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| 00THEHAGUE1887 | ICJ FINDS NO JURISDICTION OVER PAKISTAN-INDIA [...] IN A JUDGMENT ISSUED ON JUNE 21, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) DECIDED THAT THE COURT LACKED JURISDICTION OVER A CLAIM BROUGHT BY PAKISTAN AGAINST INDIA ARISING OUT OF THE ALLEGED DOWNING BY INDIAN FORCES OF A PAKISTANI AIRCRAFT TRAVELING IN PAKISTANI AIRSPACE. BY A VOTE OF 14 TO 2 [...] |
2000-06-23 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IN PK ICJ |
| 01ABUDHABI6422 | AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM GORDON R. OLSON, FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (S) POLOFF REVIEWED REFTEL POINTS ON THE FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN WITH MUHAMMAD ABDUL RAHIM ABDUL JALIL, MFA DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN AFFAIRS ON NOVEMBER 7. SHE HANDED OVER A COPY OF THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH [...] |
2001-11-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER AF PK TC |
| 01BEIJING10339 | PRC POSITION ON AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE [...] No summary [...] |
2001-10-15 11:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PREL PTER |
| 01HANOI2817 | VIETNAM AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BEYOND: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. DESPITE A DESIRE TO PRESERVE "TRADITIONAL FRIENDSHIPS" IN THE MIDDLE EAST, THE LARGER THRUST OF THE GVN'S REGIONAL AND GLOBAL FOREIGN POLICY OVER THE PAST DECADE HAS BEEN TO BROADEN ITS BASE OF DIPLOMATIC PARTNERS AND TO PUT A GREATER EMPHASIS ON BUSINESS TIES. FOR EXAMPLE, V [...] |
2001-10-29 04:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD KPAL VM IZ IS PK SY TU AF LY |
| 01ISLAMABAD648 | UPDATE: PAN AM HIJACKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ALL FIVE PAN AM 73 HIJACKERS REMAIN INCARCERATED AT ADIALA PRISON, RAWALPINDI. A JANUARY 31 LAHORE HIGH COURT (RAWALPINDI BENCH) DEPORTATION HEARING CONSIDERED THE CASE OF HIJACKER SULIEMAN AL-TURKI ONLY. ACTION ON AL- TURKI'S DEPORTATION REMAINS PENDING AS THE LIBYAN EMBASSY [...] |
2001-02-06 06:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EAIR PLO PK |
| 01PARIS11204 | FRENCH VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) WE DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO FOREIGN MINISTER VEDRINE'S OFFICE AND TO MFA AFGHAN DESK OFFICER BRUCE BOURDON ON OCTOBER 11 AND FOLLOWED-UP WITH A MEETING WITH BOURDON ON OCTOBER 12. BOURDON TOLD US THAT THE FRENCH WERE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEIR EU PARTNERS REGARDING AFGHANISTAN'S P [...] |
2001-10-16 05:12:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | AF FR PK PREL |
| 01STATE176819 | AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE (CORRECTED COPY) [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...] |
2001-10-11 01:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK |
| 01STATE176853 | AFGHANISTAN'S POLITICAL FUTURE [...] (C) ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD DRAW FROM POINTS BELOW IN DISCUSSIONS WITH HOST GOVERNMENTS REGARDING U.S. VIEWS ON THE POLITICAL FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN. NOTING SPECIFICALLY THAT THESE ARE PRELIMINARY THOUGHTS, ACTION ADDRESSEES SHOULD REQUEST HOST COUNTRY INPUT. EMBASSY ISLAMABAD HAS MADE A SIMIL [...] |
2001-10-11 02:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK |
| 01VATICAN4483 | VATICAN URGES U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, PLEDGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE VATICAN IS STRONGLY URGING U.S. PRESENCE AT WCAR, AT LEAST AT THE WORKING LEVEL. ACKNOWLEDGING U.S. CONCERNS, DELEGATION DEPUTY AND AMCIT MONSIGNOR FRANK DEWANE PLEDGED VATICAN WILLINGNESS TO WORK FOR COMPROMISES IN THE FINAL WCAR DOCUMENT. NONETHELESS, MSGR. DEWANE TOLD POL [...] |
2001-08-28 15:37:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KIRF SOCI IS CH PK XF SF VT WCAR UNHCR VTWCAR |
| 01VATICAN5693 | SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH ASIA BUREAU AFGHANISTAN COORDINATOR JOINED AMBASSADOR TO BRIEF VATICAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER 10/20 ON U.S. EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN. DFM NOTED THE VATICAN WAS ARRANGING A 10/28-10/29 INTERFAITH MEETING IN CAIRO OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS THAT WOULD ALSO ADDRESS 9/11 AND ITS AFTERMATH [...] |
2001-11-02 16:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK IN VT VTPREL |
| 01VATICAN5960 | PROGRESS OF WAR EFFORT REASSURES A WORRIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: VATICAN CRITICISM OF THE WAR EFFORT IS NOW LESS LIKELY, ACCORDING TO THE VATICAN AFGHANISTAN DESK OFFICER, SINCE ADVANCES BY THE U.S.-LED COALITION FACILITATE A MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAN ANTICIPATED. THE VATICAN HOWEVER JUDGES ISLAMABAD AN UNRELI [...] |
2001-11-19 14:53:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM AF PK IN VT |
| 02KATHMANDU371 | FY 02-03 SA BUREAU ESF FOR REGIONAL INITIATIVES [...] Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia, based at Embassy Kathmandu, would like to propose several projects for FY 02 and FY 03 funding via South Asia Bureau regional Economic Support Funds (ESF). While all of the proposals have an environmental dimension, they are cross- cutting, m [...] |
2002-02-15 09:41:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID PGOV IN PK NP BD AF REO |
| 02KATHMANDU685 | DROUGHT ASSESSMENT/MITIGATION IN WESTERN S ASIA [...] In response to ref a, the Regional Environment Office (REO) for South Asia in Kathmandu offers the following proposal on drought assessment and mitigation for selected regions of India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While we have used the format prescribed by ref c, REO would also like to submi [...] |
2002-04-05 04:03:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID EAGR ECON SOCI PK IN AF XD REO |
| 02KUWAIT5560 | (S) TERRORIST FINANCE: INFORMATION ON NGO WITH [...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, the following information is provided regarding Kuwait-based NGO Lajnat Al-Daawa Al-Islamiya (LDI: Islamic Call Committee). The information is publicly available. Any new additional information will be provided via ORCA channels. 2. (U) Established in 1984, LD [...] |
2002-12-29 06:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PK KU PTER ETTC EFIN ECON CVIS |
| 03BRUSSELS5593 | A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing developments in South Asia (participants listed para 11). --On Afghanistan, interlocutors said at this time they could identify only euros 20 million in available Comm [...] |
2003-12-11 14:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 03COLOMBO1116 | Sri Lankan MFA views on Indo-Pakistani [...] (C) During separate June 24 meetings with Charge focused on other subjects, Foreign Secretary Nihal Rodrigo and MFA Additional Secretary for SAARC Sarala Fernando touched on current Indo-Pakistani relations within SAARC. (Note: Rodrigo is the former head of the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmand [...] |
2003-06-25 10:23:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER CE IN PK |
| 03COLOMBO1343 | GSL interdicts human smuggling attempts, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the GSL has interdicted several large-scale human smuggling attempts. Those netted in the raids (over 800 people) have overwhemingly been third country nationals, mostly from India and Pakistan. This is a departure from an earlier trend involving mainly loca [...] |
2003-08-01 06:25:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREF PHUM PTER CVIS KFRD CE PK |
| 03ISLAMABAD8950 | 2003 TERRORISM REPORT FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2003-12-01 13:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PK |
| 03KABUL1007 | SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH FM ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: During his April 11 meeting with FM Abdullah, SE Khalilzad addressed both regional and domestic Afghan developments. Khalilzad suggested that the renewed activity of the Taliban and other destabilizing elements in the South might be addressed through a trilateral (U.S.-Afghan-Pak [...] |
2003-04-18 04:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK |
| 03KABUL1015 | SE KHALILZAD'S APRIL 11 MEETING WITH NDS CHIEF [...] (S/NF) Summary: SE Khalilzad met on April 11 with National Directorate of Security (NDS) Chief Engineer Aref to discuss current security conditions, his views on proposed US-Afghan-Pakistan trilateral discussions, and to review NDS reform. Aref told SE Khalilzad that Pakistan was indeed promo [...] |
2003-04-18 14:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PTER AF PK |
| 03KABUL1560 | PROPOSAL TO WORK WITH ECONOMIC COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The USG and the World Bank are planning to hold the ministerial-level Regional Trade Initiative Conference on the margins of the IMF/WB Annual Meetings in Dubai from September 21-23, 2003. 2. (C) The interagency community is considering a proper venue to conduct a preliminary planning [...] |
2003-06-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ECON PREL AF PK TU IR |
| 03KATHMANDU1643 | NEPAL: PAKISTAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE CAUGHT WITH [...] (SBU) On August 19, Nepalese Police arrested an administrative staff member of the Pakistani Embassy, allegedly carrying counterfeit Indian currency. The staff member was released into the Pakistani Ambassador's custody and deported over the weekend. The Pakistani Embassy denies all the cha [...] |
2003-08-27 12:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ECON ETTC KCRM IN PK NP XD |
| 03ROME244 | ITALY: DPRK; AFGHAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA OFFICIALS ASSURED CHARGE THAT THE GOI WOULD PURSUE NO INITIATIVE ON THE DPRK, INCLUDING THE IDEA OF "HUMANITARIAN" OIL SHIPMENTS, WITHOUT OUR CONCURRENCE AND COLLABORATION. CHARGE ALSO SOUGHT REACTION TO REF A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN TRADE TO AFG [...] |
2003-01-21 13:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD KN AF PK IT |
| 03ROME3682 | WFP READOUT ON THE USE OF BIOMETRICS FOR [...] U.S. MISSION ROME SOUGHT AND RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME (WFP) REGARDING THE REGISTRATION OF REFUGEES USING BIOMETRICS. ALTHOUGH THE PAKISTAN CASE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN AS SUCCESSFUL AS REPORTED, WFP CONSIDERS THAT SUCH A PROCEDURE MAY BE USEFUL IN THE FUTURE AND THEREFORE WOULD [...] |
2003-08-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID TZ PK WFP |
| 03THEHAGUE1595 | DUTCH CANDIDATE FOR EU MIDDLE EAST ENVOY [...] (U) Noting that Marcel Kurpershoek is one of two finalists to replace Angel Moratinos, we want to share our impressions and some biographic details. Kurpershoek currently is resident in Pakistan, where he serves as Dutch ambassador to Pakistan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Taji [...] |
2003-06-20 12:09:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EU IS NL PK |
| 04ABUDHABI2194 | DEPUTY CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH UAE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-04 10:02:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | IZ MARR MASS MOPS PK PREL SA TC YM |
| 04ABUDHABI2508 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, REGIONAL THREATS WITH SHAYKH MOHAMMED BIN ZAYED [...] No summary [...] |
2004-07-28 09:03:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | AF IZ PK PREL PTER SY TC |
| 04ABUDHABI3094 | UAE TO BE FEATURED IN HBO CAMEL JOCKEY EXPOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post has learned from two regional NGOs that HBO television will soon broadcast a documentary alleging that UAE camel racetracks continue to use foreign children as camel jockeys, despite the UAEG's September 2002 ban forbidding this practice. The program may also highlight miser [...] |
2004-09-13 13:38:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TC PK BG |
| 04ABUDHABI3742 | CHILD CAMEL JOCKEY DEATH UNCOVERS MORE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 12:50:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PK PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4237 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO MEETS WITH UAE LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...] |
2004-11-27 13:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PK PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI4418 | UAE OPENS FIRST CAMEL JOCKEY SHELTER AND REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UAEG, in cooperation with the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust Association (a Pakistani NGO), opened the region,s first shelter and rehabilitation center for rescued child camel jockeys on December 2 near Abu Dhabi. Sixteen boys are already housed in the shelter, which can hold up [...] |
2004-12-06 13:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | BG PHUM PK PREL TC |
| 04ABUDHABI905 | CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES IRAQ, SYRIA, [...] (S/NF) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid on March 17 discussed Iraq's transfer of sovereignty and potential future leadership, Pakistan's military operations against Al Qaida along the Afghan border, terrorism financing, U.S. approaches to Syria, with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Pri [...] |
2004-03-29 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER AF SY IZ PK TC |
| 04AMMAN3951 | U/S LARSON MEETING WITH PAKISTANI MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) U/S Larson met with Minister Shaikh for 15 minutes on May 15 on the margins of the WEF at the Dead Sea in Jordan. Also present in the meeting were Larson visit control officer Greg Lawless and notetaker Amy Schedlbauer. 2. (SBU) Larson gave the minister a copy of the draft G-8 Plan o [...] |
2004-05-19 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PREL PK EFIN JO |
| 04AMMAN8073 | MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...] |
2004-09-28 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO |
| 04ANKARA2422 | TURKEY: MFA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO GME POINTS, [...] (C) In an April 29 meeting, Emboff delivered reftel talking points and draft papers to Turkish MFA Middle East Department Section Chief Hasan Sekizkok. Emboff 1) reviewed GME points raised by U/S Larson and A/S Burns during their April 13 briefing, 2) solicited tangible GOT input on developin [...] |
2004-04-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI PREL EAID XF PK TU |
| 04ANKARA482 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF'S TURKEY VISIT CEMENTS TIES, SKIPS KEY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Musharraf's January 19-22 visit to Turkey was heavy on ceremony and warm rhetoric, but apparently skipped over key issues of cross-border terrorism and non-proliferation. The visit appeared designed to cement ties, which had become testy in 2002, and to avoid contro [...] |
2004-01-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | IN PARM PK PREL PTER TU |
| 04BRUSSELS3926 | EU AFGHAN ELECTION SUPPORT MISSION PLANS VISITS TO [...] (C) Summary: The EU Democratic Election Support Mission (DESM) in Afghanistan will send small teams to Pakistan and Iran to assess out-of-country registration procedures for Afghan refugees. This is not intended as a formal diplomatic monitoring mission. The preregistration visit to Islamabad [...] |
2004-09-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04BRUSSELS4994 | A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 12 and 15 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with DG Robert Cooper of the European Council and DDG Herve Jouanjean of the European Commission to discuss the current situation and upcoming challenges in South Asia. A/S Rocca raised concerns about deteriorating p [...] |
2004-11-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
| 04KATHMANDU1319 | NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary) Shyam Satan stressed that a negotiated settlement with the Maoists resulting in multiparty democracy could only be achieved if there were political unity bet [...] |
2004-07-14 09:52:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP |
| 04KUWAIT3547 | PAKISTAN BAN ON DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-13 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KU MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 04KUWAIT3590 | GOK REMOVES BAN ON THIRD-COUNTRY DRIVERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-20 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB IN IZ MOPS PK PREL |
| 04KUWAIT3683 | US MILITARY, EMBASSY MEET WITH PAKISTANIS ON DRIVER BAN [...] No summary [...] |
2004-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ELAB ETRD IZ KU MOPS PHUM PK PREL |
| 04MADRID2961 | SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC 1540 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarch to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director Genral of UN Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga, Special Assistant to the Director General of the Coordination Unit for Spain's Participation in the UNSC, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares and Yt [...] |
2004-08-03 15:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PK SP UNSC |
| 04MADRID3073 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER [...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC), and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...] |
2004-08-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP |
| 04NEWDELHI6998 | JASWANT IN THE WILDERNESS [...] (C) Summary: In a warm and constructive November 1 discussion with the Ambassador, Parliamentary Opposition Leader Jaswant Singh reaffirmed his commitment to the US-India relationship, remarking that "I have paid a political price for my support of better relations" between New Delhi and Washi [...] |
2004-11-02 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PK IZ IN |
| 04NEWDELHI7251 | INDIA PLEASED ON INDO-PAK TIES, BUT "DOESN'T [...] (C) Summary: India remains upbeat on relations with Pakistan as the pair look toward Round Two of the Composite Dialogue (CD) beginning in late November and extending through early 2005, but is seeking to dampen expectations for breakthroughs on tough bilateral issues such as Kashmir. The de [...] |
2004-11-16 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG IN PK INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7395 | ONE YEAR INTO THE INDO-PAK CEASE-FIRE: OPEN-ENDED [...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan mark the one year anniversary of their Line of Control (LOC) cease-fire in Kashmir, more Indian troop redeployments and other Indo-Pak progress are "only natural" if cross-border terrorism and infiltration by Pakistan remain low, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakista [...] |
2004-11-19 14:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG IN PK IR INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7424 | GOI DOCUMENT: INDO-PAK PROPOSALS WHERE INDIA [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel), MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] |
2004-11-22 13:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7425 | GOI DOCUMENT: RECENT INITIATIVES IN INDO-PAK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel), MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] |
2004-11-22 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD IN PK INDO PAK GOI |
| 04NEWDELHI7426 | INDIA SAYS SAFTA ON CRUISE CONTROL [...] (C) Summary: The GOI is heading into the January SAARC Summit in Dhaka upbeat about having maintained an ambitious SAFTA (South Asia Free Trade Area) negotiating schedule that aims to have a document ready for member ratification by mid 2005. This optimism has prevailed despite apprehension i [...] |
2004-11-22 13:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD PK BG IN GOI |
| 04NEWDELHI7427 | GOI DOCUMENT: DEVELOPMENTS IN INDIA-PAKISTAN [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting reviewing the agenda for the upcoming Indo-Pak composite dialogue (reftel), MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K. Singh shared SIPDIS with us four papers outlining progress in the Indo-Pak relationship since 2003, pending bilateral propos [...] |
2004-11-22 13:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD KNNP MOPS IN PK GOI INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7494 | INDIA WELCOMES AZIZ, FIRST PAKISTANI PM VISIT IN [...] (C) Summary: India received Shaukat Aziz warmly and at the highest levels, on the first visit of a Pakistani PM to New Delhi since 1991. The GOI went out of its way to project a welcoming message, because of the importance it places on reconciliation with Islamabad and because it sees Aziz as [...] |
2004-11-24 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PK IN INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7512 | SENATOR BAYH'S MEETINGS IN NEW DELHI, NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: In a series of senior level GOI meetings on November 23-24 during a private visit to India, Senator Evan Bayh (D-Indiana) heard a strong Indian commitment to move ahead with our bilateral partnership, coupled with concern about the potential disruptive effect of US F-16 sales to [...] |
2004-11-29 05:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KNNP KIPR MASS IN PK IR |
| 04NEWDELHI7571 | BJP ASSAILS CONGRESS OVER PAKISTAN F-16 SALES [...] (U) In its recent national meeting in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the BJP National Executive for the first time attacked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's foreign policy, assailing in particular the Congress' mismanagement of the Pakistan F-16's issue. In its November 29 "Resolution on Some [...] |
2004-11-30 11:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MASS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7673 | INDIAN JOURNALISTS RAVE ABOUT VISIT TO PAKISTANI KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: Participants returning from a November 19-December 1 trip by 26 Indian journalists to Pakistan have reported overwhelming popular support in Pakistani Kashmir for opening the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Road. The media representatives were generally surprised by what they saw, and not [...] |
2004-12-03 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK |
| 04NEWDELHI7703 | INDO-PAK TRACK II EXCHANGES STRONG, MARRED ONLY BY DISAGREEMENT ON KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan move into Round II of their Composite Dialogue (CD), people-to-people exchanges continue at an accelerating pace, building goodwill, expanding non-official ties, and keeping up a positive atmosphere for formal talks. The recent visit by Pakistani Punjab Chi [...] |
2004-12-06 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN PK INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7735 | DIXIT REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO INDO-PAK RAPPROCHEMENT; CAUTIOUS ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Meeting December 7 with the Ambassador, Indian NSA Dixit offered a guardedly optimistic assessment of the Indo-Pak peace process, reaffirming the PM's commitment to ""innovative solutions"" but also cautioning that there will be no territorial concessions by India. ""Short of that [...] |
2004-12-08 07:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK IZ INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI7755 | PROPOSED BUS SERVICE STALLED BY DOCUMENT DISPUTE; RAIL LINK MOVING SLOWLY [...] (C) Summary: The December 7-8 talks in New Delhi on beginning a bus service between the two parts of Kashmir made no progress after the governments failed to break the impasse over documentation and modalities for crossing the LOC. Each side offered what they termed compromise solutions, but [...] |
2004-12-08 13:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECPS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 04NEWDELHI8192 | MEA STATEMENTS AND BRIEFINGS: MALAYSIA, SLOVAKIA, [...] Summary: This is another of our periodic messages summarizing public statements by MEA Spokesman Navtej Sarna and other MEA officials. Here we report Malaysian Prime Minister Badawi's and Slovak President Gasparovic's visits to India, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's trip to South Korea and [...] |
2004-12-28 11:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KNNP TSPA MY LO KS PK BG BM CE NP IN GOI |
| 04PARIS9154 | U.S. EMBASSY DEMARCHE TO THE FRENCH CONCERNING POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION-RELATED ACTIVITIES BETWEEN INDIA'S DEFENSE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION (DRDO) AND THE FRENCH FIRM SAGEM [...] (S) On 12 December 2004, EST officer Alexander Tounger delivered a demarche and provided a non-paper to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the planned visit in m [...] |
2004-12-28 15:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 04PRAGUE1870 | CZECH MFA SOLICITS US OPINION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA 7 2. (C) As foreshadowed in Reftel A, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is, for the second time this year, soliciting US opinion on the possible sale of a Czech-produced passive radar system to Pakistan. 3. (C) As in the previous case, dealt with [...] |
2004-12-23 13:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR EZ PK |
| 04SANAA680 | 3/20/04 ABIZAID MEETING WITH SALEH: CT OPS IN [...] (C) Summary. During his 3/20/04 visit to Sanaa, GEN Abizaid, accompanied by Ambassador and senior staff, called on President Saleh. Saleh asked about ongoing Pakistani CT operations in Waziristan. He asserted that good intelligence and money to spread around were more effective in tribal re [...] |
2004-03-24 08:13:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PTER EAID IZ AF PK YM COUNTER TERRORISM |
| 04SANAA956 | GMEI: SUPPORT COMBINED WITH ADVICE FROM DFM NOMAN [...] (c) Summary: On 4/21, Pol/Econ Chief delivered talking points (ref b) and GMEI paper package (ref c) to DFM Noman. While pledging to support the reforms, Noman's initial reaction included a reminder that the USG's credibility vis a vis reform is being adversely impacted by the Administration's [...] |
2004-04-27 05:22:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | KMPI PREL EAID XF PK YM |
| 04THEHAGUE2124 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHAN ELECTIONS: DUTCH PREPARED TO [...] Poloff delivered ref A and B messages August 23 to Wilfred Mohr, Head of the Dutch MFA's South Asia Division. With regard to ref A request that the Dutch approach Iran on out of country registration and voting, Mohr acknowledged that the Government of Iran "needs to do more." He revealed that [...] |
2004-08-25 14:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PK AF IR NL |
| 04THEHAGUE2303 | DUTCH RESPONSE: AFGHAN OOC VOTING AND G-8 AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff spoke to Wilfred Mohr, Head of South Asia Division, on September 13 to inquire about Dutch/EU plans for monitoring out of country registration and voting in Iran and Pakistan (ref A). Mohr responded that the EU expected to involve its embassies in the process, but had not yet estab [...] |
2004-09-13 12:46:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF NL EAID MOPS MARR NATO NAC |
| 04THEHAGUE2490 | DUTCH PROVIDE READOUT OF BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the Dutch and Pakistanis are pleased with the September 26-27 visit of President Musharraf in The Hague. The bilateral visit included an audience with the Queen, meetings with parliamentarians and business executives, and a discussion with the local Pakistani community. T [...] |
2004-09-30 07:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PK NL |
| 04VATICAN1968 | U/S BOLTON PREVIEWS SEA ISLAND NON-PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton previewed Sea Island G-8 Summit non-proliferation initiatives for Holy See Foreign Minister Giovanni Lajolo May 17, emphasizing the President's desire to ensure that efforts to address WMD threats were a priority for G-8 nations. Bolton highlighted progress in imple [...] |
2004-05-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL IR LY IN PK IS VT |
| 05ABUDHABI2090 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and Ambassador met May 8 to review developments in Iraq and U.S.-UAE relations. At our urging, the UAE issued a statement May 9 welcoming the newly formed Iraqi government. HbZ agreed th [...] |
2005-05-10 09:46:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CJAN KNNP PK GZ IZ WEU TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2158 | SUBJECT: UAE UPSET OVER PUBLICITY OF COOPERATION WITH U.S. MILITARY IN PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-14 09:00:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK PTER TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2178 | MBZ ON IRAQ, IRAN, PAKISTAN [...] (U) Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed,s weekly Sunday "VIP Majlis" provided an excellent opportunity for a visiting National Defense University delegation to observe first-hand the UAEG,s informal consultative process. MbZ, brothers MinState Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan and Interior [...] |
2005-05-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MASS PHUM ELAB IR IZ XF SA PK FR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2559 | PAKISTAN'S MUSHARRAF ON OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf paid his first official visit to the UAE since President Khalifa succeeded the late Sheikh Zayed last November. During the June 4-5 visit, the two leaders discussed the war on terror, Pakistan's internal political stability, Pakistan's ties wit [...] |
2005-06-08 10:41:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ECON PK TC |
| 05ABUDHABI2975 | CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...] |
2005-07-05 03:04:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI3244 | GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met July 20 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ). Abizaid praised the UAEG for its steadfast determination to wage a public campaign against extremist i [...] |
2005-07-25 07:54:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MASS PREL IZ AF PK IR SY SA TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4045 | MBZ ON IRAQ, EXTREMISM, PALESTINIANS, SAUDIS [...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) told Ambassador and a visiting delegation led by retired U.S. four-star generals over dinner September 20 that he expected the Iraqi people would approve a new Constitution on October 15. MbZ reiterated his support for former [...] |
2005-09-25 10:06:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ IR SA SY PK TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4103 | OFAC DISCUSSES WMD, TERFIN WITH UAEG, BANKS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-28 08:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN PTER EFIN SNAR PK KN IR TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4227 | SUBJECT: UAE PROMISES CONTINUED COOPERATION ON [...] (S) Summary: On October 1-2, 2005, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph, National Security Director for Counterproliferation Strategy David Stephens, and T Senior Advisor Patricia McNerney met with UAE officials to discuss the issue of Iran,s nuclear progr [...] |
2005-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM IR PK TC SY NK |
| 05ABUDHABI4283 | UAE RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE SIGNIFICANT [...] (U) Summary: With Pakistanis being the second largest ethnic group in the UAE, the impact from, and the response to, the earthquake disaster in Pakistan has been both immediate and significant. President Khalifa approved the disbursement of USD 100 million to Pakistan to provide immediate rel [...] |
2005-10-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID PK TC |
| 05ABUDHABI4741 | ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: UAEG and Abu Dhabi government interlocutors told Secretary Bodman during his November 11-13 visit that the UAE is committed to expanding crude oil production (including condensates) to 4 mb/d over the next seven to ten years, with 200,000 b/d coming on line in early 2006. The UAE [...] |
2005-11-21 14:19:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PK AF SA IR IZ |
| 05ABUDHABI4979 | RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGES CAMEL JOCKEYS TRAIN AT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney alleges that underage camel jockeys continue to train after dark in several camel racetracks in at least three of the country's seven emirates. Burney, who plans to be in Washington to meet with G/TIP later this month, told us that he [...] |
2005-12-12 04:59:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB PREL PK AE |
| 05ABUDHABI510 | U/S BOLTON VISITS UAE [...] (S) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton met with UAE officials on January 31 to discuss the status of Iran,s nuclear weapons programs and to present future options for addressing the threat on the UAE,s doorstep, including referral to the [...] |
2005-02-05 02:09:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ETTC IR IZ KNNP PARM PK TC |
| 05AMMAN4597 | BMENA CONFERENCE: A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment Conference in Amman on May 18, Pakistan's Minister of State for Economic Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that her government was pleased to be part of the BMENA process and was committed to broa [...] |
2005-06-09 05:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN EAID KMPI PREL ECON JO PK |
| 05AMMAN8431 | JORDAN: EARTHQUAKE RELIEF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met October 25 with Ambassador Mohammed Siraj, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Siraj said that he would inform the Jordanian [...] |
2005-10-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL JO PK |
| 05ANKARA3843 | APPROACHING TURKEY ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF F-16 [...] (C) Charge raised the issue of Turkey transferring F-16 aircraft to Pakistan (reftel) with Minister of Defense Vecdi Gonul during their initial meeting on June 30. Gonul thought the prospect was a good opportunity, noting the need to be supportive of Pakistan in general. 2. (C) PolMilCouns [...] |
2005-07-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS TU PK |
| 05ANKARA4661 | TURKEY WILLING TO TRANSFER F-16S TO PAKISTAN, FOR [...] (C) This is an action request. MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia Aydin Evirgen informed us on Aug. 9 that the Turkish General Staff (TGS) is willing to provide to Pakistan some F-16 Block 30s that will not be included in Turkey's F-16 modernization program. He added, however, that T [...] |
2005-08-10 04:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS TU PK |
| 05ANKARA4944 | THIRD PARTY TRANSFER REQUEST: TRANSFER OF [...] (C) This is an action request. Post received on Aug. 18 a diplomatic note requesting initiation of USG procedures to consider approval of the transfer of 500 US-origin sonobuoys (250 AN-SSQ-41B type, 150 AN/SSQ-62B type, and 100 AN-SSQ-77A type) from the Turkish Navy to the Pakistani Naval Com [...] |
2005-08-24 10:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL TU PK |
| 05ANKARA5164 | TURKEY PROVIDES THE STAGE FOR HISTORIC [...] (C) Summary: Istanbul was the scene of historic August 31 - September 1 meetings between Israel FM Shalom and Pakistani FM Kasuri. The Pakistanis contacted Turkish PM Erdogan for help in setting up the meeting; the Turks had no role in its political substance. The GOI appreciates Turkey's [...] |
2005-09-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU IS PK |
| 05ANKARA5504 | TURKEY FINE WITH F-16 REQUEST WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PK TU |
| 05ANKARA6447 | TURKEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The ongoing suffering in Pakistan struck a deep chord in Turkey, leading to a broad outpouring of public interest and support for contributing to the earthquake relief effort, epitomized by Prime Minister Erdogan's October 20 visit to the affected area, during which he pledged $150 mill [...] |
2005-10-26 14:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK |
| 05ANKARA6449 | TURKEY CONSIDERING SUPPORTING PAK MI-17 HELICOPTER [...] (C/rel NATO) PolMilCouns raised Pakistan's urgent need for MI-17 parts with MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Fatih Ceylan on Oct. 26. Noting that Turkey was doing its utmost to assist Pakistan in this time of need, Ceylan promised a prompt response. Turkey would do what it could, he [...] |
2005-10-26 15:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS PK TU NATO |
| 05ANKARA6557 | TURKEY COMMITTED TO ASSISTING PAKISTAN BUT [...] (SBU) On November 2, MFA officer Sebnem Incesu reiterated Turkey's commitment to assisting Pakistan. As noted in ref B, Turkey's initial pledge of USD 150 million led the list of international donors in terms of dollar amount. Incesu stated that a final decision regarding what additional ass [...] |
2005-11-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM TU PK |
| 05ANKARA6669 | TURKEY UNABLE TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAKISTANI MI-17 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-10 16:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS TU PK NATO |
| 05ATHENS2898 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GREEK ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on Greek Assistance to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation on November 3, 2005 to Deputy Foreign Minister Evripidis Stylianidis. 2. (U) Mr. Stylianidis replied in a letter dated November 4, 2005. Text of letter: Dear Mr. Ambassador, [...] |
2005-11-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL GR |
| 05BAGHDAD4386 | IRAQI CONTRIBUTION TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has offered to send an Iraqi Army engineering company of approximately 140 men to Pakistan to assist in earthquake relief (reftel). A letter was passed to the Iraqi MFA for formal transmission to the government of Pakistan, that must then decide whether or [...] |
2005-10-25 11:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL MOPS PK IZ |
| 05BRUSSELS883 | A/S DEWEY BILAT WITH AFGHAN DELEGATION [...] (U) Summary. On February 15, PRM Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey held a bilateral meeting with the Afghan delegation to the EU-UNHCR co-chaired Strategic Consultations on Refugees and Population Movements to and from Afghanistan (septel). A/S Dewey sought Refugee Minister Dadfar,s views on progr [...] |
2005-03-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID AF PK USEU BRUSSELS |
| 05CAIRO8163 | EGYPT'S SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] Egypt responded immediately to Pakistan's humanitarian crisis following the earthquake and has already donated 45 tons of relief supplies, including tents, blankets, food and medicine. The Ministry of Defense used three of its own C-130s and two U.S. Navy C-130s to transport the supplies. [...] |
2005-10-24 13:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PK PHUM PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO8424 | APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EG |
| 05CAIRO8496 | EGYPT TO PROVIDE MI-17 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Following the Ambassador's conversation with DefMin Tantawi (Ref A) requesting that Egypt provide parts for the MI-17 helicopters supporting Pakistan's earthquake relief effort, the Ministry of Defense advised Post on November 6 that it will provide some or all of 15 of the 23 items reque [...] |
2005-11-07 14:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL PHUM PK EG |
| 05CAIRO8595 | EGYPT DONATES MI-171 PARTS TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-14 13:28:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PK EG |
| 05CANBERRA884 | GOA COUNTERTERRORISM UPDATE: RELEASE OF CT BUDGET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australia augmented its counterterrorism efforts in the Asia-Pacific region with its recent announcement of a four-year, A$40.3 million (USD$30.6 million) regional counterterrorism package and with progress on a counterterrorism memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Pakistan. [...] |
2005-05-24 07:32:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PK AS XC |
| 05DHAKA503 | BDG ANGRY REACTION TO SAARC POSTPONEMENT [...] (C) BDG cabinet members, opposition and civil society expressed anger with India over the SAARC cancellation announced February 2. Cabinet members told ambassador that Delhi made the announcement without giving Dhaka prior notification and after telling them earlier in the day that the conference [...] |
2005-02-03 04:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BG IN PK NP SAARC |
| 05DHAKA6292 | SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA, [...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...] |
2005-12-21 03:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH |
| 05DUBLIN1359 | IRELAND CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL PAKISTAN PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EI |
| 05DUBLIN1564 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-30 10:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN PREL EFIN ETTC PK PTER EI |
| 05DUSHANBE1733 | TAJIKISTAN AND USCENTCOM COOPERATE TO DELIVER DISASTER [...] (U) With airlift support by the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Air Force, the Government of Tajikistan shipped 25 tons of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan via separate sorties on October 20 and 22. The Tajik contribution included food, medicine, blankets, and clothes. At the request of [...] |
2005-10-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PK TI |
| 05GENEVA2655 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...] |
2005-11-01 14:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR |
| 05GENEVA2731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE CONFERENCE LEAVES AN UNCLEAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ten days after the 26 October UN ministerial conference on aid for Pakistan's earthquake victims, there is still a dramatic under-funding of UN agencies and other partners in the UN Flash Appeal. While the conference netted $579 million in additional pledges, raising the total am [...] |
2005-11-09 06:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
| 05HELSINKI1186 | FINLAND INCREASES ITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTANI [...] (U) Responding to the reftel demarche, MFA officials noted that they would increase their Pakistan earthquake relief assistance by another EUR 4M (approximately USD 4.4M). This increase--pending Parliament approval--would bring Finland's total official contribution to over EUR 9M (or approxima [...] |
2005-11-10 08:48:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL FI |
| 05ISLAMABAD15208 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THEY NEED [...] (c) Summary and Comment: The scale of devastation from yesterday's earthquake is becoming increasingly clear as information comes in from remote, outlying provinces. The Government now estimates that the number of fatalities could range between 32,000 and 40,000 -- and possibly more. Villag [...] |
2005-10-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD15254 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE - WHERE WE ARE AND WHAT'S NEXT [...] Summary and introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) says that it has confirmed 19,136 deaths and 42,397 injuries from the October 8 earthquake; both figures will climb as rescue/recovery efforts continue. The GOP has centralized disaster relief coordination in the Prime Minister's of [...] |
2005-10-11 02:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AADP AEMR CASC EAID MASS PK PREL SENV ASEC PA |
| 05ISLAMABAD15278 | TFPK01: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE -- DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government of Pakistan (GOP) now has a firmer grasp on managing relief efforts, but still faces coordination problems between its civilian and military leaders. The Prime Minister's coordination center is considering a USG proposal to have embassy liaison [...] |
2005-10-12 02:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PK PREL PAS |
| 05ISLAMABAD15286 | TFPK01: POLITICAL PARTIES AND MILITANT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's political parties are mobilizing their own relief/recovery operations for victims of the South Asian earthquake. All have promised to send funds, supplies, and teams to the affected areas and several are setting-up independent relief camps. In addition, Kashmiri mil [...] |
2005-10-12 09:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15316 | TFPK01 - PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Relief supplies and assistance teams are beginning to reach affected areas even as transportation remains a serious on-going problem. There is great concern that deteriorating weather conditions -- snow has already begun falling in parts of Kashmir -- may exace [...] |
2005-10-12 16:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15463 | POLITICAL FALLOUT FROM DISASTER RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: The GOP and the Pakistan military have faced substantial media and public criticism, much of it unjustified, for their perceived ineffectiveness in earthquake response. Musharraf's public address on October 12, a damage control exercise, was overshadowed by continued media images [...] |
2005-10-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID MASS PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15513 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: RELIEF MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Relief efforts in Pakistan are pushing forward, as the government begins to implement a coherent Concept of Operations for managing its response to the crisis. The U.S. has received diplomatic clearance to double its milair relief flights into Islamabad, and a [...] |
2005-10-14 14:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PARM AEMR ASEC PGOV AADP CASC AID |
| 05ISLAMABAD15518 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: SURVEY TRIP TO MUZZAFARABAD [...] Summary: A USG survey team consisting of personnel from State, USAID, and DOD visited Muzzafarabad and surrounding areas of Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) from October 11-13. During the visit, the team met with officials from the local and AJK government, the Pakistani military, and relief workers [...] |
2005-10-15 08:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15522 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary and introduction: One week after the October 8 South Asian earthquake, public and private relief operations on the ground are pushing forward. The Government of Pakistan's (GOP) strategic concept of operations for the relief campaign, however, continues to evolve, with the Army' [...] |
2005-10-16 05:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15531 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UNHCR PLANS FOR CAMPS AND [...] The October 8, 2005 magnitude 7.6 earthquake in Pakistan left an estimated 3.3 million people without shelter (UN Office of Humanitarian Coordinator, October 15). Providing temporary shelter from them remains a top priority of the international assistance effort and the government of Pakist [...] |
2005-10-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID MASS PARM PGOV PK PREL AID UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD15550 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MFA EMPHASIZES URGENT NEED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 15, Foreign Secretary Muhammed Riaz Khan, in a meeting with Ambassador Crocker, explained the GOP,s highest near term priority was obtaining winterized tents and blankets for the three million people needing shelter in the affected areas, and he requested U.S. assi [...] |
2005-10-17 02:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON ETRD MASS PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15555 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] From October 13 to 15, the USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad. The USAID/DART,s assessments confirmed that winterized tents are the priority in earthquake affected areas. The health cluster estimates that 67,000 persons are in need of imme [...] |
2005-10-17 08:16:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID ECON KMDR KPAO MASS OIIP OPRC PGOV PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15677 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ONLY MINOR MISSTEPS IN [...] (U) In the days since a violent 7.6 earthquake rocked northern Pakistan at 0853 October 8th, the Pakistan military has responded to the national crisis with valor and dedication. Army helicopters were in the air less than two hours after the quake struck, flying reconnaissance missions over [...] |
2005-10-19 07:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK MASS AEMR PREF ASEC PGOV EAID |
| 05ISLAMABAD15728 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Eleven days into Pakistan's earthquake disaster, substantial U.S. assistance continue to encourage the Pakistani public and give confidence to the government that it has strong international backing as it confronts the worst catastrophe in its history. Over the next several days, a U.S. [...] |
2005-10-19 12:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PK PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD15730 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) estimates that there are 100,000 to 250,000 people who are not receiving relief in remote areas. UNICEF will be assessing these un-accessed areas. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) requested that the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) establish camps [...] |
2005-10-20 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15731 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AN OPEN DOOR TO KASHMIR? [...] (C) Summary: During an October 18 press conference, President Musharraf sent out a trial balloon on Kashmir, announcing that Pakistan would allow Kashmiri civilians--including Kashmiri politicians--from across the LOC to come to Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to meet relatives and assist in rec [...] |
2005-10-20 01:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IN |
| 05ISLAMABAD15736 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PUBLIC REACTION TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (SBU) Summary: Public criticism of the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) relief operations continues. Media images of angry survivors still waiting for adequate relief, coupled with often-inaccurate and inflamatory editorials are fueling this resentment. Opposition parties have seized on this c [...] |
2005-10-20 05:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15766 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The Government of Pakistan (GOP) estimates that the earthquake killed 41,121 people and injured 67,634 others, and these numbers are likely to increase. The USAID/Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the GOP has made a credible effort to respond to the earthquake given [...] |
2005-10-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15769 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMIST AND EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary: Islamist parties, clergy, and militant/extremist groups are using the Kashmir earthquake to strengthen their public image in affected areas...and to raise money. Member parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) are engaged in independent relief efforts through their charitable [...] |
2005-10-20 13:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PTER PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15856 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] With snow already falling on some areas affected by the October 8 earthquake, getting winterized tents or other forms of shelter to those whose homes were destroyed is quickly emerging as a critical element of relief efforts. Given the magnitude of the crisis -- the current estimate is three [...] |
2005-10-21 12:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAID PK PREF PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD15860 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On October 21, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that 62,000 tents were delivered to Pakistan by the international community and 50,000 tents have been delivered by the Government of Pakistan (GOP). IOM further stated that there are currently 194,000 tents available [...] |
2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD15862 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KARZAI TO MAKE CONDOLENCE [...] (C) On October 21, the Afghan Embassy confirmed to post that AfghQsident Karzai plans to make a short condolence visit to Pakistan on Monday, October 24. According to Afghan Ambassador Tarzi, President Karzai will call on President Musharraff and PM Aziz, followed by a press event. The Paki [...] |
2005-10-22 18:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK PGOV AF |
| 05ISLAMABAD15950 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: WHAT THE U.S. MUST ACCOMPLISH IN GENEVA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-24 12:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREF PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD15959 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KASHMIRI GOVERNMENT VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: The autonomous Government of Azad Jammu Kashmir (GAJK) has played virtually no role in earthquake relief. Its bureaucracy was devastated along with the capital of Muzzafarabad, while its political leadership (most of which was in Islamabad at the time of the earthquake) has been [...] |
2005-10-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16005 | KARZAI CONDOLENCE VISIT TO PAKISTAN OCTOBER 24 [...] (C) Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a brief visit to Pakistan October 24 to express condolences and support for Pakistan in the aftermath of the October 8 earthquake. Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told us that from his perspective, the visit went very well. Karzai first met with Musharraf who e [...] |
2005-10-25 01:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON MASS PREL AF PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16024 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] |
2005-10-25 09:58:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16025 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) continues to facilitate the movement of excess U.S. military commodities to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) for distribution in affected areas. The USAID/DART observed market activity and the delivery of food stocks to private busines [...] |
2005-10-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16051 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: MBS GEARING UP FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the detailed needs assessment is just beginning, multilateral development banks (MDBs) are trying to come up with funds to support reconstruction needs following Pakistan's October 8 earthquake. The World Bank board will vote October 25 on a $200 million package of e [...] |
2005-10-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PREF PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16063 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On October 25, Ambassador received USN VADM Stufflebeam, commander of the NATO team visiting Islamabad to coordinate NATO's earthquake relief deployment to Pakistan. VADM Stufflebeam told Ambassador that he would only be on the ground in Pakistan for the time necessary to conduct a Comma [...] |
2005-10-26 02:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK MASS PGOV EAID AEMR ASEC NATO UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD16073 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 22 to 23, a team of three Foreign Service nationals from USAID/Pakistan conducted an assessment in Muzaffarabad and several villages that were affected by the earthquake. The team visited Muzaffarabad city, Shaeed Gali, Hasan Gali, Jabbi Haider Shah, Lamian Battian, and Gari Hab [...] |
2005-10-26 11:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16138 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] |
2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16139 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] As of October 25, the death toll in Pakistan reached 53,000, and the total affected population was between 2.7 and 2.8 million people. Shelter continues to be the primary need of those affected by the earthquake. The Government of Pakistan (GOP) continues to monitor the water and sanitation [...] |
2005-10-28 01:50:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16140 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: PARTS SHORTAGE MAY SOON [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Since October 8, Pakistan's Army Aviation has kept its fleet of heavy-lift MI-17 helicopters in the air flying daily sorties transporting relief supplies to areas devastated the South Asian earthquake. To accomplish this dramatic shift in its mission, reourcef [...] |
2005-10-28 01:51:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
| 05ISLAMABAD16190 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission staff with direct interaction with the UN's earthquake relief effort - from the team leader for USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) to emboffs attending UN sectoral cluster groups -- characterize the UN response thus far as "a day late and a dollar short," wit [...] |
2005-10-31 01:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR EAGR EAID ECIN ECON MASS PGOV PK PREF PREL SENV AESC UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD16220 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) reports that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is increasingly open to non-tent shelter alternatives. In Muzaffarabad, the U.N. Children,s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that it has met 80 to 90 percent of SPHERE standards for water. The GOP h [...] |
2005-10-31 04:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16473 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF [...] (C) The isolation of many areas impacted by the October 8 earthquake has long afforded Islamist politicians and conservative religious clerics an uncritical audience for their at times extremist worldviews, in which America (or the West) as enemy of Islam featured prominently. Anecdotal evide [...] |
2005-11-04 02:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PK PAS |
| 05ISLAMABAD16474 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] From October 30 to 31, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) Economic and Livelihoods Advisor (ELO), Program Officer (PO), Water and Sanitation Officer (WSO), Shelter and Settlements Advisor (SSA), Earthquake Expert (EE), Military Liaison Officer (MLO), Field Officer (FO), [...] |
2005-11-04 02:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16480 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE: WHERE WE ARE AND [...] (U) Summary. As we approach the one-month anniversary of the earthquake, post offers this overview of relief efforts to date and an assessment of key priorities for the future. The earthquake itself caused much more damage and loss of life than initially estimated, but the Pakistani and inte [...] |
2005-11-04 15:23:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MASS PNAT PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16553 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] |
2005-11-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
| 05ISLAMABAD16577 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...] |
2005-11-08 08:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC |
| 05ISLAMABAD16641 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PROTECTION SECTOR REPORT [...] Due to the enormity and complexity of this emergency and the major focus on providing shelter to villages in the mountains, it has been extremely difficult to monitor relief distributions in order to ensure that vulnerable populations, including those without effective male protection, are id [...] |
2005-11-09 06:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16643 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF [...] As of November 2, approximately 981,800 affected beneficiaries in Pakistan are receiving food aid. This is 98% of the 1 million caseload identified by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP). WFP's recent assessment estimates more than 2.3 million people are in need of food aid. Various non-gove [...] |
2005-11-09 06:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC EAGR PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16741 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: FIELD VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] From November 2 through 9, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb visited Pakistan to work with USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) on developing programming and staffing plans for next approximately 150 days of the earthquake emerg [...] |
2005-11-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16819 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] On November 5, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb, accompanied by the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), traveled to earthquake-affected areas. The group met with implementing partners and members of the Government of Pakistan [...] |
2005-11-12 07:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16827 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: THE ROLE OF NGOS IN THE [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) subscribes to the overall Government of Pakistan (GOP) Federal Relief Commission (FRC) strategy that primary focus at this stage in the relief effort should be placed on providing in-situ shelter and food security support for earthquake-affec [...] |
2005-11-14 02:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16834 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION [...] On November 6, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) met with representatives of all seven implementing partners in Pakistan. On November 7, Deputy Director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) Greg Gottlieb and USAID/DART staff met with Kevin Kennedy, the ne [...] |
2005-11-14 04:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16837 | CRITICAL NON-FOOD RELIEF SUPPLIES: WHAT IS STILL [...] DART staff has reviewed documents from the Government of Pakistan Federal Relief Commission (FRC), information from various UN reports, and input from a number of NGO implementing partners, in order to evaluate current requirements and available supplies for a number of critical non-food items [...] |
2005-11-14 10:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON SENV PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16850 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: KAGHAN AND ALLAI VALLEYS [...] Summary: A team from the Embassy's Forward Operating Base in Mansehra (Officer-in-Charge (OIC), USAID/DART Field Officer, U.S. Military Liaison Officer) and representatives of five USAID-funded NGOs visited the Northern Kaghan and Allai Valleys on November 9. In both areas, Pakistan military [...] |
2005-11-14 11:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS MOPS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16875 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: AREAS IN MANSEHRA DISTRICT [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Forward Operating Base - Mansehra Officer-in-Charge (OIC) and Emboff accompanied NWFP Parliament minority leader on a November 7 tour of Mansehra tehsil. During the visit, it became clear that relief was not reaching several areas damaged by the October 8 earthquake. R [...] |
2005-11-14 12:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON ASEC AEMR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD16881 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] From October 19 through November 13, a water and sanitation officer (WSO) was deployed to Pakistan as part of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). Through numerous trips through affected areas; assessments, and interviews with representatives of non-governmental organizations [...] |
2005-11-15 01:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17267 | SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST [...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...] |
2005-11-21 21:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PK PREL SENV |
| 05ISLAMABAD17311 | SIX WEEKS AFTER PAKISTAN'S EARTHQUAKE: ASSESSING [...] With few exceptions, UN agencies were inadequate to the task in the weeks immediately following Pakistan's earthquake. In some cases they remain so. Certainly the challenges have been great, involving overwhelming needs, difficult terrain, multiple donors and the need to work closely with [...] |
2005-11-22 11:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PK AORC UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD17384 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: THE SITUATION IN KOHISTAN [...] Summary: Southern Kohistan fared somewhat better than neighboring provinces during the October 8 earthquake with only two subdistricts affected and comparatively less damage. In terms of assistance, however, the 50-55% of the affected areas, population left homeless have fared far worse. Onl [...] |
2005-11-25 08:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17421 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] With the onset of winter, some Pakistanis living at higher elevations are beginning to relocate temporarily to lower elevations. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has received reports, however, of people moving not just from the mountains to camps at lower elevations, but als [...] |
2005-11-25 11:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17426 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART ECONOMICS AND [...] Immediately following the October 8 earthquake, relief agencies concentrated efforts on providing affected populations with urgently needed humanitarian assistance and shelter to assure survival during the upcoming winter months. The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) program ha [...] |
2005-11-25 15:12:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17557 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT [...] In October 2005, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) reported that preliminary assessments by the UN World Food Program (WFP) estimated more than 2.3 million Pakistanis in need of food assistance per reftel. At that time, several NGOs suggested this figure was too high, but mor [...] |
2005-11-28 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17621 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] |
2005-11-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17623 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: ONGOING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR [...] With the onset of winter, relief activities are moving into a critical stage where the needs of the earthquake- affected populations must be met efficiently and quickly. The difficulty of this task has been exacerbated by the changing climatic conditions, which are significantly altering the n [...] |
2005-11-29 18:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17711 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART COLLABORATION [...] Coordinating relief efforts and ensuring that USAID implementing partners reach populations in need without duplicating efforts are significant aspects of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team's (DART) work. Given the difficulties of this humanitarian operation, there is a need for coll [...] |
2005-12-01 08:05:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17835 | IRAN PIPELINE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; GOP DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOP officials took Ref B demarche points on the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline under consideration but had no immediate reply. Petroleum Secretary Waqar met with Iranian officials in Tehran November 16-17 in what was termed a "confidence building" meeting that discussed routing o [...] |
2005-12-01 12:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD17853 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART USING GIS TO [...] Since the beginning of the earthquake response, the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) has included a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Officer. The GIS Officer, currently from the U.S. Department of State's Humanitarian Information Unit, regularly prepares maps and informatio [...] |
2005-12-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD18030 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES ANOTHER MEDIA [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] |
2005-12-06 07:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD18159 | CORRECTED COPY -- PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: UN CREATES [...] On December 3, 2005, the UN Resident Representative and Humanitarian Coordinator (UNHC) in Pakistan stated that the relief effort is on a knife,s edge and called for increased donor support for the USD 550 million UN Flash Appeal. Local and international media picked up on the UNHC,s remarks a [...] |
2005-12-07 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD18328 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART BOLSTERS SHELTER [...] The rapid onset of the Himalayan winter has brought greater urgency to efforts to winterize shelters of earthquake-affected populations. Agencies are stepping up efforts to ensure that families receive adequate winterization materials and tools, including blankets and plastic sheeting to rein [...] |
2005-12-09 14:19:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD18492 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART MONITORS [...] On December 11, 2005, the US Military provided helicopter transport to Pashtu and Gangwal villages in the remote earthquake-affected Allai Valley for three USAID/DART members, the Commander of the 3rd Marine Hospital Shinkiari and Mansehra, and the US Embassy's Mansehra Forward Operating Base [...] |
2005-12-13 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD18810 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: CONFUSION OVER WFP AND GOP [...] On December 1, 2005 the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) and the Government of Pakistan (GOP) implemented a new division of geographic responsibilities to distribute food to approximately 2.3 million people in the earthquake-affected areas of Northern Pakistan. The GOP requested that WFP move it [...] |
2005-12-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05ISLAMABAD19100 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: UN PERFORMANCE SHOWS [...] More than two months into the earthquake relief effort, the UN has made some improvements in response to early criticisms of start-up delays and performance issues reported in ref A. However, a lack of overall UN leadership, poor coordination, and insufficient staff continues to undermine the [...] |
2005-12-21 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK UN |
| 05ISLAMABAD19471 | PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART WATER AND [...] The USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) water and sanitation officer (WSO) in Mansehra is addressing critical sanitation and water supply issues in Mehra and other camps, and providing technical assistance to agencies working in earthquake-affected areas of Northwest Frontier Provin [...] |
2005-12-29 05:03:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL PK |
| 05KABUL5272 | PAKISTAN AMBASSADOR DEDICATED TO IMPROVING [...] (C) Ambassador Neumann met with newly arrived Pakistan Ambassador Tariq Azizuddin in a December 28 courtesy call. Azizuddin is dedicated to improving relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and arrived with a mandate to attack all irritants in the bilateral relationship as they appear. Th [...] |
2005-12-29 05:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF |
| 05KUWAIT4640 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK PLEDGE FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-30 13:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK KU |
| 05KUWAIT4684 | APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) As reported in ref B, Ambassador met with Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi on November 1 to commend the GOK for its $100M pledge and to urge increased GOK assistance to earthquake relief efforts in Pakistan. Without offering specifics, Al-Humaidhi said that the initial $100M package w [...] |
2005-11-02 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL KU |
| 05KUWAIT4746 | GOK TO ATTEND NOVEMBER 19 ISLAMABAD CONFERENCE BUT [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. According to MFA and Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) officials, the GOK is unlikely to make any additional pledges at the November 19 Islamabad conference. However, a GOK delegation, including KFAED's Director of Operations, will attend the conference. [...] |
2005-11-13 13:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PK KU |
| 05KUWAIT5031 | MUSHARRAF THANKS KUWAIT FOR EARTHQUAKE AID; GOK [...] (SBU) In Kuwait for the first stop on a Gulf tour, President Pervez Musharraf thanked the GOK for its $100 million in earthquake aid and received assurances that Pakistan would receive concessional oil sales. The Pakistani Ambassador told us on December 6 that the visit, (which coincided wit [...] |
2005-12-06 14:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EINV KU PK |
| 05MADRID3691 | SPAIN PLEDGES FULL SUPPORT FOR NATO RESPONSE FORCE [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points on October 21 with MOD Deputy Director for Defense Policy Admiral Enrique Perez Ramirez and Spain's Defense Counselor to NATO CAPT Gonzalo Rodriguez. They said that Spain recognizes the urgency of the situation and is prepared to fully support whatever NATO [...] |
2005-10-21 15:06:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PK SP NATO |
| 05MADRID3793 | SPANISH PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF made reftel points October 24 to Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) Technical Cabinet Director Dolores Martin Villalba, asking for information on earthquake-related assistance already provided to Pakistan and encouraging Spain to announce further contributions a [...] |
2005-10-28 11:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL PK SP |
| 05MANAMA1562 | BAHRAIN: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ chief October 23 delivered reftel demarche concerning contributions to Pakistan earthquake relief and rehabilitation to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Shaikh Abdul Aziz was grateful for information on the [...] |
2005-10-24 12:18:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PREL BA PK |
| 05MANAMA1622 | BAHRAIN: APPEAL FOR INCREASED PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-02 14:19:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL BA PK |
| 05MANAMA1668 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL OPENING AND [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 9:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Speakers: Secretary Rice SIPDIS Bahrain FM Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa Moroccan FM Benaissa UK Foreign Secretary Straw Jordan Planning Minister Al-Ali Russia Deputy Foreign Minister [...] |
2005-11-14 10:16:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
| 05MANAMA1669 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 11:00 a.m., Manama, Bahrain. Kirk Wolcott (notetaker) 2. (U) SUMMARY. One of two main components of the second BMENA Forum for the Future, held November 12 in Bahrain, centered on the continuing need to promote knowledge and education throughout the region (the s [...] |
2005-11-14 10:21:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
| 05MANAMA1670 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: MINISTERIAL SESSION ON [...] (U) November 12, 2005; 12:10 p.m., Manama, Bahrain. 2. (U) Participants: G8 and BMENA Foreign Ministers Peter Mulrean (notetaker) 3. (U) SUMMARY. During the afternoon session of the Forum for the Future, participants discussed Civil Society and the Democracy Assistance Dialogue. W [...] |
2005-11-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
| 05MANAMA1671 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE [...] SUMMARY. Initial contributing governments to the Foundation for the Future and Fund for the Future gathered for a public announcement of the new initiatives on the margins of the November 11-12 Forum for the Future conference in Manama. All speakers emphasized the importance of democratic an [...] |
2005-11-14 10:38:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
| 05MANAMA1676 | FORUM FOR THE FUTURE: NOVEMBER 11 SENIOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Officials Meeting of the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 11 finalized preparations for the Ministerial session the following day. Representatives of governments, civil society and the private sector reviewed progress on BMENA initiatives undertaken since last D [...] |
2005-11-14 11:51:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BA AF CA JA PK TU OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA |
| 05MANILA1853 | INTELLIGENCE COOPERATION AGREEMENT CAPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Musharraf's state visit produced a new counterterrorism cooperation agreement that will regularize and expand intelligence exchanges between Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate and the Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Musharraf [...] |
2005-04-22 07:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL PK IN RP |
| 05MANILA2356 | ISLAMIC NGOS IN THE PHILIPPINES [...] (C) Summary. A variety of local and international charities and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) with Islamic connections operate in the Philippines but under increasing scrutiny. Police and immigration authorities have lamented the lack of resources and enforcement mechanisms to keep [...] |
2005-05-23 07:21:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL EAID PINS PREL EFIN KTFN LY SA PK TH RP |
| 05MINSK1312 | Belarus Unlikely to Help Pakistan with Mi-17 Parts [...] On October 27, Emboffs delivered reftel information to the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS). Deputy MChS Minister Boris Baringolts said it was doubtful Belarus could supply the needed parts as his ministry had difficulty keeping its own h [...] |
2005-10-27 14:24:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PK PREF NATO MASS BO |
| 05MUMBAI1682 | TERRORIST DAWOOD IBRAHIM HAUNTS INDIA FROM AFAR AS DAUGHTER WEDS IN AN AMERICAN-BRANDED HOTEL [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 13. 2. (C) Like a bad dream, terrorist and underworld figure Dawood Ibrahim returned to the headlines of India's media in July when his daughter married the son of a famous Pakistani cricket player. An upscale wedding reception brazenly took place a [...] |
2005-08-08 09:38:00 | Consulate Mumbai | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER EFIN PGOV PREL KCRM SA PK AE IN |
| 05MUSCAT1533 | TFPK01: OMAN GRANTS BLANKET OVERFLIGHT CLEARANCE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-13 07:20:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC MARR PREL AMGT CASC PK |
| 05NEWDELHI1073 | ""NATWAR'S MAN"" SK LAMBAH: INDIA'S LIKELY NEW SPECIAL ENVOY TO ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: The expected appointment of retired career diplomat Satinder Kumar Lambah as Special Envoy to Pakistan would maintain the web of engagement between New Delhi and Islamabad, but at a quieter pitch, a decidedly lower political level, and with firmer MEA guidance than was the case w [...] |
2005-02-10 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1113 | NATWAR SINGH TO RESTART INDO-PAK DIALOGUE IN ISLAMABAD [...] (C) Summary: FM Natwar Singh's February 15-17 trip to Islamabad will be an opportunity for the two governments to re-engage at a high level after a hiatus of nearly two months, during which the most important bilateral stories -- Islamabad's request for World Bank assistance to resolve the Ba [...] |
2005-02-11 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1141 | LOOKING AT DPRK, GOI COMPLAINS OF LACK OF TRANSPARENCY RE AQ KHAN [...] (C) For the Indian government, North Korea's explicit reaffirmation of its nuclear status has revived concern about the nexus with Pakistan. MEA Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs Venu Rajamony complained to PolCouns on February 9 that neither Pakistan nor the U.S. ha [...] |
2005-02-14 11:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PREL IN PK KN |
| 05NEWDELHI1234 | KASHMIR BUS AGREEMENT A ""HISTORICAL MILESTONE"" [...] (C) Summary: The February 16 agreement by India and Pakistan to begin bus service across the LOC between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad beginning on April 7 is the most important Kashmir-specific CBM since the November 2003 LOC ceasefire agreement, and will have important political ramifications in [...] |
2005-02-16 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1282 | CROSS-LOC BUS DEAL HAILED AS ""MOTHER OF ALL CBMS"" [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks in which the process of Indo-Pak normalization appeared to be grinding to a halt (Ref B), this week's Islamabad deal has shifted the dynamic, at least temporarily, in a much more constructive direction. PM Manmohan Singh's fingerprints were clearly in evidence [...] |
2005-02-18 09:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1298 | INDIA SAYS SAARC STILL ALIVE, SUMMIT HINGES ON NEPAL/BANGLADESH ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In contrast with the predominant view in the Indian media that by opting out of the Dhaka Summit, India dealt a fatal blow to SAARC, the GOI told us it remains committed to the organization. MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok told PolCouns and Poloff on February 16 that he was [...] |
2005-02-18 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN PK NP BG IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI1424 | THE BJP PROMISES FIREWORKS FOR BUDGET SESSION [...] (C) Summary: The BJP leadership is determined to disrupt Parliament when the Budget Session convenes on February 25, insisting that the agitation will not end until the UPA ""restores"" the deposed Goa government (Reftel B). Congress plans to undercut the agitation by convening the Goa Assemb [...] |
2005-02-24 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI1426 | FOREIGN SECRETARY EMPHASIZES NEIGHBORS' IMPACT ON INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In a carefully considered February 14 speech on New Delhi's South Asia policy, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran unveiled a more muscular approach toward India's neighborhood that reflects the GOI's shifting view of its role in the world. Departing from the standard GOI line on the [...] |
2005-02-24 13:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN KDEM NP BG PK CE IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI1480 | BAGLIHAR, OTHER J&K HYDEL PROJECTS COMPLICATE INDO-PAK CALCULUS [...] (C) Summary: The Indian government recently offered new evidence of its benign intentions for the Baglihar hydel project by noting that, if its dam were used to inundate Pakistan, one of its own existing downriver projects would be the first casualty. Although the MEA continues to exude conf [...] |
2005-02-25 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ECON IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1521 | KARZAI IN NEW DELHI: FUNDING FOR PUL-I-KHUMRI LEADS INDIA'S COMMITMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Hamid Karzai's visit to New Delhi and Indian Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's prior trip to Kabul were ""immensely successful,"" MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun Singh told PolCouns on February 28. In connection with Karzai's visit, India [...] |
2005-02-28 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EAID MASS IN AF IR PK |
| 05NEWDELHI1542 | INDIA QUERIES US ON POSSIBLE PAKISTAN-CHINA PROLIFERATION [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (C) During a February 23 meeting with AC/RSS Director Bob Gromoll, SA/RA Director John Schlosser, PolCouns, and Pol-MilOff, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar asked about the status of a USG response to two GOI non [...] |
2005-03-01 10:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP CH PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1546 | MEA CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 conversation with PolCouns and Poloff, outgoing MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was generally upbeat about short-term Indo-Pak rapprochement, and expressed cautious optimism about long-term sustainability of this trend. After shari [...] |
2005-03-01 11:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR MOPS KNNP IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1551 | TERRORIST THREATS MARR SUCCESSFUL KASHMIR POLLS [...] (C) Summary: The February J&K municipal elections produced largely positive results. Participation, among the most important criteria for defining a ""successful"" election in the state, greatly exceeded expectations (even in areas with a history of alienation from New Delhi), proving again [...] |
2005-03-01 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI1553 | GOI REQUESTS USG INTERVENTION ON REPORTED PAKISTAN ARMS OFFER TO NEPAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) Following up the Foreign Secretary's earlier approach to the Ambassador on the subject of third country arms transfers to Nepal (reftel), Acting MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Renu Pall called in PolCouns and PolOff on March 1 to inf [...] |
2005-03-01 12:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN PK NP |
| 05NEWDELHI1764 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL PRAKASH,S MARCH 19-28 VISIT TO USA [...] (C) Summary: Admiral Clark, we greatly appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit to the USA of your counterpart, Admiral Arun Prakash, India's Chief of Naval Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee. President Bush and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh agree that Indo-US relati [...] |
2005-03-08 05:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MASS MOPS PTER PK XD IZ IN |
| 05NEWDELHI1866 | INDO-PAK CRICKET: FROM ""LOVE-FEST"" TO MINI-SUMMIT [...] (C) Adding to the veritable ""love-fest"" that Mission contacts and Indian press have reported surrounding the Pakistan cricket team's current tour of India (septel), the MEA has publicly cleared the way for an official invitation to Pakistan President Musharraf to attend a match ""of his cho [...] |
2005-03-10 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI1872 | HOME MINISTER UPBEAT ON KASHMIR, WORRIES OF POTENTIAL MAOIST SPILLOVER FROM NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Home Minister Shivraj Patil credited Pakistan with reducing infiltration, called the law and order situation in the state ""more comfortable,"" and expressed confidence that the first Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus would roll on schedule on Apr [...] |
2005-03-10 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK NP IN |
| 05NEWDELHI1921 | US ARMS SUPPLIES TO PAKISTAN BACK IN THE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: With Secstate Rice due to arrive in India March 15, and with political memories still fresh from the announcement of major non-NATO Ally status for Pakistan last March, the issue of F-16 sales to Pakistan is rising. Indian concern regarding the F-16 issue is reflected in a series of GO [...] |
2005-03-11 13:19:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM MASS PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI2189 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff on March 22 delivered Ref A talking points and supporting non-paper to newly ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha. Sinha welcomed the news of adding Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) to the UNSC 1267 Committee list of organizations affiliated [...] |
2005-03-22 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2226 | LOOKING TO MUSHARRAF VISIT, MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: Recently ensconced MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha was largely upbeat on Indo-Pak relations during a March 22 introductory meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, especially with regard to the Indo-Pak cricket series and the anticipated April 16-17 visit o [...] |
2005-03-23 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI2270 | A SMALL STEP, A GIANT LEAP: FULL SPEED AHEAD FOR KASHMIR BUS [...] (C) Summary: Preparations for what J&K Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called the ""mother of all CBMs,"" the first bus to cross the LOC in 58 years on April 7, are on track, with the J&K government and GOI moving purposefully to ensure a successful launch. Initial passengers will be [...] |
2005-03-24 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2380 | MAKING OUR SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE A REALITY [...] (S) Summary: We recommend capitalizing on Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's April 13-14 meetings with the Secretary and the President to make significant progress on SIPDIS strategic, energy and economic tracks the Secretary highlighted in her March 15-16 visit to India. Specifically, we su [...] |
2005-03-30 16:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL ENRG MASS KNNP ETRD IN PK NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI2410 | SAARC: NO SUMMIT IN SIGHT, SAFTA ON TRACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Prospects for a rescheduled SAARC Summit in 2005 are diminishing amidst scheduling difficulties and Indian concerns over the coup in Nepal and instability in Bangladesh. In a March 30 meeting with USAIDoff and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) V. Ashok expressed optimism, ho [...] |
2005-03-31 11:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECIN PREL IN PK NP BG SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI2474 | OFFER TO SECURE THE KASHMIR BUS LINE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-01 14:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2475 | DELHI EU MEMBER STATE MISSIONS TAKE ROSY VIEW OF [...] (C) Summary: At a March 31 meeting of EU and "likeminded" countries hosted by the Danes, EU member state representatives evinced surprising optimism about the potential for a constituent assembly and constitutional changes to resolve the impasse in Nepal. We noted a clear preference for an I [...] |
2005-04-01 14:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM MASS KDEM IN NP BT DA NL SW SZ CA FR UK FI NO CH PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2586 | MORE THAN CRICKET: MUSHARRAF TO HAVE FULL BILATERAL VISIT [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told PolCouns and Poloff on April 5 that the GOI is hoping for ""something more concrete than an exchange of views"" when President Musharraf meets Prime Minister Singh and other leaders during his April 16-18 visit to New Delhi [...] |
2005-04-06 11:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI2597 | INDIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PROCUREMENT FOR PAKISTAN'S WMD PROGRAM VIA US FIRM [...] (S) On March 25, MEA Under Secretary, Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA), Nutan Kapoor passed to PolMilOff a nonpaper outlining Indian concern about a Chinese firm trying to procure a fixed gamma ray spectrometer from a US firm for shipment to Pakistan. The GOI asks that th [...] |
2005-04-06 13:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP ETTC PK CH IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI2604 | TERRORIST ATTACK ON SYMBOL OF KASHMIR BUS [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. The April 6 fidayeen (suicide) attack in Srinagar (Ref A) was targeted at the most significant Indo-Pak CBM in years, the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad Bus, which is scheduled to travel April 7 for the first time in 58 years between Indian and Pakistani [...] |
2005-04-06 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI2606 | ICRC FRUSTRATED WITH INDIAN GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary: In a April 1 confidential briefing on GOI detention centers in Kashmir, ICRC XXXXXXXXXXXX described to D/Polcouns torture methods and relatively stable trend lines of prisoner abuses by Indian security forces, based on data derived from 1491 interviews with detainees during 2002-2004. [...] |
2005-04-06 13:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PHUM PREL PTER IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2631 | HISTORIC SRINAGAR-MUZAFFARABAD ""PEACE CARAVAN"" ROLLS! [...] (C) Summary: In an act of personal and political courage, the Prime Minister, joined by key cabinet and Congress Party colleagues, traveled to Srinagar on April 7 to inaugurate the bus service that has captured the imaginations of Kashmiris on both sides of the LOC. Emphasizing that ""nothing [...] |
2005-04-07 13:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI2682 | NATWAR LOOKS AHEAD TO UN AND NUCLEAR DISCUSSIONS IN WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns, Foreign Minister Natwar Singh offered an upbeat preview of his April 13-14 meetings in Washington, placing particular importance on the issues of India's role in the UN and India's quest for access to US origin nuclear power [...] |
2005-04-08 15:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC IN PK UNSC NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI2788 | INDIAN LEFT REMAINS ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO US SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Most Indian strategic commentators have endorsed the Administration's March 25 South Asia Initiative, and there is an emerging consensus within the GOI that India should capitalize on this opportunity to ensure close ties to the US. India's Communist parties remain adamantly oppo [...] |
2005-04-13 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MASS IN PK NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI282 | PM UPBEAT ON US-INDIA RELATIONS REAFFIRMS EXPORT CONTROL COMMITMENT WITH CODEL FRIST [...] (C) Summary: Senators Frist, McConnell, DeWine and Coleman discussed a broad range of issues with PM Manmohan Singh during their January 10 meeting, including US-India ties, Tsunami disaster relief, democratization in Burma, HIV/AIDS, trade and the WTO, Iraq, NSSP, Indo-Pak relations, and UNS [...] |
2005-01-12 08:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM IN PK IZ BM CE US |
| 05NEWDELHI2866 | INDIA UPBEAT ON MUSHARRAF MINI-SUMMIT, BUT KEEPING [...] (C) Summary: India is expecting a successful April 16-18 visit by the Pakistan President, largely because Musharraf has laid out positive and realistic goals that mesh with New Delhi's. The Reuters interview he gave on the eve of his departure was music to India's ears, and was taken here as [...] |
2005-04-15 13:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI2884 | INDO-PAK MINI-SUMMIT BURIES ""GHOST OF AGRA"" [...] (C) Summary: India and Pakistan exorcised the ghost of the (failed) 2001 Agra Summit during President Musharraf's April 16-18 visit to New Delhi, with a solid list of CBMs, muted discussion on Kashmir, and very positive personal interactions (with more high-level visits possible this year). [...] |
2005-04-18 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI2925 | NARAYANAN WORRIED ABOUT NEPAL AND BANGLADESH, PLEASED WITH MUSHARRAF VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with SA A/S Rocca and Charge on April 18, Indian NSA MK Narayanan expressed concern about trends in Nepal and Bangladesh. On Nepal, the King had no policy to restore democracy or defeat the Maoists, which worried New Delhi because the insurgents were becoming more aggres [...] |
2005-04-19 11:31:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN BG NP PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2932 | A TROUBLED BJP TURNS TO THE RIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Facing multiple crises, including electoral lethargy, growing ideological divides and an uncertain leadership succession, the BJP is drifting further to the right in an attempt to rouse its Hindutva base. The imminent departure of former PM Vajpayee and Party President Advani ha [...] |
2005-04-19 11:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PHUM PINR PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI2933 | INDIA REQUESTS CENTCOM LNO, NEW INFO ON IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with SA A/S Christina Rocca and Charge on April 18, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar was upbeat about Foreign Minister Natwar Singh's recent meetings in Washington and about new opportunities for Indo-US cooperation since Dr. Rice's March 16 visit. However, he [...] |
2005-04-19 12:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS TRGY ETTC PK IZ IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI2949 | JASWANT SINGH SUPPORTS THE SECRETARY'S MARCH 25 SOUTH ASIA INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with A/S Rocca and the Charge in New Delhi on April 18, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the Secretary's May 25 South Asia Initiative, especially its SIPDIS military aspects such as co-production. Singh implied tha [...] |
2005-04-20 09:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV IN PK NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI2994 | MEA SAYS ""CRICKET SUMMIT"" RE-FRAMED INDO-PAK AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha dismissed the suggestion that India had obtained more than Pakistan from the ""Cricket Summit,"" highlighting Manmohan Singh's vision of a new agenda for Indo-Pak relatio [...] |
2005-04-21 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI301 | AFTER DIXIT, INDIA PONDERS ROLE OF ITS NSA AND WHO [...] (C) Summary: Two questions now swirl around India's National Security Advisor position: will it lose its major role in the Indian foreign policy establishment, and who will land the job permanently? JN Dixit's death has prompted media speculation that PM Manmohan Singh is reassessing what he want [...] |
2005-01-12 12:05:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI303 | INDIA VERY CONFIDENT IT IS RIGHT ON BAGLIHAR DAM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with PolCouns, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Arun K Singh was brimming with confidence that India was in the right on the Baglihar Dam issue. If Pakistan went forward with arbitration, as it has suggested, India is ready, and will be v [...] |
2005-01-12 13:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ECON PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3213 | GOI STANDING FIRM AS BAGLIHAR PROCESS UNFOLDS [...] (C) Summary: The Foreign Ministry has denied to us reports that the GOI will halt work on the controversial Baglihar hydroelectric project to bring the GOP back to the negotiating table, maintaining that New Delhi has not changed its position regarding the legality of the project (reftel). Th [...] |
2005-04-28 11:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG ECON IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3218 | PARADIGM SHIFT ON KASHMIR UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's landmark visit to Delhi has strengthened the paradigm shift underway in India about the prospects for progress on Kashmir. Under the leadership of PM Manmohan Singh and the Pakistani President, the two countries have broken their impasse over Kashmir as the [...] |
2005-04-28 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI3220 | INDIA DENIES UNLAWFUL IMPORT OF CONTROLLED [...] (C) Following several articles in the international and Indian press, PolCouns queried MEA Director, Disarmament and International Security (DISA), Venu Rajamony on April 26, about the GOI investigation of the case of Asher Karni, an Israeli businessman recently indicted in the US for unlawfu [...] |
2005-04-28 13:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC KNNP TSPA ETTC PK IN GOI |
| 05NEWDELHI3275 | INDIAN LAWMAKERS MISSING MESSAGE ON US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: During an Indo-US Parliamentary Forum (IUPF) gathering on April 27, Indian lawmakers were upbeat about US-India relations, but were surprisingly uninformed about key details of the initiatives underway to make the strategic partnership a reality. Suggesting that the positive impa [...] |
2005-05-02 07:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS PARM KNNP PK CH IN NSSP US |
| 05NEWDELHI3308 | INDIA UPBEAT WITH SHEINWALD ON CHINA AND PAKISTAN; [...] (C) Summary: Aside from nuclear issues (septel) UK NSA Sir Nigel Sheinwald's April 25-26 visit to New Delhi stuck to familiar ground, with the PM, NSA Narayanan, and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran providing an encouraging backdrop for SIPDIS the September 7-8 India-EU and India-UK Summits. [...] |
2005-05-02 13:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PK IZ NP BG CH IN AF UK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI35 | INDIA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN COMPOSITE DIALOGUE [...] (C) Indian readouts track closely with Islamabad's detailed and generally positive assessment of the December 27-28 meeting of Foreign Secretaries that concluded the second round of the Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue (reftel). In a January 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Saran r [...] |
2005-01-03 13:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ENRG IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI352 | MEA NON-PAPER ON TERRORIST CAMPS IN PAKISTAN AND PAKISTANI KASHMIR [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh on January 12 showed PolCouns and Poloffs information on the locations and size of eight terrorist camps located in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir. The data are as follows: 2. (S) Begin list: -- Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (L [...] |
2005-01-13 12:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI355 | MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, DESPITE SLOW PACE [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Foreign Ministry remains optimistic about Indo-Pak relations, despite slow progress in the recent round of the Composite Dialogue, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Arun K Singh told SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs on January 12. ""The process has mo [...] |
2005-01-13 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3587 | SRINAGAR CAR BOMB: NEW KASHMIR TERRORIST M.O.? [...] (U) A car bomb exploded in the summer capital of J&K on May 11, killing two persons, injuring more than 50, and damaging more than one dozen vehicles and some 40 shops and other buildings. J&K police sources have confirmed the casualty figures, and report that the blast was an improvised exp [...] |
2005-05-12 09:54:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI3599 | GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK [...] ... (COPY THE FORMATED FILE)) SUBJECT: GETTING CLOSER TO WHAT KASHMIRIS THINK Classified By: Polcouns Geoff Pyatt, for Reasons 1.4 (B, D) Â [...] |
2005-05-12 11:29:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI364 | INDIAN LEGISLATORS TELL CODEL LEACH THEY ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Sam Brownback and John Corzine, and Representatives James Leach, Earl Blumenaur, Scott Garrett, Wayne Gilchrest, Frank Pallone, and Diane Watson discussed a broad range of issues with an Indian parliamentary delegation led by MP Murli Deora, the President of the India [...] |
2005-01-13 15:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ETTC EAID KDEM PINR IN PK US INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3647 | GOI RENEWS CALL FOR IC-814 INFO AS TRIAL NEARS END [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) During a May 9 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall delivered the following non-paper requesting USG assistance with the GOI investigation into the December 1999 IC-814 hijacking. The non-paper is id [...] |
2005-05-13 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IN PK AF GOI |
| 05NEWDELHI3717 | NSA NARAYANAN PRESSES FOR ACTION AGAINST LET, WELCOMES EXCHANGE ON NEPAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-05-17 12:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | IN MASS NP PK PREL PTER INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3745 | MEA UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, CLEARER ON SIACHEN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 18 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha gave us the clearest GOI position on Siachen we have had in some time, stressing that settlement will require a signed map showing current troop positions in order to close [...] |
2005-05-18 13:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ENRG IN PK AF TX INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3746 | AFGHANS AND INDIANS ENCOURAGED BY BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Ambassador to India Khalili expressed strong appreciation for Indian assistance to his country in a May 17 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, and told us that PM Manmohan Singh will visit Kabul in late June. In Khalili's view, the GOI welcomes Afghanistan's strategic partne [...] |
2005-05-18 13:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SNAR IN IR PK AF |
| 05NEWDELHI3769 | MEA PROVIDES "NEXT STEPS" FOR US-INDIA CT JWG [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- see Para 4. 2. (U) Summary: MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall recently gave Poloff the GOI's understanding of the next steps agreed to at the August 31-September 1, 2004, Sixth Meeting of the India-US Counter-Terrorism Joint Working Group (CTJWG), with a r [...] |
2005-05-19 11:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL EFIN SNAR TBIO IN AF PK CE BG NP US INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI3846 | SUSPECTS ABOUND IN TWIN DELHI CINEMA BOMB BLASTS [...] (C) Summary: No person or group has yet claimed responsibility for the explosions in two New Delhi movie theaters on May 22 that killed one person and injured at least 50. Both cinemas, located in neighborhoods with large Sikh populations, were screening the controversial detective film "Jo [...] |
2005-05-24 12:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER ASEC OVIP PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI3878 | PRIORITIZING INDIA'S ENERGY DIPLOMACY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Petroleum Additional Secretary (International Cooperation) Talmiz Ahmad outlined India's priorities for accessing more foreign fuel sources in a May 24 meeting with Charge and Emboffs. While domestic fuel subsidies continue to consume much of his attention, Minister [...] |
2005-05-25 10:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG EPET PK XA ZK ZP IN |
| 05NEWDELHI388 | SAARC SUMMIT: WHAT'S THE HOLD UP? [...] (C) Summary: The GOI has not yet agreed to the proposed February 7-9 dates for the SAARC Summit, and media reports indicate New Delhi has suggested February 6-7 instead. The MEA remains tightlipped about the reasons for delay, but some New Delhi foreign policy watchers speculate that the SAAR [...] |
2005-01-14 10:30:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD BG PK IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI3882 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 AND IJG PRENOTIFICATIONS [...] (C) During a May 19 meeting with Poloff, MEA Director (Americas) Renu Pall expressed gratitude on behalf of the MEA's Americas and International Security divisions for keeping them in the loop on Washington's diplomatic CT efforts (Refs A-D). Admitting that MEA had limited information on ter [...] |
2005-05-25 12:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IN ID UZ PK |
| 05NEWDELHI3969 | INDIAN FOCUS ON FROZEN, WET, AND SOFT PAK BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is currently focused on three Indo-Pak territorial disputes, with senior officials in Islamabad discussing two of them, demilitarizing Siachen Glacier (May 26-27) and demarcating the international border at Sir Creek (May 28-29). Conventional thinking in Delhi is that, [...] |
2005-05-27 12:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4089 | PM OPTIMISTIC ON INDO-PAK BUT COUNSELS AGAINST [...] (U) Summary: Speaking to foreign journalists on May 30 regarding the UPA government's one year anniversary, PM Manmohan Singh offered an upbeat assessment of Indo-Pak relations, but warned that a major terrorist attack could still derail the peace process. He also advised against artificial [...] |
2005-06-01 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ENRG CE IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4124 | GOI AGREES TO COORDINATION ON PUL-I-KHUMRI, [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with a delegation from Embassy and USAID Kabul and the Afghan Ministry of Energy and Water (MEW), MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran) Dilip Sinha agreed to Indian participation as necessary in a donor Steering Committee in Kabul to coordinate technical de [...] |
2005-06-02 11:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ENRG PREL IN AF PK |
| 05NEWDELHI4200 | GOI CAUTIOUS ON SEPARATIST VISIT TO PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 3 farewell call that GOI Kashmir Interlocutor NN Vohra requested with soon-to-depart D/Polcouns, the senior official focused on two unprecedented events: the ground-breaking visit of what he termed "so-called moderate separatists" to Pakistani Kashmir and Pakistan p [...] |
2005-06-03 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4232 | ADVANI'S DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE IN PAKISTAN PROVOKES [...] (C) Summary: During his landmark May 30-June 6 trip to Pakistan, Opposition Leader LK Advani renounced his former antagonism towards Pakistan and its founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah, lauding him as a secular "ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity." Advani's public recognition of Pakistani sovereignty [...] |
2005-06-06 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI4234 | GOI WATER ISSUES FLOWING SLOWLY WITH PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings with SA Bureau's S&T Officer for Pakistan and Bangladesh Marcella Szymanski, the MEA emphasized GOI commitment to working with Bangladesh to create water sharing agreements to benefit both countries and to resolving its water issues with Pakistan consistent with [...] |
2005-06-07 03:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EWWT SENV BG PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4270 | ADVANI RESIGNATION THROWS THE BJP INTO TURMOIL [...] (U) BJP President LK Advani threw his party into turmoil on June 7 when he abruptly announced his resignation after a tempest erupted following his recent visit to Pakistan (Reftel). In his letter of resignation Advani stood by his remarks in Pakistan praising the country's founder Muhammad [...] |
2005-06-07 12:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI4315 | ADVANI'S RESIGNATION - WHAT DOES IT MEAN? [...] (C) Summary: The turmoil surrounding Advani's dramatic June 7 resignation as BJP President continues. The BJP leadership meeting June 8 voted unanimously for him to remain, while the Sangh Parivar (family of Hindu nationalist groups) spent the day celebrating his resignation and anticipating [...] |
2005-06-08 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI4449 | SIKH TERRORISTS, WEAPONS CACHES SEIZED AFTER DELHI [...] (C) Summary: The recent arrests of terrorists from the Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) group -- which is proscribed under the US Terrorist Exclusion List -- included all the main conspirators in the May 22 twin cinema bombings as well as a BKI leader who had escaped police custody earlier t [...] |
2005-06-13 13:21:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IN PK CA GM TH TC |
| 05NEWDELHI4532 | GOI DECLINES OFFER OF ITEMIZERS FOR KASHMIR BUS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-15 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI4718 | INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PURCHASE [...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding possible sale of a fixed gamma ray spectrometer by the US firm Canbe [...] |
2005-06-21 11:23:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM PK CH IN US INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4719 | INDIAN NON-PAPER ON PAKISTANI EFFORTS TO PROCURE [...] (C) During the June 16 US-India Strategic Stability and Nonproliferation Dialogue, MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar gave A/S for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker the following non-paper regarding Pakistani entity Project Management Organization's efforts to procur [...] |
2005-06-21 11:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PK CH IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4721 | SCENESETTER FOR INDIAN DEFENSE MINISTER MUKHERJEE,S 25 JUNE - 2 JULY VISIT TO THE USA [...] (C) Summary: Secretary Rumsfeld, we appreciate your willingness to host the upcoming visit of Indian Defense Minister Pranab Mukherjee, and see many opportunities to accelerate our burgeoning defense cooperation with a nation we believe to be the key to a prosperous and peaceful future for South A [...] |
2005-06-21 12:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL ETTC ETRD KNNP MASS PTER IN NP PK IZ IR |
| 05NEWDELHI4760 | INDIAN PANCHAYATIS GIVE GLOWING REPORT ON [...] The New Delhi-based Institute for Social Sciences (ISS) on June 16 hosted Pakistani High Commissioner Aziz Ahmed Khan for the formal release of the trip report detailing the two-week tour of Pakistan that ISS organized for 33 elected Indian local government representatives. The delegation of [...] |
2005-06-22 12:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI492 | INDIA DOWNPLAYS LOC CEASEFIRE VIOLATION [...] (C) New Delhi has publicly downplayed the January 18 evening incident of artillery fire at the LOC, the first such case since guns fell silent in November 2003, and has assigned its Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) to discuss the incident with his Pakistani counterpart via a reg [...] |
2005-01-19 12:35:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI4961 | US-INDIA NON-PROLIFERATION DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: Arms Control A/S Stephen Rademaker and representatives from AC, NP, SA, OSD, and Embassy met GOI counterparts, led by MEA Additional Secretary (International Security) Meera Shankar on June 16 to continue the ongoing bilateral dialogue on strategic stability and nonproliferation [...] |
2005-06-29 13:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP PARM ETTC KSTC IR PK CH IN NSSP |
| 05NEWDELHI5048 | U/S BURNS' DISCUSSIONS ON SOUTH ASIAN ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: U/S Nicholas Burns met with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran on June 25 to review Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations, Iran, Nepal, Bangladesh, and briefly Sri Lanka. Although pleased with the groundswell of support for people-to-people exchanges with Pakistan, Saran warned that a single [...] |
2005-07-01 12:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PK AF IR NP BG CE IN US |
| 05NEWDELHI5117 | AFGHAN FM ABDULLAH DISCUSSES TALIBAN VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah's July 3-5 visit to New Delhi was uneventful, but gave the GOI a chance to display its continued commitment to Afghan reconstruction and its determination to play a role in Central Asia through its relationships in Afghanistan. According to the Af [...] |
2005-07-05 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AF IN PK UNSC |
| 05NEWDELHI5165 | LET PRIME SUSPECT IN SYMBOLIC AYODHYA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The July 5 attempt by suspected Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) terrorists to wreck the controversial Ayodhya temple site was foiled by Indian security forces who had been previously alerted that the group might target religious sites. The incident, however, is causing significant rippl [...] |
2005-07-06 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI5216 | BJP MISCALCULATES AGAIN: EFFORTS TO CAPITALIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: BJP attempts to capitalize on the July 5 Ayodhya terrorist attack have largely fallen flat, and opposition calls for the resignation of Home Minister Patil and the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister have evoked little popular response. BJP calls for nationwide strikes and demonstrations [...] |
2005-07-07 11:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI5226 | PM: SPIKE IN TERRORISM COULD THREATEN INDO-PAK [...] (C) Summary: In addition to the July 6 attack in Ayodhya, senior J&K politicians and civilian officials are increasingly under terrorist attack, and a long string of bombings in Kashmir is growing more lethal. The recent incidents in J&K, coupled with the Ayodhya attack (Ref A), led to PM Si [...] |
2005-07-07 12:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI5382 | DELHI WORRIED ABOUT SPIKE IN TERRORISM, THREATS, [...] (C) Summary: Indian concerns over possible spectacular terrorist incidents are escalating, based on the recent London and Ayodhya attacks, widespread speculation on what high-profile target might be next, and a significant uptick in terrorism reporting in the Indian media, most of which point [...] |
2005-07-13 12:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL SCUL ASEC IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI5446 | GOI WANTS TO HELP US IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha told us on July 14 that India is very committed to its Afghan reconstruction projects, is looking for opportunities to do more in reconstruction, vocational training, and election and governance technical assistance, a [...] |
2005-07-14 13:22:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KDEM PTER IN PK AF IR |
| 05NEWDELHI5447 | INDO-PAK RAPPROCHEMENT CONTINUES DESPITE TERROR [...] (C) Summary: In a July 14 meeting, MEA Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha reassured us that Indo-Pak rapprochement would continue despite indications Islamabad is ramping up cross-border infiltration and terrorism. The Composite Dialogue round is half-way through but there has been no progress in t [...] |
2005-07-14 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ENRG ETRD KDEM IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI5521 | INDIAN WOMEN CONTINUE TO FACE OBSTACLES IN POLITICS [...] Summary: Despite an impressive list of accomplishments, including several current Chief Ministerships and presidency of the Congress party, Indian women continue to face cultural and practical barriers to their participation in politics. Female political leaders insist that greater women's par [...] |
2005-07-18 10:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KWMN PINR SOCI IN AF BG PK |
| 05NEWDELHI5522 | INDIAN POLICE DETAIL L-E-T ROLE IN AYODHYA ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Indian police and press sources have broadly outlined the role of Lashkar-e-Taiba (L-e-T) in the July 5 attack on the disputed Ayodhya temple site in Uttar Pradesh. Several suspected accomplices have been detained, the alleged "mastermind" is reported to have returned to Pakistan, [...] |
2005-07-18 10:20:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI5592 | SRINAGAR BOMBING MERITS PUBLIC USG RESPONSE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: A powerful car bomb possibly detonated by a suicide bomber killed at least 3 security personnel and two unidentified persons (probably including the terrorist) outside of a school today in Srinagar. Police sources tell us [...] |
2005-07-20 09:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI5756 | INDIA SEEKS US INTERVENTION WITH PAKISTAN ON NEPAL [...] (C) Echoing the GOI appeal last March (reftel), MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S. Jaishankar sought the Charge's SIPDIS assistance in conveying to Washington a formal GOI request for US intervention with Pakistan to prevent a possible Pakistan Ordinance Factory delivery of eight million roun [...] |
2005-07-26 13:15:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL PTER IN NP PK |
| 05NEWDELHI586 | PRESERVING THE LOC CEASEFIRE [...] (U) This is an action request for SA. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) The LOC ceasefire is one of the most important achievements in the slow but steady Indo-Pak rapproachement process that began in mid-2003 with former PM Vajpayee's ""Hand of Friendship"" speech, but without US engagemen [...] |
2005-01-24 12:36:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI5925 | KASHMIRIS: INDIA NOW HOLDS ALL THE CARDS, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A survey of Kashmiri political opinion in Srinagar, Jammu, and Delhi indicates a consensus that India is in a magisterial position right now: our contacts assess that India's strategic stock is secure and rising on the heels of the PM's visit to Washington; they agree the mood of [...] |
2005-08-01 07:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS ECON ASEC PBTS IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI5960 | MHA ADDRESSING TERRORISM, WILLING TO CONSIDER [...] (C) Summary: Special Secretary (Home) KP Singh told Charge, Consul General and Poloff on August 1 that recent terrorist attacks in India, while worrisome, represent a return to past levels of higher terrorist activity to which India was accustomed. He identified several new MHA initiatives t [...] |
2005-08-02 08:52:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC MASS IN PK NP |
| 05NEWDELHI6032 | WEST BENGAL FRETS OVER ALLEGED ISI CONTAGION [...] (C) A two day visit to Calcutta revealed surprisingly deep anxiety over the presence in West Bengal of terrorist cells and radical Islamist groups allegedly linked to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The starkest message during PolCouns' August 1-2 visit came from Home Secretary [...] |
2005-08-04 11:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KISL IN BG PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6036 | INDIA'S SAARC PRIORITIES: SAFTA IS KEY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 28 meeting, newly appointed MEA Joint Secretary for the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) P.K. Kapur highlighted the GOI's priorities for the November 12-13 meeting in Dhaka, including the South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA), a poverty and infrast [...] |
2005-08-04 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN EAID BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI6150 | DELHI ON WARY TACK WITH ISLAMABAD, MULLING TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting political concern about increased infiltration across the Line of Control (LOC), and BJP sniping over the UPA government's failure to hold Pakistan accountable for terrorism in India, the GOI's top leadership has remained committed to forward progress in the Ind [...] |
2005-08-08 15:06:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON PTER KDEM KISL MOPS PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI621 | INDIA WELCOMES MORE CONTACT BETWEEN KASHMIRIS [...] (C) Summary: The Pugwash-sponsored conference on Kashmir held in Kathmandu last December has reinforced growing GOI receptivity towards contact between Kashmiris from India and Pakistan, and New Delhi is considering proposals for a follow-on meeting, possibly in Srinagar, according to Kashmir [...] |
2005-01-25 12:17:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN NP PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6213 | INDIAN SUPREME COURT VERDICT IN 2001 PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Mohammad Afzal, reduced a death sentence to 10 years imprisonment for Shaukat Hussain, and acquitted Navjot Sandhu (aka: Afsan Guru), and SAR Geelani (of whom three are Kashmiris) in connection with the spectacular December 13 [...] |
2005-08-10 11:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6311 | PUNJAB WORRIED ABOUT DRUGS AND JOBS, NOT TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to media reports warning of a resurgence in Khalistani terrorism in Punjab and northern India, Poloff traveled to Chandigarh August 4-5 to interview government, business, police, civil society and political leaders. They were uniformly unperturbed by reports of mil [...] |
2005-08-12 13:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EAGR SNAR ELAB EINV IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6312 | MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...] |
2005-08-12 13:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI6411 | INDIA ALLEGES PAKISTANI AND CHINESE WEAPONS SALES [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-18 13:02:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN PK NP CH |
| 05NEWDELHI6414 | MEA UNSURPRISED BUT ANXIOUS IN REACTION TO BANGLA [...] (C) Summary: The MEA told us that the few indicators so far available point to the Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh as author of the August 17 bombing wave. The MEA further theorized that the terrorists' goal was to demonstrate organization and sophistication. Delhi views Bangladesh's terrori [...] |
2005-08-18 16:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA |
| 05NEWDELHI6520 | ALL EYES ON UNGA SUMMIT AS INDO-PAK TALKS WRAP UP [...] (C) Summary: Round Two of the Indo-Pakistan Composite Dialogue (CD) is drawing to a close with few concrete results, although the two sides managed to preserve a sense of forward movement, which reinforces the broad Indian public support for rapprochement with Pakistan. To facilitate dialogu [...] |
2005-08-24 14:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV ECON SNAR SCUL PBTS PINR IN PK INDO PAK UNGA |
| 05NEWDELHI6596 | TOUGH NEW ANTI-HIJACKING POLICY, AT LEAST ON PAPER [...] (C) Summary: To break with earlier ad hoc practices -- many of which yielded disastrous results -- the GOI recently unveiled India's first formal anti-hijacking policy and streamlined bureaucratic procedures in the event of a successful hijacking in Indian airspace. The Indian Air Force (IAF [...] |
2005-08-26 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR MOPS KSAC IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI6691 | PUSHING INDO-PAK DELIVERABLES FOR UNGA MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Although the bonhomie and impressive "to do" list that emerged from the April "cricket summit" (Ref C) gave a palpable boost to Indian perceptions of Indo-Pak relations, the relationship soured in New Delhi's eyes after the GOI reported worsening trends on cross-border infiltrati [...] |
2005-08-31 12:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EAID ECON PGOV IN PK AF UNGA INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI6694 | MEA EAGER TO WORK WITH US ON BANGLADESH AND SRI [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting, new MEA Joint Secretary for Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar Mohan Kumar SIPDIS agreed to the need for greater information sharing and policy coordination between GOI and USG on Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Stressing that Bangladesh is "India's most impo [...] |
2005-08-31 14:14:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV MOPS PBTS ECON IN BD PK SA |
| 05NEWDELHI6797 | PM'S KABUL VISIT: TERRIFIC OPPORTUNITY TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's August 28-29 visit to Kabul is playing as a resounding foreign policy success in New Delhi. The announced USD 50 million additional assistance, proposals for new areas of cooperation, Parliament ground-breaking and ribbon cutting of the Habibia sc [...] |
2005-09-02 13:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM EAID IN AF PK IR |
| 05NEWDELHI680 | MEA HOPEFUL LOC FIRING ""A ONE-TIME PROBLEM"" [...] (C) On the margins of a January 27 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran, DCM expressed our hope that the SIPDIS January 18 and 20 cross-LOC shelling incidents (reftel) would not impede the ongoing Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue. Saran responded that he understood the USG concern and was [...] |
2005-01-27 13:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI6915 | INDIAN DEPUTY NSA UPBEAT ON PAKISTAN, HESITANT ON [...] (C) Summary: Deputy NSA VK Nambiar told A/DCM and Poloff on September 7 that he was optimistic the Indo-Pak peace process would continue to make slow progress, and looked forward to PM Manmohan Singh's meeting with President Musharraf during the UNGA summit. Nambiar highlighted instability i [...] |
2005-09-08 08:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KNNP IN IR PK BG INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI709 | INDIA REINVENTING NSA POSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: MK Narayanan, formally named on January 25 as India's new NSA, will be a different kind of National Security Adviser than his high-profile, powerful predecessors, JN Dixit and Brajesh Mishra. After several weeks of debat [...] |
2005-01-28 11:41:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREL PGOV IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI7230 | WHITHER THE BJP? [...] (C) Summary: Well-documented divisions (reftels) have recently prevented the BJP from fulfilling its role as India's leading opposition party and led to a string of electoral defeats. The latest "crisis" was the expulsion and reinstatement of BJP leader Madan Lal Khurana. The core issue is [...] |
2005-09-15 13:03:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI7259 | INDO-PAK UNGA MEETING POSITIVE, NO FIREWORKS [...] (C) Summary: The September 14, four-hour Manmohan Singh-Musharraf dinner meeting and joint statement on the sidelines of UNGA continued the positive bilateral vibe even if it did not produce new deliverables, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Iran/Afghanistan) Dilip Sinha told us during a Septemb [...] |
2005-09-16 13:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV IN PK AF INDO PAK UNGA |
| 05NEWDELHI7345 | ALL EYES ON VAJPAYEE AS ADVANI AND RSS TUSSLE [...] (C) Summary: The BJP's leadership conclave in Chennai ended with a bang when LK Advani picked a very public fight with the Hindu right-wing RSS over the future ideological direction of the party. On September 18, Advani finally submitted to RSS pressure to resign (in December) as party pres [...] |
2005-09-20 12:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINR PREL PTER IN PK BG |
| 05NEWDELHI749 | HIGH TURNOUT IN FIRST ROUND OF J&K LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Consolidating the pattern set in other recent state elections, Kashmiris turned out in large numbers in municipal elections in North Kashmir on January 30, defying terrorist intimidation and a separatist-led boycott campaign, and demonstrating that they want to have a greater say i [...] |
2005-01-31 12:18:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI7494 | GOI CONSIDERING RUSSIAN THRUST IN CENTRAL ASIA [...] (C) Summary: As India perceives a shift by Central Asian nations toward their Soviet roots and increased competition from China, the GOI is taking a new look at how to orient its foreign policy in the region. Frustrated with the slow progress expanding influence in its extended neighborhood a [...] |
2005-09-26 13:07:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ETRD MOPS CN PK AF IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7505 | NEPALESE MAOISTS STILL TOP CONCERN FOR GOI [...] (C) Summary: The GOI still sees the Maoists as its chief concern in the ongoing crisis in Nepal, MEA told us on September 27. However, the GOI believes the cease-fire could be a sign of progress toward an ultimate political solution, if the Maoists prove sincere in their professed commitment [...] |
2005-09-27 08:00:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS KDEM IN NP PK CH |
| 05NEWDELHI7767 | SECOND ANNUAL SOUTH ASIA POLITICAL REPORTING [...] (U) Summary: The September 29 South Asia Political Reporting Officers' Conference in New Delhi brought together almost 50 officers and FSNs from Indian consulates, South Asian countries, the broader region and Washington to discuss recent developments. Participants discussed the July 18 Indo [...] |
2005-10-05 13:11:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BD PK NP IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7777 | HOME SECRETARY UPBEAT ABOUT DECLINE IN TERRORISM, [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR S/CT IN PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador following an MLAT signing ceremony, Home Secretary VK Duggal was moderately upbeat over the security situation in Kashmir, noting that the situation was calm enough for the valley to welcome [...] |
2005-10-06 08:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PTER CASC CJAN IN PK NP GOI |
| 05NEWDELHI7794 | GOI J&K POINTMAN CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting with visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, GOI Interlocutor on Kashmir NN Vohra was generally upbeat on Indo-Pak relations and said that Islamabad is sending positive signals on Kashmir, but Musharraf is not doing enough to combat cross-border [...] |
2005-10-06 11:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PBTS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI7795 | DNSA NAMBIAR TO AMB CROCKER: PAKISTANI GLASS HALF [...] (S) Summary: Playing bad cop, Deputy National Security Advisor Vijay Nambiar gave visiting US Ambassador to Pakistan a twenty minute assessment of Pakistani terrorists' ties to regional and global jehadi groups as a way of "balancing Musharraf's rhetoric." Bangladesh, he feared, was the new hub for [...] |
2005-10-06 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PBTS ECON MOPS PK IN INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI7803 | HOME SECRETARY OPTIMISTIC ON PAKISTANI TIES, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Reviewing India-Pakistan relations for visiting US Ambassador to Islamabad Ryan Crocker, Home Secretary VK Duggal observed on October 4 that Indo-Pak SIPDIS relations are generally "on the upswing," but lamented the lack of concrete evidence of a change of Pakistani intentions [...] |
2005-10-07 05:37:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI7874 | BAGLIHAR DAM: NEUTRAL EXPERT VISITS SITE, WILL [...] (U) Summary: World Bank-appointed Neutral Expert Dr. Raymond Lafitte today completed his tour and consultations on the controversial Baglihar Dam; he gave the GOI a preliminary read-out and will file a comprehensive report by October 21. The process, under the auspices of the World Bank-broker [...] |
2005-10-07 12:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ENRG IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI7880 | TFPK01: INDIA ANALYZING ITS NEEDS, ACKNOWLEDGES US [...] (U) Please see Action Request in Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) In a meeting October 10 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran (other topics reported septel), the SIPDIS Ambassador conveyed to India the condolences of the United States for the loss of life and injuries sustained as a result o [...] |
2005-10-10 09:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AEMR ASEC KISL PREL PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN US |
| 05NEWDELHI7910 | TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 11, 2005 [...] (U) The following is an update on salient events in India since the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: "The Hindu" of Oct. 11 reports 927 are dead in Indian Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). The J&K government doesn't expect the death toll to go above 1100 because only 180 more are considered [...] |
2005-10-11 12:33:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7984 | TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] (U) The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. (U) Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Ja [...] |
2005-10-14 09:40:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7990 | TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS [...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...] |
2005-10-14 10:55:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI7992 | TFPK01: India Sitrep Oct. 14, 2005 [...] The following is the final India sitrep of events related to the October 8 earthquake. 2. Death toll: Contradicting October 13 media reports of 1400 dead, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Government of India (GOI) reports 1178 civilians and 85 Security Forces are dead in Jammu an [...] |
2005-10-14 10:57:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR KISL PTER PGOV EAID PBTS PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI8012 | MEA LARGELY UPBEAT ON INDO-PAK, BUT QUAKE NO [...] (C) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that it was too soon to assess the damage the October 8 earthquake dealt to terrorism in Kashmir, although he cautioned that the terrorists' setbacks may only [...] |
2005-10-14 14:26:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS ENRG PBTS ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI8034 | INDO-PAK COUNTRY TEAMS DISCUSS HOW TO ENCOURAGE [...] (C) Summary: Taking advantage of Ambassador Crocker's trip to India, New Delhi and Islamabad country teams on October 4 convened a round table discussion on Indo-Pak relations. Both sides agreed that, although there are few feasible avenues for direct USG involvement in this sphere -- and th [...] |
2005-10-17 10:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PINR ETRD EPET MASS KPAO IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI8035 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER'S MEETINGS WITH DELHI DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Crocker's October 4 meeting with strategists focused largely on Indian concerns that Musharraf is continuing Pakistani polices that foster intolerance, a hawkish stance on India, and cross-border terrorism. With business leaders, the emphasis was on recent increment [...] |
2005-10-17 10:51:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV ETRD IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI8073 | J&K ATTACK WILL DEEPEN GOI ANGER OVER TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: Terrorists affiliated with Pakistan-based al-Mansoorian (a front name used by Lashkar-e-Tayyiba) on October 18 conducted a daytime suicide attack on a secure residential compound in Srinagar, killing the J&K Education Minister and two security personnel. This attack appears desi [...] |
2005-10-18 10:09:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI8120 | INDO-PAK "DISASTER DIPLOMACY" SOFTENING BORDERS [...] (C) Summary: Terrorism aside (Ref A), the diplomatic vibes of disaster diplomacy are resonating well in India. The GOI warmly welcomed Musharraf's October 18 decision to permit "any amount" of Kashmiris from J&K to cross the LoC into Pakistani Kashmir to assist with earthquake reconstruction [...] |
2005-10-19 11:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECPS PBTS IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI8163 | USG QUAKE ASSISTANCE CAN HELP BUILD GOODWILL IN J&K [...] (SBU) Summary: The October 8 earthquake that carved a path of destruction through Kashmir continues to claim lives as the death toll continues to rise. A USAID/OFDA team completed a rapid assessment in J&K (Ref A) and reports more extensive damage and a slower humanitarian assistance respons [...] |
2005-10-20 12:50:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS IN PK US |
| 05NEWDELHI8231 | JASWANT SINGH BELIEVES THE UPA IS INCAPABLE OF MANAGING THE INDO/US RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with U/S Burns and the Ambassador in New Delhi on October 21, former Foreign Minister and BJP leader Jaswant Singh expressed wholehearted support for the India/US agenda and its many components, but reading between the lines, that support was actually qualified. Singh seemed [...] |
2005-10-24 10:56:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV PINR IN PK IR |
| 05NEWDELHI8245 | BURNS-SARAN OCTOBER 21 MEETING ON BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Much progress was made in the October 21 opening meeting in Delhi between Under Secretary for Political Affairs Burns and Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran which reviewed the US-India joint ventures launched at the July 18 Summit. Both agreed that the two sides must ensure that smal [...] |
2005-10-24 11:45:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS EAID EAGR ENRG EINV KNNP ETRD EAIR ETTC ECPS TSPA TBIO TSPL CVIS KDEM SENV IN PK US |
| 05NEWDELHI8247 | NEPAL, AFGHANISTAN, AND IRANIAN TERRORISM: FOREIGN [...] This message contains an ACTION REQUEST for SA. Please see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran and his regional Joint Secretaries told visiting U/S for Political Affairs Nick Burns on October 22 that the GOI would announce that day the opening of several points along t [...] |
2005-10-24 12:01:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS EAID ENRG PHUM IN NP AF PK CH CE BM TH |
| 05NEWDELHI8253 | INDIA OPENS LOC TO HELP PAKISTAN DESPITE TERROR [...] (U) Summary: Consistent with the PM's admonition to find ways to make the Line of Control (LoC) less relevant and facilitate quake relief, the GOI is putting aside fears that terrorists will seize the advantage even as it creates camps along the LoC to provide food, shelter, and medical attent [...] |
2005-10-24 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR PHUM EAID IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI826 | REACTING TO NEPAL, INDIA WILL NOT ATTEND THE SAARC SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: The MEA announced on February 2 that India will not attend the SAARC Summit scheduled for February 6-7 in Dhaka. Both publicly and privately, GOI officials cited both King Gyanendra's actions in Nepal on February 1, and the security situation in Dhaka following the violence of J [...] |
2005-02-02 12:59:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IN BG PK NP SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI8510 | DESPITE TERROR BLAST, NEW KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a suicide car bombing that killed five, Cabinet Affairs Minister and Sonia Gandhi close aide Ghulam Nabi Azad became Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir November 2, as per a 2003 power-sharing agreement between Congress and former Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed's PD [...] |
2005-11-04 09:53:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KDEM PHUM PBTS PTER ASEC PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI8749 | OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS: GOI PROPOSES US OBSERVER STATUS AT SAARC [...] (U) For SA: SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 8. 2. (C) Summary: In a surprise development, the GOI has told us that it would welcome US participation as an Observer to SAARC. At a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit briefing on November 16, MEA Joint Secretary (SAARC) P.K. [...] |
2005-11-17 13:25:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD ECIN AORC BG SL NP PK ML BU IN SAARC |
| 05NEWDELHI8751 | KASHMIRIS QUIETLY APPRECIATIVE OF INDIAN ARMY AND [...] (C) Summary: Indian Kashmiris have been quietly appreciative of the way the Army, J&K state government, Indian NGOs, and Indian businesses and citizens provided relief following the October 8 earthquake. Immediately following the quake, soldiers threw themselves into rescue efforts and opene [...] |
2005-11-17 15:44:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS KISL PTER EAID MOPS PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI8791 | INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...] |
2005-11-18 12:43:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN |
| 05NEWDELHI8928 | INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY FRETS ABOUT JIHADI [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Indian Foreign Secretary Saran summoned the Charge on November 24 to register concern about several dimensions of international relief activities in Pakistani Kashmir. Saran's delivery of the non-paper in para 5 was low key and respe [...] |
2005-11-25 11:34:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MOPS EAID IN PK INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI8933 | INDIA COMMITTED TO RE-BUILD AFGHANISTAN DESPITE [...] (U) Anger in India is mounting following the November 19 kidnapping and subsequent murder by the Taliban of MR Kutty, one of 290 Border Roads Organization employees who have been working on the GOI-funded Zaranj-Delaram road in Nimruz Province, Afghanistan. The discovery of Kutty's throat-sli [...] |
2005-11-25 12:13:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EAID MARR MASS PBTS AF IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI9008 | MEA SHARES INDIAN INTEL BLAMING LET FOR DIWALI [...] (S) Summary: Following up on MEA Additional Secretary Meera Shankar's November 14 assurance that the Indian government would share with us information regarding the October 29 Diwali bombings (Ref B), MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar on November 29 confirmed to Charge and Poloff th [...] |
2005-11-29 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS EFIN KCRM KTFN PBTS PK IN TS GOI |
| 05NEWDELHI9031 | KASHMIRI LEADERS SHARE PERSPECTIVES WITH CODEL [...] (SBU) Kashmiri political leaders and human rights advocates described in differing viewpoints the problems facing Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and emphasized the need for redoubled peace efforts between India and Pakistan during a November 28 meeting with CODEL Burton and embassy officers. Mirwa [...] |
2005-11-30 11:27:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL PBTS PHUM OREP IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI9207 | IN DIVIDED PUNJAB, DIPLOMACY DANCES TO A BHANGRA [...] (SBU) Summary: Drawn together by shared historical, cultural, and ethno-linguistic ties, the Indian state of Punjab and Pakistan's Punjab province continue to forge deeper relations even as Delhi-Islamabad rapprochement has slowed. This message details recent progress in people-to-people con [...] |
2005-12-06 13:10:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS SCUL IN PK |
| 05NEWDELHI9592 | GOI'S TAKE ON CHINA'S ROLE IN DEVELOPING THE [...] (C) Summary: In a December 16 meeting on India's relationship with Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), MEA J/S Jaimini Bhagwati (Eurasia) suggested that India and the US should look for opportunities to advance our shared interests in the region. Bhagwati speculated [...] |
2005-12-20 13:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KDEM MOPS CH IN PK RS |
| 05NEWDELHI9752 | GOI NON-PAPER ON LINKAGES AMONG TERRORIST GROUPS [...] (S) MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha in a December 27 meeting passed to Acting DCM a 10-page non-paper on connections among various terrorist groups, entitled "Inter-Group Linkages". The terrorist groups addressed in the non-paper include the following: al-Qaida an [...] |
2005-12-27 12:42:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN PINR SNAR IN PK BG AF |
| 05NEWDELHI9771 | MEA LOOKS AHEAD TO PAKISTAN TALKS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Speaking on December 27, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan/Afghanistan/Iran) Dilip Sinha judged that the GOP is dragging its feet in implementing agreed-upon confidence-building measures and presenting its own ideas in a "half-baked" manner, but was confident that relations would mud [...] |
2005-12-28 12:39:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL EAID EPET ELTN MOPS KDEM KNNP IN PK AF IR INDO PAK |
| 05NEWDELHI997 | NEW NSA SIGNALS COMMITMENT TO US-INDIA [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador since his elevation as National Security Adviser, MK Narayanan identified progress in US-India relations as one of the three or four top priorities that the PM has tasked him to focus upon. Although Narayanan was uninformed about Phase 2 o [...] |
2005-02-08 12:49:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC PTER BG NP IN PK US |
| 05OTTAWA1502 | US-CANADA POLMIL TALKS: FIRST IN A DECADE [...] (SBU) On April 27, Foreign Affairs Canada (FAC) hosted the first US/CAN political-military consultations in more than a decade. The day-long talks opened with each side providing an overview of its recently released national defense policy/strategy. Topics covered in the talks included cont [...] |
2005-05-18 21:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PK IN CA |
| 05OTTAWA3170 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: TRANSPORTING TENTS FROM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-21 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | CA PK EAID PREF PREL SENV |
| 05OTTAWA3173 | CANADA TO FOLD DART UNDER NATO UMBRELLA FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-24 16:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK CA NATO |
| 05OTTAWA3198 | CANADA: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] The GOC is contemplating an additional pledge at Geneva but the amount is not yet confirmed. They asked if post has information on the amount the US plans to announce. The Canadian delegation to the October 26 conference in Geneva will be led by their Ambassador, Paul Meyers, or his alterna [...] |
2005-10-25 19:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL PK CA |
| 05OTTAWA3278 | CANADA'S RESPONSE TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) DCM conveyed ref A points November 1 to Jonathan Fried, the Prime Minister's senior foreign policy advisor. We provided follow-up copies to Foreign Affairs Canada and the Canadian International Development Agency. Canada responded quickly and generously to the South Asian earthquake (s [...] |
2005-11-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MARR MOPS PHUM PREL PK CA |
| 05OTTAWA3421 | CANADA WILL GIVE MORE -- FOLLOW-UP APPEAL FOR [...] (SBU) Steve Blais, who officially becomes Director of the Pakistan and South Asia office at the Canadian International Development Agency next Monday, said the GOC plans to announce that it will make a major commitment to earthquake relief after it has had time to digest the World Bank/Asia D [...] |
2005-11-18 14:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM SENV CA PK |
| 05OTTAWA3425 | PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF: NO IMMEDIATE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-18 16:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM SENV CA PK |
| 05OTTAWA3749 | OTTAWA TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMMENDMENT, GOC [...] (S) Econoff met with our Foreign Affairs Canada counterpart on terrorist financing to provide the information in reftel. He had discussed this briefly with U.S. delegates in London and had then discussed the subject with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). At that time, CSIS [...] |
2005-12-23 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET | EFIN KTFN ETTC PREL PTER CA PK |
| 05OTTAWA942 | CANADA INFORMED OF NEW SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, on March 29 polmiloff delivered the Fact Sheet on Broadening the U.S. strategic partnership with South Asia to Keith Fountain, Acting Director of the South Asia Division (PSA) at Foreign Affairs Canada. Fountain said that he normally handles Afghanistan policy and wo [...] |
2005-03-31 18:00:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MASS PK IN CA PSA |
| 05PARIS1087 | PSI/MTCR: SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA [...] (S) Based on the request in Ref (A) cable for immediate action, morning of 19 February 2005, EST officer delivered demarche and non-paper regarding a shipment of French-origin equipment to Syria to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA D [...] |
2005-02-22 10:13:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1517 | PSI: FORMAL FRENCH RESPONSE TO U.S. DEMARCHES ON PSI CASE INVOLVING SUSPICIOUS CARGO BOUND FOR SYRIA; POSSIBILITY THAT GOODS WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE ON TO SYRIA [...] (S) On 04 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a non-paper representing the Government of France's (GOF) formal response to the Embassy demarches presented on 19 February and 01 March. The French non [...] |
2005-03-08 15:19:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS1731 | PSI: UPDATE FROM THE FRENCH MFA ON THE STATUS OF THE SYRIA BOUND CARGO IN PIRAEUS [...] (S) On 15 March 2005, EST officer was contacted by David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation, who provided a readout of the 15 March demarche by the French Embassy in Athens delivered to Greek MFA Director of Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) ma [...] |
2005-03-15 17:15:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS174 | MTAG 04 - 04: DEMARCHE ON FRENCH FIRM'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM (S) [...] (S) On 30 December 2004, EST officer delivered a demarche to French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Non-proliferation, concerning the 10 December shipment of telemetry equipment from the French f [...] |
2005-01-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCRE |
| 05PARIS1762 | PSI: FRANCARE REMAINS NONCOMMITTAL; SHRINKING LEGAL OPTIONS (S) [...] (S) On 16 March 2005, EST officer met with David Bertolotti, MFA Deputy Director of Disarmament and Nuclear Nonproliferation regarding cargo of currently embargoed goods held in Piraeus port consigned to a Syrian entity. Bertolotti described the 14 March meeting between French officials and [...] |
2005-03-16 16:16:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC HK PK CM GM FR MTCR |
| 05PARIS2135 | PRESENTATION OF NEW SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-03-30 15:56:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PK IN AF FR |
| 05PARIS2270 | FRENCH VIEWS ON NEW U.S. SOUTH ASIA STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-04-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS IN AF PK FR |
| 05PARIS5133 | MTAG 04-04: FRENCH FIRM'S CONTINUING ATTEMPTS TO ASSIST PAKISTAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM: DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-25 14:18:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC FR KSCA MTCRE PARM PK PREL |
| 05PARIS6342 | SEPTEMBER 11-12 VISIT OF INDIAN PM SINGH TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 16, poloff met with MFA India desk officer to discuss Indian PM Manmohan Singh's meetings with the French President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense and others September 11-13. The meetings, aimed at strengthening an already close bilateral relationship between [...] |
2005-09-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KNNP PARM IN IR PK UK GM FR |
| 05PARIS8509 | USUNECO: INTERNAL OVERSIGHT FINDS SERIOUS [...] After receiving a series of e-mails from the UNESCO Iraq office based in Amman alleging mismanagement and corruption, the DCM met December 13 with John Parsons (strictly protect), a UK national who heads UNESCO's office of internal oversight. (Note: Parsons spent a year in Washington on sec [...] |
2005-12-16 15:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | UNESCO FR BR PK SZ JO |
| 05PRAGUE106 | ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION ON POTENTIAL SALE OF CZECH PASSIVE SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Reftel reported the request of the Czech government for the U.S. government's opinion on the potential sale of a passive surveillance system (PSS) to the Air Force of Pakistan. This cable offers additional technical and background information on the system. Note: ref A mistakenly made r [...] |
2005-01-21 14:14:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PREL PINR PK EZ |
| 05PRAGUE1252 | "DOWNGRADED VERA": LIKELY CZECH YES TO PAKISTAN, [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to formally oppose a sale of a passive surveillance system, model ASDD-01, to Vietnam. This move effectively blocks that deal for the immediate future. The GOCR is currently involved in a high-level debate on the merits of issui [...] |
2005-08-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK VM |
| 05PRAGUE1363 | CZECHS LICENSE A ONE-YEAR VERA SYSTEM LOAN TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-21 12:01:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC EZ KSTC PARM PREL PK |
| 05PRAGUE1535 | CZECHS REVIEWING MI-17 PARTS REQUEST FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Pol-mil Off delivered reftel points to Czech MFA Security Policy Deputy Director Vaclav Balek Oct 27. The Czechs do have MI-17s in their inventory. Balek had not heard Pakistan planned to ask NATO for MI-17 parts. He said the GOCR would examine the request carefully. CABANISS [...] |
2005-10-27 11:23:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS EZ NATO |
| 05PRAGUE1581 | CZECHS ON PAKISTAN RELIEF AND REHABILITATION [...] (U) DCM met November 11 with Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar to discuss Czech assistance to Pakistan. Pojar, who was until recently Director of the Czech NGO People in Need, provided the following information: -- Czech government assistance to date totals approximately $4.5 milli [...] |
2005-11-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK EZ |
| 05PRAGUE892 | CZECH PROPOSAL FOR PASSIVE RADAR SYSTEM TO VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-13 08:45:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KSTC PARM PINR PREL EZ VM PK |
| 05PRETORIA4452 | DEMARCHE -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-04 14:17:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM PK SF |
| 05RABAT2199 | MOROCCO: APPEAL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Acting Pol/C met October 25 with MFA Director of UN Affairs Nacer Bourita to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Bourita noted that he was in the process of drafting a decision memo on this very t [...] |
2005-10-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK MO |
| 05RANGOON1199 | SOUTH ASIAN VIEWS ON BURMA: ENGAGE THE GENERALS [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime has generally looked North and East (China and ASEAN) for its foreign political relationships and to China and Thailand for its primary economic ties to the outside world. India's two-year old policy of sustained engagement with the current SPDC regime, howeve [...] |
2005-10-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL BM IN PK CE NP BG |
| 05ROME4169 | IRAQ - ITALY REQUESTS HELP TO DISBURSE SOFT LOANS [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4 below. 2. (SBU) Federika Ferrari Bravo, MFA Coordinator for Economic Assistance to Iraq, asked December 6 for U.S. help to complete an Italy-Iraq loan agreement to permit Italy to disburse a five million euro soft loan to reestablish the Iraqi [...] |
2005-12-29 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN PHUM PK PREL IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM AVIATION FAA |
| 05STATE26545 | MTAG: TAIWAN ENTITIES SUPPORTING PAKISTANI MISSILE PROGRAM; FOLLOW-UP ON TRANSFERS TO SYRIA (C) [...] (U) This is an action request. AIT Taipei please see para 4. 2. (S) Background: We want to raise with Taiwan concerns about Pakistan-based machine tools procurement agent K.M. Enterprise acquiring computer numerically- controlled (CNC) machines from the Taiwan manufacturer She Hong Ind [...] |
2005-02-14 20:10:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC TW PK SY |
| 05TAIPEI4068 | MTAG: TAIWAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ON XTRA AND SHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-04 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC PARM PINR PREL PTER TW SY PK |
| 05TAIPEI683 | MTAG: TAIWAN ON EXPORT CONTROL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: AIT delivered ref A talking points to BOFT and to NSC on February 14, 2005. BOFT reported on February 18 that the Ecoma Company has provided assurances it will cease trade with Iran. In a meeting with AIT on February 17, BOFT provided updates on several export control cases, and [...] |
2005-02-18 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PARM PK PREL SY TW |
| 05THEHAGUE2860 | NETHERLANDS: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rob Swartbol said October 21 that the Dutch are considering deploying a field hospital in conjunction with the Czechs as part of the international assistance relief efforts. The deployment could happen in "about a week" once the Dutch and Czechs finalize plans, he [...] |
2005-10-21 13:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NL NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE2892 | NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: DUTCH WILL PROVIDE FIELD [...] Emboffs delivered reftel A points to Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Pakistan relief coordinator Joost Andriessen, as well as Western Hemisphere department staff. 2. Andriessen told econoff the Netherlands had pledged 17 million Euros (USD 20.5 million) "so far." He did not rule out [...] |
2005-10-25 11:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK NL |
| 05THEHAGUE2934 | NETHERLANDS: NO MI-17 HELICOPTERS, EXPERTISE [...] (C) DAO contacts confirm that the Netherlands does not have any MI-17s, spare parts or relevant maintenance expertise on this type of Russian helicopter, and will be unable to provide assistance with regard to Pakistan's request. SCHOFER [...] |
2005-10-28 08:08:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS NL NATO |
| 05THEHAGUE3247 | NETHERLANDS: EXCESS F-16 INQUIRY [...] (C) The GONL is not/not interested in selling F-16s to Pakistan -- either directly or through the United States. Dutch MOD State Secretary Cees van der Knaap told Charge and ODC Chief December 2 that the re-sale issue is very clear: the Dutch will not sell F-16s to Pakistan, and will not be as [...] |
2005-12-05 14:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NL ETTC MARR PK BE PREL MAS |
| 05VIENNA3427 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: NATO SUPPORT TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on October 21 to Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary level Director for Political Military Affairs. 2. (C) Hajnoczi said Austria had reached the limits of its capabilities in deploying 60 troops from the elite NBC unit to the [...] |
2005-10-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AU AMEMR NATO |
| 05VIENNA3443 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE RELIEF [...] (SBU) Charge presented ref (a) points on October 24 to Austrian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Johannes Kyrle, who is currently acting deputy Foreign Minister. Charge expressed appreciation for Austria's deployment of a military unit of 60 troops with water purification equipment to the [...] |
2005-10-24 15:32:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3542 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA -- APPEAL FOR INCREASED [...] (U) Charge presented ref (a) demarche on November 3 to Irene freudenschuss-Reichl, the Under Secretary-level Director of the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Development Assistance Section. 2. (SBU) Freudenschuss-Reichl said Austria's national contribution for earthquake relief in Paki [...] |
2005-11-03 17:21:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PHUM PK PREL AU |
| 05VIENNA3978 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AMENDED DESIGNATION OF [...] (S) On December 23, Embassy Vienna delivered the prenotification regarding the amended designation of Lashkar e-Tayyiba to include Jamaat-ul-Dawa (and its variants) on the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list. We spoke to Finance Ministry official Angelika Schloegel, money laundering and terrori [...] |
2005-12-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Vienna | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PK PREL PTER AU |
| 05VILNIUS1188 | GOL CONTRIBUTING TO NATO MISSION IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) Summary: The GOL is heeding NATO's call for contributions to its relief effort in Pakistan by sending water purifications specialists and equipment to the affected region under the Alliance's umbrella. This comes on top of the GOL's previous financial (104,000 USD) and material (tents an [...] |
2005-11-04 14:32:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PHUM PREL PK LH |
| 05VILNIUS1341 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LITHUANIA RECEIVES LET [...] No summary [...] |
2005-12-23 12:25:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | KTFN EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER LH |
| 05WELLINGTON848 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...] |
2005-10-28 02:23:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
| 05WELLINGTON884 | NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO MESSAGE ON NATO SUPPORT [...] (C) Post's defense attache on October 28 delivered the ref C demarche -- encouraging New Zealand's contribution to the NATO relief effort in Pakistan -- to Air Vice-Marshal David Bamfield, vice chief of the New Zealand Defense Force (ref A). In a letter dated November 2, Air Marshal Bruce Fer [...] |
2005-11-14 03:24:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO |
| 05YEREVAN1885 | ARMENIA: NONCOMMITTAL ON SUPPORT FOR NATO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-21 12:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK AM NATO |
| 05YEREVAN1911 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARMENIAN SUPPORT FOR PAK [...] (C) We delivered reftel points regarding Pakistan's MI-17 helicopter operations to Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan contacted Chief Military Inspector General-Lieutenant Alik Mirzabekyan, who said that Armenia does not/not have MI-17 helicopters in it [...] |
2005-10-27 12:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID IN PGOV PK PREF MASS AM NATO |
| 05YEREVAN2022 | ARMENIA: LACK OF SUPPORT FOR PAKISTAN RELIEF [...] (C) On multiple occasions since October 21, Armenian Defense and Foreign Affairs officials have not responded to our calls for military and other assistance -- which we think they are capable of rendering -- to the Pakistan relief effort. Early promises to answer requests for assistance (reft [...] |
2005-11-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS AM IN PK NATO |
| 06ABUDHABI1329 | UAEG REGISTERS CONCERN OVER TENSION BETWEEN [...] (C) Summary: On March 29, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald Neumann, visited Abu Dhabi and met with MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al Noaimi. Al Noaimi expressed concern about growing tension between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and suggested including India in trilateral talks to ease the fricti [...] |
2006-04-04 15:14:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AF PK AE |
| 06ABUDHABI1932 | S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ), Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...] |
2006-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO |
| 06ABUDHABI2633 | AMBASSADOR KHALIZAD MEETS DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 15, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and urged the UAEG to engage the newly formed government in Iraq. He also outlined USG support for PM Maliki's goals of eliminating militias, and promoting national r [...] |
2006-06-25 12:45:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN EPET AF PK SO IR AE |
| 06ABUDHABI2688 | IMPROVING THE UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION RECORD [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met June 26 evening with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to discuss the USG's plans to take a number of immediate steps to address the continuing problem of diversion of goods from the UAE to Iran's WMD and missile programs (ref A). AbZ listened caref [...] |
2006-06-28 10:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PREL ETTC IR PK AF AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3027 | SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S AMB BOUCHER TO UAE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Boucher, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes your visit to discuss support for Afghanistan with the UAE leadership. We have requested a meeting with a senior member of the ruling family (the Crown Prince or Foreign Minister). We recommend that you acknowledge the UAE contrib [...] |
2006-07-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS MASS EINV AF PK AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3140 | EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...] |
2006-08-02 12:29:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3818 | A/S O,BRIEN AND A/S SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR 3RD U.S./UAE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary. The third meeting of the U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwei [...] |
2006-09-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KTFN SO PK AF IZ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI3944 | GENERAL ABIZAID WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE: IRAN, [...] (S) On the evening of October 9, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan discussed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. On Iran, MbZ pressed for clarity on U.S. "war plans" and cal [...] |
2006-10-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM IR AF PK IZ AE |
| 06ABUDHABI73 | A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...] |
2006-01-08 09:21:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK |
| 06AITTAIPEI2349 | MTAG: BOFT ACTION ON SHE HONG [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-11 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE PARM PK TW |
| 06ALMATY1456 | KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER DISCUSSES BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: SCA Assistant Secretary Boucher discussed Kazakhstan's business climate, regional economic integration, and oil and gas infrastructure projects on April 10 with representatives of American companies operating in Kazakhstan. While acknowledging that their companies were thriving in [...] |
2006-04-21 04:09:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET KZ AF PK |
| 06ANKARA1400 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, February 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its first meeting of 2006 on February 23. Turkey-Iran relations, February 4 IAEA decision on Iran's nuclear program, and Turkey's foreign assistance policy topped the agenda. Turkish media coverage of the meeting was wider than other months. The [...] |
2006-03-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
| 06ANKARA2083 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, March 2006 [...] Chief of the Turkish General Staff (CHOD) General Hilmi Ozkok gave his annual speech to the Istanbul War Academy on March 16. He noted the importance of a cohesive domestic government in the international place of a country; underlined the importance of a sound security strategy based on a st [...] |
2006-04-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU UP KS TC PK SU IR AL RU |
| 06ANKARA4129 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, June 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on June 22. National and international security issues and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Palestinian governance, the Israeli general election, the EU accession process and the Single European S [...] |
2006-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU AS PK AL CG AJ KZ IT |
| 06ANKARA4796 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, July 2006 [...] Over 10,000 individuals from Sweden, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Moldova, Germany, Canada, USA, Australia, Lebanon, France and other countries were evacuated from Lebanon via Turkey. Close to 1,700 US Citizens were flown to the US on contract aircraft out of Incirlik Air Base. The evacuation o [...] |
2006-08-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL TU PK AU IS SU GR |
| 06ANKARA6437 | TURKEY'S ASSISTANCE TO PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-17 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL SENV TU PK |
| 06ANKARA6703 | TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, November 2006 [...] The second annual meeting of Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on November 30 to assess external threats, recent developments in the region, the ongoing fight against the PKK terrorist organization, military policies and modernization needs of the military [...] |
2006-12-20 13:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR PREL FR GR IS RS FI PL GG RO BU PK TU |
| 06ASHGABAT107 | TURKMENISTAN'S MI-8 DOWN IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The GOTX fumbled for three days -- January 21-23 -- before it could come up with a formal request for Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Coalition Forces' assistance in a search for a GOTX relief helicopter -- probably crashed with seven crewmembers in the mountains in Afghanistan -- which [...] |
2006-01-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PREL AF PK TX |
| 06ASHGABAT704 | TURKMENISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROBLEMS ABOUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Pakistani Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Dr. Ali Ahmad Arian on June 30 and talked about the bilateral relationship between Turkmenistan and Pakistan, including their declining trade relations, Trans-Afghan Pipeline feasibility, educational exchanges, an [...] |
2006-07-05 12:54:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG PK TX KPAO ETRD EPET ZK PGOV |
| 06ATHENS1652 | PAKISTANI EMBASSY CLAIMS GOG COMPLICITY IN HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 16 meeting with Poloffs, Pakistani XXXXXXXXXXXX relayed his concerns that human smuggling could be funding destabilizing separatist, Muslim-extremist, and even terrorist movements in Pakistan, notably in the Balochistan province. His concern is heightened by what he [...] |
2006-06-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PINR PINS PK SMIG SOCI PTER |
| 06BAKU1684 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 14. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a November 14 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Defense Industry Yavar Jamalov provided an overview of the new ministry, created in December 2005. Jamalov, who was appointed in March, said the ministry [...] |
2006-11-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AJ AM RS TU PK UP |
| 06BAKU1715 | DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER SADIKOV SAYS "THE TIME IS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Vagif Sadikov November 20 to discuss Azerbaijan's priorities as the chair of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)'s Foreign Ministers' Conference. According to Sadikov, the GOAJ seeks to "breathe new life" into the or [...] |
2006-11-27 05:16:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL AJ PK EG MY |
| 06BEIJING18547 | PRC/PAKISTAN: CLOSE COOPERATION ON KEY ISSUES, BUT THE TWO CAPITALS DON'T SEE EYE-TO-EYE [...] (C) Summary. Recent speculation that China has agreed to provide Pakistan with additional nuclear reactors is "nonsense," stated MFA Asian Affairs Department Deputy Division Director for Pakistan Wang Xilin, insisting that China will strictly adhere to its international obligations as a member of t [...] |
2006-09-01 11:15:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CH PK |
| 06BEIJING20223 | DDG LUO ON CHINA-SOUTH ASIA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Summary: China remains concerned about instability in Nepal, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Luo Zhaohui told Polmincouns in a September 22 discussion of China-South Asia issues. China continues to avoid contact with the Maoists in Nepal and wonders what role the UN could play [...] |
2006-09-22 12:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR XD AF NP IN PK CH |
| 06BEIJING22983 | OCTOBER 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DPRK, CHINA-AFRICA [...] Key Points made at the October 31 Press Briefing were: -- Japan's demand that North Korea not rejoin the Six-Party Talks as a nuclear power can be handled within the framework of the Talks. -- There has been no change in China's policy regarding the normal trade relations with the DPRK. [...] |
2006-10-31 10:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CH PK KN |
| 06BEIJING23549 | CHINA/CENTRAL ASIA - URUMQI HIGH LEVEL FORUM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the fourth session of the Central, West and South Asia Regional Economic Cooperation High- Level Forum held in Urumqi, Xinjiang on September 2, 2006, participants effused about the future of regional cooperation and economic integration. The Executive Director of the Sunbr [...] |
2006-11-06 23:20:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ETRD PREL PTER EFIN CH ZK RS TU PK |
| 06BEIJING23776 | NOVEMBER 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: CHINESE SUBMARINE [...] Key Points made at the November 9, 2006 Press Briefing were: -- MFA Spokesperson Jiang Yu claims ignorance of reports that a Chinese submarine followed the USS Kitty Hawk. He said China is an &adamant force8 in the region and the world for peace and stability. -- Jiang deflected questio [...] |
2006-11-14 11:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO KN CH EC JA IN PK |
| 06BEIJING23849 | PRC/INDIA: DESPITE CHINA'S AMBASSADOR'S PRESS [...] (C) China and India are working closely together to ensure that Preident Hu Jintao's November 20 ) 23 trip to India is a success, according to a Chinese MFA official and an Indian Embassy officer. In separae meetings, both officers confirmed that recent press statements made by China's Ambass [...] |
2006-11-17 10:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN PK CH |
| 06BEIJING24126 | NOVEMBER 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key Points at the November 28 MFA Press Conference were: -- This afternoon in Beijing the heads of the Six-Party Talks delegations from China, the United States and the DPRK held meetings, including bilateral and trilateral talks, on the resumption of the Six-Party Talks but no date has yet b [...] |
2006-11-28 11:34:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KN CH PK EC CY SU |
| 06BEIJING24541 | PRC/INDIA: MFA SAYS NO CHANGE IN POSITION ON [...] (C) PRC views on the US)India civil nuclear agreement have not changed, MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Nuclear Division Deputy Director Xia Tian said when asked about Ref A report suggesting that China's MFA Spokesperson had characterized the agreement as "beneficial." Xia told p [...] |
2006-12-15 00:06:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IN CE PK CH |
| 06BEIJING4671 | MTAG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSILE-RELATED STEEL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KN KS PK CH |
| 06BEIJING5972 | PRC/INDIA: ACADEMICS SKEPTICAL OF U.S.-INDIA [...] (C) In reaction to the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement, China should review the multilateral agreements it participates in that the United States is also a party to, according to the China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations Assistant President Yang Mingjie. [...] |
2006-03-30 11:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG IAEA IN PK CH |
| 06BEIRUT350 | LEBANON'S RESPONSE TO ICAO DEMARCHE FOR U.S. [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-07 15:18:00 | Embassy Beirut | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAIR ICAO AORC EG ET FR LE PK SA TS |
| 06BERLIN3452 | GETTING MORE FROM GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Germany remains a key partner in Afghanistan and Chancellor Merkel is committed to succeeding, but we need to find new ways to increase German resolve and resources. Post believes the Germans can do more in the near term in many of the key areas Embassy Kabul has identified i [...] |
2006-12-07 18:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS AID ECON AF PK GM |
| 06BERN2064 | SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RECONSTRUCTION: SWISS UPDATE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-11-08 17:35:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PK SZ |
| 06CALCUTTA413 | SHADOW LINES - INDIA STRUGGLES WITH SECURITY ON ITS EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Porous borders with Bangladesh and Burma present a serious threat to India's security that India so far has been unable to manage effectively. In West Bengal, politicians, intelligence, law enforcement, and academics all agree on the growing problem of Islamist infiltration int [...] |
2006-09-13 12:11:00 | Consulate Kolkata | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV PREL BG IN NP PK |
| 06DARESSALAAM1049 | NEXT UN SECRETARY GENERAL PREDICTED BY UNHCR AND [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC PK TZ |
| 06DHAKA412 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MAHMUDA RAHMAN KHAN TO [...] USAID/Bangladesh requests country clearance for Ms. Mahmuda Rahman Khan to travel to Lahore, Pakistan o/a January 31 o/a February 4, 2006. She plans to arrive Lahore on January 31, 2006 at 1515 on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) PK267 and depart on February 4, 2006 at 0705 on Pakistan [...] |
2006-01-26 06:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG PK |
| 06DUBAI4995 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-08-05 08:30:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PK ETTC KOMC AE |
| 06DUBAI6051 | BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON APPLICATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-09-26 05:40:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK ETTC KOMC AE |
| 06DUBLIN342 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2006-03-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI |
| 06DUBLIN501 | TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF JUD [...] No summary [...] |
2006-05-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI |
| 06DUSHANBE2019 | DUSHANBE ELECTRICITY CONFERENCE PRODUCES MEMORANDUM OF [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION: Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, and Tajikistan moved three steps closer to establishing a regional transmission system and electricity market at the Second Central and South Asia regional electricity market conference. During the October 26-28 conference in Dushanbe, [...] |
2006-11-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | ECIN PGOV PREL ECON ENRG EFIN TI AF KG PK |
| 06DUSHANBE668 | TAJIKISTAN'S HYDRO ENERGY PRICING DILEMMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Tajikistan faces critical choices to increase its hydropower exports and streamline domestic consumption and production. However, as long as the government provides cheap-or free-electricity, reforming the existing system will prove extremely difficult. Some simple steps to redu [...] |
2006-04-12 07:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EENG EINV AF PK TI |
| 06DUSHANBE698 | TAJIKISTAN'S TRANSPORTATION SECTOR: BY PLANE, TRAIN, OR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Improving Tajikistan's air, rail, and road transportation network supports Secretary Rice's Infrastructure Integration Initiative for Greater Central Asia. Creating a cohesive transportation network passable throughout the year decreases transportation costs and promotes trade th [...] |
2006-04-13 10:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV EAID ELTN ETRD AF PK TI |
| 06DUSHANBE703 | TAJIK GOVERNMENT ENACTS HOUSEHOLD EXCESS ELECTRICITY RATE [...] (U) According to media reports, the Tajik Anti-Monopoly Committee approved on April 11 an excess electricity consumption rate above 250 kWh per month for private households retroactive to the beginning of April. The base electricity rate remains the same at 0.5 cent. Per reftel, the 0.5 cent [...] |
2006-04-14 05:44:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV SOCI AF PK TI |
| 06EFTOISLAMABAD17875 | BALOCHISTAN CLOSED BUT QUIET IN FOLLOW-ON PROTEST; [...] (U) On September 6, Balochistan was again shut down by a general "wheel jam and shutter down" strike to protest the death and burial of Nawab Bugti at the hands of the government (reftels). As with the September 1 and 3 strikes, the province-wide shutdown was generally peaceful and extended i [...] |
2006-09-07 13:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PK PREL PGOV KTER |
| 06GENEVA2178 | ANTI-VEHICLE MINE PROTOCOL: ENGAGING PAKISTAN ON A [...] (C) This is an action request. As recommended by Pakistani Amb Masood Kahn to USDEL in Aug 28-Sept 6 CCW meeting, Mission Geneva requests that Department convey the points at para 6 to Pakistani ambassador in Washington and that DoD request military attach in Islamabad to convey same points [...] |
2006-09-08 07:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PARM PREL PK |
| 06GENEVA2251 | PAKISTANI PERMREP ON OIC TACTICS FOR HRC -- TIT [...] (C) In a meeting, at our request, Ambassador Tichenor delineated U.S. concerns regarding the Human Rights Council and urged Pakistani PermRep Masood Khan to take a more constructive approach to safeguard the Council's credibility. Khan, while appearing calm and reasonable, laid out an OIC s [...] |
2006-09-14 15:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC PK |
| 06GEORGETOWN817 | INFORMATION ON DAR-UL-ULOOM ISLAMIC CENTER AND [...] (U) Post has gathered the following information in response to the questions posed in Ref A: A. (S/NF) What is the relationship between the Dar-ul-Uloom Islamic Center in Guyana and the center in Trinidad? Individuals from the center in Guyana and Trinidad share personal and professional [...] |
2006-08-14 18:46:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR PK TD GY |
| 06ISLAMABAD10142 | GOP WELCOMES U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On the evening of May 31, the Ambassador conveyed key points on the Secretary Rice's announcement that the U.S. will to join the EU-3 in direct talks with Iran, if Tehran first verifiably stops its enrichment and reprocessing program, to Foreign Minister Kasuri (Ref A). The Foreign Minis [...] |
2006-06-01 10:11:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR KNNP PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10237 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA AIDS DECLARATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL UNGA KHIV |
| 06ISLAMABAD10261 | FM KASURI TELLS IRAN "TAKE THE OFFER" [...] (C) On June 2, Pakistani Foreign Minister Kasuri told the Ambassador that he had telephoned Iranian Foreign Minister Muttaki the previous day to share Pakistan's assessment that Secretary Rice's May 31 statement on Iran (Ref B) was a SIPDIS positive shift in U.S. policy. Kasuri told Muttak [...] |
2006-06-02 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PGOV IR KNNP |
| 06ISLAMABAD10429 | KABUL DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE TO GENERATE PRESS IN [...] Pakistani papers continue to give attention to last week's demonstrations in Kabul, with most characterizing the precipitating incident as a sign of American arrogance and the resulting demonstrations as a bellwether of increasing Afghan impatience with the American presence. The high point [...] |
2006-06-05 10:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PK AF |
| 06ISLAMABAD10467 | ELECTION COMMISSION STARTS TO UNVEIL ITS PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Encouraging developments out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and from senior GOP officials indicate that US-led international pressure may be chipping away at the business-as-usual approach many expected from Pakistan,s electoral machinery. Building on over one year [...] |
2006-06-05 12:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID |
| 06ISLAMABAD10539 | MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN [...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...] |
2006-06-06 11:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MARR |
| 06ISLAMABAD10554 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NAM STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C) On June 3, Poloff delivered reftel demarache points to the Ministry of Foreign Affair's UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. Siddiqui explained that for many delegations the preoccuption with the potential use of force against Iran drove the NAM's statement in support of Iran. Siddiqui said that [...] |
2006-06-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD10555 | PAKISTAN OBJECTION TO NAM STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On June 3 Poloff meet with Ministry of Foreign Affairs UN Director, Imran Siddiqui. After delivering demarche points on the NAM's statement on Iran (reftel B), Poloff asked Siddiqui to explain why the Pakistani delegation objected to a paragraph in the final document at the NAM's Minister [...] |
2006-06-06 12:30:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AF PK IN PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10608 | CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON [...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...] |
2006-06-07 03:29:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MARR |
| 06ISLAMABAD10740 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) On June 7, 2006, poloff joined Australian Deputy High Commissioner Jason Robertson in delivering demarche points and non-papers (Ref A) on the Chair's text of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to MFA Director General (UN) Tasneem Aslam. (Note: Both the Australian High [...] |
2006-06-07 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL UN PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD10746 | SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN AJK [...] Summary: In July, voters in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will elect a new President, Prime Minister (PM), and legislative assembly (AJKLA). Since 1975, elections in AJK have been regular and relatively fair. The position of AJK President and Prime Minister has traditi [...] |
2006-06-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IN PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10849 | BIO: NWFP GOVERNOR MUHAMMAD ALI JAN ORAKZAI [...] (SBU) Recently appointed the Governor of the New North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Lt. General (retired) Muhammad Ali Jan Orakzai is an Alikhel-Orakzai Pashtun from Orakzai Agency. The Alikhel is the largest tribe in Orakzai Agency. Born in December 1947, he previously served as Corps Com [...] |
2006-06-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD10850 | GOP TELLS IRAN "ENGAGE WITH P-5 + GERMANY" [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-09 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR KNNP PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD11103 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 12, poloff delivered ref A points to MFA Director (Disarmament Cell) Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, stressing the U.S. desire to avoid "linkages" in fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). Akhtar responded that the Government of Pakist [...] |
2006-06-13 04:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PARM MNUC KNNP CDG |
| 06ISLAMABAD11148 | GOP READY TO RECEIVE BTIF DETAINEES [...] (C) At the June 6 Tripartite Commission meetings in Rawalpindi, GOP MFA Afghanistan Director, Aamir Shouket, told Poloff that he spoke with the Pakistani Ambassador to Kabul regarding the transfer of the four Pakistani detainees at Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF). The Ambassador h [...] |
2006-06-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD11164 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERPART VISIT BY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-13 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MASS MCAP EAID |
| 06ISLAMABAD11267 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) On June 14, poloff delivered Ref A points on the Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA (UN) Director Shafqat Ali Khan. Khan responded by saying that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) also wants the HRC to get off to a strong start. To that end, the GOP agrees that this initial session of t [...] |
2006-06-15 03:41:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL UN PHUM |
| 06ISLAMABAD11311 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR VISIT BY PAKISTAN VICE [...] (S) Pakistan,s President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March visit to Pakistan as a landmark in the bilateral relationship. In [...] |
2006-06-15 12:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | EAID MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD11364 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTER SHERPAO ON [...] (S/NF) On June 13, Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche in a meeting with Interior Minister Sherpao. (The meeting also covered a broad range of others issues which are reported in septels.) 2. (S/NF) Minister Sherpao agreed to Ambassador's request to provide the USG with a comprehensive li [...] |
2006-06-16 02:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PK |
| 06ISLAMABAD11365 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PAKISTAN'S TRAFFICKING [...] (U) On June 12, Ambassador met with Interior Minister Sherpao to cover a broad range of issues (other reported septels), including trafficking in persons. Minister Sherpao said he had read the 2006 TIP report and found the section on Pakistan to be encouraging. He also thanked Ambassador for [...] |
2006-06-16 02:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PK KWMN |
| 06ISLAMABAD11431 | GOP CONCERNED BY POSSIBLE UN MANDATE REVIEW OF [...] (U) This cable has an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) On June 16, MFA Additional Secretary (UN & Policy Planning) Tariq Osman Haider convened Ambassador to express the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) concern that the U.S. had included the UN Military Observer Group in Indi [...] |
2006-06-17 07:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PK PREL UNSC KPKO KUNR |
| 06ISLAMABAD11504 | PRIME MINISTER AZIZ DISCUSSES CHALLENGES ON THE [...] (C) Assistance Request. In the course of a June 12 discussion (other subjects reported separately), Prime Minister Aziz noted that the government is moving ahead with a comprehensive strategy to bring stability to the tribal areas and recalled his request for US funding to support an $200-35 [...] |
2006-06-19 07:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EINV EAID PK AF PGOV |
| 06ISLAMABAD11546 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU [...] No summary [...] |
2006-06-19 11:06:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | IR PK PREL |
| 06ISLAMABAD11675 | FATA: MISSING PAKISTANI JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD IN [...] (U) On June 17, Pakistani media reported that the body of Hayatullah Khan Dawar, a Pakistani journalist who has been missing since December 5, 2005, was discovered by local officials in North Waziristan on Friday, June 16. The Mir Ali Assistant Political Agent Muhammad Fida Khan told the "D [...] |
2006-06-20 05:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PTER |
| 06ISLAMABAD11708 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON [...] (C) At a June 19 lunch with Director General of the MFA Khalid Mahmood, Ambassador raised Ref A points regarding the possibility of highly politicized statements and resolutions regarding Israel at the initial session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mahmood said that the Governm [...] |
2006-06-20 12:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL PHUM UN |
| 06ISLAMABAD11740 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR DOD U/S RYAN HENRY'S [...] (S) Embassy Islamabad welcomes your June 25-28 visit to Islamabad. Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of "enlightened moderation." Both viewed President Bush,s March vis [...] |
2006-06-21 08:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PK PREL PGOV MASS |
| 06ISLAMABAD11883 | INTERNATIONAL ELECTION MONITORING IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Effective monitoring is vital to strengthen the credibility of Pakistan's upcoming elections. Among other things, this requires strong coordination and a broadly international response. Multiple election monitoring initiatives involving many donors will waste scarce resources a [...] |
2006-06-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID |
| 06ISLAMABAD12211 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON FM SPANTA'S JUNE 23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On June 25, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi offered poloff a read-out of foreign Minister Spanta's June 23 visit to Pakistan, his first bilateral foreign travel since assuming office. While in Islamabad, Spanta was received by President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz [...] |
2006-06-27 06:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PK PREL AF IN |