 25 with few reports of irregularities (Ref A). By midday, the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) reported that voter turnout was at 37%. The number of voters increased as the da [...]	2009-07-25 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD2027	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: INTRANSIGENCE LEADS TO VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary. Following a stalemate between the GOI and the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) (reftel),Iraqi police and army forces entered Camp Ashraf July 28 to establish an Iraqi police presence, encountering violent resistance from camp residents. According to GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali A [...]	2009-07-29 05:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2032	KRG ELECTIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results of the Kurdistan elections show the Goran Change List outperformed the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) list in PUK's home base of Sulemaniyah, but the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and PUK are set to retain their hold on power in the north and have struc [...]	2009-07-29 17:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET IZ
09BAGHDAD2037	Iraq: Cabinet Approves Formation of National Oil Company [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Council of Ministers (the Cabinet) on Tuesday, July 28 approved draft legislation to re-establish the Iraq National Oil Company (INOC). That proposal will now be transmitted to the Council of Representatives (COR, the Iraqi Parliament) for consideration. Vice Chairman of the C [...]	2009-07-30 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG EINV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2038	MINORITY LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQI CENSUS [...] (C) As Ministry of Planning officials continue their preparations for a nationwide census this fall, many of Iraq's ethnic and religious minority leaders have raised concerns about how the census will be administered and whether it will provide an accurate reflection of their communities' demo [...]	2009-07-30 08:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KIRF PGOV SMIG SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2039	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: U.S. PROVIDING MEDICAL AID [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has agreed to allow U.S. forces to provide medical assistance to the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) and a U.S. team is doing so. The GOI, however, is amassing forces on the perimeters of Ashraf. The GOI have relieved COL Sa'di Habib Hussein al-Dulaymi of command of the forces [...]	2009-07-30 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD205	RRT ERBIL: MEETING WITH KRG PRIME MINISTER BARZANI [...] (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani expounded on a wide range of subjects in a January 25 meeting with Erbil PRT team leader. The initial impetus of the meeting was to provide PM Barzani with information on USG development assistance. In the cour [...]	2009-01-27 07:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SOCI PTER TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2057	IRAQI OIL: MIXED MESSAGES FROM SOUTH OIL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, stakeholders from the GOI as well as international oil companies (IOC) and service providers (SP) offered divergent insight and opinions on the developments within the oil sector in Iraq. In a meeting on July 20, South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Fayed [...]	2009-07-31 16:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV EINV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD2068	VISIT TO DETAINED SUNNI TRIBAL FIGURE [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs conducted a prison visit on July 8 to see Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a close Embassy and U.S. military contact, prominent West Baghdad tribal leader and Sons of Iraq (SOI) affiliate. Mutlab was detained by the Iraqi Army on May 12, suspected of association with the "New Ba [...]	2009-08-02 06:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD2070	ISCI/BADR OFFICIALS ON IRANIAN ELECTION, MEK, AND [...] (C) On August 1, Post's IW and Poloff met with Tahsin al-Azzawi, deputy chairman of the Badr Organization and member of parliament, and Haitham al-Husseini, Senior Advisor and personal aide to ISCI Chairman Abdel Aziz al-Hakim. The ensuing discussion covered post-election developments in Iran [...]	2009-08-02 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU IZ
09BAGHDAD2071	THIRD TURKEY-IRAQ-U.S. TRILATERAL MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-02 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER TU
09BAGHDAD2077	OIL FOR FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: Iraq hopes to resolve the remaining Oil for Food (OFF) contracts by the end of the year, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Srood Najib told EMIN on July 29. Najib estimated that 50 outstanding OFF contracts remain -- down from 80 in April -- and promised to send the [...]	2009-08-03 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET IZ KCOR PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2078	IRAQ AND THE NABUCCO PIPELINE [...] (C) Summary: At the Nabucco pipeline summit meeting in Ankara on July 13, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki made an unexpected pledge to supply roughly half of the pipeline's projected capacity by 2015. The announcement reflects Maliki's ambitions to see Iraq as a significant partner of Turkey and [...]	2009-08-03 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PGOV PREL EINV PINR IZ TU EUN
09BAGHDAD21	PLANNING MINISTER BABAN ON SFA, 2009 BUDGET, ICI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emin Ambassador Wall and Treasatt met with Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban December 31 to discuss mechanisms for implementing the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),asset transfers, the Iraqi fiscal outlook and development prospects, and Emba [...]	2009-01-05 15:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD210	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: A SERIOUS CONTEST WITH [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's provincial elections represent a milestone in the country's political progression. In general, the campaigns have been competitive, sometimes Sharply so. Political parties and local officials in most regions have perceived the election commission to be competent and fair, [...]	2009-01-27 12:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2106	IRAQ'S PROGRESS ON MCC INDICATORS: OUR ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's post-conflict economy continues to improve but it remains challenged by deep-rooted problems of corruption, red tape, an ill-equipped workforce, and land disputes. Although the GOI still focuses a lot of energy on the development of its oil sector, future foreign investme [...]	2009-08-05 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IZ KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAGHDAD2108	FM ZEBARI URGES MORE SUPPORTIVE USG STANCE ON [...] (C) Summary: FM Hoshyar Zebari, during an August 4 introductory call by Pol M/C, called for greater USG effort to help Iraq get out of Chapter VII, as it had committed to do. He criticized the initiative of recently departed SRSG de Mistura and blamed him for the current complications with [...]	2009-08-05 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PTER KU IR IZ SY
09BAGHDAD2120	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DISPELLING MEK CLAIMS OF [...] (C) Summary. U.S. military medical personnel will enter Ashraf, Diyala Province, in the next 24 hours to determine the extent of the hunger strike (reftel). While the residents of Ashraf have refused food shipments from the GOI, the residents' claims of GOI blockage of food shipments to Ash [...]	2009-08-06 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2124	AMB AND PM DISCUSS SYRIA, KUWAIT AND KRG ELECTIONS [...] (S) Summary. In their regular weekly meeting on August 6 (and the first since the PM,s return from Washington),the Ambassador and PM discussed Iraqi participation in the proposed Syrian-Iraq-U.S. trilateral border initiative. Maliki stated that he currently has an ongoing dialogue with Syri [...]	2009-08-06 17:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	CASC EWWT IZ PGOV PREF PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD2132	MALIKI-BARZANI MEETING: AN ICEBREAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The long awaited meeting between Prime Minister Maliki and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani took place on August 2 and resulted in agreement to establish a joint GOI-KRG team to address contentious Arab-Kurd issues. KRG insiders tell us Maliki agreed to int [...]	2009-08-07 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2134	CODEL BISHOP MEETING WITH IRAQI COUNCIL OF [...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting with CODEL Bishop, Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Ayad Al-Samarraie asserted that Iraqis were now more willing to form issue-based vice sectarian/ethnic-based political alliances, which boded well for the future. Al-Samarraie declared that t [...]	2009-08-08 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF OTRA IZ
09BAGHDAD2143	IRAQI MINISTER OF FINANCE JABR [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Ambassador,s meeting with Finance Minister Jabr, they discussed the Minister,s approval for financing of the GE deal, the need for flexibility in bidding rounds to increase oil production, the need to encourage the World Bank to provide financing to complement the USD 5. [...]	2009-08-10 08:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EAID ECON EFIN EINV IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD2151	IRAQI JOURNALISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 31, the Government of Iraq (GOI) announced a draft law purporting to protect journalists' rights and freedom of the press. Many Iraqi and international media rights groups and individual journalists are concerned that, if passed, the law could be manipulated [...]	2009-08-10 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD218	NINEWA: SUNNI ARAB AND KURD POLITICAL ENTITIES [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sunni Arab al-Hadba list, the National Iraqi Project Group (Hewar),and the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) alleged that they are victims of Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP)-inspired intimidation and violence. The KDP has also levied accusations of elections malfeas [...]	2009-01-28 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2184	RECENT ATTACKS ON CIVILIAN TARGETS PROMPT CONCERN, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since late July, a series of explosions targeting political party offices, mosques and civilian gathering places across the country have unsettled Iraqis about the possibility of renewed sectarianism. While the number of overall casualties is relatively low compared t [...]	2009-08-13 06:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD219	KARBALANS KEEN TO CAST BALLOTS [...] (C) Summary: Karbala's citizens are eager to vote in the provincial elections on January 31. Preparations for "special needs" voting on January 28 are complete. Acting Provincial Council Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri told the PRT on January 26 that there is nothing to prevent those voting o [...]	2009-01-28 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD222	UPDATE ON IRAQ STATE OWNED ENTERPRISE JOINT VENTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministry of Industry and Minerals (MIM) has completed two tender rounds for joint venture (JV) arrangements between MIM and private investors in its state owned enterprises (SOE). While progress has been slow, SOE investment commitments from investors from Japan, Germa [...]	2009-01-28 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2223	PLANNING FOR THE OCTOBER U.S.-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy offers our perspective on planning for the two events announced during PM Maliki's recent visit to Washington: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference. Both events, but partic [...]	2009-08-17 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2230	CODEL MCCAIN MEETING WITH IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani predicted to CODEL McCain that, with U.S. help, the Kurds and Arabs would be able to avoid conflict and resolve critical issues like the status of Kirkuk. He said Barhem Salih was on track to become the next KRG prime minister. FM Zebari emphasized that the Jan [...]	2009-08-17 16:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM SY IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2243	VOTER REGISTRATION UPATE DRAWS IHEC INTO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The national voter registration update (VRU) originally scheduled to begin August 15, has been postponed for a week as the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) has been drawn into sectarian politics over the disputed province of Kirkuk. Although the VRU period will open [...]	2009-08-18 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2244	IRAQI CABINET SUBMITS DRAFT LAW FOR REFERENDUM ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: According to an August 17 press release, the Iraqi Council of Ministers has approved a draft law for holding a public referendum on the U.S.-Iraq Security Agreement (SA) in conjunction with parliamentary elections in January 2010. The move is consistent with the Cabine [...]	2009-08-18 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2271	PM MALIKI ON TRILATERAL SECURITY EFFORT, AUGUST 19 [...] (S) Summary: In an August 20 meeting, Iraqi PM Maliki expressed appreciation for the Ambassador's offer of condolences on the previous day's bombings, as well as for the technical assistance U.S. experts were providing in the field. Maliki requested the USG delay any further release of detai [...]	2009-08-21 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER IZ SY
09BAGHDAD2272	FM ZEBARI ACCEPTS AMBASSADOR'S CONDOLENCES; SAYS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador visited the heavily damaged MFA building August 22 to offer his condolences on the bombings in Baghdad. Meeting in a room that had been largely cleared of damage for a makeshift receiving room, but surrounded by rooms and hallways filled with shattered glass, deb [...]	2009-08-22 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2273	ACTION REQUEST: UK SEEKING OPTIONS TO RESUME NAVAL [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8. 2. (C//NF) Summary: British officials in mid-August made multiple inquiries of Post and U.S. military in Iraq regarding options for resuming UK naval training in Iraq, highlighting the mission's uncertain future. The UK pulled its naval train [...]	2009-08-23 03:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ UK
09BAGHDAD2277	ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD IN KRG ELECTIONS POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the Independent Higher Electoral Commission's (IHEC's) recent certification of the results in the July 25 Kurdish Regional Elections, there remains lingering resentment among the Kurdish opposition and Christian parties that fraud, manipulation, and intimidation played [...]	2009-08-23 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KIRF IZ
09BAGHDAD228	GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ TAXES: SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, [...] (SBU) Summary: As businesses and individuals step up commercial activities and as oil revenues languish, the GOI is devoting more attention to other sources of revenues, particularly taxes. The GOI tax regime is partly old, based on administrative provisions dating from 1982, and partly new, [...]	2009-01-28 16:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2294	MANAGING IRAQI POLITICAL RESPONSE TO BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to reports that PM Maliki is considering firing senior officials, including Interior Minister and PM-hopeful Jawad al-Bolani, in reaction to the recent Baghdad bombings, the Ambassador and Emboffs engaged with members of the Presidency Council, parliament, and Malik [...]	2009-08-25 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2301	SECURITY ISSUES, NOT RAMADAN, CORRELATES WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Iraq, as in other Middle Eastern countries, economic activity increases during Ramadan as families buy more traditional foodstuffs and gifts for Iftar dinners. Despite this increased demand for goods (and reports of price-gouging),our analysis of Iraq's Consumer Price Index [...]	2009-08-26 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2302	DEATH OF SHIA LEADER ABD AL-AZIZ AL-HAKIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Shia political world marked a major milestone with the death today of Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim, the chairman of the influential Shia party the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI). Hakim's death could herald a generational shift within ISCI and the Hakim dynasty that could bri [...]	2009-08-26 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2303	SADR CITY SHI'A IMAMS NOT SANGUINE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shi'a imams and community activists told Emboffs that: Sunni-Shi'a reconciliation would be impossible in the near- to mid-term; Iraqis would continue to vote on sectarian lines in upcoming elections; no existing political party enjoys genuine credibility; a major effort on voter [...]	2009-08-26 16:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KIRF KCOR PTER PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD2312	UPDATE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS IN IRAQ [...] (C) The Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) "good governance and transparency strategy" is a welcome initiative -- if vigorously implemented -- that contains an array of action items, ranging from the creation of an "Executive Office of Governance and Integrity" to reform of the civil servi [...]	2009-08-28 09:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2320	EMBASSY BAGHDAD SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Ambassador Hill welcomes your visit to U.S. Embassy Baghdad. Your visit comes as we shift to a higher gear on transition amidst the initial stages of the U.S. military drawdown. We look forward to discussing in depth the 2011-2012 planning and explaining in detail our assistance, rig [...]	2009-08-28 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AMGT IZ
09BAGHDAD235	UPBEAT MINORITY LEADERS ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) While Christian and other minority leaders still smart over the single-seat minority quotas in the Provincial Elections Law (PEL),they no longer talk of a boycott and are encouraging their constituents in the north and other regions to vote in the provincial elections on January 31. Chri [...]	2009-01-29 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2350	PM MALIKI DECIDES THAT IT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO OPEN [...] (S) Summary. At the August 30 meeting of the International Zone (IZ) Security Joint Sub-Committee (JSC),the Government of Iraq (GOI) declared its intention to delay opening of the north-south highway bisecting the IZ until after national elections are complete. The GOI also stated that it w [...]	2009-08-31 15:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IR IZ KCRS MARR PGOV PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD2363	FM ZEBARI ON GOI PURSUIT OF UN CRIMINAL INQUIRY, [...] (C) Summary: In a September 1 meeting, FM Zebari told Pol M/C the GOI has sent a letter formally requesting the UNSC to support formation of a UN-led fact-finding commission into the August 19 bombings, including Syrian complicity vis a vis Iraqis operating from Syria, and the broader scope o [...]	2009-09-02 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
09BAGHDAD2370	RRT ERBIL: KRG MINISTER,S HARSH CRITICISM OF U.S. [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) Summary: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister Responsible for Foreign Relations Falah Mustafa announced publicly that Embassy Baghdad fails to inform Washington about Kurdistan Regional issues. He repeated it again in a meeting with RRT Lead [...]	2009-09-03 06:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL
09BAGHDAD2384	Are the Iraqi Prisons Working Yet? -- An Assessment of [...] (SBU) In October 2002, Saddam granted unprecedented amnesty to virtually all prisoners in Iraq releasing to the street as many as 100,000 convicted criminals. He publically stated this release was a 'thank you' to his countrymen for endorsing him as President in a national referendum. With t [...]	2009-09-04 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PNAT PINS PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD239	PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS KICK OFF WITH SPECIAL NEEDS [...] (C) Summary: Polling centers around Iraq opened for the day on January 28 to accommodate "special needs" voters. Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Police (IP),detainees in Iraqi and Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I) centers, and hospital patients and staff were eligible to vote early in the [...]	2009-01-29 14:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2403	TRAFFICKED UGANDANS REPATRIATED FROM IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) From August 18-30, the Embassy and MNF-I, with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the GOI, successfully repatriated 14 women to Uganda who had been trafficked into Iraq for the purposes of labor exploitation. The women had escaped from thei [...]	2009-09-07 06:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG UG IZ
09BAGHDAD2421	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH IRAQI DEPUTY SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 31 meeting, First Deputy Speaker Khalid al Attiya spoke with the Ambassador about security issues -- and the impact that internal political conflicts can have on security -- in the wake of the August 19 bombings. For Attiya, a a Shia independent and Maliki supporter, [...]	2009-09-09 05:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2422	LETTER FROM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RAFE AL-EISSAWI [...] On August 28 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Deputy Prime Minister Rafe H. Al-Eissawi to Vice President Joseph Biden. The original letter will be passed to the Vice President's traveling party next week. Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Of [...]	2009-09-09 06:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD2424	JUDICIARY ISSUES ARREST WARRANT FOR PROMINENT [...] (C) The Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) has issued a warrant for the arrest of a leading anti-corruption official, Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) head Abdel Basit Turki, widely respected as upright and competent. The warrant is based on alleged wrongdoing by Abdel Basit while serving the Saddam regime [...]	2009-09-09 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2454	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A number of cases involving senior judicial and anti-corruption officials continue to bubble up in the media in Iraq, likely a manifestation of both intense political jockeying and real efforts to crack down on corruption, which polls show is an issue of increasing [...]	2009-09-11 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD2463	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO [...] (S/NF) Mr. Vice President, your upcoming trip to Iraq comes at an important time in Iraq's political calendar. As the Islamic month of Ramadan draws to a close, Iraqi political leaders are furiously at work negotiating potential alliances in advance of the January 2010 parliamentary elections [...]	2009-09-12 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2466	LETTER FROM DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RAFE AL-EISSAWI [...] (U) On August 28 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Deputy Prime Minister Rafe H. Al-Eissawi to Vice President Joseph Biden. The original letter will be passed to OVP. 2. (U) Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq Deputy Prime Minister Office Rafe H. Al-Eissawi The [...]	2009-09-13 07:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD2484	U.S. OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIM WORLD: FARAH PANDITH DESCRIBES [...] Summary: The Department's Senior Advisor on Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith conducted a digital video conference with Iraqi media and cultural contacts to explain her office's role in reaching out to Muslim communities. This event engaged major media players in Iraq during Ramadan, allowing for [...]	2009-09-14 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL KPAO KCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD250	MAYSAN DAWA DEPUTY PC CHAIR CONCERNED ABOUT VOTER [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Deputy Provincial Council (PC) Chairman and Da'wa provincial party head Latif Abud Kaseem expressed concerns about pre-election security and the potential for voter fraud committed by voting centers staff on election day in a meetin [...]	2009-01-30 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2504	IRAQI FM URGES P-5 AMBASSADORS FOR SUPPORT OF [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi FM Zebari summoned P-5 ambassadors to the MFA September 16 and pressed for support for the GOI's plans to call for a senior official, appointed by the UNSYG, to investigate the August 19 bombings and the broader issue of external support for terrorism in Iraq. Noting that [...]	2009-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2521	MEK DEFECTORS ON LIFE IN ASHRAF AND RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 17 meeting with Emboffs, several recent defectors from the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) organization residing in a Baghdad hotel under GOI auspices expressed frustration and disappointment at the absence of resettlement options and the alleged indifference of Wester [...]	2009-09-18 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2539	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Date and Venue: September 17, 2009; 11:00 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Dr. James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary Amb. Gary A. Grappo, POL M/C Elissa Slotkin, NEA Senior Advisor for Iraq and Regional Affairs Mike Castiglione, Embassy notetaker IRAQ Qasim Daud, Co [...]	2009-09-22 10:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2550	UNAMI ON THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS, KIRKUK AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI Deputy SRSG Andrew Gilmour discussed with POL M/C the challenges of passing a timely national elections law, suggesting that UNAMI, the Embassy, and others would need to make a major push with Iraqi political players in October to rally support for passage of the law and to [...]	2009-09-23 07:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2551	GOI INCREASES CAPACITY OF IRAQI JUDICIARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September, 66 new judges graduated from the entry-level judicial education program at the Iraqi Judicial Training Institute (JTI),which is administered by the Ministry of Justice. These newly graduated judges are evidence of the Iraqi judiciary,s advancement as an instituti [...]	2009-09-23 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2562	THE GREAT GAME, IN MESOPOTAMIA: IRAQ AND ITS [...] (U) This is the first of two cables reviewing Iraq's relations with key neighboring states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran and Turkey, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. Part II reviews Iraq's relations with Syria, in the wake of the August 19 bombings. 2. (C) Summary: Iraq's relations [...]	2009-09-24 03:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2567	BAHAI CASE TESTS IRAQ'S RESPECT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of Iraq's small Bahai community are requesting the assistance of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in their bid to receive identification documents that would list their religion as Bahai rather than Muslim. Although the MOI issued a small number of ID cards listing the Bahai [...]	2009-09-24 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2570	Response to MERO Interim Report on Regional Embassy (REO) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dated March 24, 2009, State IG Middle East Regional Office (MERO) Interim Report on Role, Staffing, and Effectiveness of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Hillah, Iraq (MERO-IQO-09-04) made a number of recommendations about the future of the REO. Specifically, it recommended [...]	2009-09-24 14:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG AMGT ABLDG ASEC IZ
09BAGHDAD2576	CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...]	2009-09-26 11:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2577	CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...]	2009-09-26 11:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2580	CONFERENCE ON IRAQ'S ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Leaders of Iraq's main anti-corruption institutions held a conference with UNDP project managers and officials of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Amman September 7-10 to put finishing touches on Iraq's national strategy for compliance with the UN Convention against [...]	2009-09-27 04:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2586	PM MALIKI CHARGES IRAN, SYRIA WITH SHIPPING WEAPONS [...] (S) Iran and Syria have both been providing weapons -- including "Strela" (SA-7B) shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles -- to insurgent groups within Iraq, Prime Minister Maliki claimed to Ambassador Hill September 22. Five members of the Sadrist- affiliated Promise Day Brigade (also linked to the [...]	2009-09-27 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER IZ IR SY
09BAGHDAD2605	NEW ISCI CHAIRMAN AMMAR AL-HAKIM UPDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the Embassy's first meeting with Ammar al-Hakim since he was elected to succeed his father as the chairman of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI),Ambassador Hill on September 23 stressed the U.S. commitment to transitioning from a military- to a civilian-led U.S. presen [...]	2009-09-28 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD261	POLLS CLOSE AFTER A PEACEFUL DAY OF VOTING IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Iraq remained relatively peaceful as millions of Iraqis went to the polls on January 31 to elect new provincial councils. Polls closed throughout the country at 1800 after eleven hours of voting, with a one-hour extension authorized late in the day. Embassy received isolated [...]	2009-01-31 19:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
09BAGHDAD2623	VPOTUS MEETING WITH UNAMI ACTING SRSG GILMOUR [...] (U) September 16, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden Ambassador Christopher R. Hill GEN Raymond Odierno, Commanding General MNF-I Tony Blinken, National Security Advisor, OVP James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State Colin Kahl, D [...]	2009-09-29 18:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2632	MINISTER OF OIL OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IRAQ'S OIL FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 17 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg, GOI Minister of Oil Hussayn Shahristani expressed optimism about the upcoming second oil licensing round, as well as for Iraq's future willingness to sign a gas agreement with Europe. In the wide ranging discussion, [...]	2009-10-01 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2658	IRAQI ELECTION LAW DEBATE SLOUCHES TOWARDS MESSY [...] (C) Summary: On October 1, Council of Representative members voted to add a first reading of a draft election law to the agenda, a procedural move just short of a formal "first reading." The decision was accompanied by debate and then boisterous dissent by some Sunni Arab COR members from K [...]	2009-10-03 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2660	IRAQ'S ECONOMY ON THE EVE OF THE ELECTION: ARE YOU [...] (SBU) On the eve of the election season in Iraq, we do not expect any major party or coalition to campaign on a record of economic success. Security and stability continue to be the primary focus, and are essential for economic success. However, it is worthwhile to compare today,s Iraqi econom [...]	2009-10-03 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2669	Baghdad Response to IG Report Regional Embassy Offices in [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. State IG Middle East Regional Office (MERO) Review of the Roles, Staffing, and effectiveness of Regional Embassy Offices in Iraq dated August 18, 2009 (Report Number MERO-IQO-09-09, August 2009) made one recommendation about planning for the eventual opening of U.S. Consulates i [...]	2009-10-05 08:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASIG AMGT ABLDG ASEC IZ
09BAGHDAD2671	PROMINENT SUNNI SHEIKH TO ANNOUNCE COALITION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sheikh Abdallah al-Yawar al-Shammari, acting paramount sheikh of the influential al-Shammari tribe and an architect of the major Arab political party in Ninewa, told the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq that he will soon announce a cross-sectarian, nationalist coalitio [...]	2009-10-05 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2672	LETTER FROM ISCI PRESIDENT AMMAR AL-HAKIM TO VICE [...] On October 1, 2009, Embassy Baghdad received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq, which forwarded a letter from the President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq Ammar Al-Hakim to Vice President Biden. Below is the text of the letter. Begin text messa [...]	2009-10-05 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD2675	IIER HOLDS CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENCY AND ECONOMIC LAWS [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Iraqi Institute for Economic Reform (IIER) held a successful conference entitled "The Absence of Economic Legislation and Transparency in Iraq" October 3. The conference was financed under a $1.5 million USG-Targeted Development Grant (TDG). About 70 people attended, includin [...]	2009-10-05 15:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID KCOR IZ
09BAGHDAD2680	FRAUD SUMMARY - BAGHDAD [...] Security remains a concern in Iraq; however, conditions are gradually improving. Traveling both domestically and around the region remains difficult for Iraqi nationals. High numbers of Iraqis continue to pursue plans to immigrate to the US for economic and security reasons. Post is prepari [...]	2009-10-06 03:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREF KFRD IZ
09BAGHDAD2694	BAGHDAD: INL PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE [...] (U) Summary: INL faces significant challenges in its effort to ensure contractor performance in Iraq. Some of the challenges are due to current constraints on the number of program officers and in-country contracting officer representatives (ICOR) in Baghdad, while others appear to be inhere [...]	2009-10-06 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SNAR MOPS SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2698	UNAMI EXPLORING BIGGER ROLE ON MEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI is exploring the possibility of establishing an observation presence at Camp Ashraf and assuming a more direct role in mediating between the GOI and the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) after two weeks in which the Embassy has worked with senior GOI officials, UN and ICRC representat [...]	2009-10-07 06:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD270	IN COUNTRY REFUGEE PROCESSING - RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Baghdad appreciates Department,s interest in the details of the in-country refugee processing and support for expanding capacity to implement the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act. Responses to REF A questions are contained below. We urge Department to work with us to ensure th [...]	2009-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF IZ
09BAGHDAD2702	GOI SAYS MEK RELOCATION WILL HAPPEN BY END OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 6, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdullah and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told Pol M/C and SRSG Melkert that the GOI plans to initiate its plan to relocate the Muhajideen-e Khalq (MEK) from Camp Ashraf by the end of October. Yasser [...]	2009-10-07 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2703	36 MEK DETAINEES RETURNING TO ASHRAF AFTER DEAL [...] (C) The 36 detainees from the Muhajideen-e Khalq are set to return to Camp Ashraf on October 7 after agreeing to a deal with the GOI. In a meeting on October 6, the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told the Embassy, UNAMI, and ICRC that the GOI [...]	2009-10-07 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR PHUM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2704	CHALABI OFFERS VIEWS ON IMPROVING IRAQ'S ECONOMY, [...] (C) Summary. On October 6, A/DCM Grappo discussed with Iraqi National Alliance (INA) member Ahmed Chalabi the poor state of Iraq's private economy, the INA's campaign platform of improving services and taming corruption, and his opinion about Saudi Arabia and Iran. Chalabi opposed the Amendmen [...]	2009-10-07 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2705	NGO'S SEEK ROLE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy's Anti-Corruption Coordinator's Office (ACCO) hosted a half-day seminar on September 28 to advance coordination between Iraq's anti-corruption institutions and members of Iraqi civil society. Participants agreed on the need for civil society to take a more prominen [...]	2009-10-07 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2709	AUGUST 19 BOMBINGS DEMONSTRATE NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past year, Embassy Baghdad has seen a dramatic increase in the utilization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Attach office with regard to explosives and post- blast investigation in support of the Government of Iraq (GOI) and in accordanc [...]	2009-10-07 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS IZ KCRM PTER

09BAGHDAD2714	DISTURBANCE AT BAGHDAD CENTRAL PRISON LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of a disturbance at Baghdad Central Prison (formerly Abu Ghraib) on September 10, the US Embassy and MNF-I facilitated the Ministry of Justice,s transfer of 2,630 inmates and 273 Iraqi Correctional officers (ICOs) to the recently completed USG funded Chamchamal [...]	2009-10-08 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2715	CHINA TRAINS IRAQI ARMY PERSONNEL IN DEMINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chinese Defense Attach to Iraq confirmed September 21 that the Chinese military is providing training in demining to approximately 20 Iraqi Army officers and 20 Afghan Army officers in the vicinity of Nanjing. People's Republic of China (PRC) Defense Attach Senior COL Wang Ru [...]	2009-10-08 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PARM EPET KHDP AF CH IZ
09BAGHDAD2717	PROPOSED COURSE OF ACTION ON THE MEK [...] (C) In this cable, the Embassy offers our recommended course of action and associated talking points for addressing the issue of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK). In the last six to eight weeks, the Embassy has made significant strides in addressing this issue, the most important of which has bee [...]	2009-10-08 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2731	DPM ISSAWI ADVANCES NINEWA'S ARAB-KURD DIALOGUE [...] (U) This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi al-Issawi visited Mosul and Erbil on October 1 to further efforts to resolve the (Kurdish) Ninewa Fraternal League's (NFL) boycott of the Ninewa Provincial Council (PC) and its r [...]	2009-10-10 19:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2736	POST PROPOSES SHOULDER-FIRED MISSILE ABATEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy seeks to develop with the Government of Iraq (GOI) a Man-Portable Air Defense Systems Reduction Program (MANPADS Program). The program would follow a "host-country model", used in Yemen and Pakistan, through [...]	2009-10-11 14:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF IR IZ PARM PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER XD XF
09BAGHDAD2744	EVOLUTION OF INFLUENCE IN IRAQ: COMMERCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's evolving political and economic environment has led to increased engagement from other countries using commercial advocacy on behalf of their national political interests. The GOI has begun to engage a number of countries in high level commercial dialogue, and despite its [...]	2009-10-12 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON POL PGOV PREL IZ EINV
09BAGHDAD2748	IRAQ'S REMAINING JEWS STAY HIDDEN [...] (C) On October 10, Poloff met with one of the last remaining Jews in Iraq, Khalida Fouad Liahu Moualim (strictly protect),to discuss the current state of the Iraqi Jewish community. Moualim stated that there are now eight remaining members of the Iraqi Jewish community in Baghdad including h [...]	2009-10-13 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2750	SPEAKER SAMMARRAIE ADDRESSES CONCERNS OVER IHEC [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Council of Representatives Speaker Ayad Sammarraie told the Ambassador October 11 that as a result of the harsh interrogation of the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) chairman October 5, it was possible that the COR would dismiss two IHEC commissioners. The Amba [...]	2009-10-13 09:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2756	COR COMMENCES ELECTION LAW DISCUSSION, APPROVES [...] (C) As part of their process toward passing a new election law, on October 13 members of the Council of Representatives (COR) discussed elements of the law for three hours. Continuing where they left off on October 6 (Ref A),roughly thirty MPs took turns making public statements on key issu [...]	2009-10-13 19:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2762	FM ZEBARI DEMARCHED ON IRAN, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: In an October 12 meeting, A/DCM delivered the (reftel) points relating to the P5 1 talks with Iran to FM Zebari. Zebari responded with a brief readout from a recent meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinajad, suggesting that Iran will not immediately comply with P5 1 demands. [...]	2009-10-14 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU SY
09BAGHDAD2767	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 14, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The COR did not address the election law in its session on October 14 (Ref A). Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i told the Ambassador October 14 that he hopes for a vote on the election law amendments under discussion in the Council of Representatives (COR) as early as October 17 but was [...]	2009-10-14 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2776	IRAQ INVESTMENT CONFERENCE: DELIVERING A CLEAR [...] (C) Summary: The October 19 U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC) and the October 20-21 Business and Investment Conference (BIC) will put the spotlight on Iraq's aspirations to participate more fully in the global economy. U.S. and Iraqi government officials can expect questions fro [...]	2009-10-15 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON POL PGOV PREL EINV ETRD EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD2778	LETTER FROM VICE PRESIDENT TARIQ AL-HASHIMI TO [...] On October 9, 2009 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Vice President Hashimi to President Obama. The original letter will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq The Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi The Honorable Barack Obam [...]	2009-10-15 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD2779	LETTER FROM PRIME MINISTER NORI KAMIL AL MALIKY TO [...] On October 11, 2009 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Prime Minister Nori Kamil Al Maliky to President Obama. The original letter will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: Republic of Iraq Nori K. Al Maliky Prime Minster His Excellency [...]	2009-10-15 10:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD2783	LETTER FROM AHMAD CHALABI TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] On October 13, 2009 Embassy Baghdad received the following letter from Ahmad Chalabi to President Obama. The original letter will be transmitted to NEA/I/POL via pouch mail. Begin text of message: The Honorable President Barack Obama, President of the United States of America The Whi [...]	2009-10-15 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC IZ
09BAGHDAD2797	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 18, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18, the Council Of Representatives (COR) postponed by a day consideration of a draft election law. On the margins of a pro-forma plenary session, committee chairs and bloc leaders continued the frenzy of informal meetings that may result in a draft law in time for a [...]	2009-10-18 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2799	ISCI BLOC LEADER GUNNING FOR IHEC, OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) COR bloc leader Jalal al-Din al-Saghir predicted to POL M/C that the Council of Representatives (COR) would pass an open list election law by October 19. Despite advising him against dismissing members of the Independent High Electoral Commi [...]	2009-10-19 03:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2801	DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY BAGHDAD CONTACTS FOR EUJUST [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post supports the EUJUST LEX training and mentoring mission in Iraq, and designates Senior Advisor to the Rule of Law Coordinator Robert Ogburn and Civilian Police and Judicial Affairs Officer Jenifer Moore as the US Embassy Rule of Law Points of Contact for discussions with [...]	2009-10-19 08:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2804	Dyncorp CP Incident Highlights Need for Additional PSD [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, Iraqi soldiers manning an international zone (IZ) checkpoint beat four U.S. citizen members of a Dyncorp International (DI) personal security detail (PSD) convoy. The DI PSD had violated at least two Embassy checkpoint policies, as well as Iraqi instructions. N [...]	2009-10-19 10:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS CASC IZ
09BAGHDAD2812	KIDNAPPINGS OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS RAISES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of high profile kidnappings of Iraqi Christians over the past several months in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad have raised concerns amongst Christian leaders that the community is being deliberately targeted by criminal gangs. Whether the kidnappings are politically motivated [...]	2009-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2817	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE OCTOBER 19, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraq's Council of Representatives (COR) failed to reach agreement October 19 to move the election law forward. At an early meeting on October 19, Speaker Ayad al-Samarra'i cautioned CDA and POL M/C that October 18 negotiations on a draft amendment to the 2005 election law had b [...]	2009-10-19 17:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2821	INCONSISTENCIES IN ARREST OF YEZIDI POLITICIAN [...] (C) Summary. Outspoken critic of Kurdish security forces, Yezidi Progress Party (YPP) Head Wa'ad Hammad Matto was arrested by Iraqi military intelligence at his Ninewa home and continues to be held in communicado. The warrant for his arrest was issued four days after his detainment. According [...]	2009-10-20 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL IZ SY
09BAGHDAD2827	GOOGLE IMAGES THE IRAQ NATIONAL MUSEUM [...] (U) Summary: In support of Section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),post supports programs to preserve Iraq's cultural heritage. To augment these efforts and harness the interest and expertise of the American private sector, we have partnered with several leaders from the IT ind [...]	2009-10-21 14:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT KPAO SCUL TINT PGOV ECPS IZ
09BAGHDAD2831	IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with econoffs, both the chair (KDP) and vice-chair (Da'wa) of the Oil and Gas and National Resources Committee of the Council of Representatives (parliament) reaffirmed that progress on hydrocarbons legislation must wait until the new central government is sea [...]	2009-10-22 06:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2832	OPERATION IRAQI BASEBALL: TIGRIS TIGERS VISIT EMBASSY [...] Summary: In support of Section IV of the Strategic Framework Agreement, PAS hosts a number of cultural and social exchanges to forge stronger connections between our citizens, with particular emphasis on youth. Baseball and softball are two sports that are central to our culture and form the b [...]	2009-10-22 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL CVIS
09BAGHDAD2833	IRAQ OIL LEGISLATION, THE ROAD AHEAD: DELAYS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 08:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2846	PRT TEAM LEADERS CONFERENCE: MANAGING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Baghdad's Office of Provincial Affairs (OPA) held its quarterly Team Leaders Conference of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Adder, home to the Dhi Qar PRT. Embassy, NEA, and military officials briefed Team Leaders on plans for the c [...]	2009-10-23 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2849	INVESTMENT CONFERENCE GENERATES POSITIVE MEDIA COVERAGE IN [...] SUMMARY: The U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (USBIC) in Washington was headline news throughout the week of October 19 in Iraq. Arabic-language papers, Radio Sawa and television channels Al-Iraqiya, Al-Hurra, and Al-Sharqiya devoted lead coverage to the Prime Minister's visit to [...]	2009-10-23 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL IZ ECON EINV
09BAGHDAD285	CRUNCH TIME: GOI SCRAMBLING TO MEET DEADLINES FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI still hopes to submit an updated Legislative Action Plan and its initial goods offer in time to allow for its Third WTO Working Party to meet late this spring. Good progress has been made on draft bills covering Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Technical Barriers t [...]	2009-02-04 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EFIN PGOV ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD286	US LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING NEEDED TO RETURN IRAQ,S [...] (C) Summary: Security gains have started to reverse the tide of displacement in Iraq ) UNHCR estimates that 185,000 IDPs and 23,000 refugees returned in 2008, out of nearly three million Iraqis displaced in 2006 and 2007. If security and other conditions continue to improve, UNHCR estimates [...]	2009-02-04 08:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD287	GOI ASKS WESTERN COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE MEK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 14. 2. (C) Summary: GOI point person for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie (in the presence of the Iranian Ambassador),briefed international organizations and countries the GOI believes may have r [...]	2009-02-04 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2877	BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: USG ASSISTANCE COORDINATION [...] (C) Summary: Post has established an interagency working group to coordinate assistance to the GOI following the October 25 car bombings at several GOI buildings, including the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),Ministry of Interior (MOI),Higher Judicial Council (HJC),Ministry of Municipalities and [...]	2009-10-27 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ASEC PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD2883	BATTERED AND BRUISED BUT CARRYING ON: BAGHDAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two car bombs detonated in close succession in Baghdad on October 25, heavily damaging the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council building. As of October 27, the Ministry of Interior told MNF-I that 93 Iraqis were killed and 641 injured in the xplosion [...]	2009-10-27 18:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD2884	BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AS MOJ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the October 25 car bombings at several key GOI buildings, Embassy law enforcement personnel have visited both sites and are working with MOI investigators. Despite heavy damage, the MOJ and Higher Judicial Council (HJC) have resumed partial operations both at the h [...]	2009-10-28 09:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS PREL PTER PNAT KCRM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2885	CHAPTER VII DOMINATES AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki and FM Zebari seized upon Ambassador Rice's visit to express their dissatisfaction with the UN Secretary-General (UNSYG)'s decision to appoint a political official to gather information on foreign support for the perpetrators of the August 19 bombings. While [...]	2009-10-28 09:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC UN IZ
09BAGHDAD2886	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior GOI and judicial officials tell us that trafficking in women and young boys for the purposes of prostitution remains a widespread problem in Iraq, with victims either sold to traffickers by their families or kidnapped by criminal gangs. Iraqi trafficking victims often fi [...]	2009-10-28 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL PTER ELAB SMIG SY IZ
09BAGHDAD289	IRAQ-IRAN DIPLOMACY A SIGN OF IRANIAN INFLUENCE OR [...] (S) Summary: Recent Iraqi-Iranian visits (most notably PM Maliki and National Security Advisor al-Rubaie's visits to Tehran) indicate that Iraq is being increasingly assertive toward its ambitious neighbor, and that Iran is showing Iraq overdue respect, although the relationship might be char [...]	2009-02-04 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR ECON EAIR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2896	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI WILLING TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Kurdistan Regional President (KRG) Masoud Barzani expressed his commitment to working with the U.S. and the GOI on a draft election law. He pledged flexibility regarding the terms, but firmly expressed his disa [...]	2009-10-29 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2901	IRAQ ELECTION LAW UPDATE, OCTOBER 29, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hopes of a vote on an election law in the Council of Representatives melted away over the course of the day October 29 as party bloc leaders continued to haggle over terms for voting rules in Kirkuk. The Ambassador and poloffs engaged key leaders and a wide spectrum of influenti [...]	2009-10-29 19:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2907	IRAQI ELECTORAL COALITION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political cohesion continues to elude Iraq's Sunni Arabs, as the various party leaders -- each clinging to his own ambitions -- struggle to form coalitions that will appeal to the country's political and religious middle. The once dominant Tawafuq coalition, centered around the [...]	2009-10-30 18:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2913	ACTION REQUEST: IRAQI ELECTION LAW [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see para. 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Following discussions with Iraqi politicians, UNAMI SRSG Melkert presented October 31 a new proposal for voting in Kirkuk province that blends elements of prior schemes. The new approach followed a failed effort on Octo [...]	2009-10-31 19:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2916	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS ELECTION LAW OPTIONS WITH PM, [...] (C) Summary: After expressing condolences for the October 25 bombings, the Ambassador engaged in a sustained conversation with PM Maliki October 26 about possible compromises to break the impasse over the election law. The two agreed, with the concurrence of CG MNF-I, who also attended, tha [...]	2009-11-01 09:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2919	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ, [...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...]	2009-11-01 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD292	MUTHANNA: IRANIAN MFA POSSIBLY BEHIND IRON FACTORY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: A delegation of Iranian investors came to Muthanna province in January to continue negotiations for an 81 million USD iron plant. According to Haider al-Musawi, a local political adviser for the PRT, the Iranian delegation was largely comprised of former, and possibly c [...]	2009-02-04 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EFIN ECON PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2920	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 1, 2009: UNAMI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Influential Arab and Turkoman lawmakers in Baghdad and Kirkuk told U.S. and UNAMI officials on November 1 they would support the UNAMI proposal, and Speaker Sammara'i agreed to call a vote on the election law the next day (November 2). Yet, although the vote may be near, it is [...]	2009-11-01 18:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2925	ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced members of the Advisory Council for Iraq's Human Rights Commission, marking a step toward the establishment of an independent human rights commission. The 14-member Advisory Council, composed of representatives from the Council of Ministers, Council of Repre [...]	2009-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2931	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 2, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Unable to overcome Kurdish intransigence on the UNAMI proposal on Kirkuk in the national election, the Council of Representatives (COR) ended session November 2 without a vote but agreed to return for an additional session the next day. Embassy and UNAMI discussions with Kurdish [...]	2009-11-02 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2935	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE, NOVEMBER 3, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Efforts to pass an election law remained stuck on Kurdish objections to UNAMI's proposal for the inclusion of Kirkuk in the national election (Reftel). KRG PM Barham Salih told the Ambassador the Kurds want deletion of any specific mention of Kirkuk and inclusion of a compensat [...]	2009-11-03 17:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD294	IRAQI EFFORTS TO CLOSE OUT OIL FOR FOOD CONTRACTS [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi MFA is optimistic that it can make serious progress over the next month to close out the remaining Oil For Food contracts. The GOI goal is to collect all necessary documentation and convene a final meeting in New York to review all the disputed contracts and make a fin [...]	2009-02-04 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ
09BAGHDAD2944	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. After another intense day of competing negotiations among key blocs over multiple proposals on voting rules for Kirkuk province, momentum appears to be building toward a vote at the Council of Representatives (COR) tomorrow, November 5. Negotiations have centered on two new pro [...]	2009-11-04 18:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2946	INL Baghdad October Highlights [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Baghdad's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office supports the development of rule of law in Iraq through police, judiciary, corrections, and anti-corruption programs. In response to challenges facing the GOI, INL Baghdad has worked throughout October t [...]	2009-11-05 03:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2953	MND-N CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) representatives from Kirkuk, Ninewa, Diyala, Erbil, and Salah ad Din provinces, emboffs, and Multi-National Division-North (MND-N) discussed local economic development issues at the quarterly conference held on October 16-17 in Tikrit. Discuss [...]	2009-11-06 12:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2955	IRAQI ELECTION LAW UPDATE: NOVEMBER 6, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a day of reduced engagements as most Iraqis attended Friday prayers, poloffs learned that parliamentarians appear to be waiting on the Kurds' reaction to the November 5 election law compromise proposal (Ref A),to which all parties had agreed in principle and on which Spe [...]	2009-11-06 17:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2961	PM ADVISOR RIKABI ON DFI, SADDAM-ERA CIVIL CLAIMS, [...] (C) Summary: Pol M/C and Embassy Legal Advisor (ELA) met with PM Advisor Sadiq Rakabi November 4 to review the points contained in refs A and B, regarding the settlement of Saddam-era civil claims and a one year extension of the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). Rikabi s [...]	2009-11-08 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09BAGHDAD2968	VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Post: Baghdad MEETING DATE: 04 November 2009 CHAIR: Consul General David Schwartz COORDINATOR: CONOFF David Brownstein ATTENDEES: RSO, ECON, POL/MIL, FBI, PAS, CONS 3. (U) THE COMMITTEE IS SUBMITTING INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWI [...]	2009-11-09 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER ASEC CMGT CVIS KPRV IZ
09BAGHDAD2969	THE ELECTION LAW THAT ALMOST WASN'T; KEEPING IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Representatives (COR) passed the Iraqi election law November 8 by a wide margin. After weeks of increasingly intense Embassy and UNAMI engagement, the final day witnessed dramatically more intense engagement, as the Ambassador met with Kurdish and Arab/Turkoman bl [...]	2009-11-09 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2980	IRAQI WATER RESOURCES NEGOTIATOR DESCRIBES WATER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Iraq-Iran bilateral negotiations on water resources held October 23-25, Iraqi negotiators confronted their Iranian interlocutors with unclassified photographs of Iranian river blockages and diversions provided to the GOI by Embassy Baghdad, Ministry of Water Resources Gener [...]	2009-11-10 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON IZ PBTS SENV TNGD TPHY
09BAGHDAD2984	LARIJANI'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani visited Iraq November 4-7, where he traveled to Baghdad, Karbala, and Najaf to meet with his Iraqi counterpart, parliamentary bloc leaders, PM Maliki, President Talabani, and Grand Ayatollah Sistani. His primary objective appears to [...]	2009-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2986	Iraqi Women Plant Flag As First Female Police Officers [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinator for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach attended Baghdad Police College's graduation ceremony, including its first class of 50 female police officers on November 9. Recruited from around Iraq, the new first lieutenants will serve at Ministry of Interior (MOI) a [...]	2009-11-12 10:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2993	MANDATORY FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. Embassy Baghdad requests that State include a mandatory military field training component in the series of training courses currently requ [...]	2009-11-13 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER AFSI AMGT AFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD2998	PM MALIKI AND PRESIDENT TALABANI DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY. On October 25, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki hosted General David Petraeus at his residence, shortly after returning from visiting the blast sites at the Ministry of Justice and Baghdad Provincial Council. The PM stressed that there continued to be successful operations aga [...]	2009-11-15 06:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PARM IZ KU
09BAGHDAD3	SECURITY TRANSITION FOR CAMP ASHRAF - ALL QUIET ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. After receiving what Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) leaders at Camp Ashraf described as "three blows" in the last week - a visit by Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, an Iraqi NSA press release on the vi [...]	2009-01-03 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD3001	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE FOR NOVEMBER 15 [...] (C) Commission of Integrity (COI) head Judge Raheem Al-Ugaily asserted that there was resistance among some parliamentarians to submitting the legally required financial disclosure reports. The Baghdad Provincial Council's Integrity Committee chairman said that the Committee had uncovered "ma [...]	2009-11-15 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3003	BIG OIL'S ABOUT-FACE ON IRAQ: THREE WORLD CLASS [...] (U) The first week of November saw significant progress towards realizing the GOI's vision of tripling oil production over the next eight years. On November 1, a consortium led by Italian firm ENI and including U.S. firm Occidental and South Korea's Kogas initialed a contract for the Zubair oi [...]	2009-11-15 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON EINV EAID PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3004	UK NAVAL TRAINING MISSION SET TO RETURN TO IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: President Jalal Talabani earlier this week confirmed for the British Ambassador that the UK-Iraq bilateral security agreement has passed the Presidency Council and the British naval training contingent can return to Iraqi waters. Upon receiving this confirmation, the UK is planni [...]	2009-11-15 15:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UK IZ
09BAGHDAD3005	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: HASHIMI CALLS FOR MORE SEATS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two of the three members of the Presidency Council -- President Talabani and Vice President Abd al-Mahdi -- have signed the election law passed by Parliament on November 8. However, the third member, Vice President Hashimi (Sunni Arab),is withholding his signature, [...]	2009-11-15 16:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3008	AMBASSADOR HILL DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting between the Ambassador and ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer, the latter provided an overview of the ICRC's activities related to detainees and the MEK, and introduced his replacement, Magne Barth. Schaerer praised the close cooperation [...]	2009-11-16 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD3011	VP HASHIMI LOOKS FOR FACE-SAVING ALTERNATIVE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi continues to refuse to sign the amended election law on the grounds that it unfairly dilutes the ballots of out-of-country voters. In a letter presented to the Council of Representatives (COR) on November 16, he proposed remedying the situat [...]	2009-11-16 20:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3033	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: VP HASHIMI MULLS OVER IHEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi did not follow through on a threat to veto today the election law unless the percentage of compensatory seats was increased in consideration of the size of the out-of-country voter population. After a detailed discussion with election officials las [...]	2009-11-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3039	LETTER TO THE SECRETARY FROM DR. SAMI AL-ARAJI, [...] Post has received a diplomatic note from the GOI dated 4 November 2009 forwarding a letter to the Secretary from Dr. Sami Al-Araji, Chairman, Iraq National Investment Commission. Text of the Diplomatic Note and Letter follow: 2. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note Republic of Iraq Ministry of [...]	2009-11-18 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC EINV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3042	RIDING HIGH AFTER THE CONFERENCE: IRAQ'S NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Sami al-Araji, the chairman of Iraq's National Investment Commission (NIC) and our organizational partner for the October 20-21 U.S.-Iraq Business and Investment Conference (BIC) in Washington, outlined for us his plans to capture the momentum from Iraq's investment conference [...]	2009-11-18 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IZ PREL FR GM PL
09BAGHDAD305	ARTICLE 23 COMMITTEE FINALLY VISITS KIRKUK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seven members of Parliament's Article 23 Committee traveled to Kirkuk February 2 and had a mostly positive, and somewhat productive, series of meetings with local officials. The Committee was facing a March 31 deadline, and had done little since the establishment of the com [...]	2009-02-05 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3052	AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER OF FINANCE SIGN MOU ON USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 20:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD3053	VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI CONSIDERS COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: After meeting with Speaker Samarraie and consulting other key political leaders, the Ambassador met with Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi to discuss a possible way forward in the wake of the vice president's veto of the election law. Appearing reluctant to compromise, Hashimi com [...]	2009-11-19 20:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3056	IN BAGHDAD, TURKEY AND U.S. DISCUSS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On November 18, Major General (MG) Erdal Ozturk and delegation flew to Baghdad for a meeting with MG Steven Hummer and other U.S. officials to discuss the progress of the Turkey-Iraq-U.S. Trilateral Security Dialogue. During a one-on-one meeting between MG Ozturk and MG Hummer, [...]	2009-11-20 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREF PTER TU IZ
09BAGHDAD3057	ANBAR CORRUPTION UPDATE NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Officers of the Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and the Embassy Anti-Corruption Coordinator's Office met October 31-Nov 2 with local officials and PRT officers to discuss anti-corruption efforts in Anbar. Anti-corruption institutions are gaining legitimac [...]	2009-11-21 08:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM MOPS IZ
09BAGHDAD3059	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: KURD-SHIA OUTMANEUVER HASHIMI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Council of Representatives (COR) failed to reach a consensus at its November 21 session on either reaffirming the election law amendments it adopted on November 8 or on a new amendment to the law. The latest UNAMI proposal gained, then quickly lost, traction this morni [...]	2009-11-21 20:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD306	RESULTS OF IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: AN INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: A complex and nuanced political picture is emerging out of Iraq's provincial elections as preliminary results are announced. Across the board, the results are diffuse: in all but one case, no electoral list secured more than 38%, and in a number of cases, the leading parties sec [...]	2009-02-05 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3074	IRAQI MFA WELCOMES COHEN-GOOGLE DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary: On November 22, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari and MFA Senior Policy Advisor Fareed Yasseen met with Google CEO Eric Schmidt, State Department Policy Planning Staff member Jared Cohen, Trident Capital CEO Don Dixon, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Peter [...]	2009-11-23 08:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ TINT ECON SCUL
09BAGHDAD3075	HASHIMI'S VETO BACKFIRES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dragging his feet on withdrawing his electoral law veto, Vice President Hashimi allowed his political opponents in the Council of Representatives (COR) to maneuver a successful vote on a new amendment that, among its provisions, could reduce parliamentary seats from Sunni-majority [...]	2009-11-23 20:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3080	EMBASSY BAGHDAD 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Human trafficking for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation continues to be a problem in Iraq according to senior GOI and judicial officials. While the GOI has drafted legislation to prosecute and punish those who engage in trafficking, the draft law remains stalled i [...]	2009-11-24 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TIP NEA RA
09BAGHDAD3083	POSSIBLE NEW WAY FORAWRD ON ELECTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the previous day's wild and disappointing parliamentary session on the election law, Shia MP Hadi al-Amiri emerged November 24 with a proposal designed to persuade Vice President Hashimi to accept the latest electoral law amendment. This plan, which reportedly enjoys the su [...]	2009-11-24 20:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3092	GOI HAS AGREED TO CO-SPONSOR UNSCR 1267 LISTING AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PINR PTER ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD3108	UNAMI PROPOSES ELECTION REVIEW COMMITTEE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Deputy SRSG Andrew Gilmour met with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq Alan Misenheimer on November 12 to discuss the status of UNAMI's High Level Task Force (HLTF) and UNAMI's role in facilitating Arab-Kurd reconciliation. While [...]	2009-11-29 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ TU IR
09BAGHDAD3110	UK CONFIRMS IRAQ HAS RATIFIED MARITIME TRAINING [...] (U) The British Embassy in Baghdad on November 22 received a Diplomatic Note from the British Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that the UK Training and Maritime Support Agreement is in effect. The Diplomatic Note re-affirms what Post learned informally (Ref),that the UK has accepted the [...]	2009-11-30 05:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UK IZ
09BAGHDAD3121	NOMINATION FOR 2010 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its nominee for the Secretary's 2010 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. The nominee has been informed of the Ambassador's intention to nominate her and is available to travel in March 2010. [...]	2009-12-01 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD3122	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: KURDISH DEMANDS NECESSITATE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Kurdish leaders have yet to provide an official response to the election law compromise proposed by Shia political leader Haydi Al-Amiri and Deputy Prime Minister Rafe Issawi (reftel) on November 28. Initial readouts from Kurdish contacts indicate that the Kurds will [...]	2009-12-01 17:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3125	UNCERTAIN FATE FOR MILITARY SERVICE AND RETIREMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 22, the Iraqi parliament re-adopted a Military Service and Retirement Law after the first iteration, passed on November 2, was vetoed by Vice President Hashimi. The law would potentially provide hundreds of thousands of former soldiers and officers with a government- [...]	2009-12-02 07:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF IZ
09BAGHDAD3128	CHILDREN BEHIND BARS: IRAQI JUVENILES CHARGED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Within the past year, there have been several high-profile cases of juveniles charged with terrorism. In the face of increasing detentions of children for serious crimes under Iraqi law, including terrorism, the Iraqi judiciary is ill-equipped to handle the volume and [...]	2009-12-02 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM KCWI IZ
09BAGHDAD3134	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: KURDS ENGAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Having been advised by U.S., UNAMI, and Iraqi interlocutors that their foot-dragging on negotiations could diminish their clout with all, the Kurds conveyed late December 2 a formal response to the Sunni-Shia proposal. The Kurds say they are rejecting the proposal as [...]	2009-12-02 19:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3140	ELECTION LAW UPDATE: ALL ENGAGED, SUPREME COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the arrival in Baghdad of Kurdish negotiators, all parties are now present and engaged in discussions aimed at reaching agreement on an election law before December 6, by which time the Presidency Council must either accept or veto the law approved by the Iraqi parliament on [...]	2009-12-03 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3141	SUSTAINED CORRECTIONS ADVISEMENT CRITICAL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. military will transition several thousand mid-to-high threat coalition security detainees to the Government of Iraq (GOI) in 2010. Task Force 134, which is charged with detainee operations, stresses the need to maintain a sufficient number of corrections advisors in s [...]	2009-12-04 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3144	ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE DECEMBER 4, 2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A major anti-corruption case is breaking over the Baghdad Amana (mayor's office),with early indications that the Commission on Integrity (COI) is planning enforcement actions on a possible theft of over USD 20 million in employee salaries. Iraq's Board of Supreme Audit (BSA) [...]	2009-12-05 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3152	RESPONDING TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post regularly engages GOI officials at all levels to encourage de facto non-compliance with the Arab League Boycott of Israel (ALB). Senior GOI officials repeatedly tell us that Iraq is not pursuing the boycott, but a tangled web of conflicting laws, regulations a [...]	2009-12-07 06:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT ECON ETRD XF IZ
09BAGHDAD3154	COMPENSATION FINALIZED TO REPAIR "HEART" OF IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 20, a compensation agreement in the amount of USD $981,405 was finalized between MNF-I and the Chaldean Church of Iraq for rents incurred from the use of and damages caused to the Babel College seminary that Coalition forces occupied from March 1, 2007 until November 5 [...]	2009-12-07 12:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD3157	DELAYED GRATIFICATION: ELECTION LAW ADOPTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following strong Embassy and UNAMI engagement with key Kurdish leaders in Baghdad, crucial calls by POTUS and VPOTUS to Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani broke the logjam to permit consensus approval of a UNAMI election law compromise proposal late Decemb [...]	2009-12-07 16:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD316	FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET PRIORITIES FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: U.S. assistance to Iraq has changed substantially, moving from "bricks and mortar" projects to improving Iraq's ability to govern effectively and democratically. Our assistance will help the GOI meet the needs of its citizens, preserve security, reform its economy, and foster po [...]	2009-02-06 18:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON IZ PGOV PREL
09BAGHDAD3176	OBSERVATIONS FROM POST-VETO ELECTION LAW CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Events leading to the successful resolution of Iraq's election law crisis in the Council of Representatives (COR) on December 6 (ref A) showed encouraging signs of slowly growing political maturity among Iraqi political leaders. Although we saw a rise in sectarian tensions follo [...]	2009-12-09 18:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD3184	DECEMBER 8 BOMBINGS TAKE THEIR TOLL, BUT IMPACT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The four car bomb blasts that hit Baghdad December 8 bore the hallmarks of a coordinated terrorist attack. The intended targets of two of the bombs, which may have detonated prematurely, remain unclear. Contrary to press reports, the Ministry of Labor was not directly target [...]	2009-12-10 17:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER IZ
09BAGHDAD3187	GOI AND USG FURTHER DIALOGUE ON CHAPTER VII ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 9, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Senior Policy Adviser, Ambassador Fareed Yasseen, and MFA Policy Planner Sarhad Fatah, engaged in a video-conference with a six-member pre-JCC technical group at the Department of State in Washington and the U.S. Mission to the United [...]	2009-12-12 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ KU

09BAGHDAD3190	DEMINING IRAQ: HUMANITARIAN PROJECTS RESUME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the 6-month Sisyphean effort to get the GOI to properly utilize humanitarian support for demining, it appears that a rock has finally crested the hill. On November 6, our largest Iraqi grantee, the Iraqi Mine Clearance Organization (IMCO),announced that it received GOI accr [...]	2009-12-13 06:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHDP PARM PGOV PREL UNDP IZ

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