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06SKOPJE289	MACEDONIA CHURCH DISPUTE: MOC PATRIARCH DECRIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Macedonian Orthodox Church (MOC) has reacted strongly to recent revelations that the Serbian government funds an affiliate of the Serbian Orthodox Church (SOC) in Macedonia, calling that support an intrusion into Macedonia's domestic affairs. The MOC also has opposed intern [...]	2006-03-30 07:57:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF MK

06SKOPJE451	MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) During separate meetings May 4, the Ambassador told DUI and DPA leaders Ali Ahmeti and Arben Xhaferi, respectively, to refrain from importing K-Albanian "muscle" to assist them during upcoming parliamentary elections. She reiterated the USG position on Macedonia-Kosovo border demarcation [...]	2006-05-12 06:00:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE594	MACEDONIA: WITH US-EU PRODDING, ETHNIC ALBANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and EU Special Representative (EUSR) Fouere convoked the leaders of ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA for a meeting June 20 to express grave concerns over recent violent incidents related to the campaign for upcoming parliamentary elections July 5. They noted that [...]	2006-06-21 11:34:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE648	MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...]	2006-07-07 13:58:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE649	MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT'S ANALYSIS OF PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador July 6, President Crvenkovski characterized the recent parliamentary election process as "good," and asked for continued support from the Ambassador during the process of the formation of the new government. Analyzing electoral results, Crvenkovski said ci [...]	2006-07-07 13:58:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SKOPJE696	MACEDONIA: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RE-RUN OUTCOME [...] (SBU) Parliamentary election re-runs in 29 polling stations (representing less than one percent of Macedonia's 3,000 polling stations) generally were well conducted, although international monitors noted some serious irregularities in some stations. The voting gave one additional MP seat to r [...]	2006-07-20 15:41:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MK
06SKOPJE880	MACEDONIA: GOM LEADERSHIP ON NATO MEMBERSHIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate calls on PM Gruevski and FM Milososki September 15, the Ambassador urged the GOM to move quickly to implement NATO membership reforms, show concrete anti-corruption results, and restart political dialogue with the ethnic Albanian opposition. She restated the USG posit [...]	2006-09-18 13:34:00	Embassy Skopje	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MK
06SOFIA1024	BULGARIA ON BOARD WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 14:21:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR EU BU
06SOFIA1025	BULGARIA ON BOARD WITH P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 14:21:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL AORC IR EU BU
06SOFIA1089	BULGARIA NOT IN A POSITION TO OPPOSE INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 08:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN BU
06SOFIA1119	BULGARIA CONSULTS ON MANPADS SALES TO EGYPT [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On August 9, Christo Atanasov, head of the Export Control Department of the Ministry of Economy, informed us that Bulgarian arms manufacturer Samel 90 has applied to export 100 sets of MANPADS components to Egypt. The proposed [...]	2006-08-09 12:29:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PARM PREL MARR MASS ETTC EG BU
06SOFIA1135	INTERIOR MINISTER PETKOV: BULGARIA HESITANT ON WMD [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 14:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MNUC MARR BU
06SOFIA1204	BULGARIA: DIP NOTE ON MANPADS SALES TO EGYPT [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On August 24, we received a Diplomatic Note from Parisa Popnikolova of the MFA's International Security Directorate which formally informs the U.S. of a planned MANPADS component transfer in accordance with the U.S.-Bulgaria MA [...]	2006-08-25 12:16:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PARM PREL MARR MASS ETTC EG BU
06SOFIA1205	BULGARIA SUPPORTS UNSCR 1701, MINISTER TO ATTEND [...] (C) We delivered reftel A & B talking points to Margarita Isaeva from the MFA's Near East and Africa Directorate on August 25. Isaeva was unaware of any planned delegations to or from Iran or Syria, and considered them unlikely for the foreseeable future. However, she promised to share our c [...]	2006-08-25 13:30:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS MARR IR LE SY SW BU
06SOFIA121	BULGARIA: EDGING CLOSER TO AGREEMENT ON MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A negotiating team led by PM/SNA Senior Advisor Ambassador Robert Loftis made substantial progress toward concluding a combined supplemental Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) with the GOB during talks in Sofia January 18-20. This session p [...]	2006-01-26 14:40:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO BU
06SOFIA1216	BULGARIA ON BOARD FOR NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT [...] (C) We delivered reftel A talking points to Zlatin Krystev, acting head of the MFA's International Security Directorate on August 24. After conferring with MOD colleagues, Krystev reconfirmed Bulgaria's commitment to the Letter of Intent (LOI) signed previously, adding that "there is no sugge [...]	2006-08-29 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO BU
06SOFIA1241	BULGARIA'S VIEW ON KOSOVO STATUS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Deputy FM Lyubomir Kyuchukov on 21 August. He confirmed Bulgaria's supportive approach to U.S. policy on Kosovo, while voicing Bulgaria's concern that the effect of a final settlement on regional security be given due consideration by all parties. In an Au [...]	2006-08-31 13:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN EU YI BU
06SOFIA1295	BULGARIA SUPPORTS USG VIEW ON UNSCR 1695 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 14:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC KPAO PTER KN BU
06SOFIA1316	BULGARIA'S IN GENERAL AGREEMENT ON THE GAERC'S [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria has long supported including the Western Balkans into EU and NATO. On Congo and Sudan, the GOB supports international involvement but will not be able to contribute because of its commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Bulgaria hopes GAERC will produce a common EU positio [...]	2006-09-14 15:20:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN BU
06SOFIA1330	BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAMAS, SYRIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Bulgaria's plans to open a diplomatic office in Ramallah following the formation of a "national unity" government in the Palestinian territories, Charge' cautioned deputy Foreign Minister Faim Chaushev, stressing the steps Hamas would have to take in order to legi [...]	2006-09-18 15:43:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF AF IS LE SY IZ IR LY BU
06SOFIA1392	MURADOVA'S RELATIVES SEEK POLITICAL ASYLUM IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Exiled relatives of Turkmen dissident Muradova, who died under disputed circumstances in Turkmenistan (ref A),believe Turkmen authorities are blocking their calls to Muradova,s three children and allege that Turkmen security forces are watching the family. The two relatives are o [...]	2006-09-28 14:24:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BU
06SOFIA1393	BULGARIA CONSULTS ON ARMS TRANSFERS TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On September 26, Christo Atanasov and Ivelina Bachevanova of the Ministry of Economy's Export Control Department informed us of a high-value export application for sale of Bulgarian weapons and ammunition to the Republic of Geo [...]	2006-09-28 14:26:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS ETTC GG BU
06SOFIA1423	BULGARIA CALLS POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister Kalfin October 5. Subsequently, the MFA issued the following statement the same day: "The Bulgarian Foreign Ministry expresses deep concern with the statement of the spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic [...]	2006-10-06 09:05:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KN KNNP BU
06SOFIA1425	BULGARIA SUPPORTS AMENDING EMBARGO RESOLUTION, [...] (C) Panteley Spassov of the MFA's UN and Global Issues Department agreed that the Cuban Embargo Resolution at UNGA should be balanced with a statement on Cuba's human rights record. He said the GOB will seriously consider our proposed language for the amendment but doubted our text would pas [...]	2006-10-06 12:26:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN INRO PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU BU
06SOFIA1451	BULGARIA: CFE ENTITLEMENT TRANSFERS [...] (C) We delivered CFE talking points on October 13 to Dimitar Dimitrov, head of the MFA's OSCE & Regional Security Department. He expressed openness to the possibility of approaching Greece on CFE entitlement transfers, but he did not make any commitment. Noting bruising discussions on the Am [...]	2006-10-17 13:57:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1452	BULGARIA SCOLDS NORTH KOREAN AMBASSADOR, SUMMONS [...] (C) On October 13, DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Feim Chaushev to follow up on reftel A demarche. Chaushev emphasized Bulgaria's strong reaction to the test, pointing out that he had summoned North Korean Ambassador Jo Song Ju to his office to express his displeasure. In Chaushev's wo [...]	2006-10-17 14:08:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN IR UN BU
06SOFIA1494	BULGARIA: END GAME IN SIGHT ON JEWISH RESTITUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A report submitted to the Prime Minister by the government-appointed Restitution Commission sidesteps the controversial Rila hotel case (reftel),but recognizes Jewish claims on MOD property in Varna and urges the Ministry of Health (MOH) to give Shalom some space at the already [...]	2006-10-27 12:38:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNAR BU
06SOFIA1504	BULGARIA: FOLLOWING EU LINE ON UNGA'S ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 13:46:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA BU
06SOFIA1518	BULGARIA NAMES POPULAR, PRO-U.S. MINISTER AS EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government on October 26 nominated European Affairs Minister Meglena Kuneva to serve as Bulgaria's first EU Commissioner. EC President Jose Manuel Barroso welcomed the nomination and assigned Kuneva the consumer protection portfolio. One of Bulgaria's most respected politica [...]	2006-11-02 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EUN BU
06SOFIA1531	BULGARIA TO FOLLOW EU ON CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 14:09:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA1540	BULGARIA SUPPORTS NORTH KOREA AND BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 13:59:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA BU
06SOFIA1541	CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION: BULGARIA STILL TO FOLLOW [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 14:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA1542	BULGARIA/GEORGIA: DAS BRYZA, FM KALFIN PREVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. By hosting the Friends of Georgia on November 9, Bulgaria seeks to send a message of support to the GoG while at the same time urging the Georgians to "stop giving Russia excuses to crack down." Bulgarian Foreign Minister Kalfin and EUR DAS Bryza agreed that both objectives would [...]	2006-11-08 14:52:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE GG RU BU
06SOFIA1559	BULGARIA MOST LIKELY TO SUPPORT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 14:58:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIA UNGA BU
06SOFIA1565	BULGARIA LIKELY TO VOTE AGAINST BELARUS' [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 14:34:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA BU
06SOFIA1573	CNO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S BLACK SEA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 9-10 visit of Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Mullen to Bulgaria shed light on the GOB's evolving Black Sea strategy -- particularly the General Staff's continuing wariness of Turkey's Black Sea Harmony (BSH) proposal. Their reluctance was echoed by MFA NATO an [...]	2006-11-17 14:37:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS BU
06SOFIA1574	BULGARIA WILL FOLLOW EU ON EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 14:47:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA
06SOFIA1579	BULGARIA: DRAFT UNSCR IRAQ RESOLUTION AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 12:15:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IZ BG
06SOFIA1667	BULGARIANS READY TO EXTEND ASHRAF MISSION AFTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev and Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin visited Iraq on December 12-13, meeting senior Iraqi officials and sending early Christmas greetings to Bulgarian troops at Camp Ashraf. FM Kalfin described a worrying security situation, but stated that [...]	2006-12-15 09:33:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG
06SOFIA215	SCENESETTER FOR BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov is one of the most influential personalities in the current government, and is almost certainly the one who evokes the strongest feelings among Bulgarians. Recent public opinion data shows him to be among the most popular public officials in the coun [...]	2006-02-10 16:00:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KCOR BU
06SOFIA264	BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES UN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to reftel demarches, the Bulgarian MFA said that it supports Guatemala's UNSC candidacy, agrees that the Secretary General appointment process should be based on individual qualifications rather than regional affiliations, and supports continued UN reform. Bulgaria a [...]	2006-02-22 12:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM UN UNSC ADCO GT VE BU
06SOFIA394	BULGARIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BASING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev told Ambassador on March 15 that Bulgaria remains committed to a successful conclusion of the basing negotiations, although additional consultations between the ruling coalition's party leaders are necessary. Following these consultations, accordi [...]	2006-03-16 13:56:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL KPAO RU BU
06SOFIA395	BULGARIA REACTS TO THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Elizabeth Konstantinova in the MFA's NATO and International Security Directorate March 13. Konstantinova said the GOB did not have an official position on the initiative, but it supported adherence to all non-proliferation regimes to which it is a party [...]	2006-03-16 14:39:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KSCA PARM KNNP ETTC IN BU
06SOFIA502	BULGARIA: CORRUPTION MAKES A COMEBACK IN 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Bulgaria reached a high-water mark in 2005, reversing a gradual positive trend of declining rates of corruption from 1998 to 2004. This was the main conclusion of the seventh annual Corruption Assessment Report prepared by the NGO, Center for the Study of Democracy [...]	2006-04-10 15:23:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM BU
06SOFIA537	BULGARIA'S G8 CTAG MEETING: POLITICS OVERSHADOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 13 April, A/DCM attended a local meeting of the G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group and delivered reftel A talking points. The meeting was chaired by Russian Ambassador Anatoly Potapov and was attended by diplomatic representatives of all G8 member nations except Canada, which [...]	2006-04-17 14:45:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PGOV PTER RS BU
06SOFIA553	BULGARIA: NEW CHIEF OF GENERAL STAFF TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Purvanov has appointed Lieutenant General Zlatan Stoykov to be Bulgaria's new Chief of the General Staff. Stoykov is a strong supporter of increased U.S./NATO engagement as well as Bulgaria's continued participation in OIF and ISAF. From the U.S. point of view, he is [...]	2006-04-19 12:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PGOV BU
06SOFIA554	BULGARIA PLANS TO IMPOSE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-19 12:33:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD BO BU
06SOFIA557	BULGARIA REMAINS SUPPORTIVE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Hristo Georgiev, director of the MFA's Europe I (Balkans) department. Georgiev agreed to convey the recommended messages to both Belgrade and Pristina on behalf of Bulgaria, and said the GOB's position on Kosovo remains very close to that of the United States. [...]	2006-04-19 13:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR KPKO BU
06SOFIA58	TERRORIST FINANCE: POSSIBLE HIT IN BULGARIA ON [...] (C) Dr. Vasil Kirov, Director of the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA),called in Econ Officers on January 13 to discuss a possible hit on one of the eight names the USG sent the GOB in terrorist finance list 74 on December 9, 2005. 2. (C) Bulgarian bank Bulbank informed the FIA that the [...]	2006-01-13 15:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER CVIS KTFN BU
06SOFIA68	BULGARIA: COURT HEARS APPEAL OF JEWISH PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. A five member panel of the Supreme Cassation Court (SCC) held a hearing January 17 on the Bulgarian Jewish community's appeal regarding restitution of the disputed Rila Hotel (reftel). The Jewish community organization Shalom is appealing a July 2005 decision on grounds that it [...]	2006-01-18 15:55:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KTIA BU
06SOFIA716	NUCLEAR POWER INCIDENT HIGHLIGHTS BULGARIA'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 13:25:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY EUN PGOV SENV IAEA BU
06SOFIA737	GREECE AND BULGARIA TO TRAIN IRAQI SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) The GOB is finalizing a plan with Greece to train approximately 30 Iraqi security personnel in Bulgaria this summer. Yordan Bozhilov, MOD Director for International Cooperation, told Poloff May 23 that the two-week training course will be held at the Bulgarian military academy in Veliko T [...]	2006-05-25 14:22:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL GR IZ BU
06SOFIA743	BULGARIA AND THE BLACK SEA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A cautious Bulgarian delegation, led by Foreign Minister Kalfin, will attend the June 5 Black Sea Forum. The GOB's Black Sea interagency working group has not yet made a recommendation on Bulgarian participation in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and the Bulgarians are looki [...]	2006-05-26 10:14:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS RS GG RO TU AR AJ BU
06SOFIA777	BULGARIA ISSUES STATEMENT SUPPORTING U.S. IRAN [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarches by Ambassador and DCM, the MFA released the following statement June 1: "Bulgaria welcomes the statement by the Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice for the preparedness of the USA to become a full partner to the EU 3 negotiations with Iran. This new ini [...]	2006-06-02 11:35:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR BU
06SOFIA817	BULGARIA: DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER'S IMPRESSIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 14:12:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU BU
06SOFIA83	BULGARIA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 08:08:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	BU EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR
06SOFIA915	YEMEN ORDERS 5000 MORE BULGARIAN THERMOBARIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On June 29, Ivelina Bachkevanova and Christo Atanasov of the Ministry of Energy and Economy's Export Control Division called us in to inform us that they had received an export application for 5000 thermobaric rounds (Model GTB- [...]	2006-07-03 05:09:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV ETTC KSTC YM BU
06STATE114035	MISSION FRANCE'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE AMERICAN PRESENCE [...] (SBU) American Presence Posts (APP),active in France since 1999, play a key role in this mission's transformational diplomacy efforts. The concept is replicable in other countries, but Missions need to remain flexible as they adapt the APP concept to local conditions. Key factors to consi [...]	2006-07-12 02:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ADIP AMGT ASEC BEXP CASC SCUL FR
06STATE16185	THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH EAST [...] (U) Classified by EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) January 24, 2006, 4:30-5:00 PM, Secretary's Outer Office. 3. (U) Participants: United States: -------------- The Secretary A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees III Executive Assist [...]	2006-01-31 23:08:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN PHUM PREL ID KEM KDEM UNSC KAWC PGOV
06STATE182789	Net-Centric Diplomacy Biographic Files Moved to [...] This message is to inform all posts that foreign leadership biographic files in State's Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD) database have been moved to Intellipedia, the inter-agency wiki on the USG's classified network (aka SIPRNet/Intelink-S). All posts are encouraged to use this secure, USG-only to [...]	2006-11-03 21:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR ECON MGMT
06STATE61225	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' APRIL 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) Classified by: Acting EAP A/S Kathleen Stephens, reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) Participants: Morning meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns EAP A/S Kathy Stephens (acting) P Special Assistant Andrew Shaw EAP/J Director Wendell Albright (acting) JAPAN Deputy Foreign Minister Ni [...]	2006-04-18 15:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP MNUC PARM PINR SNAR IZ IR IN AF JA
06STATE83673	ALLIED SHARING AND SIPRNET [...] (U) This is an action message. As a part of the continuing war on terrorism and in response to recommendations of the 9/11 and the WMD Commissions, the Congress and the President have mandated a number of changes in the way information is to be shared, within the federal government, between t [...]	2006-05-23 22:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT AOMS PINR ACOA KCCP
06STOCKHOLM1924	IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO SWEDEN CALLS ON AMBASSADOR WOOD [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ambassador to Sweden, Ahmad Bamarni, visited Ambassador Wood and DCM on December 11 and provided a frank reaction to the Baker/Hamilton report, personal views on the interests of Iran and Syria in Iraq, comments on the sectarian violence, the role of U.S. forces, and the [...]	2006-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL SW
06STOCKHOLM54	SWEDEN & DISAPPEARING CHINESE CHILDREN [...] (U) Summary. Since November 2004, 120 Chinese children have disappeared from Swedish immigration centers. In all cases the children arrived in Stockholm via air from Beijing or Moscow, immediately asked for political asylum, and within days disappeared while their cases were pending. Swedi [...]	2006-01-13 15:33:00	Embassy Stockholm	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD CVIS SW
06SUVA156	CHINA WADES MORE DEEPLY INTO THE PACIFIC [...] (C) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his delegation met with many Pacific Island leaders and businesses during an April 4-5 visit to Fiji. The leader of each of the eight Pacific Island nations with which China has relations held private discussions with Premier Wen, at the conclusion of which t [...]	2006-04-21 02:56:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECIN ETRD FJ CH TW
06SUVA210	TONGA'S PRIME MINISTER ANNOUNCES CABINET SHAKE-UP [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Tongan PM Fred Sevele announced a major cabinet shake up May 16. Five ministerial portfolios were shifted, three new ministers were appointed, and two former ministers were removed. The most significant ch [...]	2006-05-17 03:16:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OFDP TN
06SUVA254	FIJI'S MULTI-PARTY CABINET: IS THE HONEYMOON [...] (C) Summary: The creation of a multi-party Cabinet following the May elections has given rise to a groundswell of hope and optimism that Fiji's rival SDL and Labor parties might finally cooperate for the good of the nation. Across the political spectrum, there have been calls for a new, less [...]	2006-06-29 01:19:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV FJ
06SUVA255	FIJI'S MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT TALKING AGAIN [...] (C) Representatives of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) and Fiji's Ministry of Home Affairs tell us a June 23 meeting between RFMF Commander Bainimarama and Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola appears to have helped put civil-military relations in Fiji back on the right track. RFMF s [...]	2006-07-02 18:20:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO PGOV FJ NZ
06SUVA341	PACIFIC THOUGHTS ON RESTRUCTURE OF REGIONAL [...] (U) Pacific leaders tasked a group of experts to consider ways regional agencies might be rationalized. The experts' report advocates realigning 10 regional agencies into three pillars. The Pacific Island Forum (PIF),the regional policy-oriented body, would acquire policy/negotiation aspect [...]	2006-08-28 23:28:00	Embassy Suva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL EFIS EAID SENV SPC PIF XV
06SUVA429	FIJI CABINET TO CONSIDER MNFI DEPLOYMENT SHORTLY [...] (C) Jioji Kotobalavu, CEO for the office of Fiji's Prime Minister, informed us today that Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola is lobbying for Fiji to join the Coalition of the Willing in Iraq, the MNFI. Vosanibola just returned from his round-the-world visit to Fiji peacekeeping contingents, inc [...]	2006-10-16 00:20:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KPKO IZ FJ
06SUVA455	KIRIBATI PROMISES TO SWITCH ITS UN VOTE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 19:59:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL GT VE KR
06SUVA470	TONGA MILITARY COMMANDER FRUSTRATED WITH HIS [...] (C) Summary: The Commander of the Tonga Defense Services (TDS),BG Tau'aika Uta'atu, told us he has become increasingly frustrated with the inability of his government to decide whether the TDS should deploy a second time in Iraq. Uta'atu firmly believes a deployment would be in the best i [...]	2006-11-02 18:56:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO TN
06SUVA500	RIOTS IN TONGA; AMCITS HUNKER DOWN [...] (C) Rioters in downtown Nuku'alofa, Tonga, this afternoon (Nov. 16) trashed properties of PM Sevele, King George Tupou V, and some Indian and Chinese businesses. They may have been responding to a reported decision of the Tonga Parliament, that has been discussing political reforms, to end it [...]	2006-11-15 22:55:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM ASEC CASC TN
06SUVA506	FIJI UPDATE 11/20: [...] (C) Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama informed the media over the weekend that he has no intention of meeting with Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) mediators or with PM Qarase (Ref A) until the PM accepts all the RFMF's demands. Bainimarama said that, if there has been [...]	2006-11-19 23:32:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA512	FIJI UPDATE 11/22 - A RATHER QUIET DAY IN SUVA [...] (C) Colonel Henry Manulevu is Commander nation-wide for Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) "territorial" forces (reservists). The RFMF called up all territorial forces a few weeks ago for an "annual" exercise. There are reports the territorials will be called up again within the next wee [...]	2006-11-21 19:03:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA518	FIJI UPDATE 11/27: BAINIMARAMA TENSION WITH THE [...] (C) We are tentatively scheduled to meet with Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) Commander Bainimarama on Wednesday. We intend to join others in a joint demarche on RFMF senior officers Tuesday. Over the weekend, New Zealand FM Peters got nowhere with Bainimarama. The GNZ considered ar [...]	2006-11-26 22:24:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA540	CHINESE IN FIJI KEEP THEIR HEADS DOWN, HOPE FOR [...] (C) Summary. The Chinese community in Fiji, estimated at 6,000-10,000 persons, is hoping to ride out the crisis caused by the military's announcement that it is deposing the lawfully elected government of Fiji. A PRC Embassy official told us the Embassy knows of only 17 Chinese residents wh [...]	2006-12-05 18:34:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FJ CH TW
06SUVA573	FIJI UPDATE 12/19: BAINIMARAMA WON'T ATTEND GCC; [...] (C) Commodore Bainimarama said he will not be attending the Great Council of Chiefs meetings this week because the Chiefs did not invite him as "Acting President." PM Qarase said the GCC meeting will determine the direction of the country; if Bainimarama does not accept GCC decisions, Fiji's [...]	2006-12-18 23:49:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA578	FIJI UPDATE 12/20: NO OUTCOME YET AT THE GCC [...] (C) As expected, there was no substantive outcome announced at the end of the 12/20 meeting of the Great Council of Chiefs. The GCC meeting will conclude 12/21. The Chairman of the GCC began the 12/20 session by noting how the GCC had been ridiculed by the military, and urged Chiefs not to [...]	2006-12-20 00:36:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA581	FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT [...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]	2006-12-21 00:09:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA582	FIJI UPDATE 12/21: NO CONSENSUS REACHED BY GREAT [...] (C) The Great Council of Chiefs failed to reach consensus during their meeting 12/21. The meetings have therefore been extended an extra day. A GCC press release stated that the Council "has agreed in principle on resolutions that are within the legal and constitutional framework," and that [...]	2006-12-21 00:23:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA586	FIJI POLICE IN THE LINE OF FIRE [...] (C) The Fiji Police Force stood in the forefront of opposition to the plans of RFMF Commander Frank Bainimarama to overthrow the lawfully elected government of Fiji. Now that the coup has taken place, remaining senior officers are forced to work with the new military government and the commis [...]	2006-12-21 23:43:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL CASC MARR FJ
06SUVA587	FIJI UPDATE 12/22 [...] (C) In a statement issued after the conclusion of its meeting 12/22, the Great Council of Chiefs reaffirmed the status of the appointed President and Vice President. The Council condemned the coup, but recognizing the reality of the military takeover, called for the PM to resign. The Counc [...]	2006-12-22 01:18:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM ASEC CASC FJ
06SUVA59	FIJI REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) This is an action request (paragraph 2). 2. (C) Fiji's CEO of Foreign Affairs, Isikeli Mataitoga, told the Ambassador February 14 that Fiji has decided to become a candidate for the UN Peacebuilding Commission. Using reftel guidance, Ambassador encouraged Fiji to put its name forwar [...]	2006-02-16 02:06:00	Embassy Suva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO FJ
06TALLINN1000	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Contact information for Embassy Tallinn TFCO: Jessica Adkins, Political/Economic Section Chief; Phone: 372 668-8230; Unclassified E-Mail: AdkinsJL@state.gov; Classified E-Mail: AdkinsJL@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Contact information for Embassy Tallinn Deputy TFCO: Rebecca Raman, Polit [...]	2006-11-08 12:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER
06TALLINN1001	ESTONIA: REACTION TO CHISINAU-MOSCOW RAIL LINK AND [...] (C) On November 3 Poloff delivered reftel points (Refs A and B) to Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and Dr. Kaupo Kand, MFA Ukraine and Moldova Desk Officer, regarding the decision to close the Chisinau-Moscow rail link and Ukraine's reform efforts. Foreign Mi [...]	2006-11-08 12:24:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PREL MOPS NATO RS UP EN
06TALLINN1008	ESTONIA: BRIEFING ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 12:16:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	AL BH GG MK MACEDONIA PBTS RO SR UP EN
06TALLINN1012	ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 15:38:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL PHSA EWWT EAIR PBTS EN
06TALLINN1052	ESTONIA: SHARING DRAFT UNSCR TEXT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 07:59:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC IZ EN
06TALLINN1065	ESTONIA: TURKEY-EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 14:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN NATO EN
06TALLINN1082	ESTONIA CONCERNED OVER PRESERVING SINIORA [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 15:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE EN
06TALLINN1083	ESTONIA: IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 15:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR EN
06TALLINN1084	ESTONIA: PRESIDENT ILVES'S TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. On December 6, President Ilves's Foreign Affair Advisor, Sven Jurgenson, briefed us on Ilves's recent trip to Georgia. While in Tbilisi, Ilves emphasized to Georgian President Saakashvili the need for the GOG to reduce tensions with Russia and take a more pragmatic approach to E [...]	2006-12-07 09:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG EN
06TALLINN1087	ESTONIA: GAERC RESPONSE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel points on GAERC agenda items with Kristina Meius, the MFA's European Correspondent, on November 7. Meius provided feedback on the following issues: -- Afghanistan: The GOE believes the EU should be engaged in the reconstruction process in both Kabul an [...]	2006-12-08 13:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN TU CH AF EU EN
06TALLINN1091	ESTONIA: LANNEOTS APPOINTED AS NEW CHOD [...] (C) Summary. Major General Ants Laaneots was confirmed as Estonia's new Chief of Defense Forces (CHOD) on December 5. The Ministry of Defense (MOD) hopes Laaneots's appointment will heal the rift between the MOD and Estonian Defense Forces (EDF),which existed under the previous CHOD. Laane [...]	2006-12-11 15:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EN MARR PGOV PINR PREL
06TALLINN294	COMMERCE DEPUTY SECRETARY SAMPSON'S AND EUR [...] (C) Noting that Estonia would have to decide this fall on the future of its troop deployment in Iraq, Foreign Minister Urmas Paet asked visiting Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson and Assistant Secretary of State Dan Fried how long the U.S. believes coalition forces will be necessary [...]	2006-03-29 07:48:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD CVIS BY UP EN
06TALLINN299	ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO OFFER SUPPORT FOR MALT AND DOG [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 14:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS IZ EN
06TALLINN311	AFGHANISTAN - ESTONIA'S MAIN FOREIGN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. Afghanistan is Estonia's main foreign military mission priority for the year. Its contribution to the UK-led PRT in Helmand (up to 150 troops) will be a huge commitment for this small country, the largest it has ever undertaken. In the run up to deployment of a company- size con [...]	2006-03-31 15:18:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR UK AF EN
06TALLINN315	PRENOTIFICATION OF AMENDMENT TO LET DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-03 15:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EN

06TALLINN318	ESTONIA OFFERS SUPPORT AND CAUTION FOR GEORGIA IN [...] (C) On April 3 Poloff delivered reftel points to Jaan Hein, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, to seek GOE support for NATO to begin an "Intensified Dialogue (ID) on Membership Questions" with Georgia. The GOE is fully supportive of initiating ID with Georgia. Hein remarked th [...]	2006-04-04 15:35:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL GG EN
06TALLINN475	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT AND [...] (C) On May 17 Polecoff delivered reftel points on restricting visas to members of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),and encouraging support for the Darfur Peace Agreement, to Marek Luts, MFA Sudan Desk Officer. According to Luts, some in Brussels would like to see an end to EU fundin [...]	2006-05-18 14:27:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PINS SOCI EAID EN
06TALLINN476	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SARG HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 14:28:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SY EN
06TALLINN478	AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 14:47:00	Embassy Tallinn	SECRET	PARM PREL AG ETTC EN
06TALLINN480	ESTONIA: DEMARCHE ON EU TAMIL TIGERS DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-19 09:44:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN CE EN
06TALLINN626	ESTONIA RETHINKING AIR POLICING POLICY [...] (C) Summary. Air Policing (AP) remains one of the top military/security priorities for the GOE representing, as it does, the only concrete security contribution Estonia receives from NATO membership. Due to repeated Russian incursions into Estonian airspace over the years, the GOE feels that [...]	2006-07-06 10:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LG LH EN
06TALLINN689	NIACT DELIVERED: ESTONIA HARD PRESSED TO [...] (C) On July 29 reftel points (ref a) on attendance at the July 31 UN Force Generation Meeting were delivered to Sander Soone, MFA Director General for Political Affairs. Soone agreed with the importance of the meeting, but could not saywho the Estonian representative would be. With respect to [...]	2006-07-31 14:10:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO LE EN
06TALLINN695	ASEM DEMARCHE - ESTONIA HOLDING EU LINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-03 09:31:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM FI BU EN
06TALLINN740	ESTONIA SUFFERS FIRST CASUALTIES IN HELMAND BUT [...] (SBU) Late in the evening on August 11, 37 Estonian soldiers came under attack at their temporary base camp in Garmsir (along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border),where they are serving as part of the UK-led PRT. The Estonians came under fire by 23 MM Sergei anti-aircraft rounds and/or rocket [...]	2006-08-15 15:23:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF UK EN
06TALLINN840	ESTONIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING AIR [...] (C) On September 14 2006 Embassy Tallinn received the following diplomatic note from the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Begin text: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia presents their compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America and have the ho [...]	2006-09-14 12:19:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC TIA MOPS NATO PREL EN
06TALLINN845	ESTONAIN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: NO LONGER HOT BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. These days, progress in Estonian- Russian relations is measured in inches. Over the last several months, disagreements over sensitive and controversial issues such as the border treaty have not hindered cooperation on less hotly debated issues. However, Estonia's relationship [...]	2006-09-15 08:35:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS EN
06TALLINN920	ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 05:34:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EN
06TALLINN941	ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PART I: ILVES ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Toomas Henrik Ilves brings international perspective and strong foreign policy experience to the presidency in Estonia. In contrast to his predecessor, Ilves has made it clear that he will use the presidency as a bully pulpit on both domestic and foreign policy issues. While th [...]	2006-10-16 13:01:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN964	ESTONIA'S NEW PRESIDENT PART II: A MORE ASSERTIVE [...] (C) Summary. Newly-elected Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has highlighted three foreign policy priorities for his presidency: helping to improve transatlantic relations, increasing Estonia's profile in and contributions to the European Union (EU) and development of a coherent and coor [...]	2006-10-23 13:41:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EN
06TALLINN966	CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS REVIEW CONVENTION: ESTONIA [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 14:52:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PREL EN
06TALLINN968	ESTONIA STANDS UP FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) According to Simmu Tiik, MFA Director General for Russia, on October 20, during the dinner with EU leaders in Finland, Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip asked President Putin if Russia could be a "trusted partner" to supply energy to Europe "in light of its behavior in Georgia." PM Ans [...]	2006-10-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU GG RS EN
06TALLINN983	ESTONIA: REFLECTIONS ON EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Estonia's attitude toward EU membership has evolved away from EU skepticism and towards a more pragmatic "good European" engagement. Public support for Estonia's EU membership has recently reached a record high. However, in foreign policy Estonian officials recognize that their [...]	2006-11-02 11:59:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU EN
06TASHKENT1358	FM GANIEV OUT, NOROV IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Confirming rumors post picked up through the day, President Islom Karimov issued a decree July 12 naming former Ambassador to Belgium, NATO and the EU Vladimir Norov as the new Minister of Foreign Affairs. Former Foreign Minister Elyor Ganiev returned to his old post of Minister [...]	2006-07-13 14:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR UZ
06TASHKENT1739	UZBEKISTAN HAVING ITS WAY WITH THE OSCE [...] (C) Summary: Two contacts at the OSCE's Tashkent Project Coordinator's Office (PCO) told poloff OSCE Ambassador Jenca is working closely with the MFA to restructure the PCO. The MFA reportedly will select two local OSCE staff to replace four who will lose their jobs in October. Jenca also re [...]	2006-09-11 11:24:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OSEC UZ
06TASHKENT261	TAJIBAYEVA TRIAL OPENS WITH CHARGES OF U.S. AND [...] (C) Summary: The trial of human rights activist Mutabar Tajibayeva opened in a small town near Tashkent on January 30. The charges against her include having received funding from the U.S. and French Embassies, which she used to distribute literature intended to sow panic among the populace. T [...]	2006-02-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT263	EGYPT ENCOURAGES UZBEK STUDENTS TO STUDY ARABIC AND [...] (C) DCM met with Egyptian Charge d'Affaires Jailan Abbas Abdel-Aziz on January 30 to discuss educational programs for Uzbeks offered by the Egyptian Government. According to Abbas Abdel-Aziz, annually 20 Uzbek undergraduates receive four-year scholarships for either Islamic or secular studies [...]	2006-02-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV EG UZ
06TASHKENT500	A SURPRISING RECIPE: PLOV WITH CUBAN RICE [...] (C) The Uzbek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) refuses to confirm reports that a Cuban delegation, headed by Deputy FM Eumelio Caballero, visited Tashkent March 13 to establish diplomatic relations with Uzbekistan. The delegation's visit was reported by Cuba-based Prensa Latina, the National [...]	2006-03-15 11:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT506	KAZAKH DCM COMMENTS ON TRADE AND BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kazakh Foreign Minister Tokaev did not meet with any Uzbek officials during his February 8 visit to Tashkent. The majority of ethnic Kazakhs in Uzbekistan live along the border between the two countries, but require a visa to cross the border. While there is some cross-border tr [...]	2006-03-16 10:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UK ZK
06TASHKENT532	INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS HANGING ON BY A THREAD [...] (C)Summary: Deutsche Welle stringer Obid Shabanov told Poloff that the MFA revoked his accreditation after he wrote a report about Uzbek migrant laborers freezing to death on a bus headed to Russia. Only one Deutsche Welle stringer is still accredited. Several international wire agency corre [...]	2006-03-23 02:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV PREL SMIG SOCI GM KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT538	KYRGYZ DCM DISCUSSES GOU DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: Uzbek-Kyrgyz economic relations are souring and the GOU is reneging on a long standing deal to trade Uzbek gas for Kyrgyz water, according to the Kyrgyz DCM. Uzbekistan,s accession to the Eurasian Economic Community (EurAsEC) has the potential to improve regional relations. Howeve [...]	2006-03-24 02:19:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT579	GERMANY WARNS THE UZBEKS TO BE NICE [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarians (MPs) from the German-Central Asia group met with GOU officials in February to discuss cooperation on issues including terrorism. GOU officials held to the party line that the truth about Andijon had been established. The Germans were generally pleased that the [...]	2006-03-24 16:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EU PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT605	CUTTING OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE - GOU [...] (C) Summary: When the Ambassador, at the invitation of the MFA, decided to attend a provincial investment roundtable in Andijon, the GOU quickly canceled the event. A Deputy Minister of Foreign Economic Relations, several other government officials and a handful of diplomats were already p [...]	2006-03-28 13:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV UZ
06TASHKENT633	OIL, AUTOS AND HUMAN RIGHTS: KARIMOV VISITS KOREA [...] (C) Summary: President Karimov,s trip to South Korea was successful, according to the South Korean DCM Jeung-Hyun Ryu, but it is too early to know how much fruit the agreements will bear. In addition to speaking to Karimov about human rights, the Korean President discussed oil, gas and uraniu [...]	2006-03-31 13:08:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT693	UNHCR OFFICE MAKES CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: The GOU has still not responded to UNDP's proposal to assume some of UNHCR's responsibilities after its closure. UNHCR headquarters has told its office to begin closing down on April 11 if the GOU has still not responded by then. UNHCR's Protection Officer told Poloff that the GO [...]	2006-04-07 14:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UZ
06TASHKENT710	GOU PUTS THE SQUEEZE ON STUDENTS AT EU MEETING [...] (C) Several universities in Tashkent reportedly threatened to expel students if they attended EU informational meetings sponsored by the French Embassy. An Embassy contact told poloff numerous students missed the latest meeting out of fear that the universities would make good on the threat, [...]	2006-04-12 11:04:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TASHKENT777	INL COORDINATOR/DCM TRIP REPORT: TERMEZ AND [...] (U) Summary: Visiting INL Coordinator and DCM visited the Surkhandarya Province for inspection and observation of border post facilities and procedures. Emboffs assessed the use of equipment and training provided to Uzbek Customs and Border Guard officials by USG-funded programs through the [...]	2006-04-21 03:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF TI UZ
06TASHKENT799	INDIAN EMBASSY'S LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Indian PM Manmohan Singh will officially visit Tashkent on April 25-26 to talk with President Karimov and lay a wreath at the National World War II Memorial. According to Indian DCM B.M. Vinod Kumar, the GOI's expectations are very low for the visit, as this trip seems primarily t [...]	2006-04-24 03:10:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UZ IN
06TASHKENT828	ADB COUNTRY DIRECTOR ON FUTURE PROJECTS [...] (C) Summary: The Asian Development Bank (ADB)released its strategy for Uzbekistan that cites difficulties with the GOU as a reason for the failure of certain projects. ADB will focus its program funds on technical assistance and education. ADB Country Director told DCM that ADB will become t [...]	2006-04-26 03:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ECON EFIN PGOV PREL UZ EINV
06TASHKENT881	BRITISH STUDY PROGRAMS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Despite an often rocky Uzbek-British relationship, British sources in Tashkent indicate that the GOU has not imposed direct obstacles to study programs in the UK. A scholarship program jointly supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),Open Society Institute, and a [...]	2006-05-03 13:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI SCUL PGOV PREL PHUM UZ
06TASHKENT882	WE AGREE TO AGREE: KARIMOV RECEIVES INDIAN PM [...] (C) Summary: After years of GOU pressure, the Indian PM finally visited Tashkent on April 25-26. The timing was convenient, as President Karimov departed one week later to Pakistan. The PM's visit resulted in numerous agreements, but most lacked substance, according to the Indian DCM. Seven [...]	2006-05-03 13:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IN PGOV PREL PTER UZ ZK
06TASHKENT938	LANDMINE ACTIVIST UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Alisher Taksanov (please protect),the local representative of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL),told us that he was denied an exit visa at the end of March, preventing him from attending an international landmine conference. Taksanov, who is also an independent [...]	2006-05-15 13:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UZ
06TASHKENT992	PARANOIA IN FLIGHT: KARIMOV ACCOMPLISHES LITTLE IN [...] (S) Summary: Prior to President Karimov's visit to Islamabad, Pakistani DCM Malik said the two largest issues facing Uzbekistan and Pakistan were transportation and customs problems. Pakistani Ambassador Kamran reported that Karimov's visit produced few tangible results, but stressed that the [...]	2006-05-22 10:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PGOV PREL UZ ZK
06TBILISI2601	GEORGIAN ARRESTS UPDATE -- SEPTEMBER 29 [...] (C) As the Georgian-Russian confrontation over Russian military officers detained for spying enters its third day, the Georgians have been making their case with the diplomatic community and the public, releasing video and other evidence of espionage. OSCE Chair-in-Office de Gucht is planning [...]	2006-09-29 10:39:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG
06TBILISI2708	SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF SOUTH OSSETIA ECONOMIC [...] (C) International donors, OSCE, Georgia, and South Ossetia kicked off the new economic rehabilitation initiative for South Ossetia with the first steering committee meeting in Tskhinvali October 6, much of which was open to Georgian and SIPDIS South Ossetian media. DCM signed a memorandum w [...]	2006-10-11 13:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID GG
06TEGUCIGALPA1131	HONDURAN MINISTER OF FINANCE RESIGNS, SAYS IT IS [...] (C) Summary: GOH Minister of Finance Hugo Noe Pino resigned on June 16, effective July 1, when he will be replaced by Vice Minister Rebecca Santos. Noe Pino assured EconChief that his resignation was not in protest, but rather was the result of the President's desire to send him as Honduras' [...]	2006-06-22 14:04:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1329	Honduran President Zelaya Discusses Fuel, [...] Classified by: Ambassador Charles Ford for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (C) Summary. Ambassador and A/DCM met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez for more than an hour during the evening of July 23. Zelaya was relaxed and discussed plans for a [...]	2006-07-25 21:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG PGOV PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA1345	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA: JULY BETTER THAN JUNE, [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office six months. Zelaya continues to act like a populist, although he makes fewer obvious errors, fired his most incompetent minister (the Minister of Health),and has, since the Embassy's U.S. I [...]	2006-07-28 19:35:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR VZ HO
06TEGUCIGALPA16	AVIAN INFLUENZA TRIPWIRES - TEGUCIGALPA [...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post EAC met on 12/28/2005 in order to discuss Avian Influenza (AI) tripwires and to develop contingency plans for both "shelter in place" as well as drawdown of personnel. EAC members in attendance were A/DCM, RSO, JMO, PC, PAO, PAS, ECON, DAO, MILGRP, MSG, POL, USAID, [...]	2006-01-05 18:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMED AMGT ASEC CASC HO KFLO
06TEGUCIGALPA192	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S INAUGURATION GOES WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, January 26, 2006 a U.S. Presidential Delegation, led by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, arrived in Tegucigalpa to attend the inauguration of Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales. While the weeks and days leading to the events were plagued with confusion and inde [...]	2006-01-31 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2136	(S) HONDURAN FUEL BID COULD SUPPORT FMLN, LEAD TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable presents Post's best assessment of the current state of play and the political intent behind recent and upcoming steps in the bid solicitation process for fuel imports into Honduras. Among potential pitfalls are: (a) the threatened expropriation of millions of dolla [...]	2006-11-09 22:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET EINV BBSR ES VE HO
06TEGUCIGALPA214	HONDURAS APPEARS TO BE CONSIDERING CHANGE OF [...] (U) This is an Action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) appears to be attempting to extend its influence into the Central American region at the expense of Taiwan. The left-of-center ideological shift of the Zelaya administration has provided the PRC [...]	2006-02-06 13:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2210	DISBURSEMENT OF HONDURAN IDB DEBT RELIEF SHOULD BE [...] (C) Summary: Post notes with interest the November 17 decision by the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) to provide debt relief for five WHA countries, including Honduras. As discussions of precise amounts and delivery modalities progress within the IDB, Post requests that disbursement of [...]	2006-11-22 21:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV HO
06TEGUCIGALPA2257	FOREIGN MINISTER INTERESTED IN CONCLUDING [...] (SBU) At a meeting between Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez, the Ambassador, DCM and Polcouns on 11/27, the latter presented the Foreign Minister with the draft PSI shipboarding agreement and implementing agreement (Ref A),noting that they are based on our existing anti-narcotics shipboardin [...]	2006-12-01 21:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM PHSA PREL HO
06TEGUCIGALPA524	ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the [...]	2006-03-16 16:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ETRD KCRM PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA526	ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST 45 DAYS - PRO-U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya and his Administration have now been in office approximately 45 days. While Zelaya is clearly a friend of the USG, as Post predicted his personality, administration, and policy decisions are making working with him a challenge. On the plus si [...]	2006-03-16 20:23:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS SMIG PINR KCRM HO
06TEGUCIGALPA575	HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General (CG) met on March 6 and 14 with senior officials in the Honduran Immigration Service and they presented a picture of continued confusion and corruption at the Immigration Service. President Zelaya told the Ambassador on March 14 that a new Director of Immigr [...]	2006-03-23 18:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
06TEGUCIGALPA622	HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA ON FUEL BID, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: On March 28, Ambassador and DCM met with Honduran President Mel Zelaya and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez regarding Zelaya's June visit to Washington. DEA agents later joined the meeting for a candid anti-narcotics briefing. A relaxed Zelaya appeared to waiver somewhat on a [...]	2006-03-30 22:33:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PGOV EPET SNAR MOPS PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA853	WHA DAS MADISON MEETS WITH HONDURAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: WHA DAS Kirsten Madison visited Honduras April 26-28 and met with Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, key members of his cabinet, congress, and the business community. Key themes of the visit included cooperation on regional security problems such as narcotrafficking, Ho [...]	2006-05-09 22:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KCRM SMIG SNAR PINR HO
06TEGUCIGALPA942	HONDURAN FM JIMENEZ TELLS AMB THAT CENTRAL [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Beijing, Embassy Mexico, and the other Embassies in Central America. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) During a May 22 meeting between Honduran President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales and Foreign Minister Milton Jimenez Puerto and AMB, DCM, and Pol [...]	2006-05-24 22:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR CH TW HO
06TELAVIV1048	ISRAELI NSA EILAND'S INITIAL ASSESSMENT OF IMPACT [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the Israeli raid to arrest Palestinian detainees formerly monitored by U.S. and UK personnel in Jericho had been planned as early as 2002. He claimed the [...]	2006-03-15 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1064	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON AID TO PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland and his chief of staff, Roy Dick, told the Ambassador and DCM on March 14 that the GOI has not yet established a clear interagency position on assistance to the Palestinians. Eiland said that the NSC's plan on possible steps to reduce [...]	2006-03-16 15:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID KWBG KPAL LE IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1083	JCG: ISRAEL NSC'S 2/23 SESSION WITH S/CT AMB. [...] (C) On February 23, S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton was hosted by National Security Adviser Giora Eiland at Israel's NSC in Ramat HaSharon. (NOTE: The February 22 meeting of the U.S.-Israel Joint Counterterrorism Group is covered in reftel. END NOTE.) A panel discussion involving experts from Israe [...]	2006-03-17 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PINS ASEC IS COUNTERTERRORISM ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1086	PERETZ, THE SHEPHERD WHO AWAITS THE RETURN OF HIS [...] (C) Summary: Labor Chairman Amir Peretz told the Ambassador and DCM March 17 that he believes that the large number of still undecided voters will be pivotal on election day. Peretz speculated that Labor's real public support may be larger than current polls indicate as traditional Laborites [...]	2006-03-17 17:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL KWBG IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS
06TELAVIV1110	GOI AND PA OFFICIALS DISCUSS KARNI CLOSURE SOLUTION [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Tel Aviv - Consulate General Jerusalem cable. 2. (C) Summary: Officials from the GOI, PA, Egyptian Embassy, and EU-BAM met at the Ambassador,s Residence on March 19 to discuss the movement of commercial goods and humanitarian supplies between Gaza and Israel and [...]	2006-03-20 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PREL PINS EAID PTER KWBG EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1164	BIBI SAYS UNDECIDEDS, TURNOUT RATE MAKE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Likud Chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu told the Ambassador and DCM March 22 that the main factors to consider in this election are the continuing high number of undecided voters so close to election day and the possibility of a low voter turnout. Netanyahu underlined his concer [...]	2006-03-23 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL ELECTIONS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1412	JORDAN VALLEY CLOSURES LIKELY TEMPORARY [...] (C) On April 17, the Ambassador raised with Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel the recent closures and increased number of roadblocks in the Jordan Valley (reftel). Spiegel admitted that the IDF has increased the number of roadblocks and flying checkpoints between Nablus and Jenin, but explaine [...]	2006-04-07 14:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ECON KWBG ASEC IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1437	GOI BRIEFING ON STATUS OF CROSSINGS [...] (C) Summary: Brig. Gen. (res.) Baruch Spiegel on April 7 briefed the Ambassador, USSC Head General Dayton, and EU-BAM Head of Mission General Pistolese on the status of the crossings. Spiegel said that Sufa was working at full capacity and that there would be increased volume at Kerem Shalom [...]	2006-04-10 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER KWBG KPAL ASEC EG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1617	OLMERT'S SUPER-COALITION DEALS SOW DISCONTENT, [...] SUMMARY: (C) The continuing and much bally-hooed difficulties that Ehud Olmert is facing in forming what he asserted would be a broad, 84-MK coalition government reflect the "souk" political dynamic that, historically, has yielded consistently narrow-majority Israeli governments. Olmert had [...]	2006-04-25 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1620	SHIMON PERES CONCERNED ABOUT JORDAN'S STABILITY [...] (C) Summary: Shimon Peres told CODEL Shays that Palestinian patience with ineffectual Hamas governance will run out sooner than Hamas thinks, and that the USG must encourage PA President Mahmoud Abbas to be courageous in standing up to Hamas. He asked the USG to encourage the GOI to work wit [...]	2006-04-25 16:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV1643	ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON IRANIAN NUCLEAR THREAT, [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary: Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told Representative Christopher Shays, Representative Jim Marshall, and the DCM that Iran's main goals are to acquire nuclear weapons, support Hizballah and other proxies, and to increase Iranian influence in Iraq. Eiland sai [...]	2006-04-26 15:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MARR KNNP IZ IR IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV1752	FM LIVNI OPPOSES USG ASSISTANCE TO ABBAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni cautioned Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that by strengthening President Mahmud Abbas the USG could lend legitimacy to the Palestinian Authority (PA) without changing Hamas. Livni also said that the GOI does not plan to involve the Palestinians in [...]	2006-05-04 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS
06TELAVIV1753	HERZOG TELLS CODEL LIEBERMAN THAT LABOR SUPPORTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Labor MK Itzhak ("Boojy") Herzog told Senator Joseph Lieberman April 20 that the Labor Party advocates strengthening Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas. Herzog said he supports USG assistance to the Abbas-controlled Presidential Guard in order to enhance that bod [...]	2006-05-04 15:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV1774	A SPRING OF LIEBERMAN'S DISCONTENT: NO [...] (C) The absence from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's 25-member Cabinet of even a single representative from the Russian-speaking immigrant community -- despite that community's electoral strength -- has elicited strong criticism from Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman and Kadima MK Marina [...]	2006-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI SOCIETY
06TELAVIV1817	GAZA-ISRAEL COMMERCIAL CROSSINGS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The crossings between Gaza and Israel are important commercial ports. The GOI is devoting significant resources to upgrade and expand several crossings, including Erez, Kerem Shalom and Tarqumiya. The GOI has also instituted a risk management scheme in order to promote securit [...]	2006-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1946	ISRAEL'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER COMMITTED TO FISCAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Hirchson told the Ambassador that the new government would continue to practice fiscal restraint, and will resist strong pressures from members of the coalition to open the spending floodgates. He pledged that the 2006 budget would not be renegotiated and would keep to t [...]	2006-05-18 15:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL IS KWBG KPAL ECONOMY AND FINANCE
06TELAVIV1947	ISRAELI DEFMIN PERETZ ON PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) New Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told Ambassador Jones May 17 that he wants negotiations with the Palestinians to begin as soon as possible, and that PA President Abbas should be strengthened. He said that he has ordered that the Karni crossing remain open for traffic in both dire [...]	2006-05-18 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
06TELAVIV1979	OLMERT'S COS DISCUSSES COALITION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, confirmed ongoing talks with the ultra-orthodox United Torah Judaism (UTJ) party to join the coalition. He said that such a step would provide cover for the other main religious part [...]	2006-05-19 17:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV1980	OLMERT'S COS ON VISIT PREPARATIONS, AMA, MDA, AND [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on June 18, PM Olmert's chief of staff, Yoram Turbowicz, described the main goal of Olmert's upcoming visit to Washington as building trust and getting to better know the President. According to Turbowicz, he, Dov Weissglas, and Shalom Tourgeman con [...]	2006-05-19 17:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF IS ICRC GTIP ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV2644	ISRAELI-ARAB CIVIC LEADERS SAY THEY ARE ON CUTTING [...] Summary: Israeli-Arab civil rights representatives stressed to the Ambassador in a June 28 luncheon their commitment to achieving greater equality within Israel as they strive for increasing cooperation with their Jewish compatriots. While they discussed the various problems facing Israel's [...]	2006-06-30 16:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON IS KDEM PHUM SCUL ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV293	IRAN: CONGRESSMAN ACKERMAN'S JANUARY 5 MEETING AT [...] (C) In his January 5 discussion with Congressman Gary Ackerman on Iran's nuclear program, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Deputy Director General Ariel Levite said: -- U.S.-Israel relations will remain high on any Israeli leader's agenda; -- Israel is anxious about Iran's nuclear a [...]	2006-01-20 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV IS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV2950	FM LIVNI DISCUSSES LEBANON, SYRIA, AND HAMAS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told Congressman Robert Wexler July 26 that, when hostilities between Israel and Hizballah conclude, the international community must keep Hizballah out of southern Lebanon and must prevent arms from reaching the group via Iran. Livni suggested that an inte [...]	2006-07-28 10:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UN LE IS
06TELAVIV2961	ZELIKOW AND GILAD DISCUSS TRAITS OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: MG (RES) AMOS GILAD, ISRAELI MOD ADVISOR FOR POLITICAL AND MILITARY AFFAIRS, TOLD COUNSELOR ZELIKOW 29 JUL 06 THAT INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST BE EMPOWERED TO ENFORCE CEASEFIRE AS NECESSARY, TO DEPLOY FROM BLUE LINE NORTH TO NAHR AL LITANI, IF NOT NAHR AL AWALLI, AND TO TRAIN THE LEBANESE [...]	2006-07-30 17:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PTER KPAL KWBG IS LE
06TELAVIV299	OLMERT TO CODEL KERRY: "I AM COMMITTED TO CARRY ON" [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator John Kerry in a January 17 meeting that he is committed to carrying on Sharon's vision of setting the "political outcomes within the broad context of the roadmap." Olmert highlighted his commitment to pursue a serious dialogue wi [...]	2006-01-20 16:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KWBG KPAL CH IR IS SY ETTC ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV3079	ISRAEL FM LIVNI SAYS ISRAEL DISAPPROVES OF CURRENT [...] (S) In their August 6 meeting, Israeli FM Tzipi Livni told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch that Israel could not approve of the draft UN resolution in its current form. Making impassioned, emotional appeals, she more than once put forward the following reasons: -- In Israel's view, the resolut [...]	2006-08-08 08:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS LE IS
06TELAVIV3145	LEBANON: CODEL ROYCE AND ISRAELI NSC CHIEF DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Council head Ilan Mizrahi told Representative Ed Royce July 9 that he does not believe any country will send troops to participate in an international force to fight Hizballah. He said the Lebanese army is "not a force you can count on," and indicated that Isr [...]	2006-08-10 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE IS
06TELAVIV366	ISRAELI NSC SAYS CLARITY NEEDED ON HAMAS IN NEW [...] (C) During their January 25 meeting at Israel's National Security Council, NSC Director MGEN (Ret.) Giora Eiland and his deputy, Eran Etzion, told NEA DAS Robert Danin the following: -- USG, GOI and Quartet statements on a HAMAS presence in the new Palestinian government need to be clear and [...]	2006-01-26 14:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL PEACE PROCESS
06TELAVIV3729	NAZARETH MAYOR PESSIMISTIC ON POSTWAR JEWISH-ARAB [...] (C) In a September 13 meeting with Emboffs, longtime Nazareth Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy painted a bleak picture of postwar relations between Israel,s Jewish and Arab communities. He argued that Israel had chosen &force over peace8 in its invasion of southern Lebanon, and that Israeli Arabs felt be [...]	2006-09-19 08:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL IS
06TELAVIV3732	ISRAELI CT OFFICIALS DISCUSS ISRAEL-HIZBALLAH WAR, U.S.-ISRAEL CT COOPERATION [...] (S) Israeli counterterrorism (CT) officials were anxious to convince visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer that IsraelÂ´s 34-day war with Hizballah in July and August had weakened the terrorist group and given Lebanese PM Siniora greater political will to take on Hizballah, but Israeli [...]	2006-09-19 13:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PTER PREL SY LE IS
06TELAVIV3844	GOI PERSPECTIVE ON WAZZANI SPRINGS [...] (C/NF) Summary: According to an MFA official, the villagers of Rajar (aka Ghajjar) resumed using piped water from the nearby Wazzani Springs after the IDF drove Hizballah fighters away from the area during the recent conflict. Armed Hizballah fighters had stopped the villagers from using the [...]	2006-09-28 09:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PGOV KPKO LE IS
06TELAVIV389	MISHLEV DISCUSSES PA ELECTIONS, KARNI AND RAFAH [...] (C) Summary: Major General Yosef Mishlev told the Ambassador January 24 that preparations for the Palestinian elections were going well, and that the GOI and the Palestinian Authority (PA) had established joint coordination rooms in the West Bank and Gaza for election day to handle security. [...]	2006-01-27 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT SETTLEMENTS
06TELAVIV391	SHIMON PERES ON THE PALESTINIAN ELECTIONS [...] Former Vice Premier Shimon Peres discussed Hamas with Senator Joseph R. Biden, SFRC Democratic Staff Director Antony Blinken and SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar on January 25. Commenting before the vote tallies were in, Peres put a positive spin on the Palestinian elections, whic [...]	2006-01-27 17:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IS PINR KPAL ETRD EG JO KISL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV4293	GERMANS DOWNPLAYING ISRAELI ACTIONS AGAINST UNIFIL [...] (C) The German DCM in Tel Aviv told poloff on October 27 that Berlin is intentionally downplaying its response to the October 24 incident in which an Israeli Air Force F-16 allegedly fired two shots across the bow of a Bundesmarine ship assisting UNIFIL. According to the DCM, German Defense M [...]	2006-10-27 14:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS LE GM IS
06TELAVIV4465	PERETZ AND AMBASSADOR KICK OFF AMA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the Ambassador on November 6 that despite the threats Israel is facing, the Ministry of Defense (MOD) will do everything possible to improve the humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. He said that he, as defense minister, has m [...]	2006-11-08 16:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4677	DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SNEH UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh agreed with the Ambassador on November 27 that the negotiating teams for the implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA) should begin meeting next week. He noted, however, that his own schedule may limit the ability to have [...]	2006-11-29 16:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
06TELAVIV4731	GOI UPDATES POST ON GOI-EU DIALOGUE ON RAFAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, MFA Head of Bureau for Middle East and Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba provided post with an update on the ongoing discussions between the GOI and Europeans on the Rafah crossing point. Ben-Abba conveyed that the GOI is pleased with the six-month extension of the [...]	2006-12-05 07:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06TELAVIV4768	COGAT'S EFFORTS TO RESOLVE AMCIT VISA DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Summary: Senior EmbOffs met December 7 with MG Yossef Mishlev (GOI Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories - COGAT) to stress the urgent need for Israel to resolve the visa problems facing American citizens seeking to live and work in the West Bank. They requested that the [...]	2006-12-08 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PREL KWBG KPAL IS
06TELAVIV481	SENATOR BIDEN AND A/PM OLMERT DISCUSS THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Alternate Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told Senator Joseph Biden on January 25 --before PLC election results were in -- that he is ready to resume negotiations with Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas and is willing to implement all of Israel's commitments under the roadmap [...]	2006-02-02 06:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KWBG KPAL IR IS PEACE PROCESS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV4851	DEFENSE MINISTER PERETZ ON AMA, CEASEFIRE, LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by embassy senior staff, called on Defense Minister Amir Peretz December 12 to express appreciation for Peretz's role in maintaining the Gaza ceasefire and to review the status of AMA implementation discussions with the MOD. Peretz, who was flanked by Dep [...]	2006-12-15 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ECON KWBG PHUM IS LE
06TELAVIV4929	SENATOR NELSON'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Bill Nelson (FL) and his senior staff met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 12 to discuss the Iranian nuclear threat. Netanyahu urged the U.S. to mobilize all its diplomatic and national efforts against Iran. [...]	2006-12-26 09:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER IS IR IZ SY KPAL US
06TELAVIV498	ISRAELI MKS DISCUSS HOW TO DEAL WITH HAMAS [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a January 30 lunch with the Ambassador, members of the Knesset representing Kadima, Likud, and Labor disagreed on the underlying reasons for the success of Hamas in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. Likud members blamed disengagement, while t [...]	2006-02-03 06:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV515	ISRAELI FM ON REVENUE TRANSFERS, MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Tel Aviv, FM Tzipi Livni told the Ambassador and DCM that the Israeli Cabinet will discuss revenue transfers to the PA on February 5, adding that she did not expect the issue to still be on the agenda when she meets the Secretary next week. Livni sa [...]	2006-02-03 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID PTER KPAL KWBG IS EG ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06TELAVIV542	GOI ACTION ON AMONA PRODUCES BACKLASH AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Post contacts from the GOI and the private sector assert that the February 1 demolitions in Amona outpost "send strong signals to the settlers" that Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is not going to give in to lawbreakers. The demolitions in Amona are now being hailed as a new [...]	2006-02-06 15:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV566	EILAND PESSIMISTIC WITH CODEL OBAMA ON [...] (C) Summary: National Security Advisor (NSA) Giora Eiland briefed Senator Barack Obama January 10 on "three and a half" different approaches to dealing with the stalemate that exists in Israeli-Palestinian relations. He anticipated the predicament that the U.S. and Israel would face should [...]	2006-02-07 16:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV634	EREZ CLOSES FOLLOWING ARMED ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Israeli officials closed the Erez crossing for an indefinite period following an assault by armed Palestinian gunmen in the early hours of February 9. Israeli soldiers killed the attackers. There were no Israeli casualties. An MOD official said that, during the period of Karni [...]	2006-02-10 17:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
06TELAVIV688	IRAN-IAEA: ISRAELI ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION [...] (S) In a February 7 meeting, Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC) Director General Gideon Frank told Ambassador Jones the following: A) On February 16, the EU3 MFA directors general are going to meet with an Israeli interagency team in Israel at the MFA to discuss Iran and the way ahead. [...]	2006-02-15 15:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MNUC KNNP IR EU AORC IS GOI EXTERNAL

06TELAVIV714	FISCHER GOVERNS A STABLE ISRAELI ECONOMY [...] (C) Bank of Israel (BOI) Governor Stanley Fischer told the Ambassador that the Israeli economy is in good shape, and that, contrary to statements by some politicians, the poverty situation was actually improving. He said that the political issue was really one of relative rather than absolute [...]	2006-02-17 15:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV810	GOI MAPPING OUT CRITICAL HUMANITARIAN PA PROJECTS [...] (C) Foreign Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister Shalom Tourgeman told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble February 23 that, without causing a humanitarian crisis, the GOI seeks to limit assistance to the Palestinian Authority (PA) to show Hamas that adherence to its current positions comes at a price. [...]	2006-02-27 12:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF KWBG KPAL ECON IS EG HUMANITARIAN AID GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV814	ISRAEL WANTS TO PREVENT HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PA [...] (C) Ministry of Finance DG Yossi Bachar emphasized in a February 23 meeting with NEA DAS Dibble that the GOI is torn between the imperative of not dealing with a Hamas-led PA government on the one hand and doing everything possible to not harm the Palestinian population on the other. He said [...]	2006-02-27 13:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL IS KWBG KPAL GOI EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV853	ISRAELIS TELL CODEL SHAYS THEY WON'T TURN OUT THE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Foreign Policy Advisor Shalom Tourgeman assured CODEL Shays that the GOI would not withold electricity or take purely punitive economic measures against the Palestinian people, but did say that the GOI believes that all other US, European and Israeli economic assistance sho [...]	2006-02-28 13:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV858	MOD ADVISOR ON HAMAS, ABBAS, NEIGHBORS, IRAN AND [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Defense Political Advisor Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Dibble that Israel was on a collision course with a new "Hamastan." He said the Hamas leadership was very clever and would seek international acceptance while retaining the intent to annihilate Israel. He agreed that [...]	2006-02-28 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER ECON PINR KWBG KPAL IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
06TELAVIV885	MFA TELLS DAS DIBBLE THAT GOI GRAPPLING WITH [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials told NEA DAS Liz Dibble that the GOI is going through a comprehensive inter-agency process to define humanitarian assistance and formulate how best to continue it to the Palestinians without benefiting Hamas. They also want a mechanism that would permit the GOI to tra [...]	2006-03-02 15:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON KPAL KWBG PINR IS GOI INTERNAL HUMANITARIAN AID ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV91	MOD BRIEF ON NEW DRAFT PLAN FOR REMOVAL OF [...] (S) Summary and comment: The MOD's new draft plan has replaced the removal of checkpoints with the concept of "normally open checkpoints" and bypass roads. This is a step backwards from their original proposal, which concentrated on removing checkpoints. There are, nonetheless, some brigh [...]	2006-01-06 16:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV915	ISRAEL: SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) This cable forms the first part of a four-part message in response to reftel A. Embassy point of contact is poloff James Miller, phone (972)3-519-7437, fax (972)3-519-7484. Poloff spent approximately 120 hours in preparation of TIP report; deputy polcouns spent six hours, polcouns spe [...]	2006-03-06 15:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
06TELAVIV92	SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 11, 2006 JOINT POL-MIL [...] (C) The Joint Pol-Mil Group (JPMG) meeting will be taking place at a time when Israel's domestic political situation is in flux and recent progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has stalled. PM Sharon suffered a significant brain hemorrhage on January 4, and is now in critical condition, [...]	2006-01-06 16:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV PTER MASS OTRA PARM ISRAEL RELATIONS MILITARY GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
06TELAVIV942	RSO MEETING WITH GOI OFFICIALS REGARDING [...] (C) Summary: At the request of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and RSO Amman (refs A, B, and C, respectively),Post has actively pursued with the GOI the proposal to transport Palestinian deportees from the U.S. to Gaza/West Bank through Ben Gurion International Airport. The Ambass [...]	2006-03-08 15:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IS KPAL PREL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL ISRAEL RELATIONS
06THEHAGUE1233	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. STATEMENT ON [...] (C) Ambassador Arnall delivered reftel demarche seeking public statements of support for the U.S. position on Iran to Rob Swartbol, Senior Foreign Affairs Advisor to Prime Minister Balkenende, on March 31. Swartbol promised to pass the message immediately to the Foreign Minister -- who was in [...]	2006-06-01 11:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR NL
06THEHAGUE1321	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR [...] (U) Facilitator Maarten Lak (Netherlands) hosted a June 8 informal consultation to present the results of the meeting of National Authorities in Mexico City, which focused on national implementation. Lak, Ambassador Arrospide (CSP Chairman, Peru),Legal Advisor Santiago Onate, and Mexican DCM [...]	2006-06-13 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE1433	DUTCH OFFICIALS OUTLINE TRADE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch trade officials recently outlined current Dutch trade priorities: completion of Doha (WTO) talks, energy security, balancing of trade and security needs, and the export of Dutch water management expertise. A February 2007 High Tech Connections mission to San Francisc [...]	2006-06-27 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	WTRO EAGR ETRD EU NL
06THEHAGUE1674	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-01 14:03:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EU KNNP PREL IR NL
06THEHAGUE1701	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: FINNISH ASEM INVITATION TO [...] (C) Summary: Although the GONL avoided inviting the Burmese to any EU fora during their 2005 EU Presidency, it insists such an invitation is consistent with EU procedures (per reftel). The Dutch are not actively pushing to reverse the Finnish decision. End summary. 2. (C) Poloffs delivere [...]	2006-08-04 07:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BU FI NL
06THEHAGUE1706	NETHERLANDS/CHINA: BERN PROCESS DEMARCHE ON PRC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-04 15:13:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CH NL
06THEHAGUE1708	NETHERLANDS: TURKISH IMAMS DENIED RESIDENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands, new, tighter immigration policies are causing friction with the country,s 436 mosques, which rely heavily on foreign-born clerics to lead their congregations. At least 18 Turkish mosques are without imams as a result of immigration delays. Meanwhile, the Neth [...]	2006-08-04 16:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PREL PGOV PINR PTER SOCI SCUL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE2119	NETHERLANDS/HRC: RESPONSE TO CUBA AT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche 25 September to Joris Geeven, policy officer at MFA human rights division, and Peter van der Vliet, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs, UN and IFIs Department. Geeven thanked us for the information. He said the GONL had expected the Cubans to renew t [...]	2006-09-27 15:14:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2252	DUTCH PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON TIP VISIT, RUSSIAN TIP [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. During an October 5 meeting with DCM, Prosecutor-General Herman Bolhaar stressed his determination to fully investigate the case of TIP victim Irine Veselykh, who testified before the U.S. Congress in June [...]	2006-10-18 09:36:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2352	NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 [...] (S) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Head of Nuclear Affairs and Non-proliferation Henk van der Kwast on November 1. Van Der Kwast appreciated the points, noting that the GONL would live up to its UNSCR 1718 obligations. He labelled North Korea's decision to return to the six-party [...]	2006-11-02 09:47:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM NL
06THEHAGUE2361	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH AGREE KOSOVO NOT A PRECEDENT [...] (C) Summary: MFA Head of the Western Balkans Division Cees Roels said the GONL is in "complete agreement" with the USG argument explaining why an independent Kosovo does not set a precedent for separatist movements in "frozen conflicts." He said Kosovo is a "special case," while a gradual inde [...]	2006-11-02 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	AL PBTS PREL NL
06THEHAGUE2362	NETHERLANDS/TRANSNISTRIA: DISRUPTION OF [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche Nov 1 to MFA Deputy Head of Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division Thymen Kouwenaar and Moldova Desk Officer Natascha Soons. Kouwenaar said that the MFA was reviewing a frozen conflicts proposal delivered by us to the Dutch embassy in Washington last week [...]	2006-11-02 15:36:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN RS MD UP NL
06THEHAGUE2363	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Polmiloff discussed reftel points with MFA Senior Policy Advisor Marieke Monroy-Winter on November 2. Monroy-Winter agreed with the importance of continued engagement with Ukraine, and suggested support for eventual Ukrainian NATO membership aspirations was now more important than ever. S [...]	2006-11-02 15:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS UP NL
06THEHAGUE2423	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT [...] (U) The following is provided in response to ref A, paragraphs 8 and 9. ------------------------------------- TFCO Representatives and Coordination ------------------------------------- 2. (C) Embassy The Hague's TFCO is DCM Chat Blakeman (MGT Counselor Sarah Solberg is currently serving [...]	2006-11-08 16:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN NL
06THEHAGUE2561	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: GONL REMAINS POSITIVE ON [...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales, on his second visit to the Netherlands this year, continued to impress hopeful GONL officials with his goal of social justice and his ability to reach political solutions. The Dutch say Morales understands the need for good relations with the U.S b [...]	2006-12-06 14:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EPET BO NL
06THEHAGUE2564	NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: ACCESSION DEBATE IN PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: (SBU) The GONL supports the goal of Turkish accession but continues to insist that the Turks meet their obligations, particularly the opening of northern Cypriot ports. The GONL is fighting to avoid a formal suspension of, or an outright deadline for ending, accession negotiations. A [...]	2006-12-06 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN NL
06THEHAGUE2566	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Dutch investments in Cuba are minimal, and post is aware of no bilateral trade agreements between the Cuban and Dutch governments. Post is aware of no exchange programs. The GONL is a leading EU advocate for human rights, and both the government and Dutch NGOs are active in prom [...]	2006-12-07 12:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL
06THEHAGUE257	DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...]	2006-02-07 06:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE2572	(C) DUTCH REVIEWING TFTP AND SWIFT [...] (C) Econoff delivered on December 6 reftel points concerning SWIFT and the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) to Paul ten Westeneind, Policy Advisor, Integrity Policy Division, Dutch Ministry of Finance (MOF) and responsible for MOF responses to questions from the Dutch Parliament on SW [...]	2006-12-07 16:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ECON NL
06THEHAGUE269	DUTCH REACTIONS TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (SBU) Summary: As of 6 February, there has been no violence in the Netherlands in response to the controversial cartoons, though daily newspaper "De Volkskrant" received a bomb threat for having reprinted the Danish cartoons. The Prime Minister emphasized the primacy of law in resolving dispu [...]	2006-02-07 15:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO NL
06THEHAGUE512	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WHA PDAS SHAPIRO, [...] (SBU) Country clearance is granted for WHA PDAS, Ambassador Shapiro, for his March 14-15 visit to The Netherlands. 2. (U) Control Officer is Political Officer Ted Burkhalter. He can be reached at: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-2336, (H) 31-70-324-1559, (Mobile) 31-65-181-6873. Fax: (W) 31-70-310-23 [...]	2006-03-09 11:03:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA BE EU EZ UK NL
06THEHAGUE591	FOLLOW-UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ:NETHERLANDS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Netherlands has taken internal and external steps in recent years to prevent its citizens from traveling to Iraq and other conflict areas to train or participate in jihad. Closer cooperation between Dutch intelligence and police authorities has yielded concrete results, incl [...]	2006-03-20 16:24:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ NL
06THEHAGUE701	NETHERLANDS/PLO: NO CONTACT WITH HAMAS-LED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Foreign Minister Bot publicly reiterated on March 30 that the Dutch government will have no contacts with the Hamas-led Palestinian government until it recognizes Israel and renounces violence. Bot reportedly hopes such comments will help push the EU as a whole into taking [...]	2006-03-31 15:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GZ IS OPDC NL
06THEHAGUE748	NETHERLANDS: BASE ALIGNMENT - ROUND 41 [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 5. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Dutch are working to manage the political ramifications of the potential base closure at Eygelshoven, and have asked us to consider delaying the announcement of the decision for three to four weeks so that high-level [...]	2006-04-06 15:06:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MARR NL
06THEHAGUE835	NETHERLANDS/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: NO VOTES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered the Secretary's letter (ref A) to FM Bot on April 11. Poloff, Political Counselor and DCM followed up April 11, 12 and 13, with working level officials. The Dutch are pleased, but not surprised, by our commitment to the success of the new Human Rights Counc [...]	2006-04-18 05:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KUNR OPDC PREL UNGA NL
06THEHAGUE872	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: RESPONSE TO DUTCH ARMS [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are unwilling to reconsider their pending sale of radio equipment for Spanish patrol boats to Venezuela in response to reftel points. MFA Director of Security Policy Robert de Groot said the Dutch remain committed to blocking sales of "offensive" arms to Venezuela, and [...]	2006-04-19 13:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL VE NL
06THEHAGUE978	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DM KAMP INTERVIEW DOES [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dutch government officials downplayed DM Kamp's April 30 television interview in which he claimed the Netherlands might withdraw its deployment to Afghanistan as part of NATO's ISAF III mission should it become "impossible to fulfill the mission." Dutch officials said Kamp [...]	2006-05-02 16:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR PREL PGOV NL AF
06TIRANA281	MAJOR LNG AND POWER PROJECT NEARER REALIZATION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASG Power, a U.S.-Swiss consortium, received GoA permission on March 13 to undertake final feasibility and environmental studies to build a 1.9 billion LNG re-gasification facility and 1200 megawatt power plant near Fier. Gas and electricity will mostly be exported to Italy, b [...]	2006-03-20 08:00:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ENRG EPET AL
06TIRANA434	ALBANIA SEEKS SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) FM Minister Mustafaj told Ambassador May 1 that Albania would put its name forward for a spot on the UN Human Rights Commission, and asked for USG support. Mustafaj told the Ambassador that former UN SecGen Boutros-Boutros Ghali had written to Francophone countries in support of Albania's [...]	2006-05-02 14:49:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL OPDC PHUM PINR UNGA AL
06TIRANA461	UIGHURS ARRIVE IN ALBANIA FROM GUANTANAMO WITHOUT [...] (S) On May 5, at 9:03 PM local time, five Chinese-national Uighurs previously held at Guantanamo Bay who had been determined to no longer be enemy combatants arrived by C-17 at Mother Teresa International Airport in Tirana. The five Uighurs were driven to Rinas police station (near the airpor [...]	2006-05-08 11:55:00	Embassy Tirana	SECRET	PREF PTER PHUM PREL AL CH
06TIRANA662	EXHUMATION OF WW II SOLDIERS SPOTLIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent exhumations of Greek soldiers killed in Albania during WW II and the construction of mausoleums here for their re-interrment have sparked considerable controversy and reportedly the cancellation of the Greek Defense Minister's visit to Albania. The exhumations generated co [...]	2006-06-21 06:33:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR AL GR
06TIRANA920	ALBANIA: LULL IN GOVERNMENT-OPPOSITION WARFARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thanks to EC-OSCE-hosted "coffee negotiations," the Democratic Party (the largest party in the majority) and the Socialist Party (the largest opposition party) broke the logjam preventing forward movement on electoral reform and organization of local elections. The agreement a [...]	2006-09-01 16:16:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AL
06TOKYO1003	DIET WILL LIKELY PASS DPRK HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is a "good chance" the ruling coalition will pass a "Bill of Human Rights in North Korea" by the end of the current Diet session in June, LDP Upper House Councillor Ichita Yamamoto told us February 22. The proposed LDP legislation would: -- Establish a North Korea human [...]	2006-02-24 08:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM JA KN
06TOKYO1010	CHINA WANTS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC TIES WITH JAPAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Chinese Officials told Trade Minister Nikai that China was concerned the political chill might begin to affect bilateral economic ties, Trade Policy Director General Kitamura told A/DCM on February 24. Although Premier Wen Jiabao, Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and State C [...]	2006-02-26 23:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON CH JP
06TOKYO1231	IRAQI AMBASSADOR VISITS KOREA, URGES ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi Ambassador to Japan, Al-Jumaily, visited Seoul February 22-25 to express appreciation for and encourage further support in reconstruction, discuss future Korean military engagement, and notify MOFAT of Iraq's intention to reopen its embassy in Seoul. As he has done in Japan [...]	2006-03-08 04:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID JA KR IQ
06TOKYO1435	DCM MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DG [...] (C) Summary: MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told the DCM March 15 that he agreed a GOJ road map for resolving the beef import ban would be useful. While Agriculture Minister Nakagawa has taken helpful steps on the issue, Kawai would discreetly see what could be done to bring Health M [...]	2006-03-17 07:05:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR CH JA
06TOKYO1492	IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS SECURITY ASSESSMENT; U.S. [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...]	2006-03-22 08:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO1493	C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - IRAQ: GOJ REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Please see last paragraph. 2. (S) Summary: As input to GOJ decision on when to withdraw SDF from Iraq, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando asked DCM March 22 for an updated security assessment of the situation in Iraq and for an explanation of what the U [...]	2006-03-22 08:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO1610	AMBASSADOR YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism (CT) Cooperation, Reconstruction Activities in Iraq and North Korea Nuclear Issues Tadamichi Yamamoto: -- outlined Japan's immediate plans to assist with Iraq's reconstruction, -- welcomed an updat [...]	2006-03-28 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ JA
06TOKYO1612	AMBASSADOR YAMAMOTO DISCUSSES COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Ambassador for Counterterrorism (CT) Cooperation, Reconstruction Activities in Iraq and North Korea Nuclear Issues Tadamichi Yamamoto: -- stressed the need to identify implementable steps for the next U.S.-Japan-Australia CT Trilate [...]	2006-03-28 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SNAR EAID IN MY RP JA
06TOKYO1632	MOFA NORTHEAST ASIA DIVISION DIRECTOR PESSIMISTIC [...] (C) Summary. During a March 27 meeting with the DCM, MOFA Northeast Asia Division Director Naoki Ito: -- expressed deep appreciation for the Ambassador's March 16 visit to Niigata, -- was pessimistic about a bilateral with North Korea in the near-term, -- hoped for high-level U.S. par [...]	2006-03-29 06:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN JA
06TOKYO1655	LDP'S NAKAGAWA AND KYUMA ON DPRI, CHINA, IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the DCM March 29, ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) heavyweights Hidenao Nakagawa and Fumio Kyuma shared their views on alliance realignment negotiations, Sino-Japanese relations, Iran and beef. Policy Affairs Research Council Chairman Nakag [...]	2006-03-29 09:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD MARR CH JA
06TOKYO1735	JAPAN DELAYS DECISION ON CHINA LOAN PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Japan has decided to delay a decision on extending ODA yen loans to China for FY 2005 (April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006),reflecting growing political difficulties in the bilateral relationship. The delay resulted from a determination by MOFA that its proposal for a yen loan pr [...]	2006-03-31 07:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH JA
06TOKYO1984	EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH [...] (C) During an April 12 meeting, MOFA North American Affairs DG Kawai told EAP A/S Hill that Prime Minister Koizumi hopes to resolve several outstanding bilateral issues before he visits Washington in June 2006. Japan understands issues remain concerning the relocation of some Marine Corps as [...]	2006-04-12 10:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAGR MARR MNUC KNNP PARM KN IN IZ
06TOKYO1985	EAP A/S HILL'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH MOFA VICE [...] (C) Summary. EAP A/S Hill emphasized to VFM Yachi April 11 the importance of getting North Korea back to the Six-Party Talks negotiating table, while noting the focus of Japan's media on his decision not to meet bilaterally with DPRK officials. Yachi confirmed that North Korean officials ha [...]	2006-04-12 10:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ECON ETRD MARR CH KS KN JA
06TOKYO2130	METI VICE MINISTER EXPLAINS REGIONAL FTA PROPOSAL [...] (C) Summary: Trade Minister Nikai's recent proposal for an East Asian free trade agreement (FTA) aims to balance a less-inclusive Chinese initiative, according to METI Vice Minister Kusaka. The proposal would also help to "neutralize" pressures within the Japanese business community for a [...]	2006-04-19 06:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL ASEAN APECO JA
06TOKYO2283	METI'S ASIAN FTA PROPOSAL: TACTICS WITHOUT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: METI Minister Nikai's recent regional FTA proposal is a tactical move to counter an expected Chinese-backed regional FTA proposal to be presented to an August ASEAN Plus Three Economic Ministers' meeting. METI however, seems not to have considered the longer-term implications [...]	2006-04-27 06:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PREL ASEAN APECO JA
06TOKYO2609	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]	2006-05-12 12:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2610	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WTIH DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary. In a wide ranging discussion on May 11, MOFA Deputy Minister for Economic Affairs Yabunaka told visiting S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner: -- The main focus for Japan at the St. Petersburg G-8 summit is to be energy security, but he was skeptical that a useful outcome could be r [...]	2006-05-12 12:29:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD ENRG IR KS RS CH ID JA
06TOKYO2613	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a May 10 meeting with S/P Director Krasner, Assistant Cabinet Secretary Ando: -- expressed interest in possible response scenarios to Iranian nuclear ambitions; -- asked about U.S. confidence in the new Iraqi government; -- sought confirmation of continued U.S. commi [...]	2006-05-12 13:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETRD EAGR ECON IR IZ KS CH KN JA
06TOKYO2659	U.S.-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the UN Security Council and Japan's leadership role in Asia were the main topics of a May 11 conversation between U.S. and Japanese policy planners. DVFM Kohno told S/P Director Stephen D. Krasner that he had expected the U.S. to make a counte [...]	2006-05-15 08:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ASEAN KS CH JA
06TOKYO2911	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LK JA
06TOKYO2915	JAPAN REP AKASHI PREVIEWS CO-CHAIRS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Japan Representative for Sri Lanka Peace-Building Akashi told the DCM on May 24 that the May 30 Co-Chair Meeting in Tokyo comes at a crucial point in the peace process and expressed hope that it will be a comprehensive meeting leading to a consensus on the way forward. Both the [...]	2006-05-25 08:41:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE JA
06TOKYO2939	AMBASSASOR YAMAMOTO PREVIEWS CT TRILATERAL PLANS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Tadamichi Yamamoto reviewed Japan's strategy for the upcoming U.S.-Japan-Australia Counterterrorism Trilateral with the Deputy Chief of Mission on May 25, 2006. Yamamoto hoped for a short plenary session that would include a threat assessment and [...]	2006-05-26 10:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AS JA
06TOKYO2973	THE DCM'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 26th luncheon, MOFA North America Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told the DCM that the Japanese government would push DPRI implementation and urge Yokosuka's mayor to proceed with the plan for Kitty Hawk replacement. On beef, Kawai expected the risk communication [...]	2006-05-31 06:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SCUL EAGR UNSC AMGT AF ID IZ KN
06TOKYO3018	JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] Japan supports the proposal of the United States that it will come to the table with the EU 3 countries and meet with the Iranian representatives, as soon as Iran fully and verifiably suspends its enrichment and reprocessing activities. 2. Since it is essential for the international socie [...]	2006-06-01 09:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR JA
06TOKYO3077	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNSC BURMA RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In response to the DCM's demarche urging support for U.S. efforts to pursue a UN Security Council resolution on the situation in Burma, MOFA DVFM Kohno stated: -- Japan shares U.S. concerns over human rights violations and for the lack of progress toward democratic reforms; [...]	2006-06-05 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM CH JA
06TOKYO3138	ABDUCTION ISSUE: STRONG SHOW OF U.S./INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Schieffer and representatives from 18 other countries voiced strong support for resolution of the DPRK abduction issue at a June 6 meeting hosted by Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiji Suzuki. Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe addressed the start of the meeting, stressing [...]	2006-06-07 08:51:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL RS KS KN CH JA
06TOKYO3161	MOFA'S ISHIKAWA CRITICIZES NIKAI EAST ASIA FTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan needs WTO negotiations to move forward while MAFF Minister Nakagawa is still in place, MOFA Economic Affairs DG Ishikawa told visiting APEC Ambassador Michalak, but Brazil needs to move first before Nakagawa can play his hand. Ishikawa cited problems with METI Minister Nika [...]	2006-06-08 06:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL JA APECO
06TOKYO3171	NATO'S GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: JAPAN UPBEAT BUT URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan is interested in pursuing closer relations with NATO through the Global Partnership framework, but prefers an incremental approach with participation in seminars or in exercises as observers preceding cooperation in operations. GOJ officials request further clarification on [...]	2006-06-08 08:36:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR JA
06TOKYO3172	SPECULATION ON METI'S SUMMER ROTATIONS [...] (C) Hirofumi Katase, director of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Division of the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy (ANRE) at METI, said that ultimately METI Minister Toshihiro Nikai would have the final say on METI summer staff rotations. Most likely Economic & Industrial Policy Bureau Di [...]	2006-06-08 09:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD JA
06TOKYO3193	FOREIGN MINISTERS RELEASE "ACTION PLAN" AT CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary. The June 5 "Central Asia Plus Japan" dialogue in Tokyo produced an "Action Plan" with specific initiatives for regional cooperation in the areas of counterterrorism, counternarcotics, anti-personnel landmine clearance, poverty alleviation, health care, the environment, disaster p [...]	2006-06-09 05:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PTER PGOV SNAR AF KZ KG UZ TI TX
06TOKYO3518	JAPAN TO SUPPORT SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Aso during a June 22 interview with Reuters stated that Japan would take part if the international community imposed sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program. The report also noted that Aso had urged his Iranian counterpart to seriously consider [...]	2006-06-24 02:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP KNUC IAEA JA IR
06TOKYO3660	VICE TRADE MINSITER KUSAKA SUPPORTS CLOSER [...] (C) Summary. METI Vice Minister Kazumasa Kusaka praised the recent US-Japan Subcabinet level meetings during a recent meeting with DCM and EMIN. He added insights into the Nikai proposal for an ASEAN Plus Three FTA and apologized for not consulting with the U.S. before making the proposal. K [...]	2006-06-30 07:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO3707	LIANCOURT ROCKS: ROK SHOULD "PAY A COST" [...] (S) Summary: On July 3, the DCM delivered reftel A points to MOFA Asian Affairs DG Sasae, urging restraint and emphasizing that our common agenda on North Korea should not be side-tracked by the Liancourt Rocks dispute. DG Sasae said FM Aso would try this evening to call ROK FM Ban, but su [...]	2006-07-03 09:43:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	EWWT PHSA PREL KS JA PBTS
06TOKYO3734	JAPAN PLANNING STRONG DIPLOMATIC RESPONSE TO NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Japan is seeking early diplomatic action in response to the July 5 series of North Korean missile launches. Within hours of the first launch, the government convened a Cabinet national security meeting which agreed to seek immediate UNSC action and review options for additional s [...]	2006-07-05 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NK JA
06TOKYO3781	RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 09:39:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO3783	DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON DPRK MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 22:50:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL JA KN
06TOKYO3815	LTGEN EIKENBERRY MEETINGS ON TOKYO CONFERENCE, [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 23:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINR PGOV
06TOKYO3825	JAPANESE POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE DPRK MISSILE [...] (C) Summary. Japan's political leaders reacted angrily to the July 5 North Korean missile launches. Most are calling for Japan to respond forcefully against the launches. Some politicians, including Prime Minister Koizumi, are being more cautious when describing the way forward. In a stat [...]	2006-07-10 05:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON UNSC KN JA
06TOKYO3889	DEMARCHE FOR ROKG ON UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: On July 12, DCM Donovan took advantage of a call by ROK Embassy DCM Kim Young-sun to reiterate the need for a strong UNSC resolution on the DPRK missile launches, for the international community to speak with one voice, and to avoid allowing the DPRK to drive a wedge between the [...]	2006-07-12 09:53:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR KS KN JA
06TOKYO4512	UNHRC LEBANON RESOLUTION: GOJ TO MAKE LAST MINUTE [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Principal Deputy Director Yoriko Suzuki August 10. Suzuki said Japan was unconvinced that Article 12 precludes UNHRC jurisdiction over the conflict in Lebanon. She said that Japan shares U.S. concern [...]	2006-08-10 09:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KPAO UNHRC JA
06TOKYO4543	US-JAPAN COORDINATION ON DPRK MISSILES LAUNCHES: [...] (S) Summary: A U.S.-Japan inter-agency meeting August 9 concluded that bilateral coordination in the period surrounding the July DPRK missile launches was extremely good, but room for improvement remained. The Japanese side reiterated their strong desire to learn what steps the USG was con [...]	2006-08-11 08:04:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PINR KN JA
06TOKYO4630	S/P KRASNER BRIEFS JAPANESE OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Policy Planning Director Dr. Stephen Krasner in Tokyo on August 9, briefed a number of Japanese MOFA officials on the proposed Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). MOFA DDG for International Cooperation Hiroshi Fukada responded that the PDG would fit well with Japan's a [...]	2006-08-15 23:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL JA
06TOKYO4713	JAPAN HESITANT TO JOIN WTO DISPUTE ON CHINA IPR [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-17 06:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD AORC WTRO CH JA
06TOKYO4755	THE DCM'S AUGUST 18 COURTESY CALL WITH [...] (C) Summary. During a call on August 18 with newly appointed Counterterrorism Ambassador Suda, the DCM shared that DoS and DHS have agreed to return to the March draft of the Note Verbale as the basis for further negotiations on the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP). Since a few points in [...]	2006-08-18 08:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CE JA
06TOKYO4802	GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...]	2006-08-22 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO JA KN KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL PTER CT
06TOKYO4803	GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...]	2006-08-22 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO JA KN KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL PTER CT
06TOKYO4804	GOJ WELCOMES U.S. VIEWS ON UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] (C) The GOJ "truly welcomes this U.S. initiative," MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Acting Director General Kunio Umeda said in response to reftel points conveyed by A/DCM Meserve on August 21. Japan was exemplary, A/DCM observed, in having already instituted strict controls and vigilance on [...]	2006-08-22 22:57:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM JA KN KNNP MNUC PREL PTER
06TOKYO4823	S/P DIRECTOR KRASNER DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting on August 9 with S/P Director Stephen Krasner, MOFA North American Affairs Bureau DG Kawai expressed appreciation for our efforts in making Prime Minister Koizumi's recent trip to the United States a success. Kawai shared his expectation that Koizumi's successor wi [...]	2006-08-23 06:49:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IR KN KS CH JA
06TOKYO5017	ISAO IIJIMA ON SHINZO ABE'S LEADERSHIP, U.S.-JAPAN [...] (C) Summary. Isao Iijima, Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's most trusted advisor, shared the following frank and perhaps self-serving observations with Acting DCM Meserve on August 23: -- Shinzo Abe, Japan's next prime minister, may lack the political skills to lead the ruling LDP in next [...]	2006-09-01 07:48:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR JA
06TOKYO5027	JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT 5+5 MEETING AT UNGA [...] (C) On September 1, Embassy Tokyo political officer delivered reftel demarche, which asked 5 5 group members to reconvene at UNGA, to MOFA NE Asia Division Deputy Director Yutaka Kashiwabara. Kashiwabara said that Japanese officials would consider the proposal and attempt to deliver a formal [...]	2006-09-01 09:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP KS MNUC PARM PREL JA
06TOKYO5067	NAVY SECRETARY WINTER MEETS WITH MOFA DG KAWAI [...] (C) Summary. Acceptance of new U.S. military assets, efforts to locate a suitable location for night landing practice, relocation of Futenma, and Japanese commitment to operations in Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean dominated the August 28 conversation between Secretary of the Navy Donald Wi [...]	2006-09-06 05:10:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV OVIP JA
06TOKYO5082	ADMIRAL FALLON'S MEETING WITH CHIEF CABINET [...] (C) Summary: PACOM Commander Admiral William Fallon told Cabinet Secretary Abe Shinzo on August 24, that US-Japan relations had grown stronger since his visit in 2001 and that this was a welcome development. Abe, responding to Admiral Fallon's questions, outlined his views of China-Japan rel [...]	2006-09-06 09:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OVIP PGOV PREL JA
06TOKYO5138	A/S HILL'S MEETING WITH MOFA NORTH AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging meeting on September 5, North American Affairs Bureau Director General Chikao Kawai told visiting Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill: -- the timing of the Japanese Prime Ministerial election process makes it impossible to say for certain who will be availabl [...]	2006-09-08 05:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR XB ZK AF CH IR IZ KN
06TOKYO5210	JAPAN AND KOREA REACH AGREEMENT ON JOINT RADIATION [...] (C) MOFA Asian Affairs Bureau DG Kenichiro Sasae told the DCM September 11 that following lengthy talks the week of September 4, Japan and the ROK reached a tentative ad referendum agreement to conduct a joint survey to search for possible radiation dumped by the Russians in the disputed areas [...]	2006-09-11 09:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA KS JA
06TOKYO5211	VICE MINISTER YACHI CONVEYS NORTH KOREA-RELATED [...] (C) During a telephone call on September 11, Administrative Vice Foreign Minister Shotaro Yachi relayed two North Korea-related requests to the Ambassador. Prime Minister Koizumi will convene a Cabinet meeting on September 19, Yachi said, to announce new sanctions on North Korea. Koizumi wou [...]	2006-09-11 09:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KN JA
06TOKYO5212	RESPONSE TO JAPAN'S E.O. 13382 QUESTIONS [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 8. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MOFA Asian Bureau DG Sasae told the DCM September 11 that Japan was already aware of the information contained in reftel through its Embassy in Washington, and that most of the information was previously known to his government. [...]	2006-09-11 09:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH JA
06TOKYO5334	ASSISTANT CABINET SECRETARY ANDO URGES STRONG U.S. [...] (S) On September 15, Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary Hiroyasu Ando called the DCM to report that Japan will announce its steps to implement UNSCR 1695 during the Koizumi Administration,s last Cabinet meeting on September 19. Ando noted that he had briefed Chief Cabinet Secretary Abe earlier [...]	2006-09-15 09:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV JA KN CH
06TOKYO5336	DPRK "LESSONS LEARNED CAPSTONE CONFERENCE" [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior foreign policy, defense, intelligence, and military officials from the United States and Japan met September 7 in Tokyo to review the U.S.-Japan response to the July 4/5 DPRK missiles launches. The one-day "Lessons Learned Capstone Conference" produced a list of recommen [...]	2006-09-18 22:12:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL MARR PGOV PINR JA

06TOKYO5514	IRAQI AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT JAPAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq's Ambassador to Tokyo is concerned that Japan's commitment to playing a leading role in the International Compact With Iraq could falter unless pressed by his government and the United States. He laments the fact that the government of Iraq apparently lacks the depth to pu [...]	2006-09-25 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5515	JDA AVM MORIYA ON DEFENSE BUDGETS, TRANSFORMATION, [...] (C) Summary: Japan Defense Agency (JDA) Vice Minister Takemasa Moriya assured the DCM over Japan's commitment to implement the May 1 Alliance Transformation Roadmap and to fund necessary defense requirements, including Host Nation Support. During a September 22 dinner, Moriya said that constr [...]	2006-09-25 09:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS JA
06TOKYO5564	JAPAN UNCERTAIN ON ATTENDANCE AT CENTCOM IRAQ [...] This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel, DCM called on Japan's Ambassador for Iraq Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 to present Ambassador Satterfield's invitation for Japan to send a civilian representative to the October 3-5 CENTCOM Conference on Iraq in Warsaw. [...]	2006-09-26 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL IZ JA
06TOKYO5565	A/S FORT DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MOFA INTELLIGENCE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan could potentially bring high value to our analysis of events in Iran due to Japan's diplomatic presence in and extensive commercial relations with Tehran, INR A/S Fort told MOFA Intelligence and Analysis Service (IAS) Director General Takeuchi on September 25. In a meeting [...]	2006-09-26 08:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR IR AF JA
06TOKYO5566	JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION AFFIRMS [...] (C) Japan's newly appointed Ambassador for Iraqi Reconstruction Gotaro Ogawa September 26 reaffirmed to DCM Japan's support for the International Compact With Iraq. Ogawa believes that following meetings in New York and Abu Dhabi that there is a new momentum to promote the Compact. Ogawa also [...]	2006-09-26 08:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PINR IZ JA
06TOKYO5695	GM RICE CREATES STIR WITH GOJ - COULD HAVE MAJOR [...] (C) Over a month since USDA announced a genetically modified variety had been found in U.S. long grain rice crops, Japanese authorities continue to sound alarm bells, potentially putting at risk over $800 million of U.S. food exports to Japan. Several million dollars worth of frozen potatoe [...]	2006-09-29 07:46:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON JA TBIO
06TOKYO5761	ABE TRIP TO BEIJING AND SEOUL [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will hold talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Sunday and with South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun in Seoul on Monday. MOFA Asia-Pacific Director General Kenichiro Sasae confirmed this during a telephone conversation with Charge on the e [...]	2006-10-03 10:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV PREL CH KS JA
06TOKYO5824	MOFA DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES THAILAND, BURMA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Chihiro Atsumi told Charge October 6 that: -- Japan is not happy with the recent coup in Thailand and is concerned about the signals it sends to other states in the region, particularly Burma, but at the same time [...]	2006-10-06 09:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETRD PINR TH BM IN CE JA
06TOKYO5916	DPRK NUCLEAR TEST RESOLUTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 05:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC UNSC KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO5939	JAPAN LIKELY TO COSPONSOR DRAFT UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 10:33:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PARM MNUC KNNP KN JA
06TOKYO6057	JAPAN ENCOURAGES TOUGH STANCE ON DPRK WITH A/S HILL [...] (C) Summary. On October 16, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Director General Sasae told visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Hill that the issue of maritime interdiction SIPDIS operations was generating what Sasae implied was excessive Japanese media attention. The Director General said the st [...]	2006-10-18 03:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JA KN KS
06TOKYO6472	DCM, ACS ANDO DISCUSS UNSCR 1718 LISTS OF BANNED [...] (C) During a November 6 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and Assistant Cabinet Secretary (ACS) Hiroyasu Ando discussed issues related to the implementation of UNSCR 1718, including the development of lists of luxury goods whose export to North [...]	2006-11-09 11:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EWWT PARM KNNP KN AS JA
06TOKYO6475	THOROUGHLY MODERN AKIE ABE; JAPAN'S NEW FIRST LADY [...] (SBU) Summary. After more than five years of living under Japan's most famous bachelor, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, Japan once again has a First Lady. Since the election of Shinzo Abe as prime minister on September 26, Akie Abe has begun to chart a very different course from her [...]	2006-11-12 22:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JA
06TOKYO6497	U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 09:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP PGOV JA KN
06TOKYO6498	U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO, ACS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 09:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PARM KNNP AS CH KS KN JA
06TOKYO6499	U.S.-AUSTRALIA-JAPAN TRILATERAL LUNCH ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-13 10:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC CH AS KN KS JA
06TOKYO6592	U/S JOSEPH'S NOVEMBER 06 MEETING WITH ACS ANDO, [...] (C) Summary. On 6 November U/S Joseph and ACS Ando agreed to coordinate as much as practical the formulation and announcement of their respective lists of luxury items to be banned under UNSCR 1718. Asked about the U.S.-proposed UNSCR 1718-related working group, U/S Joseph explained that it w [...]	2006-11-17 06:56:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PARM KNNP ASCH CH KS KN JA
06TOKYO6597	U.S.-JAPAN-AUSTRALIA TRILATERAL STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (S) Summary. During the November 6 U.S.-Japan-Australia Trilateral on implementation of UNSCR 1718, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph and his counterparts Japanese DFM Tsuneo Nashida and Australian DFM David Richie, agreed upon the need for full and effe [...]	2006-11-17 07:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP PGOV KN JA
06TOKYO6714	The Japan Economic Scope Q- Economic News At- [...] (SBU) Table of Contents 3. Keidanren Releases Report Calling for Joint Study on U.S.-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement 4. LDP Diet Member Katayama Supports U.S.-Japan FTA 5. METI Senior Parliamentary Vice Minister Puts Priority on Doha Round, Asia Regional FTAs 6. Will Council for th [...]	2006-11-27 02:13:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JA ZO EAGR
06TOKYO6740	DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MOFA Director General for North American Affairs Chikao Kawai met with DCM November 27 to discuss a range of bilateral issues: -- Kawai reported that Prime Minister Abe had been very pleased by his meeting with President Bush at the APEC summit in Hanoi and is hoping to travel [...]	2006-11-28 05:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ABLD ETRD EAGR EFIS JA
06TOKYO6817	THE ABE ADMINISTRATION,S PRO-GROWTH AGENDA: WHAT [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has defined a pro-growth economic policy, calling for attaining more than 3% nominal economic growth in the medium run. The agenda for achieving this goal has not been fully fleshed out, though elements are being developed in a number of areas, including tax pol [...]	2006-12-03 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN
06TOKYO755	JAPAN LIKELY TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA'S BID FOR UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 09:40:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNDC UNSC GT VE JA
06TOKYO757	JAPAN CONSIDERING POST-SAMAWAH OPTIONS IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 10:02:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ UK JA
06TOKYO772	JAPAN: DVFM KONO ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Masaharu Kono told DCM Donovan on February 10 that UNSC reform, specifically trilateral support of Japan's "Option C," was one area on which Japan, India and the United Sates could work together. While India currently is "skeptical" about Japan,s Option C, it i [...]	2006-02-13 08:34:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC JA
06TOKYO773	JAPAN: DVFM KONO ON IRAN [...] (C) In a February 10 meeting with Deputy Vice Foreign Minister Masaharu Kono, DCM Donovan underscored U.S. appreciation for Japan's stance on Iran at the IAEA, and asked how Japan would deal with the Iran nuclear issue during the upcoming visit to Tokyo by Iran Foreign Minister Mottaki (ref a) [...]	2006-02-13 09:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA IR JA
06TRIPOLI361	LIBYAN ECONOMY AND TRADE OFFICIALS REVIEW BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, 2006, Deputy Secretary of Commerce David Sampson, accompanied by DCM met with Taher Sarkez, the Under Secretary of the General People's Committee for Economy and Trade (Economics Ministry). Looking forward, Sarkez hoped that more U.S. companies would register in Li [...]	2006-07-25 12:23:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC EINT LY
06TRIPOLI394	TFLE01: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF 8/7 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by DCM, delivered reftel points verbally August 6 to General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA-equivalent) European Affairs Secretary/Qadhafi Advisor Abdelati Al-Obeidi. Obeidi has emerged as the GPCFLIC's lead official on the [...]	2006-08-06 13:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE IS LY
06TRIPOLI498	U.S./UK/LIBYA TSCC BIO SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, AUGUST 8-10, [...] (U) Summary. The TSCC Biological Subcommittee met in Tripoli August 8-10, 2006. The two and one half day meeting included: a general discussion of progress made to date in implementing the "Roadmap for the Way Forward in Cooperative Engagement in the Life Sciences;" an update of the Roadmap [...]	2006-09-14 13:01:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	CW PARM PREL AF LY
06TUNIS1308	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE CONGRESS VIOLENTLY [...] (C) Summary: Tunisian security forces violently blocked a national congress of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) on May 27. On the eve of the Congress, post and other western diplomatic missions received telephone calls from the MFA and Note Verbales recommending that for safety concern [...]	2006-05-30 15:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1364	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2006 TIP REPORT - TUNISIA [...] (C) On June 5, DCM, accompanied by Laboff, delivered Ref B demarche on the 2006 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to MFA Director for the Americas Fadhel Ayari. Ayari stressed that, to his knowledge and as various Ministries noted during Laboff's TIP-related meetings, there was no traffickin [...]	2006-06-05 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD KCRM TS
06TUNIS1565	EU PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION ON LACK OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C//NF) Summary: A June 15 resolution by the European Parliament noted continuing concern about the human rights situation in Tunisia in light of the Euro-Mediterannean Agreement and numerous discussions tying a strong EU-Tunisia relationship to the promotion of human rights and democracy. Eur [...]	2006-06-22 13:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
06TUNIS1650	FREEDOM AGENDA QUARTERLY REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The one year anniversary of our Freedom Agenda was marked by increased USG engagement and continued GOT stagnation on political reform. This quarter, post continued its active engagement of the GOT, which was reinforced by Deputy Secretary Zoellick during his May visit and the vi [...]	2006-07-03 09:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KMPI KPAO TS
06TUNIS1672	CORRUPTION IN TUNISIA PART IV: THE FAMILY'S HOLDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 12:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON TS
06TUNIS1676	DAS GRAY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. During his June 27-28 visit, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray met with representatives of the European Commission (EC) to discuss collaboration on human rights and democracy reform in Tunisia. EC reps noted difficulty in formal collaboration due to the heavy bureauc [...]	2006-07-05 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KDEM TS
06TUNIS1851	PARTING THOUGHT FROM THE AMBASSADOR ON MEPI [...] (C/NF) I would like to share what I hope will be some impressions on the MEPI program in the hope that they might be useful to others as this program evolves. Since my arrival at post, our number one MPP priority has been support for greater democracy and human rights in Tunisia, and our post [...]	2006-07-20 12:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KMPI TS
06TUNIS2424	MICROSOFT INKS AGREEMENT WITH GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Microsoft Government Leaders Forum in South Africa July 11-12, the GOT and the Microsoft Corporation signed a partnership agreement that provides for Microsoft investment in training, research, and development, but also commits the GOT to using licensed Microsoft soft [...]	2006-09-22 10:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON TINT KIPR ECPS TS
06TUNIS2480	EU MOVES -- SLOWLY -- AFTER BLOCKED LABOR [...] (C) Summary. In early September, the GOT blocked a prominent international NGO conference on labor and employment issues, ostensibly because the organizers had not given the GOT advance notification. Privately, GOT officials made clear to the organizers, who included European NGOs, a Spanis [...]	2006-10-03 07:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU TS
06TUNIS2482	U.S.-EU COORDINATION ON TUNISIA: SHARED [...] (C/NF) Summary. In a September 27 meeting with Charge and Pol/EconCouns, European counterparts provided an update on the current EU thinking regarding Tunisia. There is a lack of EU consensus on approaching the GOT about blocked internet sites; that said, the EU may be interested in joint pri [...]	2006-10-03 10:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TS EU
06TUNIS2639	TUNISIAN EMBASSY IN QATAR CLOSED TO PROTEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 25, the Tunisian MFA announced the closure of Tunisia's embassy in Qatar, citing al-Jazeera's lack of objectivity. The announcement followed numerous international media reports that Tunisia had withdrawn its ambassador in protest over al-Jazeera coverage of Tunisian d [...]	2006-10-27 14:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO KDEM QA TS
06TUNIS2814	GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB. [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...]	2006-11-28 08:05:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS
06TUNIS584	NEW POLITICAL PARTY AUTHORIZED IN TUNISIA; CRITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, Tunisian authorities authorized the establishment of the "Green Party for Progress" (French acronym is PVP),the first new political party created since 2002. Although President Ben Ali recently said new parties would be registered (reftel),the rapid approval of a [...]	2006-03-14 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TS
06TUNIS629	LARGER THAN EXPECTED BIDS FOR TUNISIA'S LARGEST [...] (SBU) The larger-than-expected bids (ranging from USD 1.76 to 1.92 billion) for the partial-privatization of Tunisia's telecommunications giant - Tunisie Telecom - continues to be welcome economic news. Local media announced March 15 that the initial slate of six bidders on Tunisie Telecom had [...]	2006-03-17 15:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV ECON TS
06TUNIS753	American Diplomat Builds Bridges of Understanding [...] Summary. During a March cultural program funded by the ECA Performing Arts Initiative and organized by Tunis PA, Embassy Political Officer Brennan Gilmore helped score a significant public diplomacy hit through his musical collaboration with Tunisian musician Riadh Fehri in a group called "K [...]	2006-03-30 12:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC OPRC SCUL SOCI TS
06TUNIS881	THE "PEOPLE'S CAR" PROGRAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of the fundamental components of President Ben Ali's national agenda is the so-called "People's Car" program, established in 1996. Designed to support the ability of Tunisians to buy cars, the program supplies a set number of small family cars at reduced prices. Given high T [...]	2006-04-14 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI TS
06ULAANBAATAR215	Press Pans Former Secretary Baker's Visit [...] Summary: Much of Mongolia's press reacted negatively to a visit to Ulaanbaatar by former Secretary of State James Baker. Secretary Baker is remembered warmly by many Mongolians as the man behind the strengthening of bilateral ties after Mongolia's 1990 democratic revolution. His visit here [...]	2006-03-29 01:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO EINV MG US EMIN ETRD
06ULAANBAATAR380	FOREIGN INVESTORS CONCERNED AS WINDFALL MINING [...] (SBU) On May 12, Mongolia's State Great Hural (SGH),or Parliament, passed a controversial windfall profits tax on copper and gold. This law moved through the typically glacial SGH process at light speed, being passed less than two weeks after it was initially proposed without any opportunit [...]	2006-05-16 07:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV MG HK CA
06ULAANBAATAR382	Minister Claims U.S. Paid MP Bribes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the last week, Minister of Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan appears to have made claims to different audiences (including the Cabinet and foreign mining company representatives) that USAID had paid several hundred thousand dollars to an MP for anti-corruption e [...]	2006-05-17 07:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PINR MG US
06ULAANBAATAR450	Foreign Policy Advisor on Shanghai Cooperation [...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar, on his own initiative, met with DCM and SIPDIS Ppoloff to brief on Mongolia's position at the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Shanghai. Tsogtbaatar said President Enkhbayar would depart on June 14 for the [...]	2006-06-13 06:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MG UZ CH RU IR
06ULAANBAATAR461	Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, 60-year old male protester died at the Boroo Gold mining site. Protest leaders claimed this occurred after Boroo security guards used a stun gun on him. However, mine officials stated that the elderly protestor apparently died of a heart attack while trying to cl [...]	2006-06-15 09:02:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR469	Financial Regulator's Murder Distracts Focus [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boroo Gold re-started operations on the afternoon of June 16 after police moved protesters away from the mine site. The government's attention to the Boroo situation -- including the key role of the Health Minister and Member of Parliament Gundalai in the protests -- was div [...]	2006-06-16 06:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV CASC MG
06ULAANBAATAR499	MCC EURASIA DIRECTOR REID'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eurasia Managing Director Frances Reid met with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and Vice Foreign Minister, among others, during the course of her June 12-22 visit to Mongolia. During her meetings, she expressed appreciation for th [...]	2006-06-29 01:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL EAID PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR552	EBRD OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN MONGOLIA [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, 2006, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) received notification from the Russian Federation that it had ratified Mongolia's accession to the EBRD, the last of the sixty-one EBRD members to do so. EBRD Business Group Director Olivier Deschamps a [...]	2006-07-20 07:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR553	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Reftel reported GOM's decision to send a seventh rotation of soldiers to Iraq, consisting of a "small number of command staff officers." The sixth rotation, whose tour is up in September, consists of 100 soldiers, serving under Polish command in Camp Echo, performing force protection dut [...]	2006-07-20 23:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR554	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...]	2006-07-20 23:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR558	Mongolia Still Pondering Guatemala UNSC Vote [...] (SBU) On July 20, E/P Chief called MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Enkhtsetseg to ask whether the July 3 announcement of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Guatemala had resulted in any movement in Mongolia's decision on this year's UNSC vote. ( [...]	2006-07-21 06:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT
06ULAANBAATAR591	IMF PUTS NEW PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS WITH MONGOLIA ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Local IMF Resident Representative Jang (strictly protect) told Emboffs August 3 that the IMF had decided to postpone further discussion with the Government of Mongolia (GOM) over a new IMF program to replace its long-lapsed program. Jang was now informing key donors and would a [...]	2006-08-03 08:52:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR608	FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR ADVICE ON POSSIBLE DALAI [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) After an August 9 meeting on another matter, Foreign Minister Enkhbold asked to meet the Ambassador one-on-one. Enkhbold said that Gandan monastery had told the government it wishes to invite the Dalai Lama to Mongolia for a visit [...]	2006-08-10 08:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF MG CH
06ULAANBAATAR609	FM TELLS AMBASSADOR NSC WILL DECIDE 7TH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador, accompanied by Polish ambassador, met on August 9 with Foreign Minister Enkhbold to urge Mongolia to reconsider its decision to reduce the 7th rotation to Iraq to a few staff officers. Ambassador noted that Washington welcomes Mongolia's decision to send [...]	2006-08-10 08:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MG IZ PL
06ULAANBAATAR615	Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...]	2006-08-14 07:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MG JA KN
06ULAANBAATAR616	Country Clearance for Staffdel Bixby [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 22-26 visit by HIRC staff members Melanie Bixby, Paul Oostburg Sanz, and Lynne Weil to examine the proposed Millennium Challenge Account programs in Mongolia. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit will be DCM Brian Gol [...]	2006-08-14 07:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT PREL PREF MG
06ULAANBAATAR625	DALAI LAMA TO VISIT MONGOLIA AUGUST 21-28 [...] (C) The Japanese DCM told EP chief on August 16 that the Dalai Lama will transit Japan next week en route to Mongolia. The DCM said that Tokyo had informed the Japanese embassy here that the Dalai Lama would transit Japan en route to Mongolia on August 21, and would transit Japan again on Au [...]	2006-08-16 06:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI MG CH JA
06ULAANBAATAR682	CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES DPRK REFUGEE ISSUES, MORE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Mongolian General Intelligence Agency (GIA) officials told visiting CODEL Kolbe that since 1998 Mongolia had facilitated the resettlement in South Korea of 1,976 North Koreans and that 136 were presently in Mongolia being processed. To date, all North Koreans crossing into Mong [...]	2006-09-12 07:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PREF EAID MG KN KS
06ULAANBAATAR683	SAUDI ARABIA MAY SOON ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 01:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID MG SA ZR
06ULAANBAATAR728	Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Hagel [...] We look forward to hosting you October 7 to 9. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Speaker Hastert and delegation, then Rep. Leach (both in August 2005); Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (October); the Pres [...]	2006-09-28 07:03:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP EAID MARR MG
06ULAANBAATAR783	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 08:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL EAID KCOR KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR790	Mongolian Government, Donors Discuss Progress, Coordinate [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Government of Mongolia (GOM)officials and external partners (donors) convened the second bi-annual technical meeting October 9-10 to discuss progress in key areas since their first meeting in February 2006 (reftel),as well as to discuss plans for key sectors such [...]	2006-10-18 09:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR841	Public Diplomacy Captivates Mongolian Media by Highlighting [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 08:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PREL EAID SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC MG
06ULAANBAATAR845	AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON NEW BANK OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call November 27 on recently appointed Bank of Mongolia (BOM) Governor A. Batsukh. After congratulating Batsukh on his appointment last month, the Ambassador noted the USG had worked with the GOM and the BOM on several issues, includin [...]	2006-11-29 07:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR878	Provincial Perspectives: Khentii and Dornod Aimags See [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a brief November 19-21 easterly swing through Dornod and Khenti provinces, leaders there expressed concern about growing unemployment pressures but were hopeful that investments in mining, for the former, and agribusiness and tourism, for the latter, would provide needed j [...]	2006-12-20 02:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR881	Shadowy Buyers Near Purchase of Largest Mongolian Bank [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: There are major concerns about the impending sale of Trade and Development Bank (TDB),Mongolia's largest bank overall and the key bank for foreign exchange and foreign transactions, to a shadowy 100% Mongolian-owned consortium with unknown financing. The IFC and th [...]	2006-12-22 08:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06UNVIEVIENNA522	PROFILE OF MALAYSIAN AMBASSADOR RAJMAH HUSSAIN [...] (C) Summary and Introduction. Malaysian Ambassador Rajmah Hussain, designated next Malaysian Ambassador to Washington, arrived Vienna 16 months ago from her previous position as Ambassador to the CD in Geneva. While in Vienna, Hussain served as chair of the Vienna Chapter of the Non-Aligned [...]	2006-06-28 06:37:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ETRD IAEA IR KNNP PINR
06UNVIEVIENNA815	IAEA/DPRK/IRAN: JAPAN NIXES BOG DPRK RESOLUTION; [...] (S) Like-minded countries, meeting at the US mission November 2, agreed with Japan's view that, in light of the October 31 announcement on Six-Party talks, the Board should pursue a Chairman's Summary, but not a resolution unless the DPRK reneges on this agreement. Country statements at the B [...]	2006-11-03 15:11:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA IR KNNP
06USNATO603	NATO'S POSITIVE REACTION TO MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The NATO Senior Political Committee/Reinforced (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian (MK) delegation on October 6 to discuss the way ahead for Macedonia's eighth Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle. The Macedonian delegation presented details of their Annual National Program (ANP) for [...]	2006-10-13 13:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PREL MK
06USNATO641	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT OCTOBER 25, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Belgian FM De Gucht, addressing the NAC in his capacity as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO),highlighted the OSCE,s intermediary role between Russia and Georgia, saying that there was "almost open conflict" between the two countries over South Ossetia, and argued for "addres [...]	2006-10-27 10:49:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO643	NATO ECONOMICS COMMITTEE: "HEADS" AND "SECURITY & [...] (C) Summary: The NATO "Heads of Economic Intelligence" was convened by Defense & Economic Security Director Patrick Hardouin who reviewed the Committee's program over the past year. He then turned to the issue of the UK,s decision not to support the Committee's work in future and how to better [...]	2006-10-27 13:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET NATO PGOV RU UP
06USNATO659	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 2, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SACEUR blasts France, Turkey and Italy for not fulfilling their security responsibility in areas around Kabul; NAC with EU, UN, World Bank Representatives seeks better coordination on reconstruction and development; NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) asks [...]	2006-11-03 16:42:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO666	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 8, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Azerbaijan: Azeri President Aliev provides an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan,s reforms, predicts an end to Russia,s energy monopoly, and warns that frozen conflicts are the biggest threat he sees to regional stability, (see separate front channel message). -- Afghanistan [...]	2006-11-13 13:55:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO676	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 15, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Western Balkans: During an informal PermRep meeting, U.S. PermRep states that without more progress on ICTY, the Riga Summit is too soon to grant Partnership for Peace (PfP) status to Serbia; she proposes keeping pressure on Serbia through the elections, then taking up PfP i [...]	2006-11-17 17:23:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO677	NATO DEPUTY PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OLSON MEETS [...] (SBU) On November 16, Bosnian Ambassador to Belgium Sven Alkalaj met with DCM Rick Olson to lobby for Bosnia,s admission to Partnership for Peace (PfP) at NATO's Riga Summit. Alkalaj highlighted the recent elections in Bosnia and gave a brief update on the ongoing formation of the next gover [...]	2006-11-21 07:47:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV PHUM PREL
06USNATO684	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 18:52:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO699	A/S FRIED BRIEFS ADRIATIC THREE MINISTERS ON RIGA [...] (C) EUR A/S Fried briefed Albanian, Croatian, and Macedonian FMs December 3 on Riga summit outcomes and the upcoming decision on Kosovo,s final status. He urged their assistance in moderating both Serbian and Kosovar responses to this last unresolved Balkans security issue. The Adriatic Thre [...]	2006-12-07 07:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR XB
06USNATO701	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 06, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG conveyed the strong political convictions expressed by NATO Allies at the Summit in support of NATO's Afghanistan operations. He also cited the recent reduction in the overall level of violence in Afghanistan and the Hungarian donation of 20,000 rifles to t [...]	2006-12-07 15:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
06USNATO720	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 14, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG details a busy calendar of NATO events for early 2007. He observed that much more needs to be done on ANA train and equip. Ambassador Nuland seconds SYG,s call to accelerate military advice on ANA training before Seville, and also asked for more detailed br [...]	2006-12-15 16:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AF
06USNATO729	INDIA TO SEEK NATO POLITICAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer reported to the NATO PermReps today that India would like to seek, on a strictly confidential basis, the opening of political consultations with NATO. The Indian Ambassador told the Secretary-General in a private meeting that India will send [...]	2006-12-19 15:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL IN PK AF
06USNATO731	RFG: QATAR CHALLENGING IMMIGRATION STATUS OF NATO [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance; see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Qatari government has informed NATO that fourteen ISAF personnel at the CAOC at al Udeid airbase are in illegal immigration status, working ISAF issues in the absence of a NATO-Qatar SOFA. Qatar has asked NATO to decl [...]	2006-12-19 16:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF QA
06USOSCE142	A RUSSIAN TAKE ON OSCE ELECTIONS/OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Russian OSCE Mission DCM Vladimir Voronkov (protect) told USOSCE PolCouns March 31 to expect a "very difficult" second half of 2006 in OSCE with respect to elections observation issues. Voronkov said that while he doubts there is any written instruction, he is convinced that the MFA has [...]	2006-04-03 08:45:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PINR PREL RS
06USUNNEWYORK1227	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]	2006-06-16 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK1229	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: [...] (U) This is an action cable. Guidance requested in para below. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The 31 members of the newly-formed UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC)(reftel),agreed informally on June 16 that Angola will serve as the first Chair of the PBC, paving the way for the formal inaugural [...]	2006-06-16 21:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID UN
06USUNNEWYORK352	AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S FEBRUARY 21 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: During a February 22, meeting Ambassador Wolff and Belgian Ambassador Johan Verbeke discussed the Human Rights Council, Peacebuilding Commission and U.S.-EU cooperation. Both Ambassadors agreed that the U.S. and EU needed to cooperate more closely to avoid having our mutual inte [...]	2006-02-24 23:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR EUN HPKO EAID BE
06USUNNEWYORK435	UN/IRAQ: ASSESSMENT MISSION FOR KUWAIT BORDER [...] Begin Summary. USUN met March 2 with Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) official Eliza Kimball, who had just returned from Kuwait. Kimball reported on the February mission of four UN staff to assess the Iraq-Kuwait border posts, consistent with reftel. This assessment mission was [...]	2006-03-08 18:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV IZ KU
06VATICAN101	CARDINAL ZEN OPTIMISTIC ON HOLY SEE-CHINA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong, visiting Rome, told DCM that both the Holy See and China want to put their talks back on track, and that Rome's negotiator will be heading soon to Beijing for this reason. He also commented on his relations with Beijing and the Patriotic Association, th [...]	2006-06-06 09:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI VT
06VATICAN122	HOLY SEE: CARDINAL POUPARD'S VIEWS ON ISLAM [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's new principal voice on matters Islamic, Cardinal Poupard, told Ambassador that the Pope wants dialogue with Muslims to focus on the local level and to be approached through a framework of culture rather than of theology. Poupard's confident remarks are further evid [...]	2006-06-27 07:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN123	HOLY SEE DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH EUR/WE DIRECTOR -- IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM Parolin discussed a number of topics with visiting EUR/WE Director on June 22. He portrayed an essentially stable Holy See foreign policy despite some reorganization of the Curia; continuing concern over the flight of Christians from the Holy Land, doubt over t [...]	2006-06-27 07:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN126	CATHOLIC - ORTHODOX RELATIONS: NATIONALITY COUNTS [...] (C) New hope for Catholic-Orthodox relations in the pontificate of Benedict XVI has been predicated in part upon the exit of the Polish Pope John Paul II, seen by many as an obstacle to improved relations with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) because of his nationality and his role in the do [...]	2006-07-03 13:01:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI PL RS TU VT
06VATICAN128	HOLY SEE: POPE TO EMPHASIZE FAMILY VALUES IN SPAIN [...] (C) In advance of Pope Benedict XVI's July 8 departure for Valencia, Spain for the World Meeting of Families, Post spoke to the Holy See and to Spanish representation to the Vatican. Vatican officials acknowledged to us that issues such as relaxed regulations on divorce, embryonic stem cell re [...]	2006-07-07 15:38:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI VT SP
06VATICAN145	LEBANON: VATICAN FAVORS MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE [...] (C) Holy See Middle East Director Coppola told the Charge July 21 the Vatican supported the idea of a robust multi-national force in Lebanon. He said there were no current plans to make a specific public endorsement of such a plan, but that the pope would imply support for some type of inter [...]	2006-07-21 17:08:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS LE IS VT PHUM KIRF
06VATICAN185	HOLY SEE'S CHINA ENVOY: RECENT TRIP A SUCCESS [...] (C) Summary. Archbishop Celli, the Vatican's unofficial envoy to China, told Ambassador his July visit to China had a positive outcome and he hoped for a return visit later this year. Celli does not foresee any change in the overall situation for Catholics in China, but does think talks with [...]	2006-09-01 16:14:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VT CH
06VATICAN188	HOLY SEE SUPPORTIVE OF US POSITION ON MIGRATION HLD [...] (U) Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister) called in DCM to discuss the High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development (reftel),which DCM had raised with Foreign Minister Lajolo on July 28. [...]	2006-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL VT
06VATICAN189	HOLY SEE: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON DETAINEES [...] (SBU) DCM delivered points per reftel on the President's speech on detainees to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, on September 8. DCM highlighted key points verbally and left copies of those points and supporting materials for Parolin's further reference. Parol [...]	2006-09-08 16:25:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM VT
06VATICAN190	HOLY SEE: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) During a September 8 meeting, DCM learned from Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's deputy foreign minister, that the Holy See would be represented at the UNGA by Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo. Lajolo is currently the Secretary for Relations with States (foreign minister),but as was a [...]	2006-09-08 16:49:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP UNGA VT

06VATICAN204	POPE'S TURKEY TRIP STILL ON CALENDAR [...] (C) The Turkish DCM to the Holy See told Charge September 20 that the controversy over the pope's remarks in Regensburg (ref a,b) would not derail his November visit to Turkey. She noted controversy surrounding the visit and outlined the itinerary. Meanwhile, other sources described how the [...]	2006-09-21 16:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER VT TU KIRF
06VATICAN207	POPE CONVENES MUSLIM AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Pope Benedict XVI expressed "esteem and profound respect" for Muslims at a meeting September 25 with ambassadors from Muslim nations. He did not retract the quotation he used in Regensburg (reftels),or give further explanation of his speech in Germany. The pope instead emphasized posit [...]	2006-09-25 16:45:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PHUM KIRF VT
06VATICAN213	HOLY SEE: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON NICARAGUA, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered a strong message to the Holy See concerning the unhelpful activities of Nicaraguan Cardinal Obando, and also pressed on Cuba. Vatican deputy foreign minister listened carefully and promised to see what could be done regarding Obando, but remained noncommittal [...]	2006-10-11 08:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN223	HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (U) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison, accompanied by DCM, called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin on October 23 to discuss Cuba and Nicaragua. Parolin is the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations with States (equivalent to deputy foreign minister). ------- Cuba ------ [...]	2006-10-23 16:13:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL VT
06VATICAN225	HOLY SEE: DAS MADISON MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM ON CUBA, [...] (C) Summary. WHA DAS Madison discussed Cuba and Nicaragua in an October 23 conversation with Holy See Deputy FM Parolin. Madison described the USG view of Cuba as it undergoes significant change in the wake of Fidel Castro's illness, our belief that Cuba's future is for Cubans to decide, and o [...]	2006-10-24 08:20:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN239	NEA DAS GRAY'S NOVEMBER 15 MEETING WITH DEPUTY FM PAROLIN [...] (C) Summary. During a November 15 meeting, NEA DAS Gray discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin. Parolin reminded Gray of the Holy See's great concern for Lebanon, which it had expressed consistently during the conflic [...]	2006-11-21 14:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN245	POPE BENEDICT XVI'S VISIT TO TURKEY - THE VIEW FROM ROME [...] (C) Summary. The pope's visit to Turkey comes at a delicate time for both parties, something unforeseen when the visit was originally conceived over a year ago. Given high security concerns, the recent controversy over the pope's Regensburg remarks (reftels),and the pope's stance against Tu [...]	2006-11-28 08:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VT
06VATICAN260	LEBANON: JESUIT SCHOLAR DISCUSSES CHRISTIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. A Beirut-based Jesuit scholar, Father Samir, shared his view of the sitution in Lebanon, including the attachment Christians there feel for General Aoun. Samir supports Siniora and a strong US role, is critical of Israel, and feels the Holy See will continue to work through the [...]	2006-12-13 16:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LE VT
06VATICAN27	VATICAN ON SUMATE, VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM took advantage of meetings with senior Vatican officials to press for a stronger Holy See stand on Venezuela, support for Sumate, and a formal reply to the President's recent call to the (now departed) papal nuncio. The incoming nuncio was receptive and looks fo [...]	2006-02-22 13:58:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM VE VT
06VATICAN28	VATICAN - IRAN: POSSIBLE ENGAGEMENT ON NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (C) The Holy See's diplomatic relationship with Iran is an East-West and Christian-Muslim link that could present an opportunity for dialogue and leverage. The Holy See talks regularly to the resident Iranian ambassador and his relatively large staff, encouraging Iran not to turn away from t [...]	2006-02-22 14:09:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL IR VT
06VATICAN29	VATICAN: IRAN SHOULD RESPECT NUCLEAR OBLIGATIONS [...] (C) Summary. DCM called on Vatican deputy foreign minister Parolin to discuss Iran's nuclear activities. Parolin indicated that he had discussed the issue with representatives of the EU-3 and with the Iranian charge, and had pressed Iran to respect its IAEA obligations and improve its interna [...]	2006-02-22 14:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR VT
06VATICAN39	HOLY SEE: VISIT OF SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. End summary. 2. (C) Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos visited the Holy See February 17, meeting with senior Vatican officials for about an hour and a half. At the request of the Holy See, the meeting was limited to three per side, with the Holy See participants [...]	2006-03-01 12:00:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI SP VT
06VATICAN40	(CORRECTED COPY) HOLY SEE: VISIT OF SPANISH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. Vatican and Spanish contacts describe the recent visit to the Holy See of Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos as a success which improved the tone of the bilateral dialogue. Main topics included the forthcoming papal visit to Valencia, church/state relations in Spain, and the Alli [...]	2006-03-01 14:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI VT SP
06VATICAN51	HOLY SEE CONCERNED BY US-INDIA NUCLEAR COOPERATION, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador discussed India and Iran with Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin on March 15. Parolin was critical of the US-India nuclear cooperation agreement as an unhelpful signal (i.e., to Iran). While conveying the Holy See's deep concern over the present confrontation wi [...]	2006-03-27 15:56:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG VT IR
06VATICAN57	HOLY SEE'S CHINA NEGOTIATOR "HOPEFUL BUT WITHOUT ILLUSIONS" [...] (C) Summary. The Holy See's principal China negotiator, Archbishop Celli, described the situation of the Catholic Church in China as complex, with continuing subtle layers of control in key areas. With regard to the bilateral relationship between China and the Holy See, the Vatican remains h [...]	2006-03-31 15:49:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI KIRF VT CH
06VATICAN59	HOLY SEE RAISES OBJECTIONS TO RWANDA'S GACACA TRIBUNALS [...] (SBU) Summary. Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin asked ambassador to transmit to Washington a note verbale and accompanying text on the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda. The Holy See believes that the tribunals are politically manipulated and procedurally flawed and are not serving their int [...]	2006-04-03 13:49:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI VT RW
06VATICAN60	(CORRECTED COPY) HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...]	2006-04-03 16:02:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SOCI FT MX BR
06VATICAN61	HOLY SEE: PROMINENT LATIN AMERICAN CARDINALS SEEK USG HELP [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings, two influential Latin American cardinals told Ambassador Rooney of their concerns for the continent and urged USG support for efforts to promote free trade and understanding of market economies to upper and lower classes in the region. End summary. 2. [...]	2006-04-03 16:03:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SOCI VT MX BR
06VATICAN75	HOLY SEE: SMALLPOX DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 09:19:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC TBIO WHO VT
06VATICAN83	POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART ONE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 11:53:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PL SOCI PREL VT
06VATICAN84	POPE TRAVELS TO POLAND: PART TWO [...] (U) This cable is the second of two messages previewing Pope Benedict's May 25-28 visit to Poland. Reftel details Poland's continuing importance to the Holy See and touches on several on-going issues in the Polish Church from the perspective of the Vatican. This installment focuses in more [...]	2006-05-24 07:20:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PREL PL VT
06VATICAN92	HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSION WITH SENATOR ALLEN FOCUSES [...] (C) Summary. Holy See deputy FM and visiting Senator Allen had a long and occasionally pointed discussion May 28 on Iran and other topics. Parolin appeared intent on using the meeting to remind the USG of the Holy See's opposition to military action against Iran, and also seemed to signal int [...]	2006-05-31 08:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM VT
06VATICAN95	HOLY SEE: IRANIAN DIPLOMAT DISCUSSES US STATEMENT, POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. UK ambassador met Iranian DCM June 1 and discussed Iran-US relations in light of Secretary Rice's May 31 statement. That discussion included reference to a draft letter from Ahmadinejad to Pope Benedict XVI and a possible letter from Ayatollah Khamenei, as well as Iranian inter [...]	2006-06-01 11:45:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR VT
06VIENNA1102	European Imams Meet in Vienna April 7-9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Some 130 European Islamic leaders and Islam experts from more than 40 countries attended an April 7-9 conference of European imams in Vienna. The agenda focused on integration of Muslims into European societies, education, politics, women's rights, and the Mohammed cartoon deba [...]	2006-04-14 14:59:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KISL EUN AU
06VIENNA141	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PM SCHUESSEL [...] (C) Summary. During his first meeting in Vienna with Ambassador McCaw, Austrian Chancellor Schuessel confirmed full EU support for a unified front toward Iran and expressed a strong desire to work with the United States in the Balkans. The Chancellor saw the Russian-Ukraine gas agreement as [...]	2006-01-18 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU IR RU
06VIENNA142	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM PLASSNIK [...] (C) Summary. During a cordial and lively first meeting with Ambassador McCaw, Foreign Minister Plassnik expressed her desire to continue the improved tenor of transatlantic relations during the Austrian EU Presidency. She pledged solidarity on Iran and Afghanistan, and agreed that the EU ne [...]	2006-01-18 07:23:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU AU IR AF RU
06VIENNA2088	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON SUPPORTING CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel points on July 12 to Thomas Schnoell, the Austrian MFA's acting assistant secretary-level director for Central and Eastern Europe. 2. (C) Schnoell agreed with our points, and undertook to seek opportunities for Austrian officials to make public expressions of [...]	2006-07-13 08:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK
06VIENNA2256	TFLE01: AUSTRIA ON LEBANON -- PROTEST OVER [...] (SBU) The mistaken Israeli attack on a UN observation post in Lebanon has provoked outrage in Austria, not least because an Austrian was reported to be among the four dead. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik called her Israeli counterpart on July 26 to protest the attack. She also su [...]	2006-07-26 12:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA2612	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA ON EU FOREIGN [...] (SBU) A/DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA Middle East/Africa director Ralph Scheide on August 31. Scheide will convey the points to Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik. Scheide has confirmed that Plassnik supports tough measures to prevent Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons. McCaw [...]	2006-09-01 08:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN EU IR AU
06VIENNA2829	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PRIORITIES FOR THE SECOND [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Council (HRC) September 22 to Engelbert Theuermann, the assistant secretary-level director of the Austrian MFA's human rights bureau. We also passed him copies of the U.S. proposals on Universial Periodic Peer Review and Mandate Revie [...]	2006-09-22 14:43:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UN AU
06VIENNA2947	KLEPTOCRACY: DEMARCHES TO AUSTRIA ON U.S. [...] Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche to Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, and Justice Minister Karin Gastinger on September 26. DCM discussed the issue separately with Chancellery Foreign Policy Advisor Hans-Peter Manz on September 26. EconPolCou [...]	2006-10-03 09:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON EAID EINV PGOV KCRM AU
06VIENNA2996	ENGAGING WITH AUSTRIA ON THE PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) In response to reftel, Ambassador has engaged in a public affairs initiative to publicize and promote the President's policy on detainees. At the same time, Ambassador and DCM have discussed the issue with key Austrian government contacts. 2. (U) Ambassador incorporated reftel public [...]	2006-10-06 13:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AU
06VIENNA3028	STEYR-MANNLICHER: RELOADING AFTER SANCTIONS [...] (S//NF) Summary. EconPolCouns and Poloffs delivered ref A points to Steyr-Mannlicher CEO Wolfgang Fuerlinger on September 28 to discuss ref A questions. Fuerlinger claimed his business in the U.S. has dried up as a result of the sanctions and complained that the USG unfairly targeted Steyr- [...]	2006-10-12 11:25:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC AU
06VIENNA3037	FOLLOW-UP ON NORTH KOREA: EUROPEANS WILL NOT [...] (C) On October 12, Nikolaus Scherk, the Assistant Secretary-level Director of the Austrian MFA,s Asia SIPDIS Division, called the DCM to follow-up on reftel conversation. 2. (C) Scherk referenced a meeting in Brussels that he attended the previous day with European colleagues. During [...]	2006-10-13 09:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL KN AU
06VIENNA309	TREASURY U/S LEVEY RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT TWO [...] (U) This message contains a request from the Ministry of Finance for information from the Department of Treasury. Please see paragraph 6. Summary ------- 2. (S) During January 19 meetings, U/S Levey reiterated USG concerns to senior Austrian officials about financial relations between [...]	2006-02-02 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP AU
06VIENNA310	COUNCIL OF EUROPE INQUIRY ON RENDITION FLIGHTS: [...] (C) DCM met Austrian MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmannsdorff (at the latter's request) regarding Council of Europe Rapporteur Dick Marty's inquiry into "Alleged Secret Detentions in Council of Europe Member States." SIPDIS Trauttmansdorff handed over a Verbal Note (sic) requesting in [...]	2006-02-02 07:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU EUN
06VIENNA3383	AUSTRIA ON IRAN'S PROPOSED IAEA TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel demarche on November 17 to Bernhardt Wrabetz, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Director for IAEA and Non-Proliferation Affairs. A/DCM followed up with Wrabetz on November 21. 2. (SBU) Wrabetz said there was a common EU position -- which Austria had supported -- tha [...]	2006-11-21 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC AU
06VIENNA3451	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON IRANIAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on November 30 to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's A/S-equivalent Director for the Middle East and Africa. 2. (C) Scheide said Austria agreed that the Iranian electoral system needed to be more democratic. He said, however, that Austria would normal [...]	2006-12-01 10:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR AU
06VIENNA3459	DEAMRCHE TO AUSTRIA ON PRESERVING THE [...] (SBU) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on November 30 to Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide. 2. (S) Scheide said Austria, like the rest of the EU, had a clear position in supoprt of the UN Security Council resolutions on Lebanon. Austria will support Lebanese sover [...]	2006-12-01 13:21:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE AU
06VIENNA3478	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): AUSTRIA [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel demarche on November 30 to Monika Froehler in the Austrian MFA's Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation Division. Froehler said that the GoA welcomed the USG position to review the Regime's approach to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and cruise missi [...]	2006-12-04 15:49:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MTCRE PARM KSCA PREL ETTC AU
06VIENNA3479	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: UNGA EMERGENCY SPECIAL [...] A/DCM delivered reftel points on December 4 to Helmut Tichy, the Austrian MFA's Deputy Legal Advisor for International Legal Affairs. 2. Tichy took careful note of our points. He undertook to ensure immediate dissemination of our arguments, and their consideration in the policy process. [...]	2006-12-05 08:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS AU
06VIENNA3491	AUSTRIA ON THE DECEMBER 11-12 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered reftel demarches on the upcoming EU Foreign Ministers meeting (GAERC) to Austrian European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on December 6. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the China Arms Embargo: Riecken confirmed that there was a policy [...]	2006-12-06 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN PARM CH AU
06VIENNA3492	AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS EXTENSION OF TRAINERS [...] A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 6 to Brigadier Kurt Hager, the head of the Austrian Interior Ministry's bureau for international police missions. Hager said the Austrian cabinet had met December 6 to consider the extension of police training missions abroad. Regarding the JIPTC, [...]	2006-12-06 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM SNAR AU
06VIENNA3522	MORE FROM AUSTRIA ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH [...] (SBU) On December 7, post followed up discussions with the Austrian MFA (ref A) to discuss the possibility of Austria forgiving the remaining 20 percent of its Iraqi debt. Thomas Wieser, Director General of Economic Policy and Financial Markets in the Ministry of Finance (U/S-level),told A/ [...]	2006-12-12 10:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IZ AU
06VIENNA3524	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN FINANCIAL [...] (S/NF) Acting DCM and EconUnit Chief delivered reftel points on December 7 to Thomas Wieser, Director General of Economic Policy and Financial Markets in the Ministry of Finance (U/S-level). Wieser said that in his view, "if the letter of credit had not come from Bank Saderat, it would have [...]	2006-12-12 10:37:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	EFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV IR AU
06VIENNA3551	SWIFT DEMARCHE: AUSTRIA HAS DATA PRIVACY CONCERNS, [...] (C) Senior GoA officials told us that, while Austria respects data privacy concerns raised in the EU Article 29 Working Group report, the Commission should work for a more balanced assessment of SWIFT to reflect SWIFT's contribution to counterterrorism efforts. Austria believes the Commission [...]	2006-12-14 15:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ECON EU AU
06VIENNA3596	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] (U) A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 21 to Peter Huber, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level UN Director. A/DCM stressed the need to maintain the 22 percent ceiling, noting the significant level of U.S. financial contributions. We also addressed potential concerns about the U.S. response [...]	2006-12-21 16:09:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC PREL UNGA AU
06VIENNA3622	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: 2007 LIBERIA PARTNERS FORUM [...] A/DCM presented reftel demarche on December 27 to Carolina Gudenus, the Austrian MFA's DAS-level Africa Director. We stressed the need for high-level engagement in the February 2007 Liberia Partners' Forum, pointing out that Secretary Rice, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and SIPD [...]	2006-12-27 15:18:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PPOL AU
06VIENNA488	AVIAN FLU: AUSTRIAN HEALTH MINISTRY VIEWS [...] (U) Summary: DCM discussed avian flu in a February 16 meeting with Dr. Clemens Auer, Chief of Staff of the Minister of Health and Women (MoH). The two also exchanged views on biotechnology and tradition-based violence against women. On avian flu, Auer said that the GOA welcomes improving in [...]	2006-02-16 18:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV EAGR EAID ASEC ECON WHO PHUM AU
06VIENNA512	AUSTRIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE VOSS [...] (SBU) In a February 10 telcon, Transportation Secretary Mineta asked his Austrian counterpart, Huberg SIPDIS Gorbach, to support the candidacy of William Voss ICAO Secretary General. On February 15, DCM pressed Voss's SIPDIS candidacy in a meeting with Eduard Mainoni, State Secretary in [...]	2006-02-17 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ICAO EAIR AU
06VIENNA651	CODEL WEXLER DISCUSSIONS ON ANTI-SEMITISM, DANISH [...] (U) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) visited Vienna February 22-23 to meet with Austrian and OSCE officials on a variety of topics, including religious tolerance and the controversy over cartoons depicting Mohammed in Danish newspapers with Austrian and OSCE officials. Septels report Con [...]	2006-03-03 10:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR GM DA AU
06VIENNA653	AUSTRIAN CHANCELLERY'S VIEWS ON HAMAS: STICK TO [...] (C) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Professional Staff Member Jonathan Katz, joined by DCM and PolOff, met with Chancellor Schuessel's senior foreign policy adviser, Hans Peter Manz, on February 22. Manz spoke at length on the approach that Austria's EU Presidency is taking toward [...]	2006-03-03 11:05:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL GM AU
06VIENNA655	CODEL WEXLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON IRAN WITH AUSTRIAN [...] (C) Congressman Robert Wexler (D-Florida) and Professional Staff Member Jonathan Katz, accompanied by DCM and PolOff, met with Chancellor Schuessel's foreign policy adviser Hans Peter Manz on February 22. Manz gave his views on next steps in reaction to Iran's actions regarding its nuclear p [...]	2006-03-03 12:03:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC IR AU IAEA EUN
06VIENNA664	AMBASSADOR RAISES RUE/RAIFFEISEN WITH FINANCE [...] (S) During a February 28 meeting with Finance Minister Karl-Heinz Grasser, Ambassador McCaw raised continuing USG concerns over the non-transparent RUE gas deal and the key involvement of an Austrian bank, Raiffeisen Investment Holding AG (RIAG),in the RosUkrEnergo (RUE) joint venture. The A [...]	2006-03-03 17:11:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL EFIN AU ENGR
06VIENNA726	FOLLOW UP ON DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN NGO SUMATE [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns followed up on reftel demarche on March 8, with Rudolf Lennkh, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Director for the Americas, and DAS-level SIPDIS Latin America section head Andreas Melan. 2. (C) Lennkh said Austrian Embassy Washington DCM Harald Guenther ha [...]	2006-03-09 16:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EU VE AU
06VIENNA811	BERN PROCESS: AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON CHINESE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on March 14 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights and Thomas Unger, Human Rights Bureau desk officer. (Unger participated in the December 1-2 Bern Process meetings in Brussels). Theuermann and Unger, speaking for the EU Presidency [...]	2006-03-17 08:24:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS CM AU EUN
06VIENNA830	SUDAN: UNSC ACTION ON RE-HATTING - EU PRESIDENCY [...] (C) Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel points to MFA A/S-equivalent for International Organizations Helmut Boeck and his deputy Peter Huber on March 17. Boeck pointed out that Austria is not currently a UNSC member. However, as EU Council President Austria chairs discussions of UN issues in va [...]	2006-03-20 12:04:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL SOCI SU AU UNSC EUN
06VIENTIANE298	DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES' LAO VISIT [...] (C) UN Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Wendy Chamberlin's March 28-30 visit offered some promise of a positive resolution to Laos' continued detention of 27 Hmong deportees. Chamberlin met with Politburo member Pany Yathoteu, and ethnic Hmong, and with Deputy Foreign Minister Phongsava [...]	2006-03-30 06:53:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KCRM TH LA
06VIENTIANE331	GOL HOLDS UP US-FUNDED NGOS' MOUS [...] (SBU) The DCM met with MFA Deputy Director General of the International Organization Phonesavanh on April 5 to raise our concern about the delays in approval of MOUs for several USAID-funded NGO projects. The DCM pointed out that these MOUs have been pending for over two and half years and [...]	2006-04-07 09:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM LA
06VILNIUS198	LITHUANIA 2006 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). The government of Lithuania (GOL) estimates that between 1,000 and 1,200 women leave Lithuania every year to engage in prostitution, basing their calculations on 2003 Europol data. There [...]	2006-02-27 15:44:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF LH
06VILNIUS204	LITHUANIANS LIKE USA BUT GWOT SUPPORT IS TEPID; POLL HELPS [...] SUMMARY: An Embassy-commissioned poll funded by EUR/PPD showed that a strong majority of Lithuanians continue to view the United States favorably. The survey also showed a positive correlation between knowing an American and having a positive image of the United States. Not all the news was [...]	2006-02-28 12:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO CVIS PREL LH
06VILNIUS53	WORKING WITH THE BRAZAUSKAS GOVERNMENT: LOOKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, we laid out a plan to strategically engage the newly elected coalition government headed by veteran politician Algirdas Brazauskas (reftel). Despite political tumult within the coalition, we succeeded in enlisting the new government to support key U.S. objectives, [...]	2006-01-20 14:56:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS AMGT EINV LH
06VILNIUS637	LITHUANIA SEEKS TO LINK UP WITH POLISH AND SWEDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Plans to link Lithuania to the electricity grids of Poland and Sweden are moving forward, according to several well-placed sources. These links would complement the nearly complete Estonia-Finland power bridge and hook the Baltics into Western Europe's electricity grid for the fi [...]	2006-07-07 11:39:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV LH PL SW
06VILNIUS909	UPDATE ON SNIPISKES CEMETERY [...] (C) Post continues to seek a solution to the controversy over possible new development of the old Jewish cemetery site in the Snipiskes area of Vilnius (ref A). In recent months, a new governing coalition and stepped-up efforts by the city's mayor to develop the site have led the Embassy to l [...]	2006-10-04 08:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PREL LH
06WARSAW1011	POLAND - Letter Delivered on Health Ministry Price [...] (SBU) DCM, accompanied by Econoff, called on Deputy Health Minister Boleslaw Piecha and delivered a letter from Ambassador Ashe to Health Minister Zbigniew Religa (see para 7). At issue is the May 18 announcement by the Ministry of Health to cut prices for imported pharmaceuticals, ostensibly [...]	2006-06-01 05:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KIPR PL
06WARSAW1202	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 15:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PL
06WARSAW148	U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE II - ENERGY SECURITY [...] (C) Begin Summary. Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable reports on the Energy [...]	2006-01-31 18:29:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL PL UP RS NO AJ TX
06WARSAW149	RESPONDING TO POLISH NON-PAPER REQUESTING [...] (C) Summary. Post received January 24 a non-paper apparently prepared personally by DefMin Sikorski, revising the non-paper he had handed to Secretary Rumsfeld December 7 in Washington. Unless otherwise instructed Embassy intends to use talking points at para. 7 in responding to GOP official [...]	2006-01-31 19:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MASS PGOV OVIP PL
06WARSAW160	A/S FRIED AND FLORY DISCUSSIONS WITH POLISH [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried's January 24 and 25 discussions with senior officials of President Kaczynski's staff reviewed issues likely to be on the agenda during President Kaczynski's February 9 meeting with President Bush. A/S Fried and Ambassador Ashe also had a separate breakaway meeting wit [...]	2006-02-02 11:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG OVIP MASS PL UP RS
06WARSAW1646	JAROSLAW KACZYNSKI TAKES CHARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Speaking non-stop for an hour and forty minutes without break, and only rarely looking at his notes, PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski delivered on August 4 an impressive tour d'horizon of Polish government policies, making clear that he is solidly in charge of the gov [...]	2006-08-09 07:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR PL
06WARSAW1746	POLAND: SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNIFIL [...] (C) Acting PolCouns delivered reftel points on UNIFIL contributions to MFA Middle East Africa Director and MFA Americas Acting Director on August 17. DCM also raised the issue in a previously scheduled meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Pawel Kowal on August 18. Kowal indicated that Poland [...]	2006-08-22 06:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LE PL
06WARSAW176	U.S.-POLAND STRATEGIC DIALOGUE III: EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Septel reports on security and defense issues discussed by EUR A/S Dan Fried and ASD/ISP Peter Flory at the Third U.S.-Polish Strategic Dialogue (SD) January 25 in Warsaw and provides a list of the principal U.S. and Polish participants. This cable covers the SD sessions on East [...]	2006-02-03 15:03:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL UP BO RU
06WARSAW1798	NEW DEPUTY DEFMINS: MACIEREWICZ STIRS UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed MOD U/S Antoni Macierewicz, responsible for transformation of the military intelligence services (REF A),has triggered an uproar by accusing "most former Polish foreign ministers" of being Soviet agents. PM Kaczynski who forced the appointment over DefMin Sikorsk [...]	2006-08-26 05:00:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PL
06WARSAW180	POLAND'S COMMENTS ON RUSSIA-UKRAINE GAS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request - see para 2. Summary and Action Request -------------------------- 2. (C) Poland's Ministry of Economy and MFA expressed support for the U.S. proposal on an approach to Ukraine but seek clarification on several questions. Poland requests fu [...]	2006-02-03 17:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PINR PREL UP RS PO AU EU CZ
06WARSAW2057	(C) MISSILE DEFENSE AND POLAND: REQUEST FOR AN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) As reported reftel, public debate in Poland over Missile Defense is intensifying even as the Polish government prepares itself for an expected U.S. offer on MD. A critical element of both processes is the perceived reaction and/or th [...]	2006-09-21 15:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
06WARSAW2111	MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND OPEN TO SHARING WITH [...] (C) Splitting Missile Defense assets between Poland and the Czech Republic is a good idea according to Robert Kupiecki, Director of MFA Security Policy and Chairman of Poland's interagency working group on Missile Defense. On September 29, he told DCM that he and his counterpart in the Czech [...]	2006-09-29 13:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
06WARSAW2152	POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TESTS [...] (U) DCM delivered reftel points on possible North Korean nuclear tests to MFA U/S Witold Wasczykowski on October 5, adding the suggestion that any public statements by the GOP in support of the U.S. position would be welcomed. DCM and U/S Waszczykowski will discuss the issue further in a prev [...]	2006-10-05 14:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KN PARM KNNP
06WARSAW2159	A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH FM FOTYGA, MFA AND MOD [...] (C) Summary: (C) A/S Fried met September 8 with MFA and MOD officials to discuss a range of bilateral issues, and was hosted at dinner later that evening by Foreign Minister Fotyga. An extensive part of both conversations focused on Ukraine, and how to encourage the Ukrainian government to c [...]	2006-10-05 14:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON OVIP
06WARSAW2176	NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR TEST ANNOUNCEMENT: POLAND [...] (C) In the course of a previously scheduled meeting October 9 with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, DCM delivered the substance of Ref A. Waszczykowski indicated that the GOP fully supported the U.S. position on the North Korean announcement of a nuclear test. MFA Director for East Asia & Pacif [...]	2006-10-11 10:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN PARM KNNP PINR PL
06WARSAW2188	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV IN POLAND: A SOFT TOUCH, EXCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian FM Sergei Lavrov met October 5 with President Lech Kaczynski, PM Jarek Kaczynski and FM Anna Fotyga during a one-day visit to Warsaw. According to senior officials from the MFA and presidential chancellery, the overall tone of the visit was positive, although little was a [...]	2006-10-12 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL RS GG IR
06WARSAW2199	POLAND WAITING FOR ANSWERS ON MAZEIKIU FIRE [...] (C) Cezary Filipowicz, PKN Orlen (PKNO) Deputy President told Deputy Econ Counselor that while he can't say with 100 percent certainty that the PKNO purchase of Mazeikiu Nafta oil refinery (MN) will proceed following the October 12 fire, it is PKNO's intention to complete the purchase. A tea [...]	2006-10-13 15:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL LH RS PO
06WARSAW2222	REQUEST TO POLAND TO SPONSOR AMENDMENT TO CUBA [...] (C) DCM met October 19 with MFA Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski to request that Poland sponsor an amendment to the annual Cuba Embargo Resolution at the UN General Assembly. (Note: PolCouns had raised the issue with UN Acting Director Miroslaw Luczka October 13. End Note.) Waszczykows [...]	2006-10-18 13:34:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA PL
06WARSAW2238	POLAND ON LAHTI DINNER: ENERGY POLICY KEY, "NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland looks forward to both the internal EU meetings and dinner with Russian President Putin October 20 in Lahti, Finland. The GOP considers Lahti an important venue for discussing renewal of the Russian Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA),but believes that there is no [...]	2006-10-20 12:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD PL EUN RS
06WARSAW2246	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE - PRESERVING LEBANESE PM [...] (S) Pol External Chief delivered reftel talking points on Syrian efforts to destabilize the Lebanese political situation October 20 to MFA Middle East & Africa Department Director Krzysztof Plominski. According to Plominski, MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski (de facto PolDir) was planning to visit [...]	2006-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PLN LE SY
06WARSAW2286	REVIVAL OF JEWISH LIFE IN POLAND, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twentieth century Poland's history of Jewish relations has made many Jews see Poland solely as a Jewish cemetery and hotbed of anti-Semitism. Anti-Semitism persists, but is no worse than most European countries, and rejection of anti-Semitism is on the rise, notwithstanding th [...]	2006-10-27 13:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KNAR PGOV PHUM PREL PL
06WARSAW2360	POLAND STRONGLY SUPPORTS CONTINUING UKRAINE REFORM [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche October 31 to Amb. Andrzej Krawczyk, Foreign Policy Adviser to President Lech Kaczynski. Krawczyk responded that Ukraine was a key bilateral partner of Poland and a high priority in Polish foreign policy to which President Kaczynski attaches great importance. [...]	2006-11-08 15:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UP PL NATO
06WARSAW2390	POLAND BLOCKS GAERC ON LAUNCHING NEW PCA [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Fotyga announced at the November 13 GAERC that Poland would continue its opposition to the EU opening negotiations for a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia in advance of the November 24 EU-Russia Summit, absent Russian ratification of the European Energ [...]	2006-11-14 15:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG ETRD EAGR PL EU
06WARSAW2425	POLAND STEADFAST ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Charge and Pol External Chief delivered reftel points November 17 to Robert Kupiecki, Director of MFA Security Policy Department. Charge stressed U.S. appreciation for Poland's exemplary commitment to ISAF and OEF, both through its planned deployment of 1200 troops in early 2007 and for i [...]	2006-11-20 14:43:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PL AF
06WARSAW2434	POLAND ON TURKEY EU ACCESSION [...] (C) DCM and PolCouns conveyed U.S. concerns about the prospect of EU sanctions on Turkey (reftel) to Deputy FM Pawel Kowal on November 21. Kowal acknowledged the concerns but had no substantive response. 2. (C) PolExt Chief discussed the issue in greater detail later the same day with Pawe [...]	2006-11-22 08:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN NATO PL
06WARSAW347	POLAND AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: CROSS AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Econoffs recently discussed GOP contingency preparations for an outbreak of avian influenza (AI) with the Polish Ministry of Health. Polish Health Ministry officials believe that AI is still primarily a threat to Polish agriculture, but stressed that the GOP has planned thoro [...]	2006-03-01 15:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL PL
06WARSAW380	POLAND'S PROPOSED EUROPEAN ENERGY SECURITY TREATY [...] (C) Poland continues to consult with EU partners on its proposed European Energy Security Treaty. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski requests a meeting with Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns March 20 or 21 to discuss mechanisms in the NATO Treaty that can be transferred to [...]	2006-03-03 16:25:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL PL
06WARSAW497	POLISH DEFENSE TRANSFORMATION AT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite its position as a minority government and ongoing domestic political battles, the Marcinkiewicz government is beginning to define the future strategic direction of the Polish military. In the coming months, the parliament will consider bills that would radically reorganiz [...]	2006-03-17 09:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL MARR MASS PL
06WARSAW525	POTENTIAL AREAS OF ENERGY SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (C) The Government of Poland continues to consider energy security a top priority. Deputy Minister of Economy Naimski plans to travel to the U.S. in mid-April to discuss energy topics with USG officials. Naimski told us that the GOP is flexible with regard to the content, form and scope of i [...]	2006-03-21 13:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PL PREL
06WARSAW554	MISSILE DEFENSE: POLAND EAGER TO RENEW TALKS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Americas Director Henryk Szlajfer told DCM March 23 that the GOP is eager to renew formal discussions on hosting U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) assets and welcomes the visit of ASD Flory's delegation for that purpose. MFA U/S Waszczykowski and MOD U/S Koziej are prepar [...]	2006-03-24 14:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PL
06WARSAW555	POLAND: DCM MEETING IN MINISTRY OF ECONOMY ON AIG [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) DCM met with Andrzej Kaczmarek of the Ministry of Economy March 23 to follow up Embassy's March 14 meeting (reftel) with Gmina Raszyn Mayor and Vice-Mayor. AIG Lincoln Residential Director Christopher Sweeney als [...]	2006-03-24 14:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PL
06WARSAW833	IRAQ: POLAND CONFIRMS MND-CS CONTINGENT WILL STAY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 14:20:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PL IZ
06WARSAW920	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT GIERTYCH [...] (C) Summary: Israeli Ambassador to Poland David Peleg called on President Lech Kaczynski May 17 to express his government's concern over the appointment of Roman Giertych as Minister of Education, given Giertych's anti-Semitic associations and his new responsibility for Holocaust education p [...]	2006-05-18 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PL
06WELLINGTON128	NATIONAL CONTEMPLATES CHANGE ON NUCLEAR BAN STANCE [...] (C) Summary: The opposition National Party is considering changing its policy regarding New Zealand's anti-nuclear ban, hoping to thereby remove one of Labour's strongest weapons against National. Senior Party officials have explained to us behind the scenes that the modification would only cl [...]	2006-02-17 05:15:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON155	CDR CENTCOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: General Abizaid's February 23-25 visit to New Zealand came one month after Admiral Fallon's visit amid high media interest in the bilateral relationship. The General met with Prime Minister Clark, Defense Minister Goff and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, as well as with Chief of [...]	2006-02-28 01:37:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON234	APPROACH TO NEW ZEALAND ON ISRAEL/JUSCANZ [...] (C) Summary: As requested reftel, Ambassador McCormick and the Australian and Canadian High Commissioners called on Foreign Minister Peters to urge that New Zealand support Israeli membership in the Geneva JUSCANZ group. Peters promised to discuss the issue with Prime Minister Clark, and we [...]	2006-03-27 05:31:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NZ

06WELLINGTON284	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH NEW ZEALAND OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: During his March 19-20 visit to Wellington and Auckland, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher R. Hill met with GNZ officials from foreign affairs, defense, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies. All agreed that the United States and N [...]	2006-04-13 02:58:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV XB NZ
06WELLINGTON286	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH PM CLARK AND FM PETERS [...] (C) Summary: During separate March 20 meetings with Prime Minister Clark and Foreign Minister Peters in Wellington, EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill encouraged the United States and New Zealand to work together in areas such as the Pacific Islands and Afghanistan. Prime Minister [...]	2006-04-13 03:26:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL XB NZ
06WELLINGTON288	TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION: NEW [...] (S) The New Zealand government has decided to co-sponsor a request to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee to list four Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders: Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, Gun Gun Rusman Gunawan, Taufik Rifki and Abdullah Anshori (ref C and F). 2. (C) Taha McPherson of the Ministry of Foreign Aff [...]	2006-04-13 05:36:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER NZ
06WELLINGTON355	Permission to be absent from Post [...] Ambassador William P. McCormick requests permission to be absent from post from May 15, 2006 to May 19, 2006 to present credentials to the Samoan Government. 2. While in Apia, the Ambassador can be reached at the US Embassy Apia. 3. During the Ambassador's absence, DCM David Burnett w [...]	2006-05-09 03:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON378	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 21:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA NZ
06WELLINGTON380	FM PETERS CLAIMS BRASH LIED ABOUT U.S. SUPPORT AT [...] (C) Summary: NZ First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters, cheered on by the Government, has created a furor by claiming leaked e-mails prove National Party leader Don Brash courted US support for his party's general election campaign. The National Party has countered that Peters and th [...]	2006-05-16 23:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV
06WELLINGTON387	MOU WITH NEW ZEALAND REGARDING ZHELEZNOGORSK POWER [...] (U) On May 18, 2006, PolCouns shared the revised MOU and talking points provided reftel with Deborah Panckhurst of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (MFAT) Disarmament Division. Panckhurst said that she has also been in contact with DOE's Mike Stafford about this issue. MFAT will [...]	2006-05-19 04:56:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PARM OTRA RS KNNP TRGY NZ
06WELLINGTON389	MORE ON FM PETER'S E-MAIL OUTBURST: AN ANTI-GOFF [...] (C) Summary: Chris Trotter, New Zealand's leading left-wing political analyst believes the recent attack by New Zealand First leader and Foreign Minister Winston Peters on National Party Leader Don Brash was actually aimed at Trade and Defense Minister Phil Goff. In a recent article in the "I [...]	2006-05-19 05:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON405	NEW ZEALAND ON STANDBY FOR EAST TIMOR [...] (C) GNZ officials are deciding what support New Zealand will provide to E. Timor now that the Timorese government has officially asked for help. In the morning of May 25, NZ Defense Force (NZDF) Assistant Chief for Strategic Commitments and Intelligence, Brigadier Warren Whiting, told DATT a [...]	2006-05-25 04:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC TT NZ AS
06WELLINGTON406	NZ UPDATE ON THE SOLOMONS [...] (C) Summary: GNZ officials report that a May 19 meeting between New Zealand Foreign Minister Peters, Australian Foreign Minister Downer, and Solomon Island officials was "difficult." However, the Solomons PM was much more conciliatory during a separate meeting with Peters on May 23. Most Sol [...]	2006-05-26 00:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON410	DEMARCHE ON MANAS AIRFIELD [...] (C) On May 23, Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT shared reftel demarche with Chris Seed, Deputy Secretary of Defence. PE Couns also separately conveyed the demarche to Matthew Paterson, Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (C) O [...]	2006-05-26 04:40:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON451	INITIATING A DIALOGUE: NEW ZEALAND ACTIONS IN THE [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) officials say New Zealand's main areas of concern in the Pacific are governance, economic stability and security. New Zealand is revising its approach to and strengthening engagement with Pacific Island countries (PICs),and is coordinating more [...]	2006-06-13 00:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON488	NZ UPDATE ON E.TIMOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Prime Minister Clark and Police Minister Annette King announced that up to 25 New Zealand police officers would be sent to E. Timor for a three-month deployment. The police will join the 167 NZ Defence Force personnel already in the country. Meanwhile, Ministry of [...]	2006-06-27 04:21:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC KPKO MY AS TT NZ
06WELLINGTON489	NZ ON UN REFORM AND THE BUDGET CAP [...] (C) On June 27, the DCM discussed reftel draft reform resolution with Joan Mosley, Director of the UN Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Mosley said she had already received and studied carefully the US-Australia-Japan paper. GNZ agrees completely with the paper's intent [...]	2006-06-28 06:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNGA NZ
06WELLINGTON504	NZ SUPPORTS IMMEDIATE FMCT NEGOTIATIONS, BUT... [...] (C) New Zealand supports immediate negotiations on a fissile material cut-off treaty (FMCT) and could accept the US-proposed mandate as the basis for talks, according to Caroline McDonald, Director of the Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). McDonald told [...]	2006-07-05 05:01:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP CDG PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON547	NEW ZEALAND: STATUS ON HSPD-6 TERRORIST SCREENING [...] (U) Following is an update on the status of New Zealand's efforts regarding the HSPD-6 initiative: 2. (SBU) The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS),which is the lead agency for the HSPD-6 initiative in New Zealand, is continuing to review the draft agreement. Because the agre [...]	2006-07-14 01:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON55	NEW ZEALAND NOMINATION FOR FSN POLITICAL [...] Embassy Wellington submits the following nomination for the FSN Staff Political Training Course to be held in Washington from April 3 - 14, 2006. 2. Name: Craig Brian Greaves Grade: 9 Step 2. Length of Service: Start date - May 16, 2005. English language ability: level 4 (native spea [...]	2006-01-20 01:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AFSN PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON598	REPORT ON LABOUR MP SCANDAL SETS OFF MAELSTROM [...] (C) A report on a scandal involving Labour MP Taito Philip Field threatens to become another thorn in the Government's side. The report cleared Field of the main allegation but raised serious questions about his behavior as a MP. The opposition National Party claims that this and other questi [...]	2006-08-01 19:16:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON629	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON LEBANON [...] (U) On August 14, Acting DCM delivered reftel information to Darryl Dunn, Director, Middle East and Africa Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). 2. (SBU) Dunn said that GNZ welcomes the resolution and remains interested in participating in a UN force. Ministry of Defence [...]	2006-08-14 03:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS UN IS NZ
06WELLINGTON665	KIWIS OFFER HELP ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Zealand officials say there is no direct trade between New Zealand and DPRK but they will advise GNZ entities to be on the lookout for trade and financial activities related to North Korea's ballistic missile programs. New Zealand does not have the means to identify susp [...]	2006-08-24 05:07:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP KPAO PARM PREL MNUC PTER
06WELLINGTON714	NZ FAVORS USG CONSULTATIONS ON RECAAP PIRACY [...] (C) PE Couns discussed GNZ views on the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against ships in Asia (ReCAAP) with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Despite reftel observation that [...]	2006-09-10 21:19:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT IN KCRM KTIA MY PBTS PHSA PREL SNAR UK
06WELLINGTON717	GNZ SHOULD IMPROVE U.S. TIES, SAYS FORMER NZ [...] (C) New Zealand's former Ambassador to the United States, John Wood, told an inflential local international affairs organization that New Zealand should take the initiative to improve US-NZ ties. Wood cited GNZ officials' anti-US election campaign rhetoric as a low point in the relationship. [...]	2006-09-11 05:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON732	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MEETINGS WITH GNZ: [...] (C) Summary: During September 13 meetings in Wellington, GNZ officials told EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann that PM Clark and NZ Ministers support greater US-NZ cooperation. McGann and his counterparts agreed that meetings over the coming months between both sides' leaders and senior officials [...]	2006-09-19 01:26:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD NZ US
06WELLINGTON733	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. officials are interested in participating in a U.S. special session proposed by the Pacific Island Forum (PIF),EAP/ANP Director Steven McGann told the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) at a September 12 meeting in Wellington. McGann and MFAT agreed the USG and G [...]	2006-09-19 01:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ XV US CH TW
06WELLINGTON736	GNZ THINKING ON ANTARCTIC COMMEMORATIONS, LOGISTICS [...] (SBU) GNZ officials welcome USG participation in and support for January events hosted by PM Clark to commemorate the International Polar year and the 50th anniversary of US-NZ cooperation in Antarctica. New Zealand may also host events in-country for official USG visitors, including those una [...]	2006-09-19 19:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OTRA NZ US
06WELLINGTON760	MORE ON NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a 6-person technical team for UNMAS/UNIFIL, pending UN approval and the identification [...]	2006-09-27 22:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ UN LE
06WELLINGTON761	MORE ON NEW ZEALAND'S UNIFIL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) On September 27, Matthew Paterson, Senior Policy Officer in the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) confirmed to PE Couns that GNZ has approved the deployment of a 6-person technical team for UNMAS/UNIFIL, pending UN approval and the identification [...]	2006-09-27 22:58:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ UN LE
06WELLINGTON811	KIWI MUSLIMS: HEADING TOWARD INTEGRATION OR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand's small but active Muslim community points to a member of parliament, regular appearances on national television by community leaders, ready access to the Prime Minister and her cabinet, and joint statements with Jewish organizations as hallmarks of movement into [...]	2006-10-17 02:34:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SMIG PGOV PREL PTER NZ KISL
06WELLINGTON815	NZ WORRIES FRICTIONS COULD DERAIL PACIFIC ISLAND [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is working behind the scenes to help ensure that frictions over the Solomon Islands and other regional issues do not derail the October 23-26 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) meetings. PMs Clark and Howard are scheduled to discuss their goals for the meeting by telephone [...]	2006-10-18 04:58:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ XV XU
06WELLINGTON826	KIWI MUSLIMS: WAHHABIS IN THEIR MIDST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand Muslims are getting increased attention from broader society as the community faces internal divisions, Wahhabi influence from overseas groups, and discrimination. Alleged Wahhabi activities have been at the heart of some publicized schisms involving mosque admin [...]	2006-10-24 02:32:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PTER PREL KISL SMIG NZ
06WELLINGTON832	VISIT OF U.S. TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Summary: On his recent trip to New Zealand, U.S. Treasury Under Secretary, Timothy Adams consulted with officials, private economists, academics and business people to ascertain the current state of the NZ economy. Consensus among experts was that NZ is relatively stable and in the midst o [...]	2006-10-25 02:07:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON834	UNSCR 1718: NEW ZEALAND SEEKS GUIDANCE AS IT [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request, at paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: In 15 recent speeches, NZ leaders have condemned North Korea's nuclear test and urged the DPRK to return to the six-party talks. The leaders are also pushing their ministries to implement UNSCR 1718 as soon as [...]	2006-10-25 17:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM NZ KN
06WELLINGTON851	NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO POLITICAL TENSIONS IN FIJI [...] (C) In discussions November 1 regarding political tensions in Fiji with Heather Riddell, Director of Pacific Division at Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),Post learned that GNZ will shortly be issuing a formal statement declaring that Fiji's military commander Bainimarama is obliged [...]	2006-11-01 04:11:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR CASC ASEC FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON858	NEW ZEALAND: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1718 DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 02:47:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NZ
06WELLINGTON86	PACOM VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Fallon's January 20-21 visit to New Zealand came at a time of media interest in the bilateral relationship, sparked by a TV mini-series on the ANZUS breakup and public release of former Prime Minister David Lange's private papers (reftel). The Admiral met with Prime Mini [...]	2006-02-01 20:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC NZ
06WELLINGTON866	NEW ZEALAND'S READ-OUT FROM PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM [...] (C) Summary: GNZ reports that initial concerns that the Pacific Island Forum (PIF) would be derailed over tensions between Solomon Island and Australia regarding the Regional Assistance Mission to Solomons (RAMSI) were resolved by private dialogue among Leaders during retreat. The sessions betw [...]	2006-11-03 01:16:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ XV XU
06WELLINGTON910	NEW ZEALAND ACTIVE IN TONGA AND FIJI [...] (C) Summary. Alan Williams, Deputy Director at New ZealandQs Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade, told the DCM November 20 that the current crisis in Tonga resulted from economic and political problems that have been developing over many months, but appeared to have abated. The Tongan Gover [...]	2006-11-20 20:52:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC PREL NZ TN
06WELLINGTON911	DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Pol-Econ Couns shared reftel points with Michael Swain, Deputy Director of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Swain expressed sympathy with our frustrations over caveats (NZDF force personnel operate without caveats in Afghanistan) and said [...]	2006-11-21 03:02:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PINS NZ
06WELLINGTON924	GNZ TO DELIVER STRONG POINTS TO FIJI'S BAINIMARAMA [...] (C) The GNZ MFAT has prepared strongly worded points, which it has passed to the British Defence Attache Nigel Lloyd (DA),who will convey them to Commodore Bainimarama at a private lunch with Bainimarama on November 23 at the DA's residence. (The points are repeated below at para 3). Foreign [...]	2006-11-23 17:32:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON928	OPPOSITION LEADER BRASH RESIGNS; KEY TIPPED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Zealand's main opposition party leader, Dr. Don Brash, has resigned after weeks of speculation over his leadership. Dogged by a series of gaffes and missteps that raised questions over his political judgment, Brash announced that the National Party will caucus on Monday to pi [...]	2006-11-24 03:10:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
06WELLINGTON931	GNZ TOUGH BUT PESSIMISTIC ON FIJI'S BAINIMARAMA [...] (U) This is an action cable, see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: GNZ anticipates that Commodore Bainimarama will execute his plan to remove members of the government of Fiji on December 4 regardless of what he hears from foreign critics. New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters will meet with [...]	2006-11-26 18:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV FJ TN NZ
06WELLINGTON935	JOHN KEY ELECTED NEW OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: John Key has won the leadership of New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party. In an uncontested election, Key replaced Dr. Don Brash who resigned last week after three turbulent years at the helm. National also elected a new Deputy Leader and Finance spokesman: t [...]	2006-11-27 18:30:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON938	GNZ HOSTS FIJI'S QARASE AND BAINIMARAMA FOR TALKS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Bainimarama on November 27, New Zealand's Foreign Minister won his agreement to a meeting with Fiji's PM Qarase; PM Clark then called the PM and persuaded him to come for the meeting. The meeting will take place at New Zealand's Government House from 10:00 a.m. [...]	2006-11-28 05:48:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON943	GNZ SAYS FIJI TALKS CONSTRUCTIVE BUT IS TAKING NO [...] (C) Summary: Fiji Prime Minister Qarase and Commodore Bainimarama today met for two and a quarter hours at Government House in Wellington. New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) characterized the meeting as a "considered and serious discussion" of Bainimarama's nine demands [...]	2006-11-29 07:14:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON951	NZ OFFICIALS SOMEWHAT PESSIMISTIC ON FIJI [...] (C) Summary: GNZ officials remain positive about yesterday's talks in Wellington between Fiji PM Qarase and Commodore Frank Bainimarama, and say the PM now has a chance to win hearts and minds to his cause. But they say they believe a coup is more likely than a resolution, and think RFMF ma [...]	2006-11-30 06:27:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON952	FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER BRASH RESIGNS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Don Brash has resigned from Parliament, barely a week after he resigned his leadership of the main opposition National Party. Brash's five years in office, particularly the three as party leader, were characterized by controversy. As leader he elevated National's status but h [...]	2006-11-30 07:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON953	NEW NATIONAL LEADER WANTS CLOSER TIES TO U.S. BUT [...] (C) Summary: The opposition National Party's new leader, John Key, says that although he favors closer relations between the United States and New Zealand, he believes his country should maintain its nuclear-free policy. Key is clearly trying to remove the nuclear issue from the political ag [...]	2006-11-30 08:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON954	FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER BRASH RESIGNS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Don Brash has resigned from Parliament, barely a week after he resigned his leadership of the main opposition National Party. Brash's five years in office, particularly the three as party leader, were characterized by controversy. As leader he elevated National's status but h [...]	2006-11-30 18:21:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NZ
06WELLINGTON966	NEW ZEALAND INCREASES SANCTIONS ON FIJI [...] (U) Summary: At 4:45 pm on December 6 local time, Prime Minister Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters announced stringent new sanctions "in response to the Fijian Military's unlawful seizure of power." In a public statement, Clark and Peters said the Cabinet had approved the measu [...]	2006-12-06 04:46:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL FJ NZ
06WELLINGTON970	NEW ZEALAND AGREES TO FUND HOMELAND SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: GNZ has approved necessary funding needed to implement an HSPD-6 agreement with the United States, and would like NZ's liaison in Washington to meet with CA to go over next steps. End summary. 2. (C) PE Couns and Econoff met on December 1 with Mike XXXXXXXXXXXX manager of the co [...]	2006-12-08 02:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
06YEREVAN1000	ARMENIAN PRIME MINISTER VOICES SUPPORT FOR OSCE [...] (SBU) Addressing the extraordinary congress of Republican Party of Armenia (reftel),the chairman of the party, Prime Minister Andranik Markarian, spoke about the resolution of the Nagorno Karabakh (NK) conflict, reiterating that the most recent proposals put forth by the OSCE Minsk group (name [...]	2006-07-25 13:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN1072	OPPOSITION PARTY ACCUSES GOAM OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Armenia's Heritage Party, an opposition party with a popular, outspoken leader but no seats in parliament, was evicted from its downtown offices in March 2006. Party officials told us they believed the government was behind the eviction, as well as other interference with their operations [...]	2006-08-08 03:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AM
06YEREVAN1075	PRESIDENT'S OFFICE INSTITUTES CONTROL OVER [...] (C) A number of media analysts and press representatives have reported that the GOAM is exerting increasing control over the broadcast media, and that this pressure is being exercised directly by the Armenian President's office. These controls appear to include requirements that television st [...]	2006-08-08 07:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PHUM AM
06YEREVAN1091	AMBASSADOR PUSHES PROSECUTOR GENERAL ON TRAFFICKING CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and Poloff met with Armenian Prosecutor General (PG) Aghvan Hovsepyan August 8 about allegations of investigative misconduct and abuse in connection with a human trafficking case. The underlying case involves three prostitutes who allege they were trafficked from Armenia to Turk [...]	2006-08-09 13:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KCRM PREL PGOV PHUM HSTC AM TU
06YEREVAN110	WITH GAS USAGE ACCELERATING, GOAM PREPARING FOR WORST [...] (C) ArmRosGazprom (ARG) has drawn roughly half of Armenia's useful reserves -- much quicker than initially expected -- since the January 22 cut off of natural gas supplies from Russia (reftel). Consumption accelerated after the GOAM temporarily reopened a 200-megawatt hydroelectric unit in Hraz [...]	2006-01-26 04:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG IR AM ENGR AZ
06YEREVAN1142	RISKING A WTO COMPLAINT TO CURRY FAVOR WITH [...] (C) The GOAM has announced that farmers with an annual turnover of less than AMD 8 million (USD 20,000) will remain exempt from value-added tax (VAT). This agreement appears to run counter to Armenia's WTO obligations and 2002 legislation requiring that farmers begin paying VAT as of January 1 [...]	2006-08-23 03:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD AM
06YEREVAN1161	PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S NEW ANTI-TIP NGO COMMITTEE [...] (C) On August 21, the Prosecutor General (PG) announced the formation of an NGO committee to assist it in its anti- TIP efforts. Anti-TIP NGO leaders generally feel the creation of such a team is a good idea, as long as it is allowed to function fully and does not become a tool for the PG to [...]	2006-08-25 12:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM HSTC AM
06YEREVAN1172	MURDER CASE POINTS UP CONTINUING HOMOPHOBIA IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 9 murder of an openly gay businessman has sparked fears in the Armenian gay community of a new round of police harassment. While some believe the societal attitudes have improved since the 2003 decriminalization of homosexual activity, credible reports persist that pol [...]	2006-08-29 12:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AM
06YEREVAN118	OPPOSITION BOYCOTT BREAKING DOWN, NOT OFFICIALLY [...] (C) Members of the opposition Justice Bloc in the National Assembly are poised "to take a more active role in the parliament" but remain unwilling to officially end their boycott. Justice Bloc leader Stepan Demirchian told us he intended to use the spring sessions of the National Assembly (s [...]	2006-01-27 12:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN1204	SETTING THE STAGE FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Election experts offer mixed views of ongoing efforts to improve key democratic institutions prior to the May 2007 parliamentary election. The challenges -- technical, bureaucratic and political -- are daunting. However there is room for cautious optimism that the GOAM is at lea [...]	2006-09-05 10:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMCA KDEM AM
06YEREVAN127	RUSSIAN GAS HASN'T REACHED ARMENIA YET [...] (C) On January 29, Armenia cut gas to its thermal power plant in Hrazdan (which converts gas to electricity),reducing the country's average daily consumption to about 3.5 (down from 6.7) million cubic meters (mcm),enough to conserve about one more day of useful gas reserves. Banking on repo [...]	2006-01-30 14:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM
06YEREVAN129	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIA TRYING TO ENGAGE ON [...] (C) On January 26, Post delivered reftel points regarding issues of concern during the final negotiations on Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) at the International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM). Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations [...]	2006-01-31 07:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ETRD ECON PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN130	ENERGY: ARMENIA GEARING UP FOR EXPORTS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Natural gas from Russia reached Armenia on January 30, just as Armenia depleted its useful reserves. At full capacity (delivering 375 thousand cubic meters per hour) by early morning January 31, the pipeline has now pressurized sufficiently to restart thermal units in Hrazdan, a process A [...]	2006-01-31 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM
06YEREVAN1371	DFM KIRAKOSSIAN UNDERWHELMED BY TURKISH JOINT [...] (S) SUMMARY: DFM Kirakossian was unimpressed by Turkey's recent non-paper on joint commissions, viewing it as "a step backward" for Armenia's priorities. He resents Turkey's determination (as he sees it) to postpone any discussion on the broader issues of the current relationship until after [...]	2006-10-03 10:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV AM TU
06YEREVAN145	ARMENIA STILL NOT WILLING TO JEOPARDIZE RELATIONS [...] (C) We delivered ref A points and P5 plus 2 statement on Iran to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Head Valery Mkrtumyan. "We understand Russia's position and we understand your position," Mkrtumyan said, "but Iran is our neighbor and a close trading partner." [...]	2006-02-01 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL IR EU AORC AM
06YEREVAN150	WITH POWERLINES ENERGIZED, ARMENIAN ELECTRICITY [...] (C) The flow of natural gas from Russia through Georgia has continued at full capacity (9 million cubic meters daily) without interruption since January 31. The GOAM energized two power lines to Georgia (reftel) which have supplied an average of 125 megawatts since the thermal power unit in H [...]	2006-02-02 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL RS GG AJ IR AM
06YEREVAN1524	PROSECUTOR-GENERAL'S TIP-MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATION [...] (C) An internal probe of allegations of misconduct with human traffickers by two investigators in the Prosecutor General's (PG) Office is apparently over, and the investigators reportedly cleared of all charges. No results have been released publicly. Sources within the PG's Office and some [...]	2006-10-31 04:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM HSTC AM
06YEREVAN1674	DE FACTO N-K AUTHORITIES INVITE U.S. TO OBSERVE [...] (C) The Yerevan representative office of the self-declared "Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (NKR) asked post to convey a letter to EUR DAS Matt Bryza, in his capacity as Minsk Group co-chair, advising him of an NKR referendum December 10 and inviting him to observe the proceedings. Full text of the [...]	2006-12-04 16:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS AM AJ
06YEREVAN1685	NDI PRESIDENT'S VISIT SPEAKS TO ARMENIAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-06 14:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM
06YEREVAN169	EMBASSY YEREVAN EMPHASIZES STATE OF THE UNION [...] Embassy Yerevan took advantage of the public diplomacy opportunities provided by the President's State of the Union Address in a variety of events and formats. As a result, the Armenian media extensively covered the major foreign policy themes of the speech. Specifically, the Ambassador's F [...]	2006-02-06 13:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO AM
06YEREVAN171	RUSSIAN G-8 CTAG LEADERSHIP "JUST LIKE YOU" [...] (SBU) Russia kicked off its G-8 presidency year following instructions to head up local Counter-terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meetings in the pattern of earlier French and U.S. local leadership. Representatives of local G-8 embassies were invited to participate and, with the exception of the [...]	2006-02-06 13:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS AM
06YEREVAN192	ARMENIA'S COMPETITION COMMISSION: GROWING [...] (SBU) Founded in 2001 to regulate monopolies and combat anti-competitive behavior, the Armenian Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition (the Commission) plays a limited role in managing the Armenian marketplace. The Commission's caseload and enforcement action increased signific [...]	2006-02-09 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL EAID ETRD AM
06YEREVAN215	ARMENIA NOT PREPARED TO DONATE TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN [...] (S/NF) We delivered ref A points regarding GOAM support for Iraqi and Afghan Security Forces to Foreign Relations and Military Cooperation Department Head General-Major Misha Melkonyan February 13. Melkonyan told us that he would forward our request "to military leadership" but that Armenia, [...]	2006-02-13 13:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ AM
06YEREVAN230	ARMENIA: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (C) The UNESCO convention is not likely to appear on the Armenian Parliament's legislative agenda in 2006. There has been little or no media attention or public debate specifically directed at ratification of the Convention, but perception in Armenia of UNESCO in general is quite negative. P [...]	2006-02-14 13:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SCUL UNESCO AM
06YEREVAN237	IS AN N-K SETTLEMENT DEAD? EVERYONE POINTING [...] (C) Official Yerevan remains careful not to close the door on the possibility of a settlement in the long-running Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, while opposition politicians and thinktankers appear almost gleeful in what is being widely reported as a breakdown in the talks at Rambouillet. Most im [...]	2006-02-15 14:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AJ AM
06YEREVAN257	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 13:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN267	PROSECUTOR GENERAL LAUNCHES INVESTIGATION OF [...] (SBU) On February 17, Prosecutor General Aghvan Hovsepyan created a commission to investigate allegations against his employees including the investigator of his Anti-Trafficking Unit, Aristakes Yeremyan (see paragraph 6). In a meeting with the DCM, Hovsepyan was notably upset about Armenia's [...]	2006-02-23 13:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL AM KTIP HSTC
06YEREVAN268	AVIAN FLU UPDATE: USG SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED [...] (SBU) Although there are still no reported cases of AI in Armenia, the government has begun to take steps to prepare. Motivation for the GOAM's new level of action has come not only from increasing AI reports from neighbors, but also from strong international community pressure, with the USG at [...]	2006-02-23 13:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO ECON SENV AM
06YEREVAN280	ARMENIA'S NEW POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Although parliamentary and presidential elections are still more than a year away, Yerevan's political season is well and truly underway. Several well-known political and business figures have announced the formation of new political parties in early 2006, in effect revealing their ambiti [...]	2006-02-24 13:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN350	ACTION ALONG THE ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN BORDER [...] (C) Cease-fire violations along the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan have intensified over the last several weeks, according to news reports confirmed by Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan and Ministry of Foreign Affairs OSCE Desk Officer Head Varuzhan Nersissia [...]	2006-03-09 13:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PGOV PREL MARR AJ AM
06YEREVAN406	FM OSKANIAN "HOPES" TO DELIVER GOAM ENDORSEMENT OF [...] (C) We delivered points and draft diplomatic note contained ref A to MFA Arms Control and International Security Department Head Arman Hakobyan, Arms Control and International Security Advisor Vartuhi Asaturian, and Americas Desk Head Lilit Toutkhalian March 22. We noted that, despite numerou [...]	2006-03-21 13:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC AM
06YEREVAN489	ARMENIA'S NORTHWEST PROVINCE: DEAD END? [...] (C) Armenia's northwest Shirak province is bound by a closed border with Turkey to the west and the Samstkhe-Javakheti region of Georgia to the north. A 1988 earthquake centered in Shirak killed tens of thousands of people and leveled a significant portion of the region's infrastructure. Alm [...]	2006-04-05 12:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN501	ABANDONED AZERI GRAVEYARD SUFFERS NEGLECT, [...] (SBU) Beyond common neglect, which, for the most part has led to the deterioration of an abandoned Azeri cemetery in Armenia's northern Lori province, we noted during a March 26 visit that vandals had intentionally damaged several of the cemetery's Muslim grave markers. The destruction did not [...]	2006-04-06 12:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD UNESCO SCUL AJ AM
06YEREVAN508	ARMENIA RUNNING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL--U.S. NOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 08:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA AM
06YEREVAN523	ARMENIA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 11:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR OPDC PREL PHUM AM
06YEREVAN549	IRANIAN-ARMENIAN SCIENCE UNIVERSITY EXPECTED TO [...] (C) Iran's largest state-sponsored university -- with branches in Afghanistan, Central Asia, and correspondence courses on-line -- recently partnered with Yerevan State University (YSU) to establish a private "Armenian-Iranian Science University" in Yerevan, according to YSU's Caucasian Center [...]	2006-04-17 11:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IR AM
06YEREVAN599	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - ARMENIA STILL UNDECIDED [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 10:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM PREL AM IR
06YEREVAN602	ICRC: ARMENIA TO SUPPORT THIRD ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points regarding the Third Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions to DFM Armen Baiburtian and MFA International Organizations Department Head Valery Mkrtumyan. Mkrtumyan told us that Armenia planned to sign the Protocol and to support changing the statutes of [...]	2006-04-28 13:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREF PREL AM SZ ICRC
06YEREVAN617	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - FOLLOW UP ON CANDIDACY [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 1 and 2, the Ambassador and DCM raised demarche points on Iran's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council with Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian (May 1) and Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baiburtian (May 2). Kirakossian told the Ambassador that Armenia [...]	2006-05-03 12:20:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PHUM UNHRC PREL IR AM
06YEREVAN632	ARMENIA WILL NOT SUPPORT IRAN FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 05:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR PREL PHUM IR AM
06YEREVAN647	BAGHDASARIAN LEADING HIS PARTY INTO THE COLD? [...] (C) In a series of recent setbacks for National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian and his Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law, OY) party, it is becoming apparent that Baghdasarian is being marginalized well before the 2007 parliamentary elections (ref A). Baghdasarian's penchant for playing to a We [...]	2006-05-10 13:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN661	"PROSPEROUS ARMENIA" - OLIGARCH'S NEW PARTY [...] (C) The political grouping "Prosperous Armenia" is gathering steam and is expected to be one of the most important factors as the political season heats up. Its leader, the business tycoon Gagik Tsarukyan, has declared that his goal is to support financially a group of professional legislato [...]	2006-05-12 09:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AM
06YEREVAN662	"A CIVILIZED DIVORCE"--BAGHDASARIAN LEAVES [...] (C) National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian formally announced his party's withdrawal from the governing coalition and his intention to step down as Speaker during a press conference May 12. His formal announcement ended intense speculation about his falling out with President Kocharian [...]	2006-05-12 10:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN665	UN IN ARMENIA SAYS IT IS FREE OF TIES TO TERROR [...] (C) UN Resident Coordinator Consuelo Vidal told us May 11 that she had complete confidence that UN agencies in Armenia had no terrorist organizations among their partners. Asked whether UN agencies in Armenia were vetting existing and potential partners against the U.S. Treasury Department's [...]	2006-05-12 13:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN UNDP AM
06YEREVAN666	ARMENIA'S ECONOMY INSULATED FROM PLANE CRASH, [...] (C) On May 3, an Armavia flight to Sochi crashed into the Black Sea, killing all 113 aboard. Two days later, a fire in a Brussels maintenance hangar destroyed another Armavia aircraft as well as a second plane owned by another Armenian company. Investigations into both the crash and the fire [...]	2006-05-12 13:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR EAID PREL RS BE AM
06YEREVAN687	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RECONCILING MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MARR MOPS RS BU GG RO TU AR AJ AM
06YEREVAN692	ARMENIA'S SYUNIK MARZ: NOT MUCH GROWTH AND LITTLE [...] (C) Armenia's southern Syunik region feels very little of the economic growth that is now so obvious in the capital. Separated from the rest of Armenia by mountains and connected by a two-lane road occasionally washed out by landslides, Syunik borders the Azerbaijani exclave Nakhichevan on the [...]	2006-05-19 13:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL AM IR
06YEREVAN701	SHAKING OUT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE [...] (C) Armenia's governing coalition, now down to two official members, will be strengthened with the (informal) addition of the United Labor Party and the continued support of the People's Deputy Group. Current Deputy Speaker Tigran Torosyan (Republican) is looking ever more likely to fill the [...]	2006-05-24 03:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN710	NA RATIFIES MCC COMPACT; AMBASSADOR DELIVERS [...] (U) On May 24, the Armenian National Assembly ratified the GOAM's Compact with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) for USD 235.6 million. The vote was 77 to 0 in favor with 4 abstentions. The Compact was signed in Washington on March 27 by MCC Chief Executive Officer Ambassador John D [...]	2006-05-24 13:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
06YEREVAN74	KOCHARIAN WON'T CONDEMN REFERENDUM, STILL HOPES [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with President Kocharian, the Ambassador pressed for a clearer GOAM acknowledgement of shortcomings in the November 27 constitutional referendum. The January 12 response to Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Danilovich from FM Oskanian was a principled statement, [...]	2006-01-18 11:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM AM

06YEREVAN743	ARMENIA: OPINION POLL ON N-K SETTLEMENT, POLITICS [...] (C) The vast majority of Armenians believe it is important to solve the problems related to Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K) in the "near future," according to the results of a May 2006 Gallup poll commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI). The poll results also demonstrated that, wh [...]	2006-05-31 13:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AJ AM
06YEREVAN761	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) DCM presented reftel points and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report summary for Armenia to Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian and Valery Mkrtumyan, head of Armenia's interagency Anti-TIP Commission, during a June 5 meeting. Mkrtumyan said the Anti-TIP Commission would take ou [...]	2006-06-05 12:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG AM
06YEREVAN785	ARMENIA'S NEW (OLD) MINISTER OF EDUCATION [...] Summary: On June 5, Ambassador, DCM and CAO met with newly appointed Minister of Education Levon Mkrtchyan, who took up his post when the party of Parliament Speaker Baghdassarian left the ruling coalition in early May. Mkrtchyan made a strong first impression, with a firm command of the chall [...]	2006-06-09 10:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI AM
06YEREVAN840	TOP ADVISER CLAIMS KOCHARIAN ORDERED TOUGHER [...] (C) Presidential National Security Adviser Garnik Isaghulyan told us June 21 that President Kocharian ordered law enforcement officials to toughen court verdicts for human traffickers and ensure that criminals are sentenced to the fullest extent of the law. This instruction was delivered at a [...]	2006-06-22 03:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTIP KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG TU AE AM
06YEREVAN895	ARMENIA RELEASES ANTI-TIP MANUALS FOR ITS OVERSEAS [...] At the release of a USG-funded anti-trafficking in persons manual for Armenian consular officials overseas, GOAM officials pledged to improve their track record in identifying and protecting trafficking victims and to strengthen Armenia's interagency Anti-TiP Commission. End Summary. 2. [...]	2006-07-03 06:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP KWMN KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AM
06YEREVAN933	ARMENIAN MEDIA CONCERNED ABOUT TABLOID EDITOR'S [...] (C) The Armenian media is concerned about the arrest and pre-trial detention of the editor of Zhamanak Yerevan, Arman Babajanyan, on charges of document fraud and the evasion of military service. Babajanyan reportedly confessed to the charges that he forged documents between 1996 and 2002 to g [...]	2006-07-12 12:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL AM
06YEREVAN938	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GOAM-GOG BORDER [...] (C) The Georgian and Armenian governments have delimited between 100 and 110 kilometers of the border between the two countries, and the entire project should be completed by year's end, according to the director of the MFA's Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Department. Though the sta [...]	2006-07-13 11:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RU AM
06ZAGREB1035	AMBASSADOR AND CROATIAN PRESIDENT DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged President Mesic to consider a gesture in support of democratic change in Cuba during his September visit to Havana for the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit. Mesic emphasized his purpose was a visit to the NAM meeting, not to Cuba itself. He will make gener [...]	2006-08-31 06:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NAMSA HR CU HUMAN RIGHTS
06ZAGREB1126	BORDER POLITICS TEST GOOD NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador raised the recent flare-up in Croatia's ongoing border dispute with Slovenia (reftels) on September 15 with MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic, urging continued high-level communication with Ljubljana and a measured and non-confrontational approach to the [...]	2006-09-15 13:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SI HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB1227	CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ALSO "VERY CONCERNED" ABOUT [...] (SBU) The GOC is also "outraged" by the North Korean nuclear test announcement, MFA Assistant Minister for Bilateral Affairs Ivica Tomic told DCM October 10. Croatia will work closely with the U.S., European Union, and the rest of the international community as it determines any future respon [...]	2006-10-10 13:04:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP NK HR
06ZAGREB1334	MAINTAINING BILATERAL MOMENTUM AFTER PM'S WHITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As discussed at PM Sanader's October 18 lunch with the Vice-President, the Ambassador and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic began a series of regular reviews of outstanding bilateral issues October 27. State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic and DCM also attended. Embassy provides this overv [...]	2006-11-06 11:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ETRD PHUM KJUS HR
06ZAGREB1385	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO): [...] (SBU) The Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) for Embassy Zagreb is Econ Section Chief Nicholas Berliner, tel: 385-1-661-2229, email: berlinernr@state.gov. TFCO Deputy is Marlene Nice, Economic Officer, tel: 385-1-661-2225, email: nicemm@state.gov. 2. (SBU) Small countries wit [...]	2006-11-20 12:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL PTER HR
06ZAGREB1439	MORE ON BOSNIAN CROAT PROPOSALS FOR BIH [...] (SBU) Ambassador met December 4 with MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic to follow up on Bosnian Croat proposals for amending the BiH constitutional reform package that Biscevic had given DCM November 30 (reftel). 2. (SBU) Parliamentary Houses: Biscevic confirmed that in the proposal th [...]	2006-12-04 14:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BK HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB1461	ISAF: PARLIAMENT APPROVES TROOP INCREASE, TWO-YEAR [...] (U) On December 8, Parliament approved a two-year extension of the Croatian troop deployment to NATO's International Stabilization and Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan by a vote of 102 to 1. The extension also authorizes expanding the force from the current 147 to 200 soldiers in 2007 a [...]	2006-12-08 14:55:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR ASEC AF HR
06ZAGREB1468	GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR- GLOBAL PURSUIT OF TERRORIST [...] (U) The following is post's reply to REFTEL. 2. (SBU) Immigration Databases: -- Croatia uses the National Border Management Information System (NBMIS). This is a regional integrated system being provided through EU CARDS which incorporates data from EUROPOL, INTERPOL, Schengen and Nation [...]	2006-12-13 09:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS KVPR PGOV PINR PREL PTER KHLS
06ZAGREB1490	MAINTAINING MOMENTUM AFTER THE CROATIAN PRIME [...] (U) Summary: Following up on their October 27 meeting, Ambassador and DCM met with Croatian FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic December 14 to review progress on outstanding issues and areas of cooperation. Discussions on CEFTA and BiH have been reported separately. Kosovo 2. (C) The Ambassado [...]	2006-12-15 14:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIPR CASC CJAN EFIN EAIR EUN NATO
06ZAGREB205	EXBS: CROATIA/SLOVAKIA/SLOVENIA ADVISOR [...] SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS Croatia ---- During the two week period between 4 - 13 Jan, several meetings were held with the Deputy Head of MoI Border Police to discuss and coordinate scheduling of the Feb 2006 Coast Guard Assessment visit and discuss participation in both the DTRA [...]	2006-02-16 14:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP HR LO
06ZAGREB295	CROATIA-SLOVENIA BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Croatia and Slovenia enjoy generally good bilateral relations. Nevertheless, unresolved issues concerning maritime boundaries and the land border, the jointly-owned Krsko nuclear power plant and Croatian deposits in the former Ljubljanska Banka are persistent irrita [...]	2006-03-03 16:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON HR SI
06ZAGREB690	CROATIA SUPPORTS STABILITY PACT TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Croatian MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic told Ambassador June 1 that Croatia supports the transformation of the Stability Pact into a regionally-owned organization and believes the U.S. will need to play an active role in the process. The GOC anticipates that a [...]	2006-06-06 13:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR BK SR
06ZAGREB697	(C) EU TRIOKA DEMARCHES CROATIAN MFA REGARDING [...] (C) European Union troika ambassadors told the MFA last week that signing an article 98 agreement with the United States would jeopardize Croatia's accession to the EU, an MFA official (protect) told the DCM June 7. The EU ambassadors told Assistant Minister for the European Union and Europea [...]	2006-06-08 14:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR HR EUN REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB709	CROATIA ASKS USG TO RECONSIDER POSITION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOC asks that the USG reconsider its position declining to support Croatia for membership in the Australia Group at the upcoming Paris plenary (reftel). 2. (SBU) DCM discussed Croatia's application for Australia Group (AG) membership with MFA Assistant Minister for In [...]	2006-06-12 11:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CBW HR
06ZAGREB739	CROATIA CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING EMBASSY IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Following FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic's visit to Afghanistan in April, the MFA has established a small committee to consider the ramifications of establishing a permanent diplomatic presence in Kabul, MFA Assistant Ministe [...]	2006-06-14 12:58:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV HR AF
06ZAGREB741	CROATIA CONTINUES TO EXPLORE OPTIONS FOR EMBASSY [...] (C) A small Croatian delegation led by Ambassador to Iraq-designate Jerko Vukas and MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Pjer Simunovic will travel to Baghdad in early summer to explore options for a Croatian presence in Iraq, Simunovic told DCM June 9. The Polish embassy in Bagh [...]	2006-06-16 05:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR IZ
06ZAGREB768	ANTI-SEMITISM ROUND TABLE HIGHLIGHTS RECENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Following several incidents targeting members of the Jewish community in early June, community leaders organized a round table on anti-Semitism in Croatia June 20. Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center Ephraim Zuroff, representatives of ethnic minorities, the Catho [...]	2006-06-26 10:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM HR
06ZAGREB780	SERBIAN PRESIDENT TADIC'S VISIT TO CROATIA: A [...] (U) Serbian President Boris Tadic visited Croatia on June 27, meeting with President Stjepan Mesic, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, and traveling with President Mesic to the town of Knin, where the two statesmen met with ethnic Serb returnees. While the visit was held in a highly positive atmosph [...]	2006-06-30 13:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB786	CROATIAN GOVERNMENT WELCOMES INVITATION TO JULY [...] (SBU) DCM and Canadian counterpart delivered reftel invitation and agenda to MFA Assistant Minister for International Organizations Pjer Simunovic on June 29. Simunovic, who visited the Croatian ISAF contingent earlier this year, expressed support for the conference objectives. The GOC will d [...]	2006-06-30 14:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC NATO HR AF REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB799	CROATIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR POSITIVE ON VISIT OF [...] (C) The June 27 visit by Serbian President Tadic to Croatia was excellent, Presidential foreign policy advisor Budimir Loncar told DCM June 28. Tadic was very open and forthcoming with Croatian President Mesic. 2. (C) Tadic indicated that the Montenegro question is now completely settled, [...]	2006-07-03 12:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR SR
06ZAGREB800	(C) CROATIAN AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO TRAVEL TO [...] (C) Ambassador-designate Jerko Vukas, MFA Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs Pjer Simunovic, and another MFA official will travel to Baghdad for three days sometime between July 23 and August 1, Simunovic told DCM June 29. The GOC has been working with the Polish government, which has [...]	2006-07-03 12:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL HR IZ
06ZAGREB805	(C) IRANIAN AMBASSADOR DEMARCHES CROATIAN [...] (C) The atmosphere in Iran is much more positive following the P5 1 nuclear offer, Iranian Ambassador Shamsian told Croatian Presidential foreign policy advisor Budimir Loncar the week of June 19. Loncar briefed the DCM on the content of his meeting with Shamsian June 28. 2. (C) The GOI [...]	2006-07-03 12:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC HR IR IZ
06ZAGREB871	A/S FRIED MEETING WITH CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic exchanged views on the failure of Serbian PM Kostunica to acknowledge that independence was Kosovo's ultimate destiny. Grabar-Kitarovic suggested slowing down the Kosovo status process to avoid destabilizing the Kostun [...]	2006-07-21 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC NATO HR SR YI
07ABIDJAN1019	COTE D'IVOIRE: PM SPOKESMAN OPTIMISTIC, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Alain Lobognon, Spokesman for the Prime Minister, told Emboffs on October 2 that Interior Minister Desire Tagro is trying to stall the "audiences foraines" (tribunals that will issue birth certificates to those who never had them) process. According to Lobognon, the delay in the [...]	2007-10-03 17:24:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
07ABIDJAN1033	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN INVESTIGATION INTO ATTACK ON PM [...] (C) SUMMARY. A four-member UN team is visiting Cote d,Ivoire in response to President Gbagbo,s request to the Secretary General for an independent investigation into the SIPDIS June 29 attack on Prime Minister Soro,s plane in Bouake. The team, headed by Terseli Loial, is spending a week in [...]	2007-10-05 17:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IV
07ABIDJAN1236	PRESIDENT GBAGBO VISITS NEW FORCES STRONGHOLD; [...] (SBU) Summary: From November 28-30, President Gbagbo visited the north of Cote d'Ivoire for the first time since becoming head of state. Press reports were favorable and key Gbagbo aides noted that large crowds welcomed the President. The visit demonstrated that the general public is anxious f [...]	2007-12-18 16:44:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON UN IV
07ABIDJAN293	COTE D'IVOIRE: UNHCR PREPARING FOR JUNE DEADLINE [...] Summary: The Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled with Lou Mazel, DCM Monrovia, and Mohamud Osman, USAID/FFP Dakar, from February 25 to March 3 to visit WFP and UNHCR offices in Cote d'Ivoire (Tabou, Guiglo) and Liberia (Harper) and to meet with refugees and [...]	2007-03-19 09:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM EAID UNHCR SOCI LI IV
07ABIDJAN333	NEW FORCES LEADER SORO TO BECOME PRIME MINISTER; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26 the ex-rebel movement New Forces (NF) announced that it has reached a deal with President Gbagbo's representatives in which NF leader Guillaume Soro will become Prime Minister. Some press reports and NF sources indicate that Gbagbo will issue a decree to this effect t [...]	2007-03-28 07:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC IV
07ABIDJAN901	DEPARTURE OF TDY CHARGE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 08:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PREL IV
07ABUDHABI1286	POTENTIAL ARMS SALES: STRENGTHENING UAE DEFENSIVE [...] (S) Summary. On July 31 Ambassador met with DCM, USLO Chief, and DATT to review UAE top priorities for upcoming potential military sales under the framework of the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD). We discussed which of the proposed systems would be most feasible both to enhance UAE capacity for [...]	2007-08-01 09:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PTER MOPS MASS KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI1294	ABU DHABI'S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS -- THE TRILLION [...] (U) This cable contains business proprietary information. 2. (C/NF) Summary: The Emirate of Abu Dhabi is the largest and most powerful of the seven emirates of the United Arab Emirates, with over 90% of oil and gas reserves, and about 60% of GDP. In addition, it directly funds over half of [...]	2007-08-01 14:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN ECON PINR AE
07ABUDHABI1306	OMV AND THE UAE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-06 14:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET ETTC PREL IR AU AE
07ABUDHABI157	SEEKING ARAB SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA - UAE [...] (C) DCM discussed reftel demarche with Acting MFA Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan, urging the UAE to provide SIPDIS immediate financial assistance via the African Union to support the AU Mission in Somalia. Al-Haidan replied that the UAE has received a number of requests for assistance to [...]	2007-02-01 13:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL SO AE
07ABUDHABI1629	G8-BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SUBMINISTERIAL - UAE [...] Econchief discussed the G8-BMENA Forum for the Future Berlin meeting with Senior MFA America's desk officer Rowda Al-Otaiba on September 30. Econchief encouraged the UAEG to attend at a senior level and explained that the USdel would be headed by A/S Fried. After checking with the MFA's Germ [...]	2007-09-30 11:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI KDEM AE
07ABUDHABI168	PSI: SHIPMENT OF U.S.-ORIGIN TEST EQUIPMENT TO SYRIA VIA [...] (SBU) Post delivered non-paper with container numbers to MFA on Sunday, February 3, DCM raising subject with Asst U/S for International Cooperation. Econchief followed up with the Ministry of Interior's coordinator for combating trafficking in WMD Major Mohamed Al-Kitbi and the MFA represent [...]	2007-02-04 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL MNUC ETTC CA SY AE
07ABUDHABI1822	UAE RECEIVES ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT DEMARCHE [...] (C) On November 1, Econchief raised the issue of the Arab League Boycott with Ministry of Economy Under Secretary Abdullah Al-Salah and stressed the USG view that the Arab League Boycott was an obstacle to peace and a barrier to participating in the global economy. Al-Salah reiterated the UAE [...]	2007-11-01 13:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KBCT AE
07ABUDHABI1824	Supporting Argentina's Request for Interpol Approval of Red [...] (S) On November 1, DCM spoke with UAE's designated representative at November 5-8 INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Ministry of Interior Director of Interpol, Lt. Col. Ali Salem Al Khayal, strongly supporting message conveyed on October 28 by Argentinian ambassador to the UAE, Ruben Edwa [...]	2007-11-01 15:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AE
07ABUDHABI1883	JUSTICE MINISTRY REQUESTS SPECIFIC TIP TRAINING [...] This is an action request cable. 2. Summary: The UAE Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has requested specific training for judges and prosecutors in implementing of its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) law. For a training workshop in February, 2008, MoJ is looking for advice from practitioners with [...]	2007-11-14 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM PGOV AE
07ABUDHABI1886	(S) SHIPMENT OF PROLIFERATION CONCERN M/V SEVENTH [...] (S/NF) DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Acting Under Secretary Tareq Al-Haidan on Wednesday November 14. He SIPDIS thanked Al-Haidan for the UAE's continued support for enforcing UNSCRs 1737 and 1747 and requested that the UAE investigate the shipment on board the M/V Seventh Ocean and [...]	2007-11-14 14:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC IR AE
07ABUDHABI1960	U.S. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE ON IRAN'S [...] (S) Ambassador briefed MinState Al Sha'ali on the contents of the National Intelligence Estimate non-paper on December 3 evening. He promised to share this inforamtion with Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed, who is in Doha. 2. (S) On December 4, DCM reviewed talking points with MFA Dire [...]	2007-12-05 04:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM AE
07ABUDHABI1966	BANK SEPAH PROVIDES FINANCIAL SERVICES TO TANCHON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 13:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	ETTC PARM PGOV PREL IR AE
07ABUDHABI2002	UAE Human Rights Association fractures while former [...] (C) Four out of seven board members of the only human rights association in the UAE resigned December 4, putting into effect a public welfare law that forced closure of the Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA). Disgruntled board members cited lack of transparency and intolerance for oppo [...]	2007-12-13 15:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB KPMI PREL PGOV AE
07ABUDHABI209	DEMARCHE ON ARABSAT BROADCASTING OF AL-ZAWRAA TV [...] (C) On February 8 DCM expressed U.S. deep concern about "Al Zawraa" to MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan, who was already well informed on the Iraqi pro-insurgency station's activity. Al Haidan took points on board but said the U.S. must deal with station owner Misha'an Al Juburi, member of Ira [...]	2007-02-11 06:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KPAL KPAO ETTC AE
07ABUDHABI333	IAEA REPORT ON IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH UNSCR 1737 [...] (C) On February 25, DCM raised reftel points on Iran,s noncompliance with UNSCR 1737 with MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan, who gave strong assurances that the UAE Government is "all the way with you on this." Al Haidan said the UAE has repeatedly talked to the Iranians, but characterized their [...]	2007-02-26 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	KNNP IR AE
07ABUDHABI486	SUPPORT FOR UAE TRANSFER OF HUMVEES TO YEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS YE AE
07ABUDHABI507	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL AND SUMMIT IN RIYADH -- UAE [...] (C) On March 25 DCM discussed reftel points with MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan. On Iraq, Al Haidan predicted the Arab League meeting in Riyadh would issue a communique based on the following four principles: (1) Unity of Iraq for all Iraqis; (2) Dissolution of all Iraqi militias includin [...]	2007-03-26 11:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL AE
07ABUDHABI510	INFORMATION REGARDING THE ADOPTION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (C) On March 25, DCM delivered reftel non-paper and copy of the resolution to MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan who opined that while it was a good thing that the sanctions presented a unified approach from the world community, he very much doubted that Iran would be moved in a positive direction [...]	2007-03-26 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN PARM MNUC TRGY AORC AE
07ABUDHABI547	USG CONCERNS ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1747 [...] (S) On April 1, Econchief discussed the UAE's implementation of UNSCR 1747 with regard to Bank Sepah with Ahmed Al-Qamzi, Head of the UAE Anti Money Laundering and Suspicious Cases Unit's (AMLSCU) International Division, and passed him information that we had on reported Bank Sepah corresponde [...]	2007-04-02 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	KNNP EFIN PARM IR AE
07ABUDHABI683	INTERNATIONAL COMPACT ON IRAQ (ICI) - UAE ATTENDANCE AND [...] (C) On April 19 Ambassador spoke to UAE FM Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to press for high level attendance at the May 3 International Compact on Iraq, preferably AbZ himself. Ambassador also raised the issue of UAE's forgiveness of Iraqi debt (Paris Club terms, following Saudi Arabia's April 17 ann [...]	2007-04-24 15:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN IR PGOV PREL IZ AE
07ABUDHABI766	ASSSESMENT OF UAE POSITION ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 10:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC AE
07ABUDHABI896	POSSIBLE E.O. 13382 DESIGNATION OF DANIEL FROSCH [...] (S) On May 24, Econchief met with Yacoub Al-Hosani, MFA Director for International Cooperation (and the MFA's member of the UAE's Counterproliferation Task Force) to seek identifying information on Daniel Frosch. Al-Hosani suggested that the topic would be a good subject for discussion during [...]	2007-05-30 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC
07ABUDHABI979	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE REACHES OUT ON CT PLANNING [...] (C) Summary. Senior advisors to Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan (MbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, met with Embassy representatives on two recent occasions to seek information related to USG capability and response to a terrorist incident in the UAE in [...]	2007-06-14 11:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AE
07ABUJA112	CHIEFS OF MISSION ON ELECTIONS, DELTA SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 17, the Ambassador met with a small group of Chiefs of Mission (COMs) to discuss preparations and outlook for the April elections and the security situation in the Delta. All present agreed that preparation for a credible April election is deficient, though it was no [...]	2007-01-18 16:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA1533	CHIEF OJO MADUEKWE TO BE FOREIGN MINISTER? [...] (C) At a farewell dinner he hosted for the departing Israeli Ambassador and me, PDP General Secretary Ojo Maduekwe "let it be known" that he will be Nigeria's next Foreign Minister. I took the opportunity to underscore to him the importance of continued, indeed, increased Nigerian engagemen [...]	2007-07-18 11:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
07ABUJA1544	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On July 18 the Ambassador paid a farewell call on President Yar'Adua. The President reiterated his interest in USG assistance in electoral reform and resolving Niger Delta issues. On Darfur and Somalia, he reaffirmed that Nigeria will "shoulder its responsibilities for peace in [...]	2007-07-20 06:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
07ABUJA179	MAKARFI ON YAR'ADUA, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission and visiting AF/W Deputy Director Donald Heflin paid a January 24 courtesy call on Kaduna State Governor Ahmed Makarfi. Although previously considered the leading contender for the PDP presidential nomination, Makarfi is now weighing his options with his eyes on t [...]	2007-01-26 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NI ELECTIONS
07ABUJA2099	NIGERIA'S SPACE AGENCY WORKING WITH AMERICAN [...] (U) Summary: The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has a growing interest in working with U.S. companies. Emerging areas include possibility of antenna production in-country and telemedicine. The NASRDA Director General visited Embassy recently and received a tutorial o [...]	2007-09-28 12:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA KSCA ETRD BEXP CVIS PGOV NI
07ABUJA2356	MEETING WITH NORTHERN NIGERIAN INTERFAITH "BRIDGE [...] SUMMARY: PolOffs and a visiting DRL/IRF PMF participated in an "Interactive Session with Interfaith and Faith Based NGOs in Kaduna State," sponsored by the Bridge Builders Association of Nigeria, a group of Christian bishops, Muslim clerics and activists which promotes interfaith dialogue and [...]	2007-11-08 15:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI
07ABUJA2601	NIGERIA: SUCCESSFUL AGOA WORKSHOP AND SHEA BUTTER SITE [...] (SBU) Summary. The AGOA workshop presented an opportunity for the Nigerian private sector to listen to and speak with GON and USG officials on how Nigerian exporters have benefited and can continue to benefit from AGOA. The private sector was well-represented and flexible considering the last [...]	2007-12-27 06:48:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV NI
07ABUJA462	ELECTION 2007 THIS WAY COMES [...] (C) Summary: Worries about election readiness from the technical and political perspectives dominated the Embassy's March 8 meeting with NDI, IRI, and IFES. Though INEC has finished drafting polling day procedures, IFES and UNDP experts are troubled by many of them and are negotiating for r [...]	2007-03-09 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ABUJA492	INEC CHAIRMAN TELLS WESTERN COMS HE IS "DETERMINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 8 meeting with Western diplomats, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Maurice Iwu again exuded the optimistic tone he has shown in recent meetings about the state of preparations for forthcoming state and national elections (see reftel). He claim [...]	2007-03-14 15:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA522	NIGERIAN APPROVED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES LIST [...] (C) On March 15, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman Maurice Iwu announced the names of the 24 candidates who will be allowed to contest the Nigerian presidential elections scheduled for April 21. Presuming that INEC's exclusion of Vice President and Action Congress cand [...]	2007-03-16 09:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
07ABUJA524	DEMOCRACY PARTNERS CONCERNED ELECTION CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With less than one month to go before elections the Nigeria-based U.S. election partners, NDI, IRI, PACT, and IFES, are strongly concerned that an election crisis is looming. The Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has yet to begin basic election preparation [...]	2007-03-16 11:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
07ABUJA598	ELECTION PARTNERS CONCERNED OVER VOTERS ROLL [...] (C) Summary: A random spot check of the quality of the voter's register by an American elections partner has raised troubling questions about the quality of INEC's final product. The check revealed numerous duplicate registrants, obviously underage children registered as voters, and entries l [...]	2007-03-27 17:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ABUJA666	APRIL ELECTIONS, A SHAM IN SHAMBLES [...] (C) Summary: American election partners to date have yet to see a template or ballot for next month's elections. Despite assurances from INEC chairman Professor Maurice Iwu, there is no evidence that any of the estimated 300 million ballots needed have been designed, printed or distributed. [...]	2007-04-10 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
07ACCRA1029	GHANA ON NIGERIA'S ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: The GOG has largely remained quiet about the recent elections in Nigeria. President Kufuor urged &extreme restraint8 at one point but has said little else publicly. Most Ghanaian contacts want to accept the outcome and move on, hoping that elections will improve next time. Close p [...]	2007-05-09 12:58:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH NI PGOV PREL
07ACCRA1062	GHANA ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) On May 11, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Paul Essel, Supervisory Director of the MFA's Office of Legal, Multilateral Organizations, and Passport Affairs. Essel said that Ghana supported the establishment of a Special Tribunal for Lebanon, but believed the issue was delicate, as it [...]	2007-05-11 13:08:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PTER GH
07ACCRA1437	GHANAâ€™S NEW NARCOTICS DIRECTOR, GROWING [...] (C) Summary: On June 13, Polchief and Pol FSN met with Ben Botwe, who recently took over from Major General Richardson Baiden as the Acting Executive Director of Ghana's Narcotics Control Board (NCB). Botwe is preparing a budget for urgent funding priorities and wants to build a stronger relationsh [...]	2007-06-28 17:41:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH MOPS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
07ACCRA1935	IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN MUSLIM [...] (S/NF) Alhaji Hamidu Borsu Chodi A) Influence. Chodi influences viewers and listeners via his radio and TV programs. He also is able to reach a wide audience through his columns in the two leading Ghanaian newspapers. Chodi also frequently speaks at forums across Ghana. B) Biodata: Chodi [...]	2007-09-13 14:19:00	Embassy Accra	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KISL PTER GH
07ACCRA249	A Hero's Homecoming for Kofi Annan [...] (SBU) Summary: Homecoming celebrations marked the return to Ghana of former United Nations Secretary General, Kofi Annan, on January 23, 2007. In a conciliatory gesture, main opposition National Democratic Party (NDC) presidential candidate John Atta Mills attended a welcoming reception hosted [...]	2007-02-06 08:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AORC GH
07ACCRA62	GRACE COLEMAN EXTRADITION UPDATE [...] (SBU) On December 28, 2006 PolChief raised with Attorney General and Minister of Justice Joe Ghartey the status of the extradition request of Ghanaian Member of Parliament Grace Coleman on charges related to trafficking in persons. PolChief reminded Ghartey that we have never received a GOG [...]	2007-01-10 16:31:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH CFED CJAN PREL
07ACCRA872	GHANA: POST AND DOD POINTS OF CONTACT FOR AVIAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 06:59:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU MARR MASS CASC
07ADDISABABA1042	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country. While HPAI has been confirmed in several states bordering Ethiopia (Sudan and Djibouti) [...]	2007-04-09 14:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW
07ADDISABABA1165	REQUEST FUNDING TO INCREASE LOCAL GUARD FORCE PROGRAM AND [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 12 for action requested. 2. SUMMARY: Over the past several months, Embassy Addis Ababa acquired 17 additional off-compound residences to support new positions assigned to Post and provide housing for personnel who previously resided on the Chancery [...]	2007-04-17 06:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN ABLD ABUD ASEC ET
07ADDISABABA1271	DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING AVIAN AND PANDEMIC RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: Post's inter-agency Avian Influenza Committee met March 29 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to a possible outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country (reftel b). The GOE's recent revamping of its National Task Force for the Prevention and Contr [...]	2007-04-24 08:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	ET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW
07ADDISABABA1291	ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION IN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 9. 2. (U) On March 25, Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region in response to previous day's attack on a Chinese oil drilling facility. EAC members present included COM, DCM, ORA, DAO [...]	2007-04-26 06:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1308	ETHIOPIA: ONLF KILLINGS/KIDNAPPINGS OF CHINESE OIL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) has for the past six months threatened attacks on economic development projects in Ethiopia's Somali (Ogaden) Region being conducted by foreign workers, especially oil exploration. In a shift in tactics in recent months, NGO workers [...]	2007-04-27 09:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PTER PINS ECON EPET ASEC PREF ET CH
07ADDISABABA1365	ETHIOPIA: PM AND FM ON SOMALIA, WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Meles and Foreign Minister Seyoum on May 3, Somalia and follow-up to the Foreign Minister,s recent trip to Washington were key discussion topics with the Ambassador. The Prime Minister was concerned about the porous and open Kenyan-Soma [...]	2007-05-04 11:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER CASC ET ER SO
07ADDISABABA1439	DEMARCHE ON WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY [...] Poloff delivered reftel points on May 9 to MFA Director of Europe and the Americas Tebege Berhe and to desk officer for the U.S. Third Secretary Adam Tesfaye. 2. Tesfaye inquired about the status of discussions with other member states, regarding increased access to influenza vaccines as we [...]	2007-05-11 06:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO ET
07ADDISABABA1535	ETHIOPIA: BROKEN PROMISES, UNMET EXPECTATIONS -- [...] (S/NF) U.S.-Ethiopian mil-to-mil relations, specifically security assistance, are currently facing their most difficult challenges in the eleven years the Ambassador has observed U.S.-Ethiopian relations. The deterioration is an accumulation of missteps, misunderstandings, and misreadings of [...]	2007-05-21 16:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS ET US SO
07ADDISABABA1598	ADDIS ABABA EAC REVIEWS THREAT AGAINST LOCAL HOTELS, [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraphs 5 and 11 for action requested. 2. (SBU) On May 23, Addis Ababa's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in light of the following: -- Recent threat information disseminated by Washington to the U.S. business commun [...]	2007-05-24 12:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1767	ETHIOPIA: AMBASSADOR AND SENIOR EPRDF OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting, Minister Bereket Simon, Special Advisor to PM Meles, praised Ambassador for his work in strengthening bilateral ties, emphasizing that the relationship is currently stronger than it had been in years. Bereket said the GoE hoped to use this trajectory to enhan [...]	2007-06-06 11:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA1771	SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GHEDI DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 31, Somali Prime Minister Ghedi affirmed the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) commitment to power-sharing with all clans, but noted that the Hawiye Leadership Committee represented neither the general interests of the Hawiye community nor traditional Somali leader [...]	2007-06-06 15:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
07ADDISABABA18	ETHIOPIA: PM MELES REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Meles told the Ethiopian Parliament Jan. 2 that Ethiopian military forces, along with TFG and Puntland militias, had defeated and dispersed Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) extremists. He highlighted the warm welcome and full cooperation Ethiopian forces had received from So [...]	2007-01-04 07:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PGOV PTER SO ET
07ADDISABABA181	SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting with deputy pol-econ counselor and German DCM, Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Embassy counselor Abdisalam Warsame Hassan reviewed recent developments in Somalia. TFG President Yusuf had not been harmed by the January 19 mortar attack on the [...]	2007-01-23 14:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SO ET
07ADDISABABA1983	ETHIOPIA REQUESTS POLICE PROTECTION FOR EMBASSY IN [...] (C) On June 25, Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, met Ethiopian State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu concerning the "illegal" entry on June 18 of 40 protestors into the Ethiopian Embassy compound in Washington, D.C. Minister Tekeda expressed the GOE,s deep anguish at the lack of police [...]	2007-06-25 16:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC OFDP ET
07ADDISABABA2110	ETHIOPIA: DIVIDED PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, in a divided vote, Parliament approved PM Meles' nominations for a new National Electoral Board (NEB). The selections for the nine-member board came from a pool of candidates proposed to the PM by the inter-party dialogue between the ruling and opposition parties. Ho [...]	2007-07-05 13:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
07ADDISABABA2117	ETHIOPIA: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. As in the previous year, neither host government officials nor Ethiopian media have reported significant sexual misconduct or trafficking in persons (TIP) attributable to UN peacekeeping personnel in Ethiopia. However, both NGOs and staff of the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia [...]	2007-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PHUM KCRM KWMN ET ER
07ADDISABABA2185	SOMALI TFG AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SOMALILAND, AMISOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, African foreign ministers meeting in Accra unanimously rejected a Ghanaian motion to establish an AU committee to examine Soma [...]	2007-07-13 08:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET ER AU BN
07ADDISABABA2196	(C-AL7-01035) UN AGENCIES AND NGOS DISCUSS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on July 3 of UN agencies and USAID-funded NGOs operating in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, as well as major development partners, to exchange information on current security and humanitarian conditions in the Ogaden and to separate f [...]	2007-07-13 15:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS EAID EAGR MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2197	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: WFP OFFICIAL DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. An American security coordinator for the World Food Programme (WFP),who has traveled extensively in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region to coordinate WFP airdrops, assesses that the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) does not seek to target Americans or humanitarian [...]	2007-07-13 17:43:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2203	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION SUPREME [...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. The acting President of the Supreme Court for Ethiopia's Somali Region, Abdurahman Rega, denies any increase in detentions resulting from the GOE's ongoing counterinsurgency campaign against suspected Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels in the Ogaden. A former [...]	2007-07-16 04:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PINS MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2285	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: UN AGENCIES ALLEGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs report that Somali Region authorities have decided to allow the delivery of emergency food relief--presumably under military escort--to 5 zones in the Ogaden where military operations are ongoing. However, the UN and NGOs also note that the Ethi [...]	2007-07-20 17:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS MOPS EAID EAGR ET

07ADDISABABA2343	(C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: EMERGENCY FOOD RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY. UNOCHA Head of Office Paul Hebert reported that government officials had decided on July 21 to allow emergency food relief to be delivered to the 5 zones in the Ogaden area of the Somali Region where military operations against the Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) were ong [...]	2007-07-25 07:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2376	(C-AL7-01035): ETHIOPIA: GOE ORDERS ICRC TO CLOSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirms that Ethiopian officials have ordered the ICRC to close its two offices in the Somali Region, and to immediately dismiss all of its staff in the Somali Region. While portrayed as a decision by regional-level authorities, [...]	2007-07-27 16:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREF PHUM PINS MOPS EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2392	SOMALI TFG PRIME MINISTER GHEDI OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Prime Minister Ali Mohammed Ghedi, accompanied by TFG Foreign Minister Hussein Elabe Fahiye, informed Ambassador on July 27 that earlier meetings with AU Commission Chairperson Konare and French FM Kouchner "went well," with Kouchne [...]	2007-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SO EG QA
07ADDISABABA2402	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE: [...] (SBU) On July 31, A/DCM and ECONOFF delivered the information in reftel to Adam Tesfaye, Desk Officer for the U.S.and Canada at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Tesfaye stated he would forward the information to other GOE offices including GOE security services. YAMAMOTO [...]	2007-08-01 08:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PTER ET
07ADDISABABA2445	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) ACTIONS AGREED ON OGADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador convened a meeting on August 3 to address current developments in the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, and possible responses by international partners. UN officials, NGO representatives, and key donor missions reviewed the humanitarian and security situation i [...]	2007-08-03 16:31:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PINS PHUM EAID EAGR ET
07ADDISABABA2523	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]	2007-08-10 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2524	ETHIOPIA: (C-AL7-01035) SOME COMMERCIAL FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) reported that World Food Program (WFP) emergency food relief is now finally en route to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali Region, with 4 trucks making deliveries, and 32 other trucks anticipated [...]	2007-08-10 12:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PGOV MOPS EAGR EAID ET
07ADDISABABA2533	COORDINATING OVERSEAS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Diplomatic Security (DS) is currently the only U.S. law enforcement agency based at the U.S. Mission to Ethiopia. All other U.S. law enforcement agencies active in Ethiopia are based elsewhere and cover Ethiopia as a constituent post. The RSO usually serves as the control officer and pr [...]	2007-08-13 11:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA2620	ADDIS ABABA EAC MEETS TO ASSESS SECURITY SITUATION RELATED [...] (SBU) On August 22, the Addis Ababa Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to assess the security situation in regards to the Ethiopian Millennium (celebrated September 12). EAC members present included COM, A/DCM, ORA, DAO, CJTF HOA, POL/ECON, USAID, CDC, CONS, Peace Corps, Health Unit, MGT, PA [...]	2007-08-23 09:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA2635	REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the convictions of Birtukan Mideksa, Gizachew Shiferaw, Hailu Araya and Biruk Kebede constitute "political offenses." These individuals have applied for NIVs, but are pending [...]	2007-08-24 13:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA2887	ETHIOPIA: ACCOMMODATING CRITICISMS ON THE OGADEN [...] (S/NF) Summary: National Security Advisor Abay Tsehai told Ambassador, DCM and ORA chief September 20 in a follow-up to the visit of Assistant Secretary Frazer and NSC Senior Director Pittman, Ethiopia was addressing concerns raised by the UN and international community on the problems in the [...]	2007-09-21 09:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA2958	ETHIOPIA SEEKS THIRD PARTY FACILITATION ON THE [...] (S/NF) Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu told P-5 Ambassadors and UNMEE chief on October 1 that Ethiopia will abide fully with the Algiers Accord, accepts the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC) delimitation decision as final and binding, seeks to avoid war and c [...]	2007-10-02 14:54:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KPKO ET ER SO IR
07ADDISABABA3154	ETHIOPIA: PM'S SPECIAL ADVISOR LASHES OUT AT VOA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Voice of America's Horn of Africa Service Chief Fred Cooper, former Information Minister and current Special Advisor to the Prime Minister Bereket Simon implied that local accreditation of VOA stringers may be another casualty (see ref A) among U.S. interests re [...]	2007-10-25 04:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM KDEM PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3183	EAC ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA SITUATION [...] (S) Embassy Addis Ababa convened a core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on October 26 to discuss the situation between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Despite mounting tensions and increased rhetoric on both sides of the border, the core EAC assesses that there is little evidence that a resump [...]	2007-10-26 12:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	ASEC CASC ET
07ADDISABABA3243	ETHIOPIA: DEPARTURE FROM POST - AMBASSADOR CINDY [...] This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU). 2. Ambassador Cindy Courville departed post on Wednesday October 10, 2007 at 20:30 local time and is expected to return to post on Monday, November 5, 2007 at 20:40 local time. 3. DCM Alfreda Meyers has assumed char [...]	2007-11-02 17:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ET
07ADDISABABA3254	UPDATE ON HUMANITARIAN DYNAMICS IN THE OGADEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent discussions between Post and UN agency, donor, and NGO interlocutors over the past two weeks highlight the challenges facing the Ogaden area of Ethiopia's Somali region. Ongoing commercial restrictions, limited operational access due to internal security operations in res [...]	2007-11-06 14:32:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3277	ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSIONS WITH MFA STATE MINISTER AND [...] (C) In keeping with agreement reached at the October 31 meeting of the NGOs, UN agencies and embassies on the Ogaden hosted by Ambassador Yamamoto (ref 3254),Ambassador and DCM met on November 1 with MFA State Minister Tekeda Alemu to review our concerns on the deteriorating situation in the [...]	2007-11-08 10:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS ET
07ADDISABABA3290	ETHIOPIA: DISCUSSION WITH PM ON BORDER, OGADEN, [...] (C) Summary: Following AFRICOM General Ward,s November 8 courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles, Ambassador and DCM stayed behind to raise with the PM several issues of interest. Meles said the departure of Somali Prime Minister Ghedi offered an opportunity for progress on reconciliation, but [...]	2007-11-09 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS PBTS KPKO ET ER
07ADDISABABA3354	USAU: AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD MEETING WITH [...] This cable is from U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On November 7 AFRICOM Commander General Ward met Ambassador Said Djinnit, Commissioner of Peace and Security at the African Union to discuss AFRICOM. General Ward described AFR [...]	2007-11-20 05:56:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MARR MASS
07ADDISABABA3482	(C) OGADENI ELDERS DETAIL RAMPANT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In a series of private discussions on the margins of a December 1-2 pastoralist conference held in Ethiopia's Somali region (reftel),reliable senior Ogadeni elders reported to Deputy Political Counselor and USAID Officer (EmbOffs) a disturbing pattern of widespread, systemic human rights [...]	2007-12-10 07:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV ET
07ADDISABABA3488	USAU: AMBASSADOR COURVILLE'S MEETING WITH AU [...] (U) This cable is from the U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Dr. Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 27, Ambassador Cindy L. Courville met with the African Union Deputy Chairman Patrick Mazimhaka to discuss the Democracy and Electoral Unit (DEAU),Preventive Diplomacy, [...]	2007-12-10 13:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR
07ADDISABABA3495	USAU: CODEL MEEK MEETING WITH AFRICAN UNION PEACE [...] (U) This cable is from US Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Cindy L. Courville. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On November 29 CODEL Meek met Ambassador Said Djinnit, Commissioner for Peace and Security at the African Union. The discussion focused on concerns about stability, particularl [...]	2007-12-11 10:55:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR OTRA KPKO
07ADDISABABA78	PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF DISCUSS NEXT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia practices must be respected and not circumvented in order to ens [...]	2007-01-10 16:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA80	CORRECTED COPY - PM MELES AND TFG PRESIDENT YUSUF [...] (U) Revised to correct classification info in paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Meles stressed to Ambassador and DCM Jan. 9 that this was the best time for stabilizing and creating a new order in Somalia without warlords and extremists. He said the Somali clan system and Somalia [...]	2007-01-11 05:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPKO MOPS ET SO ER KE
07ADDISABABA813	ETHIOPIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (PART 1 - OVERVIEW [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following input on trafficking in persons issues in Ethiopia. (Due to length of information reported, responses are being reported in two complementary cables.) 2. (U) Embassy point of contact: Pol/Econ Officer Kimberly E. Wright, office: +251 (11) 517-41 [...]	2007-03-16 06:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF ET
07ADDISABABA853	ETHIOPIA SEEKS INTERNATIONAL CONDEMNATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeda Alemu called in P-5, EU, and other Ambassadors to seek support for Ethiopia's call of condemnation of Eritrea for orchestrating the hostage-taking of five British Embassy staff as well as thirteen Ethiopians. Takeda, referring t [...]	2007-03-19 14:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ET ER AU
07ADDISABABA854	UK SEEKS CONTINUED COLLABORATION TO EFFECT RELEASE [...] (C) DCM and poloff met with UK Ambassador to Ethiopia Robert Dewar on March 16 to discuss the recent release of five European hostages and their return to Addis Ababa. Dewar expressed deep appreciation for USG cooperation throughout the hostage ordeal, especially for providing information on t [...]	2007-03-19 16:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC ET ER
07ADDISABABA92	FOREIGN MINISTER SEYOUM ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Seyoum briefed Addis Ababa-based Ambassadors Donor Group on Somalia on January 11, making two main points: 1) the dispatch of a stabilization force to Somalia, and especially Mogadishu, is urgent, and the international community should engage at all levels to mak [...]	2007-01-12 11:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	AU EAID MOPS PREL PTER ET SO
07ALGIERS1	BOUTEFLIKA SAYS HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE [...] (C) In a speech entitled, "Assessments and Perspectives," President Bouteflika December 26 surprised the nation by not outlining his proposed amendments to the constitution which must be adopted by referendum. Nor did he, as some media had speculated, reshuffle his cabinet. Instead, Boutefli [...]	2007-01-03 08:47:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PINR PGOV ECON KDEM AG
07ALGIERS109	OPPOSITION MP DETAILS OBJECTIONS TO ALGERIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22 Lakhdar Benkhellaf, a senior MP from the moderate Islamist opposition party Islah ("Reform"),outlined for PolEc Chief four technical elements of the Algerian electoral process that his party believes must be changed to bring about transparent, fair elections in Alg [...]	2007-01-30 16:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS1096	SONATRACH GOES GLOBAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As speculation mounts regarding the date of the next international licensing round for Algerian exploration blocks, Sonatrach has signaled that either downstream market access or partnership in foreign projects will be a precondition for foreign firms wishing to partake in Algeri [...]	2007-08-01 18:19:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL AG
07ALGIERS1099	CONTINUING TO ENGAGE GOA, MEDIA AND NGOS ON TIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the June 12 release of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, we are continuing to engage the Algerian government and the media on TIP. The GOA still maintains that Algeria has been maligned and says that the government is addressing the TIP issue. The differenc [...]	2007-08-04 10:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL AG
07ALGIERS1181	ALGERIA: PROMOTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Advancing the President's Freedom Agenda has been an ongoing effort by Embassy Algiers since the arrival of the Ambassador in August 2006. The Ambassador and Embassy officers routinely meet with democracy and human rights activists, political parties, journalists, and other me [...]	2007-08-21 14:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPOA PHUM PREL AG
07ALGIERS129	SKEPTICISM HAILS BEGINNING OF KHALIFA BANK TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial stemming from the collapse of the Khalifa Bank empire started January 8 without the key defendant, bank founder Abdelmoumen Khalifa, who remains in exile in London. Some of Algeria's most powerful ministers and other economic luminaries have been called as witnesses, b [...]	2007-02-04 13:12:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV AG
07ALGIERS1747	PUSHING ALGERIAN MFA ON RETURN OF GUANTANAMO [...] (S) DCM met December 5 with Seddik Saoudi, Deputy Director in the MFA Consular Affairs division, to discuss the Algerian detainees at Guantanamo. The meeting was offered after we had attempted unsuccessfully for six weeks to meet with Hassane Rabehi, MFA Director General for Consular Affairs a [...]	2007-12-06 10:32:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM PINS KDRG AG
07ALGIERS1794	POSITIVE JUSTICE MINISTRY FEEDBACK ON MLAT [...] (SBU) In a December 9 meeting Mohamed Amara, Director General of Judicial and Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, was enthusiastic about the November 19-21 expert-level discussions in Washington on a possible Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) (ref A). DCM delivered the points contai [...]	2007-12-16 10:52:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA KCRM CJAN AG
07ALGIERS1809	AFTER THE LATEST ALGIERS BOMBINGS: THIS WILL BE A [...] (S) SUMMARY: The December 11 bombings in Algiers demonstrate that Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) can adapt its tactics to discredit the Algerian government even if it cannot destabilize the state. Its tactics have evolved and it is more frequently targeting foreigners. AQIM seeks to copy ta [...]	2007-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PTER PINS ASEC AG
07ALGIERS185	MIXED SIGNALS ON RIGHTS OF FAMILIES OF THE [...] (U) In Paris on February 6, Algerian FM Bedjaoui signed the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, which was adopted in December by the UN General Assembly. According to Algerian press reports, one of the aims of the convention is to provide a [...]	2007-02-11 08:56:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM UNGA AG
07ALGIERS206	COMBINED ELECTIONS AND VOTER TURNOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The heads of two parties in the ruling coalition have publicly opposed Prime Minister Belkhadem's plan to hold simultaneous local and parliamentary elections. One opposition party told us Belkhadem's plan was aimed at maximizing the electoral success of his party, the FLN. No da [...]	2007-02-14 14:42:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS247	MAY 17 ELECTION TIMETABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 15 President Bouteflika decreed that national elections will be held May 17 to replace the lower house of parliament, the National Popular Assembly. In doing so, Bouteflika pointedly did not take the public advice of his prime minister and schedule concurrent elections [...]	2007-02-27 09:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS252	NEA/MAG DIRECTOR'S MEETING WITH POLISARIO [...] (C) NEA/MAG Director Elizabeth Hopkins, accompanied by DCM and PolEc Chief, met February 24 with Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Mohamed Beissat. Beissat opened by expressing the Polisario's disappointment that it had not see any momentum generated out of its release of Moroccan prisoners as p [...]	2007-02-28 14:31:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PREF WI AG
07ALGIERS282	LARGEST ALGERIAN OPPOSITION PARTY FACES EXCLUSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Algerian Ministry of Interior has disqualified the opposition Islamist party Islah ("Reform") from participating in the May 17 parliamentary elections on the ground that its leader was not elected in a recent party congress. Islah, which has the largest number of [...]	2007-03-07 06:06:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS30	FLN WINS SENATE IN CLOSER-THAN-EXPECTED ELECTION [...] (U) As expected (ref A),the National Liberation Front (FLN) wrested control of the Senate from the RND party in December 28 indirect elections. What was not expected was its slender margin of victory: the FLN took only 28 seats out of a possible 48. Since the majority of eligible electors in [...]	2007-01-09 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS45	SENATE PRESIDENT RE-ELECTED [...] (C) Abdelkader Bensalah was re-elected, 129-0, as the President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) on January 12. Bensalah remains first in line to succeed President Bouteflika in the event that he is unable to complete his current term. Bensalah's re-election became a foregone conclusion wh [...]	2007-01-16 17:07:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS52	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR HOSTILE TO AUTONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polisario Ambassador Beissat told us January 14 that the Polisario had perceived a marked recent shift in U.S. policy on the Western Sahara. The Polisario now viewed the U.S. as doing France's bidding and supporting the Moroccan position. Beissat insisted that any discussions w [...]	2007-01-17 16:05:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM MO AG WI
07ALGIERS526	ALGERIAN ELECTION PROCESS UNDERWAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Algeria's major political parties, except Islah, have submitted voter lists in all 48 wilayas for the May 17 national parliamentary elections. According to FLN sources, its candidates are older and more conservative than expected, and the number of women figuring on its lists bas [...]	2007-04-17 15:57:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS637	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR ON TALKS WITH MOROCCO [...] (C) The Polisario was generally satisfied with UNSCR 1754, Polisario Ambassador to Algeria Mohamed Beissat told DCM May 7, but took issue with the resolution's praise for Morocco's "serious and credible" autonomy proposal. Such language would embolden Morocco, Beissat said, to approach the ne [...]	2007-05-08 16:08:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM AG MO WI
07ALGIERS66	FRIENDSHIP TREATY WITH FRANCE ON INDEFINITE HOLD [...] (C) French Political Counselor Francois Penguilly told PolEc Chief over lunch January 19 that it was doubtful France and Algeria would agree to sign the long-pending Friendship Treaty between them any time soon. Penguilly said the first obstacle to overcome was the French presidential election [...]	2007-01-23 11:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR AG
07ALGIERS716	CONTROVERSY ON VOTE COUNT LINGERS FOLLOWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Said Bouchair, the president of the independent election commission, and Noureddine Zerhouni, the minister of interior, are engaged in a very public battle on the transparency of the May 17 vote for national parliament. After Zerhouni said Bouchair's letter to President Bouteflika [...]	2007-05-24 11:33:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AG
07ALGIERS789	ALGERIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER SHARE VIEWS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) on June 3, Prime Minister Belkhadem and President Bouteflika made remarks on Iran, primarily in the context of Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's June 2 visit to Algiers. Belkhadem observed with respect to Iranian involvement in Iraq tha [...]	2007-06-05 16:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MNUC IR AG IZ
07ALGIERS790	BOUTEFLIKA ANNOUNCES MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) President Bouteflika made minor changes to the cabinet on June 4 as a culmination of the May 17 national elections and the May 31 installation of the new parliament. The six ministerial changes did not live up to public speculation about a major reshuffle. As was widely expected by the pr [...]	2007-06-05 16:17:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM INRB AG
07ALGIERS791	SENATOR NELSON HEARS ALGERIAN VIEWS ON IRAQ AND [...] (C) In separate June 3 meetings with Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL),Prime Minister Belkhadem and President Bouteflika reviewed Algerian thinking on Iran (septel),Iraq, and bilateral relations. Belkhadem encouraged Nelson to spread the word that U.S. non-hydrocarbon investment in Algeria was wel [...]	2007-06-05 16:23:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM AG
07ALGIERS892	LAWYERS' SIT-IN PAYS OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After organizing a 400-lawyer sit-in at the National Courts on June 18, the Algerian National Bar Association (BNA) was able to secure a meeting with the justice ministry to air its grievances. On June 20, BNA President Abdelmajid Sellini met with the ministry's secretary genera [...]	2007-06-25 09:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV AG
07ALGIERS912	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS AND GOA DISCUSS LEGAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings with DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, four prominent human rights lawyers and Messaoud Boufercha, Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),discussed legal issues and opportunities for increased bilateral cooperation. Lawyers, who were coincidentally i [...]	2007-06-28 09:45:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI AG
07ALGIERS913	MEDIA, POLITICAL PARTIES, LAWYERS AND OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings June 9-10 with DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles, Algerian media, government and political party representatives and members of the legal community gave their views on press freedom and Algeria's defamation laws. Journalists and lawyers said freedom of expression in Al [...]	2007-06-28 09:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI AG
07ALGIERS929	MINISTRY OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COUNTERS EXTREMISM [...] (C) Algeria's Religious Affairs ministry has mounted a campaign to reign in extremist imams. The campaign promotes a unified, anti-violence version of Islam and will result in important staffing changes in schools and mosques. On June 23, Minister of Religious Affairs M. Boualem Ghoulamallah [...]	2007-07-02 06:51:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KISL SCUL SOCI AG
07ALGIERS944	RIOTS BREAK OUT IN ORAN AND BOUSSAADA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Riots erupted in recent days in two parts of Algeria for two very different reasons. In response to the downgrading of a local soccer team, two days of riots broke out in the desert city of Boussaada. Four days of rioting broke out in the westerm port city of Oran after the GOA [...]	2007-07-02 16:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AG
07AMMAN1068	INFORMING GOVERNMENTS ABOUT IRAQ NEIGHBORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 12:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
07AMMAN3288	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CO-SPONSORSHIP OF SUBMISSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL UNSC JO
07AMMAN4227	Israeli Embassy, Japanese, and Jordanian views on Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following Israeli President Peres' late September briefing of Ambassadors Jones and Hale and subsequent request for the U.S. to encourage Jordanian progress on implementing elements of the Peace Valley Project, Post has engaged Government of Jordan (GOJ) officials, representativ [...]	2007-10-18 10:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL SENV KWBG JO IS
07AMMAN4328	JORDAN: MCC INDICATOR SCORECARDS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Reftel points were delivered to Nasser Shraideh, Secretary General at the Ministry of Planning, on October 23 SIPDIS by visiting MCC Director of Threshold Programs Maria Longi, accompanied by DCM and USAID officers. MCC representative Longi explained the rationale of the scorecards, [...]	2007-10-25 06:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC
07AMMAN4395	JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON REVISED RAPE AS POLICY [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche (Ref A) to the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Deputy Director, Hussam al-Husseini, on October 30. Husseini said he had yet to be briefed on the initial intra-GOJ consultations on the original text, but would follow up with his colleagues and consu [...]	2007-10-31 08:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA JO
07AMMAN4578	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC) MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) From 2005 through 2007, the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has held a series of meetings with Iraqi officials to assist them in preparing for accession to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) (Ref A). The Technical Secretariat (TS) hosted the fourth and final me [...]	2007-11-15 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW BWC IZ JO
07AMMAN4628	U.S.-SPONSORED WORKSHOP HELPS TO ESTABLISH VISION AND SET [...] Summary: In a strong interagency showing, five USG agencies collaborated to hold a November 12-15 workshop for the Ministry of Environment's (MOE) one-year old enforcement corps of environmental Rangers. With over 50 participants on each of the three days, the workshop resulted in a draft str [...]	2007-11-20 10:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ETRD EAID PGOV JO
07AMMAN4993	Jordan's Garment Association Cites Shortage of Labor as [...] (U) This contains an action request for USTR. See para 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Jordanian garment exports to the U.S. fell 6.4% during the first nine months of 2007. During a December 13 lunch, the newly elected Board for the Jordan Garments, Accessories, Textiles Exporters' Association (J [...]	2007-12-18 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD EAID KTEX JO
07AMMAN944	DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 11:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
07AMMAN98	JORDANIAN SECURITY FORCES KILL ONE, CAPTURE [...] (U) Jordanian security forces engaged in a three-hour gun-battle with two gunmen early on January 9 in Irbid, Jordan's second largest city, 52 miles north of Amman. According to media, Sulayman Ghayyad al-Anjadi - a Jordanian of Palestinian origin - was killed, and another Jordanian, Ramadan [...]	2007-01-09 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC JO
07ANKARA1072	TURKISH YOUTH PARTY MANEUVERING FOR MERGER [...] (C) As the constitutional crisis over the presidency begins to wind down and general elections for parliament move into gear, political parties across the partisan spectrum are maneuvering for advantage. The recent decision by the center-right True Path and Motherland parties to unite has bee [...]	2007-05-07 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR TU
07ANKARA1092	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL NELSON/LOTT (MAY 25 - [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Nelson/Lott. Chris Friefeld, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Istanbul and Izmir. He can be reached at: Office 011-90-212-335-9288; Home: 011-90-212-351-0511; Cellular: 011-90-532-601-7779. Chris Krafft, Pol [...]	2007-05-09 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU RU EI
07ANKARA1102	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RANDALL E. DEPAUL AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Randall E. Depaul and William J. Tuttle. Christina Bobrow, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-457-7250; Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6803. Rusty [...]	2007-05-10 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU
07ANKARA1119	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/TNC ANALYST HEATHER [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to INR/TNC Analyst Heather Tsvaris. Post understands no assistance is requested. If assistance is required, you may contact the Political Counselor, Janice Weiner. She can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7220; Cellular: 011-90-5 [...]	2007-05-11 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PTER TU
07ANKARA1126	IRAQ: TURKEY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COALITION [...] (C) Summary: Turkey provides significant logistical support for the coalition in Iraq, supports U.S. policy goals and the Iraqi government, and has tried to play a useful diplomatic role. At the same time, its concerns about the future of Iraq -- and in particular its discomfort about Kirkuk [...]	2007-05-11 10:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1174	SCENESETTER FOR TRANSCOM/CC GENERAL SCHWARTZ MAY [...] (C) Summary: Your arrival comes at a crucial political moment as the derailed presidential bid of FM Gul has forced an early parliamentary election scramble. The Turkish General Staff,s (TGS) April 27 harsh statement against the nomination of FM Gul as president, and Gul,s subsequent withdraw [...]	2007-05-16 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
07ANKARA1179	IS THE PKK CEASEFIRE ABOUT TO END? [...] (S/NF) Summary: There is increasing speculation that the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 and has somewhat observed, may end as soon as May 18. Even after declaring the ceasefire -- on jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan's instructions -- the PKK publicly warned that it [...]	2007-05-16 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1197	TURKEY: CONTROVERSY OVER PKK CEASEFIRE RAGES, [...] (S/NF) The Turkish press is filled with stories suggesting that major PKK violence will resume imminently (reftels). However, the PUK's Ankara representative, Bahros Galali, told us late May 17 that his contacts believe the PKK's unilateral ceasefire, which it declared in October 2006 but threa [...]	2007-05-18 09:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1205	TURKEY: TGS ON KOSOVO/ESDP DISPUTE: HARD LINE ON [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C) Turkish D/CHOD Saygun called in DCM May 18 to discuss NATO deliberations on the Transition Directive for Kosovo. Saygun noted that SACEUR had called Turkish CHOD Buyukanit May 17 to urge that Turkey set aside its objections and [...]	2007-05-18 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EU TU
07ANKARA1206	TURKISH COURT OVERTURNS CONVICTIONS OF TWO ACCUSED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Turkish appeals court on May 16 overturned the convictions of two jandarma non-commissioned officers (NCO) indicted for their role in the November 2005 bombing of a bookstore in the southeastern city of Semdinli and ruled that the case should have been tried by a military court. [...]	2007-05-18 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS TU
07ANKARA1207	TURKEY ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE ON TURKMEN GAS [...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Apakan expressed concern about the Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan-Russia gas deal and told Ambassador that Turkey wants closer collaboration with the US on access to Turkmen gas. Ambassador offered to provide what information we have about the Russian agreement and encouraged Ap [...]	2007-05-18 14:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECIN PREL AJ TX KZ RS TU
07ANKARA1210	MFA U/S APAKAN ON TURKISH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCRS [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador May 15, U/S Ertugrul Apakan confirmed that the GOT sanctions decree against Iran called for under UNSCR 1737 is still with the Prime Ministry and had not been approved by the Council of Ministers. Apakan told Ambassador that Council of Ministers' approval was e [...]	2007-05-18 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM UNSCR IR TU
07ANKARA1239	GOT ABRUPTLY FIRES ITS SPECIAL ENVOY TO COMBAT PKK [...] (C) Summary: On May 21, the Turkish government fired its Special Envoy to combat the PKK, GEN (r) Baser, citing the general's negative public comments on the trilateral (U.S.-Iraq-Turkey) process. The GOT named MFA Deputy Undersecretary Akgunay as his replacement, signaling a continuation of [...]	2007-05-22 09:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU UZ US
07ANKARA1244	TURKEY: ONE MFA VIEW ON THE MILITARY [...] (S) A trusted mid-level MFA contact who works on Iraq issues confided to us May 21 that TGS is taking a more assertive role in day-to-day foreign policy questions, especially as the country's domestic political crisis deepens. With FonMin Gul increasingly distracted by election processes, TGS [...]	2007-05-22 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA1248	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL KATZ (MAY 26-29) [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Staff Delegation Katz. Jeffrey Collins, Political Officer will be your Control Officer for Ankara, Turkey. He can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7191; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3849. Katharina Gollner-Sweet, Public Affairs Off [...]	2007-05-23 06:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM TU IS
07ANKARA1249	TURKEY: ANKARA EXPLOSION: POLICE CONCLUDE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CMGT PGOV TU
07ANKARA1250	GOT ON IRANIAN ASYLUM SEEKER PEJMAN: UNLIKELY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 08:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE IR TU
07ANKARA1258	TURKEY'S MILITARY AND DEMOCRACY [...] (S) The Turkish military's April 27 memorandum that fueled the political crisis here was followed by a virtual black-out with the military refusing to speak with either domestic or foreign contacts. The silence was broken recently when D/CHOD Saygun volunteered an explanation of the militar [...]	2007-05-23 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1281	TURKEY: ANKARA BOMBING, MINE INCIDENT RAISING [...] (U) Summary: The May 22 Ankara bombing combined with a PKK landmine/IED that killed six Turkish soldiers and wounded numerous others May 24 in Sirnak province, have raised the temperature on a possible cross-border operation (CBO). The PM has put the ball in the Turkish General Staff's (TGS) [...]	2007-05-25 10:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1282	TURKEY: DIRECT LEBANESE REQUEST FOR AMMUNITION [...] (C) On May 24, DCM and visiting TRANSCOM Commander Gen. Schwartz raised the LAF ammunition request with Deputy Chief of Staff GEN Ergin Saygun and J-4 Logistics Chief LTG Arslan. We also notified the MFA Middle East Department and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) of the specific request for 105 [...]	2007-05-25 11:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER TU LE
07ANKARA1286	TURKEY - PUSHING ON THE SOUTHERN GAS CORRIDOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials express concern about the announced Russia-Turkmenistan-Kazakhstan gas agreement, worried that momentum is shifting away from the "southern gas corridor" and Turkey's transit role. Turkish officials want to redouble efforts to work with Turkmenistan, Iraq, Aze [...]	2007-05-25 11:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU AJ RS IZ TX KZ
07ANKARA129	TURKEY/IRAN: TURKISH MILITARY LOOKING TO IRAN FOR HELP ON PKK [...] (S/NF) The Turkish military has long been stalwart in opposing any deepening of ties between Turkey and Iran. The TGS (Turkish General Staff) sees Iran as one of its principal strategic threats and has been quite outspoken with us and with the Erdogan government in expressing concern about governme [...]	2007-01-23 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR PTER IR IZ TU
07ANKARA1291	TURKISH DCHOD COMPLAINS ABOUT US F-16 OVERFLIGHT [...] (S) The Turkish Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun informed DCM on May 24 that two US F-16 aircraft violated Turkish airspace when they crossed the border from Iraq at approximately 12:01 that afternoon and crossed back into Iraq at 12:02 (Note: It is unclear whether th [...]	2007-05-25 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1300	F-16 VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE: PRESS [...] (C) The Turks first contacted us on May 24 to raise what they described as an obvious unintended violation of their airspace earlier in the day (ref a). In that discussion, D/CHOD Saygun told DCM that he was bringing the issue to our attention simply to avoid accidents in the future. We subs [...]	2007-05-29 12:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS TU IZ
07ANKARA1326	TURKISH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS ON IRAQI BORDER: [...] (S) Summary: The Turkish military has substantial forces in the southeastern region, as reported previously, and is using those forces aggressively in counter-terrorist operations against the PKK. In this highly charged pre-election atmosphere, exacerbated by the May 22 Ankara bombing and the [...]	2007-05-31 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA1331	TURKEY: STILL CONSIDERING AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE [...] (C) WE CONTINUE TO PRESS THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER PROVIDING EXCESS AMMUNITION, ESPECIALLY 105MM TANK ROUNDS, TO THE LEBANESE ARMED FORCES (LAF) ON AN URGENT BASIS (REFTELS). AMBASSADOR RAISED THE ISSUE IN THE COURSE OF A MAY 29 MEETING WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY APAKAN. APAKAN REPORTE [...]	2007-05-31 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS LE TU
07ANKARA1344	TURKEY ALARMED ABOUT AFGHANISTAN; ASKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Apakan contacted Ambassador on May 31 to register Turkey's concern about developments in northern Afghanistan and to seek U.S. intercession. He said that conditions have deteriorated, especially in the north. Tension is rising and clashes have occurred between the cent [...]	2007-06-01 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL AF TU
07ANKARA1347	PKK TRAIN DERAILMENT REVEALS ARMS FROM IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Weapons were found in the wreckage of a Turkish train coming from Iran and bound for Syria derailed by a PKK mine in Bingol province on May 25. Chief of Defense General Yasar Buyukanit confirmed to reporters the presence of un-manifested weapons on the train. See ref for othe [...]	2007-06-01 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ETTC PTER US IR SY TU
07ANKARA1348	THE U.S. AS POLITICAL FOOTBALL IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: As Turkey's parliamentary election campaign heats up, all players will use any hook to drag the US into the campaign. The name of the game is to embarrass, trip up or sideline PM Erdogan's Justice and Development Party (AKP). The context includes an overheated polit [...]	2007-06-01 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU US
07ANKARA1349	DANCING ON KNIFE'S EDGE: GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Amidst the charged environment of renewed PKK violence and the current political crisis, the AKP government and military continue to publicly debate by whom and how a cross-border operation (CBO) against PKK camps in northern Iraq would be ordered. This high-stakes game -- combine [...]	2007-06-01 13:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1350	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUROPEAN DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to European Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew J. Bryza. Your Control Officer for Ankara is Political Officer, Anthony Renzulli. He can be reached at Embassy: 011-90-312-4576-7178; Home: 011-90-312-442-1804; Cell: 011-90-554-671-4877. [...]	2007-06-01 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU LA NO
07ANKARA1352	SULEYMANIYAH INCIDENT HITS RAW NERVE; TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: The encounter between Turkish Special Forces and Peshmerga security units in Suleymaniyah on June 1 sparked a reaction throughout the Turkish government. The Turkish General Staff issued a public statement about the encounter which included a warning that another such incident w [...]	2007-06-02 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA137	TURKEY PROPOSES IRAQI RECONCILIATION CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey supports the U.S.'s strategy for Iraq but remains deeply concerned about the lack of political consensus in Baghdad or the PKK and Kirkuk issues, GOT Special Envoy for Iraq Celikkol told visiting PDAS James Jeffrey on Jan. 19. Jeffrey explained the thinking behind the Pres [...]	2007-01-24 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ IR

07ANKARA1374	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We pressed ref a points June 4 with MFA Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ahmet Muhtar Gun, urging Turkey to consider sending a higher level delegation to the GI meeting in Astana and stressing our efforts to ensure all partners understand the GI is not an appropriate forum for airi [...]	2007-06-04 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC KNNP PREL CY TU
07ANKARA1406	REQUEST FOR INTELLIGENCE BRIEFINGS ON IRAN'S [...] (S) We need to keep Turkish military and government authorities focused on the medium to long-term threat posed by an Iran with nuclear weapons and long range delivery systems. As part of this effort, we must continue to stress with the Turks the geopolitical and physical dimensions of the th [...]	2007-06-06 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MCAP MNUC KNNP ETTC IR TU
07ANKARA1412	TURKEY-IRAN ADVANCE ENERGY DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although negotiations have been long and difficult, Turkey continues to dally with Iran on energy cooperation. The visit of the Iranian Energy Minister (who is responsible for energy and electricity, but not oil and gas, issues) and a possible reciprocating visit by Guler to Ira [...]	2007-06-06 12:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU IR
07ANKARA1414	ENCOURAGING ARMENIAN PARTICIPATION AT BSEC SUMMIT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The June 25 BSEC Summit in Istanbul will be the flagship event of Turkey's BSEC Chairmanship, and the fifteenth anniversary of the organization. Apart from OSCE and Council of Europe, BSEC is the only multilateral forum in th [...]	2007-06-06 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TU AM AJ
07ANKARA1417	TURKISH MFA DETAILS IRANIAN ARMS FOUND ON TRAIN; [...] (C) Summary: MFA South Asia Department Director Ahmet Murat Yoruk listed for us on June 6 the arms recovered from a Turkish freight train derailed in a PKK terrorist attack in eastern Turkey May 25, including mortar shells, RPG barrels, rifle rounds, and smoke bombs. Yoruk said the MFA has de [...]	2007-06-07 06:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PARM IZ SY TU
07ANKARA1432	JUNE 6 PRESS REPORTS OF A TURKISH CROSS-BORDER [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Turkish government officials, including PM Erdogan and FM Gul, publicly dismissed June 6 press reports that Turkish troops, backed by F-16s, conducted a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq against the PKK terrorist organization. Iraqi Kurdish officials echoed tha [...]	2007-06-07 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PTER PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA144	DINK ASSASSINATION LEADS TO NATIONAL SOUL-SEARCHING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE AM TU
07ANKARA1442	UNAMI CONSULTS IN TURKEY FOCUS ON KIRKUK: TURKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) Deputy Schulenburg used meetings with GOT officials in Ankara to push for greater realism and a more coherent policy on Kirkuk. He emphasized that the issue of Kirkuk's future status is an emotional problem, not a rational one, and posited th [...]	2007-06-07 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN IZ TU
07ANKARA1454	TURKEY-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS: FOCUS ON EU-NATO [...] (C) During June 4 EU Troika-Turkey consultations in Ankara, headed for the Turks by FM Abdullah Gul and State Minister/lead EU negotiator Ali Babacan and on the EU side by German FM Steinmeier, Turkey-EU-NATO relations was one of many topics discussed. According to German DCM Pruegel, FM Gul [...]	2007-06-08 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV EUN NATO TU
07ANKARA1455	STAFFDEL ASHWORTH HEARS TURKISH VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Special Representative for Iraq Ahmet Oguz Celikkol told Staffdel Ashworth May 29 that reluctance from Baghdad is preventing Turkey from doing more for Iraq, including assistance with restructuring its Defense and Interior Ministries. The GOT fears most the breakup of I [...]	2007-06-08 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ TU
07ANKARA1505	TURKISH-GEORGIAN RELATIONS: DEEPER AND DEEPER [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Turkish MFA Deputy Undersecretary Unal Cevikoz (a former Ambassador to Baku) visits Washington from June 18-20 for consultations on South Caucasus and Central Asia. Cevikoz is likely to identify the strengthening relationship between Turkey and Georgia as a major co [...]	2007-06-13 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECIN ETRD SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA1520	SCENESETTER FOR AMB SCHULTE'S JUNE 20 [...] (C) Turkey's officials continue to acknowledge Iran's nuclear program as a threat, but the current domestic political crisis, as well as concerns over PKK terrorism and Iraq, have kept Iran off the front burner. Your June 20 DVC with Turkish journalists will help us keep the threat posed by a [...]	2007-06-15 07:11:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PARM PINS ENRG IR TU
07ANKARA1527	TURKEY: DEPUTY DEFENSE CHIEF DISMISSES RUMORS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Staff (DCHOD) GEN Ergin Saygun claimed on June 14 that, contrary to rampant press speculation, the Turkish military is not planning to impose a security buffer zone in northern Iraqi territory along the shared border. At the same time, he emphasized there must be [...]	2007-06-15 11:30:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA1598	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH MFA CAUCASUS DG UMAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Matt Bryza met in Ankara on June 14 with MFA Director General for Caucasus and Central Asia Resit Uman and MFA Director General for Policy Planning Altay Cengizer. DAS Bryza shared his views on the previous week's disappointing meeting of the Azeri and Armenian Presidents on [...]	2007-06-22 07:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV NATO OSCE AJ AM GG RU TU ZJ
07ANKARA1604	TURKEY/IRAQ: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT TURKISH [...] (S) Local Turkish military authorities at Silopi on the Turkey-Iraq border conveyed a warning to U.S. military LNO late June 21 that Turkish forces would respond massively to any attack against Turkish military forces stationed in northern Iraq, claiming they had intelligence an attack by the [...]	2007-06-22 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1633	TURKEY: MFA U/S APAKAN - MILD OPTIMISM ON [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary (U/S) Apakan reviewed for Ambassador June 21 SIPDIS Turkey's dialogue with the European Union (EU) and France on accession and bilateral relations issues. Turkey views both discussions with cautious optimism. Apakan also updat [...]	2007-06-26 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU FR
07ANKARA1651	PKK VIOLENCE -- AND PRESSURE FOR CROSS-BORDER [...] (C) Summary: Ongoing PKK violence has made terrorism a top issue in campaigning for July 22 parliamentary elections. PM Erdogan faces pressure from nearly all sides to authorize a cross-border operation into northern Iraq -- and that pressure will inevitably increase in the days ahead. End s [...]	2007-06-27 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1657	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL MAKOVSKY (JUN 30 - [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Alan Makovsky. Your control officer for Ankara will be Political Officer, Christina Bobrow. She can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7250, Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cell: 011-90-555-358-6803. Your control officer for Is [...]	2007-06-27 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP TU GM
07ANKARA1670	GENERAL STAFF SPEAKS OUT -- AGAIN -- ON PKK TERROR [...] (C) Summary: Senior commanders briefing journalists at a commando training area in western Turkey June 26 rejected press allegations that Turkish troops are not properly trained to fight PKK terrorists, reiterated the military's belief that a cross-border operation (CBO) into northern Iraq is [...]	2007-06-28 10:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1683	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL GUREVICH [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Gene Gurevich. Your control officer for Ankara will be Political Officer, Christina Bobrow. She can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-457-7250, Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cell: 011-90-555-358-6803. Your control officer for Is [...]	2007-06-29 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP TU GE
07ANKARA1710	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CHANDARLIS, [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to CBP delegation of Mr. Michael Chandarlis, Mr. Patrick Christian, and Mr. Bobby Picket to travel to Ankara to conduct an EXBS Targeting and Risk Management Training Course from July 6 to 18, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be [...]	2007-07-05 06:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PARM TU
07ANKARA1781	TURKEY: KURDS ARE NOT A MONOLITH [...] (U) This is a message from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: In the Western media, Turkey's Kurds -- about 15 percent of the total population -- are frequently described as "restive," implying that members of this minority are all disaffected and favor separating from Turkey. This misperc [...]	2007-07-12 08:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER TU
07ANKARA1793	PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN: CONSTRUCTIVE START TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 6, Ankara hosted the first meeting of the Afghanistan-Pakistan-Turkey Joint Working Group (JWG),established by the leaders of the three counties at their April 2007 summit meeting in Ankara. The deputy foreign minister-level meeting identified various confidence buildin [...]	2007-07-13 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PREF PBTS SNAR AF PK TU
07ANKARA1816	TURKISH AMBIVALENCE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Two Embassy-organized videoconferences and a recent Turkish roundtable reveal continued ambivalence about Iran's nuclear program among Turkey's non-governmental policy elites, including academics, think-tankers, and columnists. Turkish opinion-makers do not want to see Iran, a nei [...]	2007-07-17 10:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IR TU
07ANKARA1836	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Erik Deschler and Ms. Erin Mark to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish National Police representatives to discuss the providing of nonproliferation assistance, including training and equipment, from July 30 to August 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Cont [...]	2007-07-19 06:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU
07ANKARA1842	TURKISH ELECTIONS: ANALYSTS ASSESS MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Experts on civil-military relations in Ankara contend the Turkish General Staff (TGS) is satisfied with the process set in motion by its April 27 warning and the Constitutional Court's subsequent decision on the presidency vote which brought Turkey to early elections. Analysts cla [...]	2007-07-19 11:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU
07ANKARA1860	ECONOMIC INSECURITY IN TURKISH BLACK SEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite its reputation as a nationalist hotbed, Trabzon is a lively, cosmopolitan city, influenced by growing trade and tourist relations with the former Soviet Union. The charm and prosperity of its downtown mask significant underemployment and a growing concern about the re [...]	2007-07-20 12:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EIND SOCI TU
07ANKARA1882	TURKEY/IRAQ: NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT IRAQI CLAIMS [...] (S/NF) Summary: We have investigated and found no evidence to support Iraqi claims (ref a) that Turkey undertook major cross-border strikes into Iraq on July 18. JAC Molesworth, as well as the NATO Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) in Eskisehir, which monitors regional airspace, report no [...]	2007-07-23 15:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA1927	TURKEY: MEK IRANIAN REFUGEES NOT WELCOME [...] (C) We have been contacted informally by MNF-I representatives with a request to press the Government of Turkey to accept MEK (Mujahideen-e-Khalq) Iranians currently located in Camp Ashraf in Iraq. UNHCR officials have also told us that their representatives in Jordan have received similar qu [...]	2007-07-27 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA1940	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAIRD/SHAYS [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Congressman Shays and Mr. Nicholas Palarino. Anthony Renzulli will be your Control Officer for Ankara. He can be reached at: Office: 011-90-312-457-7178; Home: 011-90-312-442-1804; Cellular: 011-90-554-671-4877. Rusty Ingraham [...]	2007-07-30 13:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU
07ANKARA1948	TURKEY/IRAQ: DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES BRIEFS [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive law enforcement information regarding ongoing investigations. Summary ------- 2. (S/NF) Summary: Department of Defense General Counsel Haynes briefed Turkish officials July 25 on the ongoing DOD investigation into corruption relating to the procurement [...]	2007-07-31 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS KCRM IZ TU
07ANKARA2021	TURKEY: ANNUAL MILITARY PROMOTIONS AND DISMISSALS [...] (C) Summary: Results of the 2007 Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting, announced August 4, included the promotion of 34 generals and admirals and the extension of service for 40 general officers. As expected, General Aydogan Babaoglu was named Air Force Commander, and Admiral Muzaafer Metin [...]	2007-08-08 09:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TU
07ANKARA2057	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL ROSENBLUM (AUGUST [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to StaffDel Rosenblum. Rebecca Graham will be your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office: 011-90-312-457-7194; Home: 011-90-312-441-8338; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3846. Dan Kiryelejza will be your Control Office [...]	2007-08-13 10:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP OTRA TU
07ANKARA2188	TURKEY REVIEWING REQUEST TO DENY FLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] (S) Per reftel request, we met with MFA Aviation Department Head Hamit Olcay and Acting South Asia Department Head Ilhan Sener at 1030 local on August 24 to deliver demarche concerning reftel Iranian PARS Air flight. Olcay checked immediately with the MFA flight clearance department to determ [...]	2007-08-24 11:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC IR SY TU
07ANKARA2193	TURKEY SHOCKED BY ADL REVERSAL [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The Anti-Defamation League's reversal in describing the events of 1915 as genocide has shocked Turkey. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs blasted the ADL statement and rejected ADL National Director Foxman's concern that passage of an Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) [...]	2007-08-24 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM IS TU
07ANKARA2195	TURKEY: PRUDENTIAL REVOCATION - OSMAN BAYDEMIR [...] (C) Post was informed via reftel of the prudential revocation of Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir's visa based on his membership in the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP). In our subsequent dialogue with Department, we were told the basis for this revocation was another agency's judgm [...]	2007-08-24 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CVIS PGOV PTER TU
07ANKARA2196	GOT OFFICIALS PRESS CODEL SPECTER ON CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish officials believe the U.S. must remain in Iraq to ensure the country's future as a unified state. They also see increased involvement by the United Nations as an asset. Senator Specter argued that Iraqi political leaders have had sufficient time to establish a power-shar [...]	2007-08-24 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
07ANKARA2206	TURKEY DECLARES CYPRIOT TENDERS FOR OIL [...] (U) We met this week with the TPAO (Turkish Petroleum Corporation) Acting General Director Mehmet Uyusal, MFA Acting Deputy Director General for Cyprus Huseyin Muftaoglu, Maritime Department Head Mehmet Poroy, and Norwegian Charge Stian Christensen to discuss the recent Cypriot announcement of [...]	2007-08-27 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ ENRG EPET IR IZ KZ RS TU
07ANKARA222	TURKISH-ISRAELI RELATIONS: VOLATILE BUT RESILIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish-Israeli relations, especially over the past 15 years are perhaps best described as one academic put it: "...(C)ompare it to a late-life love affair. Two parties who have known each other for years suddenly develop a near-passionate relationship, to the astonishment of the [...]	2007-02-02 10:07:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR KWBG IS TU
07ANKARA2273	REGIONAL ENERGY CHIEFS OF MISSION CONFERENCE - [...] This message grants country clearance and provides an update on administrative and logistical arrangements for the Regional Energy Chiefs of Mission Conference to be held at the Conrad Hilton hotel in Istanbul September 20-22, 2007. Attendees will receive a notional schedule via email in comin [...]	2007-09-06 07:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TU
07ANKARA2307	POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF TURKISH AIRSPACE BY ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Babacan has expressed his concern over reports that Israeli warplanes may have violated Turkish airspace near the Turkey-Syria border on September 6. A full investigation is underway. According to press reports, jettisoned fuel tanks -- allegedly associated with [...]	2007-09-10 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SY IS TU
07ANKARA2333	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DRL OFFICER KATHRYN LURIE [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL Officer Kathryn Lurie. Geoffrey Odlum will be your Control Officer for Istanbul. He can be reached at: Office: 011-90-212-335-6492; Home: 011-90-212-351-7752; Cellular: 011-90-533-385-1273. Jeff Collins will be your Control [...]	2007-09-13 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM TU
07ANKARA2335	PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDTABLE AT 2007 UNGA: [...] (U) Turkey just emerged with strengthened democratic credentials from a turbulent five-month period that tested its democracy. The result is a government with a new popular mandate, a parliament representative of 85 percent of the voters, and a new President who is likely to take an active fo [...]	2007-09-13 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2422	A/S SULLIVAN WITH MFA U/S APAKAN ON TURKEY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: During a September 20 meeting with MFA Undersecretary Ertugrul Apakan, EEB A/S Sullivan raised the progress made on action items identified at the February U.S.-Turkey Economic Partnership Commission (EPC),an event showcasing Turkey that A/S Sullivan plans to host on the margi [...]	2007-09-28 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON ENRG TU
07ANKARA2430	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR INR/B OFFICER NIGRO AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to INR/B Officer Alexandra Nigro and Political Officer Melissa Will. Christina Bobrow will be your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office: 011-90-312-457-7250; Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6 [...]	2007-09-28 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR OTRA TU
07ANKARA244	TURKISH MFA PROTESTS ON GREEN ZONE ACCESS ISSUES [...] (C) MFA Head of Department for Iraq Fazli Corman called us in Feb. 2 to protest "increasingly inappropriate treatment" by U.S. authorities in Iraq (text of note in para. 5). Corman recounted two attempts by Turkish Embassy officials to access the International Zone (IZ). On Jan. 31, the Turkis [...]	2007-02-05 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC TU IZ US
07ANKARA2468	TURKEY: POLITICAL REFORMS STALLED AS GOT FOCUSES [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 12:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA247	TURKISH POLICE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION [...] (C) Per ref a, LEGATT approached the Tukish National Police (TNP) Organized Crime and Anti-Terrorism Departments on January 31 to offer the visit of a DIA CHUCKWAGON team to assist in identifying the origin of the confiscated weapons contained in ref b. TNP officials noted their appreciaton of [...]	2007-02-06 05:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KOMC PTER TU IZ
07ANKARA2500	TURKEY: WEEKEND AMBUSH BRINGS TEMPERATURE TO [...] (C) Summary: A PKK ambush October 7 killed 13 Turkish soldiers in southeastern Sirnak province,the biggest single loss the military has incurred in years and the latest in a string of terrorist incidents. A series of high level meetings, including a PM-President-CHOD meeting, and the counter [...]	2007-10-09 11:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL TU IZ
07ANKARA2503	TURKEY'S COUNTER-TERRORISM COUNCIL: FULL ARRAY OF [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's counter-terrorism council met October 10 under the chairmanship of PM Erdogan. It issued a written statement which places all options - economic, political, legal and military - on the table. By taking a broad-reaching approach, the Turks are putting the Iraqis on noti [...]	2007-10-09 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA2510	TURKEY: INTENSIFIED COUNTER-TERROR ACTIVITY IN [...] (S) Summary: Local press reports describe Turkish counter-terror security operations currently underway against the PKK in the Southeast as the most extensive in recent years, following attacks which killed 13 Turkish soldiers on October 7 (ref a). However, there is no evidence of a military [...]	2007-10-10 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER MOPS ASEC PREL IZ TU
07ANKARA253	GENERAL BUYUKANIT'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY [...] (C) Yasar Buyukanit ascended to the top of Turkey,s military just six months ago in September 2006. His actions since then have positioned him as one of the most dominant players in this political scene. He has spoken out aggressively in public fora about Turkey,s foreign policy, its domesti [...]	2007-02-06 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR IR IZ TU
07ANKARA2538	FALL-OUT FROM HFAC PASSAGE OF ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish government and public reaction to the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) October 10 approval of the Armenian genocide resolution (AGR) was fueled by harsh statements from opposition political party leaders and some media commentators, as well as strong remarks by the Pr [...]	2007-10-15 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ
07ANKARA2545	TURKEY REMAINS CONCERNED ABOUT IRAQ-BOUND MILITARY [...] (U) Action Request at para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Ministry officials have requested re-confirmation of the bonafides of a shipment of military equipment aboard the MV Slavyanin, currently being transloaded to Mongolian-flagged "Onyx" in Limassol, and destined for Iraq. Absent confirmat [...]	2007-10-16 08:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MARR KNNP IZ CY MO TU
07ANKARA2546	TURKS CLEAR THAT PARLIAMENTARY MOTION FOR CROSS [...] (SBU) On October 15, Turkish PM Erdogan's cabinet approved and forwarded to parliament a draft motion to authorize conducting cross border operations (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. Parliament is scheduled to debate and vote on the motion October 17. If, as expected, parliamen [...]	2007-10-16 09:44:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC TU US AM IZ
07ANKARA2552	TURKEY: RECOMMEND THAT MV ONIKS REMAIN IN LIMASSOL [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ETTC TU CY IZ
07ANKARA2566	TURKEY: MFA EXPLAINS PARLIAMENTARY MOTION ON CROSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA convoked representatives of approximately 25 missions October 17 to explain the reasons behind the GOT's parliamentary motion to authorize a cross border operation (CBO) against PKK terrorists in northern Iraq. MFA officials emphasized that passage of the motion by parliament [...]	2007-10-17 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2584	TURKEY: REENGAGING ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's relationship with Israel has reached a new and somewhat different equilibrium. The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) government's occasional casual use of anti-Israeli rhetoric and rapprochement with Israel's arch enemies has caused the once warm friendship to [...]	2007-10-18 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG MARR TU IS
07ANKARA2589	TURKEY: URGING PRO-KURDISH DTP PARTY TO CONDMEN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-19 09:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2594	TURKEY: NEW PRIME MINISTRY UNDERSECRETARY OPEN ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: In DCM's October 10 introductory call on new Prime Ministry Undersecretary Efkan Ala, Ala pointed to a possible cross-border operation (CBO) as one of a number of tools the GOT needs to combat the PKK. The problem is solvable through cooperation on all sides. A pro- [...]	2007-10-19 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL TU US AM IZ
07ANKARA2596	TURKEY: ABKHAZ "PRESIDENT" CANCELS VISIT [...] (C) We met on October 16 with Georgian DCM Koplatadze, who complained about the planned visit to Turkey of Abkhaz "President" Bagapsh, calling it unacceptable -- unofficial or not. He said Georgia expected the GOT to intervene to ensure that it is canceled. (The visit was, in fact, canceled. [...]	2007-10-19 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG TU
07ANKARA2604	TURKEY ERUPTS OVER PKK ATTACKS; EIGHT SOLDIERS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: GOT leadership met late October 21 in a special counter terrorism "summit" to determine how to respond to the latest terrorist attacks. The public statement released by the Office of the Presidency reaffirmed the government's resolve in responding to terrorism and called for n [...]	2007-10-22 12:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ US
07ANKARA2618	TURKEY: GOVERNMENT TRIES TO QUELL PUBLIC FURY; PKK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the face of growing public outrage over PKK terrorism, senior government officials have urged the public to remain calm and the media to report responsibly. They also have emphasized that Turkey should not lash out in anger but rather take action that is in the nation's best in [...]	2007-10-23 11:56:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ US
07ANKARA2622	TURKEY: OFFICIALS EXTREMELY ALARMED, ON MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. High-level officials from the ruling party and government bureaucracy are delivering the same anxious message: the Turkish people are on the verge of slipping beyond the government's control. Anger stoked by a series of vicious attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) has r [...]	2007-10-24 09:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU
07ANKARA2652	TURKEY: STATUS OF 123 AGREEMENT WITH TURKEY [...] SUMMARY: (C) GOT officials are certain to ask Energy Secretary Bodman about the status of US ratification of the SIPDIS Agreement on the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy (123 Agreement) during his November 15-20 visit to Turkey. Turkish officials insist that ratification is necessary to rein [...]	2007-10-25 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP MNUC PREL TU
07ANKARA2660	TURKEY: LONG-TIME ADVOCATES CITE BETRAYAL AND [...] (C) Summary: Anger on the streets pales in comparison with the deep sense of betrayal long-time friends of America are expressing to us. They assert we are on the brink of a full blown rupture in relations. End summary. 2. (C) Suat Kiniklioglu is the former head of the German Marshall Fu [...]	2007-10-26 12:05:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU US
07ANKARA2680	MINISTERS TO DECIDE ON ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Council of Ministers will meet in emergency session on October 31 to consider authorizing economic actions against Northern Iraq. Four potential measures are on the agenda: cutting off of electricity exports, closing road access through Habur Gate, restricting Turkis [...]	2007-10-31 10:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KFPC ECON ETRD ETTC PREL EAIR TU
07ANKARA2698	TURKEY: DAS BRYZA REVIEWS SOUTH CAUCASUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) EUR DAS Bryza and the DCM met with Turkish MFA Deputy U/S for South Caucasus and Central Asian Affairs Unal Cevikoz on October 24 in Ankara, on the margins of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) Foreign Ministers meeting. Cevikoz and Bryza exchanged views on developments in Nagorn [...]	2007-11-01 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ AM GG TU
07ANKARA2747	TURKEY WILL CONSIDER REQUEST TO INSPECT FLIGHTS [...] (S) We shared ref a. points concerning potential shipment of sensitive equipment to Syria from Iran with MFA Department Head for Aviation Affairs Hamit Olcay on the morning of November 9. Olcay said a request for these flights has not been submitted, and GOT regulations require a 10-day advan [...]	2007-11-09 12:35:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL ETTC MASS TU IR SY
07ANKARA2768	TURKEY: REPORTS OF STRIKES INTO IRAQ UNCONFIRMED [...] (S) Summary: Intensive counter-terror operations continue in the Southeast and along the Turkey-Iraq border. However, there is no evidence to confirm November 13 press reports of Turkish air strikes against PKK targets inside northern Iraq. Prime Minister Erdogan publicly denied knowledge of [...]	2007-11-14 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2790	TURKEY: UNAMI OFFICIAL SEES GREATER GOT INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) Charge Michael Schulenburg sees increased GOT interest in a UN role in defusing tensions over the future status of Kirkuk. He sensed a new GOT willingness and approach. Schulenburg indicated that Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) Pres [...]	2007-11-19 09:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UN IZ TU
07ANKARA2847	TURKEY EXTENDING A DIPLOMATIC HAND TO GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Through frequent high-level visits, the GOT has reaffirmed its strong support for Georgian independence and territorial integrity. It has sought, too, to reduce any sense of diplomatic isolation felt by Tbilisi since the deterioration of Russian-Georgian relations and, more rec [...]	2007-11-28 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ETRD ELTN SMIG NATO AJ AM GG TU ZJ
07ANKARA2860	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY REQUESTS US HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (C) The Turkish military has requested U.S. support to transport Turkish Special Forces liaison officers (LNOs) co-located with US/Coalition forces in Northern Iraq to the Habur Gate border crossing. MND-N has previously provided helicopter support for this rotation on an informal basis but [...]	2007-11-30 13:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ TU
07ANKARA2867	TURKISH FORCES FIRE ON PKK CAMP IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Turkish artillery fired on a terrorist PKK camp in the eastern Zap region along Iraq's northern border from 10:38 til 11:05 Zulu December 1. In two announcements made following the action, the Turkish General Staff (TGS) confirmed the operation, asserting TGS forces killed 30 P [...]	2007-12-02 11:42:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR TU
07ANKARA2886	TURKEY: GREEK ORTHODOX ARCHONS CLAIM ECUMENICAL [...] (C) Summary: Turkish government policies are slowly suffocating the Ecumenical Patriarchate (EP),according to representatives of the Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a U.S.-based group of Greek Orthodox laymen. In November 29 meetings, the delegation told Turkish officials crawling re [...]	2007-12-04 08:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA2949	MFA OFFICIAL PREDICTS RENEWED NATO-EU TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: EU plans to deploy an ESDP police mission to Kosovo could spark renewed NATO-EU tensions by mid-January unless the issue of NATO support for the mission, and the broader problem of Turkey's relationship with ESDP, are addressed to Turkey's satisfaction. A Turkish MFA official hi [...]	2007-12-13 11:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL TU YI
07ANKARA2960	TURKEY/IRAQ: TAKING THE PULSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador urged GOT Iraq Coordinator Celikkol to move forward with a GOT invitation to President Talabani to visit Ankara, noting such a step could help break the ice between the Turks and Iraqi Kurds and lead to eventual dialogue with Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) officials. [...]	2007-12-14 11:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
07ANKARA2973	TURKEY: CURRENT THINKING ON THE IRAN NUCLEAR THREAT [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Turkish officials, parliamentarians, academics, and opinion-makers following publication of the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran, reveal the following: -- While the GOT remains opposed to and very concerned about a nuclear-armed Iran, it f [...]	2007-12-16 01:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNUC OREP TU IR
07ANKARA2992	PKK-LINKED ROJ-TV DOMINATES TURKEY-DENMARK CT [...] (C) Summary. Denmark needs "better" evidence from the Turks to successfully prosecute PKK-linked ROJ-TV, Danish U/S Taksoe-Jensen told his Turkish counterparts during inaugural Turkey-Denmark CT consultations on December 12. Given the strict independence of Denmark's prosecutors, he suggested [...]	2007-12-17 18:11:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KTFN DA TU
07ANKARA2997	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS ENTER NORTHERN IRAQ ON [...] (S) Summary: Turkish troops in battalion strength entered northern Iraq in the Hakurk and Ava Shin regions late December 17 and into December 18. Turkish General Staff (TGS) claims this was a hot pursuit operation, initiated by a local commander and to a limited depth, and therefore was unabl [...]	2007-12-18 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER IZ TU
07ANKARA308	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/P DIRECTOR STEPHEN KRASNER [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/P Director Stephen Krasner and S/P Delegation. 2. (U) Janice Weiner, Political Counselor, is your Control Officer for Ankara. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2515; Home: 011-90-312-448-2108 or ext 2114; [...]	2007-02-13 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREL TU
07ANKARA313	TURKEY: IMPACT OF THE ARMENIA BILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: French interests in Turkey have suffered as a result of votes taken by the French National Assembly to recognize (in 2001) the events of 1915 as a "genocide," and then in October 2006 to criminalize the denial of those events. In the case of the former, French embassy officials [...]	2007-02-14 11:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON MARR ETRD FR AM TU
07ANKARA336	ANKARA DELIGHTED WITH PKK ARRESTS IN FRANCE AND [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Director General for Security Guven stressed the importance of the recent French and Belgian arrests of PKK individuals and looked forward to further cooperation with the French on the case. At the same time, Guven noted French concerns about press reports crediting [...]	2007-02-15 15:32:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN PTER EFIN FRU TU BE
07ANKARA356	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL TILLEMANN [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Tomicah Tillemann. 2. (U) Jeff Collins, Political Officer, is your Control Officer for Ankara. He can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cellular: 011-90-532-620-3849. Chris Fri [...]	2007-02-20 07:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP AMGT AFIN ASEC TU
07ANKARA369	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DHS/DNDO [...] Embassy Ankara to Mr. Dave Smith and will travel to Ankara and@fuclear Research Facility Q February 24 to March 3, rol Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2524 or Commercial (90)(312)455-5555 ext.2524 or through Embassy switchboard ext 0. 3. Local contact and lodgin [...]	2007-02-21 09:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU
07ANKARA381	CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT OREP OTRA PGOV TK TRY
07ANKARA383	SCENESETTER FOR CENTRAL ASIA CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) Introduction: The U.S.-Turkey bilateral relationship is in a critical phase as the government grapples with continued PKK terrorist attacks from northern Iraq, fears that Iraq's instability will spread beyond its borders, the aftermath of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink murder, [...]	2007-02-22 14:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA386	IRAQI VP ABDEL MAHDI ASKS FOR TURKEY'S SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
07ANKARA4	TURKISH CONCERNS ON IRAQ, ARMENIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) Summary: Turkey will continue closely to cooperate with the US on Iraq and hopes Washington will share its evolving thinking prior to any public announcements, newly promoted MFA U/S Apakan told Ambassador December 30. After repeating remarks on Iraq made December 27 to the DCM (reftel),[...]	2007-01-04 10:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
07ANKARA403	RUSSIAN THREATS AGAINST MISSILE DEFENSE IN POLAND [...] (C) Ambassador raised ref a points February 22 with MFA Deputy Undersecretary (U/S-equivalent) Haydar Berk, stressing unacceptable Russian threats to Poland and the Czech Republic even though Russia knows missile defenses based in those countries pose no threat to the Russian strategic arsenal. [...]	2007-02-23 16:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL CZ RU TU
07ANKARA444	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Departm Amy Ritualo. Chris Fri@er, is your Control Of 0@779. 2. (U) Post underQlogistical arrangementQng made by ILO. 3. (U)Visas: Please note that all Americans entering Turkey must have a valid Visa. The onlyexception [...]	2007-02-28 11:24:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA AFIN AMGT TU
07ANKARA463	NEXT STEPS ON PKK IN EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: Recent French arrests of PKK operatives on criminal charges are a good sign of progress against PKK networks in Europe. To most effectively build on this, we need to follow up to move law enforcement and intelligence cooperation with Europeans to an operational level. Post recom [...]	2007-03-01 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	KTFN TU
07ANKARA479	IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MOTTAKI'S VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials say they pressed Mottaki to make Iran's nuclear program more transparent and to carefully consider diplomatic offers already on the table, including the P5 1. The Turks cautioned that the international community's lack of confidence about Iran's nuclear program [...]	2007-03-02 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ENRG PREL TU IR
07ANKARA527	TURKISH READ ON BAGHDAD/CAIRO/ISTANBUL CONFERENCES [...] (C) Summary: Turkish MFA Special Representative on Iraq Oguz Celikkol, just back from meetings in Tehran, told DCM March 8 that the Iranians have committed to participate at both the March 10 preparatory meeting in Baghdad and the expanded Istanbul ministerial, which the Turks hope will take [...]	2007-03-08 14:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU IZ IR SY
07ANKARA552	TURKISH GENERAL STAFF TAKING A HARDER LINE WITH [...] (C) The Turkish General Staff (TGS),in some cases fronted by the Foreign Ministry, is taking a harder line on routine military cooperation with allies. -- Ankara-based diplomats told us that blanket overflight clearances granted to France, Germany, Spain, and Canada for support to Operati [...]	2007-03-12 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR FR GE SP AU TU
07ANKARA559	TURKEY: PRO-KURDISH PARTY HOLDS CONVENTION AMID [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA574	TENSION ESCALATING IN RUN-UP TO NEVRUZ HOLIDAY IN [...] (U) This is a Consulate Adana cable. 2. (C) Summary: The judicial offensive against several DTP politicians and growing militant activity by PKK supporters raise the possibility that this year's Nevruz (March 21) holiday could be particularly violent, according to many of our contacts in t [...]	2007-03-13 15:56:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREL OSCE TU
07ANKARA606	FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS' SCRUTINY OF IRANIAN TRAVELERS [...] (S) Summary: Queries to Iranian visa applicants regarding how they obtained visas to travel to countries other than the United States revealed that in most cases obtaining a tourist visa is simply a matter of filing the proper forms and paying the requisite fees. The relative ease with whic [...]	2007-03-16 15:16:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	CVIS IR PINR PREL TU
07ANKARA643	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] (C) We notified MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Muhtar Gun that the U.S and Russia have invited most of the world's countries to participate in the initiative (ref a). In response, Gun repeated earlier Turkish concerns about Cyprus becoming a partner. He warned that, while the [...]	2007-03-21 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KNNP IAEA CY TU
07ANKARA75	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR UNDER SECRETARY NICHOLAS [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns and Special Assistant Herro Mustafa. 2. (U) Cathy Westley, Political Officer, is your Control Officer. She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2513; Home: 011-9 [...]	2007-01-16 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OTRA AMGT AFIN PGOV TU

07ANKARA76	TURKEY/GREECE: DUST UP OVER IMIA/KARDAK ISLET AND [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish military is downplaying a series of confrontations between Turkish Coast Guard vessels and Greek fishermen near the disputed islet of Imia/Kardak, as well as reports of air intercepts over the Aegean since mid-December. The MFA described the December encounters aroun [...]	2007-01-17 05:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU GR
07ANKARA838	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOC/BIS [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Ms. Rossitza Petrov and Mr. Brian O'Brien who will travel to Ankara to provide an "Internal Control Program (ICP)" Instructor Training workshop to Government of Turkey officials from April 30 to May 3, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyo [...]	2007-04-11 07:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA842	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Dr. Louise Shelley to travel to Ankara to meet with Turkish National Police representatives to discuss the NNSA's research project on nuclear smuggling from April 19 to 21, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via th [...]	2007-04-11 11:27:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP OTRA PREL TU
07ANKARA910	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/I AMBASSADOR DAVID [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator for Iraq Ambassador Davie Satterfield and Treasury Malachy Nugent. David Burger, Chief of the Political Section's External Affairs Unit,is your Control Officer for Ankara. He [...]	2007-04-17 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP AMGT TU IZ
07ANKARA938	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WISCONSIN [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Mr. Gary Milhollin and Ms. Kelly Motz to travel to Ankara to meet with Government of Turkey official to discuss the Wisconsin Project/Risk Report from April 23 to 26, 2007. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG [...]	2007-04-20 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PREL TU
07ANKARA940	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EUR/ERA JOHN ROBINSON [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/ERA John Robinson. Jeff Collins, Political Officer is your point of contact for Ankara. He can be reached at Office: 011-90-312-455-5555, EXT 2521; Home: 011-90-312-495-6433; Cell: 011-90-532-620-3849. 2. (U) Hotel and ot [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU
07ANKARA949	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEE ANN SCHEUER AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Lee Ann Scheuer and Leah-Ming Toomer. Christina Bobrow, Political Officer, is your Control Officer She can be reached at: Office 011-90-312-455-5555, Ext 2539 Home: 011-90-312-491-7700; Cellular: 011-90-555-358-6803. 2. (U) Hot [...]	2007-04-24 11:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TU
07ANKARA964	TURKEY: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE GUL CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many in Turkey are cautiously welcoming Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul's nomination for president (ref A) as one that eases national tensions and will serve Turkey's international standing well. Those who dreaded the specter of Prime Minister Erdogan's a [...]	2007-04-25 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TU
07ANTANANARIVO1016	Embassy's Third Annual Iftar Reception [...] The Ambassador and DCM hosted September 25 the Embassy's third annual Iftar reception in Antananarivo. Friends and contacts from Madagascar's diverse Muslim communities attended - Khoja, Sunni, Bohra, and Ismailis -- again expressing their appreciation for our hospitality. Interestingly, Mad [...]	2007-10-05 03:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV MA
07ANTANANARIVO221	MADAGASCAR 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: Madagascar is not a country of origin, transit or destination for internationally trafficked men and women. During the year, there were reports of trafficking within the country's borders. Madagascar has a confirmed child sex tourism problem. The domestic legal framework, cultural [...]	2007-03-06 14:07:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EAID
07ANTANANARIVO23	COMORAN UNION PRESIDENT SAMBI AND ANJOUAN'S BACAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with Union of the Comoros President Sambi and Anjouan Island "President" Bacar, Ambassador and DCM encouraged dialogue to resolve the ongoing dispute over security responsibility (reftel). A calmly intransigent Bacar insisted he had a right to have arme [...]	2007-01-08 06:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CN
07ANTANANARIVO236	AMERICAN WEEK IN MAHAJANGA IS A HIT [...] SUMMARY: From February 27 - March 1, 40 Mission personnel and numerous partners hosted American Week in Mahajanga, a city on Madagascar's northwestern coast with a sizeable Muslim population. Well over 5,000 local citizens visited our exhibit booths, attended an Embassy-sponsored basketball to [...]	2007-03-09 10:23:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMCA KPAO EAID PHUM PINR AMGT ASOC MA
07ANTANANARIVO524	MADAGASCAR WELCOMED AS GLOBAL INITIATIVE PARTNER [...] Political/Economic Section Chief and Russian Federation DCM separately welcomed the Government of Madagascar (GOM) into the Global Initiative as a new partner nation and provided them with the most current version of the Plan of Work, Terms of Reference, Statement of Principles, Explanatory Not [...]	2007-05-31 12:45:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO569	MADAGASCAR WILL SEND REPRESENTATIVE TO GI THIRD MEETING [...] Post received diplomatic note no. 07-470-AE/M/NV/DCM from the Malagasy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Office in Charge of the United Nations and International Organizations, dated June 5, informing the Embassy that the Government of Madagascar will be represented by its Ambassador in Moscow, duri [...]	2007-06-08 05:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL MA
07ANTANANARIVO815	COMORAN PRESIDENT CONSIDERING MILITARY OPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Comoran President Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi wants the AU to take control of Anjouan by force to allow free elections there, and he believes this could be done without bloodshed. However, he will not wait indefinitely and has a plan for Union forces to take Anjouan - which he [...]	2007-08-16 13:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU EAID PHUM PINR ASEC MOPS CN
07ANTANANARIVO836	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO THE PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Little more than 48 hours after arriving in Madagascar, Ambassador R. Niels Marquardt presented his credentials to Malagasy President Marc Ravalomanana. In a wide-ranging discourse, the President expressed appreciation for U.S. programs and support, while requesting further assi [...]	2007-08-22 13:19:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MA
07ANTANANARIVO851	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MALAGASY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Charles Rabemananjara invited Ambassador Marquardt for a meeting the day after the credentials ceremony with the President. A friendly but direct Rabemananjara said Malagasy do not want a single ballot and the electoral commission is already strong and independent [...]	2007-08-24 09:53:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID EWWT ASEC SNAR MA
07ANTANANARIVO853	COMORAN FM JAFFAR REITERATES PRO-AMERICAN STANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Ahmed Said Ben Jaffar welcomed the Ambassador to the region, encouraging him to visit the Comoros to deliver credentials and see the country at the first opportunity. Jaffar expressed frustration that the African Union (AU) had not upheld commitments with regar [...]	2007-08-27 11:18:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID CN
07ANTANANARIVO930	ANTANANARIVO UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION [...] Post submits current contact information as requested in reftel for leadership at Post and for key host government officials. 2. Mission contact information: Country Code (Madagascar): +261 Country Code (Comoros): +269 IVG Access Code: 590 24 hour Switchboard: 20 22-212-57/58/59; 20 [...]	2007-09-17 08:50:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV MA CN
07ASHGABAT1047	TURKMENISTAN'S TEXTILE MINISTER SHARES HER -- AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM met with Turkmenistan's Minister of Textiles Jemal Geoklenova on September 26 for an introductory meeting on the textile industry in Turkmenistan. Appreciative of the experience brought by and lessons learned from international investors, Geoklenova explained that Presiden [...]	2007-09-28 12:17:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EIND ETRD TX
07ASHGABAT1055	VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendance. ConOff, as Visas Viper coordinator, reviewed the Visas Viper [...]	2007-10-01 09:06:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1057	VISAS VIPER REPORT, SEPTEMBER 2007 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Post's Visas Viper committee met on September 25, 2007. The acting Consular Section chief, along with the DCM and representatives from RSO, Pol/Econ, Pol/Mil, PAO, Management, DAO, CLO, Peace Corps and USAID were in attendan [...]	2007-10-01 09:07:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1067	TURKMENISTAN: CHEVRON PLANS TO OPEN OFFICE, HOPES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to two Chevron security officers, the oil company plans to open an office in Ashgabat in November or December, with an expatriate staff of four or five persons. Chevron is yet to name a country director. The company has proposals to work two sectors of Serdar off-shore [...]	2007-10-03 11:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET EINV ASEC TX
07ASHGABAT1096	TURKMENISTAN: ONE AMERICAN'S TALE OF STARTING AN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Over lunch October 9, an American businessman (cautiously) told of his experiences in opening an Ashgabat office of his information technology company, including a bump in the road involving a poorly chosen local [...]	2007-10-10 12:19:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV TX
07ASHGABAT1124	TURKMENISTAN: NEW CURRENCY POSSIBLE HARBINGER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Turkmenistan has announced the introduction of new currency in 2009. The new notes will be go from one manat to 500 manats, vice the 5,000 and 10,000 manats, which are the notes most common in circulation now. Unlike the current bills, which all carry the lik [...]	2007-10-17 12:42:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN TX
07ASHGABAT1130	TURKEMNISTAN ASKS FOR U.S. ASSISTANCE ON HUMAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Chairman Shirin Ahmedova told USAID Regional Democracy and Governance Office Director Kim Delaney October 18 that the Institute is on the hook to President Berdimuhamedov to [...]	2007-10-19 06:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM TX
07ASHGABAT1159	TURKMENISTAN: KARIMOV VISIT FOSTERS EXPANSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Rakhman Rasulov described President Islom Karimov's October 18-19 visit to Turkmenistan as very successful in that it marked the first formal warming of the two countries' relationship since Niyazov's death. The new relationship can o [...]	2007-10-26 09:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EPET UZ TX
07ASHGABAT1187	TURKMENISTAN: ALONG THE IRANIAN BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: EmbOffs toured on October 30 State Border Service (SBS) facilities near the Iranian border, including a kennel where tracker dogs are trained. In contrast to recent months, SBS hosts were warm and rather informal. Smuggling remains a seious problem along Turkmenistan's border with [...]	2007-11-02 12:34:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC MARR IR TX
07ASHGABAT1210	TURKMENISTAN RECEPTIVE TO CHINESE CALL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's November 4 official visit to Turkmenistan, which focused on implementing the agreements that Berdimuhamedov signed during his July visit to Beijing, appears to have gone well, and the Turkmenistan-PRC bilateral relationship seems to be on the upsw [...]	2007-11-08 05:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EPET SCUL CH TX
07ASHGABAT123	CAMPAIGN TRAIL: MARY WELAYAT STRESSES UNITY, STABILITY, [...] (U) CAO and POL/ECON LES met with Mary Welayat officials on January 18 to assess activity in the lead-up to Turkmenistan's first multi-candidate presidential elections (Niyazov was the sole candidate in the 1992 election). City and welayat (provincial) officials maintained a consistent line o [...]	2007-01-26 12:40:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR ECON ETRD TX TNGD KPAO
07ASHGABAT1359	RUSSIAN DCM PLAYS UP GREAT GAME TO EXPLAIN U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what was supposed to be a briefing by Russian DCM Aleksey Demin on the recent visit of Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov to Turkmenistan, we instead got an earful regarding American favoritism toward Ukraine and the U.S. hidden agenda on a trans-Caspian pipeline. He also alleged t [...]	2007-12-14 16:05:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENERG EPET SOCI TX
07ASHGABAT144	Turkmenistan: Security Cooperation Has a Bright Future [...] (SBU) During two law enforcement/security meetings with four different ministries, the U.S. government assistance delegation visiting Turkmenistan January 31-February 2 were provided positive assessments of current United States - Turkmenistan cooperation in the law enforcement and security sph [...]	2007-02-06 08:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SNAR KIPR PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT167	Adams Delegation in Dashoguz Province: Also Optimistic [...] (SBU) Discussion of future assistance needs and hopes -- a welcome replacement to rote glorification of Niyazov and the Ruhnama -- dominated an intensive visit to Dashoguz on February 2 by members of the U.S. interagency assistance delegation led by EUR/ACE Coordinator Tom Adams. In meeting a [...]	2007-02-08 14:09:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX US
07ASHGABAT174	Elections, Activists and Faith in Dashoguz [...] (SBU) During a recent pre-election trip to Dashoguz Welayat (Province),local election officials were friendly but constrained, given the (unexpected) presence of Central Election Commission Chairman, Myrat Garryev. They maintained to the A/DCM that Turkmenistan's February 11 presidential ele [...]	2007-02-09 11:20:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TX
07ASHGABAT19	SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S JANUARY 10-13 [...] (SBU) Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes DAS Feigenbaum and looks forward to a productive stay. Your visit, the second by a high-ranking State Department official since President Niyazov's death, will provide an opportunity to stress to Turkmenistan's top leadership that the United States looks [...]	2007-01-05 12:50:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM TX US
07ASHGABAT21	Turkmenistan's Presidential Candidates Raise Hopes With [...] (U) All channels of Turkmenistan State television were tuned to the first campaign meeting of two presidential hopefuls on the night of January 3, 2007, at a townhall-style gathering held at the Mekan Palace in Ashgabat. The Ashgabat-based candidates, Deputy Minister of the Oil and Gas Indust [...]	2007-01-05 13:08:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TX
07ASHGABAT230	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV APPOINTS TOP OIL/GAS DEPUTY [...] (SBU) The first, mild surprise in the formation of Turkmenistan,s new government is a positive one: the appointment of Tachberdy Tagiyev as Deputy Chairman with the oil/gas portfolio of the Council of the Cabinet of Ministers. Another February 22 personnel decision from Berdimuhammedov qui [...]	2007-02-23 13:27:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PREL TX
07ASHGABAT285	TURKMENISTANI AND AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENTS TALK FOR [...] (C) Turkmenistan's President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov called Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev March 13, and, according to Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman/Minister Rashit Meredov, had a "very productive" conversation and agreed to exchange visits. Ashgabat-based diplomats from FSU missions [...]	2007-03-14 13:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ EPET GG PREL RS TX
07ASHGABAT322	TURKMENISTAN FM REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE "NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 27, First Deputy Chairman and Foreign Minister Meredov touched on recent regional visitors, emphasized Turkmenistan's adherence to non-proliferation regimes and desire to work more closely with the OSCE, and signaled concrete interest in working with the UN on religious [...]	2007-03-28 09:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PARM TX IR AZ KZ GG UN
07ASHGABAT408	RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK: TURKMENISTAN'S BERDIMUHAMMEDOV [...] (C) President Berdimuhammedov's upcoming April 23-24 visit to Moscow, reported yesterday in Russian press, comes amidst growing signs that Russia is pushing hard to preserve its influence -* politically, economically, and in the cultural sphere -* in post-Niyazov Turkmenistan. Berdimuhammedov [...]	2007-04-20 14:24:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PINR PREL RS TX US
07ASHGABAT425	PAYNE MOTIVATES TURKMENISTAN'S CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (U) Health and political communication specialist Dr. Gregory James Payne breathed new life into the value of public speaking skills by showing how effective communication is essential to leadership. Post was pleased to host Payne as part of its U.S. Speaker program from March 3-12; his visit [...]	2007-04-27 03:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX
07ASHGABAT489	BERDIMUHAMMEDOV, PUTIN, AND NAZARBAYEV: BACK IN [...] (C) In a May 12 tripartite summit in Turkmenistan's western port of Turkmenbashy, President Berdimuhammedov -- along with visiting Russian President Putin and Kazakhstani President Nazarbayev -- agreed in principle to expand the Caspian littoral pipeline route (including possible construction [...]	2007-05-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TX RS KZ EPET ENRG
07ASHGABAT54	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM'S DINNER WITH ASHGABAT [...] (U) SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum conferred with the UK, Georgian, Romanian, Ukrainian and Azerbaijani ambassadors plus the French, Turkish and German DCMs over a two-hour supper January 10. DAS Feigenbaum began by summarizing the USG's goals for his visit following the let [...]	2007-01-16 12:53:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT59	SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM VISIT REINFORCES U.S. COMMITMENT TO [...] (U) Building on a three and a half hour meeting with Foreign Minister Meredov that included discussion of education, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary Evan Feigenbaum sent a clear message to Turkmenistan officials of U.S. support for educational development in Turkmenistan, with a visit to a FLEX [...]	2007-01-17 09:46:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL TX US
07ASHGABAT749	CHEVRON PREPARING TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified -- not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 26 meeting, Chevron's Director of Business Development for the CIS, Gerry Harris, told A/DCM that his company had just submitted two proposals to Turkmenistan's State Agency for Hydrocarbon Manageme [...]	2007-07-27 10:49:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET EINV ECON TX
07ASHGABAT769	TURKMENISTAN'S HYDROCARBONS: TOTAL JOINS THE RUSH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Olivier Bouygues, Vice President of French construction firm Bouygues, Senior Bouygues Vice President Aldo Karbonaro, and Yves-Louis Darricarrere, the president for exploration and production of the French hydrocarbons compa [...]	2007-08-02 09:35:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EPET EINV FR TX
07ASHGABAT774	TURKMENISTAN ENERGY: BP IN THE MIX, EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: BP officials are serious about entering the hydrocarbon sector in Turkmenistan, focusing on oil. In two meetings, they left a mixed message about the potential role of TNK/BP. The BP advance team indicated three possibilities: BP alone, TNK/BP alone, or the two together in so [...]	2007-08-03 11:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EINV UK RS TX
07ASHGABAT843	TURKMENISTAN: NEW WAVE OF CONSTRUCTION - TURKS GET MOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov is continuing the process begun by President Niyazov of transforming Ashgabat into a city of massive white marble buildings. Just as before, construction in Turkmenistan is primarily carri [...]	2007-08-17 12:41:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON TX
07ASHGABAT885	TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT CREATES NEW HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: An August 24 session of Turkmenistan's Cabinet of Ministers became a vehicle for President Berdimuhamedov to announce that he was establishing an interagency "Human Rights Commission" to coordinate work designed t [...]	2007-08-27 13:31:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV TX
07ASHGABAT920	TURKMENISTAN: IMPLEMENTING "EDUCATION REFORM" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: September 1 marked the first day of the new school year in Turkmenistan under new educational reforms that President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov enacted after taking office in February 2007. The changes, which inclu [...]	2007-09-05 08:55:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI KPAO TX
07ASMARA16	WFP EXPATRIATE ILLEGALLY DETAINED BY UNIDENTIFIED [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, a Belgian national working for the UN World Food Programme (WFP) was threatened and arrested by unidentified GSE authorities while taking photographs of street scenes in downtown Asmara. He was detained at a police station overnight before being released the foll [...]	2007-01-04 14:07:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ER
07ASMARA162	EASTERN FRONT PEACE AGREEMENT: STRUGGLING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the October 14 signing of the Eastern Front Peace Agreement (EFPA),the undercurrent of tensions, personal ambition and animosities between Eastern Front (EF) leaders came to a head, with a near collapse of the entity in December. The intercession of the Erit [...]	2007-02-21 08:23:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU ER
07ASMARA307	EXPANDING QATARI INTERESTS IN ERITRA; COMMERCIAL, [...] (C) In a March 14 meeting with DCM, the Sudanese DCM in Eritrea Hussein Mohammed Hussein expanded on recent press reports on March 7-8 discussions between Eritrean President Isaias, Sudanese President Bashir, and Sheikh Hamed Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar in Doha. The topics they focused on include [...]	2007-03-16 09:07:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU ER QA
07ASMARA310	SUDANESE PITCH (AGAIN) AN ERITREAN-LED MEDIATION [...] (C) DCM met with Sudanese DCM in Eritrea Hussein Mohammed Hussein at his request on March 14. Hussein asked for clarification of the USG position on a proposed Eritrean-led mediation for Darfur, a subject which he had first raised with DCM on February 25 (Ref A). DCM responded that the U.S. [...]	2007-03-19 13:11:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU ER
07ASMARA347	SUDANESE DCM: GSE MOVING ON DARFUR MEDIATION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 28 meeting, Sudanese DCM in Asmara Hussein Mohammed Hussein claimed that the Eritreans were close to achieving agreement from the non-signatories to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) that they would meet in Asmara mid-April for the purpose of creating a united political [...]	2007-04-03 08:36:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ER SU
07ASMARA715	REQUEST FOR UPDATED CONTACT INFORMATION - ASMARA [...] The following is contact information for Embassy Asmara: Main switchboard number: 291-1-120004 After hours contact number-Post One: 291-1-122833 (direct) or 596-0000 (IVG) Tieline number: 596-0000 Duty Officer cell phone number can be reached through Post One: 1-291-1-122833 FAX num [...]	2007-09-05 12:48:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV ER
07ASMARA736	MEETING WITH UNMEE DEPUTY CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER [...] (S) SUMMARY: RSO and UK Deputy Head of Mission (DHM) met September 6 with the UNMEE Deputy Chief Security Officer (DCSO) to discuss the security situation in Eritrea. DCSO, RSO and UK DHM agreed to start a Security Officer's Working Group that would meet on a monthly/as needed basis. This fi [...]	2007-09-18 08:54:00	Embassy Asmara	SECRET	ASEC PTER PINR PREL PGOV ER
07ASMARA907	GSE OFFERS HOPE TO CANADIAN MINING COMPANY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Canadian company Nevsun publicly announced on October 29 that it was close to finalizing a mining agreement with the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE),although issues of foreign currency and insurance still remain to be settled. Under this agreement, the GSE, through it [...]	2007-11-29 12:17:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ETRD ECON ER
07ASMARA920	ERITREAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, [...] (C) Summary: "Dialogue is an option, but demarcation is an obligation," said Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh Mohammed during a November 30 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM. He said that Eritrea "is not supporting al)Shabaab," adding a warning about (purported) Ethiopian misinformati [...]	2007-12-04 11:20:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER ET
07ASMARA958	BLUNT TALK WITH YEMANE GEBREAB ON TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with Yemane Gebreab, chief political advisor to President Isaias, and delivered an unambiguous, tough message about the potential consequences of Eritrea supporting, or allowing its territory to be used to support, extremists with links to terrorism. Ye [...]	2007-12-20 12:41:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER
07ASTANA116	KAZAKHSTAN'S PETROCHEMICAL AMBITIONS: [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) is aggressively encouraging foreign investment in a domestic petrochemical industry as part of its strategy to diversify the economy and to "climb the value chain" of hydrocarbon production. The GOK has authorized a predictable set of tax benef [...]	2007-01-12 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
07ASTANA1192	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERIM RESPONSE ON ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) In response to Ref A instructions, post notified Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department on April 5 that the final Kazakhstani detainee at Guantanamo, Abdulrakhim Kerimbakiyev, would soon be considered by an Administrative Review Board for release, transfer, or continued dete [...]	2007-05-02 10:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KZ
07ASTANA1285	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE BORDER ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Post looks for the upcoming OSCE assessment to provide the basis for more cross-border security programs and to enhance interagency regional liaison. In-country cooperation on border security is working well. The Mission's Security Assistance Working Group coordinates individual off [...]	2007-05-14 09:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL KZ
07ASTANA1438	KAZAKHSTAN SIGNS AGREEMENT ON CREATION OF [...] (C) Summary: On May 10 representatives of the Government of Kazakhstan and the Government of Russia signed an Inter-governmental Agreement to set up an international uranium enrichment center, under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) control, in Angarsk, Russia. For Kazakhstan's state- [...]	2007-05-29 03:14:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ RS
07ASTANA1466	KAZAKHSTAN: AUTHORITIES PURSUE RAKHAT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the May 23 announcement of a criminal investigation involving presidential son-in-law Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakhstani authorities have moved quickly to curtail Aliyev's ability to maneuver and to influence public opinion. President Nazarbayev fired Aliyev from his ambas [...]	2007-05-30 00:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
07ASTANA1668	CORRECTED COPY: KAZAKHSTAN: BOUCHER PRESSES [...] (C) Summary: In June 5-6 meetings with Assistant Secretary Boucher, Kazakhstani government officials defended SIPDIS recent constitutional amendments as far-reaching, while acknowledging the need for further reform. Opposition leaders, by contrast, called the reform package a "step backwa [...]	2007-06-18 09:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KZ ECON ENRG
07ASTANA1762	KAZAKHSTAN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] Summary: On June 18, the Embassy of the United Kingdom in Astana hosted a coordination meeting on anti-money laundering, adding an hour for discussing counter-narcotics assistance. Representatives of the World Bank, OSCE, UNODC, BOMCA/CADAP, and the Embassies of France and Germany provided br [...]	2007-06-27 08:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCOR KCRM KZ
07ASTANA1848	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: While some in the government seek to dampen expectations about the opposition's performance in upcoming parliamentary elections, the opposition itself is uniting and preparing to run an active campaign highlighting social justice issues and the presidential Nur Otan party's Achill [...]	2007-07-09 00:09:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
07ASTANA1910	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] TDY EXBS Jim Kelly departed post on June 21. 2. Small Boat Operations Course in Aktau, July 9-20. The EXBS office has received a cable requesting our cooperation and assistance in preparing for an advance Safe Boat Operations Course for Kazakhstan Maritime Border Guards in Aktau, Kazakh [...]	2007-07-16 00:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA2101	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] TDY EXBS Jim Kelly departed post on June 21. 2. Small Boat Operations Course in Aktau, July 9-20. The EXBS office has received a cable requesting our cooperation and assistance in preparing for an advance Safe Boat Operations Course for Kazakhstan Maritime Border Guards in Aktau, Kazakh [...]	2007-08-03 08:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
07ASTANA2586	KASHAGAN: THUS FAR, COMMERCIAL DISPUTE, NOT [...] Summary: (SBU) Spurred on by further delays and rising costs at Kashagan, the Government of Kazakhstan (GOK) has made clear to the international consortium developing the huge oil field of its dissatisfaction with the current profit-sharing scheme. The GOK leadership has indicated that it see [...]	2007-09-18 23:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EIND ENRG EPET EFIN EINV KZ
07ASTANA2851	SOLANA DISCUSSES OSCE, ENERGY, AND IRAN WITH SOLANA [...] (SBU) Summary: European Union High Representative for External Policy and Security Javier Solana met with President Nazarbayev in Astana on October 10. Solana asked Nazarbayev to consider the option of chairing the OSCE after 2009. Nazarbayev told Solana that proposed amendments to the law on [...]	2007-10-19 05:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KZ
07ASTANA2934	KAZAKHSTANI BUSINESSMAN AGAIN REQUESTS USG HELP [...] (S) Rakhat Kereitbayev (General Director of KazInvest, Chairman of the Board of Kanimansur, and Advisor to Kazyna Chairman Kelimbetov) updated Econoff on October 14 and 24 on the latest status of the Kazakhstani bid for Afghanistan's AYNAK mine (Ref A and B). Zia Massoud, Afghanistan's 1st Vi [...]	2007-10-24 13:54:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	AF CH ECON EINV ELTN EMIN ETRD IR KZ PGOV
07ASTANA3025	KAZAKHSTAN MANAGING REVERBERATIONS OF THE U.S. SUBPRIME [...] (SBU) Summary. The global reverberations of the subprime mortgage crisis in the U.S. have not passed Kazakhstan by. Though most observers believe that the impact of the current turbulence will be limited and not threaten the country's long-term economic prospects, there are nevertheless short [...]	2007-11-07 07:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EFIN EINV KTDB KZ
07ASTANA3153	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES SEES POSITIVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ
07ASTANA3308	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 11 to Zhan Kystaubayev, head of the international affairs department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs consular section. 2. (C) Kystaubayev reported that the Government of Kazakhstan has not changed its position on the issue of Kazakhstan [...]	2007-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	AF KZ PHUM PINR PTER
07ASTANA943	ROBERT DEUTSCH DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: SCA Senior Advisor Robert Deutsch briefed Deputy Foreign Minister Nurlan Yermekbayev on U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan on April 6 in Astana, receiving in turn a brief of Yermekbayev's recent trip to Kabul as head of a public-private Kazakhstani delegation. Yermekbayev [...]	2007-04-13 01:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG ETRD KZ
07ASUNCION101	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE FEBRUARY 3 [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Pucheta New Supreme Court Chief Justice -- Senator Morinigo in Intensive Care; Driver Dead -- Senate Approves Peacekeepers for Cyprus -- Paraguay Second-Least Competitive Country in Americas -- IPR Unit Attacked in Press PUCHETA NEW SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE 2. (C) S [...]	2007-02-09 18:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV MCAP MOPS PA
07ASUNCION1023	A POSITIVE STEP AGAINST CORRUPTION-TRAVEL VOUCHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A process that began in July ended December 6 with the indictment of 37 officials from the Customs Investigative Unit for falsifying travel vouchers. The Internal Investigative Unit's Coordinator in the Ministry of Finance, Patricia Marchewka, initiated the investigation in Jul [...]	2007-12-13 12:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ECPS PREL PA
07ASUNCION1045	BELOVED FATHERLAND PARTY CONFIRMS FADUL'S CANDIDACY [...] (U) Paraguay's business-oriented Beloved Fatherland Party (PPQ) held its primary December 16, confirming the unopposed candidacy of Pedro Fadul for president and Ronald Dietze for vice president. Approximately 40 percent of the PPQ's 9,908 registered voters turned out to select the party's ca [...]	2007-12-18 10:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PA
07ASUNCION1048	COLORADO PRIMARY UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Castiglioni campaign insiders report that electoral certificates for all 5,533 Colorado Party polling stations show Castiglioni has a razor-thin 3,800 vote lead over "oficialista" former Education Minister Blanca Ovelar for the Colorado Party presidential nomination. The formal vo [...]	2007-12-18 13:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PA
07ASUNCION14	PARAGUAY WELCOMES GPOI SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 00:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS PA
07ASUNCION144	PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT LOOKING AT "OVIEDO" OPTION [...] (C) Summary. Paraguay's Presidential election in May 2008 dominates the political scene. Leftist priest Fernando Lugo is outpolling both of his closest competitors ) imprisoned coup-plotter Lino Oviedo and current President Duarte ) by a two to one margin. Ironically, all three face Cons [...]	2007-02-26 11:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM PA
07ASUNCION177	PARAGUAY: ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL UNDER FIRE AS STAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pressure by a powerful Colorado Senator produced the removal of a senior official from Paraguay's Electoral Tribunal (TSJE). The ensuing internal fight amongst the three TSJE ministers projects the image of an increasingly dysfunctional, fractured organization. Historically, the [...]	2007-03-07 17:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PA
07ASUNCION2	PARAGUAY: TERRORIST FINANCIER SAYS "EVERYBODY" IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Terrorist financier Muhammad Yusif Abdallah admitted to supporting Hizbollah politically but in his defense told POL Chief "everybody" in Ciudad del Este (CDE) supports Hizbollah. According to Abdallah the Islamic community in CDE transformed significantly in the aftermath of [...]	2007-01-03 17:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINR CVIS KISL PA
07ASUNCION208	PARAGUAY: LUGO STILL IN CLERGY; JOINS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bishop Fernando Lugo continues to poll high in the run up to the May 2008 general elections, despite his apparent Constitutional ineligibility. The Apostolic Nuncio in Paraguay maintains that Lugo is a Bishop and forbidden by Canon rules to seek public office. During a March 3 ca [...]	2007-03-15 11:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PA
07ASUNCION241	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MARCH 10 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Colorado Internal Battle Boils Over -- Supreme Court Justices Violate Ethics -- FARC linked to Cubas Case -- SENAD Burns 256 Kilos of Cocaine -- Treasury Notes Auctioned -- Soto Gets Fourth Star COLORADO INTERNAL BATTLE BOILS OVER 2. (C) Juan Facetti, Senior Advisor [...]	2007-03-23 18:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PA
07ASUNCION252	PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT AND VP ON DIFFERENT PAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Duarte continues to obstruct Vice President Castiglioni's bid to be the Colorado Party's presidential candidate, signaling his preference for his Minister of Education, Blanca Ovelar as a woman whose ideology is be closer to his (e.g. Socialist). Undeterred, Castiglion [...]	2007-03-28 11:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PA
07ASUNCION255	VP ABRUPTLY ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTAL CANDIDACY [...] (C) Vice President Luis Castiglioni abruptly announced March 28 his 2008 candidacy for President. Highlighting his campaign platform and plans for Paraguay. Castiglioni said that he wants to "build a nation that will promote and give protection to private business in order to help create jobs [...]	2007-03-29 11:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PA
07ASUNCION256	PARAGUAYAN PRIEST LUGO'S CONVERSION TO POLITICS A [...] (C) Catholic priest Fernando Lugo exploded onto the Paraguayan national political stage as a potential candidate for Paraguay's presidency in March 2006 as the keynote speaker at an anti-government demonstration. However, Lugo is hardly a novice to politics judging from his family's involve [...]	2007-03-29 20:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM KCRM PA
07ASUNCION261	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MARCH 24 - [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Ethics Tribunal Earns Credibility -- SEN Gets Korea Donation; Poll Says 300k Dengue Cases -- Police and Protesters Clash; 40 Reported Injured -- Vice President looks at USAID Health program ETHICS TRIBUNAL EARNS CREDIBILITY 2. (C) Esteban Armando Kriskovich, Director [...]	2007-03-30 18:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PA
07ASUNCION322	SOUTHCOM COMMANDER VISITS PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Southcom Commander Admiral Stavridis visited Paraguay April 9 - 11, to meet and develop a relationship with his Paraguayan counterparts. MOD Gonzalez claimed he supported continued U.S.-Paraguayan military exchanges but asserted opposition leaders' were responsible for blocking [...]	2007-04-17 21:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER MASS SNAR PA
07ASUNCION336	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE APRIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- Asuncion Councilman Seeks USG Support, Gets Earful -- Paraguay, Venezuela Sign Energy Agreement -- NWC Students Visit Paraguay -- IOM Reports 495 Paraguayan Prostitutes in EU, Argentina ASUNCION COUNCILMAN SEEKS USG SUPPORT, GETS EARFUL 2. (C) Asuncion Councilman Gera [...]	2007-04-23 20:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN
07ASUNCION346	PARAGUAY: ELECTORAL CALENDAR TAKING SHAPE, FIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's Presidential/ Congressional election will likely be held April 20, 2008. Candidates also must register with the Electoral Tribunal (TSJE) 60 days prior; separately, political parties must identify their candidates in the form of primaries some 90 to 135 days before the [...]	2007-04-26 17:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PA
07ASUNCION355	FONMIN TO A/S SHANNON: PARAGUAY SEEKS ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Paraguayan Foreign Minister Ramirez stressed with A/S Shannon the need for greater access to U.S. markets and an agreement on biofuels to more effectively counter the appeal of Chavez's populist message and generously funded assistance offers. He asserted Paraguay's rejection o [...]	2007-04-30 13:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER ECON PA
07ASUNCION37	PARAGUAY: GUIDANCE ON NEGOTIATING A SOFA [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-19 17:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PA
07ASUNCION389	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE MAY 5-11, [...] (U) SUMMARY: -- CDA Meets the Israeli Ambassador -- TSJE Credibility Low; Infighting Continues -- New Customs Unit Seizes Contraband -- Indigenous Get Help from Itaipu CDA MEETS THE ISRAELI AMBASSADOR 2. (C) The CDA received Israeli Ambassador to Paraguay (resident in Argentina) Raf [...]	2007-05-11 17:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PA AR VE
07ASUNCION396	COM CONFERENCE: A SOUTHERN CONE PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During May 8-9 Southern Cone / Brazil COM Conference in Rio de Janiero, the five Southern Cone Ambassadors discussed aggressive plans of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez to create a unified Bolivarian movement throughout Latin America, particularly focusing on activities within their respe [...]	2007-05-17 13:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON AR BO BR CH PA UY VE
07ASUNCION431	PARAGUAY: INVESTIGATIVE TEAM UNCOVERS LARGE FRAUD [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Controller General's investigative support unit, established with support from USAID/Paraguay, uncovered a scheme in the Education and Culture Ministry that involved the misuse and misappropriation of funds. Funds intended to provide basic food supplies for poor elementary sc [...]	2007-05-24 12:53:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KDEM PA
07ASUNCION476	PARAGUAY REPSONSE ON DEMARCHE ON THE GROWING IRAN [...] (C) A/DCM conveyed concerns 6/5 over increasing ties between Iran and Venezuela to the MFA,s U/S for Bilateral Affairs Ceferino Valdez. Valdez took copious notes and inquired whether the Secretary would be raising this issue when she meets with FM Ramirez on 6/14. Valdez also described Para [...]	2007-06-07 12:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM MASS ECON PTER VE PA

07ASUNCION489	PARAGUAY: DUARTE PURGES DISSIDENTS FROM [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Duarte,s Secretary, Carlos Liseras, announced June 5 changes in the cabinet. The Minister of Public Works and Minister of Interior have been replaced or reassigned. In addition, Duarte replaced the Director of Yacyreta Binational Entity, the Executive Director of Itaip [...]	2007-06-13 14:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL ECON PA

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