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08BOGOTA2178	URIBE THIRD TERM ISSUE DOMINATES REFORM EFFORT, [...] (C) Key presidential advisors told us President Uribe has not decided whether to seek a third term, but agreed he would have to make his intentions clear in the second half of 2008. Several GOC coalition and opposition leaders plan to run in 2010, including Cambio Radical leader German Vargas [...]	2008-06-17 19:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO

08BOGOTA2195	COLOMBIA: MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS [...] (SBU) Post has consulted internally in response to reftel and suggests current Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char Chalub and Colombian businessman and philanthropist Samuel Azout. 2. (SBU) Prior to his 2007 election as Mayor of Barranquilla (one of three major ports on Colombia's Caribbean Co [...]	2008-06-18 19:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2215	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO BARRANQUILLA, JUNE 7, 2008 [...] (U) Ambassador visited Barranquilla, Atlantico Department, on June 7 to receive a major food donation funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and destined for the World Food Program (WFP). Barranquilla Mayor Alejandro Char, Atlantico Governor Eduardo Verano, a [...]	2008-06-19 22:03:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA2241	GOC TO ENGAGE ON BOLIVIA SECURITY CONCERNS [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered all points in reftel on June 18 to Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo. The Ambassador told Araujo that the violent June 9 march--and the GOB's reaction--showed the need for the international community to remind the GOB of its international obligations. The Ambassa [...]	2008-06-20 16:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL KDEM BL CO
08BOGOTA2261	COLOMBIA: INFORMATION ON CHILD/FORCED LABOR IN THE [...] The following is information on forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Colombia, as requested per reftel. Post obtained the information from Colombian government agencies, human rights groups, and the International Labor Organization (ILO) for use in preparing [...]	2008-06-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2264	EMBASSY BOGOTA REPLY REGARDING THE AUC'S FTO [...] (U) Over 32,000 former United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries have demobilized since 2002 and the elimination of its national command structure significantly reduced the group's terrorist activities. Still, a human rights group reports that AUC offshoots committed 358 vio [...]	2008-06-20 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2291	UPDATE ON JIGUAMIANDO AND CURVARADO LAND DISPUTE [...] (U) Legal, bureaucratic, and security issues--exacerbated by resistance from local palm oil interests and divisions within the displaced communities--continue to delay the return of the displaced Jiguamiando and Curvarado communities to their land. Interior and Justice Vice Minister Isabel Ni [...]	2008-06-24 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2293	FARC INTENTIONS ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE REMAIN \ [...] (C) On June 21-22 the FARC released proof of life videos \ for two Colombian hostages, and the media reported renewed \ French contacts with the FARC Secretariat--a claim discounted \ by the French Embassy in Bogota. XXXXXXXXXXXX \ told us the GOC received a message from a reliable contact \ who c [...]	2008-06-24 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2295	FARC DESERTIONS ON THE RISE; LEGAL HURDLES FOR [...] (C) The Ministry of Defense's $21 million budget for humanitarian aid, rewards, and public outreach continue to promote FARC desertions. FARC desertions hit a record 2480 in 2007, and 1278 have deserted through May 2008. Still, Colombia's constitutional prohibition against granting amnesty [...]	2008-06-25 12:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PREL FR PTER MARR
08BOGOTA2317	COFAN INDIGENOUS GROUP DEMANDS CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) The Santa Rosa del Guamuez Cofan Indigenous community petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to seek precautionary measures requiring the GOC to consult with them on plans to build a military base near their territory. The Santa Rosa representatives (who clash wi [...]	2008-06-25 22:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2318	COLOMBIA-ECUADOR RELATIONS: ONE STEP BACK [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe, angry over critical statements from Presidents Rafael Correa and Daniel Ortega, announced on June 23 that the GOC would delay the previously agreed-on resumption of diplomatic relations with Ecuador. The GOE responded by suspending indefinitely the renewal of bilate [...]	2008-06-25 23:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2328	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO META, JUNE 12, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on June 12 to the historically conflict-plagued Department of Meta to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives and highlight USG efforts to assist the GOC in consolidating security gains made in territory previously occupied by th [...]	2008-06-26 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC ECON EPET EAID
08BOGOTA2373	URIBE CALLS FOR NEW ELECTIONS AFTER COURT [...] (SBU) President Uribe addressed the nation at midnight on June 27, calling for the "repetition of the 2006 presidential elections." His speech was prompted by the Supreme Court's request--in its ruling sentencing former Congresswoman Yidis Medina to 47 months of house arrest for selling her vo [...]	2008-06-27 23:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2387	POLO PARTY: FAR LEFT CONSOLIDATES POWER [...] (C) The opposition Polo Democratico Party is becoming increasingly dominated by the far-left, with Party moderates such as former Bogota May LuchoGarzon distancing themselves from the group. The Party's decision to fire moderate Secretary General Daniel Garcia Pena ahead of a critical Party C [...]	2008-07-01 21:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2403	COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES, [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]	2008-07-03 00:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO
08BOGOTA2404	COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES AND [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]	2008-07-03 00:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO
08BOGOTA2406	COLOMBIAN MILITARY RESCUES AMERICAN HOSTAGES, [...] Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos announced on July 2 that the Colombian military had rescued American hostages Marc Gonsalves, Thomas Howes, and Keith Stansell, along with Ingrid Betancourt and eleven members of the Colombian security forces, from the FARC. Military intelligence rescue [...]	2008-07-03 11:28:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CU FR VZ CO
08BOGOTA2425	COLOMBIA TOUTS HEROIC RESCUE SUCCESS OF HOSTAGES [...] President Uribe touted the successful July 2 military rescue mission of the three Americans, Ingrid Betancourt, and eleven members of the Colombia security forces. He called on the FARC to release the remaining hostages and seek peace. The operation - planned for months - incurred no casualtie [...]	2008-07-03 23:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO SP
08BOGOTA243	GOC REACTS TO CHAVEZ "AGGRESSION TOWARDS COLOMBIA" [...] The GOC issued a formal communique on January 16 demanding that Venezuelan President Chavez "cease his aggression against Colombia." Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, who was held hostage by the FARC for nearly six years, read the communique, which was prompted by Chavez' comments accusing th [...]	2008-01-17 22:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM PREL PREF CO VZ
08BOGOTA2434	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PUBLIC AFFAIRS EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM
08BOGOTA244	COLOMBIA MAKES MAJOR ADVANCES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] In 2007, Colombia made significant progress in implementing the Justice and Peace Law (JPL),exposing and punishing politicians tied to paramilitaries, and resolving longstanding human rights cases. Twenty-five paramilitary leaders remained in jail. JPL testimony helped clarify 3000 crimes, in [...]	2008-01-17 22:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2506	GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \ [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...]	2008-07-11 22:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ
08BOGOTA2510	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) At a July 7 meeting with Association of Internally Displaced Afro-Colombians (AFRODES) President Geiler Romana, the Ambassador underscored U.S. support of Afro-Colombian communities through institution-building, human rights, and development programs. AFRODES said the GOC and internation [...]	2008-07-14 13:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2535	URIBE'S POPULARITY AT ALL TIME HIGH AS [...] (C) After the successful July 2 rescue of 15 hostages from the FARC, President Uribe's approval rating reached a record 85 percent. Seventy-four percent of Colombians approved of a third Uribe term. The Constitutional Court rejected the Supreme Court's request that it review the legality of t [...]	2008-07-14 17:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA2578	GOC REACHES OUT TO FARC, BUT WILL CONTINUE [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the GOC has reached out to establish direct contact with the FARC, but does not feel any pressure to move quickly on a peace process. The GOC believes Cano is isolated from other Secretariat members, and will continue military efforts to kill or capture him. [...]	2008-07-16 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA259	FARC - WITH CHAVEZ GUIDANCE - CHANGES TACTICS BUT [...] (C) The FARC continues to push its historic goals--belligerent status, removal from international terrorism lists, and GOC acceptance of a demilitarized zone (despeje)--but seems to have adopted more flexible tactics. Abandoning its previous isolation, over a five-month period the FARC has re [...]	2008-01-18 23:02:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER PREF VZ CO
08BOGOTA2597	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR, [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia celebrates major victories in its fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),continued strong economic growth, and an expansion of democratic governance. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 perce [...]	2008-07-17 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL CO
08BOGOTA2598	URIBE CONFIDANT JAIME BERMUDEZ SWORN IN AS NEW [...] (C) President Uribe named Jaime Bermudez Merizalde Foreign Minister on July 17, replacing Fernando Araujo. Bermudez, a close Uribe confidant and Colombia's ambassador to Argentina since September 2006, was President Uribe's communications director in the 2002 presidential campaign and througho [...]	2008-07-17 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PINR CO
08BOGOTA260	SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 24-25 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit is well timed. Colombia is in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murder rates have declined over [...]	2008-01-22 13:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SNAR ETRD PHUM VZ CO
08BOGOTA2623	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for June, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5,867 tracks during June. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events with one Law Enforcement End game [...]	2008-07-21 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2641	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-23 12:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2647	COLOMBIAN MARCHES HIGHLIGHT FARC'S ISOLATION, PUT [...] (C) Summary: The participation of millions of Colombians in anti-kidnapping and anti-FARC marches on July 20 showed the FARC's isolation and led to calls from across Colombia's political spectrum for the group to start peace talks with the GOC. In his remarks at the opening of Congress, Pres [...]	2008-07-24 13:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA267	PRESIDENT URIBE'S NEXT STEPS ON HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL VZ VT FR SP SZ CO
08BOGOTA2674	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-24 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2702	ARREST OF U PARTY LEADER PRESIDENT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The arrest of U Party President Carlos Garcia--leader of the largest party in the governing congressional coalition and a player in efforts to amend the constitution to allow for a possible third Uribe term--shows the strength of Colombia's democratic institutions as they investi [...]	2008-07-28 20:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2751	COLOMBIAN FORCES HIT FARC 6TH AND 10TH FRONTS HARD [...] Summary: On July 21st and 26th, the Colombian National Police and Colombian Air Force, with assistance from the U.S. Government, executed two successful operations against the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) 6th Front in Cauca and the 10th Front in Arauca. The combined ground-air [...]	2008-07-30 18:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA277	VENEZUELAN CRACKDOWN ON SMUGGLING UNLIKELY TO HURT [...] (SBU) On January 21, Venezuela initiated a crackdown on the smuggling of subsidized food and gasoline into Colombia via the northeastern Colombian border town of Cucuta. Contacts tell us that so far the crackdown has had limited impact. Pedro Sayago, Executive Director of the local Chamber [...]	2008-01-22 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON CO
08BOGOTA2774	THE STRUGGLE OF COLOMBIA'S INDIGENOUS TO PRESERVE [...] (U) Indigenous make up slightly more than 3% of Colombia's total population, but indigenous reserves (resguardos) account for over 30% of Colombia's national territory. Indigenous groups are relatively well-organized, and international conventions and Colombian law on consultations, political [...]	2008-07-30 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2782	JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: NATIONAL MURDER RATES [...] GOC statistics show 8030 homicides occurred nationwide from January to June, down from 8903 during the same period in 2007. Kidnappings fell from 281 during the first semester of 2007 to 242 during the same period in 2008. The National Unionist College reports 32 union members have been kille [...]	2008-07-31 16:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG CO
08BOGOTA2798	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 7-9 VISIT OF ACTING DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid strong economic growth, pro-investment policies, improved security, and targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Foreign direct investment and trade, led by the energy [...]	2008-08-01 12:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2891	HIGH COURTS OPPOSE GOC JUDICIAL REFORM PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court and other high court judges oppose a judicial reform package proposed by Justice and Interior Minister Fabio Valencia on July 29. The proposal would--among other reforms--apparently transfer authority to conduct criminal investigations of legislators from the S [...]	2008-08-05 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2901	EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) UNDER SCRUTINY FOR [...] (C) On July 31, the Supreme Court approved the extradition of former paramilitary leader Ever Veloza, but included qualifying language linking his extradition to fulfillment of his Justice and Peace Law (JPL) obligations. Veloza has so far acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders. Hu [...]	2008-08-06 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2926	COLOMBIAN UNIONS, IDEOLOGY, AND THE ARMED CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Labor advocacy groups complain that Colombia's three main confederations focus too much on politics, hindering efforts to improve wages and worker conditions. The confederations have made some progress in moving away from their traditional hard-left orientation, but continue to struggle [...]	2008-08-11 22:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2956	POST DELIVERY OF DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE [...] On August 11, post delivered reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. Cortes told us the GOC has not made a final decision on participants, but will likely include Vice Minister of Defense Sergio Jaramillo, Armed Forces Commander General Freddy Padilla, and Direct [...]	2008-08-13 21:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL CO
08BOGOTA3003	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JULY 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for July, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 7,268 tracks during July. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There were three events in miss [...]	2008-08-15 11:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3007	NO END IN SIGHT TO URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER [...] (C) President Uribe used a statement by Senator Nancy Patricia Gutierrez accusing Auxiliary Supreme Court Magistrate Ivan Velasquez of irregularities in his para-political investigations, to slam the Supreme Court for "judicialclientalism" and nepotism. Uribe urged Congress to proceed with ju [...]	2008-08-15 17:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3018	EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) POSTPONED [...] (U) On August 13, the Ministry of Interior and Justice announced it would postpone the extradition of former paramilitary Ever Veloza (aka HH) for at least six months to allow further testimony of his crimes under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Human rights groups and victims organizations [...]	2008-08-18 14:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3028	GOC WANTS QUICK AGREEMENT IN PRINCIPAL ON DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador delivered draft text of the Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) to the Acting Foreign Minister, Minister of Defense, and Armed Forces Commander on September 13-14. All agreed that a formal agreement was necessary, hoped to announce agreement in principle soon, and [...]	2008-08-18 17:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL SNAR MCAP PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3077	MEDELLIN GRAPPLES WITH POST-CONFLICT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: A 17% rise in murders in Medellin--after five consecutive years of decline--has aroused fears that security may be deteriorating. Local officials blame the increase on infighting between narcotraffickers seeking to fill the vacuum left by the extradition of crime boss Diego Mu [...]	2008-08-20 14:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA3079	NO PROGRESS IN GOC PEACE OVERTURES TO FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the GOC continues efforts to contact FARC leader Alfonso Cano to start peace talks, but has made no progress. Restrepo's contact with the group communicated with lower-level FARC, but has not obtained a meeting with the FARC leader. Restrepo [...]	2008-08-20 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3084	EMBASSY RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: We recently raised specific human rights issues--including threats and violence against human rights defenders--with senior GOC officials. Colombian National Police (CNP) director Oscar Naranjo said the GOC has found that most threats against Bogota-based human rights groups we [...]	2008-08-21 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA3090	DEMOBILIZED REINTEGRATION PROGRAM GETS MAKEOVER, [...] (SBU) The High Commissioner for Reintegration Office (ACR) has assisted 37,137 demobilized (29,776 collective and 7361 individual),but is revising its focus to respond to new challenges. ACR lifted its 18-24 month limit on program participation, and has conditioned receipt of benefits on par [...]	2008-08-25 16:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3093	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SENATOR HAGEL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: With U.S. support, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murders, kidnapping, and violence are down nationwide. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 percent [...]	2008-08-25 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA310	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES' [...] (SBU) President Uribe told ONDCP Director Walters and five U.S. Congressmen in a 19 January meeting that his Democratic Security policy enjoyed bipartisan support, noting that its economic and social goals had predated the campaign for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Uribe said the GOC had increa [...]	2008-01-24 23:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VZ VT FR SP SZ CO
08BOGOTA3133	GOC DIALOGUE WITH MEDIO MAGDALENA COMMUNITY [...] (U) The GOC continues dialogue with human rights, civic and Catholic Church leaders in the Medio Magdalena region through the Inter-sectorial Commission for Life (CIV),a public forum created in 2003 to promote communications between the GOC and human rights groups in the highly polarized, vi [...]	2008-08-26 12:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3134	MEDIO MAGDALENA REGION REMAINS VIOLENT, BUT MAYOR [...] (SBU) Barrancabermeja's strategic position, natural resources, and tradition of civic activism have placed it at the center of Colombia's armed conflict. Barranca Mayor Carlos Contreras eschews traditional political clientism and corruption, and said his greatest challenge is breaking the ci [...]	2008-08-26 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3181	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CAUCA, JULY 30, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on July 30 to the Department of Cauca to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives, as well as to visit USAID sponsored sites in and around Popayan, Cauca. During his visit he emphasized the U.S.-Colombia partnership in matters [...]	2008-08-27 23:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ETRD PTER PREL ECON CO
08BOGOTA3182	MEDELLIN SCANDAL GENERATES POLITICAL FALLOUT [...] (C) Summary: The dismissal of Guillermo Valencia Cossio, former head of the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) in Medellin, for criminal ties also led to the resignations of former Medellin Colombian National Police (CNP) Commander Marco Pedreros and Medellin "South American Games" orga [...]	2008-08-28 13:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3193	URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS ESCALATE [...] (C) President Uribe intensified his offensive against the Supreme Court the week of August 24 after the revelation that senior GOC officials met three times at the presidential place with emissaries of extradited former paramilitary leader Diego Murillo Bejarano (Don Berna). The two allegedly [...]	2008-08-28 16:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3253	COLOMBIA: SUPPORT FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 20:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL
08BOGOTA3278	SHOW OF RESILIENCE LIKELY BEHIND RECENT FARC [...] (C) Summary: Colombian officials accused the FARC of carrying out several deadly bombings in Cali, Bogota and in Antioquia province. These attacks were likely designed to demonstrate the terrorist group's continued resilience after a string of high profile, tactical GOC victories. President [...]	2008-09-03 20:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3304	ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (C) Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC),visited Colombia August 25-27 to review progress on the prosecution of those responsible for crimes against humanity. Moreno questioned whether the GOC's extradition of 15 former paramilitary leaders to the U [...]	2008-09-04 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3316	LABOR VIOLENCE DATA ON MOTIVES REMAINS LIMITED AND [...] (C) Data on the motives behind unionist murders remains controversial and limited. The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) reports that the most common motive (35%) identified in the 100 unionist murders solved since 2001 was the victim's perceived affiliation with the FARC or ELN by par [...]	2008-09-05 15:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3338	URIBE KEEPS THEM GUESSING ON POSSIBLE THIRD TERM [...] (C) President Uribe has not yet announced whether he will seek a Constitutional amendment that would allow a possible third Uribe term, but he repeated on September 3 that "it is not good to perpetuate yourself in power." Presidential Advisors Jose Obdulio Gaviria and Mario Eastman told us Uri [...]	2008-09-05 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA335	UNHCR COACHES COLMIL IN PROTECTING CIVILIANS [...] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is offering nationwide workshops with Colombian military and police to reinforce awareness of their duty to protect civilians and and avert displacement. The seminars present core principles of humanitarian law, followed by discussion [...]	2008-01-28 16:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM MARR CO PREF
08BOGOTA3359	UNITED NATIONS WEIGHS IN ON URIBE-SUPREME COURT [...] (C) UN rapporteur for Judicial Independence Leandro Despouy used his participation in a judicial conference in Cartagena organized by Colombia's judiciary to voice concern over tensions between President Uribe and the Supreme Court. At the conference, Supreme Court President Ricaurte complained [...]	2008-09-09 20:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA337	CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH [...] (S) President Uribe's overwhelming concern during a January 17 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Admiral Michael Mullen, was Hugo Chavez' aggressive remarks and proposal to grant belligerent status to the FARC. Uribe insisted the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]	2008-01-28 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS VZ AR BH BR CI CS
08BOGOTA3403	GOC BRACES FOR INCREASED U.S.-BOLIVIAN TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL CO BL
08BOGOTA3408	COLOMBIA PLEASED WITH OFAC KINGPIN ACT [...] (C) Charge told Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on September 11 that the USG will designate three current and former Venezuelan officials under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for materially assisting the narcotics trafficking activities of the Revolutionary Armed F [...]	2008-09-12 15:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN SNAR PREL KCRM VE CO
08BOGOTA3433	VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL TO BOGOTA AND [...] (C) Summary. Senator Chuck Hagel, Southcom Deputy Commander General Glen Spears and delegation visited Bogota and Cartagena from August 28-31, 2008. In Bogota, Senator Hagel, the Ambassador and delegation met with President Alvaro Uribe, who urged support for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promoti [...]	2008-09-15 19:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PTER ENRG SNAR MARR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3473	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONCERNED ABOUT ALLEGED MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS LINKING IT TO THE FARC AND ELN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CO KJUS PHUM PREL PTER
08BOGOTA3497	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: AUGUST 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for August, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6,612 tracks during August. Four were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event during [...]	2008-09-17 22:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3502	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3506	COLOMBIA'S DISPLACEMENT PARADOX [...] (U) Despite significant security, economic, and political gains in Colombia since 2002, new displacements continue at high levels. The GOC registered more than 321,000 new displacements in 2007, and nearly 160,000 have registered in the first seven months of 2008. International organizations [...]	2008-09-18 23:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA3514	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) The Ambassador and Deputy Chief of Mission delivered points to President Uribe and Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez on September 16, based on Ref C guidance. In response, Uribe voiced concerns about regional tensions, but considered the U.S. position logical. Per Bogota 3403, Charge d'Aff [...]	2008-09-19 17:50:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CO BL
08BOGOTA3521	(C) GOC SEEKS TO "NORMALIZE" RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bermudez announced that he would meet with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Maduro in mid-October to discuss trade and a full range of bilateral issues. Vice FM Reyes told us the GOC wants to use the meeting to "normalize" relations through existing bi-national forums to addres [...]	2008-09-19 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO VE EC
08BOGOTA3535	COLOMBIA SEEKS A SEAT AT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF [...] The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) delivered a diplomatic note requesting USG support in seeking a seat on the Executive Committee of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The MFA cites GOC support for the promotion of health, commitment to regional cooperation, and sustai [...]	2008-09-22 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3537	URIBE CONTINUES TO KEEP ALL OPTIONS OPEN ON [...] (C) President Uribe continues to keep all options open on a possible third presidential term. He urged Congress to shelve the proposal for a constitutional change to allow a third term after it was presented on September 10, but congressional leaders said Congress is legally required to consi [...]	2008-09-22 19:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3553	INDIGENOUS LAND CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN CAUCA [...] (C) Over the last three years, indigenous land protests in northern Cauca have led to more than 30 clashes with security forces. The local Paez claim the GOC has failed to fulfill a 1995 agreement--signed after the 1991 massacre of 20 Paez--which committed the GOC to buy 15,663 hectares of l [...]	2008-09-23 13:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARM PREL CO
08BOGOTA3583	AMBASSADOR GROSS LAUNCHES NEW ERA IN BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As part of a broader effort to expand economic relations with Colombia and complement the pending U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (reftel),Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, launched a new bilateral dialo [...]	2008-09-24 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON EINV EAID PREL CO
08BOGOTA3584	FARC UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Colombian officials are investigating reports that the FARC is stepping up recruitment efforts at Colombian universities. The controversy was sparked by leftist Senator Piedad Cordoba's address to Bogota university students on September 4, in which she urged them to rise up agai [...]	2008-09-24 15:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA36	BOGOTA PROPOSAL FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH FUNDS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Bogota proposes an agbiotech outreach program in Colombia for 2008 focused on engaging executive branch officials, legislators, and agricultural industry representatives regarding policy and regulatory issues associated with agbiotech and its benefits as a tool in poverty r [...]	2008-01-03 17:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO PREL CO
08BOGOTA3600	COLOMBIAN-ECUADORIAN ANTINARCOTICS COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR CO EC
08BOGOTA3601	CAUCA: FARC DIMINISHED, BUT RETAIN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) The Colombian military is steadily pushing the FARC into Cauca department's northeast corner, reducing the group's influence. Still, the FARC retains a significant base within the Paez indigenous communities in northern Cauca, and GOC officials fear the communities are vulnerable to pene [...]	2008-09-25 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3603	SCENESETTER FOR SEPT 30-OCT 1 VISIT OF U/S JAMES [...] (U) With U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide have fallen sharply. The captures or kills of several leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces [...]	2008-09-25 22:30:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PINR CO
08BOGOTA3604	TOUGH WEEK FOR THE BAD GUYS: COLOMBIAN POLICE FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3629	SUGAR CANE WORKERS STRIKE FOR WAGES AND RIGHTS [...] (C) Over 10,000 sugar cane cutters (corteros) began a strike in Valle del Cauca on September 15, demanding that the sugar mills end their use of worker cooperatives and contractors. The corteros charged that the cooperatives undercut their wages and right to organize. The mill owners refuse [...]	2008-09-30 18:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3653	SUPREME COURT RULES EX-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REMAIN [...] (C) Colombia's Supreme Court opted on September 18 not to expand its powers to investigate members of Congress suspected of paramiliatary ties to include ex-legislators. Under current rules, the Court prosecutes and tries sitting senators and representatives; the Prosecutor General's Office (F [...]	2008-10-02 17:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3705	EU TO INITIATE TRADE TALKS WITH COLOMBIA AND PERU: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The EU has responded favorably to Colombia's and Peru's requests to move forward with trade negotiations outside of the framework of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN),with the goal of sealing a deal by the first semester of 2009. While the CAN provides a basis for greater [...]	2008-10-08 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ETRD PREL EU CO
08BOGOTA3710	SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the U.S. presidential campaign, and speculate on what the outcome of the campaign might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). As a bridge [...]	2008-10-08 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3715	HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW [...] (C) The USG co-hosted a two-day conference on international humanitarian law and international human rights law, as well as measures to promote the Colombian military's respect for human rights, with the Colombian Defense Ministry. The conference was attended by officials from the Prosecutor [...]	2008-10-08 22:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3718	URIBE-SUPREME COURT FEUD SPAWNS FEARS OF [...] (U) The conflict between President Uribe and the Supreme Court spilled into the judiciary after the Superior Judicial Council (CSJ)--one of Colombia's four top courts--ordered the Supreme Court to delete all references to Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio from its ruling accepting the g [...]	2008-10-09 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3728	GAINS OF POLICE REESTABLISHMENT PROGRAM JEOPARDIZED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since its inception six years ago, the Reestablishment of Police Presence in Conflictive Zones program has achieved impressive successes in restoring government control throughout rural Colombia. This program has also begun to play a major role in other high-priority missions, [...]	2008-10-09 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3747	UNDERSECRETARY GLASSMAN'S OCTOBER 1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe told Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman on October 1 that he appreciated President Bush's efforts to obtain congressional passage of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) but voiced concerns over the impact of the [...]	2008-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO ECON PREL PTER EC BL VE ETRD
08BOGOTA377	COLOMBIAN MOD CODIFIES HUMAN RIGHTS POLICIES [...] The Ministry of Defense (MOD) released a comprehensive policy document outlining the Colombian military's Human Rights (HR) and International Humanitarian Law (IHL) doctrine. The policy stresses that prudent use of force earns the armed forces legitimacy with the public, conferring tactical [...]	2008-01-31 11:50:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3782	EVER VELOZA (HH),OTHER FORMER PARA LEADERS [...] (U) On September 24-25, former AUC (United Self Defense Forces of Colombia) block commander Ever Veloza (aka "HH") continued his voluntary testimony (version libre) under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Veloza, who previously acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders and whose extradi [...]	2008-10-15 22:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3786	COLOMBIAN TRADE OFFICIALS FRUSTRATED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The October 17 ministerial that the GOC had hoped would smooth over testy Colombian/Venezuelan ties -- a follow-up to the July 11 Uribe-Chavez summit -- has devolved into a vague working lunch between foreign ministers at the BRV's insistence. On trade Colombia had sought to come [...]	2008-10-16 15:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON ECIN PREL CO VE
08BOGOTA3795	NO MOVEMENT IN SIGHT ON PEACE TALKS WITH FARC AND [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us there will likely be no movement on peace talks with the FARC until the first half of 2009 at the earliest, adding that talks with the ELN also remain "highly doubtful." FARC leader Alfonso Cano is focused on consolidating internal control of the group, [...]	2008-10-17 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3829	CAUCA INDIGENOUS PROTESTS EXPANDING TO NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On October 20, the National Organization of Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC) announced plans for over 12,000 indigenous to participate in an eight day march from Popayan to Cali. The march follows a week of indigenous protests in Cauca over human rights and land. The indigenous say t [...]	2008-10-21 20:35:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER PREL SOCI CO

08BOGOTA3855	TRIP TO CURVARADO HIGHLIGHTS COMMUNITY DIVISIONS, [...] (C) The GOC effort to restore land--which has been illegally occupied by palm oil firms--to the displaced communities of Jiguamiando and Curvarado continues to move slowly due to community divisions and legal hurdles. Despite a military presence in the region, security is also a serious conc [...]	2008-10-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3888	DAS DIRECTOR RESIGNS OVER OPPOSITION SPYING SCANDAL [...] (C) Maria del Pilar Hurtado, director of Colombia's Administrative Department of Security (DAS),resigned on October 22 after opposition Senator Gustavo Petro publicly revealed internal DAS documents that tasked officials to gather intelligence on Petro and on his party, the Polo Democratico [...]	2008-10-24 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3896	U/S BURNS OCT 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA: GOC LOOKS [...] (U) Under Secretary Bill Burns met with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez during his October 14-16 visit to Colombia. President Uribe underscored the importance to Colombia of the Colombia Free Trade Promotion Act (CTPA) and continued USG support in its fight against the Revolution [...]	2008-10-27 16:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3925	THREATS FROM DON MARIO PROMPT SECURITY BOOST IN [...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos announced on October 25 that the GOC will boost its security presence in the Uraba region of Antioquia after threats by the so-called Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--a front organization for major narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon--led to a wides [...]	2008-10-28 19:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3928	INDIGENOUS AND URIBE FAIL TO MEET [...] (C) President Uribe and indigenous protesters exchanged accusations of bad faith after they failed to meet in Cali to address indigenous concerns. The meeting was scheduled after 30,000 indigenous protesters marched from northern Cauca to Cali to press their demands for land, investigations i [...]	2008-10-28 21:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3951	HOSTAGE ESCAPE CONTINUES FARC'S WORST YEAR EVER [...] Former congressman Oscar Lizcano, held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for eight years, escaped from a FARC camp along with one of his captors and turned himself into an Army checkpoint in San Jose del Palmar (Choco) on October 26. President Uribe and Defense Minister Sa [...]	2008-10-29 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3953	GOC SKEPTICAL OF FARC WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE [...] (U) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) issued a letter, dated October 16, saying the group is willing to talk about a political solution to Colombia's conflict as well as a humanitarian release of its hostages. The communique, released publicly on October 28, responds to a Sept [...]	2008-10-29 19:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3966	SOCIAL PROTESTS - WHY NOW? [...] (C) Social protests in Colombia are on the rise--recent judicial, trucker, and sugar cane worker strikes and indigenous protests culminated in a one-day, 500,000-person national solidarity strike in 21 cities on October 20. Presidential Communications Director Jorge Eastman said there is loos [...]	2008-10-30 17:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3967	COLOMBIA: DELIVERY OF FY09 MCC SCORECARDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 18:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA CO
08BOGOTA3990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: At an October 23 meeting, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez provided the Ambassador with a proposed MFA-MOD rewrite of the Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement and said he foresaw a resolution by the end of the year. Bermudez commented that his October 17 meeting with V [...]	2008-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL VE CO
08BOGOTA4007	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: SEPTEMBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for September, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5063 tracks during September. Five were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events. There was one event in [...]	2008-11-05 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4008	AMBASSADOR'S BARRANQUILLA VISIT FOCUSES ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an October 30 visit to Barranquilla, Ambassador Brownfield discussed a range of themes -- including U.S.-Colombia relations, U.S. elections, the global financial crisis, corporate social responsibility, and sports diplomacy -- with a wide array of interlocutors. The Ambas [...]	2008-11-05 18:06:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA4036	COLOMBIA'S RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL (C-NE8-00834) [...] (C) The Government of Colombia (GOC) maintains positive relations with Israel, particularly in the defense sector through private Israeli defense contractors. Key areas of cooperation include strategic military advice, special forces training, and arms sales in support of Colombia's battle ag [...]	2008-11-07 20:13:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER MASS MCAP PREL CO IS
08BOGOTA4083	COLOMBIAN COUNTERPROPOSAL TO U.S. DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On October 23 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Colombia (GOC) delivered its official response to Embassy Bogota on the Defense Cooperation Agreement text that we proposed on August 13. The GOC counterpropos [...]	2008-11-12 16:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PREF PTER MASS CO
08BOGOTA4092	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 20-22 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the results of the U.S. presidential election, and speculate on the impact on U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The Government of Colombia (GOC [...]	2008-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MARR MASS CO
08BOGOTA4093	DEMARCHE ON BOLIVIA DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised the Government of Bolivia's suspension of operations by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) with Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez this month. Additionally, on November 12, post delivered points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia C [...]	2008-11-13 16:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL CO
08BOGOTA4125	PORT STRIKE IN BUENAVENTURA AVOIDED FOR NOW [...] (SBU) After a strike threat by Buenaventura port employees in early October, the Social Protection Ministry quickly established a dialogue with workers and port authority officials, and also initiated a 30-day plan to review workers' complaints. The unions want to negotiate directly with the [...]	2008-11-13 22:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA413	URIBE ANNOUNCES ENCIRCLEMENT PLAN FOR HOSTAGE [...] (U) President Uribe announced January 26 that he has ordered military and police to locate, and subsequently encircle, areas where the FARC holds hostages. GOC officials explained the move is aimed at putting "humanitarian pressure" on the FARC to release its hostages and is not a military r [...]	2008-01-31 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER VE FR SP SZ VT CO
08BOGOTA4131	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) At a November 10 meeting with Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte and Criminal Chamber Vice President Julio Socha, the Ambassador expressed the USG's support for a strong and independent judiciary. Socha explained that extradition requests unrelated to narcotrafficking are difficu [...]	2008-11-17 15:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KJUS PTER CO
08BOGOTA4135	BUENAVENTURA: EPICENTER OF NARCOTRAFFICKING, [...] (SBU) Top security officials said Buenaventura illustrates all of Colombia's ills, including narco-trafficking, violence, corruption and poverty. Local Marine Commander Carlos Diaz told us murder rates have fallen 70% since last year, attributing the fragile gains to the increased military a [...]	2008-11-17 21:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4158	EMBASSY BOGOTA USES ARTS AND SPORTS DIPLOMACY IN DRUG [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador launched "Do not turn off your light," a drug demand prevention campaign, on November 7 that will provide community development and social mobility opportunities via education, work, arts, and sports to children at risk of drug use. The main event was followed by a [...]	2008-11-18 22:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV SCUL EAID CO
08BOGOTA4178	COLOMBIA TO SIGN TRADE/INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia plans to sign its Free Trade Agreement with Canada as well as a Bilateral Investment Treaty with China on the margins of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru, November 22-23. Colombia will also use the occasion to formally accept an invitation from the P4 to begin accession [...]	2008-11-19 20:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN PREL APEC CO
08BOGOTA4179	CODEL MEEKS FOCUSES ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN ISSUES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) traveled to Bogota, Cali, and Guapi, Colombia November 6-10. During meetings with President Uribe and other public and private sector leaders, Congressman Meeks emphasized that the Obama administration would continue to embrace Colombia as a [...]	2008-11-19 20:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EAID PHUM CO
08BOGOTA421	VENEZUELAN AUTO QUOTA COULD COST COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local auto experts estimate Venezuela's new auto import quota may cost Colombia 5,000 jobs in the assembly sector. Colombian parts manufacturers serve to benefit from the quota in anticipated increased sales to Venezuelan assemblers. The GOC met with auto industry officials [...]	2008-02-01 15:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD PREL ELAB ECON CO
08BOGOTA4215	SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the transition period to President-elect Barack Obama, and speculate on what the outcome might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The [...]	2008-11-25 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4231	NARINO--PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) The poor, coca-growing department of Narino--which borders Ecuador along the Pacific coast--has seen significant security gains against the FARC, ELN, and new illegal armed groups since 2006. Governor Navarro Wolff and local security officials told us the illegal armed groups have been pus [...]	2008-11-25 19:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4233	LABOR CONFEDERATIONS REMAIN INTRANSIGENT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Center-left Nuevo Arco Iris think tank Director Leon Valencia wrote an open letter to the presidents of Colombia's three labor confederations on November 18, saying that due to the changing political climate in the United States, the "time was right" for Colombian unions to send [...]	2008-11-25 19:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4234	COLOMBIA SIGNS FTA WITH EFTA [...] (U) SUMMARY On November 25, Colombia signed a Free Trade Agreement with the four member countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -- Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. With total trade between EFTA countries and Colombia at just over one billion dollars, the agreem [...]	2008-11-25 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL CO
08BOGOTA4261	URIBE THIRD TERM SETBACK: 2010 REELECTION REJECTED [...] (U) The First Commission of the Colombian House of Representatives rejected in a razor thin vote on November 26, a proposal to change the constitution to allow President Uribe to run for a third term in 2010. The Commission later approved language that would allow Uribe to seek reelection in [...]	2008-11-26 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4262	COLOMBIANS MARCH - IN SMALLER NUMBERS - AGAINST [...] (U) Several thousand Colombians marched through the country's major cities on November 28th to demand the FARC and other illegal armed groups release the hostages they still hold before Christmas. The disappointing turnout was significantly smaller than the millions who demonstrated to releas [...]	2008-11-28 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4265	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6262 tracks during October. Seven were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event where the aircraft departed Colomb [...]	2008-12-01 13:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4304	INDIGENOUS MARCH TO BOGOTA [...] (U) After a 16-day trip from Cauca department, the indigenous protest reached Bogota on November 20. They demanded the GOC comply with prior commitments on land, apologize for making public statements linking the indigenous to the FARC, and make concessions on a range of issues including th [...]	2008-12-02 14:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4305	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS CONDITION TALKS ON IMPROVED [...] (C) Interior and Justice Minister Fabio Valencia met November 10 with civil society, the international community, and Defense Ministry representatives to discuss the GOC's protection program for human rights defenders. Human rights groups challenged the GOC's commitment to protect their work [...]	2008-12-02 14:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA4307	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR JULY-AUGUST, 2008 [...] (S) The success of operation "Jaque" on July 2 and the blows delivered to the FARC Secretariat over the past six months left the terrorist organization weakened and demoralized, resulting in record numbers of desertions. Still, the FARC continued to maintain between 8,000 and 12,000 fighters, [...]	2008-12-02 14:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MASS MARR CO
08BOGOTA4334	COLOMBIA-CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Colombia has a minimal trade and investment relationship with Cuba. According to the Colombian Ministry of Trade, in 2007 Colombia exported USD 50.5 million worth of goods to Cuba and imported USD 8.4 million of goods from Cuba. The rate of bilateral trade flows in the first half of 2008 [...]	2008-12-05 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ETTC PGOV PREL CU CO
08BOGOTA4338	PEACE PROSPECTS WITH FARC REMAIN BLEAK [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the FARC has not responded to GOC outreach efforts. He thinks the FARC may make a gesture to influence Colombia's 2010 presidential elections, as well as overtures to Venezuela and other Latin countries, but only if it first scores a military success [...]	2008-12-05 19:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4371	URIBE WARNS AGAINST FARC AND ELN PEACE "TRAP" [...] (SBU) President Uribe publicly warned on December 6 that talk of new hostage releases and a humanitarian accord is a "trap" laid by the FARC with the support of an unnamed Colombian political leader. The latter is a reference to Senator Piedad Cordoba, who is leading a group of "intellectuals [...]	2008-12-10 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4390	GOC WORKS TO ACHIEVE ILO COMPLIANCE [...] (SBU) The GOC made efforts to align Colombia's labor code with International Labor Organization (ILO) conventions in 2008 through new legislation (see reftel),but key issues remain: clarity on essential public services and the right to strike, registration of new unions, allowance of industr [...]	2008-12-11 20:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4396	LA GUAJIRA AND CESAR--SHARED INDIGENOUS [...] (U) Cesar and La Guajira departments share significant indigenous populations and security issues, including the presence of FARC, ELN, and criminal groups. The indigenous in the region have great cultural differences, but express a common distrust for the National Indigenous Organization of [...]	2008-12-12 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER SOCI CO VE
08BOGOTA4397	LEGAL OBSTACLE TO FARC DEMOBILIZATIONS NOT [...] (C) President Uribe announced that all Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) members, including senior leaders, would avoid prosecution for human rights crimes if they assisted in hostage releases. Local legal experts said despite Uribe's assurances, the Wilson Bueno Largo (Isaza) ca [...]	2008-12-12 23:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4398	BOGOTA FY 2009 SEC 1206 PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) The Charge confirms Post's review and concurrence with the following five project proposals for Section 1206 funding in FY 2009. Listed in priority order, all will strengthen Colombia's capacity to conduct counter-terrorism operations against the three Designated Foreign Terrorist Organ [...]	2008-12-15 16:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PTER PGOV PREL MARR CO
08BOGOTA4430	EMERGING CRIMINAL GROUPS: POLITICAL THREAT WITHOUT [...] (C) Emerging criminal groups (ECGs) persist despite recent GOC successes, with narcotrafficking profits and continuing weak state presence in some areas enabling them to bribe local officials and recruit new members to replace those killed or captured by security forces. The ECGs are largely [...]	2008-12-16 17:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4457	MILITARY KILLS HUSBAND OF CAUCA INDIGENOUS LEADER [...] (U) 29th Army Brigade Commander General Barrero told us Colombian soldiers killed the husband of prominent Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC) Chairperson Aida Quilcue when his vehicle did not stop at a check-point around 4:00am on December 16. Barrero called the incident a "terrible [...]	2008-12-17 17:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4462	LAND ISSUES REMAIN CONTENTIOUS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) Summary: The land issue is central to almost all aspects of consolidation and post-conflict reconstruction in Colombia. Not only is it of concern for victims and those displaced by the conflict, but boosting agricultural productivity is also a GOC priority. After over 50 years of conflic [...]	2008-12-17 19:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4527	USG FUNDED LABOR PROJECTS [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Government supports the labor sector through eleven projects, including: one by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL),three by the Department of Labor (DOL),and seven by USAID. The $27 million in funding over the 2001-2011 time frame support projects t [...]	2008-12-22 20:14:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4577	GOC REPORTS ON WEALTH TAX EXPENDITURES [...] (C) The Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) reported in November 2008 that the four-year "wealth tax" imposed on Colombia's richest citizens and enterprises to fund the democratic security policy would total $3.7 billion from 2007-2011. Approximately 80% is directed towards the internal confl [...]	2008-12-24 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS MCAP CO
08BOGOTA4588	URIBE REJECTS INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) The FARC announced on December 21 their intention to release six hostages to a group of Colombian "intellectuals" led by Piedad Cordoba, and reiterated its demand for a demilitarized zone. Cordoba said President Chavez should participate in the process, but President Uribe quickly rejecte [...]	2008-12-24 19:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4615	GOC OFFERS JUSTICE AND PEACE BENEFITS TO FORMER [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo announced on December 30 that the GOC would offer Justice and Peace Law (JPL) benefits, including possible reduced sentences, to 120 jailed members of the FARC in exchange for criminal confessions and written pledges to lay down their arms. "Martin Sombra," the [...]	2008-12-30 22:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA470	MILLIONS OF COLOMBIANS MARCH AGAINST THE FARC [...] On February 4, millions of Colombians in Bogota and dozens of other cities marched against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and kidnapping. As many as two million marched in Bogota, in what leading daily "El Tiempo" described as the largest demonstration in Colombian history [...]	2008-02-05 23:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA49	BOGOTA FY08 "1206" PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota concurs with the following six project proposals for section 1206 funding in FY 2008. Listed in priority order, all will strengthen Colombian military capacity to conduct counterterrorism operations against the FARC and ELN (designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations) and [...]	2008-01-04 17:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO
08BOGOTA5	HOSTAGE RECOVERY MISSION ON HOLD AFTER GOC SAYS IT [...] The Venezuelan-led, international mission to recover three FARC-held hostages was put on hold on December 31 after President Uribe announced the GOC "hypothesis" -- backed by extensive circumstantial evidence -- that the reason for the FARC's delay in releasing the hostages was that the group [...]	2008-01-02 20:51:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA51	PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO CHIDES CHAVEZ ON [...] (C) GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Charge on January 3 that Venezuelan President Chavez will continue to use the humanitarian exchange issue to create problems, but said the GOC plans to make him pay a high political cost for his recent unsuccessful hostage rescue missio [...]	2008-01-04 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA533	EMBASSY SUPPORTS SOUTHCOM RECOMMENDATION OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Embassy concurs with the U.S. Southcom recommendation that Palanquero Air Base represents the best location for a possible Cooperative Security Location (CSL) in Colombia. We request that the Department expedite approval fo [...]	2008-02-11 23:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR PREF PREL SNAR MOPPS CO
08BOGOTA54	DNA EVIDENCE CONFIRMS IDENTITY OF "EMMANUEL" BORN [...] Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran confirmed at a press conference on January 4 that results from DNA testing indicate with "high probability" that the boy in state custody known as Juan David Gomez Tapiero is Emmanuel, the son of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) hostage Clara Roja [...]	2008-01-04 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA555	G/TIP PROPOSAL TO HELP ENSURE VICTIMS ASSISTANCE [...] As requested reftels, post provides the following information on a proposal by the International Organization for Migration to help ensure the safety of trafficking victims and the prosecution and conviction of traffickers. 2. A. Name of Applicant: International Organization for Migrati [...]	2008-02-12 20:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG CO
08BOGOTA595	GOC CONSIDERS WAYS TO REVIVE ELN TALKS [...] (C) Summary. GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the National Liberation Army (ELN) remains wedded to Venezuelan President Chavez and has expressed no interest in resuming peace talks. Still, Restrepo said the GOC would like to revive negotiations on the basis of previous GOC [...]	2008-02-14 21:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PTER KAID CO
08BOGOTA601	COLOMBIA LIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo on February 14, and delivered all points in reftel A. Araujo said the GOC was considering the U.S. request, and indicated the GOC would "likely" respond favorably. Vice-Foreign Minister Camilo Reyes subsequently confirmed that the For [...]	2008-02-15 18:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA UNMIK YI UN CO
08BOGOTA634	SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT UPDATE PRESENTED TO GOC [...] On February 21, Post delivered all relevant points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. Cortes said the GOC appreciated the information. Brownfield [...]	2008-02-21 18:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA KTIA CO
08BOGOTA644	COLOMBIA DENIES MEDEVAC REQUEST [...] (C) On February 12, Post delivered all points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes, who confirmed that the GOC's decision was with Vice Foreign Minister Camilo Reyes. Post followed up on three occasions to encourage the GOC to accept the U.S. request. On Feb [...]	2008-02-22 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SMIG CO
08BOGOTA683	GOC TO FACILITATE NEW FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE, [...] (C) President Uribe said the GOC will facilitate the possible release of four more political hostages held by the FARC, including allowing Venezuelan helicopters to use San Jose de Guaviare airport. Peace Commissioner Restrepo told us the February 21 meeting with Uribe and French FM Kouchner [...]	2008-02-25 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER PHUM OAS BR CU FR PM SP SZ
08BOGOTA687	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PUTUMAYO HIGHLIGHTS USG [...] (SBU) Ambassador Brownfield visited Villa Garzon, Putumayo on February 8, to inaugurate a major road pavement project and survey a water treatment project funded by USAID. Local officials touted the road as an important step to reducing Putumayo's isolation, improving security, and promoting [...]	2008-02-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA692	COLOMBIA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] On February 25, Post delivered all points in reftel to Vice Minister for Multilateral Affairs Adriana Mejia-Hernandez and MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. MFA officials thanked us for the information. We do not anticipate a substantive GOC response. Brownfiel [...]	2008-02-26 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL KCRM CO
08BOGOTA693	COLOMBIA RECEIVES DEMOCRATIC CUBA DEMARCHE [...] On February 25, Post delivered all points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. We will press MFA contacts for possible GOC actions in response to the recent developments in Cuba and will report on any actions taken. . Brownfield [...]	2008-02-26 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA800	COLOMBIAN FORCES KILL FARC'S KEY LEADER, SPURRING \ [...] (U) Summary: The GOC announced March 1 that its military \ forces killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) \ Secretariat member Raul Reyes in a cross-border operation in \ \ SIPDIS \ Ecuador. Reyes' death shattered the FARC's myth of \ invincibility, and boosted popular support for Pr [...]	2008-03-04 00:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PTER CASC SP PM FR VZ SZ CO
08BOGOTA812	LABOR CONFEDERATIONS CRITICIZE GOC'S LABOR REFORM [...] (U) Colombia's three main labor confederations criticized the GOC's labor reform package which is pending in Congress. The unions applauded the proposed transfer of authority for declaring whether a strike is legal from the executive to the judiciary, but said the two bills (Legality of Strike [...]	2008-03-04 20:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA827	COLOMBIA RESPONDS CALMLY TO VENEZUELA AND ECUADOR [...] (C) After Venezuela's announcement on March 4 that it would close its border with Colombia, the GOC re-stated that it would not send troops to the Venezuelan or Ecuadorian borders. Ecuadorian President Correa confirmed in a Colombian radio interview that he authorized GOE contacts with the FA [...]	2008-03-05 01:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS VZ SP FR SZ EC CO
08BOGOTA838	COLOMBIA: REPORT ON FISCAL TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The following information responds to request in reftel. Colombian Government Efforts ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Under the administration of President Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian government (GOC) has made significant progress on increasing accountability and transparency. N [...]	2008-03-05 22:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA839	MARCH 5 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) Colombia's border with Venezuela remained partially closed on March 5, as the GOV confirmed that its troop deployments on the border were 90 percent complete (reftel). The border with Ecuador remained open. The GOC reiterated that it would not deploy troops to its borders. GOC Deputy Fo [...]	2008-03-05 23:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER MOPS VZ EC SP FR SZ CO
08BOGOTA902	PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION CREATES GREATER [...] (C) Local civic and Catholic church leaders said the paramilitary demobilization and parapolitical investigations created new political space in the Medio Magdelena region, noting the triumph of reformist mayors in southern Bolivar department and Barrancabermeja in the October local elections. [...]	2008-03-06 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA903	MARCH 6 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR AND [...] (U) Venezuela continued to restrict the import of Colombian goods and people into Venezuela in response to the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador (reftel). Still, the flow of food and other perishable products continued. Businessmen reported GOV authorities were lifting restrict [...]	2008-03-06 21:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PTER MOPS ETRD VZ FR SP SZ EC NU
08BOGOTA905	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER [...] (S) The military killed two key FARC commanders in the September-December period, prompting desertions from the 16th and 37th fronts. The FARC continued to move forces from the eastern Macarena in Meta to parts of Tolima -Valle zone, leading some analysts to speculate that it is withdrawing [...]	2008-03-06 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA911	VENEZUELAN NATIONALIZATION THREAT RATTLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Adding fuel to the diplomatic crisis between Colombia and Ecuador over the killing of FARC senior commander Raul Reyes (ref A),Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned he may nationalize Colombian companies operating in Venezuela. While a number of Colombian private sector repr [...]	2008-03-07 21:09:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA919	MARCH 7 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA'S DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) The flow of goods and people into Venezuela along the Colombian border was further restricted on March 7, but passage of food and perishables continued. The Colombia-Ecuador border remained open. The Ambassador reiterated to Acting Foreign Minister Mejia and Defense Minister Santos the USG [...]	2008-03-08 00:08:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER VZ SP FR SZ EC CO
08BOGOTA921	MILITARY JUSTICE OFFSITE YIELDS PROGRESS [...] At an offsite conference in Paipa organized and funded primarily by SOUTHCOM with USAID and DOJ support, senior Ministry of Defense and Prosecutor General's office officials made progress in addressing extrajudicial killings by military personnel. Participants discussed their interpretations [...]	2008-03-08 16:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA937	COLOMBIA MAKES SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ACCUSATORY [...] Summary: On January 1, 2008, Colombia initiated the final phase of a four-year, phased implementation of its new Criminal Procedure Code which introduces an accusatory criminal justice system. Implementation of the new system, which began on January 1, 2005, has largely been viewed as a succ [...]	2008-03-10 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA941	MARCH 10 UPDATE ON COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR, [...] (C) Colombia's borders with Venezuela and Ecuador returned to normal March 8-9, following the March 7 Rio Group resolution of the crisis over the GOC's March 1 attack against the FARC in Ecuador. Venezuela agreed to renew diplomatic relations with Colombia; Ecuador said it would consult wit [...]	2008-03-10 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER VZ EC CO
08BOGOTA955	DECREE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS [...] Summary: The National Commission of Reparations and Reconciliation (CNRR),Ministry of Interior and Justice (MOIJ),other government agencies, and civil society are consulting on a draft decree to set up an administrative reparations scheme. This would avoid the lengthy delays under the curr [...]	2008-03-11 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA956	REPARATIONS DECREE CONSULTATIONS GIVE VICTIMS [...] The National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation (CNRR) held ten regional consultations with hundreds of victims groups and the general public to discuss the draft reparations decree. The meetings provided victims an opportunity to voice their concerns and offer ideas to improve the [...]	2008-03-11 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA970	SECRETARY GUTIERREZ AND CHAO DELEGATION MEETS WITH [...] Participants: UNITED STATES Secretary Carlos Gutierrez SIPDIS Secretary Elaine L. Chao SIPDIS Steven Preston, Administrator, Small Business Administration Ambassador William R. Brownfield Senator Bob Corke, R-TM Representative Tom Davis, R-VA Representative Edolphus Towns, D-NY [...]	2008-03-12 17:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA989	ELN LEADERSHIP SPLIT BRINGS PROPOSAL FOR MINI [...] (C) ELN spokesman Francisco Galan is frustrated with the group's dithering on GOC peace proposals, and is considering splitting from the group. He is seeking a meeting with President Uribe to gain the president's approval of a plan to pursue regional peace initiatives with ELN fronts in Narin [...]	2008-03-13 19:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA996	MARCH 13 UPDATE: COLOMBIA DISPUTE WITH ECUADOR [...] (C) The GOC used a March 10-12 visit to Colombia by OAS SYG Insulza and the OAS Commission examining the March 1 GOC attack against the FARC in Ecuador to provide a "frank and detailed" briefing on the attack. Presidential advisor Jorge Eastman told us Insulza seemed impressed by the GOC's br [...]	2008-03-13 22:20:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER OAS VZ SP FR SZ EC
08BOGOTA998	AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSS MARCH 17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) The Ambassador shared the USG position regarding the March 17 Organization of American States (OAS) Ministerial with FM Araujo on March 13. Araujo said the GOC hopes the upcoming meeting will end tensions between Ecuador and Colombia, and produce agreement on an OAS regional mechanism to [...]	2008-03-13 23:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV OAS EC CO
08BRASILIA1002	BRAZIL: FOUR SENATORS TAKE ON THE FOURTH FLEET [...] (SBU) Summary. Four members of the Senate Foreign Affairs and National Defense Committee visited Ambassador Sobel on July 9 to express objections to the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet, and called on President Bush to reverse it. They asked the Ambassador to transmit their objections [...]	2008-07-24 16:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL XM BR
08BRASILIA1003	BRAZIL,S HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY: FOLLOWING THE [...] (SBU) Bolstered by economic success, the GOB demands equal footing with all nations, especially when it comes to foreign policy, and its human rights policy is no exception. Brazil's Constitution mandates that the second prevailing principle of its international relations is human rights. Even [...]	2008-07-24 16:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA1035	UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON ABADIA EXTRADITION [...] (C) As a follow up to ref a instructions, Post, on July 24, 2008, once again contacted Ministry of Justice Legal Advisor, Rafael Tomaz Favetti regarding the expulsion of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia (Chupeta). Favetti advised Post that he had encountered stiffer opposition within the Ministry t [...]	2008-07-28 11:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1036	USOAS AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN AUTHORITIES [...] (C) Summary. Brazil's coordinator for the Fifth Summit of the Americas (SOA) told visiting USOAS Ambassador Hector Morales that the Concept Paper provides ample scope for cooperation and the proposed three pillars are very pertinent. Brazil broadly shares U.S. objectives for the SOA, althoug [...]	2008-07-28 11:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECIN EAGR ENRG SENV KSUM XM HA TD
08BRASILIA1061	BRAZIL'S NEXT GENERATION FIGHTER COMPETITION TAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting the July 31, deadline for responses to Brazil's request for information (RFI) on a next generation fighter aircraft (FX2),Boeing and Lockheed Martin submitted their proposals on July 30 and 31 respectively. The Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) is expected to review the propo [...]	2008-08-05 14:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR ETTC
08BRASILIA1069	NEXT STEPS ON ABADIA EXTRADITION CASE AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Post appreciates Department and DOJ assistance in determining next steps on securing the extradition of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia ("Chupeta") and requests the guidance discussed ref A on an urgent basis, as ongoing investigations into Abadia's activities in Br [...]	2008-08-06 20:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1079	BRAZIL: MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS ON SHOOTDOWN [...] (C) On August 5, POLMILOFF met with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Special Advisor Marcos Pinta Gama and discussed U.S.-Brazil cooperation on shootdown-related issues. (Note: Pinta Gama, a key embassy contact, is chief of staff to Secretary General (vice minister) Samuel Pinheiro Guim [...]	2008-08-08 11:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA1102	BRAZIL GENERALLY SUPPORTS CREATING NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. At an August 14 meeting with Environment, Science and Technology Counselor, the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations' (MRE) Director of the Division for Disarmament and Sensitive Technol [...]	2008-08-15 11:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL AORC ETTC BR
08BRASILIA1122	EXPANDING THE ENERGY REALTIONSHIP WITH BRAZIL: KUPFER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffery Kupfer and his delegation visited Brazil August 4 - 7. They met with a wide variety of private sector and government officials to discuss a broad range of energy issues. In Rio on August 4, Kupfer discussed primarily oil issues, in Bras [...]	2008-08-21 15:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EINV SENV KSCA BR IN
08BRASILIA1124	SHOOTDOWN: VISIT TO CINDACTA IV [...] In late July, a team from MLO Brasilia and SOUTHCOM visited CINDACTA IV, the regional air traffic control center responsible for almost fifty percent of Brazil's territory and controlling the most commonly used routes for drug traffickers. The team reported that the CINDACTA was working effi [...]	2008-08-22 13:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR MOPS BR
08BRASILIA1151	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...]	2008-08-27 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1183	GEORGIA: BRAZILIAN VIEWS ON SITUATION [...] (C) Post has held a series of discussions with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) using the points and themes contained in reftels. Consistent with its normal practice, the Brazilian government has avoided taking a strong position on a situation distant from Brazil's borders [...]	2008-09-08 11:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA1214	2008 RECOMMENDATION FOR RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In accordance with ref a instructions, Post has conducted an extensive review of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (ABD)/Shootdown program. Following site visits, conversations with Brazilian government officials and analysis of Brazil's shootdown procedures, (reftels) post has a clea [...]	2008-09-11 18:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL MOPS BR
08BRASILIA1215	Brazilian Concerns over Bolivian Gas Disruptions [...] (C) Summary: Calling the situation "worrisome," Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy Assistant Secretary for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Renewables, Limo Neto, shared with Econoff the breaking news that gas flow from Bolivia was decreasing, although the majority of the supply to Brazil remains [...]	2008-09-11 18:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON EPET EINV BR BL
08BRASILIA1218	LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS CONTINUITY, IRAN, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary: During separate meetings with Senator Hagel, President Lula and Foreign Minister Amorim shared common views about the need for the next U.S. Administration to continue building on the remarkable progress achieved in the past several years in bringing the two countries closer. Bo [...]	2008-09-12 13:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1224	Bolivian Gas in Brazil: Stable But Waiting For The Shoe To [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of September 12, Brazil's gas supply had stabilized following first a minor (10 percent) and then major (50 percent) disruption in Brazilian imports of Bolivian natural gas during the preceding two days as the result of a domestic political struggle in Bolivia. Flow remains dow [...]	2008-09-12 20:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON EPET EINV BR BL
08BRASILIA1225	BRAZIL: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] (C) Summary. Brazil will continue to prefer addressing human rights issues in the UN Human Rights Council, continues to oppose country-specific resolutions, will support the EU's Religious Tolerance resolution in lieu of a Defamation of Religion resolution, and did not give a response on no [...]	2008-09-12 20:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN
08BRASILIA1226	WHAT TO DO ABOUT BOLIVIA? BRAZIL'S PRESIDENCY, [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 23:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENGR EPET EINV BR BL

08BRASILIA124	BRAZIL'S LONG-TERM PLANNING MINISTER OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary. Over the course of two meetings with the Ambassador (accompanied by PolCouns, DAO, and MLO representatives) and a briefing with Department of Defense officials in Cambridge, Long-Term Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger has laid out his vision for a U.S.-Brazil partnership [...]	2008-01-24 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM SOCI SENV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1252	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: BRAZILIAN PRIORITIES [...] Poloff discussed this year's UNGA with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) UN Division Director Gilda Neves. Brazil will be represented by President Lula and Foreign Mininster Amorim. Both will have extensive schedules of bilateral meetings. Lula is spending more time than planned in New Y [...]	2008-09-19 20:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1253	BRAZIL VIEWS ON BOLIVIA CRISIS, EXPULSION OF US [...] (C) PolCounselor delievered ref A demarche September 19 to Ambassador Marcel Biato, foreign policy advisor at the Brazilian presidency (Planalto). Biato asked if the decision to expel the Bolivian and Venezuelan ambassadors to the U.S. was "considered" or "reciprocal." PolCouns responded the [...]	2008-09-19 22:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR BO
08BRASILIA1257	BRAZIL- DEMARCHE DELIVERED -OFAC NARCOTICS KINGPIN ACT [...] (SBU) On September 18, 2008 ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche to the Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) at the Ministry of Finance. COAF officials Joaquim da Cunha Neto and Bernardo Mota took delivery of the document, which outlined the reasons behind the designation of thr [...]	2008-09-22 14:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN VE BR SNAR AND KCRM PREL
08BRASILIA126	Brazil: Biofuels Meeting with MRE's Division of Renewable [...] Summary: EconOffs and ESTHOffs met January 22 with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) interlocutors to discuss next steps on our Biofuels MOU, and used the opportunity to introduce the MRE to new economic deputy and energy officer. Claudia Vieira Santos and Marcelo Solomao Martinez clarifie [...]	2008-01-25 12:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PREL BR
08BRASILIA1261	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNODC SELF-ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) On September 16, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. Asked if Brazil would complete the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) self-assessment checklist, which Bra [...]	2008-09-22 20:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS UN PG BR
08BRASILIA1265	LULA, AMORIM DISCUSS TRADE, CUBA, UNSC REFORM WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 21:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1266	BRAZIL FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BOLIVIA SITUATION [...] (C) PolCounselor delivered ref A demarche on September 22 to the Brazilian Foreign Ministry South America 1 Division (Mercosul countries) Chief, Minister Joao Luis Pereira Pinto, who is handling all of South America in the absence of his counterpart who handles the Andes and Under Secretary for [...]	2008-09-22 21:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PREF BR BO
08BRASILIA1267	SENATOR HAGEL DISCUSSES ENERGY, REGIONAL POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Chuck Hagel visited Brasilia from August 31 to September 1, during which time he met with key leaders in the Brazilian government, including Minister of Defense Jobim, Minister of Mines and Energy Lobao, and Minister for Strategic Affairs Unger, to discuss Brazil,s dynam [...]	2008-09-22 21:17:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PAO ETRD PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA129	BRAZILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER ON DCA, TRIP TO FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told the Ambassador January 17 that he would like to sign a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA, ref A) when he visits Washington in March, but that he faces stiff opposition in the Ministry of External Relations (MRE or Itamaraty). He brie [...]	2008-01-25 14:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAIR PGOV BR
08BRASILIA13	BRAZIL: SEN. BILL NELSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. During a November 27 conversation with Senator Bill Nelson (Florida),the Ministry of Exterior Relations' (MRE) Under Secretary for Policy, Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas, discussed relati [...]	2008-01-03 19:33:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP SENV KGHG KPKO EAGR TRGY PREL HA VE BR
08BRASILIA1301	BRAZIL'S LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian officials are describing the first-ever Latin America/Caribbean Summit, to be held in Salvador, Bahia December 16-17, as an opportunity for the region to discuss its own agenda. With no more than an indicative focus on integration and development as the stated theme of [...]	2008-10-01 13:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM BR
08BRASILIA1312	WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered the demarche on September 24 to Minister Marcos Pinta Gama in the Foreign Ministry's General Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and Poloff delivered it on September 29 to First Secretary Marisa Kenicke, the Afghanistan desk officer. Pinta Gama noted that Brazil had a [...]	2008-10-03 11:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF BR
08BRASILIA1315	BRAZIL: WIRETAP SCANDAL HIGHLIGHTS POWER STRUGGLE [...] Summary: Revelations that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) may have been wiretapping Supreme Court (STF) President Gilmar Mendes' calls (reftel) have reinvigorated Congressional inquiries into abusive wiretapping practices and will likely lead to legislation providing oversight over wi [...]	2008-10-03 15:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER BR
08BRASILIA1335	NEXT MOVES IN BRAZILIAN ENERGY ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Based on a conversation between Brazilian Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) Minister Lobao and Ambassador Sobel on October 6, Deputy MME Minister Zimmermann is expected to come to the United State in late October, to be followed by a visit at a later date by Minister Lobao. The trip is e [...]	2008-10-08 17:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG BR IN EINV KSCA
08BRASILIA1345	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADM. STAVRIDIS TO [...] SUMMARY. Your visit comes at an important time for our strategic partnership with Brazil. Overall, the U.S.-Brazil relationship is as productive as it has ever been, driven by strong cooperation between Presidents Bush and Lula, particularly in the area of biofuels. As Brazil completes its [...]	2008-10-10 13:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETTC BR
08BRASILIA1356	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...]	2008-10-10 20:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA1365	IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON VIEWS TOWARD CHINA [...] (SBU) This cable transmits Brasilia's responses to questions (reftel) about the impact that China's hosting of the Olympic Games has had on views of China. A) How closely did the public follow the Beijing Olympic Games? The Brazilian public followed the games with great interest, especial [...]	2008-10-15 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PGOV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA1373	BRAZIL'S FIGHTER COMPETITION - THE IMPORTANCE OF [...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On September 29th, the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) announced its three finalists for Brazil's next generation fighter aircraft (FX2): the Boeing F18 Super Hornet, the Dassault Rafale and the Saab Gripen. The winner of the c [...]	2008-10-16 20:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR ETTC
08BRASILIA1398	Ambassador Schulte Visit to Brasilia - Nuclear Issues [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 13 visit to Brasilia, Ambassador Gregory Schulte discussed Iran, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issues and Brazil's nuclear program. Brazil wants to play a constructive role with the UN on nuclear issues, particularly with Iran. Completing an Additional Pro [...]	2008-10-24 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG MNUC PARM UN BR
08BRASILIA1405	BRAZILIANS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) During his October 17 visit to Brazil, Under Secretary Bill Burns was told repeatedly by GOB officials and others that relations between the United States and Brazil are excellent and that they hope a new U.S. administration will make an early effort to build on them. GOB officials focused [...]	2008-10-24 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG BR
08BRASILIA1435	BRAZIL: NEW DELHI IBAS SUMMIT ENSURES CONTINUITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazilian diplomats say Brazil was satisfied with the October 15 India)Brazil-South Africa (IBAS) Summit in New Delhi because it strengthened IBAS and should ensure its continuity after the upcoming changes in member state governments. The IBAS Fund is capitalized at only tw [...]	2008-11-03 11:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD IN SF BR
08BRASILIA1460	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 19:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN AORC PGOV PREL XK XL XS BR
08BRASILIA1479	Brazil: Obama's Victory Unleashes Outpouring of [...] (SBU) Summary. Official statements and media reactions to the election of Barack Obama have been overwhelmingly positive, and political and opinion leaders have expressed hopes that the already good bilateral relationship will improve. Brazilians elites have high expectations that Obama will [...]	2008-11-13 17:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA1486	BRAZIL WILL OPEN AN EMBASSY IN PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary. Brazil will open an embassy in Pyongyang next year, and has already selected an experienced diplomat as ambassador, an Itamaraty official told poloff on November 4. Downplaying the opening's significance, the diplomat said the timing was "spontaneous" but fulfills a long-standi [...]	2008-11-14 18:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PARM PHUM BR KN ZO
08BRASILIA1487	SCENESETTER FOR THE NOVEMBER 20 BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The revival of the Bilateral Working Group (BWG) with Brazil comes at an important time for our strategic partnership. With Nelson Jobim as Defense Minister, Brazil has, for the first time, effective civilian leadership and a mandate to modernize its armed forces. As Brazil co [...]	2008-11-14 18:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR MOPS
08BRASILIA1493	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS [...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...]	2008-11-17 12:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR
08BRASILIA1525	BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD ON A NEW EXTRADITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: From October 27-29, Clifton Johnson, Department of State Assistant Legal Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Thomas Black, Associate Director for South American affairs of the Department of Justice,s Office of International Affairs (OIA),and Magdalena Boynton, and Nic [...]	2008-11-24 19:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNA
08BRASILIA1532	BRAZIL RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche November 25 to Ambassador Goncalo de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourao, director of the Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean Department at the Brazilian Foreign Ministry. Morao said that Brazil had expressed in the OAS its "apprehensiveness" wi [...]	2008-11-25 19:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BR NU
08BRASILIA1538	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS AT [...] (C) On Tuesday, November 25, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretario Ricardo Rizzo from the United Nations Division of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations. Rizzo sincerely thanked poloff for the detailed information breaking down the number of anti-Israeli resolutions compared [...]	2008-11-28 16:18:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY BR
08BRASILIA1539	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (C) On Tuesday, November 25, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Secretary Ricardo Rizzo from the United Nations Division of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Rizzo noted that he did not expect Brazil's vote to change, but that he would consult with the Division of Disarmamen [...]	2008-11-28 16:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1542	BRAZIL: (SOME) PARLIAMENTARIANS SIGN PETITION [...] Seventy-five Brazilian federal deputies signed and forwarded to this Embassy a petition addressed to the U.S. Congress asking it to "intercede with representatives of the UN General Assembly to suspend the financial, commercial, and economic blockade imposed on Cuba, a matter voted on in the [...]	2008-12-01 19:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BR CU
08BRASILIA1543	BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CAUTIOUS ON IRAN, BUT [...] (C) Summary: During separate meetings, both Ambassador Everton Vargas, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations, and Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao, confirmed to Ambassador Sobel that Petrobras is not planning any further investments in Iran [...]	2008-12-02 15:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR IR
08BRASILIA1557	BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDERSTANDS DEA ROLE IN [...] (SBU) On November 18, Ambassador Sobel met with Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vargas to inform him of our intention to increase DEA staff in our offices in Brasilia and Sao Paulo in light of the Bolivian government's dec [...]	2008-12-04 11:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL BR BO
08BRASILIA1559	BRAZILIANS, KOREANS SAY RELATIONS GOOD, GETTING [...] (C) Summary. The four-day visit to Brazil by Korean President Lee Myung-bak reaffirmed an already positive relationship characterized by a rapidly growing but unbalanced trade relationship, plans for modest exchanges in agricultural and mining technology, and very different views on UN refor [...]	2008-12-04 16:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ETRD BR KS KN
08BRASILIA1589	THE FX2 COMPETITION: OVERCOMING KEY CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A December 9 meeting with Boeing representatives highlighted several key issues for the success of Boeing,s bid for Brazil,s next generation fighter aircraft, the FX2. As noted in ref a, technology transfer continues to be Brazil,s most important criterion for selecting a figh [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASC BR
08BRASILIA159	REGIONAL STABILITY, GLOBAL ASPIRATIONS BEHIND NEW [...] (S) Summary. Discussions between Ambassador Sobel and Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, along with Brazilian defense-related activities with France and Russia and in South America suggest the key elements shaping Brazil's new defense posture. The military's traditional role in maintaining inter [...]	2008-01-31 13:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	MARR MCAP PREL
08BRASILIA1590	THE BRAZIL-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP: COFFEE AND SYMPATHY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The late November visit to Brazil by Russian President Medvedev provided an opportunity for both countries to express their interest in enhanced economic ties, science and defense cooperation, energy and development of the BRIC grouping as a more regular international forum. Br [...]	2008-12-12 15:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETRD EAGR ENGR BR RS
08BRASILIA1608	BRAZIL CRIMINALIZES POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY WITH [...] (U) Brazilian President Lula opened the Third International Child World Congress in Rio de Janeiro on November 25 (SEPTEL) by pulling out his pen in front of thousands of participants and signing a bill that made possession of child pornography a felony, the first time it has been criminalized [...]	2008-12-15 19:10:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM BR
08BRASILIA1610	FIRST MERCOSUL-ASEAN MINISTERIAL: BABY STEPS, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. At the first Mercosul-ASEAN ministerial, delegations discussed global affairs, trade and investment, people-to people ties, and future cooperation. A joint declaration highlighted the blocs' "firm commitment to successfully concluding the Doha Round in a fair and balanced ma [...]	2008-12-16 11:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD BR ASEAN
08BRASILIA1612	BRAZIL: DEMARCHE DELIVERIES: TERRORIST FINANCE DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) On 12 December 2008, ECONOFF met Council for the Control of Financial Activities (COAF) official Bernardo Motta to follow up previous discussions regarding the recent USG designations of individuals and organizations as supporters of terrorism under Executive Order 13224 (refs A, B, and [...]	2008-12-16 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN ETTC PTER PINR EFIN KCRM PREL BR
08BRASILIA1622	BRAZIL AND INDONESIA: A RELATIONSHIP FOR THE FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 18-19 visit to Brazil by Indonesian President Susilo Yudhoyono, Indonesia and Brazil agreed to cooperate in agriculture, including biofuels; mining; and poverty eradication. They formalized a strategic partnership for ongoing dialogue and cooperation. Brazili [...]	2008-12-18 13:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EINV ENRG EAGR BR ID
08BRASILIA1636	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...]	2008-12-20 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR
08BRASILIA1637	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 2: BRINGING LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with ministerial level contacts on December 18 and 19 who commented with varying degrees of detail on the series of summits (Mercosul, UNASUL, Rio Group, and Latin America/Caribbean--CALC) hosted by Brazil in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia December 16-17 (Ref A). Seni [...]	2008-12-20 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN KSUM MARR XM XL BR MX CU
08BRASILIA1638	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 3: THE SURPRISE OF BAHIA: [...] (C) In a meeting on December 19 with Ambassador Sobel regarding the outcome of the regional summits hosted by Brazil December 15-17 in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia (see septels),Mexican Ambassador to Brazil Andres Valencia Benavides (protect),just back from Bahia, revealed that President Calderon' [...]	2008-12-20 18:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM ECIN MARR BR MX
08BRASILIA1650	BRAZIL: MEMBERS OF CONGRESS PETITION BARACK OBAMA [...] Seventy-one of Brazil's 81 senators and 203 of the 513 federal deputies signed a petition addressed to President-elect Obama calling for an end to the Cuba trade embargo. They represent the spectrum of ideological parties in congress and include some who are opposed to the Cuban regime. Th [...]	2008-12-23 11:44:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD BR CU
08BRASILIA1652	UKRAINE REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UKRAINIAN-BRAZILIAN SPACE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ukrainian Embassy in Brasilia is urging the USG to reconsider its earlier position and now support the Ukrainian-Brazilian space launch venture that will operate out of Alcantara, allowing U.S. satellite firms to benefit from these facilities. While the Ukrainians noted some [...]	2008-12-23 15:48:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KTIA TSPA TPHY NASA UP RS BR
08BRASILIA1664	Brazil: 2008 Country Report on Terrorism [...] (U) The Brazilian government continues to be a cooperative partner in countering terrorism and related activities that could contribute to the facilitation of attacks in the region or elsewhere--to include investigating potential terrorism financing, and document forgery networks and other illi [...]	2008-12-29 10:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV ECON CO BR
08BRASILIA1669	RELOCATING DEA PERSONNEL FROM BOLIVIA TO OTHER WHA [...] (C) Following are mission's response to ref a, para 3. a) As reported ref B, the Ambassador delivered a diplomatic note to Brazilian Foreign Ministry (MRE) Under Secretary Vargas on November x informing the GOB of our intent to increase staffing at existing DEA offices in Brasilia and Sao Pa [...]	2008-12-29 17:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR AMGT BR
08BRASILIA1685	BRAZIL: LAYING BLAME AT THE FEET OF ISRAEL, U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Brazilian government heavily criticized Israel's actions against HAMAS in Gaza, after originally suggesting it might take a more nuanced approached with its initial statements. President Lula, backed by most Brazilian media outlets, harshly criticized both Israel and the Uni [...]	2008-12-31 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IR BR
08BRASILIA210	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2008-02-13 15:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA216	BRAZIL TO WAIT AND SEE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) In the Ambassador's absence from the capital, Political Counselor followed up Ambassador's initial demarche on Kosovo independence (ref B),delivering Ref A points to Brazil's Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Eastern European Acting Director Rodrigo Mendes Carlos de Almeida. De Almeida [...]	2008-02-14 10:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI BR
08BRASILIA226	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has s [...]	2008-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA236	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE JOBIM [...] (C) Ambassador Sobel met with Brazilian Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim Feb. 13 to discuss Jobim's upcoming visit to Washington, regional security and progress on defense cooperation. Jobim agreed with Ambassador Sobel's outline of possible areas for discussion during his March visit to Wa [...]	2008-02-20 21:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PREL MARR
08BRASILIA244	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] DCM delivered reftel demarche to Brazilian State Secretary for Political Affairs Everton Vargas on Feb. 20. SIPDIS Vargas received the points, and commented "We are aware of your position, but ours has not changed" (see ref b). SOBEL [...]	2008-02-22 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PREL PGOV
08BRASILIA249	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE US POSITION FOR [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel per instructions to Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Officials had no immediate reaction, and post will report any response septel. SOBEL [...]	2008-02-25 20:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CU BR
08BRASILIA271	BRAZIL EXPECTS TO SIGN JOINT ACTION PLAN AGAINST [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Although the new Racial Equality Minister Edson Santos was just confirmed on February 20, President Lula's administration is working hard to have the bilateral Joint Action Plan against Racism signed durin [...]	2008-02-28 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA3	OECD DSG AT BRAZIL KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE [...] OECD Deputy Secretary General Thelma Askey spoke at a conference in Brasilia, the "Fourth International Conference on Knowledge Management in the Public Sector" on December 11. The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies, Planning Ministry, Presidential Council for Economic Development, and Long-Term Pl [...]	2008-01-02 19:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SCUL PREL BR
08BRASILIA304	BRAZIL: IRAN, ARAB WORLD, ON AMORIM'S MIND IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim's recent visit to five Middle Eastern countries continues a renewed focus on the Middle East that began with Amorim's participation at the Annapolis meetings in November of last year. Since Annapolis, Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) Middle Eas [...]	2008-03-05 10:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL BR VE IS IR BL JO SA EG MO SY
08BRASILIA323	BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA COOPERATION ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula and Argentine President Kirchner met on February 22 and announced a joint effort regarding uranium enrichment. This new initiative is part of Brazil's overall polic [...]	2008-03-07 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG IAEA PREL ECON AR BR
08BRASILIA33	BRAZIL GRAPPLES WITH RACISM AND RACIAL QUOTAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs recently met with University of Brasilia (UnB) President Timothy Mulholland, an expert on Brazil,s university quota systems to discuss self-imposed quotas and the proposed Racial Equality Statue. Racism in Brazil is a difficult topic to address largely as a result of a [...]	2008-01-07 12:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BR
08BRASILIA343	2008 U.S.-BRAZIL POLITICAL-MILITARY CONSULTATIONS [...] (U) Mission delivered the reftel agenda to Foreign Ministry Special Advisor Marcos Pinta Gama who indicated that Brazil would be prepared to host AA/S Mull for this year's political military consultations April 15. Pinta Gama said that he needed to consult other members of the Brazilian del [...]	2008-03-12 13:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR MARR PREL PTER
08BRASILIA351	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim will travel to Norfolk and Washington from March 18-22, 2008 on a counterpart visit. He will meet with Secretary Gates in an office call on March 20 June. Minister Jobim,s objectives for the visit are to enhance prospects for bilateral cooperation and exp [...]	2008-03-13 16:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASC OVIP BR
08BRASILIA395	CODEL MARKEY VISIT TO BRASILIA [...] SUMMARY. Codel Markey visited Brazil February 15-21. The CODEL began its visit in Manaus where it received briefings on environmental issues focusing on the effects of climate change on the Amazon rainforest. It then proceeded to Rio de Janeiro (reported septel) to focus on alternative fuel [...]	2008-03-24 14:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL AMGT BR
08BRASILIA420	BRAZIL: IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary: An Iranian delegation headed by Vice-Foreign Minister Alireza Sheikh Attar held a series of high-level meetings with Brazilian officials from the Ministries of External Relations (MRE, aka Itamaraty),Mines and Energy, and Development, Industry and Commerce at the same time Secre [...]	2008-03-27 10:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BR
08BRASILIA428	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED ON FINANCIAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on March 27 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that, as always, COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resol [...]	2008-03-28 21:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA429	THOUGHTS ON THE VISIT OF DEFENSE MINISTER JOBIM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Jobim's March 18-21 visit to Washington focused on Brazil's efforts to modernize its defense institutions and on possible avenues for bilateral cooperation and identified several areas for further work, particularly completion of a General Security of Information [...]	2008-03-31 18:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR MARR OVIP
08BRASILIA43	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: LOOKING BEYOND THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Government of Brazil remains highly sensitive to public claims suggesting that terrorist or extremist organizations have a presence or are undertaking activities in Brazil--a sensitivity that appears to be the rise and is resulting in more than symbolic reactions. At an op [...]	2008-01-08 10:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM AR PA BR
08BRASILIA440	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (U) Summary: After a drawn-out process that began in 2004, President Lula on March 25, 2008 issued the decree that will reform the Government of Brazil's intelligence apparatus, including its counterterrorism (CT) structure. The reform is intended to provide a more robust intelligence capabili [...]	2008-04-02 19:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN AR PA BR
08BRASILIA469	SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-04-04 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BR
08BRASILIA472	BRAZIL: NON-PAPER DELIVERED REGARDING BANKS MELLI, [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel non-paper on April 4 to Bernardo Mota, Chief Staff at the Ministry of Finance's Financial Activities Oversight Council (COAF, the GOB's financial intelligence unit). Mota stated that COAF would do its best to ensure Brazil was complying with UNSC resolutions and th [...]	2008-04-04 20:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PARM IR
08BRASILIA48	CHINESE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIS PRIORITIES, [...] (C) Summary. Chen Duqing, Chinese Ambassador to Brazil, told Ambassador Sobel on October 19 that his top priorities are to create a more favorable environment for economic relations and to promote Chinese interests in the Brazilian Congress. Ambassador Chen described an economic relationship [...]	2008-01-08 13:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA5	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH ITALIAN AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. Michele Varensise, Italian Ambassador to Brazil, told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 13 that Brazil is the centerpiece of Italy's South American strategy. Italy sees Brazil playing an increasingly larger role in maintaining stability, economic growth, and integration. He p [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD IT BR XM XR VE UNSC
08BRASILIA504	COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: ONE STEP FORWARD, ONE [...] (C) Summary: In November of last year the Government of Brazil announced that it was backtracking on its effort to introduce counterterrorism (CT) legislation after a years-long effort by a working group within the Presidency's Institutional Security Cabinet (GSI) to coordinate the drafting o [...]	2008-04-11 19:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL KCRM ETTC EFIN ASEC AR BR
08BRASILIA516	BRAZIL: DEFENSE PLAN PREVIEW GETS THUMBS UP IN [...] (U) Summary: Previewing their Strategic Plan on National Defense (scheduled to be unveiled on September 7, 2008) in Congress for the first time on April 9, Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim and Long-Term Planning Minister Mangabeira Unger were met with an overwhelmingly positive response from m [...]	2008-04-17 10:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MCAP PREL BR
08BRASILIA523	BRAZIL: SENATE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN CONCERNED [...] (S) Summary. Senate Foreign Relations and National Defense Committee Chairman Heraclito Fortes (strictly protect) (Democrats Party, opposition; of Piaui) told Ambassador Sobel on March 28 he is deeply concerned about signs of terrorists in Brazil. He cited a published report (reftel) of a [...]	2008-04-18 15:34:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PTER PREL FARC BR VE EC CO XR BO
08BRASILIA526	IRANIAN DIPLOMACY MOVES INTO HIGH GEAR, PART 2 [...] (S) Summary: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh-Attar visited Brasilia in mid-March to press Brazil to join an anti-American bloc in South America composed of Ecuador, Bolivia, and Venezuela, and Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadi-Nejad continues to try to arrange an official visit t [...]	2008-04-18 18:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN BR VE EC CO BL IR XR CH UN
08BRASILIA531	AMBASSADOR, BRAZIL'S FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Minister for External Relations Celso Amorim on April 3 to review the state of play on several bilateral initiatives. Amorim agreed to help move forward the Tropical Forests Conservation Act (TFCA) debt swap and the counternarcotics letter of agreement (L [...]	2008-04-22 12:36:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SNAR EINV MARR SOCI SENV ENRG BO
08BRASILIA534	BRAZIL: CHINA AND BRAZIL STRENGTHEN RELATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. Sino-Brazilian relations are officially excellent, characterized by a booming economic relationship and a political relationship that has become increasingly closer, especially since 2004. Both governments are taking a long-term view and are trying to focus on crafting a pati [...]	2008-04-22 17:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EINV BR CH XR
08BRASILIA540	BRAZIL "MONITORS" ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's surprising decision to participate in monitoring Zimbabwe's elections was not what it initially appeared. Although Brazil was among those countries invited to serve as an observer, it was the participation of a federal deputy as an observer on behalf of an NGO that fo [...]	2008-04-23 12:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL AF
08BRASILIA554	DEMARCHE: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 17:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08BRASILIA57	BRAZIL: (KIND OF) MAKING THE WORLD SAFE FOR [...] (C) Summary: For the world's fourth largest democracy, the promotion of democracy abroad remains an important, if secondary goal of Brazil's foreign policy, but its focus and execution has been only loosely defined under the Lula government, limiting potential efforts to forge bilateral initi [...]	2008-01-09 17:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL EAID BR
08BRASILIA6	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH FORMER PRESIDENT SARNEY [...] (C) Summary: Former President and sitting Senator Jose Sarney (PMDB, Brazilian Democratic Movement Party, governing coalition; of Amapa) told WHA A/S Thomas Shannon on December 14 that President Lula is doing a good job and has maintained the social calm necessary for growth and development. [...]	2008-01-03 11:14:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM BR VE GY BL EC CO XM XR FARC
08BRASILIA602	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 6 to the Ministry of Exterior Relations OAS Division Secretary Luciano Rego, who noted that they were aware of the U.S. candidacy and would take a careful look at the non-paper and C.V. Rego noted that the GoB already made commitments to the Paraguay [...]	2008-05-06 17:20:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XM BR
08BRASILIA603	BRAZIL: INVITATION TO PSI WORKSHOP DELIVERED [...] (U) Deputy PolCouns delivered invitation to PSI workshop on April 28 to Ministry of External Relations' Department of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies. Any response will be reported septel. SOBEL [...]	2008-05-06 17:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XX BR
08BRASILIA638	CARRIER STRIKE GROUP 8 VISITS BRAZIL, STRENGTHENS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Carrier Strike Group Eight (CSG8),centered on the USS George Washington, visited Brazilian waters April 16-May 2. While in Brazilian waters to participate in the UNITAS 08 exercise, the priority objective for the visit was to enhance the strategic partnership between the U.S. [...]	2008-05-12 14:21:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BR
08BRASILIA640	DOROTHY STANG'S KILLER'S FREED ON APPEAL -- TOP [...] (SBU) Summary: Vitalmiro Bastos de Moura, also known as Bida, was acquitted by a jury of the murder of Dorothy Stang, an American nun and naturalized Brazilian citizen, on May 6, almost exactly a year after his initial conviction. On May 15, 2007, Moura, a Brazilian rancher, was sentenced to [...]	2008-05-12 15:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BR PREL PHUM
08BRASILIA643	BRAZIL,S MILITARY PARTNERSHIP WITH FRANCE: TRUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The recent meeting of Presidents Lula and Sarkozy and the visit of Defense Minister Jobim to Paris triggered a wave of Francophilia within the Brazilian foreign policy establishment, particularly with regard to the strategic partnership. Despite heavy coverage in the press of [...]	2008-05-13 19:00:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM BR MASS
08BRASILIA707	BRAZILIAN GENERAL BREAKS RANKS ON INDIGENOUS [...] (C) Brazilian Army General Augusto Heleno, military commander of the Amazon region, spoke out on April 16 against the GOB's indigenous policy calling it "chaotic," specifically in reference to a traditionally indigenous area in northern Roraima state planned to become a protected reserve. Thi [...]	2008-05-20 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL PGOV
08BRASILIA756	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON HOLDS FIRST STRATEGIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary. S/P Director Dr. David Gordon held four hours of talks April 9 in Brasilia with Ministry of External Relations (MRE, or Itamaraty) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas. The wide-ranging talks focused generally on the trends that are likely to ch [...]	2008-06-04 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA805	2008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD) [...] (S) Reftel requests that post "evaluate and provide guidance on the following issues: (1) Does the USG provide assistance (funding, intelligence, information, equipment, training, or otherwise) to the GOB that could be used to locate, identify, track, or intercept a civil aircraft? (2) Do an [...]	2008-06-12 14:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA806	2008 RENEWAL OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD) [...] (S) SUMMARY. Per ref a, Post is engaged with the Brazilian government to assess Brazil's safety procedures concerning its Air Bridge Denial (ABD) program, in order to make the annual Presidential Determination (PD). Based on regular contacts with the Brazilian Defense Ministry and air tra [...]	2008-06-12 14:43:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR MOPS PREL SNAR
08BRASILIA823	SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 18-22 VISIT OF SECRETARY [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-06-16 12:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KHLS OVIP ECON BR
08BRASILIA847	U.S. AIRCRAFT IN CONTENTION TO BE BRAZIL'S NEXT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 10, MLO Brasilia obtained an unofficial copy of a Request for Information (RFI - passed electronically to Washington agencies) from the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) concerning the upcoming competition for Brazil,s next fighter aircraft. One U.S. origin fighter, the F- [...]	2008-06-20 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR ETTC BR PREL ETRD EAIR EIND
08BRASILIA848	ENHANCING POL-MIL ENGAGEMENT WITH BRAZIL [...] (C) Per instructions in ref a, post has remained in discussions with the Brazilian MRE and MOD on how best to proceed with building a fuller, more cooperative political military relationship. When Poloffs asked MRE pol-mil advisor Marcos Pinta Gama for his views on prospects for enhancing ou [...]	2008-06-20 19:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR MARR MOPS PREL
08BRASILIA849	BRAZIL AND EUROPE: PRIORITIES AND PARADOX [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although relations with Europe do not figure highly in Brazilian public statements of foreign policy priorities, Brazil,s relations with the EU and with major European governments are gaining in importance and complexity. As with the United States, Brazilian leaders sometimes [...]	2008-06-20 19:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR EU
08BRASILIA851	SENIOR BRAZILIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS MIDDLE EAST PEACE, [...] (C) In an office call June 9, the Ambassador discussed Brazil's policies in the Middle East and Africa with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs (II),Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe. Jaguaribe described an intensifying series of reciprocal visits with Middl [...]	2008-06-20 19:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC IR XF ZU BR
08BRASILIA880	BRAZILIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR PROMISES TO RAISE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Brazilian presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Marco Aurelio Garcia on June 25 to express our concern regarding the Bolivian government's lack of concrete assurances to protect our embassy in La Paz. Garcia promised to raise the issue with the Bolivian ambassador (wh [...]	2008-06-27 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG BO BR
08BRASILIA896	CONSTRAINING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BRAZIL [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Summary: Brazil's participation in the Annapolis peace conference is now cited by every Itamaraty contact, from Foreign Minister Amorim to Middle East desk officers, as the cornerstone of its growing efforts to exert global lead [...]	2008-07-01 22:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR BR
08BRASILIA902	BRAZIL: QUESTIONABLE ON GIVING PRESENTATION DURING [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on July 2 regarding Brazil's participation in the Missile Technology Control Regime plenary Information Exchange to Santiago Mourao, Head of the Division of Disarmament and Sensitive Technologies for Brazil's Foreign Ministry. In responding to Poloff' [...]	2008-07-03 11:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCR PREL BR

08BRASILIA910	OIL RESTRUCTURIN: AMBASSADOR TALKS TO ENERGY MINISTER LOBAO [...] (U) SUMMARY: As Brazil debates the revision of its oil exploration fee structure in light of its newly discovered presalt reserves, it is clear that the Ministry of Mines and Energy, tasked with making a recommendation to the President, will advise the formation of a new state entity to own th [...]	2008-07-03 18:40:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EPET EIND EINV BR
08BRASILIA913	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BRAZIL'S POSITION ON KOSOVO [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting, the Ambassador raised with Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim our interest in seeing Brazil recognize Kosovo's independence. Amorim said that Brazil's position had not changed with regard to the need to respect UNSC Resolution 1244 (ref b). However, Brazil's posi [...]	2008-07-07 10:29:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KPKO PREL PGOV BR
08BRASILIA93	BRAZIL'S NUCLEAR SUBMARINE AMBITIONS [...] (U) This is n action request - see para 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's leadership, including President Lula and Defense Minister Jobim, have expressed support for production of a Brazilian nuclear submarine in recent months. While serious questions exist as to the proposed vessel's military u [...]	2008-01-15 18:56:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	NPT PARM PREL MASS MNUC
08BRASILIA94	BRAZIL CIVAIR: AVIATION BILATERALS HELD IN RIO DEC. 5-6, [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. and Brazilian delegations met in Rio de Janeiro December 5-6, 2007 for their first formal bilateral aviation consultations in 10 years to focus on liberalization. While the Brazilian negotiators offered a limited number of increased frequencies to limited destinations in t [...]	2008-01-16 10:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON MARR PGOV PREL EINV BEXP BR
08BRASILIA943	BRAZIL: LULA TAKES ON THE FOURTH FLEET [...] (C) Summary: During the Mercosul Summit in Argentina, President Lula together with other South American leaders, such as Bolivian president Evo Morales and Venezuelan president Chavez, criticized the re-establishment of the Fourth Fleet Chavez, with Lula at his side, called it a "threat" to t [...]	2008-07-10 12:49:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL BR
08BRASILIA97	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS BILATERAL ISSUES WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, joined by PolCouns (notetaker),met with Ministry for External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Everton Vargas on January 11 to raise Kosovo independence (ref A) and possible Brazilian participation in UNAMID (ref B). Vargas was joined by chi [...]	2008-01-17 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG SENV SOCI SNAR UNSC BR
08BRASILIA987	BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD WITH BRAZILIAN AIR FORCE ON [...] (C) On July 8, 2008, Defense Attache, Air Force Attache, and Poloff had an initial high-level meeting with Brazilian Air Force generals, Tenente Brigadeiro Paulo Roberto Rohrig de Britto (the number two general in the Brazilian Air Force),Brigaderio Egito, and Colonel Roque to discuss Brazil' [...]	2008-07-21 11:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL SNAR BR
08BRASILIA99	OUTSIDE DEFENSE MINISTRY, BRAZILIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. I separate meetings, the Ambassador discussed the roposed Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) withMinistry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretay for Political Affairs Everton Vargas and Long-erm Planning Minister Roberto Managabeira Unger. Although Minister of Defense Jobim [...]	2008-01-17 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PTER BR
08BRASILIA999	ACTION REQUEST: FOLLOW-UP TO DEMARCHE ON JUAN [...] (C) Summary and action request: On July 21, 2008, Ambassador Sobel brought up the extradition concerns in reftel demarche to Minister of Justice Tarso Genro, objecting to Brazilian imposition of conditions on extraditions that fall outside the bilateral extradition treaty. Minister Genro imme [...]	2008-07-23 21:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR
08BRATISLAVA1	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. In their courtesy call meeting on December 28, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Jan Kubis discussed a range of foreign policy issues, with an emphasis on the Western Balkans. Kubis was in typical form, cordial and guarded, but gave additional insight on several topics, su [...]	2008-01-02 12:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KVIR EU LO
08BRATISLAVA104	FOREIGN MINISTER KUBIS WANTS TO CONCLUDE VWP MOU [...] (C) Foreign Minister Kubis called Ambassador Obsitnik on March 7 to request that Secretary Chertoff add a visit to Bratislava following the JHA Ministerial in Ljubljana, i.e., March 13, so that the U.S. and Slovakia could sign the VWP MOU at that time. A voluble Kubis told the Ambassador that [...]	2008-03-07 15:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL CMGT LO
08BRATISLAVA11	SLOVAKIA WILL VOTE FOR PROSPER [...] Peter Kormuth, Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed to Poloff on January 9 that Slovakia will vote for Pierre-Richard Prosper, the U.S. candidate for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Janua [...]	2008-01-09 16:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA LO
08BRATISLAVA113	UPDATE OF SLOVAK FISCAL TRANSPARENCY NARRATIVE [...] Per reftel request, the following is the updated country narrative regarding fiscal transparency in Slovakia. 2. SLOVAKIA Slovakia has made significant progress in strengthening its management of public finances over the past few years. The government of Slovakia makes its state budget pu [...]	2008-03-12 07:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA114	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: U.S.-EU CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (SBU) In separate March 12 conversations, we delivered talking points and reftel to Peter Solcansky, Director of the Department of Air Quality at the Ministry of Environment, and Norbert Kurilla, Environmental Attache at the Slovak Permanent Mission in Brussels. Solcansky is the primary GOS t [...]	2008-03-13 12:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EUN SENV PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA115	AFGHANISTAN AND THE BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. In the run up to the Bucharest Summit, Slovakia is discussing with Canada the possibility of providing an OMLT in Kandahar. Meanwhile, the GOS continues to flesh out with the Dutch plans for additional deployments in Uruzgan Province. Based on increases already approved by the [...]	2008-03-13 17:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR LO
08BRATISLAVA124	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH NEW SLOVAK [...] (C) Summary. In their first official meeting, Ambassador Obsitnik and new Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska discussed Afghanistan, missile defense, and the MOD's pending transport aircraft tender. Baska confirmed that Slovakia had signed an MOU with the Dutch on the second phase of deplo [...]	2008-03-20 07:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA128	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In an one-on-one meeting conducted in Slovak on March 19, President Gasparovic stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Slovak and U.S.-EU ties; urged a NATO agreed approach to missile defense; and expressed concerns about the potential precedent Kosovo sets for Slovakia's Hungari [...]	2008-03-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA132	SLOVAKIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH PROPOSED NATO [...] (U) DCM and German DCM Klaus-Jochen Richard Guhlke delivered the letter and proposed statement as per reftel to Karol Mistrik, Director of the Disarmament, OSCE and Counter Terrorism Department at the Slovak MFA on March 26. Mistrik had already received the letter and draft statement through N [...]	2008-03-26 17:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD
08BRATISLAVA136	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BELARUS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Miro Jenca, Foreign Minister Kubis's Chef du Cabinet, on March 28. Pol/Econ Chief had discussed the demarche with Acting Director of the Office for Balkans and the CIS, Eva Ponomarenkova on March 26. Jenca described the GOB's recentt behavior as very dis [...]	2008-03-28 15:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO BO EU
08BRATISLAVA137	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MARCH 27 LUNCHEON WITH PRIME [...] (U) This message contains an action request; please see para 7. 2.(C) Summary: In a cordial and collegial, hour-long conversation (entirely in Slovak) over lunch, Ambassador Obsitnik and Prime Minister Fico discussed domestic politics, VWP, the NATO Summit and Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, the [...]	2008-03-28 15:33:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS KVIR PHUM AF LO
08BRATISLAVA138	RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO RESETTLE CUBAN MIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Acting Director of the MFA Americas Office Tomas Bican on March 10. Bican undertook to coordinate with the Ministry of Interior and informed Embassy on March 28 that the preliminary reaction from the MOI was "mainly positive," and "open" to th [...]	2008-03-28 15:46:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CU LO SMIG
08BRATISLAVA148	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR NATO SUMMIT SUCCESS, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Obsitnik met on March 31 to discuss U.S. priorities for the NATO Summit and to register his concern regarding an interview Prime Minister Fico gave to Czech television on March 30 in which he stated that the Slovak "government" was opposed to missile defense and that [...]	2008-04-02 10:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LO AF PHUM
08BRATISLAVA160	ZUBKOV VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SLOVAKIA'S ECONOMIC TIES [...] (C) Summary - Russian Prime Minister Zubkov's April 3-4 visit to Slovakia primarily focused on strengthening the broader economic and energy relationship, but lacked a big announcement on gas or nuclear cooperation that many had expected. Trade between the two countries has increased considera [...]	2008-04-10 14:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL LO RU
08BRATISLAVA17	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Ambassador Marian Tomasik, Director of the Asia, Africa and Middle East Directorate at the MFA on January 8. Tomasik agreed fully on the need to shine the light on the Syrian regime's human rights violations and thought that the GOS would be able to say so [...]	2008-01-10 16:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO SY
08BRATISLAVA175	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 16:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	GG LO PREL RS
08BRATISLAVA18	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points to Ambassador Marian Tomasik, Director of the Asia, Africa and Middle East Directorate at the MFA on January 8. Tomasik agreed fully on the need to shine the light on the Syrian regime's human rights violations and thought that the GOS would be able to say so [...]	2008-01-10 16:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO SY
08BRATISLAVA180	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO TURKEY'S CHANGE OF STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 11:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL TU LO
08BRATISLAVA183	SLOVAKS FORMALLY EXPRESS CONCERN OVER RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 19:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	GG LO PREL RS
08BRATISLAVA187	DEFENSE MINISTER GETS OUT AHEAD ON AFGHANISTAN; PM [...] (C) Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska announced publicly April 23 that Slovakia plans to increase its troop commitment in Afghanistan to 250-280 by 2010 and that the contingent could, at some future date, also include Slovak Special Forces. (Note: the current deployment is 69 and will re [...]	2008-04-28 06:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA188	DEFENSE MINISTER GETS OUT AHEAD ON AFGHANISTAN; PM [...] (C) Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska announced publicly April 23 that Slovakia plans to increase its troop commitment in Afghanistan to 250-280 by 2010 and that the contingent could, at some future date, also include Slovak Special Forces. (Note: the current deployment is 69 and will re [...]	2008-04-28 06:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA207	MAY 21 - DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN PEOPLE [...] Post discussed the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with Cuba" with contacts from the Slovak Government, Parliament and NGOs. Laszlo Nagy, Chairman of Parliament's Committee for human rights, minorities and the status of women, will consider making a statement in Parliament, or proposing a political [...]	2008-05-05 14:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU LO
08BRATISLAVA208	SLOVAKIA'S UNHRC CANDIDACY [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points to Denisa Frelichova at MFA's UN and International Organizations Department on May 2. Frelichova was familiar with U.S. concerns related to the UNHRC, which U.S. PermRep Khalizad shared with MFA State Secretary Diana Strofova during meetings in New York the we [...]	2008-05-06 08:40:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC LO
08BRATISLAVA220	SUPPORTING ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND DISSIDENTS [...] Post proactively initiates, encourages and supports outreach to activists for democracy and dissidents in un-free nations. In the past year, Post worked with several indigenous and international NGOs to provide training, resources and moral support to civil society organizations in Belarus, Af [...]	2008-05-14 14:54:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA221	SLOVAK PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 15:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL IZ LO PGOV
08BRATISLAVA231	SLOVAKIA REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR LEBANESE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) DCM, in the absence of the Ambassador who was traveling in-country, delivered reftel points to MFA State Secretary Olga Algayerova on May 16 (FM Kubis is in Peru). Algayerova reaffirmed Slovakia's support for the Government of Lebanon and the March 14 movement, and said Slovakia will conti [...]	2008-05-16 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IR LO
08BRATISLAVA232	SLOVAKIA SHARES NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and DATT delivered reftel points to Director of the MFA Disarmament Office (and Slovak delegation lead for Oslo Process negotiations) Karol Mistrik, as well to the MOD representative to the talks, Captain Petrasik. Mistrik and Petrasik stated that the core of their negotiat [...]	2008-05-16 17:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR NATO LO
08BRATISLAVA237	FM KUBIS LUNCH WITH NATO AND EU AMBASSADORS ON MAY [...] (C) Foreign Kubis invited NATO and EU Ambassadors to a working lunch on May 20, 2008, and offered the Slovak government's views on Afghanistan, Kosovo, Belarus, the EU and other subjects. Afghanistan ----------------- 2. (C) Kubis said he would personally attend the June 12 conference i [...]	2008-05-22 06:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO PARM
08BRATISLAVA239	USING SLOVAKIA'S ELECTION TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Slovakia's election on May 21 to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) is seen here as a significant step in the country's effort to carve out a bigger space for itself in the international arena. Following its successful tenure on the UN Security Council (2006-7),the HRC bid was the logical [...]	2008-05-22 15:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA240	GAERC MEETING: SLOVAKIA HOPES TO BECOME "LEADER ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered Ref A points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on May 22. In preparing for the upcoming GAERC, FM Kubis is, according to Otruba, putting the greatest effort into a speech on his recent trip to Afghanistan (Ref B). Otruba speculated that the Foreign Minister wants [...]	2008-05-23 10:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZL IR IZ IS SY LE SO AF
08BRATISLAVA243	SLOVAK VIEWS ON THE PARIS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Drahomir Stos, desk officer for Afghanistan, on May 19. Stos indicated that the Slovak Government was reviewing its approach to the conference, including possible contributions, and suggested Embassy follow-up after May 22. Stos told Pol/Econ Chief on [...]	2008-05-23 14:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LO AA
08BRATISLAVA261	UPDATES TO CONTACT INFORMATION FOR LEADING [...] (U) Post response to reftel follows in paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Country: Slovak Republic Date: June 2, 2008 Head of Government Fico Robert Robert FICO Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic 421 2 5729 5400 (office) 421 2 5978 2211 (MFA duty phone) 421 905 755 705 (residence/mobile) [...]	2008-06-02 13:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA265	SLOVAKIA STILL UNDECIDED ON IOM DG NOMINEE [...] (U) Post conveyed reftel points to Tomas Hrbac, Chief of the Section of Specialized Agencies of the UN System and Other International Organizations, MFA. Hrbac stated the U.S. candidate, Ambassador Bill Swing, was one of two candidates the GoS was considering for Director General of the Inte [...]	2008-06-05 13:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC LO
08BRATISLAVA266	STRAINS SURFACE (AGAIN) IN FICO-KUBIS RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Following a burst of media coverage suggesting that Foreign Minister Kubis's days in office could be numbered, signs of strained relations between Prime Minister Fico and FM Kubis were apparent, once again, during Fico's June 3 visit to the MFA. According to a senior MFA official [...]	2008-06-06 12:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA275	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THE U.S. AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief conveyed reftel points to Veronika Lombardini, Director of the MFA's Human Rights Office on June 10. Lombardini did not appear surprised by the news, saying that she understood U.S. objections to various trends and developments within the Council. That said, Lombardini [...]	2008-06-11 16:02:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA276	SLOVAK GOVERNMENT APPROVES NEW MANDATE AND [...] (C) Summary. The GoS approved a proposal on June 11 to increase Slovakia's contribution to ISAF up to a total of 246 soldiers, including 24 troops who will operate without geographical caveats. Defense Minister Baska has said he plans to increase the number of Slovak troops serving in ISAF to [...]	2008-06-11 16:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ISAF NL LO
08BRATISLAVA28	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S COURTESY CALL ON INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Obsitnik and Interior Minister Robert Kalinak discussed the Visa Waiver Program, border security, fighting extremism, and controversial pending NGO legislation in a 90-minute conversation January 17 -- including a 20 minute one-on-one. Minister Kalinak welcomed plans fo [...]	2008-01-23 16:21:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM LO CVIS
08BRATISLAVA281	JUNE GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS LIFTING SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on June 12. Otruba predicted the GAERC will drop Restrictive Measures against Cuba, but also will send a strong pro-democracy message. Slovakia supports this stance, with the proviso that there be an annual [...]	2008-06-12 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV CU LO
08BRATISLAVA282	SLOVAKIA INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. Slovakia is a functioning Parliamentary democracy and market economy that, for the most part, has done very well implementing its OSCE commitments to human rights and fundamental freedoms. In recent years Slovakia has become an advocate for human rights and fundamental freedoms [...]	2008-06-13 14:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM OSCE KDEM PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA283	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR IWC ANNUAL [...] (U) Pol/Econoff conveyed reftel points to Katarina Slabeyova, CITES Management Authority, Department of Nature and Landscape Protection in the Ministry of Environment. Slabeyova will be a GoS representative at this year's annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in Santiago [...]	2008-06-13 15:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD LO
08BRATISLAVA284	SLOVAK ATTENDANCE AT JUNE 23 CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA Desk Officer for Lebanon, Syria and Israel, Beata Urbanova. According to Urbanova, MFA Deputy Minister Diana Strofova will represent Slovakia at the June 23 Conference. Urbanova also confirmed that the GOS is considering a pledge, but said t [...]	2008-06-13 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PGOV PREL LO LE UNRWA
08BRATISLAVA29	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S COURTESY CALL ON FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 16:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	LO PO PREL PGOV
08BRATISLAVA290	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a one-on-one meeting on June 18, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Kubis had a wide-ranging discussion that touched on Kosovo, Afghanistan, Slovak-Hungarian relations, the Lisbon Treaty, energy issues and the Foreign Minister's role and future. Kubis noted GOS support [...]	2008-06-18 15:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KVIR EU LO
08BRATISLAVA291	PARLIAMENT APPROVES EXPANDED ISAF MISSION [...] (SBU) Slovakia's Parliament approved on June 19 the Government's plan (described in Ref A) to expand its contribution to ISAF. 126 of Slovakia's 150 MPs were present for the vote, in which 119 voted in favor and seven abstained. All six MPs from the right-of-center Christian-Democratic Party ( [...]	2008-06-20 12:41:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ISAF MOPS LO
08BRATISLAVA301	GLOBAL INITIATIVE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel points via email to Roman Rosina, MFA Department of Arms Control, Counter-Terrorism and OSCE; and Global Initiative contact person for Slovakia, on June 29. Rosina replied and thanked Poloff and said he would take note of India and Jordan's contact person information wh [...]	2008-06-30 11:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PTER
08BRATISLAVA310	EUR DAS BRYZA'S JULY 1 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. EUR DAS Matt Bryza, accompanied by Ambassador Obsitnik and Pol-Econoff, met with Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on July 1 for a wide-ranging dicussion on Armenia-Azerbaijan, Georgia-Abkhazia, Turkmenistan and the Nabucco gas pipeline, Transpetrol, increased transparency in Ukr [...]	2008-07-03 18:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PREL AM AJ GG TX UP RS PL
08BRATISLAVA314	SLOVAKIA WILL ONLY ONLY SUPPORT PRISONERS OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Veronika Lombardini, Director of MFA's Department for Human Rights and the Council of Europe. Lombardini said the EU will discuss support for a prisoners of conscience public affairs event again at a meeting on July 8, but that Slovakia will not support [...]	2008-07-08 09:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM LO
08BRATISLAVA316	SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN RELATIONS: NO BREAKTHROUGHS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 15:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA32	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S COURTESY CALL ON FORMER [...] (C) Summary. In a cordial and lively one-hour conversation, former Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda outlined his strategy for wooing voters back to his party, the Social Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU). In an series of public meetings throughout the country over the next several months, [...]	2008-01-24 13:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	LO PO PREL PGOV
08BRATISLAVA324	SDKU CHAIRMAN DZURINDA: HOLDING ON TO THE REINS [...] (C) Summary. During a farewell call by the DCM on July 9, SDKU Chairman Mikulas Dzurinda outlined SDKU's strategy for promoting the party in the face of a resilient and popular government. Dzurinda acknowledged that simply criticizing PM Fico and the government was not working, and that SDK [...]	2008-07-11 10:03:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA334	JUSTICE MINISTER HARABIN UNDER FIRE [...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Harabin, a former Supreme Court Justice and of Meciar's HZDS, is under fire for his reported ties to Baki Sadiki, believed to have been the head of an Albanian drug-smuggling ring in the 1990's. Sadiki escaped prosecution on drug trafficking charges, but was to [...]	2008-07-16 11:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA336	GAERC: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS ON UKRAINE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Albin Otruba on July 18. Otruba will include U.S. non-papers in the briefing materials acting FM Diana Strofova receives ahead of the July 22-23 GAERC meeting(FM Kubis will be on vacation at the time of the GAERC). 2. (SBU) [...]	2008-07-18 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP LO
08BRATISLAVA338	AMBASSADOR SCHULTE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador to the UN and International Organizations in Vienna, Gregory Schulte, conducted consultations July 9 with the Slovak Government regarding Iran's nuclear activities and Syria's clandestine program. Ambassador Schulte met with President Gasparovic, senior officials from [...]	2008-07-21 16:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA LO SY IR
08BRATISLAVA339	PM FICO EQUATES KARADZIC ARREST WITH NEED TO [...] (SBU) While the Slovak MFA issued a predictably positive statement welcoming the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, PM Fico expressed a different personal opinion in a comment during a July 22 press conference. The MFA issued the following statement: "The Ministry of Foreig [...]	2008-07-24 13:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KAWC LO
08BRATISLAVA34	GAERC RESPONSE [...] (U) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Alexander Micovcin on January 25. Slovakia's delegation will be led by MFA State Secretary Olga Algayerova, as Minister Jan Kubis will be hosting a visit by the UN Secretary General. 2. (SBU) Micovcin predicted that an EU Peacekee [...]	2008-01-25 15:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV KVIR IR IS SU LO
08BRATISLAVA340	CANDIDATES FOR MAKTOUM FOUNDATION ENTREPRENEURS [...] Based on the criteria outlined in reftel, post has not identified any potential nominees for the Maktoum Foundation Entrepreneurs Conference. OBSITNIK [...]	2008-07-28 14:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA341	FORMER AMBASSADOR TO U.S. ON SLOVAK PLANS FOR [...] (C) During a cordial one-on-one luncheon July 25 with Ambassador Obsitnik, former Ambassador to the U.S., Rasto Kacer, stated that he had been told by a well-connected source that PM Fico has made a secret deal with Russia to resell a portion of the Transpetrol pipeline after the GOS purchases [...]	2008-07-29 07:12:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET LO RU
08BRATISLAVA342	PM FICO RIDING HIGH...SO, WHAT AILS HIM? [...] (C) Summary. By most measures, Robert Fico has enjoyed great success in his two years as Slovakia's Prime Minister. Buoyed by economic statistics that are the envy of his regional counterparts, Fico's popularity is extraordinarily high among voters (ranging between 42-48 percent). Unemploymen [...]	2008-07-30 16:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA349	SLOVAK SUPPORT FOR TURKISH EU ACCESSION [...] (C) Acting Director of the MFA's Third Territorial Department, Eva Ponomarenkova, confirmed on July 29 continued GOS support for Turkey's EU accession, noting that Slovakia's experience underscored the importance of an "EU perspective" as a motivating factor for critical reforms. Although the [...]	2008-07-31 16:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO EU TU
08BRATISLAVA35	SLOVAKS TO NEGOTIATE FOR TRANSPETROL STAKE [...] (C) Summary - In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Economy Minister Lubomir Jahnatek said that the GOS has resumed its efforts to buy back the 49 percent Transpetrol stake from Dutch-based Yukos Finance (YF). Jahnatek stated that he had concurrence from the Russian side to go ahead wit [...]	2008-01-25 15:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PREL LO RS
08BRATISLAVA350	MFA OFFICIALS CAUTIOUS ON CUBA, SEEKING WAYS TO [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief reviewed reftel points with Dusan Kristofik, Director of the MFA'S America's division, on July 30. Kristofik pointed out that Slovakia covers Colombia and Venezuela from its embassy in Brasilia, so it tries to take advantage of contacts in multilateral settings to reinforce [...]	2008-07-31 17:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER LO CU EU
08BRATISLAVA351	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Embassy Bratislava's response to reftel follows in paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) A. President Ivan Gasparovic will not/not attend. B. Prime Minister Robert Fico will not/not attend. C. Foreign Minister Jan Kubis will attend. - Arrive September 20 or 21, 2008. Depart September 26 or 27, [...]	2008-08-01 12:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08BRATISLAVA36	SLOVAKIA WOULD SUPPORT TOUGHER SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with MFA EU Correspondent Alexander Micovcin on January 25. Micovcin took detailed notes and promised to share and discuss the points with his colleagues. Micovcin confirmed Slovakia's willingness in principle to support additional, targeted sanctions against [...]	2008-01-25 15:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM BM LO
08BRATISLAVA37	DEFENSE MINISTER KASICKY RESIGNS [...] (C) Summary. At a 10:00 AM Press Conference on January 25, Prime Minister Fico - with Defense Minister Frantisek Kasicky by his side - announced he would accept his Minister's resignation. The proximate cause was revelations of grossly inflated tenders for services beginning on January 17. [...]	2008-01-25 15:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA372	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT STRONG NAC STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel points to Acting Foreign Minister Olga Algayerova on August 11. Algayerova said that Slovakia will "of course" support a strong statement from the NAC, and that she will also support a firm united statement from the EU at the August 13 GAERC meeting. [...]	2008-08-11 15:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL RU GG LO
08BRATISLAVA373	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF TIGHTER EU SANCTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 07:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM LO
08BRATISLAVA377	SLOVAK MFA EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 17:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA382	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA WILL URGE RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 13:43:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA384	TFGG01: FM KUBIS: SLOVAK GOVERNMENT NOW UNITED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 15:50:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA390	GASPAROVIC'S REASSURANCES ON GEORGIA CONTRAST WITH [...] (C) Ambassador met with Slovak President Gasparovic August 19 to underscore the U.S. position on Georgia (reftel and previous); to urge continued constructive Slovak engagement within NATO, the EU, and the OSCE; and to note that the U.S. disagreed with Prime Minister Fico,s unhelpful public st [...]	2008-08-20 09:36:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID RS GG LO
08BRATISLAVA392	40TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1968 INVASION SLIPS BY QUIETLY [...] (SBU) The fortieth anniversary of the Warsaw Pact's August 21, 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia was observed in small, lightly attended ceremonies around Slovakia. Czech President Vaclav Klaus attended a short wreath-laying ceremony near Comenius University in Bratislava with Slovak President G [...]	2008-08-22 10:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CZ LO
08BRATISLAVA393	TFGG01: GEORGIA'S TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY IS [...] (SBU) DCM drew on refs A, B, and C in an August 25 discussion with Maria Krasnohorska, MFA Director General for International Organizations and Humanitarian Assistance. Krasnohorska appreciated U.S. communicativeness on the Georgian situation and said the Slovak MFA "reads the situation the sa [...]	2008-08-25 14:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA395	SLOVAKIA WILL NOT ATTEND DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS [...] Econoff delivered reftel points to Jozef Kudela, Africa Officer, Department of Development Cooperation, MFA. Kudela confirmed the GOS received the invitation to the Development Ministers Meeting in Monrovia, Liberia from September 5-6. Kudela said the Office of MFA State Secretary Olga Algayer [...]	2008-08-26 09:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID LI GH PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA397	TFGG01: SLOVAKIA REJECTS ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:32:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PREL MARR GG RU LO
08BRATISLAVA40	OPPOSITION APPEARS TO HAVE HELD UP LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Slovakia's parliament -- despite PM Fico's urging -- postponed the planned January 30 vote on ratification of the EU Lisbon Treaty 30 due to the opposition's insistence that the government withdraw its draft press law. Parliament postponed further consideration until January 31, and may h [...]	2008-01-30 16:47:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA405	SEPTEMBER GYMNICH: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS U.S. LINE ON [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to the MFA's EU Correspondent, Albin Oltruba, and also shared them with the Directors of the Balkan and CIS offices. Oltruba noted that Georgia would be the main focus of the meeting, with continued planning and consultation on the scope and timing [...]	2008-09-04 16:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU LO GG RU
08BRATISLAVA412	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ISAF'S [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to new Slovak MFA Political Director, Ambassador Igor Slobodnik. Slobodnik, who recently completed a five-year tenure as Slovakia's first NATO PermRep, was receptive and expressed understanding of the need to move this topic into the NAC, even if the Military C [...]	2008-09-12 14:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO LO AF
08BRATISLAVA418	SLOVAK CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIALS: MORE [...] (C) Summary. PM Fico hosted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Secin for an interministerial working lunch on September 10. In a subsequent press conference, Secin and Fico confirmed that the "Slovak-Russian intergovernmental Committee" would henceforth meet quarterly, vice twice yearly, to intensif [...]	2008-09-19 06:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RU LO GA
08BRATISLAVA42	FICO TO EU: WE'LL RATIFY LISBON TREATY [...] (C) Prime Minister Fico met with EU ambassadors on January 30 to calm their fears about Lisbon Treaty ratification hours after the PM postponed the ratification vote in parliament due to opposition demands that Fico withdraw his controversial new press law draft as a precondition for its suppo [...]	2008-01-31 16:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA422	SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON PNG AMBASSADORS IN BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 11:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC LO
08BRATISLAVA423	SLOVAK REACTION TO "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met September 22 with Juraj Podhorsky, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Division, to deliver reftel points. Podhorsky said that the GOS would give serious consideration to U.S. views as outlined reftel, but that it had not yet taken a position regarding the advisabilit [...]	2008-09-22 15:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA445	SLOVAKIA: 2009 NATO POLICY-MAKER TOUR PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Bratislava requests a date be reserved for a policy-maker tour early in FY'09. Post will nominate 6-8 junior-level employees of the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, the Government (Prime Minister's) Office, and Slovak Parliament. Post requests a tour that includes substantive [...]	2008-10-02 11:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO KPAO OEXC OIIP PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA446	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) I met with President Gasparovic September 30, and from his perspective the timing of his visit to Washington could not be more auspicious. The trip will link him in the minds of Slovak voters with accession to the Visa Waiver Program, one of the brightest spots in our bilateral relations. [...]	2008-10-02 12:26:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO LO
08BRATISLAVA450	HSPD-6 AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) On October 2, 2008, Ambassador Obsitnik and Slovak Minister of Interior Robert Kalinak met and signed the "Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Slovak Republic for the Exchange of Screening Information Concerning Known or Suspected Terr [...]	2008-10-02 15:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS KHLS KTIA PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA455	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 30 with President Gasparovic, in preparation for the Slovak leader's October 9 visit to the White House. While Slovak entry into the Visa Waiver Program would obviously be one positive topic of the meeting, to ensure a successful visit the Ambassador urge [...]	2008-10-06 15:34:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA462	SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT ICJ REFERRAL ON KOSOVO IN [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Eva Ponomarenkova, Director of the MFA's Balkan Section, on October 6. Ponomarenkova said that the Slovaks would join an EU-wide approach in the unlikely event one emerged, but in the absence of consensus would vote to support an ICJ referral on Kosovo. [...]	2008-10-08 16:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV UN LO
08BRATISLAVA463	SYRIAN FM MOALLEM'S VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. At the SARG's request, Syrian FM Moallem stopped in Bratislava on September 30 for a meeting with Foreign Minister Kubis en route to Damascus from the UNGA. According to Klara Novotna, Director of the MFA Office for Middle East and African Affairs, FM Kubis raised with Moallem t [...]	2008-10-09 11:29:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LO EU
08BRATISLAVA464	SLOVAKIA EXPECTS TO RATIFY NATO ENLARGEMENT IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel text with Martin Pangrac, Political Affairs Officer in the MFA Security Policy Department. Pangrac assured Poloff that Slovakia is aware of ratification and deposit procedures and predicted Slovakia will deposit its instruments before the end of the year. 2. (S [...]	2008-10-10 14:07:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA
08BRATISLAVA467	SLOVAK GAERC POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the Slovak MFA, on October 9. Slovak views on Zimbabwe, Belarus and Georgia are all nearly aligned with U.S. views. Slovakia will support lifting visa restrictions and the Arms Embargo against Uzbekistan. Otruba ex [...]	2008-10-10 14:20:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA482	SLOVAKIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN EGYPT'S AVIAN AND [...] Post conveyed reftel points to Dr. Klara Frecerova, General Director, Department of International Relations, Ministry of Health and Kristina Valova, Department of Foreign Relations, Ministry of Agriculture. Neither ministry will be sending participants to Egypt's Ministerial Conference on Avi [...]	2008-10-20 12:56:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA487	MOVING SLOVAKIA CLOSER TO "YES" ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Although the Government of Slovakia shows no signs of softening its opposition to Kosovo's independence, per my recent consultations with you and Assistant Secretary Fried, I plan to use recent key recognitions, i.e., by Montenegro, Portugal and Macedonia, to press the Slovaks toward a more [...]	2008-10-24 13:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO KVIR

08BRATISLAVA491	NEGATIVE RESPONSE FROM GOS TO DETAINEE REQUEST [...] (C) Ambassador Obsitnik broached reftel request in a one-on-one meeting with Interior Minister Robert Kalinak on October 24. Kalinak noted that Slovakia had recently agreed to a U.S. request to grant asylum to 8 Cuban migrants, but responded that the case of the Palestinian detainee was "too [...]	2008-10-28 15:49:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PHUM LO PA
08BRATISLAVA492	MFA RESPONSE TO BOSNIA DEMARCHE SUGGESTS SLOVAKIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 16:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU BH LO
08BRATISLAVA496	SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S OCTOBER 28 VISIT TO BRATISLAVA [...] (C) Summary. The October 28 visit of Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff to Bratislava successfully completed Slovakia's long effort to qualify for entry into the Visa Waiver Program. During the six-hour stop, Chertoff met with President Gasparovic and Interior Minister Kalinak, with who [...]	2008-10-30 11:00:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS LO
08BRATISLAVA507	SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN TENSIONS RISK DAMAGING [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Only two months after Prime Ministers Fico and Gyurscany dined together in Brussels, Slovak-Hungarian relations have reached a new low in the post-Meciar period. Actions by Slovak riot police against unruly Hungarian fans at a November 1 soccer match and subseque [...]	2008-11-04 16:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO HU
08BRATISLAVA512	SLOVAK REACTIONS TO U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 17:16:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LO
08BRATISLAVA522	SLOVAKIA: RESPONSE TO SUPPLEMENTARY GAERC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PGOV PREL GG RS LO
08BRATISLAVA523	SLOVAKIA: DEMARCHE ON DEA EXPULSION FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR BL LO
08BRATISLAVA524	HEDVIGA MALINOVA CASE UPDATE: DEEP QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: We recently visited the law offices of Roman Kvasnica (please protect),a respected Slovak lawyer who is currently representing Hedviga Malinova, an ethnic-Hungarian Slovak who claims to have been attacked in what she initially believed to be an ethnically-motivated hate crime in [...]	2008-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	PREL PHUM KCRM LO
08BRATISLAVA528	SERIES OF SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN FLARE-UPS FORCE PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the soccer match in Dunajska Streda on November 1 when Hungarian hooligans were expelled from the arena with surprising (some say excessive) force by Slovak police (reftel),several subsequent events involving ethnically fueled extremism have forced the rhetoric-slinging of [...]	2008-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU LO
08BRATISLAVA549	SLOVAK-HUNGARIAN RELATIONS: LOTS OF MEETINGS, [...] (C) Summary. Charge and Pol/Econ Chief met on November 19 with the special advisor to Prime Minister Fico and Foreign Minister Kubis for Slovak-Hungarian relations, former Foreign Minister Pavol Hamzik. Hamzik stated that nationalist leader Jan Slota is "damaging Slovak foreign policy and Slo [...]	2008-11-21 15:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LO HU
08BRATISLAVA552	SLOVAKIA ON ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 12:23:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LO
08BRATISLAVA558	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUSTAINMENT OF ANA VIA TRUST FUND [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis on November 28. Slovakia fully supports incorporating sustainment into NATO's current Afghan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund, according to Kubis. 2. (C) Kubis said Slovakia has provided material assistance direct [...]	2008-11-28 14:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO AF LO
08BRATISLAVA559	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-11-28 14:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRATISLAVA560	NAC MINISTERIAL: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on November 28 to discuss the upcoming NATO Ministerial (septel reports Slovak views on NATO support for the Afghan National Army). Both the Ambassador and Kubis acknowledged that recent stories in the European press had led to some misconceptions [...]	2008-11-28 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GA UA LO
08BRATISLAVA562	SLOVAK OFFICIAL: "UKRAINE AS READY FOR NATO AS WE [...] (SBU) Summary. USNATO Director for Defense Planning John R. Hoag discussed Ukraine's prospects for NATO accession during a courtesy call with the Director of the Security Policy Department at Slovakia's MFA, Juraj Podhorsky, on November 19. Podhorsky compared Ukraine's readiness for a MAP fav [...]	2008-12-01 09:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UA LO
08BRATISLAVA567	GOS RUSHES PENAL CODE AMENDMENT TO TOUGHEN STANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shortly after Slovak PM Fico and Hungarian PM Gyurcsany's November 17 meeting, Justice Minister Harabin submitted an amendment to the penal code which introduces the concept of "extremism" for the first time. Human rights NGOs immediately objected, as the draft amendment was ins [...]	2008-12-02 16:44:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HU LO
08BRATISLAVA57	GOS RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (SBU) With both the Director and the Deputy Director of the MFA's Middle East Bureau away, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Beata Urbanova, Desk Officer for Syria and Lebanon, on February 7. Urbanova underscored strong GOS support for the Siniora government, but was unable during the [...]	2008-02-08 17:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LE LO SY
08BRATISLAVA570	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary. Poloff delivered reftel points to Albin Otruba, European Correspondent at the MFA. Otruba said the Slovak delegation is most interested in the topics related to the western Balkans, and particularly Serbia and Kosovo. With respect to the Middle East and the WTO, Otruba predicted th [...]	2008-12-04 15:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU LO
08BRATISLAVA580	SLOVAK PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 08:06:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM LO
08BRATISLAVA582	SLOVAK TELECOMS REGULATOR: I WAS FIRED FOR HONESTY [...] (C) The head of the Slovak telecommunications authority was removed by Parliamentary vote last week, following a dispute over the contract to build the infrastructure for digital television broadcast. Branislav Macaj (PROTECT) alleges that he was ordered by the highest levels of government to [...]	2008-12-12 15:37:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINV KCOR PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA584	SLOVAKIA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) We offer below the responses to questions asked by reftel regarding Slovakia's Cuba policy. 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? A: In our view, Slovakia has worked to advance human rights and democracy [...]	2008-12-15 14:39:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU LO
08BRATISLAVA585	SLOVAKIA ON UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 12:31:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA LO
08BRATISLAVA592	CUBIC: WE COULDN'T YELL AT MOD FOREVER [...] (C) Summary. On November 28, the Slovak Government reversed an earlier commitment and notified the Ambassador that it would not renew its contract for defense-advisory services with the American consulting firm Cubic. Don Madison, Director of Cubic programs in Slovakia, and Jeff Guild, an empl [...]	2008-12-19 13:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR LO
08BRATISLAVA593	PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC RETURNS TEXTBOOK LAW TO [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting with President Gasparovic, Ambassador raised Slovak-Hungarian relations and Slovak engagement in Afghanistan. Ambassador urged President Gasparovic to sign the compromise "textbook" law, which calls for the inclusion of both Hungarian and Slovak place names in [...]	2008-12-19 14:04:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA602	PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC RETURNS TEXTBOOK LAW TO [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting with President Gasparovic, Ambassador raised Slovak-Hungarian relations and Slovak engagement in Afghanistan. Ambassador urged President Gasparovic to sign the compromise "textbook" law, which calls for the inclusion of both Hungarian and Slovak place names in [...]	2008-12-30 09:52:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PHUM LO
08BRATISLAVA64	SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR PROJECT IN ANTI-TIP: MANAGED BY [...] Post submits the following project proposal received from the Slovak Office of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC). ----------------------- Identifying Information ----------------------- 2. Project proposal information is as follows: Name of Organization: United Nat [...]	2008-02-13 16:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KRCM PHUM PREL SMIG LO
08BRATISLAVA76	WHERE IS SLOVAKIA ON MISSILE DEFENSE? [...] (U) Slovak Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek, a nominee of the PM's Smer-SD party, expressed concerns about US Missile Defense (MD) plans following a February 19 meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergej Naryshkin in Bratislava. Jahnatek said "Every rational person knows this is a t [...]	2008-02-20 17:11:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO PARM LO RU
08BRATISLAVA83	GOS KOSOVO RHETORIC: MORE SOUND THAN FURY [...] (C) Summary and comment. Although the general reaction among most Slovak politicians, media and the public to Kosovo's declaration of independence has been relatively restrained, top officials from governing coalition parties, including the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Caplovic, and [...]	2008-02-26 07:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YU KO LO
08BRATISLAVA88	AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S FEBRUARY 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Foreign Minister Kubis discussed Kosovo, Afghanistan, Missile Defense and Iran on February 26. FM Kubis said the GOS had begun discussions with the Canadians regarding additional deployments in Afghanistan, and that the GOS hoped to be in a position to preview this [...]	2008-02-28 13:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO PARM
08BRATISLAVA89	GOVERNMENT BACKS AWAY FROM PROBLEMATIC NGO LAW [...] (SBU) In a February 27 meeting with NGO leaders, Interior Minister Kalinak acknowledged that the government's draft law on NGOs was flawed and tasked NGO lawyers to produce a mututally satisfactory draft within two weeks. The NGOs plan to draft an amendment to the existing 1990 law that would [...]	2008-02-29 15:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL LO
08BRATISLAVA95	SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VWP NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel points to Director of the MFA Americas Office, Dusan Kristofik, on March 4. Kristofik expressed complete agreement with the message and appreciation for the timing of the demarche, as MFA and Interior Ministry officials were scheduled to meet that [...]	2008-03-04 15:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
08BRATISLAVA96	SLOVAKIA SANGUINE ABOUT EU DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 16:45:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU EUN LO
08BRAZZAVILLE233	UPDATED REPUBLIC OF CONGO RESPONSE - 63RD UNGA, HIGH-LEVEL [...] (SBU) This reftel provides an update to Reftel A regarding GROC attendance at the 63rd UN General Assembly: A. ATTENDANCE OF THE HEAD OF STATE -- President Sassou-Nguesso has no plans to attend B. ATTENDANCE OF THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT -- Head of Government will not attend C. ATT [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP
08BRAZZAVILLE239	CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE RESPONSE TO UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Charge met with Ambassador Giselle Ngondo, Ambassadeur Itinerant, special adviser to the Republic of Congo (RoC) Minister of Foreign Affairs Basile Ikouebe for the UNGA delegation. Charge emphasized the U.S. commitment to promote human rights [...]	2008-09-05 13:40:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN
08BRAZZAVILLE297	PRESIDENT SASSOU-NGUESSO'S CONGRATULATIONS TO [...] On Friday, 7 November, post received a letter of congratulations dated November 5, 2008, and addressed to President-elect Barack Obama from Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. 2. BEGIN ORIGINAL TEXT: Monsieur le President, Votre brillante election a la presidence des Etat [...]	2008-11-10 15:29:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP ODIP CF
08BRAZZAVILLE305	CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE - AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 22:40:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP PREL CF
08BRAZZAVILLE310	CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE DEMARCHE REGARDING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. DCM met with Lessard Safouesse Makayat, Deputy Secretary General, Chief of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Republic of the Congo (RoC) to present talking points regarding the three imminent resolutions that promu [...]	2008-11-21 14:58:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA CF
08BRIDGETOWN104	THE NATURE ISLE DEVELOPING GREEN ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Dominica is poised to develop its geothermal and other renewable energy sectors. If successful, geothermal energy could supply all of Dominica's energy needs, as well as export considerable energy to the neighboring French islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe [...]	2008-02-20 14:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN123	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED KOSOVO, ARTICLE 98, CUBA, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 21 meeting with the Ambassador, St. Lucian PM King reemphasized his support for Kosovo independence and Article 98, although the GOSL has yet to act on either issue. In discussing the deliverables from the June 2007 Conference on the Caribbean, King's advisor expla [...]	2008-02-27 18:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIA ETRD PBTS XL
08BRIDGETOWN124	PETROCARIBE #35: ST. KITTS AND PETROCARIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: St. Kitts and Nevis has begun preparations for hosting the Fifth Petrocaribe Summit. Meanwhile, the Venezuelan energy initiative appears to be gaining momentum in the country, following the first successful delivery of Petrocaribe fuel in December 2007 and evolving plans for the [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN125	SNAPSHOT: ISLAM IN NEVIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following-up on contacts made at the Embassy's inaugural Iftar, PolOff met with the leader of the Nevis Muslim Association, as well as with leaders from the local university's Muslim Association. While both groups are small, they are well-integrated into the tiny island comm [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SOCI PREL PHUM XL SC
08BRIDGETOWN134	ST. VINCENT: MAN ACQUITTED OF KILLING PM'S PRESS [...] (U) Summary: In a year of sensational crime stories, St. Vincent witnessed its most sensational trial fall apart this week, as the man accused with the 2006 murder of the Prime Minister's press secretary was acquitted of the charges. The presiding judge had earlier ruled that an oral confessio [...]	2008-03-04 13:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN135	ATF ETRACE MOU [...] Per reftel instructions, copies of the ATF eTrace MOU were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0179, Barbados #0180, Dominica #0181, St. Christopher and Nevis #0182, St. Lucia #0183, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #0184) on March 4, 2008. [...]	2008-03-04 13:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD ETTC XL TX PARM
08BRIDGETOWN137	MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Maldive's resolution on climate change and human rights were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0170, Barbados #0171, Dominica #0172, St. Christopher and Nevis #0173, St. Lucia #0174, St. Vincent [...]	2008-03-04 14:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BRIDGETOWN139	Successful Commercial Outreach Trip to St Kitts [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 19:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS
08BRIDGETOWN141	COMMERCIAL OUTREACH TRIP TO ST KITTS, PART TWO [...] (U) Summary: Poloffs conducted a week-long commercial outreach trip to St Kitts during diplmatic week February 18 to 22. Poloffs met with lcal business leaders, government finance and invesment officers, and hosted two receptions for thelocal American business community, while promotig increa [...]	2008-03-04 21:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV PREL SC XL AMCHAMS
08BRIDGETOWN150	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS [...] (u) The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the [...]	2008-03-06 12:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN156	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ST. LUCIA [...] (u) The Government of St. Lucia practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal yea [...]	2008-03-07 19:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN157	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN BARBADOS [...] (u) The Government of Barbados practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal year [...]	2008-03-07 19:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN158	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN DOMINICA [...] (u) The Government of Dominica practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the fiscal year [...]	2008-03-07 19:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN159	FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA [...] (u) The Government of Antigua and Barbuda practices fiscal transparency by making its national budget publicly available on an annual basis. The government does this by announcing the budget in an open forum of parliament annually and doing a budgetary review in parliament at the end of the [...]	2008-03-07 19:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN21	BARBADOS ELECTION UNPREDICTABLE TO THE END [...] (U) SUMMARY: With elections scheduled for January 15, the Barbados political landscape has heated up with accusations flying between the two main parties, the launch of their political manifestos, and the increased vigor of on-the-ground canvassing and media campaigning. Statistically, the op [...]	2008-01-11 14:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CN TW BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN220	ST. VINCENT: PM'S (FIRST) RAPE CASE HIJACKED BY [...] (C) Summary: The judge reviewing the Director of Public Prosecutions' (DPP's) February decision to "discontinue" the rape case against Prime Minister Gonsalves has ruled that the DPP acted properly and within the parameters of the law. The lawyers for the accuser have appealed the case, and ha [...]	2008-04-01 12:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN229	ST. VINCENT RULE OF LAW SLUMPING, ECONOMY GRINDING [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the much-publicized rape case against the Prime Minister which was discontinued by the prosecution (Ref A),rule of law in St. Vincent and the Grenadines has been given a public black eye. With the murder rate among the highest in the world, meanwhile, crime is pe [...]	2008-04-03 19:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SNAR PREL PHUM ASEC XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN23	LABOR STRIFE HEATING UP IN EASTERN CARIBBEAN [...] Summary: In recent months, there have been a number of high-profile industrial actions in the Eastern Caribbean. Behind the increase in industrial actions, lies a worsening economic situation for the average worker, who is facing shrinking real income due to high inflation, and decrease in re [...]	2008-01-11 17:10:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ELAB XL
08BRIDGETOWN25	BARBADOS BUSINESS CLIMATE ON EVE OF ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Barbados' elections slated for January 15, pundits have been speculating the post-election business climate. Many have settled on a wait-and-see approach as they claim that the economic climate will only take shape after the election results are known. Others predict that [...]	2008-01-11 21:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN294	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee Meeting were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0407, Barbados #0407, Dominica #0409, St. Christopher and Nevis #0410, St. Lucia #0411 [...]	2008-05-06 18:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA XL
08BRIDGETOWN295	PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE (PSI): INVITING NON-PSI [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI): Inviting Non-PSI States to Attend the PSI Fifth Anniversary Outreach Workshop were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0400, Barbados #0401, Dominica #0402 [...]	2008-05-06 18:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP XL
08BRIDGETOWN298	SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the Senior Roundtable for Women's Justice were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0419, Barbados #0420, Dominica #0421, St. Christopher and Nevis #0422, St. Lucia #0423, St. Vincent and the Grenadine [...]	2008-05-06 19:53:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM KPAO PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN299	U.S. CANDIDATE FOR INTER-AMERICAN JURIDICAL COMMITTEE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the U.S. Candidate for Inter-American Juridical Committee were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0413, Barbados #0414, Dominica #0414, St. Christopher and Nevis #0416, St. Lucia #0417, St. Vincent a [...]	2008-05-06 19:58:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OAS XL
08BRIDGETOWN310	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the UNSC Resolution on Somali Piracy were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0455, Barbados #0456, Dominica #0457, St. Christopher and Nevis #0458, St. Lucia #0459, St. Vincent and the Grenadines #04 [...]	2008-05-09 14:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XL
08BRIDGETOWN311	U.S.-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel instructions, demarches on the U.S.-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration were delivered to Foreign Ministers by fax under cover of Diplomatic Notes (Antigua and Barbuda #0461, Barbados #0462, Dominica #0463, St. Christopher and Nevis #0464, St. Lucia #0465, St. Vincent and the Gre [...]	2008-05-09 14:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN319	FURTHER POLITICAL SHAKE-UP IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three members of parliament in St. Lucia are threatening to leave the ruling United Workers Party if their demands, which include the dismissal of a competent, but disliked, appointed member of cabinet and the reinstatement of a politically unpopular figure, are not met. If they [...]	2008-05-16 21:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EINV ETRD KTIA ST XL
08BRIDGETOWN332	CHINA'S POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN EC PAYS DIVIDENDS [...] (C) PM David Thompson's May 7-9 visit to Beijing highlights China's increasing engagement in the Eastern Caribbean to improve economic and business ties and increase aid. The visit, which generated new economic and business ties and increased aid, was seen as successful by commentators, who [...]	2008-05-22 18:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR CH XL
08BRIDGETOWN346	ST. LUCIA: GOVERNMENT TEETERS ON THE BRINK OF [...] (C) St. Lucia's leadership crisis came to a head in late May as two ministers threatened to leave the governing party and serve as independents and others weighed their options. With the government facing the loss of its majority in parliament, Economic Planning Minister Ausbert d'Auvergne re [...]	2008-05-29 18:13:00	Embassy Bridgetown	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CN SL XL
08BRIDGETOWN349	ST VINCENT LABOR UNIONS PRAGMATIC ON ECONOMIC [...] (u) Summary: St. Vincent's labor commissioner, public service union general secretary and the national workers movement general secretary were all upbeat in recent meetings, in contrast to the general downbeat assessment of the labor scene they portrayed six months earlier. The labor moveme [...]	2008-05-29 20:33:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN36	TEMPERS, CARS SET ABLAZE BY ST. KITTS ELECTORAL [...] (U) Summary: Following the passing of electoral reform law in December 2007 in St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis, tempers have flared as the opposition has raised objections to the ruling Labour party's implementation of re-registration rules. In what has devolved into a vicious battle in [...]	2008-01-16 21:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EAID SC XL
08BRIDGETOWN40	SEA TURTLE SANCTUARIES STAVING OFF EXTINCTION [...] Summary: Operators of sea turtle sanctuaries in Barbados, Dominica and St. Vincent are expressing optimism about the long term viability of sea turtles in the region, but noted that obstacles remain in ensuring long term survival. There is growing awareness throughout the Eastern Caribbean tha [...]	2008-01-22 16:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EFIS PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN43	NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN [...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...]	2008-01-23 19:56:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN435	DOMINICA PRESIDENT SENDS CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO [...] The following message was received July 7, 2008. Begin Text: PR 042/04-663 Morne Bruce Commonwealth of Dominica 26th June 2008 Your Excellency, On behalf of the people and the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and on my own behalf, I extend sincere good wishes and cong [...]	2008-07-10 15:01:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL DO
08BRIDGETOWN44	NEW BARBADOS CABINET SWORN IN [...] (SBU) In a four-hour ceremony January 20 that included an extensive ecumenical service, the Governor General of Barbados officially swore into office the new cabinet. New PM David Thompson used the event to set the tone for his government's priorities: to manage expectations for the econom [...]	2008-01-24 12:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN45	AMBASSADOR GARNERS POSITIVE PRESS IN ST. KITTS AND [...] (U) Summary: During her January 10-11 visit to St. Kitts and Nevis, the Ambassador again drew attention to USG contributions to the Federation by attending two events at the Hamilton House in Nevis, and addressing a graduating Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program class. As with the Ambassa [...]	2008-01-24 17:49:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC PTER PREL ECON EINV CVIS XL
08BRIDGETOWN48	BRIDGETOWN: UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS STATE OF PLAY [...] (U) In response to reftel, Embassy Bridgetown has also contributed to programs aimed at indigenous populations in the Eastern Caribbean. 2. (U) Through the Ambassador's Democracy Fund, Embassy Bridgetown administered a grant to the Carib Territory of Dominica in 2005 for the amount of $15,0 [...]	2008-01-24 20:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN573	EXPECTED EASTERN CARIBBEAN ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (u) We have received partial information from six of our seven host governments concerning their attendance at the UNGA and the meeting with the Secretary on September 25. Local ministries have confirmed as follows: Antigua and Barbuda: Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer will lead the Antigua [...]	2008-09-22 18:18:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP UNGA PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN574	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST CALL ON NEW GRENADA GOVT [...] (U) The Ambassador and Grenada Charge met August 15 with newly elected Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter David, and Opposition Leader Keith Mitchell in separate meetings. Thomas' National Democratic Congress (NDC) beat out Mitchell's New National Party [...]	2008-09-22 18:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL INRB XL
08BRIDGETOWN58	ST. VINCENT POLICE OFFICER ALLEGES RAPE BY PRIME [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 5. 2. (C) Summary: On January 30, 2008 a prominent lawyer and key Embassy contact called PolOff to request help with a legal case in which a St. Vincent police officer alleges that SVG Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves raped her. The contact [...]	2008-01-31 20:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN584	RAPE VICTIM DROPS CASE; GONSALVES SET FOR [...] (C) Alleged rape victim and police constable Michelle Andrews, who filed rape charges against Prime Minister Gonsalves in January, replaced her lawyers and discontinued all legal proceedings against the Prime Minister in a snap decision that caught her previous legal counsel completely by surp [...]	2008-09-25 14:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN585	DOMINICA: THE POLITICS OF ENERGY [...] (SBU) Dominica media outlets recently reported threats of unspecified punitive action by the government against the U.S.-owned monopoly electricity provider DOMLEC Corporation over rising energy costs. At the same time, the government has announced its intention to build a new power plant wi [...]	2008-09-25 18:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN586	(S) BRIDGETOWN GUIDANCE RELATED TO RESETTLEMENT [...] (S) In response to reftel guidance request, in the event that the government of St. Lucia could be persuaded to accept GTMO Uighurs, Embassy Bridgetown recommends proposing to the GOSL a set of technical assistance activities totaling $10.5 million as outlined below. We note, however, that e [...]	2008-09-26 20:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	SECRET	PHUM PTER PREL PINR
08BRIDGETOWN588	REGIONAL SECURITY AND EXPROPRIATION CASE HEADLINE [...] (U) Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of St. Kitts and Nevis provided lukewarm assurances of his country's support on key upcoming human rights issues at the UNGA during a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador also urged the PM to bring closure to the long-standing Angelus prope [...]	2008-09-26 20:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL MASS XL
08BRIDGETOWN591	USS FARRAGUT ANCHORS OUTREACH EVENTS IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) A three-day port call by the USS Farragut formed an ideal platform for community outreach events by the Ambassador and the Farragut's crew, and afforded an opportunity to engage with regional prime ministers who were in town for an OECS heads of government meeting. While a promised Artic [...]	2008-10-01 17:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR XL
08BRIDGETOWN62	"ALBA" GAINS MOMENTUM IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the participation of three Eastern Caribbean heads of government at the sixth Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA) summit in Caracas in late January 2008, the organization's influence in the region is making headlines and appears to be picking up steam. Domin [...]	2008-02-01 17:59:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR XL VE
08BRIDGETOWN63	AMBASSADOR OURISMAN TALKS CRIME, "ALBA," CULTURE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion over breakfast, Ambassador Ourisman and St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves covered the crime situation in St. Vincent, the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),the state of the region's primary air carrier (LIAT),t [...]	2008-02-01 18:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON EINV XL NU VE
08BRIDGETOWN636	ST. LUCIA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Sister Anthonia David, St. Lucia, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and administrator of the Holly Family Children's Home, she has become a leading advocate for deve [...]	2008-10-24 15:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN637	DOMINICA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Angelica Pierre-Louis, of Dominica, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). The president of the Dominica National Council of Women, she has become a leading advocate for developing infrastructure in Dominica [...]	2008-10-24 15:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN638	BARBADOS NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Mary Thompson, RN, of Barbados, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). A highly qualified registered nurse and president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, Mary Thompson has become a leading adv [...]	2008-10-24 15:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN641	ST. VINCENT NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Nicole O.M. Sylvester, lawyer and human rights activist from St. Vincent, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Nicole is an accomplished lawyer and president of the St. Vincent Human Rights Association. I [...]	2008-10-24 16:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN643	GRENADA NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Dr. Beverly Theresa Nelson-La Qua, of Grenada, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Dr. Nelson is unique in Grenada for recognizing an unfilled need and then volunteering her time to find a solution. She [...]	2008-10-27 18:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN646	AMBASSADOR RAISES CARICOM LETTER WITH PM GONSALVES [...] (C) The Ambassador used the occasion of St. Vincent's National Day celebration to call Prime Minister Gonsalves to account over an inflammatory letter he sent to CARICOM leaders on September 24. In the letter, Gonsalves expressed support for irresponsible accusations by the Venezuelan Ambas [...]	2008-10-28 18:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN665	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM THE [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Saint Christopher and Nevis's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 777/2008),which included a letter from the Premier of the Nevis Island Administration containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the lette [...]	2008-11-12 13:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN666	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM ANTIGUA [...] Embassy Bridgetown received a fax from Antigua and Barbuda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Note No. 328/2008),which included a letter from the Prime Minister containing a congratulatory message for President-Elect Barack Obama. The complete text of the letter follows in paragraph 2. Post will [...]	2008-11-12 13:42:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN667	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT-ELECT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 13:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN690	ST. VINCENT OPPOSITION IN A DISMAL STATE [...] (C) St. Vincent's New Democratic Party (NDP) is dispirited and mired in self pity, and appears incapable -- despite potential openings -- to mount any serious opposition to Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The party's lackluster leadership has had difficulty targeting their criticisms and maki [...]	2008-11-21 17:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN691	EARTH, WIND AND FIRE: ST. KITTS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The early success of a geothermal project in Nevis, a budding interest in wind energy, and a shortage of suitable land is diminishing the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis' (GOSKN) earlier interest in pursuing bio-fuels. Nevis,s geothermal reservoir, which is capable of generating more [...]	2008-11-21 17:51:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL EINV KTDB IR XL
08BRIDGETOWN699	BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...]	2008-12-02 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN700	BARBADOS - DOIN' THE CABINET SHUFFLE [...] (SBU) A comprehensive cabinet reshuffle announced November 24 saw only five of Barbados, thirteen cabinet positions remain unchanged. The move, sold as a positive step to put the right people in the right places by the Prime Minister, was predictably criticized by the opposition. Despite the [...]	2008-12-02 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN701	EASTERN CARIBBEAN DRAGGING FEET ON DEPORTEE [...] (c) In recent weeks, we have become aware of a string of cases in which prospective deportees from Eastern Caribbean (EC) countries have been unable to return to their country of citizenship because of delays from their U.S.-based consulates in processing required travel documents. As a res [...]	2008-12-02 20:21:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM CVIS PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN714	REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. Dominica has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. Dominica regularly participates in annual CARICOM-Cu [...]	2008-12-10 20:26:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN715	ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (C) At the 2008 CARICOM-Cuba Summit, Antigua and Barbuda publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship with Cuba further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, education, agriculture, engineering, d [...]	2008-12-10 20:27:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL
08BRIDGETOWN716	BARBADOS: SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Barbados and Cuba enjoy a close relationship. At the 2008 Caribbean Community-Cuba Summit, Barbados publicly declared its commitment to deepening its relationship further through increased bilateral collaboration and exchange in a number of areas such as renewable energy, sports, health, [...]	2008-12-10 20:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL PINR PGOV CU BB XL

08BRIDGETOWN717	REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Kitts and Nevis has not taken any steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made public [...]	2008-12-10 20:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN718	REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Lucia has not taken steps to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. St. Lucia regularly participates in annual CARICOM- [...]	2008-12-10 20:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN720	REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (C) Responses keyed to reftel questions: - Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cuba? No. St. Vincent and the Grenadines has not sought to advance democracy and human rights in Cuba. - Has the host country made publ [...]	2008-12-10 21:02:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	ERTD ETTC PREL CU XL
08BRIDGETOWN721	DOMINICA CABINET RESHUFFLE AMID CORRUPTION CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on November 19 a cabinet reshuffle designed to curb allegations of widespread corruption among his cabinet ministers. The reshuffle fueled speculation among the opposition that early elections are likely to be announced for the middle [...]	2008-12-11 11:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN725	HIGH COURT DECISION GIVES ST. KITTS A NEW CHANCE [...] (U) In an effort to develop its tourism industry with large-scale projects that can create jobs, generate visitors, and lure high-end investors, the government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) has taken to expropriating land from smaller, individual investors under its eminent domain laws and s [...]	2008-12-12 18:41:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KIDE EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN726	ANTIGUAN AUTHORITIES BRACING FOR RECESSION [...] (C) Summary: Despite the current global economic crisis, the Antiguan government remains bullish on tourism, and several large tourism real estate development projects continue to move forward. The effect of the global crisis has yet to affect the real estate market, largely due to the ongoi [...]	2008-12-12 19:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN CVIS EINV OFDP PINR XL
08BRIDGETOWN727	ST. KITTS AND NEVIS BANKS ON GLOBAL ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) The government of St. Kitts and Nevis (GOSKN) is making a considerable commitment to tourism development on its southeastern peninsula. The increased development, along with added flights from the U.S. and Europe, could position St. Kitts and Nevis as a tourism leader in the Eastern Car [...]	2008-12-15 14:20:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN728	DOMINICA'S ECONOMY SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE DESPITE [...] (SBU) Despite recent turmoil in world markets, Dominica is showing some signs of improved economic vitality, with new infrastructure projects coming on line and economic growth projected to reach a respectable three percent. Economic contacts remain cautiously optimistic that Dominica will be [...]	2008-12-15 16:57:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ENRG EINV PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN751	SECURITY, ECONOMY, HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) In her farewell call on St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Denzil Douglas, the Ambassador highlighted successes in building cooperation between our countries during her tenure and expressed her hope for continued close cooperation in the future. The Ambassador cited ongoing cooperation o [...]	2008-12-30 18:34:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV MASS PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN752	SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND KOSOVO ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Ambassador Ourisman paid a farewell call on an engaging Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer of Antigua and Barbuda December 16. Spencer told the Ambassador she will be missed and praised her service to the U.S. and its relations with the region. The Ambassador called Spencer,s attention to op [...]	2008-12-31 15:31:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XL ZL
08BRIDGETOWN78	ST. VINCENT: RAPE CHARGES AGAINST PM GONSALVES [...] (U) This cable is an action request; please see Para 8. 2. (C) On February 4, 2008 the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in St. Vincent and the Grenadines "discontinued" the criminal rape case filed against St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves. The case was earl [...]	2008-02-06 20:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV INRB PHUM PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN89	DOMINICANS CONCERNED ABOUT ALBA [...] (U) SUMMARY: While the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica (GOCD) defends its decision to join Hugo Chavez's Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA),many sectors in Dominican society are concerned about the long-term consequences of this agreement. The decision to halt progres [...]	2008-02-13 20:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PREL PGOV PHUM PINR VE DO XL
08BRIDGETOWN93	PRIORITY LOBBYING FOR KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE: EC [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Ourisman carried out ref b demarche February 13 by calling the Prime Ministers of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, St. Luia, St. Kitts and Nevis, and St. Vincent and theGrenadines, and meeting with Barbados PM Thompso on the same day. Embassy Grenada raised the issue wit [...]	2008-02-14 16:14:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK SR XL
08BRUSSELS100	IRAN'S NSA JALILI SNUBBED BY EU OFFICIALS BUT SET [...] (C) During his visit to Brussels the week of January 21 en route to Davos, Iran's National Security Advisor Said Jalili is scheduled to address an open session of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. However, the European Commission and Council Secretariat have refused Jalili' [...]	2008-01-18 13:57:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC UNSC ETTC KNNP IR EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1007	BELGIAN PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1822 [...] Summary: Below is a press statement circulated by the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs supporting the adoption of the UN Security Council Resolution 1267 against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Belgium chairs the committee overseeing UNSCR 1267. End Summary. BEGIN PRESS STATEMENT Foreign Mi [...]	2008-07-02 14:30:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE
08BRUSSELS1008	EU POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Work continues in Brussels to push forward UNSCR 1803 implementation, but doubts remain about whether it will be possible to act at France's first GAERC session (July 22-23). EU Political Director Cooper requested additional information from Treasury about shifting flows of [...]	2008-07-02 15:45:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC KNNP MNUC EFIN PGOV PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS101	EU COUNCIL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES SYRIA, LEBANON, AND [...] (C) European Union Council Head of Middle East Unit Christian Jouret, while dismayed that member states continue to visit Syria or invite Syria to visit them, noted that the member states, as sovereign nations, were not bound by the informal agreement reached last year that HiRep Javier Solana [...]	2008-01-18 15:22:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SY LE IZ IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1021	EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: MEDVEDEV GETS A GOOD REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 15:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ENRG ETRD ETTC EINV ECON PBTS EUN
08BRUSSELS1022	BELGIUM COURT OF APPEALS REDUCES SENTENCES FOR [...] (C) Belgian MFA Anti-Terrorism Coordinator Andre Ceulemans told PolCouns both he and Johan Delmulle, the Federal Prosecutor, were "astonished by" and "not pleased with" the June 26 Court of Appeals ruling reducing the sentences of five defendants found guilty in January 2008 in the Degauque [...]	2008-07-07 15:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PREL PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS1033	BELGIANS SUPPORT CONTINUED NEGOTIATIONS ON ARAB [...] (C) According to Christophe De Bassompierre in the MFA UNSC office, the Belgians agree, and have already sent instructions to their UN delegation, to urge continued negotiations on points included in reftel. However, the Belgians think settlement activities should be halted. Thus, if there [...]	2008-07-09 09:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL UNSC BE
08BRUSSELS1034	EC NON-PROLIFERATION WORKSHOPS YIELD IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Building on cooperative efforts that began in March, U.S. non-proliferation officials participated in European Commission (EC)-hosted workshops focused on determining the EC's priorities for programming EU Stability Instrument funding on non-proliferation and identifying opportunities f [...]	2008-07-09 09:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP EUN
08BRUSSELS1044	INFORMATION FOR UN AND EU SANCTIONS ON ZIMBABWE - [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 11:53:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC ZI BE
08BRUSSELS1046	BELGIANS MAY RELUCTANTLY GIVE FUNDS FOR NTM-I, BUT [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Belgian MFA NATO desk officer Frederic Meurice, who expressed surprise at NATO's continuing insistence on training Iraqi security forces in Iraq. He noted the Belgian reservations about supporting the Iraq war and pointed out that Belgium has always sp [...]	2008-07-11 12:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IZ BE
08BRUSSELS1055	FRIENDS OF BELARUS: ELECTIONS AND KOZULIN [...] (C) Summary. On July 3, EUR A/S Daniel Fried participated in an informal gathering of the informal Friends of Belarus contact group to encourage continued Transatlantic policy cooperation. The meeting was convened by the Lithuanian Political Director on the margins of the U.S.-EU Political [...]	2008-07-14 08:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM KDEM EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1059	U.S.-EU TROIKA ON TERRORIST FINANCING, MAY 23, 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charities, cash couriers, and UN sanctions reform were the focus of the May 23 bi-annual U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Terrorist Financing in Brussels. The EU will consider the U.S. proposal for a financial sanctions workshop program to address combating terrorist abuse of the non [...]	2008-07-14 15:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CE EAID EFIN ETTC EUN FR KCRM KTFN PINR PREL
08BRUSSELS1065	BELGIUM: SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] (U) Belgian MFA officials told econoff Belgium supports efforts to protect shipping from piracy off the Somali coast. The officials consider UNSCR 1816 a good resolution and hope useful action results in the next six months and/or the time period will be extended. They noted that France and S [...]	2008-07-15 09:39:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO BE
08BRUSSELS1071	LETERME TENDERS HIS RESIGNATION - KING ALBERT HAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With no institutional solution in the offing, Prime Minister Yves Leterme (CD&V - Christian Democrat and Flemish Party) tendered his resignation to King Albert II around 2300 hours July 14. King Albert is now "taking the resignation under consideration," according to the offi [...]	2008-07-15 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1072	ADMINISTRATOR FORE DISCUSSES KOSOVO, POST-LISBON [...] (C) Summary: European Commission (EC) Director-General for Enlargement Michael Leigh thanked USAID Administrator and Director for Foreign Assistance Henrietta Fore on July 11 for the U.S. pledge to Kosovo at the donors' conference, adding that the EU and U.S. will need to continue to work wit [...]	2008-07-16 10:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ZL EUN
08BRUSSELS1074	KING ALBERT BRINGS THE POLITICIANS TOGETHER AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After Prime Minister Yves Leterme's surprise resignation late July 14 (reftel),Belgium is still in a state of limbo as King Albert II continues to play his intermediary role in the complex Belgian political process. King Albert is discussing with all the political factions w [...]	2008-07-16 12:08:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS108	EUROPEAN UNION VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 13:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR EAID PREL EUN KDEM MARR NATO GR NL TU
08BRUSSELS1088	EULEX KOSOVO COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: During the July 16 EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors meeting, EU Civilian Operations Commander Kees Klompenhouwer told EU member and third-state contributors that the EU and the UN were still trying to reach agreement on reconfiguration details. As a result of the unexpe [...]	2008-07-16 16:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS109	CIVILIAN CRISIS MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary. The civilian crisis management directorate in the EU Council Secretariat has been reduced from more than 40 staff to 10 with the creation of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability (CPCC) which plans and runs operations. The directorate is under severe pressure in the face [...]	2008-01-22 14:57:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1090	U.S.-EU AFRICA TROIKA ADDRESSES SUDAN, CHAD, HORN, [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 08:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EUN
08BRUSSELS1094	BELGIUM'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER HOPES TO KEEP THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Didier Reynders told the Ambassador that Prime Minister Yves Leterme gave him only a half hour notice that he would be submitting his resignation to the King. Leaders of the five coalition parties are in discussions with the two green [...]	2008-07-17 15:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BE
08BRUSSELS1095	ARF: EU SUPPORTS INCLUSION OF POINTS INTO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 16:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM EUN EAID
08BRUSSELS1098	EU LIKELY TO EXPAND ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (U) EU Foreign Ministers appear ready to expand the list of Zimbabwean officials under EU sanctions when the ministers meet July 22 at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Working level negotiators from the 27 EU member states have agreed to add some 37 individuals to th [...]	2008-07-18 12:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN
08BRUSSELS1099	KING ALBERT REJECTS PM LETERME'S RESIGNATION; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: King Albert rejected Prime Minister Leterme's resignation and, after discussions with many political and labor leaders, called for "credible" dialogue on institutional reform for more devolution of power to the regions. Leterme's resignation turned into a clever political st [...]	2008-07-18 12:49:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1117	JUNE 26 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON DRUG ISSUES [...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) officials discussed counter-drug trends and developments during a wide-ranging U.S.-EU Troika Meeting on Drug Issues on June 26. The discussions demonstrated considerable convergence on these issues, including strategies to use at Commission on Narcotic Drugs [...]	2008-07-22 15:46:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1120	QUAD POLDIRS ON GEORGIA-ABKHAZIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 11:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH
08BRUSSELS1129	BELGIANS ALREADY ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE DUAL-USE [...] (C) Poloff presented reftel points to Filip de Clercq in the MFA's Non-Proliferation and Export Controls Office. De Clercq said although he did not have any information about the company mentioned reftel, Belgium already considers firms or possible "front companies" based in Malaysia as high [...]	2008-07-24 12:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC IR MY BE
08BRUSSELS1130	BELGIANS AGREE IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP PRESSURE ON [...] (C) POLCOUNS discussed talking points reftel with MFA Head of the Latin America Office, Amb. Jan Van Dessel. Van Dessel fully agreed it is important to keep pressure on the FARC. He noted there should be more U.S.- EU cooperation on the whole range of problems, from narcotics interventions [...]	2008-07-24 14:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	COL VE HR EUN PTER AF SNAR PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1137	A/S FRIED URGES RAPID EU-UN TRANSITION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors and, separately, to EU Director General Robert Cooper that the EU must do more to quickly resolve UNMIK-EULEX transition arrangements for Kosovo and should not waste the opportun [...]	2008-07-25 09:07:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS1138	GEORGIA: A/S FRIED ENCOURAGES EU TO DO MORE [...] (C/NF) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried emphasized to a group of EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors that the situation in Georgia was growing increasingly tense. He noted U.S. support for a German-drafted Western Friends' three-phase plan to reach a settlement [...]	2008-07-25 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN GO XH
08BRUSSELS1148	BELGIUM FAVORS SOLANA AS SINGLE CONTACT POINT WITH [...] (SBU) MFA Middle East Office Director Francoise Gustin told POLOFF that GOB agrees with the points presented in reftel. The Belgians believe Solana should be the only one to have direct contact with the SARG. Belgium is in favor of keeping open the dialog with Syria, but thinks the EU must [...]	2008-07-28 15:05:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SY EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1149	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES BARROSO AND JOUYET ON IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At her presentation of credentials on July 22, the Ambassador met successively with Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, and French State Secretary Jean Pierre Jouyet. Both somewhat deflected attempts by the Ambassador to pin the EU down to action on Iran san [...]	2008-07-28 17:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN IR KV FR
08BRUSSELS1165	EU SAYS PROTECTION OF IRAQI REFUGEES SHOULD BE PROVIDED IN [...] EU Ministers in the July 24 JHA Council adopted conclusions on Iraqi refugees that underlined the priority of creating the conditions for refugees to go back home and included no call to take in more Iraqi refugees in the EU Member States. The French Presidency reported on the drafting of a E [...]	2008-07-29 11:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS1168	DELIVERY OF LETTER ON COMMISSION-FUNDED [...] (C) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor delivered a scanned copy of the letter signed by INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson regarding two European Commission-funded initiatives in Bolivia (REFs A to C) on July 29 to Commission Head of Unit Carel Edwa [...]	2008-07-29 13:15:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUM
08BRUSSELS1230	EU POINTS FINGERS IN LIFTING KARADZIC TRAVEL BAN, [...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Council Bosnia official Sabina Stadler blamed the French Presidency for moving quickly to start the process to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family (reftel),while French Presidency Balkans working group chair Alix Everard speculated that the effort originate [...]	2008-08-08 13:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY EUN BK
08BRUSSELS1234	BURMA: SOLANA DISCUSSES BURMA WITH TIMOR-LESTE [...] (C) While delivering demarche on the JADE act legislation (ref A),Leo Schulte-Nordholt, South-East Asia Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat, briefed us on the July 22 visit to Brussels of the president of Timor-Leste, Jos Ramos-Horta. Shulte-Nordholt participated in a breakfast with H [...]	2008-08-11 09:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL ETTC KINR EUN TM
08BRUSSELS124	BELGIAN PM SAYS POSITIVE DECISION LIKELY ON F-16 [...] (C) Summary: Belgian PM Verhofstadt told the Ambassador on January 23, 2008 that he foresaw no difficulty in sending four Belgian F-16's to Afghanistan, and to expanding the activities of Belgian forces there to include sponsorship of an OMLT and further participation in the PRT program. Belg [...]	2008-01-24 15:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR BE AF
08BRUSSELS1244	THE AMBASSADOR MEETS RELEX COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's introductory call on the morning of August 8, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Commissioner for External Relations (RELEX) reported that CFSP High Rep Solana was irked that Georgian President Saakashvili had seemed so calm in their August 7 telephone call and had no [...]	2008-08-12 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG EAID ETTC KWBG EUN GG XF
08BRUSSELS1245	TFGG01: GAERC LIKELY TO SUPPORT FRENCH MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: Read-outs from back-to-back PSC and COREPER II meetings held August 12 indicate that there may not be formal Conclusions from the GAERC on August 13. Rather, there will likely be a French EU Presidency declaration representing EU consensus for support for its mediation efforts, [...]	2008-08-12 18:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU
08BRUSSELS1249	WITHIN DOMESTIC POLITICAL CONSTRAINTS, BELGIUM [...] (SBU) POL/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Michel Peetermans, Chief of Service, Belgian MFA, in the company of his French and British counterparts. Peetermans said that MFA non-proliferation expert Werner Bauwens would attend the August 21-22 Extraordinary Plenary in Vienna. Noting that [...]	2008-08-13 09:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC AORC BE
08BRUSSELS1256	TFGG01: EU FOREIGN MINISTERS SUPPORT FRENCH [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 19:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU
08BRUSSELS1257	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG MEETS EU POLICY PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 19:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENGY EUN GG BO SY
08BRUSSELS1260	TFGG01: GEORGIA CRISIS: BELGIUM SEES NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium, as with other EU members, continues to be concerned about the agreement reached between Russia and Georgia. Belgium agrees on the urgency of establishing a mechanism to support international observers in Georgia, with reliance on the OSCE observers already on the grou [...]	2008-08-14 11:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV RU GO PBTS BE
08BRUSSELS1276	TFGG01: AMBASSADOR MEETS EU ENLARGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 18:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU TU YI
08BRUSSELS1278	TFGG01: BELGIUM OFFERS MIL OBSERVERS FOR OSCE'S [...] (C) The military adviser to Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem informed us that the GoB is consulting with OSCE about the latter's efforts to expand its group of military observers in Georgia from the current eight to a possible one hundred and has offered to contribute ten Belgian military of [...]	2008-08-19 11:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE MOPS PREF GG RU BE
08BRUSSELS1287	BELGIUM, IN THE UNSC CHAIR THIS MONTH, WANTS UNSYG [...] (C) MFA Security Council Coordinator Rudi Brieven, accompanied by Attache for Middle East and North Africa Laura Poletto, received Poloff to discuss the referenced demarche on August 19. Brieven said that the GoB follows events in North Africa, especially Morocco and Algeria, very closely, be [...]	2008-08-20 08:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV PBTS MO WI BE
08BRUSSELS1308	MEDIA MISINTERPRET BELGIUM'S AIR CHIEF ON NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A (possibly innocent) misinterpretation of Belgian Air Force Chief's comments about the F16 forthcoming deployment to Kandahar by a big Belgian paper has been corrected firmly by DefMin De Crem, but not without cost, the cost being future GoB maneuverability on maybe someday having [...]	2008-08-26 05:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF NATO BE
08BRUSSELS1324	EULEX: UN PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES UNRESOLVED; EU [...] (C) Summary: The EU's negotiations with the UN over privileges and immunities (Ps and Is) for EULEX personnel remain stalled. The EU has, however, secured the Government of Kosovo's agreement to extend Ps and Is to the mission. EULEX planners, while admitting that deployment under only Gov [...]	2008-08-27 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN KV UNMIK
08BRUSSELS1329	EU: GEORGIA HUMANITARIAN AID DELIVERY SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 07:23:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL GG EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS1337	TFGG01 - DEMARCHE REQUEST ON BELGIAN MFA (CURRENT [...] (C) SEE URGENT DEVELOPMENT IN PARA 4 (BELOW). The MFA of Belgium, which this month chairs the UNSC, is in the process of refining its instructions to Amb. Jan Grauls in New York for today's emergency UNSC meeting that is being convened at the request of the Government of Georgia. Before Polof [...]	2008-08-28 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GG BE
08BRUSSELS1340	NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE SOFA: BELGIUM AGREES [...] (C) On August 29, POL/E Counselor delivered the referenced points and proposed MED-D SOFA Exchange of Letters (EoL) to Pol De Witte, Director of Security Policy and Patrick Duray, Legal Counsel, both of the Belgian MFA. 2. (C) Both De Witt and Duray agreed that Belgium does not support [...]	2008-08-29 09:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN BE
08BRUSSELS1343	SERBIA'S KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA: BELGIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium as directed its UN Mission in New York either to vote against the Serbian UNGA resolution to refer the issue of Kosovo's independence to the ICJ or to abstain. Belgium will make its choice based on supporting EU and western unity on the issue. This is despite the Belgi [...]	2008-08-29 14:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV BE PINR
08BRUSSELS1345	DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES RUSSIA, BELARUS, UKRAINE, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel discussed Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, and Moldova with EU officials in Brussels August 24 and 25. EU officials discussed their expectations for an extraordinary European Council meeting on Georgia and Russia September 1. Just back from Mins [...]	2008-08-29 14:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN OSCE UK RU BO MD GG
08BRUSSELS1348	EUROPEAN COMMISSION OFFICIALS SKEPTICAL ON [...] (SBU) In an August 28 meeting with members of a U.S. economic delegation returning from an assessment trip to Georgia, European Commission (EC) officials expressed skepticism about some aspects of the Georgian request for assistance, especially the GOGQs plea for budget support. According to [...]	2008-09-02 05:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL GG RS
08BRUSSELS1354	DE GUCHT SEPT 3 TRIP TO MOSCOW; EXCHANGE WITH [...] (C) De Gucht September 3 Call in Moscow on Lavrov - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - -- - - -- - - - - - - -: During a September 2 call on MFA Deputy Cabinet Chiefs Fons Borginon (multilateral affairs) and Thomas Lambert (European bilateral affairs, who attended the September 1 EU Summit),they expl [...]	2008-09-02 17:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS YI AF PK BE
08BRUSSELS1366	BELGIAN MFA FINDS IDEA OF BIG EXPANSION OF AFGHAN [...] Summary: Without committing the GOB, Renier Nijskens of the Belgian MFA received reftel demarche, regarding expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA),favorably. He warned that such an increase in manpower must be implemented intelligently so that money spent is not wasted. He said that curr [...]	2008-09-04 06:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1369	DE CREM: NO MANDATE FOR BELGIAN SOLDIERS ON THE [...] (U) The Belgian public's tolerance for putting any of its soldiers in harm's way was tested by the September 3 death of a Belgian "blue helmet" soldier in Lebanon, who was engaged in a de-mining operation. Responding to such sensitivities, Belgian Defense Minister De Crem was obliged to take i [...]	2008-09-04 13:21:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR BE
08BRUSSELS137	IRAN'S JALILI GETS TOUGH RECEPTION FROM EU [...] (C) During a January 23 visit to Brussels, Saeed Jalili, Iran's chief nuclear negotiator met with mixed success at the EU. He achieved the desired form and access, including prestigious meetings with top officials as well as high profile press coverage. On substance, however, Jalili made no [...]	2008-01-25 16:23:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS1370	ANTI-PIRACY: UK MISSION TO EU VIEWS ON THE STATE [...] SUMMARY: (C/NF) The UK is deliberately delaying further formal EU consideration of an anti-piracy mission off the coast of Somalia according to the UK's Deputy Military Representative to the EU Military Committee. Air Commodore Bob Tizard (protect) told USEU on 3 September that the UK had as [...]	2008-09-04 14:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ESDP MCAP PREL PTER FR UK EUN
08BRUSSELS1377	A/S FRIED DISCUSSES KOSOVO WITH EU OFFCIALS [...] (C) Summar: In meetings with EU officials on Kosovo Setember 3, Assistant Secretary Fried emphasized hat EULEX deploy rapidly throughout Kosovo, hihlighted the dangers of any possible deal linking EULEX deployment in the north to an abstention on the ICJ vote, and announced that the U.S. was [...]	2008-09-04 16:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN KV UNMIK
08BRUSSELS1379	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: A/S FRIED MEETS QUAD POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried met with political directors of the UK, Germany and France Sept. 3 to discuss potential EU-U.S. next steps with Russia to achieve their implementation of the Ceasefire on Georgia. French Deputy Political Director Veronique Bujon-Barre (Araud did not attend) said Presiden [...]	2008-09-05 09:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EUN
08BRUSSELS139	Jalili's Press Appearances in Belgium Countered by former [...] (U) Summary: Iranian NSA Said Jalili's stop in Brussels included several press sessions and an appearance at the MFA-affiliated Egmont Institute of International Relations. The Iranian unsurprisingly used both occasions to peddle the standard "not a delinquent/just misunderstood" line. The l [...]	2008-01-25 16:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM BE IR
08BRUSSELS1390	FM DE GUCHT ENCOUNTERS RESOLUTE FM LAVROV IN MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Russian FM Lavrov told Belgian FM De Gucht September 3 that OSCE monitors would not be acceptable in South Ossetia, unless South Ossetian de facto president Kokoity approves them, nor would Russian troops be withdrawn from South Ossetia and Abkhazia because those troops are there [...]	2008-09-05 18:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE GG RU
08BRUSSELS14	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS SAME GOALS AS USG ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL PTER BE
08BRUSSELS1403	EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF
08BRUSSELS1407	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIAN FIRM ACTING AS FRONT [...] (S) On September 9 Poloff delivered ref A points regarding the pending sale of A9910 data acquisition systems manufactured by the Belgian firm Thales Alenia Space to the Malaysian firm Evertop, known to be operating as a front for an Iranian end-user. Poloff met with Walter Bauwens, Director [...]	2008-09-10 13:32:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC BE IR MY
08BRUSSELS1412	UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Speaking both as the Human Rights person at the Belgian MFA and as a participant in the EU Working Group on Human Rights meeting of September 4-5, Francine Chainye told Poloff Judith Heimann: --There were no surprises in our demarche talking points (reftel) except for Belarus (see [...]	2008-09-11 15:26:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EU BE
08BRUSSELS1419	FORTHCOMING EU FONMIN MEETING (GAERC) SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) On September 12, MFA Director for EU External Affairs Filip David told Poloff Heimann the following: 2. (C) Zimbabwe David said that the COREPER (i.e., EU Permreps)-drafted conclusions of the forthcoming GAERC included extending the EU sanctions beyond what they are now -- though Davi [...]	2008-09-12 14:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL ZI SO TU YI RS BE PGOV ZL
08BRUSSELS1430	NEW EU SPECIAL REP FOR GEORGIA MEETS WITH DAS [...] (SBU) The EU's new Special Representative for the Georgia Crisis, Pierre Morel, met with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary David Merkel September 15. During their lunch, Morel got "the call" that his new position had been made official at the EU Foreign Ministers GAERC. Morel told Merkel t [...]	2008-09-15 17:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN GG KZ OSCE PGOV PREL TU UZ
08BRUSSELS1431	GAERC OUTLINES EU OBSERVER MISSION AND AID TO [...] (U) Summary: Meeting in Brussels September 15, EU Foreign Ministers formally established an independent civilian monitoring mission of at least 200 in Georgia, to be deployed by October 1. They designated Pierre Morel as EU Special Representative for the crisis in Georgia. Welcoming the the [...]	2008-09-15 18:10:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN RU GG SO ZI YI BO
08BRUSSELS1437	SOLANA AND FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TRANSATLANTIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU
08BRUSSELS1444	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAREL DE GUCHT TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 15:35:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU BE
08BRUSSELS1457	FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT'S SENIOR CABINET OFFICER [...] (C) Summary: During a September 19 call on Belgian MFA Deputy Head of Cabinet for Bilateral Affairs Thomas Lambert, Poloffs received the Belgian take on reftel demarche, PM Leterme's current trade and investment trip to Sochi, Russia, and the EU's evolving energy policy. The GoB was well aware [...]	2008-09-19 16:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG RU BL VE BE
08BRUSSELS1458	EU URGES RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO CHAVEZ, SUPPORTS [...] (C) Summary: EU Council Secretariat and French Presidency interlocutors were supportive, though not always optimistic, about efforts to resolve the Bolivian crisis through dialogue. On September 19, the French Presidency issued a statement that, among other things, encouraged La Paz to "maint [...]	2008-09-22 07:25:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN BL VE
08BRUSSELS1464	BELGIUM: "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" DOESN'T EXCLUDE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pol De Witte, the Director for Security Policy and NATO Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium takes a more "moderate line" than the U.S. on NATO-Russia meetings and sees value in dialogue. Poloff argued that Russia's re [...]	2008-09-22 15:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS BE
08BRUSSELS1466	EUROPEAN COMMISSION PARTICIPATION IN MEETINGS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 17:59:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA HA CU
08BRUSSELS1474	TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two different Congolese political groups (Union Socialiste Congolaise and the Movement des Patriots Congolais). These groups did not participate in the electoral [...]	2008-09-23 15:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG BE
08BRUSSELS1486	EULEX KOSOVO COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary: During the September 22 EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors meeting, EU Civilian Operations Commander Kees Klompenhouwer and EULEX Head of Mission General Yves de Kermabon told EU member and third-state contributors that deployment had resumed as of September 21. The EU and [...]	2008-09-24 13:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS1493	FRIENDS OF BELARUS ASSESS POLICY IN LIGHT OF NEW [...] (C) On September 15, EUR DAS David Merkel and U.S. Charge d'Affaires to Belarus Jonathan Moore participated in a Friends of Belarus meeting convened at the Lithuanian Permanent Mission to the EU, in Brussels. Other participants included EU Political Directors and other senior officials from L [...]	2008-09-24 15:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC CVIS EUN BO
08BRUSSELS1496	BELGIAN MOD ON PLANS FOR THE MILITARY IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Belgian troops are operating in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Chad and the Congo. The Ministry of Defense is developing a strategy for 2009 that foresees increases in the Belgian participation in Afghanistan and in the EU Battle Group, but a pullback in Lebanon. Although Defense [...]	2008-09-25 11:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BE AF LE CG CD KV
08BRUSSELS1500	EUROJUST'S EVOLVING ROLE IN INVESTIGATING AND [...] (U) The President of the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST),Jose Luis Lopes da Mota, and the Chairperson of EUROJUST's External Relations Committee, Malci Gabrijelcic, explained their organization's increasing role in investigating and prosecuting serious organized crime wi [...]	2008-09-26 13:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS153	GAERC: FOCUSES ON SERBIA COMPROMISE WITH LITTLE [...] Summary: EU FMs engaged in a protracted discussion of Serbia at the January 28 GAERC, resulting in a proposal that Serbia sign an interim political agreement on cooperation with the EU. Ministers, faced with continuing opposition to the signing of the Stabilization and Association Agreement [...]	2008-01-30 13:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID ESDP ETRD KVPR SR
08BRUSSELS1533	ITALIAN PSC AMBASSADOR REVIEWS GEORGIA DEPLOYMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Italian PSC Ambassador Andrea Meloni and his counselors covered a range of high priority topics at a lunch hosted for Charge, Political Minister-Counselor and Deputy Minister-Counselor. Meloni described the start-up of the deployment to Georgia of the approximately 265 EU mo [...]	2008-10-01 14:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN PTER
08BRUSSELS1538	EU-27 AGREE ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM PACT; DEAL NEAR ON [...] EU ministers in the September 25 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council agreed on a European Pact on Immigration and Asylum to be endorsed by EU leaders at their mid-October European Council meeting. The Pact sets out principles to manage legal migration based on labor market needs of the ind [...]	2008-10-01 15:33:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS1540	FRENCH MOVING THE EU-CUBA DIALOGUE FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: France is working to start an EU political dialogue with the Government of Cuba before the Czech Republic takes over the EU Presidency in January 2009. EU Council and Member State interlocutors in the course of separate conversations in late September assured us that human rig [...]	2008-10-02 12:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN EAID CU
08BRUSSELS1541	WHITHER MACEDONIA? - EU OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with new U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Phil Reeker September 23, a wide range of EU officials provided a bleak assessment of Macedonia's prospects for Euro-Atlantic integration in the near term. EU officials attributed the current state of affairs to continued Greek i [...]	2008-10-02 14:00:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN MK GR KV
08BRUSSELS1547	BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO IRAN DEMARCHES [...] (U) Pol-Econoff and intern met with Belgian MFA UNSC Team, Iran desk officer, and Director of the Nonproliferation Office Werner Bauwens. Bauwens began with a quick briefing on Belgian sanction policy related to Iran. 2. (U) The GOB welcomed UNSCR 1835 (reftel A) as a consensus approach to [...]	2008-10-03 15:19:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	ECON ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL MNUC IR BE

08BRUSSELS1558	FLEMISH POLITICAL PARTIES: CD&V GOVERNMENT SAVED [...] (C) Summary: Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) International Affairs Secretary Peter Gijsels provided Poloff a broad read out of his party's domestic challenges steering the national coalition government and its view of the trans-Atlantic relationship. Just two weeks ago, the government of CD [...]	2008-10-08 10:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS AF BE
08BRUSSELS1569	EULEX KOSOVO: PROGRESS ON DEPLOYMENT BUT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador October 7, EULEX Kosovo Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon reported that deployment was in full swing, with approximately 450 personnel on the ground. De Kermabon said that EULEX would reach an "initial operating capability" - capable of assuming th [...]	2008-10-09 12:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS157	BELGIANS SUPPORT IDEA OF STATEMENT ON SYRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-31 16:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KMPI SY BE
08BRUSSELS1573	U.S.-EU ENLARGEMENT TROIKA: CROATIA [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with us to discuss Croatia as part of the working level "Enlargement and Countries Negotiating Access to the EU" dialogue or troika, October 8, our EU counterparts reported they were "very pleased" with accession negotiations. The Commission reported that statistics relat [...]	2008-10-09 18:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN HR
08BRUSSELS1587	EU MIGRATION PACT: WHAT'S IN, WHAT'S OUT [...] Summary: EU heads of state are expected to approve the European Pact on Immigration and Asylum at the Oct. 15-16 European Council summit. Not a legally-binding document, the Pact gives overarching policy direction. Member states will then pass national legislation to operationalize the goals [...]	2008-10-14 15:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG EUN
08BRUSSELS1588	EU FOREIGN MINISTERS, MEETING IN LUXEMBOURG, [...] Begin Introduction and Summary: Meeting in Luxembourg October 13, the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) of the 27 EU Foreign Ministers reviewed draft Presidency conclusions for the European Council meeting of EU-27 heads of state/government to take place in Brussels on Oc [...]	2008-10-14 15:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EUN GG RU BO UZ CG IR ZI MX MO
08BRUSSELS1589	EU-CUBA DIALOGUE SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16 [...] (C) Summary: EU interlocutors tell us that an EU-Cuba political dialogue is scheduled to take place at foreign minister level this Thursday, October 16, in Paris. The EU assures us that human rights and democracy issues will be part of the dialogue. The Cuban Government has made last-minute [...]	2008-10-14 16:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN CU
08BRUSSELS1590	EU NOT EXPECTING LISBON TREATY BREAKTHROUGH [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Interlocutors told us in separate conversations over the past two weeks that Irish Prime Minister Cowen will not present a plan for Lisbon Treaty ratification at this week,s European Council meeting, but instead will briefly present Dublin,s understanding of why the first [...]	2008-10-14 18:12:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ECIN EI
08BRUSSELS1591	BELGIUM: OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 08:40:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL KMCA KCRS GG BE
08BRUSSELS1600	JHA HAPPENINGS [...] (U) This is the inaugural edition of "JHA Happenings," a periodical on United States - European Union cooperation on transnational crimes and terrorism, which comprise the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) portfolio in European Union (EU) circles. We intend for these updates to complement the Mi [...]	2008-10-17 12:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1602	EU-MAURITANIA TALKS SCHEDULED ON POLITICAL WAY [...] The European Union has scheduled talks with the Mauritanian junta for October 20 in Paris to discuss a mutually acceptable way forward politically in the African state. Commission contacts say they are not optimistic the Mauritanian delegation, led by PM Laghdaf, will come prepared to give im [...]	2008-10-17 15:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS1618	BELGIUM: EXTRADITION AND MLAT RATIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) PolEconOff spoke with MFA Counselor for Justice and Legal Issues Peter Claes (Directorate General for European Cooperation and Coordination) on September 30, October 9, and October 14 to discuss the status of the Extradition and MLAT ratification process. Claes indicated the European Comm [...]	2008-10-20 11:15:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN EUN KCRM KJUST KTIA PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1624	BELGIUM: "CREDIBLE AFGHAN ELECTIONS ARE MORE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB is concerned that the USG is not doing enough to curb participation in Afghan elections and government by corrupt individuals. It would like to see agreement on ways to improve the credibility of the election process and quality of candidates among the NATO Allies before [...]	2008-10-21 11:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1625	FLEMISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS A FEDERAL BELGIUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-21 12:17:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1626	FLEMISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS A FEDERAL BELGIUM: [...] (S) The Chief of Staff to Head of the Flemish government Koen Geens provided a quick sketch of Flemish goals in the intra-regional negotiations on government reform to Poloffs October 16. The long term Flemish goal is a federal state, with a "lean and mean," central government equipped with on [...]	2008-10-21 12:29:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1627	AMBASSADOR SILVERBERG,S CONVERSATION WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Silverberg and Spanish PermRep to the EU Carlos Bastarreche Sagues discussed a range of issues during a courtesy call on September 29. Bastarreche described an EU that had made considerable progress since his first posting to Brussels in 1979, but that still struggled [...]	2008-10-21 13:39:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SENV ECON
08BRUSSELS1638	EU WELCOMES US 1540 IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel points and non-paper on the planned U.S. in-kind contribution for the 1540 Committee to EU Council Secretariat and European Commission counterparts on October 21 and 22. EU officials welcomed the news and said they look forward to ensuring EU and U.S. approaches a [...]	2008-10-23 05:13:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUE EUN KPAO PREL PTER UNSC
08BRUSSELS1639	CHINA: HU JIA RECEIVES THE EU'S SAKHAROV HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a move sure to anger China, the European Parliament (EP) voted to award its annual Sakharov Human Rights Prize to prominent Chinese activist Hu Jia on October 23. Commission sources report they have been besieged by Chinese demarches calling on them to distance the Commission [...]	2008-10-23 16:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUN CH
08BRUSSELS1641	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH EU DIRECTOR GENERAL ROBERT [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: A/S Fried used his October 22 meeting with EU Director General Robert Cooper to press for the EU to keep pressure on the Russians to comply with their obligations under the cease fire. While Cooper indicated that he believed the EU would unfreeze its discussions with the R [...]	2008-10-24 09:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EUN PHUM
08BRUSSELS1649	BELGIUM LIKELY TO VOTE YES ON DE-ALERTING, ABSTAIN [...] (C) Summary: Belgium intends to vote yes on the UN First Committee resolution on de-alerting after abstaining in 2007. It will not co-sponsor the resolution, but it does want to increase pressure on nuclear weapons states to disarm. It would like to see more attention paid to targeting of nuc [...]	2008-10-24 16:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA PREL BE
08BRUSSELS165	SCA ADVISOR DEUTSCH SEEKS SUPPORT FROM EC AND EIB [...] (C) Senior Economic Advisor for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Deutsch met with European Commission, European Investment Bank, and KfW Bank officials January 23 - 24 in Brussels to discuss the Central to South Asia Regional Electricity Market (CASAREM). European Commission (EC) Head o [...]	2008-02-01 14:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU EAID OSCE AF TI TX UZ XG ZK PK
08BRUSSELS1651	EULEX KOSOVO U.S.-EU PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) On October 22, the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) Kosovo U.S.-EU Participation Agreement entered into force. On behalf of the U.S. delegation, EUR A/S Dan Fried added his signature, in Brussels,to that of EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier [...]	2008-10-27 06:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN SR KK
08BRUSSELS1659	EU COUNTRIES TO SHARE INFORMATION ON CYBER CRIME [...] EU Interior Ministers at their October 24 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting in Luxembourg set up a European alert platform for reporting offences on the Internet. The platform, hosted by EUROPOL with 300,000 EUR funding from the EU budget, will help cyber crime investigators in t [...]	2008-10-28 06:43:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS1663	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO EU ON GEORGIA, ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 16:43:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG EFIN MARR RU GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1669	SOLANA'S MIDDLE EAST ADVISOR PROVIDES READ-OUT OF [...] (C) Summary: Christian Jouret, Middle East Advisor to EU/HR Javier Solana, provided Deputy Political M-C with an extensive read-out of Solana's recent trip to Syria, indicating Solana's continued wariness of Syrian President Assad, while noting some desire by the French, in particular, to m [...]	2008-10-29 15:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PHUM PREL SY
08BRUSSELS1679	NEW EUPOL HOM WOULD LIKE TO DEPLOY THROUGHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 the new EUPOL Head of Mission, Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup, met with USEU Ambassador to discuss his mission, now that the PSC has approved the doubling of personnel and reassessed the mandate. Vittrup said that EUPOL would like to deploy to the Czech PRT in [...]	2008-10-30 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BO EUN GG MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PREL RS
08BRUSSELS1680	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS [...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...]	2008-10-30 17:58:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
08BRUSSELS1682	BURMA: EU ADDITIONAL VIEWS ON BURMA'S GLOBAL FUND [...] (C) Per REF A instructions, Poloff reviewed U.S. position on the Global Fund in Burma with Andreas List, Burma Desk Officer at DG External Relations. Drawing upon REFTEL points, Poloff stressed the importance of obtaining a commitment from the Burmee Government up front in the Global Fund ap [...]	2008-10-31 11:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KHIV PREL PHUM SOCI ETRD BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1693	CRISIS IN THE CONGO: BELGIAN FM DEGUCHT'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 4 the Belgian MFA briefed European Union, Canadian, Japanese, South African, and U.S. Embassies on FM Karl De Gucht's November 1 meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. After providing the meeting points, the MFA Africa team offered Belgian views on the situation [...]	2008-11-04 16:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1704	PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA INVITED TO ADDRESS EUROPEAN [...] (U) Hans-Gert Pottering, President of the European Parliament, asked us to transmit the following letter to President-elect Obama. Pottering sent the original to Obama's Senate office via the European Commission delegation in Washington. 2. (U) Begin text. 5 November 2008 Senator B [...]	2008-11-06 10:38:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP OBAMA BARACK EUN
08BRUSSELS171	BELGIANS SUPPORT EARLY VOTE ON PROPOSED IRAN [...] (C) Per reftel instructions to seek Belgian support for an early vote on the next UNSC Iran sanctions resolution, the Ambassador met on February 1 with Belgian MFA Secretary General Grauls. In response to the Ambassador's suggestion that the MFA issue appropriate instructions to the Belgian M [...]	2008-02-01 16:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM BE IR
08BRUSSELS1715	IRAN: EU SEEKS TO BOLSTER PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with European Commission, Council, and Member State representatives indicate that while the will exists to expand their current Iran-related public diplomacy programming, a number of factors are slowing the EU's ability to implement such programs. The absenc [...]	2008-11-10 06:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL IR KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP
08BRUSSELS1718	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S.-EU DATA [...] (SBU) Following instructions in Reftel, on November 7, 2008, USEU Senior Justice Counsel spoke with Claire Rocheteau of the French Permanent Representation to the EU who serves as the chair of the EU side of the U.S.-EU High Level Contact Group (HLCG) experts. The USEU representative raised th [...]	2008-11-10 13:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PTER EUN FR KJUS ECON KPAO KTIA
08BRUSSELS1720	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-10 16:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1727	EUROPEAN COMMISSION SHARES U.S. CONCERNS OVER [...] (C) European Commission officials agreed with U.S. concerns over the threatened expulsion of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) personnel from Bolivia. They expressed hope that the decision was still open to change, given the void that such a situation would present in law enforcement effo [...]	2008-11-13 06:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR KDEM EUN BL
08BRUSSELS1733	BELGIUM: EXPULSION OF DEA FROM BOLIVIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 16:59:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SNAR BL BE
08BRUSSELS1734	PDAS RIES DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, CONGO, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marcie Ries met on November 5 with Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Director for International Relations at the Ministy of Defense of Belgium. Mertens is a close advisor of Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem and a former Ambassador to Russia from B [...]	2008-11-13 17:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BE AF CG GG RU UP
08BRUSSELS1740	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-14 13:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1741	EU WILL RESUME TALKS WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel instructions, USEU spoke to French presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission contacts about how the EU will deal with Russia at the November 10 GAERC and at the November 13-14 EU-Russia summit. All contacts told us that the EU would resume talks with Russia on [...]	2008-11-14 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD RU GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1742	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU OPEN TO U.S. APPROACH FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union is broadly in agreement with U.S. goals for the November 19 International Conference on the Return and Reintegration of Afghan Refugees, according to two officials at the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) to whom RefCoord delivered reftel message Novemb [...]	2008-11-14 17:12:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1745	EU PREPARING FOR PIRACY MISSION, NO PLAN FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU expects to launch its first naval operation by mid-December, when it will begin counter-piracy operations off the Horn of Africa. The operation, dubbed Atalanta, will be commanded from an Operational Headquarters at Northwood, UK, with a Force Headquarters afloat. The [...]	2008-11-17 14:05:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	EAID EUN EWWT PHSA PREF PREL XA XO XW ZP
08BRUSSELS1746	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN MFA [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, Congressman Robert Wexler, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Europe, met with Dirk Achtens, Director General for Bilateral Affairs of the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vincente Van Assche, Secretary to the Director General. B [...]	2008-11-17 16:16:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BE AF IS RU GG UP
08BRUSSELS1749	BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS [...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...]	2008-11-18 18:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE
08BRUSSELS1766	BELGIUM: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) Poloff received feedback November 21 on reftel demarche from Belgian MFA UN Security Council interlocutor covering Middle East issues, Cristophe De Bassompierre. De Bassompierre cautioned the U.S. not to expect any significant change in Belgian or E.U. voting patterns on Israel-Palestine [...]	2008-11-21 17:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY BE
08BRUSSELS1772	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT ENDURES TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht (Open VLD) is living through one of the rockiest periods of his political life, but he is generally expected to survive and see it through to the June 2009 parliamentary elections. He is accused of passing inside information to his wife, who benefi [...]	2008-11-21 17:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE CG
08BRUSSELS1774	A/S FRIED AND ROBERT COOPER DISCUSS KOSOVO, [...] (C)SUMMARY: In successive meetings at the European Union on November 20, EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and Ambassador Kristen Silverberg obtained consent from the French Presidency and Robert Cooper of the EU Council Secretariat that the UNSYG Statement on Kosovo should include both the si [...]	2008-11-24 11:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KK GG BK EUN
08BRUSSELS1781	EUR A/S FRIED AND AMBASSADOR ENGLISH MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: On the heels of the November 19 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) meeting in Brussels, A/S Dan Fried and U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) Charles English met successively with the following key BiH political leaders: Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik; [...]	2008-11-25 13:29:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK EUN
08BRUSSELS1793	BOSNIA AND OPERATION ALTHEA: OHR LAJCAK ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 24 joint meeting of NATO,s North Atlantic Council and the EU,s Political and Security Committee, HR Javier Solana said he thought 5-plus-2 could be met by mid-2009. Acknowledging the positive momentum engendered by the Solana-Rehn paper on Bosnia and the Novem [...]	2008-11-26 16:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EUN BK AF
08BRUSSELS1795	A TALE OF TWO PARTIES: THE FIGHT FOR THE FLEMISH [...] Summary: Though the June 2009 elections are months away, they lurk in backs of the minds of most Flemish politicians. The center-right Flemish Liberal Party (Open VLD) is worried about recent controversies besetting its ministers, while the upstart center-right party Lijst Dedecker (LDD) antic [...]	2008-11-26 17:01:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS180	VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON TO BRUSSELS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Brussels January 8 and 9 to discuss war crimes issues with EU and Belgian officials. Discussions focused on current operations of war crimes tribunals, judicial development programs in Rwanda, and the general fut [...]	2008-02-05 09:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EUM
08BRUSSELS1804	EU MILITARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ON ESDP AND EU-NATO [...] (C/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY: French General Henri Bentegeat met with us on 20 Nov 08, saying there may have been sufficient progress on ESDP during the French EU Presidency to enable President Sarkozy to move France more fully into NATO. Bentegeat highlighted plans to reorganize the EU Council Se [...]	2008-11-28 19:01:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1806	BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 14:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1808	EU'S EASTERN PARTNERSHIP HOPES TO RECOGNIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to EU officials and the Czech Permanent Representation, the European Commission will release the first week in December a report containing proposals for the Eastern Partnership program first proposed by Poland and Sweden in May 2008. The report will recommend signi [...]	2008-12-01 16:32:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PREL
08BRUSSELS1814	NORWAY'S EMBRACING THE EU [...] (SBU) Summary: In several separate conversations with Emboffs, Norwegian diplomats posted to and visiting Brussels have described extensive Norwegian integration into EU structures as a status quo most Norwegians are comfortable with and unlikely to want to change in the near future. The cl [...]	2008-12-02 14:59:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EU MARR MOPS NO PREL
08BRUSSELS1820	BELGIUM PUSHES FOR AN EU BRIDGING FORCE FOR THE [...] (C) MFA Congo Desk told Poloff December 2 that FM De Gucht would attempt to gauge Allied interest in an EU bridging force for the Congo at today's NATO Ministerial. Belgium is looking to see if other partners are ready. Belgium wants to be part of a force but cannot take the lead. Should a f [...]	2008-12-02 16:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1822	BELGIUM:LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 16:36:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP IR BE
08BRUSSELS1826	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HELSINKI OSCE [...] (U) Emboff delivered reftel points on the upcoming Helsinki OSCE Ministerial on December 1 to Mr. Thierry Vuylsteke, the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Director of its OSCE Department. 2. (C) Vuylsteke, who has followed OSCE issues since 2001 and will be part of Belgium's approximately 15 [...]	2008-12-03 13:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU BE
08BRUSSELS185	CONDEMNING ARREST AND ARRAIGNMENT OF SYRIAN [...] The following statement was issued by the EU Presidency on February 4, the same day as reftel. 2. Begin text: Recalling the Presidency Statement of 27 September 2007 and the Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union of 31 December 2007, the European Union condemns th [...]	2008-02-05 17:16:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KMPI XF SY EUN
08BRUSSELS1853	EU COUNTRIES PLEDGE TO TAKE IN SOME 10,000 IRAQI REFUGEES [...] EU ministers in the November 27 JHA Council pledged to take in, "as a signal of solidarity, up to around" 10,000 Iraqi refugees in particularly vulnerable situations. Reception will take place on a voluntary basis, taking account of the capacities of the individual Member States and of "the o [...]	2008-12-05 16:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS1858	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ILLICIT DIAMOND [...] (U) Economic officer delivered reftel demarche in a meeting on December 5 to Mr. Henk Mahieu, General Counsellor for Economic Issues, Ms. Karla Basselier, attache for Kimberley Process Issues, and Ms. Annick de Smedt, attache for Zimbabwean affairs, all from the Belgian Ministry of Foreign A [...]	2008-12-08 11:20:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON EFIN ASEC ZI
08BRUSSELS1864	BELGIUM:COUNTRY BY COUNTRY REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION [...] (C) Belgium maintains diplomatic relations with Cuba through its Embassy in Havana and the Cuban Embassy in Brussels. FM De Gucht has not considered Cuba a priority during his ministry. No high level visits have taken place since Louis Michel was Foreign Minister from 1999-2003. Belgium has [...]	2008-12-10 16:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU BE
08BRUSSELS1865	POSSIBLE EU ELECTION MONITORING IN AFRICA FOR 2009 [...] (C) On December 1, European Commission official Stefano Gatto (protect) of DG RELEX shared the following list of African countries, in priority order, whose national elections the European Union is likely to observe during 2009. The EU observes elections in areas where the Organization for [...]	2008-12-10 17:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN XA
08BRUSSELS1868	BELGIUM:DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 15:52:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA BE
08BRUSSELS1873	READ-OUT OF U.S.-EU TASK FORCE MEETING, DECEMBER 8, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S.-EU Task Force covered a range of top priority political, economic, and other bilateral issues during a December 8 meeting in Brussels. The U.S. team was led by EUR/PDAS Marcie Ries and USEU Charge Christopher Murray, and included NSC Director for Europe Kristina Kvien a [...]	2008-12-12 10:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EUN
08BRUSSELS1875	INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY DISCUSSES THREATENED [...] (C) INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson briefed European Commission Deputy Director-General (DDG) for Relations with Asia and Latin America Joao Aguiar Machado and Commission Bolivia Desk Officer Nicola Murray on the threat by Bolivian President Evo Morales to expel Drug Enforcement Administ [...]	2008-12-12 14:29:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN BL
08BRUSSELS1878	EU INTERESTED IN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) On December 12, USEU delivered reftel points on U.S. plans for a new, stronger UN Security Council Resolution on Horn of Africa piracy, to include the formation of a Contact Group, to Didier Lenoir, Head of the Operations and Exercises Unit in the EU Council Secretariat's DG E VIII. Leno [...]	2008-12-12 15:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER EUN
08BRUSSELS1879	DISCUSSIONS AT NOVEMBER 14 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING [...] (C) Discussions at the November 14 U.S.-European Union (EU) Troika meeting on Drug Issues confirmed U.S.-EU convergence on most drug issues. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs David Johnson led the inter-agency U.S. Delegation as a sign [...]	2008-12-12 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1884	BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE [...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...]	2008-12-12 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN
08BRUSSELS1885	BELGIAN MFA MORE REALISTIC THAN OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) According to MFA Congo Desk Officer Koen Adam, the Belgian government took note of the Rwanda - DRC statements from the December 4-5 Goma meeting. The GOB recognized several positive statements, and appreciated the goals to which the two countries committed. Belgium is realistic, however [...]	2008-12-12 18:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG RW BE
08BRUSSELS1886	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's Foreign Minister is still seeking participation by other European countries in providing a bridging military force for Eastern Congo. He views Congo as a failed state with the potential to be come another Somalia and believes failed states will be the biggest challen [...]	2008-12-14 07:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR BE XF
08BRUSSELS1887	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ON EU [...] (C) Summary: The Belgian MFA was optimistic the morning of December 12 that the EU would deploy an ESDP mission in Congo eventually, despite continued opposition from key member states. The MOD was less optimistic after French President Sarkozy's statement late afternoon that Europe cannot be [...]	2008-12-15 09:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM CG BE
08BRUSSELS1891	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNSC SOMALIA PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 14:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT SO BE
08BRUSSELS1892	EU LEADERS SET PATH FOR NEW IRISH VOTE ON LISBON TREATY [...] SUMMARY: Irish PM Brian Cowen at the December 11-12 European Council committed to put the Treaty of Lisbon to another referendum before the end of October 2009 in exchange for assurances on Irish concerns which motivated the "No" in June 2008. The leaders concurred that the Commission would c [...]	2008-12-15 15:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN EI
08BRUSSELS1899	EU PONDERS MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DR CONGO [...] (C//NF) Summary: During the week of December 8, the EU Council Secretariat prepared a list of options for an EU response to UN SG Ban Ki-Moon's request for an EU "bridging force" in the DRC. Foreign ministers discussed these options on December 11 at a dinner on the margins of the European C [...]	2008-12-16 06:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CG XA MOPS EUN
08BRUSSELS1900	EU PONDERS MILITARY OPTIONS FOR DR CONGO [...] (C//NF) Summary: During the week of December 8, the EU Council Secretariat prepared a list of options for an EU response to UN SG Ban Ki-Moon's request for an EU "bridging force" in the DRC. Foreign ministers discussed these options on December 11 at a dinner on the margins of the European C [...]	2008-12-16 06:11:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CG XA MOPS EUN
08BRUSSELS1910	(C) IRAN: EU TO CONSIDER MORE DESIGNATIONS ON [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The French Presidency will convene a meeting of capital-based experts in Brussels on December 17 to evaluate names of Iranian individuals and entities for possible designation by the EU under its Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (insert ref number). [...]	2008-12-16 15:57:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC EFIN KNNP ENRG MNUC PINR EUN IR
08BRUSSELS1922	PM LETERME UNDER FIRE FOR ALLEGED INTERFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Yves Leterme is facing allegations that he or his cabinet tried to pressure a Belgian appeals court to rule in favor of the government in a major case brought by angry Fortis Bank shareholders to stymie the bank's sale to Bank PariBas. In response to media critic [...]	2008-12-18 15:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BE
08BRUSSELS1929	REQUEST FOR SECURITY SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] On December 17, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper seeking security support for 2009 Afghan elections to Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Head of the Diplomatic Department at the Ministry of Defense and to Alain Hanssen, Deputy Director of the South Asia Department of the Ministry of F [...]	2008-12-18 16:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1933	LETERME HANGS ON THROUGH "FORTISGATE" [...] (C) After December 18, a day of drama in the House of Representatives and in Yves Leterme's government, Leterme remains Prime Minister for the time being. Leterme's letter to the Minister of Justice detailing contacts with the husband of one of the judges in the Fortis case and with the "subs [...]	2008-12-19 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN BE
08BRUSSELS1937	EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...]	2008-12-22 06:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08BRUSSELS1943	LETERME'S LAST CRISIS: KING STALLS LETERME'S [...] (C) Summary: PM Yves Leterme offered his government's resignation to King Albert II December 19 after members of his Cabinet were implicated in attempting to influence judges. The King did not accept the resignation, and met with Flemish Christian Democrat (CD&V) Chairperson Marianne Thyssen [...]	2008-12-22 16:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AF CG BE
08BRUSSELS1953	WITH GOVERNMENT'S RESIGNATION, THE SEARCH FOR A [...] (C) Summary: The King accepted the Leterme government's resignation December 22. The government now goes into caretaker status until a new coalition is negotiated or new elections are held. The King has asked former PM Wilfried Martens to act as a go-between and look for options in forming a [...]	2008-12-24 10:17:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1954	DEMARCHE: U.S. DRAFTED SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-24 11:00:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	KPKO PREL SO BE
08BRUSSELS1959	KING ASKS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE VAN ROMPUY TO FORM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 10:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS1961	BELGIUM: IT'S A GOVERNMENT: VAN ROMPUY NEXT TO [...] (U) Herman Van Rompuy will be the next Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium, heading a coalition of the same five political parties who comprised the previous administration of outgoing Prime Minister Yves Leterme (CD&V). Leterme had resigned on December 19 following allegations of polit [...]	2008-12-30 15:08:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR BE
08BRUSSELS1965	BELGIUM: COMPOSITION OF NEW GOVERNMENT HEADED BY [...] (U) Herman Van Rompuy became Belgium's Prime Minister on December 30, and will lead a government mostly composed of the same Ministers who served outgoing PM Yves Leterme. The few ministerial changes are Stefaan de Clercq at Justice (replacing Jo Vandeurzen),Guido de Padt at Interior, repl [...]	2008-12-31 11:34:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR BE
08BRUSSELS214	IRAN: EU AGREES TO EXPAND ASSET FREEZE AND TRAVEL [...] (C/NF) At a February 6 meeting in Brussels, an EU working party prepared a list of 19 entities and 15 individuals to be subject to travel bans and asset freezes under the EU's Common Policy on Restrictive Measures Against Iran (2007/140/CFSP). According to a Council Secretariat contact, EU c [...]	2008-02-07 18:06:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETTC KNNP PHUM IR EUN
08BRUSSELS216	EU INFORMED OF UPCOMING U.S. INITIATIVES ON ARF [...] (SBU) EU Council Secretariat Southeast Asia official Friederike Tschampa thanked USEU for the U.S. draft proposal for the ARF Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) Workplan and non-paper, comments on Singapore's draft ARF Review, and copy of A/S Hill's letter. She admitted the EU h [...]	2008-02-08 12:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF PTER EUN
08BRUSSELS224	DEPLOYMENT OF EU FORCE TO CHAD HANGS IN BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: France is fully committed to deploying the EU military force to Chad/CAR (EUFOR) and appears to have the backing of HiRep Solana, the Slovenian Presidency, and others, according to contacts at the EU and various member state PermReps. But Austria and Sweden are increasingly hesit [...]	2008-02-08 18:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ESDP CD EUN
08BRUSSELS23	DAS KRAMER CONSULTS EU ON MOLDOVA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 14:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS KINR EAID ECON EUN MD XH
08BRUSSELS232	BELGIAN FM PLANNING MARCH 2 TRIP TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) Action request -- see paragraph three. 2. (C) Belgian FM Karel De Gucht is planning to a one day visit to Baghdad on March 2, according to senior members of his staff. The MFA expects to announce this information itself shortly before the Minister's trip, thereby short circuiting at le [...]	2008-02-11 10:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL BE IZ
08BRUSSELS238	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Embassy spoke February 11 with Thomas Antoine, the Belgian MFA's Director for the Balkans, regarding immediate recognition of Kosovo after it declares independence and participation in an International Steering Group (ISG) that will be established to support Kosovo's democratic developmen [...]	2008-02-12 13:55:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI BE
08BRUSSELS240	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON KOSOVO AND THE OSCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-12 14:29:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EU OSCE PGOV PREL UNAUS UNMIK YI BE
08BRUSSELS255	BELGIUM PLEDGES EARLY RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO, WILL [...] (C) The Belgian government will be at the "front" of the line of countries recognizing Kosovo's independence, according to senior officials in both the Prime Minister's office and the Foreign Minister's private office. The "core cabinet" of senior party leaders had approved this position alre [...]	2008-02-14 14:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL BE
08BRUSSELS264	IRANIAN LEADER'S BAGHDAD VISIT PLANS PROMPTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 12:53:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL BE IZ
08BRUSSELS271	BELGIUM TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO, FORMAL ACTION [...] (SBU) Per ref A request, Ambassador spoke with Belgian FM De Gucht regarding developments at the Security Council. De Gucht made clear that he already had issued instructions to support the USG position on continued discussion of Kosovo. 2. (SBU) The Minister made clear to EU colleagues [...]	2008-02-19 16:48:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV
08BRUSSELS293	BELGIANS OPEN TO UNSCR ON FDLR, BUT HAVE QUESTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 16:37:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC ASEC BE
08BRUSSELS294	EU: TRYING TO FORGE CONSENSUS ON EUROPEAN PATH [...] (C) According to EU and member state contacts, 26 (save Cyprus) member states likely will recognize Kosovo by the end of the year. The Romanian PSC Ambassador floated to the Charge a proposal that would have Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece simultaneously recognizing Kosovo independence before [...]	2008-02-22 17:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EUN KV
08BRUSSELS295	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 08:03:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS297	BELGIUM: KING SIGNS ROYAL DECREE RECOGNIZING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 12:51:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE

08BRUSSELS303	EU TREATY OF LISBON - NO MORE PILLARS; A SINGLE LEGAL [...] With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. EU polices concerning economic integration, the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and the area of freedom, security and justice will all be brou [...]	2008-02-26 17:04:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN PGOV ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS317	DAS BRYZA AND EU OFFICIALS AGREE: PROGRESS ON [...] (C) EU officials and DAS Bryza agreed that the UN should take advantage of the opportunity a new Cypriot president offered to energize negotiations on Cyprus. EU accession negotiations on Turkey will continue its moderate pace under the Slovene and French presidencies, with two or even three [...]	2008-02-29 13:35:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN CY TU
08BRUSSELS325	LIECHTENSTEIN SET TO JOIN SCHENGEN AREA [...] In addition to discussions of the Visa Waiver Program and the question of the MOU with the Czech Republic (SEPTEL),EU Interior ministers in the February 28 JHA Council gave their backing to Liechtenstein's entry into the Schengen area in spite of the tax fraud scandal now affecting the princi [...]	2008-03-04 09:26:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS34	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (KOSOVO) [...] SUMMARY: Kosovo generated the most interest at an all day donor coordination meeting hosted by the European Commission (EC) on December 13 to solicit bilateral input in advance of a new EC strategy for the Balkans. The meeting was attended by representatives from individual European Union ( [...]	2008-01-09 16:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS348	PRESSING THE EU'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: FACTS, [...] (C) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will soon have a political discussion about Afghanistan. We believe this is an opportune time for the USG to make a renewed effort at convincing the EU to increase its contributions. The EU institutions have participated in Afghanistan reconstruction since [...]	2008-03-06 15:33:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EUN PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF EU
08BRUSSELS356	U.S.-EU TROIKA DISCUSSIONS ON EAST ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Glyn Davies led the U.S. side in the East Asia session of the U.S.-EU COASI Troika meetings on February 20. The EU side was led by Ambassador Janez Premoze, Director for Asia in the Slovenian MFA, [...]	2008-03-07 14:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN CH KN KS BM XB
08BRUSSELS357	BELGIAN SENATE APPROVES LISBON TREATY [...] (U) On March 6th the Belgian Senate voted to approve the Treaty of Lisbon, 48 to 9 in favor with 1 abstention. Although many senators expressed reservations about certain aspects of the treaty, only members of the right-wing, Flemish nationalist party, Vlaams Belang (VB),voted against th [...]	2008-03-07 14:44:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS361	EU OFFICIALS DISCUSS BURMA WITH PDAS DAVIES [...] (C) Summary. In an exchange with a group of Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors and member state representatives on the margins of U.S.-EU expert level discussions on Asia (reftel),EAP PDAS Glyn Davies discussed the U.S. position on Burma and encouraged further UN action and ad [...]	2008-03-10 09:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM ETTC EUN BM
08BRUSSELS378	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the March 5 U.S.-EU troika meeting on Latin America in Brussels. PDAS Kelly updated participants on the Colombia/Ecuador situation and the EU delegation noted that Colombian VP Santos would be meeting with EU HiRep Solana the evening of March [...]	2008-03-11 14:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XK XL XM UEU
08BRUSSELS381	FEITH TO PSC: MAINTAIN EULEX DEPLOYMENT TO ALL OF [...] (C) ICR/EUSR Pieter Feith briefed Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors March 11 on Kosovo. Feith stressed that UNMIK must do its job, particularly in northern Kosovo, in order to maintain conditions for deployment of EULEX. Feith asked for full PSC support for deploying EULEX [...]	2008-03-11 16:40:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EUN KV
08BRUSSELS382	U.S. COORDINATOR FOR COUNTER-NARCOTICS AND RULE OF [...] (C) U.S. Coordinator for Counter-Narcotics and Rule of Law in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas A. Schweich, briefed Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SACEUR),General Bantz J. Craddock March 6 on the drug situation in Afghanistan. Schweich noted increased correlation between insecurity and poppy [...]	2008-03-11 18:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
08BRUSSELS388	NSC'S WILSON AND EU DISCUSS U.S.-EU SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with EU officials March 5 and 6, Damon Wilson, NSC Senior Director for European Affairs, said the upcoming U.S.-EU Summit should focus on global issues where the transatlantic partnership has led to tangible results. Kosovo independence, development and di [...]	2008-03-14 14:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS EUN
08BRUSSELS39	EU DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON SUDAN JOINT MILITARY UNITS [...] (SBU) Contacts at the European Commission and Council Secretariat were receptive in principle to requests to help SIPDIS Sudan establish military Joint Integrated Units (JIU),but said no internal EU discussions have yet taken place on the issue. Poloff delivered reftel points Jan. 10 to An [...]	2008-01-10 15:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU EUN
08BRUSSELS392	EU LEADERS BLESS "UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN" AS "UPGRADE" [...] SUMMARY. EU leaders in the March 13-14 European Council gave their blessing to the "Union for the Mediterranean" initiative presented by French President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel. The plan, described by Slovene PM-European Council chair Jansa as "an upgrade" of the existing Eurome [...]	2008-03-14 18:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS395	FOLLOW-UP ON INVITATION TO ISTANBUL PROSECUTOR'S [...] (SBU) Embassy LEGATT spoke with Belgian Federal Prosecutor Johan Delmulle March 12 about Belgian attendance at the roundtable for European prosecutors to be co-hosted by the Turkish Ministry of Justice and the Resident Legal Advisor in Ankara and originally scheduled for March (ref B). Delmu [...]	2008-03-17 11:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BE
08BRUSSELS397	EU TREATY OF LISBON: CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS [...] With the Treaty of Lisbon (targeted for entry into force in 2009) the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights -- first proclaimed in 2000 as a political declaration Q- will become binding and acquire the same legal value as the Treaties without altering the Union's powers. The UK and Poland secured [...]	2008-03-17 16:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUN ELAB PHUM
08BRUSSELS41	PROSPECTS BLEAK FOR SERBIA SAA AT JANUARY GAERC [...] (SBU) During visit a visit to Brussels on January 8, Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic emphasized that signing a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU during the January 28 GAERC and EU-Serbia troika meetings would give a boost to Tadic ahead of the second round of Serbi [...]	2008-01-10 15:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN ICTY SR
08BRUSSELS410	DAS KRAMER AND AMB STEWART DISCUSS BELARUS WITH EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 17:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS411	EU: COMMISSION TO DELAY MINSK OPENING [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 11:37:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID ECON ENRG OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS421	EU: NO CLARITY FROM UN BUT MEMBERS AGREED ON EULEX [...] (C) Summary: EULEX representatives returned from meetings with UN officials in New York frustrated by the UN's inability to provide strategic-level clarity on the planning, logistics, and mechanics of reconfiguration of UNMIK and transition to the EU's rule of law mission. However, the EU re [...]	2008-03-19 17:08:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN UNMIK KV SR
08BRUSSELS425	DEMARCHE ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 12:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM BE
08BRUSSELS426	DEMARCHE ON TAIWAN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE OECD [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 13:04:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON CM TW OECD BE
08BRUSSELS43	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (SERBIA) [...] SUMMARY: At a recent donor coordination meeting in Brussels, European Commission (EC) representatives hoped for a "smooth" Kosovo settlement while affirming that the relationship between Europe and Serbia is now at a "crossroads". Against this backdrop, the main EC development objective in [...]	2008-01-10 16:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS444	YVES LETERME FORMS NEW BELGIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yves Leterme assumed office as Belgian Prime Minister March 22 amidst speculation about how long his government will last and how contentious will be the next wave of institutional reform talks. Leterme's Flemish nationalist election partner (NV.A) has given him until mid-July t [...]	2008-03-25 16:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS447	DHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETS WITH EU COMMISSION [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 14, 2008, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Policy Stewart Baker met in Brussels with European Union Director General for Justice, Freedom and Security (JLS) Jonathan Faull for a detailed discussion of the implementation along twin tracks of the U [...]	2008-03-26 10:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CA CMGT CVIS EUN
08BRUSSELS449	BELGIAN REPRESENTATIVE TO PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KSTC PARM PREL BE
08BRUSSELS45	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (BOSNIA) [...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Bosnia-Herzegovina figured quite prominently in a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The main EC goal in the country is clearly "nation building" and EC sponsored development programs are expected [...]	2008-01-10 16:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS451	EU NOT REVEALING ITS HAND YET ON 08 FUNDING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 16:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM EAID EUN
08BRUSSELS458	BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS462	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON UNITED NATIONS ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: IO PDAS James Warlick met with representatives of the European Union to discuss possible areas of U.S.-EU cooperation in the United Nations system. PDAS Warlick emphasized that the U.S. is committed to participation in multilateral fora and is determined to finds ways to make [...]	2008-03-28 14:02:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM EUN
08BRUSSELS467	BELGIUM ARTICULATES ITS POSITIONS GOING INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tour d'horizon on issues to be discussed at the Bucharest summit, Belgium's Political Director for Multilateral Affairs told PolCouns on March 27 that: (1) CFE must survive; Belgium (GOB) welcomed Acting U/S Fried's continued openness in dealing with Russia on its concerns [...]	2008-03-28 16:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR KFE RS GG MD BE
08BRUSSELS494	BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE APRIL 9-11, 2008 VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY (ONDCP) AND DELEGATION, INCLUDING BRIAN BLAKE, ONDCP DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF; PATRICK M WARD, ONDCP ACTING DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR SUPPLY REDUC [...]	2008-04-03 12:59:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BE EUN OVIP PREL SNAR
08BRUSSELS500	IRAN: EU UNITY UNWINDS IN TEHRAN AND BRUSSELS [...] (S/NF) Summary: EU experts have begun to transpose UNSCR 1803 into EU policy guidance and regulation for adoption at the April 28-29 Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). However, French and British Permreps may prefer to delay EU follow-up action on UNSCR 1803 for several weeks in the hopes th [...]	2008-04-04 10:58:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC KNNP ETRD ENRG IR EUN
08BRUSSELS501	DEMARCHE TO BELGIAN GOVERNMENT ON BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 12:58:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BO PHUM PREL BE
08BRUSSELS532	BELGIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES -- [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel points April 8 to Jan Meuleman, Attach, Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, Special Programs in the Belgian Ministry for Cooperation and Development. Meuleman thinks Belgium intends to again contribute money to UNHCR this year, but said budget disc [...]	2008-04-09 05:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL EAID IZ SY BE
08BRUSSELS535	EU: NO LARGE INCREASE IN IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: EU officials told Ambassador James Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, in meetings April 1-2 that the Commission is looking at only modest increases over 2007 for assistance to Iraqi refugees and IDPs in 2008. The EC,s reasons include obstacles to monitoring assis [...]	2008-04-09 05:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS54	AFGHANISTAN: EU OFFICIALS SUPPORT ASHDOWN AND [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with EU Council Secretariat officials January 8 in Brussels to discuss Afghanistan. EU Director General for External Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper told Edelman and Coh [...]	2008-01-11 16:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AID BE EU EUN IO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO
08BRUSSELS550	PM MALIKI VISIT WILL HIGHLIGHT EU COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 09:53:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ UEU
08BRUSSELS560	TAKING STOCK OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The dramatic increase in annual European Commission (EC) assistance from EUR 19 million per year (2002-2006) to EUR 50 million (2007-2010) underscores the EC's deepening commitment to development in Pakistan. Programs are implemented through a mix of project and sector support, i [...]	2008-04-14 15:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EUN PK
08BRUSSELS575	BELGIANS RECEIVE UNMEE TERMINATION TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 05:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO ET ER BE
08BRUSSELS579	US-BELARUS TALKS IN BRUSSELS ON BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC ODIP ETTC EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS580	EU: PM MALIKI MEETS WITH EU LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and his delegation met with European Union leaders in Brussels on Wednesday, April 16. Both European Commission President Barroso and Council HiRep Solana, in separate meetings, highlighted the need for: Iraqi national reconciliation, provincial electio [...]	2008-04-17 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EAID PGOV IZ EUN
08BRUSSELS582	BELGIUM CLARIFIES ITS ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the context of opposition calls reported in the media for Belgium to press NATO partners for a clear "exit strategy" from Afghanistan, DCM and PolCouns called on MFA Political Director for Bilateral Affairs Dirk Achten on April 9 to clarify Belgium's position. Achten said [...]	2008-04-18 05:01:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF BE
08BRUSSELS583	EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASSISTANCE FOR IRAQ SET TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 05:02:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGV IZ EUN
08BRUSSELS591	EU RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ZIMBABWE CHAIR OF UN [...] (SBU) We raised points on Zimbabwe chairing the Commission on Sustainable Developmnet (reftel) with EU Council Secretariat Deputy Head of Africa Task Force and Special Advisor on Africa Jean-Christophe Belliard, whose response was a succinct, "Agree 100 per cent with the U.S. views." 2. [...]	2008-04-18 16:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC PREL EAGR EAID ECON EUN
08BRUSSELS596	EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 14:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE
08BRUSSELS598	EU: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOL A/S FOULKE [...] Your upcoming visit to Brussels will include calls on European Commission officials in the Labor and Social Affairs Directorate and participation in the High-level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF). This cable provides a summary update of EU labor and social policy and a description of th [...]	2008-04-21 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PREL PGOV EUN BE
08BRUSSELS608	EU AMENDS ITS LEGISLATION ON COMBATING [...] EU Home Affairs ministers in the April 18 JHA Council agreed to amend the 2002 EU Framework Decision on combating terrorism by making public provocation to commit a terrorist offense, and recruitment and training for terrorism punishable acts throughout the EU, including when committed thro [...]	2008-04-22 15:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CVIS PREL KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS610	EU RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ARAB MAGHREB UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU considers the Maghreb an area of high priority due to its proximity, its historic ties to Member States, and the role of Maghreb immigrants in the EU. While the EU shares U.S. concerns on CT issues, its primary focus is promoting trade, development and human rights. In Janu [...]	2008-04-23 05:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID AG LY MO MR TS EUN XI
08BRUSSELS630	BELGIAN MFA ON BELGIAN AID ALONG RWANDAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the course of a meeting on April 18, Paul Jansen, the Belgian MFA desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, explained Belgium,s role in helping reassimilate Rwandan returnees and the status of Rwandan immigrants in Belgium. END SUMMARY Belgium,s Role in Reassimilation [...]	2008-04-24 14:54:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	BE PGOV PREL RWANDA CONGO
08BRUSSELS637	FOLLOW UP ON EU BORDER SECURITY SYSTEMS [...] In response to reftel, Post has prepared the following information on the status of the European Union's proposed Electronic Travel Authorization System (ETSA),planned updates to the Schengen Information System, and planned Visa Information System. Each component is described below. 2. St [...]	2008-04-25 11:15:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CA CMGT CVIS EUN PINR PREL PTER
08BRUSSELS640	EC ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission would like to coordinate with the United States in the lead-up to the June 12 International Support Conference on Afghanistan. Commission contacts agree (and have made this point to the French government) that the total pledge must surpass the $10.5 billion [...]	2008-04-25 15:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF EU EAID ECON EFIN EUN KDEM
08BRUSSELS647	BELGIAN MFA ON ZIMBABWE: AGREE ON SERIOUSNESS OF [...] (C) Acting P/E Counselor delivered the points in reftel to Guy Trouveroy, Director, African Affairs, at the Belgian Foreign Ministry. Trouveroy replied that Belgium "agrees on the seriousness of the situation" in Zimbabwe and of the need to do more. 2. (C) He said the demarche was timely [...]	2008-04-28 15:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ZI BE AU
08BRUSSELS661	BRIEFING BELGIUM ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (S/NF) Post continues to follow up with the Belgians regarding the Belgium-specific information on the flow of foreign terrorists into Iraq presented to the GOB on April 9, per ref instructions. (Post relayed reporting information to the Department April 10). DCM and PolCouns demarched MFA [...]	2008-04-30 11:40:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BE
08BRUSSELS682	DEMARCHE ON BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 16:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PHUM PREL BM BE
08BRUSSELS684	BELGIAN LEADERS TRY TO AVOID A GOVERNMENT CRISIS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's political parties are again locked in intense negotiations over a plan to redistrict the Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (B-H-V) province. The change, proposed and supported by the Flemish parties, would divide the multi-lingual region surrounding the capital into a large Flemi [...]	2008-05-07 10:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS690	EMBASSY BRUSSELS OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Over the past year, the Embassy has promoted the President's Freedom Agenda in numerous ways. Post regularly works with the Belgian government to support democracy-promotion initiatives, for example, the transnational network to advance the rights of women from Belgium, Morocco, Turkey a [...]	2008-05-08 13:18:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL BE
08BRUSSELS698	IN BELGIAN POLITICS, CARPE DIEM MEANS SEIZE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: After much concerted effort, the governing parties managed to avoid a political crisis over the redistricting of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde (ref). The extended maneuvers over B-H-V have tarnished the image of PM Leterme and caused leaders of the major parties to lose face, but t [...]	2008-05-09 13:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE
08BRUSSELS700	U/S FRIED URGES EU TO SUPPORT KOSOVO, GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Acting U/S Fried urged PSC Ambassadors May 7 to resist Russian pressure and continue integrating Kosovo and Georgia into the Euro-Atlantic sphere. He criticized UNMIK's slow transition of authority to EULEX in Kosovo, and emphasized that discussions between the Serbian government [...]	2008-05-09 14:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC KNNP EFIN BO GG RS IR EUN
08BRUSSELS701	EU MIGRATION POLICY ELUSIVE [...] France, which will assume the rotating EU presidency on July 1, has made migration one of its top presidency priorities, with President Sarkozy saying the EU should speak with one voice on migration policy. But moves toward a common migration policy reveal tensions over Commission versus memb [...]	2008-05-09 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS709	DEMARCHE TO BELGIUM:FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 15:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM BE
08BRUSSELS714	EU DISCUSSES CONCERNS, FUTURE OF EULEX KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary. EU and member state officials discussed their operational and political concerns regarding the stalled UNMIK-EULEX transition with South Central European Affairs Office Director Chris Hoh on the margins of U.S.-EU Western Balkans consultations (to be reported septel). EU poli [...]	2008-05-14 08:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK EUN KV
08BRUSSELS719	BELGIAN MINISTERS VISIT DRC [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 14:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE DRC CH
08BRUSSELS729	U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 09:59:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL EUN PTER KN IR IN CH
08BRUSSELS748	U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON WESTERN BALKANS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/SCE Director Chris Hoh discussed Kosovo, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, and the EU's enlargement process with EU and member state officials during the May 7 U.S.-EU troika consultations on Western Balkans (COWEB) and during separate meetings on the margins. On Kosov [...]	2008-05-19 07:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID EUN ZL
08BRUSSELS761	EU RE: LEBANON: BUILDING ON ARAB LEAGUE EFFORTS [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to EU Council Desk Officer for Lebanon Colin Scicluna on Thursday, May 15. The EU strongly supports Arab League efforts. The May 15 statement issued by EU HiRep Javier Solana welcomed the Arab League initiative as a demonstration of solidarity with the Lebano [...]	2008-05-20 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IR
08BRUSSELS777	PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: PDAS Kurt Volker discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Georgia, and Iran at a lunch May 19 with Director General for Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper and other EU officials. Cooper outlined EU priorities for the June 12 Support Conference for Afghanistan, including the need [...]	2008-05-23 12:49:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS
08BRUSSELS795	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] ECOUNS delivered reftel points to Filip De Clerq, nonproliferation desk officer at the Belgian MFA on May 21. De Clerq said that the EU would be sending a delegation to the annual meeting in Madrid in June. However, De Clerq was not sure that Belgium was ready to contribute to management of [...]	2008-05-28 12:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER KGIC PREL BE
08BRUSSELS808	EU HOSTS INAUGURAL COMMITTEE OF CONTRIBUTORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU hosted the first meeting of the third-state Committee of Contributors (CoC) for the EULEX Kosovo mission on May 26 in Brussels. EULEX Head of Mission Yves De Kermabon said that EULEX could be fully deployed by mid-September, but noted that contributing nations need to [...]	2008-05-29 16:05:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS819	BELGIUM DIPLOMATS IN DISARRAY OVER CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Diplomatic relations between Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are at a low point as Congolese officials reacted negatively to recent public comments Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht made regarding poor governance, lack of transparency, corruption and [...]	2008-05-30 15:24:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM DRC CH BE
08BRUSSELS832	BELGIUM SEEKING A SOLUTION TO THE UNMEE DILEMMA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points June 2 to Wilm Geurts and Rudi Brieven of the Belgian MFA UN Directorate, Security Council, and also shared the points with the MFA Eritrea and Ethiopia Desk Officer Isabelle Maduda-Lukebamoko. Although they have no specific instructions yet, they said B [...]	2008-06-02 15:56:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER BE
08BRUSSELS847	BELGIUM: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IOM DG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:12:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREF PREL SMIG BE
08BRUSSELS858	BELGIUM: UPDATES FOR LEADING GOVERNMENT AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 11:35:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BE
08BRUSSELS863	IRAN: FURTHER JAPANESE VIEWS ON P5+1 AND ROME [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 15:11:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR PARM PREL ENRG JP EUN
08BRUSSELS865	EU WILL NOT ATTEND FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 15:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS OTRA IZ
08BRUSSELS868	EU MINISTERS AGREE ON "RETURN DIRECTIVE" [...] EU Interior Ministers in the June 5 JHA Council recorded their agreement on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying non-EU nationals (the "Return Directive"). The Council encouraged Member States to "voluntarily" take on refugees from Iraq, focusing on [...]	2008-06-09 12:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS871	BELGIANS DISAPPOINTED AT USG DECISION TO NO LONGER [...] (SBU) PolOff met June 9 with Francine Chainaye, MFA Director for Human Rights Affairs, to discuss points in reftel. Chainaye said the Belgians know the problem and understand our discouragement with the Council, but she said "this is bad news" and asked how we expect the Council to improve [...]	2008-06-09 15:15:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BE
08BRUSSELS892	EU TREATY OF LISBON - JHA [...] Under the Treaty of Lisbon (entry in force targeted for 2009),the current three-pillar structure of the EU will formally disappear. Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters -- the so-called "third pillar" -- will become subject to the "Community" method under the renamed Treaty on [...]	2008-06-12 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EUM PGOV KCRM ECIN ETRD PBTS
08BRUSSELS894	IRAN: EU EXPLAINS 1803 NEXT STEPS TO A/S O,BRIEN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing Patrick O'Brien met senior EU and Member State representatives on May 14 and 15 to stress the importance of EU action on sanctions against Iran. EU interlocutors explained the current EU implementation status for UNS [...]	2008-06-12 15:16:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS897	BELGIUM SUPPORTS AND WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points June 12 to Hendrik Van de Velde, MFA Middle East Peace Process office. Van de Velde said Belgium is very supportive of the efforts for the Berlin Conference goals and they intend to pledge 100,000 to 200,000 Euros at the conference. He said Belgium also s [...]	2008-06-13 07:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS BE
08BRUSSELS903	REFUGEE NUMBERS PROVE DIFFICULT MEASURE OF EUFOR [...] (U) Summary: Three months into the European Union's military mission to Chad and Central African Republic (EUFOR),officials at the Operational Headquarters (OHQ) told USEU officers the mission has been more logistically challenging than expected, but is fulfilling its goal of protecting refug [...]	2008-06-13 15:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS904	EU STILL CONSIDERING BURMA SANCTIONS OPTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: A Commission sanctions staffer confirmed sanctions reform should not factor into Burma discussions at the June 16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). However, a June 18 meeting of the EU Council's Working Party on Asia and Oceania (COASI),including c [...]	2008-06-13 15:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PHUM PREL KDEM EUN BM AORC UNSC FR
08BRUSSELS913	EU DISCUSSES U.S. PARTICIPATION AND WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: EU civilian operations planning officials are optimistic that EU-UNMIK cooperation will soon be back on track and EULEX deployment will begin in larger numbers. Although questions about legal jurisdiction will pose challenges, EU officials expressed confidence that the EU and U [...]	2008-06-17 05:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL KJUS EUN UNMIK KV
08BRUSSELS918	U.S. AND EU DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA [...] (C) Summary. EUR/SE Director Kathleen Fitzpatrick and USEU Political Minister Counselor Laurence Wohlers met with counterparts from the Slovenian Presidency, incoming French Presidency, Commission, and Council Secretariat to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly sch [...]	2008-06-17 11:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN TU CR CY
08BRUSSELS924	STATUS ON EU SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY:Our diplomatic and political efforts to speed up European implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) and related financial sanctions appear to be gaining traction following the President,s trip to European capitals and a trip by the European Union,s High Repr [...]	2008-06-17 16:49:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC ETRD KTFN PREL PARM PINR PTER KNNP
08BRUSSELS928	EU READOUT OF SOLANA VISIT TO TEHRAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On June 17, EU Council contact characterized HiRep Solana's June 14 meetings in Tehran as "better than expected." FM Motaki insisted on linking Iran's response to the P5 1 incentives package to a P5 1 response to Iran's proposals, but Jalili said Iran would "carefully study" [...]	2008-06-18 13:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM EFIN PTER KNNP ETTC ETRD KTFN AORC
08BRUSSELS943	GETTING THE MOST OUT OF FOREIGN POLICY COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The EU's Common and Foreign Security Policy (CFSP) increasingly drives Europe's foreign policy agenda. Practically, the monthly GAERC meetings set the timetable for foreign policy decision-making; theologically, "EU unity" is a compelling political message that no member state [...]	2008-06-20 08:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN CFSP PGOV BE
08BRUSSELS945	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL [...] (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy o [...]	2008-06-20 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE
08BRUSSELS955	SYRIA AND IRAN: UNVIE AMBASSADOR SCHULTE AND [...] (C) During a June 13 visit to Brussels, U.S. Mission to the IAEA Ambassador Gregory Schulte met with EU Council Secretariat Director General Robert Cooper to discuss nuclear non-proliferation efforts vis a vis Iran and Syria. Schulte obtained Cooper's assurance that the EU would take formal a [...]	2008-06-24 11:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC KNNP PARM IR SY EUN
08BRUSSELS959	EU COUNCIL MEETING WRAP UP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The June 19-20 European Union Council Meeting of Member State Foreign Ministers in Brussels deliberated at length on next steps regarding the Lisbon Treaty following the Irish "no" vote, agreeing that more time was needed to analyze the situation. The Council also discussed the W [...]	2008-06-24 16:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EU
08BRUSSELS962	DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND [...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]	2008-06-25 12:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BRUSSELS974	BELGIAN JUSTICE MINISTER SUPPORTS INCREASED [...] (S/NOFORN) Ambassador Fox and PolCouns met June 24 with Belgian Justice Minister Jo Vandeurzen. Reactions from Vandeurzen, his diplomatic advisor Marc Van den Reeck, and legal advisor Erik Verberb were very positive as the Ambassador emphasized the importance of sharing information on count [...]	2008-06-26 15:37:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV SOCI PINR PREL BE
08BRUSSELS975	EU ON GITMO DETAINEES [...] (C/NF) On June 26, 2008, Deputy Minister Counselor for Political Affairs and PolOff met with Riina Kionka, Personal Representative for Human Rights for HR Javier Solana. She confirmed she had raised the issue of Guantanamo Bay detainee re-settlement with HR Solana earlier this year. Noting that [...]	2008-06-26 16:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PDRG PHUM PREL SMIT PTER EUN
08BRUSSELS978	PM POSITIVE ON WORKING WITH THE U.S. ON TERRORISM [...] (S/NOFORN) At a special meeting arranged by Ambassador Fox, Prime Minister Yves Leterme, was briefed by C/GRPO and A/LAT on the developing security situation related to Al Qaeda senior leadership's apparent interest in Belgium's chemical/industrial infrastructure. The PM listened intently a [...]	2008-06-27 08:39:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PREL BE
08BRUSSELS98	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (ALBANIA) [...] SUMMARY: Development programs in Albania were among several discussed during a recent all-day donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. EC assistance programs in Albania, estimated at around 55 million euros in 2007, are expected to increase by 15 per [...]	2008-01-18 10:34:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS983	TRANSATLANTIC SECURITY SPACE COOPERATION WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 17, The U.S. Air Force Academy's Eisenhower Center for Space and Defense Studies hosted the Transatlantic Security Space Cooperation workshop in Brussels. The workshop brought together policy makers from the U.S. and Europe, as well as academics and NGOs, to discuss the [...]	2008-06-27 14:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KSCA PARM PREL TPHY TSPA TSPL
08BRUSSELS99	EU DONOR COORDINATION IN THE BALKANS (OTHER [...] SUMMARY: Ongoing development programs in several Balkan countries including Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro were discussed during a December 13 donor coordination meeting organized by the European Commission (EC) in Brussels. The EC anticipates making more than 450 million euros available [...]	2008-01-18 10:34:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EUN XH ZL
08BRUSSELS990	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (S) Charge delivered the points in reftel to Werner Bauwens, the head of the MFA's Non-proliferation Office on June 30. He agreed to relay the points to all the relevant offices and agencies within the GOB. 2. (S) Bauwens noted that the EU had adopted sanctions based on UNSCR 1803 last Monday [...]	2008-06-30 13:36:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	ECON EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR PREL KNNP EUN
08BRUSSELS991	ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 SANCTIONS AND [...] (C) Charge delivered the requested points to Wilm Geurts of the MFA's UN Directorate on the Security Council. Geurts said that Belgium is very supportive and fully committed. The challenge is to get 1735 fully implemented by member states. 2. (C) Belgium is satisfied with UNSCR 1735 al [...]	2008-06-30 13:53:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC AG BE
08BRUSSELS997	EULEX KOSOVO POLICE STAFFING GAPS AND TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary: EU officials described for member and third state contributors current EULEX shortfalls in specialized police capabilities including sniper and SWAT teams, K9 units and Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) units at a June 30 workshop in Brussels. Emphasizing that it had been the m [...]	2008-07-01 10:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO EUN UNMIK KV

08BUCHAREST100	ROMANIA ON BOARD WITH LEBANON DEMARCHE; ON SYRIA [...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref b demarche (and note verbale) on February 6 to MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre. Dobre said Romania was "on board" with the U.S. points in support of Lebanon. He added that although it was too early to give a figure for Romania's financial support [...]	2008-02-07 14:40:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EFIN EINV LE SY RO
08BUCHAREST1009	(C) MFA SECRETARY OF STATE BUGA -- SOMETHING IN 24 [...] (C) Romania,s MFA Secretary of State Iulian Buga (accompanied by Director General Legal Affairs Cosmin Dinescu) asked for an urgent meeting today with Charg to discuss the critical time constraints for permitting Romania to maintain its troops in Iraq. Buga noted that National Security Adviso [...]	2008-12-23 15:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO UK AS EN ES
08BUCHAREST117	BLAND JUSTICE: JUDICIAL INSIDERS DECRY WEAK EC [...] (C) Summary: A recent European Commission interim report on judicial reform in Romania provoked disappointment in many judicial circles, with pro-reform activists hoping for a sharper rebuke of recent backsliding. Based on comments from many local contacts, we have prepared a "parallel report" [...]	2008-02-13 13:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST120	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ROMANIA NOT ATTENDING OSLO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 10:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN RO
08BUCHAREST130	ROMANIAN PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, AND PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a rare display of political unanimity, President Traian Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and Parliament met in joint session February 18 declare formally that Romania will not recognize Kosovo's independence. Almost all parties--with the exception of the ethnic Hungarian UD [...]	2008-02-19 15:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO KV
08BUCHAREST141	ROMANIA: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) EMBOFF delivered ref. a demarche on February 20 to MFA State Secretary for Europe Raduta Matache; FM Cioroianu was traveling in Israel at the time. Matache noted that Romania was not going to recognize Kosovo's independence, referring to public comments and commitments made by President Ba [...]	2008-02-21 15:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV RO
08BUCHAREST163	ROMANIA WILL ALLOW MALDIVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 15:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC
08BUCHAREST178	QROMANIAQS EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD
08BUCHAREST181	ISAF CONTRIBUTION REQUEST DELIVERED [...] (C) On February 28, PolOffs and DATT met with Daniel Ionita, Director of the NATO Department at the MFA to deliver reftel request for additional ISAF contributions. Ionita reassured EmbOffs that Romania remained committed to the mission in Afghanistan. He expected that both the quantity and [...]	2008-03-07 16:08:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF RO
08BUCHAREST183	ROMANIA'S EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW: ------------------- A. Romania is a country of origin and transit for trafficking in persons (TIP). While the majority of TIP cases pertain to international trafficking between Romania and Western Europe, there are cases of domestic trafficking as well. Victims ) primar [...]	2008-03-10 13:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BUCHAREST216	ROMANIA STEADFAST ON ENERGY SECURITY, BUT WARY OF BEING ISOLATED [...] (C) With concerns growing that it is being out-maneuvered, the Government of Romania (GOR) has stepped up its energy diplomacy over recent weeks in an effort to parry perceived advances for Russia's "South Stream" natural gas pipeline project. While neighboring countries rushed to conclude agreemen [...]	2008-03-17 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST220	DEADLOCK RESOLVED: PRESIDENT AND PM AGREE ON NEW [...] (SBU) In an announcement that caught even his party colleagues by surprise, Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu February 29 nominated Catalin Marian Predoiu as the next Justice Minister. Less than three hours later, President Basescu hosted a ceremony to swear in the new Justice Minister. [...]	2008-03-18 13:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST226	INTERIOR MINISTRY CANDIDATES FOR SECOND LINE OF [...] (U) Mission received on March 18, a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (MIRA),Inspector General of the Border Police, addressed to the Department of Energy,s National Nuclear Security Administration. The note conveys the names of those nominees for the HAMM [...]	2008-03-20 14:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OPDC PARM PINS PREL RO
08BUCHAREST237	FORD RETURNS TO ROMANIA AFTER 60 YEARS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ford Motor Company and the Government of Romania formally completed Ford's takeover of the Automobile Craiova autoplant at a ceremony on March 21 involving Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu and ranking Ford Europe officials, along with President Traian Basescu and the Ambass [...]	2008-03-24 16:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST250	ROMANIAN TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION PARTICIPATION [...] (C) POLMILOFF met with MFA Director General for Global Affairs Petru Dumitru on March 27, along with MFA Middle East Director Dobre and three MOD representatives. Dumitru had requested the meeting in order to discuss Romania's legislative timeline for continued legal authority for Romanian mi [...]	2008-03-28 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST253	NATO SUMMIT 2008: ROMANIA CONCURS ON U.S. AIR [...] (C) Mission received at 22:40, March 31, the following Note Verbale registering the GOR's concurrence to reftel diplomatic note regarding U.S. Air Force support for the period of the NATO Summit in Bucharest. 2. (C) Begin Text: No. C1-1/1173 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania [...]	2008-04-01 06:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO
08BUCHAREST260	POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DIPNOTE ON TRANSITING US [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 08:34:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MCAP NATO PREL HR HU RO
08BUCHAREST261	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 12:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR
08BUCHAREST263	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR G/TIP VISIT OF [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Eleanor Gaetan, Senior Coordinator for Public Affairs for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP). The purpose of Mrs. Gaetan,s visit is to speak at a conference on human trafficking, hosted by the Ratiu foundation Romania. 2. [...]	2008-04-08 10:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL RO
08BUCHAREST268	ROMANIA: A STRONG ALLY ON ENERGY DIVERSIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 2 meeting with visiting DAS Matthew Bryza, Ministry of Economy and Finance State Secretary Viorel Palasca strongly reaffirmed Romania's commitment to the Nabucco pipeline project. Romania continues to seek U.S. support for its efforts to ensure energy security thro [...]	2008-04-10 06:10:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST290	ROMANIA PROPOSES POST-CONFLICT TRAINING CENTER, [...] (SBU) Summary: Political Director Stefan Tinca briefed NATO and EU member state embassies on April 8 on the GOR's renewed proposal for a post-conflict reconstruction training center in Romania. He also discussed Romania's broader strategy for the Black Sea Region following the successful NA [...]	2008-04-15 09:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI SENV ECIN RO
08BUCHAREST293	EXPERIENCED CAREER DIPLOMAT CHOSEN AS NEW ROMANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Just three days after the abrupt resignation of Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu, veteran career diplomat Lazar Comanescu was sworn in as the new Foreign Minister at an April 14 ceremony attended by President Basescu and PM Tariceanu. Comanescu is an experienced professional d [...]	2008-04-15 14:54:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST311	ROMANIA: FRUSTRATION WITH EU PARTNERS ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Visiting DAS Matthew Bryza's April 3 meeting with Prime Minister Tariceanu's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, and Romanian Ambassador to the U.S., Adrian Vierita, exposed Romania's frustration with the EU's reluctance to think strategically about energy security. [...]	2008-04-18 14:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST313	ROMANIA'S NEW UNINOMINAL ELECTION LAW CHANGES THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Romania formally adopted new electoral rules intended to increase accountability to local electoral districts and to encourage political parties to choose candidates on the basis of attractiveness to voters rather than loyalty to party kingmakers. The new rules create a first- [...]	2008-04-21 15:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST315	ETHNIC HUNGARIAN PARTIES FACE NEW ELECTION CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: Ethnic Hungarian political contacts predicted that the UDMR and the rival Magyar Civic Party (PCM) would not be able to reach an accommodation before the registration deadline for candidates in the upcoming June 1 local elections. They predicted that both sides saw the electionas a bel [...]	2008-04-22 06:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST325	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PREDIOU -- [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on April 22 with new Justice Minister Predoiu, to discuss bilateral cooperation on arrests and extraditions, concerns about maintaining strong IPR enforcement, and alarm over the final remaining bad amendment to the Romanian criminal and penal code that would e [...]	2008-04-24 10:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CJAN RO
08BUCHAREST337	AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW FOREIGN MINISTER COMANESCU: A [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's April 25 courtesy call on newly-appointed Romanian Foreign Minister Lazar Comanescu, the Minister underscored his interest in developing a close, personal relationship with the Ambassador as well as his intent to put special emphasis on building a strong [...]	2008-04-29 15:02:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS RO
08BUCHAREST35	A VIEW FROM BUCHAREST: ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Calling Moldova a "geopolitical riddle," MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia Amb. Gheorghe Magheru told Emboffs on January 10 that Romania is taking the long view in its relationship with its Moldovan neighbors. Despite a partly successful effort in 2007 by Romania's [...]	2008-01-16 16:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RO MO
08BUCHAREST371	RFG ON TIMELINE FOR IRAQ COALITION POST-CHAPTER [...] (C) This is a request for guidance; see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: As Romania moves closer to the Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) meeting at the end of June that will make the recommendations to Parliament for the level of Romania's forces deployed abroad in 2009, the MFA and MOD [...]	2008-05-15 13:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST374	ROMANIA: PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY REQUESTS MILITARY [...] (S) In a May 15 discussion with Poloff, MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Mihail Dobre relayed that the Palestinian Authority (PA) representative in Bucharest sent a formal request to the MOD requesting a military cooperation arrangement with Romania for the development and training of the Pa [...]	2008-05-15 15:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST385	TERRORISM FINANCE: RESPONSE TO 1267 DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 08:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER PINR EFIN PREL
08BUCHAREST404	AFTER ACTION: DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN [...] (U) The prominent news daily "Romania Libera" (circulation 316,000) May 21 carried op-ed under the Ambassador's by-line expressing solidarity with the people of Cuba. The commentary recalled similar regimes in the former communist states of Eastern Europe that were now defunct, and highlighte [...]	2008-05-23 09:18:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI CU RO
08BUCHAREST41	ROMANIAN PLANS IN IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (C) This message responds to Ref. A request regarding EU member states' plans for their forces and other efforts in Iraq. Responses are keyed to questions posed in Ref. A. More detail can be gleaned from reftels B-D. 2. (S) Begin responses: Q. (S) WHAT ARE EUROPEAN LEADERS' LONG-TERM (I [...]	2008-01-17 15:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	PINR EAID EUN KDEM MARR NATO PREL RO
08BUCHAREST418	THE UNINOMINAL EXPERIMENT: THE ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Romanians prepare to go to the polls June 1 to elect mayors, local and county councilors-and, for the first time-the heads of the county councils. A recent visit to witness the electoral campaign in Maramures and Satu Mare counties underscored that local leaders are still adapting [...]	2008-05-29 15:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RO SOCI
08BUCHAREST422	ROMANIA: LEADERS TELL FORMER SECRETARY ALBRIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Romania wants continuing U.S. commitment to the bilateral partnership and stability in U.S. policy toward Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region following U.S. elections this fall, leaders told visiting former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on May 22. President Traian Ba [...]	2008-05-30 14:33:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV ENRG MARR RO
08BUCHAREST431	ROMANIA: STATE COUNSELOR BRIEFS ON ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In a May 19 meeting with EconOff, State Counselor to the Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Constantin Ciupagea shared the Romanian Government's current thinking on LNG, pipelines, and the proposal for a consolidated state energy company. Ciupagea reiterated Romania's support f [...]	2008-06-02 09:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST435	ROMANIA: U.S.-EU SUMMIT DECLARATION'S FOCUS ON [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel points on May 30 to MFA Director General for European Affairs Stefan Tinca and Director for U.S. and Canada Eugen Mihut. Tinca said that the next MFA coordination meeting would be held June 3, and he did not see any problems with supporting the U.S. on its Latin Am [...]	2008-06-02 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM CU RO
08BUCHAREST447	ROMANIA TO SPEAK AT THE FOURTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP RO
08BUCHAREST450	ROMANIA: TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON LNG AND NABUCCO [...] (C) Summary. In a June 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Turkish Ambassador to Romania Ayse Sinrilioglu said that LNG transit through the Bosporus straits to service a proposed LNG plant in Constanta would be viewed negatively by the Turkish Government. She urged the U.S. to focus instead on l [...]	2008-06-05 09:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV ENRG PGOV PREL RO TU
08BUCHAREST463	ROMANIA ON THE IRAQ SOFA: "WE NEED A LEGAL [...] (S) EMBOFFS met with MOD Deputy State Secretary for Defense Policy and Planning Rear Admiral Mihai Cornell and MFA Director for Middle East and Africa Ambassador Mihail Dobre on June 5, to review status of Iraq SOFA negotiations at the request of MOD and MFA. POLMILOFF, drawing on reftels A an [...]	2008-06-10 14:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUCHAREST468	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR CLASSIFIED [...] (S) Summary: The Romanian Navy has requested a classified AEGIS capabilities brief from the USG. The Romanian Navy purchased two Type-22 Frigates from the UK in 2004 which did not include weapons or command and control systems. Romania is exploring possibilities for upgrading and refitting the [...]	2008-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL NATO MOPS RO
08BUCHAREST471	ROMANIA ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND THE U.S. [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points on June 10 to MFA Director for Human Rights Razvan Rotundu. Rotundu was well aware from reporting by Romania's representatives in Geneva of the U.S. decision to cease its observer status, and said that he was sympathetic with the U.S. points. He pointed out [...]	2008-06-12 13:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL RO
08BUCHAREST475	ROMANIA ON BERLIN CONFERENCE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 13 to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. Tinca reported that Foreign Minister Comanescu would be attending the Berlin Conference. However, he added that Romania would be more focused on identifying possible project areas among [...]	2008-06-13 13:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS EUN RO
08BUCHAREST481	ROMANIAN RESPONSE ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR IWC MEETING [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points in writing and followed up by phone with Mihai MANOIU, the Biodiversity Division Director at the Ministry of Environment, on June 13, 2008. Manoiu admitted that the Government of Romania (GOR) has not given too much attention to whaling, having just joined [...]	2008-06-17 04:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD RO
08BUCHAREST511	ROMANIA: BYSTROE CANAL HOPES SINKING DESPITE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: At a recent conference in Bucharest, 48 countries - including, surprisingly, Ukraine itself - agreed that Ukraine's work on the Bystroe Canal is not compliant with the Espoo Convention. Despite this public admonishment, the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reported th [...]	2008-06-23 11:56:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PBTS PREL SENV UP RO
08BUCHAREST52	DEFENSE MINISTER: A "CHANGE OF FOCUS" FOR ROMANIA [...] (U) Defense Minister (and acting Justice Minister) Teodor Melescanu on January 18, predicted that Romania would begin this year "the process of disengagement from the Iraqi theater." Romania, he said, would use the period after the April NATO Summit to begin a consultation process with the "in [...]	2008-01-22 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IZ RO
08BUCHAREST561	ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA: WARY NEIGHBORS, HESITANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOR interlocutors, including President Basescu, have made clear that prospects for concluding a border regime treaty between Romania and Moldova prior to parliamentary elections and the selection of a new Moldovan president are very low, even if there have been some limited posit [...]	2008-07-11 14:22:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MD PBTS PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST57	SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: [...] (C) Emboffs raised Ref. A points with newly-installed MFA Director for Middle East and Africa, Mihail Dobre, who was accompanied by the (also) new Iraqi desk officer. Dobre offered an initial response--with appropriate caveats--regarding the political situation (Romania is in an extensive ele [...]	2008-01-24 12:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO
08BUCHAREST576	ROMANIA: UNCHANGED SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANDED NATO [...] (C) Though the GOR fully appreciates the issues raised in reftel demarche and supports the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) program objectives, there are no plans to increase Romanian personnel committed to NTM-I, according to MFA NATO Director Ana Tinca. Tinca also noted that the current nu [...]	2008-07-21 11:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO IZ RO
08BUCHAREST583	ROMANIA AGREES: NEED CONCRETE ACTIONS FROM SARG [...] (C) Summary: MFA Middle East Director Dobre said that Romania's policy towards Syria is based on the expectation for concrete actions and accomplishments before political concessions can be offered. End Summary. 2. (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 24, to MFA Director for Middl [...]	2008-07-24 15:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE RO
08BUCHAREST586	ROMANIA READY TO SIGN SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE MOU [...] (SBU) The Embassy received a note verbale on July 23, stating that the GOR is prepared to sign the "Agreement between the Romanian Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform and the U.S. Department of Energy Regarding cooperation in the Area of Preventing the Illicit Trafficking of Nuclea [...]	2008-07-25 13:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST633	NOT HUNGRY: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES RECENT [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Advisor Chiritoiu acknowledged shortcomings in the PD-L's recent election campaign, including overconfidence and running a candidate who evinced insufficient enthusiasm in running for the Bucharest Mayoral post. He denied rumors of a PD-L rapprochment with the PNL, n [...]	2008-08-08 13:27:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST634	ROMANIA ON RC-SOUTH CIVILIAN-MILITARY PLANNING AND [...] (C) POLMILOFF delivered reftel demarche on August 8, to MFA acting-Director for Security Policy Daniel Ionita. Ionita thanked the U.S. for the proposal, noted that Romania strongly supports the plan for developing an RC-South Civil-Military Planning and Coordination Cell (CMPCC),consistent wi [...]	2008-08-08 14:35:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF RO
08BUCHAREST653	CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, NEGATIVE VOTE FREEZES [...] (SBU) Summary: In an emergency session called by President Basescu, the Chamber of Deputies on August 13 voted against referring to the National Anti-Corruption Directorate (DNA) the corruption charges against former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase and former Transportation Minister Miron Mitre [...]	2008-08-15 08:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST659	ROMANIA: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL Lugar, and looks forward to making sure you get the most out of your time in country. Romania is an excellent strategic partner, ally, and friend of the United States, and continues to be among the staunchest contributors to NATO missions since [...]	2008-08-20 08:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL OREP RO
08BUCHAREST67	ANOTHER ZERO-SUM YEAR: SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: A senior Basescu advisor said that the President will not compromise on the appointment of the next Justice Minister, and would continue to hold out for a nonpolitical candidate. He justified the hardball tactics that the Presidency had deployed against Justice Minister nominee N [...]	2008-01-25 17:06:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST68	BASESCU'S ANNUAL ADDRESS TO THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS: [...] (U) Summary: President Basescu made his annual New Year's foreign policy address to Bucharest,s diplomatic corps on January 23. He confirmed that Romania would fulfill its international commitments, including its military deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, and would work within the EU and [...]	2008-01-25 17:32:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST687	BASESCU TELLS SEN. LUGAR ROMANIA FACING HARD [...] (C) President Traian Basescu told Senator Richard Lugar on August 27 that he fears that Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, coming in the wake of U.S./European recognition of Kosovo, has begun a process which threatens to unravel the existing international legal architecture and [...]	2008-08-29 08:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON MD GG RS RO
08BUCHAREST707	DEMARCHE RESPONSE - ROMANIA CONCERNED WITH RUSSIAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on Georgia to Daniel Ionita, Director of NATO/Security Affairs at Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 4, 2008. 2. (C) Ionita emphasized the need for a unified EU approach to dealing with Russia in the region. He said th [...]	2008-09-05 11:55:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST717	ROMANIA: SEN. LUGAR PRESSES MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Highlighting his experience as a farmer, visiting Senator Richard Lugar on August 28 encouraged Minister of Environment Attila Korodi to permit the use of more advanced agricultural methods in Romania, including biotechnology. Korodi indicated a willingness to reevaluate his p [...]	2008-09-10 11:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ENRG ECON PGOV PREL TBIO RO
08BUCHAREST725	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST726	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08BUCHAREST727	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: GAERC TALKING POINTS AND [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on September 10 to Daniel Ionita, Director for Security Policy, and Cosmin Onisii, Director of the U.S. and Canada Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. 2. (C) Commenting on the September 5-6 Foreign Ministers' Mee [...]	2008-09-12 13:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST754	ROMANIA: NABUCCO IS BEST, LNG IS GOOD, BUT SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. Visiting U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) Director Larry Walther and Director for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Stein heard a strong message of Romanian support for the Nabucco pipeline project in separate meetings at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministr [...]	2008-09-23 14:11:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST771	ROMANIA: DOMESTIC TERRORISM DESIGNATIONS DIFFICULT [...] (C) EconOff met on September 23rd with Elena Paris, Unit Chief in the Office for the Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel demarche regarding a U.S. Domestic Designation under E.O. 13438. Paris explained that the Government of Ro [...]	2008-10-01 12:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV KTFN RO
08BUCHAREST772	ROMANIA ON C-RE8-01539 AND TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (S/NF) Summary. In response to ref A request for information, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) provided EconOff a brief outline of the procedure that led up to the Muhajedin-E Khalq (MEK) listing within the EU. MFA believes that this listing will remain in place for the immediate future [...]	2008-10-01 12:38:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL PGOV PINR UNSC KTFN RO
08BUCHAREST786	ROMANIA: ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] (SBU) EconCouns met October 3 with Anamaria Almasan, Acting Director for EU External Relations and Development Assistance at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to convey reftel information on U.S. aid to Georgia and to inquire about Romanian plans for both bilateral and EU-coordinated assis [...]	2008-10-07 14:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN KCRS KMCA EUN PREL GG RO
08BUCHAREST804	ROMANIA: "TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON LEGAL FRAMEWORK [...] (C) At the end of an October 16 meeting with POLMILOFF, MFA Director for Strategic Affairs Daniel Ionita said that he needed to convey quietly his concern that time was running out on a legal framework for Romania to maintain its troops in Iraq. Ionita clarified that this was not/not an issue [...]	2008-10-17 14:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUCHAREST82	GLOBAL INITIATIVE PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 08:21:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC IAEA RO
08BUCHAREST832	PRESIDENT BASESCU VISITS DAMASCUS TO PROMOTE [...] (SBU) POLOFF met with MFA Middle East Director Mihai Dobre on October 23 to obtain a readout from President Basescu's two-day trip to Syria (10/20-21). Dobre noted that Basescu was invited by President Bashar al-Assad to begin the process of renewing Romanian-Syrian commercial ties that had [...]	2008-10-28 13:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY XF RO
08BUCHAREST852	ROMANIA: A NEW UNSCR IS ONLY VIABLE OPTION FOR [...] (S) In an October 30 meeting, MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Anca Mantulescu told POLMILOFF that there is no longer a window for Parliament to approve a SOFA with Iraq. She said, "I think your plan B for a UNSCR needs to become your plan A." She added that the demands for formin [...]	2008-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUCHAREST857	PD-L SECRETARY GENERAL BLAGA ON ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: PD-L Secretary General Blaga said that recent internal polls suggest his party will win 38 percent of votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections, with the rival PSD and PNL taking 32 and 15 percent, respectively. Blaga provided a detailed overview of election dynamics and argued [...]	2008-11-06 15:17:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST867	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE ON FATF STATEMENTS AND IRAN [...] (SBU) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statements on Iran to Cristina Mezdrea and Laura Gradinaru of the Office for Implementation of International Sanctions at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 3, and subsequently to Adrian Cosmescu, D [...]	2008-11-10 14:51:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP RO
08BUCHAREST88	LNG TERMINAL AN APPEALING PROSPECT AS ROMANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A team of U.S. investors led by ETG International (www.etgint.com),a natural gas transport company and UGI (www.ugicorp.com),a natural gas marketing and distribution company, hope to construct an LPG and LNG terminal at the port of Constanta on Romania's Black Sea Coast. Proje [...]	2008-02-01 15:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV EFIN PREL RO
08BUCHAREST900	MOD STATE SECRETARY: IGNORE THE CAMPAIGN RHETORIC, [...] (U) This is an action message, see Para 4. 2. (C) MOD State Secretary Dobritoiu invited the DCM (accompanied by DATT, ODC and Polcouns) for a meeting November 18. His message was simple: "We're all grownups here, please don't get too excited about some of the electoral rhetoric (and media [...]	2008-11-18 15:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IZ RO
08BUCHAREST905	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REVOCATION OF IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 11:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM PREL KNNP ECON RO
08BUCHAREST906	PNL, PSD LEGISLATORS: BASESCU'S GOT THE MOJO IN [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations, two prominent legislators-one PSD, the other PNL-noted signs of an incipient PSD stampede to form a post-election coalition with Basescu's PD-L. They agree that the PSD cannot stay out of office for another four years and has to join the next government at al [...]	2008-11-20 14:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST915	ROMANIA: PARTIES' POCKETBOOK PROMISES [...] (SBU) Fiscal profligacy has been the leitmotif of the current parliamentary campaign. While the governing National Liberal Party (PNL) has hardly been a paragon of fiscal prudence -- ramping up social spending and allowing the expected budget deficit to rapidly increase in the third quarter -- [...]	2008-11-24 15:29:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST920	ROMANIA'S ECONOMY SET FOR A LANDING, BUT HOW HARD? [...] (C) The forward momentum in Romania's red-hot economy is already slowing and will definitely hit the brakes in 2009, government officials and outside analysts told visiting U.S. Treasury representatives last week. Still, while Romania can expect sharply lower growth due to the global downturn, the [...]	2008-11-25 15:48:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EIND ETRD PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST927	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to being awarded the highest honor Romania bestows on civilians, the Star of Romania Grand Cross on November 25, 2008, the Ambassador and President Basescu met for 45-minutes to discuss procurement of F-16s, development of the Constanta port for commercial as well as naval [...]	2008-11-26 10:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR SOCI RO
08BUCHAREST942	ROMANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: THE MORNING [...] (SBU) The Central Election Bureau (BEC) has yet to release the final official results from the November 30 parliamentary elections pending formal receipt of the official results from four counties. However, the BEC on December 2 released a "final but still unofficial" set of results (which inc [...]	2008-12-02 15:47:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST951	ROMANIA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 5 December to MFA Director General for Political Affairs Stefan Tinca. The talking points, including a request for Romania to recognize an independent Kosovo, elicited the following reaction: "What has changed? The grueling exercise of compromising on [...]	2008-12-05 14:52:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV RO
08BUCHAREST953	ROMANIA: FDI STILL FLOWING FOR NOW, BUT NEW PROSPECTS MAY [...] (SBU) The high levels of foreign direct investment (FDI) which have fueled economic growth and provided substantial cover for Romania's big current account deficit will likely dwindle in the coming months. While FDI already in the pipeline is expected to continue to flow over the next few mont [...]	2008-12-08 06:37:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST958	ROMANIA: NO OBJECTION TO NSG AD REFERENDUM TEXT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-09 06:14:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNN MNUC PARM TRGY PREL RO
08BUCHAREST963	ROMANIA: THREE BOEING 737-800S JOIN TAROM'S FLEET [...] (U) Post EconOffs and Commercial Attache attended a December 4th ceremony at Bucharest Otopeni Airport to mark the arrival of the newest addition to the fleet of state-owned airline Tarom. Minister of Transportation Ludovic Orban, State Secretary Antonel Tanase, Tarom CEO Gheorghe Birla, Boein [...]	2008-12-09 15:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON BEXP PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST964	ROMANIA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON CUBA LIBERTAD ACT [...] (C) In response to questions in reftel, the Government of Romania (GOR) has worked to promote democracy and human rights in Cuba and has only a limited trading relationship with the island. Relations between the two countries are complicated by an outstanding trade dispute, in which the GOR b [...]	2008-12-10 06:49:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU RO
08BUCHAREST971	STAMPEDING INTO COALITION, PERHAPS INTO A TRAP [...] (C) Summary: PSD Deputy Georgian Pop confirmed that the PSD would support Teodor Stolojan as the next Prime Minister (Note: Basescu just made this selection public in an afternoon broadcast),but said that two key remaining sticking points were the PSD's insistence on excluding the UDMR from t [...]	2008-12-10 15:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG RO
08BUCHAREST973	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON NEW GOVERNING COALITION: [...] (C) Summary: Senior Presidential Advisor Sebastian Lazaroiu confimed that President Basescu had accelerated the formation of a new cabinet to avoid creating a sense of political drift that might have resulted if no new government were in place during the extended holidays. He was ambivalent a [...]	2008-12-11 12:16:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST986	IRAQI CONTINUED PRESENCE LEGISLATION IS [...] (C) In a blunt conservation with POLMILOFF, MFA Director General Anca Mantulescu on 12/17 expressed extreme frustration with the lack of support from the U.S. regarding helping Romania to meet conditions that would continue its force presence in Iraq. When POLMILOFF asked whether the MFA had [...]	2008-12-17 12:23:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ RO ES AS EN UK
08BUCHAREST998	MOD ASKS IF THE PROPOSED IRAQI EOL STILL MAKES [...] (C) MOD Secretary of State (Deputy Defense Minister) Corneliu Dobritoiu met with U.S. and UK Embassy officers on 12/19 to raise in more depth concerns with the state of play regarding the continued presence of Romanian troops in Iraq. The meeting with the U.S. (Charge, POLMIL, ARMATT, and ODC [...]	2008-12-19 16:01:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV RO IZ
08BUDAPEST1004	HUNGARIAN INTEREST TO SUPPORT NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 08:56:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP IR HU
08BUDAPEST1006	THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS HUNGARY [...] (SBU) Following years of high budget deficits and other economic policy mistakes, together with a high reliance on foreign currency-denominated loans, Hungary finds itself particularly vulnerable to the secondary effects of the financial crisis - the increasing cost and drying up of credit, lo [...]	2008-10-17 09:04:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1008	HUNGARY DESIRES CONTACT POINT DESIGNATION IN [...] (SBU) During a meeting on October 9, MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus asked PolOff to forward Hungary's desire to serve as the Contact Lead Nation in Montenegro. Commenting that "Hungary has no nasty roots in the region," he stated that Hungary has a special p [...]	2008-10-20 10:22:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO HU MW
08BUDAPEST1009	HUNGARY WILL NOT PARTICPATE IN THE NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 10:23:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KGIC PINR PTER HU
08BUDAPEST1010	HUNGARIAN, CZECH AND POLISH TENTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 11:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO HU PL EZ
08BUDAPEST1015	HUNGARY TO ATTEND OCTOBER 22 GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 07:34:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRS EAID GG HU
08BUDAPEST1021	SOUTHERN COMFORT: ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY, [...] (S) Information developed by other agencies and passed to the Department via their channels indicates renewed and covert contacts between senior GoH officials and Russian intelligence officers. VERES IN THE LEAD 2. (S) As the GoH works to finalize an extraordinary international financi [...]	2008-10-28 11:12:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1026	HUNGARY TO SUPPORT CUBA CANDIDATE FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) In an October 29 meeting, MFA America's Directorate Head Szilveszter Bus told DCM that Hungary has reached an agreement with Cuba to support each other's candidates for the UN Human Rights Council. Bus stated he was instructed by the Foreign Minister to convey the information for the sake [...]	2008-10-30 15:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC CU HU
08BUDAPEST1047	Secretary of Homeland Security Chertoff's visit to [...] Summary: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff visited Budapest October 28-29, in connection with Hungary's accession to membership in the Visa Waiver Program and to discuss security issues with Hungarian counterparts. The official program took place on October 28, 2008, with the S [...]	2008-11-04 13:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1049	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DIALOGUE ON PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 14:03:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER HU

08BUDAPEST1050	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR NORWAY-IAEA SAFETY TRAINING [...] (S) In a follow-up to Hungary's initial response reported in ref C, Dr Kristof Horvath, Head of the Hungarian Atomic Energy Agency's (HAEA) Department of Nuclear and Radioactive Materials, told PolOff on November 3 that Hungary, in principle, is prepared to support the Norwegian sponsored trai [...]	2008-11-04 14:05:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP TRGY IR HU
08BUDAPEST1059	THE WOLF FROM THE DOOR...AND THE ELEPHANT IN THE [...] (C) Summary. With the immediate crisis seemingly averted and with discussions underway with the IMF, EU, and the World Bank on the details of the international stabilization package, the economic debate in Hungary is beginning to shift toward a closer examination of the steps the government is [...]	2008-11-06 13:38:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST107	PM'S FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR ON KOSOVO, AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's Foreign and Security Policy Advisor, Ambassador Karoly Banai, updated Ambassador Foley on Hungary's policy re Kosovo and Azerbaijan in a meeting January 31. KOSOVO: MAKING IT CLEAR TO MOSCOW 2. (C) Banai noted that PM Gyurcsany had called in the Russian [...]	2008-01-31 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU AZ ECON ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST1075	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Gabor Fodor, Chairman, Alliance of Free Democrats, the Hungarian Liberal Party, received November 6, 2008. 2. Begin Text Dear Senator Obama, Allow me to congratulate you for your own great victory, and f [...]	2008-11-10 10:06:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1076	Budapest's Public Outreach on Visa Waiver Program and ESTA [...] Summary: Embassy Budapest has engaged in active public and media outreach related to the Visa Waiver Program dating back to the commencement of the Roadmap process for Hungary, and redoubled efforts following the passage of the legislation last summer. Post seized upon the October 17 White H [...]	2008-11-10 11:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CMGT CVIS HU
08BUDAPEST1078	HUNGARIAN VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 10-11 FOREIGN [...] (U) MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Head Andras Dekany provided the following comments to PolOff on November 7 for the GAERC meeting scheduled for November 10-11. 2. (C) Russia: The main question is: has Russia miscalculated its strategy on Georgia? There are sig [...]	2008-11-10 12:46:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN RU GG AF HU
08BUDAPEST1080	HUNGARY OFFERS TO HOST FUTURE EXERCISE PLANNING [...] In a follow-up to reftels, MFA Arms Control and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath told PolOff on November 7 that his leadership has "agreed in principle" to organize a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event, preferably in November 2009. H [...]	2008-11-10 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KGIC PREL MCAP HU
08BUDAPEST1083	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Viktor Orban, Chairman of Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union, received November 10, 2008. 2. Begin text Dear Senator Obama, I wish to congratulate you whole-heartedly on your spectacular victory at the 2008 pr [...]	2008-11-12 08:44:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1095	TERRORISM FINANCE: DELIVERY OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 17:13:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1099	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEVERAGING FATF STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered ref a demarche to Ministry of Finance Department of International Relations Head of Unit Dr. Krisztina Kovacs and Ministry of Foreign Affairs European Legal Department Head of Unit Szilvia Balasz. Both ministries were aware of the FATF guidance, and noted the recent EU [...]	2008-11-18 10:11:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EFIN KNNP HU
08BUDAPEST1102	HUNGARIAN/SLOVAKIAN PRIME MINISTERS MEET NOVEMEBER [...] (SBU) Summary. In their first substantial meeting in more than a year, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany of Hungary and Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia on November 15 discussed ways to decrease ethnic tensions that reached a flash point during a November 1 soccer match in the Slovakian b [...]	2008-11-18 14:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV LO HU
08BUDAPEST1104	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM HUNGARIAN POLITICAL [...] Following is the text of a congratulatory message to President-elect Obama from Tibor Sztankovanszki, President, and Sandor Bacskai, Secretary General of the Hungarian Social Democratic Party, received November 7, 2008. 2. Begin text Please convey the best wishes of the Historic Hungari [...]	2008-11-19 10:55:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP HU
08BUDAPEST1108	BANKS SAY NO TO STATE ASSISTANCE...FOR NOW [...] (U) The IMF 12.5 billion euro stand-by loan to Hungary includes provisions to help increase the equity and liquidity of banks in Hungary. The "banking sector package" includes a HUF 300 billion (approx. USD 1.5 billion) Capital Base Enhancement Fund to increase banks' capital adequacy ratio to [...]	2008-11-21 15:34:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1119	HUNGARY CONTINUES SUPPORT FOR U.S. UNGA FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1122	HUNGARY ABSTAINING AGAIN ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 14:01:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1135	HUNGARIAN DEFENSE MINISTER'S MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) Summary. Hungarian Minister of Defense Imre Szekeres outlined key financial aspects of the Hungarian National Military Strategy in meeting with Ambassador on November 21. Highlighting the current Government's commitment to increase the Defense budget over the next five years, Szekeres [...]	2008-11-26 14:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PGOV PREL AF HU
08BUDAPEST1136	HUNGARIAN QUID PRO QUO OFFER OF SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] On November 21, Post received a note verbale in English dated November 21 announcing the candidacy of Professor Attila Harmathy for re-election to the Governing Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) for the 2009-2013 period and proposing Hungaria [...]	2008-11-26 14:10:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNIDROIT HU
08BUDAPEST1139	WAITING FOR THE OTHER SHOE TO DROP: THE IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary. Although there is little agreement among experts regarding Hungary's growth rate for 2009, most business leaders remain pessimistic about the future. Some sectors in the real economy have already begun experiencing the negative effects of Hungary's economic slowdown, while other [...]	2008-11-26 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1143	BOKROS AND SIMOR: A "GEEK CHORUS" FOR ECONOMIC [...] (C) With the minority socialist government stuck in the refrain that it is pursuing "all the economic reforms the public is willing to accept," and the leading opposition FIDESZ party often resorting to populist rhetoric rather than practical alternatives, there is a vacuum of prominent Hungar [...]	2008-11-28 15:20:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PINR HU
08BUDAPEST1149	INL A/S JOHNSON DISCUSSES AFGHAN AND HUNGARIAN [...] (C) Summary: INL A/S David Johnson stopped in Budapest October 27, on the tail end of a trip to Afghanistan and the Balkans. He spoke at INL,s Budapest International Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA),met with Hungarian MFA officials to discuss Afghanistan counter-narcotics (CN) issues, and atte [...]	2008-12-01 13:44:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST115	MINISTER KAKOSY COMMITTED TO REFORM, CONCERNED [...] (C) Summary: In a first official meeting with Ambassador Foley, recently appointed Minister of Economy and Transport Csaba Kakosy outlined minority coalition party SzDSz plans for tax reform, highlighted potential problems with health reform, and underscored Hungary's complex energy challenge [...]	2008-02-04 14:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ECON HU
08BUDAPEST1151	HUNGARY TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 11:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MOPS PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1157	HUNGARIAN FOCUS AT THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, Zoltan Pecze, discussed reftel with PolOff on December 2. Pecze stated that Foreign Minister Goncz will directly address the Medvedev Security Treaty proposal during her speech at the December 4-5 Ministe [...]	2008-12-03 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU HU
08BUDAPEST1180	HUNGARY: COUNTRY REVIEW ON RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (C) The DCM met with MFA's America's Department Director Szilveszter Bus on December 9 to discuss ref A. Post views Hungary as a strong supporter of democracy development in Cuba. Although the GoH has joined the EU consensus on lifting the embargo, they view the U.S. approach as appropriate [...]	2008-12-10 12:14:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC HU
08BUDAPEST1192	A WINTER OF DISCONTENT: WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST [...] (SBU) As Parliament is preparing to finish its Autumn session with the passage of a leaner 2009 budget bill, a growing number of current and planned transportation industry and public sector employee strikes are disrupting daily life in Hungary, and increasing pressure on the cash-strapped go [...]	2008-12-16 06:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL ELAB HU
08BUDAPEST1201	ECONOMIC REFORM ISSUES I: THE TAX WEDGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of reports on structural economic reforms proposed by economists and macroeconomic analysts to help Hungary achieve higher economic growth, reduce macroeconomic vulnerabilities, and to remain economically competitive in the region. THE HIGH TAX BURDEN ON LAB [...]	2008-12-17 08:44:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1207	HUNGARIAN HCOC REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Section Chief Mark Horvath requested a meeting with PolOff December 16 to discuss the current status of U.S.-Russian discussions related to the Joint Data Exchange Center. Commenting that the current [...]	2008-12-18 13:25:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL RS HU
08BUDAPEST1208	HUNGARY'S VIEW ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:27:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO HU
08BUDAPEST1211	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST1212	HUNGARY - NO PLANS FOR FURTHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 13:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC HU
08BUDAPEST1214	BANKING SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS: GOV'T AND BANKS ADAPT [...] (SBU) Summary. The banking industry is undergoing a rapid transformation as the financial crisis and global credit crunch impose new realities on the financial sector in Hungary. Banks find themselves altering their business models to reduce loan deposit ratios and improve the quality of the [...]	2008-12-19 06:09:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL HU
08BUDAPEST1216	HUNGARIAN/SLOVAKIAN RELATIONS - A LONG AND WINDING [...] (U) Summary. This is joint Embassy Budapest-Embassy Bratislava cable. Despite several, recent high-level meetings between Hungarian and Slovak officials, significant challenges remain to address minority-rights issues and extremism on both sides of the border. Following an impromptu Novemb [...]	2008-12-19 15:39:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LO HU
08BUDAPEST123	SCENE-SETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY'S VISIT [...] (C) As Parliament returns from its winter recess, Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsany will likely begin 2008 where he ended 2007: with his governing coalition under pressure, his domestic reforms under siege and his foreign policy orientation under question. Your meetings in Budapest will help i [...]	2008-02-07 10:40:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST124	AVERTING CHECKMATE ON HUNGARIAN-TURKMEN ENERGY [...] (U) This is a joint guidance request from Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest. 2. (U) Embassies Ashgabat and Budapest request urgent guidance to avert the conclusion of a pending energy supply contract between Turkmenistan and Hungary which could be concluded within days. The contract, negot [...]	2008-02-07 13:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST147	HUNGARY DENIES MILLANDER-TURKMENISTAN DEAL [...] (C) Ambassador Foley met February 12 with Ambassador Karoly Banai, Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Gyurcsany. "UNSTABLE" MIDDLEMAN; "ALARMING" LETTER 2. (C) Ambassador Banai listened intently to reftel points, asking for our understanding of the volume of gas repor [...]	2008-02-12 14:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST148	MFA CONFIRMS INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO IN THE [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered reftel demarches to MFA State Secretary (Political Director) Szent-Ivanyi February 12. SIPDIS Szent-Ivanyi confirmed that the GoH is prepared to recognize Kosovo within the first tranche of EU member states, estimating that it could take formal action within 10 ) [...]	2008-02-12 16:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST165	HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO [...] (C) Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed reftel with PolOff on February 15. Horvath stated that the Hungarians, based on presentations they received at NATO, have already "mandated" their Ambassador in New Zealand, representing Hungary at the Febru [...]	2008-02-15 16:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU
08BUDAPEST183	HUNGARY ON MACEDONIA'S NATO ASPIRATIONS AND NAME [...] (C) Marianne Berecz, SE Europe, Western Balkans and CIS Department Head and Gabor Horvath, Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, discussed reftel with PolOff on January 15. Ambassador Berecz underlined Hungary's support for the Nimetz process, commenting that Greece's approa [...]	2008-02-21 06:35:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GR MK HU MARR
08BUDAPEST194	HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE IN CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 09:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HU CU
08BUDAPEST195	THE PARTY LINE: WHAT PM GYURCSANY'S SUPPORTERS ARE [...] (C) With his personal popularity ratings still mired well below 20 percent as he nears the half-way point of his term, Prime Minister Gyurcsany appears to be playing small ball in an effort to gradually recoup his standing with the public (REF A). Key elements of his public message will lik [...]	2008-02-26 09:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST21	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR ASPIRATIONS OF THE SYRIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI PREL HU
08BUDAPEST225	TRYING TO HEAD NORTH: NEGOTIATING THE POST-SOUTH [...] (C) We are bracing ourselves for another rough patch with the GoH in the aftermath of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's latest trip to Moscow. ACTIONS AND REACTIONS 2. (C) Having secured the EU's acquiescence with Commissioner Piebalgs' tepid public statement of "understanding," the GoH will [...]	2008-02-29 16:00:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST258	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON EU'S MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN [...] MFA EU External Relations and Crisis Situations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftel agenda items with PolOff on March 7. Dekany provided the following comments by agenda item: Western Balkans: - Kosovo: Good news that the government in Pristina has shown "sufficient maturity" in [...]	2008-03-10 13:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST267	CONFIRMED BUT CAVEATED: HUNGARY PREPARING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador March 9 (other issues septel),the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed that the GoH intends to recognize Kosovo on March 19. Ambassador Banai commented, however, that he would have to check with Foreign Minister Goncz regarding her most rec [...]	2008-03-12 13:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST268	LONELY NEAR THE TOP: PRIME MINISTER'S FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 13:56:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST269	HUNGARY UNAWARE OF MARCH 14 BEIRUT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 07:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER PARM HU
08BUDAPEST270	SQUATTER'S RIGHTS: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Gyurcsany government is struggling to go on with business as usual in the aftermath of its losses in the March 9 referendum. Unfortunately, business as usual involves an opposition with the political momentum, party members with a personal grudge, and policy initiatives wit [...]	2008-03-13 08:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST28	HUNGARIAN REQUEST: HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) MFA Security and Non-Proliferation Deputy Head of Department, Gabor Horvath, requested a meeting with PolOff on 7 January to discuss a UNGA First Committee issue related to the Hague Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). Hor [...]	2008-01-10 10:39:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT PARM PREL UNGA RU HU
08BUDAPEST307	HUNGARY RECOGNIZES KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In a statement released March 19 shortly following a joint declaration of intent with Croatia and Bulgaria, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry announced the GoH's decision to recognize Kosovo. 2. (SBU) The statement: Recognizes that moving forward was necessary for lasting stability [...]	2008-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST317	CENTRIFUGAL FORCE: QUESTIONING THE COALITION [...] (C) Strains within ) and between - the MSzP and the junior coalition partner SzDSz are becoming visible as they approach their respective spring meetings. 2. (C) Ironically, Prime Minister Gyurcsany may be the less lame duck despite the results of the March 9 referendum (reftel). Despite [...]	2008-03-26 10:51:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST339	HUNGARY URGED TO WEIGH IN WITH GREECE ON NATO [...] (C) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel points in a three-pronged approach to senior Hungarian Government officials in the Prime Minister's Officer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense on March 31. The Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, advised that, [...]	2008-04-01 10:13:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST342	GROWING HUNGARIAN HORDE FROM THE RIGHT - MAGYAR [...] Repeating their late October 2007 public ceremony (ref A),the far-right, para-military Magyar Garda (Hungarian Guard) initiated 600 new members at Budapest's Heroes' Square on March 29. As the colonnaded statues of the most important historical Hungarian figures over the past 1000 years gaze [...]	2008-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST345	U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the fourth round of expert-level meetings in Budapest December 13, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, continued to discuss U.S. plans to place a missile [...]	2008-04-02 12:02:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM MASS PAO KNNP NATO EU EZ PL
08BUDAPEST354	ECONOMIC LEADERS: MINORITY GOVERNMENT, REFORMS ON [...] (C) Summary: Economic leaders, led by Finance Minister Veres and National Bank Governor Simor, appear to be moving on with preparations for a minority government under the continued leadership of Prime Minister Gyurcsany. The government changes are of particular concern from an economic per [...]	2008-04-04 15:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON HU
08BUDAPEST37	COLD FEET ON KOSOVO?: MFA FLOATS THE LEAD BALLOON [...] (C) There are disturbing signs that the GoH is considering a partial recognition approach toward Kosovo. In a meeting with visiting former Ambassador Richard Holbrooke February 7, Foreign Minister Goncz solicited his opinion regarding the potential "recognition of the state but not of its so [...]	2008-01-10 16:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST373	THE SICK MAN ... AND THE SICK COUNTRY [...] (C) Hungary's political institutions risk grinding to a halt just as leading economic indicators reflect the realities of a stagnant economy. This correlation of public opposition to reform, continued gridlock in Parliament, growing concerns on the economic front, and the prospect of deepr s [...]	2008-04-10 11:34:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST401	THAT WHICH GOVERNS LEAST: HOW WOULD A MINORITY [...] (SBU) The atmosphere remains one of uncertainty regarding "the day after" the break-up of the coalition even as the SzDSz's April 27 departure date approaches. WHIPPING A MINORITY GOVERNMENT INTO SHAPE 2. (C) Barring a dramatic outcome to what has been a very ponderous crisis, Hungary w [...]	2008-04-17 13:41:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST412	HUNGARY LOOKS TO EU TO PRESS RUSSIA ON CREEPING [...] (C) MFA Deputy Russian and Balkans Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto discussed reftel with PolOff on April 21. Ijgyarto commented that the recent Russian "mechanism" initiative was a "two-track" message. First, for the U.S., NATO, and the EU, Kosovo's declaration of independence has consequence [...]	2008-04-23 09:27:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST419	EBRD: HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. APPROACH ON TURKEY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 11:45:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU HU
08BUDAPEST429	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-28 09:31:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST430	HUNGARY COMMITTED TO TAX TREATY [...] Ministry of Finance State Secretary Almos Kovacs stressed in a cordial April 23 meeting in response to reftel demarche that GOH has no currently known substantive disagreement on specific elements of the U.S.-Hungary tax treaty, and that it has no desire to delay resumption of negotiations or [...]	2008-04-28 10:11:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST444	FINANCE MINISTER GETS THE MESSAGE ON TAX TREATY [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Ambassador Foley April 29 (other issues septel),Finance Minister Janos Veres underscored his commitment to expediting resolution of the outstanding issues in our bilateral tax treaty (REFTEL). 2. (SBU) Veres confirmed that the GoH will be prepared to resume negoti [...]	2008-04-30 13:53:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL HU
08BUDAPEST445	FINANCE MINISTER ON THE FATE OF REFORM AND THE [...] (C) Meeting the day after a major restructuring of the Gyurcsany government (reftel),Finance Minister Janos Veres emphasized the GoH's continuing commitment to structural reform, expressed concern over the political impact of an impasse over the 2009 budget, and outlined his recent discussio [...]	2008-04-30 13:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST480	HUNGARY AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed ref A with PolOff on May 7. Acknowledging the potential impact on interoperability and joint military actions, Horvath reiterated the Hungarian position outlined previously (ref B) - "Hungary can only suppo [...]	2008-05-09 15:25:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU
08BUDAPEST513	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN [...] (U) See guidance request at paragraph three. 2. (C) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief, Andras Dekany, discussed reftel agenda with PolOff on the upcoming GAERC meeting May 26-27, and provided the following comments: - Belarus and Iran: they will not be discussion topics. - Ira [...]	2008-05-23 14:56:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST517	HUNGARY CURRENTLY SUPPORTING MCKINLEY FOR IOM [...] PolOff delivered reftel information to the MFA International Organizations and Human Rights Department Head, Attila Zimanyi on May 23. He confirmed that Hungary currently supports the present Director General (DG),Brunson McKinley, for a third term. Zimanyi commented that Hungary has been g [...]	2008-05-28 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC HU
08BUDAPEST528	HUNGARY SUPPORTS U.S. LATIN AMERICA AND MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 14:41:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST537	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DAS JUDY GARBER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the parties run out the clock on Parliament's spring session before the long summer "cucumber season." With the dissolution of the MSzP-SzDSz coalition following the national referendum on elements of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's reform agenda, the government is now f [...]	2008-06-02 09:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON HU
08BUDAPEST57	HUNGARY: EU-ORIENTED ENGAGEMENT ON BELARUS [...] (C) Summary: Hungarian Belarus Office Director Ambassador Ferenc Kontra outlined a restrained, incremental approach to Belarus engagement, as Hungary prepares to formally open its embassy in Minsk. Regarding the ICDT Belarus Task Force, Kontra indicated that task force activities to date ha [...]	2008-01-15 15:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO HU
08BUDAPEST593	IMF ON HUNGARY'S ECONOMY: STABLE NOW BUT WARY [...] (U) Growing concerns regarding Hungary's current growth indicators and long-term sustainability have tempered an IMF assessment team's "favorable" assessment of Hungary's short-term, macro-economic indicators. The country has made a good start in its deficit reduction plans but must continue [...]	2008-06-13 13:25:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST602	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND THE JUNE 24 BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:30:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PBTS PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST603	HUNGARY WILL ATTEND JUNE 23 VIENNA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST604	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON U.S. DECISION CONCERNING THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 07:32:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST630	HUNGARY WINS MERCEDES-BENZ AND EU INNOVATION CENTER [...] (U) Hungary is celebrating its recent selection over other countries in the region for both a new Daimler car plant and the European Institute for Innovation and Technology. The Daimler plant alone is expected to add another 1 to 1.5 percent to Hungary's GDP. In total, some USD 1.7 billion w [...]	2008-06-24 11:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EIND EINV HU
08BUDAPEST666	HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE KOSOVO DONORS' [...] (SBU) MFA Kosovo Affairs Officer Zoltan Nagy discussed ref A demarche with PolOff on July 2. He noted that Hungary gives considerable importance to the conference, highlighting the GOH's decision last month to commit 1.2 million Euros in support of Kosovo. Nagy said that Ambassador Marianne [...]	2008-07-03 08:14:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST680	COUNTER-DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE AT GAY [...] Anti-gay protesters violently disrupted Budapest's annual Gay Pride Day Parade on Saturday, July 5, resulting in thirteen damaged police vehicles, the hospitalization of fourteen unidentified persons and the detention of 58 protesters. The clashes were a disappointment but not a surprise give [...]	2008-07-08 07:07:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL HU ASEC
08BUDAPEST681	SCENE-SETTER FOR TREASURY ACTING DAS ERIC MEYER [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as the Parliament has recessed for the long summer "cucumber season." With the dissolution of the MSzP-SzDSz coalition following the national referendum on elements of Prime Minister Gyurcsany's reform agenda this spring, the government is now feeling its way forward wit [...]	2008-07-08 08:51:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST691	RIDING THE RANGE AND MENDING FENCES: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) The GoH is working to mend fences with the U.S. through a series of moves highlighted by Prime Minister Gyurcsany's trip to Central Asia July 7 ) 9. 2. (C) According to Foreign and Security Policy Advisor Karoly Banai, the trip was designed to demonstrate that Hungary is committed to [...]	2008-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST694	HUNGARIAN PARTICIPATION IN PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] (SBU) Recently appointed MFA Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Istvan Lakatos received text of reftel request on July 2 and discussed the issue with PolOff on July 10. Lakatos stated that Hungary would participate in the prisoners of conscience public affairs event on July 24 but could not [...]	2008-07-11 12:14:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN HU
08BUDAPEST696	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff on July 10. Horvath noted that, while Hungary intends to sign the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions, the final text provides flexibility to continue operations and training with thos [...]	2008-07-11 14:40:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS NATO HU
08BUDAPEST697	HUNGARY WILL CONTINUE LIMITED SUPPORT TO NATO [...] (C) MFA NATO and Security Policy Division Head Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on July 11. Sztaray stated that the MFA "wants to maintain a footprint in Iraq" and is in discussion with the MOD to allow three trainers in the NTM-I to remain in place. He noted that, currently, more [...]	2008-07-11 14:40:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HU
08BUDAPEST720	HUNGARY'S RUSSIA POLICY: RETHINKING ... OR [...] (C) Throughout the course of recent briefings, GoH officials have changed their tune slightly with regard to Hungary's Russia policy. Increasingly, their approach appears to be one which admits Hungary's economic interest in expanding trade but which underscores Budapest's enduring commitmen [...]	2008-07-22 11:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HU
08BUDAPEST721	HUNGARIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) Post provides the following current information per reftel format: A. The Head of State, President Solyom, undecided. B. The Head of Government, Prime Minister Gyurcsany, does not plan to attend. C. The Foreign Minister, Kinga Goncz, plans to attend the General Debate. - Pla [...]	2008-07-22 14:36:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA HU
08BUDAPEST723	HUNGARY'S CUBA POLICY [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Department Head Szilveszter Bus discussed reftel with PolOff on July 22. Bus commented that the recently updated EU Common Position opens a new chapter in EU/Cuba relations. While Hungary supported the lifting of sanctions - stating that the embargo was/is not successful - [...]	2008-07-23 07:33:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CU HU EUN
08BUDAPEST750	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REALISM IN DEALING WITH THE [...] (C) Ref demarche was delivered on July 25, 2008, to Ambassador Laszlo Szabo of the Hungarian MFA Department for Africa and the Middle East. Szabo noted that Hungary was "not a pioneer" in reaching out to regimes like the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) and that Hungary's foreign policy [...]	2008-07-28 12:21:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY HU
08BUDAPEST763	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL PHUM PTER HU
08BUDAPEST764	HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN MISSION AFTER [...] (C) Following the second death of a Hungarian soldier in Afghanistan in just over a month, reaction from the media, opposition parties and high-ranking politicians has been largely measured, with criticism aimed at the soldiers' funding and training rather than questioning Hungarian participat [...]	2008-07-30 15:26:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST766	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-31 13:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC KNNP PARM PREL PTER HU
08BUDAPEST772	GENERAL GUIDANCE ON IRAN PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 1 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Department of International Organizations at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kollar had no immediate response other than she understood entirely the need to deny a venue for Iran's continued overt and covert weapo [...]	2008-08-01 15:21:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	PARM PREL HU
08BUDAPEST784	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN [...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...]	2008-08-05 13:17:00	Embassy Budapest	SECRET	KAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU
08BUDAPEST813	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HUNGARY REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 04:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RU GG HU
08BUDAPEST814	ANTI-ROMA INCIDENTS CONTINUE THROUGH THE SUMMER [...] (C) Summary. New Molotov cocktail attacks against Roma families and an anti-Roma cartoon in a satirical publication are two of the latest examples of an escalating trend of anti-Roma activities which, although carried out by only a small fraction of the population, have not triggered strong p [...]	2008-08-13 09:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST816	NSG MEETING, AUGUST 21-22: HUNGARY TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (U) On August 12, ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Dr. Kristof Horvath, Department Head for Nuclear and Radioactive Materials at the Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority (HAEA),and Mark Horvath, Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation at the MFA. Kristof Horvath and Hungarian Perm [...]	2008-08-13 12:49:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ETTC AORC HU
08BUDAPEST821	TFGG01: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSI... [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ref points were delivered on 14 August to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs State Secretaries Dr. Jeno Faller and Vilmos Hamikus. Charge also delivered ref points to Ambassador Karoly Banai, Chief Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to t [...]	2008-08-14 16:47:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST836	HUNGARY: CODEL LUGAR SCENESETTER [...] (SBU) Welcome to Budapest. Your visit comes as the Hungarian Government slowly re-engages following the long summer "cucumber season" and offers an excellent opportunity for discussion of Georgia and energy security. While Hungary remains a committed partner in the trans-Atlantic relationsh [...]	2008-08-22 12:31:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON GG RU HU
08BUDAPEST837	TFGG01 HUNGARY - WHERE THEY STAND ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite similarities to the 1956 Soviet invasion, the Hungarian Government has been reluctant to go further in its criticism of Russia than the EU-NATO consensus statements supporting Georgia. With the Prime Minister notably silent on the issue, President Solyom finally stepped f [...]	2008-08-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PHUM OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST844	HUNGARY'S QUIET DIPLOMACY ON SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) Summary. The Hungarian Government will continue to work through their NATO and EU fora rather than directly confront the "difficult partner" Russia on the Georgia conflict. Prime Minister Gyurcsany will attend the EU's September 1 special meeting on Georgia, looking to draw a red-line ba [...]	2008-08-26 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08BUDAPEST848	HUNGARY - DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 12:54:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08BUDAPEST849	HUNGARY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE SOUTH OSSETIA AND [...] (C) In discussion of ref A with PolOff on August 27, MFA Russia and Balkans Deputy Department Head Istvan Ijgyarto called attention to Foreign Minister Goncz's comments today that Hungary will not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. He also provided the official MFA res [...]	2008-08-27 16:09:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU HU
08BUDAPEST852	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN HU

08BUDAPEST853	63RD UNFC: HUNGARY LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:35:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA CDG HU

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