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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
08AITTAIPEI1500	DELIVERY OF REQUEST FOR MEETING TO REVIEW THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 08:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE CBW MNUC MCAP TW

08AITTAIPEI1525	AIT NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] (U) AIT wishes to nominate Buddhist leader CHENG Yen for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Dharma Master Cheng Yen was born in Chingshui, a town in central Taiwan, in 1937. In 1966, she established the Tzu Chi Foundation, which concentrates its activities in four area [...]	2008-10-28 08:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI1566	HONG KONG UPGRADES ITS TAIWAN TRADE OFFICE [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting with economic chief, Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) Ltd. Taiwan Branch General Manager Perry Fung said his office has upgraded its status from "consultancy" to "limited company," reflecting the overall improvement in cross-Strait economic ties (reft [...]	2008-11-06 05:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL EINV TW HK CH
08AITTAIPEI1577	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On October 6, the Advisor met with the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) to review the progress of software development and export control related issues. Development is on schedule and completion is expected by end of CY 2008. 2. (SBU) On October 6, the Advisor met with the Directorate [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AITTAIPEI158	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY 2008 [...] (U) The Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Advisor reported on two recent investigations of Taiwan companies for export control violations. The investigations are detailed in refs A and B. 2. (U) On January 15, the EXBS Advisor was informed by an official of the Bureau of [...]	2008-02-01 08:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AITTAIPEI1614	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on November 11, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three Gulf-based al-Qaida financiers added on October 10, 2008 to its list of entities/individuals subject to targeted sanctions. [...]	2008-11-14 03:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW
08AITTAIPEI1634	REQUEST LEAHY AMENDMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: As required by the Departments of State and Defense Leahy Amendments, AIT requests that Washington conduct an expedited human rights review of the below listed Taiwan Criminal Investigation Bureau personnel, who will participate in DEA Basic Drug Detection Training beginn [...]	2008-11-21 08:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	MAS PHUM PM PREL SNAR ASEC TW
08AITTAIPEI1635	DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL CRISIS COORDINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 21 meeting with Vice Premier Paul Chiu, the Director observed that the current APEC leaders' meeting in Peru presents a useful opportunity for Taiwan to coordinate with counterparts on the global financial crisis. He stressed U.S. interest in fast action on opening T [...]	2008-11-21 08:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR TW
08AITTAIPEI1638	TAIWAN'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK DARKENS, BUT FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 20, official GDP figures showed the Taiwan economy contracted by 1.02% year-on-year (yoy) in the third quarter, a sharply lower figure than had been predicted just weeks earlier. The government's 2008 GDP growth forecast is now 1.87%, and the official estimate for 200 [...]	2008-11-23 21:34:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1645	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three financiers designated by the UN 1267 Committee pursuant to resolution 1267 on October 10, 2008: --Khalifa Muhammad Turki Al-Subaiy, [...]	2008-11-24 07:13:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC ECON BA QI TW
08AITTAIPEI1647	TAIWAN MULLS ENHANCED CROSS-STRAIT FINANCIAL LINKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In advance of the 14th Cross-Strait Financial Academic Research Conference slated to take place in Beijing this week, Taiwan financial sector contacts say preparations are underway for a cross-Strait MOU that would facilitate Taiwan banks' access to the Chinese market, and vice-ver [...]	2008-11-24 07:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW CH
08AITTAIPEI1674	FSC CHAIRMAN BECOMES FIRST ECONOMIC OFFICIAL TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the Ma Cabinet's first change of economic personnel, Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) Chairman Gordon Chen has resigned, nominally due to his poor performance in steering Taiwan through the global financial crisis. Reportedly, however, Chen was pressured to resign in the [...]	2008-12-01 08:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PINR TW
08AITTAIPEI1693	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On November 3, the Advisor spoke at an Export Administration Regulations Seminar organized by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy of the Republic of Korea. Over 150 representatives of Korean and foreign subsidiary companies attended the Seminar. The Seminar was followed by one-on-one coun [...]	2008-12-05 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AITTAIPEI1706	DIRECTOR AND USTR TEAM URGE PROMPT TAIWAN ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 9 meeting with NSC Secretary General Su Chi, the Director and Deputy Assistant USTR Timothy Wineland urged Taiwan to open its market to the full range of U.S. beef imports as quickly as possible. They stressed that the imminent release of the Department of Health (DO [...]	2008-12-09 09:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1708	MARKET ACCESS CONCERNS, NOT POLITICS, DRIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Taiwan and China discuss liberalizing cross-Strait financial service restrictions, there appear to be clear differences on market access. According to Taiwan officials, China wants to liberalize under the WTO framework. This, in the view of Taiwan officials, would give China [...]	2008-12-10 10:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1715	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 8, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O. 13224 on November 20, 2008, for supporting terrorism. These three [...]	2008-12-11 07:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW
08AITTAIPEI1716	USTR VISIT FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During December 8-9 meetings in Taipei, USTR Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs Tim Wineland and AIT/W Director of Trade and Commercial Programs Rick Ruzicka pressed their Taiwan interlocutors on key agricultural market access issues, including beef, pork, and rice. Winel [...]	2008-12-11 08:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1744	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three members of al-Shabaab, designated by the U.S. under E.O.13224 on November 20, 2008 for supporting terrorism: --Ahmed Abdi Aw-Moh [...]	2008-12-17 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC ECON ET KE TW
08AITTAIPEI1747	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Industry-Government Outreach Program in Taichung (December 10 - 11),the Advisor met with an official from the National Science Council (NSC) to get an update on the Transfer of Intangible Technology Legislation. The official stated that the legislation still is in [...]	2008-12-18 07:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AITTAIPEI1776	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DESIGNATION OF UNION OF GOOD [...] (U) Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 22, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on the U.S. Department of the Treasury's designation of the Union of Good, a Saudi Arabia-based organization, as a supporter of t [...]	2008-12-24 05:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL UNSC ECON
08AITTAIPEI213	TAIWAN SATELLITE PROGRAM UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 12, AIT officers visited the National Space Program Office (NSPO) and met with the newly-appointed director Miau Jiun-jih to discuss current and future plans at NSPO. Miau emphasized that the follow-on to the Formosat-2 remote sensing satellite was the top priority, [...]	2008-02-15 05:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA CVIS TW
08AITTAIPEI217	TAIWAN RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: POSSIBLE EXPORTS TO [...] (S) On January 31, AIT received the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' response to reftel non-paper. An unofficial AIT translation of BOFT's response follows: 2. (S) BEGIN TRANSLATION Subject: Possible exports of controlled items by Arix CNC Machi [...]	2008-02-15 07:23:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC IR MTCRE PARM PREL TW AE
08AITTAIPEI22	FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on December 25, 2007, providing all banking institutions and securities finance companies with copies of the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering (FATF) October 2007 statement and guidance on Iran [...]	2008-01-07 23:43:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI221	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions and securities finance companies with information on three individuals, Assaad Halim Hardan, Wi'am Wahhab, and Hafiz Makhluf designated by the U.S. Dep [...]	2008-02-19 10:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI222	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on four individuals (including Ahmed Foruzandeh) and one entity (Al Zawra Television Station) designated by the U.S. Department of Tre [...]	2008-02-19 10:07:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI226	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER [...] Per ref A, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 2, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on seven individuals (including Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi) with ties to the Iraqi insurgency and the former Iraqi regime. 2. The FSC a [...]	2008-02-19 10:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI261	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftel, Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC) issued a formal instruction on February 18, 2008, providing all banking institutions with information on three individuals --Hamid Al-Ali --Jaber Al-Jalamah, and --Mubarak Mushakhas Sanad Al-Bathali designated on January 16, 200 [...]	2008-02-25 09:49:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU
08AITTAIPEI301	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE KUWAIT-BASED [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipt from or payment to the following three individuals designated on January 16, 2008 by UN 1267 Sanctions Committee in LIST 83: Hamid Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak [...]	2008-03-05 09:36:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL UNSC ECON TW KU
08AITTAIPEI302	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following four individuals and one entity designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13438 on January 9, 2008: Four individu [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI303	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF IRAQI FORMER [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following individual designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13224 on December 6, 2007: --Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi, and th [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI304	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] Per reftels, the Central Bank of the ROC (Taiwan) has searched, but not found, any bank record of foreign exchange receipts from or payment to the following three individuals designated by the U.S. Department of Treasury pursuant to US E.O.13441 on November 5, 2007: --Assaad Halim Hardan, -- [...]	2008-03-05 09:37:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL FARM MNUC ECON TW IR
08AITTAIPEI322	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - FEBRUARY AND FIRST [...] (U) From February 20 - 22, the Commodity Identification Training program was conducted in Kaohsiung. Approximately 45 Taiwan officials attended the training. The Department of Energy trainers did an excellent job conveying technical aspects of identifying controlled commodities. The "show an [...]	2008-03-10 09:35:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AITTAIPEI36	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - DECEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) On December 11, the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) Program Advisor met with Taiwan Ministry of Justice Investigation Bureau (MJIB) officials to get an update on export control cases. As part of MJIB's update, the EXBS Advisor received written summaries of closed and o [...]	2008-01-09 09:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AITTAIPEI431	(S) DEMARCHE TO TAIWAN ON MISTAKEN SHIPMENT OF [...] (S) Director met with Defense Minister Michael Tsai at 1730 hours local (0530 EDT) to deliver reftel points and leave as a nonpaper. Chief of the General Staff General Huoh Shou-yeh and other senior advisers also attended the meeting. Minister Tsai expressed appreciation for our candid expla [...]	2008-03-25 10:54:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW CH
08AITTAIPEI478	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MARCH 2008 [...] (U) A five-day Target and Risk Management Training, implemented by Customs and Border Protection, is being planned for the week of April 14 in Kaohsiung. 2. (U) A three-person delegation of Taiwan officials is expected to attend the International Transit and Transshipment Conference in Moro [...]	2008-04-02 07:56:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08AITTAIPEI607	TAIWAN RESPONSE TO NON-PAPER: POSSIBLE EXPORT TO [...] (S) On April 30, AIT received the Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) of the Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs' response to reftel non-paper. An unofficial AIT translation of BOFT's response follows: 2. (S) BEGIN TRANSLATION Subject: Please find BOFT's findings regarding a Syrian-base [...]	2008-05-02 07:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	ETTC MTCRE PARM PREL TW SY AE
08AITTAIPEI786	TAIWAN PREPARES FOR PROGRESS ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As Taiwan and China prepare to resume negotiations on cross-Strait issues, beginning with charter flights and tourism, Taiwan authorities and industry representatives agree that initial progress should be straightforward. Taiwan authorities believe that during their June 11-14 [...]	2008-06-06 11:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH
08AITTAIPEI808	VICE PRESIDENT SIEW OUTLINES TAIWAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 10 meeting with ADIR and visiting AIT/W Director for Trade and Commercial Policy, Vice President Vincent Siew said the Ma administration is now concentrating on inflation control, stimulating domestic demand, and expanding cross-Strait economic ties through implementing [...]	2008-06-10 07:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PROG PREL TW CH
08AITTAIPEI873	CROSS-STRAIT LIBERALIZATION WILL BOOST TAIWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the July 11-14 SEF-ARATS agreements (ref a) to implement cross-Strait weekend charter flights and ease restrictions on PRC tourist travel to Taiwan, the Taiwan travel and tourism sector is anticipating a shot in the arm from an expected surge in Chinese visitors. T [...]	2008-06-19 23:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI960	EXBS: TAIWAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - MAY AND JUNE 2008 [...] (SBU) On May 16, the EXBS Advisor made a courtesy call to the Deputy Director of Keelung Customs and the Chief of the Keelung Harbor Police. Both organizations actively participate in EXBS programs. During the visit, Keelung Customs gave a comprehensive presentation on its operations, spec [...]	2008-07-03 04:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP TW
08ALGIERS1005	ALGERIA'S PARTICIPATION AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL [...] Per reftel, we are transmitting the list of Algeria's delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly, which the MFA provided us via diplomatic note on September 17. A. Attendance of the Head of State: No plans to attend as of 09/17/08. B. Attendance of the Head of Government: No plans to at [...]	2008-09-17 17:41:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA AG
08ALGIERS1053	SENATE PRESIDENT ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, THIRD TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian Senate president said September 29 that, press reports notwithstanding, there had been no official movement on a constitutional revision paving the way for a third term for President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Senate President Abdelkader Bensalah [...]	2008-09-30 15:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1087	INTERIOR MINISTRY SNUFFS EBERT CENTER EVENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of October 4, the interior ministry quietly informed the Friedrich Ebert Center in Algiers that the political discussion it had organized for the following morning would not take place and "was not appreciated." The October 5 event, a debate on the 20th anniversa [...]	2008-10-06 15:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1092	GOA ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director of Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi was covering the Kosovo portfolio for a colleague who is currently in New York at the UNGA meetings, thus he said he was not able to respond substantively to our reque [...]	2008-10-07 16:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV AG
08ALGIERS1093	DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche on October 6 to Ahmed Saadi, Acting Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs at the MFA. Saadi, who usually covers human rights, was covering the sanctions portfolio and much of multilateral affairs for several colleagues who are currently in New York at the UN [...]	2008-10-07 16:46:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KKNP EUN EWWT PREL IR AG
08ALGIERS1119	TO JOIN OR NOT TO JOIN: ALGERIA'S FRANCOPHONE [...] (SBU) Despite the lack of an official announcement by the Algerian government, MFA contacts tell us that President Bouteflika will attend and give a speech at the twelfth Summit of Heads of State of the International Organization of Francophone Countries (OIF). The summit, to be held from Oct [...]	2008-10-15 17:11:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EDU FR AG
08ALGIERS1122	ALGERIAN MEDIA: AFRICOM TO COUNTER GROWING CHINESE [...] We delivered reftel demarche notifying the Algerian government of AFRICOM's official inception as a unified command to MFA North America Deputy Director Rachid Ouali on October 8. Ouali provided no substantive comment on AFRICOM. Meanwhile, Algeria's leading newspapers devoted measured cove [...]	2008-10-16 13:10:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL AG
08ALGIERS1123	ALGERIAN WESTERN SAHARA POSITION UNYIELDING [...] (C) During an October 8 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkader Messahel (U/S equivalent) asserted that Algeria's position on Western Sahara has not changed since 1965 and that Algeria continued to believe that the principle of se [...]	2008-10-16 13:11:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS1124	ALGERIAN MEDIA: AFRICOM TO COUNTER GROWING CHINESE [...] We delivered reftel demarche notifying the Algerian government of AFRICOM's official inception as a unified command to MFA North America Deputy Director Rachid Ouali on October 8. Ouali provided no substantive comment on AFRICOM. Meanwhile, Algeria's leading newspapers devoted measured cove [...]	2008-10-18 06:18:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL AG
08ALGIERS1147	NUCLEAR ENERGY IN ALGERIA: U.S. COOPERATION BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as countries such as France, Russia, China and Argentina have pursued nuclear cooperation agreements with Algeria, Algerian experts and French diplomats say Algeria is still 20 to 30 years away from developing nuclear power. A team of experts from Lawrence Livermore Nationa [...]	2008-10-22 15:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY KNNP PREL IAEA AG
08ALGIERS1181	ALGERIA REMAINS FIRM ON MAURITANIA, SEES SOME [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane told visiting NEA/MAG Director Stephanie Williams November 3 that Algeria remains firmly opposed to the unconstitutional removal of Mauritanian President Abdallahi from power as a result of the August coup. Magrama [...]	2008-11-05 18:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ML MR AG
08ALGIERS1206	ALGERIA: BUREAUCRACY STIFLES GROWTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Business leaders told Ambassador and visiting NEA/MAG Director that the government bureaucracy continues to stifle the Algerian economy. Contract tenders are slow to develop, forcing the government to accept bidders who promise speed but who often have cost overruns in the end [...]	2008-11-10 18:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS1220	MYSTIC SUFI: BOUTEFLIKA'S ISLAMIC GAMBIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As he did prior to his 2004 reelection, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has begun raising the profile of Algeria's Sufi religious schools -- the zaouias -- both as a tool for political mobilization and to counter Islamic extremism with a moderate, homegrown alternative. Within Isl [...]	2008-11-17 11:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL AG
08ALGIERS1231	INCLUSION OF BURKINA FASO IN TSCTP: ALGERIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 16:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER XA XI AG
08ALGIERS1232	CROSSING THE ALGERIAN BORDER: AVENUES FOR REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Economic integration in the Maghreb is effectively blocked by the physical border closure between Algeria and Morocco. While there may be hope for a "quiet" rapprochement on the Moroccan side (ref A),Algerian policy makers voice such ardent, public distrust of their Moroccan co [...]	2008-11-19 08:03:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN PREL ENRG ECON AG
08ALGIERS1241	ALGERIA: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-23 14:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY AG
08ALGIERS1254	VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SURGES AS SOCIETY SIMMERS [...] Even as the constitution was being revised on November 12 to guarantee greater political representation for women, violence against women in Algeria was on the rise. According to Farouk Ksentini, the chairman of the government's National Consultative Commission for the Promotion and Protectio [...]	2008-11-26 14:08:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL AG
08ALGIERS1267	THREE CENTIMETERS TALLER THAN NAPOLEON: BOUTEFLIKA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 16:32:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI AG
08ALGIERS1269	WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI YOUTH FRUSTRATION MOUNTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sahrawi youth are increasingly frustrated and speak of a return to armed conflict with Morocco, but there is no indication that they are preparing to do so, or that they are indeed capable. During a November 15 visit by poloff and visiting NEA/MAG Algeria desk officer to a Sahraw [...]	2008-12-06 07:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PBTS WI AG
08ALGIERS1270	WESTERM SAHARA: SAHRAWI YOUTH FRUSTRATION MOUNTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-06 07:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PBTS WI AG
08ALGIERS1279	NEW TELECOM MINISTER IDENTIFIES PRIORITIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Post and Telecommunications Hamid Bessalah laid out for us an ambitious internet and telecom agenda that includes requests for U.S. engagement and assistance as well as opportunities for U.S. investment. Bessalah is a first-time minister who assumed his post in the Jun [...]	2008-12-07 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD AG
08ALGIERS1280	CODEL HASTINGS PRESSES ALGERIA ON ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representative Alcee Hastings (D-FL) urged that Algeria invite international observers for the April 2009 presidential elections. He met with positive but carefully hedged responses from his Algerian government interlocutors. The parliamentarians he met were generally warm to t [...]	2008-12-07 07:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1288	FLN LEADER SEES MORE REFORM, HOPE FOR CLOSER U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Liberation Front (FLN) Secretary-General (and former Prime Minister) Abdelaziz Belkhadem, now the leader of the alliance pushing for a third term for President Bouteflika, believes there is a hope for closer economic and political relations with the U.S. He told the Amba [...]	2008-12-10 19:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1296	ALGERIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ON BOUTEFLIKA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliamentarians told Codel Hastings on December 2 that they believed the international community must play a greater role in resolving the Western Sahara question and that a third term for President Bouteflika is necessary for the well-being of Algeria. The Minister of Parliame [...]	2008-12-15 07:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM OREP PBTS MO AG
08ALGIERS1306	RIFTS WITHIN THE "POUVOIR" MAKE RARE HEADLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: An extremely rare public and personal exchange between a former president and a retired general has broken the omerta code usually observed by Algeria's ruling elite, exposing divisions within the "Pouvoir" that have persisted since the struggle for independence. The bitter excha [...]	2008-12-18 08:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS1307	CENTRAL BANK CHIEF STAYS THE REGULATORY COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bank of Algeria Governor Mohamed Laksaci told the Ambassador December 7 that he and his organization are focused almost to a fault on bank regulation rather than on financial system modernization. Laksaci has been with the central bank in various positions since 1990, and remain [...]	2008-12-18 08:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS1324	ALGERIA: FAROUK HOSNI UNESCO CANDIDACY THE TIP OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Algeria will likely adhere to the position adopted in an October 25 Algiers meeting of pan-African culture ministers endorsing the candidacy of Egyptian Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Secretary General. Ambassador told MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelha [...]	2008-12-22 11:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL PREL AG
08ALGIERS1326	ALGERIA: FAROUK HOSNI UNESCO CANDIDACY THE TIP OF [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Algeria will likely adhere to the position adopted in an October 25 Algiers meeting of pan-African culture ministers endorsing the candidacy of Egyptian Farouk Hosni for UNESCO Secretary General. Ambassador told MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Abdelh [...]	2008-12-22 16:09:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO SCUL PREL AG
08ALGIERS1327	ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the MFA Director General for Arab Affairs on the eve of Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's expected visit. On foreign fighters, DG Abdelhamid Bouzaher said that the flow into Iraq had declined in recent years from a 2003-05 peak. He added [...]	2008-12-22 16:42:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG
08ALGIERS1328	ALGERIAN MFA WARY ON EVE OF ASAD VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 17:04:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PTER SY AF IC LE AG
08ALGIERS1336	TOUGH CROWD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF GHARDAIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Welcomed by a lively group of 250 students, the Ambassador spoke December 18 at the University of Ghardaia on the importance of youth participation in elections. His remarks were met with critical comments from faculty and students alike regarding U.S. policy on the Arab-Israeli [...]	2008-12-28 11:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EDU PGOV PREL IQ AG
08ALGIERS1338	ALGERIAN COMMITMENT TO AMISOM COMES FROM THE TOP [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on December 28 to Kamel Rezag-Bara, Counselor to President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for Counter-terrorism. He thanked Rezag-Bara for Algeria's commitment to provide ten aircraft to transport African Union member troops into Somalia, and stressed the urge [...]	2008-12-28 15:01:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SO AG
08ALGIERS1350	ALGERIAN MFA: DANGEROUS SPLIT BETWEEN REGIMES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Madjid Bouguerra assured the Ambassador on December 31 that Algeria would continue to play a constructive role in formulating Arab League reactions to the situation in Gaza, avoiding inflammatory rhetoric. Bouguerra said that Algerians were shocked and traum [...]	2008-12-31 18:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER PHUM MOPS KWBG IS AG
08ALGIERS141	SENIOR ALGERIAN MFA OFFICIAL DOWNBEAT ON LEBANON, [...] (C) MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher (A/S equivalent) told Ambassador February 6 that the political situation in Lebanon looked deadlocked and that the Algerian Government was not hopeful that the Arab League would succeed in paving the way for a presidential election. Bouzaher [...]	2008-02-07 08:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM LE AG
08ALGIERS143	STALE BUT NOT YET ROTTED: AGRICULTURE IN WESTERN [...] SUMMARY: Algeria's agriculture sector has been stagnant for years because of a combination of factors that includes decades of Soviet-style government agrarian policies, underdeveloped industrial transportation systems, drought, and terrorist activity that disrupted business and distracted g [...]	2008-02-09 06:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS157	ALGERIAN BUSINESS GROUP LOBBYING FOR MAGHREB [...] (SBU) Summary: The often outspoken head of a prominent Algerian business association told Ambassador January 13 that together with other North African business leaders he is lobbying for the Maghreb governments to take steps promptly to enable Maghreb economic integration. The business leade [...]	2008-02-11 16:22:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL AG MO TS
08ALGIERS168	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT EVOLVING ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: We received an immediate and unusually candid response on trafficking in persons (TIP) from the Algerian foreign ministry after delivering the UN.GIFT demarche (ref A). The MFA indicated that Algeria planned to participate in the forum. In addition, our interlocutor used the me [...]	2008-02-14 16:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG
08ALGIERS169	ALGERIA RESERVED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: We received a noncommittal response from Algerian government interlocutors when the Ambassador raised the issue of recognizing an independent Kosovo. The Algerian government prefers a "go slow" approach, even though a top MFA official readily agreed Kosovo could never be reinteg [...]	2008-02-17 06:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV AG
08ALGIERS182	URGING SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAM SWING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the MFA February 13, urging Algerian support for Ambassador William Swing's candidacy to be Director General of the International Organization for Migration. He also asked for a GoA contact person with whom Ambassador Swing could discuss his candidacy d [...]	2008-02-19 06:20:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG AG
08ALGIERS183	ALGERIA RESPONSE ON IRAN THIRD SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to MFA Director General for International and Economic Affairs Rachid Bladehane (Assistant Secretary equivalent) on February 16. Ambassador updated Bladehane on U.S. diplomatic efforts on Iran nuclear challenges. Bladehane expressed Government of Algeria [...]	2008-02-19 07:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IR AG
08ALGIERS184	ALGERIA RESPONSE ON 1267 COORDINATION SUBMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 07:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC AG
08ALGIERS187	OSLO PROCESS AND BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche February 13, highlighting U.S. humanitarian concerns with the use of cluster munitions, and expressing U.S. support for the ongoing negotiations on ths issue within the Convention on Conventional Weapons. We urged Algeria not to adopt any language that would i [...]	2008-02-19 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AG
08ALGIERS191	ALGERIA GOES WTO SHOPPING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 4 visit of European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson to Algiers, EU diplomats told us the Algerians were "forthcoming and eager" on WTO accession, but the Europeans remain skeptical of rapid progress. They felt the Algerians were shopping for the ea [...]	2008-02-20 09:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD WTO ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS195	MGKV01: ALGERIA WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Bougerra told the Ambassador February 20 that Algeria would not recognize Kosovo in the foreseeable future at least. In response to ref A points, he said that it appeared to Algiers that UNSCR 1244 was explicit that Kosovo is a part of Serbia unless Serbs and Koso [...]	2008-02-20 15:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI EU KVIR AG
08ALGIERS198	SCENE SETTER FOR A/S WELCH VISIT TO ALGERIA [...] (C) We and the Algerians are looking forward to your visit next week. There was a prominent article about your visit, generated with help from our PAO, in best-selling el-Khabar newspaper on February 21. You will be visiting just as the government machine is gearing up to amend the Algerian constit [...]	2008-02-22 11:28:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AG
08ALGIERS199	NEW POLISARIO AMBASSADOR IN ALGIERS HEWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting, new Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali and Polisario Minister-Delegate for African Affairs Mohammed Beissat told us that it was getting more difficult for the Polisario leadership to convince the Sahrawi people to be patient and respect the Man [...]	2008-02-22 11:59:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG
08ALGIERS205	TIP DVC DEEPENS DIALOGUE [...] (U) A digital video conference on February 19 between Department officials and Algerian counterparts was the latest step in our ongoing engagement with the Algerian government on trafficking in persons. Representing the Algerian government were MFA U.S. desk officer Rachid Ouali, MFA director [...]	2008-02-24 07:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF AG
08ALGIERS21	SAHRAWI AMBASSADOR: POLISARIO ENERGIZED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to the Polisario Ambassador to Algeria, the December 14-20 party congress in Tifariti has provided the Polisario with an injection of energy and confidence moving into the January 8-9 Manhasset negotiations. While the pledge to resume armed struggle against Morocco "has [...]	2008-01-07 14:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PBTS MO WI AG
08ALGIERS223	BOUTEFLIKA LOOKS TO THE LEVANT WITH A/S WELCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a three-hour tour d'horizon with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika provided his candid opinions on a wide range of issues (septel),but spoke at length about the Levant. He revealed his personal views on Syrian interference in Lebanon, the [...]	2008-02-29 10:11:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS248	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 13:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS251	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 13:21:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS252	BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika SIPDIS stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermo [...]	2008-03-03 13:23:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS255	GOVERNMENT ASSAULTS EMBASSY IN THE PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent media interest in the activities of the Ambassador and Embassy officials suddenly exploded onto the front pages March 3 when several major local newspapers featured critical remarks from Prime Minister Belkhadem and Foreign Minister Medelci. According to the papers, both [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM AG
08ALGIERS259	BOUTEFLIKA: LIBYA LOOKING TOWARDS U.S. [...] (S) In a February 26 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stated emphatically that while Libyan Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi needs to protect his image with a sometimes defiant public discourse, his mindset is now firmly pro-U.S. Furthermore, accor [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS261	ALGERIAN LEADERSHIP TOWS WESTERN SAHARA LINE WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In February 26 and 27 meetings with NEA Assistant Secretary C. David Welch, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem emphasized their familiar line on self-determination for Western Sahara, as well as the need to find a way out that would allow Algeria [...]	2008-03-03 15:52:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AG
08ALGIERS274	MFA OFFICIAL CALLS GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON EMBASSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: There was more media clamor on March 5 about the Algerian government accusations that the U.S. Embassy and the Ambassador of "interference" in internal Algerian affairs (ref A). Government spokesman Boukerzaza told the press March 4 that there was no diplomatic crisis with the Em [...]	2008-03-05 19:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS293	ALGERIAN OFFICIALS PRIVATELY BACKTRACK ON [...] (C) MFA Counselor Ambassador Abdallah Baali (protect) pulled Ambassador aside after a discussion about the Western Sahara (septel) to discuss privately the Algerian government's public criticism of the American Embassy (refs). Baali said he had asked the Director General (roughly equivalent [...]	2008-03-11 12:58:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AG
08ALGIERS334	MFA BLASE ABOUT MEDIA ATTACKS ON EMBASSY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a period of relative calm, government use of the press to attack Embassy activities (refs A and B) heated up again on March 15 when Arabic-language daily El Khabar featured front page headlines proclaiming that the Interior ministry had issued an order forbidding NGOs to meet [...]	2008-03-20 09:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS335	NEW POLISARIO LEADERSHIP DEFIANT, SAHRAWIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12-14 visit to Tindouf by Emboff and visiting PRM officers, Polisario leaders expressed increasing frustration with the Manhasset negotiation process, consistent with recent public statements by Polisario officials in Algiers. Although the Polisario leadership was vagu [...]	2008-03-20 10:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG

08ALGIERS34	ALGERIAN SKEPTICISM AHEAD OF AFRICOM DVC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Despite our repeated attempts to explain and clarify U.S. plans for AFRICOM, Algerians remain critical and suspicious. Both journalists and government officials engage in heavy speculation, often making false claims and spouting baseless misinformation about the new U.S. African C [...]	2008-01-13 16:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO MARR AG
08ALGIERS357	DECODING PRIME MINISTER'S PRESS LEAKS ATTACKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The publisher of an Arabic-language daily told the Ambassador on March 24 that the paper's March 22 front page story alleging that the Ambassador had refused to appear at the MFA when convoked by the Foreign Minister was printed as a result of direct pressure from the Prime Minis [...]	2008-03-26 11:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ODIP KDEM AG
08ALGIERS360	ALGERIA'S FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] In response to reftel, Post submits the following: 2. Algeria has made progress since 2003 regarding fiscal transparency. Budget plans are unveiled each autumn for the following calendar year, and the Finance Law is officially published in the journal of record on December 31. A report [...]	2008-03-26 16:07:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL AG
08ALGIERS361	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT REACTS NEGATIVELY TO HUMAN [...] (C) MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane convoked Ambassador on March 26 to relay the GOA's dissatisfaction with the Department's 2007 Human Rights Report on Algeria. She complained that the report depicted the human rights scene in Algeria as "static" when it is, she claimed, [...]	2008-03-27 09:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM AG
08ALGIERS37	ALGERIAN MFA WELCOMES LIBYA IN TSCTP [...] (C) MFA Secretary General (number two) Bouguerra and MFA Director General (A/S equivalent) for Africa Chergui told Ambassador on January 13 that Algeria would not object to the U.S. including Libyan officials in future TSCTP programming. He opined that Algeria thought integrating Libya more a [...]	2008-01-14 11:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG LY
08ALGIERS384	SCARRED BY SCANDAL AND INEXPERIENCE, CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank of Algeria, worried that it will be perceived as soft on corruption and banking irregularities, has been carrying out an increasingly aggressive oversight campaign whose intentions may be pure, but whose results have frustrated and suffocated banking reform. Our contacts [...]	2008-04-01 16:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS388	ACCUSED JOURNALISTS SOBERED BUT UNBOWED BY [...] (C) On March 26 Pol/Econ Chief and PAO visited the Algiers offices of the French-language daily El Watan to discuss the press defamation case against El Watan Director Omar Belhouchet and columnist Chawki Amari (ref A). Editor-in Chief Zine Cherfaoui and Amari told us that the paper was able [...]	2008-04-02 15:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO PGOV AG
08ALGIERS396	HAMAS OFFICIAL ASKS BOUTEFLIKA'S HELP IN RESOLVING [...] (SBU) The Algerian Arabic-language newspaper Ennahar reported April 5 that a representative from the Palestinian Hamas movement in Lebanon, Usama Hamdan, said during an April 4 press conference at the Hamas office in Algiers that he had asked the Algerian authorities to mediate between Hamas an [...]	2008-04-07 13:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG
08ALGIERS422	MFA OFFICIAL: SAHEL HEATS UP AS MALI PLAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting, MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for African Affairs Ismail Chergui told Ambassador that Algeria perceives that the security situation in northern Mali and Niger is deteriorating. Chergui said Algeria was frustrated by the "unhelpful" [...]	2008-04-14 17:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG
08ALGIERS434	INTERIOR MINISTER CRITICIZES NGOS AS UNHELPFUL [...] (C) Speaking during a parliamentary session held April 9, Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni stated that "international NGOs coming to Algeria are neither helping nor building the country." He asked MPs why they would work with such NGOs since they only came to Algeria for money. Zer [...]	2008-04-20 16:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS439	ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT URGES SIMPLE MINURSO ROLLOVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs abruptly convoked the Ambassador late afternoon on April 21 to discuss Western Sahara. Director General for African Affairs (Assistant Secretary level) Ismail Chergui asked for our help in securing a MINURSO renewal resolution that he called techni [...]	2008-04-22 10:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS464	AFRICA UNION CENTER WANTS OUR HELP FOR ITS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since early 2008 a number of U.S. official delegations have visited the African Center for the Research and Study of Terrorism (CAERT) in Algiers, all of which have departed leaving the impression that U.S. assistance in the form of training or seminars would be forthcoming. [...]	2008-04-23 16:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC AG
08ALGIERS465	SLIPPING TOWARDS ADDICTION: ALGERIA'S EVOLVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria is evolving from primarily a transit point for drugs entering Europe into a destination and producer of drugs. The first few months of 2008 have featured a wave of front-page press reports on domestic drug production, announcing that areas of the southern Sahel region ar [...]	2008-04-24 09:29:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAGR PREL PTER ECON AG
08ALGIERS466	MUSLIM PARTY TRIES NEW APPROACH TO DECRIMINALIZE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Movement for a Society of Peace (MSP),the Muslim Brotherhood party that is one of the members of the ruling coalition in Algeria, proposed in parliament on April 22 to cancel a 2001 law that constitutes the basis for the criminalization of religious and journalistic speech. T [...]	2008-04-24 11:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AG
08ALGIERS481	PACKAGING AND REPACKAGING ALGERIA'S WTO BID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's chief WTO negotiators said in press interviews surrounding an Algerian Senate-sponsored conference about Algerian WTO membership negotiations that Algeria's WTO bid was in an "advanced state" and that they are preparing for a new round of talks that they expect to occur [...]	2008-04-28 10:27:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS483	ALGERIA AND POLISARIO SLAM WESTERN SAHARA ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings April 27 and 28, Ambassador and DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Algerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and to the Polisario ambassador in Algiers. The two recipients shared the same reaction to the recent statement of UNSG Special Envoy Peter Van Walsum, s [...]	2008-04-28 12:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS491	GOA DENIES REPRESSING CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 29, Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to MFA Director General for American Affairs (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Fatiha Selmane, highlighting specific examples of Christian groups facing GoA obstacles as reported in refs b and c. We also delivered the demarche on Ap [...]	2008-04-30 14:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AG
08ALGIERS492	MORE GOVERNMENT VENOM DIRECTED AT NGOS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Algerian political figures continue to attack foreign NGOs working in Algeria. The April 27 press featured the head of the government's Human Rights Commission blaming Al-Jazeera TV and foreign NGOs for "threatening the country's national reconciliation program." Meanwhile, rh [...]	2008-05-01 06:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS493	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...]	2008-05-03 05:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD
08ALGIERS494	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD PRICES: ALGERIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Algeria imports much of the food in consumes, up to 50 percent of some commodities, and the prices of many food items are climbing significantly. The government is using subsidies to prevent price increases for a few food staples, like bread, semolina and milk. Because of t [...]	2008-05-03 05:48:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PGOV PREL AG EAID ETRD
08ALGIERS521	OUTREACH TO ALGERIAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda has been an ongoing effort by Embassy Algiers since the arrival of the Ambassador in August 2006. The Ambassador and Embassy officers routinely meet with democracy and human rights activists, political parties, journalists, and other me [...]	2008-05-07 17:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AG
08ALGIERS524	REQUEST FOR SPECIAL MILAIR MEDEVAC FOR SICK [...] A group of Algerians here in Algiers and in the USA has asked the Embassy for USG help airlifting a small child to the U.S. for medical treatment, and our doing so would be a terrific humanitarian gesture that the Algerian public would deeply appreciate. The two and one-half year old child na [...]	2008-05-09 10:43:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR AG
08ALGIERS555	ALGERIANS ON MOROCCAN RAPPROCHEMENT EFFORT: CURB [...] (C) SUMMARY: While expressing general support for dialogue and rapprochement in principle, Algerian officials from the Customs service to Prime Minister Belkhadem have voiced frustration at what they perceive as the unilateral and non-consultative manner in which Morocco launched its recent in [...]	2008-05-14 17:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN MO AG
08ALGIERS587	ALGERIA RESPONSE ON LEBANON BUILDING ON ARAB [...] (C) During a May 20 reception, Ambassador collared Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci and relayed reftel demarche message. Ambassador said the U.S. strongly supports the Arab league mediation of the Lebanon crisis and the agreement announced in Beirut on May 15. Medelci said that Alg [...]	2008-05-21 12:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY AG
08ALGIERS589	MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...] (U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...]	2008-05-23 10:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG ML MR NG
08ALGIERS590	MALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS ALGERIA [...] (U) On May 20, the Algerian media reported that Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane visited Algeria on May 19 to secure Algerian re-engagement on negotiations between the Malian government and Tuareg rebels in Northern Mali. According to press reports, after Ouane met with President Abdelaz [...]	2008-05-23 10:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL AG ML MR NG
08ALGIERS626	OPEC CHIEF OPINES ON FUEL PRICES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's Energy Minister and OPEC President Chakib Khelil told us May 28 that the high price of fuel in the United States has less to do with OPEC production caps than with the value of the dollar, oil speculation and refining techniques associated with bio-fuel additives. Kheli [...]	2008-05-30 17:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON ETRD PREL AG
08ALGIERS680	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE JUNE 17-19 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 11:29:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR OTRA AG IZ
08ALGIERS682	KING OF RAI LATEST WESTERN SAHARA CASUALTY [...] According to Algerian press reports and an Algerian concert goer in Morocco, Algerian pop star Cheb Khaled, known as the King of Rai music, was briefly assaulted on June 1 by a Moroccan concert audience angry at his known affection for the cause of Western Saharan independence. After a Spanish [...]	2008-06-11 08:49:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREF PREL SCUL KPAO WI MO AG
08ALGIERS683	ALGERIA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: While official Algerian government reaction to the 2008 TIP report was negative, press coverage was surprisingly light, with much of it critical of Algeria's inability to get itself out of Tier 3 status. The Justice minister and our MFA interlocutor both rejected the report and [...]	2008-06-11 08:54:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL PREF SMIG AG
08ALGIERS685	AQIM LEADER: DON'T TOUCH OUR WOMEN [...] (SBU) On June 5, Al-Qaeda in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) posted a communique on a Jihadi website (www.shmo5alislam.net) entitled "in your honor, our sister." The communique, signed by AQIM leader Abdeloudoud Droukdal, referred to a Moroccan woman named "Fatiha" who was allegedly be [...]	2008-06-11 08:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL AG
08ALGIERS689	COMMERCE MINISTER NONCOMMITTAL ON WTO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a long-awaited meeting on June 8, Commerce Minister El Hachemi Djaboub and his lead WTO negotiators offered us little in terms of concrete actions that the Algerians would take to accelerate their bid to join WTO. We received some indications of willingness to adjust Alge [...]	2008-06-12 08:23:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL AG
08ALGIERS694	MFA ON ASAD'S TRAVELS, LEBANON [...] (C) The Algerian foreign ministry is not aware of any imminent visit to Algeria by Syrian President Bashar al-Asad, according to Counselor Nassima Baghli and North America Director Abdellah Laouari. Laouari told us on June 15 that the MFA was aware of Asad's recent visit to Tripoli, along wit [...]	2008-06-15 16:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE AG
08ALGIERS704	SAHEL SECURITY: MFA SAYS ALGERIA REENGAGING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 18 discussion with a visiting U.S. delegation led by Bureau of African Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Todd Moss, MFA Director General (Assistant Secretary equivalent) for African Affairs Ismail Chergui highlighted Algeria's commitment to the Algiers Accords, but onl [...]	2008-06-19 11:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AG ML NG
08ALGIERS721	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE WINS AT LEAST ONE [...] (C) On June 21, Ambassador met Ambassador Baali, Counselor to Foreign Minister Medelcito discuss the Friends of Iraq conference held in United Arab Emirates on June 17-19. Baali who led the Algerian delegation, said he met with MNFI Commander General Petraeus, Iraqi National Security Adviso [...]	2008-06-23 08:01:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AG IZ
08ALGIERS724	FILLON VISIT HIGHLIGHTS DIFFERENT FRANCO-ALGERIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 20-22 visit to Algiers, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon signed bilateral cooperation agreements with the Algerian government in civilian nuclear energy development, military cooperation and financial cooperation to facilitate French investment in Algeria. Symbo [...]	2008-06-24 07:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MARR FR AG
08ALGIERS728	CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS OUYAHIA BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The AlgeriantopkQ/2QW]Qz&p_QQUQJune 23 a long-rumored cabinet reshuffle that catapulted Ahmed Ouyahia back into the prime minister's chair for the third time. Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem was downgraded to minister of state without portfolio, a role unlikely to represent a [...]	2008-06-24 15:42:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON AG
08ALGIERS733	BOUTEFLIKA ON WESTERN SAHARA: OUR BACKS ARE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 17:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO WI AG
08ALGIERS739	BOUTEFLIKA SAYS HE WANTS BETTER U.S. TIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's farewell call June 24, a reasonably healthy-looking President Abdelaziz Bouteflika wistfully wondered why American relations with Algeria couldn't be more like those the U.S. enjoys with Morocco and Tunisia. The Ambassador noted that as Algeria opened up [...]	2008-06-28 17:35:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PHUM PTER MARR AG
08ALGIERS75	ALGERIANS VIEW POTUS TRIP WITH CAUTION, CYNICISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bush's recent trip to the Middle East attracted considerable if mostly cynical press coverage in Algeria, though the government issued no official statement. In general, press coverage and our MFA contacts indicate that Algerian expectations for the trip were low, speci [...]	2008-01-22 16:55:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL AG
08ALGIERS762	ALGERIA REMAINS DISTANT ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In a July 2 meeting with MFA's Director General for European Affairs (A/S equivalent) Mouloud Hamai and Deputy Director for Central Europe and the Balkans Abdelmadjid Amalou, Charge asked whether Algeria's thinking on Kosovo had evolved and urged the Algerians to participate in the July 11 [...]	2008-07-07 07:41:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV AG
08ALGIERS77	ALGERIAN SECURITY ROW WITH UN GETS PUBLIC AND NASTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dispute between the Algerian government and the UN over the investigation of the December 11 bombings has become public and bitter. The Algerians, in public and in private, claim they have been transparent and shared the results of their own investigation, while the senior UN [...]	2008-01-22 18:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PTER PGOV UN AG
08ALGIERS772	TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE: CODEL GETS RARE MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 30, visiting Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN) met with Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, an old ally of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika who rarely meets with U.S. officials. The meeting steered clear of hot-button issues but did offer some insight into the way Zerhoun [...]	2008-07-08 15:38:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS774	ENHANCING ALGERIA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Algeria's still nascent financial intelligence unit is ready to cooperate on a technical assistance program to be offered through the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist finance (AML/TF). Bo [...]	2008-07-08 15:58:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECIN KTFN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER ECON AG
08ALGIERS778	ALGERIA COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING PALESTINIAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Messaoud Benziad, Deputy Director of MFA's office of Mashreq Affairs. We thanked Benziad for Algeria's support for the Palestinian Authority thus far, noting reftel points that Algeria is one of three Arab League countries that has pledged support this year [...]	2008-07-09 16:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL PGOV ECON IS AG
08ALGIERS793	FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...]	2008-07-14 16:59:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG
08ALGIERS797	ALGERIA NONCOMMITTAL ON INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 16:00:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AG
08ALGIERS798	MFA SAYS TRIPARTITE NORTHERN MALI SECURITY TALKS [...] (C) MFA Director General (A/S equivalent) for Africa Lounes Magramane told Charge on July 15 that although Algeria and the U.S. were on the same wavelength regarding the establishment of special security units in northern Mali, setting up a tripartite meeting in August involving Mali, Algeria [...]	2008-07-15 16:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ML AG
08ALGIERS800	CODEL MCCOLLUM MEETS THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 30 meeting with Codel McCollum, Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia proved surprisingly forthcoming about Algeria's past mistakes and his own aggressive anti-Islamist credentials, while professing support for WTO accession and religious freedom within Algeria. His offered some [...]	2008-07-16 14:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AG
08ALGIERS837	MERKEL EXPLORES DEEPER ALGERIAN TIES - AND GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Chancellor Angela Merkel made her first visit to Algiers July 16-17 in an effort to boost natural gas supplies and promote stronger commercial ties between Germany and Algeria. Following on the heels of the Mediterranean Union Summit in Paris, Merkel's trip was also seen [...]	2008-07-28 16:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD MARR GM AG
08ALGIERS85	FRENCH AMBASSADOR: BOUTEFLIKA MAY NOT NEED TO [...] (C) French Ambassador Bajolet told the Ambassador on January 23 that he and the French government are worried that Algeria is gradually headed towards more instability, but they do not see an alternative to Bouteflika's remaining in power for a third term beginning in 2009. Bajolet, who served here [...]	2008-01-25 11:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR AG
08ALGIERS904	ALGERIA HAS NO GAS TO SPARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite speculation in the press and pleas from Moroccan officials regarding new sales of Algerian natural gas to Morocco (ref A),as we have previously reported (refs B, C),Algeria will likely have little or no excess gas export capacity starting in 2009, and might face an expo [...]	2008-08-13 17:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ECON PREL MO AG
08ALGIERS906	ALGERIA STANDS QUIETLY BEHIND AU AND ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Charge met with newly appointed MFA Director General for African Affairs (A/S equivalent) Lounes Magramane on August 13 to deliver reftel demarche and underscore the need for a constitutional resolution to the crisis in Mauritania. Magramane said that Algeria was closely monitoring events i [...]	2008-08-16 06:13:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR AG
08ALGIERS907	ALGERIA EXPRESSES PASSIVE SUPPORT FOR SADC TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 06:16:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SADC ZI BC
08ALGIERS916	BOUTEFLIKA CAUTIOUSLY DEFENDS IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 11 speech at an official breakfast in Tehran, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika cautiously affirmed Iran's legal right under the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to develop a peaceful civilian nuclear energy program, but urged Iran to continue negotiations with the We [...]	2008-08-19 06:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PINR IR AG
08ALGIERS921	ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...]	2008-08-20 10:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MG AG
08ALGIERS922	ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...]	2008-08-20 11:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MG AG
08ALGIERS926	THE TROUBLED MARRIAGE OF BOUTEFLIKA AND OUYAHIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The initial fanfare surrounding the June 23 return of Ahmed Ouyahia to the prime minister's chair has given way to a period of uncertainty and rumored tension between Ouyahia and President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The atmosphere has observers suggesting that Ouyahia was not Boutefl [...]	2008-08-21 10:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG
08ALGIERS935	POLISARIO COMMITTED TO NEGOTIATE BUT WITHOUT VAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A demarche, Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Ibrahim Ghali told us on August 24 that the Sahrawi leadership is firmly committed to continuing negotiations with Morocco in the near future but only if a new moderator approved by the United Nations Secretary Genera [...]	2008-08-25 10:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS942	ALGERIA UNLIKELY TO FOLLOW RUSSIA ON SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 11:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG AG
08ALGIERS947	WESTERN SAHARA: FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In their introductory meeting August 28, Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci raised the Western Sahara briefly with the Ambassador and flagged it as an issue that the Algerians would be interested to discuss during the Secretary's proposed September 6 visit. Medelci described relations among [...]	2008-08-28 09:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF UNSC WI MO AG
08ALGIERS990	ALGERIA NONCOMMITTAL ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche to MFA Deputy Director for Central European Affairs Abdelmadjid Amalou on September 13 and outlined U.S. concerns about Serbia's proposal to seek an opinion from the ICJ on the legality of Kosovo's declaration of independence. Amalou reiterated the GoA's positio [...]	2008-09-14 14:39:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KV UN AG
08AMMAN1029	HRC NORTH KOREA SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL JO KN
08AMMAN1049	Few Iraqis in Jordan Working; Many Running Out of Funds [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Iraqis in Jordan have long relied on personal savings and remittances from families in Iraq or abroad to make ends meet, but rising inflation, the end of subsidies, and uncertainty about the length of their tenure in Jordan have contributed to a steady deterioration of their fin [...]	2008-04-10 11:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ
08AMMAN1051	Jordan's Nomination for the International Transit and [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Colonel Hassan Mahmoud Al Otoum, Director of Petra Police, to participate in the International Transit and Transshipment Conference to be held in Tangier, Morocco, May 20-22, 2008. 2. Colonel Otoum's biodata follows: Personal Information: A. Fu [...]	2008-04-10 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO
08AMMAN1057	JORDANIAN MFA PREVIEWS BORDER SECURITY WORKING [...] (C) Poloff outlined reftel objectives for the April 13 meeting of the Border Security Working Group (BSWG) in Damascus with Nawaf Tell, the MFA's Negotiations Bureau Director. According to Tell, the GOJ delegation will be headed by Ministry of Interior Secretary General Mukhaimer Abu Jammous [...]	2008-04-10 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINS PREL PTER BA EG IR IZ JO KU SA
08AMMAN1058	JORDAN LIKELY TO SEND FOREIGN MINISTER TO GCC+2 IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
08AMMAN1098	PALESTINIAN PRESIDENTIAL GUARD COMPLETE TRAINING [...] (SBU) The first group of Palestinian Authority Presidential Guard (PG) personnel to train at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) completed their two-month training program in Jordan and took part in a graduation ceremony on April 13. United States Security Coordinator Lt. [...]	2008-04-14 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL JO IS
08AMMAN1107	Jordan's Implementation of the International Health [...] The Government of Jordan (GOJ) held a meeting March 31 of focal points from all relevant GOJ ministries, and local representatives of concerned non-governmental organizations and international organizations, to discuss requirements under the International Health Regulations (IHR). Jordan's Mi [...]	2008-04-15 09:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL AORC WHO JO
08AMMAN1121	JORDAN AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) Jordan's security interests in a Palestinian state are manifold, and felt very deeply both at the senior levels and in the street. The GOJ rejects any suggestion that Jordan assume security responsibilities in the West Bank, or that the fulfillment of Palestinian national aspirations be [...]	2008-04-15 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KWBG KPAL IS JO
08AMMAN1128	EXTRADITION TREATY RAISED WITH SENIOR GOJ OFFICIALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA JO
08AMMAN1136	Additional Jordanian Nominations for the International [...] The Government of Jordan has nominated Mr. Hassouni Mheilan, Director of Trade and Storage, Ministry of Industry and Trade; Engineer Ibrahim Al Nawayseh, Assistant Director General for Technical Affairs and Projects of the Aqaba Ports Association; and Mr. Khaldoun Al Saket, Assistant Director [...]	2008-04-16 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC MO JO
08AMMAN1142	HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY TROY VISIT TO JORDAN BOLSTERS MEDICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Health and Human Services (HHS) Deputy Secretary Tevi Troy's March 30-April 2 visit to Jordan included the high-profile groundbreaking for the King Hussein Institute for Biotechnology and Cancer (KHIBC) with King Abdullah and Queen Rania. In other meetings, Troy discussed Jorda [...]	2008-04-17 07:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TBIO ETRD KIPR JO
08AMMAN1159	GOJ RENEWS URGENT REQUEST FOR USG STATEMENT OF [...] (SBU) On April 14 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs transmitted to Post a diplomatic note again urging expeditious USG intervention in the Chalabi case. Text of note follows (PDF of Arabic original sent via email to NEA/ELA). 2. (SBU) BEGIN TEXT: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Hashe [...]	2008-04-17 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN1208	JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON ANNUAL PKK MEETING DELIVERED [...] (S) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh said he would inform the Minister and advise his counterpart at the General Intelligence Directorate (GID). 2. (S) Post is following up directly with GID. HA [...]	2008-04-21 15:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KTFN PREL PTER IZ TU JO
08AMMAN1214	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON APPROACHING THE UAEG [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 10:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI JO MO BA AE JA
08AMMAN1215	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 10:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL JO
08AMMAN1232	JORDANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AHLC [...] (C) Pol/C delivered reftel demarche April 21 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh noted Jordan's support for peacemaking efforts, and said that Foreign Minister Bashir would lead the Jordanian delegation in London. He added that Jordanian Minist [...]	2008-04-23 06:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL EU KPAL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN1233	FM BASHIR DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, LEBANON WITH S/I [...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 discussion with Foreign Minister Salah Bashir, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to return an ambassador to Baghdad in order to gain a clearer understanding of political developments. In respons [...]	2008-04-23 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IR IZ JO LE TU
08AMMAN1248	QUARTET ENVOYS DISCUSS GAZA, HAMAS, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: The Quartet Envoys met in Amman on April 17 in preparation for the May 2 Principals meeting in London. The Gaza situation dominated, with all sides agreeing that the volatility there impedes peace prospects. The UN's Robert Serry presented a plan Serry said was proposed by Pales [...]	2008-04-24 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KWBG PREL IS JO
08AMMAN1265	ROYAL COURT CHIEF AWADALLAH TELL S/I SATTERFIELD [...] (C) Summary: In a discussion with Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah on April 17, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I) Ambassador David Satterfield urged Jordan to consider the significant accomplishments the Baghdad government has made recently, particularly the resp [...]	2008-04-24 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	IR PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN132	JORDAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CERD CANDIDATE, [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA JO
08AMMAN1354	May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] Amman believes that an Op-Ed authored by a senior USG official which details the human rights situation in Cuba and the plight of Cuban refugees would be the most effective way to commemorate the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People in Jordan. Post will work to gain the widest possible plac [...]	2008-05-05 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO
08AMMAN1359	JORDAN: ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman is in constant contact with democracy and human rights activists within Jordan, and has occasional contacts with the small numbers of dissidents (mainly Syrian) who reside in Amman. Post is actively engaged in promoting the spread of democratic practices and values at all [...]	2008-05-06 09:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM JO
08AMMAN1384	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 15:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL AORC KIPR WIPO JO
08AMMAN1393	DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 09:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL JO IZ
08AMMAN1428	VISIT OF IRAQI PM MALIKI TO JORDAN IN THE WORKS [...] (C) Jordanian Prime Minister Dahabi told Ambassador on May 10 that he was working out a date for Iraqi PM Maliki to visit Jordan very soon. Maliki had approached Jordanian FM Bashir at the Kuwait Neighbors meeting to propose a visit. The Jordanians are also trying to work out visits by Maliki [...]	2008-05-11 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF IZ JO
08AMMAN1430	JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SEEK STRONG ARAB, U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Senior Jordanian officials aired their views of the Lebanon crisis in separate May 10 meetings with Ambassador (Ref A). Both Prime Minister Nader Dahabi and Foreign Minister Salaheddin al-Bashir urged the U.S. to take a more active role and appeared to lack confidence that the [...]	2008-05-11 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO LE
08AMMAN1447	UNEASE IN JORDAN OVER LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials have reacted to the latest outbreak of violence in Lebanon with consternation and with a strong statement of support for the legitimate government of Lebanon. They have urged the U.S. to take a more active role in de-escalating the crisis and are ramping up t [...]	2008-05-12 16:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO LE
08AMMAN1474	JORDANIAN MFA'S IO DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS SIGNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PHUM JO
08AMMAN1483	JORDAN WORRIED MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE WILL HARM TIES [...] (C) Summary: Director of Policy Planning and Research at the Foreign Ministry Omar Nahar - supported by representatives from the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites as well as the Department of Antiquities - briefed PolOffs May 14 on the latest developments surrounding different [...]	2008-05-14 15:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG JO IS
08AMMAN1486	JORDANIAN HORSETRADING DELAYS DECISION ON SUPPORT [...] (C) PolCouns revisited the subject of Ambassador Swing's candidacy for IOM Director General May 14 with Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh, consulting on the spot with the head of the MFA's Bureau of International Organization Affairs, assured Pol [...]	2008-05-14 16:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG IOM ICJ JO
08AMMAN149	JORDANIAN ELITES WELCOME PRESIDENT,S ENGAGEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of President Bush's visit to Israel and the West Bank, Jordanian officials and observers have voiced what ranges between cautious optimism and tempered pessimism that the revitalized peace process will bear fruit this year. Officialdom has voiced the gre [...]	2008-01-15 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG JO IS
08AMMAN1497	May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 12:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO
08AMMAN1516	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE: INVITATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 10:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA MARR MOPS IZ JO
08AMMAN1525	AVIATION SECURITY PANEL DEMARCHE DELIVERED - JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-19 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER JO
08AMMAN1535	JORDAN SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH TO LEBANON, SINIORA [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on support for Lebanon to Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah and Foreign Minister Salaheddin al-Bashir on May 18. Awadallah and Bashir agreed to both the U.S. approach to Lebanon, and to the need for complete support for Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad [...]	2008-05-20 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE JO
08AMMAN1540	May 21 - Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KPAO KDEM EUN CU JO
08AMMAN1549	JORDAN EARTH DAY 2008 PROGRAMMING ENGAGES YOUTH, MEDIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Amman organized three successful events for Earth Day 2008: a high-profile April 19 beach and dive clean-up in Aqaba; speaking engagements by Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel, a renowned speaker on environmental issues from the Union of Concerned Scientists; and a regional MEPI-funde [...]	2008-05-22 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV PREL KPAO JO
08AMMAN1579	KING AND STAFFDEL DISCUSS PEACE PROCESS, LEBANON, [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, a delegation of eleven Congressional staffers met with King Abdullah and Queen Rania as part of a trip organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The King was relatively downbeat on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and Lebanon. He identified events [...]	2008-05-26 16:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM KWBG IS IZ LE JO

08AMMAN160	LIMITED OPERATIONS AT MARKA AIRPORT, AMMAN, JORDAN [...] (SBU) THE MARKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (OJAF/OJAM) AMMAN, JORDAN WILL BE LIMITED TO PASSENGER-ONLY OPERATIONS FROM 15 FEBRUARY 2008 THROUGH 15 APRIL 2008 DUE TO THE JORDANIAN SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES EXHIBITION (SOFEX08). 2. (SBU) THE MILITARY RAMP (GOLF RAMP) AT MARKA AIR BASE (OJAM) WILL [...]	2008-01-16 12:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MASS PREL JO
08AMMAN1614	TRIBULATIONS OF JORDAN'S "PEACE CAMP": ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary: Sixty years after Israel's establishment and 14 years after the formal establishment of Israeli-Jordanian peace, the Jordanian atmosphere outside government circles remains hostile to advocates of reconciliation with Israel, and to those who interact with Israelis and Israeli ins [...]	2008-05-28 09:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
08AMMAN1639	Jordan Strikes Deal for Israeli Water Assistance; Domestic [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is preparing for a rough summer of water supply constraints, a result of the recent winter providing less precipitation than expected. To mitigate the impact, Jordan has reached an agreement with Israel in which the latter will provide an additional 11 million cubic mete [...]	2008-06-01 11:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR PGOV PREL JO IS
08AMMAN1658	GOJ TAKES STEPS TOWARD IRAQ, AND COMMENTARIAT ASKS [...] (S/NF) Summary. The King's deep dismay over the absence of an effective, moderate Arab strategy to deal with Iran's manipulation of conflicts in the Arab world has focused him on improving Arab states' relations with Iraq, using Prime Minister Maliki's action against Iranian interests as cause [...]	2008-06-02 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN1666	STAFFDEL DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, REGIONAL EVENTS, [...] (C) Summary: During a week-long visit to Jordan organized by the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a ten-member U.S. congressional staffdel met with a variety of senior figures, including Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, Advisor to the Chief of Defense [...]	2008-06-03 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KIRF KPAL IS SY IZ IR LE JO
08AMMAN1723	EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELEGATION BRIEFS GOJ ON PROPOSED [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Embassy Baghdad delegation briefed senior Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials on the proposed site of the new Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad following King Abdullah's announcement that the GOJ would send an ambassador to Iraq. In separate meetings on June 5, Embassy Baghdad Man [...]	2008-06-09 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ASEC PGOV PINS PTER IZ JO
08AMMAN1730	ATTENDANCE AND DONATIONS OF JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jamal Shamaylah, Director of the FM's Private Office on June 9. Shamaylah confirmed that FM Salah Al-Bashir will attend the June 23 conference in conjunction with a trip to Berlin for a similar conference on Palestinian refugees. The FM was similarly [...]	2008-06-10 11:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA
08AMMAN1750	BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIAN CIVIL [...] (S) Poloff delivered Ref A demarche to Jamal Shamaylah, Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office on June 9. Shamaylah reported that Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir will attend the June 24 Berlin Conference subsequent to the June 23 conference in Vienna on the reconstruction of the Na [...]	2008-06-11 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN
08AMMAN1752	Media Supports Launch of Harrison Ford Public Service [...] (U) In celebration of World Environment Day, Embassy Amman, in cooperation with the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (RSCN),organized the launch of Harrison Ford's Public Service Announcements (PSAs) on wildlife trafficking at the Wild Jordan Nature Center on June 5. Forty indivi [...]	2008-06-12 05:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV ETRD PREL KPAO JO
08AMMAN1789	MALIKI'S VISIT TO AMMAN SETS A POSITIVE TONE [...] (C) Summary. The King and his senior team members separately have told us of their great satisfaction with the June 12-13 visit to Jordan by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. All of the Jordanians' key objectives were met: a turning of the page in the relationship, acknowledgment by Maliki [...]	2008-06-16 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF IZ JO
08AMMAN1882	WORLD BANK RED-DEAD FEASIBILTY STUDY COMMENCES AS THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Red Sea - Dead Sea conveyance pipeline to move water from the Gulf of Aqaba into the shrinking Dead Sea has long been discussed in the region as a savior for the region's water woes (reftels). The USG and several other donors have contributed to the World Bank feasibility s [...]	2008-06-25 06:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR PGOV PREL JO IS
08AMMAN1924	KOSOVO RECOGNITION, DONORS CONFERENCE, IMF AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 14:01:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPKO UN EU KV JO
08AMMAN1982	JORDAN NAMES AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) On June 30, the GOJ swore in Nayef Fantoul al-Zeidan as Ambassador to Iraq, following through on last month's pledge to finally appoint a representative in Baghdad, after a long gap (reftel). This is the latest in a series of steps suggesting that the King is having success reorienting hi [...]	2008-07-02 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN1983	JORDANIAN FOREIGN POLICY REACHES INTO CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: Jordan, with the heavy personal engagement of King Abdullah, has been reaching beyond the Middle East for partners on a variety of energy, economic, and political issues. Of particular note are the efforts expended on improving and expanding ties with former Soviet republics in [...]	2008-07-02 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KISL ZK ZJ TU IR JO
08AMMAN1991	GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-06 09:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PHSA PINS PREL SMIG ASEC JO
08AMMAN2004	JORDAN WELCOMED AS PARTNER TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and accompanying documents to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on July 7. Post was unable to coordinate delivery with the Russian Embassy before the due date, but will inform contacts there that we have [...]	2008-07-07 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RS JO
08AMMAN2009	SOLICITING DETAILS ON JORDAN'S EXPECTED ATTENDEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 06:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA JO
08AMMAN2015	ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] (SBU) Post contacted the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology to follow up on reftel demarche. Jordan currently serves as a rotating member on the Arabsat board. Its representative there is Mr. Afram Jameel, who works for the Ministry. 2. (SBU) Embassy point of conta [...]	2008-07-08 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER JO
08AMMAN2064	KEEPING THE PA AFLOAT - JORDAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 10 to Mohammad Al-Khalidi, Director of the Arab and Middle East Affairs Department at the Foreign Ministry. Khalidi estimated that Jordan has only disbursed roughly $1 million of the cash amount pledged to the Palestinian Authority at the Arab Lea [...]	2008-07-10 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG KPAL PGOV PREL ECON PINR JO
08AMMAN2080	USSC LTG DAYTON'S JULY 1 MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (SBU) U.S. Security Coordinator Lieutenant General Keith Dayton met with King Abdullah on July 1 to discuss the ongoing training of Palestinian security forces at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). LTG Dayton was accompanied by the Ambassador, the Defense Attache and the [...]	2008-07-13 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KPAL KWBG MAS PREL
08AMMAN2093	PALESTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER ZANOUN DEFENDS [...] (C) Summary: Palestine National Council Speaker Salim al-Zanoun provided his version of the intra-Palestinian political dispute described ref A, in which he was pressured to allow the selection of new members to the PLO Executive Committee without convening the PNC. While his account was not [...]	2008-07-14 10:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN2133	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR JULY 22 VISIT OF CODEL REED [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the visit to Jordan of CODEL Reed. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East, and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) King Abdullah is ap [...]	2008-07-16 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN2147	JORDAN FEELS STYMIED ON MUGHRABI GATE ISSUE, BUT [...] (C) Jordan, though it took a relatively conciliatory approach to the Mughrabi Gate Ascent issue at the recent meeting of the World Heritage Committee in Quebec, remains concerned that its equities are being ignored and that Israeli unilateralism will lead to a negative backlash. Note: Per ref [...]	2008-07-17 10:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG
08AMMAN2154	U.S.-Jordan Joint Committee Meeting Forms Seven Working [...] Summary: The first meeting of Jordan-United States Joint Committee on Science and Technology Cooperation (JCM) resulted in new energy initiatives, enhanced collaboration on environmental issues, and the formation of seven separate working groups on water, environment, energy, agriculture, ed [...]	2008-07-17 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV PREL EAID TBIO TPHY ETRD JO
08AMMAN2184	JORDANIAN ATTENDANCE AT JUNE MEK CONFERENCE IN [...] (C) Summary: Media in Jordan and Iran have reported the attendance of thirty-three Jordanian MPs and journalists at a Mujahedin-e-Khalq (MEK) conference in a Paris suburb June 26-30. The incident prompted a diplomatic protest from Tehran, and an awkward response from Amman. A post contact w [...]	2008-07-21 05:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IZ IR BE JO
08AMMAN2187	JORDAN ON DARFUR: JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, BUT HOW? [...] (C) In a July 20 meeting with Charge, Foreign Minister Bashir - just returned from the July 19 Arab League (AL) Ministerial in Cairo - stressed that the AL had found the "unbalanced" position of International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Ocampo vis-a-vis Sudan to be "unacceptable" (re [...]	2008-07-21 06:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU JO
08AMMAN2225	JORDAN ON IAEA BOG: FOCUSING ON ARAB GROUP PROCESS [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir on July 20. Bashir, who had just returned from a lengthy overseas trip, did not offer a substantive response but noted that Jordan's independence of action could be limited by Arab Group protocol. He wondered out loud w [...]	2008-07-24 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY JO
08AMMAN2262	IAEA BOG: JORDAN MFA BELIEVES THAT SYRIA HAS ARAB [...] (C) Jamal Al-Shamayleh, Director of Foreign Minister Bashir's private office, told PolCouns on July 29 that it appeared the Arab League had already endorsed Syria's candidacy for the MESA seat on the IAEA Board of Governors. Reading from a June 28 communique from the Jordanian Embassy in Vienn [...]	2008-07-29 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA KNNP AORC SY JO
08AMMAN228	JORDAN AND SYRIA SIGN 12 AGREEMENTS TO BOOST BILATERAL [...] (U) Jordan and Syria signed 12 agreements designed to strengthen bilateral relations following up on the 12th session of the Joint Jordanian-Syrian Higher Committee which concluded December 31. The agreements address economic integration, trade, agriculture, water, health, industry, transport [...]	2008-01-22 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EAGR PREL SENV JO SY
08AMMAN2292	"WHAT ABOUT OUR PRISONERS?" JORDANIANS ASK AFTER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordan's front pages have been crowded over the past two weeks with demands from local figures and advocacy groups for the release of four Jordanians, currently detained in Jordanian jails, who were turned over by Israel in July of 2007 (Ref A). These groups, includi [...]	2008-07-31 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER JO IS
08AMMAN2328	IAEA BOG: JORDAN CANNOT THROW ITS HAT INTO THE RING [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with Charge, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir affirmed that Syria has the Arab League's (AL) endorsement for the IAEA BOG MESA seat, putting Jordan in "an extremely awkward position" were it to nominate itself at this point. He also cited strong regional perceptions [...]	2008-08-06 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA KNNP AORC SY JO
08AMMAN2356	INFORMING JORDAN THAT MAURITIUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 06:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MR UZ JO
08AMMAN2381	AFTER IRAQ VIST, JORDAN'S KING TO PUSH PEERS TO [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah and the senior officials who accompanied him to Iraq on August 11 consider the visit a success, and one that will lead to intensified bilateral contacts. The King also hopes to use the example he has just set to convince other Arab leaders to follow suit. Our cont [...]	2008-08-13 16:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EPET IZ JO
08AMMAN2395	GOJ TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BORDER AND [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Transportation has ambitious plans for the future, including a possible regional railway link, developing the al-Karama Free Trade Zone project, and the planned relocation of the Jordan-Iraq border post further into Jordanian territory. Jordan is also inter [...]	2008-08-18 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT ECON PREL JO
08AMMAN2414	IN REVERSAL, JORDAN SET TO RELEASE "QAFQAFA FOUR" [...] (C) Summary: The Jordanian government appears set to release soon the four prisoners whom Israel turned over to Jordan in July 2007. The government justifies the move - which on the surface seems to contradict a bilateral Israeli-Jordanian understanding that they were to remain in jail for 1 [...]	2008-08-18 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER JO IS
08AMMAN2422	JORDAN NOMINATES TALEB RIFAI FOR SECGEN OF WORLD [...] (U) On August 17, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry informed Post via dipnote of its nomination of Dr. Taleb Rifai for the post of Secretary General of the UN World Tourism Organization. Post's informal translation of dipnote follows. Begin translated text: The Foreign Ministry of the Hashe [...]	2008-08-19 13:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA JO
08AMMAN2424	JORDANIAN OFFICIALS MEET WITH HAMAS AND THE MUSLIM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Jordanian media outlets have reported in recent weeks that Lieutenant General Mohammad Dahabi, the head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),has held a series of separate meetings with members of the Jordanian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political party [...]	2008-08-19 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL JO
08AMMAN2439	GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE AT USG ESF [...] (C) In an August 14 meeting with RefCoord, Imran Riza, Country Representative for UNHCR in Jordan, reported that, on the margins of a meeting at the Foreign Ministry, officials raised the issue of the Jordan ESF supplemental appropriation with him. According to Riza, the officials said the USG [...]	2008-08-20 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IO JO
08AMMAN2453	JORDANIAN FM CONVENES P5 AMBASSADORS ON HARAM [...] (C) Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, in a meeting convoked with less than a day's notice on August 21, convened the P5 Ambassadors in his office to convey Jordan's great concern that Israel was preparing - within the next month - to take unilateral steps to begin construction of a new ascent [...]	2008-08-21 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG
08AMMAN2457	FORWARD MOMENTUM, BUT IRAQ STILL A BITTER PILL FOR [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Jordanian officials have conveyed to us their satisfaction with the recent mutual measures between Jordan and Iraq to improve strained ties. Most notable have been the King's August 11 trip to Iraq, which made him the first Arab leader to do so since the fall of Sadda [...]	2008-08-21 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR JO
08AMMAN2459	JAPANESE EMBASSY IN JORDAN ORGANIZED FORUM ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Japanese Embassy in Jordan organized the "First Japan-Iraq Business Forum" in Amman in early July. Iraqi Vice President Tariq Al-Hashmi attended the event and urged Japanese companies to "invest in Iraq today" in order to secure future Iraqi oil supplies. The Iraqi Deputy [...]	2008-08-21 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV ENRG IZ JA JO
08AMMAN2460	SHARED HOPES FOR A JORDANIAN-IRAQI FREE TRADE ZONE [...] (C) Summary. The Jordanian Free Trade Zones Corporation seeks to establish a mutual Free Trade Zone with Iraq in the Karama/Trebil border area by 2010. An investment forum to discuss the topic took place in late May in Amman. A prime developer expressed frustration that Jordan is dragging it [...]	2008-08-21 15:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV IZ JO
08AMMAN2483	MFA SEES ISRAEL AS NONRESPONSIVE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) PolOff spoke on August 25 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Policy Planning and Research Director Omar Nahar, the MFA's pointman on the subject of a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate. The conversation took place days after Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir's convocation of the P5 and ot [...]	2008-08-25 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO JO IS KWBG
08AMMAN2484	KING'S RUSSIA VISIT AIMS TO BOLSTER TIES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: King Abdullah, accompanied by Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah, has just wrapped up an August 21-24 trip to Russia, where he met with both President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to discuss a range of bilateral and Middle Eastern issues. Coming on [...]	2008-08-25 15:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU JO
08AMMAN2506	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 11:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN JO
08AMMAN2522	JORDAN AND IRAQ REVIEWING OPTIONS OTHER THAN PARIS [...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Charge d'Affaires Rubinstein urged the GOJ to offer Paris Club debt relief terms to Iraq. Bashir responded that Jordan and Iraq had discussed the issue during a recent meeting, but because the debt is to the Central Bank of Jor [...]	2008-08-28 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN2566	SECRETARY'S WOMEN LEADERS' WORKING GROUP: MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN UNGA JO
08AMMAN2567	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND ABKHAZIA [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 2. Aamiry called the issue a "tough one" for Jordan, pointing to the impression of a double standard on the issue in light of Kosovo. While asserting tha [...]	2008-09-03 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU JO
08AMMAN257	JORDANIAN CONDEMNATION OF AND DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian officials up through King Abdullah and the Queen have reacted with dismay - and portions of the public (egged on by the Islamic Action Front) more angrily - to the intensification of Israel's "siege" of the Gaza Strip. The government has condemned Israeli policies and d [...]	2008-01-23 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG JO IS
08AMMAN2575	JORDAN WARM TOWARD REGIONAL "QUINTET" [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 12:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN2576	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN
08AMMAN2577	DELIVERY OF ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JO
08AMMAN2578	KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION: JORDAN NEITHER ENCOURAGES [...] (C) PolCouns delivered Ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 2. Aamiry did not offer a substantive response but noted that the GOJ would not "publicly encourage" the resolution, although "it would like to see the ma [...]	2008-09-04 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL UNGA KV UN
08AMMAN2579	JORDAN'S REACTION TO MAURITANIA COUP LINKED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AG EG IS JO KDEM LY MO MR PREL QA SA
08AMMAN2632	KING: JORDAN MAY BRING MUGHRABI GATE TO [...] (C) King Abdullah voiced his concerns to Ambassador on September 7 about Israel's plans for a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif. Repeating and emphasizing points that Jordanian officials have raised with increasing urgency over the past few weeks (re [...]	2008-09-10 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN265	CODEL PRICE DISCUSSES JORDANIAN POLITICAL REFORM, [...] (C) Summary: During the January 9-11 visit to Jordan of Codel Price (comprising Representatives David Price, Harold Rogers, Dennis Rehberg, James Moran, Michael Simpson, and Eleanor Holmes Norton, all of the House Appropriations Committee),the group and their staffers met with Chief of the [...]	2008-01-24 15:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO IS SY IZ
08AMMAN2671	KBR TRAFFICKING LAWSUIT GENERATING WIDE INTEREST [...] (U) Summary: A lawsuit recently filed in California against Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., and Jordanian firm Daoud & Partners for allegedly trafficking 13 Nepalese into Iraq has generated wide interest. Commentators are demanding that the GOJ investigate, prodded along by spurious allegations th [...]	2008-09-15 11:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTIP NP IZ JO
08AMMAN2675	JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR DEPARTS FOR BAGHDAD [...] (C) The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has informed Post that the new Jordanian Ambassador to Iraq, Nayef Fantoul al-Zeidan, departed for Baghdad on September 14th. Zeidan will be Jordan's first representative in Baghdad in several years (Ref A). 2. (C) Zeidan, a career diplomat, served as [...]	2008-09-15 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN2680	JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ TO PRESENT [...] (C) Nayef al-Zeidan, the Jordanian Ambassador to Iraq (Ref A),has delayed his departure for Baghdad until after the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which ends October 3rd. Muhammad al-Khalidi, the newly appointed Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, informed Poloff on September 16 tha [...]	2008-09-16 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN2684	AMBASSADOR BEECROFT'S MEETING WITH UNHCR COUNTRY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 10 courtesy call, Imran Riza, Country Representative for UNHCR, told Ambassador that UNHCR had a good relationship with the Government of Jordan, and that UNHCR continued its efforts to reach Iraqi refugees in Jordan. He thanked the USG for its continued support, [...]	2008-09-16 13:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL JO
08AMMAN2690	Amman Hosting Regional Conference on Investigative [...] Well known Jordanian journalist Rana Sabbagh, the Executive Director of Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ),is organizing a regional conference November 28 - 30 on investigative journalism which is scheduled to include big name media figures such as Yusri Foda of Al Jazeera and [...]	2008-09-17 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO PREL
08AMMAN2700	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED; NEW [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations, Ayman Al-Aamiry on September 18. Aamiry did not offer a substantive reaction. 2. (SBU) Aamiry informed PolOff that he would be moving on shortly to a new position as Assistant for H [...]	2008-09-18 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JO
08AMMAN2770	KING CONTINUES BROADENING JORDAN'S REACH WITH [...] (SBU) Jordan's King Abdullah visited China on September 17-18, his sixth trip to the country, as part of his ongoing effort to broaden Jordan's ties with central Asia and beyond (Ref A). During meetings with Chinese President Hu Jintao and other officials, the Jordanian delegation, including [...]	2008-09-29 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON JO CH
08AMMAN2779	JORDAN: U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 12:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ARM CDG PREL UNGA JO
08AMMAN2780	Jordan Reacts to Iraq Cholera "Outbreak" with Heightened [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reports of isolated cases of cholera in various areas of Iraq, the Government of Jordan had directed the medical screening of people arriving from Iraq. It has also imposed a temporary ban on the import of non-canned food products from Iraq. The number of report [...]	2008-09-29 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL ETRD JO IZ
08AMMAN2788	JORDAN SAYS QATARI NATIONAL AL-SUBAYI HAS NOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PTER PREL JO
08AMMAN2798	KING SHUFFLES THE ROYAL COURT, CALLS PARLIAMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: Last week saw the culmination of recent rumors as Royal Court Chief Bassem Awadallah stepped down and was replaced by East Banker Nasser Al-Lozi. In Lozi, King Abdullah has found the desired centrist, establishment figure to rebuild relationships following the departure of his c [...]	2008-10-06 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN2812	JORDANIAN FM TO ATTEND FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (C) PolOff on October 8 delivered the draft "Partnership Between G8, BMENA Governments and Civil Society" document (ref) to Ambassador Mohammad Shahankari, Director of the Negotiations Coordination Bureau in the MFA, and GOJ point person on the Forum for the Future. Shahankari made a quick s [...]	2008-10-08 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KMPI JO
08AMMAN2819	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 12-14 VISIT OF ISN PDAS [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the October 13-14 visit to Jordan of International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau PDAS McNerney. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement [...]	2008-10-09 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN2822	JORDAN DECLARES COMMITMENT TO FIGHTING TIP DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large Mark Lagon, Director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) discussed steps taken by the GOJ to eliminate trafficking conditions in Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs) and solutions to deal with trafficking-relate [...]	2008-10-09 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP BG ID CE RP IN JO
08AMMAN2823	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO
08AMMAN2852	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 06:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC JO
08AMMAN2884	JORDANIAN REACTION TO BEIJING OLYMPICS MUTED [...] (SBU) Most Jordanians viewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics through the lens of their national teams' performance. The Games received fairly straightforward coverage from the major Jordanian news outlets provided, for the most part, by a small number of reporters who accompanied the Jordan [...]	2008-10-16 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN2885	JORDAN WILLING TO PROVIDE M113S TO YEMEN IF [...] (S) Ambassador delivered Reftel points October 15 to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi. After consulting King Abdullah, Al-Lozi responded October 16 that Jordan has the M113s and would be willing to provide them to Yemen if compensated financially. 2. (S) Note: Jordan owns over 300 refurbis [...]	2008-10-16 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR YE JO
08AMMAN295	JORDAN TO ATTEND FEBRUARY 7 PSI OUTREACH EVENT IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on January 28 to Khalid Takhayneh from the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Takhayneh said he received last week the UK's invitation to the February 7 Proliferation Security Initiative meeting in London, and that his office had [...]	2008-01-28 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA PARM PREL KNNP ZR JO
08AMMAN2957	Iraqis in Jordan Allege Mosul Violence Linked to Kurds, not [...] (SBU) At the request of the Charge of the Apostolic Nunciature in Amman, Embassy EconOff Iraq-Watcher and Religious Freedom PolOff recently met with a group of Iraqis originally from the Mosul area. The delegation of approximately fifteen, consisting of both Sunni Muslims and Christians, prese [...]	2008-10-28 05:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL JO IZ
08AMMAN2965	IMPLEMENTING MUGHRABI GATE PROJECT REMAINS [...] (C) The MFA's Director of Policy Planning and Research, Omar Nahar - Post's primary GOJ contact on the matter of planned construction of a new ascent to the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount - gave PolOff a readout of the GOJ's latest views on October 21. The meeting [...]	2008-10-28 11:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN2973	JORDANIAN POET ON TRIAL FOR BLASPHEMY [...] (SBU) Charges against a Jordanian poet, Islam Samhan, for allegedly defaming and insulting religion through Quranic verses and prophets in his book of poetry, "Grace Like a Shadow," has pitted religious leaders against public calls for greater freedom of expression. Eight months after the book [...]	2008-10-29 10:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KIRF SOCI JO
08AMMAN2986	JORDAN NONCOMMITAL ON CO-SPONSORING COMPLIANCE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Salaheddine Al-Bashir reiterated Jordan's support of the compliance resolution (reftel) to visiting Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Paula DeSutter and indicated he would consider joining as a co-sponsor, but made no further commitment. D [...]	2008-10-30 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	CDG JO PARM PREL UNGA
08AMMAN2994	GOJ Officials Confirm to ISN PDAS Jordan's Commitment to [...] (S/NF) Summary: International Security and Nonproliferation PDAS Patricia McNerney, during her October 13-14 visit to Jordan, discussed Iran, the full range of nonproliferation issues, and bilateral cooperation with Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials including Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashi [...]	2008-11-02 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG PARM TRGY PREL JO
08AMMAN3012	IRANIANS RAISE SOFA AT IRAQ NEIGHBORS SECURITY [...] (U) The fifth annual rotating conference of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's Neighboring Countries took place in Amman, October 23-24, with participation from the Ministers of Interior of Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Bahrain, Egypt, Turkey, and Iran. The official closing stateme [...]	2008-11-04 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ JO PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3013	JORDAN'S ISRAEL WATCHERS LIKE LIVNI, SEE HER LOSING [...] (C) Summary: The political tumult in Israel has grabbed the attention of Jordan's Israel-watching cadre. Most of our contacts - largely supportive of, if pessimistic about, the peace process - were pleased Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had won leadership of the Kadima Party (particularly given [...]	2008-11-04 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS JO
08AMMAN3048	JORDAN--STAFFDEL WAXMAN TO GOJ--ESF IS FOR IRAQIS [...] (C) Summary: In her meeting with Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Ali, Kennedy Senior Foreign Policy Advisor, Sharon Waxman delivered a strong, polite signal that U.S. Congressional leadership were keen to see USG economic support funds (ESF) used to make progress in [...]	2008-11-06 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PREL
08AMMAN3079	Jordan Media Reaction to Obama Election [...] Summary: nearly all columnists and editors writing in the Jordanian press today welcomed the election of Senator Obama as the next U.S. President, with the dominant theme being that he would bring very positive change to an America allegedly tarnished by the bush presidency. Following are exc [...]	2008-11-06 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO KMDR PREL
08AMMAN3080	FM BASHIR AND A/S HOOK DISCUSS HAMAS TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir and IO A/S Brian Hook discussed Jordanian talks with Hamas, the Mughrabi Gate issue, and other regional developments during a lunch on November 1. Addressing recent interactions with Hamas, Bashir maintained that Jordanian policy had no [...]	2008-11-09 06:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3084	JORDAN UNDECIDED ON IRAN NO-ACTION MOTION [...] (C) Ambassador and IO A/S Hook raised the issue of no-action motions with Jordanian FM Bashir on November 1 (septel). A/S Hook urged Jordan to vote with the U.S. to allow a resolution condemning Iran's human rights record to go forward to a vote. If Jordan was unable to do so, Hook counsele [...]	2008-11-09 13:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JO
08AMMAN3120	EPA Administrator Johnson Visit to Jordan Bolsters [...] Summary: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's October 17 - 22 visit to Jordan, the first-ever such visit by an Administrator, included the high-profile signing of a Statement of Intent with Environment Minister Khaled Irani to bolster environmental enforceme [...]	2008-11-16 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO SENV JO
08AMMAN3122	JORDANIAN-QATARI RELATIONS START TO THAW IN BUSINESS AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nader Dahabi led a high-level November 8-9 delegation to Qatar which included the Ministers of Labor, Industry and Trade, and Media Affairs. According to press reports, Jordan and Qatar agreed to establish a joint investment fund, with up to $1 billion from Qatar, and to se [...]	2008-11-17 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO QA
08AMMAN3123	IN PRESS ROUNDTABLE, KING ASSERTS CLEAR COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) King Abdullah II reaffirmed his commitment to eliminate all forms of violence against women and children in a November 8 meeting with editors of local daily newspapers stating that such crimes would not be tolerated as they threaten the country's future by undermining its young people. T [...]	2008-11-17 07:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KOCI KWMN JO
08AMMAN3164	JORDAN FEARS IT WILL BEAR BURDEN OF FAILURE (OR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: With some frequency over the past several months the local commentariat has expressed anxiety that Jordan risks becoming the alternative Palestinian homeland, given Palestinian disunity and perceived Israeli and U.S. duplicity. Officials have publicly reaffirmed thei [...]	2008-11-20 13:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3171	JORDAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past six months, Jordan made steady progress on measures to combat trafficking-in-persons. Progress includes an increase in trafficking-related cases being tried, the approval of a joint labor inspector and police investigation unit, the creation of a Humanitarian and L [...]	2008-11-23 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN IZ IS SY ID
08AMMAN3172	VCI A/S DESUTTER DISCUSSES WMD, IRAN, AND NORTH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In conversations with GOJ officials during her October 25-29 visit to Jordan, visiting Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation (VCI) Paula DeSutter discussed the importance of countering Iranian and North Korean weapons of mass destruction (W [...]	2008-11-23 10:21:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PARM PINS KNNP KTIA JO
08AMMAN3177	JORDAN INDICATES IT WILL SUPPORT FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered on November 23, reftel demarche to Ayman Aamiry, the MFA's head of International Organizations. Thanking him for Jordan's support for the first committee resolution on compliance, she encouraged Jordan to back the measure in the plenary session. Aamiry said that Jor [...]	2008-11-24 05:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC UNGA JO
08AMMAN3184	JORDAN EXPLAINS THE DIFFICULTY IT FACES IN [...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered on November 23 reftel demarche and talking points to Ayman Aamiry, director of international organizations at Jordan's MFA. Aamiry listened closely to the talking points and accepted the list of 2007 resolutions with an anti-Israeli bias. He noted that the message "h [...]	2008-11-24 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY JO
08AMMAN3189	GOJ LEADERS TALK AID, REFORM, PALESTINIANS, LEVANT [...] (C) Summary: NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Hale, who was in Amman to participate in the U.S.-Jordan Political Dialogue (Ref A),spent November 18 in separate meetings with King Abdullah, Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi, Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, Senate President Zeid [...]	2008-11-25 07:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL SY IS LE AE MO JO
08AMMAN3194	JORDAN RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Pol Chief delivered on November 25 points in reftel demarche to the FM's Office Director, Nabil Masarweh, who promised to pass the information to his minister, scheduled to leave later in the day for Cairo. 2. (C) After the meeting, Masarweh called to say that the main subject of the [...]	2008-11-25 14:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG AL JO
08AMMAN3262	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS PUSH THE LIMITS WITH GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood-linked Islamic Action Front (IAF) has recently launched a campaign to lift the siege on Gaza with a series of rallies and petitions and the proposed dispatch of a ship of humanitarian supplies. On December 3, IAF members staged a walkout in Parliament when [...]	2008-12-04 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3292	JORDAN SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 14-16 VISIT OF [...] (U) Embassy Amman welcomes the December 14-16 visit to Jordan of Codel Dorgan. Jordan remains one of the United States' strongest partners in promoting peace and security in the Middle East and is active in a broad range of regional engagement activities. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Summa [...]	2008-12-11 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JO OREP PGOV PREL
08AMMAN3301	Participants in Jordan-hosted Third Neighbors Conference on [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan hosted the Third Iraqi Refugees Neighbors (host countries) Conference on November 20, bringing together representatives from Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the UN, the Arab League, and the International Red Cross/Red Crescent. Observers included the U.S., led [...]	2008-12-14 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PREL JO
08AMMAN3312	KOSOVO DEMARCHE: JORDAN REMAINS APPREHENSIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO

08AMMAN3313	ANNAPOLIS PROCESS DEMARCHE: JORDAN SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG UNSC JO
08AMMAN3329	U.S.-JORDAN POLITICAL DIALOGUE ADDRESSES REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Following the signature of a joint MOU on assistance September 22, the first session of a U.S.-Jordan political dialogue convened in Amman on November 17 (Reftel). Jordan was represented by FM Salah Al-Bashir and members of his staff, while the American side was represented by S [...]	2008-12-17 09:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IS JO
08AMMAN3336	JORDAN'S 123 AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Chief of the Royal Court, Naser Lozi, on December 13 and discussed progress on Jordan,s 123 Agreement. Lozi explained that Jordanian officials were still reviewing the points that the U.S. had proposed Jordan use in its letter of assurances (ref b). He acknowledged th [...]	2008-12-17 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
08AMMAN3354	UNESCO DG ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN JORDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JO
08AMMAN3361	U.S. AND JORDAN SIGN MEGAPORTS AGREEMENT [...] (U) Following more than two years of negotiation, the Ambassador and Jordan Nuclear Regulatory Commission (JNRC) Director General Dr. Jamal Sharaf signed on December 16 the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to launch the Megaports Initiative designed to reduce the risk of nuclear proliferatio [...]	2008-12-23 04:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL KSTC JO
08AMMAN3363	AMBASSADOR PRESSES JORDAN,S CHIEF OF ROYAL COURT [...] (S) In meetings December 18 and 20, Ambassador followed up on his earlier discussion with the Foreign Minister (reftel) by separately pressing Chief of the Royal Court Nasser al-Lozi and Prime Minister Nader Dahabi to have Jordan recognize Kosovo. Both agreed that Jordan should and would rec [...]	2008-12-23 10:01:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL JO
08AMMAN3366	ACTING A/S WITTEN ENCOURAGES JORDAN TO GRANT IRAQI [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir on November 19, PRM Acting A/S Witten raised the issue of increased residence and employment rights for Iraqis in Jordan. Witten told the FM that the USG wanted to see Iraqis have access to residence status, work permits, and vocationa [...]	2008-12-23 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID JO
08AMMAN3367	JORDAN CAUTIOUS ABOUT PROCESSING WALID PALESTINIAN [...] (C) In separate November 19 meetings with Jordanian Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Suhair Al-Ali and Minister of Foreign Affairs Saleh Al-Bashir, PRM Acting A/S Witten asked about the possibility of processing in Jordan the Iraqi-Palestinians from the Walid camp on the Ir [...]	2008-12-23 11:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL JO
08AMMAN3369	JORDAN WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ISAF ON ELECTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi on December 18. Lozi responded to the Ambassador on December 21, agreeing in principle that Jordan would enhance its planned contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan to support [...]	2008-12-23 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL NATO JO
08AMMAN3370	JORDAN TO CONSIDER ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 14:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS PHSA JO
08AMMAN3371	ACTING A/S WITTEN PRESSES JORDANIAN MINISTER TO DO [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM Acting A/S Samuel Witten met on November 19 in Amman with Minister for Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Suhair Al-Ali to press the GOJ to be more creative on vocational training, status and work permit issues for Iraqi refugees in Jordan. Minister Ali told Wi [...]	2008-12-23 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID JO IZ
08AMMAN3372	KING ABDULLAH OUTLINES A REGION IN TRANSITION WITH [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah, in a December 14 meeting with CODEL Dorgan, discussed the importance of keeping the Israeli-Palestinian negotiations at the center of U.S. Middle East policy during the transition and the next administration. The King also outlined for Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Coch [...]	2008-12-23 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN3387	JORDAN FM SUMMONS P5 AMBASSADORS TO PROTEST [...] (C) Ambassador and the representatives of other P5 countries were summoned the afternoon of December 27 by Jordan's Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, who registered his country's protest of Israel's "disproportionate" and "indiscriminate" bombing in Gaza. Ambassador pointed out that the stri [...]	2008-12-28 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO
08AMMAN3388	JORDAN'S CABINET APPROVES ANTI-TIP LAW; NEXT STOP [...] (C) Jordan's cabinet has just approved a draft anti-trafficking-in-persons law, which is expected to be submitted to Parliament the last week of December, according to Jordan's PM Nader Dahabi in a December 24 phone call with the Ambassador. The PM expressed his hope that the law will be passe [...]	2008-12-29 11:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP JO
08AMMAN3389	JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]	2008-12-30 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3390	JORDAN MAINTAINS STRIDENT POSITION ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Summary: In response to the Ambassador's questions about the ongoing Jordanian-Israeli dispute over work on the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Temple Mount/Haram Al-Sharif, the King tasked a formal white paper laying out Jordan's position on the issue. The paper underscores Jordan's position [...]	2008-12-30 04:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL UNESCO KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN3405	JORDANIAN GID'S DAHABI REPLACED WITH A SPECIALIST [...] (S) In a development surprising for its timing, given intense ongoing public and parliamentary anger at Israel's raids on Gaza, Lieutenant General Muhammad Al-Dahabi has been replaced as Director of the General Intelligence Department, ending just over three years in the post. A Royal Decree [...]	2008-12-30 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR JO
08AMMAN3408	CODEL DORGAN DISCUSSES REGION WITH JORDAN,S FM [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Salah Al Bashir discussed the strength of the U.S.-Jordanian relationship and the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestinian issue, as well as Jordan's support for Iraq and Lebanon, with Senators Dorgan, Conrad, Cochran and Whitehouse. He also spoke of the ne [...]	2008-12-31 07:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
08AMMAN3417	JORDAN: FM RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO DEMARCHE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG MOPS PHUM JO
08AMMAN3418	JORDAN ISLAMISTS PROTEST GAZA EVENTS AND ARAB [...] (SBU) An estimated 2,000 protesters attended a December 30 demonstration organized by the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, half a mile from the U.S. Embassy on Cairo Street in the upper class commercial area of Abdoun. Speakers, including Muslim Broth [...]	2008-12-31 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KISL JO
08AMMAN394	A/S WELCH AND JORDANIAN FM DISCUSS ANNAPOLIS [...] (C) Summary: On February 5, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met with Salaheddin Al-Bashir, Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs. Speaking about the ongoing Annapolis process, Bashir and Welch agreed that regional conferences could help create more positive atmospherics to keep momentum go [...]	2008-02-06 16:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS JO
08AMMAN396	CHAD: JORDAN CONCERNED ABOUT INSTABILITY, OUTSIDE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 17:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CH JO
08AMMAN409	Jordan Prepares for Potential Summer Drought - Again [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretaries General of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation (MWI) and the Jordan Valley Authority conveyed to ESTH Officer in separate January 24 meetings a clear sense of an impending summer water crisis. Lower than average rainfall has led to Jordanian dams being filled a [...]	2008-02-07 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID PGOV PREL JO SY IS
08AMMAN410	PHILIPPINE GOVERMENT BARS WORKERS FROM JORDAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 17, the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment announced a temporary ban on Filipino workers going to Jordan due to the "growing number of distressed Filipino workers being housed in the Filipino Workers Resource Center in Jordan". Philippine diplomats in Amm [...]	2008-02-07 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ELAB SMIG KWMN KCRM JO RP CE
08AMMAN424	A/S WELCH DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, GAZA, LEBANON [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a February 6 meeting with Mohammed Dahabi, head of the General Intelligence Department (GID),NEA A/S David Welch discussed the peace process, Gaza, and Lebanon. Dahabi's reading of the Gaza situation was that it was a victory for Hamas. On the Annapolis process, Dahabi [...]	2008-02-10 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EG IS JO KWBG LE PREL
08AMMAN433	KING NEITHER ACCEPTS NOR DECLINES INVITATION TO [...] (S) On February 10, shortly after the departure from his office of visiting Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem, the King briefed the Ambassador alone on the discussion. The purpose of the visit was to extend formally an invitation to the King to attend a March Arab League summit in Damas [...]	2008-02-10 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPKO JO SY LE
08AMMAN455	JORDANIANS WILL CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN JO
08AMMAN456	KOSOVO: JORDAN WAITING ON OIC, AL SUMMITS TO [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...]	2008-02-12 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN473	KOSOVO: FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON JORDAN'S POSITION [...] (C) Ambassador had a second conversation with Foreign Minister Salah al-Bashir on February 12, regarding Jordan's position on recognizing Kosovo independence. Bashir indicated that Jordan understood the logic of the U.S./EU stand, but would be unable to act prior to the OIC and Arab League s [...]	2008-02-13 16:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN479	CORRECTED COPY OF AMMAN 456: KOSOVO: JORDAN [...] (C) On February 12 Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Salah Al-Bashir, and DCM separately delivered the same points to Chief of the Royal Court Bassem Awadallah. Both took note of the USG position and were cognizant of USG and EU intentions, but asserted that Jordan neede [...]	2008-02-14 11:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI JO
08AMMAN486	IRAQI IN JORDAN UPDATE - FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR ramped up referrals to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in early 2007. UNHCR staff began pilot testing of a new database to link its assistance programs with those of partners and its resettlement efforts; if successful, UNHCR will go live with the system by l [...]	2008-02-14 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SOCI EAID JO IZ
08AMMAN527	U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE - [...] (C) In the absence from the country of Foreign Minister Bashir, Charge delivered ref A demarche to Acting Foreign Minister (and regularly, Minister of State for Media and Communication Affairs) Nasser Joudeh February 19. Joudeh said he would consult with others in the GOJ and convey any feedb [...]	2008-02-19 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI KV JO
08AMMAN532	UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER REVIEWS HIS TRIP TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR High Commissioner Antonio Guterres highlighted UNHCR's pleasure with the growing "consolidation of asylum space in the region" for Iraqi refugees in a February 18 meeting with the diplomatic and donor communities in Amman. The "relation of confidence" UNHCR has developed [...]	2008-02-20 05:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SOCI EAID JO IZ SY LE
08AMMAN536	JORDANIAN CONCERNS ON THE OLD CITY'S MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Jordan is actively engaged in discussions with Israeli and UNESCO officials about plans to replace the access ramp leading up to the Mughrabi Gate to the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif in the Old City of Jerusalem, but remains concerned that Israel will disregard archeological finds of sign [...]	2008-02-20 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PINR JO IS
08AMMAN563	Jordan Exempts Departing Iraqis From Fees; Introduces New [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Interior (MOI) announced February 13 it would fully exempt departing Iraqis from overstay fines, and would waive 50 percent of the fines for Iraqis who choose to stay in Jordan providing they correct/update their status by March 17, 2008, a date extended until A [...]	2008-02-21 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV JO IZ
08AMMAN565	JORDAN-KUWAIT WARMING TREND CONTINUES WITH VISIT [...] (C) The mid-February visit to Jordan of Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Ahmad al-Sabah (and several other ministers) is the latest public sign of healing - at the government/royal family level, at least - of relations strained throughout the 1990s because of Kuwait's linge [...]	2008-02-21 16:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV JO KU ETRD
08AMMAN602	JORDAN FY 2008 FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) As requested reftel, Embassy Amman's submission for the FY 2008 congressionally-mandated report on fiscal transparency follows. 2. (SBU) Begin text: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is firmly committed to fiscal transparency and accountability, and continues to institute new controls [...]	2008-02-26 05:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL JO
08AMMAN606	KOSOVO: FOREIGN MINISTER REITERATES INCLINATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KV UNMIK YI JO
08AMMAN638	JORDAN PLANNING TO ATTEND THE ARAB [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Shamayleh was not aware of the issue, but after a quick phone call to the Jordanian parliament's Secretary General, confirmed that Jordan's parliament was SIPDIS p [...]	2008-02-27 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IZ JO
08AMMAN639	IRAQIS IN JORDAN: ECONOMIC CRISIS, DROP BY DROP [...] (C) Summary: NGOs and Iraqis increasingly describe the deteriorating economic circumstances of Iraqi refugees in Jordan and their continued reluctance to seek essential services. While the Jordanian government remains responsive to our requests to ensure the provision of services, the measure [...]	2008-02-27 15:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID SOCI JO IZ
08AMMAN663	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-02 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL KCRM UN UNSC IMO XA XW SO JO
08AMMAN674	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED RESOLUTION LINKING [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 10:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC JO
08AMMAN682	JORDAN TO SUPPORT AMB. SWING WITH OIC LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Poloff met on February 27 with the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Deputy Director Hussam al-Husseini to deliver reftel demarche urging Jordanian support for the candidacy of Ambassador William Swing for Director General of the International Organization for Migration. Huss [...]	2008-03-03 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG JO
08AMMAN691	JORDAN: MARCH 5-6 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref A demarche March 3 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Note: FM Bashir is currently in the United States accompanying King Abdullah on his official visit. Jordan's Ambassador to Egypt Omar Rifai will lead the Jordanian delegatio [...]	2008-03-04 09:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO LE SY KV AL IZ
08AMMAN692	ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: DEMARCHE ON UN PRESENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 09:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC JO
08AMMAN698	JORDAN TO HOST NEIGHBORS REFUGEE WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office Jamal Al-Shamayleh informed Polcouns on March 3 that Jordan will host the next Iraq neighbors' working group on refugee issues either March 17 or 18. MFA staff subsequently confirmed that they are planning to host delegations from Iraq, i [...]	2008-03-04 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL JO IZ
08AMMAN706	JORDAN ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 10:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV JO
08AMMAN76	STAFFDEL DIAMOND DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA, [...] (C) Summary: During the visit of Staffdel Diamond to Jordan January 6-7, the group discussed the peace process, Jordanian relations with Syria, Iraqi refugee issues, and nuclear energy with Jordanian officials. Interlocutors stressed the need for concrete steps that would create immediate t [...]	2008-01-09 07:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ENRG JO IS SY
08AMMAN856	PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: INVITATION DELIVERED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 09:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP KSTC JO
08AMMAN976	STRIKING VIETNAMESE WORKERS GO HOME [...] Sibbel explained that the remaining ten workers changed their minds, and decided to remain in Jordan and return to work at the factory. Sibbel confirmed that MOL inspectors verified that all departing workers had been paid according to their contracts before leaving. He also said that the MO [...]	2008-04-01 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JO VM
08AMSTERDAM35	ESTA OUTREACH IN THE NETHERLANDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the June 3 announcement of the DHS Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) program, Consulate General Amsterdam and colleagues at the U.S. Embassy in The Hague have conducted extensive ESTA outreach activities. We have developed an action plan to continue to reac [...]	2008-07-18 15:09:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT PREL KPAO PGOV NL
08ANKARA1002	Update on PKK Violence (May 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 16-23, 2008 reporting period, four security [...]	2008-05-29 07:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1015	TURKEY'S KURDISH DTP: HAWKS 1, DOVES 0 [...] (C) The Democratic Society Party's (DTP) July convention is likely to be a turning point for the pro-Kurdish party, following a tumultuous period that saw the ouster of party moderates in favor of hard-line leadership. DTP Parliamentary Group Chairman Ahmet Turk's surprisingly frank statement [...]	2008-06-02 09:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA102	TURKEY: POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE SURROUNDS KARAMANLIS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Turkey and Greece's decade-long rapprochement will take a much awaited step forward with Greek PM Costas Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Ankara and Istanbul -- the first visit of a Greek prime minister to Turkey in 49 years. His meetings with high-level GOT official [...]	2008-01-18 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA1022	SCENESETTER FOR TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER BABACAN'S [...] (C) Summary. FM Ali Babacan is projecting a business-as-usual image as Turkey's domestic political situation continues to roil over the fate of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). With the Prime Ministry focused on Iraq issues and the Presidency tracking Turkey's relations with A [...]	2008-06-02 14:02:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EAID TU
08ANKARA1024	Update on PKK Violence (May 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 24-31, 2008 reporting period, one security [...]	2008-06-03 07:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1036	TURKEY CLAIMS GLOCKS SEIZED IN ANTI-AL QAEDA RAIDS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Foreign Ministry provided us June 3 the serial numbers of five Glock pistols recently seized by Turkish authorities. Four of the Glocks were reportedly seized during Turkish law enforcement raids against al Qaeda cells in Gaziantep, Istanbul and elsewhere on January [...]	2008-06-04 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC KCRM OIG IZ TU
08ANKARA1040	TURKEY/IRAN: NO STATEMENT ON IAEA REPORT, [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Department Head for Iranian Affairs Devrim Ozturk and MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Bora Kerimoglu on June 3. Ozturk offered the following response: -- Turkey appreciates the reftel information and has been studying the IAE [...]	2008-06-04 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1045	INFLATION TROUBLE IN TURKEY [...] Summary: Following May CPI inflation data that signaled the return of double-digit inflation for the first time since 2004, the Central Bank of Turkey (CBRT) significantly revised upward its official inflation target for 2009, 2010, and 2011 to 7.5%, 6.5%, and 5.5%, respectively. Inflation [...]	2008-06-05 11:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1046	SECRETARY CHERTOFF URGES INCREASED [...] (C) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff urged more interactive and continuous counterterrorism cooperation with Turkey in May 28 meetings with senior Prime Ministry, Foreign Ministry (MFA),Interior Ministry (MOI),Justice Ministry (MOJ),Jandarma General [...]	2008-06-05 12:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA1048	TURKEY: BUGGING INCIDENT BOOMERANGS ON OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Hastily condemned as Turkey's own Watergate, an alleged government bugging incident is looking increasingly like a technical blooper by the supposed "victim". Despite evidence to the contrary, opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Chairman Deniz Baykal stands by his man, Se [...]	2008-06-05 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA1049	TURKEY WILL ATTEND 4TH GI MEETING, UNCLEAR AT WHAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-05 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP PGOV TU
08ANKARA1050	THE MANY FACES OF TURKISH SECULARISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Differing interpretations of secularism in Turkey cloud public discussion of a concept central to the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the struggle to modernize Turkish society. Traditional "secular" elites focus on state authority -- over r [...]	2008-06-06 03:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1052	TURKEY-PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN: "ANKARA PROCESS" [...] (C) Ongoing political wrangling in Pakistan has caused the dates for the next Turkey-Afghanistan-Pakistan trilateral summit (the "Ankara Process") to slip once again, this time to October 2008, according to MFA South Asia Section Head Ilhan Sener. An U/S-level Joint Working Group (JWG) would [...]	2008-06-06 10:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1055	CODELS TANNER AND LEAHY MEET WITH PM ERDOGAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 29 meetings with Codels Tanner and Leahy, President Gul and Prime Minister Erdogan lauded improved U.S.-Turkey relations and expressed gratitude for U.S. support against PKK terrorism. Erdogan complained of Congressional resolutions introduced on Cyprus and the Aegean t [...]	2008-06-06 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR PTER ENRG ETTC IR IS TU
08ANKARA1056	TURKEY: JUNE UPDATE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) Pursuant to Ref A guidance, on June 5 we delivered additional talking points to MFA UN desk chief Nilufer Kaygisiz regarding our continued interest in Turkey's support for Ambassador Bill Swing's IOM Director General candidacy (refs c and d). We emphasized Amb. Swing's strong credentials, [...]	2008-06-06 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG TU
08ANKARA1057	TURKISH GENERALS SPEAK OUT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Summary: At a June 5-6 symposium on the Middle East in Istanbul organized by the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) Strategic Studies Research Center, TGS Chief General Buyukanit provided a pessimistic outlook on the Middle East in remarks characterized by implicit criticism of the West. Buyuk [...]	2008-06-09 03:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ IR IS SY
08ANKARA106	TGS DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FROM JANUARY 15 AIR STRIKES [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) released the following statement on January 18: BEGIN TGS STATEMENT (Unofficial Embassy translation) No. BA-09/08 Evaluations regarding the results of the air operations Turkish Armed Forces carried out against the PKK/KONGRA-GEL terror organization i [...]	2008-01-18 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ TU
08ANKARA1062	ABKHAZ "FM" SHAMBA IN ANKARA: "INDEPENDENCE NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Addressing a small audience of supporters and Caucasus experts in Ankara June 4, Abkhaz "FM" Shamba underscored the priority Abkhazia attaches to its "special relationship" with the Abkhaz diaspora in Turkey and the importance of opening direct travel with Turkey, but describe [...]	2008-06-09 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG TU
08ANKARA1064	TURKEY: UPDATED INFORMATION FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The contact information provided is keyed to reftel request. -- Country: The Republic of Turkey. -- Date of information: May 30, 2008 2. (SBU) Head of Government: Prime Minister -- Last Name: Erdogan -- First/Middle Names: Recep Tayyip -- Conventional Usage: Prime Minister Erdoga [...]	2008-06-10 06:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL TU
08ANKARA1065	Update on PKK Violence (June 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security of [...]	2008-06-10 06:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1068	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MAY 2008) [...] (U) Summary: Turkey continues to progress with proposed enhancements to their existing export controls and has submitted new proposed legislation to combine export control lists, form a Export Control Board (ECB),and improve licensing processes for dual-use and other sensitive items (ref a). [...]	2008-06-10 08:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA107	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL IN DAMASCUS 1/19 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials told us President Gul plans a one-day visit to Damascus January 19 in connection with a cultural event the SARG is organizing, but will urge Asad to play a positive role in Lebanon. Visiting NEA PDAS Satterfield urged that Gul push Asad hard to allow presidenti [...]	2008-01-19 16:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU LE SY
08ANKARA1073	ANKAIR WILL COMPLY WITH DOC STOP-ORDER AND PLANE'S [...] (SBU) On June 7, we received a copy of the June 6 Temporary Denial Order signed by Department of Commerce (DOC) Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement Darryl Jackson, temporarily denying the export privileges of Turkish company Ankair from selling a Boeing 747 to British company Galaxy Av [...]	2008-06-10 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1075	TURKEY: 1267 NOTIFICATION ON AL RASHID TRUST AND [...] (SBU) On June 6, we shared reftel points with Metin Ergin, Office Director for Security Affairs at the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ergin thanked us for the information, and said he would share it promptly with all appropriate parties in the Government of Turkey. 2. (S) In Reftel [...]	2008-06-10 14:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PINR PREL
08ANKARA1076	TURKEY: EXBS AGREEMENT ENTRY INTO FORCE [...] (SBU) On June 10, Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun presented us with a diplomatic note (e-mailed to EUR/SE),dated June 9, advising that the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Turkey and the Government of [...]	2008-06-10 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC PTER KNNP PARM TU
08ANKARA1091	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Parliament passed a law June 11 with a provision that allows state-owned Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) to devote one of its 24-hour television channels to foreign-language broadcasting -- specifically, Kurdish, Arabic, and Persian. The bill will be sent [...]	2008-06-12 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA11	TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL'S JANUARY VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) Abdullah Gul is Turkey's first president to visit Washington since 1999. He took office in August following a sharp confrontation between the government and military in April and an overwhelming Justice and Development Party (AKP) victory in parliamentary elections in July. Gul's move f [...]	2008-01-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL PTER ENRG TU
08ANKARA1100	TURKEY: SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK ON TURKEY-IRAQ NEXT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Turkey-Iraq bilateral relations are set to gain another boost with PM Erdogan's visit to Baghdad to establish a TU-IZ senior level bilateral strategic commission o/a July 4 (please protect). GOT Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik hopes to gain Turkish National Security [...]	2008-06-13 14:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG TU IZ
08ANKARA1101	TURKEY ADVOCATES PATIENCE ON CIS PEACEKEEPERS IN [...] (C) The Turkish MFA has not yet been briefed by Georgia on any decision to call for the replacement of Russian peacekeepers in Abkhazia (ref A),but is aware of the proposal from contacts in other capitals, according to MFA South Caucasus Head of Department Firat Sunel. Sunel believes the pr [...]	2008-06-13 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU TU
08ANKARA1103	TURKEY: PRIME MINISTER'S ALEVI ADVISOR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 07:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ANKARA1110	TURKEY/BERLIN CONFERENCE: EAGER TO HELP, BUT IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Security Affairs Department Head Metin Ersin on June 13. Ersin, who represented Turkey at a preparatory conference in Berlin, told us Foreign Minister Babacan is expected to lead the Turkish delega [...]	2008-06-16 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN
08ANKARA1113	PRESIDENTIAL SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S JUNE 6-8 VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Cumber underscored the need for cooperation and innovation within the OIC during May 6-8 meetings in Ankara and Istanbul with GOT officials, OIC representatives, intellectuals, and journalists. S/E Cumber explained his mandate and briefed on efforts t [...]	2008-06-16 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIC PREL PGOV PHUM TU
08ANKARA1122	TURKEY'S RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS DIRECTORATE DOWNPLAYS [...] (C) Summary and comment: A senior official from Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate (Diyanet) called news reports the Diyanet posted a list of sexual do's and dont's on its website (reftel) "irresponsible." The official told us reporters had cherry-picked several items out of a "quite pro [...]	2008-06-18 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1126	Update on PKK Violence (June 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two security [...]	2008-06-18 09:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1132	TURKEY'S PARTY CLOSURE CASE BARRELS TO CONCLUSION [...] (c) Summary: It is increasingly expected in Turkey that the Constitutional Court will close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and ban a range of its leaders, especially PM Erdogan. In the wake of a ruling that could occur this autumn or possibly sooner, the AKP plans to re-form [...]	2008-06-18 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL US TU
08ANKARA1135	EU REACTIONS TO TURKISH CLOSURE CASE [...] (c) UK Ambassador to Turkey Nick Baird has expressed concern to Ambassador about where EU thinking may be heading on reactions to the AKP closure case. Of immediate concern, Baird understands that Enlargement Commissioner Rehn now believes a Constitutional Court ruling to close the party and [...]	2008-06-18 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
08ANKARA1136	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY TO URGE IRAN TO ACCEPT P5+1 [...] (C) During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan (reported septel),Ambassador shared information on the P5 1 offer, explained the strategy behind it, and urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the package. Drawing on reftel points, Ambassador stressed that the package was generous, builds [...]	2008-06-18 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1137	TURKEY: CHP'S EMBRACE GETS COLD SHOULDER IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Republican People's Party (CHP) chairman Deniz Baykal traveled to Turkey's Kurdish southeast June 4-5 to deliver a message of understanding for the needs of the region's farmers and of pride in Turkey's ethnic diversi [...]	2008-06-18 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1138	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR AND MFA U/S APAKAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan, Ambassador urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the P5 1 package (ref a),sought MFA's assistance in modernizing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in counterterrorism, and recommended Turkey do more to develop a coordinated message on Nabucc [...]	2008-06-18 16:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN TU
08ANKARA1139	TURKISH COURT ORDERS CLOSURE OF GAY-LESBIAN [...] (C) Summary and comment. An Istanbul court ruled May 29 that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual (LGBTT) advocacy organization "Lambda Istanbul" be closed for violating the "general moral rules" of society. Lambda, which appealed to the Court of Cassation (and is allowed to [...]	2008-06-19 05:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1142	TURKEY: MOJ SAYS COURT ERRED IN FIRST ARTICLE 301 [...] (U) Summary and comment: In the first high-profile verdict to be handed down since parliament amended controversial Penal Code Article 301 (insulting "Turkishness"),an Istanbul court sentenced Armenian-British publisher Ragip Zarakolu to pay a fine of 1400 YTL (USD 1100),for publishing a bo [...]	2008-06-19 09:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1148	EU FRIENDS OF TURKEY ON AKP CLOSURE CASE REACTIONS [...] (c) A close-hold, ad hoc EU Friends of Turkey group consisting of the foreign ministers of the UK, Italy, Spain, Sweden and Finland, plus Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn, met June 19 to discuss possible reactions to a Turkish Constitutional Court decision to close the ruling Justice and Dev [...]	2008-06-20 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU TU
08ANKARA1150	TURKEY: ISRAEL-SYRIA PEACE TALKS' DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: Since the media began reporting on the latest round of Israel-Syria peace talks, Turkey's regional leadership role has resonated particularly well with its domestic audience, at a time when the government could use a foreign policy success. The talks are the first major victory f [...]	2008-06-20 13:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS SY TU
08ANKARA1155	TURKEY: REPORTED FORCED DEPORTATION OF IRANIAN [...] (C) Post raised US concerns over reports of forced repatriations by Turkey to Iraq per reftel at various levels of the MFA. Ambassador has done so twice with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan. Apakan was initially only slightly aware of the incident from having to approve MFA press guidance and said h [...]	2008-06-23 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL IR IZ SY TU
08ANKARA1157	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY RAISES P5+1 OFFER WITH IRAN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Undersecretary Sinirlioglu told the Ambassador June 23 Turkey followed up with the Iranians on the updated P5 1 package EU that foreign policy chief Solana presented during his recent visit to Iran. FM Babacan met in Kampala June 20 on the margins of the Organization of the Isl [...]	2008-06-23 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1166	TURKEY URGING PAKISTAN/AFGHANISTAN DIALOGUE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Gul plans to call Afghan President Karzai, Pakistani President Musharraf and Pakistani PM Gillani to urge them to commit to talks in Ankara in September, per a Turkish MFA contact. The Turks believe Karzai would accept, and even welcome, Gillani's participatio [...]	2008-06-25 11:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1167	TURKEY: BUREAUCRATIC ELITES CAUGHT HOLDING HANDS IN THE DARK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Evidence of secret alliances among Turkey's unelected elites, including elements of the military, judiciary, and bureaucracy, emerged in recent days. Although Turks have long accepted as fact the existence of an alleged "deep state" network pulling strings behind the scenes, conc [...]	2008-06-25 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1168	TURKEY'S YOUTH REMAIN POLITICALLY DISENGAGED [...] (C) Summary and Comment. At a critical time in Turkey's political evolution, the country's youth are politically disengaged, due in part to their own apathy and an authoritarian society. Students, professors, journalists, and NGOs at a DVC hosted by the Ambassador discussed the situation in T [...]	2008-06-25 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL TU
08ANKARA1170	TURKEY: MILITARY MACHINATIONS ALLEGED, CRITICIZED [...] (C) Chastened by the unintended consequences of its April 2007 "e-memorandum," Turkey's military has refrained from publicly commenting on politics for well over a year. However, a series of media reports suggest the brass has been busy behind the scenes seeking to influence key institutions a [...]	2008-06-26 03:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU

08ANKARA1178	Update on PKK Violence (June 16 - 23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 16 - 23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...]	2008-06-27 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1182	TURKEY GSP WAIVER REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador carried out reftel instructions regarding Turkey's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) eligibility for gold jewelry with MFA U/S Apakan by phone June 27 and in person June 28. Apakan reaffirmed the positions stated in Foreign Trade Minister Tuzmen's April 8, 200 [...]	2008-06-28 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL TU
08ANKARA1190	TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...]	2008-06-30 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CY TU
08ANKARA1191	TURKEY/CYPRUS: MFA TAKING WAIT AND SEE APPROACH ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In a June 27 meeting, MFA Cyprus Section Head Can Oztas told us the MFA remains supportive of current negotiations between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots, but has no plans to propose any concessions or gestures towards building momentum for a resolution. He rejected r [...]	2008-07-01 04:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CY TU
08ANKARA1195	TURKISH CANDIDATES FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION [...] Per reftel, we offer seven candidates for possible participation in a Maktoum Foundation Conference to be held in Dubai in early 2009. Their names and descriptions follow: 2. Ms. Mutlu Alkan: She is an executive in the family company Malkan Makina textile machinery and has greatly expan [...]	2008-07-01 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL
08ANKARA1196	TURKEY LESS OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTAN FOLLOWING [...] (C) The GOT is more pessimistic about the prospect for Pakistani political unity following Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Zardari's June 27-28 visit, according to MFA Section Head Ilhan Sener. Zardari, who stopped in Turkey enroute to Socialist International meetings in Athens, explain [...]	2008-07-01 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA120	TURKISH ADVISOR ON GUL VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (c) Turkish Presidency/PM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu briefed Ambassador January 22 regarding President Gul's visit January 19 to Damascus. As noted ref a, the proximate cause was a Syrian invitation to an "Arab Cultural Capital of 2008" event. According to Davutoglu, Gul decided [...]	2008-01-22 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY TU
08ANKARA1206	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHP UNDER ATTACK ON TWO FRONTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) is under scrutiny both within Socialist International (SI) and by Turkey's Constitutional Court in unrelated developments that highlight the party's feckless leadership and the lack of meaningful alternatives on the left. CH [...]	2008-07-02 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1209	Update on PKK Violence (June 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the June 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no security [...]	2008-07-03 08:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1212	TURKEY: ERGENEKON ARRESTS AND MILITARY SUCCESSION [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff's (TGS) official reaction to the July 1 "Ergenekon" arrests (ref a),which netted two retired army four-star generals and other former military personnel, has been limited to an official website posting clarifying that searches of military property related to the [...]	2008-07-03 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KCRM PREL TU
08ANKARA1216	TURKEY: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PINR PREL KNNP EUN TU
08ANKARA1217	TURKEY: COUP THWARTED OR REVENGE TAKEN? [...] (C) Summary. As the shock wanes over the July 1 detention of over 20 people, including two senior retired military officers, in connection with the year-old Ergenekon investigation (reftel),most Turks view the developments as a worrisome escalation of the struggle between Kemalist ultranatio [...]	2008-07-07 11:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA122	Update on PKK Violence (January 8-15, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 8-15, 2007 reporting period, no GOT sec [...]	2008-01-23 05:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1223	TURKEY -- A FINE MESS [...] (c) Summary: The next four weeks in Turkey will likely be as dramatic as any in over a decade. This time frame will probably see a ruling by the Constitutional Court on the AKP closure case, an indictment in the alleged Ergenekon plot by retired military and other Kemalists to overthrow the [...]	2008-07-07 16:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1231	TURKEY QUIET ON EU CUBA BENCHMARKS [...] (C) The GOT does not intend to endorse publicly the June 23 EU policy statements on Cuba, but believes Turkey will be able to support the EU approach of setting aside sanctions and furthering a political dialogue based on Cuban progress on key human rights benchmarks, MFA Latin America Departm [...]	2008-07-09 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU TU
08ANKARA1232	TURKEY: TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 07:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS VE TU
08ANKARA1237	TURKISH-IRANIAN ETHNIC OPPOSITION GROUPS UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Iranian regime is suppressing Azeri-Iranian (Turkish) ethnic opposition groups in Iran, leading those groups to become more militant and espouse armed struggle, according to Center for Eurasian and Strategic Studies (ASAM) Middle East Expert Arif Keskin (protect). Ethnic na [...]	2008-07-09 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1238	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JUNE 2008) [...] (U) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator attended annual EXBS Advisor Conference in Washington DC June 9th-13th, 2008. EXBS's long awaited Nonproliferation Agreement was placed into force on June 9th, 2008 by GOT. MFA agrees to co-host a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar in Ankara in Sept [...]	2008-07-09 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1240	TURKEY REMAINS STAUNCH KOSOVO SUPPORTER, BRUSSELS [...] (C) On July 3 we met with MFA Department Head Ilhan Saygili and made REF A points. Saygili reiterated that Turkey was among the first countries to recognize Kosovo, remains a staunch Kosovo supporter through International Steering Group (ISG) membership, and continues to press for additional [...]	2008-07-09 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PGOV TU KV
08ANKARA1241	TURKEY EVALUATING SARGSIAN'S INVITATION TO [...] (C) Turkey has received the written invitation to President Gul from Armenian President to attend the Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualification match in Yerevan, September 9 (reftel),according to MFA South Caucasus and Central Asia DDG Umit Yardim. Yardim told us that the invitation was receiv [...]	2008-07-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM GA TU
08ANKARA1242	TURKEY: REACTIONS TO ATTACK ON ISTANBUL CONSULATE [...] (U) Following the attack in front of Consulate General Istanbul at approximately 1100 on July 9, at 15:28 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the following statement (unofficial Embassy translation): "We strongly denounce the heinous armed attack that occurred in front of the US Consulate [...]	2008-07-09 16:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA1245	TURKEY: INFORMATION STILL INCOMPLETE ON ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Turkish National Police (TNP) officials this morning passed the Embassy, unofficially, the names of the assailants in yesterday's attack on the Consulate General in Istanbul: Raif Topcil, born in 1988; Erkan Kargin, born in 1982; Bulent Cinar, born in 1985. (Note: Several newspape [...]	2008-07-10 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA125	TURKEY APPEALS FOR USG HELP TO KEEP PKK ON EU [...] (C) MFA DDG for Security Affairs Sakir Torunlar appealed for U.S. support against PKK efforts to be removed from the European Union's list of terrorist organizations during a January 22 meeting with Regional Counterterrorism Coordinator. Reiterating points made by DG Hayati Guven to the Amba [...]	2008-01-23 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EU UK TU
08ANKARA1256	TURKEY/IRAN: FM MOTTAKI TO VISIT ANKARA JULY 17-18 [...] (C) FM Mottaki is planning to visit Ankara, July 17-18 (arriving the evening of July 17),according to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan. Mottaki had previously indicated to the Turks an intention to visit Turkey following internal discussion on the refreshed P5 1 package. FM Bab [...]	2008-07-11 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1259	TURKEY: STILL AIMING FOR SEPTEMBER AF-PK-TU [...] (C) Turkey believes hosting a meeting between Afghan and Pakistani leaders is more important then ever, given heightened bilateral tensions, but confirming a date and Pakistani representation remains difficult, MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, South Asia and Iran Sinirlioglu told Ambassador Ju [...]	2008-07-11 16:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1260	THE CASE FOR NON-CLOSURE OF TURKEY'S RULING PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. There are signs that at least some in Turkey think that closure of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by the Constitutional Court -- deemed inevitable by many since the case was filed in March -- may not occur. Signals that AKP opponents see value in not c [...]	2008-07-11 16:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1265	SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. US-Turkish relations have been transformed in the nearly three years since your last visit in 2005. You come right after Erdogan's visit to Baghdad (July 10),Boyden Gray's visit here (July 11) and President Bush's July 11 condolence call to President Gul over the Istanbul consul [...]	2008-07-14 16:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON IZ SY IS IR AF PK CY TU
08ANKARA1266	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT EXTENDS INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: The MFA has extended bilateral agreements on the Air Cargo Hub at Incirlik airbase and related activities only to the end of 2008, anticipating the expiration of UNSCR 1790 (2007),which underpins government approval of those agreements. Extension of those agreements beyond 2008 [...]	2008-07-15 05:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA1269	TURKEY/RUSSIA: LAVROV VISIT HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov visited Ankara July 1 to continue ongoing efforts to increase bilateral dialogue. As during FM Babacan's February trip to Moscow, the conversation focused primarily on economic relations. The two leaders reaffirmed mutual views on Iran, Iraq, the Black Sea, and [...]	2008-07-15 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA1270	TURKEY: MEK IRANIAN REFUGUEES STILL NOT WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few weeks, the issue of MEK (Mujahideen-E-Khalq) Iranians entering Turkey has again come to the fore in Post's conversations with the GOT on refugee issues. At least 45 MEK Iranians are currently known to have entered Turkish territory from Iraq, nearly all having [...]	2008-07-15 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM TU IZ
08ANKARA1277	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's chief foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told visiting DAS Matt Bryza July 11 that Erdogan's July 10 Baghdad meetings were a "good start." The Turks discussed alternate sources of gas for the Nabucco pipeline with Iraqi officials, acknowledgin [...]	2008-07-16 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ AM CY TU
08ANKARA1279	TURKEY/IRAQ ENERGY COOPERATION: GOT OPTIMISTIC, [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Middle East, Iran and South Asia Sinirlioglu expressed to visiting EUR DAS Bryza July 11 the GOT's satisfaction with PM Erdogan's July 10 visit to Baghdad. The visit was the first full-fledged ceremonial reception of a visiting leader held at Baghdad airport. Sinirliog [...]	2008-07-16 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG IZ TU
08ANKARA129	TURKEY: GUL FOCUSES ON BUSINESS, ARAB LEAGUE IN [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul's January 14-16 visit to Egypt was successful and primarily focused on enhancing the bilateral economic relationship, according to MFA Levant Desk Officer Murat Omeroglu. In addition to his meetings with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, PM Ahmed Nazif, FM Ahmed Abou [...]	2008-01-23 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ETRD TU EG
08ANKARA1290	Update on PKK Violence (July 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security o [...]	2008-07-18 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1291	Update on PKK Violence (July 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 8-15, 2008 reporting period, three security [...]	2008-07-18 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1293	TURKEY APPROACHES MEDITERRANEAN UNION WITH CAUTION [...] (C) Summary: Despite PM Erdogan's last minute decision to attend the Mediterranean Union Summit July 13-14, the GOT remains highly skeptical of the organization's viability, as well as French intentions. Turkey's MFA successfully negotiated a series of concessions in the final communiqu to e [...]	2008-07-18 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR TU IS SY
08ANKARA130	CODEL SHUSTER IN TURKEY: PKK TERRORISM, ARMENIAN [...] (C) Summary. During a January 11-15 trip to Turkey, MFA U/S Apakan said cooperation against PKK terrorists had created a "renewed partnership" but cautioned the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R. 106) remains a challenge. Codel Shuster asked the GOT to expand outreach efforts on Capi [...]	2008-01-23 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA1303	TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY SO FAR UNHINDERED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Domestic political uncertainty arising from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) closure case and Ergenekon prosecution (reftel) has not constrained PM Erdogan from painting himself the statesman through bold foreign policy activism. Turkey's foreign and security appa [...]	2008-07-21 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1307	TURKEY: MFA OUTLINES UPCOMING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] (C) MFA Africa Section Chief Aykut Kumbaroglu told us the GOT will host the Turkey-Africa Union Cooperation Summit in Istanbul August 18-21. President Gul extended invitations to heads-of-state from 51 African Union members (all with the exception of Western Sahara, which Turkey does not recog [...]	2008-07-22 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AF
08ANKARA1309	TURKEY: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on July 22. Ulgen expressed appreciation for the information, and said although Turkey has not used cluster munitions in operations for over a decade, it retains a significant st [...]	2008-07-23 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO
08ANKARA1310	TURKEY'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SETS DATE FOR AKP [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Constitutional Court will begin deliberations July 28 on the closure case pending since March against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). It is expected to take several days to produce a verdict, although the Court is not required to rule by any date certain [...]	2008-07-23 11:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1311	GLOBAL INITIATIVE LEGAL AND REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 22. She reiterated GOT's reticence in participating in Global Initiative activities, even technical, working-level events, since Cyprus became a partner in 2007. She offered to circulate the information she [...]	2008-07-23 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL
08ANKARA1313	TURKEY: FILAMENT WINDING MACHINES WILL NOT BE [...] (S) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on July 22 that the Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade (UFT) was recently approached by Tet Makina reps regarding its application to export filament winding machine [...]	2008-07-23 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCAE KSCA TU PK
08ANKARA132	S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTATIONS ON IRAQ/PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with FM Babacan, MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, Iraq Coordinator Celikkol, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun January 18, S/I Satterfield noted progress made in Iraq on security and the economy, but characterized gains a [...]	2008-01-23 17:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR KU
08ANKARA1325	TURKEY: MEDIA SUPPORT FOR ARMENIA TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish media have reported "secret," high-level Turkey-Armenia talks on normalizing bilateral relations with little fanfare, but positively; the political opposition and their media outlets have not objected. Nor has the military. The media's approach suggests broad public [...]	2008-07-24 11:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OPRC AM TU
08ANKARA1326	BAKU-TBILISI-KARS RAILWAY GROUNDBREAKING; GOAJ [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Gul traveled to the ancient Armenian capital of Ani July 23 before joining Georgian President Saakashvili and Azerbaijani President Aliyev for a groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, Turkey on the Turkish leg of the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway, July 24. The bilateral m [...]	2008-07-24 12:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV AJ AM GG TU
08ANKARA1334	HARD-LINE TURKISH HISTORIAN OUSTED [...] (C) In a surprise move, reported by the press as a good will gesture toward Armenia, quasi-governmental Turkish Historical Society (TTK) President Yusuf Halacoglu was relieved from his duties by a Cabinet decision published in the July 23 Official Gazette. Halacoglu, during his 15-year tenur [...]	2008-07-25 12:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1335	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen and MFA Head of Department for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk on July 22. Our interlocutors thanked us for the information and reaffirmed Turkey's commitment to fully implement the requirements of the UNSC resolut [...]	2008-07-25 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNUC ETTC PREL TU IR
08ANKARA1337	ERGENEKON INDICTMENT STILL MURKY BUT PROCESS ALONE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court decided July 25 to accept the indictment filed in the Ergenekon case and proceed to prosecution (ref A). The 2,500 page indictment has clarified little about the case. Some Turks see the indictment as a courageous step toward bringing Turkey's stat [...]	2008-07-25 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
08ANKARA1338	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (c) Ambassador spoke July 25 with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan to inquire about FM Babacan's plans to attend the Tehran NAM ministerial and to carry out the demarche in reftel. The Turkish press has been reporting for some days that Babacan may attend, and lower-level MFA staff had previously sugge [...]	2008-07-25 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR TU
08ANKARA134	TURKISH DEPUTY CHOD GEN. SAYGUN'S VISIT TO US [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish military-to-military relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. GEN Saygun's January 15 visit to Baghdad has improved prospects for Turkey-Iraq cooperation on PKK terrorism and given impetus to bilateral dialogue. During January 29-30 High Level Defense G [...]	2008-01-24 08:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER TU
08ANKARA1340	(S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN DEMARCHE [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Director General Elif Ulgen on July 25. Ulgen said the GOT determination that the machine in question was not controlled by the Wassenaar Arrangement or the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) was made following consultations with interagency ex [...]	2008-07-25 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC PK TU
08ANKARA1341	AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY FORCE SIZE INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA South Asia Department Second Secretary Ilhan Sener on July 3. On July 10 MFA South Asia Deputy Director General Babur Hizlan told us Turkey was in favor of the proposal to expand the size of the Afghan National Army. On July 23, we followed up with Devri [...]	2008-07-25 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO AF TU
08ANKARA1345	Update on PKK Violence (July 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two security [...]	2008-07-28 09:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA136	TURKEY-U.S. RELATIONS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador and Turkish MFA U/S Apakan reviewed developments in bilateral relations in the wake of President Gul's January 8-9 talks in Washington. They agreed to coordinate measures for a set of high-level meetings in Washington in mid-April. END SUMMARY. STRENGTHENING U.S.- [...]	2008-01-24 08:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM PHUM ENRG EPET ECON TU
08ANKARA1364	TURKEY-AFRICA COOPERATION SUMMIT PREPARATIONS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S Cevikoz updated the DCM on preparation for the August 18-20 Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit in Istanbul (reftel). 17 heads of state or government have so far confirmed participation and the GOT is expecting more. Zimbabwe has not confirmed President Mugabe's participation, [...]	2008-07-30 06:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA TU
08ANKARA1368	TURKEY: POTENTIAL VISIT BY AHMADINEJAD TO TURKEY [...] (C) We spoke with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan and separately with the MFA Iran Desk July 30 about extensive media reporting indicating GOT preparations for a possible visit by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to Istanbul on August 14. We made the following points: -- With the deadline for an Irania [...]	2008-07-30 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TU
08ANKARA1372	TURKEY: GUL-ALIYEV/SAAKASHVILI BILATERALS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Energy issues and Azerbaijani-Turkmen relations monopolized President Gul's bilateral with Azerbaijani President Aliyev, at the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway groundbreaking ceremony in Kars, July 24, MFA U/S Cevikoz told the DCM July 29. Gul also had an unexceptional discussi [...]	2008-07-30 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELTN ETRD ENRG EPET AJ AM GG TX TU
08ANKARA1384	AFRICA: TURKEY'S BLUSHING BRIDE? [...] (C) Summary: For Turkey, sub-Saharan Africa represents an opportunity to expand its international influence and advance its multilateral ambitions, foremost a UNSC non-permanent member seat. Since announcing its UNSC candidacy in 2003, the GOT has overtly wooed African states in the hopes of [...]	2008-08-04 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU AF
08ANKARA1392	TURKEY'S NEW CHOD: GENERAL ILKER BASBUG [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish Land Forces Commander General Ilker Basbug (pronounced BAHSH-boo) was named as Turkey's next CHOD at the Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) that concluded on August 4 (full YAS results reported septel). Despite some shifts in civil-military relations, the [...]	2008-08-04 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR TU
08ANKARA1401	TURKEY/NATO-EU: NO SIGNS OF LET UP IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging recent French efforts to improve NATO-EU ties as a gesture of goodwill, Turkish officials are unimpressed. They view the recent French non-paper proposing a NATO-EU high-level working group with suspicion, and believe it is designed to circumvent the NATO-EU [...]	2008-08-05 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EUN NATO TU KV
08ANKARA1405	TURKEY: GOT OUTLINES AHMADINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Iranian President Ahmadinejad will visit Turkey August 14, in what the GOT is describing to us as a "working visit." He will travel only to Istanbul -- not Ankara -- where he will meet with President Gul and, most likely, PM Erdogan. The visit has not been officially anno [...]	2008-08-06 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA141	TURKEY: MFA BALKANS CHIEF DISCUSSES KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: GOT officials tell us that Turkey is ready to recognize Kosovo independence. Timing, however, is contingent on EU solidarity. Should a majority of EU countries, including key members, immediately recognize Kosovo, Turkey will rapidly follow suit. MFA Balkans Departm [...]	2008-01-24 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU KV MW
08ANKARA1411	TURKEY'S NEXT DCHOD: GENERAL HASAN IGSIZ [...] (C) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) (ref a) named General Hasan Igsiz (pronounced Ih-siz) as Turkey's next Deputy Chief of Defense (DCHOD),succeeding GEN Ersin Saygun. He is reportedly a protege of newly named CHOD Ilker Basbug (ref b). As general officers, Igsiz and Basbug have hel [...]	2008-08-07 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR TU
08ANKARA1417	GOT STATUS UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR: THE PLOT THICKENS REF: SECSTATE 84112 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-08 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1423	TFGG01: TURKEY'S REACTION TO GEORGIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR GG TU
08ANKARA1426	TURKEY: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE PARM GG RU TU
08ANKARA1440	TURKEY: MILITARY VS. OPPOSITION PART DEUX (THIS [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military and the main opposition Republican People,s Party (CHP) recently entered into their second public clash in six months. On August 5, CHP Parliamentary Group Deputy Chairman Kemal Kilicdaroglu publicly criticized the Supreme Military Council's (YAS) decision [...]	2008-08-12 10:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1441	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JULY 2008) [...] (SBU) Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator visited Kapikule and Ipsala Border Ports of Entry to review Customs Inspection and Enforcement operations and assess Turkish border security capabilities. MFA confirms Turkish interagency participation in a joint EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar at [...]	2008-08-12 11:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1442	TFGG01: TURKEY PROVIDES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey has provided some humanitarian assistance to Georgia already and is considering an additional request from the Government of Georgia for a field hospital in Gori. A Turkish Red Crescent team is on the ground in Tbilisi assessing the situation. The GOT has not yet evacuate [...]	2008-08-12 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU GG
08ANKARA1446	TURKEY: ISRAELI CONCERNS ON AHMEDINEJAD VISIT [...] (C) The Israeli Government voiced its concerns to the GOT regarding Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul visit in both Ankara and Tel Aviv, August 7 (reftel). Israeli Embassy Spokesman Amit Zarouk told us Israeli Ambassador Gaby Levy underscored in his meeting with MFA Deputy [...]	2008-08-12 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREL TU IS IR
08ANKARA1451	TURKEY: TEMPEST IN ACADEMIC TEAPOT [...] (C) Summary and comment: President Abdullah Gul's August 5 appointment of 21 university rectors brought little joy to AKP's opponents. As one of the first high-profile selection procedures following the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP) narrow escape from being banned for anti-sec [...]	2008-08-13 06:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1452	Update on PKK Violence (July 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the July 24-31, 2008 reporting period, five security [...]	2008-08-13 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1453	Update on PKK Violence (August 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 1-7, 2008 reporting period, five village [...]	2008-08-13 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1459	TURKEY: NUCLEAR SUPPLIER GROUP EXCEPTION FOR INDIA [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on August 12 to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Bora Kerimoglu. Kerimoglu expressed appreciation for the information provided and our offer to respond to any questions the GOT might have on the issue, and pledged to convey th [...]	2008-08-13 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM ETTC AORC ENRG IN TU
08ANKARA1465	TURKEY: AHMADINEJAD VISIT SCHEDULE STILL FLUID [...] (C) President Gul's Foreign Policy Advisor Amb. Gurcan Turkoglu characterized Iranian President Ahmedinejad's August 14-15 Istanbul trip to CDA as a "political necessity" to maintain good bilateral relations. It is impossible for Turkey to ignore Iran, he said. Given the nuclear issue's grow [...]	2008-08-13 15:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ANKARA1472	TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...]	2008-08-14 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN
08ANKARA1476	SECOND UPDATE ON TRANSFER OF BOEING 747 TO IRAN BY ANKAIR REF: A. SECSTATE 84112 B. ANKARA 1417 [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EAIR ETRD ETTC IR PARM PK PREL TU UK
08ANKARA1478	PM ERDOGAN VISITS MOSCOW AND TBILISI; SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Erdogan received a warm reception from Russian leaders in Moscow, where he conveyed Turkey's clear support for Georgia's sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The Russians responded they have no intention of entering Tbilisi or occupying Georgia, but that Georgia was [...]	2008-08-15 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS GG RS TU ZJ
08ANKARA148	TURKEY: SUDANESE PRESIDENT'S VISITS GARNERS HARSH [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Bashir met with President Gul and Energy Minister Guler during his controversial January 21 trip to Ankara. President Gul urged Sudan to cooperate with the international community to find a solution to Darfur, pushing Bashir to make the United Nations-African U [...]	2008-01-24 16:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SU
08ANKARA1490	Update on PKK Violence (August 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 8-15, 2008 reporting period, eleven secu [...]	2008-08-18 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1497	TURKEY URGES AHMADINEJAD TO ACCEPT P5/1 OFFER [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an MFA readout, President Gul told visiting Iranian President Ahmadinejad August 15 that Iran should take advantage of the P5/1 refreshed package and urged the Iranians to be constructive on regional issues. Ahmadinejad did not respond substantively, other than to den [...]	2008-08-19 12:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET IR TU
08ANKARA1508	HOW TURKEY'S YOUTH VIEW THE US: LOSING A [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Turkey faces a "demographic window of opportunity," with 60% of its population under the age of 30. Politically disengaged and generally neglected as a resource by political parties (refA),young Turks face high unemployment and a country struggling to balance tradit [...]	2008-08-21 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1509	TURKEY: DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TU
08ANKARA151	TURKISH COURTS BLOCK ACCESS TO "YOUTUBE" WEBSITE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish courts banned access to the immensely popular "YouTube" website for five days beginning January 17, to block a picture with swear words imposed over Turkey's founding father, Ataturk, and the Turkish flag. The GOT maintains the courts are properly implementing a new In [...]	2008-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1513	TFGG01: TURKEY'S CAUCASUS STABILITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOT continues to roll out its "Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform" concept, with PM Erdogan visiting Baku August 20. Based on contacts with MFA officials, the concept, stemming from a 2000 proposal from then-President Demirel, is still being refined. MFA contacts h [...]	2008-08-21 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM AJ GG RU TU
08ANKARA152	TURKEY: CODEL DAVIS STRESSES COOPERATION IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: During their January 10 - 12 visit to Ankara, CODEL Davis met with Turkish Members of Parliament (MPs),officials from the Central Bank, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Treasury, and representatives from the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodities Exchanges (TOBB),Turkey's [...]	2008-01-25 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN TU IZ
08ANKARA153	Update on PKK Violence (January 16-23, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2008-01-25 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1546	Update on PKK Violence (August 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securit [...]	2008-08-27 09:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1547	TURKEY LINKS USS MOUNT WHITNEY PASSAGE WITH GLOBAL [...] (S/NF) This is an urgent action message. Post requests immediate guidance on request for USS Mount Whitney to transit the Turkish Straits. 2. (S/NF) As noted in ref b, Turkey has granted permission for overflight of its airspace by Global Hawk missions to conduct surveillance over Georgi [...]	2008-08-27 10:31:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM GG TU
08ANKARA1550	TURKEY-AU SUMMIT OVERSHADOWED BY BASHIR'S [...] (C) Summary: The GOT-hosted Turkey-African Union (AU) Cooperation Summit, August 18-21, rendered no surprises. During the sessions, the GOT focused on developing good will, expanding trade ties, and lobbying for African support of Turkey's UNSC bid. Overall, the GOT was pleased with both atte [...]	2008-08-27 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XA TU
08ANKARA1552	TURKEY: THIRD NATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) recently rolled out a "Third National Program" to define the government's priorities and reinvigorate EU-related reforms over the next four years. Senior AKP contacts admit reaching consensus on the plan will be difficult, given the [...]	2008-08-27 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1553	TURKEY SUPPORTS GEORGIA'S SOVEREIGNTY AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to MFA South Caucasus Department Head Firat Sunel, urging a clear statement rejecting Russia's recognition of Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. Sunel noted the August 26 MFA statement (see paragraph 6),calling it a short but clear message of concern, and [...]	2008-08-27 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU TU
08ANKARA1560	TURKEY: SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES GEORGIA AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 26, Senator Lugar and delegation discussed the situation in Georgia, Caspian energy issues including Nabucco, Turkey's EU accession and other issues with President Gul, Foreign Minister Babacan and Energy Minister Guler. The Senator also hosted a dinner for represen [...]	2008-08-28 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET IZ PREL TU
08ANKARA1564	TURKEY: AHMET TURK RAISES THE PROFILE OF DTP'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: Recent statements by pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) leader Ahmet Turk have raised the profile of DTP's more moderate wing. Turk, re-elected as party co-chairman at DTP's July convention, called for peaceful resolution through dialogue of Turkey's intractab [...]	2008-08-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1565	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1566	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1567	VICE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH PM ERDOGAN [...] (C) Your planned September 6 meeting with Turkish PM Erdogan offers an opportunity to consult on five sets of issues: Georgia and the Caucasus, energy, Iran, Iraq, and the need for renewed Turkish reform. Erdogan is in confident form following relative victory in the closure case against th [...]	2008-08-29 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA157	TURKEY RELUCTANT TO RECEIVE, SHARE INFORMATION [...] (S) Anticipating the flow through Turkey of foreign fighters and others affiliated with known terrorist organizations will increase in the future, the FBI has proactively reached out to Turkey's law enforcement and intelligence communities to initiate formal information sharing on known or su [...]	2008-01-25 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC TU
08ANKARA1572	TURKEY-MACEDONIA STRATEGIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche points, MFA Balkans Department Head Ilhan Saygili underscored to us that the strategic cooperation document is not an agreement, but a statement of the two countries' intentions to promote and strengthen bilateral strategic relations. Within the document, th [...]	2008-09-02 09:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK TU GR

08ANKARA1576	TURKEY: GEORGIAN FM URGES GLOBAL SOLUTIONS IN [...] (C) Georgian DCM Irakli Koplatadze on September 1 gave DCM a readout of the August 31 meeting between Turkish FM Babacan and Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili in Istanbul. Babacan, said Koplatadze, began the meeting by expressing "deep concern" for Russian actions and strong Turkish support for the [...]	2008-09-02 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU TU
08ANKARA1579	TURKEY ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNGA KV
08ANKARA158	CLOSING MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: HOW REALISTIC A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Efforts to re-energize negotiations to close Makhmour refugee camp in northern Iraq will continue to be hindered by GOT and UNHCR security concerns related to the camp. Working level GOT officials believe radical PKK elements continue to control the camp. They believe a permanen [...]	2008-01-25 17:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PGOV PHUM TU IZ
08ANKARA1584	TURKISH MFA ON LAVROV TALKS, BURNS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA U/S Apakan briefed Ambassador September 2 regarding FM Babacan's talks with Russian FM Lavrov the same day in Istanbul. Babacan reportedly emphasized that Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia contradicts international law; associated Turkey with the st [...]	2008-09-03 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TU
08ANKARA1585	TURKEY SUPPORTS AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY INCREASE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA DDG for South Asia and Iran Babur Hizlan September 3, requesting Turkish support for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) to 134,000 at the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board meeting in Kabul, September 10, and reminding him of the importance the U [...]	2008-09-03 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF TU
08ANKARA1588	Update on PKK Violence (August 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the August 24-31, 2008 reporting period, eight secu [...]	2008-09-04 06:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1596	TURKEY: NEW MILITARY CHIEF'S FIRST POLICY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary: During new Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Ikler Basbug,s nationally televised speech at his August 28 change of command ceremony, Basbug: -- Highlighted the importance of US-Turkey bilateral relations and preserving the "perfect level of cooperation" against the PKK; -- Vo [...]	2008-09-04 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1597	TURKEY ENTHUSIASTIC ON EVE OF GUL VISIT TO ARMENIA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Turkey is abuzz only two days ahead of a now-confirmed visit by President Gul to Yerevan September 6 to attend a Turkey-Armenia World Cup qualifier. Viewing the visit as a powerful Turkish contribution to promoting peace and stability in the Caucasus and to solving the Na [...]	2008-09-04 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA1598	TURKISH MFA: CYPRUS TALKS ARE "LAST CHANCE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Turkish MFA's key Cyprus official views the direct talks as the "last chance" for a solution on the island, and notes that "other options" will need to be considered if these negotiations fail. Both Turkish Cypriot leader Talat and Ankara suspect the Greek Cypriot side plans [...]	2008-09-05 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU US
08ANKARA1599	TURKEY: ALEVIS PROTEST GOT'S POLICY ON RELIGIOUS EDUCATION [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara and Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Several Alevi groups organized an August 24 rally in Istanbul's Taksim square to protest the GOT's policy of requiring primary and secondary public school students to take a religious educa [...]	2008-09-05 10:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1602	BABACAN/LAVROV IN ISTANBUL: "FRIENDS CAN DISAGREE" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey underscored its support for Georgia's territorial integrity during FM Babacan's September 2 meeting with Russian FM Lavrov in Istanbul, MFA DDG for Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and Moldova Murat Burhan told us September 4. However, Lavrov called the decision to recognize Abkh [...]	2008-09-05 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU TU
08ANKARA1603	MFA SUPPORTS IRAQI SCIENTISTS PROGRAM, AWAITING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 13:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IZ TU
08ANKARA1604	TURKEY: STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY IN ANKARA, SEPT. 1-2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 1-2 September a House Foreign Relations Committee Staff delegation led by Alan Makovsky discussed the situation in Georgia, energy issues, and the ongoing Israel-Syria talks with senior Turkish government officials at the Presidency, Prime Ministry, and Ministry of Foreign Af [...]	2008-09-05 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1606	TURKEY: MILITARY CHIEF VISITS LARGEST KURDISH CITY [...] (U) GEN Ilker Basbug, in his first domestic trip as the new chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS),traveled to 2nd Army Headquarters (primary responsibility of which is to prosecute the war against the PKK) in Malatya, and Diyarbakir, Turkey's largest Kurdish city. During his visit to 2nd [...]	2008-09-05 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
08ANKARA1611	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 5 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, Turkish President Gul said his trip to Yerevan the next day is intended to lay the foundation for progress in bilateral relations. He spoke at length about his private "blunt" discussions with Iranian President Ahmadinejad [...]	2008-09-09 09:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1613	TURKEY: MUNICIPAL POLICE BEAT ANKARA SHOPOWNER FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: A security camera captured two municipal policemen beating a shop owner with wooden sticks in the conservative Ankara district of Kecioren August 14 for allegedly violating the ban on alcohol sales after 11 p.m. Opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara MP Yilm [...]	2008-09-09 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1619	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (AUGUST 2008) [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor and Coordinator finalized agenda and logistics for the Sept. 17-18 EXBS Nonproliferation Seminar, to he held in Ankara. DOE/SLD provided Turkey's first training on SLD provided radiation detection pagers, survey instruments and RIDDS to TNP's Bomb Disposal experts. Turk [...]	2008-09-10 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1622	DELIVERY OF AI DEMARCHE TO TURKISH GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-10 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL
08ANKARA1623	Update on PKK Violence (September 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 13 securit [...]	2008-09-10 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1624	TURKISH MFA INTERESTED IN EU OBSERVER MISSION IN [...] (C) During a meeting to deliver reftel demarche (reported septel),MFA NATO Security Affairs Section Head M. Turker Ari took the opportunity to note Turkey's interest in the proposed EU observer mission in Georgia. Ari inquired whether the US has received any information from the EU about the [...]	2008-09-10 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO TU GG
08ANKARA1626	TURKEY: RULING AKP AIMING HIGH IN MARCH 2009 [...] (C) Summary and comment: Showing signs of the political prowess that led to its political dominance, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is astutely gearing up for March 2009 local elections well before its opponents. AKP hopes to demonstrate it is "the party of all Turkey" by [...]	2008-09-10 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1627	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1628	U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...]	2008-09-10 22:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1629	IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 06:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TU IZ
08ANKARA1633	CJCS VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) The timing of your visit to Turkey is ideal. The President's commitment in November to provide enhanced intelligence against the PKK immensely strengthened US engagement here. But we are now at some pivot points: -- in Turkey, a new CHOD and DCHOD, both critical people for our work on [...]	2008-09-11 10:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR GG IZ TU
08ANKARA1635	TURKISH CAUCASIANS' INFLUENCE ON REGIONAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The conflict in Georgia has mobilized a large portion of Turkey's ethnic Caucasian community to lobby Ankara to join Moscow in recognizing Abkhaz and South Ossetian independence. As during the Chechen wars of the 1990s, ethnic Caucasian groups will force the GOT to w [...]	2008-09-11 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG RU TU
08ANKARA1636	TURKEY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On September 4 we solicited from MFA Acting Head of Department for Council of Europe and Human Rights Yonca Sunel GOT support for U.S. priority country-specific and thematic resolutions that will be offered, urged Turkey to vote against the Defamation of Religions resolution, and sought [...]	2008-09-11 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN TU
08ANKARA1642	GUL IN BAKU AND YEREVAN; GEORGIAN PM IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) MFA South Caucasus Section Head Firat Sunel briefed us September 11 on President Gul's September 10 visit to Baku. Despite criticism in the Azerbaijani media and some Turkish outlets of Gul's September 6 trip to Yerevan, President Aliyev gave Gul and the visiting Turkish side the impression [...]	2008-09-12 15:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM AJ GG TU
08ANKARA165	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION CONFRONT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's ban against headscarves at universities may soon be lifted if negotiations succeed between the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) on proposed constitutional amendments. PM Erdogan reignited the highly sensitive issue [...]	2008-01-28 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA1650	TURKEY: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 13:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA TU
08ANKARA1651	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: On the ropes in its Constitutional Court closure case, pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) is staging "awareness-raising" walks, and reaching out to any who will listen to garner much-needed support. In his September 16 oral defense on behalf of the party, DTP Chairman Ah [...]	2008-09-15 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA166	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: January 2008 [...] Turkey launched air strikes against PKK terrorist positions in northern Iraq on December 16, 17, 22 and 26. Several of the air strikes were supported by artillery fire. During the same period, counterterrorism operations within Southeast Turkey and against PKK terrorists in several cities con [...]	2008-01-29 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL CH KZ GR TU
08ANKARA1665	Update on PKK Violence (September 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...]	2008-09-18 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1667	TURKEY: OPPONENTS SEE CHINKS IN AKP'S ARMOR AMID [...] (C) Summary and comment: Critics of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) point to a recent SONAR company poll showing a decline in AKP's popularity to 32 percent as a sign voters are souring on the party. Opposition politicians, journalists, and analysts believe a struggling econom [...]	2008-09-18 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1669	SCENESETTER FOR USG-GOT UNGA MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials will be highly visible in New York for this year,s UN General Assembly as their years-long effort to secure election to a UN Security Council seat representing the Western European and Others group comes to a climax. U.S. officials will want to engage the Turks o [...]	2008-09-18 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA1676	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP DEFENDS ITSELF BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-hour verbal defense presented to the Constitutional Court September 16, Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) Co-Chairman Ahmet Turk urged the Court not to close DTP and ban 220 of its members from politics. Turk claimed DTP has been working diligently to find a p [...]	2008-09-19 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1689	CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN CALL ON PRESIDENT GUL [...] (C) Summary: President Gul told CJCS Admiral Mullen September 15 that Turkey wanted our close counterterrorism cooperation to continue and that U.S. success in Iraq is critical for Turkey. Admiral Mullen pledged U.S commitment to sustaining intelligence cooperation. Gul said Turkey continue [...]	2008-09-22 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ GG IR PK AF TU
08ANKARA1690	MFA WANTS TO MAINTAIN NRC PREPCOM AS CHANNEL FOR [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin on September 22. While she took our points on board, Ulutekin said Turkey views the PrepCom as a useful tool to maintain contact with Russia, particularly on issues in the long-term interest of the Alliance, i [...]	2008-09-22 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO GG RS TU
08ANKARA1694	TURKEY FLOATS MIDDLE EAST SECURITY AND COOPERATION [...] (C) President Abdullah Gul will unveil Turkey's security and cooperation in the Middle East initiative (reftel) during his September 23 UNGA speech, according to MFA Middle East desk officer Murat Omeroglu. In very general terms, Gul will advocate for increased regional dialogue and propose th [...]	2008-09-23 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA1696	DAS BRYZA TALKS CYPRUS, MONTREUX CONVENTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 15 meeting in Ankara with EUR DAS Matt Bryza, MFA DU/S Berk said the GOT is pleased Cyprus negotiations have begun, but remains circumspect until it becomes more clear the Greek Cypriots are committed to negotiating a comprehensive settlement and not just going [...]	2008-09-23 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU CY
08ANKARA1712	TURKEY SEEKING MORE INFO ON NTM-I BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Section Head for NATO Military Affairs M. Turker Ari on September 25. We noted that taking a lead role in the NTM-I border security mission would provide an additional opportunity for Turkey to engage with Iraq on and help support Iraq,s effort in streng [...]	2008-09-25 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TU IZ
08ANKARA1714	ADDRESSING AFGHAN CONCERNS FOLLOWING SHINDAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 11:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL NATO TU AF
08ANKARA1715	GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 11:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP
08ANKARA1716	NATIONAL SECURITY AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) We passed the non-paper contained in reftel and a copy of the publicly-released paper to MFA Disarmament and Nonproliferation Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun on September 25. Gun welcomed the information and confirmed that the Turkish defense attache in Washington has received a brief [...]	2008-09-26 11:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM
08ANKARA1718	Update on PKK Violence (September 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one sec [...]	2008-09-26 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1721	TURKS INTERESTED BUT CAUTIOUS IN FURTHERING EXPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A 17-18 September 2008 Seminar co-sponsored by the EXBS program (State ISN/ECC) and the Turkish MFA highlighted opportunities for bilateral cooperation to strengthen Turkey's nonproliferation regime and engage with Turkey in outreach to promote stronger nonproliferation efforts [...]	2008-09-26 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EXBS
08ANKARA1722	TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ON KHANAQIN STABILITY; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey is as concerned as the United States about stability in Iraq in light of events in recent weeks in the Khanaqin area of Diyala Province and the stand-off between Peshmerga and the IAF, according to MFA Iraq Desk Officer Can Oguz. The GOT has no intention of taking actions [...]	2008-09-26 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1723	TURKEY: CORRUPTION DEBATE FORESHADOWS A TENSE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Following a week of fast-flying accusations during which opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) whip Kemal Kilicdaroglu accused ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman Dengir Mir Firat of being a "drug baron" and Firat called Kilicdaroglu a "sland [...]	2008-09-26 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA173	TURKEY: KARAMANLIS VISIT PAVES WAY FOR IMPROVED [...] (C) Summary: Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis' January 23-25 trip to Turkey symbolizes the improved state of Turkish-Greek relations. During his meeting with PM Erdogan, the two Prime Ministers focused on how to overcome the three most contentious bilateral issues -- Cyprus, the Aegean, and mi [...]	2008-01-30 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA1737	TURKEY: RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOL [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche requesting an update on the status of Turkey's efforts to ratify the NATO accession protocols for Albania and Croatia to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhane Ulutekin on October 6. She said the bills to approve the accession protocols have been drafted and [...]	2008-10-06 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA TU
08ANKARA1739	TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNGA KV TU
08ANKARA1740	Update on PKK Violence (September 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the September 24-30, 2008 reporting period, three s [...]	2008-10-06 15:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1747	TURKEY LIKELY TO SUPPORT CANCELLATION OF ANNUAL [...] (S) Turkey is likely to support the call for cancellation of the annual Turkey-Turkish Cypriot military exercise Toros, according to MFA DDG for Northeast Mediterranean Kerim Uras, though a formal decision has yet to be taken. Uras told us the afternoon of October 8 that senior MFA colleagues [...]	2008-10-08 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PM CY TU
08ANKARA1748	TURKEY: FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR DAVUTOGLU REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para three. 2. (C) Prime Ministry and Presidential foreign policy advisor Ahmet Davutoglu informed Ambassador October 7 that he will travel to Washington October 26-29 to participate in a Brookings conference on the Middle East and expressed his interest [...]	2008-10-08 15:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP TU
08ANKARA1767	TURKEY: PARLIAMENT PLAUGED BY POLARIZATION AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: A climate of polarization fueled by allegations of corruption against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is expected to distract Parliament during the fall term that officially began October 1. The situation will likely be inflamed further by wrangling ove [...]	2008-10-10 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1770	TURKEY: KURDISH LAWYER CLAIMS PKK BEING WEAKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Hamza Yilmaz, a former lawyer for Abdullah Ocalan, told us he believes the PKK is losing the battle for the hearts and minds of the Kurdish community as the AKP has used religion to appeal to rural Kurds and the PKK/DTP's violent tactics and internal confusion have t [...]	2008-10-10 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1771	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel request for third-party transfer of M113 armored personnel carriers to Yemen on October 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Department for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz. Ozyildiz pledged that MFA would give the request serious consideration but said the decisi [...]	2008-10-10 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM YM TU
08ANKARA1779	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERSHIP'S [...] (C) Summary: A consensus appears to be emerging on the elements needed to defeat the PKK and the GOT and Turkish military are collaborating closely, according to several well-placed sources. These elements include: denying PKK safe havens in northern Iraq; granting security forces additional [...]	2008-10-14 13:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ
08ANKARA1787	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT - (SEPTEMBER 2008) [...] Summary: Activities this month focused primarily on executing the Sept. 17-18 Nonproliferation Seminar and making arrangements for the Customs VIP visit to the U.S. in November. EXBS also accompanied DOE/SLD rep to meetings with the Turkish national Police in support of their program. End Summ [...]	2008-10-15 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1791	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS [...] On October 14, we shared reftel information with Can Oguz, Office of the Special Envoy for Iraq, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Oguz thanked us for the information, said he would promptly share it with the appropriate parties, and made no substantial additional comment. Visit Ankara's [...]	2008-10-15 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC TU IZ IR SY
08ANKARA1793	Update on PKK Violence (October 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 1-7, 2008 reporting period, 19 security [...]	2008-10-16 06:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA18	TURKISH AIR STRIKES AGAINST PKK TERRORISTS IN [...] (S) Summary: Between December 16 and 26, Turkey launched four air strikes against PKK terrorist targets in northern Iraq. The first attack on December 16 had the largest number of targets and struck the furthest south, hitting locations on south Qandil Mountain. Prior to the first attack, Tur [...]	2008-01-04 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
08ANKARA180	TURKEY: ERDOGAN'S CRITICISM OF ISRAEL SPARKS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish/Israeli relations became tenser following Prime Minister Erdogan's January 23 comments criticizing the GOI for its siege of Gaza. In remarks to his party's parliamentary caucus, Erdogan called the Gaza Strip an "open air prison" and blamed Israel for this "humanitarian tr [...]	2008-01-31 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
08ANKARA1805	TURKEY WOOS ARAB LEAGUE FOR SUPPORT ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT continues to move forward with its Middle East outreach proposals -- the Turkey-Arab League Forum and the Conference on Security and Cooperation in the Middle East (CSCME) -- with only minimal results. Contrary to expectations, President Gul did not outline Turkey's CSCME [...]	2008-10-17 04:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL TU
08ANKARA1806	TURKEY: PKK ATTACK PUTS MILITARY UNDER A MICROSCOPE [...] (C) Since the October 3-4 PKK attack on the Aktutun military outpost, Turkey's military has come under unprecedented press criticism. This included calls for the resignation of the Deputy Chief of Staff (for failing to prevent the attack) and of the Chief of Turkey's Air Force (for being caug [...]	2008-10-17 04:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA1819	TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: ELECTIONS, AFGHAN SPEAKER [...] (C) Turkey views upcoming Afghan elections as an important opportunity to strengthen Afghan national identity, MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol told us October 17. President Gul and PM Erodgan underscored this point with Afghan National Assembly Speaker Kanuni during Kanuni's October [...]	2008-10-20 05:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV AF PK TU
08ANKARA182	TURKEY'S OUTREACH TO THE KURDS OF THE SOUTHEAST: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish military operations in northern Iraq have opened new space in Turkey's political discourse. In sharp contrast to the situation throughout most of 2007, topics such as a focused economic development plan for southeastern Turkey, expanded Kurdish language broadcasting and e [...]	2008-01-31 16:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA1820	TURKEY: STRONG NEGATIVE REACTION EXPECTED ON NATO [...] (C) We understand plans are moving forward to commit NATO assets to participate in Exercise Noble Archer 2008, an exercise scheduled to begin December 2, which includes a flight track over Agios Efstratios, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Turkey asserts that the demilitarized status of this [...]	2008-10-20 05:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO TU
08ANKARA1827	TURKEY: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL GG TU
08ANKARA1831	TURKEY: AKP EYES SECULAR STRONGHOLD OF IZMIR IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: The Aegean jewel of Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, is at the heart of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) quest to dominate March 2009 local elections by besting its July 2007 parliamentary election performance, when it captured 47 percent of the [...]	2008-10-21 07:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1833	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS PRESIDENT BUSH - PM BROWN [...] (SBU) Ambassador used the opportunity of an October 16 meeting to present the President Bush -- PM Brown letter to Gurcan Turkoglu, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to President Abdullah Gul. Turkoglu, who had not yet received a copy of the letter from the MFA, underscored the importance of food [...]	2008-10-21 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON PREL
08ANKARA1841	TURKEY OPPOSES BLANKET MTCR OUTREACH, CONCERNED [...] (C) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Head of Section Mustafa Yurdakul convoked us on October 17 to raise GOT concerns about the US proposal on technical outreach at the MTCR (reftel). Yurdakul, who will lead the Turkish delegation to the MTCR Plenary in Canberra , said while Turkey suppor [...]	2008-10-22 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE ETTC PREL PARM KSCA TU
08ANKARA1852	TURKEY TO ABSTAIN FROM FIRST COMMITTEE VOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO UNGA PARM TU
08ANKARA1853	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT FLEXES MUSCLE IN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's Constitution Court October 22 issued its "detailed verdict" fleshing out its June 5 annulment of constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at Turkish universities. The Court ruled that the proposed amendments were an attempt to manipulate [...]	2008-10-23 16:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1854	TURKEY: A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a three-hour meeting October 21 with EUR A/S Fried, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan said that Turkey: -- hopes to wrap up an agreement with Armenia before the end of the year; -- wants both the U.S. and EU to join the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform in its se [...]	2008-10-24 07:29:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO
08ANKARA1877	Update on PKK Violence (October 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 16-23, 2008 reporting period, one securi [...]	2008-10-28 10:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1878	Update on PKK Violence (October 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 8-15, 2008 reporting period, nine securi [...]	2008-10-28 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1881	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ISSUES DETAILED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following closely on the heels of its October 22 verdict in the headscarf case (ref A),Turkey's Constitutional Court October 24 issued its detailed verdict fleshing out its July 30 ruling not to close the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) for alleged anti-se [...]	2008-10-28 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1885	TURKEY: MFA DISCUSSES UNSC PREPARATIONS [...] (C) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 4 below. 2. (C) MFA Director General for Multilateral Political Affairs Hasan Gogus told DCM October 26 the GOT has begun initial preparations for Turkey's 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. Gogus reported MFA has yet to de [...]	2008-10-30 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TU
08ANKARA1899	Update on PKK Violence (October 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the October 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...]	2008-11-03 11:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA19	TURKEY: 2007 - INTOLERANCE AND VIOLENCE TOWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary: Intolerance and violence against Turkey's dwindling religious minority communities spiked in 2007. The January assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the brutal killing of three Christian [...]	2008-01-04 12:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1902	SCENESETTER FOR THE WASHINGTON VISIT OF TURKISH [...] (C) Admiral Atac's visit will permit us to further cement strong bilateral military ties through the service with which we have perhaps the strongest bond. This visit will allow Atac to raise the most pressing issues for the Turkish Navy today: -- U.S. naval presence in the Black Sea in re [...]	2008-11-03 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS IZ RU TU
08ANKARA1905	TURKEY: UNPRECEDENTED MILITARY BRIEFING TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) At the military's request, the Chief of Turkish General Staff (TGS) Ilker Basbug briefed the Council of Ministers on Monday, October 27 on the military's counterterrorism efforts. This reportedly marked the first time the head of the Turkish military briefed the Council of Ministers and [...]	2008-11-03 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS TU
08ANKARA191	GOT PRESSES IRAQI TURKMEN TO RETURN TO KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials are pressing Iraqi Turkmen members of the Kirkuk Provincial Council to end their boycott and resume involvement in council deliberations. The Turks recognize it is in the interests of the Iraqi Turkmen people that their elected representatives participate in the pol [...]	2008-02-01 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA1910	TURKEY: CYPRUS WATCHERS DOWNBEAT ON TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Skepticism about the chances for a Cyprus settlement continues across a range of Turkish academics and opinion leaders who track the issue, a small group of whom the DCM hosted October 31 for a free-ranging discussion. The prevailing sentiments include: -- G/C voters turned to [...]	2008-11-04 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CY PREL TU US
08ANKARA1916	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY PARTY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The symbolism of victory in the March 2009 local elections is helping fuel the rapidly rising tension and violence in Turkey's Southeast (reftel). PM Erdogan's repeated visits to the region in recent weeks are part of the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) [...]	2008-11-05 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1917	FM BABACAN IN AFGHANISTAN; GILLANI, KARZAI IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: FM Babacan stressed Turkey's commitment to Afghanistan during his October 26-27 visit to Kabul, Wardak and northern Afghanistan. The Turks are pressing forward on infrastructure and education projects, but face obstacles from local and national authorities in Kabul. Turkey has [...]	2008-11-05 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR EAID EINV AF PK TU
08ANKARA1920	(C) MINISTER SIMSEK ASKS USG HELP TO MODERATE IMF [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Ambassador Wilson, Treasury Minister Simsek asked the USG to intercede with the IMF to moderate its demands for a new program with Turkey. Simsek said the GOT sees a Precautionary Stand-By Agreement as an anchor for private sector expectations, but t [...]	2008-11-05 17:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
08ANKARA1923	TURKEY NOT PLANNING TO HOST PSI OR REGIONAL OEG [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1924	TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION HEAD REMAINS [...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with a team from the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Safety Administration (DOE/NNSA) to discuss the repatriation of US-origin highly enriched uranium (septel),Turkish Atomic Energy Commission (TAEK) President Okay Cakiroglu expressed annoyance with the [...]	2008-11-06 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ENRG EXBS TU
08ANKARA1930	TURKEY: PREPARATIONS AND OUTLOOK FOR G-20 [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Economic Counselor met November 6 with Turkish Summit Sherpa Selim Kuneralp and MFA Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs Serap Ozcuksun to discuss Turkish preparations for the G-20 Summit. Kuneralp said the Prime Minister has not yet decided who will sit with [...]	2008-11-07 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KSUM PREL TU
08ANKARA1935	TURKEY: PKK SUCCEEDING IN DRIVING WEDGE BETWEEN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: During one week of meetings in southeastern Turkey, PolOff met with political figures, writers and NGOs to discuss the Kurdish issue, growing regional tension, and upcoming local elections. Contacts said the PKK is using the pro-Kurdish [...]	2008-11-07 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1937	TURKEY: EU PROGRESS REPORT CITES LACK OF REFORMS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The EU's annual progress report on Turkey released November 5 met with mixed reaction here. Referring to the assessment as "balanced," GOT officials publicly highlighted its positive aspects, including Turkey's contributions to regional and energy security and progress [...]	2008-11-07 17:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1940	TURKEY RECEPTIVE TO STAFFING UN KOREA COMMAND AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkish General Staff (TGS) told Major General John Weida, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, UN Command Korea, November 7 that Turkey would participate in planning for the theater-level exercise Key Resolve and would consider sending a Turkish officer to staff the UN Korea Command (Re [...]	2008-11-10 07:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KS TU
08ANKARA1942	TURKEY: EXPORT CONTROL INTERAGENCY CONTEMPLATING NEXT STEPS IN NONPRO COOPERATION [...] (C) We delivered letters from DOE/NNSA Deputy Administrator Will Tobey (Ref a) and ISN/ECC Director Yvette Wong (ref b) to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament DDG Ahmet Gun on November 3. He thanked us for the letters and provided a readout of the October 24 meeting of the interagency Export [...]	2008-11-10 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU ETTC
08ANKARA1943	TURKEY: RESIGNATION OF POLITICAL HEAVYWEIGHT [...] (C) Summary and comment: The November 7 resignation of ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Vice Chairman and party co-founder Dengir Mir Mehmet Firat surprised Ankara's political establishment and engendered immediate waves of speculation. Political circles dismissed Firat's stated re [...]	2008-11-10 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1948	TURKEY TO SEND MOI OFFICIAL TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) The MFA confirmed on November 10 that the GOT will be represented at the November 13-14 Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting (ref a) by Hasan Huseyin Gercek, a superintendent from the Ministry of Interior's Directorate General for Security Affairs. 2. (C) Comment: To our [...]	2008-11-10 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KNNP
08ANKARA1953	Update on PKK Violence (November 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...]	2008-11-12 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA1959	TURKEY: DTP CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (U) The following congratulatory message was received for the President-elect from Co-President of the Democratic Society Party (DTP). Begin text: We would like to present our hearty congratulations on your election as the President of the United States of America. We hope that, your co [...]	2008-11-13 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP TU
08ANKARA1960	TURKEY: CHP CONGRATULATIONS TO PRESIDENT ELECT [...] (U) The following congratulatory message was received November 6 for the President-elect from the Chairman of the opposition Republican Peoples' Party (CHP). Begin text: Dear Mr. President-Elect, I warmly congratulate your election as the President of the United States of America. I am [...]	2008-11-13 10:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP TU

08ANKARA1961	TURKEY: BABACAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH UK FS [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to reconnect following a tense meeting on the margins of UNGA, UK Foreign Secretary David Miliband hosted FM Ali Babacan in his hometown of South Shield November 7. Babacan provided an optimistic update on GOT's ongoing discussions with the Kurdistan Regional Govern [...]	2008-11-13 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN IR IZ TU UK
08ANKARA1964	TURKEY/IRAQ: GOT ACCEPTS POSTPONEMENT OF TRILAT [...] (S) The GOT has accepted Iraq's request that the IZ-TU-US Trilateral meeting on security issues scheduled to take place November 14 be postponed. The delegation is now planning to travel to Baghdad November 19 and, according to GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Murat Ozcelik, will be led by Interior [...]	2008-11-13 11:28:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA1967	TURKEY: MFA ASSERTS EU MOMENTUM CONTINUES, BUT [...] (C) MFA European Union Political Affairs Section Head Yaprak Alp told us that the pace of EU reform in Turkey has not slowed. As the focus shifts from controversial political reforms to more technical aspects, Turkey's EU accession bid simply is no longer front page news and thus many believe [...]	2008-11-13 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU
08ANKARA1972	FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: TURKEY TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) We conveyed ref A points on the "Friends of Pakistan" meeting in Abu Dhabi to MFA South Asia Section Head Emre Karagol November 13. Karagol, who will accompany MFA DG for South Asia and Iran Huseyin Dirioz to the November 17 meeting, told us Turkey plans to concentrate on the security and [...]	2008-11-14 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON EAID AF PK TU
08ANKARA1975	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (OCTOBER [...] Summary: TDY EXBS Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator met with Turkish Customs Enforcement officials during this period and provided a comprehensive briefing on U.S. Customs. Final preparations have been confirmed for the November 12-24 visit of Director General of Customs Enforcemen [...]	2008-11-14 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA1980	TURKEY/AZERBAIJAN: GUL PROPOSES TRILATERAL MEETING [...] (C) MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Unal Cevikoz and PM Foreign Policy Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador separately that President Gul proposed a trilateral Turkey-Armenia-Azerbaijan summit, perhaps in late January or early February, to President Aliyev, during Aliye [...]	2008-11-14 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM AJ TU
08ANKARA1984	TURKEY: MOVIE DEPICTING "REAL" ATATURK EVOKES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's current box-office leader "Mustafa" is stirring emotions due to its portrayal of the modern Turkish Republic's founder Mustafa Kemal Ataturk as a lonely, hard-drinking man beset by doubts. After opening to sold out shows and rave reviews, hard-line Kemalist critics launc [...]	2008-11-14 15:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA1987	TURKEY: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL TU
08ANKARA199	TURKEY CONSIDERING REQUEST TO INSPECT SYRIA BOUND [...] (S) We delivered reftel paper to MFA Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun, and Head of Department for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on February 4. Both Gun and Olcay expressed appreciation for the advanced notification and the detailed information regar [...]	2008-02-04 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC TU IR KN
08ANKARA1990	TURKISH FOREIGN TRADE MINISTER TUZMEN'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 12 meeting, the Ambassador spoke with Kursad Tuzmen, State Minister for Foreign Trade, on a range of issues, with special attention to the future of Iraq and Georgia. Tuzmen was pessimistic about Iraq, but sees opportunities to reshape Iraq's future through trade and [...]	2008-11-17 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN TU IZ GG
08ANKARA1992	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY EAGER FOR CHANGE IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials and Think-tankers in Ankara told Department of State Iranian Affairs Office Director Todd Schwartz during November 13 meetings that the U.S. should initiate direct talks with Iran and signal a willingness to "extend a hand of friendship" early in the Obama Admini [...]	2008-11-17 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG IR TU
08ANKARA1993	TURKEY: AKP FLIRTS WITH ALEVI INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alevi leaders greeted with skepticism Turkish press accounts that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) plans to create an office within the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to fund Alevi prayer houses (cemevis) and broaden Alevi rights. They believe AKP is c [...]	2008-11-17 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2002	TURKEY: WHIRLING ISSUES BYPASS KONYA [...] (C) Summary and comment: The central Anatolian city of Konya has a rich history and unique modern-day economic and political importance to Turkey. In the past decade, this "Anatolian Tiger" of 1 million people has built a dynamic economy centered on industrial agriculture but expanding rapid [...]	2008-11-19 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2005	OBAMA SPELLS HOPE FOR TURKEY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary and comment: An array of Turkey's most prominent human rights defenders hailed the election of Barack Obama as the beginning of a new era for the advancement of human rights in Turkey and the world. In the eyes of these activists, the European Union's ability to influence the GOT [...]	2008-11-19 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2012	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN'S PASSAGE TO INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Eight years after the last visit to New Delhi by a Turkish Government leader, Prime Minister Erdogan departs November 20 for a four-day trip to India. Both the MFA and Indian Embassy in Ankara describe the visit as "overdue," but emphasize that it reflects a healthy bilateral r [...]	2008-11-20 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PREL TU IN AF PK
08ANKARA2016	TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S SINIRLIOGLU ON IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Undersecretary for the Middle East and South Asia Feridun Sinirlioglu provided CDA with an overview of pressing regional issues November 19. He reported that President Gul intends to visit cities outside Baghdad in addition to the capital during his upcoming Iraq visit [...]	2008-11-20 15:01:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA2018	TURKEY: MFA'S AFRICA DEPARTMENT RAMPING UP FOR UNSC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The MFA's Africa Department (AFGY) is ramping up its efforts to prepare for Turkey's rapidly approaching 2009-2011 non-permanent UNSC tenure. While MFA leadership has not determined how the decision-making process will work, the three-man department is taking nascent [...]	2008-11-21 06:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC TU
08ANKARA2024	PM MALIKI SENDS ENVOY TO REASSURE NEIGHBORS ON SOFA [...] (C) PM Maliki sent an envoy, State Minister for National Dialogue Akram al-Hakim, to deliver a personal message to PM Erdogan, and other regional leaders, regarding the Iraq-U.S. SOFA, according to MFA Department Head for Iraq Aydin Acikel. Al-Hakim, who arrived in Ankara early November 20 fro [...]	2008-11-21 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ TU
08ANKARA203	TURKEY: POSITIVE SHIFTS IN PUBLIC OPINION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The overwhelmingly positive reaction of political leaders to US-Turkey cooperation against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) is now also being reflected in public opinion. Recent polls indicate that the US has reversed the downward trend in public opinion that had U [...]	2008-02-05 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA2031	TALAT ON CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS: GLASS IS HALF-FULL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat portrayed the status of ongoing Cyprus negotiations in realistic yet optimistic terms in a November 20 speech in Ankara. Talat was clear in pointing out the trouble spots where negotiations have to date accomplished little, and agreed wit [...]	2008-11-24 07:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CY TU
08ANKARA2040	TURKEY'S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTIES FIND RELIGION [...] (C) Summary: Sensing that the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) may be vulnerable in the lead-up to local elections, the leaders of both of Turkey's main opposition parties -- the arch-secular Republican People's Party (CHP) and the nationalist Nationalist Action Party (MHP) -- h [...]	2008-11-24 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA2044	Update on PKK Violence (November 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no securit [...]	2008-11-25 07:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2045	TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. CT DIALOGUE PROPOSAL, URGES [...] (S) Summary. S/CT Dell Dailey urged Turkey November 14 to agree to an annual high-level counterterrorism (CT) dialogue, pressed it to use its influence with Syria to halt the transit of foreign terrorists and asked it to positively respond to earlier U.S. information-sharing proposals. Inter [...]	2008-11-25 12:12:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV IZ SY EU TU
08ANKARA2049	TURKEY: PKK LEADER OCALAN MAY GET COMPANY [...] (U) This is an AmConsulate Adana message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Acting on a year-old rebuke from the Council of Europe's Committee (COE) for the Prevention of Torture (CPT),the GOT has announced potential plans to modify the conditions of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan, who has been in solitary c [...]	2008-11-25 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2052	TURKEY'S RULING AKP: LET THE ELECTION GAMES BEGIN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Facing its first nationwide electoral test since its landslide victory in the July 2007 parliamentary elections, the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is sparing no expense in taking organizational steps to help secure victory. AKP Deputy Chairman for Electo [...]	2008-11-25 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
08ANKARA2058	AN IRAN VIGNETTE; DUAL EXISTENCES IN DAILY LIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a September interview with Leila E, an official with the Iranian Ministry of Interior, she offered insights into political, social, and religious issues occurring in Iran. She described pervasive efforts by the regime to monitor and control the activities of the Iranian po [...]	2008-11-26 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS IR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SCUL SOCI TU
08ANKARA2064	TURKEY WILL NOT SIGN THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (U) MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul confirmed on November 28 that the GOT will not/not sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intelink.sgov.gov/wiki/Portal:Turk ey SILLIMAN [...]	2008-11-28 12:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MOPS TU
08ANKARA2065	TURKEY WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) We delivered the demarche regarding the "Compliance with non-proliferation, arms limitation and disarmament agreements and commitments" (reftel) to MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section Head Mustafa Yurdakul on November 29. Yurdakul said the USG can count on GOT support for the res [...]	2008-11-28 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA TU
08ANKARA2066	TURKISH WOMEN TOO FIGHT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's young but steadily growing women's rights movement can claim progress in recent years. A handful of committed NGO's pushed the GOT to make women's rights one of the centerpieces of the government's 2003-2004 effort to accelerate EU-related reforms. They succeeded: the [...]	2008-11-28 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2068	Update on PKK Violence (November 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 16-23, 2008 reporting period, three se [...]	2008-12-01 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2070	TURKEY: PREMIER THINK TANK ASAM CLOSES ITS DOORS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: One of Turkey's premier think tanks the Eurasian Strategic Research Center (ASAM) unexpectedly closed in November after losing its main corporate sponsor. The Ulker Group pulled its funding on short notice. While neither ASAM nor Ulker have publicly addressed the re [...]	2008-12-01 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA2085	TURKEY: MFA ON THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 11:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08ANKARA2086	TURKEY: ERDOGAN SHIFTS INTO NATIONALIST GEAR [...] (C) Summary: Islamist columnist Fehmi Koru's November 6 comment that Prime Minister Erdogan came to power in 2002 as an "Obama-like personality but came to resemble President Bush" drew an aggressive reaction from Erdogan and generated a groundswell of commentary. Many who had once supported [...]	2008-12-04 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2087	TURKEY ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT PROTECTIONIST SPIRAL, [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel talking points to Ibrahim Yagli, MFA Department Head in the Office of Multilateral Economic Affairs. He observed that the GOT had not been aware of the protectionist measures taken by India, Brazil, and Argentina. Yagli agreed that such activities could create a dan [...]	2008-12-04 12:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD PREL ECON WTRO
08ANKARA2088	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY [...] (C) MFA Under Secretary Apakan's December 8-9 visit will be the fifth iteration of the "Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue" agreed upon by Secretary Rice and then-FM Gul in July 2006. Knowing it will take some time for the new administration to have its new team in place, U/S Apakan presse [...]	2008-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL TU
08ANKARA2089	TURKEY: ACTIVISM AGAINST GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary: To respond to the Department's call for action in recognition of November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the United Nations' "16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence" (ref A),Embassy Ankara: --engaged with a diverse array of ci [...]	2008-12-04 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM TU
08ANKARA2096	TURKEY REVIEW FOR LIBERTAD ACT: RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relations with Cuba are limited and its investment on the island is nonexistent. The two countries conduct a yearly Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting, most recently chaired in March in Ankara by Cuba's Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Investment a [...]	2008-12-05 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU TU
08ANKARA2109	TURKEY: DIYARBAKIR MAYOR ENVISIONS 2009 PROGRESS [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Diyarbakir mayor Osman Baydemir voiced hope that the incoming Obama administration will address Turkey's Kurdish issue by mediating a dialogue that would result in an end to violence by the PKK and an expansion of Kurdish political righ [...]	2008-12-12 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA211	TURKEY: ACADEMIC CONVICTED FOR INSULTING ATATURK [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA2114	INCIRLIK HUB AGREEMENT: ANOTHER STEP FORWARD [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Ambassador in Turkey delivered ref a request to the Turkish Foreign Ministry during the morning hours of December 15. MFA officials told us that the GOI note, together with the U.S. request to extend the validity of agreements regarding support to OIF through Turkey, was sent [...]	2008-12-15 17:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM MARR TU IZ
08ANKARA2115	Update on PKK Violence (November 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the November 24-30, 2008 reporting period, no securi [...]	2008-12-16 07:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2116	Update on PKK Violence (December 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no security [...]	2008-12-16 07:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2118	TURKISH INTELLECTUALS APOLOGIZE TO ARMENIANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: 275 intellectuals have signed a petition apologizing for the "great disaster" suffered by Armenians in 1915. The apology has prompted considerable debate in Turkey, with some criticizing the authors for not calling on the state to apologize and others arguing that the apology, w [...]	2008-12-16 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM TU
08ANKARA2126	U/S APAKAN ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, IAEA, NSG [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Apakan and Amb discussed U.S.-Turkish cooperation on energy, Afghanistan, and Iran. Apakan asked for U.S. support for a Turkish proposal to increase NATO-ESDP cooperation, and expressed concern for NATO's support for exercise Noble Archer. Amb asked for Turkey's continu [...]	2008-12-17 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL NATO CY US TU
08ANKARA2129	TURKEY: SIX MILLION NEW VOTERS CAN'T BE WRONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Controversy is swelling in Turkey surrounding a new voter registration system that has added six million additional registered voters to the voter lists in the runup to the 2009 local elections, fueling speculation of political manipulation. Critics of the new system charge th [...]	2008-12-17 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA213	TURKEY: TOP COURTS DEFEND POLITICAL ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two of Turkey's highest courts are publicly and privately signaling an intention to play an interventionist role in constraining government efforts to lift the headscarf ban at universities -- a proxy for what they view as the larger struggle for the Republic's soul. Court of App [...]	2008-02-06 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA2134	INCIRLIK CARGO HUB: GOT MOVING TOWARD EXTENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 11:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL PARM IZ TU
08ANKARA2138	UNSYG SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER TALKS TURKEY ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNSYG Special Advisor on Cyprus Alexander Downer told the Ambassador December 17 he: -- hopes to learn Turkish bottom lines and who speaks for the GOT on Cyprus policy; - depends on the U.S. and U.K. to wield influence on the process; - foresees referenda by the end of 2009; - n [...]	2008-12-19 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
08ANKARA2139	TURKEY RESTORING ANCIENT ARMENIAN CITY OF ANI [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The excavation, preservation and restoration of the ancient Armenian city of Ani continues with renewed emphasis since President Gul's July 2008 visit there. The Culture Ministry (MOC) is working in partner [...]	2008-12-19 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA2140	TURKEY WELCOMES OPENING OF EU CHAPTERS [...] (C) The GOT readily welcomed the European Union's decision to open two accession chapters, "free movement of capital" and "information, society, and media," following the 6th Turkey-EU Accession Conference in Brussels. This brings the total number of opened chapters to ten. (Note: The EU froz [...]	2008-12-19 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EUN TU
08ANKARA2156	TURKEY: RESPONSE TO NOBLE ARCHER LIMITED TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Basat Ozturk told Pol-Mil Couns on December 22 that Turkey's response to Noble Archer is complete; it was limited to three letters: From Turkey's NATO PermRep to the NATO SecGen, from Turkey' Military Representative at SHAPE to [...]	2008-12-22 16:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO GR TU
08ANKARA2157	TURKEY: IRAQI VP HASHIMI SEEKS GOT SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Iraqi VP Tariq Al-Hashimi visited Turkey December 20-21 for meetings with President Gul and PM Erdogan. According to MFA Iraq Department Head Aydin Acikel, Hashimi complained about PM Maliki's administration to GOT officials and reported on discussions Iraqi Sunni, Kurdish, and some Shia p [...]	2008-12-22 17:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2159	TURKEY: REACTION TO READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
08ANKARA216	TURKEY-IRAN JOINT ECONOMIC COUNCIL ADVANCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's economic relationship with Iran continues to grow, with the bilateral trade volume increasing from $1 billion in 2000 to $7.4 billion in 2007. 80% of this trade, however, continues to be Iranian fuel exports to Turkey, totaling $5.2 billion in 2006. The number of Irania [...]	2008-02-07 11:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL TU IR
08ANKARA2162	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (NOVEMBER [...] Summary: Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs reports Turkish Nonproliferation interagency continues to review findings and recommendations of September EXBS and Nonproliferation Seminar. EXBS TDY Advisor Kevin Cummings and EXBS Coordinator accompanied five senior Turkish Customs Enforcement [...]	2008-12-24 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA2166	TURKEY: RELATIONS WITH GREECE STEADILY [...] (C) During a December 19 courtesy call with Greek Ambassador Fotios Xydas, he and Ambassador agreed that there remain a number of problems in Turkey-Greece relations, including delimitation of borders and EEZs in the Aegean, flow of third-country migrants, treatment of religious minorities and [...]	2008-12-24 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU GR
08ANKARA2167	TURKEY: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Operations Section Head Turker Ari and Afghanistan Desk Officer Emre Karagol on December 19. Ari expressed appreciation for the non-paper, noting that the information is timely: an interagency senior working-level (likely at the deputy undersecreta [...]	2008-12-24 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR
08ANKARA217	AFGHANISTAN: TURKEY FEARS IMPACT OF DOSTUM ARREST; [...] (C) MFA U/S Apakan called Ambassador February 5 to relay concerns about Uzbek strongman Abdul Rashid Dostum. Apakan said he had information that Afghan police might soon arrest Dostum (ref A). The GOT believed his arrest would be counterproductive; every effort should be made to use him on [...]	2008-02-07 12:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF TU
08ANKARA2173	TURKEY/UNESCO: STILL UNDECIDED ON DG CANDIDATE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Cultural Affairs Section Head Orhan Cetinel December 24. Cetinel does not expect Turkey to decide on a UNESCO DG candidate until shortly before the Executive Council meets later in 2009, but observed that Turkey's criteria for a DG are broadly [...]	2008-12-24 15:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO TU
08ANKARA2174	TURKEY/ISRAEL/SYRIA: OLMERT REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Israeli PM Olmert visited Ankara December 22 in what was billed a "farewell" call, meeting privately with PM Erdogan (we believe PM foreign policy advisor Davutoglu translated) and, with delegations, President Gul. Syria and Gaza dominated the agenda. According to Israeli Embass [...]	2008-12-24 15:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS SY TU
08ANKARA218	Update on PKK Violence (January 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 24-31, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2008-02-07 12:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA2181	TURKEY/GEORGIAN SEPARATIST REGIONS: ANKARA CANNOT [...] (C) Ambassador delivered ref A points to MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe and South Caucasus Unal Cevikoz December 29, underscoring the importance of collective support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Cevikoz promised to analyze the U.S. strategy on Georgia's separatist [...]	2008-12-30 10:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS TU
08ANKARA2187	TURKEY URGES IRAQI PM MALIKI TO PRESS AHEAD WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both PM Erdogan and President Gul encouraged PM Maliki, during his December 24 visit to Ankara, to enact political reforms that will encourage Sunni participation in government, according to an MFA readout. Maliki reportedly understood the political challenges he faces. The Turk [...]	2008-12-30 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA2190	TURKEY CONDEMNS GAZA ATTACKS [...] (U) Turkey has reacted strongly to Israeli attacks in Gaza. PM Erdogan has called the attacks a "crime against humanity," a "blow to world peace," and complained they showed a "lack of respect" for Turkey, which has been exerting great efforts to restore peace in the region. President Gul wa [...]	2008-12-30 17:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PGOV PTER IS TU
08ANKARA2196	TURKEY: INFLUENTIAL THINKERS LOOK AHEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Influential Ankara-based opinion makers told visiting EUR/SE Deputy Director Brink that: -- Continuation of US support for the fight against the PKK and the prevention of an Armenian Genocide Resolution (AGR) will be the key early bell-weather for Turkish-U.S. relations under th [...]	2008-12-31 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CY TU
08ANKARA2197	TURKEY PUSHING FOR "END OF HOSTILITIES" IN GAZA [...] (S) The Ambassador on December 31 discussed PM Erdogan's diplomatic efforts to end the military conflict in Gaza with Turkish PM Foreign Policy Adviser Ahmet Davutoglu and separately with MFA U/S Apakan. Davutoglu was preparing to depart with PM Erdogan for Amman and Damascus, followed by co [...]	2008-12-31 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV IS TU
08ANKARA222	TURKEY: HEADSCARF BAN AMENDMENTS PASS FIRST ROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Round one of the constitutional amendment package to lift the headscarf ban at Turkey's universities passed easily February 6, with support from three of four parties in parliament. The second round of voting is scheduled for February 9, after which it will go to President Abdul [...]	2008-02-07 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA226	SCENESETTER FOR ASD SO/LIC/IC VICKERS' FEBRUARY [...] (S) Summary: US-Turkish mil-to-mil relations are stronger now than at any time since 2003. Both the political and military leadership welcome US intelligence support for Turkish military efforts against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. This positive environment has helped revitalize the hist [...]	2008-02-07 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER TU
08ANKARA227	ELECTRICITY TO NORTHERN IRAQ: IMPORT PERMIT [...] (SBU) The Kartet electricity plant in Turkey that supplies electricity to northern Iraq ran out of fuel and shut down on January 2. The plant is fueled by Iraqi heavy fuel oil. As reported reftel, the final hurdle to getting fuel deliveries resumed and the plant restarted was issuance of an [...]	2008-02-08 05:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG IZ PREL TU
08ANKARA234	TURKEY - TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...]	2008-02-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
08ANKARA235	TURKEY : TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] On February 8, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Sakir Torunlar. He promised to share the information with relevant GOT ministries and offices promptly. He expressed appreciation for the notification and will follow up with us i [...]	2008-02-08 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC
08ANKARA236	KOSOVO: TURKEY WELCOMES STEERING GROUP INVITATION [...] (C) Both MFA Deputy Director General for Americas Ersin Ercin and Deputy Director General for Balkans and Western Europe Hasan Asan assured us that Turkey's early recognition for Kosovo's independence is certain. They described President Tadic's re-election in Serbia as positive, and hoped t [...]	2008-02-08 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU YI ZL
08ANKARA237	TURKEY: SUPPORTS LEBANON, NOW AND ALWAYS, BUT [...] (C) We conveyed reftel points on support for Lebanon February 8 to MFA Department Head for Middle East Kerem Kiratli and Lebanon/Syria Desk Officer Cem Ulusoy. Kiratli said he would convey the substance of the demarche to Deputy Under Secretary Sinirlioglu and Under Secretary Apakan. He emph [...]	2008-02-11 06:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV LE SY TU
08ANKARA238	TURKEY: CONDEMNING ARREST AND ARRAIGNMENT OF [...] (SBU) We conveyed the substance of reftel demarche urging condemnation of the SARG's arrest and detention of democracy activists in Syria February 8 to MFA Department Head for Middle East Kerem Kiratli and Lebanon/Syria Desk Officer Cem Ulusoy. Kiratli undertook to convey the substance of the [...]	2008-02-11 06:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI TU SY
08ANKARA24	TURKEY'S ULTRANATIONALIST "VALLEY OF THE WOLVES" [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's popular television drama "Valley of the Wolves" is back on the air and setting new records in its fourth season. "Show TV" temporarily canceled the program in February 2007 due to government pressure and viewer complaints over the show's violence. Television [...]	2008-01-04 16:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA244	WHAT'S TIED UP IN TURKEY'S HEADSCARF DEBATE? [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the second, final round of voting February 9, Turkey's parliament approved two constitutional amendments aimed at lifting the headscarf ban at universities. The amendments, addressing equality under the law and right to education, lay the groundwork for lifting the ban, though [...]	2008-02-11 10:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA263	TURKEY WILL CONDITION OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE FOR AIR [...] (S) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on February 11. Given the likelihood that the cargo contained in this flight may be in violation of UNSCR 1718, Ulgen said the MFA had decided to require an inspection of the aircraft and carg [...]	2008-02-12 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA265	TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who is coordinating Turkey's interagency position on cluster munitions and was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen sai [...]	2008-02-12 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO TU
08ANKARA266	TURKEY: SE KURDS SKEPTICAL OF ANKARA'S NEWFOUND [...] (U) This is an AmConsul Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary. Despite increasing hints in Ankara that the GOT is considering proposals to start addressing the root causes of the Kurdish issue, leaders in southeastern Turkey are skeptical the GOT is committed to the reforms needed for a lasting solut [...]	2008-02-13 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA270	Update on PKK Violence (February 1 - 7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 1 - 7, 2008 reporting period, no GOT s [...]	2008-02-13 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA271	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (JANUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor met with EU Commission representative to coordinate future border security assistance programs with Turkish Customs. EXBS program completed Customs clearance of CT-30 Kits and Gerber tool Kits and moved them into temporary storage at Post, awaiting MFA acceptance of new [...]	2008-02-13 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA275	TURKEY/KOSOVO: TURKEY TO FOLLOW CLOSE ON OUR HEELS [...] (U) This message contains an action request at para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador emphasized our hope that countries would recognize Kosovo soon after it declares independence, and reviewed with MFA U/S Apakan the request that Turkey become a member of the Kosovo International Steering Group (ISG) (r [...]	2008-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PROV YI EU OSCE TU
08ANKARA279	TURKEY OPPOSES ICAO PLANS TO TRANSFER SAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish MFA Civil Aviation officials summoned PMA Counselor on February 12 to request U.S. support at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Turkey has written an objection letter to ICAO leadership opposing its plans to transfer "state" responsibility for Search [...]	2008-02-14 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL TU CY
08ANKARA280	MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: TURKS MULLING REACTION TO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: GOT officials have received an invitation from the GOI to resume discussion of closing Makhmour refugee camp (ref a) and are considering their response. Any decision to move forward on Makhmour will be made at the political level in Ankara. The GOT wants the camp clo [...]	2008-02-14 12:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ TU
08ANKARA282	CFE: TURKS SEEK COPY OF U.S. ACTION-FOR-ACTION [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 14 that he appreciated being in close contact with DAS Karin Look and other U.S. officials on the way forward on CFE. Gun said he understood the U.S. had prepared a revised draft of [...]	2008-02-14 13:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO TU
08ANKARA284	RE-STARTING THE IRAN DIALOGUE WITH TURKEY [...] (S) Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Ertugrul Apakan February 12 the need significantly to intensify our consultations with Turkey on Iran under the Shared Vision and Structured Dialogue paper on which the Secretary and then-FM Gul agreed in July 2006. He suggested that these consultations shou [...]	2008-02-14 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MNUC UNSC TU IR
08ANKARA285	TURKEY: ANKARA CONFERENCE DISCUSSES HOW TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 09:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA290	TURKEY PREPARED TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVAR INDEPENDENCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT will recognize an independent Kosovo soon after the Quint and the U.S. GOT officials remain uncertain whether Kosovars will declare independence over the weekend, or merely announce a date on which they will proclaim their independence. Regardless, they are expecting an [...]	2008-02-15 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU RU GG YI AA
08ANKARA296	TURKEY SUPPORTS NIMETZ PROCESS, AMBITIOUS [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic and Deputy Director General for Balkans Affairs Hasan Asan. Both Kilic and Asan stated Turkey's support for the Nimetz process as the appropriate channel to resolve the dispute between Greece and Maced [...]	2008-02-15 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL GR MK TU
08ANKARA302	Update on PKK Violence (February 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2008-02-19 09:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA306	TURKEY'S INTERNET REGULATION AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: An ongoing struggle between Google and Turkey's Telecommunications Authority (TTA) highlights the difficult issues Turkey is grappling with as it attempts to harness the positive aspects of the Internet while limiting harmful content. Google, which owns the popular video-sharing [...]	2008-02-19 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA307	MGKV01: TURKEY SWIFTLY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (U) At approximately 19:30 local time, February 18, the GOT formally recognized Kosovo's independence. FM Babacan's statement (see paragraph 4) emphasized the importance Turkey attaches to peace and stability in the Balkans. The statement also noted Turkey's historical and cultural ties to [...]	2008-02-19 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU YI ZL
08ANKARA31	TURKEY: GOT ON NON-MILITARY SOLUTIONS TO PKK [...] (C) Summary and comment. The GOT is taking preliminary steps to address the political and economic demands of its Kurdish population, in conjunction with recent military attacks against terrorist PKK targets in northern Iraq. Both PM Erdogan's government and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) u [...]	2008-01-08 06:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV IZ TU
08ANKARA313	TURKEY: SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY PKK ON TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial of the eight Turkish soldiers captured and subsequently released by the PKK in October 2007 began on February 1 in the Jandarma Command Military Court in Van. Following the hearing, the soldiers were released and will return to court April 25. The trial has been belo [...]	2008-02-19 15:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER TU
08ANKARA314	TURKEY: NO OBJECTIONS TO US PLANS TO SEEK [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM NATO PREL TU
08ANKARA315	TURKEY: PM ERDOGAN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary and comment. PM Erdogan and officials from the state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network announced plans February 17 for TRT to dedicate a channel to broadcast an array of Kurdish language programs. The PM set no rollout date, but his statement provides the most specifics to dat [...]	2008-02-19 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA32	Update on PKK Violence (December 24-31, 2007) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the December 24-31, 2007 reporting period, no GOT s [...]	2008-01-08 07:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA324	TURKEY/IRAQ: ASSISTING TURKEY WITH BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: U.S. intelligence cooperation in support of Turkish operations against the PKK has transformed our bilateral relations. As we look for ways to lower Turkey's reliance on purely military means to protect its borders, Turkey has expressed an interest in intelligence, surveillance [...]	2008-02-21 12:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER KCRM MARR MOPS TU IZ IR
08ANKARA326	TURKISH PARLIAMENT PASSES FOUNDATIONS LAW [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate General Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: Turkey's parliament passed the long-delayed Foundations Law to expand non-Muslim religious property rights February 20, despite vocal condemnation from opposition parties and subdued criticis [...]	2008-02-21 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL PGOV OSCE TU
08ANKARA327	TURKEY: TERRORIST TAK THREATENS NEW WAVE OF VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The terrorist organization TAK (Kurdistan Freedom Falcons),close affiliate of the PKK terrorist group, announced February 19 it will initiate an extensive new wave of violence against military and civilian targets inside and outside Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (S) TAK, a deadly terrori [...]	2008-02-21 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL TU

08ANKARA33	TURKEY: INSUFFICIENT TIME TO RECALL SHIPMENT TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EWWT GM PARM PK PREL SN TU
08ANKARA331	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 1: TURKEY LAUNCHES GROUND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has publicly announced that Turkish forces have launched a ground operation into northern Iraq, which began at 1700 hours Zulu on February 21. Predator imagery has identified two columns of approximately 800 dismounted infantry six kilometers in [...]	2008-02-22 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA332	TURKEY: CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT [...] (SBU) A strict reading of the criteria outlined in reftel paras 2 and 8 could lead to the conclusion that Turkey does not possess critical infrastructure (CI) or key resources (KR) whose incapacity or destruction would have a "debilitating impact on (U.S.) security, national economic security, [...]	2008-02-22 12:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ECON ASEC PREL ETTC TU
08ANKARA337	AS TROOPS GO AFTER PKK, TURKEY LOOKS TO INCREASE [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are considering ways to increase engagement and cooperation with Iraqi counterparts, even as Turkish troops move across the Iraqi border to root out the PKK presence from areas through which they routinely access Turkish territory. Murat Ozcelik, the GOT's new Actin [...]	2008-02-22 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA338	GOT PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY CYPRIOT ELECTION FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials expressed pleasant surprise at the unexpected outcome of the first round of Cyprus' presidential election. Regardless of the final outcome, Turkey remains prepared to press for resumption of final settlement negotiations as soon as possible. The Turks are hopeful t [...]	2008-02-22 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
08ANKARA339	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL CONGRATULATES [...] (U) On February 21, Turkish President Abdullah Gul sent a message to Armenian President-elect Sargsyan, addressing him as "Esteemed President," and congratulating him on his election victory (see full text, para 4). Gul expressed his wish that their joint efforts would contribute to stability [...]	2008-02-22 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA340	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 2: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (C) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue. According to press reporting, the Turkish ground units involved are two brigades from the Second Army based in Malatya. U.S. military logistics personnel at the Habur Gate crossing between Turkey and Iraq reported traffic flowing [...]	2008-02-22 17:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA341	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...]	2008-02-23 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA342	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...]	2008-02-23 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA343	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 3: GROUND OPERATION CONTINUES, [...] (U) Turkish ground operations inside of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. 2. (U) In a public announcement late on February 22, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) reported that operations are being carried out by J [...]	2008-02-23 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA345	PM ERDOGAN TELLS CODEL BIDEN TURKEY CAN DO MORE IN [...] (C) Summary. Turkish PM Erdogan briefed visiting Senators Biden, Kerry and Hagel February 22 on GOT efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the fight against terrorism and Turkey's relations with Armenia. Noting the senators' previous stop in Afghanistan, Erdogan said Turkey can do more in Afghanistan [...]	2008-02-25 07:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PTER PGOV AF IZ TU
08ANKARA348	Update on PKK Violence (February 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 16-23, 2008 reporting period, two secu [...]	2008-02-25 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA349	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: January 2008 [...] Turkey carried out air strikes against PKK terrorist positions in northern Iraq on January 15. Turkish General Staff (TGS) announced that over 60 targets were hit. Counter-terrorism operations within Southeast Turkey against PKK terrorists continued during month. TGS reported that 36 terrori [...]	2008-02-25 08:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL IZ IT UK MK QA GR TU
08ANKARA354	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 4: GROUND OPERATIONS, MILITARY [...] (SBU) Turkish ground operations in the Zap-Metina area of northern Iraq continue, with Turkish troops supported by artillery and air strikes as well as helicopter gunships. Weather in the objective area is expected to deteriorate significantly over the next 24-48 hours, limiting air operations [...]	2008-02-25 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA355	TURKEY: ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEY URGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Attorney General Mukasey discussed counterterrorism and law enforcement cooperation with Turkish Justice Minister Sahin and Interior Minister Atalay during his February 14-15 visit to Ankara, apparently the first official visit by a U.S. Attorney General. Both sides reaffirme [...]	2008-02-25 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CJAN OVIP PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KCRM TU
08ANKARA357	TURKEY: DPM CICEK,S HARSH RHETORIC SETS BACK CT [...] (C) Summary. In separate February 19 meetings with the Belgian Ministers of Justice and the Interior, Turkey's DPM Cemil Cicek used very blunt language to insist that Belgium crack down on terrorism, according to both Turkish MFA and Belgian Embassy sources. Cicek implied Belgium should not [...]	2008-02-25 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BE TU
08ANKARA360	TURKS TERM INAUGURAL TURKEY-EU CT TALKS "GOOD [...] (C) Summary. The first Turkey-EU bilateral counterterrorism talks held February 19 in Brussels were generally positive, according to MFA officials. Although the Euros continue to be focused on Al Qaeda and counter radicalization, new CT mechanisms can also be applied to the PKK, they noted. [...]	2008-02-25 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EU TU
08ANKARA366	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 5: GROUND OPERATIONS CONTINUE, [...] (C) Turkish ground forces continue to engage PKK terrorists in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, supported by air and artillery strikes. Deteriorating weather conditions in the objective area will likely hamper operations over the next 24 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations [...]	2008-02-26 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA371	TURKEY: DOSTUM UNWELCOME IN TURKEY, STAND-OFF [...] (C) The Dostum stand-off continues, MFA South Asia DDG Babur Hizlan told us February 26. Hizlan had phoned us on February 25 to relate that Dostum wants security guarantees to leave Kabul and go to the north, and the ten days on the Chief Prosecutor's order to Dostum to turn himself in or le [...]	2008-02-26 15:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF TU
08ANKARA375	TURKEY: MALATYA LAWYERS REQUEST RECUSAL OF [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys for the families of victims of the April 2007 Malatya triple murder of Christian bookstore workers (ref B) argued at the February 25 proceeding that the three-judge panel should be removed for bias. The court postponed the trial to March 17, to allow a Diyarbakir penal [...]	2008-02-27 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA376	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 6: DAY 5 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish ground troops continued to receive air and artillery support on February 26, despite poor weather conditions. Weather in the objective area is expected to improve over the next 24-48 hours. Normal logistics and customs operations continue at Habur Gate. 2. (U) A Turkish Genera [...]	2008-02-27 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA377	TURKEY PRIORITIZES PAKISTAN STABILITY; COURTS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey favors a grand governing coalition in Pakistan, to continue to include President Musharraf, MFA South Asia DDG Hizlan told us February 26. Rather than internal politicking, Pakistan's politicians should be focused on curtailing violence and extremism. Turkey is not dir [...]	2008-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF IN PK TU
08ANKARA381	TURKEY: OPPOSITION CHALLENGES HEADSCARF AMENDMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition parties applied to Turkey's Constitutional Court February 27 to stay implementation and ultimately annul constitutional amendments designed to lift the headscarf ban at universities. The court is expected to rule quickly on the stay motion; a decision on annulling the [...]	2008-02-27 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA382	SOMALIA AND PIRACY: TURKEY INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY [...] (SBU) We discussed reftel with MFA Department Head for Maritime Affairs, Mehmet Poroy, on February 27. Poroy provided us with some background on Turkey's previous engagement on this issue. Because of Turkey's involvement in the International Maritime Organization (IMO),the IMO Secretary Gen [...]	2008-02-27 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EWWT TU SO UN
08ANKARA384	CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...]	2008-02-27 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA385	Codel Biden talks Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan with [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...]	2008-02-27 15:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU
08ANKARA386	CODEL BIDEN MEETS WITH FM BABACAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Biden discussed with Turkish FM Babacan ongoing U.S.-Turkey cooperation and efforts to promote stability in the region, notably in Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, during a February 22 meeting. Babacan described the EU accession process as integral to Turkey's ongoing dem [...]	2008-02-28 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV TU
08ANKARA387	CODEL BIDEN TALKS IRAQ, PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN WITH TURKISH PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Gul, in a February 22 meeting with Codel Biden, focused on political realism and participation as the key to stability in Iraq. Maximalist demands were counterproductive. The surge was working. Passage of important legislation would further enhance political integra [...]	2008-02-28 07:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV PK BM AF EUN TU
08ANKARA389	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 7: DAY 6 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (C) Turkish forces continued to engage PKK in the Zap Metina region of northern Iraq, backed by close air support and artillery. Operations at the Habur Gate crossing remained normal. 2. (U) A Turkish General Staff (TGS) statement on February 27 reported 77 terrorists and 5 Turkish soldier [...]	2008-02-28 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA39	TURKEY: ONGOING PKK VIOLENCE TAKES A NEW TACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: PKK violence has continued since 2004, when the terrorist group ended a ceasefire it had observed following the capture of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan in 1999. In 2007, the PKK was responsible for the deaths of at least 139 security personnel and 27 civilians. Another 216 security [...]	2008-01-09 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA390	CUBA: TURKEY EXPECTS SLOW BUT POSITIVE CHANGE [...] (C) We delivered reftel points February 27 to MFA Americas DG Vefahan Ocak. Ocak -- Turkish Ambassador to Cuba from 2002-2007 -- said Turkey shares our hopes for liberalization and a better life for the Cuban people. Noting his experience in Cuba, Ocak opined that the continuing presence of [...]	2008-02-28 10:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CU TU
08ANKARA393	TURKEY-RUSSIA RELATIONS REMAIN ON TRACK DESPITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The atmosphere was surprisingly positive during Turkish FM Babacan's February 19-20 visit to Moscow, MFA Russia and Eastern Europe Department Head Meltem Buyukkarakas told us February 26. Trade and investment continue to drive relations, though the Turks are dissatisfied with a [...]	2008-02-28 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU TU
08ANKARA394	S/CT PDAS URBANCIC'S ANKARA VISIT: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. Ankara-based diplomats expressed frustration in dealing with Turkish prosecutors and described successes in tackling the PKK during a February 12 meeting with S/CT PDAS Urbancic. The Belgian police liaison reported establishment of a new federal prosecutor dedicated to PKK crime [...]	2008-02-29 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EU TU
08ANKARA395	TURKEY WELCOMES U.S. EFFORTS AGAINST PKK, WANTS [...] (C) Summary. European officials are starting to treat the PKK as both a terrorist organization and an organized crime operation that poses a danger to Europe, S/CT PDAS Urbancic told a February 12 interagency meeting of Turkish officials lead by MFA Security Affairs Director General Hayati Guv [...]	2008-02-29 08:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EU TU
08ANKARA396	LEAHY VETTING: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT REVIEW OF [...] This is an action request. 2. Post has reviewed the following Turkish candidate for an International Military Education and Training (IMET) sponsored program. Action Request: Post requests that Department conduct a name check on this candidate in appropriate databases (DRL/PM/EUR/INR) and [...]	2008-02-29 11:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA398	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 8: DAY 7 OF GROUND OPERATIONS [...] (S//REL TO USA, GBR) Although we have received no formal TGS notification, elements of the Turkish forces involved in the cross-border operation in northern Iraq appear to have begun withdrawing from their forward operating bases. Turkish air force and artillery units conducted cross-border C [...]	2008-02-29 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA402	TURKEY'S VIEW ON LNG THROUGH THE BOSPORUS STRAITS [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara/Consulate General Istanbul report. 2. (C) Summary and comment: In reference to proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Constanza (ref A),we researched LNG transit through the Bosporus and Dardanelles Straits. Currently, no LNG transits the Bos [...]	2008-02-29 13:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL RO TU
08ANKARA403	TURKEY: TGS ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF GROUND TROOPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA41	TURKEY'S PM DISCUSSES TERRORISM, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary. In a January 7 meeting with Codel Martinez, Prime Minister Erdogan said he hopes for continued, vigorous bilateral cooperation against terrorism and stressed Turkey wants to contribute positively to Iraq's welfare. He said the House's Armenian Genocide Resolution (H.R.106) had [...]	2008-01-09 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV AM IZ TU
08ANKARA410	TURKEY: WILLING TO CONSIDER INFORMAL KOSOVO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic told us February 28 Turkey was willing to consider informal consultations among "Kosovo Contributors," but emphasized that a formal response to ref a points will have to wait until the March 6 NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. He ask [...]	2008-02-29 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO EU PREL PGOV TU
08ANKARA417	TURKEY: MEDIA COVERAGE OF MILITARY OPERATION IN [...] (U) Summary: Civilian and military officials have had to respond to criticism from the opposition, reflected both in the mainstream and opposition press, that Turkey bowed to U.S. pressure to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq. The withdrawal occurred the day after Defense Secretary Gates' [...]	2008-03-03 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA418	TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA429	TURKEY: UPDATE IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SMIG
08ANKARA431	AFTERMATH OF TURKEY'S REDEPLOYMENT FROM IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: As reported in reftel, the military and government have come under public criticism here for having withdrawn Turkish troops from northern Iraq "in response to US pressure" that was conveyed in remarks Secretary Gates and the President made on February 28. One senior officer com [...]	2008-03-05 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS IZ US TU
08ANKARA432	Update on PKK Violence (February 24 - 29, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the February 24-29, 2008 reporting period, 17 securi [...]	2008-03-05 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA436	TURKEY: KURDISH REACTIONS TO THE CROSS-BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER OSCE TU IZ
08ANKARA438	TURKEY CONFIRMS AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT REQUESTED AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA439	GOT REMAINS COMMITTED TO RENEWED PUSH FOR CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOT officials reiterated their commitment to push for a new effort to achieve a comprehensive settlement on Cyprus (Ref A) during March 3 meetings with EUR DAS Bryza. Turkey sees 2008 as a "window of opportunity" to make progress in advance of spring 2009 local elections in Turkey [...]	2008-03-06 08:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU CY
08ANKARA440	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, GEORGIA WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Bryza stressed to FM Babacan and MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),Africa, East Asia and Pacific Cevikoz, March 3, the need to move forward on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations and resolving Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K),though this will be difficult until [...]	2008-03-06 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV NATO AM AJ GG TU
08ANKARA442	SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Since your 2002 visit, US-Turkey relations have been buffeted by differences over Iraq, combatting the PKK, and the House Armenian genocide resolution. We are pulling out of that tailspin, largely due to recently expanded cooperation against the PKK. Anti-Americanism is easing and we are [...]	2008-03-06 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV PTER ECON IZ TU
08ANKARA448	TURKEY'S COMPULSORY RELIGION COURSES ILLEGAL, TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey's highest administrative court ruled March 3 that students may be exempted from mandatory religious education classes. Alevis welcomed the ruling as a major victory, urging its immediate implementation. The EU called it a landmark decision, noting the court relied not [...]	2008-03-07 09:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA453	TURKEY/NABUCCO: DAS BRYZA URGES COMPROMISE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Nabucco pipeline is economically feasible as Russia can supply the gas for South Stream only from Turkmenistan, with Nabucco enjoying a forty percent advantage over South Stream in terms of the cost of shipping Caspian gas to Austria, DAS Matt Bryza told FM Babacan March 3. [...]	2008-03-07 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET AJ IQ RU TX TU
08ANKARA456	TURKEY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT UNSCR 1803, DENIES [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Deputy Undersecretary Haydar Berk, Deputy Director General (DDG) for South Asia Babur Hizlan, and DDG for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun. We highlighted the resolution's call on states to exercise vigilance in dealing with Iranian ban [...]	2008-03-07 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TU
08ANKARA457	TURKEY TO ADVOCATE FOR KOSOVO AT OIC SUMMIT [...] (C) Turkey will actively advocate for Kosovo at the March 13-14 Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) ministerial summit in Dakar, Senegal, MFA Deputy Director General for the Balkans and Western Europe Hasan Asan told us March 7. As one of the first countries to recognize Kosovo, Turk [...]	2008-03-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC EU KV TU
08ANKARA460	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (FEBRUARY [...] Summary: EXBS Advisor attended dedication ceremony in Izmir for one of five new Customs Enforcement container x-ray and inspection facilities donated by European Union (EU) Commission as part of the EU Accession project to provide border security assistance programs to Turkish Customs at majo [...]	2008-03-10 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA461	TALABANI GOES TO ANKARA: A BREAKTHROUGH VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani's March 7-8 visit to Ankara, hailed by President Gul as the first ever by a democratically-elected Iraqi head of state to Turkey, should help to repair bilateral relations. It is remarkable for having occurred only one week after the return of Turkis [...]	2008-03-10 09:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA465	TURKEY ADVOCATES DIALOGUE, UNDERSTANDING IN MIDST [...] (C) Summary: In the months following Annapolis, Turkey has adopted an increasingly responsible and constructive tone in its engagement with Israel and Palestine. The Justice and Development Party (AKP)-led government has reduced its casual use of anti-Israel rhetoric and added a more conciliat [...]	2008-03-10 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IS
08ANKARA467	TURKEY PLEDGES TO INVESTIGATE IMMINENT SHIPMENT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (S) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Ahmet Gun on March 10. Gun pledged to investigate the matter on an urgent basis, and immediately inform all relevant agencies, including [...]	2008-03-10 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV TU PK
08ANKARA468	YOUNG TURKS VISIT ARMENIA: BUILDING TIES THAT BIND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Several Turkish alumni of British universities who visited Armenia January 20-25 shared with us a taste of their unique experience and the favorable impressions made by their Armenian contacts. The realization [...]	2008-03-10 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL OPRC AM TU
08ANKARA482	TURKEY AND TALAT ON THE SAME PAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: "TRNC President" Talat's March 6 visit to Ankara underscored the congruity of Turkish views and those of their Turkish Cypriot counterparts on the way forward toward resuming comprehensive settlement talks. The GOT position remains unchanged: it wants to push forward on comprehen [...]	2008-03-12 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
08ANKARA483	TURKEY/IRAQ: DIPLOMACY MUST COME FIRST [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior GOT officials are committed to following through with efforts to transform Turkey's relationship with Iraq and set a new course focused principally on diplomacy. Jalal Talabani's successful March 7-8 visit to Ankara, the first by a democratically elected Iraqi head of stat [...]	2008-03-12 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA487	TURKEY: MORE ATTENTION TO AL-QA,IDA, GLOBAL [...] (S) Summary. S/CT PDAS Urbancic, during February 12 meetings in Ankara, briefed a Turkish interagency group on Al-Qa'ida and its wider network (AQN) and the findings from the AQ documents obtained through Objective Massey, urging Turkey to strengthen its fight against Al-Qa'ida and other terr [...]	2008-03-12 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL TU
08ANKARA488	Update on PKK Violence (March 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 1-7, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish se [...]	2008-03-13 03:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA489	TURKEY: NO PLANS TO SELL ARMS TO SUDAN; [...] (C) In the read-out of Sudanese President al-Bashir's January 21 visit to Ankara (reftel),MFA Africa Section Chief Aykut Kumaroglu denied media reports that Turkey has any immediate plans to supply Sudan with military equipment. Kumaroglu did acknowledge that the two sides are seeking to expa [...]	2008-03-13 08:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AA PGOV PREL SU TU
08ANKARA494	TURKEY: IRAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: NO STATEMENT [...] (C) It is not Turkish practice to issue a statement on any country's elections, MFA Iran deskoff Mehmet Sekerci told us March 12, and he was confident Turkey will not do so following Iran's parliamentary elections. He pledged, however, to convey our points to his superiors. Turkish Parliame [...]	2008-03-13 11:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR TU
08ANKARA50	TURKISH PROSECUTOR INVESTIGATES CHILDREN'S CHOIR [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara-Consulate Adana cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Diyarbakir prosecutor's office may file charges shortly against fourteen local children, ages 12-17, for singing the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) anthem at a US music festival. The prosecutor recently comple [...]	2008-01-10 13:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA502	TURKEY'S TOP COURTS IN THE THICK OF POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the power struggle continues between forces of change and the status quo, Turkey's top courts are playing an increasingly prominent role as de facto opposition. This prominence is in part a predictable outgrowth of the cases brought before them -- and underscores GOT determin [...]	2008-03-14 10:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA503	TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS CREEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkish academics and civil society activists are voicing frustration at the slow pace of EU membership-related reforms. They charge the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is putting its "pet projects," such as lifting the headscarf ban at universities, ahead [...]	2008-03-14 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA506	TURKEY: MFA STOPS M72 LAW TRANSFER/SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (S) Following up on ref a demarche on the potential transfer of U.S.-origin M72 light antitank weapons to Georgia (ref b),MFA Department Head for Caucasus Affairs Firat Sunel told us on March 13 that the GOT interagency investigation [...]	2008-03-14 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC GG MAS PARM PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA518	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/18) [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Forceful reactions to the closure case against ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) continue. Politicians and media are connecting the closure case with the government's crackdown on the Ergenekon gang (a band of retired military and others charged with assassi [...]	2008-03-18 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
08ANKARA525	Update on PKK Violence (March 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 8-15, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish s [...]	2008-03-19 10:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA526	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/19) [...] (C) Summary and Comment: As everyone awaits the Constitutional Court rapporteur's opinion on whether the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is technically complete, some are urging AKP to press forward with reforms of the judiciary, the political parties law, [...]	2008-03-19 13:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON TU
08ANKARA530	TURKISH RESPONSE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (SBU) On March 19, we shared reftel information and points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department Head for Multilateral Economic Affairs Serap Ozcoskun. She agreed to share reftel points with the Turkish mission to the OECD. She noted the information has already been discussed in an inf [...]	2008-03-19 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON CM TW OECD TU
08ANKARA537	TURKEY: ALEVIS DETERMINED TO END MANADATORY [...] (C) Summary and comment: Alevi groups are committed to ensuring the GOT implements the Council of State's (Danistay's) March 3 ruling allowing students to be excused from Turkey's mandatory religious courses (ref A). These groups believe the ruling Justice and Development Party's (AKP's) cri [...]	2008-03-20 08:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA541	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/20) [...] (C) Summary and comment. While the embattled Justice and Development Party (AKP) squares off to fight its closure case tooth and nail, it is also redoubling its efforts to push forward EU-oriented reforms. One AKP MP reflected on the party's past shortcomings, and opposition parties criticize [...]	2008-03-20 12:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA549	TURKEY'S PARTY CLOSURE CASE: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (C) Turkey's Constitutional Court consists of 11 members, of whom 8 were appointed by the previous president, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, himself a former Constitutional Court judge. Unlike previous presidents coming from a political background, Sezer selected his appointments to reflect not only hi [...]	2008-03-21 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR TU
08ANKARA55	TURKEY: TALAT VISIT SHOWS GOT INTERAGENCY [...] (C) Summary and comment: "TRNC President" Talat enjoyed full head of state honors during a January 3-4 visit to Ankara that created broad interagency agreement within the GOT on an effort to re-energize comprehensive settlement negotiations on Cyprus. Talat's meetings with President Gul, Prim [...]	2008-01-10 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU CY
08ANKARA550	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/21) [...] (C) SUMMARY. "Rule of law" is the watch phrase for one key retired general, who defends the case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) by arguing that they were acting outside the bounds of legitimacy. His views illustrate the strain between the military and its traditional [...]	2008-03-21 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA56	Update on PKK Violence (January 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the January 1 - 7, 2008 reporting period, no GOT se [...]	2008-01-11 07:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA561	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/24) [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. In the wake of several detentions of prominent individuals on March 21, the focus is on connections between the closure case against ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and the crackdown on the Ergenekon gang, a shady collection of leftist ultra-nationalists wh [...]	2008-03-24 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA563	TURKEY: AKP CLOSURE CASE UPDATE (3/25) [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PM Erdogan, initially quick to claim that the closure case against his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) was a reaction against the government crackdown on the Ergenekon gang, has begun to defer to the prosecutor,s denials as media increasingly portray the ne [...]	2008-03-25 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA565	CFE: TURKEY WANTS NO MENTION OF FLANKS IN NATO [...] (C) We queried MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun March 25 on MFA reactions to the proposed NATO statement on CFE (reftel). Gun said he had examined the statement and consulted with senior MFA officials, who agreed that Turkey strongly opposes any reference to "flank limits" o [...]	2008-03-25 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD TU
08ANKARA566	Update on PKK Violence (March 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 16-23, 2008 reporting period, no Turkish [...]	2008-03-26 09:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA567	TURKEY/NATO: TURKEY AND OUR BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey broadly supports USG priorities for the NATO Summit in Bucharest. MFA and Turkish General Staff (TGS) contacts told us Turkey: -- continues to make significant contributions to Afghanistan and may be open to additional contributions to ISAF; -- does not oppose on-the-groun [...]	2008-03-26 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO TU
08ANKARA574	TURKEY-DENMARK C/T COOPERATION AND ROJ-TV [...] (C) During Danish FM Per Stig Moller's March 25-26 visit, he and Turkish FM Ali Babacan signed an MOU (reported septel) which, among other things, agreed to enhance "bilateral cooperation in the field of the fight against terrorism," Danish DCM Soren Jacobsen told us March 27. A separate add [...]	2008-03-27 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER DE TU
08ANKARA575	TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL'S NEW TAKE ON ACTIVISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Six months into his tenure as Turkey's president, Abdullah Gul was striding confidently across the world stage while walking more carefully on the domestic tightrope. It is an image that encapsulated his presidency up to March 14, 2008, the day the chief public prosecutor filed [...]	2008-03-27 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA577	TURKEY STRESSES TO FM SPANTA ITS CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghan FM Spanta, visiting Ankara March 18, did not ask for more troops from Turkey, saying it was a NATO decision. He did, however, ask for more military training. Turkey is prepared to respond; FM Babacan will take up the issue with the Turkish General Staff (TGS). Spanta als [...]	2008-03-27 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NATO AF PK TU
08ANKARA578	TURKEY: CALLS FOR CALM FROM CIVIL SOCIETY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an environment overheated by controversy surrounding the closure case against the governing party (reftels),seven civil society organizations released a delicately-worded joint statement March 26, calling for common sense and warning against polarization. President Gul calle [...]	2008-03-27 16:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA585	TURKEY SAYS IT IS IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1803, BUT [...] (S) We delivered reftel B and C demarche and non-paper on March 28 to MFA Department Head for South Asian Affairs Devrim Ozturk, and Iran Desk Officer Mehmet Sekerci. They thanked us for the information, and said they would translate the paper and distribute it with appropriate classification [...]	2008-03-28 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MNUC
08ANKARA588	C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 ANKARA 000588 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 17:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL PTER
08ANKARA59	TURKEY'S PLANS TO AMEND CONTROVERSIAL "ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: Divisions in Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) have delayed plans by at least a week to introduce amendments to controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing insulting "Turkishness"). Four main amendments are under discussion: changing "insulting [...]	2008-01-11 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA60	TURKEY: LAWYERS PREPARING TO PROBE MALATYA MURDERS [...] (C) Summary: Attorneys for the families of victims of the April 2007 triple murder of Christian bookstore workers in Malatya (reftel) will have their first chance to question the five defendants when the trial continues on Monday, January 14. They plan to press the suspects to explain telep [...]	2008-01-11 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA600	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AGREES TO HEAR AKP [...] (SBU) After a four-hour meeting March 31, Constitutional Court Vice President Osman Paksut announced that the Court agreed to hear the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). Paksut stated the Court voted unanimously on all parts of the indictment (reftel) except [...]	2008-03-31 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA603	TURKEY BLOCKS "YOUTUBE" AND OTHER POPULAR WEBSITES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: As Turkey's recent ban of the YouTube video sharing site entered its 13th day, a frustrated senior official at Google, YouTube's owner, told us Google would decide within three to six months whether to abandon operations in Turkey. Google contends that Turkey's curren [...]	2008-04-01 09:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA605	TURKEY: REALITY TV SHOW RATINGS ON THE RISE [...] (U) As the Turkish public grows weary of the complicated and discouraging political developments dominating the news and talk shows, they are turning increasingly to reality TV shows for entertainment. TRT Program Director Nisan Budalalik has seen a marked increase in viewership of American-s [...]	2008-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA607	TURKEY: NATIONALIST OPPOSITION LOOKING TO CASHING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition Nationalist Action Party (MHP) since its entry into parliament in July 2007 has shrewdly managed to corner the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and exploit its weaknesses. MHP is keenly aware that hiving off votes from AKP is its only hope to strength [...]	2008-04-01 12:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA614	TURKEY: STATUS REPORT ON INVESTIGATION OF TET [...] (S) We delivered ref C points as non-paper to MFA Head of Department for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on April 1. Ulgen appreciated the additional information and stated she would share it with other agencies involved in the investigation. She provided the following update on G [...]	2008-04-02 04:52:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE TU PK
08ANKARA627	TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]	2008-04-03 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ANKARA628	TURKEY: ERDOGAN'S BALKAN TOUR HEAVY ON GOOD WILL, [...] (C) Summary and Comment: PM Erdogan's March 24-28 regional trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),Albania, and Bulgaria was "successful, but light on substance." It came at a time when Turkey wants to demonstrate what it can to enhance stability in the Balkans, and signaled as well to the Tur [...]	2008-04-03 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZL BK AL BU TU
08ANKARA63	TURKEY: PKK DEMOBILIZATION IN THE SPOTLIGHT [...] (C) Summary: The idea of an amnesty as part of a comprehensive plan to deal with the PKK issue is under broad discussion in Turkey (reftel). Suggesting leniency, even for PKKers without blood on their hands, poses political risks. But for Turkey to resolve this decades-old insurgency, it must [...]	2008-01-11 16:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TU IZ

08ANKARA630	TURKEY/TURKMENISTAN: BILATERAL TIES INCH AHEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite media reports to the contrary, Turkmen President Berdimuhamedov discussed energy matters in some detail with President Gul and PM Erdogan during his March 24-25 visit to Turkey, MFA Central Asia Department Head Sule Gurel and Energy Department Head Berris Ekinci told us [...]	2008-04-03 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG TU TX
08ANKARA632	TURKEY WILL MAINTAIN AIR KORYO OVERFLIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC EAIR TU IR KN
08ANKARA633	TURKEY: GOT REQUESTS USG SUPPORT ON "TRNC" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOT is concerned that Greek Cypriot efforts to block engagement of Turkish Cypriot Authorities by the OECD's Financial Action Task Force (FATF) of Turkish Cypriot authorities under the guise of "recognition" concerns threatens to further isolate economically and financially the [...]	2008-04-03 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON CY TU
08ANKARA636	Update on PKK Violence (March 24-31, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the March 24-31, 2008 reporting period, three Turkis [...]	2008-04-04 07:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA639	TURKEY: OPPOSITION PARTY CHALLENGES FOUNDATIONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) applied to the Constitutional Court on March 23 to annul nine articles of the recently adopted Foundations Law on the ground that they violate Turkey's Constitution, laws, and the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne. The nine articl [...]	2008-04-04 11:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA643	TURKEY ENCOURAGED BY SAAKASHVILI'S ABKHAZ AUTONOMY [...] (C) The GOT believes Georgian President Saakashvili's March 28 proposals offering significant autonomy to Abkhazia are important, South Caucasus Section Head Yavuz Kul told us April 2. Turkey remains prepared to play a "facilitating" role with the Abkhaz if Georgia allows it, according to Kul [...]	2008-04-04 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG TU
08ANKARA644	TURKEY: A LOST CHANCE [...] (C) Summary. Murat Mercan, the chair of parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and a long-time contact, is pessimistic about Turkey's future in light of the closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP). He echoed AKP Vice Chair Saban Disli's description (reftel) of AKP' [...]	2008-04-04 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA654	TURKEY: MINISTER SIMSEK ON IMF RELATIONS, EBRD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wilson met April 3 with State Minister for the Treasury Mehmet Simsek. Simsek said Prime Minister Erdogan has told ministers that, to the maximum extent possible, it should be "business as usual" in the face of the AKP party closure suit and that the GOT should proceed [...]	2008-04-07 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL TU
08ANKARA660	TURKEY: KUWAITI AMIR'S VISIT FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary and Comment: During his March 29-April 5 visit, Kuwaiti Amir Sabah met with President Gul and PM Erdogan in Ankara before traveling to Istanbul for a Turkey-Kuwait Business Forum meeting and recreation. In private sessions with Gul and Erdogan, the Amir discussed regional issues [...]	2008-04-08 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KU TU
08ANKARA661	TURKEY: MAVERICK KURDISH POLITICIAN SHOWS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Kurdish schoolteacher-turned-politician Abdullah Demirbas recently described to us the immense pressure brought to bear on him for his attempts to use Kurdish language in public services while serving as Democratic Society Party (DTP) mayor of Diyarbakir's Sur distric [...]	2008-04-08 05:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA672	TURKEY: VIOLENT CLASHES CAST SHADOWS OF PAST COUPS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Violent clashes at universities around Turkey over the last several weeks, while small in scale, are being widely identified as deliberate provocations to polarize and destabilize the country. In the back of everyone's mind is clashes as prelude to a possible coup. I [...]	2008-04-08 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA679	TURKEY/GEORGIA: ABKHAZIA DISCONNECT [...] (C) The GOT has told Georgia it is ready to facilitate Georgia's Abkhaz autonomy proposals (ref A and B),Georgian DCM Irakli Koplatadze told us April 8. Turkish facilitation is acceptable to Georgia, he said, as Georgian President Saakashvili has previously told President Gul and FM Babacan. [...]	2008-04-10 09:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG TU
08ANKARA680	TURKEY: ERGENEKON INVESTIGATION INEXTRICABLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Alleged links between the investigation into the Ergenekon deep state gang (ref A) and the chief public prosecutor's closure case against the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) are both difficult to prove and impossible to ignore. Although evidence of a direct link remai [...]	2008-04-10 10:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA688	ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION SCENESETTER [...] (C) The EPC has added balance to a bilateral relationship that has been heavily weighted to political and security cooperation. At the start of last year's EPC meeting, Turkey's economy was in its sixth year of strong growth, the government was steering a steady course, and the business clim [...]	2008-04-11 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL TU
08ANKARA690	TURKEY: NGO'S PRESENT KURDISH SOLUTIONS TO A [...] (C) A broad coalition of Diyarbakir civil society organizations sent a delegation to Ankara this week to present a series of recommendations on how the government can address the Southeast's socio-economic problems. On the economic side, the recommendations focus on improving the effectivenes [...]	2008-04-11 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA691	IMPLICATIONS OF AKP CLOSURE CASE AND OUR PUBLIC [...] (c) Summary: The closure case against Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is a blow to this country's future. It reflects unresolved conflicts about the nature of Turkey, the state, the extent of popular democracy and the role of religion in society. It also results from fai [...]	2008-04-11 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA692	TURKEY: A NONPROLIFERATION PARTNER ON ITS OWN TERMS [...] (C) Summary: As the only NATO ally bordering Iran and Syria, Turkey plays a pivotal role in our nonproliferation efforts in the region. Turkey shares our nonproliferation goals, but is also sensitive to its relations with neighbors. Turkey is frequently called upon by the U.S. and others to [...]	2008-04-11 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KNNP PREL PARM ETTC TU IR SY
08ANKARA695	Update on PKK Violence (April 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one village g [...]	2008-04-14 08:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA707	TURKEY/PSI: MFA DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY TO LEAD GOT [...] (U) MFA Department Head for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen told us on April 15 that her office, which is responsible for PSI and all nonproliferation matters, has proposed having newly-appointed MFA Deputy Undersecretary for Security Affairs Ecvet Tezcan lead the GOT delegation t [...]	2008-04-15 11:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KSTC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA709	TURKEY: UN USYG PASCOE CONSULTS MFA ON CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: Following consultations in Nicosia and Athens, UN Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Pascoe visited Ankara April 8 to discuss the UN's proposal for the next round of comprehensive Cyprus settlement talks. MFA sources report the GOT is pleased with the details Pascoe lai [...]	2008-04-15 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
08ANKARA714	TURKEY: RULING PARTY STILL WORKING OUT "ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: As a bill to amend controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing insulting "Turkishness") inches its way toward the floor of Turkish Parliament, Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) members remain divided on the key issue of who should review cases to [...]	2008-04-16 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA719	TURKEY: BILL EXPANDING KURDISH LANGUAGE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Parliament's Planning and Budget Subcommittee will take up a bill April 18 submitted by Turkey's state-controlled "TRT" broadcasting network to expand Kurdish-language (and other foreign language) broadcasting. The draft legislation follows up on PM Erdogan's Februar [...]	2008-04-17 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA720	TURKEY: 53 KURDISH MAYORS CONVICTED IN FREE SPEECH [...] (U) Summary and Comment. The Diyarbakir Heavy Criminal Court convicted 53 mayors from the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP) April 15 of "praising criminal activity" and fined them USD 1500, a much-reduced penalty than the hard prison time originally sought by the prosecution. The co [...]	2008-04-17 12:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE DE TU
08ANKARA722	(S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE GOT ON FILAMENT WINDING [...] (S) We followed up on this case April 17 with MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Deputy Director General (DAS-equivalent) Ahmet Muhtar Gun and Department Head Elif Ulgen, emphasizing our strong belief that Tet Makina Metal Sanayi ve Ticaret is seeking ways to evade export controls to sell filame [...]	2008-04-17 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ETTC KSCA PARM PREL PGOV MTCRE PK TU
08ANKARA724	Update on PKK Violence (April 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK-related violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 8-15, 2008 reporting period, two s [...]	2008-04-18 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA728	EU PRESIDENT BARROSO GOES "BACK TO BASICS" IN [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Ankara - Consulate Istanbul cable. 2. (C) Summary and comment: European Union President Jose Manuel Barroso's April 11-12 visit to Turkey coincided with intense national debate and polarization over the March 14 indictment to close the ruling Justice and Develop [...]	2008-04-18 12:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA73	TURKEY: MAIN ALEVI ORGANIZATIONS BOYCOTT PM [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's main Alevi organizations boycotted a January 11 Muharram iftar organized by Justice and Development Party (AKP) MPs as outreach to Alevi communities. They saw the event as "Sunni-centric", aimed at assimilating Alevis into mainstream Sunni society, and demonstrated their [...]	2008-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA731	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (MARCH 2008) [...] Summary: The EXBS Program advisor met with Turkish Customs officials to review proposed CBP offered training in anticipation of the EXBS Agreement going into force. EXBS team completed preparations for DHS/CBP's Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) training for Turkish Customs, which began on April 10. C [...]	2008-04-18 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA74	TURKEY: CONSIDERING ACTION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT, CONCERNED ABOUT SHORT LEAD TIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 16:13:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL EWWT SN GM TU PK
08ANKARA745	(S) ADVISING THE GOT OF TET MAKINA'S PREPARATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA PK TU
08ANKARA746	TURKEY: CHP CONVENTION TO AFFIRM BAYKAL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. Few expect great change to come from the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) regular general convention, April 26-27. Deniz Baykal's iron grip on internal party processes virtually assures his reinstatement as chairman, and any changes to the Administrative Board will lik [...]	2008-04-22 07:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA747	TURKEY-IRAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: COOPERATION REMAINS [...] (C) Turkey-Iran security cooperation was not advanced substantially at the 12th Turkey-Iran Supreme Security Commission meeting, held in Ankara, April 15-16, MFA Security Affairs Head of Department (bilateral and multilateral security cooperation) Metin Ergin told us April 21. Ergin describe [...]	2008-04-22 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PREL PGOV PTER IR TU
08ANKARA748	TURKEY: STOPPING TRAVEL TO ANNUAL PKK TERRORIST [...] (S) Turkey is appreciative of USG efforts to raise the level of attention paid by European and regional governments to the potential for PKK members to travel to northern Iraq to participate in the group's annual conference, as instructed in ref a. MFA Department Head for the PKK Ceren Etiz t [...]	2008-04-22 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN PTER PREL IZ TU
08ANKARA751	TURKEY: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (U) On April 21 we delivered reftel demarche to MFA Department Head for Council of Europe and Human Rights Hasan Ulusoy. He lamented the plight of prisoners of conscience and said Turkey would give due consideration to the declaration. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.intel [...]	2008-04-22 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL TU
08ANKARA753	ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA: TURKEY CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Turkey shares our concerns about the new presidential instructions to the Russian government to create "mechanisms" to protect the rights of Russian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia (reftel),MFA Deputy DG for South Caucasus and Central Asia Umit Yardim and South Caucasus Department [...]	2008-04-22 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS TU
08ANKARA755	TURKEY: SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS WITH ISRAEL AND THE [...] (U) This cable is in response to ref a request. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT supports the Annapolis process and the Road Map, and increasingly sees itself as an impartial regional facilitator, capable of playing a constructive role in the Middle East peace process. Ankara hosted PA President A [...]	2008-04-22 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS KPAL TU
08ANKARA767	TURKEY-AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN: SUMMIT DATES BEING FINALIZED; DOSTUM ARREST WOULD THREATEN TURKISH-AFGHAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 12:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	AF PGOV PK PREL TU
08ANKARA772	TURKISH MFA ON IRAQ MEETINGS IN KUWAIT [...] (C) Turkish MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu briefed Ambassador April 24 on Turkish FM Babacan's talks with PM Maliki in Kuwait earlier this week. He said the Turks found Maliki more confident after the Basra confrontation. Both sides were pleased with progress on the mil-mil front, economic coope [...]	2008-04-24 15:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ US TU
08ANKARA778	Update on PKK Violence (April 16-23, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK-related violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 16-23, 2008 reporting period, six [...]	2008-04-25 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA78	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (DECEMBER [...] Summary: The EXBS Program Manager for Turkey met with post and Turkish officials to review the state of the program. EXBS Advisor completed transfer of the Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) to Turkish Customs. Turkish Atomic Energy Agency (TAEK) has requested a joint proliferation "threat" assessmen [...]	2008-01-15 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA780	TURKEY CONDITIONS CLEARANCE FOR SUSPECT NORTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP NK SY TU
08ANKARA792	TURKEY: VIEWS ON A TURKEY-ARMENIA HISTORICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Creating an historical commission to analyze the shared histories of Turkey and Armenia and the genocide issue has been Ankara's proposed first step toward normalizing relations between the two countries. In Turkey, political, legal and institutional obstacles undermine prospec [...]	2008-04-28 11:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA795	TURKEY: RIVALS FIND COMMON CAUSE IN CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Long-standing civil society rivals have linked arms to press politicians to resuscitate efforts for comprehensive constitutional reform -- this time in a fashion that draws on a broad base. Two top business organizations, TUSIAD and TOBB, have quietly pitched to the major parties [...]	2008-04-28 12:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA799	TURKEY: GOT CONGRATULATES NEW ARMENIAN [...] (U) PM Erdogan congratulated newly-appointed Armenian PM Tigran Sarkissian on his assignment in an April 22 letter in which he called on the two "neighborly countries" to take concrete steps to find lasting solutions to their existing problems through dialogue and establishing good neighborly [...]	2008-04-28 15:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM TU
08ANKARA80	TURKEY: JAN 15 AIR STRIKES ON PKK TARGETS IN [...] (S) Turkish warplanes attacked suspected PKK terrorist positions in the Zap-Sivi, Avasin-Basyan, and Hakurk regions in northern Iraq on January 15. The air strikes took place between 1045 and 1400 hours local time. The Turkish General Staff (TGS) provided approximately 12 hours of advance not [...]	2008-01-15 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS TU IZ
08ANKARA818	TURKEY: CHP PARTY CONGRESS SERVES UP MORE OF SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. A predictable and lackluster Republican People's Party (CHP) convention April 26-27 re-elected Deniz Baykal as chairman and cleaned house of his opponents, further strengthening his sclerotic hold over a party that does not want him, but cannot fight him. The convention declarati [...]	2008-04-29 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA824	MORE FROM TURKEY ON BECOMING AN EBRD RECIPIENT [...] (C) Summary: Although not an action addressee on reftel A, we wanted to provide the latest GOT position on Turkey becoming an EBRD recipient. On April 28, we met with Treasury Director General for International Affairs Memduh Akcay. While in Washington April 11-13 for the World Bank/IMF me [...]	2008-04-30 04:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL TU
08ANKARA825	TURKEY-IRAQ: SPRING WEATHER BRINGS UPSWING IN [...] (S) Summary: Turkish security operations against PKK terrorists in Turkey and in northern Iraq have increased with the onset of spring. Meanwhile, clashes within Turkey have occurred as far north as Kars and have claimed up to eleven Turkish dead this month. Turkish forces conducted the lar [...]	2008-04-30 07:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
08ANKARA833	TURKISH PARLIAMENT (FINALLY) AMENDS "ARTICLE 301" [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following an all-night session and two years of heated debate, Turkey's parliament voted 250-65 to amend controversial Turkish Penal Code Article 301 (criminalizing "insulting Turkishness") at 5 am April 30. The bill, which requires that the Justice Minister authorize [...]	2008-04-30 11:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
08ANKARA834	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - TURKEY [...] This report was coordinated with FAS Ankara. 2. SUMMARY: Turkey has the highest per capita wheat consumption in the world, and in a normal year is not only self-sufficient but exports wheat flour to neighboring countries. Severe drought in 2007 slashed Turkish crop yields, and commodity pri [...]	2008-04-30 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA85	TURKEY: CERD DEMARCHE UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 08:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PHUM TU
08ANKARA850	TURKEY EPC: IRAQ INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP MAY 22 - [...] Turkey will host its Third Iraq International Fair in the southeastern city of Gaziantep May 22 - 25. This trade fair is jointly organized by the Iraqi Ministry of Trade and the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat (FTU) and will include exhibitors from Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Italy, Russia, Ta [...]	2008-05-02 13:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL TU IZ
08ANKARA852	TURKEY WILL PLEDGE AT PARIS AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT [...] (C) The GOT expects to make a fresh pledge at the June 12 Paris Support Conference for Afghanistan, MFA Pakistan/Afghanistan Section Head Ilhan Sener told us May 1. He promised to convey reftel points to his superiors; we will continue to monitor Turkey's position in advance of the conference [...]	2008-05-02 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL AF TU
08ANKARA855	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPCOM DELIVERED TO TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA TU
08ANKARA859	TURKEY: SENIOR AKP INSIDERS SEND PM ERDOGAN STRONG [...] (C) Summary and comment. Three senior members of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) are separately sending strong messages to PM Erdogan to pursue confidence building measures and decrease tensions that have polarized Turkey. AKP MP Vehit Erdem, former Deputy PM Abdullatif Sener and Depu [...]	2008-05-05 12:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA861	Update on PKK Violence (April 24-30, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the April 24-30, 2008 reporting period, seven securi [...]	2008-05-05 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA87	TURKEY: OPPOSITION TO DIALOGUE WITH KRG SLOWLY [...] (S) Repeated and ongoing efforts to convince the GOT to engage directly with Iraqi Kurds, beginning with President Talabani and eventually include Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials, appear gradually to be gaining traction. GOT Deputy Iraq Coordinator Murat Ozcelik (please protect) is [...]	2008-01-16 09:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA878	TURKEY: MFA DEPUTY U/S CEVIKOZ INTERESTED IN [...] (SBU) This is an action message for EUR, AF, and SCA. 2. (SBU) MFA Deputy U/S (A/S equivalent) for Central Asia and Caucasia, Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),East Asia and Africa Unal Cevikoz has expressed interest in visiting Washington before August 2008 for consultations on Africa [...]	2008-05-07 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08ANKARA885	TURKEY: AKP'S PRELIMINARY DEFENSE TARGETS Chief PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) submitted its preliminary defense against the party closure case charging AKP with being a center of anti-secular acts on April 30, two days ahead of deadline. The 98-page defense condemns what it portrays as a contradictory, anti-dem [...]	2008-05-07 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA886	TURKEY: U/S APAKAN UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan discussed his recent Washington consultations, Turkey's efforts with Iraq, and Georgia's participation in NATO's Air Situation Data Exchange (ASDE) during a meeting with Ambassador May 5. Apakan was positive on meetings with USG officials. He highlighted confidenc [...]	2008-05-07 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ GG
08ANKARA887	TURKEY: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) During April 28-29 meetings in Ankara with MFA Undersecretary Apakan, Presidency advisor Turkoglu, PM advisor Davutoglu, Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) president Cakiroglu, six members of parliament, and Turkish General Staff J-5 LTG Zorlu, UNVIE Ambassador Schulte urged continued [...]	2008-05-08 09:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KNUC UNSC IR TU
08ANKARA889	TURKEY: INT'L COMPACT WITH IRAQ MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel demarche request. 2. (C) Summary. On May 2, we met with MFA Department Head for Iraq Aydin Selcen to discuss Turkey's support for the upcoming International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Ministerial to be held in Stockholm, Sweden on May 29. Selcen was quick [...]	2008-05-08 11:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA89	TURKEY RE-LAUNCHES BID TO WIN CENTRAL ASIAN HEARTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish President Abdullah Gul is spearheading a renewed GOT effort to strengthen Turkish-Central Asian relations through visit diplomacy. Unlike Turkey's initial, post-Soviet era approach to the region, the Turks are viewing Central Asia as a partner not a patron, and offering [...]	2008-01-16 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EPET EINV KZ KG TI TX
08ANKARA890	TURKEY: U/S APAKAN PREVIEWS CYPRUS GRIEVANCES TO [...] (C) During a May 5 meeting on various subjects, Turkish MFA U/S Apakan outlined GOT concerns about Cyprus that he planned to raise with the EU Troika during its May 6 meetings in Ankara. His purpose was not to complain, but to highlight areas where Greek Cypriots and President Christofias are [...]	2008-05-08 12:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
08ANKARA898	TURKEY: MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) To commemorate May 21 Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People, post plans to feature on our website the Department's statement on solidarity with the Cuban people, and appropriate background information. Additionally, two post political officers who previously served at USINT Havana plan [...]	2008-05-09 09:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU TU
08ANKARA901	TURKEY: IRAQ SPECIAL REP. OZCELIK LOOKS AT NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish MFA Special Representative for Iraq Murat Ozcelik plans to return to Baghdad May 13 to resume consultations with the GOI and has the green light from President Gul and the Turkish military to meet with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) president Massoud Barzani in Baghdad. [...]	2008-05-09 16:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON ENRG TU IZ
08ANKARA903	LEBANON NEEDS ITS FRIENDS - TURKEY [...] (c) We spoke separately on May 9 with Turkish Presidency/Prime Ministry foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, MFA U/S Apakan and MFA Syria desk officer Cem Ulusoy regarding Lebanon. Drawing on reftel points, we emphasized the need for Turkey to be as fully supportive now as possible of the [...]	2008-05-09 16:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE TU
08ANKARA906	THREATS AGAINST U.S. INTERESTS UNDERSCORE NEED TO [...] (SBU) A spokesperson for the Party of Free Life for Kurdistan (PJAK) stated May 4 that PJAK had "changed its mind about the United States Government and we are standing against them now," AP reported May 5 from Qandil in northern Iraq. Peritan Derseem, described as a senior PJAK official, cla [...]	2008-05-12 07:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU
08ANKARA907	TURKEY SHARES USG'S OSLO PROCESS CONCERNS [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Department Head for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on May 8. Ulgen said the GOT shared USG concerns about Article 1 (b) and (c) of the Oslo Process draft text, and agreed with the U.S. position that the workarounds developed for the Ottawa Co [...]	2008-05-12 09:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN TU
08ANKARA908	EXBS: TURKEY ADVISORS MONTHLY REPORT- (APRIL 2008) [...] Summary: The EXBS Team met with Turkish Customs officials and DHS/CBP Training specialist to review previously offered training and expand new training initiatives to include accession and OJT training programs. DHS/CBP training team completed Z-Backscatter Van (ZBV) training for Turkish Cus [...]	2008-05-12 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TU
08ANKARA909	TURKEY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT CHIEF'S SURPRISINGLY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Constitutional Court Chairman Hasim Kilic candidly acknowledged tensions between law and politics in Turkey, noting a serious crisis of confidence within society in April 25 remarks marking the Court's 46th anniversary. Kilic challenged all players, the judiciary inc [...]	2008-05-12 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
08ANKARA911	TURKEY-IRAQ: TURKEY RETALIATES AGAINST PKK ATTACK [...] (S) Following a May 9 PKK attack against a Turkish jandarma border post in Hakkari province that killed several Turkish soldiers, Turkish artillery and warplanes launched strikes on May 10 targeting suspected PKK facilities and PKK elements fleeing into northern Iraq following the attack. Turk [...]	2008-05-12 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
08ANKARA918	TURKEY STILL UNDECIDED ON WIPO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche May 9 to Serap Ozcoskun, Head of the Multilateral Economic Affairs Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ozcoskun thanked us for our short list. Shw said that Turkey has not yet finalized its list and probably will not finalize it until just before v [...]	2008-05-13 04:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	WIPO KIPR ETRD PREL TU
08ANKARA92	TURKEY ASSERTS INFORMATION ON PAKISTAN SHIPMENT INCORRECT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 14:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	EWWT PARM PK PREL TU
08ANKARA926	TURKEY-IRAQ: TURKEY RETALIATES AGAINST PKK ATTACK [...] (S) Following a May 9 PKK attack against a Turkish jandarma border post in Hakkari province that killed several Turkish soldiers, Turkish artillery and warplanes launched strikes on May 10 targeting PKK elements fleeing into northern Iraq following the attack and other suspected PKK facilities [...]	2008-05-13 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
08ANKARA932	TURKISH RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Summary. We met May 14 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Inan Ozyildiz and Section Chief Metin Ergin. Ozyildiz promised to share reftel A information promptly with appropriate e [...]	2008-05-14 14:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL BA QA TU
08ANKARA934	HOST NATION NOTIFICATION COMPLETED ON USAFE PAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NATO TU
08ANKARA937	TURKEY: EU TROIKA, IN ANKARA, FOCUSES ON NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: The EU continued its intense engagement with Turkey (following EC President Barroso's recent visit) with a May 6 EU Troika meeting in Ankara. The EU delegation stressed the accession door remains very much open for Turkey, but reforms must be reinvigorated. Turkish [...]	2008-05-15 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU EUN
08ANKARA939	TURKEY: CFE CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK [...] (C) Summary: MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us May 14 that Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak probed for weaknesses in the Alliance's position on CFE, griped about Alliance "failures" to respond to Russia's concerns, and pressed Turkey to give up the Flank [...]	2008-05-15 11:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCFE OSCE RS TU
08ANKARA941	TURKEY/NATO: TURKEY REQUESTS SUPPORT ON EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: In conversations with Ambassador on May 14 and 15, MFA Undersecretary Apakan requested the U.S. urge NATO political and military authorities to maintain NATO impartiality in Aegean disputes, stating that conduct of Exercise Noble Archer under the current scenario will escalate te [...]	2008-05-15 13:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU
08ANKARA942	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKEY OFFERS TO HOST MEETING BETWEEN [...] (C) During May 12 bilateral consultations with Turkey that focused on CFE issues (ref) Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak made the following points regarding Iran, according to MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun: -- No one has full intelligence on Iranian intention [...]	2008-05-15 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR RS TU
08ANKARA947	Update on PKK Violence (May 1-7, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 1-7, 2008 reporting period, one security of [...]	2008-05-16 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA948	TURKEY: FOLLOW-UP MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 11:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU TU
08ANKARA953	AFRICA: TURKEY'S NEXT FRONTIER? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Like China and India, Turkey has joined the rush to forge relations with sub-Saharan Africa. The Justice and Development Party (AKP) has raised Turkey's political profile since coming to power in 2002 -- declaring 2005 the "Year of Africa" and announcing plans to open 1 [...]	2008-05-16 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON TU AF
08ANKARA956	Update on PKK Violence (May 8-15, 2008) [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of weekly reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary source is the Turkish General Staff (TGS) website, which documents contacts and clashes with the PKK, as well as casualties incurred. 2. (U) During the May 8-15, 2008 reporting period, seven security [...]	2008-05-20 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
08ANKARA964	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH DTP LEADER AHMET TURK [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ TU
08ANKARA965	TURKEY: STOPPING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO [...] (C) Summary. Turkey is acutely aware of the Al Qaeda Network (AQN) threat and is actively collecting against it, an MFA official told us May 20. Turkey cannot, however, engage in broad "profiling" of young male travelers. Urged to consider new border security and information-sharing arrange [...]	2008-05-21 13:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC IZ SY TU
08ANKARA970	TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...]	2008-05-21 18:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA971	TURKS SEEK ELECTORAL EQUALITY IN KIRKUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: GOT officials are seeking to gain traction on a proposal to amend Iraq's draft provincial elections law to incorporate a guaranteed power-sharing arrangement for Kirkuk that would help protect Turkmen equities. Acknowledging they are late, since the draft law is already far along, [...]	2008-05-22 04:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA984	CUBA: REVIEW OF TURKEY FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relations with Cuba are limited, and its investment on the island is nonexistent. The two countries conduct a yearly Joint Economic Commission (JEC) meeting, chaired in March in Ankara by Cuba's Minister for Foreign Economic Relations and Foreign Investment and Turkey's [...]	2008-05-23 12:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC EINT PREL TU CU
08ANKARA989	TURKEY: CRITICAL EQUIPMENT NEEDS FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP TRGY MNUC IR TU
08ANKARA996	ERDOGAN'S GAP PLAN - LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON [...] (C) Summary. During a May 27 visit to Diyarbakir, Prime Minister Erdogan turned an official speech into a two-hour political rally. His aim was to detail plans to complete the Southeast Development Project (GAP, in Turkish). After 90 minutes of platitudes about his administration's contribu [...]	2008-05-28 04:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL PTER TU
08ANTANANARIVO136	KUWAIT FM IN COMOROS TO DISCUSS INVESTMENT [...] SUMMARY: Kuwait's Foreign Minister visited the Union of the Comoros February 16-17 to meet Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and to discuss Kuwaiti investments. END SUMMARY. 2. Mohamed Mohamed Al-Sharji, Kuwait's Ambassador in Cairo accredited to the Comoros, told EmbOff that Kuwaiti [...]	2008-02-19 10:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EINV EAID KU CN
08ANTANANARIVO137	COMOROS WAITS FOR ZUMA; ASSEMBLES HELICOPTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of the Union of the Comoros and the Moroni diplomatic corps await South African (RSA) Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma's decision regarding when an international delegation might deliver an ultimatum to renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar of Anjouan. The Union has obtai [...]	2008-02-19 11:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO138	PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON COMOROS [...] (SBU) As noted Reftel, the French Government has issued a strong statement of support for the Union of the Comoros and a condemnation of the illegitimate authorities governing the island of Anjouan. A rough translation follows in Paragraph Two. This comes in advance of French (and U.S.) part [...]	2008-02-19 12:42:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC FR CN
08ANTANANARIVO157	Mission to Anjouan - Bacar Still Intransigent [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan renegade Colonel Mohamed Bacar remained intransigent before an international delegation delivering an ultimatum February 27. The delegation later informed Union President Ahmed Sambi who was unsurprised, disappointed, and intent on a military solution to restore the [...]	2008-02-28 08:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO179	ISLANDS TENSELY AWAIT MILITARY ACTION [...] (U) The three islands in the Union of the Comoros tensely await impending military action. African Union (AU) Representative Mourad Taiati told international reporters in Moroni on March 4 that, "Today, everyone has taken our [AU] position. [Mohamed Bacar] is isolated and the military operati [...]	2008-03-06 14:13:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO181	MADAGASCAR/COMOROS RESPONSE RE FISCAL [...] (SBU) Post replies to Reftel questions below for Madagascar: Madagascar - - - - - - - - - - A. Host country's budget is made public. B. Budget is made public via publication. C. Revenues and expenditures: The GOM has worked at length with the World Bank and other donors to imp [...]	2008-03-07 09:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO192	Comoros: Colonel Bacar Letter to Secretary Rice [...] (SBU) In an apparent response to the Ambassador's March 7 op-ed in the Comoran media endorsing Union and African Union actions, Anjouan's Colonel Bacar sent Post a letter for Secretary Rice on March 11. In it, Bacar repeats the same legal-constitutional arguments he made during 2007 in Cape T [...]	2008-03-12 09:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO195	Why We Should Help the Comoros with Maritime Logistical [...] (SBU) As I write this, AU troops from Tanzania and Senegal, and perhaps also Sudan and Libya, are arriving in Moroni, on Grande Comore Island, by various means. According to the Union government, over 1,000 foreign troops are expected to come augment their own "Army of National Development" [...]	2008-03-13 09:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN

08ANTANANARIVO198	MADAGASCAR "REGIONAL COUNSELOR" ELECTIONS MARCH 16 [...] In the final days before the March 16 elections for 147 regional counselors, the fifth election Madagascar has seen in just 15 months, campaign season is finally picking up some speed. Voters around the country have expressed fatigue and a general lack of understanding regarding the role of r [...]	2008-03-13 12:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO200	Comorans Describe Transport Needs; Op Plan Pending [...] (SBU) Union of the Comoros Defense Minister Dossar sent the Ambassador March 13 a two-page fax outlining "characteristics of the boat needed" to support the combined Comoran/AU military action against Anjouan (complete translation below). While helpful, this is clearly insufficient detail and [...]	2008-03-13 13:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO212	"RAIDS" ESCALATE TO ARMED CONFLICT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Contacts in the Comoros report a Union Army (AND) "raid" on Anjouan beginning March 15 has turned into a series of battles. Having reportedly freed eight prisoners and taken two minor casualties, part of the AND landing force returned to its staging point in Moheli. However, a small AND [...]	2008-03-17 14:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO228	SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON ANJOUAN [...] (SBU) Actions Requested: Post recommends the Department issue a statement setting the record straight on the Anjouan problem in the Comoros. Suggested points in para 4. Post also recommends the Department pursue efforts to support Comoros' request that the UN Security Council not take up th [...]	2008-03-20 12:24:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO230	FORMER COMORAN PRESIDENT AZALI POSITIONS HIMSELF [...] (SBU) With increasing political and military activity in the Union of the Comoros (REFTEL),former Union President Assoumani Azali has stepped up his communication with Embassy Antananarivo. The latest was a statement from his political party, the Convention for the Renewal of the Comoros (CRC) [...]	2008-03-20 12:30:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO235	OPERATION TO TAKE BACK ANJOUAN MEETS LITTLE RESISTANCE [...] (SBU) Post has confirmed a force composed of Union Army soldiers and 80 to 100 Tanzanian soldiers under the African Union (AU) aegis landed on the Comoran island of Anjouan overnight from March 24 to 25 to take back the island from recalcitrant leader Colonel Mohamed Bacar. The assault began a [...]	2008-03-25 09:34:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO236	TIM SWEEPS MADAGASCAR'S "REGIONAL COUNSELOR" ELECTIONS [...] (U) Unofficial results from Madagascar's first-ever elections for regional counselors on March 16 show the ruling TIM party won almost all of the 147 seats throughout the country. In a number of regions, only TIM candidates ran. Results are still being counted, but the average participation r [...]	2008-03-25 11:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO242	ANJOUAN CALM, FRENCH IN HOT WATER IN MORONI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan remains calm following Union of the Comoros and African Union deployment to the island with no resistance from Colonel Bacar's forces (REFTEL). Union Vice President Ikililou will lead an interim island government in Anjouan until elections can be held. Rumors continue [...]	2008-03-27 10:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO25	PRESIDENT SAMBI DETERMINED TO LIBERATE ANJOUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer,s first visit to the Union of the Comoros (septel),Ambassador Marquardt held a number of meetings with President Sambi, high-level Union Government officials, and members of the international community to discuss the possibility of a [...]	2008-01-14 15:49:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CN
08ANTANANARIVO257	COMOROS QUIET BUT TENSE AS IT PONDERS NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the swearing in of the Interim President of Anjouan (reftel),African Union (AU) and Union Army troops remain on alert against potential violence on the island of Anjouan. The mood in the Comoros is quiet but tense as people await France's decision regarding the legal [...]	2008-04-03 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO277	LETTER TO POTUS FROM COMORAN PRESIDENT - APRIL 7 [...] (U) Paragraph Two contains an informal Embassy translation of a letter in French from Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, for President George Bush. It was delivered via faxed copy of a Diplomatic Note dated April 7, 2008. A scanned copy of the French original [...]	2008-04-09 14:10:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SOCI OPDC CN
08ANTANANARIVO281	MADAGASCAR'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 14:25:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CASC ZI MA
08ANTANANARIVO286	LETTER TO POTUS FROM COMORAN PRESIDENT - APRIL 10 [...] (U) Paragraph Two contains an informal translation of this week's second letter in French from Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi, President of the Union of the Comoros, for President George Bush. Reftel contains the text of the first letter. It was delivered via faxed copy of a Diplomatic Note dat [...]	2008-04-11 10:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SOCI OPDC CN
08ANTANANARIVO31	COLONEL BACAR CRACKS DOWN ON ANJOUAN RESIDENTS [...] (U) Tension continues to escalate throughout the Union of the Comoros. With the possibility of a Union Army landing to take back Anjouan growing every day (refs),Colonel Mohamed Bacar is consolidating his control over the island. He is reportedly positioning his forces at the hospital in the [...]	2008-01-15 14:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO325	TIM SHARES SENATE WITH TOKEN OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) Madagascar's new Senate, reduced from 90 to 33 members, is now official. On April 25, the High Constitutional Court announced the names of the 22 senators, one for each of the 22 regions, chosen in indirect elections on April 20; all hail from the ruling TIM party. In a surprise move -- r [...]	2008-04-28 14:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO332	RAVALOMANANA RESHUFFLES CABINET [...] (U) President Ravalomanana announced a new cabinet late April 30, naming five new Ministers and minor organizational changes. This second reshuffle in six months was expected after the recent Senate election (REFTEL). The complete new line-up is in Para 6. 2. (U) Both Minister of Decent [...]	2008-05-02 06:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR MA
08ANTANANARIVO39	MALAGASY MFA VIEWS ON COMORAN IMPASSE [...] (SBU) Malagasy Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mboara Andriarimanana and Cabinet Director Michel Martin Rajoelina shared their views on the current Comoros impasse with the Ambassador January 16. Both were very well "read-in" on the Comoran state of play, having followed reports from the Ma [...]	2008-01-16 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID MOPS PINR CN MA
08ANTANANARIVO4	DUELING NEW YEARS ADDRESSES IN COMOROS [...] (U) In his annual New Year's Eve speech addressing the nation, Union President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi called the crisis on Anjouan one of the defining events of 2007. However, he reassured the people, "the liberation of Anjouan" is due in early 2008; his next speech will announce the day the Nat [...]	2008-01-03 13:42:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO40	COMOROS REQUESTS FOLLOW-UP ON BILATERAL TALK REQUESTS [...] (U) Ambassador Marquardt met with Acting Foreign Minister Mourad Said Ibrahim January 11 for a review of bilateral relations in the wake of A/S Frazer's visit, which had focused on the Anjouan crisis (REF A). After reaffirming the mutual hope that USG involvement will assist in resolving that [...]	2008-01-16 14:12:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO439	ANJOUAN ISLAND ELECTIONS CALM, RUNOFF SCHEDULED [...] (U) Official results from the Anjouan island presidential elections released by the Constitutional Court (CC) on June 18 show candidates Mohamed Djaanfari and Moussa Toybou well ahead of the other three candidates. Djaanfari won 44.18 percent of the vote, while Toybou came in a close second w [...]	2008-06-19 14:21:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO443	COMORAN PRESIDENT VISITS IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi and a high-ranking political and economic Comoran delegation arrived in Tehran for a three-day visit that included meetings with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, Foreign Minis [...]	2008-06-20 10:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IR CN
08ANTANANARIVO499	COMOROS RESHUFFLE PORTENDS FEW CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Union of the Comoros President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi reshuffled his cabinet with only minor changes. Main embassy interlocutors remained largely the same, with the exception of Abdourahim Bacar, who was downgraded from Minister of Education to Minister of Post and Te [...]	2008-07-14 13:46:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO504	FRENCH AMBASSADOR PUSHED OUT OF MADAGASCAR [...] (U) Barely six months into his tour, Gildas Le Lidec, the French Ambassador to Madagascar, announced his imminent departure at the 14 of July National Day celebrations held at his residence. Shocking most of the assembly, including Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva, who was present as President [...]	2008-07-16 12:11:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR MA
08ANTANANARIVO523	COMOROS REJECTS CITIZENSHIP BILL FOR STATELESS ARABS [...] (U) The Union of the Comoros' Parliament recently rejected a bill that would confer Comoran citizenship on people in exchange for financial investment in the real estate market. According to Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim, in 1997 the Kuwaiti Government approached the Comoros with a propos [...]	2008-07-29 09:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM CN
08ANTANANARIVO527	MADAGASCAR'S POSITION ON ZIMBABAWE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 04:35:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CASC ZI MA
08ANTANANARIVO53	SEABOARD FIGHTS FOR LEVEL PLAYING FIELD IN MADAGASCAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seaboard Corporation continues to report difficulty in doing business in Madagascar, citing unfair competition from the President's TIKO conglomerate. Seaboard's Madagascar country manager has concluded the President is trying to force them out of the market. Seaboard has begun [...]	2008-01-23 06:27:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON MA
08ANTANANARIVO540	MADAGASCAR'S PRESIDENT - PASSIONATE FOR AGRICULTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge accompanied visiting agribusiness speaker Dr. Arthur Siaway in a call on President Marc Ravalomanana (at his request) for 75 minutes August 4. When encouraged to allow local markets of agricultural goods to reflect global prices as a way to stimulate production, Rava [...]	2008-08-05 10:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAGR ECON PGOV MA
08ANTANANARIVO572	Fatigued Comorans Anxious About Ramadan [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fuel stocks are dwindling without another shipment confirmed, leading Comorans to fear Ramadan celebrations will be affected. President Sambi's popularity remains low and is not helped by his frequent absences. In this context, the GOC will convene a planning meeting August 2 [...]	2008-08-26 07:57:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PHUM PREL ENRG ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO591	Comoran Dialogue Process Stumbles Out Of The Gate [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a week of intense negotiations with Union of the Comoros officials and other stakeholders, African Union Special Envoy Madeira succeeded September 1 in achieving an agreement in principle for modalities to set up a preparatory committee for the long-awaited Inter-Como [...]	2008-09-03 08:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN PGOV
08ANTANANARIVO606	Comorans Disagree On How (And If) To Talk [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two weeks of intense mediation efforts by African Union Special Envoy Madeira, the Comorans are scarcely closer to sitting down to plan for inter-island talks. President Sambi showed his cards September 5, indicating to diplomats he will hold a referendum to "fix institu [...]	2008-09-08 07:16:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO620	Comoran Dialogue Depends on Sambi's Leadership [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Sambi to take leadership and reach out to the opposition to make progress toward the pending "Inter-Comoran Dialogue". In bilateral discussions and in joint meetings with international community colleagues, the Ambassador encouraged Union and [...]	2008-09-15 14:06:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO638	MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE COMMUNITY OF [...] (SBU) On September 19, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and Misalintsoa Irodia, Acting Secretary General, at the Malagasy MFA. Rabemananjara said she would pass our key points to the Malagasy mission in New York, but caut [...]	2008-09-22 07:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA MA
08ANTANANARIVO67	GEOTHERMAL ENERGY TOP COMORAN ECONOMIC PRIORITY [...] This is an Action Request; see Paragraph Five. 2. SUMMARY: In a January 11 letter to Secretary Rice, Comoran Vice President Idi Nadhoim officially requested U.S. government financial assistance to assess geothermal energy potential in the Comoros. Echoing President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi's r [...]	2008-01-28 13:31:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV PREL EAID ENRG CN
08ANTANANARIVO683	Comoran Dialogue Blocked, Referendum More Likely [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sambi offered no assurances to the opposition in his Eid message, instead suggesting he will hold a referendum on the constitution. Opposition members declared October 5 that they opposed any revision of the constitution, rejected "dialogue" on Sambi's terms, and dem [...]	2008-10-08 12:40:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO70	COMOROS AS VIEWED FROM MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In separate meetings January 23 with Foreign Minister Marcel Ranjeva, and January 24 with Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara, the Ambassador sought Malagasy views of the current crisis in the Comoros. Both expressed frustration at the ongoing instability in their neighbor an [...]	2008-01-28 13:40:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS MA CN
08ANTANANARIVO716	French Update on Comoros-Mayotte Issue [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France and the Comoros continue to address the Mayotte issue bilaterally, notwithstanding the Comoros' "symbolic" effort to raise the question at the UN General Assembly. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) French Ambassador to the Comoros Hallade told Comoros Officer October 24 that [...]	2008-10-27 05:14:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO717	Anjouan Authorities Concerned About Security [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Anjouan president Toybou fears former Bacar loyalists will take action once African Union forces withdraw from his island. He has asked the Union government to seek to extend the mandate of the Tanzanian forces and to train a new police force. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Anjou [...]	2008-10-27 05:15:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO729	MADAGASCAR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN CLONING [...] (SBU) On October 29, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Mialy Andrianaivo, Chief of Political and Security Affairs, and currently Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Andrianaivo was informed on the issue, having worked on the 2005 declaration, altho [...]	2008-10-31 05:25:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO UNESCO PREL MA
08ANTANANARIVO748	IRAN SEEKS FRIENDS IN MADAGASCAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Ambassador Marquardt, Moroccan Ambassador Mohammed Amar gave a detailed read-out of the recent visit of Iranian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Special Envoy of the President, Hossain Sheikholislam. After meeting with the Malagasy Prime Minist [...]	2008-11-06 11:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR MA PINR PREL
08ANTANANARIVO752	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] On November 6, 2008, Post received the following letter from President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi via fax. 2. Translation follows: No. 08-186/PR The President, Moroni, November 6, 2008 Excellency: After Your Excellency's historic victory for the Presidency of the United States [...]	2008-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP CM
08ANTANANARIVO757	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On November 7, EmbOff delivered ref A demarche to Mboara Andrianarimanana, Secretary General (SG) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EmbOff thanked the SG both for Madagascar's support in opposing last year's non-action motions, as well as for the Foreign Minister's previously stated i [...]	2008-11-10 14:27:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA MA
08ANTANANARIVO759	COMORAN PRESIDENT SAMBI'S IRAN TIES ARE UNPOPULAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Union of the Comoros President Sambi faces criticism at home for his efforts to enhance ties with Iran, mostly because moderate Sunni Comoros is wary of Shi'ism. Iran has opened a "foundation" office in Moroni to fund schools and an Iranian Red Crescent clinic. Most Comorans and [...]	2008-11-12 09:00:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER CN IR
08ANTANANARIVO771	AU SUMMIT PLANNING: DATES SET, STILL SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With seven months left before the African Union's annual summit descends upon Madagascar, Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara finally convened the Antananarivo diplomatic corps to announce the dates (June 21 to July 3, 2009, with the heads of state here July 1-2 -- a change fro [...]	2008-11-18 14:59:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AU MA KSUM
08ANTANANARIVO78	ANJOUAN'S COLONEL BACAR ON FRANCOPHONIE VISIT [...] (SBU) In a public announcement, Anjouan's renegade Colonel Bacar offered his spin on talks with La Francophonie Envoy Salifou January 23. Bacar said he held talks with Salifou on "the crisis born of the Union Government's arbitrary decision to postpone island elections in Anjouan and other [...]	2008-01-30 12:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM PHUM PINR CN
08ANTANANARIVO804	AF/E Director Knight Visit to the Comoros [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AF/E Director Knight advocated for transparency and reconciliation with GOC interlocutors during his visit to the Comoros November 22-25. Director Knight also followed up on "Bilateral Commission" items from the September 18 meetings in Washington. END SUMMARY. Our Dreams [...]	2008-12-04 08:33:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ASEC CN
08ANTANANARIVO809	Comoros National Assembly Passes (Sort Of) Economic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The diplomatic corps was twice convoked December 3 for contradictory versions of recent events at the National Assembly on a vote for an "economic citizenship" law. First, National Assembly President Bounou and Grande Comore Island President Abdouwahabi (both opposition leaders [...]	2008-12-05 06:47:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EINV PREL PGOV CN
08ANTANANARIVO821	Comoran President Sambi Popular and Assertive [...] SUMMARY: With life again relatively normal in the Comoros, President Sambi is riding a renewed tide of popularity; fuel and power supplies are adequate and the general mood is hopeful. The President remains committed to reconciliation and democracy, but his priority is economic development. [...]	2008-12-10 07:37:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON CN
08ANTANANARIVO831	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE MODEL [...] (SBU) On December 11, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche and associated documentation to Ms. Harifera Rabemananjara, Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation, and GOM POC on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In contrast to previous [...]	2008-12-11 14:25:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER PREL KGIC MA
08ANTANANARIVO835	Union of the Comoros Cabinet Reshuffle [...] (U) President Sambi announced a new cabinet December 12, reducing from 15 to 10 Union Ministers (including the two VPs who have ministerial portfolios),in line with IMF recommendations on the size of government. There are no new officials; all 10 were in the most recent cabinet. They took o [...]	2008-12-15 10:36:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CN
08ANTANANARIVO847	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MADAGASCAR HESITANT ON UNESCO [...] (C) On December 17, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation Harifera Rabemananjara. She reported that the GOM had received a request to support the Egyptian candidate, Farouk Hosni, as well as a Moroccan candidate (NOTE: Press reports indicate that the [...]	2008-12-18 13:04:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO MA
08ANTANANARIVO848	MADAGASCAR TO REMAIN ABSENT ON IRAN VOTE [...] (SBU) On December 17, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director of Multilateral Cooperation Harifera Rabemananjara. Rabemananjara confirmed that the GOM's position on both the non-action motion and the human rights resolution remained unchanged, and said that Madagascar would likely [...]	2008-12-18 13:05:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MA
08ANTANANARIVO850	GOM NOTIFIED OF LASHKAR-E-TAYYIBA TERRORIST [...] (SBU) The names and talking points provided in reftel were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Malagasy financial intelligence unit (SAMIFIN),and the Central Bank on December 18. Post will report any substantive responses received from the GOM. MARQUARDT [...]	2008-12-19 07:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC MA
08ANTANANARIVO871	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION [...] (U) On December 23, the Charge and Russian DCM Dmitri Kirizliev delivered reftel joint demarche to MFA Secretary General Mboara Andrianarimanana, inviting Malagasy participation in the 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague. He responded that the GOM intends to be present, most l [...]	2008-12-23 14:58:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MA
08ANTANANARIVO879	IMF DISPLEASED OVER GOM POLICY DECISIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to open source reports concerning several recent GOM economic policy decisions, IMF and World Bank officials raised their concerns in a 12 December letter to Minister of Finance and Budget Haja Nirina Razafinjatovo. In the last month, the government has purchased an [...]	2008-12-30 13:48:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV MA
08APIA47	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-06 01:16:00	Embassy Apia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM WS
08APIA58	PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AT EMBASSY OVER ARREST OF ASSOCIATE [...] Summary: At 10:00am November 10 approximately 2,000 peaceful protesters marched to the Embassy to deliver a petition for the release of Associate Cabinet Minister and prominent businessman Hans Joachim (Joe) Keil. Mr. Keil was arrested in September in the U.S. on suspicion of passport fraud. [...]	2008-11-13 05:04:00	Embassy Apia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ASEC WS
08ASHGABAT1002	TURKMENISTAN'S COMMERCIAL BANKS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's banking system consists of 11 banks. All Turkmen banks are owned and run by the state, which controls virtually all economic activities. The primary goal of these banks is to serve as financial clearingho [...]	2008-08-01 10:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN BEXP TX
08ASHGABAT1004	TURKMENISTAN SIGNALS INTEREST IN DEVELOPING MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In response to a meeting request by the Ministry of Textile Industry of Turkmenistan, USAID's Project Development Officer Andrew Maybrook, USAID Project Specialist Serdar Yagmurov, and Bearing Point Deputy Chief of [...]	2008-08-01 10:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID TX
08ASHGABAT1007	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CSTC-A [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1008	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to continue our bilateral dialogue in the area of security cooperation. Your first visit to Turkmenistan follows the outgoing [...]	2008-08-04 10:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR EPET ECON SCUL SOCI SNAR KDEM
08ASHGABAT1009	SCO SUMMIT IN DUSHANBE: TURKMENISTAN WILL NOT [...] (C) Per reftel request, Embassy delivered non-paper to Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on August 1 regarding the August Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Dushanbe. Deputy Premier/Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov told the Charge August 4 that Presi [...]	2008-08-04 10:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AFIN TX
08ASHGABAT1015	TURKMENISTAN: THE SOVIET GULAGS AND THEIR IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soviet "GULAG" system of work camps targeted the intelligentsia and those promoting an ethnic Turkmen identity during the 1930s through 1950s. Although little is known about the exact number of Turkmen affected, Stalin's purges undermined what educated population existed [...]	2008-08-05 13:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1024	TURKMENISTAN'S AIR NAV FEE PROPOSAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkmenistan government has proposed an administrative solution to resolve the air navigation fee issue in which bills presented to USG aircraft commanders will now only show a total charge for all ground and other services [...]	2008-08-06 10:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR MARR MCAP MOPS TX
08ASHGABAT1039	TURKMENISTAN: WAITING FOR A RESPONSE FROM [...] (C) During a discussion of regional pipeline issues, Deputy Chairman/Foreign Minister Meredov told Charge August 11 that Turkmenistan is still waiting for a response from Azerbaijan to Turkmenistan's concrete proposal on oil and gas cooperation. He emphasized that the proposal was serious and [...]	2008-08-11 14:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1049	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE SEPTEMBER 6-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our bilateral dialogue on energy. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-12 14:04:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EPET ECON KDEM MARR SCUL SOCI SNAR
08ASHGABAT1051	TURKMENISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an important opportunity to advance our continuing bilateral dialogue. President Bush met briefly with President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov on April 3 [...]	2008-08-13 06:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EPET SCUL SOCI KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT106	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...]	2008-01-22 09:14:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX
08ASHGABAT1062	TURKMENISTAN: ONLY SMALL MENTION OF GEORGIA IN TURKMEN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) In line with usual practices, Turkmenistan's state-controlled news media has been almost entirely silent on the war in Georgia. However, the August 14 edition of the Turkmen language "Watan" newspaper carried a short artic [...]	2008-08-14 13:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1065	INTEK -- BACKGROUND ON A UNIQUELY SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Intek is a successful information technology, printing, and technical education company that was founded right after independence by Artur Ovezmuradov. A FLEX alumna is head of Corporate Sales discussed the company's long and impressive list of government, corporate, and intern [...]	2008-08-15 13:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EIND TX
08ASHGABAT1067	TURKMENISTAN/AZERBAIJAN: U.S. BUSINESSMAN CLAIMS [...] (C) The AMCIT country manager for Bertling Logistics, a Houston-based firm that provides logistical support for many of the foreign oil companies active in Turkmenistan, said during an August 15 meeting that he has been told that there has been more than one incident involving Azeri gunboats i [...]	2008-08-16 06:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET AJ IR TX
08ASHGABAT1068	TURKMENISTAN: DATE FOR ADOPTION OF REVISED [...] (U) During an August 15 cabinet meeting, the president announced that the 2000-plus member National Halk Maslahaty (People's Council) will convene on 26 September. During the session, the body will formally adopt the revised national constitution, and will also reportedly discuss a president [...]	2008-08-18 08:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA TX
08ASHGABAT1069	TURKMENISTAN: MFA ISSUES DECIDEDLY NEUTRAL PRESS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) In the August 16 edition of the official Neytralniy Turkmenistan newspaper, the MFA issued a press statement on South Ossetia: Begin unofficial translation: Turkmenistan expresses its deep concerns and sympathy about tra [...]	2008-08-18 08:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TX
08ASHGABAT107	TURKMENISTAN: WHY THERE'S HOPE: INDEPENDENT STUDENTS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: In December and January, Embassy Ashgabat's Consular Section interviewed dozens of students studying in the United States but not on U.S. government programs who had returned to Turkmenistan for the holidays but plan [...]	2008-01-22 09:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI CVIS TX
08ASHGABAT1070	TURKMENISTAN: UN CENTER FOR PREVENTATIVE [...] (C) Fedor Klimtchouk, Deputy Head of the UN Regional Center for Preventative Diplomacy for Central Asia and Senior Political Affairs Officer, said on August 15 that President Berdimuhamedov asked Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of Center Ambassador Miroslav Jenca d [...]	2008-08-18 09:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET AORC TX
08ASHGABAT1071	TURKMENISTAN: STUDENTS BEGIN TO LOOK TO OVERSEAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: There has been a new trend in college admissions this year in Turkmenistan: due to extremely limited slots and extraordinarily high bribes to get in Turkmen universities, thousands of Turkmen high school graduate [...]	2008-08-18 09:45:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1075	TURKMENISTAN: CABINET MEETING FOCUSES ON STATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In addition to announcing that Turkmenistan's People's Congress will meet on September 26 to review and approve the draft constitution and talk briefly about the situation of South Ossetia, President Berdimuhame [...]	2008-08-18 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB EPET CH JO TX
08ASHGABAT1079	BOEING FACING CHALLENGES FROM BOMBARDIER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In promoting its business relationship with the Government of Turkmenistan since independence, Boeing Corporation has provided many services -- some free of charge -- in order to help Turkmenistan and to promote customer loyalty. Until recently, this strategy worked well. Howev [...]	2008-08-18 13:11:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAIR EIND TX
08ASHGABAT108	TURKMENISTAN: MINISTRY OF MOTOR TRANSPORT WANTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 meeting, officials of Turkmenistan's Ministry of Motor Transport, responsible for passenger and cargo safety on Turkmenistan's roads, expressed interest in learning more about how U.S. municipal [...]	2008-01-22 10:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON ELTN TX
08ASHGABAT1083	TURKMENISTAN: EQUAL PAY COMMENTS CREATING NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign oil firms and hydrocarbon service companies are reporting that Turkmenistan's hydrocarbon officials are pressuring them to begin paying their local employees the same wages as they pay their expatriate workers. This echoes similar calls that President Berdimuhamedov has [...]	2008-08-19 11:36:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EPET ELAB TX
08ASHGABAT1086	TURKMENISTAN'S MINISTRY OF TRADE WANTS TO PURCHASE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. See para. 4. 3. (U) Wepa Kariyev, Head of Foreign Economic Relations at the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, called Econoff on August 19 with an urgent request for contact informa [...]	2008-08-19 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR ETRD TX
08ASHGABAT109	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS SECTOR: U.S. FIRMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. hydrocarbon firms have seen little progress since November (Ref. A) in terms of receiving responses from the Government of Turkmenistan to their offers. Looking to the future, Chevron has appointed an Amcit country manager and is opening an office in Turkmenistan. However [...]	2008-01-22 11:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ENIV TX
08ASHGABAT1090	DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATON OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 09:29:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN TX
08ASHGABAT1099	TURKMENISTAN/UNGA: VICE PREMIER FOR FOREIGN [...] (C) Turkmenistan's Vice Premier for Foreign Affairs, Rashid Meredov, told A/DCM today that he will represent Turkmenistan at the UN General Assembly. While he still cannot give his exact arrival/departure dates, he expects to travel after September 26, when Turkmenistan's National People's C [...]	2008-08-21 10:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA TX
08ASHGABAT110	INREACH - ENCOURAGING SUBSCRIBING STATES TO SUBMIT THEIR [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 12:32:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1100	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNATIONALS GIVE COMMENTS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 12, diplomats from various Western embassies met at a UN-hosted roundtable to provide comments to Turkmenistan's draft constitution. On August 20, the UN resident coordinator "informally" passed those co [...]	2008-08-22 04:52:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TX
08ASHGABAT1102	TURKMENISTAN'S MEDIA: WHAT DOES THE PRESIDENT WANT? [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Recently, President Berdimuhamedov again called for the state-controlled mass media to improve and to project Turkmenistan's image abroad and reflect the age of revival better. In addition, he has reprimanded a ma [...]	2008-08-22 12:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1105	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT - SHAPING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 14:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU GG TX
08ASHGABAT111	PRIVATE-SECTOR OUTREACH AND THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 12:37:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL TX
08ASHGABAT1111	TURKMENISTAN: STEERING A NEUTRAL COURSE WITH THE [...] (C) During a conversation on August 25, Georgian Ambassador Aleksi Petriashvili told the Charge that despite the official August 16 MFA press statement expressing condolences to the family and friends of the deceased in South Ossetia (Ref A),no Turkmen official came to sign the embassy condo [...]	2008-08-25 10:33:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG TX
08ASHGABAT1117	RUSSIA'S POSSIBLE RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 11:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL RS GG TX
08ASHGABAT1119	TURKMENISTAN: RUSSIAN MEDIA'S HEAVY INFLUENCE ON LOCAL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal, unscientific survey of local citizens, post found general public support (approx. 75%) for Russia's point of view in the conflict with Georgia. There is a distinction between those who watch Russi [...]	2008-08-26 12:28:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TX
08ASHGABAT1132	TALKING POINTS REJECTING RUSSIA'S RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 12:39:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL GG RU TX
08ASHGABAT1137	MARATHON PATIENTLY KEEPING LINES OF COMMUNICATION [...] (C) Marathon Oil Company Vice President Declan O'Byrne and several of his colleagues on August 27 provided Charge with an update on their negotiations with the government. They had given a presentation to a core group of Turkmen oil and gas experts the day before on the joint project definit [...]	2008-08-28 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV TX
08ASHGABAT1139	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron has received two letters from Minister of Oil and Gas Baymurat Hojamuhammedov stating that Turkmenistan is ready to open negotiations on the company's proposal to work natural gas onshore. The country manager talked with both Hojamuhammedov and the Executive Director of [...]	2008-08-28 13:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET TX
08ASHGABAT1142	TURKMENISTAN: BURIED HILL EXPANDING ITS PRESENCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Buried Hill is expanding its presence in Ashgabat, and its work in the disputed Block III region is moving forward. The company's general manager here is downplaying the April incident with Azerbaijani coast guard authorities, and said company vessels had neither been visited [...]	2008-08-29 11:57:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET AJ TX
08ASHGABAT1144	TURKMENISTAN: CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION A LIKELY [...] (C) It appears that the Turkmen may have decided against participation in a conference sponsored by a USAID implementing partner in order to avoid unwanted pressure from Russia. USAID sent an invitation for one representative from the Ministry of Education and one from the Institute for Demo [...]	2008-08-29 13:26:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KJUS TX
08ASHGABAT1145	ELEVEN NEW NGOS REGISTERED IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 16, post requested an updated list of registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from Turkmenistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). A review of the list received on July 1 found that eleven new NGO [...]	2008-09-02 07:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM TX
08ASHGABAT1148	TURKMENISTAN: CHINESE PRESIDENT'S VISIT SWIMMING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chinese president's second visit here in less than a year offered a strong indication that bilateral cooperation, in particular on the planned Turkmenistan-China pipeline, is proceeding very well. If they [...]	2008-09-02 20:43:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EINV EPET TX CH
08ASHGABAT115	TURKMENISTAN: FORMER FULBRIGHTER INVOLVED IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with a law professor who is currently serving on an experts' working group in the national parliament, we learned about the process by which these groups are revising old or drafting new legislation [...]	2008-01-23 08:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON ELAB TX
08ASHGABAT1151	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA DELIVERED TO THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-03 11:58:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN UNGA KV TX

08ASHGABAT1152	TURKMENISTAN: INTERNET ACCESS HIGHLIGHTED ON FIRST DAY OF [...] (SBU) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: To mark the opening of the new school year, President Berdimuhamedov opened impressive white-marbled educational facilities that highlighted his emphasis on Internet and technology in the classroom and sports. S [...]	2008-09-03 12:44:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KPAO TX

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