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07CAIRO1932	FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORM: AUDITING ISSUES [...] (SBU) The GOE's progress on meeting the remaining benchmarks in the Financial Sector MOU, signed in 2005, has been slow. Four hundred and twenty-five million dollars is tied to completion of benchmarks to improve the transparency and soundness of the banking system. To determine if these be [...]	2007-06-24 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EG

07CAIRO2015	AMBASSADOR URGES GOE TO PROVIDE DEBT RELIEF FOR [...] (C) Meeting June 28 with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, Ambassador urged the GOE to restart negotiations to provide debt relief for Iraq and move toward fulfilling its commitment under the International Compact on Iraq (ref A). 2. (C) Nazif responded that the GOE is still considering the iss [...]	2007-07-02 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IZ EG
07CAIRO2167	2007/2008 BUDGET APPROVED [...] (U) The Egyptian budget covering fiscal year 2007/2008 (July 1, 2007-June 30, 2008) was recently approved and the preliminary results from the just-ended fiscal year were released as well. Revenue collection remained robust (although not as strong as last year) and growth of expenditures tapere [...]	2007-07-12 09:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EG
07CAIRO2175	FINANCIAL SECTOR: INSURANCE SECTOR UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Egyptian Insurance Holding Company will move ahead to privatize the insurance sector by combining the main public companies into one large "champion" company that will be privatized in phases. The GOE will continue to own a real estate insurance company, a "national" company that wi [...]	2007-07-12 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
07CAIRO2188	IN SURPRISE MOVE, GOE ANNOUNCES PLANS TO SELL BANQUE DU [...] (SBU) On July 8, Egypt's Central Bank announced that it would sell the publicly-owned Banque du Caire, the third largest bank in the country. The announcement caught many off guard, as the GOE had previously indicated it would not privatize any other public banks after last year's sale of Ban [...]	2007-07-15 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
07CAIRO2202	IRAQI CENTRAL BANKERS RECEIVE TRAINING IN CAIRO [...] (U) During the week of July 15-20 the IMF is providing training to 25 officials from the Iraqi Central Bank at the offices of the Egyptian Banking Institute (EBI),the Central Bank of Egypt's primary banking training facility. The training is part of the IMF response to U.N. Security Council R [...]	2007-07-17 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EG
07CAIRO2280	SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 31 VISIT OF SECRETARIES [...] (C) The Egyptians welcome the joint visit of the Secretaries of State and Defense as a clear signal of mutual SIPDIS recognition of shared strategic interests, despite recent highly publicized bilateral tensions. President Mubarak and ministers Aboul Gheit, Tantawi, and Soliman, expect the [...]	2007-07-24 17:01:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECON EFIN KPAL MARR PGOV PREL SU EG IS IZ IR
07CAIRO2307	PARLIAMENT APPROVES SALE OF BANQUE DU CAIRE [...] (SBU) The Economic Committee of the People's Assembly approved the Central Bank's plan to sell the state-owned Banque du Caire, despite strong criticism from opposition parties. Criticism focused on a perceived lack of transparency, as CBE had previously stated it would not sell any public ba [...]	2007-07-26 16:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
07CAIRO2438	SOLICITATION FOR OVERSEAS FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] FULL NAME AND TITLE 2. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 3. PHONE NUMBER AND SUPERVISOR 4. CURRENT POST OF DUTY 5. FAX NUMBER IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT PROGRAM COORDINATOR, SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT DENNIS LINDSEY BY FIREBIRD (DENNIS LINDSEY) OR TELEPHONE AT 703-632 [...]	2007-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KDEM EFIN ECON ASEC AMGT OTRA EG
07CAIRO2470	EGYPT TO AMEND ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, EXPAND SCOPE [...] (U) Recent press reports indicate that the GOE is planning to amend the 2002 Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law to re-enforce the authority of the Central Bank's Money Laundering Combating Unit (MLCU) to handling economic and financial crimes connected to terrorist finance or threatening the nati [...]	2007-08-12 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PTER EG
07CAIRO2552	WIDESPREAD OPPOSITION TO BANQUE DU CAIRE SALE [...] (U) Recent press reports claimed that the GOE had postponed indefinitely the selection of a sale advisor for Banque du Caire, due to public opposition to the sale. Central Bank officials denied these reports, and indicated that an advisor would be selected by the end of the month. Opposition [...]	2007-08-16 12:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
07CAIRO2620	EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR CASH TRANSFER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) After several months of waiting for the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to provide draft terms of reference (TORs) for international audit firms' work in the state-owned banks, we now have bilaterally-agreed TORs and the auditors can get down to business. This ends the worrisome delay in the [...]	2007-08-23 11:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID EG
07CAIRO2692	INVESTMENT MINISTER ENCOURAGING ON RENEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOE experts on bilateral investment treaties (BIT) are currently analyzing a USG proposal to update the US-Egypt BIT and plan to be ready for a technical discussion during a visit to Washington in late October, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin told visiting USTR Director [...]	2007-08-30 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EG
07CAIRO2868	IMF BULLISH ON EGYPT: ARTICLE IV CONSULTATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The IMF recently concluded its annual Article IV visit to Egypt, issuing a preliminary report lauding the success of Egypt's macroeconomic reform. The report cited strong economic growth and a decline in unemployment as signs of the program's success. Inflation is a concern, but the spi [...]	2007-09-23 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
07CAIRO2872	World Bank mulls timing and content of its next financial [...] (U) Summary: The World Bank continues to prepare its next large financial sector loan to Egypt, but is slowing presentation to the World Bank Board somewhat, pending resolution of the Banque du Caire privatization, among other conditions. World Bank staff senses some reform hesitation at the C [...]	2007-09-24 07:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
07CAIRO3280	TERRORIST FINANCE: CAIRO FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH [...] (U) This cable responds to the request for more information regarding illicit cash couriers, as requested in REF A. Much of this information is included in the INCSR. 2. (U) The executive regulations of the AML law (from 2002) and the Banking Law (from 2003) address the issue of bulk cash [...]	2007-11-18 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER EG IS
07CAIRO378	GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERKEL VISITS EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL VISITED CAIRO FEBRUARY 3 - 4 TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL ISSUES AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS. ACCORDING TO A GERMAN EMBASSY CONTACT, MERKEL AND EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT. ON THE ECONOMY, [...]	2007-02-12 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ETRD EG GE
07CAIRO404	FINANCIAL SECTOR MOU: NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Now that the first disbursement of $275 million for completion of some of the benchmarks in the Financial Sector MOU has been made, we are considering next steps and a tentative timeline for verification of the remaining benchmarks. Five hundred and twenty-five million dollars in ESF ar [...]	2007-02-14 11:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
07CAIRO673	GOE IMPOSES EXPORT FEES ON STEEL AND CEMENT [...] (SBU) Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid recently imposed export fees on cement and steel, carrying out earlier threats of harsh measures if industry did not observe voluntary domestic price caps. Rachid also told the press that the GOE will eliminate energy subsidies for industry within fi [...]	2007-03-12 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EG
07CAIRO829	QUARTERLY ECONOMIC REPORT [...] In this edition: - Strong macroeconomic indicators - Unemployment, inflation remain high - The government introduces a new five year plan - Ministry of Finance announces bad-debt repayment plan - State-owned banks merge - Wages stagnate... - ...and consumer confidence dips - Capital Market [...]	2007-03-22 10:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
07CANBERRA1581	CARETAKER STATUS PRECLUDES AUSTRALIA FROM ACTING [...] (U) We presented Ref A and B demarches to Paul Foley, Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on October 29. (Australia had been inadvertently omitted as an action addressee on Ref A, per Ref D, thus the delayed delivery.) Foley, who [...]	2007-10-29 06:22:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PTER PREL PARM EFIN IR AS
07CARACAS1003	VULNERABILITIES OF THE VENEZUELAN ECONOMY [...] Summary: (C) Although Venezuela has a strong external position, we continue to maintain that the economy is very vulnerable in the next 12-30 months due to increasing economic distortions (caused by increasing statist/retrograde economic policies) that will eventually lead to an economic/finan [...]	2007-05-22 15:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN
07CARACAS1031	POVERTY AND JOBLESSNESS IN THE BRV [...] (SBU) BRV data indicates that poverty and unemployment are lower today than they were in 1999 when Chavez came to power. The oil windfall and attendant massive government expenditures and transfers makes this a plausible contention. However, the BRV's National Statistics Institute (INE) seems [...]	2007-05-25 20:25:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI VE
07CARACAS1053	BILKING THE BRV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela's currency control regime and fixed exchange rate, administered by CADIVI, have become huge wealth generators for Venezuelans and foreigners playing the unregulated parallel market. As has been the case with previous currency control regimes in Venezuela, the current sy [...]	2007-05-30 18:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1138	GO ON, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic and political uncertainty have convinced many Venezuelans to move assets abroad. While Venezuela has long been a source of capital flight, in recent years Venezuelans have begun to move not only liquid assets out of the country, but also to "de-capitalize" their busine [...]	2007-06-11 21:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1228	S/C MCCARTHY'S MEETINGS WITH ECONOMIC PLAYERS [...] (SBU) Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy met with local economists, businessmen, consultants, and bankers during her June 12-15 visit to Venezuela. While the economists agreed that mounting problems in the Venezuelan economy, including deficit spending and a lack of fiscal con [...]	2007-06-20 20:59:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1255	BORROWING FROM PETER TO PAY PAUL [...] (SBU) Banks have increased loan portfolios by over 54 percent in real terms in the past year and the financial sector is riding this wave of credit to record profits. Fed by excess liquidity and exchange controls that prevent money from leaving Venezuela, Venezuelans are racing to invest in n [...]	2007-06-25 13:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1292	BRV INTERVENING IN PARALLEL MARKET, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry for People's Power of Finance (MPPF) admitted selling dollar-denominated notes to banks this past week to manage the parallel foreign exchange market. This marks the first time since 2005 that the BRV has actively intervened in the market to affect the rate and the [...]	2007-06-27 19:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN VE
07CARACAS1318	BUY HIGH AND SELL HIGHER: REAL ESTATE IN THE [...] (SBU) Real estate prices are skyrocketing in Venezuela as the oil boom fuels an ever-increasing number of people chasing an increasingly limited supply of properties. Sales are up 30 percent so far in 2007, after growing 80 percent in 2006 and 60 percent in 2005. Venezuela continues to suffer [...]	2007-07-02 15:55:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1416	MACROECONOMIC UPDATE JULY 2007 [...] Overview 2. Economic growth 3. Unemployment 4. International reserves 5. Money supply M2 6. Exchange rates, Central Bank liquidations, and Venezuelan basket average oil prices 7. Consumer price index 8. Balance of payments 9. Merchandise trade balance 10. F [...]	2007-07-17 13:59:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1449	POLITICS AND TAXES [...] (SBU) The BRV's tax authority, SENIAT is taking the lead role in going after many of Chavez' political and economic opponents while at the same time taking positive steps to cut down on tax evasion and improve the government's tax base. The SENIAT Superintendent, Jose Vielma Mora has become mor [...]	2007-07-20 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1544	A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: NOTHING'S CHANGED, [...] (C) In analyzing Venezuela's history of boom and bust cycles, a series of patterns emerge that offer predictive value for the end of the current cycle. Links between oil prices, government spending, inflation, and devaluation are clearly evident over the past 35 years as oil booms have led to [...]	2007-08-02 15:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EPET VE
07CARACAS1554	SUMMER BONDING IN VENEZUELA [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuela is preparing a third "bonos del sur" issue for August or September which according to reports will be announced formally during Chavez' upcoming August 6 visit to Argentina. The expected anno [...]	2007-08-03 18:12:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN VE
07CARACAS1638	BLAME IT ON THE VOLATILITY OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of August 16 Finance Minister Cabezas announced that the BRV would cancel its USD 1.5 billion "bonos del sur" bond issuance. According to Cabezas, the volatility of international markets made the issuance untimely. Section contacts considered the bonds a marg [...]	2007-08-17 11:44:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1670	MONETARY CONVERSION: READY OR NOT HERE IT COMES [...] (SBU) The BRV is charging ahead with its project to introduce the new "Bolivar Fuerte," or Strong Bolivar currency on January 1, 2008. With a little over four months before the conversion, and only one month before companies must express prices in both old and new currencies, businesses are b [...]	2007-08-22 17:15:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS1679	BRV'S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC CREDIT -- A SMOOTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econoffs met with the Director of Public Credit, Luis Davila on August 21. During a frank discussion of the BRV's financial policies and activities in the capital markets, Davila painted a rosy picture. The BRV did not expect to issue any foreign debt this year and debt should s [...]	2007-08-23 15:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS173	VENEZUELA -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN KTDB STR OPIC VE
07CARACAS174	VENEZUELA -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 12:12:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN KTDB STR OPIC VE
07CARACAS1902	BOND OF THE SOUTH III RELAUNCHED [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified, please treat accordingly. 2. (U) The Ministry of Peoples Power for Finance (MPPF) announced on September 24 that the price of the USD 1.2 billion Bonos del Sur III (Bond of the South III) would be set at 108 percent of face value. The combo bond [...]	2007-09-25 21:47:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN VE
07CARACAS2084	PARALLEL DOLLAR RATE CONTINUES RAPID CLIMB [...] (C) The parallel rate for dollars has jumped sharply in recent months, increasing 65 percent in the last six months from 3,700 bolivares (Bs)/USD on April 26 to 6,180 Bs/USD on October 26. Reasons for the increase include increasing liquidity and general unease about the constitutional reform [...]	2007-10-26 20:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS2130	NEW TAX ON FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS IMPLEMENTED WITH [...] Summary: (C) On November 1 the BRV imposed a 1.5 percent tax on institutional financial transactions through December 31, 2008. The BRV's unveiling of this tax was particularly clumsy, as the government had to modify its original decree to prevent the collapse of key financial transactions [...]	2007-11-05 17:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS216	ROBIN HOOD WAS A SOCIALIST [...] (SBU) During the past two weeks Chavez and other BRV officials have proposed a dizzying array of tax increases, all of which Chavez will have the ability to impose through decrees sanctioned by the new "enabling" law. These proposals maintain the trend of growing the tax burden on individuals [...]	2007-02-01 13:58:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
07CARACAS2186	BRV BOND OFFERINGS TARGET PARALLEL DOLLAR MARKET [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of People's Power for Finance (MPPF) recently announced a new series of dollar and bolivar-denominated debt issuances for the coming five months. The BRV's stated reason for these issuances was to optimize its debt profile and cover upcoming amortizations. Local an [...]	2007-11-15 17:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS2203	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] (C) Emboffs delivered Ref A demarche on the recent Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decisions concerning Iran to Yaneth Arocha, Director of the MFA's Office of North American Affairs, and, separately, to Francisco Canela, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) at the Superintend [...]	2007-11-19 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS2228	BALANCE OF PAYMENTS DATA MAY FORESHADOW CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: The Central Bank of Venezuela's (BCV's) third quarter balance of payments data illustrate two important trends: a declining volume of petroleum exports and rapidly growing imports. Imports over the first three quarters of 2007 have grown a hefty 36 percent relative to the same p [...]	2007-11-26 12:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET VE
07CARACAS2260	STOCK EXCHANGE STRUGGLES FOR RELEVANCE AS STATE [...] (C) Summary: The Caracas Stock Exchange (BVC) has fallen 37 percent this year in the face of nationalizations and the advance of Chavez' socialist economic agenda. BVC management is turning to the BRV to breathe life back into the exchange, asking that the BRV sell some shares in nationalized [...]	2007-11-30 14:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS2322	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHARING U.S. CASH COURIER [...] Post forwarded reftel non-paper on December 11 to the head of the Ministry of People's Power for External Relation's North America department, with a copy to the head of the Financial Intellegence Unit of the Superintendency of Banks. We will notify the Department if we receive a substantive [...]	2007-12-11 15:20:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFIN PREL PTER ASEC VE
07CARACAS2330	PRESSURE MOUNTS ON VENEZUELA'S EXCHANGE CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: The BRV's exchange control system appears to be coming under increasing pressure, as a persistent and large gap between the official and parallel exchange rates makes acquiring dollars at the official rate the best business in town. Contacts note that CADIVI is falling further b [...]	2007-12-12 14:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS2348	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 17:39:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS VE
07CARACAS2362	WISHING AWAY THE PARALLEL RATE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) The National Assembly on December 13 approved a law revising the 2005 law on illicit foreign currency transactions. The new law, which will go into effect pending presidential approval and publication in the Official Gazette, continues to allow the bond transactions on which the parallel [...]	2007-12-18 15:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS2380	NEW BOLIVAR, SAME OLD ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: The BRV is finalizing plans to change the denomination of its currency. Beginning January 1, 2008, one new bolivar (known during the transition period as the bolivar fuerte, or "strong" bolivar) will be worth 1000 old bolivars. Venezuela's Central Bank has provided what appears [...]	2007-12-20 19:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV VE
07CARACAS305	A BILLION HERE, A BILLION THERE, AND PRETTY SOON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Econoffs met with the BNP Paribas Representative to discuss the recent announcement of a USD 1 billion revolving credit facility arranged by BNP for PDVSA. The Minister of Finance recently announced plans for up to a USD 3.5 billion PDVSA bond issue, and PDVSA has also arranged fo [...]	2007-02-13 13:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EPET ENRG EFIN VE
07CARACAS33	CHANGE IS IN THE AIR IN ECONOMIC MINISTRIES AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rodrigo Cabezas, Chairman of the National Assembly's Finance Committee, will be Venezuela's next Finance Minister, replacing current Finance Minister Nelson Merentes. The change is part of a larger re-shuffling of positions by Chavez and will likely be followed by more announce [...]	2007-01-05 18:50:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN VE
07CARACAS332	AFTER THE FIRST PASS, BRV GOES ON ATTACK AGAINST [...] (SBU) At a press conference on February 11, Vice President Jorge Rodriguez, Finance Minister Rodrigo Cabezas, and Minister of Light Industries and Commerce (MILCO) Maria Cristina Iglesias announced details of the BRV's anti-inflation pact. Plans include eliminating the Value Added Tax (IVA) o [...]	2007-02-15 17:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS493	BONOS DEL SUR: ROUND 2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Venezuela will issue another round of the "Bonos del Sur" on March 8 worth USD 1.5 billion. Preliminary reports indicate that the issuance is more than nine times oversubscribed. Demand for these Venezuelan-Argentinian bonds is well ahead of supply, as the Argentinian half offe [...]	2007-03-07 16:45:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS564	NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO LOCAL TAX LAW PURSUANT [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Ambassador Brownfield received a letter on March 9 from the Superintendent of Customs and Taxation (SENIAT) informing Post of partial reforms to Venezuelan income tax law in 2006 and 2007. SENIAT delivered this letter pursuant [...]	2007-03-15 14:57:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON VE
07CARACAS568	A STRONG BOLIVAR FOR A STRONG BOLIVARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bank plans to introduce a new currency in Venezuela on January 1, 2008. The new currency, to be called the "Bolivar Fuerte" (or Strong Bolivar),and will have the same value as the current Bolivar, minus three zeros. Prices are supposed to be quoted in the new curr [...]	2007-03-15 16:37:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS667	PDVSA'S MEGA USD 5 BILLION BOND ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12 PDVSA is scheduled to issue USD 5 billion in debt. This bond sale represents the largest issuance of debt in Venezuelan history, and one of the largest for emerging markets. The bonds are dollar-denominated Eurobonds and will almost certainly be resold by most loca [...]	2007-03-30 18:03:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET VEN
07CARACAS686	MEETING WITH BANKING SUPERINTENDENT: MONEY [...] (C) Econoffs met with Banking Superintendent Trino Diaz and Director of Venezuela's Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) Francisco Canela March 29 to discuss the sector's outlook and to follow-up several anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism finance demarches (refs A and B). Diaz was confide [...]	2007-04-02 20:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN VE
07CARACAS718	EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE [...] (SBU) The BRV is spending more money than ever before on the back of historically high oil prices. Despite these high oil prices, PDVSA appears to have cash flow problems stemming from its role as the BRV's cash cow. Official production figures exceed most analyst estimates, and PDVSA's abili [...]	2007-04-11 16:01:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET EINV ENRG VE
07CARACAS741	PDVSA BONDS POSTMORTEM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12, PDVSA issued USD 7.5 billion worth of bonds. The issuance, an increase over the USD 5 billion originally offered, was divided between three securities, yielding 5.25 percent, 5.3 percent and 5.5 percent, and maturing in 2017, 2027, and 2037, respectively. The bonds [...]	2007-04-13 21:00:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG VE
07CARACAS869	IMF AND WORLD BANK: SO LONG AND THANKS FOR THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 30, President Chavez announced that Venezuela would withdraw from the IMF and World Bank. The announcement, which followed action taken in March by Venezuela to pay off the last of its IMF and World Bank debt and continued negotiations regarding a Bank of the South, tr [...]	2007-05-03 22:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN VE
07CARACAS9	ENDING 2006 ON A HIGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Caracas Stock Exchange (BVC) is set to end 2006 at a record high (up 155 pct) as investors constrained by currency controls and sitting on piles of cash continue to seek out means to boost returns. As 2006 drew to a close, the BVC's high demonstrates the bubble mentality t [...]	2007-01-03 15:48:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS930	VENEZUELA'S DEBT PICTURE [...] (SBU) Venezuela's debt profile is changing, with the BRV financing more domestically and incurring additional debt and liabilities through PDVSA and the Central Bank. External debt as a percentage of GDP remains low (16 percent of GDP) by historical and regional terms; however, "total debt" ( [...]	2007-05-09 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN VE
07CARACAS959	AN ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT: THE CRACKS ARE SHOWING [...] (SBU) Inflation continues to rise despite government efforts to talk it down, and the government's tools to drain liquidity are increasingly ineffective. Foreign exchange reserves have fallen by 33.5 percent this year. Government spending continues apace, with the BRV running a large, though [...]	2007-05-11 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN SOCI VE
07CASABLANCA102	PROS AND CONS OF INVESTING IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco is an increasingly attractive investment destination, as evidenced by the on-going series of events in Casablanca and other cities to discuss opportunities for potential investors. Many factors make Morocco a good place for Americans to invest, including the FTA, flexib [...]	2007-06-07 09:15:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA117	ELECTIONS WILL NOT AFFECT MOROCCAN ECONOMY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In general, Casablancans feel that Morocco's political parties lack well-defined economic platforms as they go into the final three months before the September parliamentary election. This is due in part to the fact that many parties are old and have no tradition of presenting e [...]	2007-06-22 16:38:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA118	ALGERIA WEEK IN CASABLANCA PROMOTES ECONOMIC EXCHANGE, HOPE [...] (SBU) Summary: June 26 to July 1 marks Algeria Week in Casablanca, where Algeria is staging a week-long exhibition to promote business and investment opportunities between Morocco and Algeria. While the attendance of key royal family members and senior GOM officials at a lavish kick-off event [...]	2007-06-29 15:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN KDEM AG MO
07CASABLANCA130	MOROCCO CAUTIOUSLY INTRODUCES ALTERNATIVE BANKING PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Morocco's Central Bank and the Professional Group of Moroccan Banks (GPBM) have moved cautiously in recent months to introduce shariah-compliant financial instruments in Morocco. Banks have been authorized to issue a limited number of Islamic products, but are only allowed to r [...]	2007-07-11 15:02:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA169	FTA BENEFITS A MIRAGE SAYS MOROCCAN CEO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Saad Bendidi, Chairman and CEO of palace-controlled conglomerate ONA, the Morocco-U.S. FTA is not significant. This is in part because Morocco produces little to allow it to take advantage of such bilateral agreements. In addition, the U.S. market's complexity make [...]	2007-08-15 09:49:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFTA EFIN ETRD ECIN BEXP MO
07CASABLANCA195	DEMYSTIFY THE MOROCCO-U.S. FTA TO PROMOTE IT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Morocco-U.S. FTA has brought many successful results, but Moroccan and American companies continue to seek ways to better understand and take advantage of it. While many Moroccans remain uncertain of how and if they can benefit from the FTA, many Americans remain unaware of [...]	2007-10-03 16:43:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD EFIN MO
07CASABLANCA198	CASABLANCANS' ANGER OVER PRICE INCREASES HAS DISSIPATED, NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: Anger over price increases in Morocco is not a new phenomenon and can be explained in part by factors such as Ramadan speculation and lack of government planning. At the same time, many Casablancans contend that the problem is worse than in years past. Not only did price increa [...]	2007-10-11 17:14:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA208	CASABLANCA BUSINESS BUZZ: SEVERAL GOOD MINISTERS, FEW EXPECTAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CasablancaQs business community finds the selection o ----------------------------- SEVERAL WELL-CHOSEN MINISTERS ----------------------------- 2. (C) Although most Moroccans expressed disappointment with the select 3. (SBU) Salaheddine Mezouar, former Minister of Indust [...]	2007-10-26 17:20:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA209	CASABLANCA BUSINESS BUZZ: SEVERAL GOOD MINISTERS, FEW EXPECTAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CasablancaQs business community finds the selection o ----------------------------- SEVERAL WELL-CHOSEN MINISTERS ----------------------------- 2. (C) Although most Moroccans expressed disappointment with the select 3. (SBU) Salaheddine Mezouar, former Minister of Indust [...]	2007-10-26 17:22:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA210	CASABLANCA BUSINESS BUZZ: SEVERAL GOOD MINISTERS, FEW EXPECTAT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CasablancaQs business community finds the selection o ----------------------------- SEVERAL WELL-CHOSEN MINISTERS ----------------------------- 2. (C) Although most Moroccans expressed disappointment with the select 3. (SBU) Salaheddine Mezouar, former Minister of Indust [...]	2007-10-26 17:25:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA211	CASABLANCA BUSINESS BUZZ: SEVERAL GOOD MINISTERS, FEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Casablanca's business community finds the selection of the government's new ministers encouraging on the whole. Many were particularly pleased with the new Finance Minister, Salaheddine Mezouar, who has a solid reputation as a capable practician. Despite finding many ministers [...]	2007-10-27 13:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA37	CREATING JOBS OR JUST SKEPTICISM IN MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moukawalati, the GOM's job creation initiative, offers young entrepreneurs loans, guidance and training to start their own businesses, with the ultimate goal of lowering unemployment. The program has been slow to get off the ground since its launch nearly seven months ago. This [...]	2007-02-27 17:27:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA57	GENUINE EFFORTS TO CURB COUNTERFEIT IN MOROCCO? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Difficulties encountered over the past year by the Consumer and Brand Protection Group (CBPG),a working group formed by several multi-national consumer goods companies to address the prevalence of counterfeit merchandise in Morocco, highlights the challenge of practically implemen [...]	2007-03-20 14:19:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CASABLANCA66	BANK CEO SAYS OPTIMISM JUSTIFIED IN MOROCCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: When it comes to Morocco, optimism characterizes the view of Othman Benjelloun, chairman and CEO of BMCE Bank. He attributes Morocco's positive environment to a healthy banking sector, a cooperative-minded Central Bank, and a booming economy. BMCE itself is doing well, and will soo [...]	2007-04-04 18:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
07CHENGDU88	SED ENVOY HOLMER SEES WESTERN CHINA'S DEVELOPMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-05 06:38:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EFIN KIPR PGOV SENV CH
07CHENNAI244	PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS USED TO DEVELOP TAMIL NADU'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deficit budgets and demands for more projects in Tamil Nadu have resulted in a tight funding climate for infrastructure projects. The state government has used public-private partnerships, in the form of dedicated companies known as Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs),to finance much [...]	2007-03-29 10:43:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV IN
07CHENNAI289	BELLWETHER PROJECT: TAMIL NADU'S MANUFACTURING BOOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two recently announced proposed projects - an almost $1 billion automobile joint venture between India's Mahindra & Mahindra, Nissan, and Renault and a $30 million dollar investment by Dell - highlight Tamil Nadu's continued growth as a manufacturing hub. While Tamil Nadu also [...]	2007-04-17 10:44:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND EINV EFIN PGOV IN
07CHENNAI317	LABOR SHORTAGES EMERGE IN SOUTH INDIA [...] SUMMARY: Five years of rapid economic growth in south India has increased the demand for skilled labor. Businesses are aggressively recruiting talent from elite schools, at the same time training up recruits from lower ranked institutions in an effort to get them ready to contribute. But the [...]	2007-05-02 07:33:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EIND EINV EFIN PGOV IN
07CHENNAI353	ECONOMIC GROWTH DRIVES THE STORY IN SOUTH INDIA [...] SUMMARY: During a May 14-15 visit to Chennai, Charge d'Affaires Geoffrey R. Pyatt surveyed the dynamic economic climate in south India. Mr. Pyatt visited Ford India's manufacturing facility outside of Chennai, Cognizant Technology Solutions' campus in Chennai's IT corridor, and had lunch wit [...]	2007-05-17 09:05:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EFIN PGOV CVIS CMGT IN
07CHENNAI593	KERALA COMMUNISTS WORRY ABOUT COST OF SOCIAL PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The southern Indian state of Kerala has long been known for achieving a high level of social development despite poor economic growth and low incomes. Kerala's approach, known as the "Kerala model" of development, focuses on government spending on education and health care. [...]	2007-09-21 06:08:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PINR SOCI IN
07CHENNAI696	TIRUPUR GARMENT INDUSTRY: EXPORT SUCCESS STORY ANXIOUS [...] SUMMARY: Tirupur, a small city near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu's second largest city, is a remarkable economic success story. Over just a few decades, Tirupur's garment industry has grown to account for more than half of India's knitwear exports. The town's knitwear industry provides more than [...]	2007-11-30 06:23:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV EFIN PGOV IN
07CHENNAI709	INFOSYS FOUNDER ON IPR IN CHINA, HIRING IN U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion with us, Founder and Chairman of the Board of Infosys Technologies Narayana Murthy discussed the state of Infosys, with particular emphasis on its expansion plans outside of India. Murthy told post that his company's expansion into China has been h [...]	2007-12-14 10:36:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV CH IN
07COLOMBO1055	SRI LANKA: LITTLE PROGRESS ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (C) On July 26, Acting DCM and Econ Chief called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to follow up on earlier demarches (refs E and F) urging Sri Lanka to comply with UNSCR 1747. EmbOffs specifically emphasized the requirement to [...]	2007-07-31 06:16:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL ETTC EFIN IR CE
07COLOMBO1218	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT REVIVES SOVEREIGN BOND ISSUE PLANS; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Sri Lanka plans to issue the country's first international sovereign bond, in hopes of raising $500 million to fund infrastructure projects. However, the main opposition United National Party has announced that a future UNP government would not honor the bonds [...]	2007-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1305	SRI LANKA: 6.2% GDP GROWTH IN FIRST HALF OF 2007 AMIDST [...] (U) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka's GDP grew at an annual rate of 6.2% for the first half of 2007. The trade deficit narrowed as export growth significantly exceeded import growth. Growing remittances compensated for much of the trade deficit and boosted foreign exchange reserves to a level [...]	2007-09-20 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1313	SRI LANKA: TOURISM INDUSTRY PINS HOPE ON NEW TOURISM ACT [...] Summary: On October 1, following a two year delay, the government will implement the Tourism Act of 2005. The law provides for greater private sector participation in government-controlled tourism regulatory, promotion and training agencies. More importantly, the private sector will now ha [...]	2007-09-24 05:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1488	SRI LANKA: DEBUT SOVEREIGN BOND ISSUE RAISES $500 MILLION [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: International investors, 40% of them American, purchased all $500 million of Sri Lanka's first-ever sovereign bond issue, despite domestic opposition efforts to block the sale. The government offered 8.25% coupon bonds with a five-year maturity, and received orders [...]	2007-11-01 08:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1506	SRI LANKA: DELIVERY OF FATF GUIDANCE REGARDING IRAN REF: A. SECSTATE 149648 B. COLOMBO 1439 C. COLOMBO 1307 Classified By: Charge d'Affaires James R. Moore for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:51:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR CE
07COLOMBO1580	SRI LANKA: INCSR PART II 2007-2008 SUBMISSION [...] The following is Embassy Colombo's International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) Part II regarding money laundering and financial crimes, per request in reftel. 2. Begin text: Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money [...]	2007-11-21 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1661	SRI LANKA: 2008 BUDGET WOULD BOOST DEFENSE AND TRANSFERS TO RAJAPAKSA CONSTITUENTS [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Rajapaksa government could survive or fall depending on the outcome of a December 14 final vote on its 2008 budget. The proposed budget continues the president's emphasis on high taxes to fund big government and transfers to his primary constituents: civil servan [...]	2007-12-13 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KMCA PGOV CE
07COLOMBO23	NEW ECONOMIC COUNCIL APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 26, 2006, President Mahinda Rajapaksa chaired the inaugural meeting of Sri Lanka's new Economic Council. The President appointed this council, comprised of the nation's top economic experts to advise the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) on economic affairs, and to engage [...]	2007-01-08 05:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD CE
07COLOMBO251	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 - MALDIVES [...] Per reftel, below is the investment climate statement for Maldives for 2007. INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT-MALDIVES FEBRUARY 2007 Investment Climate --Introduction Maldives is comprised of over 1,190 islands, of which 198 are inhabited and 87 are exclusive resort islands. Populati [...]	2007-02-09 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB OPIC ECON USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV
07COLOMBO333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OPIC OFFICIALS DIANA JENSEN [...] Post grants country clearance to OPIC officials Diana Jensen, Senior Investment Officer and Barbara Gibian, Assistant General Counsel to travel to Colombo, Sri Lanka, arriving on or about March 7, 2007 and departing on or about March 13, 2007. Embassy control officer is Mr. Richard Merrin, Com [...]	2007-02-28 05:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN CE
07COLOMBO375	SRI LANKA: 2006 U.S. EXPORTS UP, BUT BARELY DENT USD 1.9B [...] (U) Summary: The United States-Sri Lanka goods trade balance narrowed to nine-to-one in Sri Lanka's favor in 2006, from over ten-to-one in recent years. The improvement came from 20 percent growth in U.S. exports to Sri Lanka, while U.S. imports from Sri Lanka rose by only 3 percent. Neverth [...]	2007-03-06 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EAID CE

07COLOMBO376	TERRORIST FINANCE: SRI LANKA ENFORCING AGAINST ILLICIT CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka Customs and the Central Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit are actively attempting to prevent illicit cash courier activity and are aware of the issues raised in reftel. They have had some success in disrupting transactions, but have been less effective in figuring ou [...]	2007-03-06 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KFTN LE PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO508	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA'S TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) DCM and poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Additional Secretary for Multilateral Affairs T B Maduwegedera and Deputy Director of United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division Satya Rodrigo on March 28. Maduwegedera and Rodrigo were familiar UNSCR 1747 and stated that the GSL inte [...]	2007-03-29 08:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC PREL
07COLOMBO513	RESPONSE RE OPIC FINANCE: MATH HYDRO (PVT) LTD. [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 06:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN CE
07COLOMBO515	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA FIU WILL ACT ON ANY LOCAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to the new director of Sri Lanka's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),G. Karunaratne, and his deputy, Ravindra Jayaratne, on March 30. Econoff noted that, according to the Bankers' Almanac, Bank Sepah is believed to maintain either a branch, subsidiary, [...]	2007-03-30 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP PARM IR CE
07COLOMBO625	SRI LANKA, COUNTING ON RISING REMITTANCES, TRIES TO [...] Summary: Sri Lankans abroad formally remitted a record $2.3 billion in 2006, up 21 percent from 2005. Higher salaries in the Middle East, where a majority of Sri Lankan migrant workers go, partially drove this rise. A higher share of remittances sent through formal, rather than informal, chan [...]	2007-04-27 06:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB EFIN PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG CE
07COLOMBO676	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA CITES ASIAN CLEARING UNION [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka has not yet taken any action to sever the correspondent bank relationship between the state-owned Bank of Ceylon and Bank Sepah of Iran, as required by UNSCR 1747. Central Bank officials say that Sri Lanka's membership with Iran in the eight-country Asian Clearing Uni [...]	2007-05-10 08:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD KNNP PARM IR CE
07COLOMBO777	SRI LANKA SUPPORTS ZOELLICK NOMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IBRD CE
07COLOMBO82	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 - SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-16 12:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CE EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07COLOMBO834	UNSCR 1747: SRI LANKA HAS NOT YET SEVERED BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka has not yet taken steps to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1747, but says it will do so soon. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollagama visited Iran May 25-28. With that visit past, Sri Lanka is likely to take steps to implement UNSCR 1747 in the near future. [...]	2007-06-12 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KNNP UNSC IAEA IR CE
07CONAKRY1106	GUINEA MAKES ANOTHER GOOD IMPRESSION ON IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. IMF team leader, Jean Le Dem, was optimistic with respect to Guinea's progress towards a return to an IMF funded program. After a ten-day visit, which ended October 3, Le Dem said that Guinea is essentially on track, but expressed concern over Central Bank operations and exter [...]	2007-10-04 13:54:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IMF PGOV GV
07CONAKRY1161	GUINEA'S 2008 BUDGET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 11, Prime Minister Lansana Kouyate submitted his administration's FY2008 budget to the National Assembly. The budget was submitted on-time, and forecasts significant growth in revenue and spending; however, the projections are based upon best-case assumptions. The [...]	2007-10-22 06:44:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN PGOV GV
07CONAKRY1180	INFORMAL PRICE SURVEY - GUINEA'S PRICES ON THE RISE [...] (U) SUMMARY. Based on an informal market survey conducted weekly by Embassy staff over a three-month period, prices for basic goods fluctuated significantly since August 1. Although the Government of Guinea attempted to control prices through a wide range of tools, including moral suasion and [...]	2007-10-24 17:06:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EFIN ECON GV
07CONAKRY1203	GUINEA BUSINESSMEN REFORM WITHOUT CONTE CRONY [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Conseil National du Patronat Guineen (Patronat),the organization of employers in Guinea, unanimously reorganized their organizational structure to solidify the legitimacy of its current president, Youssouf Diallo. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) Earlier this year, the [...]	2007-11-01 15:34:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV GV
07CONAKRY1210	RESPONSE TO TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE: DESIGNATION OF [...] (U) On November 2, Econoff met with the Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance, Karamokoba Camara, to deliver reftel demarche list of three individuals designated by the U.N. as supporters of terrorist financing. 2. (U) In response to the demarche, Mr. Camara confirmed Guinea's cont [...]	2007-11-05 10:25:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER PREL GV
07CONAKRY1238	CENTRAL BANK REVEALS RESERVES, REFORM PROGRESS, AND A NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Director General at the Central Bank revealed that currency reserves are down to about 12 days of imports. However, he expressed optimism that return to a funded IMF program would improve the exchange rate, which subsequently hit a new low since the January/February strike [...]	2007-11-14 13:58:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN GV
07CONAKRY1244	GUINEA 2007-8 INCSR REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 14:13:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR ECON GV
07CONAKRY1264	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MIN OF JUSTICE - TRYING TO DO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Minister of Justice discussed her ministry's needs with the Ambassador at a meeting held November 20. The Minister emphasized ongoing difficulties with implementation of her program due to lack of funding and the difficulties with human rights abuses in prisons. She also [...]	2007-11-26 11:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ECON PGOV GV
07CONAKRY1267	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MIN OF FINANCE ON GAS SUBSIDY AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16, the Ambassador met with the Minister of Finance. The Minister discussed the budget for the CENI, ongoing difficulties with implementation of program budgeting without a supportive budget director, the profoundly negative effects of the gasoline subsidy, and the [...]	2007-11-26 15:28:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ECON GV
07CONAKRY246	Guinea's Revenues Hard Hit [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Battered by more than six weeks of strike and a state of siege, Guinea's finances will present some of the new Prime Minister's most difficult challenges. All sectors of the economy were impacted, but mining, especially Guinea's cash cow bauxite, posted some of the most severe [...]	2007-02-28 09:20:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB SOCI GV
07CONAKRY40	Liberia Partners Forum -- Guinea [...] On January 9, Poloff delivered demarche on the Liberia Partners Forum (Ref A) to Ambassador Mamady Traore, Political Counselor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Traore saluted the U.S. efforts to support rebuilding Liberia but cautioned that any instability in the region would stymie progre [...]	2007-01-10 10:08:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PPOL PREL PBTS EAID GV LI SL
07CONAKRY497	GUINEA MAKES FAVORABLE IMPRESSION DURING IMF TECHNICAL TEAM [...] (SBU) Summary. A nine-day visit by an IMF technical team ended May 4 with the new IMF team leader, Jean Le Dem, expressing optimism that Guinea may be on track to negotiate its return to a funded program. Le Dem and resident IMF representative Alvin Hilaire believe Guinea's FY 2007 macroecon [...]	2007-05-08 13:40:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON IMF PGOV GV
07CONAKRY709	CENTRAL BANK WOES; AS GUINEA'S STORY GOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The problems facing Guinea as a whole are the same problems facing its Central Bank. Cronyism and corruption have been endemic at the Central Bank, as in the government. Prime Minister Kouyate promised reform and to clean up the Bank as a key institution of Guinea's governmen [...]	2007-06-22 12:52:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN GV
07CONAKRY760	WORLD BANK MEETING ON GUINEA, UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 3 meeting with the Charge d'Affaires and Econoff, World Bank Acting Director said that July 4-18 negotiations with the IMF and World Bank in Conakry to develop a draft program would provide the centerpiece for the July 24-25 Forum in Paris. The Bank is supporting thi [...]	2007-07-03 16:47:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EFIN GV
07CONAKRY782	GUINEA IMF/WB IN-BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The current joint IMF/WB inspection will focus on the Guinean Central Bank operations to determine whether Guinea has successfully instituted and sustained reforms commenced after the IMF's April visit. However, even with a favorable report, October is the earliest that a fun [...]	2007-07-10 13:07:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN GV PGOV PINR
07CONAKRY829	GUINEA'S FY07 BUDGET PROPOSAL AIMED AT STABILIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In Guinea's FY07 proposed budget, submitted to the National Assembly on July 6, the Kouyate administration identified increased spending for public infrastructure and rural development as priorties for stabilizing the economy. It also called for an increase in election spendi [...]	2007-07-19 14:02:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECIN GV
07CONAKRY902	HYPERDYNAMICS DEFENDS GUINEA DEAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Contrary to recent press reports, the Director General of Ecobank says that the accounts of U.S. oil company Hyperdynamics have not/not been frozen. The company is responding to this and other negative publicity by publishing information on the terms and scope of the existing [...]	2007-08-09 14:59:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN GV
07CONAKRY981	GUINEAN GOVERNMENT TRIES TO SQUEEZE MORE OUT OF MINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Guinean government's contract review commissions published their reports regarding the contracts of U.S. oil company Hyperdynamics and Rusal, the Russian bauxite mining company. The GoG recommends major changes in both contracts in order to collect desperately needed addit [...]	2007-08-29 16:54:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EFIN ECON EMIN GV
07CONAKRY988	NEW AIRPORT IN THE WINGS FOR GUINEA? [...] (SBU) On August 29, Econoff met with Chief of the Air Transportation Division at the Guinean Ministry of Transportation, Sekou Oumar Thiam. M. Thaim confided that the Government has identified a site for a new international airport in Guinea. The location is south of Conakry, near Forecariah [...]	2007-08-31 06:33:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECIN EFIN ECON GV
07COPENHAGEN1010	SHAPING GREENLAND'S FUTURE [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified and proprietary business information. Not for internet publication. 2. (SBU) Summary: Greenland is on a clear track toward independence, which could come more quickly than most outside the Kingdom of Denmark realize. By 2009, Greenland [...]	2007-11-07 12:04:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KENV SOCI ETRD EFIN DA
07COTONOU136	BENIN: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Benin. 2. Investment Climate Statement A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Beninese law guarantees the right to own and transfer private property. The government of Benin officially favors and encourages foreign investment. [...]	2007-02-20 12:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV BN
07COTONOU440	BENIN: PRESIDENT BONI YAYI RESHUFFLES HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi reshuffled his cabinet on June 17. This move had been widely anticipated as a result of the April 2007 legislative elections. While Yayi was faced with making at least five ministerial re-assignments due to the election results, he has opted for a wholesale [...]	2007-06-20 03:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI PINR BN
07COTONOU448	BENIN PROPOSES TO INSTALL PORT SCANNER OUTSIDE MCC COMPACT, [...] This is an action message requesting input. Please see para 8 below. 2. SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi told the Ambassador on June 20 that Benin plans to purchase and install scanners at the Port of Cotonou, Cotonou International Airport and other land border posts for reasons of security. [...]	2007-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MCC BN
07DAKAR1054	2007 AGOA FORUM: SENEGAL AND GUINEA-BISSAU INVITED [...] On May 10, Ambassador Jacobs provided reftel information on the 2007 AGOA Forum to Senegal's Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Commerce and Finance. In addition, the Economic Office briefed Mr. Abdoulaye Dieye, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe and the Americas, and Mr. Robert Niouk [...]	2007-05-16 07:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR EINV EFIN EAID PU SG
07DAKAR112	SENEGAL: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] Senegal offers investors political stability, democracy, advanced telecommunications infrastructure, an advantageous geographic location, a bilateral investment treaty with the United States, low inflation, a currency pegged to the euro, easy repatriation of capital and income and abundant se [...]	2007-01-12 15:44:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SG
07DAKAR113	SENEGAL WILL PROBABLY PLEDGE AT LIBERIA PARTNERS' [...] (U) On January 11, Acting Senegalese Minister of Foreign Affairs Claude Absa Diallo told Charge that Senegal will participate in the Liberia Partners' Forum (reftel) and plans to make at least a symbolic pledge to underscore Senegal's support for President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's government. [...]	2007-01-12 16:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL IV LI PU SG
07DAKAR1223	IMF: SENEGAL'S POOR PUBLIC FINANCES WILL MAKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to IMF Resrep for Senegal, Alex Segura, President Wade's administration has greatly exacerbated the country's public finances problems in recent years. The GOS and the IMF are facing difficult negotiations on a new program, whether a PRGF or a Policy Support Instrumen [...]	2007-06-05 17:14:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KCOR SG
07DAKAR1330	NEW GOVERNMENT HAS STRONG ECONOMIC TEAM [...] (SBU) President Wade, following a historically low turn out at recently concluded legislative elections, ousted Prime Minister Macky Sall. Even though Wade was not expected to keep Sall he used him as a scapegoat for being unable to maintain unity within the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party [...]	2007-06-21 13:43:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EFIN ECON SG
07DAKAR1379	POPULAR SENEGAL TREASURY BOND ISSUANCE A STOPGAP MEASURE [...] Through the regional central bank, Senegal recently sold approximately USD 100 million worth of treasury bonds, all of which were purchased very quickly by over-liquid commercial financial institutions anxious for investment opportunities. Individual investors were not able to directly partic [...]	2007-06-29 11:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD SG
07DAKAR1382	ROUNDTABLE ON SENEGAL'S AGOA FORUM PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 19, Senegal's Ministry of Commerce organized a stakeholder roundtable to assess the state of preparations for the GOS' participation in the July 18-19 AGOA Forum. EconOff and representatives from the West African Trade Hub/Dakar participated. Senegal is not yet well o [...]	2007-06-29 13:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR EINV EFIN EAID EAIR SG
07DAKAR1454	IMF RESREP ON SENEGALESE POLICIES AND GOVERNANCE [...] (S/NF) Senegal is clearly at a political and economic crossroads. Because we are friends, we should do what we can to help Senegal through this difficult time. On June 29, IMF ResRep Alex Segura sought out the Economic Counselor to better understand the MCC decision to end its work on the D [...]	2007-07-11 12:50:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID EFIN ECON PREL SG
07DAKAR1463	GUINEA BISSAU: AMBASSADOR FOCUSES ON DRUGS, [...] (C) The Ambassador visited Bissau to cut the ribbon on the soon-to-be-opened office space and say good-bye in her final trip as Ambassador to Guinea-Bissau. She found a country that is earning the trust of donors and cleaning up its finances. At the same time, it is losing ground in the fig [...]	2007-07-12 15:21:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN SNAR PREL PU
07DAKAR1515	SENEGAL'S DONORS AGAIN GIVE IMF MISSION AN EARFUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the beginning of a two-week mission to negotiate a new program with Senegal, IMF officials on July 12 received a non-stop stream of complaints and concerns by the country's traditional donors over the current state of public finance and governance. Senegal very much needs a [...]	2007-07-23 07:52:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON ETRD EINV SG
07DAKAR1522	THE COST OF A NEW GOVERNMENT: CARS, HOTEL, AND A NEW SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary. A June 30 report in the daily "Wal Fadjri" that the Government of Senegal (GOS) was planning to spend CFA 2.250 billion (USD 4.5 million) to purchase Chinese "Hover" brand SUVs for the 150 newly elected Deputies, was confirmed by reliable sources at the Ministry of Finance. Th [...]	2007-07-23 15:55:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL SG
07DAKAR1523	CHINESE VICE MINISTER OF COMMERCE JIANGUO'S DAKAR VISIT [...] Summary: Chinese Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo paid a visit to Senegal on July 12-13. The visit included the signing of four accords for economic cooperation and cultural projects. Wei's thirty-member business delegation discussed opportunities with their Senegalese counterparts. S [...]	2007-07-23 16:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN PREL ECON SG
07DAKAR1591	IMF MISSION: MIXED MARKS, BUT READY TO SUPPORT SENEGAL'S [...] Summary: A visiting IMF team led by Johanness Mueller provided an end-of-mission briefing for donors on July 26 to inform them of the state of the ongoing negotiations of a new program with Senegal. Mueller termed FY 2006 a "difficult year," and said that, while Senegal is still struggling [...]	2007-07-31 13:34:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR1693	SENEGAL: INDIAN IFFCO TO CONTROL ICS [...] Summary: On July 16 the Government of Senegal and the Indian Farmer Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Group (IFFCO) signed a new agreement to rescue Senegal's major phosphate producer, ICS. The goal of the negotiations was to recapitalize ICS, gain creditors' confidence, attract new shareholder [...]	2007-08-14 15:49:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ETRD IN SG
07DAKAR1868	REMITTANCES TO SENEGAL ARE AN ECONOMIC FORCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Formally recorded remittances to Senegal topped USD 800 million in 2006 and are undoubtedly higher this year. Informal money transfers are not quantified, but are also significant, perhaps equaling the formal flow. These funds are an important source of foreign currency and alle [...]	2007-09-14 11:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR1987	SENEGAL SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET FOR OIC PROJECTS, PARASTATAL, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 28, Senegal's National Assembly approved a supplemental budget for the current fiscal year, augmenting targeted expenditures by eleven percent following the successful issuances of treasury bonds in June and August 2007, recent announcements of new loans from Saudi [...]	2007-10-04 16:04:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV SG
07DAKAR2059	SENEGAL: SIXTH CONSULTATIVE GROUP [...] SUMMARY: The sixth meeting of the Consultative Group (CG) for Senegal was convened at the World Bank's Paris Office on October 3-4, 2007. The meeting was chaired by Madani Tall, World Bank Director of Operations for Senegal. The 48-person Senegalese Delegation [press reports noted more than 100 [...]	2007-10-18 12:39:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV OTRA SG
07DAKAR2091	GOS WILL LIKELY SELL COMPANY SHARES AS PART OF ITS NEEDED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal has announced plans to move forward on its much-touted privatization agenda and speed up its divestiture from three key public-private companies by early 2008: Sonatel (Telephone Company),ICS (Fertilizer Company) and Dakar Dem Dikk (public transporta [...]	2007-10-25 07:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ELAB BTIO PGOV SG
07DAKAR2187	LETTER TO SECRETARY OF TREASURY PAULSON FROM SENEGALESE [...] (U) Embassy Dakar received a letter dated October 29 from Senegalese Minister of State and Minister of Finance Abdoulaye Diop for Secretary of Treasury Paulson asking that the Department of Treasury support provide training and capacity-building on techniques to capitalize on government bond i [...]	2007-11-13 12:04:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV SG
07DAKAR299	SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO [...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...]	2007-02-06 12:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG
07DAKAR309	SENEGAL'S FIU (CENTIF) LAUNCHES NEW OUTREACH PROGRAM TO [...] SUMMARY: NGouda Fall Kane, Director General of Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) the CENTIF, presided over a January 23 workshop, where he encouraged enhanced cooperation with different partners including the country's notaries public to strengthen the understanding and implementatio [...]	2007-02-07 08:49:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ECON EAID PINR KCRM SG
07DAKAR457	TERRORIST FINANCE: SENEGAL'S RESPONSE TO USG CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per Ref A request, Econ Counselor met separately with Senegal's Financial Intelligence Unit (CENTIF),Senegal's Department of Customs, and ECOWAS' Inter-Governmental Action Group Against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA),to exchange views on the capacity and willingness [...]	2007-02-28 12:53:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR506	GUINEA BISSAU: UPDATE FOR U.S./CHINA DIALOGUE ON [...] (U) At a time when traditional Western donors are proceeding slowly with budgetary and program assistance to Guinea-Bissau, China is surging ahead with new trade and aid programs for the impoverished nation. The PRC is still focused on fishing but is also exploring agricultural assistance, h [...]	2007-03-05 16:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD EAID PGOV PREL CH GB
07DAKAR588	SENEGAL'S FY07 BUDGET RELYS ON HIPC SAVINGS AND DOMESTIC [...] Senegal's FY2007 (January 1 - December 31) budget expenditures of CFAF 1.519 trillion (USD 2.978 billion) represents an overall increase of 7.9 percent over the 2006 budget. For 2007, the Government of Senegal is anticipating revenues of CFAF 1.048 trillion (USD 2.0 billion) from domestic sou [...]	2007-03-15 07:41:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID SG
07DAKAR666	POSSIBLE SENEGAL-INDIA AGREEMENT TO REVIVE PHOSPHATE [...] (SBU) Two days before the reelection of President Wade, the Government of Senegal (GOS) and the India Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited Group (IFFCO) signed what is described as an interim agreement on February 23, to revive production at Senegal's national phosphates company, Industries [...]	2007-03-22 17:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EIND ETRD IN SG
07DAKAR683	GUINEA BISSAU: NO CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT, HIGH [...] (C) A vote of no confidence leaves President Joao Bernardo &Nino8 Vieira with some tough choices but no clear timeframe for having to make them. The crisis will indefinitely stall the security sector reform initiative, not to mention much needed social and economic reforms. Drug money may h [...]	2007-03-26 12:10:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL EFIN PU
07DAMASCUS108	NEW TACTICS FOR APPLYING PRESSURE TO SARG REGIME [...] (C) Summary. As the USG continues to consider strategies for increasing the pressure on SARG regime members and supporters, post solicits Washington's feedback on our below suggestions for expanding the use of sanctions against the Syrian regime. Targeted sanctions can help to delegitimize co [...]	2007-02-01 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC SY SANC
07DAMASCUS111	SYRIA'S ECONOMY CONTINUES TO STRENGTHEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Syria,s economy is starting 2007 much stronger than it began 2006. Growth rates, which increased modestly the last two years, are generally expected to continue upwards if current trends continue. Still, the SARG faces a number of economic challenges in 2007, including incre [...]	2007-02-01 16:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS127	SYRIA'S MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMIC REFORM: THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The SARG continues to spotlight its efforts to modernize the financial sector and achieve economic equality with its Arab neighbors, but the banking sector as the SARG-proclaimed "model" of sectoral reform falls well short of the propaganda. The SARG continues to lack the poli [...]	2007-02-08 14:50:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL SY
07DAMASCUS173	311 SANCTIONS CASTING A SHADOW ON THE CBS'S FUTURE [...] (C) Summary. Financial sanctions under USAPATRIOT Act Section 311 continue to put pressure on the Commercial Bank of Syria (CBS) nearly a year after the final ruling was imposed. Nonetheless, the CBS, up till now, is managing to maintain its central role in Syria's banking sector. While some [...]	2007-02-22 14:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN SANC ETTC PREL KTFN SY
07DAMASCUS269	TREASURY TEAMâ€™S DAMASCUS CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury representatives recently visited Post to discuss options for using financial sanctions to apply pressure to the Syrian regime. We discussed: -- Treasury's requirements for finalizing the pending designations of Mohammad Sulayman and Ali Mamluk, and Treasury's information re [...]	2007-03-15 15:41:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	EFIN ECON ETTC SY SANC
07DAMASCUS294	NEW ISLAMIC BANKS POPULAR, BUT BOARDS REFLECT SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING A RECENT CONFERENCE ON ISLAMIC BANKING, THE SARG CONTINUED TO PROMOTE ITS ISLAMIC BANKING EFFORTS AS A SIGN OF ITS "ISLAMIC" CREDENTIALS AND TO CLAIM SOLIDARITY WITH OTHER ARAB STATES. THE FIRST TWO SYRIAN ISLAMIC BANKS, WITH FOREIGN INVESTMENT FROM QATAR, KUWAIT AND SAUD [...]	2007-03-25 15:02:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
07DAMASCUS474	SYRIA'S BLACK MARKET FOR CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE SARG IS TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TO IMPLEMENT A YEAR-OLD LAW ON MONEY CHANGERS THAT IS INTENDED TO PROTECT THE SYRIAN POUND FROM FLUCTUATION, AND REGULATE THE BLACK MARKET AND ALTERNATIVE REMITTANCE SYSTEMS. WHILE A MAJORITY OF MONEY CHANGE OPERATORS ARE NOW SEEKING LICENSES, I [...]	2007-05-17 14:57:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV SY
07DAMASCUS501	SUBSIDIES: A GROWING RISK FACTOR FOR THE SYRIAN [...] (C) Summary: In spite of a modestly strengthening economy, the SARG faces increasing fiscal pressure to reduce the billions of dollars it currently expends on subsidies. The SARG's budget deficit is increasing dramatically because of the dual challenge of declining oil revenues and growing pu [...]	2007-05-24 14:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS613	SARG NOT OFFSETTING LOSS OF OIL PRODUCTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Syria has long depended on oil production to account for a significant portion of its GDP, but with oil exports declining, Syria needs to generate new sources of growth and income. In March 2007, the SARG significantly revised prior year macroeconomic numbers to support claims t [...]	2007-06-18 12:18:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS702	HIGH PRICE OF REAL ESTATE BURDEN FOR SYRIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Real estate prices throughout Syria have risen rapidly over the past three years due to high demand and a limited property supply exacerbated by market inefficiencies. Most Syrian businessmen and economists agree that the rapid price increase is creating a real estate bubble that [...]	2007-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS777	DESPITE ASAD'S DENIAL, RUMORS OF SUBSIDIES BEING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Asad rejected public rumors of the lifting of subsidies in his July 17 inauguration address (ref A). In spite of this populist message, SARG officials continue to publicly discuss the burden of subsidies and their future plans to restructure the subsidy system. The SAR [...]	2007-07-31 08:59:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SY
07DAMASCUS950	ASSESSING SARG VULNERABILITIES [...] (S) The Syrian Accountability Act and other sanctions have had an adverse impact on the SARG, but not to a degree that has modified Syrian behavior on our key issues of concern. Nearly three years after most sanctions were implemented, this cable reflects the Embassy,s assessment of both SARG [...]	2007-09-18 16:53:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	ETRD EFIN PTER SY
07DARESSALAAM1496	TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON [...] Status of host nation laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling: In January 2007 The Government of Tanzania (GOT) enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2006. This law does not specify what constitutes bulk cash movement, but addresses the issue of seizure and sanctions and sta [...]	2007-11-14 03:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KCRM PTER KTFN PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1531	EAC SAYS IT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON THE US-EAC TIFA [...] (U) The Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC),Ambassador Juma Mwapachu, told Assistant United States Trade Representative (AUSTR) for Africa Florie Liser November 13 that the proposed U.S.-EAC Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) would be at the top of the agenda of [...]	2007-11-26 11:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1587	TANZANIA: SECRETARY PAULSON AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (U) President Jakaya Kikwete told U.S. Secretary of Treasury, Henry Paulson, on November 15 that he would welcome more capital market investment in Tanzania to accelerate economic growth and raise the per capita income. Secretary Paulson expressed appreciation for both President Kikwete and Fi [...]	2007-12-14 04:06:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EAID ECON PREL TZ
07DARESSALAAM1607	TANZANIA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) In 2007, there were no acts of international terrorism in Tanzania. With United States support, Tanzania continued to take steps to establish a National Counterterrorism Center, a major objective under our Mission Strategic Plan. The purpose of this Center will be to build Tanzania's inte [...]	2007-12-21 08:50:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR TZ
07DARESSALAAM168	MCC CEO VISITS TANZANIA: GREAT EXPECTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his visit to Tanzania from January 28-30, Ambassador Danilovich, Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),commended Tanzania's engagement in the MCC Compact process. Repeatedly, he expressed his confidence that the MCC would successfully c [...]	2007-02-06 08:43:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD TZ
07DARESSALAAM170	TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-06 12:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM305	TANZANIA: UPDATE ON TRADE AND COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (U) Tanzania has maintained diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC) since 1964. The Government of Tanzania's (GOT) relationship with the PRC has been historically strong, with frequent high-level exchanges and ongoing bilateral cooperation in development assistance, trade and [...]	2007-03-09 04:39:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV CH TZ
07DARESSALAAM356	TANZANIA READY TO PARTICIPATE IN COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (U) Post confirms that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would like to participate in the Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory training from April 16-20 in Arlington, Virginia. The Bank of Tanzania has nominated the following participants: Name: Moses C.J. Gasabile Position: Deputy Directo [...]	2007-03-14 06:19:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EFIN ABUD TZ
07DARESSALAAM487	TANZANIA TO COMPLY WITH EXPANDED SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Begum Taj, Head of the Multilateral Affairs Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Poloff on April 3 that she was fully aware of expanded sanctions on Iran under UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1747. Taj said that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would honor [...]	2007-04-03 14:59:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN IR IAEA PARM MNUC TRGY AORC UNSC TZ
07DARESSALAAM793	TANZANIA WELCOMES ZOELLICK WORLD BANK NOMINATION [...] (SBU) Ramadhani Khijjah, Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance, told Emboff that Tanzania welcomed the nomination of Robert Zoellick to be President of the World Bank. Khijjah noted Tanzania's keen interest in the affairs of the World Bank, and the importance to Tanzania that t [...]	2007-06-04 15:06:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IBRD TZ
07DARESSALAAM798	TANZANIA'S UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 REPORTS IN PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Justin Seruhere, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Department of Multilateral Cooperation, told Poloff on June 4 that he hoped Iran would change course and suspend its nuclear weapons program. Seruhere emphasized that Tanzania had an interest in preventin [...]	2007-06-05 07:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY TZ PREL
07DHAKA1781	TERRORIST FINANCE: FOLLOW-UP ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (U) The following is the response to an action request (reftel) for information on cash couriers from Bangladesh: 2. (U) Bangladesh has ratified the UN International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism. It also implements FATF Special Recommendation IX through its f [...]	2007-11-13 08:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN
07DHAKA1903	BANGLADESH'S POST-CYCLONE ECONOMY: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Cyclone Sidr couldn,t have come at a worse time for Bangladesh,s economy. When the storm hit on November 15, Bangladesh already was suffering from weak export markets, debilitating inflation, meager investment and an agriculture industry reeling from severe monsoon flooding. Eco [...]	2007-12-06 11:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	BG EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV PINR
07DHAKA1910	ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION FACES HURDLES, [...] (C) Summary: Prepared with USG assistance, a series of amendments that would strengthen Bangladesh,s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act and a draft Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) are being held up in the Law Ministry, in contravention of instructions from the Chief Adviser that they be enacted by the [...]	2007-12-09 09:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER PREL PGOV KCRM KTFN SNAR BG
07DHAKA241	TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Per Ref A request, Post assessed whether the GOB would object to U.S. designation of Human Appeal International (Human Appeal) under E.O. 13224 and/or UNSCR 1267. Post does not believe the GOB would object to designation under either authority. 2. (S/NF) According to information in [...]	2007-02-12 09:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON
07DHAKA381	TERRORIST FINANCE: BANGLADESH ADDRESSES ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered points reftel to Mr. Swapan Bishwas, Deputy General Manager, Anti-money Laundering Department of the Bangladesh Bank (the country's central bank). Mr. Biswaw affirmed Bangladesh's commitment to preventing the illegal movement of currency. He cited the following as ev [...]	2007-03-07 05:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER LE BG
07DHAKA541	BANGLADESH TO ACT AGAINST BANK SEPAH [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 09:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	EFIN KNNP IR BG PARM
07DHAKA55	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRESENCE OF REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC [...] (S/NF) Per Ref A request, Post assessed whether the GOB would object to US designation of the Kuwaiti-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society branch in Bangladesh (RIHS-B) under E.O. 13224 and/or UNSCR 1267. Post does not believe the GOB would object to designation under either authority. I [...]	2007-01-11 09:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN BG
07DHAKA575	ECONOMIC REFORM - THE FIRST 90 DAYS [...] (C) Economy Priority: The Caretaker Government singled out the economy as a justification for the January 11 declaration of a State of Emergency in the wake of the economic disruptions from political unrest in late 2006. While the resulting political stability is the largest factor behind r [...]	2007-04-10 03:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL ENRG BG
07DHAKA758	BANGLADESH: REQUEST FOR DETAILS AND [...] (SBU) On May 6, Econoff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ms. Abida Islam, Director, America and Pacific Wing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (S) On May 9, Ms. Islam reported to Econoff that Bangladesh Bank (the central bank),through its Deputy Secretary Ruhi Rahman, (8802) 955-4940, issued [...]	2007-05-09 06:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	KNNP EFIN PARM BG
07DHAKA872	BANGLADESH: NOMINATION OF NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 07:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IBRD BG
07DHAKA957	GOVERNMENT PROPOSES DEVELOPMENT FOCUSED BUDGET FOR [...] Summary: The Bangladesh government released a draft fiscal year 2008 (starting July 1, 2007) budget on June 7. In his budget message, Finance Advisor Mirza Islam identified seven key development and economic growth challenges and the government's plan for meeting those challenges. Agricult [...]	2007-06-14 00:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV BG
07DHAKA989	BANGLADESH: PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-18 03:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	UNDP KUNR PREL EFIN EAID BG
07DILI166	NATIONAL BUDGET PLAGUED BY EXECUTION CHALLENGES AND [...] Summary: During an informal briefing for donors last week, the International Monetary Fund's Resident Representative in East Timor painted a bleak picture of budget execution to date for the fiscal year (FY) 2006-2007. Of a $329 million budget, while $211 of it has been committed, only $84 mil [...]	2007-04-27 17:06:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EPET EFIN TT
07DOHA1050	QATARI IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS 1737 AND 1747 [...] (C) The Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed the Embassy via diplomatic note on October 25 that the GOQ examined the list of Iranian entities and individuals listed in the annexes to UNSC resolutions 1737 and 1747 and found "no accounts or financial transactions with the individuals an [...]	2007-11-07 12:23:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM QA
07DOHA1071	QATARI MFA AND CENTRAL BANK VIEWS ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmad Al-Mahmoud told Charge November 14 that Iran's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction would be a "disaster" for Qatar, the U.S. and the region. Qatar agreed that a peaceful and diplomatic resolution of the Iranian nuclear issue was [...]	2007-11-15 09:52:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM EFIN IR QA
07DOHA1104	QATAR CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR DOWNPLAYS CURRENCY [...] (C) Qatar Central Bank Governor Sheikh Abdulla Bin Saoud Al Thani told Charge and Econoff November 25 that recent press commentary speculating on an imminent move by GCC countries' to depeg or revalue their currencies is overblown. Sheikh Abdulla said Qatar's economy had been well served by [...]	2007-11-26 10:33:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN QA
07DOHA1127	GCC SUMMIT OPENS IN DOHA WITH LOW PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit opened December 3 in Doha with all six heads of state, plus Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad in attendance. Though not on the written agenda, Ahmedinejad delivered a largely non-inflammatory speech that included a twelve-point proposal to a [...]	2007-12-03 13:46:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC QA
07DOHA1133	GCC SUMMIT WRAPS UP IN DOHA WITHOUT NOTABLE [...] (C) The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit officially closed December 4 with a brief and low-key ceremony and with no notable achievements. Neither the Iranian president nor the UAE president attended the closing. (According to press reports, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad departed [...]	2007-12-04 13:30:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC IR QA
07DOHA1141	READOUT ON GCC SUMMIT FROM THE DOHA ORGANIZER [...] (C) MFA Director of GCC Affairs Yousef Al-Jaber (strictly protect),who was the organizer of the December 3-4 Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit in Doha, provided P/E Chief December 5 a readout of the event and the preparations leading up to it. Had it not been for Iranian President Mahmo [...]	2007-12-06 13:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN GCC IR QA

07DOHA1187	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHARING DRAFT IRAQ UNSCR [...] (SBU) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department December 11 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) support for extending the mandates for the Multinational Force - Iraq (MNF-I),Development Fund for Iraq (DFI),and International Advisory, and Moni [...]	2007-12-16 11:00:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNSC EFIN MARR QA IZ
07DOHA1199	QATAR LOOKS EAST TO SINGAPORE AS A MODEL FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Qatar (GOQ) has over the past two years been building a strong, strategic relationship with the Government of Singapore (GOS),particularly in the areas of security and economic development. Both small, prosperous states surrounding by much larger neighbors, the [...]	2007-12-17 13:29:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN MARR ECON PREL QA SN
07DOHA135	QATAR FINANCIAL CENTRE: SOLID REGULATIONS, [...] Summary. On 28 January Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) regulatory officials told EmbOffs that the Authority has licensed 17 financial services firms and focuses on corporate governance as the primary risk in evaluating applications. The Authority, which regulates the QFC as a sort of financial fr [...]	2007-02-07 12:18:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN QA KTFN
07DOHA964	QATAR WILLING TO CONSIDER SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND [...] (C) Summary: In September 18 meetings at the Ministry of Finance and Central Bank, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by DAS Saeed told the Qatari Finance Minister and Central Bank Governor that the USG remains committed to an open investment climate in the United States and invited Qatar's part [...]	2007-10-03 06:55:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV QA
07DOHA978	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-08 13:37:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IZ QA
07DUBAI394	FORMER DUBAI DIAMOND EXCHANGE CEO ALLEGES SLACK CONTROLS ON [...] This is an action request for EB/ESC, see paragraph 14. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE),Noora Jamsheer, expressed concern to ConGenoff about the integrity of the UAE's adherence to the Kimberly Process (KP) to stem the trade in co [...]	2007-06-20 10:08:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN EMIN PTER ETTC KCRM VE IR AE
07DUBAI661	TREASURY PDAS SAEED DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Department of the Treasury Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed met with senior executives from the Dubai-based Sovereign Wealth funds (SWFs) and financial institutions including Dubai International Financial Centre Authority (DIFC),Dubai International Capital, Dubai [...]	2007-12-09 12:36:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV TC AE
07DUBLIN261	IRISH BANKS ALERTED ON UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 14:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PARM EFIN KTFN ETTC SA AE EI
07DUBLIN32	IRELAND CONSIDERING APPROACH TO LEBANON CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-12 17:09:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID XT LE JA CA NO EI
07DUBLIN374	NO INDICATION OF BANK SEPAH OR BANK SEPAH [...] (C) To date, there has been no indication that Irish banks or financial institutions have found assets belonging to Bank Sepah, Bank Sepah International, or other entities designated in the Annex to UNSCR 1747, according to Ray Farina, Chief of the Financial Sanctions Unit in the Irish Centra [...]	2007-05-11 16:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KNNP IR PARM EI
07DUBLIN526	IRELAND: NO INFORMATION ON MAHAMEDOU OULD SLAHI [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 13:00:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC EUN KTFN PREL PTER EI
07DUBLIN537	IRELAND: IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON UNSCR 1737 AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 15:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IR KNNP PARM EI
07DUBLIN70	IRELAND DOES NOT OFFER EXPORT CREDIT SCHEMES TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 18:40:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN MNUC EXIM UNSC OECD IR EI
07DUBLIN735	CODEL LARSON'S VISIT TO IRELAND [...] On September 17, CODEL Larson and Ambassador Foley met with Irish officials to discuss ways Ireland is addressing climate change and the secret to the success of the Celtic Tiger. Minister of Communications, Energy, and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan briefed the CODEL on, among other things, Ire [...]	2007-09-20 11:54:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EFIN EI
07DUBLIN766	IRISH RESPONSE TO TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION [...] (C) On October 4, Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Gary O'Doherty in the Department of Foreign Affairs United Nations unit. O'Doherty said that he would pass on the information to the appropriate agencies within the government of Ireland and alert us immediately if they come across any i [...]	2007-10-04 14:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER EI
07DUBLIN817	EEB A/S SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO IRELAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Daniel Sullivan, Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs met with SIPDIS Irish government officials, members of the NGO community, and the AmCham to discuss the making of the Celtic Tiger, the economic path forward for Ireland, and assistan [...]	2007-10-25 15:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON EINV EI
07DUBLIN823	IRISH RESPONSE TO US DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (C) POLOFFS DELIVERED REFTEL ON THE GOALS AND DETAILS OF NEW U.S. DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ORGANIZATIONS AND BANKS TO EMMA MADIGAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND UN COORDINATION, AND STEPHEN DAWSON, DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ON OCTOBER 26, [...]	2007-10-30 07:18:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EI KNNP PARM PREL
07DUBLIN854	IRISH VIEW OF FINANCIAL SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports additional financial sanctions on Burma, provided they do not adversely affect the welfare of the Burmese people, but does not believe that the EU has the stomach for significantly more forceful measures at this time. End summary. 2. (C) ECONOFF presented r [...]	2007-11-20 16:57:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ECON EI
07DUBLIN886	IRELAND'S 2008 BUDGET -- NOT AS DRACONIAN AS [...] (U) Summary. On December 5, Finance Minister Brian Cowen presented the government's 2008 budget to a packed Irish Parliament. Budget pundits had predicted a fairly austere budget, given the Irish economic slowdown -- they were wrong in their predictions. On the broad macro numbers, Cowen pr [...]	2007-12-07 14:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EI
07DUBLIN887	PHILANTHROPY IN IRELAND: A NEW MISSION INITIATIVE [...] Summary. On November 28, The Ambassador met with Pat Carey, Minister of State for Drugs Strategy and Community Affairs at the Department of Community, Rural, and Gaeltacht Affairs. The discussion centered on the Ambassador's intention to hold a symposium on February 21 to support the Irish [...]	2007-12-07 16:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EI
07DUBLIN889	EMBASSY DUBLIN'S TERRORIST FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Embassy Dublin's Terrorist Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Dwight Nystrom, Econ Officer, 353-1-630-6274, nystromdd@state.sgov.gov (classified),nystromdd@state.gov (unclassified). The Deputy TFCO is Ted Pierce, Political Officer, 353-1-630-6273, piercets@state.sgov.gov (classified),[...]	2007-12-10 09:13:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN
07DUSHANBE1128	TAJIK GOVERNMENT TRYING TO STRONG ARM U.S. FIRM [...] (C) Summary: Although the antimony mining venture Anzob LLC privatized in 2006, the Tajik government is trying to dictate the firm's selling price and select its buyer. The First Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry admitted that a letter ordering Anzob to sell its product to a Tajik compa [...]	2007-08-06 06:44:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL TI
07DUSHANBE1130	SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE OPENING OF THE TAJIK-AFGHAN BRIDGE [...] (SBU) The August 26 opening of the U.S.-constructed bridge between Afghanistan and Tajikistan launches an era of great possibilities and potential by creating a new transportation and trade link between Central and South Asia. The $37 million state-of-the-art bridge quite literally symbolizes [...]	2007-08-06 13:06:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE124	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 12:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE125	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Following is our submission per the referenced telegram for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Tajikistan. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- TAJIKISTAN Tajikistan presents selected opportunities for savvy investors who are willing to put in si [...]	2007-01-19 13:28:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR TI
07DUSHANBE1270	TAJIKISTAN RESPONSE ON 2008 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 14:13:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT USTR ETRD ECON EFIN
07DUSHANBE1285	TAJIK COMPLACENCY WORRIES INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND [...] Summary. The Tajik government's relaxation of monetary and fiscal policy worried International Monetary Fund Mission Chief Carlos Pinerua at a quarterly briefing for donors on the Tajik economy Sept 4. Locally, the real estate, construction, and consumer markets continue to expand rapidly. [...]	2007-09-07 15:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1582	UNSEAMLY TAJIK TEXTILES MARKET [...] (U) Comment: Tajikistan's junior-size textile and apparel industry struggles to gain investment that would better utilize in-country cotton production. Despite the government's continued pleas for more processing capacity, private companies must weave through a maze of customs, taxation, and r [...]	2007-11-02 16:41:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELAB EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE1584	A LOOMING COTTON CRISIS IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: International banks have begun calling in part of their $360 million in agricultural loans to Tajikistan, which lacks the ability to pay, threatening a liquidity crisis in the banking sector here. Behind the scenes of this week's Sixth Ministerial Conference of the Central Asi [...]	2007-11-02 17:48:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1589	WEEKEND UPDATE ON TAJIK LIQUIDITY CRISIS [...] (U) This report provides an update to reftel concerning the cotton sector finance crisis in Tajikistan. President Rahmon Reacts to Donor Demands --------------------------------------------- ------------ 2. (C) According to Annette Dixon of the World Bank and Juan Miranda of the Asian [...]	2007-11-05 13:15:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1734	TAJIK COTTON DEBT CRISIS UPDATE [...] (C) On December 6 Pol/Econ Chief spoke with Katherine Kelm of the Asian Development Bank (protect),about the status of efforts by the Asian Development Bank, World Bank, and International Monetary Fund, to resolve the problems of Tajikistan's $400 million cotton debt (reftel),and the prospec [...]	2007-12-07 07:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV PREL EINV ETRD TI
07DUSHANBE1742	TAJIKISTAN - TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Dushanbe terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ chief D. Matt Purl, telephone 992-37-229-2000, ext. 2501. Unclassified email: purldm@state.gov, Classified email: purldm@state.sgov.gov. 2. Dushanbe deputy terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ officer James Ricker, [...]	2007-12-12 17:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER TI
07DUSHANBE1746	TAJIKISTAN - TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] Dushanbe terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ chief D. Matt Purl, telephone 992-37-229-2000, ext. 2501. Unclassified email: purldm@state.gov, Classified email: purldm@state.sgov.gov. 2. Dushanbe deputy terrorism finance coordination officer is pol/econ officer James Ricker, [...]	2007-12-13 10:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER TI
07DUSHANBE238	IMPROVING CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IN THE TAJIK BANKING SECTOR [...] Summary. The Tajik banking sector continues to develop rapidly, with over 35 percent growth since 2005. However, consumer confidence in the banking system remains weak, resulting in an extremely low deposit rate and little money available to feed economic investment. Tajikistan's top banker [...]	2007-02-12 11:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EIND EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE335	AGAINST THE GRAIN - IMPROVING THE INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY. The newly-formed State Committee on Investments and State Property will seek to attract foreign direct investment to Tajikistan. However, the committee has few tools and resources to fully realize its well intentioned programs. U.S. technical assistance will support the committ [...]	2007-03-07 11:56:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON EFIN EIND EAID ETRD PGOV TI
07DUSHANBE45	IT'S ONLY NATURAL - TAJIKISTAN AND UZBEKISTAN AGREE ON GAS [...] (U) Summary. On December 27, 2006, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan reached lopsided agreements on trade of natural gas and electricity. While the electricity swapping arrangement favoring Uzbekistan will continue, the new natural gas agreement nearly doubles the price of gas paid by Tajikistan. U [...]	2007-01-09 13:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAID PGOV TIUZ
07DUSHANBE628	SETTING THE SCENE FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (C) You will be pleasantly surprised by the veneer of Dushanbe's active consumer economy, which hides the underbelly of massive corruption and industrial decay. The government, including the recently renamed Foreign Minister Zarifi and President Rahmon (going back to their Tajik roots),insis [...]	2007-04-25 12:53:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL TI AF
07DUSHANBE637	TAJIKS, WORLD BANK AND CONSULTANTS ON DIFFERENT PAGES FOR [...] (C) Summary: Tajikistan's April 24 energy roundtable underscored the fundamentally different perspectives of the World Bank and its consultants, and the Tajik government in approaching a project aimed at bringing 1000 megawatts of Tajik and Kyrgyz electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan. The [...]	2007-04-26 11:30:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ENRG TI AF
07DUSHANBE690	PROVING WHY SABIT IS "SPECIAL" IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: We may be neighbors, but we aren't well connected. This theme underscored a Central Asian Transportation Infrastructure Conference May 7, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Commerce along with Embassy Dushanbe, to highlight the Special American Business Internship Training prog [...]	2007-05-10 11:11:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN TI AF KG UZ KZ
07DUSHANBE762	TAJIKS SUPPORT FIBER OPTICS CONFERENCE, BUT WANT "EQUAL [...] (SBU) Tajikistan supports the idea of a U.S.-organized conference on regional fiber optic projects (reftel),but Minister of Transportation and Communications Adburahim Ashurov expressed greater interest in more international assistance to support the state-owned operator Tojiktelecom. Ashuro [...]	2007-05-24 12:25:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EFIN ECPS EINV ETRD EAID KG TI
07DUSHANBE894	DONOR DISAGREEMENT ON TAJIK COTTON SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Fissures within the donor community threaten to derail efforts to resolve Tajikistan's $400 million cotton debt. The Asian Development Bank favors a donor bailout of the cotton sector, in order to save industry investors and prevent a potentially fatal breakdown of the nascen [...]	2007-06-14 14:27:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ECON EAID PGOV TI
07EFTORABAT264	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JETTOU ON [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador to discuss our desire to conclude a bilateral schools' agreement, Prime Minister Jettou took on board our concerns about the precarious financial situation of American schools in Morocco and committed to finding a solution to the tax conundrum they [...]	2007-02-09 11:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN SCUL MA
07EFTORABAT521	PM ADVISOR CATEGORICALLY REJECTS TAX CONCESSIONS [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: In a meeting to follow up on the Ambassador's February 7 meeting with Prime Minister Jettou on our desire to conclude a school tax agreement governing U.S. schools in Morocco, the Prime Minister's Finance Advisor Abderrezak Lazrak reiterated the Government of Morocco's desire [...]	2007-03-23 14:05:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT ASCH PGOV EFIN SCUL MA
07FRANKFURT1245	MEETING WITH DRESDNER BANK ON SUSPECTED DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post called the attention of Dresdner Bank to information that it may have facilitated (intentionally or not) a transaction for OFAC-designated Tanchon Commercial Bank. Dresdner representatives promised to look into the report and asked for more information (ACTION REQUEST IN PAR [...]	2007-03-14 16:01:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN ETTC GM
07FRANKFURT4624	THE ECB STEPS IN AS GERMANY'S LARGEST BANK FEELS SUBPRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 3 Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest commercial bank, announced it would write off 2.2 billion euros ($3.12 billion) in losses based in investments in U.S. mortgage-backed securities, ending several weeks of speculation about the bank's exposure to subprime debt. The f [...]	2007-10-17 08:57:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON GM
07FRANKFURT4944	Commerzbank Announces Third Quarter Write-Offs [...] Summary. The release of third quarter earnings reports has shed further light on the extent of the damage caused by subprime investments in the German banking industry, with Commerzbank, Germany's second largest private bank, reporting larger write-offs than originally anticipated. While Com [...]	2007-11-15 13:20:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON GM
07FRANKFURT5173	Frankfurt Stock Exchange: Meeting Global Capital [...] SUMMARY: The Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FSE) is the world's third largest and the sixth by market capitalization. Known for its high-tech trading technology, it has played a lead role in cementing Germany's reputation as a financial and economic power. However in an increasingly securitized w [...]	2007-12-07 10:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON GM
07FRANKFURT731	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS BUNDESBANK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Robert Kimmitt met February 12 with Bundesbank President Axel Weber to review the state of Germany's economy, financial market regulation, and key transatlantic economic issues. D/S Kimmitt and Weber agreed on the need for open investment regimes [...]	2007-02-15 11:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD GM
07FRANKFURT732	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT MEETS [...] (C) At a meeting with Commerzbank CEO Klaus-Peter Mueller and board member Martin Blessing on February 12, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt discussed implementation of UNSCR 1737 and the need for banks to &know their customers8 in Iran. Mueller outlined Commerzbank actions to comply wi [...]	2007-02-15 11:17:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD GM
07FREETOWN109	MANU RIVER UNION BEGINS SLOW RECOVERY [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting, Manu River Union (MRU) Secretary General Aliou Diallo told the Ambassador and DCM SIPDIS that after one year on the job, he continues to struggle to rehabilitate the MRU, but that he is cautiously optimistic about future prospects. He said that he has succes [...]	2007-02-15 16:29:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN SL
07FREETOWN153	CHINA INFLUENCE INCREASING IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) China continues to expand its presence and influence in Sierra Leone as it looks to exploit the country's vast mineral wealth and fishing resources. Sierra Leone and China have enjoyed diplomatic relations since 1971. GOSL officials traveled to China last year for the China-Africa Summit [...]	2007-03-05 19:23:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN ENRG CH ECON SL
07FREETOWN341	SIERRA LEONE: AGOA FORUM IN ACCRA JULY 18-19 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 18:22:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID SL
07FREETOWN360	SIERRA LEONE: DEMARCHE ON NEW WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 16:28:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN SL
07FREETOWN367	SIERRA LEONE SIGNS DEBT RELIEF AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-07 17:21:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KTIA EFIN SL
07FREETOWN42	SIERRA LEONE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Sierra Leone is not a state sponsor of terrorism. During the reporting year, there were no judicial cases involving terror suspects. There were no developments that would impact U.S. counterterrorism efforts. 2. There was no significant support for international terrorism or for specifi [...]	2007-01-17 14:45:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS SL
07FREETOWN478	SIERRA LEONE: TERRORISM FINANCE - DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-10 12:20:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN SL
07FREETOWN58	SIERRA LEONE: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] The Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) Ministry of Trade and Industry is actively working to increase trade and investment. 2. Investment Laws: A new Investment Code went into effect in 2005. It is designed to put Sierra Leone at par with western countries concerning the protection of compa [...]	2007-01-24 17:46:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTBD OPIC EFIN USTR ETRD SL
07FREETOWN652	DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] (U) Political officer delivered demarche and fact sheet on Iranian sanctions to Andrew Bangali, Acting Director General, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 26. Bangali said that the information would be provided to the Sierra Leone National Security Council and passed on to the Cent [...]	2007-10-29 18:24:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNR IR PARM EFIN SL
07FREETOWN665	STRIKE BY CENTRAL BANK WORKERS [...] (U) The employees of the central Bank of Sierra Leone went out on strike on Monday, November 5 in protest over salaries and benefits. The workers say they intend to come to work each day, stand in front of the headquarters building until 2:00 pm and then return home. The action potentially brin [...]	2007-11-07 10:22:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ELAB PREL SL
07FREETOWN675	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (U) Summary: During an introductory call the newly appointed Minister of Finance and Ambassador Perry discussed a wide range of topics including: the strike by workers at the Central Bank, the urgent need to provide electricity to Freetown, the high rate of interest, weakness in revenue collec [...]	2007-11-09 14:14:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PGOV EAID SL
07FREETOWN684	IMF TEAM COMMENTS ON SIERRA LEONE ECONOMY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 14:10:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN PREL SL
07FREETOWN685	SIERRA LEONE 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 14:11:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN SNAR SL
07FREETOWN737	SIERRA LEONE: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Per reftel, Post designates Political/Economic Officer Amy N. LeMar as Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) for Sierra Leone and Regional Security Officer Bryan Scruggs as Deputy TFCO. TFCO Amy Lemar is not due to arrive at post until January 2008. 2. Contact information: Name: [...]	2007-12-11 16:24:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN SL
07GABORONE1343	DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 07:57:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM EFIN ECON MNUC BC
07GEORGETON514	VAT TX BRINGS IN THE MONEY FOR GUYANA [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 19:08:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD GY
07GEORGETOWN1075	INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, PART II [...] (U) Post presents its 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. Begin text: Guyana is neither an important regional nor an offshore financial center, nor does it have any free trade zones. Money laundering is perceived as a serio [...]	2007-12-11 11:19:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR GY
07GEORGETOWN108	GUYANA'S NEW VAT AND TAX RECIPROCITY - REQUEST TO CONVOKE [...] Action request para 8 and 9. 2. The Government of Guyana (GoG) instituted a 16% VAT on 1 January 2007. Preparations for the VAT were insufficient at best (Reftel). The GoG's public education campaign was misleading on many points causing confusion and discontent among the public and the un [...]	2007-01-26 12:24:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ABLD AFIN EAID EFIN GY
07GEORGETOWN514	VAT TAX BRINGS IN THE MONEY FOR GUYANA [...] Summary: The returns are in from Guyana's newly instituted Value-Added Tax (VAT),and the government of Guyana is in the enviable position of adding more dollars to its reserves than initially projected. Leaked news of the positive returns re-ignited issues debated when the tax made its debut i [...]	2007-05-23 19:08:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD GY
07GEORGETOWN535	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPORTANCE OF INTL SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche on Importance of INTL Support for CT Objectives Under UNSCR 1267 on May 17, 2007 to Leslie Dowridge-Collins, Acting Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Dowridge-Collins said that the MFA acknowledges the importanc [...]	2007-05-30 18:22:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER GY
07GEORGETOWN584	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] Poloff delivered demarche on Promoting Transparency and Accountability at the UNDP on June 12 to Jacqueline Hamer, Director of Multilateral and Global Affairs at Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Hamer thanked us for the information and stated that she would forward it to Guyana's repr [...]	2007-06-12 15:14:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN EAID KUNR GY
07GEORGETOWN59	VAT AND CASINO GAMBLING CAUSE PUBLIC DISCORD AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The PPP/C government,s sloppy implementation of VAT and heavy-handed efforts to legalize casino gambling are giving rise to public discontent and fueling internal dissent within the party. End Summary. 2. (U) The difficult introduction of VAT in Guyana was reported reftel. [...]	2007-01-16 19:39:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR SNAR PGOV GY
07GEORGETOWN776	GUYANA PREPARES TO ENTER BIO-ENERGY FIELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Guyana recently hosted a two-day, regional agro-energy seminar to discuss the current world bio-energy market and the prospects of developing bio-fuel opportunities in Guyana, Barbados, and Jamaica. The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) pledged US $850,000 to Guyana to help j [...]	2007-08-16 18:50:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR EAID EFIN ECON GY
07GEORGETOWN818	MCC SIGNING CEREMONY'S REVEALING INSIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 23rd, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Deputy Chairman Rodney Bent participated in a signing ceremony for the US$6.7 million two-year Guyana Threshold Program contract. The event was covered by all television and radio news programs and reported in each of the thr [...]	2007-08-31 19:19:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL GY
07GEORGETOWN975	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points to MFA Director General Elizabeth Harper on October 25. Amb. Harper replied that she would relay the information to the appropriate financial authorities within the GoG for their action. ROBINSON [...]	2007-10-26 20:36:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN GY
07GRENADA151	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: OCTOBER 14 - 20, 2007 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. Grenada's Private Sector Warms to VAT Private sector entities are expressing confidence in the eventual imple [...]	2007-10-24 17:53:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAGR PGOV GJ
07GRENADA160	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 4-10 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR Text: A. PM calls for speed from World Bank During a recent World Bank team's visit to Grenada, Prime Minister Mitchel [...]	2007-11-15 16:30:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN SOCI EPET ECON GJ
07GRENADA164	WHA/CAR DIRECTOR DE PIRRO VISITS TO GRENADA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA/CAR Director Velia De Pirro met with a range of local government officials and community leaders during her November 12-13 visit to Grenada. In her meetings, De Pirro reiterated continued U.S. engagement in the region and stressed the importance of demonstrating support for [...]	2007-11-21 13:07:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV CASC CVIS KCRM EFIN ASEC GJ
07GRENADA84	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1747 [...] Per reftel instructions, demarche was delivered by fax under cover of diplomatic note on June 12. The original diplomatic note was delivered by hand on June 12. 2. Post will report any response. MCISAAC [...]	2007-06-14 00:08:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP GJ
07GUADALAJARA365	GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS TO HARNESS REMITTANCESS HAVING MIXED [...] In the last seven years the GOM has attempted to harness the power of the billions of dollars remitted from migrants in the U.S. via socioeconomic development programs. Two specific programs are Tres Por Uno (Three for One) and Proyectos Productivos (Productive Projects),formed by migrant clu [...]	2007-07-18 18:10:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN MX
07GUANGZHOU1267	Citigroup Turning Around Troubled Guangdong Development [...] (SBU) Summary: Citigroup has made impressive progress in turning around Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) in the year since it invested in the bank and installed new management. GDB predicts a profit of RMB 1.67 billion (about US$230 million) for 2007 after sizeable losses a year earlier. Howe [...]	2007-12-05 23:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN CH
07GUANGZHOU378	NGO Leaders Discuss Barriers to the Growth of China's Civil [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than 20 NGO leaders and researchers gathered in Shenzhen on March 18 to discuss the challenges facing China's emerging civil society. NGOs struggle to gain the confidence of both the Chinese government, which is suspicious of their ties to foreign institutions, and the Chin [...]	2007-03-23 09:06:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV SOCI CH
07GUANGZHOU655	South China Analysts Criticize Government's Handling of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the plunge in stock prices on the mainland, South China commentators and academics complain that central authorities showed a disappointing, but all too common, lack of transparency before unexpectedly tripling the stamp duty on share trades on May 30. Analys [...]	2007-06-08 06:25:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON CH
07GUANGZHOU889	Microfinance Poised to Fill Gaps Ignored By Banking Sector [...] (U) SUMMARY: Extending financial services to China's rural poor continues to be an uphill battle with seemingly distant rewards. While foreign banks hope that WTO-driven reforms will allow greater access to China's "nouveau riche," there is no great clamor to extend services to the countryside [...]	2007-08-07 07:29:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH
07GUANGZHOU997	Pearl River Flotsam and Jetsam, September 5, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of periodic cables that will feature snapshots of the Guangzhou consular district. Highlights of this installment include: official anger and apathy over food and product safety; an ambitious labor lawyer; an anniversary for China Southern Airlines; P [...]	2007-09-05 02:56:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EAIR ECON PINR EFIN PGOV CH
07GUATEMALA1164	DEMARCHE ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on June 1. Carranza said that the MFA already sent Guatemala's 60-day report on implementation of UNSCR 1747 to New York after coordinating drafting of [...]	2007-06-14 16:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD ETTC TRGY GT
07GUATEMALA1505	MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS TO BECOME NEW IDB [...] Summary: Minister of Finance Hugo Beteta has been appointed the new Secretary General of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Beteta will leave his current post on July 31 and take up his duties at the IDB on September 1, 2007. End summary. 2. At a July 26 press conference, Presid [...]	2007-07-27 20:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL GT
07GUATEMALA1586	U.S. TREASURER CABRAL DISCUSSES FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. U.S. Treasurer Anna Cabral visited Guatemala July 26-29 to promote the Treasury Department's Latin America Regional Financial Inclusion Initiative. The Treasurer met with senior government officials, private sector businessmen and representatives of financial institutions to di [...]	2007-08-07 23:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SMIG PGOV GT
07GUATEMALA160	GUATEMALAN ATTENDANCE AT FEBRUARY 1 HAITI MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-29 17:42:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UN HA GT
07HAMBURG62	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT SPEAKS WITH GERMAN FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The main focus of Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt's and German Finance Minister Peter Steinbrueck's October 16 meeting in Hamburg was the creation of "guidelines" or "best practices" for Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs). Both Steinbrueck and Kimmitt agreed that the discussio [...]	2007-10-23 16:52:00	Consulate Hamburg	SECRET	EFIN ECON ETRD GR
07HANOI1016	LIMP ENDING FOR WORLD BANK REVIEW OF VIETNAM'S PMU-18 [...] (SBU) Summary: The World Bank's review of corruption allegations and the Ministry of Transport's management of two Bank-funded projects is complete: the infamous Project Management Unit (PMU) 18 escaped any serious findings of corruption, but the Bank concluded that pervasive mismanagement abo [...]	2007-05-30 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL VM
07HANOI1071	VIETNAM BUSINESS FORUM: ENTERPRISES DIALOGUE WITH GVN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During the May 30 Mid-Term Vietnam Business Forum, timed in connection with the June 1 Mid-Term Vietnam Consultative Group Meeting, foreign and domestic trade associations held a dialogue with the Government of Vietnam (GVN) on ways that Vietnam can capitalize on recent economic [...]	2007-06-08 08:05:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN KTEX VM
07HANOI1117	VIETNAM: HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES CENTER STAGE AT MID-TERM [...] (SBU) The World Bank and the Government of Vietnam (GVN) hosted an informal mid-term Consultative Group (CG) meeting on June 1 in Ha Long City. Senior GVN and donor representatives engaged on a variety of economic development issues. The agenda featured an overview of the economic situation a [...]	2007-06-15 08:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV PHUM VM
07HANOI1149	Visit to Vietnam of Regional Financial Attache Baker: [...] (U) This is one of five cables reporting on the May 29-June 1 visit to Vietnam of the U.S. Treasury Department's Susan Baker, the Regional Financial Attache (FinAtt) based in Singapore. This cable provides a general summary of the visit, some notes on institutional reform and tax policy, and [...]	2007-06-22 10:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1150	Macroeconomic Developments in Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary. With capital inflows, inflation and credit growth reaccelerating, the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) is under increasing pressure to reign in liquidity. Because of official policies calling for stable interest rates and exchange rates, however, SBV has been forced to resort to bl [...]	2007-06-22 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1151	Update on Banking Sector Reform in Vietnam [...] (SBU) Summary: State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) officials believe their efforts to reform the banking sector have put it on a firm path toward international standard supervision. However, they tried to distance themselves from the equitization process (over which they should have at least supervis [...]	2007-06-22 10:44:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1152	Vietnam's Securities and Capital Markets [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's securities authorities are still struggling with implementation of the new law. Vietnam's new Securities Law (SL) -- in effect since January 2007 -- is not being fully implemented, according to both GVN officials and market participants. Investors, including foreign i [...]	2007-06-22 10:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1153	Vietnam's State Capital Investment Corporation [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 10:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN VM
07HANOI1197	NATIONAL ASSEMBLYMAN CORRUPTION CASE: BAD TIMING AND FEW [...] (SBU) On June 26, the Supreme People's Court of Appeals (SPCA) upheld the guilty verdict of Mac Kim Ton, a former National Assembly (NA) member and Director of the Thai Binh Provincial Education Department (TBED),for "abusing power in the conduct of his official duties." Ton had been found gu [...]	2007-07-02 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI VM
07HANOI1366	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON STATE BANK GOVERNOR THUY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy as part of his farewell calls. The meeting covered a wide range of issues, including money laundering, anti-proliferation efforts, the stock market, equitization, inflation, the exchange rate, and areas for further coopera [...]	2007-08-03 07:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI1414	GVN PONDERS DELIVERABLES FOR A PM VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell meeting with the Ambassador, the Chairman of the Office of the Government (OOG) said that the GVN is mulling a number of "deliverables" for Prime Minister Zung's September visit to the United States. Among them, he cited long-pending deals on the purchase of Boe [...]	2007-08-08 14:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL VM

07HANOI1475	GVN'S PETROL PRICE LIBERALIZATION - A SHORT-LIVED [...] (SBU) Summary: A May 1 Government of Vietnam (GVN) regulation on oil and petrol management allows enterprises greater autonomy in setting retail petrol prices. The GVN made it clear, however, that this autonomy only extended so far - with Hanoi reserving the right to step in if petrol price in [...]	2007-08-17 17:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD ENRG VM
07HANOI1550	NEW CZARS IN THE MAKING? THE NEW DPM PORTFOLIOS [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dzung signed a Decision this week assigning duties and portfolios to himself and his five Deputy Prime Ministers (DPMs),two of which are newly-created positions. Broadly defined, the Prime Minister will oversee all Government of Vietnam (GVN) operatio [...]	2007-08-29 17:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN VM
07HANOI1561	BUMPS IN THE ROAD FOR VIETNAM'S "EQUITISATION" PROCESS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The auction of shares in insurance company BaoViet, Vietnam's largest public offering to date, revealed the problems and strategic shortfalls of Vietnam's new method of "equitising" State Owned Enterprises (S [...]	2007-08-30 17:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI1617	CITIBANK SAVES LANDMARK DEAL DESPITE HEAVY-HITTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Citibank appears poised to rescue a landmark $100 million loan in Vietnam, after a rival financial company working with what Citibank believes are powerful government partners nearly sank the deal. The bank has had to sweeten the terms of the offer and may have to scale down plans [...]	2007-09-11 14:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KCOR PGOV VM
07HANOI1729	VIETNAM'S INFLATIONARY CONUNDRUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam is not sure how to tackle growing inflation, which reached a 20-month high of 8.8% in September. Government efforts to maintain simultaneously a stable exchange rate, low interest rates and open capital markets run smack into the "impossible trinity" of economic theory. [...]	2007-10-01 17:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI1813	INFLATION A CONCERN BUT NOT OUT OF CONTROL [...] (SBU) Summary: While people are not happy about higher prices, including double-digit percentage increases of some food staples, there has been little commotion in Vietnam in response to rising inflation. The strength of economic growth has mitigated the impact of inflation, while incomes con [...]	2007-10-19 09:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV VM
07HANOI2012	VIETNAM STRUGGLES TO ENSURE FOOD SAFETY IN ITS DOMESTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent media reports of contaminated foods in the marketplace have drawn public attention to Vietnam's struggle to improve its domestic food safety controls. Vegetables, fruits, and animal products contaminated with toxins are common in Vietnam and the number of food poisoning [...]	2007-11-29 06:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO EFIN VM
07HANOI2013	INFLATION IN VIETNAM HITS 10 PERCENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnam's Consumer Price Index (CPI) has hit a record high of 10% year-on-year for the month of November, continuing an eleven-month trend of accelerating inflation. High inflation will likely continue because of the recent increase in fuel prices and retail price hikes for the [...]	2007-11-29 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV VM
07HANOI232	Vietnam's Ministry of Finance Reaches Out [...] (SBU) Summay: In a letter dated January 23 from Vietnamese Vic Minister of Finance Tran Xuan Ha to U.S. Treasuy Undersecretary for International Affairs Timoty Adams, Ha formally expressed the Government ofVietnam's (GVN) interest in receiving technical ssistance in developing three areas: tax [...]	2007-02-05 09:45:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV VM
07HANOI260	VIETNAM CONSIDERING CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Rumors have surfaced that the Prime Minister is considering the imposition of capital controls as a measure to cooling off the overheated stock market. A contact in the State Securities Commission explained why that agency is opposed to the idea. The Citibank Country Officer fo [...]	2007-02-09 11:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI261	ABN-AMRO TRIES TO SETTLE CASE, CITIBANK COULD BE NEXT [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials of the Dutch Bank ABN-AMR provided an update on the bank's ordeal in trying to settle criminal and civil charges regarding allegedly unauthorized foreign exchange deals with the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Bank (Incombank) of Vietnam (Ref B). The ABN-AMRO repr [...]	2007-02-09 11:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI290	TREASURY LETTER DELIVERED ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. While no senior Vietnamese officials were willing to talk on the phone with Treasury about capital controls, a cooperative Office of Government official was amenable to receiving written comments. Embassy delivered a letter from Treasury DAS Dohner to Mr. Hung that discussed t [...]	2007-02-14 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI300	HUNG RESPONDS UNOFFICIALLY BUT POSITIVELY TO TREASURY [...] (SBU) Responding to the letter from Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Dohner we delivered on February 14 (Ref B),Mr. Bui SIPDIS Huy Hung, International Relations Director in the Prime Minister's Office informally conveyed to us a message acknowledging his reception of the letter. [...]	2007-02-15 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI337	ADDITIONAL EXCHANGES ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (SBU) Summary. Following Embassy's delivery of initial letter from Treasury DAS Robert Dohner to Mr. Hung in the Prime Minister's office, there was an additional exchange between them on the issue of capital controls. Hung appreciated Treasury's comments, informed his superiors, and expected [...]	2007-02-23 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI374	VIETNAM GVN COMMENTS PUBLICLY ON CAPITAL CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary: Both privately and via public statements, Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials have reiterated assertions that Vietnam has no current plan to impose capital controls on foreign investors to cool down the country's stock market. Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung provided th [...]	2007-02-28 10:13:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV VM
07HANOI486	U.S. AID -- INFLUENCING THE FUTURE OF VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. foreign assistance programs in Vietnam, though low in dollar figures, are having a huge, direct impact in shaping Vietnam's reform program. Government of Vietnam (GVN) decision-makers seemingly cannot stop praising our flagship STAR (Support for Trade AcceleRation) program, [...]	2007-03-13 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETRD ECON PREL VM
07HANOI575	UNSCR 1747 IRAN SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 03:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC IAEA UNSC VM
07HANOI595	STOCK MARKET PREDICTIONS [...] (U) Summary: At the second annual Euromoney Institutional Investor Investment Forum held March 19-20 in Hanoi, a panel of investment experts in Vietnam offered their opinions on and predictions for VietnamQ volatile stock market. While all panelists agreed a market correction will occur with [...]	2007-03-28 10:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EINV ETRD ECON VM
07HANOI641	AMBASSADOR PROMOTES COMMERCIAL DELIVERABLES, TIFA, NEC, HR, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with the Office of the Government (OOG) Vice Chairman Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 4 to promote positive Vietnamese government action on commercial projects by U.S. firms and to address a number of prominent bilateral issues, including: Trade and Investment Fram [...]	2007-04-05 10:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETRD EFIN KOCI CVIS CASC AMGT
07HANOI920	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPORTANCE OF UNSCR 1267 CT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-18 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN EFIN VM
07HANOI932	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE, STATE BANK: OVERVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: This message provides overview and general comment on Ambassador Marine's May 17 and 18 meetings with Vietnam's Minister of Finance and State Bank Governor. A series of five septels will report on individual agenda items. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Marine met Minister [...]	2007-05-21 10:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD EAID KIPR PGOV CASC VM
07HANOI935	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON CAPITAL [...] (SBU) Summary: When asked about GVN thinking on ways to address overheating in securities markets by the Ambassador during separate meetings on May 17 and 18, the State Bank Governor and the Finance Minister showed no hesitation in embracing the market approach (but did not explicitly rule ou [...]	2007-05-21 10:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI936	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador reviewed ongoing U.S. financial sector technical assistance programs in separate meetings May 17 and 18 with State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy and the Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh. Both officials expressed appreciation for and asked for more assistance. Governor [...]	2007-05-21 10:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID ECON PREL VM
07HANOI940	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER: PEACE CORPS [...] (SBU) This message reports the content of the Ambassador's meeting with Vietnam's Minister of Finance regarding the taxation element of a draft Peace Corps country agreement. The discussion was held May 17 and was part of a lengthier agenda (reftel A). 2. (SBU) Background: Post has held d [...]	2007-05-22 07:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID VM
07HANOI944	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH STATE BANK, FINANCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: This message reports the content of the Ambassador's separate meetings with Vietnam's Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh and State Bank Governor Le Duc Thuy on May 17 and May 18, respectively. The Ambassador's two interlocutors reaffirmed the GVN's commitment to combating financi [...]	2007-05-22 10:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON VM
07HARARE1003	ZIMBABWE INFLATION REQHES 60,000 PERCENT [...] (C) PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) put the annual (monthly) rate of increase in the cost of living for low, middle and high-income earners in October at 73,221 percent (181 percent),62,414 percent (123 percent),and 68,609 percent (174 percent) respectively. TM Supermarkets shared its October [...]	2007-11-07 14:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1042	CASH SHORTAGE HITS ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Zimbabwe is in the throes of a cash shortage crisis that could threaten the stability of the financial sector. With the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) providing commercial banks with less than half their cash requirement, bank account holders are able to withdraw only a fraction of their [...]	2007-11-23 09:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE1091	WORLD BANK MISSION DEPARTS PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) A World Bank mission which visited Harare November 22-30 reported skyrocketing hyperinflation, a shrinking tax revenue base, and out-of-control public spending that only comprehensive, mutually reinforcing policy reforms could begin to reverse. The GOZ, however, is about to announce a o [...]	2007-12-06 13:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE1118	ZIMBABWE,S MULTIPLE EXCHANGE RATES, [...] (SBU) Players in Zimbabwe's formal and informal economy primarily use three different exchange rates: a grossly overvalued official rate that is forced on exporters but a source of patronage for the ruling party in selling forex; a parallel rate for cash, which has become extremely scarce rec [...]	2007-12-14 10:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AMGT ZI
07HARARE1134	GONO DODGES EFFECTIVE REFORM IN SIMPLY ISSUING NEW [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced the issuance of new, higher-denominated bearer cheques on December 19, 2007 and the withdrawal of the previously largest note as a move against cash hoarders. He did not remove any zeros from the currency. Two days later, Zimbabwe [...]	2007-12-21 09:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE1137	IMF MISSION CHIEF WARNS THAT ZIMBABWE'S [...] (C) IMF Mission Chief Robert Sharer on December 13 told a gathering of ambassadors from donor countries that Zimbabwe's economic situation was gloomy and worsening. Inflation had begun to grow exponentially and had probably reached 100,000 percent. Real output had probably contracted by about [...]	2007-12-28 09:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE116	MUGABE'S GRIP LIMITS ECONOMIC REFORM [...] (C) Muyaradzi Kereke, Senior Advisor to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono, told econoff on February 9 that Gono would seek permission from President Mugabe to allow a devaluation of the currency for the donor community. To make the policy shift palatable to Mugabe, Gono woul [...]	2007-02-13 17:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ELAB PGOV ZI
07HARARE137	A TENUOUS RECOVERY FOR ZIMBABWE TOBACCO [...] (SBU) Embassy interlocutors in the tobacco sector told us Zimbabwe would likely produce 70-80 million kg of tobacco this season, up from last year's all time low of 55 million kg. They attributed the improvement to massive (and unsustainable) off-budget subsidies, favorable growing condition [...]	2007-02-22 13:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN ETRD ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE14	ZIMBABWE 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] (U) The Government of Zimbabwe's corruption and mismanagement have severely crippled the local economy making it unlikely to attract or absorb significant foreign direct investment in 2007. GDP has declined by 40 percent in the past 6 years, the largest peacetime drop ever recorded. Inflatio [...]	2007-01-05 10:08:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
07HARARE232	RECOMMENDATIONS TO STRENGTHEN FINANCIAL AND VISA [...] (SBU) U.S. sanctions have played a key role in putting pressure on the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ). Post believes that now is the time to deepen and expand the financial and visa sanctions, and to apply further pressure on the regime as it increasingly shows signs of crumbling and fragmentin [...]	2007-03-20 11:25:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS EFIN PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ZI
07HARARE239	ZIMBABWE'S CENTRAL BANK DESPERATELY TRYING TO [...] (C) According to a senior official at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ),Zimbabwe will likely produce less than half the country's maize requirements. South African banks were reluctant to lend to the GOZ the forex needed to finance imports so the RBZ has turned to the street, fuelling rapid [...]	2007-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EFIN PHUM PGOV ZI
07HARARE413	GONO TINKERS AS ECONOMIC CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (C) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono failed to address the structural problems underlying Zimbabwe,s hyperinflation and contracting production in his April 26 interim Monetary Policy Statement (MPS). Gono announced an implicit devaluation of the currency, but it fell far short of [...]	2007-05-11 08:54:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ETRD EMIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE737	PRIVATE SECTOR PUTS INFLATION AT MID-20,000 PERCENT [...] (SBU) The respected PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) monthly report on the cst of living put Zimbabwe's inflation rate in th mid 20,000 percent in July, down several thousandpercent from its June figures. The monthly rate of increase collapsed from the triple to the single digits in July as a res [...]	2007-08-17 11:57:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE76	GIDEON GONO REINVENTS GIDEON GONO [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gideon Gono said that January 31's Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) would be "totally different" from previous statements. Gono said he would confront the governance problems that were the root cause of [...]	2007-01-30 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV ZI
07HARARE80	GONO'S LONG-AWAITED MONETARY POLICY STATEMENT - A [...] (C) Presenting his Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) to the diplomatic and business community on January 31, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono announced he would not devalue the currency because only a "holistic package" of reforms that addressed price distortions and achieved stake [...]	2007-02-01 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ZI
07HARARE951	WILDLY INFLATIONARY NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono issued a wildly inflationary Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) on October 1. With concessional loans at 25 percent interest across industry and agriculture and the promise of hard currency payments to productive grain farmers, Gono is [...]	2007-10-19 10:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
07HAVANA1153	PROPOSED GOC TAX ON HARD CURRENCY EARNINGS: [...] (U) Beginning in early January, 2008, the GOC will tax previously undeclared salaries paid to Cubans employed by foreign companies. These employees officially work for the GOC entity CUBALSE, which receives payment for them from the foreign companies and passes a minimal amount on to the empl [...]	2007-12-13 22:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ECON EFIN PGOV PINR
07HELSINKI121	TERRORISM FINANCE: FINLAND'S PLAYS BY EU RULES [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarches to Juha Rainne, Legal Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Finland's representative to the EU's Sanctions Working Group. In response to the question raised reftel A, Finland does not maintain a separate national list of banned terrorist ent [...]	2007-02-22 14:36:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC FI KVPR PREL PTER KTFN
07HELSINKI13	2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] (U) In response to reftel action request, post contacted Sirpa Maenpaa, Director for the Unit for Eastern and Western Africa in the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) urging Finland to attend the Liberia Partners Forum on February 13-14, 2007. Maenpaa said Finland would most likely not [...]	2007-01-09 13:56:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID PREL ECON FI LI
07HELSINKI243	FINNISH RESPONSE - INFORMATION REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-30 12:57:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC AORC IAEA TRGY UNSC IR FI
07HELSINKI501	FINLAND: REQUEST FOR IDENTIFIER AND BACKGROUND [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 10:58:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PARM KNNP IR FI
07HELSINKI841	FINLAND: SANCTIONS ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 09:16:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN BM FI
07HELSINKI871	FINLAND TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS [...] In response to reftel, Embassy Helsinki reports the following: Terrorism Finance Control Officer: Jane Messenger Economic Section Chief Telephone: (358 9) 6162-5468 Unclassified e-mail: MessengerJS@state.gov SIPDIS Classified e-mail: messengerjs@state.sgov.gov Deputy Terrorism Fina [...]	2007-12-12 12:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN FI
07HILLAH114	BABIL PC REGULATES FUEL SUPPLIES AND LEVIES TAXES FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) PRT Babil recently met with Basem al-Janabi (ISCI),chairman of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) energy committee to discuss the provincial government's efforts to regulate the distribution of fuel supplies in the province. Formed in 2006 with the con [...]	2007-07-28 06:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI IZ
07HILLAH128	BABIL PROVINCIAL GOV'T HOLDS FRUITFUL DISCUSSION WITH NAT'L [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) On September 20, representatives from Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh's office travelled to Al-Hillah to meet with Babil Governor Salem Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi, members of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) and provincial directors general (DGs [...]	2007-09-22 07:15:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EFIN PREL IZ
07HILLAH150	BABIL: 2007 BUDGET EXECUTION: A WORRISOME UPDATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (C) Former Babil Provincial Reconstruction Development Committee (PRDC) Coordinator Qassem Hamed Abid told PRT that Babil's much-touted budget execution success for 2007 is a fraud (refs A and B). In a one-on-one conversation with the PRT on November 12 [...]	2007-11-12 15:41:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EPET PINR IZ
07HILLAH47	BABIL REFORMERS CREATE PROTO-INVESTMENT COMMISSION [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In the wake of the CoR's passage of the investment law, Babil business and political reformers recently formed a "preparatory" provincial investment commission awaiting the creation of the National Commission for Investment. Despite its uno [...]	2007-03-28 17:43:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV IZ
07HILLAH84	POOR LEADERSHIP, SCARCE CAPITAL AND POWER TOP BABIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil cable. 2. (C) Summary: In recent meetings with the PRT, representatives of the Babil business and commercial sector highlighted the following as key to the province's near-term economic growth: -- Overcoming the ineffective and/or counterproductive role of governme [...]	2007-06-06 05:33:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EIND EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV
07HOCHIMINHCITY1234	GRAPPLING WITH CORRUPTION -- HCMC SIDEWALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From mobile noodle stands surrounded by brightly-colored plastic chairs to expansive motorbike parking lots in front of pricey restaurants, the sidewalks in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) are clogged with commerce. HCMC's skyrocketing land prices make sidewalks a hot commodity, creatin [...]	2007-12-14 03:50:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY143	(C) VIETNAM CONSIDERS CAPITAL CONTROLS TO SLOW SOARING STOCK [...] (C) Summary: The skyrocketing Saigon Stock Exchange has gone ballistic since President Bush visited the trading floor in November. The investment frenzy has boosted the Vietnam Stock Exchange Index by about 80 percent since the President's visit, with 44 percent appreciation since January 1. [...]	2007-02-09 10:10:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY471	VIETNAM ECONOMIC FORUM 2007: VIETNAM?S NEIGHBORS TAKE THE [...] (U) A recent investment forum hosted by the GVN in Ho Chi Minh City highlighted the importance Vietnam places on regional investors. The Vietnam Economic Forum, hosted by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI),in conjunction with the Vietnam News Agency and Asia News Network, was held [...]	2007-04-27 02:20:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD BTIO EINV VM
07HOCHIMINHCITY879	STAFFDEL GUDES TALKS BUDGETING IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 14-15 visit to Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC),Senate Budget Committee Minority Staff Director Scott Gudes and Committee Chief Economist Daniel Brandt discussed bilateral relations (touching on U.S. assistance) with the HCMC External Relations Office, U.S. trade and in [...]	2007-08-27 01:11:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA OVIP VM
07HONGKONG1800	HONG KONG SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes to your visit next week. U.S. trade, investment, and business with Hong Kong flourish in a largely open environment. Hong Kong is our 15th largest export market, and the United States enjoyed a USD 9.8 billion trade surplus [...]	2007-07-09 00:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH SENV MC
07HONGKONG1801	MACAU SCENESETTER FOR HUD SECRETARY JACKSON [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong warmly welcomes your visit to Macau next week. U.S. interests in Macau have increased tremendously since 2002, when Macau liberalized its gaming market. The U.S. is now one of the largest investors, behind only Hong Kong and mainland China [...]	2007-07-09 00:40:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PTER EINV KIPR HK CH MC SENV
07HONGKONG1931	HK ECONOMISTS ADVISE CHINA AGAINST SOVEREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior Hong Kong private-sector economist has been advising the Chinese government that a high degree of transparency is not in the best interest of China's State Foreign Exchange Investment Corporation (SIC),as it will subject the fund to political pressure and media second [...]	2007-07-23 08:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2055	U.S. CASINO EXECUTIVES NOT PRESSURED TO HIRE LOCAL [...] (SBU) On August 5, Hong Kong's "South China Morning Post" (SCMP) carried a story and an editorial citing rumors that "senior Macau government officials" have pressured executives in the U.S.-owned Venetian Macau hotel and casino, currently under construction and due to open on August 28, 2007, [...]	2007-08-07 23:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL CH HK MC
07HONGKONG2127	HONG KONG ECONOMISTS: CHINA'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Hong Kong-based economists believe China,s recently announced Sovereign Wealth Fund will face significant difficulties and is unlikely to achieve positive returns in the near term. Although details of how the fund will be managed have yet to emerge, analysts expect the fund w [...]	2007-08-15 10:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CH HK
07HONGKONG2143	MACAU: CHARGES OF CORRUPTION LEVIED AGAINST CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the August 13 "South China Morning Post" newspaper, Macau Chief Executive (CE) Edmund Ho and his brothers collectively own more than US$12 million worth of shares in Many Town Company Limited, which in turn is a shareholder in the gambling and property businesses of [...]	2007-08-16 09:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2158	HKMA: HONG KONG'S SHARE MARKET SLIDE NOT [...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong shares dropped for the third straight day on August 17, falling through the 20,000 barrier before recovering on strong buying pressure just before the market closed. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) is monitoring the market closely, but sees no evidence of struc [...]	2007-08-17 11:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HK PGOV
07HONGKONG2183	PRC TO ALLOW RMB INVESTMENT IN HONG KONG MARKET, [...] The Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) announced August 20 that it would allow mainland Chinese citizens to invest in the Hong Kong Stock Market. Chinese investors will be required to open a special account through the Bank of China (BOC),Tianjin, but will then be able t [...]	2007-08-22 02:37:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON HK CH
07HONGKONG2263	BANK OF CHINA TAKES CREDIT FOR TIANJIN/HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: The August 20 announcement by the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) that it would allow Chinese investors to open Hong Kong investment accounts through Bank of China (BOC),Tianjin - Binhai branch helped Hong Kong stocks overcome the fallout from the U.S. sub [...]	2007-08-30 09:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON HK CH
07HONGKONG2311	MACAU ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY STRUGGLING TO KEEP PACE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Commission Against Corruption (known by its Portuguese acronym CCAC) in Macau reported at a press conference August 31 that the anti-graft body investigated 41 percent fewer cases in the first seven months of 2007 than during the same period last year. When asked the reaso [...]	2007-09-06 07:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ELAB PREL PINR HK MC
07HONGKONG2391	HKG LOOKS TO INTEGRATE HONG KONG, MAINLAND STOCK [...] Summary: The Hong Kong Government (HKG) announced late September 7 that it had acquired additional shares in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (HKEx) through the Hong Kong Exchange Fund, sufficient to increase its holdings to 5.88% of total shares. Financial Secretary John Tsang said the acquisi [...]	2007-09-13 09:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
07HONGKONG2587	HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S POLICY ADDRESS: [...] (C) Summary: In his third annual Policy Address on October 10, Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) Donald Tsang touched on all the major issues of concern to the people of Hong Kong. He described a concept of "progressive development" to achieve three major goals: economic development through inf [...]	2007-10-10 10:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN SENV SOCI CH HK
07HONGKONG2598	INFLATION, OVER-INVESTMENT KEY CHINESE RISKS HK [...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong-based China analysts warned U.S. Treasury representatives that unproductive investment was a disturbing trend that threatened to derail Chinese economic growth and stability, but that the risk to the Chinese economy from a U.S. slowdown was minimal. Analysts differed i [...]	2007-10-11 10:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2807	PREMIER WEN TOPS ALIBABA AS HK STOCK EXCHANGE [...] Summary: Comments by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on preconditions for Chinese investors to purchase individual Hong Kong stocks drove the benchmark Hang Seng index down 1526 points on Monday, November 5, the largest one-day drop in the history of the Hong Kong exchange. Local observers were m [...]	2007-11-09 08:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN HK CH
07HONGKONG2827	HKMA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC PORTFOLIO [...] (U) Summary: Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, in his annual policy speech October 10, announced that one of his priorities during his current term would be to review the government's role in the management of its share assets with an eye toward achieving higher returns and improving g [...]	2007-11-15 05:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN HK
07HONGKONG647	HONG KONG ECONOMISTS HIGHLIGHT CHINA'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Comments from Hong Kong-based economists made in a series of meetings with visiting Beijing Finance Attache and Econoff suggest the following: Chinese economic policy makers understand the negative byproducts of the current macroeconomic policy mix: including overcapacity in some industr [...]	2007-03-07 06:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV HK CH
07IRANRPODUBAI33	IRANIANS COMPLAIN INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MEASURES IMPACTING [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 15:35:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR ECON EFIN ETRD
07IRANRPODUBAI41	IRAN: MAKING ITSELF UNATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 09:23:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV PTER IR
07IRANRPODUBAI48	AHMADI-NEJAD IS FORCED TO MAKE SOUND ECONOMIC DECISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-16 12:45:00	Iran RPO Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI5	IRAN-UAE: TWO-WAY INVESTMENT (C-TN7-00045) [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 06:08:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI6	BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW ON IRAN'S TIGHTER BANKING SECTOR AND IRGC [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 13:50:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	ECON EFIN PGOV IR
07IRANRPODUBAI68	FINANCIAL ANALYST SAID CAPITAL STILL FLOWING [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 15:11:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON IR EFIN
07ISLAMABAD2023	SINDH HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AL RASHID TRUST [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, the Sindh High Court (SHC) suspended the Pakistan government's decision to freeze the assets of Al Rashid Trust (ART) and seal its offices. The two-member bench, which included the Chief Justice, ruled there was no justification for the closing of the offices. Th [...]	2007-05-05 09:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO PK
07ISLAMABAD2113	PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KPAO KTFN PK PTER
07ISLAMABAD2252	PAKISTAN'S IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 ASSET FREEZE AGAINST [...] (S) The External Finance Division of Pakistan's Finance Ministry detailed to Econ the country's procedures for implementing the asset freeze provisions of UNSCR 1747. The MFA is the entity that receives updates from the UN on additions to the 1747 designee list and then has this information p [...]	2007-05-18 13:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EFIN KNNP PARM IR DA SW PK
07ISLAMABAD2520	PAKISTAN'S ACTION ON BANK SEPAH [...] (U) Classified By: Economic Counselor Mary Townswick for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (S) On June 4 Econoff and Poloff spoke with Kamran Akhtar, Director, Disarmament Cell, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, concerning Pakistan's action in reference to Bank Sepah's (BS) and Bank Sepah Internation [...]	2007-06-06 10:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	KNNP EFIN IR PK
07ISLAMABAD2647	DEMARCHE - PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (U) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 13 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Assistant Director United Nations (III) Syed Mustafa Rabbani, who said the Government of Pakistan "can,t comment now" on the reftel points but would consult the GOP,s Permanent Representative to the Uni [...]	2007-06-14 05:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN KUNR PGOV PK PREL UNDP
07ISLAMABAD2866	HIGH LEVEL APG DELEGATION TO VISIT REGARDING STALLED AML [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Asia Pacific Group is sending a high level delegation to Pakistan July 2-3 in order to impress on the GOP the seriousness with which they regard Pakistan's lack of progress on passing anti-money laundering legislat [...]	2007-06-29 12:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER EFIN PK
07ISLAMABAD2950	HIGH-LEVEL APG DELEGATION EXPRESSES CONCERN TO GOP [...] (C) Summary: A high-level delegation of the Asia-Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),a regional subsidiary of FATF, traveled to Pakistan on July 2-3 to gage the country's progress on passing Anti-Money Laundering (AML) legislation, and to send a message that quick movement was necessary [...]	2007-07-06 08:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3217	DEMARCHE ON AML BILL DELIVERED TO GOP [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 16 EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Muhammad Javed Malik, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Finance and Nuzhrat Bashir, Joint Secretary for Banking, Ministry of Finance. EconCouns pointed out the extensive amount of time Pakistan has been working on passing Anti-M [...]	2007-07-25 09:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3236	DEMARCHE ON AL RASHID TRUST DELIVERED TO GOP [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 10:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	ECON EFIN EINV KTFN PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3694	Will Pakistan's growth continue [...] (SBU) Pakistan is in its fifth year of seven percent economic growth, but a number of international and private sector observers in Islamabad and Karachi question whether this growth is sustainable without additional reforms and a clear path through the election season. This cable is based on [...]	2007-08-23 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3714	IPR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] SUMMARY: August 13-18, ECON presented the "Intellectual Property Rights and Cyber Investigative Techniques & Resources" law enforcement training program in Islamabad for Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers, provincial police, Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, and academics on tool [...]	2007-08-25 05:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV KIPR PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD3738	KARACHI STOCK MARKET CONTINUES DOWNWARD SLIDE [...] (U) The Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) took another dive on August 23 on rumors of the Supreme Court's imminent decision to clear the Sharif brothers return to Pakistan. The market lost 319 points or 2.6 percent to close at 12,001 points, slightly less than its biggest one day loss on August 8 [...]	2007-08-27 11:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD3762	MINISTRY OF COMMERCE ON BIT, ROZS AND DATA EXCLUSIVITY [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. SUMMARY - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Econ Counselor met August 27 with Jamshid Khan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Commerce at his request to discuss next steps SIPDIS on the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT),GOP concerns regarding t [...]	2007-08-28 13:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD389	ECONOMIC SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PELOSI [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your January 27-28 visit to Islamabad. Your visit coincides with a period of expanding and deepening engagement between the U.S. and Pakistan on a range of key economic and trade issues. Reforms pioneered in 1999 by Prime Minister Shaukat Az [...]	2007-01-22 08:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON EFIN EAID ETRD PREL PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD4302	TERADATA: AMERICAN COMPANY WITH PAKISTANI TIES GOES [...] (SBU) A/DCM and Economic Officers watched (via satellite feed) American company NCR spin off its new subsidiary Teradata into a stand-alone company by ringing the New York Stock Exchange opening bell on October 1. The new Managing Director of Teradata, Khuram Rahat (also the former Managing Di [...]	2007-10-04 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL EINV EIND EINT PK
07ISLAMABAD4422	MOORE MEETINGS FOCUS ON ROZS, IPR, TRANSIT TRADE [...] (SBU) On the margins of the October 12-13 Strategic Dialogue in Islamabad, Bureau of Economic and Energy Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary Chris Moore met with senior Ministry of Commerce, Finance SIPDIS and Industries to share details of the Reconstruction Opportunity Zone (ROZ) legislat [...]	2007-10-12 14:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4831	PAKISTAN EXPECTS TO MEET AMBITIOUS TAX COLLECTION TARGET [...] (SBU) The Federal Board of Revenue expects to meet its annual tax collection target of Rs.1.025 trillion ($16.8 billion ). The first quarter tax (July - September 2007) collection is up by 21.1 percent, compared to the same period of last year, but falls short of the FBR's self-imposed target [...]	2007-11-13 15:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD4926	TERRORIST FINANCE: PAKISTAN FOLLOW-UP TO ACTION REQUEST ON [...] (U) The following is Embassy Islamabad's response to reftel request for additional information on illicit cash couriers. 2. (SBU) Pakistan places statutory limits on the international transportation of currency. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) legally allows individuals to carry up to USD [...]	2007-11-20 01:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER PK
07ISLAMABAD4964	PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IDENTIFIER INFORMATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 13:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KNNP PARM PK
07ISLAMABAD5017	AMERICAN BUSINESSES EXPRESS VIEWS ON STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke November 20 at the Islamabad monthly American business breakfast meeting to share U.S. views the political and economic situation and to gauge business reaction to the state of emergency. Opinions diverged among the executives on the current state of affair [...]	2007-11-26 12:34:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PK
07ISLAMABAD5022	PAKISTAN CENTRAL BANK PROJECTS STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH IN [...] (SBU) The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) released its annual report on the state of Pakistan's economy in October 2007 prior to the imposition of the November 3 state of emergency. The State Bank was pleased with the seven percent GDP growth rate in FY2007, particularly given the increase in inte [...]	2007-11-27 04:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK

07ISLAMABAD5103	PAKISTAN OCR REVIEW RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Islamabad recommends that Pakistan remain on the Watch List (WL) at the conclusion of the current Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review. While Pakistan has yet to live up to its commitment to enact TRIPS-consistent data protection legislation, we believe that it should remai [...]	2007-12-01 10:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5139	PAKISTANI ECONOMY WEATHERS STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) The imposition of a state of emergency and political uncertainty has markedly affected Pakistan's ability to attract and retain portfolio investment, its exchange rate and the wholesale and retail business. There have been large outflows from the stock exchange; foreign investors have wit [...]	2007-12-05 01:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5226	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 09:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN PK
07ISLAMABAD5328	PAKISTAN FACES FISCAL PROBLEMS DUE TO SWELLING DEFICIT [...] (SBU) Summary: High international oil and food prices and political unwillingness to decrease or eliminate subsidies in an election year are contributing to a projected increase in Pakistan's fiscal deficit from 4 to 4.9 percent for FY2008. GOP expenditures on energy and food subsidies have [...]	2007-12-20 07:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
07ISLAMABAD5336	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON IRAN [...] (SBU) On December 10, Econ Off informed officials at the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Section of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement on Iran. Officials at both ministries pledged that the USG points will be conveyed to relevant agencies of [...]	2007-12-20 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC EFIN KTFN PK
07ISTANBUL1035	TURKEY'S ISLAMIC BANKING SECTOR [...] Islamic banking in Turkey began in 1985 when the Ozal government authorized the creation of "special financial institutions" and Albaraka Turk, an offshoot of Al-Baraka Banking Group of Bahrain, opened as the first interest-free banking institution in Turkey. Interest-free banks in Turkey es [...]	2007-12-04 11:28:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN TU
07ISTANBUL1052	TURKISH BANK REPRESENTATIVES PLEDGE HEIGHTENED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of several Turkish banks told Istanbul Iran Watcher on November 29 that they are acting with "extreme vigilance" against the risks posed by the Iranian financial sector and scrutinizing all transactions with Iranian banks, including those designated by the USG on [...]	2007-12-11 14:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IR PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ISTANBUL258	BANKERS' TAKE ON POSSIBLE ELECTION OUTCOMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Istanbul bankers and key business leaders are evenly divided on Prime Minister Erdogan's presidential aspirations with some claiming he would be a fool to take the highly respected but largely ceremonial position while others claim Erdogan's ego will not allow him to forego the [...]	2007-03-28 10:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN TU
07ISTANBUL63	U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH BANKS [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on December 4 and 5, Treasury U/S Stuart Levey briefed leading Turkish bankers on the risks posed by deceptive Iranian banking practices. U/S Levey noted that Iranian interest in Turkey would likely increase as European banks pull back from their Iran business and ur [...]	2007-01-29 06:59:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EINV TU IR
07JAKARTA1059	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COUNCIL UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) On April 11 President Yudhoyono formally swore in the nine members of the new Presidential Advisory Council, created in accordance with last year's Presidential Advisory Council Bill (Ref A). The Council consists of luminaries from the legal, political, military, academic and educational [...]	2007-04-15 23:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR ID
07JAKARTA1102	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS MARCH 2007 [...] Summary. On April 2, the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced that consumer price inflation rose a modest 0.24% in March on a month-on-month (MoM) basis as rice price increases moderated. Three days later, Bank Indonesia (BI) announced it would keep its benchmark 30-day Bank Indonesia [...]	2007-04-19 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1107	INDONESIA-MIXED PICTURE ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia,s Financial Transactions Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) is receiving more suspicious transaction reports (STRs) than ever before, but the number of prosecutions remains low, at under 10% of cases referred to law enforcement. The Foreign Ministry (DEPLU) admitted [...]	2007-04-20 03:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1128	BANK INDONESIA CONSIDERS SWITCH TO OVERNIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Bank Indonesia (BI) seems likely to move to targeting the overnight interest rate rather than its one-month Bank Indonesia Certificate (SBI) rate as its policy rate for targeting inflation. This duration shift will have the benefit of addressing anomalies (some self-induced) i [...]	2007-04-23 06:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1282	YUDHOYONO'S RESHUFFLED CABINET STRONGER ON GOOD [...] Summary. (U) On May 7, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono made much-anticipated changes to his cabinet for the second time since assuming office in 2004. President Yudhoyono said the modifications would increase the cabinet's effectiveness and improve the ministers' ability to work cooperativ [...]	2007-05-07 08:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1293	TRILATERAL COUNTERTERRORISM MEETING, APRIL 27 [...] (C) SUMMARY: We hosted a trilateral counterterrorism (CT) meeting on April 27, with Australian and Japanese embassy counterparts. The three delegations agreed that Indonesian CT capacity had improved significantly, though the threat of terrorism would remain for the foreseeable future. Donor [...]	2007-05-08 06:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA1415	INDONESIA PARTICIPANT LIST - BULK CASH SMUGGLING AND CASH [...] Below please find details of Embassy Jakarta's nominees for the South East Asia Regional Bulk Cash Smuggling and Cash Courier Training and Best Practices Workshop to be held in Manila from June 4-8, 2007. If you require additional information on the nominee's educational or work history, their [...]	2007-05-20 22:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ECON PREL EFIN ID
07JAKARTA144	TERRORIST FINANCE - VIEWS ON RIHS DESIGNATION, USG [...] (S) Summary: Given our recent experience with the designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) Indonesia branch, and Indonesia's new status on the UNSC, it is difficult to predict how the GOI would react to a proposed Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) designat [...]	2007-01-18 03:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER EFIN ETTC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1561	USG SUPPORTED EMBEDDED PERSONNEL IN INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In keeping with Secretary RiceQs Transformational Diplomacy objectives, US Embassy Jakarta really took stock of our successes in placing USG personnel directly into Indonesian government offices. We are pleased to report that we currently have 27 positions embedded within key G [...]	2007-06-06 09:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER EAID PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KCOR KIPR ID
07JAKARTA1670	U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON UNSCR 1747 (IRAN [...] We conveyed reftel discussion of the U.S. 60-day report in fulfilment of UNSCR 1747 to Ramadansyah Hasan in the International Security and Disarmament Directorate of the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs on June 8. We provided a copy of the U.S. report and stressed the importance of su [...]	2007-06-15 10:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN UNSC ETRD TRGY IR ID
07JAKARTA168	VISIT OF INDONESIAN POLICE CHIEF SUTANTO TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police Chief General Sutanto's January 22-25 visit to Washington provides an excellent opportunity to reiterate U.S. support for his efforts to develop a more professional, effective, and transparent police force and to express appreciation for his close coope [...]	2007-01-19 10:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS ID
07JAKARTA1693	INDONESIA - AUDIT FIRM ROTATION RULE HURTS BUSINESS [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is one the few countries in the world requiring companies to appoint a new auditor every five years, a practice known as Audit Firm Rotation. The practice of rotating individuals, or Audit Partner Rotation, is widespread across the globe. Accounting firms and their c [...]	2007-06-19 10:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1871	GROWING IMPORTANCE OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Indonesia's future increasingly depends on the provinces and regencies, whose recent constitutional changes are taking hold. Over the medium-to-long term, how will provincial and local governments handle their enhanced revenue flows? How much political power will direct electio [...]	2007-07-10 08:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN ID
07JAKARTA1878	INDONESIA - NEW PACKAGES ON INVESTMENT, INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) issued a new Presidential Instruction with four components: investment climate improvement; infrastructure development; empowerment of micro, small, and medium enterprises; and financial sector reform. These are updates to packages th [...]	2007-07-11 06:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EAIR EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA1920	PROSECUTORS FILE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General has reopened the legal battle to recover former Indonesian president Suharto's allegedly ill-gotten wealth with a civil lawsuit against the Suharto-linked Supersemar Foundation. The case, which seeks the recovery of $1.66 billion plus property, d [...]	2007-07-13 07:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA1933	SCENESETTER FOR EEB A/S SULLIVAN VISIT TO JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We encourage you to make a strong pitch for OPIC to facilitate U.S. investment, for exploratory discussion of a Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT [...]	2007-07-16 11:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2034	Eastern Indonesia - Optical Disk Factory Closures Reducing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ConGen Surabaya informally surveyed pirated optical disk vendors in Bali and Surabaya to assess the impact on supplies after two Jakarta pirated disk factories were raided July 2 (Ref A). Initially we noticed minimal changes in Bali pirated disk supplies. However, a Balinese pi [...]	2007-07-27 08:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR EFIN EINV ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2040	TERRORIST FINANCE - DUJANA, PATEK DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) Summary: National Police and Foreign Ministry officials told us they had no objections to a UN 1267 designation for Abu Dujana and Umar Patek. Foreign Ministry officials gave the familiar line that they would not support the designation, but would not stand in the way of the U.S. and did [...]	2007-07-27 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ID
07JAKARTA2194	SCENESETTER FOR CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. You are coming to Indonesia at a time when the country is under increasing criticism for its rapid rates of deforestation, something to which the Government of Indonesia (GOI) is increasingly sensitive with the approach of the 13th Uni [...]	2007-08-11 12:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2217	INDONESIA SEESS ASSISTANCE WITH FINANCIAL SECTOR REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finane (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati and other MOF offiiials greatly appreciate current technical assistn*ce from the U.S. and welcomed more during a visitbby Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Asia Robert Dohner. Mulyani expressed concern about rei(onal financia [...]	2007-08-14 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN IQNV ECON APEC PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2229	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Since his appointment in May 2007, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has made prosecuting anti- corruption cases his top priority. A career prosecutor with a well-deserved reputation for integrity and effectiveness, Supandji has added top-level staff to the Special Crimes Divi [...]	2007-08-15 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KJUS PINR KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2234	CAPITAL FLOW VOLATILITY EXPECTED TO INCREASE, FEW PREDICT [...] (SBU) Summary: At a two-day seminar in Singapore sponsored by Standard and Poor's and the Malaysian Rating Agency, regional financial analysts and economists predicted that capital flows in to the region would continue to be large, but may become more volatile as investors' risk appetites shift [...]	2007-08-16 06:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID SN
07JAKARTA2335	SCENESETTER FOR U/S JEFFERY'S SEPTEMBER 9-12 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia. Yours will be the first high-level State Department economic visit here in several years. We have structured your visit to highlight the important themes of investment climate reform, anti-corruption efforts, energy security and climate change, [...]	2007-08-24 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2438	INDONESIA - CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENT [...] (U) Summary. The new limited liability company law has created great confusion in the business community by mandating that "natural resources" companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. The law is very vague and domestic business leaders have already raised objectio [...]	2007-09-05 02:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2463	TERRORIST FINANCE: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATIONS [...] (S) In response to demarche delivered on September 6, 2007, Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that Indonesia would probably not place a hold on the designations of five Saudi individuals named in reftel. But he said the final decision wo [...]	2007-09-06 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	KTFN PTER PGOV EFIN UNSC ID
07JAKARTA2470	DAS MARCIEL MEETINGS ON INDONESIA'S ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel, during his August 27-28 visit to Jakarta, heard complaints that Indonesia is not attracting as much investment as neighbor Vietnam. Reasons include the Indonesian government and Parliament's ambivalence towards foreign companies and [...]	2007-09-06 11:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ENRG PGOV KGHG ID
07JAKARTA255	YUDHOYONO CANS THE CGI [...] (SBU) Summary. In a surprise announcement, President Yudhoyono told the media on January 24 that Indonesia would end the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI) donor forum. While many observers believed the CGI format had outlived its usefulness, the timing and abruptness of the announcement - [...]	2007-01-31 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EAID EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2609	BANK INDONESIA BRIEFS UNDER SECRETARY JEFFERY ON ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Bank Indonesia (BI) Deputy Governors briefed visiting Under Secretary Jeffery on Indonesia's macroeconomic success in recent years; BI's effort to improve the formal arrangement for managing economic and financial crises; and the central bank's work to prevent large-scale c [...]	2007-09-18 00:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2690	EXPERTS APPLAUD BANKING REFORMS BUT WARN OF LONGER TERM [...] Summary. Financial sector experts working in Asia gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco on September 6-7 to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing Asian banks over the next decade. They lauded Asian policymakers for largely correcting the excesses that led to the 1997 [...]	2007-09-24 06:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2694	FINANCE MINISTER MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Finance (MOF) Sri Mulyani Indrawati told the Ambassador on September 24 that Indonesia's growth is strong but more infrastructure development is needed. Indonesia needs to do more to get its good news story out, as the media paints a very negative picture. The count [...]	2007-09-24 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ABLD EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2745	GENERALLY POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF INDONESIA'S ECONOMY [...] Summary: Several key economic officials proviced a generally positive assessment overall of Indonesia's economy. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Boediono chaired a high-level briefing for donors and the private sector on September 25, noting that Indonesia's economy has grown more than [...]	2007-09-28 03:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KMCA KCOR ID
07JAKARTA2777	INDONESIA - 2008 DRAFT BUDGET, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN [...] (U) Summary. On August 16, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) presented to the Parliament his FY 2008 draft budget, which focused heavily on boosting infrastructure spending. The draft budget targets 6.8% economic growth for 2008, up from 6.3% expected in 2007, with 6% inflation. In or [...]	2007-10-02 07:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KMCA ECON KCOR PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2815	BANKING SECTOR UPDATE 2007 - NEW REGULATION ON [...] (U) Summary. Since announcing its 2005 Indonesian Banking Architecture plan, Bank Indonesia has launched several policy packages and regulations to promote banking consolidation via merger. On September 21, Bank Indonesia issued a new regulation setting out additional incentives for bank conso [...]	2007-10-04 07:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA2820	TERRORIST FINANCING -- INDONESIA WILL REVIEW [...] (C) In Mission's latest step to curb terrorist financing in coordination with the GOI, poloff delivered reftel demarche October 4 to Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff informed him that three Saudi individuals will be recommended f [...]	2007-10-04 10:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER SA KTFN ID
07JAKARTA2866	Chinese Investors Win Power Project Guarantees [...] (SBU) Chinese investors, reportedly with high level backing from Vice President Jusuf Kalla, won full guarantees for power projects under the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Fast Track electricity building program. Previously, the GOI was only willing to concede vague offers of partial support [...]	2007-10-11 05:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL EFIN ID
07JAKARTA2872	Chinese Investors Win Power Project Guarantees [...] (SBU) Chinese investors, reportedly with high level backing from Vice President Jusuf Kalla, won full guarantees for power projects under the Government of Indonesia's (GOI) Fast Track electricity building program. Previously, the GOI was only willing to concede vague offers of partial support [...]	2007-10-11 07:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV PREL EFIN ID
07JAKARTA2900	TERRORIST FINANCE - SEVEN IRAQI INDIVIDUALS [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on October 10, 2007, to Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that Indonesia would not place a hold on the designation of the Iraqi individual (Fawzi Mutlaq Al-Rawi, the leader of the Iraqi Wing of the Sy [...]	2007-10-15 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ID
07JAKARTA3035	USABC SEEKS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES IN JAKARTA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and seven cabinet ministers told a U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation that Indonesia desires closer business and investment ties with U.S. companies. The five-day trade mission to Jakarta ran from October 22 - 26. Vice Presi [...]	2007-10-31 06:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3063	IRAN -- IAEA REPORT; DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES [...] (U) This message responds to the following two demarche requests: UPCOMING IAEA REPORT 2. (C) Pol Unit Chief discussed ref a issues with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on November 2. He provided [...]	2007-11-02 10:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC PARM IAEA EFIN KNNP ID IR
07JAKARTA3074	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AUGUST - [...] Summary. Inflation was higher for September and October due to seasonal factors including the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan and Eid holiday. Bank Indonesia (BI) kept its policy rate steady in view of volatile markets and inflationary pressure. On July 31, Government of Indonesia (GOI) an [...]	2007-11-05 10:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA309	INDONESIA RIDES THE COMMODITIES BOOM [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's exports soared for the first time to over $100 billion in 2006, underpinning respectable gross domestic product (GDP) growth of 5.5% for the year. A 19% rise in non-oil and gas exports, particularly commodities, over the first 11 months of 2006 drove the country's st [...]	2007-02-06 07:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3099	RESTRICTIONS ON FOREIGN PURCHASE OF BANK INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite a modest retreat in the June-August period, gross capital inflows to Indonesia remain high and have accelerated in recent months. Concern about a sudden reversal of portfolio inflows prompted public comments from two Bank Indonesia (BI) officials as well as an internal [...]	2007-11-07 10:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA31	INDONESIA - POVERTY RISES DESPITE SOUND MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary. In an embarrassment for the Yudhoyono Administration, the incidence of poverty in Indonesia has risen over the past year from 16 to almost 18 percent despite the return of macroeconomic stability and GDP growth rates above five percent. Most analysts attribute the increase in po [...]	2007-01-05 07:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD ID
07JAKARTA3129	JAYAPURA - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (U) RSO recently accompanied the Ambassador to Jayapura in the province of Papua. The principal reasons for the visit was to meet Government of Indonesia (GOI) Officials and to visit the mining operations of Freeport McMoRan in Timika and BP in Babo (REF A). During the visit, the RSO inquir [...]	2007-11-09 10:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3137	MCC - INDONESIA'S EDUCATION SPENDING [...] Summary. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) requires GOI to report annually a set of indicators, and to provide explanation. This cable explains the challenging methodology in properly capturing education expenditures, as well as issues and progress concerning the sector. We believe t [...]	2007-11-13 07:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KMCA SCUL PGOV KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3138	INDONESIA'S CAPITAL MARKETS WEATHERING TURMOIL [...] Summary. Dr. M. Chatib Basri, a well-respected macroeconomist, stated that Indonesia has weathered recent turmoil in global financial markets and is unlikely to face another significant financial crisis in the near term at a seminar on November 6. Bank Indonesia (BI) Senior Deputy Governor Mi [...]	2007-11-13 07:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3140	INDONESIA - INCSR II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND FINANCIAL [...] This report responds to reftel request for an anti-money laundering and financial crimes update for INCSR II. Background and Overview ----------------------- 2. Although neither a regional financial center nor an offshore financial haven, Indonesia is vulnerable to money laundering and t [...]	2007-11-13 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR ID
07JAKARTA3162	JAKARTA - DS/ATA AND SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (U) Begin Summary. Post appreciated the visit of DS/ATA Director Steve Brunette and DS/ATA Desk Officer Steve Hargrove. In addition to signing the Memorandum of Intent between the Embassy and the Indonesian National Police (INP),the visit provided useful ideas on improving the already suc [...]	2007-11-15 04:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA3163	SEMARANG - SPECIAL DETACHMENT 88 [...] (C) RSO and DS/ATA Country Manager visited the Special Detachment (SD) 88 in Semarang, the Indonesian National Police (INP) anti-terrorism training center in Plantina and the Jakarta Center for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) from 10/30 - 10/31. The main purpose of the visit was to inspe [...]	2007-11-15 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER EFIN KCRM KHLS ID KPAO
07JAKARTA3247	INDONESIAN ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATES, BENEFITS SLOW TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Indonesia's GDP expanded a stronger than expected 6.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) during the third quarter of 2007 on robust domestic demand and a higher investment rate. Growth in the agriculture and service sectors outperformed the expansion of manufacturing activity. Despite more [...]	2007-11-26 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3274	COP-13 FINANCE MINISTERS' SIDE MEETING [...] Summary: The Finance Minister's side meeting at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change conference seeks to review the cost of environmental damage; examine policy instruments available to address the issues; set objectives and common goals; and outline next steps. The Government of Indones [...]	2007-11-29 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN SENV ECON KGHG TBIO ID
07JAKARTA3294	INDONESIA - OIL PRICE CONCERNS [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati restored some credibility to Indonesia's budget estimates on November 28 by incorporating higher global petroleum prices and continued declining domestic production into Government of Indonesia (GOI) analyses. Although she downplayed the [...]	2007-12-03 03:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EPET ENRG PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3296	INDONESIA - OBSTACLES AND PROGRESS IN CAPITAL MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: Tax, legal and accounting issues are impeding the development of securities markets and products in Indonesia. Market participants and some regulators argue that the lack of hedging instruments and financing techniques is the key obstacle to securities market development. On th [...]	2007-12-03 07:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3326	LEGISLATURE CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY RE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has moved to summon President Yudhoyono to answer questions regarding a complex financial case. Abuse of Central Bank liquidity funds--issued to assist depositors at distressed banks--caused billions of dollars in losses to the state. The Attorney Ge [...]	2007-12-05 10:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3328	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Reftel points were passed on December 6 to Deputy Director for Terrorism and UN Sanctions Aris Munandar at Indonesia's Foreign Ministry. Munandar said he would consult with colleagues and give us any comments. Munandar also noted that his Directorate for International Security & Disarm [...]	2007-12-06 05:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KTFN PTER PREL SY ID
07JAKARTA3338	INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER'S DRAMATIC TAX REFORMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani's reform efforts are achieving dramatic, substantive improvements at the Directorate General for Tax (DG Tax),formerly one of the most corrupt government agencies in Indonesia. Reforms of business process, codes of conduct, internal controls and data pr [...]	2007-12-07 03:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA3340	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER - INDONESIA [...] (U) Per reftel request, the Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer for Indonesia is Deputy Economic Counselor Ruth M. Hall, until May 2008. Beginning in June 2008, incoming officer Debra Juncker will take over those responsibilties. Economic Counselor Peter Haas will assign tasks as appropria [...]	2007-12-07 05:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ID
07JAKARTA3347	INDONESIA - FINANCE MINISTER REFORMS DEBT MANAGEMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Mulyani has achieved notable progress in 2007 in debt management and capital markets supervision. She is also leading a pilot project on civil service reform, by tripling salaries for her Ministry and introducing performance standards. Efforts at the Directorat [...]	2007-12-07 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA345	ENSURING EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1737 [...] (C) Ambassador made key points reftel to Indonesian Presidential Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on February 7. Ambassador said he was unsure of Indonesia's steps to enforce United Nations Security Council Resolution 1737, which, of course, was binding on all UN members. He urged that Indonesia rev [...]	2007-02-08 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN IR ID
07JAKARTA347	Indonesian Municipal Bonds Limited as Infrastructure [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. East Java leaders are considering issuing municipal bonds to finance development of desperately needed infrastructure in the province. Guntur Pasaribu, managing director of the Surabaya Stock Exchange (SSX),predicts strong local demand for the bonds, once issued. An immature [...]	2007-02-09 00:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ENRG PGOV KCOR ID
07JAKARTA3472	IRAN FINANCIAL SANCTIONS: TRADING CAR PARTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-27 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KFTN EFIN ID IR
07JAKARTA460	UNSCR 1737 FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] Following up on Ambassador's demarche with National Security Adviser Djalal on February 7 (ref c),we met with Ramadansyah Hasan of the Directorate for International Security and Disarmament in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on February 12 to convey points and information [...]	2007-02-21 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR
07JAKARTA485	INDONESIA Q MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND BANK INDONESIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 00:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA486	INDONESIA - MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND BANK INDONESIA [...] Summary. On December 27, 2006, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati officially launched a new organizational structure for the Directorate General for Tax (DGT) that reduces the operational role of the DGT headquarters in Jakarta, divides the DGT headquarters into functional Directorate [...]	2007-02-23 00:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA545	INDONESIA'S DETACHMENT 88 HITTING ITS STRIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since first emerging in the wake of the 2002 Bali terror attacks, Detachment 88 has begun to establish itself as the counterterrorism flagship of the Indonesian National Police (INP). A growing list of successful CT operations marks the Detachment's maturing capabilities. Recentl [...]	2007-02-27 23:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA63	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS DECEMBER [...] Summary. The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) announced on January 2, 2007 that December inflation rose to 1.21% month-on-month (MoM),mainly due to higher rice prices. On January 4, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 9.5%, a signal that the bank [...]	2007-01-09 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA653	INDONESIA MACROECONOMY - STRONG 2006 BUT CHALLENGES LOOM IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Indonesia (GOI) successfully restored macroeconomic stability in 2006, implementing prudent monetary and fiscal policies and paving the way for a rebound in gross domestic product (GDP) growth. These policies contributed to stable prices, a strong currency, low [...]	2007-03-07 08:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA706	U.S. TEAM VISITS INDONESIA'S SULAWESI SEA AREA [...] (C) Summary. In late January, a DS/ATA-led team of U.S. and GOI security officials sponsored by S/CT assessed the security needs along Indonesia's Sulawesi Sea border areas. The visit was part of the Border Control Assessment Initiative (BCAI) targeting the strategic Indonesia-Malaysia-Philip [...]	2007-03-12 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA721	INDONESIA TAKES FINAL STEP TO ROLL BACK BLANKET BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Most analysts expect little short-term reaction from bank depositors when the Indonesian Deposit Insurance Corporation (LPS) takes the final step of reducing its deposit insurance coverage on March 22 to Rp 100 million ($11,050) per depositor per bank. While some large deposito [...]	2007-03-13 08:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA790	INDONESIA - ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY [...] Summary. Despite economic disruption due to severe flooding in Jakarta February 2-11, month-on-month (MoM) consumer price inflation in Indonesia rose modestly by 0.6% in February 2007, or 6.3% year-on-year (YoY). In response, Bank Indonesia (BI) cut its benchmark 30-day BI Certificate (SBI) i [...]	2007-03-21 03:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV ID
07JAKARTA86	MARITIME SECURITY IN NORTH SULAWESI [...] (C) Summary. Indonesian officials in North Sulawesi are eager for bilateral security assistance to make up for Jakarta's meager investment in developing the area's maritime security assets. Foreign assistance and training programs are essential for Indonesia to develop effective maritime law [...]	2007-01-10 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA92	MARITIME SECURITY IN NORTH SULAWESI [...] (C) Summary: Indonesian officials in North Sulawesi are eager for bilateral security assistance to make up for Jakarta's meager investment in developing the area's maritime security assets. Foreign assistance and training programs are essential for Indonesia to develop effective maritime law [...]	2007-01-11 04:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
07JAKARTA978	INDONESIA'S INSURANCE SECTOR STILL STRUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary. A decade after the financial crisis, Indonesia's small insurance sector continues to suffer from weak regulation and poor enforcement, inadequate training, low professional standards, and insufficient capital. A few players dominate the sector, and some small, non-transparent f [...]	2007-04-05 01:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV KCOR ID
07JEDDAH396	SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER ON: AMCIT DEPENDENT, FUTURE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During a September 12 discussion with Ambassador Ford Fraker and Jeddah Consul General Tatiana Gfoeller, Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal summarized the SAG position on a variety of issues. The Prince stated the importance of working in partnership with the U.S. to addr [...]	2007-09-13 12:35:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	CVIS ETTC EFIN PGOV PREL PTER KIRF KTFN SA
07JERUSALEM1034	LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY" SITE ON STATE [...] CONSULATE GENERAL JERUSALEM IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE LAUNCH OF "PALESTINIAN ECONOMY," A NEW COMMUNITY WEB SITE FACILITATED BY THE DEPARTMENT'S KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TEAM. THE WEB SITE IS A COLLECTION OF IN-DEPTH INFORMATION ON THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY, DESIGNED TO HELP FACILITATE INFORMATION [...]	2007-06-01 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PHUM SENV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1253	GAZA: FOOD AND FUEL AVAILABLE FOR NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Basic food commodities and fuel remain available in Gaza, but prices are increasing and food stocks are declining rapidly, according to Gaza residents, UN agencies and NGOs. UNRWA and WFP have resumed operations, but UNRWA says it has only 10 days of flour in its warehouses. [...]	2007-06-18 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1266	SOME AID ARRIVES IN GAZA, MOST CROSSINGS CLOSED [...] (SBU) Summary: Fuel imports continued to flow into Gaza June 19, and several truck loads of humanitarian assistance entered through Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza. Gaza-based contacts report continued panic buying June 19, but, with the exception of wheat-flour, sugar, and dairy products, [...]	2007-06-19 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1274	FOOD SUPPLIES ENTER GAZA; LIMITED PASSENGER [...] (SBU) Summary: WFP delivered wheat-flour and oil to Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing June 20, with the concurrence of nearby Hamas forces. Limited movement of foreigners and injured Palestinians occurred at Erez. Israeli incursions into Gaza took place June 20, resulting in the death of [...]	2007-06-20 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1276	GAZA BANKS OPERATING NORMALLY BUT TAKING [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian and regional banks operating in Gaza are open and report "business as usual." Hamas is currently taking a "hands-off" approach to Gaza's banking sector, but banks are implementing some precautionary measures, such as restricting the authority of Gaza-based staff and [...]	2007-06-20 15:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1279	CONSUL GENERAL MEETS NEW PA MINISTERS; NEW [...] (C) Summary: Consul General and USAID West Bank/Gaza Mission Director met June 19 with two newly-appointed Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet members, explaining to them that the USG is resuming broad-based assistance and suggesting that discussions and planning on best use of this assistanc [...]	2007-06-21 04:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
07JERUSALEM1296	GAZA HOSPITALS STRUGGLE TO SERVE PUBLIC; JORDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Critical health care assistance is being supplied to Gaza hospitals, including a truck load of dialysis equipment funded by USAID. ICRC and other international organizations have resumed their work in Gaza. Twenty-one truck loads of food aid were shipped into Gaza June 21. [...]	2007-06-22 11:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1304	HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE CONTINUES TO TRICKLE INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: Imports into Gaza remain mostly limited to humanitarian shipments. After Kerem Shalom crossing closed early June 25 due to mortar fire, WFP shipments of sugar, flour, and oil were diverted and passed through Sufa crossing. Gaza hospitals are all operational despite run-down f [...]	2007-06-25 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1305	PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR MOVES TO OPERATE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian private sector leaders in the West Bank and Gaza are promoting a variety of proposals to "privatize" the Karni/al-Mintar and Kerem Shalom crossings. Private sector representatives in Gaza reached an agreement June 20 on a plan that would authorize a newly-established [...]	2007-06-25 15:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1317	PRICES STABILIZE AS FOOD REMAINS AVAILABLE IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary: Food prices for most items in Gaza have returned to just above normal following the panic-buying and price increases that occurred immediately following the Hamas takeover of Gaza. Gaza is not experiencing shortages of basic commodities. Hamas threatened to confiscate goods f [...]	2007-06-26 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1321	GAZA CASH SHORTAGE MAY PREVENT PA SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Banks in Gaza do not have sufficient cash to pay Palestinian Authority (PA) employee salaries next week, and Israeli authorities are preventing cash transfers through the Erez crossing, according to bank officials. Cairo Amman Bank should begin paying UNRWA salaries in two days, [...]	2007-06-27 08:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG KTFN IS
07JERUSALEM1334	ABU MAZEN EXEMPTS GAZANS FROM PA TAXES TO DENY [...] (SBU) PA President Abbas issued a presidential decree June 26 exempting Gazans from fees for services provided by PA entities, value-added tax on local activity, and from income tax on companies and individuals. Press accounts described the move as a response to the difficult circumstances u [...]	2007-06-27 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN PTER PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1346	AGREEMENT REACHED TO RESUME TRANSFER OF REVENUES [...] (C) Summary: The GOI agreed June 27 to resume the transfer of frozen clearance revenues, starting with a transfer of NIS 500 million on/about July 1, according to PA Prime Minister and Finance Minister Salam Fayyad. Regular monthly clearance revenue transfers will resume as well, along with [...]	2007-06-28 14:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1349	LIMITED HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE TO MOVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Karni/al-Mintar, Kerem Shalom, and Sufa crossings were open to select humanitarian and commercial shipments June 28, as operations at the crossings remains ad hoc given the fluid security situation. ICRC transferred 17 sick and injured patients out of Gaza June 28. End summar [...]	2007-06-28 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
07JERUSALEM1372	CLEARANCE REVENUE TRANSFERS AND CASH SHIPMENTS TO [...] (C) PA Ministry of Finance Director General of Customs Hatem Yousef confirmed to Econoff July 2 that the GOI had transferred July 1 NIS 500 million (USD 118 million) in clearance revenues to the PA. Yousef said that this amount will be sufficient to pay PA employees their full salaries for J [...]	2007-07-02 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1411	PA PAYS EMPLOYEE SALARIES; HAMAS BLOCKS ENTRY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. The Palestinian Authority (PA) paid full salaries to public employees July 4 for the first time in 15 months, according to local press reports and Ministry of Finance officials. In accordance with an earlier PA cabinet decision nullifying appointments and promotions after Dec [...]	2007-07-09 07:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM143	DRAFT BUDGET SENT TO PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE [...] (SBU) ACTING PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) FINANCE MINISTER SAMIR ABU AISHEH SUBMITTED THE FY 2007 PA BUDGET TO THE PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL JANUARY 16 AFTER THE PA CABINET APPROVED IT DECEMBER 27, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS. THE PROPOSED BUDGET TOTALS USD 2.562 BILLION, INCLUDING [...]	2007-01-24 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV KWBG

07JERUSALEM144	WORLD BANK STUDY TIES GAZA'S ECONOMIC REVIVAL TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A WORLD BANK STUDY OF ALTERNATIVES FOR PALESTINIAN TRADE HAS CONCLUDED THAT OPENING THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR FOR EXPORTS FROM THE GAZA STRIP THROUGH EGYPT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY BOOST THE FLAGGING PALESTINIAN ECONOMY. ACCORDING TO THE STUDY, THE RAFAH TRADE CORRIDOR PROVIDES COMPE [...]	2007-01-24 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PREL KWBG IS EG
07JERUSALEM1453	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN MOBILE TELECOM TENDER - GOI [...] (C) Gulf-owned mobile provider Wataniya Telecom, which won the second mobile telecom operator license in the West Bank/Gaza on September 18, 2006, continues to wait for a frequency to be allocated by the GOI (see reftel) before it can commence operations, according to PLO Negotiations Support [...]	2007-07-13 13:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1455	GAZA ECONOMIC LOSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: According to data compiled by the Palestinian private sector, the closure of the Karni/al-Mintar crossing following the Hamas take-over of Gaza is causing catastrophic damage to Gaza's economy. Since the June 12 closure of the crossing, 80 percent of Gaza factories have closed [...]	2007-07-13 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAID EFIN EIND PGOV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1483	UTILITY PAYMENTS INDIRECTLY SUBSIDIZING HAMAS IN [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he no longer wants the European Union to fund utility payments through the Temporary International Mechanism (Window II) or the GOI to deduct utility payments from clearance revenues. Fayyad belie [...]	2007-07-18 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1486	PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY AND GAZA BANKS [...] (C) Summary. The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) and banks operating in the Gaza Strip continue to implement measures to thwart Hamas interference in the banking sector, according to PMA Deputy Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Most commercial banks have moved their headquarters to the West Ban [...]	2007-07-18 13:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM151	PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON [...] (S) Summary: The Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) is now emphasizing actions against money laundering over countering terrorist financing because of the current political situation in the PA. It continues to draft anti-money laundering legislation that will put into law many of the same [...]	2007-01-26 07:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EFIN PGOV PTER KTFN KWBG IS IZ
07JERUSALEM1519	NORWEGIAN AND PA VIEWS ON PROPOSED AHLC MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 17 that he supports the proposal to convene an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September 2007. Fayyad stated that the meeting should be limited to AHLC members only. He also suggested that a proposed follow-on [...]	2007-07-23 11:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM1525	HAMAS MONEY LAUNDERING SCHEME EXPLAINED [...] (S) Summary. Hamas has gained access to considerable funds through money laundering schemes, according to Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) Deputy Governor Jihad al-Wazir. Imported goods are paid for from accounts outside Gaza or even with cash at point of origin. The Gaza recipient pa [...]	2007-07-23 16:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1574	FAYYAD STILL CONCERNED ABOUT GAZA UTILITY [...] (C) Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told the Consul General on July 26 that he has raised his concerns about Hamas benefiting from EU funding for utility payments in Gaza with EC Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner (reftel),but he has not yet explicitly asked the EU to cut off [...]	2007-07-30 06:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1575	OPIC-BACKED LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) Summary. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),the Aspen Institute, and the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) signed a loan guarantee agreement on July 25 that will leverage up to USD 228 million in loans to small and medium-size Palestinian enterprises (SMEs). The agreeme [...]	2007-07-30 07:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KWBG
07JERUSALEM1576	LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FUND CONVENES; SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Local Development Forum (LDF) met July 24 for the first time since December 2005. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad stressed the urgent need for donor assistance and called for an Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in September, followed by a donors' conference before the [...]	2007-07-30 07:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PROV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1584	PA BUDGET: 100 MILLION IN THE RED, BUT ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Finance officials and local IMF representatives say that the PA is running a monthly operating deficit of approximately USD 100 million. The gap is exacerbated by the loss of Gaza revenues (both domestic taxation and VAT/customs for goods not moving [...]	2007-07-30 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM159	WEST BANK/GAZA MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS SERVING PALESTINIANS ARE STRUGGLING TO SURVIVE THE STEEP DOWNTURN IN THE PALESTINIAN ECONOMY. THE NUMBER OF LOANS ISSUED MONTHLY BY UNRWA, THE LARGEST MICROFINANCE LENDER IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA, HAS DROPPED 77 PERCENT SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE CU [...]	2007-01-26 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV EAID KWBG
07JERUSALEM1719	(S) FAYYAD ASKS U/S LEVEY FOR HELP WITH QATAR AND [...] (S) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told Under Secretary of Treasury Stuart Levey that Qatar was ""willfully bad"" on issue related to financing of terrorist organizations, including HAMAS. He said the PA was ready to move on terror financing legislation, but w [...]	2007-08-17 07:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	EFIN ECON KWBG PTER OVIP
07JERUSALEM1735	GAZA ELECTRICITY CURTAILED AS EU SUSPENDS [...] (C) Summary. A security threat against Nahal Oz transfer station and increased HAMAS interference in the collection and distribution of utility revenues has led the EU - at the urging of the Palestinian Authority (PA) - to suspend its financial support for fuel shipments into Gaza, resulting in [...]	2007-08-20 15:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ENRG KWBG PTER IS
07JERUSALEM1766	PA MORE THAN 1.5 BILLION IN THE RED FOR 2007; [...] (U) On August 20, the Palestinian Authority (PA) Cabinet approved its 2007 budget, with total expenditures of USD 2.5 billion and an estimated budget deficit of more that USD 1.5 billion this calendar year. The PA's wage bill remains its single largest expenditure: more than USD 1.3 billion a [...]	2007-08-24 16:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1795	FAYYAD SAYS TERROR LITIGATION POSES "EXISTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad told a visiting interagency team that the suits brought against the PA in the U.S. and Israel pose an "existential threat" to the Palestinian cause. Fayyad urged the State Department to provide a Statement of Interest in supp [...]	2007-08-27 10:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID ECON KWBG IS PTER KPAL EINV
07JERUSALEM1820	PA CLOSES 103 NGOS AND CHARITIES, MOST WITH LINKS [...] (U) PM Salam Fayyad announced August 27 a PA cabinet decision to dissolve 103 charitable and non-governmental organizations in the West Bank and Gaza due to violations of laws governing civil groups. Publicly, Fayyad denied that the action is aimed at Hamas institutions, asserting that NGO c [...]	2007-08-29 04:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PTER PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM1863	PROMINENT FATAH FIGURES CALL FOR HAMAS TO BE [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings on August 28, Palestine Stock Exchange (PSE) CEO Hassan Abu Libdeh and Al-Ayyam Editor Akram Haniyah told NEA DAS Robert Danin that Israeli and international support is crucial to demonstrate tangible improvement in Palestinians' daily lives. Abu Libdeh said [...]	2007-09-05 16:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS KTFN ECON EFIN
07JERUSALEM1874	PALESTINIAN STOCK MARKET, LACKING POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) is down more than 25% for 2007. Analysts say a lack of positive political signals is holding the market down. Efforts are underway to boost investor interest in the PSE through such measures as relaxing margin account restrictions, fo [...]	2007-09-07 13:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG
07JERUSALEM1910	LIST OF 105 ORGANIZATIONS CLOSED BY PA [...] (U) Post has received from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of Interior (MOI) a list of 105 charities and NGOs closed on August 27 (reftel). Post translation of the list below, at para 3. 2. (C) MOI officials claim that the first 84 organizations listed below are suspected of having [...]	2007-09-11 09:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN KPAL KWBG
07JERUSALEM1963	HAMAS MAKES CHARITY AND SALARY PAYMENTS FOR RAMADAN [...] (SBU) Former Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ismayil Haniyah of Hamas told worshippers at a Gaza mosque on September 14 that his Gaza administration would pay USD 100 each to 40,000 unemployed Palestinians during Ramadan. Haniyah also pledged to cover USD 12 million in salaries for [...]	2007-09-19 16:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER
07JERUSALEM1994	PM FAYYAD DESCRIBES PA EFFORTS TO COMBAT MONEY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister and Finance Minster Salam Fayyad recently told a Treasury Department delegation that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is committed to taking aggressive action against groups and individuals involved in terrorism financing. Fayyad urged the USG to pass him relevant [...]	2007-09-24 08:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN EAID PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM1995	PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY GOVERNOR OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary: Banks continue to operate normally in Gaza, without any direct contact with Hamas, according to Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Governor George Abed. Two Gaza-based Palestinian banks will complete the transfer of their headquarters to the West Bank by the end of September 20 [...]	2007-09-24 08:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2018	ISRAELI BANK CUTOFF PORTENDS GAZA BANK CLOSURES [...] (SBU) Summary. Bank Hapoalim's decision to sever ties with banks in Gaza, and an expected move by Israel Discount Bank to do the same, could result in cash shortages, bank closures, and a suspension of commercial imports into Gaza, most of which are food, according to Palestinian banking sect [...]	2007-09-26 15:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2169	PA TO RESTRUCTURE ZAKAT COMMITTEES IN EFFORT TO [...] (C) PA Minister of Endowments (Awqaf) and Religious Affairs Jamal Bawattna, who also serves as chairman of The Higher Committee for Zakat Affairs, announced October 17 that all Zakat committees in the West Bank will be restructured. Prime Minister Salam Fayyad confirmed this decision to the C [...]	2007-10-19 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV KFTN PTER
07JERUSALEM2200	GAZA: BANK CASH SHORTAGE THREATENS UNRWA AND PA [...] (SBU) Summary: Banks operating in the Gaza Strip face a liquidity crisis and will have difficulty paying UNRWA and/or Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries, according to bank representatives. Bank officials say that Israeli authorities continue to severely restrict the frequency, volume and c [...]	2007-10-24 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PHUM PREF KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2206	BANK OF PALESTINE DENIES PASSING CASH TO PALESTINE [...] (C) Bank of Palestine (BoP) General Manager Hashim Shawa vehemently denied allegations contained in a September 27 Reuters report that BoP branches in Gaza transferred cash to the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB),which in turn deposited the funds into accounts held by Hamas Executive Force members [...]	2007-10-25 13:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2210	BANKS AWAIT NOVEMBER 30 CUTOFF OF ISRAELI [...] (SBU) Summary: The Bank of Palestine (BoP) and Arab Bank have been told by their Israeli correspondent banks that they will terminate all correspondent banking services effective November 30. BoP and Arab Bank have no clear indication if the Israeli state-owned Postal Bank is willing to provi [...]	2007-10-26 12:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM222	PA PRESIDENCY PAYS PA SALARIES [...] (C) Summary: The PA Presidency disbursed salary payments to PA security and civil service members, except health and education employees, beginning January 28. This marks the first time that the Presidency has made salary payments on behalf of the PA government. The PA government disbursed [...]	2007-02-02 12:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG QA IS AE
07JERUSALEM2240	PRESIDENT ABBAS SIGNS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING DECREE [...] (C) On October 27, President Abbas signed a presidential decree enacting anti-money laundering legislation intended to make it harder for groups such as Hamas to obtain funds (reftels). Abbas and Prime Minister Fayyad told the Consul General that the legislation would be enacted by decree, g [...]	2007-10-29 16:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM2258	FRENCH BEGIN PLANNING FOR PALESTINIAN DONORS' [...] (SBU) Summary. Pierre Duquesne, a former French representative to the IMF, is leading French efforts to coordinate planning for the December donors' conference in Paris. Duquesne told the Consul General in Jerusalem on October 25 that the Palestinian Authority has agreed to hold the conferen [...]	2007-10-31 17:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN FR KWBG
07JERUSALEM2344	DENIAL OF DOLLARS TO GAZA BANKS HELPS HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cash shipments of NIS sufficient to cover October Palestinian Authority (PA) salaries entered the Gaza Strip November 6, but Israeli authorities continue to deny bank requests for USD and Jordanian dinar (JD) cash transfers, according to bank representatives. Bank officials a [...]	2007-11-09 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IS KWBG PTER KFTN
07JERUSALEM2412	HAMAS AND TELECOM SERVICES IN GAZA [...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas recently announced that telephone bills in Gaza would be reduced by 75 percent, a move aimed to punish Palestinian Telecommunication Company (Paltel),which - in accordance with the order of PA President Abbas - has not paid taxes in Gaza since the Hamas coup in June. In [...]	2007-11-21 12:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EFIN PGOV KWBG PTER
07JERUSALEM253	CONSUL GENERAL PRAISES CANCER CARE AT EAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL VISITED AUGUSTA VICTORIA HOSPITAL (AVH) IN EAST JERUSALEM JANUARY 31 TO COMMEMORATE THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MIDDLE EAST CANCER CONSORTIUM (MECC). AVH IS THE ONLY PALESTINIAN HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT IS EQUIPPED WITH A RADIOTHERAPY MACHINE, AND MECC IS [...]	2007-02-07 16:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID EFIN PREL KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM254	PALESTINIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE SEEKS STABILITY IN [...] (SBU) FOLLOWING A METEORIC RISE IN 2005, THE AL-QUDS INDEX OF THE PALESTINIAN SECURITIES EXCHANGE (PSE) DROPPED 46 PERCENT IN 2006. PSE'S CHAIRMAN ASSERTS THAT THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF HAMAS' ELECTION VICTORY HAS BEEN CONTAINED, IN PART DUE TO A MORE AGGRESSIVE ENFORCEMENT OF DISCLOSURE REQUIR [...]	2007-02-07 16:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG KPAL
07JERUSALEM2546	PALESTINE MONETARY AUTHORITY TAKES CONTROL OF [...] (C) Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) Acting Governor Jihad al-Wazir told Econoff December 4 that the PMA has taken control of the Palestine Islamic Bank (PIB). (Note: PIB has long been under scrutiny for reported ties to Hamas. End note.) Al-Wazir said he will serve as PIB's chairman for [...]	2007-12-12 16:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2557	PALESTINIAN BANKS CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian banking officials are concerned that recent moves by Hamas have increased the likelihood of interference in Gaza bank operations. Bank of Palestine (BoP) leadership fears significant financial loses should it fail to honor Hamas changes in the signatory authority ove [...]	2007-12-13 13:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2560	PA MAKES ITS CASE TO DONORS ONE LAST TIME BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary. PA Prime Minister Fayyad and Planning Minister Abdallah used meetings of the Local Development Forum (LDF) and Paris Steering Committee on December 12 to push donors to make the upcoming Paris Conference a success. Fayyad was direct about the urgent need for budget support: "Do [...]	2007-12-13 14:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM2568	PALESTINIAN PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS URGE "MARSHALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian business leaders told Treasury DepSec Kimmitt that the economic situation in the West Bank and Gaza is getting worse, particularly in Gaza where Israeli restrictions on the flow of goods are most severe. They asserted that the capital necessary to stimulate the ec [...]	2007-12-14 13:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM2583	PA CONTINUES TO SCRUTINIZE ALMS COMMITTEES AND NGOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to demand the restructuring of Zakat (alms) committees and strict adherence to regulations governing NGOs. The Ministry of Awqaf has dismantled some 92 Zakat committees in the past three months and reformulated district committees. The [...]	2007-12-18 08:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV PTER KWBG
07JERUSALEM28	COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: The Coordination and Evaluation Committee (CEC) met in an "extraordinary" session January 3 to discuss Prime Minister Haniyah's irregular passage by vehicle through Rafah crossing on December 28 and the after-hours processing of Gaza-bound bus passengers in the absence of EU-BAM [...]	2007-01-05 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM411	PA DRAFT BUDGET REJECTED; PA SPENDING CHALLENGED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Budget and Financial Affairs Committee of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) rejected the PA government's draft general budget law for fiscal year 2007. In a January 31 report, the Budget Committee cited unrealistic expectations -- such as assumptions on levels of [...]	2007-02-27 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM470	REACTION TO EC CONCEPT PAPER ON AN INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The European Commission's draft concept paper on an international mechanism for support to Palestinians is largely focused on a further revision of the donor coordination mechanism, rather than the content of assistance. Both Salam Fayyad and the Norwegians have expressed opposi [...]	2007-03-10 10:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM496	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIANS PURSUE LIMITED HOUSING [...] (SBU) Summary: Advocates of improved housing for Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem report that privately-financed development proposals have elicited some positive response from the Jerusalem Municipality. Israeli restrictions on movement and the near completion of the separation barr [...]	2007-03-14 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PHUM KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM504	UPDATE ON PALESTINIAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS TENDERS [...] (C) The Kuwaiti mobile provider Wataniya Telecom, which won the second mobile telecom operator license in the West Bank/Gaza on September 18, 2006, continues to wait for a frequency to be allocated by the GOI (see ref A),according to Enas Abu Laban, a policy advisor in the PLO's Negotiations [...]	2007-03-15 16:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM511	PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPS RESILIENCE AND RECOVERY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian private sector institutions who are members of the Private Sector Development Working Group, one of the donor coordination working groups chaired by the World Bank, have drafted a Resilience and Recovery Plan, designed to aid the Palestinian private sector duri [...]	2007-03-16 16:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM529	POSSIBLE NEW ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN COMPANY ATTEMPTS [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian truckers and businessmen allege that a new Israeli-Palestinian transport company is seeking complete control over goods transiting the Karni/al-Mintar crossing. The new company reportedly includes Israeli firms already involved in manipulating the crossing's current [...]	2007-03-21 13:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV KCOR KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM585	STRIKING GAZANS AGAIN CLOSE KARNI/AL-MINTAR [...] (SBU) Palestinian truckers and merchants closed the Gaza side of Karni/al-Mintar crossing for several hours March 26 to protest continued restrictions on throughput at the crossing, particularly for exports. The strikers displayed banners calling on Secretary Rice to reactivate the AMA agree [...]	2007-03-28 16:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KWBG
07JERUSALEM716	LIMITED ACCESS TO PROFITABLE FISHING FOR GAZANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Gaza fishermen cannot operate more than six nautical miles (n.m.) from the Gaza coast, devastating an industry that supports an estimated 30,000 Gazans, according to the April 2007 OCHA Special Focus report. As the sardine season approaches, the 3,000 registered Gaza fishermen [...]	2007-04-20 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM75	PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR NOTES POSSIBLE PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO PLO CHIEF NEGOTIATOR SA'EB EREKAT, ISRAELI AUTHORITIES HAVE RECENTLY AGREED TO PROVIDE MORE SPECIAL PERMITS TO FACILITATE THE TRAVEL OF PROMINENT PALESTINIAN BUSINESSMEN AND POLITICAL LEADERS INTO ISRAEL, IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF PALESTINIAN LABORERS ALLOWED INTO [...]	2007-01-17 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM76	PA EMPLOYEE STRIKE ENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY (PA) AND THE PA UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ARRIVED AT AN AGREEMENT ON JANUARY 13 TO END THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES STRIKE, WHICH BEGAN SEPTEMBER 2, 2006. THE PA PROMISED TO BEGIN IMMEDIATELY TO PAY ALL SALARY ARREARS AND CURRENT PAYMENTS, WITH DECEMBER SALAR [...]	2007-01-17 13:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM851	FAYYAD AND TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM [...] (C) The head of the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) management unit Mario Mariani confirmed May 8 that he had coordinated an early May disbursement of allowances with Palestinian Authority (PA) Finance Minister/PLO Economic Affairs Department head Salam Fayyad. The TIM disbursed 21 m [...]	2007-05-10 08:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID KWBG IS
07JERUSALEM868	WORLD BANK ESSP STILL STRUGGLING TO DELIVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE WORLD BANK'S EMERGENCY SERVICES SUPPORT PROGRAM (ESSP) TEAM MET WITH DONOR COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVES APRIL 26 TO DISCUSS THE PROGRAM'S CURRENT STATUS, INCLUDING ITS IMPACT AND IMPLEMENTATION. WORLD BANK OFFICIALS SAID THAT PRESIDENT ABBAS HAS DESIGNATED PLO ECONOMIC AFFAIRS [...]	2007-05-11 12:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID KWBG ECON PHUM
07JERUSALEM890	PA WORK STOPPAGES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) THE UNION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEES (UPE) HAS CALLED FOR A WORK STOPPAGE TO TAKE PLACE MAY 16 AND 18, IN PROTEST OF THE LACK OF FULL SALARY PAYMENTS, ACCORDING TO LOCAL PRESS REPORTS. THE MA'AN NEWS AGENCY REPORTED MAY 11 THAT THE PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' UNION HAD CALLED FOR PA TEACHERS TO STR [...]	2007-05-15 13:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM EFIN PGOV KWBG
07JERUSALEM895	PALESTINIAN STOCK EXCHANCE SLIDES; LOOKS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Lowered investor expectations following the formation of the PA national unity government have caused the Al-Quds Index of the Palestinian Securities Exchange (PSE) to decline to its lowest level in nine months, closing at 492.76 points on May 15, down from a nine-month high of [...]	2007-05-16 09:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KWBG
07JERUSALEM900	GAZA ECONOMY AT A STANDSTILL AS VIOLENCE RAGES [...] (SBU) HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA CITY HAS LED TO AN "UNDECLARED CURFEW" ON GAZA STREETS, ACCORDING TO MOHAMMED AL-KHOZENDAR, OWNER OF SEVERAL GAS STATIONS IN GAZA. WHILE KHOZENDAR HAS KEPT SOME OF HIS GAS STATIONS OPEN, HE SAID THERE ARE NO CUSTOMERS. USAID GAZA-BASED STAFF REPORTED THAT THE ST [...]	2007-05-16 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN PHUM KWBG
07JERUSALEM931	PALESTINIAN MONETARY AUTHORITY REFORMS GEARED [...] (C) Summary: George Abed, Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA),told the Consul General May 11 that his program to reorganize the PMA along the lines of a central bank is 70 percent complete. He hopes that the U.S. and other donors will increase training and technical assist [...]	2007-05-21 09:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PREL KWBG
07JOHANNESBURG311	SOUTH AFRICA: CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK OUTLINES AFRICA [...] Summary: At an October 31 seminar on emerging powers and their impact on global economic governance hosted by the South African Institute for International Affairs (SAIIA),the international advisor of the China Development Bank (CDB) provided a readout of the CDB's strategy and strengths in [...]	2007-11-02 14:07:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAGR ECON EINV SF CH
07KABUL1006	BANK SECURITY UPDATE - CRIME IS A GROWING PROBLEM [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-27 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL1172	SUBJECT: Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: A Test Case for [...] (SBU) The large Aynak copper deposit has the potential to generate the first significant, long-term international investment in Afghanistan. Nine companies, including the American firm Phelps Dodge, are in the fray in a competitive bidding process. The bids are due on May 15 and will be foll [...]	2007-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1173	Afghanistan: Aynak Copper Deposit: Request For World Bank [...] (U) This is an action request message - see para 5. 2. (SBU) Septel reported on the status of the competitive bidding process for the Aynak copper deposit. It also highlighted how important it is that the GOA gets this right. If the process stalls, there is any hint of non-transparent [...]	2007-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON ENRG EFIN ETRD ELTN PGOV AF
07KABUL1353	GOVERNMENT OF AFGHANISTAN EFFORTS TO UPDATE UNSCR [...] (S) On April 19, 2007, POLOFF and CSTC-A Plans and Operations Officer (Pol-Mil Affairs) delivered reftel to Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) officials Mohd Zia Salehi, Director of the Situation Room and Senior Advisor to National Security Advisor, and Abdul Malik Quraishi, Direct [...]	2007-04-22 06:22:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC FR UK AF
07KABUL137	TEA CLUB OPENS DISCUSSION OF BERLIN JCMB AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-15 08:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL1448	DOLE CEO'S VISIT TO KABUL [...] (SBU) Mr. David Murdock, CEO, Chairman and Owner of Dole Foods Company, visited Afghanistan from April 21-24, 2007 at the request of President Bush. He toured productive agricultural areas of Afghanistan in Parwan and Balkh provinces and was joined by Ambassador Wood at two meetings with Pres [...]	2007-04-29 11:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF
07KABUL1525	AFGHANISTAN: OPIC VISIT BOOSTS INVESTMENT AND SECURES [...] (SBU) OPIC President and CEO Robert Mosbacher came to Kabul on 21 April to accompany Dole CEO David Murdock and to examine potential investments in Afghanistan. The visit coincided with the first, US-assisted Afghan AgFair for agricultural buyers. When Mosbacher left on 23 April, he had not on [...]	2007-05-05 11:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD BEXP AF
07KABUL1555	AFGHANISTAN TERROR FINANCE - DISRUPTING EXTERNAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-08 12:43:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO AF
07KABUL1731	EXBS Afghanistan Advisor Monthly Border Management [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new Border Management Task Force (BMTF) Director, and the Finance and Metrics Coordinator, and the Customs Systems Coordinators are expected to arrive between mid-May and early June. These positions are located at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul. In addition, six mentors who wil [...]	2007-05-24 12:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM ETRD EFIN PREL KSTC KNNP AF
07KABUL1746	AFGHANISTAN - COCA COLA PLANS LARGE EXPANSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-24 14:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EFIN BEXP ECON AF
07KABUL1785	REGULATING PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES: NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Following the recent DIAG meeting at which President Karzai highlighted perceived problems with unlicensed Private Security Companies (reftel),the Policy Action Group on May 17 further reviewed the situation with the international community. Deputy Minister of Interior Khalid and head [...]	2007-05-29 14:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MARR EFIN NATO AF
07KABUL187	AFGHAN AND UN OFFICIALS COVER KEY DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-21 01:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID PGOV EFIN AF
07KABUL1914	AFGHANISTAN - PRIVATE READOUT IMF MISSION CONCLUSIONS [...] (C/NF) The IMF mission visited Kabul in early May to assess the Government of Afghanistan's (GOA) compliance with the performance targets and structural benchmarks in the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF_ arrangement. This was the second PRGF review. The GOA met most of its benchma [...]	2007-06-11 06:48:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PREL AF
07KABUL1931	MORE HAWALA CLOSINGS; LICENSE APPLICATIONS UP [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 09:43:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER SNAR KCRM ECON AF
07KABUL1934	AFGHANISTAN - AHADY CONSIDERS A/S SULLIVAN LETTER ON AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCOR KPRV EINV EAID ECON PREL PGOV AF
07KABUL1935	AFGHANISTAN: PULL THE PLUG ON ARIANA AIRLINES [...] (SBU) The IMF's recent mission report urging the GoA not to rescue Ariana Afghan Airlines has kept the ongoing discussion about what to do with Ariana before the GOA and the international community. While the top level of the GoA agrees with the JCMB V decision to seek Ariana's privatization, [...]	2007-06-11 12:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN ECON EAID AF
07KABUL216	PRT FARAH: ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT -- POPPY AND IRAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being dry and barren, Farah depends heavily on agriculture. Although poppy production has decreased recently, Farah remains a major poppy producing province. Governor-led eradication has begun, but it has a long way to go. The Alternative Livelihoods Program is not [...]	2007-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB EAID AF IR
07KABUL2300	GOA ADDITIONS TO UN1267 LIST NOT IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOA remains willing to cooperate with the UN 1267 Committee by updating biographic information and responding to specific requests to add names to the 1267 list, but expresses frustration with the Committee's inability to delist individuals, particularly Uruzgan Governor Monib. O [...]	2007-07-17 15:39:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PGOV PREL PTER UNSC AF
07KABUL246	REPEATED ROBBERIES COULD PRODUCE BANKING CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 12:49:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL247	REPEATED ROBBERIES COULD PRODUCE BANKING CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PINS KCRM AF
07KABUL275	JCMB SUCCESS - ANDS PRODUCES PRIORITY PROJECT LIST IN [...] On January 25, ANDS Executive Director Adib Farhadi passed to Deputy ECON Counselor the GOA's consolidated priority project list, which emerged from the recent round of JCMB Consultative Group meetings in which GOA officials and donor representatives participate. Post successfully negotiated i [...]	2007-01-27 06:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM AF
07KABUL2852	AF: Sheberghan project on schedule despite ADB pull out. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pulled out of a proposed project for the comprehensive development of northwest Afghanistan's most promising gas fields in the Amu Darya basin, near the site of the proposed Sheberghan power plant (reftel),despite an agreement to combine fund [...]	2007-08-24 09:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3087	AF: Anyak mine tender: WB comfortable with current state of [...] (SBU) In a September 13 meeting, World Bank staff informed Embassy Treasury Attach and EconOff that based on the information available to them, the initial evaluation of the Anyak copper mine bids appears to have proceeded according to the process spelled out in tender documents, and in accorda [...]	2007-09-15 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3180	AF: Update: 100 MW Power Plant Project for Kabul [...] (SBU) On August 26, 2007 the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW) sent a letter to USAID officially allocating a suitable site for the 100 MW Power Plant for Kabul. The site, designated landsite number #1130, (previously internally referenced as the "8/20" site as it was identified on Aug [...]	2007-09-20 07:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3198	AF: Fuel price spikes stabilizing, Iran blamed. [...] (U) Reporting from Embassy PRT's as well as Kabul-based Embassy FSN's confirmed that July and August 2007 saw an increase in fuel prices across Afghanistan that quickly caused an up-tick in other prices, as well as increased grumbling against the government in Afghanistan's coffee house convers [...]	2007-09-22 04:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3363	AF: Update on Key USAID Power Projects [...] (SBU) The following is a summary of the current state of key ongoing USAID projects in the Afghan Energy Sector. In-depth reporting on the various projects mentioned will be forthcoming in the near future. 2. (SBU) 100 MW POWER PLANT FOR KABUL - (Reftel A) On September 23, 2007, project co [...]	2007-10-02 12:29:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN EPET ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3775	AF: Afghan-Pakistani Bilateral Trade and Security Talks [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: US Embassy Kabul representatives attended the Afghanistan-Pakistan Cooperation Workshop, sponsored by the Canadian Government in Dubai, October 30 - November 1. Senior Afghan and Pakistani officials responsible for customs, immigration and border security spent thre [...]	2007-11-08 01:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EPET EAID PGOV AF
07KABUL3932	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiating a detailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximat [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL3933	AF: Aynak Copper: Details of winning Chinese bid remain [...] (SBU) Summary: After a prolonged tender and evaluation process, on October 20, 2007, the state-owned China Metallurgical Group (CMG) was awarded the right to start negotiatinQdetailed contract for the Aynak Copper Mine project. By some accounts, the Chinese are expected to invest approximately [...]	2007-11-27 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL3998	AF: Afghans to fund Uzbek power line connection to NEPS. [...] (SBU) Summary. Afghanistan's mission to Uzbekistan to reinvigorate negotiations for energy imports through the North East Power System (NEPS) project appears to have produced positive results. Delegation head Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Mir Sediq expects to lead a follow-on mission to [...]	2007-12-05 12:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF CH
07KABUL4007	FOOD PRICE INCREASES CAUSE CONSTERNATION IN THE AFGHAN [...] Summary. Prices for household staples have risen across Afghanistan, driven primarily by worldwide increases in prices of key commodities. Even Afghans with "good" jobs have found themselves caught between rising food prices and flat salaries. Price increases are having a negative effect on [...]	2007-12-07 04:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL4208	FRANCE REPORTEDLY WILLING TO HOST AFGHAN DONOR [...] (C) Foreign Minister Spanta relayed to the Ambassador December 26 French Foreign Minister Kouchner's willingness to host an Afghan donor conference in May or June. On December 22, during President Sarkozy's one-day visit to Kabul, Spanta had inquired of Kouchner about France's interest in host [...]	2007-12-27 14:08:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN MARR PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07KABUL4211	THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN AGRICULTURAL FAIRS IN [...] USAID hosted seven successful Agricultural Fairs (AgFairs) in CY 2007 with a variety of partners. Nearly 300,000 people attended the two national AgFairs held in Kabul and five regional AgFairs held in the provinces of Helmand, Nangarhar, Badakhshan, Balkh, and Herat. Agricultural professiona [...]	2007-12-29 12:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF
07KABUL684	IDA 15 NEGOTIATIONS GOAL - SUSTAIN MULTILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-03 05:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL AF
07KABUL755	TERRORIST FINANCE - USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT CASH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 13:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AF
07KABUL775	U.S.-AFGHANISTAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) In the second meeting of the Afghan-U.S. Strategic Partnership Prosperity Working Group, Afghan and USG dels reaffirmed their commitment to a long-term economic partnership and advanced preparations for the March 13-14 Strategic Partnership plenary in Kabul to be co-led by Under Secretar [...]	2007-03-06 09:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL AF
07KABUL926	AFTEL'S PUZZLING EXPANSION PLANS [...] (SBU) State-owned Afghan Telecom plans to quadruple the number of lines the company has by an aggressive build-out of wireless and copper networks, funded by the GoA and donors. The wireless plans will put AfTel into competition with mobile service providers, which could bring charges of anti- [...]	2007-03-20 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EFIN EINV ECON KPRV PGOV AF
07KABUL933	AFGHANISTAN'S PROGRESS ON THE 1386 BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 09:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PREL AF
07KABUL935	LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF ENERGY AND WATER [...] Post has received the following letter from Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan requesting USG assistance with purchase of 100 MW of electrical generating equipment for Kabul. 2. BEGIN TEXT Date: 13 March 2007 From: Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Ministry of Energy and Water [...]	2007-03-21 09:24:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAID EFIN AF
07KABUL946	UPDATE ON AFGHANISTAN DEBT FORGIVENESS AND DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-24 10:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON AF
07KAMPALA1370	UGANDA: AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Uganda breaks ground on USD 800 hydroelectric dam which when completed will represent the largest U.S. direct investment in the country. The GOU is reporting a recent uranium discovery by a Canadian firm. The Ministry of Finance is promising tax breaks for foreign investors which is rai [...]	2007-08-29 07:48:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG

07KAMPALA1691	UGANDA: PARLIAMENT INVESTIGATES AGOA ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's Committee on Finance, Planning, and Economic Development met October 18 to begin an inquiry into the status of companies exporting under the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) and the implications of renewing production at Tri-Star Apparels. The inquiry comes [...]	2007-10-31 08:42:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA1774	UGANDA: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Uganda is not a regional financial center or a major hub for narcotics trafficking and terrorism financing. Money laundering takes place in Uganda, but the GOU has no systematic research on its scope and magnitude. Recent efforts by GOU officials to address the smuggling of counterfeit [...]	2007-11-16 09:32:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR ASEC UG
07KAMPALA311	UGANDA'S MUSEVENI PRAISES U.S. AND AGOA [...] President Museveni expressed gratitude to the United States for opening its markets. In a speech on February 23 celebrating the first shipment of 100 percent Ugandan made organic cotton t-shirts to the United States, Museveni said, "the fact that the eleven trillion dollar U.S. market is open [...]	2007-02-26 07:03:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA317	UGANDA: FEBRUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Summary: Phenix textiles shipped its first consignment of 100 percent Ugandan made organic cotton t-shirts to the United States. Uganda has been designated to lead African countries in the next round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. The Gates Foundation is providing over USD [...]	2007-02-26 07:04:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA399	UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON MCCORMICK-POWELL VISIT [...] Summary: David McCormick, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs and Dina Powell, Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs led a delegation through Uganda from March 2-5. The delegation came to observe the impact of foreign assistance and public di [...]	2007-03-07 11:05:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID PGOV PHUM PREF UG
07KAMPALA457	UGANDA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Uganda's Foreign Minister visited Iran and encouraged closer economic ties between the two countries. The European Union's effort to sign a new Economic Partnership Agreement faced resistance from the government of Uganda. Ugandan cargo flights to the European Union resume aft [...]	2007-03-14 11:06:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA647	UGANDA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The government of Uganda (GOU) continues its efforts to attract foreign investment and exports to the United States, and protect American goods against counterfeiters. On a less positive note, a protest to protect a forest from being sold to investors turned violent as proteste [...]	2007-04-18 07:49:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UG
07KAPALA518	UGANDA: QUESTIONABLE WORLD BANK TENER DECISION AFFECTS US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Uganda GOU) conducted a tender for 50 megawatts of theral generators to help alleviate the current gap n power brought on by diminished hydroelectric powr. and moved to consider the bid ranked second. After reviewing tender bids, including additionalsupporting [...]	2007-03-26 09:00:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV UG
07KATHMANDU155	TERRORISM FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-22 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU1987	NEPAL: DRAFT 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that the country is used as an international money laundering center. The Government of Nepal (GON) has not yet criminalized money laundering. Draft anti-money laundering legislation has been prepared but has not yet pass [...]	2007-11-16 10:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR NP
07KATHMANDU2052	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-07 06:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN NP
07KATHMANDU2061	NEPAL'S CENTRAL BANK COMMITTED TO CURBING [...] Ramhari Neupane, Deputy Director of the Banks and Financial Institutions Regulations Department at Nepal Rastra ("National") Bank or NRB, provided a written response to Reftel demarches from November regarding the designations of Saudi nationals and Iranian individuals and entities variously [...]	2007-12-11 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER KNNP PARM ETTC PREL ECON MNUC
07KATHMANDU2079	NEPAL: 2007 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism in 2007; however, several incidents of domestic terrorism and politically-motivated violence occurred in urban areas and in the Terai. None was aimed at U.S. citizens or facilities. Nepal was not a state sponsor of terrorism, [...]	2007-12-17 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS AEMR NP
07KATHMANDU465	NEPAL: TERRORIST FINANCE: USG CONCERN OVER ILLICIT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points to Shanker Bairagi, Under Secretary for Europe and the Americas in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing concern over illicit cash carriers given Nepal's substantial reliance on non-traditional forms of money transfer. Bairagi said he would share [...]	2007-03-02 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL NP
07KATHMANDU689	NEW MAOIST MINISTER FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AIMS TO [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of Local Development Dev Gurung told AmCit Robert Bestani (please protect) April 3 that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) recognized it was part of a coalition government and would have to accept the government consensus. Gurung stressed the need for e [...]	2007-04-04 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR ECON EFIN EINV NP
07KATHMANDU808	2006 END-USE MONITORING REPORT FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KWMN EFIN PGOV EAID NP
07KHARTOUM1049	OUT WITH THE DINAR, IN WITH THE POUND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 30, the Central Bank of Sudan came one step closer to converting its currency, announcing that the dinar is now invalid in commercial transactions. Although the general public can still trade in dinars at banks until September 1 of this year, vendors are no longer oblig [...]	2007-07-03 09:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1136	DELAYS RAISE CONCERNS AT AEC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a July 16 Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) meeting at the National Assembly, the chairman, Mr. Tom Vraalsen, and international observers expressed their concerns and questions about delays in the formation of the Political Parties Commission and National Civil Service [...]	2007-07-23 08:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI AID SU
07KHARTOUM1138	OIL AND ABYEI - AEC PLENARY RAISES CONTENTIOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 17 Assessment and Evaluation Committee (AEC) plenary session, representatives from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the National Congress Party (NCP) addressed several unresolved and contentious issues including: the relationship between the National [...]	2007-07-23 08:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON SOCI AID SU
07KHARTOUM119	CHINA IN SUDAN: RISING DRAGON OR PAPER TIGER? [...] (C) Summary: China has quickly become Sudan's most important market, absorbing nearly 70 percent of its total exports in 2004, and 96 percent of its oil exports in 2005. Chinese investment and immigration have risen sharply in the past five years, especially in Khartoum, creating a kind of Ch [...]	2007-01-26 11:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV SOCI SU CH
07KHARTOUM1288	EMBASSY RECEIVES 1ST FORMAL REQUEST TO LIFT COMPANY FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 24, Embassy Khartoum received its first formal request from a company asking to be removed from the specially designated nationals (SDN) sanctions list issued on May 29, 2007. Osman El-Hadi of the Shiekan Insurance and Reinsurance Company contends that although the compa [...]	2007-08-16 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1338	RAISED VOICES AND HOSTILITY REVEALED AT AEC PLENARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The 23rd session of the Assessment and Evaluation's (AEC) plenary session led to many tense moments on peripheral issues such as: the approval of prior minutes; the AEC chairman's independence; and the status of the working groups' reports on 'the implementation of [...]	2007-08-23 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM1403	IMF RESREP BRIEFS SUDAN DONOR COMMUNITY ON CURRENT [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF ResRep described 2006 as a &challenging8 year for Sudan, as the government, with only limited success, wrestled with a combination of growing expenditure commitments and disappointing revenues. As a whole the economy grew by a robust 12%. A one-time, 300% jump in inflati [...]	2007-09-05 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL IMF IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM146	Sudan's New Currency [...] Summary: Commencing January 9, Sudan started phasing in its new national currency, the pound, as a major step in implementing the North-South Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and in promoting national unity. The par value is one pound per 100 dinars; the pound is subdivided into 100 piast [...]	2007-01-31 04:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV AFIN AMGT PREL EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1473	SOUTHERN SUDAN: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE ON THE [...] (U) Summary: A letter from Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Finance Minister Mawien to Secretary Rice outlines objectives for the impending GoSS visit to Washington to explore ways to mitigate the impact of U.S. economic sanctions on Southern Sudan. End Summary. 2. (U) On the eve of [...]	2007-09-18 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM1482	CENTRAL BANK'S GOVERNOR GIVES OPTIMISTIC READOUT OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a September 19 visit with EconOffs, the Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan, Dr. Sabir Hassan, presented an optimistic outlook of the Sudanese economy. Although Hassan named U.S. sanctions, economic diversification, and poverty reduction as challenges, he stated that the Su [...]	2007-09-20 15:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PINR IMF SU
07KHARTOUM1626	NO CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR OIL SHOULD SOUTH SECEDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of interviews conducted between September 24 to October 6, petroleum industry insiders and officials from the Ministry of Energy and Mining told EconOffs and visiting Washington analysts that there is no contingency planning for the oil sector in the event the south [...]	2007-10-17 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PHUM PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1649	SOUTH SUDAN GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES TO CONSTRUCT A [...] (SBU) Budgetary planning by the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) is hampered by excessive personnel costs and dependence on unreliable revenue sources. The GoSS is working to correct these deficiencies, but faces an uphill struggle given a lack of institutional capacity and likely resistance [...]	2007-10-23 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM166	Fiscal Federalism Comes to Sudan [...] (U) Summary: The Fiscal and Financial Allocation and Monitoring Commission (FFAMC),created under the CPA, has the responsibility to establish an entirely new, decentralized, federal, financial system. The first transfers to the 25 state governments under this new fiscal federalism are to tak [...]	2007-02-05 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON PREL SU
07KHARTOUM1663	BANK OF SOUTHERN SUDAN: LABORING TO BUILD A [...] (U) Summary: The Bank of Southern Sudan is struggling to establish the foundation for an independent financial system in the South in the face of physical difficulties and passive resistance from the authorities in the North. End summary. ---------------------------------- One Country, Tw [...]	2007-10-25 14:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV PREL PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1719	SUDAN: SEPARATE ABYEI'S OIL AND LAND NEGOTIATIONS AND PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 3 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, the Norwegian Petroleum Envoy to Sudan Anders Hannevik reported that he has urged Sudanese leaders to separate Abyei's oil and land negotiations. He also shared his calculations of northern and southern percentages of [...]	2007-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID ENRG SU
07KHARTOUM1779	SUDAN CHAPTER: 2007-2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Attached, below, is the draft text for the Sudan chapter of the INCSR, Part II, Money Laundering and Financial Crimes. To our knowledge, this is the first time the report has been submitted for Sudan. POC at post for this report is Paul J Martin: email martinpj@state.gov; tel: (011-249-1-83- [...]	2007-11-15 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR SU
07KHARTOUM1838	IMF RESIDENT DISMISSES EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with PolChief and EconOff, the resident representative of the International Monetary Fund in Sudan, Wabel Abdallah labeled the Central Bank of Sudan's decision to convert its reserves to the euro as unrealistic, dismissed the effect of U.S. sanctions on [...]	2007-11-25 09:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1926	KOSTI'S NEW IDLE PORT INDICATIVE OF CPA DELAYS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 visit to the city of Kosti, the "the river gateway to the south," emboffs visited the city's new port that remains unutilized due to Sudanese bureaucratic in-fighting. Motivated by the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the Sudan Sea Ports Corporation (SP [...]	2007-12-05 13:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1934	WHITE NILE GOVERNOR DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 4 meeting with emboffs, the Governor of White Nile State, Dr. Mohammed Nur Al-Tigani, highlighted the importance of agriculture for Sudan, expressed confidence that mid-term elections would be conducted in a free, fair, and timely manner, and dismissed the existence o [...]	2007-12-06 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1955	U.S. SANCTIONS HURT SUDAN'S ECONOMY SAY CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2007 in a conference entitled "Sudan in a Global Economy," almost all speakers stated that U.S. sanctions have hurt the Sudanese economy. Presenters claimed that U.S. sanctions have resulted in a shortage of medical supplies, prevented the economy from fully libe [...]	2007-12-11 07:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM1961	EFFECT OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON AGRICULTURAL SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a December 3 site visit to Kenana Sugar Corporation, the managing director of one of the world's largest integrated sugar farms told emboffs that U.S. sanctions have affected his business, forced it to use inferior non-U.S. products, and hurt the overall efficiency of his com [...]	2007-12-11 09:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM2001	South Sudan: Finance Minister Delivers a Sober 2008 Budget [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Finance Minister Mawein delivered a sober assessment of the governance challenges facing South Sudan on December 10, when delivering the draft 2008 budget to the Legislative Assembly (SSLA). Mawein identified a bloated workforce, almost total dependence on oil revenues, an [...]	2007-12-14 07:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV SOCI IBRD SU
07KHARTOUM2030	KHARTOUM CENTRAL BANK GRANTS THE SOUTH AUTHORITY TO [...] (U) On December 15 the Central Bank of Sudan (CBoS) Board of Directors approved the "Central Bank of Sudan Policies for the Year 2008." Inter alia, the "2008 Policies" document grants the Bank of Southern Sudan (BoSS) the authority needed to promulgate long-delayed independent financial regul [...]	2007-12-21 11:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV SU
07KHARTOUM2046	GOSS EXPLORING OPTIONS FOR MAJOR WORKFORCE REDUCTION [...] (SBU) The Government of South Sudan (GoSS) has engaged an international consulting firm to explore options for downsizing its bloated and unproductive workforce. The GoSS payroll is estimated to be overstaffed by over 30% (67,000 individuals) and salaries consume over half of the GoSS budget. [...]	2007-12-26 13:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB EAID PGOV SOCI SU
07KHARTOUM209	RESPONSE TO PLAN B - SUDAN MOVING TO REPLACE THE [...] (U) The Central Bank of Sudan is taking steps to use currencies other than the U.S. Dollar for commercial transactions. On February 12, the Bank announced it has approved the use of some Asian currencies in settlement of commercial transactions. Sudan's most important source of foreign exchan [...]	2007-02-12 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EPET ETRD ECON US SU
07KHARTOUM211	GOSS 2007 Budget Adopted [...] Summary: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly (SSLA) adopted its 2007 budget on January 29 with a projected revenue level of USD 1.536 billion. The anticipated amount flows from oil, non-oil, and non-tax revenue sources, excluding donor grants. The budget, as in 2006, allocates over 40 p [...]	2007-02-13 07:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV PINR ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM214	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST-VETTING OF HUMAN APPEAL [...] (S) ORCA reports that it has no information on Human Appeal International's (HAI) activities in Sudan. However, HAI, which is based in Ajman, United Arab Emirates, has strong ties to HAMAS and has raised funds on its behalf. HAI is also believed to have a close relationship with the Internat [...]	2007-02-13 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN ETTC PREL ECON SU
07KHARTOUM248	GOSS BUDGET SHOWS NEED FOR DONOR ACTION [...] Summary: The GOSS 2007 Budget highlights the need for donor action to assist Southern Sudan with budgeting, civil service administration, and cash management in order to assure success of the CPA. The budget also exposes the problem of weak legislative oversight of the military. The GOSS needs [...]	2007-02-19 09:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM274	FEBRUARY AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission's Wealth Sharing Working Group, chaired by the USG, convened two sessions in advance of the February 15 AEC plenary to bolster implementation of critical components of the CPA's wealth sharing provisions. The meetings focused on the curre [...]	2007-02-22 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN PINS SU
07KHARTOUM319	INFLATION RATE EXPECTED TO INCREASE [...] (SBU) An IMF team visiting Sudan the week of February 26 concluded that the inflation rate is likely to increase, perhaps to as high as 20 percent. In a meeting with Econ officer, members of the IMF team stated that, while inflation one year ago was running at about 7 percent, it is now estim [...]	2007-03-01 10:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN EAID EFIN PREL SU
07KHARTOUM477	MARCH 22 MEETING OF THE AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: The March 22 meeting of the Wealth Sharing working group of the AEC focused on the introduction of the new currency, which has been one of the relative success stories in the CPA. The Governor of the Central Bank used the meeting to complain of slow delivery of donor support for the CP [...]	2007-03-27 07:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM520	CPA: PROGRESS MADE IN SHARING PETROLEUM DATA [...] Summary. Under the CPA, the Government of National Unity is required to share information on oil production, revenues and contracts with the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS). In the past, the GOSS has repeatedly alleged that this information is not being made available. Now, it appears tha [...]	2007-04-02 14:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EPET PGOV PREL SU
07KHARTOUM668	SUDAN: LOW PRICE FOR PETROLEUM CAUSING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Energy and Mining has provided information on why a large part of Sudanese oil production is being sold at a price of less than USD 25 per barrel while the benchmark crude price is over USD 60 per barrel. Difficulties in refining Sudanese oil limits the price that [...]	2007-04-29 03:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EPET PREL SU
07KHARTOUM718	MAY 3 AEC WEALTH SHARING WORKING GROUP [...] Summary: The May meeting of the wealth sharing working group of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) featured two presentations on intergovernmental transfers. For the first time, representatives from the Government (GNU) of National Unity (GNU) and the Government of Southern Sudan (G [...]	2007-05-09 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM737	ACTING GOSS MINISTER OF FINANCE OULINES PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Acting Minister of Finance (MOF) for the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Gabrielle Changson Chang outlined his immediate objectives for establishing a fully-functioning GOSS financial structure. The gap between GOSS capacity in this area and the imperative nature of est [...]	2007-05-12 08:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID PHUM SU
07KHARTOUM768	AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007 [...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]	2007-05-16 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM772	AEC PLENARY MEETING- May 15, 2007 (Corrected Copy For [...] SUMMARY: The Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 20th plenary session in Khartoum on May 15. AEC Chair Vraalsen delivered a summary of his May assessment trip to Kordofan, Blue Nile, Khartoum, and Bahr al Jabel states. Noting difficulties in scheduling, attendance, and overa [...]	2007-05-16 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM882	SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]	2007-06-05 11:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM883	SUDANESE OFFICIALS REACT TO U.S. ECONOMIC SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Sudanese officials have quickly and publicly responded to the May 29 announcement of tightening U.S. economic sanctions on Sudan. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir stated that he believes the sanctions will most dramatically affect the Sudanese poor. Others, such as Salva [...]	2007-06-05 11:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM902	REACTING TO THE SANCTIONS - SUDANESE GOVERNMENT SELLS [...] (U) SUMMARY: As the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) issued a decree decrying the latest U.S. sanctions, newspaper reports, government announcements, and interviews with businessmen have revealed that the GNU has already taken a number of defensive economic measures. Within a wee [...]	2007-06-07 16:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP SU
07KHARTOUM945	NAVIGATING SUDAN'S MINEFIELDS [...] (U) A May 22-31 visit to Sudan by Col. Stu Harris, Deputy Director for Programs, Office of Weapons Removal and Abatement in the Department's Bureau of Political-Military Affairs helped address the growing tension among Sudanese officials, local mine action groups and international non-governmen [...]	2007-06-14 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KHDP DMINE SU
07KHARTOUM948	FIRST SUDATEL, NOW SUDAN AIRWAYS - PRIVATIZATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 11, the Sudanese State Minister of Cabinet Affairs and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sudan Airways, Kamal Abdel Latif, announced that Sudan Airways will be privatized. The following day the government of Sudan (GoS) signed the deal with Aref Investment Group of [...]	2007-06-14 15:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KHARTOUM975	Confusion and Criticism Follow Further Changes to Foreign [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 29, in an action widely understood as a measure designed to prevent capital flight following tightened U.S. sanctions, the Foreign Exchange Administration of the Central Bank of Sudan announced an amendment to its foreign exchange regulations (reftel). After widespread cr [...]	2007-06-20 14:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID SU
07KIGALI1005	Rwandan 2008 Budget Highlights [...] Summary. Minister of Finance James Musoni officially presented the 2008 budget to the Parliament on October 16. The overall budget is approximately USD 1.1 billion, a 15 increase from the previous year. Musoni predicted 6.6 growth in the economy with inflation dropping to 5 by 2008. He [...]	2007-11-02 06:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1016	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] IT Summit: Rwanda hosted the African Heads of State Connect Africa Summit October 29 and 30. Six African presidents and corporate executives attended. The summit's goal was to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Tour, Secretary General of the International [...]	2007-11-06 07:20:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1062	IT FOR AFRICA: RWANDA LEADS THE WAY [...] Summary. Rwanda hosted the Connect Africa Summit October 29-30. Six African presidents, 53 communications ministers, and 19 corporate executives attended the summit which was intended to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the Int [...]	2007-11-16 05:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1110	AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI: NEEDED BUT ELUSIVE [...] Summary. The housing industry in Rwanda is fragmented and in need of assistance. Individuals are currently allocated plots and build according to their convenience, taste and capacity, irrespective of the area. The results are environmentally, aesthetically, and logistically problematic for [...]	2007-12-10 10:47:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1112	INFORMATION ON TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following information on our Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and Deputy TFCO: TFCO: Richard Kaminski Title: Chief, Political/Economic Section Phone: 250 505 601 x3304 Unclassified email: KaminskiRM@state.gov SIPDIS Classified email: Kaminski [...]	2007-12-10 14:02:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN RW
07KIGALI1114	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] EU Increases Aid: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel announced that the EU will increase its aid to Rwanda by 30 percent to USD 313 over the next five years. Michel announced that the EU considers Rwanda one of the three best performers amo [...]	2007-12-10 15:12:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1145	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]	2007-12-27 09:18:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1146	LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOW-INCOME RWANDANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Inflation in Rwanda is officially reported at under 10 percent but the reality behind the numbers is much more serious for low-income Rwandans, the majority of the population. Certain food prices have increased as much as 350 percent and virtually none less than 10 percent ov [...]	2007-12-27 12:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI405	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The High Court recently issued a temporary injunction against Dane Associates, dissolving the Board of Directors of Kibuye Power (KP1) Limited and preventing the company from being party to methane extraction activities at Lake Kivu. Dane has been embroiled in a breach of contract dispute wit [...]	2007-05-02 06:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI406	AMIS NON-PAYMENT JEOPARDIZES RWANDAN INVOLVEMENT [...] (U) The African Union continues to owe the GOR approximately USD 20 million, which amounts to 0.7% of GDP, for funds expended in the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). 2. (SBU) The IMF, during the latest Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) mission to Rwanda, advised the GOR to con [...]	2007-05-02 09:46:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI461	OPIC TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI [...] SUMMARY. The City of Kigali, in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy, hosted an affordable housing workshop with subsequent side meetings to explore affordable housing issues in Kigali. With the goals of assisting the City of Kigali to address their housing challenges and to find opportunities f [...]	2007-05-16 05:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD EAID ECON PREL MCAP RW
07KIGALI493	RWANDA HOSTS EAST AFRICA BROADBAND CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY. The GOR, in conjunction with the U.S. government, hosted an East African Broadband workshop in Kigali from May 8-10 to produce a roadmap for expanding broadband connectivity in East Africa. 2. President Kagame opened a two-day East African Broadband workshop jointly hosted by the [...]	2007-05-23 14:10:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ECPS PGOV EINV ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI522	KAGAME ON NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 13:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN RW
07KIGALI546	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Global Fund has pledged USD 59 million over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS. The project will emphasize prevention, expanded access to anti-retroviral treatment, improved care, support of orphans and people living with AIDS, and improved linkage between tuberculosis and HIV services. [...]	2007-06-07 15:33:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI633	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-09 15:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI639	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]	2007-07-10 11:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI700	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] Japan promised Rwanda USD 1,509,150 to boost economic development and poverty eradication, most specifically directed towards the agricultural sector. The World Bank will administer both grants from the Japanese government under its Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD). The gran [...]	2007-08-03 10:38:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI754	FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]	2007-08-22 14:08:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI796	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the U.S. Mission, launched a USD 10 million extensive anti-malaria Indoor Residential Spraying (IRS) campaign for Kigali on August 10. The goal of the campaign is to reduce malaria-related mortality by 50 percent among those in most vulnerable categ [...]	2007-09-10 05:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI933	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]	2007-10-15 08:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI934	RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]	2007-10-15 08:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI935	IMF ON PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 12 a visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) team described for local diplomatic missions its efforts to assist the Ministry of Finance and other Rwandan ministries and agencies in improving Public Finance Management (PFM --the effective and efficient use of pub [...]	2007-10-15 12:11:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN RW
07KIGALI961	Rwanda Oil Pipeline: Feasible, Profitable, and Necessary [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9, Energy and Communications Minister of State Albert Butare opened a workshop to review the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA)-funded findings on the extension of an oil products pipeline from Kampala to Rwanda. The report clearly supports extension of [...]	2007-10-22 08:35:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KINGSTON1011	USITC BIENNIAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT SURVEY [...] Bilateral trade between Jamaica and the U.S. rose to USD 2.3 billion or 37 percent of Jamaica's total trade at the end of 2005. At this level, the U.S. remained Jamaica's major trading partner. But while trade between both countries has grown in absolute terms, the U.S. share of trade has falle [...]	2007-06-28 20:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON1089	JAMAICA'S TOURISM BOOM [...] Summary: Tourism figures for 2006 show tourists flocking to Jamaica in record numbers. Visitor arrivals for 2006 broke the psychological three million barrier for the first time, while earnings of USD 1.9 billion also soared to new heights. The diversion of a number of visitors from Cancun fo [...]	2007-07-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EFIN EINV SOCI JM
07KINGSTON1125	JAMAICAN TOURISM: INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (U) Summary: The breakneck pace of development on the northern coast of Jamaica threatens the fragile ecosystem there. The GoJ has aggressively pursued foreign investment in the tourism sector, but has been slow to upgrade the infrastructure to handle the glut of new hotels and resorts. In ad [...]	2007-07-20 10:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EIND EINV SOCI SENV JM
07KINGSTON1144	JAMAICA: UNIVERSAL ACCESS FUND - A MEDDLING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-23 20:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ECPS PREL PGOV SOCI PINR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1247	JAMAICA/BRAZIL: LULA OPENS ETHANOL PLANT, GIVES [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-14 12:09:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EAGR EFIN EPET PGOV PREL EAIR JM
07KINGSTON1301	JAMAICA: COMPARING THE PARTY MANIFESTOS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 11:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI ECON EFIN ASEC CPAS SNAR KCOR JM
07KINGSTON1317	JAMAICA: KEY FIGURES PREDICT OPPOSITION LABOUR [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-31 14:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC PINR ECON SOCI EFIN KCOR JM XL
07KINGSTON133	JAMAICA: FORMER PRIME MINISTER PATTERSON BELIEVES [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV EIND ETRD ECON EWWT EFIN ECIN
07KINGSTON1400	JAMAICA: A SUGGESTED U.S. AGENDA WITH THE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-14 13:10:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SNAR EFIN ETRD EAID MASS SOCI
07KINGSTON1445	JAMAICA: ECONOMIC CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW GOVERNMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 17:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID JM XL
07KINGSTON1490	JAMAICA: NEW MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE [...] (SBU) The new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade confirms that a growth-oriented, reformist government seeking stronger ties to both the private sector and to the U.S. now has taken the helm of the Jamaican ship of state. End Summary and Conclusion. 2. (U) Ambassador, accompanied [...]	2007-10-01 18:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID SOCI JM XL
07KINGSTON158	JAMAICA: LOOKING AHEAD-- WHY THE POST-ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 11:51:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SOCI EINV ENRG ECON EFIN
07KINGSTON1681	JAMAICA: BEGINNING TO CLEAN THE AUGEAN STABLES? [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 20:07:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI ENRG ECON EFIN ASEC KCOR
07KINGSTON256	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE RE TERRORIST [...] DCM raised the problem of illicit cash courier activity during a meeting with Financial Secretary Colin Bullock of the Ministry of Finance and Planning on February 15, and provided background information paragraphs seven through thirteen of Reftel. 2. Bullock expressed thanks, assured us [...]	2007-02-22 11:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN LE PREL PTER JM
07KINGSTON342	JAMAICA: LIQUID NATURAL GAS PROJECT IN DOUBT; SIGNIFICANT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ostensibly because of production constraints, Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) reportedly will renege on its promise to supply Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) to Jamaica, thus jeopardizing a USD 1.6 billion expansion of Alcoa's alumina operations in Port Esquivel. Jamaica's lead role in the n [...]	2007-03-12 19:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET PREL CARICOM JM TT XL
07KINGSTON482	JAMAICA: REMITTANCES PROVIDING LIFELINE [...] Last year, expatriate Jamaicans sent home almost USD 1.8 billion in remittances, making the country the highest per capita recipient in the region. This source is the country's second-highest foreign exchange earner, and vastly outpaced foreign aid and foreign direct investment. Most of the f [...]	2007-04-03 19:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG JM
07KINGSTON569	JAMAICA: BUSINESS AND CONSUMER CONFIDENCE SURGE, BUT WILL [...] Business and consumer confidence surged in the first quarter of 2007, reflecting declining prices and interest rates and the euphoria surrounding the Cricket World Cup (CWC). Consumers were more confident about their economic prospects at the start of 2007 than at any other time since 2001, wh [...]	2007-04-19 19:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM
07KINGSTON705	JAMAICA: BUDGET DEBATE PRESAGES UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: Each year, the budget debates captivate Jamaicans as each party presents its vision for the country, thinly veiled as a presentation of the budget for the fiscal year. With elections due to be called by October 2007, this year was expected to be particularly grandiose. The oppos [...]	2007-05-11 16:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JM

07KINGSTON709	JAMAICA: NEW PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT TO GO INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 8, as promised, (reftel),Minister of National Security, Peter Phillips, moved the new Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) through its final parliamentary approval and announced that the legislation will go into effect on May 15. With POCA's enactment, for the first time, the [...]	2007-05-11 19:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN PREL JM
07KINGSTON71	2006/2007 OBJECTIVES FOR THE MAJORS LIST REPORT TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-17 15:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR EFIN JM
07KINGSTON903	JAMAICAN ECONOMY SLUGGISH IN FIRST QUARTER [...] The Jamaican economy expanded by two percent during January to March 2007. Growth was driven by agriculture and construction, as tourism output declined for the first time in four years, following the return of Cancun after hurricane damage. Inflation of one percent was the major success stor [...]	2007-06-11 13:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND CPAS JM XL
07KINSHASA1069	DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...]	2007-09-06 10:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1133	DRC, CHINA ANNOUNCE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR [...] (U) China and the DRC signed an agreement on September 17 for a total USD five billion loan to finance three billion dollars in infrastructure construction projects and two billion dollars in mining sector partnerships. The GDRC Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Pierre Lumbi, said t [...]	2007-09-21 05:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV CH CG
07KINSHASA1168	DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]	2007-10-02 09:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1250	DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA128	WORLD BANK IN LISTENING MODE, GEARING UP FOR [...] (C) Summary. World Bank representatives, in Kinshasa to talk with donors about the Bank's program for 2007, expressed particular interest in and concern over Security Sector Reform issues. They agreed with the Ambassador that the handing over of the fully drafted Governance Compact to the GDR [...]	2007-02-01 14:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID KCOR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1341	DRC NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary Agriculture - Palm Oil Imports Flow Again, Local Industry Resumes Production of Margarine, Soap Forestry - NGO Encourages GDRC to Complete Logging Concession Conversion Process Infrastructure - Kinshasa Roads Bad, Getting Worse, Parliament Investigates - New Forklifts M [...]	2007-12-05 15:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA149	DRC JANUARY 2007 MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The IMF may visit the DRC in February for an informal review of the Staff Monitored Program. - The GDRC has not yet drafted a 2007 budget. - Strikes and threatened work stoppages continue to increase. - The outgoing head of DRC's gold mining parastatal, OKIMO, has anno [...]	2007-02-08 05:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA177	WORLD BANK REVEALS IMMEDIATE FUNDING PLANS [...] (U) Summary. The World Bank plans to spend USD 140-180 million on immediate reconstruction projects in the DRC. The DRC World Bank (WB) office aims to fund rapid, visible impact projects in order to help the GDRC begin meeting the population's expectations quickly. The WB Board will review the [...]	2007-02-14 14:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV EAID CG
07KINSHASA199	DRC PM-DESIGNATE PRESENTS FIVE-YEAR PLAN TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Gizenga has presented the new DRC government's plan of action for consideration by the National Assembly. It highlights initiatives in a wide range of areas and includes a special focus on governance issues. The government can begin work officially o [...]	2007-02-20 14:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN CG
07KINSHASA249	DRC IN ROUGH ECONOMIC SHAPE AS GOVERNMENT IS [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is facing renewed macroeconomic problems and budgetary uncertainty as the new government is being installed and an IMF Staff-Monitored Program review begins. Inflation and the exchange rate have risen sharply in the first two months of 2007, and there has been signific [...]	2007-03-01 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV CG
07KINSHASA265	DRC/CHINESE RELATIONS BRIEF UPDATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post provides the following updated summary of Chinese activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. --------------------- Diplomatic Activities --------------------- 2. (SBU) China was one of 14 members of the Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),an advi [...]	2007-03-02 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV PREL CHG CG
07KINSHASA320	DRC FEBRUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The World Bank will spend up to USD 180 million on quick-impact reconstruction projects in the DRC. - The IMF conducted a visit to the DRC to review the status of its current program with the GDRC. - The GDRC has not yet drafted a 2007 budget. - Dredging work is underwa [...]	2007-03-16 10:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ENRG PTER CG
07KINSHASA327	IMF REVIEW: SITUATION WORSE THAN FIVE MONTHS AGO [...] (SBU) Summary. A visiting IMF review team said that the DRC economic situation is worse than it was five months ago, when they characterized it as "difficult" (ref A). The team confirmed that GDRC overspending, financed by Central Bank credit, amounted to at least USD 40 million for January a [...]	2007-03-19 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA434	DRC FINANCE MINISTER ADMITS ECONOMIC SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. The new Minister of Finance said that the DRC economy is "not good" but was optimistic that the situation could be turned around by the new government. He cited hopeful signs regarding increased GDRC revenues and blamed overspending on the defense and security sectors. The mini [...]	2007-04-16 11:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA437	DRC CONSULTATIVE GROUP MEETING IN PARIS: THE WRONG [...] (SBU) It is our understanding a DRC Consultative Group meeting is being scheduled in Paris in June. Post believes holding the meeting in Paris, rather than in Kinshasa, sends a bad signal to a newly-elected government that needs to exercise budgetary discipline, drastically cut back foreign t [...]	2007-04-16 13:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV ECON CG
07KINSHASA49	DRC DECEMBER MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - The Central Bank's foreign exchange reserves remain below target. - Several artisanal miners died after a clash with police in Katanga province. - DRC's water authority terminated two managers for alleged corruption. - Spanish/Congolese airline Bravo Air Congo increased its domes [...]	2007-01-18 16:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA516	DRC APRIL MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The GDRC has not yet promulgated a 2007 budget. - The GDRC fired the heads of the electricity and water parastatals, citing the growing supply shortages. - Employees of the DRC's diamond mining parastatal went on strike. - A review of 60 pre-Transition mining contracts is [...]	2007-05-10 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA588	DRC PARLIAMENT DEBATES 2007 BUDGET [...] (U) The DRC's 2007 budget is currently before the National Assembly. Members debated the budget May 29 and 30, and a final vote is expected in the coming weeks. 2. (SBU) The proposed budget of approximately USD 2.14 billion projects domestic revenue of about USD 1.2 billion - 60 percent of [...]	2007-05-31 15:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA608	DRC MAY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary. - The GDRC has not yet promulgated a 2007 budget, though a draft budget of USD 2.137 billion is currently being debated in Parliament. - An IMF team is in Kinshasa to consult with the GDRC on its progress toward possible implementation of a new economic program. - The GDRC re [...]	2007-06-04 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA678	IMF AIMING FOR NEW DRC PROGRAM IN 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) hopes to have a new DRC program in place by the end of 2007. At the end of its two-week Article IV consultation in the DRC, the IMF cited currently stable macroeconomic indicators, increasing revenues, and a need for external debt relief as [...]	2007-06-19 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON PGOV CG
07KINSHASA951	DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) - Hundreds of MIBA (DRC diamond mining parastatal) employees requested summer leaves of absence following nine months without pay. - Kinshasa's civil servants are demanding the implementation of the GDRC's "Strategic Document of the Organization of Congolese Civil Service." - A July [...]	2007-08-08 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KOLKATA364	CORPORATE KOLKATA HOPES NANDIGRAM WILL NOT AFFECT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of recent violence in Nandigram, Post surveyed leading industry contacts to discuss the potential impact of the violence on investment in W. Bengal. Business owners and senior corporate managers generally believe that the recent government sponsored attacks in Nan [...]	2007-11-28 11:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV EFIN EIND EAGR IN
07KOLKATA54	ITALIAN PM PRODI LEADS LARGEST EVER TRADE MISSION TO [...] (SBU) Summary. February 11-12, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi visited Kolkata with over 300 business representatives, Italian Commerce Minister Emma Bonino and other senior government officials as part of a "global strategy to open new markets in Asia." The delegation consisted mostly o [...]	2007-02-14 14:04:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR EFIN EIND IT IN
07KOLKATA68	LEFT PARTIES TO PUSH THEIR AGENDA AND CHALLENGE UPA DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: India's Parliament's "budget session" opened on February 23 and is expected to last approximately eight weeks. During the session, India's Left parties, headed by the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPM),plan to challenge the economic policies of the Congress-dominated Un [...]	2007-02-23 13:34:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV PREL IN
07KUALALUMPUR1106	Malaysia Economic Update June 2007 [...] (U) Summary: - Malaysian Cabinet approves Intellectual Property Courts - New Islamic Bond thirteen times oversubscribed - Oil palm prices more than double in past two years - KL Mayor blames "uncontrolled development" for flash flood damages. End Summary. -- [...]	2007-07-03 11:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1108	Malaysia's Economy Slows in Q1 [...] (U) Malaysia's economic growth slowed to 5.3% in the first quarter of 2007, down from an average of 5.9% in 2006. Services led the way with 9.6% growth and construction continued to recover as development funds from the Ninth Malaysia Plan (9MP) finally started flowing in significant amounts. [...]	2007-07-05 05:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1215	KIKEH FIELD TO DOUBLE MURPHY OIL'S GLOBAL CRUDE PRODUCTION [...] (U) Summary: Murphy Oil Corporation's deepwater operation at Kikeh field off the coast of Sabah, Malaysia, is expected to begin producing light sweet crude by the end of the third quarter of this year, barring unforeseen delays, according to Kuala Lumpur-based Murphy Oil executives. The Kike [...]	2007-07-30 08:28:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN EINV ENRG MY BX
07KUALALUMPUR1224	Iran outdoes U.S. in FDI; Foreign Bank to Open in KL. [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's top investor for the first five months of 2007 is Iran, due to a joint venture by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and SKS Ventures Sdn. Bhd. to build a refinery in the northern region of peninsular Malaysia. The Central Bank approved another joint venture for Ba [...]	2007-07-31 08:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EPET MY
07KUALALUMPUR1300	Stock market end-of-day partial recovery [...] Summary: The Malaysian stock market began to recover at the end of the day Friday after dropping 11 percent from its Wednesday opening of 1288 points to a low of 1148 by 3:00 p.m. Friday. In the last two hours of the day the market began to recover, closing at 1192 points, resulting in a sev [...]	2007-08-20 01:38:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1317	Ambassador's Farewell on Malaysian Central Bank Governor [...] Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call on Malaysian Central Bank (Bank Negara) Governor Dr. Zeti Aziz on August 15. He relayed U.S. appreciation for Malaysia's efforts to combat money laundering and terrorist finance; congratulated the central bank on its successful initiatives in develo [...]	2007-08-21 23:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KTFN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1403	Malaysia's GDP Growth Beats Expectations [...] (U) Malaysia's economic outlook remained positive in the second quarter of 2007 as GDP rose 5.7% year-on-year, easily exceeding the 5.3 % figure analysts had forecast. Services took the lead in driving the economy, and combined with expansion in mining and construction, they more than mitigate [...]	2007-09-17 06:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1404	PM Launches Northern Corridor Economic Region; Malaysia [...] Summary: - Prime Minister Abdullah launched a new economic development corridor, the Northern Corridor Economic Region (NCER),which aims to bolster the economic competitiveness of Perlis, Kedah, Penang, and Perak states and reduce the imbalance in regional economic growth rates. - Mala [...]	2007-09-17 09:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1429	Malaysia Promotes Islamic Finance: US Firms Concerned [...] (U) Summary: Demand for Islamic financial paper continues to outstrip supply, due in large part to the growing interest of Middle East petrodollar holders to park their money in Sharia compliant instruments. The biggest success story to date is the Islamic bond (sukuk),the only product Islam [...]	2007-09-19 09:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1452	Malaysia's 2008 Budget: Pork Sold Separately [...] Summary: On September 7, Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi unveiled his 2008 budget proposal. Billed as a "fiscally responsible" budget, it projects a deficit of 3.1%, down from 3.2% in 2007. Although spending is up, the GOM projects higher GDP growth will generate more than adequate add [...]	2007-09-25 02:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1462	Islamic Finance in Malaysia Part 2: Obstacles and [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia is determined to become a global hub for Islamic Finance, and already accounts for two thirds of outstanding Islamic bond issuances (reftel). However, at a recent conference in KL, financial experts discussed a number of obstacles holding back development of this niche [...]	2007-09-27 08:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1491	Inflation and Auto Sales Rise; GOM Fuel Subsidies [...] Summary: - Inflation in Malaysia increased in August, although the GOM continued to hold down prices on certain basic necessities through subsidies and price controls. - Soaring global oil prices may soon force the GOM to reduce subsidies for gasoline and natural gas, which have cost the [...]	2007-10-04 09:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1493	Malaysia's Current Economic Performance Masks Need for [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's central bank Deputy Governor considers the country's banking sector unexposed to the turmoil in the US sub-prime mortgage market and believes that the economy remains on track for six percent GDP growth in 2007. Private sector economists, however, point out that Mala [...]	2007-10-05 06:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1541	MALAYSIA'S CENTRAL BANK: LET'S MAKE A DEAL! [...] (C) Summary: A number of U.S. financial services firms operating in Malaysia have described various informal practices undertaken by staff at Bank Negara Malaysia, the Central Bank, designed to encourage US firms to shift investment and jobs to Malaysia in return for regulatory approvals. I [...]	2007-10-18 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1609	TERRORIST FINANCE: MALAYSIA DINGED ON ILLICIT CASH COURIERS [...] Summary: This cable responds to reftel requesting information on cash couriers in Malaysia. The Financial Action Task Force Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (FATF/APG) conducted a Mutual Evaluation of Malaysia in February 2007. "Cross Border Declaration and Disclosure" of cash was the o [...]	2007-11-09 08:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETTC KTFN KCRM PREL PTER MY
07KUALALUMPUR1641	MALAYSIA CONCERNED ABOUT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT TRENDS [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's foreign direct investment flows rose rapidly in 2006, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) World Investment Report 2007. However, while a 52.8% increase in inward FDI flows reversed a declining trend over the past five years, the bigger news [...]	2007-11-22 23:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1642	MALAYSIA USING WORLD BANK'S DOING BUSINESS REPORT AS [...] (U) Summary: Last spring Prime Minister Abdullah expressed concern about Malaysia's weakening competitiveness and established Pemudah, a public-private committee mandated to suggest ways the government could reduce red tape and increase transparency. Pumudah is using the World Bank "Doing Bus [...]	2007-11-23 02:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1679	MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT DECIDES PROTON WILL NOT SEEK A FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly two years of back-and-forth negotiations with Volkswagen, the Malaysian government has decided that government-controlled auto maker Proton would no longer pursue a strategic partnership with the German auto manufacturer or any other foreign partner (including Gene [...]	2007-12-06 01:50:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR1682	The Challenge of Dealing with Malaysia Inc. [...] (SBU) Summary: Doing business in Malaysia can be a challenge for foreign firms and the recent DiGi.com restructuring is a case in point. DiGi.com, a mobile telephone service provider majority-owned by Norway's Telenor ASA, needed to reduce its equity stake in the firm this year to meet GOM re [...]	2007-12-06 05:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETEL MY
07KUALALUMPUR1692	MALAYSIAN RACIAL ECONOMIC PREFERENCES CRITIQUED AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's race-based economic preferences were roundly criticized at the annual National Economic Outlook Conference hosted by the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER). In the keynote address, the Crown Prince of the State of Perak called for national unity and pragm [...]	2007-12-11 08:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR187	Bank Negara Relaxes Rules on Banks' Equity Investments; [...] (U) Summary: Bank Negara has allowed banks greater freedom to invest in the stock market, while three more foreign financial institutions have entered the Malaysian market. Meanwhile, the recent flooding in Johor is projected to cause at least RM 2.4 billion (USD 686 million) in losses, altho [...]	2007-02-02 05:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR309	MALAYSIA VIEWS FTA AS STILL WITHIN REACH [...] (SBU) Summary: MITI Minister Rafidah is putting pressure on her colleagues to make the compromises necessary for a successful conclusion of the FTA negotiations. The Cabinet is expected to meet to decide whether to continue the negotiations on February 28. MITI Secretary General Rahman has [...]	2007-02-16 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR457	GOM Touts "Record" Manufacturing Investment Approvals for 2006; Rampant "Ali Baba" Abuses in GOM's Affirmative Action Program Draw PM's Ire: Malaysia Economic Update for February 2007 [...] (U) Summary: The GOM trumpeted figures showing total manufacturing investment approvals in Malaysia rose 48.1% in 2006 to a record RM 46 billion (USD 13.1 billion),and used this as proof the country remained internationally competitive. However, a closer look at the numbers reveals the inves [...]	2007-03-09 08:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR570	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarches on March 26 and 27 to MFA's Office of Multilateral/Political Affairs, Office for the Organization of Islamic Conference, Americas Desk, as well as the personal assistant to the Foreign Minister. Under Secretary for Multilateral/Political Affairs Shahrul Ikr [...]	2007-03-28 07:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC TRGY AORC MY
07KUALALUMPUR592	Government Pension Fund Buys 4th Largest Bank; "Mission [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's state pension fund was the winning bidder for the country's fourth largest banking group, prevailing over a competing bid that was significantly higher. Critics claim the fund lacks the expertise to operate a commercial bank. Meanwhile, Malaysia's ruling political coal [...]	2007-03-30 07:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR6	High-Tech toilets for tourism; rising Ringgit. Economic Update Dec 2006 [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Malaysia is ready to launch its drive to attract more tourists this year in honor of its 50th anniversary. Initiatives include a multi-million dollar Ferris wheel, sorely needed lessons in customer service, and 23 self-sanitizing toilets at a cost of USD 113,000 [...]	2007-01-03 09:09:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR61	IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: EMBASSY EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy raised concerns with the Malaysian Government regarding a reported $16 billion gas development deal between a Malaysian firm, SKS Ventures, and Iran, noting possible implications under the Iran Sanctions Act and pointing out the particularly poor timing given recent UN [...]	2007-01-10 10:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EPET ETTC EFIN IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR787	Iskandar and Slow-Selling Cars: Malaysia Economic Update [...] (U) Summary: The GOM unveiled a package of incentives to attract foreign investors to the Iskandar Development Region, a newly established special economic zone in southern Malaysia. Incentives include an exemption from the GOM's usual requirement that ethnic Malays be given a 30% equity stak [...]	2007-04-27 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV MY
07KUALALUMPUR947	MALAYSIA DEFENSIVE REGARDING SHARING OF FINANCIAL [...] (U) Summary. Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey visited Kuala Lumpur May 11 to meet with GOM officials and local financial institutions to discuss implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions (UNSCR) 1737 and 1747 and the risks of doing bus [...]	2007-05-31 07:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KFTN UN IR MY
07KUALALUMPUR964	Ringgit Rises as Proton Flounders: Malaysia Economic Update for May 2007 [...] Summary: - Malaysia's currency continued its gradual rise against the U.S. dollar to reach a near 10 year high. - The Malaysian cabinet, reacting to loud protests from non-Malays, ordered the country's largest commercial bank to withdraw a requirement that law firms conducting business with the [...]	2007-06-01 09:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EPET MY
07KUWAIT1025	MINISTER OF FINANCE ON CABINET RESIGNATIONS, THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a June 30 farewell call with the Ambassador, Minister of Finance Bader Meshari Al-Humaidhi said resignations of both the Minister of Oil and the Minister of Communication were imminent (these occurred later in the day). He was optimistic that Parliament will pass long [...]	2007-06-30 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EPET KDEM KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT1055	GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON" [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1056	AMBASSADOR STRESSES CUTTING OFF FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid Al-Jarallah to emphasize the importance of cutting off foreign fighters going to Iraq. The Ambassador emphasized that the foreign fighters make up a majority of the suicide bombers and thus have a disproportionate destabilizing [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IZ KU PREL PTER ECON PGOV KTFN
07KUWAIT1060	GOK ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE TO RESUME "SOON" [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid al-Jarallah to press for release of Kuwaiti funding for the Palestinians. Ambassador noted and Jarallah agreed that now is the time to show strong support for the government of Mahmoud Abbas and Salam Fayaad. Jarallah noted the re [...]	2007-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1062	AMBASSADOR STRESSES CUTTING OFF FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C) The Ambassador met 3 July with MFA Under Secretary Khalid Al-Jarallah to emphasize the importance of cutting off foreign fighters going to Iraq. The Ambassador emphasized that the foreign fighters make up a majority of the suicide bombers and thus have a disproportionate destabilizing in [...]	2007-07-03 14:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ KU PREL PTER
07KUWAIT111	DONOR COORDINATION CONFERENCE: WHERE IS THE USG? [...] (C/NF) I am extremely disappointed by the lack of high-level Washington-based USG representation at the donor coordination conference the Arab Fund is hosting in Kuwait on February 4. It is difficult for me to accept that we cannot offer at least one senior representative from Washington, fr [...]	2007-01-27 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KU XF
07KUWAIT1145	GOK NOMINEES FOR FDIC COUNTERTERRORISM FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) The following Government of Kuwait officials have been nominated for the FDIC Counterterrorism Financial Regulatory Training in Arlington, VA from August 6-10, 2007 (reftel): Abdullah Ali Al-Sabah Financial Controller and Acting Head of AML Section Central Bank of Kuwait DOB: unknow [...]	2007-07-18 13:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER ECON EFIN PREL
07KUWAIT129	IRAQ: KUWAITI PARLIAMENT REAFFIRMS OPPOSITION TO [...] (U) On January 28, the Kuwaiti state news agency KUNA reported that 100 members of Iraq's parliament sent a letter to the GOK requesting that Kuwait write off Iraqi debt (comment: pre-Gulf War Iraqi debt is about USD 11 billion). The letter, reportedly sent January 27, asked for a dialogue o [...]	2007-01-30 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU
07KUWAIT1308	KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY NOT WORRIED ABOUT USD [...] (C) Summary: On 28 August, Charge d'Affaires met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Sa'ad and his Executive Director Ahmad Bastaki to discuss the growing public interest in sovereign wealth funds (SWFs). Taking a long-term view, Al-Sa'ad said KIA was not worried [...]	2007-08-29 12:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT131	LEBANON AID: NOTHING NEW IN PARIS, BUT ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Econcouns spoke with the Kuwait Fund's Regional Manager for Arab Countries Marwan Al-Ghanem on January 30 to review Paris III and possible next steps on Kuwait aid to Lebanon. Al-Ghanem said that Kuwait had not offered any new assistance to Lebanon in Paris but had pledged undetermined [...]	2007-01-30 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT1312	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC USG DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-29 12:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KTFN EFIN PREL PTER DEMARCHE KU
07KUWAIT1313	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ahmed Saeed, and accompanying delegation of Robert Kaproth and Matthew Turner, to travel to Kuwait September 16-17 to meet with Kuwaiti government officials to discuss the region's sovereign we [...]	2007-08-29 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC PREL COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1333	AMENDED COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] (SBU) This is an amended cable to include Matthew Epstein, who was omitted from REFTEL country clearance. Please provide Mr. Epstein's itinerary to the Point of Contact listed in paragraph three. Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Assistant Secretary Ah [...]	2007-09-03 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA AMGT EFIN ASEC COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT1422	TREASURY DAS SAEED DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On September 17, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Middle East DAS Ahmed Saeed and International Monetary Policy Director Robert Kaproth met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Ministry, and the Public Institution for Social S [...]	2007-09-20 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT1550	KUWAIT COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY [...] (SBU) Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Officials David H. McCormick, Under Secretary, International Affairs; Marvin J. Barth III, Chief SIPDIS Economist, International Affairs; Karen Mathiasen, Director, Office of Middle East and North Africa; and An [...]	2007-10-24 04:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KU OTRA OVIP AMGT EFIN PREL APER
07KUWAIT1556	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	SA KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
07KUWAIT1560	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN [...] (SBU) On 25 October CDA called MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and A/DCM called Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi's Office Director Khaled Al Rowayeh to deliver reftel talking points. Copies of the non-paper and the official transcript of the announcement by the Secretary and Treasury [...]	2007-10-25 16:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PREL PARM EFIN KTFN
07KUWAIT1598	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1599	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1600	TREASURY U/S MCCORMICK DISCUSSES SOVEREIGN WEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, a U.S. Treasury delegation led by Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick met with the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA),the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the Finance Minister, and the Public Institution for Social Security (PIFSS) to discuss t [...]	2007-11-07 09:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET EINV KU IR
07KUWAIT1607	TERRORIST FINANCE: RESPONSE TO FOLLOW-UP ACTION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel post provides the following responses. 2. (SBU) Status of host nation laws specifically criminalizing bulk cash smuggling: On March 10, 2002, the Amir (Head of State) of Kuwait signed Law No. 35/2002, which criminalized money laundering. Law No. 35 crimina [...]	2007-11-08 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN
07KUWAIT1690	PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S [...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]	2007-12-03 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1696	PRESS PROVIDES RARE GLIMPSE INTO KUWAIT'S INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On November 20, the Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas published an unusual table listing the overseas investments of the Kuwait Investment Authority's Fund for Future Generations by geographic distribution and asset class (see table in para 4). To our knowledge, this is the first time tha [...]	2007-12-04 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT170	KUWAIT MFA "UNAWARE" OF LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] (SBU) On February 4, Econoff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for Africa and Asia Ambassador Mohammed Al-Bader to discuss the scope and purpose of the upcoming Liberia Partners' Forum (reftels) and to encourage high-level Kuwaiti attendance at the conference in Washington o [...]	2007-02-05 10:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN LI PREL KU
07KUWAIT1701	TREASURY DEPSEC KIMMITT ADVOCATES SWF [...] (C) During a dinner meeting with Amiri Economic Adviser and former Finance Minister Dr. Yousef al-Ebraheem on December 2, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt strongly urged the GOK to engage positively in the international effort to develop voluntary best practices for sovereign wealth f [...]	2007-12-05 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV PTER KTFN KU IZ
07KUWAIT1711	GOK HOSTS AML/CTF CONFERENCE, DISCUSSES DRAFT [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Several recent events in Kuwait have given some impetus to Kuwait's anti-money laundering capabilities. The Central Bank of Kuwait hosted a conference on anti-money-laundering and terror finance on December 2-3 attended by over 400 professionals from government, l [...]	2007-12-11 08:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KCRM PREL PTER KTFN KU
07KUWAIT1715	KUWAIT TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KTFN KU
07KUWAIT1761	SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS: GOK LETTER TO TREASURY ON [...] (SBU) The Central Bank of Kuwait Deputy Governor Dr. Nabeel A. Al-Mannae provided post with a letter addressed to U.S. Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs David H. McCormick, in which he expressed CBK interest in sovereign wealth fund governance. The letter is a follow-up to m [...]	2007-12-27 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV KU
07KUWAIT1762	TAX ON FOREIGN COMPANIES REDUCED FROM 55 TO 15 [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, Kuwait's National Assembly passed a bill to reduce the tax rate on foreign companies from 55 percent to 15 percent to attract more foreign investment. In making its case for passage of the law, the government noted that Kuwait attracted less than USD 300 million [...]	2007-12-27 16:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON
07KUWAIT184	JOINT TREASURY-FEDERAL RESERVE DELEGATION MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 22-24, Department of Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs Tim Adams and Federal Reserve System Governor Randall Kroszner met with leading Kuwaiti officials, financiers, and economists. The visit was the first for a sitting Federal Reserve Governor to [...]	2007-02-07 15:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL
07KUWAIT185	ARAB FUND HOSTS RARE DONOR COORDINATION EVENT [...] (SBU) On February 4, the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (Arab Fund) hosted a unique donor coordination event designed to promote dialogue and increased cooperation between leading Arab and international donors. Nine Arab organizations that comprise the Arab FundQs joint secret [...]	2007-02-10 06:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD PREL KU
07KUWAIT21	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS' [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-08 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID
07KUWAIT219	TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C/NF) The following response is keyed to ref A. 2. (S/NF) Effectiveness of Tranche I Designations: Tranche I designations have had little discernible impact on the three Kuwaitis identified as terrorist facilitators -- Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- though we [...]	2007-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KU QA KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT272	UNSCR 1737: FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC
07KUWAIT31	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY AND FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Treasury Under Secretary Timothy D. Adams, Federal Reserve Governor Randall S. Kroszner, and Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Ahmed Saeed to travel to post o/a January 22-25, 2007, to meet with s [...]	2007-01-09 14:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	APER OTRA AMGT EFIN KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
07KUWAIT365	KUWAIT HOSTS WORLD ISLAMIC FINANCE AND INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 4-5, ADEEM Investment Co., Investment Dar, and a number of leading Islamic investment and finance companies from throughout the Gulf hosted "The First Annual World Islamic Finance & Investment Conference" in Kuwait City. The two-day event included panels on two key areas [...]	2007-03-12 09:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL KU
07KUWAIT368	IRAQ COMPACT MEETING: ARAB FUND WILL NOT ATTEND [...] (U) The Embassy received on March 12 the following letter from Mr. Ahmed Osman, Director, Technical Department of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, addressed to Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt, concerning the upcoming meeting of the Iraq Compact on March 16. 2. (SBU) Be [...]	2007-03-12 12:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
07KUWAIT400	COMMERCE U/S LAVIN AND KUWAIT INVESTMENT AUTHORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, Undersecretary of Commerce for International Trade Ambassador Frank Lavin met with Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) Managing Director Bader Al-Saad to discuss recent developments in trade and investment in U.S., Kuwaiti, regional and international markets. Al-Sa [...]	2007-03-18 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT409	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for th [...]	2007-03-21 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT416	SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL ON GITMO, CT EFFORTS, REGIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: MFA U/S Jarallah told Ambassador 3/20 the GOK is prepared to receive an interagency team to discuss Kuwaiti commitments on possible transfer of further detainees to Kuwaiti custody. Ambassador stressed the higher threat from the remaining individuals and thus the need for the [...]	2007-03-24 06:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN KU IR
07KUWAIT488	KUWAIT BUDGET SURPLUS ESTIMATED AT $17.5 BILLION [...] Kuwait's fiscal year ended on 31 March, with the government budget surplus estimated at $17.5 billion (approximately 15% of GDP and 50% of actual budget expenditures). Oil revenue of $51.5 billion (est.) comprised about 95% of total government revenue. The projected government deficit of $9 [...]	2007-04-04 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EPET KU
07KUWAIT568	ARAB FUND ON IRAQ COMPACT, REGIONAL AID, AND THE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Arab Fund Director General told A/DCM April 16 that he was unlikely to be able to attend the May 3 Iraq Compact (ICI) signing in Egypt due to prior commitments and, more importantly, because of the failure of the GOI to solve its arrears problem with the Fund. Al-Hamad said t [...]	2007-04-17 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT575	IRAQ COMPACT: KUWAIT FM WILL ATTEND MAY 3 SIGNING [...] (SBU) MFA Americas Desk Officer Hamad Al-Meshan confirmed to Econcouns April 18 that Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah will attend the Iraq Compact signing event in Egypt on May 3, along with the Neighbors Conference the following day. ******************************* [...]	2007-04-18 12:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL

07KUWAIT584	IRAQ COMPACT: IRAQ CENTRAL BANK EXTENDS PERSONAL [...] (C/NF) Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development Dr. Abdelatif Y. Al-Hamad relayed to Econcouns April 21 that he had just received a phone call from the Governor of the Iraq Central Bank extending a "personal invitation" to attend the May 3 Iraq Compact signing in Egypt. [...]	2007-04-21 12:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT605	IRAQ COORDINATOR SATTERFIELD AND ARAB FUND OUTLINE [...] (C) Chairman of the Arab Fund Dr. Abdelatif Al-Hamad told Iraq Coordinator David Satterfield on April 23 that the Arab Fund remained open to lifting Iraq's suspension in the Fund provided the GOI signaled agreement to a previously discussed repayment regime and began paying down its arrears [...]	2007-04-25 07:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT611	MINISTER OF FINANCE DISCUSSES SURPLUS, PLANNING, [...] (C/NF) Summary: On April 23, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on recently-reappointed Minister of Finance Bader Meshari Al-Humaidhi. Al-Humaidhi, who has been reappointed to this position four times in the last two years, announced that he has also been appointed Supervisor of the Higher Cou [...]	2007-04-25 12:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV IZ KU
07KUWAIT665	IRAQ COMPACT: KUWAIT'S LINE-UP AND UPDATE ON ARAB [...] (C) Econcouns spoke with Ambassador Khalid Maqamis, the MFA's head of Coordination and Follow-up and primary point of contact on the Iraq Compact, on May 2 to confirm Kuwait's participation in the May 3 ICI signing event. Maqamis confirmed that he would accompany Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohamme [...]	2007-05-02 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
07KUWAIT729	MOSAL MINISTER ON TERROR FINANCE, ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: MOSAL Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled told Ambassador May 9 that recent Saudi investigations underscore the shared concerns of Kuwait and the U.S. about terrorist financing, though the GOK needs more evidence to move against RIHS. He is pleased with recent cooperation between K [...]	2007-05-09 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EFIN KU
07KUWAIT806	KUWAIT DROPS DOLLAR PEG, RETURNS TO BASKET [...] (C/NF) Summary: On May 20, Kuwait's Cabinet approved a decision to abandon the U.S. dollar peg for a basket of undisclosed currencies, which will be dominated by the dollar. Although the decision followed months of speculation on the wisdom of the peg, the timing appears to have surprised r [...]	2007-05-21 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT808	TERRORIST FINANCE: TREASURY A/S O'BRIEN ENGAGES [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 23-24, Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Sipdis Patrick O'Brien met with senior GOK officials on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML/CTF) issues. He conveyed USG concerns about the activities of the Kuwait-based [...]	2007-05-22 09:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT816	TERRORIST FINANCE: GOK RELEASES RIHS FINDINGS [...] (C/NF) On May 19, Embassy Kuwait received a long-promised report from the MFA (drafted by the Department of Follow-up and Coordination headed by Khalid Al-Maqamis) containing the findings of its investigation into the international activities of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) [...]	2007-05-23 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07KUWAIT832	TERROR FINANCE: ANOTHER RUN AT THE MFA ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: Econcouns met with MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis on May 27 to hand-deliver a diplomatic note pressing our case on the designation of three Kuwaiti terrorist facilitators in light of their continued freedom of movement and access to international me [...]	2007-05-28 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID EFIN ETTC IZ KU PREL PTER KTFN
07KUWAIT833	LEBANON AID: KUWAIT OFFERS IN-KIND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Yousef Al-Merag, Disaster Management Coordinator at the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS),confirmed to Econcouns on May 28 press reports announcing Kuwait's decision to send USD five million dollars in humanitarian supplies to Lebanon, upon the orders of the Amir. Al-Merag said a tea [...]	2007-05-28 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT846	KUWAIT'S UNSCR 1747 REPORT DELAYED DUE TO FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-30 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP EFIN IR UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY KU
07KUWAIT865	KUWAIT HOSTS EIGHTH ANNUAL GCC BANKING CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait hosted the Eighth Annual GCC Banking Conference on May 22-23. Organized by the National Bank of Kuwait in cooperation with the GCC Secretariat General and the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),the conference entitled "Managing Growth and Risk in an Era of Openness" feature [...]	2007-06-03 05:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT874	WORLD BANK NOMINEE ZOELLICK TALKS ASIA IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) On May 23, World Bank President Nominee and Goldman Sachs Group Vice Chairman Robert Zoellick delivered the keynote address at the Eighth Annual GCC Banking Conference hosted by Kuwait. Zoellick provided a brief historical overview of the tremendous growth of the world economy and high [...]	2007-06-05 07:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT878	CBK GOVERNOR ON DROPPING THE DOLLAR PEG AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 3, Ambassador called on CBK Governor Shaykh Salem Abdulaziz Saud Al-Sabah. Al-Sabah described Kuwait's May 20 decision to un-peg the dinar from the dollar in favor of a basket of currencies as a move that "had to be done" to address rising inflation. He acknowledged [...]	2007-06-05 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV KU
07KUWAIT896	ARAB FUND: NO MOVEMENT ON AID TO IRAQ, LEBANON [...] (C/NF) On June 9, Ambassador met with Abdullatif Al-Hamad, Director General of the Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (AFSED). Al-Hamad said the Iraqi government has not taken any further steps to resolve its arrears problem with the Fund, which prevents the resumption of the AFSE [...]	2007-06-10 07:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT903	AFGHANISTAN: UNPAID DEBT HINDERS ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) Kuwait Fund Regional Manager for Asia and the Pacific Abdul Kareem Al-Mutawa told Econcouns May 29 that Afghanistan's arrears of 5.7 million dinar (USD 18 million),dating back to loans extended by the Fund to Afghanistan in the 1970s, continue to hamper further Kuwaiti assistance to Af [...]	2007-06-11 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID KU
07KUWAIT931	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR UNRWA - [...] (C/NF) Following up on the Ambassador's June 10 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, Econoff delivered ref A demarche to MFA Arab World Department Director Jassim Mubarak Al-Mubariki on June 13. Mubariki came to the meeting directly from a meeting between GOK Deputy Prime Minis [...]	2007-06-16 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECON PREL KU
07KUWAIT932	WASTING THE WINDFALL: A BREAKDOWN OF KUWAIT'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Kuwait's fiscal surplus for FY 2006/7 was $20 billion, after the allocation of 10 percent of revenues to the Reserve Fund for Future Generations (RFFG). While revenues increased by 12.8 percent, mostly due to high oil prices, fiscal expenditures grew by a whopping 60 [...]	2007-06-17 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EPET EAID KU
07KUWAIT944	LEADING ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LAUNCHES KUWAIT [...] (SBU) On June 17, Ambassador met with KIPCO Asset Management Company (KAMCO) Chairman Masaud Al-Hayat and senior executives to discuss KAMCO's launch of the Kuwait Education Fund. The Fund, established in collaboration with the National Offset Company (NOC),will invest in companies and fina [...]	2007-06-19 09:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EDU EFIN KU PREL SCUL
07KUWAIT991	AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR URGES NEW ENVOY TO [...] (C) During a June 26 courtesy call with Ambassador LeBaron, new Afghan Ambassador to Kuwait Abdul Rahim Karimi sought U.S. assistance in facilitating stronger ties between Afghanistan and Kuwait. Karimi said the Kuwaiti leadership had not forgotten that Afghan President Karzai had not attend [...]	2007-06-26 14:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN KU PREL PTER
07KYIV1092	Ukraine: Struggle for Nikopol Ferroalloy Works Nearing [...] (U) Pitting oligarch against oligarch and featuring surprising plot twists and turns, the two-year struggle over the ownership of Ukraine's Nikopol Ferroalloy Works (NFW) makes for nearly as good drama as the country's prolonged political crisis. The State Property Fund (SPF) has been trying s [...]	2007-05-10 07:38:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EFIN EINV PGOV UP
07KYIV1335	UKRAINE: CBA Special Representative Mermoud Meetings on [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Frank Mermoud met on May 17-18 with government officials and U.S. business in Kyiv to discuss business climate and economic policy issues. The tone of the meetings with the State Customs Service, and the Ministers of Fu [...]	2007-06-01 07:33:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD UP
07KYIV1862	UKRAINE: POLITICAL CLASH HIGHLIGHTS CORRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU attempted to push through a controversial amendment to the government procurement law, causing indignation among political opponents and spurring claims that the Party of Regions was trying to grab public funds for their election coffers. Opposition by President Viktor [...]	2007-08-01 05:08:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EFIN EINV PGOV UP
07KYIV2985	UKRAINE: PLANNING FOR EURO 2012 SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2012 European Soccer Championship (Euro 2012),to be co-hosted with Poland, offers Ukraine opportunities to attract USD billions in foreign investment, improve the business climate, and make needed infrastructure upgrades. The event, which attracts an immense following in [...]	2007-12-10 07:26:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV PL UP
07KYIV3058	UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ'S FINANCIAL UNCERTAINTY A GROWING [...] (U) Summary. NaftoHaz Ukraine, the state-owned gas and oil company that accounts for 10 percent of GDP, could well be close to bankruptcy. NaftoHaz's losses and debts have mounted as the GOU continues to set domestic gas prices that are too low to cover the rising cost of gas imports, and be [...]	2007-12-13 10:37:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN ECON ENRG UP
07KYIV3074	UKRAINE: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ TEXT PROVIDED [...] (C) We delivered ref A talking points and text of the draft UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) on Iraq December 14 to Third Territorial Department Middle East Division Acting Director Mykola Leshchenko, Iraq Desk Officer Mykola Radchenko, and UN and Other International Organizations UN des [...]	2007-12-17 12:47:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EFIN PARM UNSC IZ UP
07KYIV3165	ECONOMIC POLICY AND THE NEW GOU: PROGRESS, BUT WITH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has sent out mixed signals on her plans for the Ukrainian economy. She continues to say many of the right things on economic matters, yet some of her populist campaign promises convey a different message. Nonetheless, we expect Tymosh [...]	2007-12-28 12:58:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV PREL UP
07KYIV852	Ukraine: Plans for BSEC Chairmanship [...] Summary: Ukraine envisions an ambitious agenda for its chairmanship of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC) from November 2007 to April 2008, according to MFA Director for Economic Cooperation, Serhiy Korsunsky. During a recent meeting with Econoff, he solicited U.S. involvem [...]	2007-04-11 14:10:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EFIN JA UP
07LAGOS10	CADBURY: NIGERIA'S ENRON? [...] (U) Summary: Since 2003, Cadbury Nigeria, Plc. had overstated its financial position by naira 13bn to naira 15bn. This information came to light following the company's discovery of accounting irregularities in November. After a special audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC),the comp [...]	2007-01-08 15:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV NI
07LAGOS238	NIGERIA EFFECTS TARIFF CHANGES [...] Summary: Changes to the Government of Nigeria (GON)'s tariff schedule took effect February 28. The GON extended the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Common External Tariff (CET) to many items, reduced tariff rates on most goods, and raised rates on others. Lining fabrics, sp [...]	2007-03-29 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON NI
07LAGOS534	LAGOS MAKES STRIDES IN PROPERTY REGISTRY [...] Summary: On June 19, Debra Erb, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC),and housing sector stakeholders visited the Lagos State Lands Bureau. The Bureau has implemented significant improvements in registering property, including dramatically lowering fees, automating registration, and s [...]	2007-07-27 13:20:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PREL NI
07LAGOS553	BANKS' CREATIVE SOLUTIONS ALLOW MORTGAGE EXPANSION [...] On June 19, Debra Erb, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) met with representatives of First City Monument Bank (FCMB) to discuss ongoing collaboration on a housing construction and mortgage financing project. FCMB was one of several banks expanding its consumer banking activities in [...]	2007-08-04 14:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PREL NI
07LAGOS563	MARKET INFORMATION SYSTEM EXPANDS TRADE, INCREASES PROFITS [...] Summary: In partnership with telecommunications firm MTN, the Network of Agricultural Market Information of Nigeria (NAMIN) launched an agricultural market information system, accessible to MTN subscribers. The market prices of a number of agricultural products would be available to subscribers [...]	2007-08-08 15:15:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN ECON NI
07LAGOS590	NIGERIA: Aviation Briefs [...] (SBU) Virgin Nigeria passed the Shell Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Group Audit of Flight Operations and Airworthiness/Quality in August. Virgin Nigeria representatives said the airline scored better than Aero Contractors, Arik Air, and Bristows. A successful outcome in this audit sanct [...]	2007-08-23 11:54:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
07LAGOS592	ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES: CBN NEW MONETARY POLICY [...] (SBU) Economic analysts see the Central Bank of Nigeria's (CBN) new economic policy, including redenomination of the naira, as a cosmetic makeover offering few economic improvements. One analyst thought the new policy could succeed if it were harmonized with macroeconomic policy objectives. End [...]	2007-08-23 14:43:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS646	Southern Nigeria Economic Update [...] (U) Summary: Lagos analysts estimate that Nigeria's inflation rate is as high as 10.97 percent in contrast with the 4.8 percent recorded by the Bureau of Statistics in July. A major Lagos textile mill, Atlantic Textile Mill, was forced to close because of unfavorable business environment, maki [...]	2007-09-25 06:28:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD KIPR PGOV NI
07LAGOS654	NIGERIA: SECOND PHASE OF BANK CONSOLIDATION UNDERWAY [...] (U) Summary: Another phase of bank consolidation in the wake of successful recapitalization of banks in 2005 pursuant to the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) banking reform is underway. Many banks are going to the stock market to raise capital. Banks which had criticized the CBN directive to recap [...]	2007-09-26 14:27:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV PGOV NI
07LAGOS727	CITIBANK NIGERIA: CONTRACT ENFORCEMENT CONSTRAINS LENDING. [...] (U) Summary: Citibank, the only U.S. bank operating in Nigeria, believes corporate lending is constrained by difficulty in enforcing contracts. Retail banks have difficulty verifying customers' identity and credit worthiness; to get around these problems, they lend to civil servants and employe [...]	2007-11-07 15:13:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS743	NIGERIA TO HONOR HISTORICAL TAX WAIVERS [...] (U) Summary: The tax reforms begun under the previous administration will be continued, according to the head of Nigeria's Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The government will stand by its commitments on historical tax waivers but will not grant new ones. The increase from 5 to 10 percent [...]	2007-11-15 07:58:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS752	NIGERIA'S UBA PARTNERS CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (U) Summary: United Bank for Africa (UBA) is in partnership with China Development Bank (CDB) to fund Chinese investments in two trade zones, and in infrastructure and energy projects. UBA, which believes it currently has 20% of Nigeria's retail banking market, introduced a phone card that doub [...]	2007-11-21 15:04:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD PGOV PREL NI
07LAGOS764	NIGERIA: ENERGY, OTHER SECTORS HAMPERED BY [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from an international investment firm expressed optimism about the Nigerian market but cautioned that volatility in all sectors hampers further growth. Continued stable economic growth, in their opinion, depends on the growth of the (nonvolatile) retail sector. P [...]	2007-12-03 06:01:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND EFIN ENRG NI
07LAGOS768	NIGERIA: CUSTOMS CUMBERSOME BUT AVIATION HANDLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local logistics company executives said internal Nigerian customs disputes contribute to the slow pace of the customs clearance process. Despite the cumbersome Nigerian customs process, the company is expanding their operations at the local airport. End Summary. ----------- [...]	2007-12-03 06:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON EFIN EINV NI
07LAGOS774	Nigeria: First Bank Chief Fears Banks Over Capitalized [...] (SBU) Summary: Central Bank insistence that only banks with USD 1 billion in capital will manage Nigeria's foreign reserves may have resulted in some banks being over-capitalized for their current operations and lead to bad loans. The Managing Director (MD) of First Bank, Nigeria's oldest bank [...]	2007-12-05 13:06:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI
07LAPAZ123	IFI'S CONCERNED ABOUT POLITICAL TRENDS IN BOLIVIA [...] (C) World Bank Resident Representative Connie Luff told the Ambassador on January 12 that the Bank has maintained a good relationship with the GOB, although the Bank is concerned about the government's increasing interference in key economic sectors. In a January 17 meeting with Econoff, repr [...]	2007-01-18 20:14:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN BL
07LAPAZ1515	ZOELLICK WORLD BANK NOMINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On June 1, Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affair's director of international organizations and delivered reftel demarche. The director responded that the GOB has not reached a decision on whether to support Robert B. Zoellick's nomination to be president of the World Bank. [...]	2007-06-04 11:05:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IBRD BL
07LAPAZ160	BOLIVARIAN POLICIES UNDERCUT BOLIVIA'S [...] (SBU) The GOB issued a supreme decree on January 1 to establish a state development bank to provide subsidized, low-rate credits to small businesses associated with social organizations. Although according to the decree, the development bank will be a second-tier institution, rather than a fi [...]	2007-01-23 16:26:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID BL
07LAPAZ299	SOCIAL SPENDING DECLINED IN 2006 [...] Despite a year-end 2006 estimated fiscal surplus of almost six percent and an increase in government revenues of approximately 41 percent, social spending by the GOB declined by around six percent last year. Government revenue increases resulted from increased customs and general tax collecti [...]	2007-02-07 11:21:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV BL
07LAPAZ3271	EMBASSY LA PAZ TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 23:01:00	Embassy La Paz	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PETER KTFN BL
07LAPAZ500	TERRORISM FINANCE: FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarches to Bolivia's Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF) on February 1. The UIF conducted a search of its database and told Econoff on February 23 that it had discovered no information on the names and organizations mentioned in refs A and B. (Note: The UIF's databa [...]	2007-02-23 20:06:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER SNAR BL
07LAPAZ793	BANK OF THE SOUTH: FREE LUNCH FOR BOLIVIA? [...] (C) President Morales announced on March 11 that Bolivia would join the Bank of the South. Central Bank President Raul Garron told the Ambassador that the Central Bank has not committed to providing any contributions to the Bank of the South. Inter-American Development Bank Resrep Joel Bransk [...]	2007-03-22 14:39:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN EINV PREL BL
07LIBREVILLE126	GABON TO RECEIVE A THREE-YEAR IMF PROGRAM [...] Summary: After over a year of discussions, the IMF and the Government of Gabon (GoG) have reached a preliminary agreement on a three-year standby arrangement. The program will go to the IMF Board in May 2007 and will focus on budget sustainability, improving the management of public finances, [...]	2007-03-13 10:39:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PGOV GB
07LIBREVILLE224	GABON WILL SEEK EARLY PARIS CLUB REPAYMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 10, the Gabonese Finance Minister briefed the cabinet on Gabon's new three-year IMF agreement, and said the GoG will now seek early repayment of Paris Club debt. Gabon's external debt burden is moderate and declining, thanks to high oil prices, although new borrowing is up [...]	2007-05-14 13:45:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV GB
07LIBREVILLE44	WHERE'S STP'S OIL MONEY? [...] (U) As indicated in reftel, the signing bonuses for Blocks 2, 3 and 4 of the Sao Tome and Principe/Nigeria Joint Development Zone totaled $201 million, with STP's share being $80.4 million and Nigeria's $120.6 million. However, because of a disastrous deal STP signed with Environmental Remedia [...]	2007-01-25 12:29:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON TP GB NI EFIN ENRG
07LIBREVILLE81	MAROC TELECOM TAKES GABON TELECOM [...] Summary: On February 9, 2007, the Government of Gabon awarded Maroc Telecom a 51 stake in Gabon Telecom for approximately USD 78 million. (The French company Vivendi owns 51 of Maroc Telecom.) This concludes the privatization process of Gabon Telecom, which originally began in 2003 and which [...]	2007-02-14 10:46:00	Embassy Libreville	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EINT ECPS ECON EFIN GB
07LILONGWE126	MALAWI AND IMF POSTPONE PRGF REVIEW OVER BUDGETARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative in Malawi, Thomas Baunsgaard, notified post on February 15 that the IMF and the Government of Malawi (GOM) had agreed to a "short" postponement of the IMF Board's third review of the Malawi Poverty Reduction and Grow [...]	2007-02-16 11:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAGR EAID PGOV ECON MI
07LILONGWE196	MALAWI EARNS IMPROVED CREDIT RATING [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's sovereign credit rating has improved from "CCC" to "B minus", according to a newly-released assessment by international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings. The Millennium Challenge-funded evaluation praises the sound fiscal management of the Mutharika government and predi [...]	2007-03-15 08:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV MI
07LILONGWE321	MALAWI -- IMF REVIEW POSITIVE, BUT CAUTIONARY ON [...] (U) Summary. An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission led by Calvin MacDonald provided a positive assessment of Malawi's performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program during an April 12 outbrief. The team praised Malawi's robust economic growth, significantly [...]	2007-04-26 13:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EAGR EAID PGOV ECON MI
07LILONGWE418	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - NEW WORLD BANK PRESIDENT [...] Poloff met with Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on June 4, 2007 to discuss reftel talking points. Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information regarding Mr. Zoellick's candidacy for the post, however could not comment on Malawi's intentions regarding the appointment. Any furth [...]	2007-06-04 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IBRD MI
07LILONGWE445	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND [...] (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni on June 12 to discuss reftel talking points. While Chiunguzeni thanked Poloff for the information, he (along with other colleagues at the MFA) expressed ignorance of Malawi's role on the UNDP Executive Board. After speak [...]	2007-06-13 12:40:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN EAID
07LILONGWE644	MALAWI'S POLITICAL IMPASSE CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's political impasse continues amidst a flurry of legal actions by both the ruling and opposition parties, and bickering in the National Assembly. Popular opinion seems to have convinced opposition leaders to agree at least to substantive discussion on the budget as of Au [...]	2007-08-16 12:03:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EFIN EAID MI
07LILONGWE646	MALAWI BEGINS BUDGET DEBATE, ENDING IMPASSE [...] (U) Ending a 78 day impasse, On August 15, the opposition opened debate on the government's K172 billion budget (USD 1.2 billion). While United Democratic Front (UDF) and Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leaders still prefaced their responses with protests concerning the lack of a financial resoluti [...]	2007-08-20 07:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EFIN EAID MI
07LILONGWE715	MALAWI: PRESIDENT WINS BUDGET APPROVAL, THEN [...] (SBU) Summary: After nearly four months of political confrontation, Malawi's Parliament passed the USD 1.24 billion national budget on September 11 -- a major victory for President Mutharika. The prudent, pro-poor budget is consistent with the President's Malawi Growth and Development Strateg [...]	2007-09-18 12:27:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN MI
07LILONGWE778	IMF GIVES MALAWI ECONOMY A THUMBS UP [...] Summary. In an October 9 briefing to Heads of Mission, the IMF presented a solidly favorable view of the GOM's economic performance and the outlook for the next year. The meeting highlighted strong economic indicators virtually across the board, with only a couple weak areas. The review un [...]	2007-10-17 14:16:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID MI
07LIMA1591	SCENE SETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE [...] (SBU) Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to build on the success of President Garcia's recent trip to Washington and to reaffirm our message that democratic government and openness to trade and investment, coupled with proactive policies to improve social justice, are the best means [...]	2007-05-01 00:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN PE
07LIMA1734	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EX-IM BANK PERSONNEL: MASUD [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Sr. Environmental Engineer Masud Hasan, and Environmental Specialist, Steve Parsons, Sr., from May 19-30, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to visit the component sites of the Peru LNG project, including Pisco, Ayacucho and Ch [...]	2007-05-14 19:46:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC BEXP EFIN OTRA ETRD SENV EXIM PE
07LIMA1766	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM [...] (U) The Embassy grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Carolyn Healy, Assistant Vice President, Jose Pignano, Senior Analyst, and Rudolph Zepeda, Technical Assistance Specialist, from June 3-8, 2007. The purpose of this trip is to conduct meetings with banking supervisors and regul [...]	2007-05-17 13:57:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ASEC OTRA FRB PE
07LIMA1944	PERU'S FINANCIAL INTEL UNIT MERGING WITH BANKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 31, the Peruvian Congress passed a law moving Peru's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) into the Superintendency of Banking, Securities and Pension Funds (SBS). This law reverses the GOP's March 1 Supreme Decree which ordered the FIU's incorporation into the Ministry of [...]	2007-06-01 21:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN ECON SNAR PGOV PE
07LIMA2097	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT ZOELLICK AND STAFFORD [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Robert Zoellick, USG nominee for President of the World Bank and Treasury Official George Edward Stafford Via, from June 16 - 17, 2007. The purpose of the travel is conduct consultations and meetings. When depar [...]	2007-06-15 16:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA221	PERU 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART 1/2) [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 18:36:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
07LIMA222	PERU 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (PART 2/2) [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-26 18:40:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB ELAB PGOV OPIC USTR PE
07LIMA330	PERU-CHINA TRADE DIVERSIFIES, BUT INVESTMENT STRUGGLES [...] Summary: With a bilateral trade relationship growing stronger, the GOP is trying to attract increased Chinese investment to Peru. Since 2004, China has overtaken the United Kingdom and Chile to become Peru's second largest export market and second largest import market (behind the U.S.). Peru [...]	2007-02-05 20:55:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN PREL TBIO PE CH
07LIMA3339	PERU TEXTILES AND APPAREL EXPORTS GROW [...] Summary: Over the last ten years, Peru has made a name for itself with its exports of cotton apparel, based on its high-quality pima cotton. In fact, textiles and apparel production is now one of Peru's more dynamic export industries. Major buyers in the U.S., such as Gap and Lands End recog [...]	2007-10-03 19:41:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV TBIO USTR PE
07LIMA338	IMF COMMENDS PERU, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: On January 26, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a stand-by agreement with the GOP for 2007-2009 during which the IMF will support the GOP's economic program. The IMF commended the GOP for its prudent conduct of fiscal policy in recent years, which is largely responsi [...]	2007-02-06 17:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV USTR PE
07LIMA3518	PERU LOWERS TARIFFS AGAIN, UNILATERALLY [...] Summary: The Government of Peru (GOP) unilaterally lowered its tariffs again, to a 5.8 percent average tariff, from the previous 8.0 percent and over 60 percent in the mid-1990s. The GOP will likely continue this trend, reinforced by the prospect of ratification of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promoti [...]	2007-10-26 20:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV ENRG EAGR USTR PE CI
07LIMA3546	PERU: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 22:16:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL PARM EFIN PE
07LIMA3887	PERU PURSUES VIGOROUS FTA IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY [...] The Peruvian Congress approved a law by 54-38 that would delegate to the Executive branch the authority to legislate by decree on the diverse issues related to the implementation of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA). This action is intended to speed implementation in order to mee [...]	2007-12-26 12:18:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV EAGR USTR PE
07LIMA41	PERU ELIMINATES TARIFFS ON 2,894 ITEMS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 27, the Council of Ministers unilaterally eliminated the tariffs on 2,894 product subcategories, most of which are capital goods. President Garcia announced the measure as part of his government's "investment shock" program, saying the tariff reductions would: help [...]	2007-01-08 17:05:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EAGR ENRG PE
07LIMA635	REMITTANCES REMAIN A STABLE SOURCE OF FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Remittances in Peru continue to demonstrate upward growth though the rate of increase lags behind Latin America as a region. Over the past 11 years, remittance inflows into Peru increased nearly threefold from $599 million in 1995 to $1.796 billion in 2006 (about 2% of GDP). The [...]	2007-03-05 20:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PE
07LIMA690	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY DAS NANCY LEE AND [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Nancy Lee and Luyen Tran from March 19 - 23, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru and consult with SIPDIS counterparts in the Peruvian Government on cu [...]	2007-03-08 20:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA749	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY PAULSON [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Wendy Judge Paulson, James Wilkinson, Brooklyn Jean McLaughlin, Clay Lowery, Lindsay Valdeon, Matthew Malloy, Matthew Langston, Ronnie Lilly and Molly Jane Cogan from o/a March 14 - [...]	2007-03-13 23:25:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA782	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY PERSONNEL [...] (U) The Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit to Peru of Benjamin Arthur Abramson, Special Assistant and Matthew Everson, Lead Advance from o/a March 16-22, 2007. The purpose of the travel is to support Treasury Secretary Paulson's official visit to Peru. When departin [...]	2007-03-15 23:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN OTRA ASEC PE
07LIMA785	SCENE SETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON [...] (SBU) Secretary Paulson: Welcome to Peru. Your visit provides an excellent opportunity to affirm USG support for the Garcia government's efforts to reduce poverty and expand social inclusion through continued market-oriented, investment-friendly growth policies. 2. (SBU) Peruvian governm [...]	2007-03-16 15:17:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EFIN ENRG PE
07LISBON1445	OECD: PORTUGAL SUPPORTS NEGOTIATIONS WITH RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 16:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECON EFIN OECD PO
07LISBON1559	PORTUGAL ON ZOELLICK'S WORLD BANK NOMINATION [...] (SBU) On June 4, PolOff raised reftel talking points on the nomination of Robert Zoellick to the Presidency of the World Bank with Jose Moreno, Deputy Director of European Affairs and International Relations at the Ministry of Finance. Moreno said there is support within the GOP for Zoellick, [...]	2007-06-06 16:02:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IBRD PO
07LISBON1632	PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT ZOELLICK FOR WORLD BANK [...] (SBU) Jose Moreno, Deputy Director of European Affairs and International Relations at the Ministry of Finance, informed post on June 11 that Portugal will support Robert Zoellick's candidacy for World Bank President. Per ref A, Finance Minister Teixeira dos Santos confirmed the government's p [...]	2007-06-19 07:44:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IBRD PO
07LISBON1839	PORTUGAL: DEFICIT REDUCTION AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, [...] Portugal's efforts to reduce its budget deficit were ahead of schedule, Ministry of Finance Chief of Staff Goncalo Castilho dos Santos told post. It was even possible that the government would reach its target to reduce the deficit below 3% in 2007, a year ahead of schedule, if GDP grew by 2.0 [...]	2007-07-16 12:29:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PO
07LISBON218	PORTUGAL: SUPPORTIVE OF TFTP AND SWIFT "INFORMED [...] (SBU) In response to Embassy outreach on the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) and SWIFT per reftel a, Ministry of Finance Chief of Staff Goncalo Castilho dos Santos responded via a Jan 10 letter acknowledging the program's important role in fighting terrorist finance, encouraging cont [...]	2007-01-24 15:45:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PTER KTFN PO
07LISBON2438	INFORMAL ECOFIN/EUROMED: EU ECONOMY SOUND, FOCUS [...] On September 14-15, EU Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors and Commissioners joined together in an informal ECOFIN gathering focused on state of the economy, fiscal consolidation and structural reform. Eurozone peer pressure would be necessary to keep France on track to reduce its defic [...]	2007-09-19 15:15:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EUN
07LISBON27	PORTUGAL AND THE LIBERIA PARTNERS' FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 17:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	FR EFIN ECON EAID PO
07LISBON279	PORTUGAL'S EXPORT CREDIT AGENCY: NO EXPOSURE IN [...] (SBU) Ministry of Finance Coordinator Teresa Costa told post that Portugal's Export Credit Agency, COSEC, did not have any exposure in Iran, according to September 2006 records. Costa did note that Iran is open for both short and mid/long term export credit insurance, the former requiring an [...]	2007-01-30 15:01:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN MNUC PREL EXIM UNSC OECD IR PO
07LISBON435	PORTUGAL ON FREEZING ASSETS NOT SPECIFICALLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 14:17:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP PARM PREL EFIN ETTC
07LISBON49	PORTUGAL'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY MODEST BUT CONVINCING [...] Proving the skeptics wrong, Portugal's Socialist government managed to reduce the budget deficit to 4.6% in 2006 from an all time high of 6.0% in 2005 and increase GDP growth to 1.4% from 0.3%. Even the ever cautious Bank Governor noted that Portugal's economic recovery, though modest, was c [...]	2007-01-05 17:10:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PO
07LISBON503	PORTUGAL'S 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------- Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly dive [...]	2007-02-28 11:47:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV PO
07LJUBLJANA134	SLOVENIA: IMPLEMENTING ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Andrej Plausteiner, Acting Director of the Office of Money Laundering Prevention at the Ministry of Finance. Plausteiner is also the point of contact for terrorist finance issues. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is in the process of harmonizing its la [...]	2007-03-07 13:57:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER LE SI
07LJUBLJANA18	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) At Embassy Ljubljana the following people are the Terrorism Finance Coordination Officers (TFCOs): Terrorism Financing Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Maryruth Coleman, Deputy Chief of Mission Office number: 01-200-5588 Unclassified email: colemanMX@state.gov Cla [...]	2007-01-12 14:25:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER SI
07LJUBLJANA2	SLOVENIA SAILS SMOOTHLY INTO EUROZONE [...] (U) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) successfully entered the eurozone on January 1. The Slovenian Central Bank Governor, Mitja Gaspari, and Finance Minister, Andrej Bajuk, heralded Slovenia's entry as the 13th eurozone country with a laserlight countdown, loud fanfare and thousands of onlooke [...]	2007-01-03 13:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA264	ICI: SLOVENIA FOREIGN MINISTER WILL NOT ATTEND [...] Reftel message was delivered to the Special Assistant to the Foreign Minister Andrej Medica on April 19. FM Rupel will not attend the ICI meeting in Sharm El-Sheik due to conflicting travel obligations. The GOS will be represented by its Ambassador to Egypt. ROBERTSON [...]	2007-04-24 10:04:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL SI
07LJUBLJANA3	SLOVENIA LOOKING TO EU FOR GUIDANCE ON TERRORIST [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points to the head of Economic Diplomacy, Robert Kokalj, and Bostjan Jerman, member of the Security Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They appreciated the information provided. The Government of Slovenia (GOS) has yet to encounter any terrorist entities [...]	2007-01-03 13:52:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER
07LJUBLJANA427	SLOVENIA HAS NO ASSETS OR INFORMATION INRE IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-29 14:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN PARM KNNP IR EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA51	POLITICAL CURRENTS THREATEN TO SINK CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary. Central Bank Governor, Mitja Gaspari, widely credited for guiding Slovenia's successful adoption of the Euro, finds himself embroiled in a political controversy that threatens his renomination as Governor. Right wing legislators accuse Gaspari of undermining Slovenia's credibili [...]	2007-01-30 15:08:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN SI

07LJUBLJANA581	SLOVENIA: TERRORIST FINANCE - PRE-NOTIFICATION OF [...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief shared reftel's points with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas Division on a close hold basis. The MFA appreciated our pre-notification; however, they indicated that it was very doubtful that any of these individuals were active in Slovenia. COLEMAN [...]	2007-09-06 05:20:00	Embassy Ljubljana	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL SA SI
07LJUBLJANA676	SLOVENIA: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered U.S. non-paper and fact sheet on October 25 after 9:00 am EST to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, per request reftel. A/DCM urged GOS officials to take parallel steps to isolate these entities from the international financial system and to d [...]	2007-10-25 15:34:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN SI
07LJUBLJANA684	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-29 15:26:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN SI
07LJUBLJANA688	SLOVENIA CONSIDERING THEMES FOR FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) In an October 30 meeting with Andrej Svetlicic from the Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Emboffs invited Svetlicic and other senior Slovenian officials attending the Lisbon financial sanctions workshop to meet on November 28, immediately after the Portuguese-hosted wo [...]	2007-10-30 15:27:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN EUN SI
07LJUBLJANA721	SLOVENIA DEFERS TO COMMON EU APPROACH TO SANCTIONS [...] (C) On November 15, EmbOff met with Milena Radenkovic, Third Secretary of the MFA's Division for Asia, Africa, and the Pacific, to encourage Slovenia to support tougher EU financial sanctions on Burma to exert pressure on the ruling generals to begin a transition to a civilian, democratic gov [...]	2007-11-20 12:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN BM SI
07LJUBLJANA730	SLOVENIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO IMF'S REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In a letter dated November 19, 2007, Andrej Kavcic, Head of the Ministry of Finance's International Finance Department, responded to the joint letter from U/S Jeffery and U/S McCormick (reftel) by forwarding a joint letter to the IMF from Minister of Finance Andrej Bajuk and Bank of Slo [...]	2007-11-28 12:58:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID LI SI
07LJUBLJANA764	SLOVENIA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) At Embassy Ljubljana the following people are the Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officers (TFCO): Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO): Maryruth Coleman, Charge d'Affaires Office Number: 01-200-5588 Unclassified email: ColemanMX@state.gov Classif [...]	2007-12-17 08:32:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN SI
07LJUBLJANA80	RE-ELECTION WOES FOR SLOVENIA'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In a close vote February 2, Mitja Gaspari failed to get the 46 votes necessary for re-election as the governor of the Bank of Slovenia (BOS). On February 9, President Drnovsek put forward BOS Vice-Governor Andrej Rant as his second nominee. The ostensible cause of Gaspari's dow [...]	2007-02-13 14:44:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL SI
07LOME782	TOGO: DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on SIPDIS November 7, 2007. Menan replied that the GOT does not support terrorism and if there is an organization that supports terrorism, the government will not collaborate with [...]	2007-11-07 13:25:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN TO
07LONDON104	ADDITIONAL IRAN DESIGNATIONS UNDER EO 13382: [...] (S/NF) Summary: The UK views the U.S. designation of Bank Sepah under Executive Order 13382 as a "significant ratcheting up of pressure on Iran" and supports our view that the designation is consistent with the language of UNSCR 1737. The UK would appreciate information on how the designatio [...]	2007-01-10 15:34:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL KNNP KN PARM EFIN FR GE IT UK
07LONDON1239	USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 15:57:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PARM KNNP IR UK
07LONDON1625	NO FURTHER UK INFORMATION ON IDENTIFIERS -- FINAL [...] (CO) Embassy delivered list of entities and persons named in ref A points on April 25 to Mark Peters, Iran Team Leader at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Peters said the UK Government has no identifier information related to the entities listed reftel. 2. (CO) Poloff noted that, per [...]	2007-05-01 17:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EXIM MNUC OECD PREL UNSC AA UK
07LONDON1828	(S/NF) BANK SEPAH INTERNATIONAL: ASSETS PROMPTLY [...] (S/NF) The Bank of England, acting as an agent of Her Majesty's Treasury, froze the assets of Bank Sepah International "within minutes" of the approval of UNSCR 1747, according to Patrick Guthrie, Head of the Financial Sanction Unit at HM Treasury. Simultaneously with the freeze of Bank Sepah [...]	2007-05-14 14:15:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KNNP IR PARM PREL UK
07LONDON1835	(S/NF) UK CONDUCTING STUDY OF IMPACT OF IRANIAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office is doing a Top Secret study -- likely to get widespread attention within Her Majesty's Government -- of the real impact of Iranian financial measures. The study, which is intended to draw upon both open and closed sources, is intended to in [...]	2007-05-14 16:13:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PARM PTER ETTC IR UK
07LONDON1893	(C) ROSUKRENERGO: HM TREASURY TO ALERT REGULATORS [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the head of HM Treasury's Financial Crime Team Sean Byrne and to Foreign and Commonwealth Office desk officer Jasper Thornton. Byrne said that issues surrounding a possible initial public offering (IPO) for RosUkrEnergo "resonate well here," noting that [...]	2007-05-18 09:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM PREL UP UK
07LONDON1947	BROWN'S ECONOMIC PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...] (C) Gordon Brown is the longest continuously serving Chancellor of the Exchequer since 1823. During his ten year reign, Brown has enjoyed tremendous authority and autonomy in managing the UK's economy. As a result, Brown is expected to continue the economic and financial policies he developed [...]	2007-05-21 13:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PGOV PBIO UK
07LONDON2587	DFID'S "COST" INITIATIVE: MORE QUESTIONS THAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from government, industry and the private sector agreed that transparency is a concern in the construction sector but questioned the value added by DFID's Construction Sector Transparency Initiative (CoST). Econoff raised reftel concerns widely at a June 20, DFID- h [...]	2007-07-06 09:06:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ETRD EFIN PINS KCOR UK
07LONDON2596	GROWING UK ISLAMIC FINANCE IS GOOD POLITICS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY The UK government has a high priority goal to make London a center of Islamic finance to both assimilate the indigenous Muslim UK community(ies) and capture a niche market of high net worth Muslims internationally. The world market for Islamic finance grew from about $150 billion in [...]	2007-07-06 15:45:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KISL UK
07LONDON2984	(S) TERRORIST FINANCE:UK SUPPORTS USG SUBMISSION [...] (S) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper July 31, 2007 to Clive Hughes, Desk Officer Multilateral and Strategic Allies Section Counter Terrorism Policy Department at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Hughes said the UK favors co-sponsoring U.S. submissions to the UN 1518 a [...]	2007-08-03 06:30:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN FI IZ JO KTFN PREL PTER SA UK UNSC
07LONDON3228	BRITISH AGREE TO COSPONSOR TO 1518 COMMITTEE, BUT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 6. 2. (S) The British are seeking Ministerial approval to co-sponsor to the 1518 Committee names 2-7 in State 104666, according to Sarah Bennett and James Smith of the Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department, Foreign and Commonwea [...]	2007-08-20 17:35:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3283	(S) BRITISH QUESTION TWO NAMES ON PROPOSED 1518 [...] (S) Two of the names on Ref E's proposed listings to the UN's 1518 Committee "might be promising" participants in the Iraq Reconciliation process, according to the FCO's James Smith, Desk Officer Iraq Directorate, and Sarah Bennett, Sanctions Team, International Organizations Department. The [...]	2007-08-24 15:24:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON3539	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Your visit is much welcomed. You come to London at a critical moment. The UK is adjusting to the change in leadership from Tony Blair to Gordon Brown, who has displayed calm confidence in addressing key domestic challenges in the short period he has been Prime [...]	2007-09-14 16:08:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL UK
07LONDON3571	UK WORRIED ABOUT IRAN, THEY TELL TREASURY A/S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: British officials told Patrick O'Brien, A/S for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, Treasury, on September 6, that they are very worried about Iran. Both sides agreed we should continue to turn up the pressure on Iran within the context of the United Nations Security Cou [...]	2007-09-17 18:16:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER IR LY UK
07LONDON3766	BRITISH AGREE TO CO-SPONSOR ALL 1518 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-02 16:20:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN KTFN UK UNSC
07LONDON4310	INCSR VOL II FOR UK [...] Following is post draft of Volume II of the UK INCSR for 2008. POC is Econ Couns John McNamara (mcnamarajf@state.gov) 2. (SBU) Begin Text: United Kingdom The United Kingdom (UK) plays a leading role in European and world finance and remains attractive to money launderers because of [...]	2007-11-20 18:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR UK
07LONDON4328	(C/NF) UK SHARES U.S. GOALS ON IRAN; WE SHOULD RE-FOCUS UK DOMESTIC EFFORTS AND INCREASE COORDINATION REF: A. STATE 156409 B. STATE 157039 LONDON 00004328 001.2 OF 006 [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 16:16:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC EFIN PTER KTFN IR UK
07LONDON4512	UK OFFICIALS TELL U/S LEVEY THAT WILL ON IRAN IS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior UK officials told Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey November 30 that international action SIPDIS against Iran has increased pressure on the regime and made life "significantly uncomfortable" for Iranian leadership, but has not so far succeeded in changing Iran's nu [...]	2007-12-10 12:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON4680	IRAN: ALLEGED EX-IRGC MEMBER LISTS QUDS FORCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Mohammed Ali Khatami (please protect),claiming to have been in the past a long-term operative for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC),provided London Iran Watcher (Poloff) detailed written allegations concerning long-term IRGC-Quds Force involvement in de-stabilizing Ira [...]	2007-12-28 15:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL MNUC PTER IR UK
07LONDON515	TERRORIST FINANCE: HUMAN APPEAL INTERNATIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary. Embassy London believes that HMG would object to a UN listing of the Human Appeal International (HAI) in its entirety unless we were able to provide it with specific information linking the UK branch to al Qaida or demonstrating that HAI-UK operated under the direction of HAI [...]	2007-02-09 15:29:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ECON
07LONDON519	TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POSTS ASSISTANCE IN [...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, Embassy contacted officials in the international organizations and counterterrorism policy departments at the Foreign Office to request feedback on the first tranche of terrorist facilitators and inciters designations. Both officials with whom we spoke commented that, [...]	2007-02-09 16:22:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UK
07LONDON52	UK CONSIDERING BANK SADERAT OPTIONS [...] (S/NF) Summary: An HMG intra-agency group met with U.S. Treasury officials to review new "evidence" of illicit activities by Bank Saderat Iran and its London-based subsidiary, Bank Saderat PLC. HMG officials requested further information indicating the London subsidiary is controlled by the [...]	2007-01-05 18:04:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC IR UK
07LONDON6	TERRORIST FINANCE: DOCKRAT PRENOTIFICATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) Embassy delivered reftel prenotification to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office on December 22. On January 3, Rod Mackenna of the FCO's Counter Terrorism Policy Department notified us that the UK will support a UN 1267 designat [...]	2007-01-03 15:17:00	Embassy London	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZU UK
07LONDON71	TERRORIST FINANCE: REVIVAL OF ISLAMIC HERITAGE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Unless the U.S. has compelling information which either: a) demonstrates that the London branch of the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) is under the operational control of Kuwait-based headquarters or b) shows a clear linkage between the London branch and al-Qaida, we [...]	2007-01-09 14:02:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER PREL EFIN UK
07LONDON794	UK ANNOUNCES TERRORISM FINANCE STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: The UK's new strategy to tackle financial crime and terrorism does not represent a dramatic point of departure, but rather confirms an evolutionary trend towards a more aggressive approach to countering terrorism finance. The strategy, announced by Economic Secreta [...]	2007-03-01 16:21:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN UK
07LUANDA1069	THE ROAD TO BENGUELA [...] (U) Summary. The road connecting Luanda with Benguela-Lobito, a priority infrastructure project for the GRA, appears near completion, but the road has not been rebuilt, only resurfaced. End Summary. New-Old Road ------------ 2. (U) Most of the two-lane coastal highway from Luanda t [...]	2007-10-23 16:13:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON EFIN AO CH
07LUANDA11	ANGOLA FOUNDS ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In December 2006, the GRA established the Angolan Development Bank (BDA) in order to lend funds from petroleum and diamond revenues to economic sectors neglected by Angola's commercial banks. During 2007, the BDA intends to start lending to agriculture cooperatives and constr [...]	2007-01-05 10:17:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ECIN AO
07LUANDA1127	HUILA PROVINCE - GREAT POTENTIAL AND HUGE PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Summary. An energy deficit and dilapidated infrastructure diminish Huila Province's economic potential. Investors have to provide their own electricity, water, transportation and security. The GRA's railroad rehabilitation, critical to reopening Huila's iron mines, is at a standstill [...]	2007-11-05 14:38:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN AO
07LUANDA1225	ANGOLA ANNOUNCES PARIS CLUB AGREEMENT AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The GRA has reached agreement with the Paris Club on repaying interest in arrears (Reftel A). The news punctuates several announcements of new lines of credit offered as trade promotion vehicles by countries such as China, Germany and Brazil. End Summary. 2. (SBU) On Fr [...]	2007-12-07 12:23:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AO
07LUANDA1243	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] TFCO and contact information: Francisco J. Fernandez, DCM, 244 (222) 641-618; cell 244 923-404-618. Unclassified e-mail - fernandezfj@state.gov SIPDIS Classified e-mail - fernandezfj@state.sgov.gov 2. Deputy TFCO and contact information: Mark D. Schall, Econ-Commercial Officer, 244 ( [...]	2007-12-14 07:19:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC PTER KTPN AO
07LUANDA1270	WORLD BANK ANGOLA BRIDGING TWO WORLDS [...] (SBU) Summary. World Bank Country Representative - Angola Alberto Chueca is decidedly more upbeat about prospects for successful Bank engagement in Angola than he was only three weeks ago, when he last met the Ambassador. His new-found optimism is founded on several recent developments: fi [...]	2007-12-20 18:18:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ECON AO
07LUANDA13	ANGOLA FOUNDS ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. In December 2006, the GRA established the Angolan Development Bank (BDA) in order to lend funds from petroleum and diamond revenues to economic sectors neglected by Angola's commercial banks. During 2007, the BDA intends to start lending to agriculture cooperatives and constr [...]	2007-01-05 11:45:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID ECIN AO
07LUANDA14	ANGOLA'S BANKING SECTOR - LIMITS TO GROWTH? [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola's banking sector has grown rapidly since the civil war ended in 2002. Commercial banking assets have doubled to more than USD 6 billion since 2003 and the number of banks has increased. Private banks are profitable, and new banks are looking for market niches. Banks [...]	2007-01-05 12:00:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
07LUANDA250	ANGOLA DECIDES NOT TO SEEK IMF AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Angola,s Finance Minister, Pedro de Morais, announced that Angola will not pursue a program with the IMF. Citing Angola,s progress in combating inflation and its growing foreign exchange reserves, Angola believes it does not need a stand-by agreement to ensure macroeconomic st [...]	2007-03-14 10:41:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON AO
07LUANDA38	Angola: Ambassador Briefs IMF Official on IMF Agreement, [...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with IMF Africa Department Senior Advisor Robert J. Corker on January 13, 2007 in Luanda, Ambassador Efird reviewed the likelihood of and the timetable for the GRA to conclude a Stand-by Agreement with the IMF, noting as well the serious steps taken by the GRA to liquid [...]	2007-01-17 11:25:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
07LUANDA473	ANGOLA - APRIL ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] (U) Table of Contents: -- Ministry of Finance Issues Its First Long-Term Debt -- Kyoto and Cartagena Protocols Ratified -- New Minimum Wage -- Luanda,s First Major Shopping Mall Opens -- Luanda Infrastructure ) Friction vs. Traction -- Angola-China Trade -- Portuguese Language Labeling on Al [...]	2007-05-15 12:33:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ENRG SENV ELAB ETRD AO
07LUANDA474	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT FOOD DISTRIBUTION SYTEM GETS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a program cost of nearly USD 1 billion, the GRA,s food distribution and retail system, PRESILD, is up and running with great publicity and fanfare. Under PRESILD the GRA will create regional bonded warehouses, supermarkets in every province, open air markets in every municip [...]	2007-05-15 12:34:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD AO
07LUANDA518	ANGOLA APPRECIATES ITS CURRENCY [...] (SBU) On May 7, 2007, Angola announced a 6.25 percent increase in the value of the Angolan Kwanza (Kz) from 80 to 75 Kwanza per dollar. The GRA uses the Angolan Central Bank's (BNA) monopoly position in exchanging dollars for kwanza as its primary instrument in combating currency inflation. [...]	2007-05-24 11:02:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AO
07LUANDA564	IMF ARTICLE IV TEAM GIVES ANGOLA HIGH MARKS [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 5, 2007, the IMF Article IV team, which is close to winding up its first visit to Angola since the GRA definitively walked away from a formal program with the IMF (reftel),presented a preliminary summary of its findings to representatives of embassies and international [...]	2007-06-07 15:35:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON AO
07LUANDA615	SPECIAL AGENT STEEN MEETS WITH ANGOLAN CENTRAL [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Secret Service Special Agent William Steen conducted training in recognizing counterfeit currency at Embassy Luanda and met with representatives of the Angolan Central Bank Exchange Reserves Department to discuss training in currency recognition. While recent changes in th [...]	2007-06-20 13:10:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINT ECON AO
07LUANDA621	ANGOLA: OIL BOOM FUELING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo Jaime described Angola,s efforts to manage its exceptionally high economic growth to A/S Jendayi Frazer, noting the creation of a stabilization fund to manage oil price fluctuations on the budgetary process; programs to increase Central Bank and Fin [...]	2007-06-21 13:44:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV OVIP CH AO
07LUANDA624	ANGOLAN GOVERNMENT WARMLY RECEIVES A/S FRAZER [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with GRA officials A/S Jendayi Frazer reinforced the US-Angola bilateral relationship, generating much goodwill and amplifying the USG message that we want to develop a strong partnership with Angola, one based on mutual respect, democracy, and good economic governance [...]	2007-06-21 14:01:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN OVIP AO
07LUANDA648	ANGOLA: WORK STOPS ON THE MALANJE RAILROAD [...] (C) Summary. Work has apparently stopped along the railroad line linking Luanda and Malanje with Chinese railroad workers claiming they have not been paid for eight months. At the root of the problem is the nature of the deal between China International Fund (CIF) a private Hong Kong corpora [...]	2007-06-27 10:55:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN ETRD EFIN EPET PINR CH AO
07LUANDA695	CARLYLE GROUP VISITS ANGOLA LOOKING FOR NEW MARKETS [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. investment company The Carlyle Group brought its heavy hitters to Angola to meet with President Eduardo Dos Santos and the leaders of the GRA,s economic team and to persuade the Angolan national oil company Sonangol, the Ministry of Finance and perhaps the Angolan Develo [...]	2007-07-11 16:03:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV AO
07LUANDA70	Angola: USAID-Central Bank Monetary Policy Workshop [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 11 to 13, USAID Angola and the Angolan National Bank sponsored a monetary policy workshop featuring local and international experts. The workshop provided a forum to openly and frankly discuss the next steps required to help Angola take full advantage of increasing o [...]	2007-01-25 06:21:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID AO
07LUANDA763	ANGOLA'S EXPANDING BANKING SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. The Angolan banking sector continues its rapid growth with two new Angolan-owned banks opening in June, bringing the total number of banks to seventeen, a thirty-five percent increase over two years ago. In addition, Angola's Banco BIC will expand to open a new Portuguese bank. [...]	2007-07-23 16:14:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON SNAR AO
07LUSAKA1029	ZAMBIA COMMITTED TO SOUND DEBT MANAGEMENT, SAYS FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of high levels of bilateral and multilateral debt forgiveness, Zambia has maintained discipline in managing its external debt, according to the Minister of Finance and National Planning. Domestic debt and arrears continue to be fairly high, but government secur [...]	2007-09-10 14:57:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ZA
07LUSAKA244	ZAMBIA FEBRUARY ECONOMIC ROUNDUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 10:16:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ZA
07LUSAKA429	IMF GIVES ZAMBIA'S ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT HIGH MARKS AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Zambia's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility program is "on track" and its macroeconomic performance has been good, according to a recent International Monetary Fund assessment team visit. The Zambian Government (GRZ) adequately addressed the team's concerns about fiscal accou [...]	2007-04-10 14:37:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID ZA
07LUXEMBOURG144	DEMARCHE TO EIB RE: INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] Post discussed reftel with contacts at the European Investment Bank (EIB) on 18 Mar. EIB was unaware of the 3 May meeting in Egypt. Per discussion with our contact, Charge sent a letter to EIB President Philippe Maystadt and to EIB Vice President De Fontaine Vive and requested a meeting duri [...]	2007-04-20 15:42:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN EU EIB LU
07LUXEMBOURG155	EIB: NO MANDATE TO LEND IN IRAQ AT THIS TIME [...] (U) Subsequent to Ref B, Post received a letter from EIB President Philippe Maystadt indicating that "the European Council has not conferred an official mandate to the EIB to operate in Iraq and for this reason we will therefore not be represented at the forthcoming Ministerial meeting." 2. [...]	2007-04-27 13:00:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN EG EU IAEA PGOV PREL LU
07LUXEMBOURG235	LUXEMBOURG FENDS OFF EU VAT CHANGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the EU Economic and Finance (Ecofin) Council meeting on June 5, Luxembourg successfully fended off proposed changes to EU value added tax (VAT) policy which would have eroded its competitive advantage regarding VAT rates on e-commerce. Prime Minister Juncker said that the c [...]	2007-06-08 15:58:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV EU LU
07LUXEMBOURG354	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDI FIVE PRE-NOTIFICATION [...] (C) Econoff delivered points and names contained reftel to the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) on 29 August 2007. There was no immediate comment from the MFA. The FIU informed Post on 30 August that "it would take the necessary actions in due time. [...]	2007-08-30 15:26:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL KTFN LU
07LUXEMBOURG431	DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATIONS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 14:26:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IR PARM EFIN LU
07LUXEMBOURG465	TREASURY OFFICIALS MEET WITH GOL AND CLEARSTREAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8 November 2007, the U.S. Department of Treasury held consultations in Luxembourg with the Government of Luxembourg (GOL) and private sector as part of ongoing USG outreach highlighting the danger of doing business with Iran. The Treasury delegation met with senior Ministry of [...]	2007-11-16 14:50:00	Embassy Luxembourg	CONFIDENTIAL	TTFN EFIN PARM MNUC PREL KCRM ECON LU IR
07LUXEMBOURG480	LUXEMBOURG HOLDS OFF PROPOSED VAT CHANGES [...] SUMMARY. At the 4 December Ecofin meeting, Luxembourg won crucial concessions from other EU member states on a proposal to change how the value-added tax (VAT) on services is levied and protected its comparative VAT advantage as well as a vital revenue source. These proposed changes would ha [...]	2007-12-06 15:49:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV PGOV EU LU
07LUXEMBOURG73	DEMARCHE ON FREEZING ASSETS OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 12:17:00	Embassy Luxembourg	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP EFIN ETTC IR LU
07MADRID1038	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Shaking off (at least for now) jitters of a few weeks ago, the IBEX-35 hit an all-time high on May 23 of 15,229.9 points. The market is up 7.62% so far this year. Despite fears of a housing market slowdown, even the big construction firms such as Ferrovial, ACS, FCC, Sacyr and Acciona hav [...]	2007-05-30 14:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID1074	TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN'S RESPONSE ON MAHAMEDOU [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-04 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER SP EUN PREL
07MADRID1075	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) A recent study on over 6,000 crewmembers who worked in 2002 to clean up the Prestige tanker oil spill off the cost of Galicia shows that thousands of the original clean-up crew are now suffering health problems that include breathing difficulties and chronic coughs. The study, is expected [...]	2007-06-04 17:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID111	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOC: MICHAEL MANN [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Michael Mann, Branch Chief, Bureau of Economic Analysis to travel to Madrid, Spain on January 21 to January 25. The purpose of this visit is to represent the U.S. at the Interagency Task Forces on Statistics of International Trade in Services meeting. 2 [...]	2007-01-19 15:42:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP ETRD
07MADRID1110	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spain's best-performing fund manager thinks a harder, rather than softer, landing more likely for the Spanish economy. Francisco Parames, head of Madrid-based Bestinver Asset Management, says he was asked by Warren Buffet a few months ago for advice about investing in Spain. Parames said [...]	2007-06-08 13:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAGR EAIR ECON EFIN EIND ETRD TBIO SP
07MADRID1199	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The OECD indicated this week that Spain needs a "fundamental and urgent" reform of their pension system, particularly given Spain's aging population. The OECD says that Spain is the fourth most generous of its member countries; a Spaniard with an average salary will receive approximately 8 [...]	2007-06-19 01:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID122	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT [...] (U) Standard & Poor says as of 2007 Spain is the eighth industrial economy in the world, thereby surpassing Canada: The S & P ranking in billions of dollars follows. U.S. (13.8),Japan (4.5),Germany (3.1),China (3.0),UK (2.4),France (2.4),Italy (2.0),Spain (1.3). Spain's debt rating is [...]	2007-01-23 17:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR TBIO SP EINV EAIR UK EFIN
07MADRID1255	SPAIN AND DEMARCHE REQUEST ON 75TH MEETING OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 10:08:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD SENV
07MADRID1262	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Andrew Garthwaite, Chief Global Equity Strategist, summarized local opinion in an editorial about the weakening Spanish Economy. Garthwaite believes that Spain's economic boom was caused by the ECB interest rate being too low for Spain's unique economic circumstances. Garthwaite believes [...]	2007-06-25 16:23:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1290	SPAIN ON RESTRICTIONS ON EXPORT CREDITS/FINANCING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-02 17:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN ETRD EXIM OECD UN SP IR ECON
07MADRID1295	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In a June 25 energy conference organized by the American Chamber of Commerce, the Ambassador spoke on the security, environmental and economic benefits of diversifying our energy sources. The Ambassador discussed the President's new initiative on climate change and our commitment to renew [...]	2007-07-03 14:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD TBIO SP EINV
07MADRID1341	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Operation Glamour, a major police operation against pirating in Spain netted 334,095 name brand articles made in Asia with an estimated value of 25 million euros, according to Pedro Calvo, delegate of Community Security & Mobility. Operation Glamour was successful in dismantling an interna [...]	2007-07-09 14:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
07MADRID1404	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Standard & Poor's says Spanish corporate debt is at 106% of GDP, compared with a 70% Eurozone average. The result is that banks are having a harder time syndicating loans. Colonial's (a major Spanish real estate group) chief financial officer says there has been a "radical change in the [...]	2007-07-16 12:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR TBIO SP
07MADRID1440	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) In what we hope to be the first of biannual meetings, the Ambassador led a discussion with Vice President and Finance Minister Solbes and AmCham board members on economic issues of interest to the AmCham. Ambassador attended a similar event with the Minister of Industry on May 10, and we [...]	2007-07-23 13:30:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ETRD KIPR SP EINV UK
07MADRID1486	TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON DOMESTIC USG [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 10:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER LE SP ECON
07MADRID1489	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The opposition Popular Party recently proposed tax cuts on the order of euros 20 billion. The budget surplus this year is euros 7 billion - Solbes says any tax cuts should amount to considerably less than this figure given future health and pension commitments. The Minister also critici [...]	2007-07-30 14:29:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID1510	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Both the GOS and the IMF agree on a 2007 growth forecast of 3.8% and a 2008 forecast of 3.3%. However, the GOS is somewhat less apprehensive of the possibility of overheating in 2008 and plays up increased capital goods spending and slight productivity improvements as evidence that there [...]	2007-08-03 14:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID1555	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The Madrid exchange lost 2.59% of its value on Friday. Banks and real estate groups lost most value. What is happening in Spain is similar to what is happening in other major equities markets. The major Spanish banks continue to say they are not overly exposed to the American subprime m [...]	2007-08-13 08:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ELAB ENRG ETRD KIPR PTER
07MADRID1600	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) This follows Thursday's 3.72% drop. Spain's Dow equivalent, the Ibex-35, had a rocky week, like most European stock markets. The market fell by about 4% over the week. The general and financial press has been full of stories about the dramatic events on the stock market, particularly aft [...]	2007-08-20 08:28:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG
07MADRID1604	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US TREASURY ALICE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Alice Faibishenko, International Economist, from WHA, US Treasury Department to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about August 20 to August 26. The purpose of the visit is to attend an intensive week long Spanish language immersion program. 2. Post understa [...]	2007-08-20 15:53:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID1611	TERRORISM FINANCE: SPAIN ON AL-SALAH SOCIETY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-21 14:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER IS SP ECON
07MADRID1699	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FEDERAL RESERVE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Christopher Laursen, Senior Supervisory Financial Analyst, from the Federal Reserve Board to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 3 to September 8. The purpose of the visit is to present at the International Organization of Securities Commissions [...]	2007-08-31 14:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID1708	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) John Fleming, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ford's European division signed an agreement with union leaders at the group's Valencia plant on Wednesday in which Ford has pledged to invest 400 million euros to maintain production through 2013. In turn the unions have agreed to " [...]	2007-08-31 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SMIG
07MADRID1709	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION TO SPAIN OF [...] (S) On August 30, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ivo Pascual Herrera, desk officer within MFA's Terrorism Sub-Directorate. Pascual told EconOff that his office would notify Post next week on Spain's position as well as on any information GOS may have regarding the referenced individuals. [...]	2007-08-31 16:22:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC SP
07MADRID1734	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]	2007-09-10 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1735	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) For the first time, on 9/5/07, Economy and Finance Minister Solbes conceded that there was more "uncertainty" about prospects for the Spanish economy, although he was quick to add he still thinks that Spain will grow by "close to" 3% in 2008, which is still higher than the eurozone average [...]	2007-09-10 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1801	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The European Commission released growth forecasts on 9/11/07. The Commission maintained its 3.7% GDP growth forecast for Spain in 2007 compared with 2.5% for the eurozone and 2.9% for the UK. Fourteen private sector entities also maintained an average growth forecast of 3.8% for Spain in [...]	2007-09-17 15:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1834	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) First Vice President and Finance Minister Pedro Solbes would like to make this benefit prospective (not clear from media reports as of exactly when),but all the opposition parties want to make the benefit applicable to parents of children born as of January 1, 2007. (Comment: Usually the [...]	2007-09-21 16:24:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1840	DISRUPTING TALIBAN FINANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-25 08:44:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO SP
07MADRID1849	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT: WILLIAM LINDQUIST [...] Embassy grants country clearance to William Lindquist, International Economist, Office of Europe and Eurasia, US Department of Treasury to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about September 26 to September 30. The purpose of the visit is to participate in meetings of donors in Kosovo in preparatio [...]	2007-09-25 15:27:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID1902	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) The government proposes to spend Euros 289.8 billion and collect Euros 301.6 billion in taxes, which represents a projected budget surplus of 1.15% of GDP. The budget surplus assumes Spain will grow by 3.3% in 2008, which is still a reasonable, albeit somewhat optimistic, forecast given th [...]	2007-10-01 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI
07MADRID1916	TERRORIST FINANCE: SPAIN ON SAUDI FIVE UPDATE [...] (C) On October 1, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ivo Pascual Herrera, desk officer within MFA's Terrorism Sub-Directorate. Pascual expressed appreciation for the update and reported that Spain had no position concerning the designations of the reftel A Saudi nationals under domestic and U [...]	2007-10-03 08:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER SA
07MADRID1919	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TREASURY: BRADLEY J. [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Bradley Waring, Director of Conglomerates, Office of Thrift Supervision, US Department of Treasury to travel to Madrid, Spain on or about October 16 to October 18. The purpose of the visit is to participate in the Joint Forum Working Group on Conglomerate [...]	2007-10-03 16:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA SP
07MADRID194	SPAIN: TELEFONICA'S VIEW OF VENEZUELA AND REST OF [...] DCM, accompanied by ECONOFF, met February 5 with Jose Maria Alvarez-Pallete Lopez, President of Telefonica International, to discuss Chavez's telcoms (e.g., CANTV) nationalization threats and their potential impact on Telefonica's Venezuela operations/investment. Alvarez-Pallete said that Tel [...]	2007-02-06 11:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN ETRD PREL

07MADRID1942	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/AG/COMMERCIAL UPDATE REPORT - [...] (U) Spanish Employers Federation (CEOE) Economic Commission President Jose Luis Feito says the Spanish economy can withstand a dollar/euro exchange rate of 1/1.4 because most Spanish exports go to Europe and, besides, exports are not as important a component of Spanish GDP as they are for coun [...]	2007-10-06 08:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND ENRG ETRD SP EINV EAGR SOCI

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