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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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07ATHENS1131 | MACEDONIA'S PATH TO NATO: GREECE AND THE NAME ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-31 14:30:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR NATO PREL |
07ATHENS1145 | GREECE PREPARED TO DISCUSS RUSSIA/CFE AT HLTF JUNE [...] (C) On June 1, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on Russia and the CFE Treaty to MFA D2 NATO Directorate Deputy Director Chronis Polychroniou. While Greek positions on CFE and Russia have in the past tracked closely with U.S. positions, Polychroniou could not provide an immediate response to [...] | 2007-06-04 09:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07ATHENS1177 | CFE: GREECE EAGER TO KEEP TREATY ALIVE [...] (C) On June 6, DepPolcouns delivered non-paper on U.S. thinking on a final document for the Extraordinary CFE Conference (refs a, b) to Chronis Polychroniou, deputy chief of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Policy and Greek HLTF representative. Polychroniou -- who was departing shortly for Bru [...] | 2007-06-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM PREL KCFE GR |
07ATHENS1262 | GREECE ENDS M.A.S.H. MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) At the end of May, Greece withdrew its unit of approximately 50 medical personnel serving in Afghanistan. According to Ambassador Ioannis Bourlogiannis, diplomatic advisor to the Minister of Defense, the unit was withdrawn following the end of its mandate and was replaced by a Czech medica [...] | 2007-06-19 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER |
07ATHENS1459 | GREEKS NOTIFIED ON USAFE REORGANIZATION AND [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, on July 16, Air Attache notified the International Relations Section of the A2 Branch of the Hellenic Air Force of the reduction in one position in APO staffing. COUNTRYMAN [...] | 2007-07-19 04:43:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO GR |
07ATHENS148 | GREEKS PREVIEW AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 15:44:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS GR |
07ATHENS1803 | GREECE: VIEWS ON NAC TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 09:23:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GG NATO RS GR |
07ATHENS184 | INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER: GOG NAMES NEW AIR FORCE CHIEF [...] (SBU) On January 23, the Greek Committee on Foreign Policy and Defense (KYSEA) chaired by PM Karamanlis replaced retiring Chief of the Air Force General Staff Lt. General George Avlonitis with Lt. General Ioannis Giangos, presently chief of Tactical Air Force HQ (HTAF). Rumors that the GoG w [...] | 2007-01-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR TU GR |
07ATHENS1876 | GREEK STUDENTS LEARN ABOUT NATO, WWII [...] From July 1 - 4, 2007, Mission Public Diplomacy staff escorted ten Greek international relations and political science graduate and post-graduate students to Brussels for briefings at NATO Headquarters and a tour of important World War II monuments. The students appreciated the candor of thei [...] | 2007-09-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL KPAO OEXC OIIP GR |
07ATHENS2026 | CYPRUS ARMS: GREEK COMPLIANCE WITH AGREEMENT -- [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see para 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY/ACTION REQUEST ---------------------- 2. (C) An interagency team visited Cyprus October 2 - 4 to review initial steps taken by Greece to comply with U.S. law regarding the transfer of U.S.-origi [...] | 2007-10-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MASS NATO GR CY |
07ATHENS2029 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: NIMETZ' REMARKS ON ALEXANDER THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-11 12:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GR MK |
07ATHENS2089 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: MANAGING A NATO INVITATION [...] (C) Before April, 2008, NATO will take decisions on enlargement; Macedonia's candidacy is complicated by its long-standing difference with Greece over Macedonia's name. We see no possibility of arriving at an agreed, final resolution of the name issue between the two parties prior to the Apri [...] | 2007-10-22 15:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
07ATHENS2117 | MACEDONIA'S AMBASSADOR CONVINCED GREECE WILL VETO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 24 meeting, Macedonia's Ambassador to Greece, Blagoj Handziski, told Charge that he was now convinced Greece would make a name change a precondition for Macedonia's NATO entry. Handziski emphasized that NO Macedonian government could accept that. The only solutio [...] | 2007-10-26 07:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
07ATHENS2130 | DEPUTY MINISTER OF DEFENSE PRESSES ON BILAT [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- see paragraphs 2 and 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a 10/29 meeting with Charge, Deputy Minister of Defense Plakiotakis asked when the U.S. would host Greece in the annual High Level Consultative Committee (HLCC). An annual Hion u [...] | 2007-10-30 07:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS216 | FOLLOW-UP ON GREEK AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek FM Bakoyannis' intervention at the January 26 informal NATO Ministerial on Afghanistan included announcement of welcome new GoG monetary contributions to counter-narcotics and the Hungarian-led PRT in northern Afghanistan, as well as M-60 tanks for the ANA. Bakoyannis made [...] | 2007-02-01 14:04:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS GR |
07ATHENS2271 | CYPRUS ARMS: LETTERS EXCHANGED - GREEKS REPORT [...] (C) Greek MOD officials report that Greece has substantially resolved all remaining issues related to the presence in Cyprus of defense articles provided by the United States to Greece. A few remaining steps will be completed this week -- primarily removal of 5 M88s that were provided to Gre [...] | 2007-11-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NATO CY GR TU |
07ATHENS2288 | MACEDONIA NAME DISPUTE AND NATO ACCESSION: GREEK [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 29, Charge delivered ref A points to MFA SecGen Agathocles. Agathocles's response was frank: in his view, the U.S. failed to appreciate Greece's concerns. The GOG was not bluffing; the name issue must be resolved before the 2008 Bucharest Summit, or the [...] | 2007-11-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GR MK NATO |
07ATHENS2347 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: GREECE SHARES U.S. CONCERNS [...] (C) A/Pol Counselor met 12/12 with MFA Senior Non-Proliferation Officer Dionyssios Kyvetos to deliver ref papers on cluster munitions. Kyvetos, who attended the December 5 - 7 meeting in Vienna of the Oslo Process, was unequivocal in reply: Greece strongly supports U.S. concerns about the O [...] | 2007-12-12 15:42:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO GR |
07ATHENS362 | CFE ENTITLEMENTS: GREEK COUNTER-PROPOSAL ON MOU [...] (C) On February 20, DepPolCouns met with MFA D2 Deputy Director Chronis Polychroniou to discuss ref d points, which Embassy had delivered to Polychroniou's office last week during his absence. Polychroniou provided a counter-proposal on the draft MOU, which he said the GoG would now prefer to [...] | 2007-02-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO KCFE GR |
07ATHENS385 | DRAFT GREEK LETTER ON CYPRUS ARMS PLAN [...] (C) On February 22, MFA General Secretary Charalambros Rocanas provided Ambassador with a draft copy of a letter outlining GoG plans to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin arms to Cyprus (text of draft letter in para 3 below). Rocanas proposed that, if the draft were acce [...] | 2007-02-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS441 | GREECE ONBOARD WITH U.S. ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On March 1, Poloff raised ref a points with MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations and Nonproliferation officer Dionyssios A. Kyvetos. Kyvetos confirmed that Greece had not been invited to, nor did it send any officials to participate in, the February 22-23 Oslo cluster muniti [...] | 2007-03-01 15:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS459 | AEGEAN MIGRAINE: GREECE REACTS TO NATO EXERCISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 decision to withdraw NATO participation from the February 27 Noble Archer exercise over the Aegean island of Agios Efstratios has created an uproar in Greece. The Greek press blasted NATO for being "duped by Turkey" into believing the island's status was under disp [...] | 2007-03-02 17:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS481 | CFE: GREEK UPDATE [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref. g points to MFA D2 NATO Directorate deputy chief Chronis Polychroniou, who said the GoG agreed with the U.S. position on the cross-group stationing paper and supported draft option 1. Polychroniou also said the MFA had forwarded to the MOD the text of the latest [...] | 2007-03-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GR |
07ATHENS550 | PROPOSED U.S. STATEMENT ON GREEK ISLAND OF AGIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent dispute between Greece and Turkey over the status of the island of Agios Efstratios, which led to NATO's cancellation of its participation in a February 27 exercise, has received major press and government attention here. The GoG instructed its Pemrep to NATO Ambassador [...] | 2007-03-15 14:59:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO GR |
07ATHENS581 | DAS BOOT DOMINATES GERMAN,S VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (SBU) On March 12, German Defense Minister Dr. Franz Josef Jung met with Greek Minister of Defense Meimarakis to discuss bilateral defense cooperation issues, defense and security priorities of the German EU presidency, and the overall situation in Southeastern Europe and the Eastern Mediterra [...] | 2007-03-20 08:27:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MASS NATO PREL PINR GR |
07ATHENS630 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. CFE TEAM [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Karin Look, Jennifer Laurendeau and LTC Steve Olejasz, to travel to Athens, Greece, March 28- 30, 2007 to consult with GOG officials on CFE entitlement exchanges. Embassy point of contact is Dr. Paul Carter, who can be reac [...] | 2007-03-27 13:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | GR NATO |
07ATHENS651 | CFE GREECE: IMMEDIATE ACTION REQUEST [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. DEPARTMENT SEE PARA 2. 2. (SBU) U.S. delegation led by DAS Karin L. Look concluded with Greek counterparts the text of the political commitment (NOTE: referred to as an "arrangement" in the final text. END NOTE) that will govern the exchange of CFE Treaty ent [...] | 2007-03-29 17:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL NATO KCFE GR |
07ATHENS656 | CFE GREECE: DIPLOMATIC NOTES EXCHANGED [...] (C) Per ref b, DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered dipnote 107/07 to MFA D2 NATO Directorate Deputy Head Polis Polychroniou affirming the arrangement on CFE entitlement transfers. As instructed, DepPolCouns thanked Greece for continuing to leave its full offer of CFE entitlement transfers (40 t [...] | 2007-03-30 09:50:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NATO KCFE GR |
07ATHENS685 | MY WAY: GREECE AND NATO TRANSFORMATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's fulfillment of its commitment to the NATO Alliance in terms of defense transformation has been, at best, mixed. Greece has taken some steps to reform its military doctrine and strategic and tactical thinking. It also has introduced some new institutions and procured new [...] | 2007-04-04 14:01:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR MOPS PREL PGOV GR |
07ATHENS686 | GREEKS STUDYING CYPRUS ARMS COUNTER-DRAFTS [...] (C) On April 4, Ambassador delivered U.S. counter-draft of the Greek letter on a plan to resolve the issue of the illegal transfer of U.S.-origin equipment to Cyprus (ref c) and proposed U.S. response letter (ref a) to MFA Secretary General Charalambos Rocanas and Chief of Defense (CHOD) Admir [...] | 2007-04-04 14:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PARM PGOV PREL NATO CY GR |
07ATHENS865 | GREECE WELCOMES COLLABORATION ON CFE/RUSSIA [...] (C) On April 30, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on the CFE Treaty and Putin's April 26 remarks to D1 Directorate for NATO Issues deputy chief and Greek HLTF representative Chronis Polychroniou. Polychroniou agreed fully with the proposal to work together to devise a common strategy for a [...] | 2007-04-30 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OSCE PARM NATO KCFE GR |
07ATHENS97 | FM BAKOYANNIS DISCUSSES RPG ATTACK, KOSOVO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his meeting with FM Bakoyannis on January 17, Ambassador updated FM Bakoyannis on investigations into the January 12 RPG strike on the Embassy, emphasizing that the U.S. was satisfied with the cooperative attitude and thorough approach of Greek authorities to date. Bakoyanni [...] | 2007-01-17 13:26:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO PINS MARR MOPS GR |
07BAGHDAD3719 | IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR LETTER TO NATO [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU). The Office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor requests the assistance of Embassy Baghdad and USNATO in forwarding the letter in paragraph 3 to the NATO Secretary General. Embassy Baghdad POLMIL has already provided a facsi [...] | 2007-11-12 15:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IZ MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT |
07BAGHDAD4141 | STAFFDEL GARVEY MEETS WITH DEFMIN ABDUL QADR [...] Senate Foreign Relations Committee Professional Staff Member Patrick Garvey met with Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul Qadr Muhammed Jasim December 7 to discuss the current state of Iraqi defense forces and development efforts in the MOD. While noting the significant progress that the Iraqi milita [...] | 2007-12-20 08:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV NATO IZ |
07BAKU108 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN'S FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov on January 18. The Ambassador said that the January 26 NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial will focus on a more comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, including new USG commitments, and emphasized that t [...] | 2007-01-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PK PREL AJ |
07BAKU1408 | REVIEW OF AZERBAIJAN'S FIRST NATO INDIVIDUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Azerbaijan prepares to embark on a second NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP-2),it is clear that Azerbaijan,s first IPAP (IPAP-1) has played an important role in encouraging reform within the extremely conservative Ministry of Defense (MoD) and more broadly within [...] | 2007-11-27 06:44:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ NATO |
07BAKU1430 | BRIEFING AZERBAIJAN ON U.S. PROPOSALS ON MD, CFE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO RS AJ |
07BEIJING4740 | CZECH DEPUTY FM VISITS BEIJING, DEFENDS U.S.-CZECH [...] (C) Summary: Czech Republic First Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar defended the Czech Republic's negotiations with the United States on participation in a U.S. or NATO missile defense system in a July 18 speech in Beijing. He said the Czech Republic's discussions with the United States on b [...] | 2007-07-18 10:52:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO UNSC IR CZ CH |
07BELGRADE158 | PRIME MINISTER CHARTS COLLISION COURSE WITH NATO [...] (c) Summary: The DSS Kosovo platform released January 31 as the basis for coalition talks is further evidence that Kostunica is not likely to take a constructive path in the Kosovo status process. It also signals his willingness, just two months after the PfP invitation, to block or delay [...] | 2007-02-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS MARR NATO PREL SR YI |
07BELGRADE160 | SERBIA'S PFP PRESENTATION DOCUMENT BETTER, BUT ON [...] (c) Emboffs met February 2 with Milan Milanovic, chief of the MFA NATO Directorate, to discuss the latest draft of the PfP Presentation Document. Milanovic handed over a copy of the latest Serbian language draft, and said the English language version will be ready by February 6. The documen [...] | 2007-02-02 16:46:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PGOV SR |
07BELGRADE172 | DEFMIN PLEDGES WARM MIL/MIL TIES DESPITE POLITICAL [...] (c) In an unexpected tour d'horizon with the Ambassador February 2, DEFMIN Zoran Stankovic pledged that the MoD and the Serbian military would continue to work on broadening and deepening Euro-Atlantic ties despite PM Kostunica's recent harsh political rhetoric (ref a). He said the military [...] | 2007-02-05 17:07:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MASS SR |
07BELGRADE925 | DS FAILS FIRST TEST OF COALITION LEADERSHIP [...] (c) SUMMARY: The recent tabling of the proposed PfP Presentation Document in a sub-Cabinet committee of the GoS may be an early indicator of the power relationships that will guide the new coalition government. Key DS ministers were either unwilling or unable to push the document (which had [...] | 2007-06-28 09:31:00 | Embassy Belgrade | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO SR |
07BERLIN1107 | CFE: GERMANY PUSHES FOR BEING FORWARD-LEANING ON [...] (C) Summary: Germany believes that at the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, a point-by-point rebuttal of Russian concerns about CFE could prove counterproductive and play into the hands of hardliners in Moscow. Instead, Germany believes that NATO should be forward-leaning and take "an [...] | 2007-06-04 05:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GM |
07BERLIN1134 | CFE: GERMANY REACTS POSITIVELY TO U.S. THINKING ON [...] (C) We delivered ref A points on U.S. thinking on elements for a final document for the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference to Amb. Friedrich Groening, MFA Director for Disarmament and Arms Control, June 5 and then followed-up with him June 6 to get his reactions right before he left for B [...] | 2007-06-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GE |
07BERLIN135 | GERMANY ON AFGHANISTAN AND NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: German officials welcomed the U.S. comprehensive approach to Afghanistan, covered in the Secretary's meetings January 17-18 with Chancellor Merkel and SIPDIS Foreign Minister Steinmeier, and followed up January 22 by the Deputy Chief of Mission. Berlin expects to [...] | 2007-01-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL MOPS NATO PINS AF PK GE |
07BERLIN1539 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,597 military personnel (compared to 7,438 in mid-May) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliamentar [...] | 2007-08-13 05:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN1591 | GERMAN BUNDESTAG'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (C) Germany's debate on the future of its Afghanistan mandates continues unabated despite the Bundestag's summer recess. The recent unfortunate deaths of three German police officers (who were killed when a remotely detonated mine exploded near their vehicle) and the one-day kidnapping and re [...] | 2007-08-22 15:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GM AF MARR |
07BERLIN1715 | GEORGIA/NATO: GERMANY HOLDS FIRM AGAINST NAC TRIP [...] (C) Political Counselor raised Ref (A) points with MFA NATO Office Director Dirk Brengelmann and NSC-director-equivalent Detlef Waechter at the Chancellery. Their positions were essentially identical and appeared to be coordinated: Germany does not support a North Atlantic Council visit to Georgia [...] | 2007-09-10 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO GG PREL RS GM |
07BERLIN1822 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of early August, Germany had 7,149 military personnel (compared to 7,597 in early August) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, require parliamentary approval. A law regulates the parliam [...] | 2007-09-28 15:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN1884 | GERMANY'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATES: ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: With the Bundestag's approval of the ISAF/Tornado mandate Oct. 12, the spotlight now shifts to the upcoming parliamentary debate and vote on the OEF mandate. While most parliamentarians now seem to accept that dropping the OEF mandate would send a very bad political signal about G [...] | 2007-10-15 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
07BERLIN1885 | GERMANY REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF IV PROGRAM FOR [...] (C) Acting MFA Deputy Director General for Asian Affairs, Ambassador Michael Koch, called in pol-mil/external chief October 12 to raise concerns about Embassy Kabul plans to send an Afghan governor from the northeast province of Kunduz (Mohammad Omar) on an international visitor program to the [...] | 2007-10-15 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
07BERLIN1886 | GERMANY REQUESTS RECONSIDERATION OF IV PROGRAM FOR [...] (C) Acting MFA Deputy Director General for Asian Affairs, Ambassador Michael Koch, called in pol-mil/external chief October 12 to raise concerns about Embassy Kabul plans to send an Afghan governor from the northeast province of Kunduz (Mohammad Omar) on an international visitor program to the [...] | 2007-10-15 05:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
07BERLIN1887 | GERMANY'S AFGHANISTAN MANDATES: ONE DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: With the Bundestag's approval of the ISAF/Tornado mandate Oct. 12, the spotlight now shifts to the upcoming parliamentary debate and vote on the OEF mandate. While most parliamentarians now seem to accept that dropping the OEF mandate would send a very bad political signal about G [...] | 2007-10-15 05:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
07BERLIN1994 | Resumption of German training of Iraqi forces in the UAE [...] (SBU) Summary: After a two-year disruption, Germany will resume training of the Iraqi armed forces in cooperation with the United Arab Emirates in early 2008. From January through April, the Bundeswehr will train an Iraqi logistics and support battalion of 800 soldiers in the UAE and provide e [...] | 2007-11-01 11:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN1995 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of late October, Germany had 6,737 military personnel in out-of-area deployments, plus an additional 600 dedicated for SACEUR's Balkans Operational Reserve Force (ORF) and 3,100 for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those [...] | 2007-11-01 11:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN2172 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of December 2, Germany had 7,173 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,737 in late October),plus 3,100 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, req [...] | 2007-12-05 17:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
07BERLIN2180 | Germany's Defense Budget: Still Scraping Bottom Despite [...] (SBU) Despite a nominal increase of 900 million Euro over last year, the German defense budget for 2008 will fall far below the NATO target of 2% of GDP. Transformation will remain underfunded, as plans to free money for investments by reducing operational expenses have not materialized. -- [...] | 2007-12-07 19:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
07BERLIN604 | MDA DIRECTOR OBERING PROMOTES MISSILE DEFENSE IN [...] (SBU) Lt. General Henry A. Obering, Director of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, visited Berlin on March 15 to provide briefings and answer questions about U.S. missile defense (MD) plans from the German press, think-tank analysts, high-ranking government officials, and members of the German P [...] | 2007-03-23 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL GM |
07BERLIN700 | USD/P EDELMAN'S MARCH 28 CONSULTATIONS IN BERLIN [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Edelman, accompanied by Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Deputy Director Maj. Gen. Anzalone, visited Berlin March 28 to hold consultations on missile defense and Afghanistan with senior officials in the defense and foreign ministries and at the chancellery [...] | 2007-04-03 16:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS GM PL EZ RS AF |
07BERLIN813 | APRIL 18 MEETINGS PROVIDE VALUABLE CLARIFICATION [...] (C) Summary: A delegation from the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USD/P) visited Berlin April 18 to respond to a long list of detailed questions from German technical experts and analysts regarding U.S. MD plans in Europe. The delegati [...] | 2007-04-20 15:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS NATO PREL GM RS |
07BERLIN977 | Germany and Iraq Announce Resumption of Training for Iraqi [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Jassim al-Obeidi in Berlin May 9, DefMin Jung announced that Germany will train 350 Iraqi soldiers from a transportation battalion in the UAE this year. The Bundeswehr also plans to train an Iraqi medical unit in Germany. As part of th [...] | 2007-05-14 06:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER NATO IZ GM |
07BERLIN990 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of May 13, Germany had 7,438 military personnel (compared to 7,993 on April 10) in out-of-area deployments. All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of observers such as in Georgia (where currently 11 military personnel are deployed under UNOMIG),require parliam [...] | 2007-05-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
07BERN992 | DEFMIN SCHMID COMMENTS ON SWISS ISAF COMMITMENT [...] (C) In a September 27 meeting with Swiss DefMin Schmid, the Ambassador drew on points in reftel to urge the Swiss government to retain -- or increase -- its commitment of personnel to ISAF. MOD Political Advisor Kunz and Military Advisor MG Rusch accompanied DefMin Schmid; DATT and poloff acc [...] | 2007-10-05 13:26:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO ASEC PREL AF SZ |
07BRATISLAVA129 | SLOVAKIA APPROVES NATO REQUEST TO SEND ENGINEERS [...] The Slovak Cabinet approved a decision to transfer a maximum of 65 Slovak combat-engineers from Kabul to the airport in Kandahar on February 28. The decision came in response to a request made by NATO last Fall. Slovak soldiers will be sent to Kandahar with the caveat that they not leave the a [...] | 2007-03-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MASS NATO KPAO AF LO |
07BRATISLAVA251 | MOD SPINS NTM-I RIGHT-SIZING AS WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) Slovak MoD Frantisek Kasicky is spinning the return of five Slovak soldiers from the NATO Training Mission in Iraq as a withdrawal in keeping with the manifesto of the Fico government. In fact, the soldiers (three officers and two NCOs) were sent home after SHAPE determined they were no lo [...] | 2007-04-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR NATO IZ LO |
07BRATISLAVA326 | SLOVAKIA RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS [...] (U) Poloff and Air Attache delivered reftel points to Katarina Zakova, Deputy Director of Disarmament, OSCE and Counter-Terrorism at MFA. Zakova said Slovakia shares U.S. views on the points of Russian concern - except for point three (impact of U.S. deployments in Romania and Bulgaria) which [...] | 2007-06-04 15:25:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL LO |
07BRATISLAVA41 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS ARE NOT LANDMINES [...] (C) Summary. Karol Mistrik, MFA Director for Disarmament, OSCE and Counterterrorism will lead the Slovak delegation to talks on regulating the use of Cluster Munitions (CM) to be held in Oslo February 22-23. Mistrik recommended that the U.S. attend the talks as well, but did not deny that some [...] | 2007-01-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO LO |
07BRATISLAVA475 | CFE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered demarche and non-paper as per reftel to Katarina Zakova (Dept. for OSCE and Counter-Terrorism) and Lubomir Macko (Security Policy Dept.) on August 20. Zakova and Macko accepted the points, said they would look them over, and provide the requested information through the HLTF i [...] | 2007-08-24 12:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KCFE NATO OSCE LO |
07BRATISLAVA487 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (C) YOUR MEETING WITH SLOVAK DEFENSE MINISTER FRANTISEK KASICKY WILL TAKE PLACE DURING HIS FIRST VISIT TO THE U.S. SINCE HIS APPOINTMENT IN JUNE 2006. IT WILL PROVIDE A TIMELY OPPORTUNITY TO ENCOURAGE A TOO OFTEN RELUCTANT NATO ALLY TO ASSUME A GREATER SHARE OF RESPONSIBILITY. KASICKY WILL MEET [...] | 2007-08-30 16:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR LO |
07BRATISLAVA498 | EMBASSY BRATISLAVA PARTICIPATION IN USNATO/USEU [...] (U) Embassy Bratislava will send Polical-Economic Chief Susan Ball to the upcoming workshop. Requested information follows: DOB: 003/26/63; Security Clearance Level: TS; Telephone: 42-12-5922-3412; Fax:42-12-5922-3109; email: BallSM@state.gov. Ms. Ball plans to arrive on September 18 and dep [...] | 2007-09-07 10:38:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO LO PREL MARR |
07BRATISLAVA500 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS NAC TRIP TO GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA's Deputy Head of Security Policy Department Lubomir Macko on September 7. Macko said Slovakia will continue to support SYG de Hoop Scheffer's proposal that the NAC join him on his October 3-4 trip to Georgia, but only in the context of Georgia's partic [...] | 2007-09-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | GG LO NATO PREL RS |
07BRATISLAVA538 | SLOVAKIA: 2008 NATO POLICY-MAKER TOUR PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Bratislava requests a date be reserved for a policy-maker tour in April/May 2008, following the NATO Summit. Post would send 6-8 employees of the Ministry of Defense and Government Office, a representative from DAO and a Political Officer. Post requests a tour that includes substantive [...] | 2007-10-01 08:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO KPAO OEXC OIIP PREL LO |
07BRATISLAVA58 | PM SIGNALS SLOVAK TROOP MOVE TO KANDAHAR - BUT [...] (C) PM Robert Fico has signalled his agreement to move Slovak military engineers from Kabul to Kandahar, but with the caveat that they conduct work only at Kandahar Air Base. Fico told a Bratislava press conference upon return from his January 26 visit to Kandahar that the GOS should make a fo [...] | 2007-01-26 17:31:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS NATO KPAO AF LO |
07BRATISLAVA612 | SLOVAKIA: FOREIGN MINISTER KUBIS ON KOSOVO AND [...] (C) In a brief one-on-one meeting prior to a luncheon hosted by FM Kubis in his honor, Ambassador Vallee and FM Kubis discussed Kosovo and Missile Defense. On Kosovo, Kubis again highlighted the need for legal "cover" to facilitate an ESDP mission in the absence of a new UNSCR. Regarding Mi [...] | 2007-11-14 16:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL LO MARR NATO KV |
07BRATISLAVA616 | SLOVAKIA: DEFENSE MINISTER KASICKY -- OUT OF STEP [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. See para 7. 2. (C) Summary. During a breakfast meeting with the Ambassador on November 9, Minister of Defense Frantisek Kasicky reviewed the state-of-play on preparations for new Slovak contributions to ISAF and elaborated the Slovak position on Missile Defense [...] | 2007-11-16 08:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM LO RU |
07BRATISLAVA659 | SLOVAKIA IS WORKING FOR A GOOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary. Slovakia is cooperating closely with other designers, producers, stockpilers and users of cluster munitions (CM) to take control of the Oslo Process and ensure a draft treaty that limits "cluster munitions that cause unacceptable harm to civilians," but that implicitly recognizes [...] | 2007-12-13 07:00:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO LO |
07BRATISLAVA84 | FY-07 NATO TOUR NOMINEES FOLLOW-ON [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Embassy Bratislava nominates the following Members of Parliament for the FY-2007 single-country, policy-maker tour, which is already scheduled for March 8-9, 2007: -- Rudolf Pucik is a first-time MP representing the governing Slovak National Party (SNS). He is Chairperson o [...] | 2007-02-09 13:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO AMGT NATO LO |
07BRUSSELS1787 | NATO, AFGHANISTAN, AND BELGIUM: JUNE 10 ELECTIONS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht told DCM on May 30 that the June 10 federal polls limit Belgium's ability to be responsive to NATO's request. De Gucht said that while his party (the party of the Foreign and Prime Ministers) was sympathetic to the request from NATO, the [...] | 2007-06-01 10:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR BE AF |
07BRUSSELS1860 | CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE PREPARATIONS: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2649 | BELGIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE AND [...] (C) Poloff relayed nonpaper and talking points August 20 to Bruno Angelet, in the MFA's Office of Foreign and Security Policy. Angelet thought the U.S. proposal, with the proposed timeline of parallel actions, "looked good." He said Brussels had been concerned about the current stalemate wit [...] | 2007-08-21 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL BE |
07BRUSSELS2687 | PORTUGUESE PRESIDENCY: GIVE US TIME ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Portuguese Political and Security (PSC) Ambassador Pais told Charge August 23 that the EU will only address recognition and next steps on Kosovo as the December 10 report deadline moves closer. Pais floated a "hot house" Dayton-like conference as a possible way to pressure the Kosovars a [...] | 2007-08-24 12:13:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUN KV RU TU |
07BUCHAREST113 | DEMARCHE: COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) POLMILOFF delivered demarche to MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on January 19. Vasiu said the MFA was aware that there were plans for a Cluster Munitions (CM) conference in Oslo but Romania had not yet been formally invited. She not [...] | 2007-02-02 17:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO |
07BUCHAREST1266 | ROMANIAN PREPARATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT (C-RE7-02147) [...] (C) The GOR has appointed Ambassador Victor Micula, the Under Secretary of State at the Foreign Ministry, as overall NATO Summit coordinator. He has assembled an interagency task force with a core group currently of around 25 individuals representing a range of agencies. These include special [...] | 2007-11-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO RO |
07BUCHAREST268 | CFE CROSS-GROUP STATIONING LANGUAGE: OPTION ONE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO GR TU NO UK CA BU RO |
07BUCHAREST292 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS BACK ON THE TABLE [...] (C) MFA Director for Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Combating Terrorism Mihaela Vasiu on March 9, cautioned POLMILOFF that Romania will revisit its decision not to associate the GOR with the Conference on Cluster Munitions. Vasiu said that the GOR's decision to send a relatively low lev [...] | 2007-03-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO IS RO |
07BUCHAREST60 | ROMANIA: GOALS FOR INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Acting Pol Chief on January 16 discussed NATO Ministerial goals (ref a) with MFA Political Director Ovidiu Dranga and NATO Office Deputy Director Ana Tinca. Pol Chief noted the excellent bilateral discussion between Foreign Minister Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns held on the margins [...] | 2007-01-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP RO |
07BUCHAREST79 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 23 MEETING WITH FM UNGUREANU [...] (C) Summary: On January 23, Ambassador and Foreign Minister Ungureanu discussed the upcoming NATO Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers, Kosovo, and Romania's bid for the 2008 NATO Summit. Ungureanu has become increasingly involved in promoting Romania's offer to host the NATO Summit in 2008 [...] | 2007-01-24 16:24:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO SB RO |
07BUCHAREST947 | RFG: GOR CONSIDERING NATO STRATEGIC AIRLIFT [...] (C) This message is a request for guidance. See para 3 below. 2. (C) MFA NATO Directorate Deputy Director Ana Tinca on August 21, raised with Polmiloff a request for USG position on the prospects for the GOR to advance at NATO a proposal for developing Romania's Strategic Airlift Capabili [...] | 2007-08-21 14:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP NATO PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST978 | ROMANIA ON KOSOVO NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Romania's Kosovo policy is largely driven from the top, especially by President Basescu's office which continues to adhere to the view that no solution can be imposed on Belgrade and Pristina without damaging the fundamental OSCE principles of territorial integrity. Romanians al [...] | 2007-08-27 14:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EU KV NATO YI RO |
07BUDAPEST101 | HUNGARIAN UPDATE FOR JANUARY 26 INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) USAID hosted a PRT for senior GoH interagency representatives in Budapest January 23. Post capitalized on the meeting to review reftel points with representatives from the MFA's Office of Security Policy, highlighting our commitment to provide significant new resources and our call on Al [...] | 2007-01-24 08:03:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS |
07BUDAPEST1722 | DASD CAGAN'S TALKS WITH THE HUNGARIANS [...] (C) Summary. DASD Cagan discussed the upcoming Iraqi Coalition Conference and the potential Hungarian Operational, Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) contribution to the Dutch PRT in meetings with senior Hungarian MOD, MFA and Parliamentary Defense Committee representatives. Stressing the imp [...] | 2007-10-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PREL NATO NL HU |
07BUDAPEST910 | HUNGARY RESPONDS TO DEVELOPING A UNIFIED ALLIANCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department head Gyorgy Molnar, department deputy Vilmos Hamikus and department NATO expert Gabor Marosfi on June 4. According to Molnar, Hungary agrees with our positions noting that Russia withdrawing from the [...] | 2007-06-05 10:28:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL HU |
07BUDAPEST98 | HUNGARY'S POSITION ON OSLO CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) GOH officials say that Hungary will accept the Government of Norway's (GON) invitation to attend the February 22-23 Oslo conference per reftel. MFA Director of Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Policy Andras Toth told POL off on 22 January that the GOH will attend the conference "in ord [...] | 2007-01-23 14:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO |
07CAIRO160 | EGYPT DISCUSSING NATIONAL POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poloff discussed the movement to develop a legally binding treaty to restrict the use of cluster munitions (CM) with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that representatives of several ministries discussed CM at a recent "National Committee" meeting [...] | 2007-01-22 13:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO EG |
07COPENHAGEN1069 | DENMARK FIRM IN SUPPORT OF U.S. APPROACH ON KOSOVO [...] (C) There is "no doubt" that Denmark will be among the first EU member states to recognize the independence of Kosovo, Danish MFA Head of Department for Eastern Europe Ruben Madsen assured us December 12. Danish PM Rasmussen briefed the parliamentary foreign policy committee earlier that day, [...] | 2007-12-13 09:09:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI DA |
07COPENHAGEN130 | DENMARK: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade the urgency of new contributions for Afghanistan and NATO-ISAF, emphasizing our common interest in ensuring that the requirements identified by SACEUR are met as quickly as possible. Gade indicated general support for our [...] | 2007-02-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS AF DA |
07COPENHAGEN167 | DANISH PM ANNOUNCES IRAQ WITHDRAWAL, INCREASE IN [...] (SBU) Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced February 21 that Denmark will radically scale down its presence in Iraq in August 2007 and will then deploy additional forces -- perhaps as many as the net 400 soldiers to be pulled from Iraq -- to join the Danish battalion in Afghani [...] | 2007-02-21 15:11:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO IZ DA |
07COPENHAGEN66 | DANES SUPPORT U.S. INFORMAL NATO MINISTERIAL GOALS [...] (C) Ambassador Cain highlighted for Danish MFA Permanent Secretary (deputy FM) Ulrik Federspiel the urgent need to SIPDIS seize the momentum in Afghanistan, to pre-empt and thwart an anticipated Taliban offensive in the spring. The United States plans to increase our forces and assistance a [...] | 2007-01-19 08:43:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF DA |
07DOHA206 | QATARI MFA DOES NOT WANT NATO/ISAF TO BECOME A [...] (S) SUMMARY: Qatari Deputy Minister for Follow-Up Affairs Mohamad al-Rumaihi told Ambassador and DCM February 25 that U.S. personnel supporting the NATO/ISAF Afghanistan mission out of Al-Udeid Air Base are covered by the bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement. He nevertheless complained tha [...] | 2007-02-25 14:57:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | MARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF |
07DUBLIN60 | IRELAND FAVORS CLUSTER MUNITIONS TREATY, WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ireland supports movement toward an international treaty restricting the use of cluster munitions (CM) and will participate in the February 22-23 CM conference in Oslo, according to the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland, however, continues to see the Convention o [...] | 2007-01-23 18:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI |
07GENEVA2492 | A/S FRIED MEETS WITH ANTONOV ON CFE IN GENEVA [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, A/S Dan Fried, accompanied by A/S Paula DeSutter and an interagency team, met in Geneva with Russian MFA Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoly Antonov, accompanied by Mikhail Ulyanov and Sergey Federyakov to resume discussion of the U.S. paper on elements [...] | 2007-11-15 10:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS GG MD NATO |
07HELSINKI140 | FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE: U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (SBU) PolChief shared the substance of subject demarche Feb. 27 with Laura Kansikas-Debraise, Office Director of the Unit for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non- Proliferation. Kansikas-Debraise expressed appreciation for the US position and re-emphasized 1) that Finland considers cluster muni [...] | 2007-03-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO NO FI |
07HELSINKI351 | A CLEAR CHANGE OF TONE: FINNISH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kanerva underscored to Ambassador Ware the new GOF's intention to improve the US- Finnish bilateral relationship, and he highlighted the shared foreign policy challenges the US and the EU face in Russia. The Ambassador urged more Finnish funding for peacekeepin [...] | 2007-05-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EUN FI |
07HELSINKI352 | NEW SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT BREAKS WITH THE PAST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their first meeting, new Speaker of Parliament Niinisto and the Ambassador discussed NATO issues and the EU's approach to Russia. The Speaker spoke warmly both of the new tone in Finnish-US relations and of the "more open dialogue on NATO" his party intends to lead now t [...] | 2007-05-14 14:06:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN FI |
07HELSINKI51 | FINNISH RESPONSE -- FULL COURT PRESS FOR [...] (SBU) PolChief discussed NATO/ISAF's new "Comprehensive Approach" to bolstering the mission in Afghanistan and the Jan. 26 and Feb. 8 NATO ministerials (reftels) with Finnish Roving Ambassador to Afghanistan Antti Koistinen and MFA Director for Security Policy Kimmo Lahdevirta on Jan. 25. I [...] | 2007-01-26 09:34:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK FI |
07HELSINKI514 | FINNISH RESPONSE: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO FI |
07HELSINKI601 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH STATE SECRETARY TIILIKAINEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ware and PolChief met with Teija Tiilikainen, State Secretary at the Finnish MFA, for a tour d'horizon of multilateral and bilateral issues. Topics included potential increases to Finland's NATO/ISAF commitments in Afghanistan; Kosovo; Russia; and Finland's 2008 OSCE [...] | 2007-08-06 08:43:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN NATO FI |
07HELSINKI614 | FINNISH RESPONSE: BRIEFING OUR ALLIES ON ROLLOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 06:13:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF FI |
07HELSINKI615 | FINNISH RESPONSE: DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-13 06:19:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO RS FI |
07HELSINKI639 | FINLAND'S LIKELY NEXT STEPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Budgetary realities and political discomfort amongst a few at the highest levels have currently put the brakes on the GOF's plan to increase its military commitments to NATO/ISAF in 2008. Meaningful increases in Finnish development and counternarcotics assistance to Afghanistan ar [...] | 2007-08-20 11:25:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR SNAR EAID PGOV NATO AF FI |
07HELSINKI753 | FINLAND, SWEDEN AND NORWAY EXPLORE A "NORDIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOF has begun a series of discussions with Norway and Sweden aimed at developing a "Nordic approach" to security policy that could result in new NATO Response Force (NRF) commitments 2008; in more Nordic-led OMLTs; and in a long-term commitment to staffing the Mazar-al-Shariff [...] | 2007-10-04 13:00:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV NATO AF SU CD FI |
07HELSINKI860 | AFGHANISTAN FREES FINNISH PEACEKEEPER'S KILLERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GoF continues to receive unsatisfactory answers from the GoA as to why President Karzai suddenly ordered the release of five Afghan men convicted in June for detonating a roadside bomb that killed a Finnish peacekeeper in Meymenah. Unofficial reports from Afghanistan-based Fi [...] | 2007-12-05 13:11:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MARR SNAR PREL MOPS FI AF |
07KABUL1169 | "OPERATION ACHILLES" MOVES TALIBAN FROM SANGIN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since last fall, the Taliban presence in North Helmand had been growing, especially in the districts of Musa Qala, Now Zad, and Sangin. This Taliban presence undermined USAID's multi-million dollar efforts to refurbish the major hydroelectric plant located at Kajaki Dam -- an [...] | 2007-04-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PTER MARR PGOV AF |
07KABUL1238 | STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP: DEFENSE MINISTER WARDAK ON [...] (S) In a separate meeting with members of the Strategic Partnership delegation, Minister of Defense Wardak stressed the importance to Afghanistan of its partnership with the United States, and praised U.S. forces for the "marvelous job" they are doing in Afghanistan. He noted in particular the [...] | 2007-04-14 08:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MASS NATO AF |
07KABUL1267 | THE AFGHAN NATIONAL POLICE: WHERE WE ARE, WHERE [...] Summary: This cable uses the opportunity offered by a tasking from the Joint Department of State - Department of Defense Inspector General Interagency Assessment of Afghanistan Police Training and Readiness (ref A) to review recent progress in Afghan police development and to describe ongoing [...] | 2007-04-15 14:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR SNAR ASIG PREL PGOV ASEC NATO AF |
07KABUL1578 | ISAF DETAINEES: CANADIANS CONCLUDE NEW AGREEMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary: It is NATO policy that ISAF partner nations should transfer detainees to GoA custody within 96 hours, or release them. While NATO's policy originally did not identify a particular Afghan agency to receive the ISAF detainees, an ISAF HQ order (FRAGO) issued March 30 designated [...] | 2007-05-10 14:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KWAC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL1609 | NATO SCR EVERTS CALLS FOR MORE UNITY OF EFFORT [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Cohen, NATO Senior Civilan Representative Daan Everts said that the North Atlantic Council (NAC) had a "distinctly more positive" view than they had previously, based on their most recent visit to Afghanistan. His own view was somewhat different, however, [...] | 2007-05-14 13:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO AF |
07KABUL1610 | NDS SALEH ON PAKISTAN, THE TALIBAN, AND AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 meeting with Counselor Eliot Cohen, National Director of Security Amarullah Saleh analyzed the nature of the Taliban and its links to Pakistan. He said that despite repeated attempts to share information with the Pakistanis, they have not been responsive to his initiat [...] | 2007-05-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR NATO AF |
07KABUL1679 | KARZAI: CONCERNS ABOUT SECURITY AND PRIVATE [...] (C) Summary: At a May 15 DIAG meeting, President Karzai voiced concerns about the perception of defenselessness held by citizens in Paktia following the recent skirmish between Afghan and Pakistani forces on the border. He cited citizens' concerns that the disarmament process has diminished the [...] | 2007-05-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC ECON MARR MASS NATO AF |
07KABUL1690 | AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN BORDER FIRING INCIDENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Another border firing incident between Afghan and Pakistani forces occurred early on the morning of May 17. The facts regarding which side fired first and why remain hard to pin down, with each side blaming the other for having provoked the exchange. The incident occurred in [...] | 2007-05-20 09:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS MASS NATO PREL PK AF |
07KABUL1720 | AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT SECURITY, POLICE, POPPY IN [...] (C) (SUMMARY) During a May 13 visit to Mazar-i-Sharif and meeting with Balkh Governor Atta, the Ambassador offered congratulations for a dramatic reduction in poppy production, announced a planned increase in assistance to the province, and urged more progress on combating local warlords. T [...] | 2007-05-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PINR PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF |
07KABUL1727 | AFGHAN NATIONAL CIVIL ORDER POLICE: FIRST [...] Summary: The Ministry of Interior (MOI) graduated the first two battalions of the Afghan National Civil Order Police (ANCOP) May 17 in a ceremony at the Mazar-E-Sharif Regional Training Center (RTC) . These two battalions will be deployed in Kabul as a riot intervention force. According to an [...] | 2007-05-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL MARR MASS NATO AF |
07KABUL1749 | COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHAN SECURITY WITH [...] (C) Counselor Cohen reviewed Afghanistan,s internal and external security situation in recQt meetings with Minister of Defense Wardak and Minister of Interior Zarar Moqbel. Wardak emphasized the need for a larger, more capable, and better equipped Afghan National Army. According to his calc [...] | 2007-05-25 11:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AF |
07KABUL1757 | COUNSELOR COHEN AND NSA RASSOUL DISCUSS SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent wide-ranging conversation with Counselor Cohen, National Security Advisor emphasized that the security situation in Afghanistan has improved significantly since last summer, particularly in Kandahar, and that reconstruction is starting to take hold in many areas. He [...] | 2007-05-27 08:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AF |
07KABUL1779 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: NON-PAPER ON SECURITY [...] (S) On May 25, the Ambassador delivered the ref C non-paper on security detention to President Karzai in a one-on-one meeting. Karzai undertook to review the matter. On May 26, Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim told A/DCM that President Karzai had held an internal meeti [...] | 2007-05-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KAWC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF |
07KABUL1785 | REGULATING PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANIES: NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Following the recent DIAG meeting at which President Karzai highlighted perceived problems with unlicensed Private Security Companies (reftel),the Policy Action Group on May 17 further reviewed the situation with the international community. Deputy Minister of Interior Khalid and head [...] | 2007-05-29 14:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON MARR EFIN NATO AF |
07KABUL186 | BOUCHER AND WARDAK TALK ABOUT RESOURCES, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Defense Minister Wardak, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher assured Wardak that the United States is working to provide "bigger and better" support to the Afghan National Security Forces. Wardak replied that, in the [...] | 2007-01-21 01:10:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO MOPS PREL PGOV AF |
07KABUL2137 | PAG TO DISCUSS COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE SOUTH [...] (S/REL ISAF) Summary: At a June 28 Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting chaired by Afghan NSA Rassoul, COMISAF GEN McNeill urged the GoA and international community to do more to address the growing narcotics problem in Afghanistan. Ambassador Wood proposed that the PAG meet in three weeks to di [...] | 2007-07-05 14:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | MARR SNAR PTER MOPS NATO AF |
07KABUL2299 | PAG DISCUSSES SCHOOL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 12 the Policy Action Group (PAG) chaired by NSA Rassoul discussed school security. Education Minister Atmar reported that there had been 20 attacks against schools in the previous week. Education Minister Atmar assessed that the Taliban have shifted their focus from d [...] | 2007-07-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PTER EAID NATO AF |
07KABUL255 | PAG APPROVES EXPANDING ANAP TO EAST AND [...] (SBU) The January 11 Policy Action Group (PAG) approved two Afghan National Auxiliary Police (ANAP) proposals. The first will expand the authorization of ANAP for Kandahar from 1300 to 2000. The additional 700 police will be recruited from and deployed to Panjwayi and Zharey districts to ba [...] | 2007-01-25 09:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV SNAR PTER AF |
07KABUL3754 | RESPONSE TO GERMAN REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION OF [...] (SBU) Post appreciates Embassy Berlin's REFTEL message relaying the German government's sensitivities about the nomination of the Kunduz province governor, Mohammad Omar, for participation in the autumn International Visitor program. 2. (SBU) Post would appreciate Embassy Berlin's conveying [...] | 2007-11-05 01:30:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MARR GM AF |
07KABUL3803 | NATO SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) The NATO Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Ambassador Daan Everts of the Netherlands, has circulated a letter to the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the diplomatic community announcing that he will be concluding his duties and vacating his posting in Afghanistan by th [...] | 2007-11-10 11:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PGOV AF |
07KABUL564 | ANA RETENTION RATES SHOW IMPROVEMENT; MORE WORK [...] (SBU) Summary: For the Afghan National Army to grow rapidly to the target strength of 70,000 personnel by December 2008, traditionally high AWOL and attrition rates need to be reduced. The Afghan Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A) are work [...] | 2007-02-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR ASEC NATO PTER PGOV AF |
07KABUL581 | SOUTHERN GOVERNORS OUTLINE MAJOR SECURITY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: During a February 6 introductory meeting in Kandahar with COMISAF, the governors of Helmand, Kandahar and Zabul pressed for increasing police salaries and getting more police officers into the Southern provinces to provide leadership to new recruits. ANA 205th Corps Co [...] | 2007-02-21 13:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PTER EAID NATO MARR AF |
07KABUL605 | NORTHERN GOVERNORS FOCUSED ON POPPY ERADICATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, the Ambassador met with the Commander of PRT Mazar i Sharif and held a joint meeting with Interior Minister Moqbel Zarar and five governors from the Northern provinces to discuss poppy eradication efforts in the north. The counternarcotics strategy in the North [...] | 2007-02-25 05:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NATO SNAR AF |
07KABUL606 | KARZAI DISCUSSES SECURITY, PAKISTAN WITH CODEL [...] (U) On February 21, Codel Dicks discussed security and reconstruction issues with President Karzai. Karzai expressed confidence about GOA and ISAF ability to succeed. Attendees included Representatives Dicks, Kaptur, Frelinghuysen, Rothman, Carney, and Murphy. ---------------------------- [...] | 2007-02-25 11:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR NATO AF |
07KABUL621 | APHSCT TOWNSEND'S FEBRUARY 8 MEETING WITH COMISAF [...] (S) Summary: General McNeill emphasized that ISAF will maintain the initiative, and that the "spring offensive will be mine." He said that, from a military perspective, he does not like the current situation in Musa Qala (reftel). However, he said that he is prepared to leave things as they [...] | 2007-02-26 09:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | NATO MOPS MARR PREL PINS AF |
07KABUL661 | STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 15 Strategic Partnership Working Group meeting ranged broadly over issues related to building Afghan National Security Force capacity and increasing security sector links. The discussion covered the growth, equipping, and capacity building of both the army and poli [...] | 2007-02-28 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR SNAR NATO AF |
07KABUL662 | OSD DELEGATION DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Summary: In February 13-15 meetings, a delegation from the Office of the Secretary of Defense discussed Pakistan, Iran, Afghan security forces development, and the Strategic Partnership with key leaders in the Afghan government. National Security Advisor Rassoul advised that the GOA is w [...] | 2007-02-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV SNAR NATO AF |
07KABUL672 | RUSSIAN FM SAYS NATO MUST LEAVE AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Drawing on Cold War rhetoric, Russian FM Lavrov told FM Spanta on February 23 that NATO must leave Afghanistan as it was an enduring presence against Russia (according to Spanta's debrief). The GOR is also worried about Iran's nuclear program and does not trust its regional intentions. [...] | 2007-03-01 07:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NATO RU IR AF |
07KABUL790 | PRT CHAGHCHARAN: SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT ON SECURITY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ghor Province should be one of Afghanistan?s success stories, but because it remains unable to attract the resources needed to overcome its developmental deficit, the province continues to lack the wherewithal for economic and political "take-off". Marginal progress was made [...] | 2007-03-07 13:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON MARR NATO SOCI AF |
07KUWAIT440 | KUWAIT NSB DEPUTY AIRS VIEWS ON IRAN AND IRAQ AT [...] (C) Summary. NATO member embassies met March 21 to discuss NATO cooperation with Kuwait under the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) and the upcoming visit of a NATO Parliamentary Assembly delegation. The Poles briefed on the March 5-6 Contact Point Embassy meeting in Brussels highlightin [...] | 2007-03-28 11:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MNUC PTER NATO PGOV IZ IR KU |
07KUWAIT870 | NATO VISITS LAY GROUNDWORK FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) On June 2, the Polish Embassy, the NATO Contact Point Embassy in Kuwait, briefed resident NATO member embassies on recent NATO visits to Kuwait. From May 6-7, NATO officials conducted a workshop on Civil Emergency Planning and Crisis Management in Kuwait. The team emphasized radiological [...] | 2007-06-04 12:07:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KU |
07KYIV1104 | UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) Ukrainian MFA provided the written response May 9 of the Ukrainian government position previewed ref A to the U.S. request for a mixture of 500 Igla-1 and 1,000 Igla MANPADS missiles for countermeasures development (ref C). In a nutshell, the reply states that such MANPADS missiles are st [...] | 2007-05-10 13:10:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV1299 | UKRAINE: MANPADS FOR DESTRUCTION AND [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko told visiting PM/WRA Deputy Director Steven Costner May 16 that the Ukrainian offer to provide 2,101 Man-Portable Air Defense System (MANPADS) missiles and 582 gripstocks (ref E) for the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project had been made in [...] | 2007-05-25 14:45:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV163 | UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION AND THE NATO PFP [...] (S) Summary: As a result of a January 17 meeting with Deputy Defense Minister Tereshchenko on the proposals regarding man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS) contained ref A, PM/WRA will work with the NATO Maintenance and Supply Agency (NAMSA) to develop an amendment to the NATO/PfP Trust F [...] | 2007-01-22 12:57:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV1897 | UKRAINE: MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION AND CFE; [...] (C) Visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed Foreign Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk August 2 on the results of the July 30 U.S.-Russia experts' meeting on missile defense cooperation as requested reftel, as well as on parallel Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) discussions. Ya [...] | 2007-08-03 11:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AJ CZ PL RS UP |
07KYIV210 | UKRAINE: MANPADS ACQUISITION FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (S) On January 29, Ambassador, accompanied by DATT and poloff, passed ref A non-paper to Defense Minister Anatoliy Hrytsenko. Hrytsenko said he was frankly relieved the U.S. had elected to pursue an approach that involved some level of compensation to the Ukrainian government to transfer MANPA [...] | 2007-01-29 15:08:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07KYIV211 | UKRAINE: NATO REFERENDUM ON HOLD AFTER [...] (C) Summary. President Yushchenko's January 26 decision to refer two constitutional articles on holding a referendum to the Constitutional Court for clarification effectively pushes down the road the need to decide whether there will be a referendum on membership in NATO and the Single Economi [...] | 2007-01-29 15:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO UP |
07KYIV2114 | UKRAINE: U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED; [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) As agreed ref email, PolCouns met with MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Volodymr Belashov August 23, to follow up on Acting EUR A/S Volker's meeting with the Ukrainian Charge and Moldovan Ambassador August 22 in Washin [...] | 2007-08-23 12:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS UP |
07KYIV2185 | UKRAINE: U.S. REACTION TO CFE NON-PAPER DELIVERED [...] (U) We delivered U.S. comments contained ref A on the Ukrainian Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) non-paper (ref B) to MFA Arms Control Director Volodymyr Belashov August 31. Belashov thanked us for the speedy U.S. response and welcomed the information that the U.S. had briefed Georgia and [...] | 2007-08-31 13:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP |
07KYIV2417 | UKRAINE: NATO, RUSSIAN LANGUAGE ISSUES ENTER [...] (C) Summary. Party of Regions' recent decision to call for a referendum on neutrality (local shorthand for no NATO membership),and an official status for the Russian language resurrects divisive election themes, present in 2004 and 2006, that the major parties had tried to keep quiet so far [...] | 2007-09-19 12:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO PREL PINR UP |
07KYIV2673 | UKRAINE: READ-OUT OF MOSCOW TWO-PLUS-TWO MEETING [...] (U) We drew on ref A October 23 to brief MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Director Volodymyr Belashov and Counselor Rustam Rustamov on the results of the U.S.-Russia "2-plus-2" discussions held October 12-13 in Moscow. Belashov, who was on his way the same aftern [...] | 2007-10-23 13:04:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS UP |
07KYIV2794 | UKRAINE: MFA Statement on Russian CFE Treaty Suspension [...] (SBU) The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, on November 8, issued a statement expressing its alarm over the Russian Duma decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty's provisions. The strong statement continues the Ukrainian MFA's concern and engagement over the issue (reftels) [...] | 2007-11-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP |
07KYIV2858 | UKRAINE: PREPARING FOR THE NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. We need to engage now with Ukraine to craft a role for this important partner at the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest even as Ukrainian political forces are focused on building a coalition and forming a new government. While President Yushchenko, FM Yatsenyuk, and Minister of [...] | 2007-11-21 13:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL UP |
07KYIV2894 | UKRAINE: CONVENTIONAL FORCES IN EUROPE AND MISSILE [...] On November 26, we provided the background information contained ref A on U.S.-Russia discussion on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty and missile defense (MD) to MFA Arms Control Counselor Rustam Rustamov and Attache Katerina Bila. (We had originally scheduled a meeting with Arms [...] | 2007-11-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR PREL KCFE OSCE NATO RS UP |
07KYIV663 | UKRAINE: DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES NATO/SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer and NSC Director Adam Sterling discussed Ukraine-NATO relations and security issues with a range of Ukrainian officials March 18-20, in addition to energy, domestic politics, Belarus, and Transnistria (septels). Presidential adviser Oleh Rybachuk described his [...] | 2007-03-22 15:22:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UP |
07KYIV751 | UKRAINE: MOD SAYS NO MANPADS FOR COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S) Summary: During a March 28 meeting with Ukrspetsexport and Ministry of Defense representatives, an MOD official said that in response to the U.S. request for additional MANPADS to be used for counter measures development, other than the de [...] | 2007-03-30 12:35:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
07LEIPZIG13 | FLIGHTS TRANSPORTING U.S. TROOPS RECEIVE EXEMPTION FROM [...] (U) Summary. On June 29, 2007, a Saxony state agency for regional infrastructure issued an amendment to the operating regulations for Leipzig/Halle airport, one effect of which will be that commercial charter flights transporting U.S. military personnel between CONUS and Middle East/Central A [...] | 2007-07-06 10:21:00 | Consulate Leipzig | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR EAIR MOPS PREL NATO GM |
07LISBON2199 | PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...] | 2007-08-28 17:37:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR |
07LISBON2200 | PORTUGAL: SPECIAL ENVOY ON KOSOVO DISCUSSES GOP [...] (C) Antonio Tanger Correa, Portugal's Special Envoy to the Western Balkans, discussed the GOP's efforts to build EU consensus on Kosovo and the impact that the situation could have on internal EU and transatlantic relations. He stressed that the GOP is doing everything within its powers to find [...] | 2007-08-29 06:28:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS EUN NATO PO KV SR |
07LISBON247 | AMBASSADOR, PM'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR DISCUSS [...] (C) At a January 25 meeting with Ambassador Hoffman, Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister Jorge Roza de Oliveira discussed the media attention and government response to Ana Gomes' vocal investigation of alleged CIA rendition flights through Portugal. He noted that Foreign Minister Amado [...] | 2007-01-26 16:16:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO PO |
07LISBON3013 | PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT ON AFGHANISTAN DRAWDOWN [...] (C) I went alone to my courtesy call on President Cavaco Silva on November 26. It was a warm meeting in which we both described the excellent state of bilateral relations but focused mostly on a constructive discussion of the recent Portuguese decision to draw down combat forces in Afghanist [...] | 2007-11-27 16:23:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO PO |
07LJUBLJANA111 | SLOVENIA: CONTINUING ITS COMMITMENT TO NATO IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia begins its fifth year of commitment to Afghanistan this week with the deployment of 53 fresh soldiers for a six month rotation with the Italian-led PRT in Herat. These troops relieve 52 troops deployed at that location since August 2006. The GoS announced this fall that [...] | 2007-02-23 09:30:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA15 | SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND JANUARY 26 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-10 14:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO OPDC SI |
07LJUBLJANA188 | SLOVENIA: MEDIA RESPONSE AND PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Summary. Slovenian media coverage of U.S. missile defense plans in Poland and Czech Republic has been generally restrained, with numerous straightforward, factual articles, but, as is typical, a handful of acerbic anti-American commentaries from Slovenia's skeptical intellectual elite. A [...] | 2007-03-28 09:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | KPAO MARR PREL NATO PGOV MASS SI |
07LJUBLJANA31 | SLOVENIA IN CAUTIOUS, LISTENING MODE ON CLUSTER [...] (C) PolMilOff met with MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman on January 22 to discuss reftel demarche and ascertain the Government of Slovenia's (GoS) positions on cluster munitions policy and the upcoming conference hosted by the Government of Norway on February 22 and 23 in O [...] | 2007-01-23 05:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA312 | SLOVENIA CLOSELY WATCHING U.S.-RUSSIAN DISCOURSE [...] (SBU) PolMilOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar on May 14. Slapnicar told PolMilOff that Slovenia was closely watching recent discourse on the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE). 2. (C) Slapnicar [...] | 2007-05-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREL OSCE PARM NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA382 | SLOVENIA: UNIFIED NATO POSITION IS TOP PRIORITY [...] (C) PolMilOff delivered reftel a points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Department staffer Andrej Slapnicar who will represent the GOS at the High Level Task Force meeting in Brussels June 7. Slapnicar thanked PolMilOff for the points, the explanation of USG views, and the [...] | 2007-06-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07LJUBLJANA412 | SLOVENIA PUBLICLY REAFFIRMS READINESS TO ENTER [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Policy Office Director Stanislav Vidovic told PolMilOff June 14 that the GOS would publicly reaffirm its desire to join the Adapted Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty when possible (as requested in reftel a). He said that he hoped this would help b [...] | 2007-06-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07LJUBLJANA52 | SLOVENIA: MOUNTAIN SCHOOL LOOKING FOR WAYS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a January 24 meeting with Lt. Miha Kuhar, the director of the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) Mountain Warfare School, Kuhar eagerly embraced suggestions that the school partner with the U.S. Military's Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany and expressed [...] | 2007-01-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP PREL NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA590 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (C) EmbOff delivered reftel points to MFA Security Policy Division representative Mateja Kracun on September 10. She stated that the MFA had instructed its permanent representative to NATO to support North Atlantic Council Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's planned visit to SIPDIS T [...] | 2007-09-11 15:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA666 | SLOVENES FOCUSED ON BALKANS AND REGIONAL [...] (C) Slovene officials assured visiting EUR DAS Judy Garber October 4-5 that the GOS views the transatlantic relationship as vital even as it becomes increasingly immersed in the internal business of the EU Presidency. Garber welcomed Slovenia,s Presidency and stressed that the U.S. is looking [...] | 2007-10-24 09:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO PGOV PHUM ENRG SI |
07LJUBLJANA736 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US PROPOSALS ON MD AND CFE [...] (C) On November 30, EmbOff used reftel points to brief MFA Security Division Director Stanislav Vidovic on U.S. proposals for Missile Defense (MD) and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Vidovic stated that Slovenia supports both U.S. proposals. Regarding MD, Slovenia supports al [...] | 2007-11-30 12:36:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO SI |
07LJUBLJANA762 | SLOVENIAN POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS TRACKS EU [...] (U) On December 11, Emboff delivered reftel points and nonpapers to MFA Security Policy Division Minister Counselor Irina Gorsic, who related that Slovenia supports the common EU position on cluster munitions in both the Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) framework and the Oslo Process. Gorsic [...] | 2007-12-14 09:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PARM PREL SI |
07LJUBLJANA95 | SLOVENIA WRESTLING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT CLASS IN NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia's commitment to NATO and to international security took a giant leap forward this week as the Slovenian Armed Forces began a six month, 600 troop deployment -- the largest overseas operation in the history of independent Slovenia -- to take over the Western Sector of KFOR [...] | 2007-02-16 14:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MCAP PREL PINS NATO SI |
07LONDON640 | (C) AFGHANISTAN: UK WILL URGE ICELAND TO KEEP [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-20 15:02:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL IC AF UK NATO |
07LUXEMBOURG110 | LUXEMBOURG PRESSED TO REIN IN ITS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Following up to ref A, Embassy translated and sent to EUR/UBI the text of a statement by Foreign Minister Asselborn made March 13 before the Chamber of Deputies explaining his public comments crticizing the planned European missile defense system (MDS)(ref B). Embassy believes that the st [...] | 2007-03-15 16:34:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NATO MARR PL EZ RU LU |
07LUXEMBOURG12 | AMBASSADOR WAGNER PRESSES AFGHANISTAN AND MIDDLE [...] (C) On January 8, Ambassador Wagner met with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn. She outlined four priorities for the USG in the Middle East: success in Iraq; the MEPP; stability in Lebanon; and Iran. She noted that the U.S. would vigorously support creation of an independent Palest [...] | 2007-01-09 07:14:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG204 | PUTIN VISITS JUNCKER LOOKING FOR FRIENDS IN OLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded a one-day, first-ever state visit by a Russian or Soviet leader to Luxembourg on 24 May. The visit encompassed several dimensions but focused heavily on EU-Russia relations with the majority of the 9-hour visit being taken up by meeti [...] | 2007-05-25 19:48:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV LU EU NATO RU |
07LUXEMBOURG215 | LUXEMBOURG SUPPORTS CM BAN, BUT WILL NOT ALLOW IT [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ Chief discussed points contained reftel with Michel Leesch, MFA Desk Officer for Political-Military & Non-Proliferation Affairs on 29 May. Leesch said that Luxembourg had a mandate from Parliament to negotiate an international instrument which would ban cluster munitions an [...] | 2007-05-31 15:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL LU |
07LUXEMBOURG222 | LUXEMBOURG TO CHAIR EXTRAORDINARY CFE TREATY [...] (C) Pol/Econ officer discussed points contained reftel as well as the point-by-point response to Russian concerns with the Luxembourg MFA. The MFA was particularly appreciative of the information as Luxembourg was notified last week by the Netherlands that Luxembourg would be chairing this ex [...] | 2007-06-05 15:55:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL LU RU |
07LUXEMBOURG280 | LUXEMBOURG UNABLE TO PROVIDE AMMUNITION FOR LAF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 16:04:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL NATO LU LE |
07LUXEMBOURG398 | LUXEMBOURG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The Ministry of Defense recently provided the Embassy with updated facts and figures concerning Luxembourg's total contributions to Afghanistan's security and development. The information included military as well as developmental assistance. 2. (U) Regarding military assistance, sin [...] | 2007-10-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL PGOV MOPS MARR LU AF |
07LUXEMBOURG42 | LUXEMBOURG URGED TO INCREASE ITS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Ambassador Wagner met with Defense Minister Jean-Louis Schiltz January 23 to encourage increased Luxembourg support for Afghanistan. Offering the Minister an overview of U.S. policy in the Middle East including Afghanistan, Iraq, Lebanon, and the Middle East Peace Plan (MEPP),the Ambassa [...] | 2007-01-24 16:11:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF LU |
07LUXEMBOURG459 | LUXEMBOURG EXTENDS ISAF AND KFOR MANDATES AND WILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PREL NATO EU PINS AG KV LU |
07LUXEMBOURG491 | LUXEMBOURG: OSLO PROCESS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and DCM discussed points contained Ref A with Paul Duhr, Secretary General of the Luxembourg MFA on 12 December. Duhr made it clear that he understood the U.S.' position on the Oslo Process and cluster munitions and assured the Ambassador that whatever the outcome of [...] | 2007-12-13 13:18:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NATO NAMSA LU |
07LUXEMBOURG494 | LUXEMBOURG APPROVES COMPREHENSIVE MILITARY REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Luxembourg Parliament passed a long-anticipated military reform package on 19 December 2007 without objection. Key provisions include the creation of "Available Operational Units" (or UDO in French) which are available for service abroad, expanding the size of the army by nea [...] | 2007-12-20 15:49:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PGOV NATO MOPS PREL EU LU |
07MADRID1099 | SPAIN ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ignacio Sanchez June 6 to discuss the need for a united response to Russia's concerns on the CFE treaty. Sanchez said that neither he nor Deputy DG for International Security Affairs Pablo Gutierrez-Segu would be able [...] | 2007-06-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID1178 | SPAIN ON SCO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-15 07:19:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1337 | SPAIN NOTIFIED OF USAFE REORG AND MANPOWER [...] (S) Per reftel instructions, Post notified the GOS of US Air Force Europe's plans to eliminate the 38th Combat Support Wing and reduce 31 USAFE positions at Moron air base by the end of FY09. Post delivered the notification through the US-Spain Permanent Committee (PC),which is established un [...] | 2007-07-09 07:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID134 | SPANISH ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) ESTHOFF made reftel points January 24 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez, sharing U.S. concerns about the movement to restrict the use of cluster munitions, inquiring about GOS intentions vis-a-vis the February 22-3 Oslo Conference, and probing to see if S [...] | 2007-01-25 15:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID136 | SPAIN SUPPORTS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH IN [...] (C) During a private dinner with spouses, the Ambassador briefly discussed with FM Moratinos on January 19 ref A points regarding the US's objectives for the NATO foreign ministerial and the need for Allies to take the offensive in Afghanistan. Moratinos said he looked forward to greater det [...] | 2007-01-25 17:25:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
07MADRID159 | NEW SPANISH DEFENSE POLICY DIRECTOR ON [...] (C/NF) DCM, accompanied by PolCouns, met with new MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta on January 30 to SIPDIS reinforce ref A points on the importance of additional commitments to the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. DCM emphasized that while ISAF is making progress in Afghanistan [...] | 2007-01-30 17:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO SP AF |
07MADRID1661 | SPAIN: FM MORATINOS ON GEORGIA MISSILE INCIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche relating to the August 6 Russian incursion into Georgian airspace to Foreign Minister Moratinos on August 29. Moratinos, who was preparing to leave for Moscow that very afternoon, gave indications of his agreement with U.S. concerns. He to [...] | 2007-08-29 17:02:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SP PGOV OSCE CVIS NATO |
07MADRID1702 | SPAIN/NATO: GENERAL SANZ ON HIS CANDIDACY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Spanish Chief of Defense General Felix Sanz Roldan told me August 30 that he feels positive about his chances as a candidate for Chairman of the NATO Military Committee. King Juan Carlos and President Zapatero both offered Sanz their personal support, and Sanz said that he ho [...] | 2007-08-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID1721 | SPAIN PARTICIPATION 2007 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] Country clearance is requested for Pol/Mil officer E. Strother Murray, the designated participant for Embassy Madrid, to travel to Brussels, Belgium from September 18 to 21. The purpose of travel is to participate in the USNATO/USEU Pol/Mil workshop from September 19-21. 2. The following [...] | 2007-09-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR NATO OTRA |
07MADRID2179 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY DANIEL FRIED BILATERAL WITH [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen on 11/29/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/07 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Rocen was not willing to commit on when Montenegro might recognize Kosovo - [...] | 2007-11-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EINV NATO PREL OSCE |
07MADRID2197 | A/S FRIED MEETING WITH POLISH U/S WASZCZYKOWSKI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Fried met with Polish Under Secretary Witold Waszczykowski on 11/30/07 on the margins of the 11/29-30/2007 Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Waszczykowski said that while Poland does plan troop level reductions in [...] | 2007-12-05 09:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO OSCE EUR |
07MADRID2202 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS NOVEMBER 30 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns met with Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg on the margins of the Organization of Security and Cooperation (OSCE) Ministerial in Madrid. Burns agreed with Schwarzenberg that NATO members must coordinate a strong message and plan for dealing w [...] | 2007-12-05 17:48:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL SP CZ |
07MADRID402 | SPANISH BACKTRACK ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) During a March 2 meeting scheduled to discuss other disarmament-related issues, MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez sheepishly informed ESTHOFF that the information he had provided on January 24 regarding Spanish policy on cluster munitions (REF A) had been in [...] | 2007-03-05 13:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO SP |
07MADRID976 | SPAIN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS/LIMA TEXT [...] (SBU) ESTHOFF and POLOFF made reftel points May 18 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Ignacio Sanchez and MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Carlos Torres, urging Spain to support U.S. positions as the international community charts the future of the [...] | 2007-05-21 11:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS NATO PARM PREL SP |
07MADRID999 | 3RD US-SPAIN HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the third bilateral High Level Defense Committee (HLDC) meeting, held in Madrid on May 17-18, DASD Dan Fata and MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta discussed shared strategic interests including the NATO-ISAF operations in Afghanistan, multi-lateral missions in Kosovo [...] | 2007-05-24 15:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP AF RS YI LE IR PK IS |
07MOSCOW1105 | CSTO: RUSSIA'S COUNTER TO NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russian observers see the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) as a potential counter to NATO influence, particularly in Central Asia. The reintegration of Uzbekistan into the organization in 2006 gave it a much-needed shot in the arm. CSTO leaders, while wary of NATO [...] | 2007-03-14 14:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINR PREL MCAP MOPS NATO RS |
07MOSCOW1305 | RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK ON US RELATIONS, MD, IRAN, HOM [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on March 23, Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak noted that a visit by U/S Edelman was delayed by the replacement of his counterpart and GOR concerns that the format did not address overarching Russian concerns over US strategic intentio [...] | 2007-03-26 09:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM NATO OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW2201 | RUSSIA AND A CFE "MORATORIUM" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak reviewed with the Ambassador Putin's April 26 call for a moratorium on Russia's compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty and his insistence that all NATO Allies ratify the Adapted Treaty without linkage to the 1999 Istanbul c [...] | 2007-05-11 15:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MARR NATO RS |
07MOSCOW2693 | RUSSIA SUPPORTS CLUSTER MUNITIONS DISCUSSION IN [...] (C) Andrey Malov, Counselor in the Multilateral Disarmament Section of the Foreign Ministry's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, told us June 5 that Russia shared the US view that discussion of cluster munitions (CM) should remain in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). [...] | 2007-06-06 14:31:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW2741 | RUSSIA: NO FLEXIBILITY ON CFE REDLINES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The Russians plan to come to the June 12 CFE Extraordinary Conference (which they convened) with no new initiatives. Instead, they plan to restate their longstanding positions and to listen to what the U.S. and its Allies have to offer. Barring an unanticipated decision by NA [...] | 2007-06-08 11:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM RS |
07MOSCOW3030 | CFE: POINTS ON UPCOMING US INSPECTION IN RUSSIA [...] (S) Drawing on reftel points, we notified Aleksey Ivanov, Deputy Director of the political-military section in the Foreign Ministry's North America Department, and Anton Mazur in the Conventional Arms Section of the Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs of the upcoming US CFE inspec [...] | 2007-06-22 02:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | OSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU RO SP NATO |
07MOSCOW3088 | CFE: POINTS ON RUSSIAN DELAY IN CONDUCT OF US [...] (C) On June 23, DCM raised concerns about the Russian "force majeure" reply to the latest US request for a CFE inspection with MFA Office of Disarmament and Security Affairs Director Anatoliy Antonov. Drawing upon reftel points, DCM reiterated US expectations that Russia would meet its treat [...] | 2007-06-25 15:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PARM PREL KCFE RS BU HU NATO OSCE |
07MOSCOW3494 | RUSSIANS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND CCW [...] (C) The Russians acknowledge that we have similar positions on cluster munitions and share the aim of keeping their discussion within the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW). They also share our aim of trying to coordinate positions on cluster munitions well in advance of the November m [...] | 2007-07-17 13:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL CH PK RS |
07MOSCOW4065 | PUTIN-YUSCHENKO INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The scheduled August 15-20 meeting between Presidents Putin and Yuschenko within the framework of the Russian-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission was postponed to late October or early November. MFA Ukraine Desk Head Vyacheslav Yelagin told us the GOU wanted to focus on the September 3 [...] | 2007-08-21 07:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP RS |
07MOSCOW4118 | U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE DELIVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian MFA Officials expressed appreciation for the non-paper (timeline) on Adapted CFE ratification and fulfilling the Istanbul commitments (reftel),and agreed to review it carefully and prepare a response for the September 11 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and DFM Kislyak. The [...] | 2007-08-22 15:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS |
07MOSCOW5098 | RUSSIAN MILITARY AID TO AFGHANISTAN INTENDED TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 22, Head of the MFA Afghanistan Desk Yuriy Khokhlov said that the GOR's proposed Afghan military assistance program is intended to compliment and not compete with NATO support for the Afghan government and its anti-Taliban efforts. The Russian and Afghan governments h [...] | 2007-10-22 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS NATO AF RS |
07MOSCOW5230 | CORRECTED COPY: RUSSIAN NATIONALIST GOES TO NATO: [...] (C) Summary: Russia's charismatic nationalist politician, Dmitriy Rogozin, confirmed press reports that he will be appointed the GOR's next Ambassador to NATO and expects to arrive in Brussels by late November. Claiming that his appointment is a Putin initiative, Rogozin candidly described [...] | 2007-11-01 08:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS |
07MOSCOW5269 | CFE: RUSSIA PRESSES FOR MORE MOVEMENT ON REMAINING [...] (C) Summary. The Russian MFA welcomed American initiatives during the October 24 meeting between EUR A/S Fried and Deputy FM Kislyak on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE)(ref A),as very constructive and positive, and were looking forward to continuing the talks in Geneva next we [...] | 2007-11-06 04:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE PARM RS |
07MOSCOW5735 | RUSSIAN GOALS FOR NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. Russia will use the December 7 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial as an opportunity to reiterate its views on suspension of the CFE Treaty, opposition to U.S. plans to deploy a missile defense (MD) system in Poland and the Czech Republic, opposition to a Kosovo Unilateral Dec [...] | 2007-12-06 16:58:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5749 | CFE: THE DAY AFTER [...] (C) Summary. On December 12. Russia will suspend participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, ceasing notification, inspections, and permissions for inspection under the Treaty, and not participating in the December 15 annual exchange of information. Officials have said [...] | 2007-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO OSCE MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5795 | RUSSIA SUSPENDS PARTICIPATION IN CFE TREATY [...] As expected, at midnight December 12, Moscow suspended participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). According to the statement issued by the Foreign Ministry, Russia has suspended all actions under the Treaty, including exchanges of information on troop levels, and inspec [...] | 2007-12-12 15:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS |
07MOSCOW5828 | CSTO TO FUNNEL RUSSIAN AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia has made the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) a key vehicle in expanding assistance to Afghanistan by committing itself to providing several hundred million dollars in military aid entirely via the CSTO. Russia's main priorities vis--vis Afghanistan are prev [...] | 2007-12-17 09:41:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL MASS AF RS |
07MUNICH81 | PUTIN AND GATES DOMINATE MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) The February 9-11 43rd Munich Conference on Security Policy (formerly known as "Wehrkunde") on "Global Crises - Global Responsibilities" was dominated by differing visions of the Transatlantic role in global security. Chancellor Merkel, Secretary Gates, Senators McCain and Lieberman, a [...] | 2007-02-12 17:28:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OSCE PARM PREL GM IR AF RS |
07NEWDELHI946 | STAFFDEL FARKAS DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C) On February 23, Senate/House Armed Services Committee staffdel Farkas met with Dilip Sinha, Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran, then separately with Brigadier AS Nundal, MEA Director for Military Affairs, and Avinash Pandey, MEA Director for Co [...] | 2007-02-26 14:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER NATO IN |
07NICOSIA574 | CYPRUS ALREADY HELPING LEBANON; ARMAMENTS TO LAF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | LE CY MARR MASS MOPS NATO EU |
07NICOSIA70 | NO CYPRUS EFFORTS IN AFGHANISTAN; STILL DECIDING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-25 05:04:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO CY PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK |
07NICOSIA896 | THIRD-PLACE CANDIDATE STILL OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polling that shows him well behind front-runner incumbent President Tassos Papadopoulos and left-wing challenger Dimitris Christofias troubles DISY-backed presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides little. In a meeting with Embassy officers November 8, the soft-spoken but articu [...] | 2007-11-09 09:49:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO CY |
07OSLO1055 | NORWAY DISMISSES U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-23 11:59:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO |
07OSLO525 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: NORWAY ASKS U.S. TO PROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy met on May 16 with key MFA and MOD members of the Norwegian cluster munitions task force to deliver reftel points on our objections to the Lima text. The Norwegians continue to maintain that they are not seeking a total ban, and that the text was not designed to be a start [...] | 2007-05-18 14:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NO |
07OSLO573 | NORWAY POSITIVE ON NATO REQUEST FOR ISAF FORCES [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel A points to Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, requesting that Norway provide two OMLTs, 15 trainers for CSTC-A and fill the remaining billets committed to ISAF HQ. Embassy also raised the issue of sending the Telemark battalion to Afghanistan in [...] | 2007-05-31 14:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR NO |
07OSLO598 | NORWAY ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS AND MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO |
07OSLO717 | (S) SAFE REORGANIZATION AND MANPOWER REDUCTION IN [...] (S) On July 3 Ar Attache delivered reftel points to MOD Directo of the Transatlantic and European Security Coopration Division Henning Vaglum. Vaglum voiced th GON's appreciation of the notice of pending actons, and will forward the information to the ppropriate office in Stavanger. Noting [...] | 2007-07-05 13:28:00 | Embassy Oslo | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO NO |
07OSLO718 | NORWAY UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE LEBANESE ARMY ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU NO |
07OSLO838 | CFE: NORWAY PROCEDURES FOR ADAPTED CFE RATIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL NO |
07OSLO960 | STOERE TO ATTEND SECRETARY'S DINNER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OPDC PREL EU NO |
07OSLO988 | GETTING NORWAY TO DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN: [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AF NO |
07OTTAWA1046 | CANADIANS BACK UNIFIED ALLIANCE RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary: Canada's position on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) is closely aligned with our own: CFE is critical to European security and the Russians must deliver on their Istanbul Commitments before NATO allies ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE). Canada would like to join like [...] | 2007-06-04 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KCFE NATO PREL CA |
07OTTAWA117 | CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...] | 2007-01-22 21:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO |
07OTTAWA118 | CANADA REVIEWS CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY, SEEKS [...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche on January 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Mine Action and Small Arms Director Earl Turcotte said that Canada viewed Cluster Munitions (CM) as legitimate and lawful weapons when used in compliance with the laws of war. Turcot [...] | 2007-01-22 21:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO |
07OTTAWA130 | CANADA TO PRESS EUROPEANS ON AFGHANISTAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: Canada shares our take on the way ahead in Afghanistan and at the NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial in Brussels on January 26. Foreign Minister MacKay will press our European partners to deliver on the promises they have made on Afghan security and reconstruction. The FM will tr [...] | 2007-01-24 22:18:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PINS MARR CA |
07OTTAWA1512 | CANADA: NEW AFGHANISTAN CN STRATEGY BRIEFING [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel demarche and strategy document to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Advisor Gallit Dobner on August 8. Dobner expressed appreciation for the detailed briefing. She said it tracked with the "very useful and hi [...] | 2007-08-08 19:41:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA1993 | CANADA: POSITIVE INTERIM RESPONSE TO PIC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 11:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO PK CA |
07OTTAWA2069 | CANADIANS, GERMANS DISCUSSING HELICOPTER SUPPORT [...] (S/NF) Summary: German and Canadian officials in Ottawa are discussing the possible deployment of German CH-53 rotary-wing aircraft to southern Afghanistan in support of NATO-ISAF operations. The Canadians asked us to avoid raising or pressing the matter with the Germans for now because thei [...] | 2007-11-09 15:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO CA GM |
07OTTAWA2073 | NEW CHALLENGES TO CANADA'S AFGHAN DETAINEE POLICY [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian officials, the government soon will face new legal and political challenges to its practice of conveying detainees to Afghan authorities. Official documents that the Canadian federal court has compelled the government to convey to opponents of the policy w [...] | 2007-11-09 22:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM NATO AG CA |
07OTTAWA2133 | CANADA SEEKS DEDICATED HELICOPTER AND UAV SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government is lobbying European NATO partners to provide dedicated helicopter and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) support in the Kandahar region of Regional Command - South (RC-S) in Afghanistan. Canada's military has no organic capability of this type, despite an on [...] | 2007-11-21 21:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA2135 | CANADIAN OFFICIALS AND 'MANLEY PANEL' CHART WAY [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada's Defense Minister believes Canadian and Afghan forces are performing well in southern Afghanistan but he and his colleagues are worried about the minority Conservative government's ability to convince Parliament to authorize an extension of the current mission from 200 [...] | 2007-11-21 21:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
07OTTAWA234 | CANADA, U.S. TO CARRY SAME MESSAGE TO NATO [...] (C/NF) Following up on Assistant Secretary Boucher's February 5 meetings with his Regional Command - South (RC-S) counterparts in Ottawa (septel),we presented reftel points on February 7 to Department of National Defense (DND) NATO Policy Deputy Director Michael Kaduck and Department of Fore [...] | 2007-02-07 23:08:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AF CA |
07OTTAWA432 | NATO: CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CROSS-GROUP [...] (C) Responding to reftel points on cross-group stationing, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart said Canada would join us in our effort to get the First Option adopted. She noted, however, that, like the U.S., Canada could live w [...] | 2007-03-07 22:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KCFE NATO CA |
07OTTAWA95 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATIONS BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07OTTAWA96 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 25 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07OTTAWA97 | CANADA SEEKS MORE CONSULTATION BEFORE JANUARY 26 [...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) Responding to reftel points on January 17, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Deputy Director Isabelle Poupart expressed appreciation for the briefing, noted that the GOC would welcome early receipt of s [...] | 2007-01-18 22:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
07PARIS1063 | DOD USDP EDELMAN AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 15 meeting with USDP Edelman, MFA Political Director Araud accepted fully the U.S. right to deploy MD in the Czech Republic and Poland while noting the need for careful Russia management. Agreeing with Edelman that this was more a problem of politics than physics, A [...] | 2007-03-19 15:45:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR NATO PARM AF IZ IR MOPS MNUC KCFE |
07PARIS1154 | TALIBAN EXCHANGE: FRANCE AGREES SERIOUS; [...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarche March 23 to DAS-equivalent for Security Affairs Pierre Thenard and desk officer Francois Revardeaux, highlighting (also to dispel some press rumors that have circulated) failed U.S. attempts to dissuade the Italians and Afghans from proceeding with suc [...] | 2007-03-23 16:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PREL AF IT NATO FR EUN |
07PARIS125 | FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER DOUSTE-BLAZY TO ATTEND THE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-11 15:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPDC NATO FR |
07PARIS1312 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE SUGGESTS NEED FOR A [...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials told PM Acting DAS Ruggiero that the GoF also opposes an international ban on cluster munitions and fears that Norway's push to establish a legally binding instrument could provoke the same fruitless debates between states that followed the Ottowa Convention on la [...] | 2007-04-03 11:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL PGOV NATO FR |
07PARIS1654 | NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL IN OSLO -- FRENCH AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following up on the U.S. agenda for the Oslo Ministerial, the MFA confirmed April 24 that France agrees that NATO should focus on Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Missile Defense. In the context of Missile Defense, France will propose that NATO highlight the 10th anniversary of the NATO- [...] | 2007-04-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO EUN FR |
07PARIS1723 | FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL [...] (C) On April 30th, we raised reftel demarche on Russia and its CFE obligations with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE. Roux observed that France shared our concern with respect to Russian intentions, especially if Russia is looking to abandon its commitment to the CFE regime [...] | 2007-04-30 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RU FR |
07PARIS1763 | CFE AND PUTIN'S APRIL 26 REMARKS - RUSSIANS STATE [...] (C) In a May 2 follow-up conversation with Arnaud Roux, MFA action officer responsible for CFE (ref B),Roux provided us with a readout of his May 2 conversation with Russian Embassy representatives. According to Roux, the Russian representative emphasized that Putin's April 26 message was de [...] | 2007-05-03 12:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE PARM NATO RS FR |
07PARIS1844 | ENGAGING THE NEW FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy played only a negligible role in the presidential election campaign that concluded May 6, and Sarkozy has relatively little experience in foreign affairs, despite his tenures as Interior and Finance Minister. Nonetheless, Sarkozy's personality is such that he will w [...] | 2007-05-10 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN IR AF NATO IZ TU UNO LE YI RS |
07PARIS1995 | THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (C) The meeting between the President and French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Heiligendamm June 6 will be their first official encounter since then-Interior Minister Sarkozy met briefly with the President on September 12, 2006. The two presidents will meet on the same day that Defense Secretar [...] | 2007-05-18 09:20:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO ECON SENV AF IQ RS TU PGOV |
07PARIS2095 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 15 MEETING WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT SARKOZY'S DIPLOMATIC ADVISOR JEAN-DAVID LAVITTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary met informally May 15 with President-elect Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor-designate, Jean-David Levitte, to explore the U.S.-French foreign policy agenda in advance of Sarkozy's assumption of office on May 16. Levitte cautioned against expecting dramatic chan [...] | 2007-05-22 12:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN ECON SENV PGOV NATO IZ IR AF TU |
07PARIS2137 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: FRANCE PROPOSES PUSH IN CCW [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The French MFA shares the U.S. view that negotiations on cluster munitions cannot proceed productively outside the Convention on Chemical Weapons. To slow the growing political momentum behind the Norwegian push to ban [...] | 2007-05-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PGOV PREL NATO FR |
07PARIS2359 | FRENCH WILL NOT LEAVE AFGHANISTAN; LESS PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Political Director Gerard Araud told the Ambassador on June 4 that President Sarkozy had made a decision the previous day that France would not leave Afghanistan, but did want to begin discussing an exit strategy in a restricted format (Germany, the UK, the U.S., and France). [...] | 2007-06-05 09:55:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR IR FR |
07PARIS2516 | GOF: KAKAHK 2009 OSCE BID AND MORE ENGAGEMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's Central Asia desk officer told us June 11 that the GOF's relationship with Central Asia was changing, but not dramatically. The key element: Central Asia policy would no longer depend on Chirac's personal relationship with Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev. France was [...] | 2007-06-12 13:12:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO OSCE ZK EU GM FR |
07PARIS256 | FRENCH THOUGHTS ON NORWEGIAN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 22, we discussed with Mr. Camille Grand, MFA DAS-equivalent Director for CB disarmament and the control of conventional weapons, the February 22-23 Norwegian conference in Oslo on cluster munitions. In response to our presentation of U.S. views (reftel),Grand observed that the [...] | 2007-01-22 16:39:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO FR |
07PARIS2643 | YOUR JUNE 24-25 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Madam Secretary: You will be arriving in a France whose mood is up-beat for the first time in years. Sarkozy's energy and determination to meet challenges head-on and break with the past have lifted national morale. His resounding presidential victory May 6 -- notwithstanding the French [...] | 2007-06-19 17:16:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS2726 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 13 LUNCH WITH FRENCH FM KOUCHNER [...] (U) June 13, 2007, 1:00 P.M. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton Ambassador Frank Wisner, U.S. Special Envoy for Kosovo Final Status Issues P Staff Bame Pol Espinoza (notetaker) France Foreign Minister Kouchner Political Director Araud A/S-equival [...] | 2007-06-26 08:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO YI UNMIK UNO LE IR |
07PARIS2743 | U/S BURNS' JUNE 12 DINNER MEETING WITH FRENCH [...] (U) June 12, 2007, 8:30 P.M. 2. (U) Participants U.S. Under Secretary Burns Ambassador Stapleton P Staff Bame Pol Recinos (notetaker) France MFA Political Director Gerard Araud Elysee Strategic Affairs Advisor Francois Richier Elysee Americas Advisor Damien Loras MOD Diplomatic Advis [...] | 2007-06-26 15:42:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS EUN NATO AF TU GG FR |
07PARIS2787 | A/S FRIED AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS KOSOVO, IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting on the margins of the Secretary's visit to Paris -- and prior to the ministerial SIPDIS meeting that evening on Kosovo -- A/S Fried and Counselor Cohen discussed Kosovo, Iran, and Russia/CFE with MFA Political Director Araud. They generally agreed on the [...] | 2007-06-28 11:15:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS285 | FRANCE STANDS BY ITS RIGA COMMITMENTS; NO NEW [...] (C) On January 22, the Ambassador raised our agenda for the Informal NATO Foreign Ministerial with Elysee NSA-equivalent Maurice Gourdault-Montagne (MGM). Per ref C, MGM expressed satisfaction with the outcome of the NATO Summit at Riga, and, looking ahead to the Informal Ministerial on Janua [...] | 2007-01-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF FR |
07PARIS2890 | CODEL WEXLER'S JULY 2 MEETING WITH FM KOUCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 2 meeting with Congressman Wexler, FM Kouchner said that the current disarray in the Palestinian Authority presented an historic opportunity for an initiative on the peace process, but he described Israeli "inertia" -- mainly PM Olmert's weakness -- as the main obstacl [...] | 2007-07-05 07:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS2914 | FRANCE/KOSOVO: OK TO SECURITY SECTOR CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) On July 5, we received an interim response to reftel demarche from MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow noting that the MFA had nothing against such consultations in principle. He did not go into further details. Please visit Paris' Classified Website at: http: [...] | 2007-07-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL KV FR |
07PARIS3166 | AMBASSADOR TO NATO NULAND'S JULY 19-20 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 20 meetings with Presidency Diplomatic Advisor Levitte, MFA Political Director Araud, and MOD Strategic Affairs Director Ponton d'Amecourt, Ambassador to NATO Nuland previewed U.S. preliminary thinking on preparations for the 2008 NATO Bucharest Summit, highlighting the [...] | 2007-07-24 16:42:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO FR PARM RS |
07PARIS363 | A/S FRIED-POLDIR ARAUD ON IRAN, KOSOVO, GEORGIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Political Director Araud informed EUR A/S Fried during a January 25 meeting that Russian Security Council Chairman Ivanov had revealed to him the previous day while in Paris that he would travel to Tehran February 28 at the behest of President Putin. Araud said the Russian [...] | 2007-01-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL KDEM EUN NATO UNO UNMIK FR KCFE RS SR |
07PARIS379 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS3798 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NATO, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, CFE [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 10, A/S Dan Fried met with Political Director Gerard Araud at the MFA to discuss developments on NATO, Georgia, Kosovo and the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. Araud welcomed the U.S. parallel action plans to move forward on the Adapted CFE treaty, bu [...] | 2007-09-13 10:48:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR PARM FR GG RS SR |
07PARIS380 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH ON PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-31 16:43:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS3808 | A/S FRIED CFE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary. EUR Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and an interagency team met with Russian DFM Kislyak September 11 in Paris to discuss next steps on the U.S. parallel actions plan for ending the current deadlock on fulfillment of Istanbul commitments by Russia and ratification of Adapted CFE by [...] | 2007-09-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR NATO KFCE FR GG RU MD |
07PARIS384 | FRENCH MFA MULLS NEW APPROACH TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French MFA, based on its perception of widespread international exasperation with Pakistan's failure to control the Taliban insurgency that operates within its borders, is considering a proposal to encourage NATO allies -- particularly the U.S. and the U.K. -- to push Pakistan [...] | 2007-01-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PBTS PTER NATO FR AF PK |
07PARIS3875 | A/S ROOD MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Kislyak hosted State/ISN A/S John Rood and a U.S. delegation including State/EUR A/S Dan Fried for U.S.-Russia bilateral missile defense talks in Paris on September 10. Rood and Kislyak welcomed this installment of on-going talks as a vital [...] | 2007-09-17 16:55:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR PREL MCAP NATO RS FR |
07PARIS3919 | FM KOUCHNER'S SEPT. 19-21 VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) The Bernard Kouchner who arrives in Washington Sept. 19 remains both an extremely popular French politician and one of the few of President Sarkozy's ministers who has retained a margin of independent authority. Kouchner, the most prominent of the Socialists who accepted positions in the Sarkoz [...] | 2007-09-18 17:09:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL FR EUN NATO UNO UNMIK YI RS IR IS LE |
07PARIS4357 | PRESIDENT SARKOZY’S FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: The Nicolas Sarkozy who arrives in Washington November 6 is in robust political health. He completely dominates the politics of France. All the levers of institutional power in a highly centralized state are at his disposal. He remains committed to a revitalization o [...] | 2007-10-26 10:50:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP NATO UNO YI RS IR IS LE FR |
07PARIS4362 | YOUR OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Your visit comes close to six months into Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year term. Sarkozy has made effective use of his policy of inclusiveness ("ouverture"),bringing in leading [...] | 2007-10-26 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR PARM FR IR IZ AF SR |
07PARIS4439 | U/S BURNS DISCUSSES KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, GEORGIA, [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 working dinner with MFA Political Director Gerard Araud, U/S Burns urged the European community to respect the "firm" deadline of December 10 to conclude final status negotiations on Kosovo and pushed for a Membership Action Plan (MAP) for Georgia. Araud hoped t [...] | 2007-11-07 15:08:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AZ FR SR GG RU BM IN IR |
07PARIS4615 | WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM FRANCE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 7, President Sarkozy addressed the U.S. Congress and announced that France will "remain in Afghanistan for as long as it takes," marking a deepening commitment to Afghanistan under the Sarkozy presidency. Currently, the French Joint Staff is considering proposals for [...] | 2007-11-30 15:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS PREL MARR FR |
07PARIS777 | SARKOZY PRESS CONFERENCE ON FOREIGN POLICY [...] SUMMARY: Interior Minister and center-right presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, appearing relaxed and confident in a February 28 press conference and Q-and-A session, laid out a foreign policy vision that focused straight-forwardly on strengthening Europe, preserving the importance of the [...] | 2007-02-28 17:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL FR EUN UNO NATO IR MNUC IS KPAL |
07PARIS864 | BOUCHER AND FRENCH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ARAUD TALK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 1 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Gerard Araud offered frank views on Afghanistan, counter-narcotics in Central Asia, and France-Turkey relations and offered reco [...] | 2007-03-07 07:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL PTER SNAR NATO MOPS FR AF PK |
07PARIS921 | FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY UNDER NICOLAS SARKOZY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign policy has not and probably will not play a prominent role in the French presidential election campaign, and neither Nicolas Sarkozy nor Segolene Royal has enunciated a fleshed out foreign policy vision. (This message does not discuss emerging "third man" centrist Francois [...] | 2007-03-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV FR EUN NATO ETRD ECON UNO IR PHUM |
07PARIS922 | SOME FRENCH THOUGHTS ON U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) On March 9, in a follow-up to ref B missile defense discussions at NATO, and in the absence of MFA DAS-equivalent Director for Nonproliferation Philippe Errera, we met with Melanie Rosselet and Luis Vassy, nonproliferation desk officers at the MFA. Vassy noted that France understood U.S. [...] | 2007-03-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM PREL NATO FR |
07PRAGUE1009 | CODEL FRANKS LEAVES POSITIVE IMPRESSION ON CZECH [...] (SBU) Summary and Conclusion: Ambassador Graber and U.S. Congressman Trent Franks (R-AZ) met in Prague August 29-30 with key Czech government officials and politicians to discuss missile defense. Franks' main message to the President, the Prime Minister, Foreign and Defense Ministers, and th [...] | 2007-09-05 05:35:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1038 | REGISTRATION FOR 2007 USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-10 05:38:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT EZ MARR NATO PREL |
07PRAGUE1080 | CODEL TAUSCHER DISPELS MYTHS ON MISSILE DEFENSE DURING [...] (U) Summary: CODEL Tauscher delivered a clear and effective message to Czech politicians and the public about Congressional views on the planned U.S. missile defense (MD) radar. The visit helped dispel a number of persistent myths by making clear that there is bipartisan Congressional support [...] | 2007-09-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO OVIP EZ |
07PRAGUE1144 | DASD CAGAN SEEKS CZECH HELP IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: DOD DASD Cagan held talks with Czech First Deputy Minister of Defense Martin Bartak and Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on October 4, 2007. DASD Cagan sought from the Czechs an additional 20 troops for Iraq, a company (100 to 120 troops) to help the Dutch in Uruzg [...] | 2007-10-12 15:23:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO |
07PRAGUE1154 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES [...] (C) Your October 23 visit to Prague will be important to our effort to win Czech approval of our missile defense (MD) proposals, and to generally solidify the partnership with a key U.S. ally. While MD is likely to dominate discussions with government officials and members of parliament, you [...] | 2007-10-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1160 | MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: THE ROAD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-19 13:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1174 | CZECH GOVERNMENT FACES A FIRESTORM OF CRITICISM [...] (C) Summary: The friendly and positive atmosphere during the official meetings of Secretary of Defense Gates (SecDef) in Prague on October 23 has been overshadowed by a media firestorm sparked by the SecDef's comments regarding possible Russian access to MD sites, including the planned radar [...] | 2007-10-26 11:01:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1177 | CZECHS PREPARATIONS FOR DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1191 | 2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 14:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE1215 | CZECH REPUBLIC MISSILE DEFENSE: CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Visits to Prague of USD(P) Eric Edelman and U/S Rood, together with clear Czech statements following a government meeting on November 6, appear to have put to rest Czech concerns about possible Russian troops at the proposed missile defense radar site (reftel). The Czechs told Ede [...] | 2007-11-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO PINS EZ XG |
07PRAGUE1276 | CZECH REPUBLIC BRIEFED ON US MISSILE DEFENSE AND [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-05 14:11:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KPAO NATO EU EZ PL RS |
07PRAGUE1282 | 2008 CZECH FOREIGN DEPLOYMENT BILL APPROVED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-07 13:28:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | IR AF MARR MASS PREL NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE17 | CZECH MFA PROMISES FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND [...] MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova confirmed to Poloff on January 5 that the Czech Republic will be represented by a Foreign Minister at the January 26 NATO ministerial proposed by Secretary Rice. Smigolova noted that, despite a possible change of Foreign Minister as part of ongoi [...] | 2007-01-05 13:45:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF YI OPDC EZ |
07PRAGUE343 | VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ERIC EDELMAN [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman visited Prague on March 27-28 and met separately with Czech Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr (Sasa) Vondra, Deputy Defense Minister Martin Bartak, and a group of key Czech parliamentarians. While there was some substantive discussion [...] | 2007-03-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS YI NATO AF EZ |
07PRAGUE60 | CZECH PLANS FOR THE JANUARY 26 NATO FOREIGN [...] (C) Poloff met January 23 with MFA Security Policy Director Veronika Smigolova to discuss Czech plans for the January 26 NATO foreign ministerial in Brussels. The meeting followed up on delivery of Ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar by CFC-A Commander Lieutenant General Karl [...] | 2007-01-23 17:56:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF PK EZ |
07PRAGUE644 | CZECHS AGREE WITH U.S. APPROACH TO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered the authorized portions of Ref A demarche on June 6 to Veronika Smigolova, MFA Director for Security Policy. Smigolova, who will lead the Czech delegation to the June 12-15 CFE Extraordinary Conference, shared her fear that Allies could be faced with Russian tactics design [...] | 2007-06-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL EZ RU |
07PRAGUE648 | USNATO PERMREP NULAND IN PRAGUE - PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: USNATO Ambassador Victoria Nuland visited Prague May 31 - June 1 to address an Atlantic Council-sponsored conference on the consequences for transatlantic relations of U.S. missile defense in Europe. At the conference, in press interviews, and in meetings with senior Czech leaders [...] | 2007-06-06 13:00:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS MARR EZ AF NATO |
07PRAGUE67 | CFC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSES THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] (C) Summary. Visiting Prague, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan (CFC-A) Commander General Karl Eikenberry briefed Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar on January 22nd. In a wide ranging and positive conversation on Afghanistan they discussed contributions, the current situation, and fu [...] | 2007-01-25 16:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK EZ |
07PRAGUE700 | CZECHS AGREE TO RAISE CONCERNS WITH SCO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Monika Studena of the MFA Security Policy Department on June 12. The following day Ms. Studena replied that the Czech Republic agrees with the U.S. position, and it will use whatever influence it has to work to prevent possible threats to Coalition intere [...] | 2007-06-14 14:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EZ |
07PRAGUE863 | CZECH REPUBLIC: FINAL APPROVAL ON AFGHANISTAN PRT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Czech government approval to deploy a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) to a U.S. base in Logar Province, Afghanistan is expected by mid-August 2007. The Czech-led PRT of approximately 130-150 personnel will begin arriving in Logar in January 2008 with a goal of being fully op [...] | 2007-07-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EXIM NATO PARM PREL PTER AF EZ |
07PRAGUE968 | CZECH GOVERNMENT APPROVES PRT IN AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government on August 22 formally approved plans for the Czechs to send a PRT to Logar Province, Afghanistan in 2008. The government plans to place up to 200 personnel in Logar, including a number of civilian experts. Current Czech support to the PRT in Fayzabad will [...] | 2007-08-23 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO AF EZ |
07PRAGUE970 | CZECH REACTION TO U.S. NONPAPER ON CFE [...] (C) On June 20, post delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, Director for Security Policy at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kuchynova-Smigolova said that she would study the U.S. proposal, but her immediate reaction was less than positive. She expressed [...] | 2007-08-24 07:42:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07PRAGUE999 | MISSILE DEFENSE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: WHAT WE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Our effort to win approval for a missile defense (MD) radar in the Czech Republic faces numerous obstacles. Politically, despite a recent victory on a controversial economic reform package, PM Topolanek's government does not yet have the votes in hand to approve the [...] | 2007-08-30 14:46:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ |
07PRISTINA241 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMB. NULAND [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Victoria Nuland to visit Pristina, Kosovo April 2, 2007. The purpose of the visit is in conjunction with an organized visit of NATO Permanent Representative to KFOR. Point of Contact for this visit is Poloff Tracey Thornton [...] | 2007-03-30 07:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT NATO OTRA |
07PRISTINA278 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DAN LYNCH [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Dan Lynch to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with USOP. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: office 381-38-5959-3195; [...] | 2007-04-12 06:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO |
07PRISTINA286 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HOLLY SCHWENDLER [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Holly Schwendler to visit Pristina on April 17-18, 2007. The purpose of the visit is to attend "Contact Group Plus" Conference. Control Officer for this visit will be Political Officer, AJ Rei-Perrine, who can be reached at: offi [...] | 2007-04-12 13:02:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EUN PREL NATO ASEC SR YI |
07RABAT1730 | NATO/MOROCCO: ICP PROSPECTS DIMMED BY GOM CONCERNS [...] (C) Turkish polcouns Turker Ari on November 8 told us during a meeting concerning the possibility of Morocco entering into a NATO Individual Cooperation Program (ICP) that MFA Director General Youssef Amrani expressed support for the idea of increased alliance cooperation, but made clear his [...] | 2007-11-09 18:35:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KPKO MARR MO NATO PGOV |
07REYKJAVIK1 | Iceland: Defense Bilats with NATO Allies Reflect Maturing [...] (U) Summary: Following the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik in September 2006, the Government of Iceland has begun reaching out to other NATO allies to solicit interest in security cooperation - and demonstrate to the public, in an election year, that it will protect them. December [...] | 2007-01-05 09:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PTER NATO DK IC NO |
07REYKJAVIK154 | ICELAND NOT IN FAVOR OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN, BUT IS [...] (SBU) Summary: Iceland has not taken a final position on the cluster munitions issue, but is unwilling to support a complete ban on their use. However, due to regional solidarity and a desire to make disarmament a key issue in Iceland's campaign for a UN Security Council seat, the GOI is inc [...] | 2007-05-22 07:49:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK166 | ICELAND SHARES U.S. CONCERN ON CFE EXTRAORDINARY CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 17:25:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK192 | Icelandic PM, FM Host U/S Burns for First Bilat "Security [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns' visit to Iceland on June 14 reiterated the U.S. commitment to Iceland's security and laid the groundwork for new areas of cooperation, particularly in energy security and scientific research. New Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir carried hersel [...] | 2007-07-03 08:02:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO SENV ENRG IC |
07REYKJAVIK20 | ICELAND: AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: Iceland is supportive of USG goals for the NATO informal ministerial on Afghanistan and Kosovo on January 26. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary outlined for Ambassador the Icelandic government's plans to increase peacekeeping deployments to Afghanistan, [...] | 2007-01-26 15:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO KPKO AF YI HU IC |
07REYKJAVIK203 | Icelandic MFA announces inquiry into alleged [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs announced on June 27 that her ministry will conduct an inquiry into allegations of CIA detainee flights transiting Iceland. The announcement comes in response to the June 27 Council of Europe discussion of Special Rapporteur Dick Marty's la [...] | 2007-07-13 16:44:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK248 | ICELAND: TIMELINE ON ADAPTED CFE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-29 08:39:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL IC |
07REYKJAVIK298 | ICELAND PRESENTS ITS VISION FOR NATO AIR POLICING [...] (C) Summary: In advance of the November Force Generation Conference, the Icelandic Defense Department briefed resident NATO ambassadors October 12 on Iceland's air policing wishlist: quarterly Allied deployments featuring planes on the ground at Keflavik for up to three weeks at a time. As i [...] | 2007-10-16 16:46:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL MARR PGOV IC |
07REYKJAVIK313 | Icelandic MFA "confirms" CIA detainee flights through [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs told the press on October 27 that an internal ministry review had confirmed that aircraft linked to CIA rendition operations had transited Iceland on a number of occasions since 2001, including as recently as July 2007. The Minister noted t [...] | 2007-10-30 17:38:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PHUM NATO KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK334 | KOSOVO: ICELAND AGREES AHTISAARI PLAN ONLY REAL OPTION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNMIK NATO UN YI IC |
07REYKJAVIK69 | ICELAND UNVEILS PLANS FOR UNIVERSITY ON KEFLAVIK BASE ONE [...] Summary: The one-year anniversary of the March 15, 2006 announcement of the closing of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik (NASKEF) passed quietly, marked only by the announcement that part of the former base will become a university-level institution focusing on international education and techno [...] | 2007-03-16 17:28:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PREL KPAO IC |
07REYKJAVIK85 | NOMINATION TO SEND ICELANDIC BROADCASTER ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government plans to withdraw its Icelandic Crisis Response Unit (ICRU) from Chaghcharan, northern Afghanistan in late April, where it has played an essential part in the region's humanitarian missions since 2004. The withdrawal is part of a plan by the country's F [...] | 2007-03-28 15:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV PREL OPRC KPAO AF IC |
07REYKJAVIK99 | Iceland: Pressing for movement on air defense radar issues [...] (SBU) Summary: The Icelandic Government is sending ever-clearer messages that it wants visible progress in U.S.-Iceland discussions on the NATO-owned Iceland Air Defense System (IADS) radar sites, for which U.S. funding expires in August 2007. In a March 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Jon E [...] | 2007-04-04 16:32:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO IC |
07RIGA165 | LATVIAN PLANS ON IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Recent decisions by the UK and Denmark to draw down their troops in Iraq, and suggestions that Lithuania may do the same, have had little impact in Latvia. The GOL continues with its plan, developed last fall and extensively briefed to partners, to make the current rotation of com [...] | 2007-03-06 12:05:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID NATO IZ AF LG |
07RIGA192 | LATVIAN PRESIDENT DELAYS IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (C) Summary: President Vike-Freiberga invoked a heretofore never used constitutional provision to delay for two months controversial amendments to the laws on the oversight of Latvia's security services. She said it was clear that the government had unduly rushed the legislation adding that a [...] | 2007-03-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ASEC PGOV KCRM PREL NATO LG |
07RIGA275 | LEMBERGS AND THE SECURITY AMENDMENTS LINKED [...] (C) Summary: Regional Legal Attach and PolOff met with the Latvian Prosecutor General Maizetis (PG) to discuss upcoming USG sponsored training events which will involve Maizetis' office. During the course of the meeting, the PG discussed the events surrounding the introduction, and eventual wi [...] | 2007-04-13 15:04:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL PINR ASEC NATO LG |
07RIGA365 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS - LIMA TEXT: LATVIA OPPOSES [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered ref A points May 17 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA. Pelss acknowledged that he had not yet seen the draft Lima Text. However, he stated that the GOL "is not looking for a complete ban" on cluster munitions (CM),and tha [...] | 2007-05-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL LG |
07RIGA410 | LATVIA HAS STRONG INTEREST IN ISAF OMLT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 15:35:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL MARR NATO AF LG |
07RIGA432 | LATVIA SUPPORTS CFE REVIEW GOALS; DOESN'T WANT TO [...] (C) A/DCM delivered ref a points and ref b background to Latvian MFA PolDir Ilgvars Klave on June 6. Klava took detailed notes throughout the conversation. Although Latvia will not participate in the review conference (it is not party to the CFE treaty),it would actively engage at the HLTF [...] | 2007-06-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KCFE PREL NATO LG |
07RIGA521 | AMBASSADOR BAILEY'S FIRST MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Only three days on the job, President Zatlers received Ambassador Bailey on July 11. The new President stressed his desire to continue strong bilateral relations with the US, as Latvia's strategic partner. The Ambassador reviewed the many areas of bilateral military, political, [...] | 2007-07-13 13:20:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS CVIS NATO LG |
07RIGA55 | LATVIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN AND KOSOVO [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Pabriks January 18 to discuss points in reftels on Afghanistan and Kosovo. Pabriks asserted that Latvia remained committed to sending additional troops to ISAF, although the Ministry of Defense was still working on when it would be possible to get additional [...] | 2007-01-22 06:54:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO YI AF LG |
07RIGA61 | HELPING LATVIA DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Ref A requests a full court press for Allied contributions to Afghanistan in advance of the January 26 ministerial. We are concerned that providing the Latvians a laundry list of initiatives where they might help will simply overwhelm them [...] | 2007-01-23 10:27:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL EAID NATO AF LG |
07RIGA610 | LATVIA STANDING UP FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Latvia is concerned about the missile impact in Georgia and frustrated by the weak reaction of the Portuguese presidency of the EU. While urging NATO support for Georgia through a NAC briefing and possible NAC visit to Georgia, Latvia will send a person to participate in the inte [...] | 2007-08-10 12:02:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG LG |
07RIGA64 | (C) CLUSTER MUNITIONS: LATVIA CONSIDERS CCW BEST [...] (C) PolEconOff delivered reftel points January 23 to Andris Pelss, Head of Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division at the MFA, and Sanita Krumina, who works in the same division. Pelss responded that the GOL shares the USG's humanitarian concerns and also agrees that cluster munitions (CM) [...] | 2007-01-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO LG |
07RIGA665 | LATVIA SUPPORTS NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-07 07:11:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG LG |
07RIGA697 | LATVIAN FM PABRIKS WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER 26 TRANSATLANTIC [...] (SBU) On September 17, post delivered ref A letter inviting Latvian Foreign Minister Pabriks to the September 26 transatlantic dinner hosted by Secretary Rice on the margins of the UNGA in New York City. On September 19, Dace Rutka, Head of the Americas and Caribbean Countries Division at the [...] | 2007-09-19 15:40:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OPDC PREL EU LG |
07RIGA796 | SECENSETTER FOR OCT 31 VISIT OF PM KALVITIS TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Latvian PM Kalvitis comes to Washington Oct. 31 - Nov. 1 politically weakened but still enormously influential. Latvia's longest serving PM in the post-Soviet era, Kalvitis is enmeshed in a political battle over the dismissal of the anti-corruption chief and with growing voter [...] | 2007-10-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR NATO RS LG |
07RIGA865 | A/S FRIED'S VISIT TO RIGA [...] (C) Summary: CFE and domestic political developments were key topics in the visit of EUR A/S Dan Fried to Riga October 25 - 26. The Latvians warmly welcomed his assurance that on CFE the USG would pursue a policy of "nothing about you without you" in talking with Moscow and that any consultat [...] | 2007-11-21 12:36:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO RS LG |
07ROME1014 | KOSOVO UPDATE: D'ALEMA REITERATES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Italy is becoming more vocal about its support for the Ahtisaari plan. This week, in an interview in the Italian weekly L'Espresso, FM D'Alema stated that Italy was for supervised independence and noted that Kosovo cannot go back to Belgrade rule. PM Prodi, who asserts he is per [...] | 2007-05-14 12:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UNSC YI SR IT |
07ROME162 | A/S FRIED DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, MIDDLE [...] (C/NF) EUR A/S Daniel Fried discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Middle East with GOI officials in January 10-11 meetings in Rome. (Fried meetings with PM Prodi and FM D'Alema reported septel) On the Middle East, Fried stated that the administration would focus significant attention on the re [...] | 2007-01-25 08:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO IT |
07ROME163 | ITALIAN FM: NO MORE ON MILITARY SIDE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) A/S Fried urged FM D'Alema to bring to the NATO ministerial on Afghanistan ideas for an enhanced commitment, including on caveats, to the multinational effort there. D'Alema responded flatly that Italy could not do more on the military side, although it would confirm its commitment. When [...] | 2007-01-25 08:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO IT |
07ROME1783 | ITALY'S NATO OFFICE DIRECTOR CALLS U.S. CFE [...] (C) Acting Political Minister Counselor delivered reftel points and non-paper August 20 to MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini who called the approach an extremely constructive breakthrough. He said he was encouraged to see such a positive move forward, and appreciated the USG's efforts [...] | 2007-08-21 10:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT |
07ROME1801 | PROSPECTS FOR ITALIAN A/CFE RATIFICATION TIMING - [...] (C) Following up REF B conversation on A/CFE, MFA NATO Office Director Gianni Bardini called Acting Political Minister-Counselor August 23 to inform that he had made a formal request to the MFA's Legal Advisor for an estimate of how long it would take Italy to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty. B [...] | 2007-08-23 11:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE KCFE PARM IT |
07ROME194 | ITALY TO PUSH FOR CCW AGREEMENT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Summary: The GOI generally supports finding ways to limit the use of cluster munitions but does not believe the Oslo Conference is the appropriate venue for the discussion. Italy's center-left coalition government is sympathetic to multilateral efforts that appear to defend humanitarian p [...] | 2007-01-29 15:38:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO IT |
07ROME2096 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALIAN HOSTAGE RESCUE REKINDLES ISAF [...] (C) Summary: The kidnapping and rescue of two Italian military intelligence officers in Western Afghanistan the weekend of September 22-24 has rekindled the political discussion in Italy over involvement in ISAF. But so far Prodi's far left allies in the fragile governing coalition are keepin [...] | 2007-09-28 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF IT UK |
07ROME2132 | ITALY: PM PRODI SAYS HE'S WITH US ON IRAN, SEEKS [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met PM Prodi October 1 and discussed the risks of Italian engagement with Iran and Syria, the need for a broad EU consensus on Kosovo, and developments in Afghanistan, as well as the November Middle East conference, and Italian support for the UN Sudan mission, UNSC action [...] | 2007-10-04 16:51:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL UNGA UNSC NATO IT |
07ROME2167 | A/S DESUTTER'S MEETINGS WITH ITALIAN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Verification, Compliance, and Implementation Paula A. DeSutter (in Rome for meetings from September 10-12 with Russian MFA Director Antonov on a post-START arrangement, see Ref A) met September 12-15 with Italian officials including MFA Political Director [...] | 2007-10-11 16:40:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL START MNUC MCAP MARR US RS IT NATO |
07ROME2208 | ITALY: EUR/RPM DIRECTOR GARY ROBBINS DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: EUR/RPM Director Gary Robbins engaged Italian officials on Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Georgia and other NATO and OSCE issues during October 4 meetings in Rome. On Afghanistan, GOI officials said that Italy wanted to see NATO prioritize civilian over military information in its st [...] | 2007-10-18 15:19:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM MARR MOPS NATO PINS OSCE IT |
07ROME2235 | ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF'S OCT. 30 MEETING [...] (C/NF) Ambassador met DefMin Parisi October 22 to preview agenda items likely to come up in Parisi's October 30 meeting with SecDef Gates. Parisi said he hoped to have a firm answer on Global Hawk by Oct. 30. He said categorically that Italy cannot contribute helicopters to the Darfur mission [...] | 2007-10-24 09:12:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT |
07ROME2287 | IRAQ-ITALY: S/I STEPHENSON IN ROME: GOI PUSHING [...] (C) Summary. S/I Barbara Stephenson visited Rome on October 30 after the IRRFI conference in Bari to discuss Iraqi political and security developments with GOI officials. Stephenson told the Italians that the international community needed to take advantage of a dramatic decrease in violence [...] | 2007-11-02 09:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IZ SA IR IT |
07ROME2395 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a range of critical issues, in particular Iran, Missile Defense and CFE. Italy's weak center left government has succeeded in staying afloat for nineteen months despite a fractious eight-party coalition and [...] | 2007-11-29 19:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO IR IT AF IZ |
07ROME241 | ITALY: AMBASSADORS' AFGHANISTAN LETTER HITS [...] (C/NF) An op-ed from ambassadors of the U.S., UK, Canada, Netherlands, Australia, and Romania calling for Allies -- and particularly Italy -- to stand firm in Afghanistan spurred widespread media and political response. The daily "La Repubblica" printed the op-ed on its front page on February [...] | 2007-02-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF IT |
07ROME385 | PRODI GETS APPROVAL TO SEEK A CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (C/NF) President Napolitano offered PM Prodi February 24 a second chance to prove his majority in a parliamentary confidence vote that will take place by the end of the week. Prodi appears to have collected four additional votes in the Senate and should squeak through. Thanks to FM D'Alema's [...] | 2007-02-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO PARM IT |
07ROME46 | ITALY FULLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI, CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (C) MFA DG for European Affairs Laura Mirachian says Italy is fully onboard with the Contact Group's support of UNOSEK Ahtisaari. She stated that there is broad bipartisan and expert consensus in supporting Kosovar "delinkage" from Serbia and a NATO and EU future for all the countries of the [...] | 2007-01-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO SR YI IT |
07ROME535 | PRODI/PUTIN - ITALIANS CLAIM "FULL HARMONY" WITH [...] (C) Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Italy on March 13 and 14 for his fourth bilateral with PM Prodi in ten months. Putin and Prodi met for three-hours over dinner March 13, and traveled to the Adriatic port city of Bari along with several ministers for a largely economic summit March [...] | 2007-03-16 17:22:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN UNSC RU IT |
07ROME651 | FUNDING DECREE FOR ITALIAN MILITARY MISSIONS [...] March 27, the Italian Senate approved a government decree authorizing calendar year expenditures for "Italian Participation in Humanitarian and International Missions," all of Italy's military missions abroad The full Italian language text of the decree and a detailed English summary are avai [...] | 2007-03-30 11:43:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP MOPS EAID PTER NATO UN AF AL LN SU SO |
07ROME710 | ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHAN NGO DETAINEE, [...] (C/NF) Amb. Spogli got FM D'Alema's agreement to make a clear statement in support of the Athisaari plan for Kosovo and was told that the FM did not think he could or should control an Italian NGO threatening to close its hospitals in Afghanistan unless one of its employees was released by the [...] | 2007-04-06 10:09:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT |
07ROME96 | FRIED PRESSES PRODI ON AFGHANISTAN, DAL MOLIN BASE [...] (S) PM Prodi opened his January 11 a meeting with A/S Fried by questioning the wisdom of the US strike in southern Somalia (he later reiterated this in public). Fried replied that the targets were suspected al-Qaeda terrorists and it must be made clear that Al-Qaeda has no sanctuary anywhere. [...] | 2007-01-17 15:48:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL MARR NATO IT |
07SEOUL1845 | ROKG SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (S) On June 19, Hong Sa Won Hwi of the Security Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade delivered the ROKG response to reftel demarche. Hong said that he fully sympathizes with U.S. concerns over the SCO's recent movement in military and political affairs. To this end, [...] | 2007-06-19 02:23:00 | Embassy Seoul | SECRET | KS MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL ZK |
07SEOUL2336 | AFGHAN HOSTAGE SITUATION: MISSION'S ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fifteen days after 23 Korean hostages were kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan, emotions are running high in Korea. Especially after two hostages were killed, pressure is mounting on the ROKG to ensure the remaining hostages are saved. Some politicians and leftist groups are [...] | 2007-08-03 08:43:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF KN KS |
07SEOUL487 | SOUTH KOREA GRADUALLY EXPANDING RELATIONS WITH NATO [...] (C) In a February 9 meeting with visiting EAP/K Andrew Hyde, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade,s (MOFAT) Director of the Security Policy Division, Kim Chang-sik, emphasized that the ROKG sought increased cooperation with NATO but that it would take time to establish the proper internal pr [...] | 2007-02-16 08:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR AORC NATO KS |
07SKOPJE203 | MACEDONIA: GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION REVIVE [...] (C) PM Gruevski and eAlbanian opposition leader Ali Ahmeti and their negotiating teams met March 7 to revive long-dormant political talks on moving ahead on key NATO and EU membership-related reforms, including implementation of the Ohrid Framework Agreement. The two sides reached agreement o [...] | 2007-03-09 09:47:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE209 | MACEDONIA: EUR A/S FRIED'S TALKS WITH GOM & [...] (C) During March 8 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, A/S Fried urged (and easily obtained) continued support for the Ahtisaari status proposal and asked his interlocutors to consider publicly supporting a Kosovo UNSCR as a means to bolster security in Macedonia and the region [...] | 2007-03-13 08:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE336 | MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO MEETINGS WITH GOM AND [...] (C) During April 23 meetings with GOM and opposition leaders in Skopje, DAS DiCarlo emphasized the need for the GOM to move forward on NATO-related reforms as time is running out for Macedonia to make its case for NATO membership in 2008. Of utmost importance is resolving the ongoing politica [...] | 2007-04-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE449 | MACEDONIA: THE NAME ISSUE AND NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Strict adherence to the 1995 Interim Agreement (IA) between Greece and Macedonia should remain central to preventing the name dispute from blocking Macedonia's membership in NATO, once it has met membership standards. A Greek threat to veto Macedonia's membership in NATO, or to withhold p [...] | 2007-06-06 13:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
07SKOPJE476 | MACEDONIA: SLOW BUT STEADY PROGRESS ON JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Since independence in 1991, Macedonia has demonstrated slow but steady progress on judicial reforms. In Freedom House's "Judicial Framework and Independence Ratings for 2006," Macedonia currently ranks number two in the region, behind only NATO and EU member Bulgaria, and well ahead of t [...] | 2007-06-19 08:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE483 | MACEDONIA: GOM PLEDGES CONTINUED FOCUS ON NATO [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered ref A points on NATO enlargement and required reform steps to Deputy FM Petrov and National NATO Coordinator Dimitrov on June 19. In response, Petrov reiterated the GOM's commitment to focusing on NATO reforms, but noted challenges the government faces in passing [...] | 2007-06-20 17:25:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO MK |
07SKOPJE498 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EAPC SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Macedonia's leaders are hoping to showcase the country's organizational and logistics capabilities in hosting the EAPC summit, which will be set amidst the impressive natural beauty of Lake Ohrid. They have heard and understood our message on the steps they need to take to strengthen th [...] | 2007-06-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE533 | MACEDONIA: AMBASSADOR NULAND URGES PRESIDENT AND [...] (U) During separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski on the margins of the NATO EAPC Security Forum in Ohrid June 29, Ambassador Nuland urged the GOM to maintain steady progress toward meeting NATO standards in the crucial months leading up to NATO's Bucharest Summit in April [...] | 2007-07-03 16:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE539 | MACEDONIA: ADRIATIC CHARTER & NEW PFP MEMBERS [...] (SBU) During an Adriatic Charter (Albania, Croatia, Macedonia) Partnership Commission in Ohrid June 28, USNATO Ambassador Nuland urged the A-3 aspirant countries to: accelerate progress on NATO reforms, demonstrate and describe their readiness for membership in demarches to other NATO Allies, [...] | 2007-07-06 13:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK CR AL |
07SKOPJE550 | MACEDONIA SUCCESSFULLY HOSTS EAPC SECURITY FORUM [...] (U) The GOM hosted NATO's second Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum in Ohrid June 28-29. A total of 500 individual participants from 48 EAPC nations took part in the forum; 16 countries were represented at the ministerial level. USNATO Ambassador Nuland led the U.S. del [...] | 2007-07-10 09:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE559 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS BUTLER AND DASD [...] (SBU) Macedonia is a small but effective contributor to global peace operations. The Army of the Republic of Macedonia (ARM) currently contributes 40 troops to international operations in Iraq; 130 troops to NATO's ISAF mission in Afghanistan; 20 troops to the EUFOR mission in Bosnia-Herzegov [...] | 2007-07-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE567 | MACEDONIA: IMPLEMENTING THE MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Implementation of the May 29 agreement between governing VMRO-DPMNE and opposition DUI (reftels) began July 9 with the first meeting of separate working groups on a draft law on the use of languages, and on a package of social benefits for victims of the 2001 conflict. Consistent USG p [...] | 2007-07-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO PINR MK |
07SKOPJE62 | MACEDONIA WILL ATTEND JANUARY 26 NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (U) This message contains an action request in para 4. 2. (SBU) Drawing on reftel, P/E Chief delivered points on U.S. objectives for the January 26 NATO Informal Foreign Ministerial to MFA State Secretary Igor Ilievski on January 18. PEChief conveyed USG gratitude for Macedonia's troop co [...] | 2007-01-23 15:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE841 | MACEDONIA: DAS DICARLO FOCUSES ON NATO REFORMS, [...] (C) In meetings with government leaders in Skopje October 9-10, DAS DiCarlo told her interlocutors that time is running out for Macedonia to show more concrete progress on reforms required for NATO membership, including enhanced political dialogue, improved President-PM cohabitation, and imple [...] | 2007-10-18 16:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
07SKOPJE879 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR US INTERAGENCY NATO MAP [...] (SBU/NF) When you step off the plane in Skopje on November 7, PM Gruevski will have just taken a beating from Brussels, having received the EU's annual progress report on November 6. The report will criticize the lack of political consensus here, slow progress on EU-related reforms, and the l [...] | 2007-11-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE896 | MACEDONIA'S NATO BID: "SPRINT TO THE FINISH LINE" [...] (SBU) On November 8, USNATO Ambassador Nuland and a U.S. interagency team told Macedonia's top officials, MPs, and opposition leaders that Macedonia must accelerate reform efforts in the next three months or risk not receiving a membership invitation at the 2008 NATO summit. In addition to co [...] | 2007-11-14 17:51:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE919 | MACEDONIA'S NATO BID: KEEPING SKOPJE FOCUSED ON [...] (C) During a round of meetings November 19-20, the Ambassador pressed all major political party leaders to take real action to quickly implement reforms needed to strengthen Macedonia's NATO bid. Opposition leaders cited the negative atmosphere in parliament as a hindrance to political consen [...] | 2007-11-27 07:53:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE933 | MACEDONIA ON NAME ISSUE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 29 DCM delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Petrov and MFA State Counselor for Multilateral Affairs Geleva. Stating that he saw "nothing new" about the U.S. position of neutrality in the name dispute, Petrov was relieved to get DCM's assurances that the points [...] | 2007-11-29 16:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL GR MK |
07SKOPJE941 | MACEDONIA: POLITICAL BREAKTHROUGH ON NATO TASKS [...] (SBU) During a quadripartite meeting on November 30, government and opposition leaders reached agreement on several key agenda items relevant for NATO membership. On December 3, the parties followed through in the Parliament, passing in quick order the Law on the Parliamentary Inter-ethnic Re [...] | 2007-12-04 09:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
07SKOPJE950 | MACEDONIA: CONTINUED MOMENTUM ON MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) A little more than six months after concluding the US/EU-brokered five-point May 29 agreement (ref A),governing VMRO and opposition DUI finally are taking concrete steps toward implementing it. On December 3, Parliament adopted the legislative proposals included in the agreement (ref B [...] | 2007-12-06 10:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK |
07SKOPJE960 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI'S DECEMBER 12-13 VISIT TO [...] (SBU) FM Milososoki's visit is a timely opportunity to reinforce the need for continued progress on meeting NATO membership criteria, including government-opposition dialogue, combating corruption, and strengthening rule of law. It is also the right time to tell Milososki that Macedonia needs [...] | 2007-12-10 15:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK KV |
07SKOPJE973 | MACEDONIA ON KOSOVO STATUS: FOCUS ON DEMARCATION [...] (SBU) P/E Chief delivered ref A points on Kosovo status to President Crvenkovski's Chief of Staff, Natasha Savova, and to MFA State Counselor Vasko Grkov in separate meetings on December 13. Savova reiterated the GOM's insistence that there be no territorial division of Kosovo, and stressed th [...] | 2007-12-14 07:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO YI KV MK |
07SOFIA105 | BULGARIA: DEMARCHE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO BU |
07SOFIA114 | BULGARIA LEANS FORWARD ON AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador January 25 that Bulgaria had lifted its caveat regarding night operations in Afghanistan, and that there was political will to lift at least some caveats pending receipt of additional training and equipment. The government expects parl [...] | 2007-01-25 14:42:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO MARR CVIS IZ AF SR BU |
07SOFIA160 | BULGARIA: NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) We delivered reftel A demarche on February 7 to Zlatin Krystev of the MFA NATO Directorate and Anri Georgiev of the MoD International Cooperation directorate. As reported in reftel B, Bulgaria has announced deployment of an additional mechanized infantry company to Afghanistan and has lift [...] | 2007-02-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF BU |
07SOFIA163 | BULGARIA: NOMINEES FOR MARCH 26-27 INSURGENCY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINS PROP KISL MARR MOPS EAID NATO |
07SOFIA204 | BULGARIA: MOD CONSIDERS ADDITIONAL AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 15 meeting, MoD Defense Policy Director Col. Ivan Milanov gave a readout of Bulgaria's discussions at the Seville Ministerial and outlined Bulgaria's plans for future deployments to Afghanistan. In addition to Bulgaria's previously announced commitment to deploy a m [...] | 2007-02-15 13:37:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF BU |
07SOFIA218 | BULGARIA SEEKS GUIDANCE ON HOSTING NEXT V-10 [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Foreign Minister Kalfin informally offered on January 25 to host a meeting of Vilnius-10 countries in Sofia (reftel). The MFA remains interested in hosting the event, but is reluctant formally to accept or discuss dates while [...] | 2007-02-16 14:15:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO XH BU |
07SOFIA224 | BULGARIA: MFA TAKES HARD LINE ON BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 14 meeting, MFA Regional Security chief (and resident Black Sea expert) Dimitar Dimitrov briefed us on the GoB's emerging Black Sea strategy. He expressed hardening resistance to Bulgarian membership in Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH),and allowed poloff to revie [...] | 2007-02-20 10:39:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA268 | BULGARIA: VIEWS ON MARITIME SECURITY IN WAKE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Harry Ulrich (Commander of US Naval Forces Europe and Allied Joint Forces Command Naples) visited Bulgaria 21-23 February 2007, meeting with President Georgi Parvanov, Defense Minister Veselin Bliznakov, Deputy PM and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ivaylo Kalfin, as well as [...] | 2007-02-28 11:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA28 | BULGARIA: FM KALFIN TO ATTEND NATO MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2007-01-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO OPDC AF YI BU |
07SOFIA366 | BULGARIA: GOVT VOTES TO TRIPLE DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (SBU) In a decision discussed on March 14 and signed on March 16, the Council of Ministers formally approved two separate deployments in support of NATO operations in Afghanistan. This decision is binding and does not require parliamentary approval. The first deployment will consist of 120 s [...] | 2007-03-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF BU |
07SOFIA372 | BULGARIA ON CFE TRANSFERS - CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-20 13:47:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU |
07SOFIA492 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-17 15:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BU |
07SOFIA499 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETINGS WITH BULGARIAN PM STANISHEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PDAS Volker on April 11, PM Stanishev and FM Kalfin strongly endorsed supervised independence for Kosovo and pressed the need for a Security Council resolution. Both ministers also engaged on Black Sea issues, with Kalfin arguing for a stronger NATO pres [...] | 2007-04-20 14:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO ENRG SR YI EU BU |
07SOFIA500 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 14:35:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BU |
07SOFIA505 | PDAS VOLKER'S MEETING WITH THE "VILNIUS 10" NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a V-10 meeting with EUR PDAS Kurt Volker, allies were in agreement on key issues, including NATO enlargement, the Kosovo Status process, missile defense, and energy security. All believed strongly about the need for further NATO enlargement and insisted that it be based on rea [...] | 2007-04-23 16:44:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL BU |
07SOFIA682 | BULGARIA ON RUSSIAN CFE CONCERNS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Gergana Velichkova, the MFA's acting director of OSCE and Regional Security Affairs. Velichkova thanked us for reftel responses to Russian concerns; she enthusiastically agreed with our points. Noting that Bulgaria is specifically mentioned in two of the s [...] | 2007-06-05 14:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU |
07SOFIA695 | BULGARIA BACKS U.S. APPROACH TO CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) We delivered reftel A points on June 6 to Gergana Velichkova, the MFA's Acting Director of OSCE and Regional Security Affairs and Col. Stefan Yanev, Director of Defense Policy at the MOD. Both remarked that U.S. views on the upcoming conference were almost identical to those of the GoB an [...] | 2007-06-06 14:43:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE BU |
07SOFIA718 | DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH FM KALFIN: IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin thanked the Deputy Secretary for President Bush's public and private assurances of support for the release of the five Bulgarian nurses imprisoned in Libya. He also asked for the opportunity to consult with the USG in advance of any travel by the Secretar [...] | 2007-06-14 08:46:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EFIN NATO LY IZ BU |
07SOFIA743 | BULGARIA: EUR A/S FRIED DISCUSSES GEORGIA, KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Valentin Radomirski, Foreign Policy Advisor to Prime Minister Stanishev, described to EUR A/S Dan Fried on June 11 Russian pressure tactics regarding Bulgarian relations with Georgia, especially regarding export of small arms and munitions to Georgia. Tbilisi's larger than normal [...] | 2007-06-19 07:24:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO GG BU |
07SOFIA863 | BULGARIA: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 16 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER STANISHEV [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-18 15:22:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PARM NATO KCRM KCOR ECON ENRG LY BU |
07SOFIA87 | BULGARIA AND OPERATION BLACK SEA HARMONY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Despite persistent U.S. lobbying and a high-level push from official visitors, GoB officials are not yet sold on membership in Turkish-led Operation Black Sea Harmony (OBSH). Credible doubts about Turkey's willingness to share information have fed into deep-seated mistrust of [...] | 2007-01-18 13:10:00 | Embassy Sofia | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER NATO MARR MOPS TU BU |
07SOFIA985 | BULGARIA: MFA DOWN BEAT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On August 9, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points and a copy of the new Afghanistan Counter-Narcotics Strategy to MFA Afghanistan desk officer Ivan Petkov. Petkov expressed the difficulties of weaning Afghan farmers off opium poppies. He said Bulgaria, partnering with Germany, had impo [...] | 2007-08-10 08:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF BU |
07STATE121994 | NOMINATION OF SENIOR OFFICER FOR ASSIGNMENT AS [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR USNATO - SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (C) THE PRESIDENT HAS NOMINATED LIEUTENANT GENERAL JAMES N. MATTIS FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE GRADE OF GENERAL AND ASSIGNMENT AS SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER FOR TRANSFORMATION (NATO). 3. (C) USNATO SHOULD DELIVER THE [...] | 2007-08-29 22:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL |
07STATE123875 | GUIDANCE: SELECTION OF CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS [...] Washington concurs with approach for selection of CEPMO BOD chairman recommended by USNATO in Ref A. We look forward to MISSION request for further guidance if required as a result of the 6 September meeting. RICE [...] | 2007-09-04 19:20:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO PREL |
07STATE138402 | (U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 27, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | OVIP FRIED DANIEL UNGA PREL MOPS NATO MARR KPKO PO |
07STATE138413 | (U) EUR A/S FRIED,S SEPTEMBER 25, 2007, MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-01 21:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP FRIED DAN UNGA PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR KPKO NL |
07STATE154199 | USG RESPONSE TO INTERAGENCY MISSION VISIT TO [...] C) On October 2-4, an Interagency Team from Washington visited Cyprus to survey construction and security of Greek military installations being built to bring the Government of Greece (GOG) into full compliance with its obligations to the United States regarding U.S.-origin defense articles. U [...] | 2007-11-08 18:54:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS NATO PREL CY GR |
07STATE154483 | GUIDANCE: NTM-I MISSION CONTINUES AND EXPANDS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Washington is concerned with the NATO Policy Coordination Group's (PCG) cover letter and its brief overview of the Autumn 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) of the NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I). Washington instructs USNATO to stress at all NATO NTM-I discussions and meet [...] | 2007-11-09 00:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS IZ |
07STATE156473 | VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOLUTION ON THE [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favour of the following resolution to be considered by the Security Council on November 15. USUN is also instructed to draw on points in para 3 for use during the Council's discussion. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Coun [...] | 2007-11-15 03:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC PREL MARR NATO BK |
07STATE166386 | GUIDANCE: CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING [...] Washington concurs with positions outlined by USNATO in Ref A. RICE [...] | 2007-12-12 22:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO PREL |
07STATE18563 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...] | 2007-02-14 19:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO |
07STATE18578 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPERS IN PRT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that addressee embassies demarche host governments requesting that they urge Iceland to keep its mobile patrol team in PRT Chaghch [...] | 2007-02-14 19:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL PGOV IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO |
07STATE52640 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-20 00:04:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL |
07STATE75561 | SUCCESSFUL CENTCOM COALITION CONFERENCE IN TAMPA [...] (U) SUMMARY. CENTCOM's Coalition conference in Tampa, FL, successfully gathered both military and civilian participants from current and prospective Coalition countries to provide an overview of Coalition planning for the next 12-18 months. The guest appearance by the President was particula [...] | 2007-06-01 15:32:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IZ NATO |
07STATE90284 | KOSOVO: BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE SECURITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Action addressees are requested to deliver the U.S. non-paper contained in paragraph 3 below to Quint Foreign and Defense Ministries, to NATO and EU staffs and to the EUPT and OKPCC in Pristina. Addressees are further requested to report reactions to EUR/SCE, [...] | 2007-06-28 14:17:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL KV |
07STOCKHOLM1176 | SWEDEN SEEKS U.S. COOPERATION IN EVALUATING [...] (s) Sweden has requested U.S. assistance in evaluating requirements for the deployment of the Sweden-led EU Nordic Battlegroup, scheduled to be operational January 1, 2008. At the MFA's request, we met September 18 with MFA Americas Director Hakan Malmqvist and a Swedish interagency group in [...] | 2007-09-19 14:47:00 | Embassy Stockholm | SECRET | PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS MOPS SW |
07STOCKHOLM98 | SWEDEN: VIEWS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (c) Polcouns met January 26 with MFA Deputy Director General and head of International Law and Human Rights Department Bosse Hedberg in connection with the proposed February 22-23 cluster munitions conference in Oslo. Hedberg noted that he was closely involved with developments on cluster mu [...] | 2007-01-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO PGOV SW |
07TALLINN2 | ESTONIA: FM PAET VISITS GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary. During his visit to Georgia December 18-19, Georgian Officials told Foreign Minister Urmas Paet that: -- they hope for a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) already in 2007; -- they intend to extend economic and political reforms and substantially increase investment in educa [...] | 2007-01-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NATO OSCE GG RU EN |
07TALLINN275 | ESTONIA: HLG LETTER DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-26 11:21:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO MNUC NPG EN |
07TALLINN277 | U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...] | 2007-04-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN |
07TALLINN278 | U.S.-BALTIC RELATIONS REMAIN STRONG: U.S.-BALTICS [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Estonia (GOE) hosted the U.S.-Baltic Multilateral and Bilateral Working Group Meeting in Tallinn on April 10-12. At the multilateral working group meetings, the key issues discussed were the future of the NATO Air Policing mission, international operations (in [...] | 2007-04-26 15:09:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL LG LH EN |
07TALLINN330 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONFERENCE: ESTONIA STILL TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS NATO PARM PREL EN |
07TALLINN366 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: WORLD'S FIRST VIRTUAL [...] (S) Summary. Since April 27, Estonia has been the victim of the world's first coordinated cyber attacks against a nation state and its political and economic infrastructure. The sensational nature of the story, combined with the highly technical details of the subject matter, has led to a good [...] | 2007-06-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN372 | ESTONIA UNABLE TO MEET NATO,S ISAF REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 11:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PINS NATO AF EN |
07TALLINN373 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. ON CFE TREATY [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-06 14:14:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN374 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together wi [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN375 | ESTONIA'S CYBER ATTACKS: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (S) Summary. On April 27, Estonia became the unprecedented victim of the world's first cyber attacks against a nation state. Although an analysis of events is ongoing, this event demonstrated the vulnerability of both government and private sector internet infrastructure. Working together with [...] | 2007-06-06 14:24:00 | Embassy Tallinn | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN377 | ESTONIA TO ISSUE STATEMENT ON EXTRAORDINARY CFE [...] (C) On June 6, we delivered Ref A points to Kristjan Priik, Second Secretary in the MFA's Security and Arms Control Division, on preparations for the extraordinary CFE (Conventional Forces in Europe) conference. On June 7, Priik reiterated Estonia's position on Russia's proposal (Ref B). Coo [...] | 2007-06-08 09:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO RS EN |
07TALLINN41 | ESTONIA: GOALS FOR AFGHANISTAN AT JANUARY 26 [...] (C) On January 20, Acting DCM and Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on goals for Afghanistan at the January 26 informal Foreign Ministerial to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy and Arms Control. Hilpus welcomed the information about the meeting, expressed regret that Foreign [...] | 2007-01-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS |
07TALLINN446 | ESTONIA: TRANSFERRING SURPLUS AMMUNITION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL LE NATO EU EN |
07TALLINN49 | ESTONIA: RESPONSE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) On January 20, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points on Kosovo to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy and Arms Control. On January 23, Ketlin Susmalainen a 3rd Secretary in the same department, provided the following response: -- Estonia has not been invited to the April 18-2 [...] | 2007-01-23 13:34:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EN |
07TALLINN536 | ESTONIA'S REACTION TO NEW AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-08-17 11:48:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR NATO AF EN |
07TALLINN544 | ESTONIA SUPPORTS U.S. NON-PAPER ON CFE RATIFICATION [...] (C) On August 20 and 21, we delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security and Arms Control, and Peeter Helme, MFA NATO Desk Officer, on breaking the impasse to Russia's fulfillment of its remaining Istanbul commitments. Hilpus told us that the GOE's position on CFE remains [...] | 2007-08-22 08:40:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN |
07TALLINN604 | ESTONIA ON ALLIANCE ATTITUDES TOWARD NAC VISIT TO [...] (C) On September 11, poloffs delivered reftel points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security Policy, and Toomas Lukk, MFA Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Hilpus and Lukk emphasized strong Government of Estonia (GOE) support for the proposed North Atlantic Council (NAC) visit to [...] | 2007-09-14 06:43:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG RS EN |
07TALLINN627 | ESTONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND SEPT 26 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-25 12:37:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OPDC PREL EN |
07TALLINN633 | ESTONIA: PDAS VOLKER AT V-10 POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...] (C) Summary. EUR PDAS Volker participated in the Vilnius Ten (V-10) political directors conference in Tallinn, Estonia on September 12-13. V-10 political directors generally supported eventual NATO enlargement for the Adriatic 3 (Albania, Croatia, and Macedonia) and the need for more EU unit [...] | 2007-09-26 11:22:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE EN |
07TALLINN752 | SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PM ANSIP'S NOVEMBER 27-29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Andrus Ansip's November 27- 29 visit to Washington, his first as PM, comes on the eve of the Estonian Parliament's vote to renew Estonia's participation in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Ansip supports Estonia's military engagements abroad, but relies on USG recognitio [...] | 2007-11-21 14:36:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN |
07TASHKENT1444 | UZBEKS SEEK TO PUNISH NATO'S "SPOILED CHILDREN" [...] (C) NATO's Central Asia Liaison Officer briefed NATO mission on the results of a trip to follow up on agreements made during the visit to Tashkent of a NATO expert-level delegation in May. Shortly after that visit, the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) informed NATO that a further development of [...] | 2007-08-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR NATO UZ |
07TASHKENT1989 | NATO PURSUING LIMITED REENGAGEMENT WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons reported that his meetings with Foreign Minister Norov and Defense Minister Mirzayev on November 12 were substantive and he had been well-received. Uzbekistan has resumed participation in Euro-Atlantic Pa [...] | 2007-11-16 10:39:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL NATO UZ AF |
07TASHKENT2100 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE ON UZBEKISTANI PARTICIPANTS [...] (SBU) Post wishes to inform Department that it has reviewed its files and has no credible information of gross human rights violations by any of the three listed participants in the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics Training course at the Domodedovo Center in Russia (reftel). A. Name: Mansurjon [...] | 2007-12-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR PHUM RS UZ |
07TASHKENT2121 | AUSTRALIAN BUSINESSMAN PRESENTS DUBIOUS IL-76 [...] (C) Summary: An Australian named Frederick Darby in November approached Post with a plan to provide the Australian military with leased IL-76 cargo aircraft assembled in Tashkent. Darby claimed the deal could help sink Russia's plans to bring Tashkent's Chkalov Aircraft Factory (a.k.a TAPOiCh [...] | 2007-12-14 13:05:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR PGOV PREL EAIR EIND MCAP NATO EUN |
07TASHKENT989 | UZBEKS AGREE IN PRINCIPLE TO INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: A NATO delegation told NATO missions May 18 that discussions with the Government of Uzbekistan went well. The Uzbeks have re-engaged in Brussels, agreed to work with NATO's Central Asia Liaison Officer for the first time, and appointed a military liaison of their own. Deputy Defe [...] | 2007-05-21 11:11:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR NATO AF UZ |
07TBILISI1293 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO-AFGHANISTAN: URGENT NEED [...] (C) Per reftel request, on May 29, Poloff delivered demarche points to MFA America Desk Officer Irakli Machitidze. Machitidze said Georgia was committed to doing everything it can in the fight against Islamic fundamentalist forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, as evidenced by its significant troop [...] | 2007-06-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF GG PK |
07TBILISI2453 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GUIDANCE FOR OCTOBER 2 NATO [...] (SBU) DCM Perry delivered the demarche (reftel) to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Giorgi Manjgaladze regarding guidance on the October 2 meeting between NATO and the Georgian delegation. Manjgaladze expressed gratitude for the guidance and said he would get it to the head of delegation, S [...] | 2007-10-02 07:53:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL GG |
07TELAVIV1063 | ISRAELI MOD CONTACTS SHARE VIEWS ON PALESTINIANS, [...] (C) In a March 29 meeting, Israeli officials from the MOD's POL-MIL Bureau briefed EUCOM Political Advisor (POLAD) Mary Carlin Yates on their assessment of the Palestinian National Unity Government (NUG) and its implications for Palestinian-Israel relations, Israeli thinking about the negative [...] | 2007-04-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KWBG NATO IZ IS |
07TELAVIV2082 | NATO A/SYG COLSTON'S JUNE 24-26 VISIT SEES [...] (S) NATO Assistant Secretary General (Defense Policy and Planning) John Colston told NATO embassy representatives in Tel Aviv June 26 that his 3-day visit to Israel resulted in progress on implementation of five chapters of Israel's Individual Cooperation Program (ICP). Observing NATO and Isr [...] | 2007-07-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL NATO PTER MASS MARR IS |
07TELAVIV2576 | U/S BURNS' MEETING AT ISRAEL'S MFA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) After the August 16 signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on U.S. Security Assistance to Israel and the press conference that followed, Under Secretary Burns and his delegation participated in a roundtable discussion of issues with an Israeli MFA delegation led by MFA Director G [...] | 2007-08-24 04:24:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL MASS NATO PTER KNNP UNSC SY IR EG LE IS |
07THEHAGUE1144 | NETHERLANDS/SCO SUMMIT: REACHING OUT ON MANAS [...] (S/NF) Poloff delivered ref A demarche June 13 to Thymen Kouwenaar, Deputy Head of Dutch MFA's Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Kouwenaar agreed that the Dutch could and should encourage President Karzai to attend the summit and make the case for Manas. He agreed that other steps sh [...] | 2007-06-14 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1146 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USNATO'S ROBERT A. [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for USNATO's Robert A. Glacel, Management Counselor and John W. Boyd, Director, Operations and Programs to travel to The Hague from June 17 through Thursday, June 21, 2007 to conduct site visits and consultations with the Dutch MOD in antic [...] | 2007-06-15 07:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AMGT NATO |
07THEHAGUE1196 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESTRAINED RESPONSE TO [...] (C/REL NATO and AUS) Summary: Chora district center came under Taliban attack Friday, June 15, the focal point of a province-wide surge in insurgent activity. When it looked as if Chora might fall, the Dutch took the politically difficult decision to go on the offensive. They mounted successfu [...] | 2007-06-20 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE125 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH VIEWS LEADING UP TO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL for the most part agrees with our NATO foreign and defense ministerial goals for Afghanistan. Dutch officials expressed both support and concern regarding the USG-proposed "Comprehensive Approach," and hoped we will continue to balance kinetic and development operations. [...] | 2007-01-24 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1295 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The GONL sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament on June 30 noting it will decide this summer whether to extend its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The decision will follow an exhaustive review of all options, including staying in the mission's current capacity, reducing its contribution or [...] | 2007-07-05 16:17:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1324 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PLEASED WITH KARZAI [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was pleased with Minister of Defense Eimert van Middelkoop's July 6-7 trip to Afghanistan. According to MFA Task Force Uruzgan Coordinator Pieter Jan Kleiweg de Zwaan, comments by Afghan President Karzai during van Middelkoop's visit were constructive, especially in con [...] | 2007-07-10 15:38:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1329 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXPLORING ALL OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a courtesy call with the Charge D'Affaires, MFA Director of Security Affairs Robert de Groot commented on the recent suicide attack in Uruzgan province and briefed on the state of play on the ISAF mission extension question. He commended the Dutch public for responding in [...] | 2007-07-11 14:29:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1334 | NETHERLANDS: DEFENSE PRIORITIZES EXPEDITIONARY [...] (C) Summary: In response to a request from the Dutch Parliament, Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop sent a letter explaining defense priorities leading up to the presentation of the 2007 defense budget in September 2008. Van Middelkoop noted that not all defense priorities (notably the Jo [...] | 2007-07-12 12:58:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1335 | NETHERLANDS: HOST NATION NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] (S) Per reftel, Office of Defense Cooperation officer delivered the host nation notification regarding USAFE reorganization and manpower reduction in the Netherlands to MOD America's Desk Officer LTC Chris Parthesius on July 11. Parthesius appreciated the notification, but offered no substanti [...] | 2007-07-12 14:14:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE1340 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION REVIEW ON TRACK [...] (C) The key ministers involved in the GONL decision to extend its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province approved July 12 "a way forward" to consult with NATO on various extension options. MFA Deputy Political Director Wim Geerts told Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Fata July 13 that P [...] | 2007-07-13 15:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1364 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD FATA'S JULY 13 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During his meetings with Dutch officials on July 13, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata discussed the Dutch decision on whether to extend in some capacity its ISAF mission in Afghanistan. Dutch officials were receptive to Fata's suggestion of [...] | 2007-07-19 10:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1383 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/AFRICA: GAME PLAN FOR NATO [...] (C) Summary: The GONL is wrapping up review of several investigations into civilian casualties resulting from the Dutch participation in heavy fighting around Chora several weeks ago. According to MFA Deputy Director for Conflict Prevention Joop Nijssen, the GONL will soon send a letter to th [...] | 2007-07-20 15:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1418 | NETHERLANDS EXPECT TO LOWER DEPLOYMENT IN [...] (C) Summary: While plans are not yet set, and Parliament must then approve, the Dutch indicated their deployment in Afghanistan will probably be extended but at a reduced level. End Summary 2. (C) Background: On July 12 the six Dutch ministers responsible for deciding on future deployment g [...] | 2007-07-27 13:55:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PGOV PREL AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1447 | NETHERLANDS:DEBRIEF OF JULY 30 U.S.-RUSSIA EXPERTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel on U.S.-Russia experts meeting on missile defense cooperation to Dutch MFA Senior Advisor of Security Affairs and Non-Proliferation Frank van Beuningen. Van Beunigen appreciated the information. GALLAGHER [...] | 2007-08-03 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO UP AJ CZ PL RS |
07THEHAGUE1525 | NETHERLANDS/CFE: DUTCH ADAPTED CFE RATIFICATION [...] (C) On August 21, Vincent van Zeijst, Deputy Head of the Arms Control and Arms Export Policy Division at the MFA, told poloff that ratification of the Adapted CFE by summer 2008 would be "ambitious but not impossible." Discussing reftel points, Van Zeijst noted that such a timeline would usual [...] | 2007-08-21 10:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL KFCE NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE1625 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ENCOURAGED BY POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: While initially upset by a perceived delayed response by NATO to their call for assistance, the Dutch acknowledge the search for further contributions toward a Dutch-led ISAF mission extension in Uruzgan is beginning to bear fruit. According to Dutch officials, potential contrib [...] | 2007-09-04 15:41:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1643 | NETHERLANDS: NOMINATIONS FOR USNATO/USEU POL-MIL [...] Post nominates the following officers for the September 19-21 USNATO/USEU Pol-Mil workshop: Name: Jason Grubb Title: Political-Military Officer Date of Birth: 6/16/73 Security Clearance: TS/SCI Telephone: 31-70-310-2346 Fax: 31-70-310-2348 Unclass E-mail: GrubbJB@state.gov SIPDIS Ar [...] | 2007-09-06 14:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR NATO PREL NL |
07THEHAGUE1650 | NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL NAC [...] (C) The GONL is not opposed in principle to a North Atlantic Council (NAC) trip to Tbilisi, but has reservations regarding the prospects of joining NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer in his trip to Georgia in October. According to MFA NATO Advisor Mark Versteden, the GONL is reluctant to "antagonize R [...] | 2007-09-10 15:59:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | GG NATO PREL RS NL |
07THEHAGUE1729 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DESPERATELY SEEKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch Cabinet is prepared to approve an extension of the Dutch mission in Uruzgan for approximately 1,200 troops, but only if a third party (or parties) steps forward to replace the 400 or so Dutch troops who will need to be withdrawn. Dutch lobbying efforts -- bilaterally and thro [...] | 2007-09-19 16:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1746 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the September 24-26, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA official Michael T. Tobin,Technical Lead for NATO Missile Defense Debris Working Group will be conducting the meeting for the NATO Missile Defense Debris working group. 2. Embassy understands that [...] | 2007-09-21 11:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE1785 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: GOING PUBLIC ON CHORA [...] (S) Summary: In its monthly Afghanistan update letter sent to Parliament on September 24, the GONL described four separate reports regarding possible civilian casualties related to the June 16-20 heavy fighting in and around Chora. The GONL letter acknowledged COMISAF's opinion that the use o [...] | 2007-09-26 15:06:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE180 | NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: Although not initially invited, the Dutch plan to attend the February 21-22 Oslo Conference on Cluster Munitions, and are wary of any resulting restrictive framework. The GONL policy on restricting cluster munitions use is evolving, although current formulations focus on a potenti [...] | 2007-01-31 16:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE1810 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EIGHTY ADDITIONAL TROOPS [...] (SBU) Finance Minister and Vice Prime Minister Wouter Bos announced September 28 that the Dutch Cabinet has decided to send an additional 80 troops to Afghanistan due to increased fighting near Deh Rawod in southwest Uruzgan province. The two platoons will deploy for Deh Rawod in a matter of d [...] | 2007-09-28 13:16:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE185 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: PDASD LONG'S JANUARY 25 [...] (C) Summary: During her January 25 visit to The Hague, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Mary Beth Long commended Dutch efforts in their deployment to Uruzgan province in Afghanistan. She stressed the importance of a "comprehensive approach" in [...] | 2007-02-01 11:07:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1856 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ZEROING IN ON THIRD [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan visited The Hague October 2 to discuss potential GONL extension plans regarding its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. In a series of productive meetings, Cag [...] | 2007-10-05 14:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1898 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance Wouter Bos remains wary of extending the Dutch deployment to Southern Afghanistan, on the grounds that Dutch and NATO forces are unlikely to achieve meaningful reconstruction results in the current security environment. As the leade [...] | 2007-10-16 11:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1918 | NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER FOR PARLIAMENT VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upcoming visit of representatives of the Dutch parliament,s Foreign Affairs Committee to Washington October 22-26, 2007 provides a good opportunity to build the necessary public support for sustaining a significant Dutch military deployment in Uruzgan beyond 2008. Although vis [...] | 2007-10-19 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NATO AF |
07THEHAGUE1925 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE NEWS ON MARGINS [...] (S) Summary: The GONL received potentially good news from France on the margins of the European Council meeting in Lisbon on October 18-19. According to Dutch officials, French President Sarkozy agreed in a meeting with Dutch PM Balkenende to deploy up to two Operational Mentoring and Liaison [...] | 2007-10-23 12:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE1979 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: NORWEGIAN "NO" [...] (C) Summary: The GONL was disappointed -- but not surprised -- by the Norwegian Government's decision not to deploy to Uruzgan province as part of an extended Dutch mission. A French-Norwegian combination was viewed by many Dutch interlocutors as the only way to ensure quick Dutch Cabinet an [...] | 2007-11-09 15:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE2011 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION DECISION IN [...] (C) Summary: The GONL appears poised to make a positive decision in favor of extending its contribution to NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Uruzgan; the only significant remaining questions are: 1) for how long?; and 2) what happens next? Negotiations within Ca [...] | 2007-11-21 17:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE2021 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NATIONAL NUCLEAR [...] Country clearance is granted for the December 9-14, 2007 visit to the Netherlands of NNSA official Michael T. Tobin. The purpose of the travel is to act as the Technical Lead for the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)Consequence of Intercept Analysis Experts Working Group (COIA EWG). T [...] | 2007-11-30 08:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG TRGY OTRA KNNP NATO NL |
07THEHAGUE2025 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CABINET OPTS FOR TWO-YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch Cabinet announced November 30 the decision to extend its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province for an additional two years to August 2010, followed by a four month "re-deployment" phase so that Dutch Task Force Uruzgan is withdrawn from Uruzgan by December 2010. By this date [...] | 2007-11-30 16:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE205 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: LABOR PARTY VIEWS ON DEFENSE AS COALITION TALK... [...] Summary: (C) Labor Party (PvdA) Defense Spokesman Frans Timmermans offered his party's views on the Joint Strike Fighter and Afghanistan within the context of on-going government coalition formation talks. He said that the Labor Party will practically concede defeat in its opposition to JSF, relyin [...] | 2007-02-02 15:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE2061 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DASD CAGAN'S DEC. 12 [...] (C) Summary: During her December 12 meetings with Dutch officials, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (A) for Coalition, Peacekeeping, and Multinational Cooperation Debra Cagan stressed the GONL has the unique opportunity -- especially with a long lead-time to August 2008 -- to work with po [...] | 2007-12-14 13:45:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE2082 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: IT'S OFFICIAL! TWO MORE [...] (C) Summary: The GONL obtained broad support on December 20 from the Dutch parliament in favor of extending its ISAF mission in Uruzgan province until December 2010. This officially brings to a close months of internal Dutch deliberations on the controversial extension issue, and ensures that the D [...] | 2007-12-21 12:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
07THEHAGUE36 | NETHERLANDS/NATO: BOT TO ATTEND FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General for Political Affairs Wim Geerts confirmed that Dutch Foreign Minister Ben Bot will attend the January 26 foreign ministerial at NATO headquarters. Geerts told POLCOUNS about Bot's planned attendance on January 9. BLAKEMAN [...] | 2007-01-09 15:18:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO AF YI OPDC NL |
07THEHAGUE471 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH CHOD CLARIFIES [...] (S) Dutch CHOD General Dick Berlijn clarified to Ambassador Arnall on March 15 comments he made in an interview with the Dutch newspaper Algemeen Dagblad (ref). According to Gen. Berlijn, he did not say anything new or different than the official Dutch government position regarding its two yea [...] | 2007-03-16 10:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF NL |
07THEHAGUE488 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: RESPONSE ON AUSTRALIAN [...] (S) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Wim Geerts described on-going discussions with the Australian Government on sending additional Australian special forces to Uruzgan province as "no controversy." He expected the Dutch and Australians to resolve the issue of placing the new [...] | 2007-03-19 16:03:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF AS NL |
07THEHAGUE496 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DAS GASTRIGHT'S MARCH 13 [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia John Gastright visited The Hague on March 13 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. Dutch interlocutors expressed satisfaction with their deployment in Uruzgan, but said increased insurgency activities have complic [...] | 2007-03-20 14:30:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF IN PK NL |
07THEHAGUE643 | STATE SECRETARY TIMMERMANS ON EU CONSITUTION, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 4 with Frans Timmermans, the new Dutch State Secretary for European Affairs. Timmermans expressed hopes that EU members could agree on a compromise EU treaty prior to the end of the German Presidency. He reiterated his personal commitment to a continued Dutch [...] | 2007-04-05 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | PREL EUN NATO PINR AF BO RS UP NL |
07THEHAGUE655 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN/JSF: NEW DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Arnall, new Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop stressed the importance of success in Afghanistan. He repeated official policy regarding the Dutch two-year commitment in Uruzgan province, and anticipated a fierce debate this summer w [...] | 2007-04-10 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL |
07THEHAGUE687 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: INL PDAS SCHWEICH ON [...] (C) Summary. Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Tom Schweich visited The Hague on March 29 for bilateral discussions on Afghanistan. The conversation focused on anti-narcotics programs and balancing poppy eradication with providing alternativ [...] | 2007-04-13 12:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL |
07THEHAGUE714 | NETHERLANDS/JSF/AFGHANISTAN: POSITIVE ON JSF; [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with Ambassador Arnall since the formation of the new government, State Secretary for Defense Cees van der Knaap acknowledged the GONL will make a decision on extending in Afghanistan by the end of the summer -- but his instincts tell him the Dutch will remain in U [...] | 2007-04-17 13:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF NL |
07THEHAGUE781 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: ANNOYED BY INITIAL [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch MFA is irate the GOA violated one of the conditions the Dutch set concerning poppy eradication operations in Uruzgan province. According to the MFA, the Dutch embassy in Kabul raised its objections with the GOA and the U.S. Embassy, and may raise them at the NATO foreign [...] | 2007-04-26 15:31:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO SNAR AF NL |
07THEHAGUE934 | NETHERLANDS: TOTAL BAN ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS NOT [...] (C) Summary: The GONL does not support a total ban on cluster munitions (CM). However, the Dutch will attend the next CM meeting in Lima on May 24-25 with the goal of working to revise the draft text proposed by Norway that calls for a total CM ban. The Dutch agree the Convention on Conventio [...] | 2007-05-16 13:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL NL |
07TIRANA1064 | ALBANIA: GROWING DEMILITARIZATION EXPERTISE [...] (U) Albania in early December completed the destruction of over 2,700 metric tons of its largest munitions (over 3,000 sea mines, torpedoes and aerial bombs),some of which contained as much as 700 kg. of TNT. In July 2007, Albania became the first country to destroy its chemical weapons stock [...] | 2007-12-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS MARR PARM PREL NATO AL |
07TIRANA1067 | ALBANIA: SOCIALIST PARTY CHAIRMAN: THE SP [...] (C) In a one-on-one conversation with the Ambassador following EUR/DAS DiCarlo's December 19 DVC with Albanian leaders on Kosovo, Tirana mayor and Socialist Party (SP) chairman Edi Rama voiced consternation that the USG might be misconstruing the party's position in supporting Albania's future [...] | 2007-12-21 11:27:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AL |
07TIRANA989 | ALBANIA: READOUT OF NOVEMBER 7 INTERAGENCY [...] (C) The Interagency Team led by USNATO Ambassador Nuland on November 7 provided clear benchmarks toward NATO integration to Albania's President Topi, Prime Minister Berisha and key Ministers, and a group of Parliamentarians. She explained that the USG and other NATO Allies will start making na [...] | 2007-11-14 16:05:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO AL |
07TIRANA999 | ALBANIA COURTS THE NATO ALLIES WITH SUCCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Albanian officials voice confidence that their accelerated outreach to NATO capitals in recent months has rallied significant support to Albania's NATO candidacy. Although aware no formal decisions have been made and that they are likely to be invited in conjunction wit [...] | 2007-11-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AL |
07TOKYO1006 | AFGHANISTAN: TWO BILLION YEN FOR PROJECTS [...] (U) At the March 8 GOJ-NATO Tokyo Meeting, Deputy Minister Yabunaka announced ODA of 2 billion yen for Afghanistan reconstruction by NGOs, municipalities, community and district organization. MOFA European Affairs Bureau European Policy Division Akima Fumezawa informed AID Counselor that th [...] | 2007-03-08 13:19:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL NATO AFIN PINR JA |
07TOKYO1432 | JAPAN TO PASS KOSOVO MESSAGE TO POLITICAL DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 09:17:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO JA |
07TOKYO1716 | JAPAN CALLS FOR COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary. In his first meeting with Political-Military Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary Stephen Mull on April 11, MOFA Disarmament, Nonproliferation, and Science Department Director-General Takeshi Nakane called for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM),and requested th [...] | 2007-04-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO1744 | ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY MULL,S APRIL 11 MEETING [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-Japan cooperation is critical to enhancing Japan's relationship with NATO and to preventing arms sales to China, DG Harada told A/S Mull April 11. Prime Minister Abe's speech to the North Atlantic Council earlier this year marked the beginning of a transformation of Japane [...] | 2007-04-19 22:51:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MASS MCAP PGOV CH EU JA |
07TOKYO2004 | JAPAN URGES PROGRESS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS IN CCW [...] (C) SUMMARY. Japan believes in the need for close U.S.-Japan coordination on cluster munitions (CM) and wishes to see the U.S. encourage progress on CM via the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) for a formal negotiating mandate ""by the end of the year,"" DDG Shimbo told visiting DAS Ru [...] | 2007-05-07 05:31:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO2268 | JAPAN OPPOSES NORWEGIAN DRAFT TEXT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) On May 18, Embassy Tokyo delivered ref (A) demarche regarding U.S. concerns about the Norwegian draft text on cluster munitions (CM) to MOFA Conventional Arms Division official Maiko Tamagawa. Tamagawa, noting that Tokyo was "really concerned" about the draft text, reiterated that Japan r [...] | 2007-05-21 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL JA |
07TOKYO23 | PM ABE'S EUROPEAN TOUR: STRENGTHENING TIES WITH [...] (SBU) Shinzo Abe's first trip to Europe as Prime Minister is intended to strengthen Japan's ties with its "natural partners," according to MOFA Western Europe Division Director Akira Kono. Abe's five-day tour of London, Berlin, Brussels and Paris starts on January 9 in London where Abe will me [...] | 2007-01-05 06:35:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UK GM FR BE JA |
07TOKYO2483 | JAPAN URGES U.S. TO CO-SPONSOR NEGOTIATING MANDATE [...] (C) Summary. During a June 1 briefing on the May 24-25 Lima conference on cluster munitions (CM),MOFA officials stressed that there had been no change in the Japanese position and that Tokyo still sought to balance security and humanitarian issues. Citing concerns about growing momentum in t [...] | 2007-06-04 08:42:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL JA NATO |
07TOKYO2665 | JAPAN SUPPORTS REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SCO [...] (C) This cable contains an action request for SCA, see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Japan "will likely support" our request for demarches to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) participants on the need to avoid statements inimical to Coalition interests at the August SCO summit meeting, acc [...] | 2007-06-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO ZK JA |
07TOKYO438 | JAPAN SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary. Japan supports the U.S. position on cluster munitions (CM) and believes that the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) is the best venue for discussing the issue, according to MOFA officials. Japanese au [...] | 2007-01-31 10:21:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO JA |
07TOKYO5036 | JAPAN SUPPORTS HIGH REPRESENTATIVE MIROSLAV LAJCAK [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-29 08:48:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BK NATO JA |
07TOKYO5625 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer's December 12-14 visit to Tokyo major topics of discussion included Afghanistan and the promotion of closer contacts between NATO and Japan. De Hoop Scheffer raised the subject of helicopter airlift but received no substantive [...] | 2007-12-20 07:55:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO JA |
07USEUBRUSSELS1407 | BELGIUM: COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THE VISIT [...] (C) COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR THE MAY 8-9, 2007, VISIT TO BRUSSELS, BELGIUM OF JOHN P. WALTERS, DIRECTOR OF THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY AND DELEGATION TO VISIT WITH EUROPEAN UNION AND NATO OFFICIALS REGARDING US COUNTERNARCOTICS ISSUES. WE ALSO GRANT COUNTRY C [...] | 2007-04-26 15:31:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP SNAR PREL EUN NATO BE |
07USEUBRUSSELS1736 | CYPRIOTS DODGE AND WEAVE ON TURKISH DEMANDS FROM [...] (C) Summary. Cyprus responds to Turkish concerns within ESDP by citing its own litany of grievances against Ankara. Any meaningful change in Turkey's status within ESDP requires Council approval, thus being subject to veto. There is no visible pressure being exerted by major Member States on [...] | 2007-05-25 14:32:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN NATO CY TU |
07USEUBRUSSELS1890 | GERMAN PSC AMBASSADOR'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT OF [...] (C) Summary: German PSC Ambassador (and current presidency chair of the EU Political and Security Committee) Clemens Von Goetze warned that Turkish refusal to allow NATO-EU dialogue on the EU Afghan police training mission was not only endangering the mission itself but risked damaging the Tu [...] | 2007-06-08 11:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUN TU CY |
07USEUBRUSSELS3352 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION ASSISTANCE FOR ALBANIA TOXIC [...] (SBU) We raised concerns regarding hazardous waste cleanup in Albania (reftel) with Dirk Lange, European Commission (EC) Unit Chief for Albania, and Jose Castrillo, EC Desk Officer for Albania, November 14. We urged the EC to implement plans, particularly at the Fier and Rubik sites. In addi [...] | 2007-11-16 16:09:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CWC EAID SENV EUN NATO AL |
07USNATO101 | NATO/MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI HEARS ALLIES' CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Macedonian PM Gruevski told NATO's North Atlantic Council on February 14 that he was committed to implementing the reforms necessary to secure a membership invitation from NATO at its 2008 Summit. Allies offered solid support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic course, but expressed [...] | 2007-02-15 16:47:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV MK |
07USNATO103 | EAPC DISCUSSES KOSOVO, PARTNERSHIP ON FEBRUARY 14 [...] (SBU) The U.S. and UK responded forcefully to Serbian and Russian objections to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's formula for Kosovo's final status at the February 14 Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) session. Ambassadors discussed the outcomes of the Partnership for Peace (PfP) Planning Symposium [...] | 2007-02-16 13:24:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC |
07USNATO105 | (C) WELCOME FOR NSA STEPHEN J. HADLEY, FEBRUARY [...] (C) USNATO warmly welcomes the visit of National Security Advisor Stephen J. Hadley and delegation to Brussels February 21, 2007 for meetings at NATO and the European Union. The overall control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work: 32-(0)2-724-3136, fax: [...] | 2007-02-16 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA PREL NATO EUN AF AMGT |
07USNATO109 | NSA HADLEY TALKS TO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley discussed a wide range of strategic issues with NATO Allies on February 21, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, new U.S. efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, and relations with Russia. Mr. Hadley's visit comes as Europe [...] | 2007-02-22 13:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL WEU RU |
07USNATO110 | NSA HADLEY'S 21 FEBRUARY DISCUSSION WITH NATO SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY: De Hoop Scheffer described European weakness as playing out in Allies, approaches to Afghanistan (lack of unity of purpose),Russia (desire not to rock the boat),and missile defense (ditto). Mr. Hadley pressed the SYG to have ISAF do more on counternarcotics, and an augmented [...] | 2007-02-22 15:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RU NATO |
07USNATO111 | AHTISAARI COMES TO NATO AND OUTLINES WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC and non-NATO KFOR troop contributors on the Kosovo status process and his vision for the way forward. Ahtisaari said that prospects for a negotiated settlement by both sides were exhausted. Th [...] | 2007-02-23 08:38:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
07USNATO112 | AFGHANISTAN: INFORMAL MEETING OF REGIONAL COMMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: -Force Generation: RC/S missions agreed that there was a general lack of clarity on just what CJSOR shortfalls remained post Seville, and several RC-S allies intend to ask the SYG for a clear list from SHAPE. Canada and the UK noted progress on the sensitive issue of bringing t [...] | 2007-02-23 12:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MASS KPAO AF JA |
07USNATO113 | UPDATE ON NATO-QATAR TALKS ON STATUS OF ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: High level discussions between Qatar's military and NATO on the future of ISAF's support to the Coalition Air Operations Center (CAOC) at al-Udeid Airbase in Qatar are back on track after a number of miscommunications. However, the overall prospect for this dialogue is still fra [...] | 2007-02-23 12:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO REL PTER QA XF |
07USNATO115 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 21, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG proposes two steps to advance NATO's Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault reported on ISAF manning issues and detailed recent Taliban movements in country. Canadian PermRep informed the Council that his govern [...] | 2007-02-23 16:14:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO117 | QATAR REQUESTS NATO PERSONNEL DEPART BY 4 MARCH [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. see para. 3. 2.(C) Summary: Qatari Ambassador to Belgium al-Dosari met with NATO D/SYG Ambassador Minuto Rizzo February 22 and hand delivered a Note Verbale (see para. 6) reporting that the presence of NATO personnel at al-Udeid Airbase would be illegal a [...] | 2007-02-23 19:24:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF |
07USNATO121 | RFG: SOURCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE. When agreeing the establishment of the NATO Office of Resources (NOR),the NAC tasked the Senior Resource Board (SRB) to review the source of the Infrastructure Committee (IC) chairman. Mission recommends agreement to a national chair, in lieu of the cur [...] | 2007-02-26 13:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO123 | USNATO WELCOME FOR MODERN INSURGENCY TEAM FEBRUARY [...] USNATO, in conjunction with USEU welcomes the visit of the Modern Insurgency Team February 27-March 2, 2007 for meetings at NATO and the European Union. The USNATO control officer for this visit is USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockrell, work:(32-2) 724-3136, fax:(32-2) 724-3421. He can [...] | 2007-02-26 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR OTRA PREL NATO PINS BEXP GM |
07USNATO124 | USNATO WELCOME FOR THOMAS J. BRENNAN FEBRUARY [...] Mission welcomes Thomas Brennan for meetings at NATO. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Kelly Magsamen work tel:(32)2-724-3145. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Accommodations have been confirmed for Mr. Brennan arriving February 28-departing Marc [...] | 2007-02-27 09:51:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO BE EU |
07USNATO126 | USNATO WELCOME FOR JOHN B. BELLINGER AND JOSHUA [...] Mission welcomes Mr. John Bellinger and Joshua Dorosin for meetings at NATO and USEU. Control officer for the NATO visit is USNATO Political Officer, Kelly Magsamen work tel:(32)2-724-3145. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Accommodations have been confirmed by USEU via e [...] | 2007-02-27 14:08:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA NATO BE EU |
07USNATO128 | AMBASSADOR NULAND UPDATES NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer complained to Ambassador Nuland on February 27 that, prior to his meeting with National Security Advisor Hadley on February 21, he had not been briefed on possible U.S. participation in the EU,s ESDP mission for Kosovo. The SYG expressed concern that [...] | 2007-02-28 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCRM PREL MOPS UNMIK YI |
07USNATO129 | WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING MARCH 7-8, 2007 [...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Shirley Grosner to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-03-01 10:27:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC |
07USNATO132 | WELCOME FOR EUR/RPM DEPUTY BRENT HARTLEY, MARCH [...] U.S. Mission welcomes EUR/RPM Deputy Mr. Brent Hartley to Brussels for consultations March 5-7, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-03-02 08:13:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC |
07USNATO135 | MACEDONIA COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USNATO [...] Request country clearance for the following USNATO team members invited to accompany the NATO International Staff Ministerial Task Force Planning Team on a visit to Ohrid, Macedonia from March 12 to March 16, 2007. The purpose of this visit is to attend meetings and site visits lead by the D [...] | 2007-03-02 11:56:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT NATO |
07USNATO136 | MISSILE DEFENSE: ANSWERS PROVIDED TO RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable provides answers to 11 written questions on U.S. Missile Defense (MD) plans, drafted by the Russian Mission to NATO, which were answered by Lt Gen Obering, Director, Missile Defense Agency, at a NATO-Russia Council meeting on February 28, 2007. While the Russian que [...] | 2007-03-02 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL RU |
07USNATO137 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG announced 7,000 soldiers force generated since the Riga Summit, and that he intends to invite SACEUR to brief the NAC soon. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) stressed the importance of the on-going negotiations with Qatar regarding the statu [...] | 2007-03-02 16:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO138 | NAC-PSC DISCUSSES EU-NATO COORDINATION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the February 26 NAC-PSC on Bosnia, NAC and PSC Ambassadors (with Cypriot and Maltese representatives present) met "informally" to discuss NATO/EU coordination in Kosovo. Both NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative/SYG Solana called for close co [...] | 2007-03-02 17:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
07USNATO140 | NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES STILL GRAPPLING WITH MEANING [...] (S/NF) Allied PermReps and the Russian Ambassador sought to clear the air from the Munich Conference in the Feb. 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC). The Russian delegation has stated repeatedly that Putin's speech in Munich gives us a road-map for future frank discussions at the NRC. Poland, UK, an [...] | 2007-03-02 18:18:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL RU |
07USNATO144 | WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS MARCH 8, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Mark Shepard to Brussels for the March 8 Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. A [...] | 2007-03-06 11:16:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO146 | ISAF LIAISON GROUP TO STAY IN QATAR ANOTHER THREE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-06 17:49:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS PREL NATO QA |
07USNATO147 | NATO-ASIA TIES STRENGTHENING THROUGH ISAF [...] (C) Recent exchanges between NATO and Japan, Korea, and China illustrate the rapid enhancement of practical cooperation through the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan. NATO's A/SYG Erdmann is visiting Tokyo the week of March 5, while NATO is expected to fin [...] | 2007-03-06 18:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL JA KS CH XB |
07USNATO148 | NATO/GEORGIA: NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MEETING [...] (U) Below is the text of a report distributed to NATO Allies by the NATO Secretary-General on his February 27 meeting with Georgian President Saakashvili at NATO Headquarters. 2. (C) Begin Text: President Saakashvili visited Brussels from 26-27 February 2007 for meetings with NATO and t [...] | 2007-03-07 17:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS GG |
07USNATO149 | NATO SYG ACCEPTS APRIL 4 DINNER INVITATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-07 17:16:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL |
07USNATO15 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 10, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG focuses Allies on upcoming NATO foreign and defense ministerials, agrees to Ambassador Nuland,s suggestion to invite Afghan FM Spanta to meet ISAF Foreign Ministers on January 26, while delaying a decision on inviting the EU, UN, and World Bank to the ministe [...] | 2007-01-12 12:34:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO150 | AU PSC COMMISSIONER DJINNIT ADDRESSES THE NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a disappointing March 2 address to the NAC, African Union Peace and Security Council Commissioner Said Djinnit said the AU "highly appreciated" support received from NATO, including assistance with airlift, capacity building, and "important" lessons learned training, and wel [...] | 2007-03-07 17:23:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS NATO PREL AU SU UN |
07USNATO151 | RFG ON MISSILE DEFENSE: NATO SCHEDULES [...] (C) At the NATO PermReps March 6 luncheon, PermReps agreed to a U.S. proposal to hold two meetings on April 19 on Missile Defense, reinforced by experts from capitals. The first meeting would be in NAC/Reinforced (NAC/R) format and a second in NATO-Russia Council/Reinforced (NRC/R) format to [...] | 2007-03-07 18:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RU |
07USNATO152 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 7, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: PermReps and SYG discussed apparent failure to pre-brief the NAC on Operation Achilles, launch with many parties expressing frustration and disappointment. SYG promised to take this issue of poor communication up with SACEUR. The SHAPE Operations Director MG S [...] | 2007-03-08 07:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO160 | WELCOME TO USNATO FOR AMB ERIC EDELMAN AND [...] USNATO welcomes the visit of Ambassador Eric Edelman and delegation to Brussels March 11-12,2007 for meetings at NATO. The overall control officer for this visit is Defense Advisor LTC James Luke, work: (32-2) 724-3170, Cell: (32) 476-990-820 assisted by USNATO Political Officer Mr. John Cockr [...] | 2007-03-09 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC OTRA NATO AF PK BE |
07USNATO161 | USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-12 14:33:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS |
07USNATO165 | AFGHAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT ASKS NAC FOR SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a March 12 coffee with Permreps the Speaker of Afghanistan,s Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament)Yanus Qanuni challenged NATO to provide a long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He said the Afghan Parliament and people did not want NATO and international military force [...] | 2007-03-14 11:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PTER AF PK |
07USNATO167 | WELCOME HLTF MARCH 21-23, 2007 TO NATO [...] Mission welcomes Karin Look, Larry Schultz, Jennifer Laurendeau, Sharon White, Jeffrey Gibbs, James Starkey, Christopher Beecroft, Powell Moore, and Stephen Olejasz to USNATO for HLTF meetings March 21-23. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32) [...] | 2007-03-15 15:20:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA ASEC AADP NATO OSCE PARM |
07USNATO169 | WELCOME FOR NATO EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP COMMITTEE [...] Mission welcomes Anita Friedt, Michelle Azevedo, and Paul Iarrobino to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) [...] | 2007-03-15 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO170 | IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN/MISSILE DEFENSE: USD/P EDELMAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher, and Deputy National Security Advisor Meghan O'Sullivan briefed Allied PermReps on the latest U.S. thinking on Iraq, Afghanistan, and missile defense in a coffee session at USNATO on [...] | 2007-03-15 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF IZ |
07USNATO172 | NATO WEIGHING NATURE OF POSSIBLE TIES TO QATAR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-16 15:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO QA |
07USNATO177 | NATO/VCC: MARCH 8 VCC EXPERTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary: After the U.S. representative executed guidance, the experts agreed (ad ref for Germany, whose representative agreed but stated that he had to go back to Berlin for full approval) that revision 2 of reference B would focus in Annex 1 of table B as directly answering the tasking, [...] | 2007-03-20 09:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE OSCE |
07USNATO178 | DATA MANAGEMENT EXPERTS GROUP MEETING, MARCH 8, [...] (U) Summary: The Data Management Expert Group (DMEG) met on March 8, 2007. Italy, Spain, and Romania introduced new representatives, and the Chair reported on staff activity since the January meeting. After reviewing the status of the NCFS and VERITY XXI for the current CFE, the group focused [...] | 2007-03-20 11:12:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE |
07USNATO181 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 1, 2007, Ms. Laura Gross, Director, Counterproliferation Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discussed Streng [...] | 2007-03-20 15:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO183 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 21 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-21 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO186 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: RELEASE OF TALIBAN PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Anticipating reftel A, Ambassador Nuland, during the March 21 North Atlantic Council meeting, joined the UK in criticizing the evident Taliban-for-hostage exchange in the release of kidnapped Italian journalist Mastrogiacomo. She also raised the issue separately with SYG de Hoo [...] | 2007-03-22 14:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREF PTER PREL AF IT |
07USNATO187 | DUTCH AT NATO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT AUSSIE SOF [...] (S) Dutch Ambassador to NATO, Herman Schaper, predicted March 20 that all issues related to the deployment of additional Australian SOF to Oruzgan province would be satisfactorily resolved March 21-22 during Dutch-Aussie CHOD talks in the Hague. Schaper confirmed that the Netherlands prefers [...] | 2007-03-22 14:32:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PINS PREL MARR AF AS NL |
07USNATO188 | RFG: NATO ENGAGEMENT WITH BELARUS AND UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) NATO's Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) has sought political advice from the International Staff (I.S.),urging Allies to agree to invite Belarusian and Uzbekistani Chiefs of Defense (CHODs) and Foreign and Defense Ministers to upcoming CHOD and Ministerial meetings of the Euro-Atl [...] | 2007-03-22 17:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR BO UZ |
07USNATO189 | RFG: HOSTAGE TAKING IN AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (U) This cable contains a request for guidance in paragraph 3. 2. (C) As previewed in reftels, the Secretary General has placed the issue of hostage taking in Afghanistan on the agenda of the 3:30 p.m. Permanent Representatives' coffee on March 27. Specifically, he wishes to examine impl [...] | 2007-03-23 16:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREF PTER PREL AF |
07USNATO19 | EAPC PLAYS A FULL HOUSE: FIRST MEETING AT 49 ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador Nuland provided the January 10 Ambassadorial Session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) with a meaty preview of President Bush,s address on the way forward on Iraq, based on an oral briefing provided by the NSC. EAPC Ambassadors welcomed the gesture to bring real [...] | 2007-01-16 12:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL EAPC |
07USNATO190 | WELCOME FOR NATO NRC AMBASSADORIAL MEETING AND [...] Mission welcomes Donna A. Phelan, James Starkey, Jon Errickson, and Adam Xavier to Brussels for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Administrative support will be provided by [...] | 2007-03-23 16:18:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO191 | NATO/GEORGIA: ALLIES PRAISE GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. NATO Allies unanimously praised Georgia's restrained response to the March 11 attacks in the Kodori Gorge (ref A) during a March 21 Political Committee meeting at NATO Headquarters. Allies commended Georgia for turning to the UN-led Joint Fact Finding Group, which [...] | 2007-03-23 16:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL GG RS NATO |
07USNATO192 | APPROACHING NATO ON KOSOVO EU RULE OF LAW MISSION [...] Per Reftel, USNATO distributed to delegations and the Secretary General on March 22 the points provided on possible SIPDIS U.S. participation in the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. The points were distributed as a non-paper, in order to provide them to PermReps as soon as possible prior to [...] | 2007-03-23 16:55:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR |
07USNATO199 | U/S BURNS URGES NATO UNITY ON NO TRADES FOR [...] (C) Anticipating reftel, U/S Nick Burns raised top line points on the need for NATO unity against trading for hostages during the NAC/Reinforced on March 27. Canada, Norway and the UK joined him. 2. (C) Following bilateral consultations in Rome on March 29, Ambassador Nuland will pursue t [...] | 2007-03-27 16:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR |
07USNATO209 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MARCH 28, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: A NAC-Reinforced at Political Directors, level on Afghanistan and Kosovo took place March 27, and a U.S./UK counternarcotics briefing to the NAC in ISAF format occurred just prior to the March 28 regular NAC meeting, (both NACs reported septels). As a result, the regular March [...] | 2007-03-28 17:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO218 | VCC AND EXPERTS MEETINGS, MARCH 29, 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: During meetings on March 29, VCC experts reached agreement on procedures for reporting ambiguities related to BRM-1K vehicles and use of GPS during inspections; they will continue to address use of digital cameras to report ambiguities and definition of inspection site. The V [...] | 2007-03-30 16:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE |
07USNATO227 | NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL ARMS CONTROL DISCUSSION, MARCH [...] (C) Summary: In the NATO-Russia Council arms control discussion on March 29, 2007, Russian Ambassador Totskiy claimed that Russia "did not know what it needs to do" to get NATO to ratify the Adapted CFE (A/CFE),and asked for a list of outstanding Russian "debts" related to ratification. All [...] | 2007-04-04 09:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE |
07USNATO228 | ARMENIA'S IPAP IMPLEMENTATION REVIEW BRINGS HIGH [...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Sargsyan and Deputy Foreign Minister Kirakossian told NATO Permanent Representatives that the first year's implementation of an Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) with NATO had yielded benefits far beyond the security sector. They credited the IPAP process [...] | 2007-04-04 14:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AR |
07USNATO229 | U.S., UK BRIEF ISAF CONTRIBUTORS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a joint briefing to the North Atlantic Council and ISAF troop contributors, INL/PDAS and Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, and Head of the FCO's Afghan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit Peter Holland described the narco [...] | 2007-04-04 15:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF |
07USNATO230 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 4, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Note: The April 4 exchange of views on the spring 2007 assessment of Armenia,s Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) reported reftel. -- Afghanistan: NAC agrees to task NMAs for advice on how to support EU police mission. International organizations meet more regularl [...] | 2007-04-05 07:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO237 | RFG - OSLO NRC MINISTERIAL TASKING AND 2007 NRC [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-11 16:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL RS |
07USNATO247 | RFG: ELECTION OF CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY AND CIVIL [...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB) and Advisory Group of Financial Counsellors (AGFC) will jointly meet in Brussels on April 20 to elect a new national dual-hatted chair of the Military Budget Committee (MBC) and Civil Budget Committee (CBC),agenda at Ref A. Four nations have candidates run [...] | 2007-04-13 14:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO250 | RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD APRIL 19 & 20 PLENARY [...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on April 19 and 20, will consider the International Staff (IS) draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan and endorsement of the capability package (CP) for logistics information system services. The Board will hear status repo [...] | 2007-04-16 11:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO252 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 27 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed Implementation of the Co [...] | 2007-04-17 09:55:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM |
07USNATO256 | WELCOME FOR NATO VCC EXPERTS MEETINGS APRIL 24, [...] Mission welcomes John H. Farrar, James Starkey, and Jon Erickson to Brussels for the April 24 for the Verification Coordinating Committee Experts meeting. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476- [...] | 2007-04-19 12:52:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ASEC NATO OSCE OTRA PARM |
07USNATO257 | RECOMMENDED DRAFT OSLO NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL [...] (C) Following today's NATO-Russia-reinforced meeting on Missile Defense, USNATO strongly recommends that we try to negotiate a NATO-Russia Council (NRC) agreed statement for release after the Oslo Foreign Ministers' NRC meeting on April 29. The following draft text for the April 29 Oslo NATO- [...] | 2007-04-19 16:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO |
07USNATO259 | U.S. NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH [...] The following is the text of the non-paper provided to Russia on April 17 in Moscow. It was distributed to Allies during meetings on April 19. It was not distributed to partners, other than Russia. Begin text: NON-PAPER ON MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA The United States is [...] | 2007-04-20 14:24:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF MOPS NATO MARR |
07USNATO263 | ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. BRIEFING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 19, Senior U.S. Defense and State, officials briefed the North Atlantic Council on U.S. plans to counter the threat to Europe and North America posed by the Iranian and DPRK missile programs. The briefers emphasized our willingness to be transparent with Allies, make our [...] | 2007-04-23 16:47:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO |
07USNATO264 | NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 20th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...] | 2007-04-23 16:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL RU |
07USNATO265 | MISSILE DEFENSE: A/S ROOD CONSULTS WITH CZECH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the April 19 meetings at NATO HQ on Missile Defense (reftels),Assistant Secretary Rood briefed his Czech, Polish, French and German counterparts on his April 17 meetings in Moscow and the U.S. offer of Cooperation across the full spectrum of missile defense act [...] | 2007-04-23 17:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL CZ PL RU |
07USNATO266 | HLTF MEETING MARCH 22, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite determined efforts by the U.S. and many other Allies, Germany derailed agreement at the March 22 High-level Task Force (HLTF) on the text of a NATO paper on cross-group stationing of forces under the CFE Treaty. Most allies, in particular Turkey, Greece, Norway, Bulgaria [...] | 2007-04-24 07:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS |
07USNATO268 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON GREEK AMENDMENTS LINKING [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Negotiations among NATO Allies over the text of the 2006-2007 report on Macedonia's progress under the Membership Action Plan (MAP) hit an impasse April 24 over Greek amendments that link the dispute over Macedonia' [...] | 2007-04-25 12:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GR MK |
07USNATO270 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 25, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: NAC discussed &whither a NATO common hostage policy?8 and alleged Afghan mistreatment of detainees. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) updated the NAC on NATO training support to the ANA and his recent trip to Pakistan. D/SYG urged the NAC to find a way ah [...] | 2007-04-25 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PTER AF |
07USNATO272 | REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on April 19 and 20, elected a new chairman of the Board and agreed on plans of action for a variety of NATO programs. The following topics were considered and discussed: logistics information system Capability Package (CP),the Afghanistan [...] | 2007-04-27 05:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO274 | USNATO RESPONSE TO ISRAELI MOD NATO PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) We appreciated receiving reftel and congratulate Embassy Tel Aviv and EUCOM for engaging with the MOD on the subject of Israel's cooperation with NATO. That engagement showed that there is apparently some confusion amongst GOI officials about the nature of its relationship with NATO. We [...] | 2007-04-27 13:48:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL IS |
07USNATO279 | NATO-RUSSIA: MISSILE DEFENSE DEBATE PLAYING OUT AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 19th meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced with missile defense (MD) experts demonstrated again the U.S. commitment to transparency with our NATO allies and with Russia on our MD plans, while the Russians focused on trying to paint the U.S. proposed system [...] | 2007-05-02 08:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL RU |
07USNATO282 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 2, 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Allegations of civilian deaths near Herat seized PermReps, attention as the U.S. and Spain push for NATO to develop a response to such allegations. SHAPE focused attention on increased enemy suicide attacks and the need to counter increasing IED attacks, includi [...] | 2007-05-02 16:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO29 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 17, 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The NAC agreed to invite UN, EU, World Bank, Japan, and South Korea to January 26 Foreign Ministerial session on Afghanistan with troop contributors and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta. The SYG will invite Afghan Minister of Defense Wardak to Seville meeting of [...] | 2007-01-19 08:20:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO295 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 9, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Note: The NAC began with an exchange of views with Macedonian Minister of Foreign Affairs Milososki and Minister of Defense Elenovski on progress made in the context of the Membership Action Plan; reporting on this exchange to follow by septel. End Note. -- Afghanistan: SYG d [...] | 2007-05-10 12:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO299 | WELCOME JOHN ERATH AND PAUL BROTZEN TO NATO MAY [...] Mission welcomes Mr. John F. Erath, EUR/SCE Deputy Director, and LTC Paul C. Brotzen, EUR/RPM Policy Officer for meetings. Control officer for the visit is Greg Shaffer, work tel:(32)2-724-3383 and fax: (32)2-724-3421. Admin. support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel r [...] | 2007-05-11 13:11:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ASCE NATO OTRA AU BE EUN GM SI UK |
07USNATO300 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF, NRC(ACE),AND VCC TEAM [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF, NRC(ACE),and VCC meetings, May 15-18. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-05-11 14:32:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE |
07USNATO302 | SPAIN RAISES OEF-ISAF COORDINATION WITH ANTO [...] (S) Spanish PermRep Benavides, on instructions, raised with PermReps coordination between Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) in connection with recent military operations in western Afghanistan. Emphasizing the impact that collateral damage h [...] | 2007-05-14 10:01:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO304 | ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...] | 2007-05-14 16:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK |
07USNATO305 | ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...] | 2007-05-15 06:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK |
07USNATO306 | ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...] | 2007-05-15 08:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK |
07USNATO308 | COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 14 meetings at NATO HQ with Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and NATO Permanent Representatives, Counselor Cohen discussed NATO's role in Afghanistan, as well as general challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan and the need to address them in an integrat [...] | 2007-05-16 16:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
07USNATO309 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 16, 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Kosovo: During the NAC, the Turks forcefully drew a line in the sand, linking acceptance of the Transition Directive to acceptable language on NATO/EU relations and to the submission of the Technical Arrangements for NAC approval. -- Afghanistan: Deputy Chairman of the Mili [...] | 2007-05-16 17:47:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO315 | ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS' MAY 8 COUNTERNARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During separate May 8 meetings at NATO HQ with select Permanent Representatives and Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters highlighted the role that security and good governance play in reducing poppy cu [...] | 2007-05-18 15:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR SNAR AF PK |
07USNATO316 | ALLIES POSITIVELY ASSESS GEORGIA'S PROGRESS, PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 16 meeting to review Georgia's progress in implementing reforms over the last year, Georgian Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili told the North Atlantic Council that Georgia's democratic reforms were moving ahead swiftly and that Georgia would like to move into NATO's Me [...] | 2007-05-18 15:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG |
07USNATO319 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE DISCUSSES DARFUR, [...] (C) Summary. During a May 16 meeting with NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer, Deputy Secretary Negroponte said the U.S. is considering new sanctions to raise pressure on the Sudanese government to accept the AU/UN "hybrid" force for Darfur, and pushing rebel groups to sign the Darfu [...] | 2007-05-21 08:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO320 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...] | 2007-05-21 16:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO321 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 25, 2007, Ms. Deanna DeSante, Senior Assistant for Combating WMD Policy, OASD/GSA and Mr. Ivo Halak, Director of Strategic Planning Department, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation Steering Committee (DGP-SC) meeting. The DGP-SC discusse [...] | 2007-05-22 08:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO324 | A/S FRIED BRIEFS NATO PERMREPS ON SECRETARY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 16 Assistant Secretary Fried told NATO PermReps that US-Russian relations, Kosovo, and the internal Russian political climate were the principal subjects of the Secretary's discussions with President Putin, FM Lavrov, and others in Moscow. The Russians took on board the [...] | 2007-05-23 06:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR XB |
07USNATO329 | ACTION REQUEST: PROPOSED NATO STUDY ON CLUSTER [...] (C) USNATO acknowledges receipt of Ref regarding a Proposed NATO Study on Cluster Munitions. Following consultations with SHAPE and the U.S. Military Delegation to NATO, USNATO recomQnds that Qe USG does not formally request a NATO study on cluster munitions. USNATO feels that initiating su [...] | 2007-05-24 14:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL PARM |
07USNATO330 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) noted SACEUR,s letter to PermReps regarding the start of Operation Adalat. The D/CMC also highlighted recent offers of additional Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLTs),but stressed that these offers ar [...] | 2007-05-25 06:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO332 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR STAFFDEL KENNETH MYERS, MAY [...] Mission welcomes Mr. Kenneth Myers to NATO for meetings. Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Peter Chisholm, work tel:(32)2-724-3384, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. USEU Control Officer is USEU Political Officer M [...] | 2007-05-25 12:06:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN FR BR |
07USNATO337 | HLTF MEETING MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 16 HLTF meeting focused on CFE-related comments in Russian President Putin's April 26 statement and the positive steps the Alliance should take in response. The U.S. delegation was led by DOS/VCI DAS Karin L. Look. Allies concluded that NATO should continue to send a [...] | 2007-05-25 15:17:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS |
07USNATO338 | PM BERISHA MAKES ALBANIA'S CASE FOR NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Albanian Prime Minister Berisha told a May 24 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that Albania had made tangible progress in meeting NATO's membership standards and he was confident Albania would be ready to receive an invitation to join the Alliance in 2008. Allies sent a c [...] | 2007-05-25 15:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AL |
07USNATO340 | MAY 16 NRC(ACE): RUSSIA EXPLAINS CFE MORATORIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russia's Representative to the CFE Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Mikhail Ulyanov, used the May 16 NATO-Russia Council's Arms Control Experts (NRC(ACE)) meeting to try to explain the rationale for President Putin's April 26 threat to declare a moratorium on Russian implementation [...] | 2007-05-25 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO PREL OSCE RS |
07USNATO342 | REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (U) Please see request for guidance by OOB Friday in para 3. 2. (C) NATO D/ASG Bob Simmons concluded two days of talks with Qatari BG Abdullah Juman Al-Hamad May 30 on the status of NATO personnel assigned to the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) at Qatar's Al-Udeid Airbase. Key issue [...] | 2007-05-30 16:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR QA |
07USNATO346 | WELCOME FOR SENATOR WILLIAM NELSON AND TRAVELING [...] Mission welcomes The Honorable William Nelson and traveling party June 3-4, 2007. Control officers for the visit are USNATO Political Officer Robert Kemp, Office Tel:(32)2-724-3125, Cell: (32) 0494.54.55.58, Fax: (32)2-724-3421 and Col. Brian Murtha, USMC, Special Assistant to the Commander [...] | 2007-05-31 14:52:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO US |
07USNATO348 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT MAY 30 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) reported that Operation &Adalat8 in northern Kandahar has been delayed and that the Theater Task Force has been redeployed to Operation Achilles to maintain security in the Sangin area. Ambassador Nuland po [...] | 2007-06-01 08:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO351 | CFE: VCC AND VCC EXPERTS' MEETINGS, MAY 16, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the May 16 VCC and VCC experts' meetings: a. The U.S. announced an upcoming Vienna Document inspection in Sweden during the time a Swedish exercise below Vienna Document thresholds will be conducted; b. Experts agreed to attempt to hold a NATO Vienna Document course in Cen [...] | 2007-06-04 14:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO OSCE KCFE |
07USNATO354 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF AND CFE MEETINGS, JUNE [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF and CFE meetings, June 6-8, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul (32)2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-06-06 13:04:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM OTRA NATO KCFE OSCE |
07USNATO355 | COUNTRY, THEATRE AND SPECIAL AREA CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] COUNTRY TO BE VISITED: TALLINN, ESTONIA, 18-20 JUNE 2007 2. PERSON TRAVELING: A. LT COL JOHN S. SHAPLAND, 585-31-7996, DEFENSE POLICY ADVISOR, USNATO GRADE: O-5 DOB: 18 APR 66; POB: CHAMPAIGN, IL PASSPORT: # 900475340, ISSUED 10 MAY 2006, EXP 31 OCT 2009, TYPE: DIPLOMATIC CLEARAN [...] | 2007-06-06 13:06:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO |
07USNATO356 | WELCOME FOR NATO DMEG MEETING JUNE 18-22, 2007 [...] U.S. Mission welcomes Rose Ann McHenry and Horacio Vignale to Brussels for meetings March 7-8, 2007. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. [...] | 2007-06-06 14:15:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM ASEC |
07USNATO357 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 6 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG stated that force generation is a top priority for the Alliance in the run-up to the Defense Ministerial. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) briefed on: next steps in long-term Afghan National Army (ANA) training; support to ESDP police mission in Afgh [...] | 2007-06-07 12:35:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO360 | CROATIAN PM SANADER RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies indicated strong support for Croatia's NATO candidacy during a June 6 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Croatian PM Sanader, but warned that Croatia should not lose momentum in its reform efforts. Allies focused on the need for Croatia to continue to make [...] | 2007-06-11 06:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO HR |
07USNATO362 | U.S. UPDATES NATO ALLIES ON MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Eric Edelman and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering met with Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer on June 5, and then informally with NATO PermReps, to update them on the status of U.S. Missile Defense (MD) plans in Europe, negotiations with Poland and [...] | 2007-06-11 10:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL |
07USNATO372 | U.S. PRESENTS MOLDOVA PKF ALTERNATIVES TO ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: On 8 June, DAS Kramer presented to Allies the U.S. proposal on internationalizing the peacekeeping force in Moldova (REF A-C). Allies appeared interested in the proposal and engaged with a number of questions about how the force would be implemented. Following the meeting, an [...] | 2007-06-15 08:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS RU MD |
07USNATO373 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 13 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Afghanistan: The SYG discussed civilian casualties and the need for ISAF to do more on OMLTs and equipment support to the ANA. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault briefed on "modestly positive" force generation conference. SHAPE DCOS for Operations Major Gen [...] | 2007-06-15 09:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO374 | WELCOME FOR EUR/RPM DEPUTY DIRECTOR EVA SHINAGEL [...] U.S. Mission to NATO welcomes the visit of Eva Shinagel, EUR/RPM Deputy Director for the purpose of attending meetings. The control officer for this visit is Political Officer Mr. Peter Chisholm, work:(32-2)724-3384, fax:(32-2)724-3421. He can also be reached through the tri-mission switchbo [...] | 2007-06-18 08:42:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA NATO GM |
07USNATO376 | REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE GUIDANCE ON NATO MANAGEMENT [...] (U) See para 3 request for guidance, due by OOB Brussels time, Wednesday June 20. 2. (U) NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer has issued SG(2007)0419 on the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Initiative Adoption of the NAMO Charter, under a silence that expires Wednesday, June 20, at 1 [...] | 2007-06-19 16:38:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO |
07USNATO378 | NATO'S BALKAN RESERVE FORCES [...] (C) In response to Principals' recent questions, NATO currently has three Operational Reserve Forces (ORF) maneuver battalions (one German, one Italian, and one British) for the Balkans, in addition to a Strategic Reserve Forces (SRF) maneuver battalion (French). This information was briefed t [...] | 2007-06-20 14:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS MARR |
07USNATO380 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 20 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto Rizzo reviewed the June 14-15 Defense Ministerial. Allies expressed deep concerns over continuing civilian casualties, including the Spanish PermRep,s insinuation that ISAF,s targeting policy was not being adhered to. Amb [...] | 2007-06-21 12:51:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO381 | WELCOME FOR NATO SGP MEETING JUNE 27-29, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes William Silkworth, C.S. Eliot Kang, Terry Godby, Michael Scott Davis, and Thomas A. Wuchte to Brussels for the June 27-29 meetings of the Senior Politico-Military Group on Proliferation (SGP). Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (3 [...] | 2007-06-21 14:32:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PARM OTRA NATO |
07USNATO383 | RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD JUNE 28 & 29 PLENARY [...] (C) The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on June 28 and 29, will consider the draft of the 2008 to 2012 Medium Term Resource Plan (MTRP),the proposed funding policy for Pakistan's participation in NATO Training courses, and endorsement of the capability packages (CP) for deplo [...] | 2007-06-22 14:23:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO384 | TERRORIST FINANCING/USNATO: DISRUPTING EXTERNAL [...] (C) In response to reftel, Mission has continuously raised the importance of denying all sources of support to the Taliban, including financial support, with NATO and other foreign officials. The issue of illicit financial support to the Taliban is highlighted particularly starkly during dis [...] | 2007-06-22 14:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN NATO PREL |
07USNATO388 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR HLTF JUNE 28, 2007 [...] Mission welcomes, DAS Karin Look and traveling party to NATO for HLTF meetings, June 27-28, 2007. Control Officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer is Don Sheehan. Office: (32)2-724-3486 fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Lucia Krul and Denise Corbin(32)2-724- [...] | 2007-06-25 14:42:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KCFE NATO OSCE OTRA PARM PREL |
07USNATO392 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 24 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed two Food-For-Thought [...] | 2007-06-27 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PREL PARM |
07USNATO399 | WELCOME TO STAFFDEL TILLEMANN JULY 1-2, 2007. [...] Mission welcomes Professional Staff Member, Tomicah Tillemann to Brussels for meetings at USEU and USNATO on July 2, 2007. USNATO Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Beverli DeWalt, work tel:(32)2-724-3239, fax: (32)2-724-3421. Administrative support is provided by Luc [...] | 2007-06-29 13:53:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OREG AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN BEXP ENRG GM RS |
07USNATO405 | NAC-MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS JULY 4 FOCUS ON [...] (C) Molodvan FM Stratan and Acting DefMin Ion Coropcean consulted with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Moldova's Individual Partnership Action Plan July 4. NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer said that Moldova had made a good start, but strategic concepts still needed to be defined to guide the mor [...] | 2007-07-05 05:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR KCFE NATO ML |
07USNATO408 | REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING JUN 28 & 29, 2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on June 28 and 29, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) for Vital Security Projects for NATO Command Facilities and agreed on plans of action for a variety of resource issues. The following topics were considered: CP for Deployable Ground Based [...] | 2007-07-09 06:57:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO409 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, JUNE 28 2007 [...] (C) Summary. The all-day HLTF June 28 was focused on both assessing the Extraordinary Conference June 12-15, 2007 and preparing to deal with the likelihood that Russia may soon trigger a 150 day countdown to suspension of performance of its CFE obligations or (less likely) of Russia,s su [...] | 2007-07-10 15:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO410 | NATO-UKRAINE COUNCIL MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY JULY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, the 27 members of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) met in Ambassadorial session at NATO headquarters to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership which established the NUC. Allies commended Ukraine's contributions to [...] | 2007-07-11 16:02:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO UP |
07USNATO412 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JULY 11 2007 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Spring 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) is under NAC silence; Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) notes that NMAs are working on strategic metrics of ISAF effectiveness; IMS briefs continued high levels of OMF activity in RC-South and RC-East; Ambassadors [...] | 2007-07-12 12:09:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO426 | OSCE SYG, EAPC AMBS SEEK SYNERGY AND COOPERATION, [...] (SBU) OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut exchanged views with EAPC Ambassadors July 11 on increasing cooperation between the two overlapping organizations. He summarized ongoing OSCE operations, emphasized areas of commonality with the EAPC, and endorsed closer interaction (wit [...] | 2007-07-25 17:19:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO OSCE EAPC |
07USNATO428 | NETHERLANDS REDUCTION IN SUPPORT TO ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under instructions Dutch Charge Van Der Werff and Col Tack (Dutch MilRep,s Office) met with Ambassador Nuland on 25 July to foreshadow a GONL decision to reduce by approximately one third their force presence in Urugzan in 2008. While no final decisions have been made, Van Der We [...] | 2007-07-26 09:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL AF NL |
07USNATO430 | NRC: RUSSIA DISCOUNTS IRANIAN THREAT AND OFFERS [...] (S) Summary: In the July 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian MFA Director of Disarmament Antonov and LTG Buzinskiy gave lengthy presentations on Russia's offer to the United States on missile defense (MD) cooperation in a transparent attempt to drive wedges within the Alliance. The [...] | 2007-07-26 15:05:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR RU |
07USNATO431 | JULY 17 MEETING OF THE VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and experts met on July 17. Regarding the food-for-thought (FFT) paper (Ref A) on coordinating Vienna Document (VD) inspections, consensus could not be reached due to German objections. There was much unfocused discussion over ho [...] | 2007-07-27 15:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO433 | NRC/CFE: RUSSIA WANTS COMPLETE ELIMINATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-27 15:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM PREL MARR KCFE RU |
07USNATO442 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 1 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) reported on a series of ISAF-related decisions in the Military Committee. The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee briefed the Council again on the need for rotary wing capability for RC-South when th [...] | 2007-08-01 16:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO445 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, JULY 26 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The July 26 HLTF focused on discussion of what the Allies, game plan should be for achieving key CFE and related policy goals in the period prior to December 12, when Russia,s threat to suspend implementation of CFE would become operational. U.S. HLTF Deputy Jennifer Laurendeau [...] | 2007-08-06 14:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO446 | ALLIES APPRECIATE DAS KRAMER'S BRIEFING ON [...] (C) Summary: Allies praised DAS David Kramer's briefing to Allies on the US/Russia experts' talks in Washington (July 30-31) on missile defense (MD) and CFE. Allies expect US leadership in these negotiations with Russia, and greatly appreciate our efforts to brief and consult with them. Krame [...] | 2007-08-06 14:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU |
07USNATO448 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 8 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG noted the upcoming Jirga in Kabul Aug 9-12 and applauded ISAF efforts in countering Taliban propaganda. The Deputy Chair of the Military Committee (DCMC) reported on the Border Security Sub-Committee Meetings, and the Ops Briefing show [...] | 2007-08-08 15:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF AU |
07USNATO45 | UNSYG BAN KI-MOON PLEDGES CLOSE COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Overturning staff objections, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon sent a strong signal of his personal commitment to strhengthen UN-NATO relations in an address to the NAC just three weeks after taking office. Both privately and with the press afterward, Ban praised the Alliance's contributio [...] | 2007-01-25 17:33:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO UN MARR PREL |
07USNATO451 | MEETING OF NATO SPS [...] (U) Summary. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Committee met on March 23, 2007, at NATO Headquarters. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) met at NATO Headquarters on March 22, 2007. The U.S Representative was Dr. Vigdor L. Teplitz [...] | 2007-08-13 15:13:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT MARR NATO PGOV PREL TSPL |
07USNATO453 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 14 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on the recent Jirga in Kabul, as Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (DCMC) highlighted the ISAF security for the event. SHAPE MG Wright provided the operational brief, highlighting the current period of high- [...] | 2007-08-14 15:47:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO457 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 22 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG commented favorably on U.S. and UK counternarcotics strategies and noted the upcoming National Counternarcotics Conference in Kabul. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported that SHAPE will host a September conference on N [...] | 2007-08-22 17:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO46 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 24, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG reported that Pakistan PM Aziz will address the NAC on January 30. The outgoing JFC-Brunssum and ISAF Operational Commander General Back presented his analysis of NATO,s efforts in Afghanistan stating that the Alliance's goals are too high. He called for mo [...] | 2007-01-25 17:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO466 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 29 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG Rizzo noted the NAC would focus more intensely on key Afghanistan issues prior to the October 24-25 Noordwijk Defense Ministerial including: Afghan Capacity, Long-Term Sustainability, and Counter-Narcotics. He also commented on the UNOD [...] | 2007-08-29 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO479 | BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At a September 4 informal discussion among NATO Perm Reps, there was significant movement towards consensus in favor of the proposed October 3-4 visit of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) t [...] | 2007-09-05 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG |
07USNATO484 | FM JEREMIC DISCUSSES THE KOSOVO CONUNDRUM AND [...] (C) Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic discussed Serbia's Partnership Presentation Document and possible ways forward on Kosovo with NATO PermReps on September 5. Jeremic was forward-leaning on engagement with the Alliance through PfP, but acknowledged Serbians' love-hate relationship to NA [...] | 2007-09-06 14:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO SR |
07USNATO486 | UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Antonio Costa, Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO on September 5 on UNODC's 2007 report on Afghanistan poppy production. In addition to NATO PermReps, 24 other interested nations and organizations were on hand as Costa reviewed the key findings and r [...] | 2007-09-06 15:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR MARR ECON PGOV UN AF NATO |
07USNATO487 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 5, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: PermReps recapped the NAC,s meeting that morning with UNODC Director Costa (reported septel) and agreed to hold an informal meeting to discuss what more NATO might do within the existing ISAF OPLAN to assist the Afghans in counter-narcotics e [...] | 2007-09-06 15:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO490 | RFG FOR NATO REVIEW OF THE LONGER-TERM ANALYSIS OF [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, September 11. 2. (S) Summary: NATO's Senior Political-Military Group on Proliferation (SGP) failed to come to agreement on the text for NATO's Review of the Longer-Term Analysis of Ballistic Missile Risks and Threats at the September 5 Pl [...] | 2007-09-07 14:54:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MNUC NATO PARM PINR PREL |
07USNATO495 | ALLIES EMBRACE A/S ROOD READOUT OF US-RUSSIA MD [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-12 12:29:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO PINR KACT RU |
07USNATO499 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: COMISAF, accompanied by SACEUR, briefed the NAC and non-NATO troop contributing nations on ISAF successes and challenges, plus stringent efforts to avoid civilian casualties. Full report to come Septel. -- Balkans: The SYG noted the Troika [...] | 2007-09-13 14:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO500 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: SPC(R) DISCUSSION OF ANNUAL [...] (U) USNATO has transmitted Albania's, Croatia's, and Macedonia's Annual National Programs (ANPs) for 2007-2008 to the Department, DOD, Tirana, Zagreb, and Skopje (REFS). The Senior Political Committee Reinforced with Defense Experts (SPC(R)) will take up the ANPs on September 18 (Croatia),Se [...] | 2007-09-13 15:50:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MARR AL HR MK |
07USNATO502 | SACEUR, COMISAF BRIEF ISAF PROGRESS AND CLEARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate sessions first with the NAC in ISAF format (which includes the 11 non-NATO troop contributors) and then at 26 with the NAC, COMISAF General Dan McNeill described ISAF successes on the battlefield, and challenges in building an effective police force and strengthening [...] | 2007-09-14 17:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO506 | FRANCE TO ROLL OUT NATO-EU IDEAS [...] (C) Summary: France is set to roll out informal ideas on NATO-EU cooperation (reftel) at both the EU and NATO soon, per its NATO Ambassador. End Summary. 2. (C) French NATO Permanent Representative Richard Duque told the UK and German Perm Reps and the U.S. DCM on September 18 that France [...] | 2007-09-19 16:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL FR |
07USNATO52 | SECRETARY RICE'S NATO INTERVENTIONS AND FACT SHEET [...] At the NATO Foreign Ministerial meetings held Friday, January 26, 2007, Secretary Rice addressed both a regular NAC and a NAC plus non-NATO Contributors and Partners. These interventions are repeated below "as prepared for delivery," along with an Afghanistan Fact Sheet which was made availabl [...] | 2007-01-30 15:30:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA NATO MOPS PREL MARR AF |
07USNATO520 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Secretary General )- supported by U.S. and UK )- urged the Military Committee to resolve breaks of silence on the ISAF contract helicopter lift initiative; The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) reported he was assured of Australia,s [...] | 2007-09-20 15:51:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO521 | SUBJECT: HLTF: NATO ALLIES ENDORSE U.S. PARALLEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 13 HLTF, Allies endorsed the U.S. &Parallel Actions Plan8 as the basis to end the current impasse with Russia on the fulfillment of the remaining Istanbul commitments and ratification of the Adapted CFE Treaty. U.S. HLTF Representative Karin L. Look also successf [...] | 2007-09-21 15:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO522 | NATO PERMREPS' SEPTEMBER 18 AWAY DAY [...] (C) Summary: NATO PermReps and the Secretary General (SYG) brainstormed about goals for the April 2008 NATO Summit in Bucharest and NATO headquarters reform at an all-day offsite on September 18. PermReps expressed no objection to the idea of a missile defense deliverable at Bucharest, althoug [...] | 2007-09-21 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO |
07USNATO524 | NATO/VCC SEPTEMBER 13 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: The September 13 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on agreeing on procedures to deconflict Vienna Document Inspections with four non-Allied OSCE states (Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, and Austria) for the 2008 year. The NATO Staff will sen [...] | 2007-09-24 16:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO525 | NON-PAPER CIRCULATED BY SOME ALLIES ON RAISING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Permanent Representatives from Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, and Spain circulated a non-paper (see below) to all Allied PermReps on September 19 on exploring ways to strengthen NATO's profile in arms control and disarmament prior to t [...] | 2007-09-26 15:48:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE |
07USNATO527 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - SEPTEMBER 26, 2007 [...] (S) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Minuto-Rizzo urged continued efforts to find a long-term fix to ISAF helicopters shortfalls, and Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reminded the NAC of continuing CJSOR shortfalls. T [...] | 2007-09-27 10:37:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO528 | ALBANIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM WINS OVER SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with an Albanian delegation on September 25 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for the final Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. The delegation outlined its successe [...] | 2007-09-27 12:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AL |
07USNATO529 | RFG: KOSOVO TROIKA'S OCTOBER 15 BRIEFING TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, October 11. 2. (C) On Monday, October 15 the representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. Ambassador Frank Wisner, EU Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) will come to NATO to update and b [...] | 2007-09-27 14:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL KV |
07USNATO532 | RUSSIANS SOFTENING TONE ON CFE AT THE NRC? [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Senior Russian military official briefing at the September 26 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting signaled possible Russian softening on its CFE line. NATO International staff reports that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov also made some constructive comments in a recent discussi [...] | 2007-09-28 15:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO533 | RUSSIAN MILITARY DOCTRINE VIEWS NATO AS A [...] (C) This is an Action Request: please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: After delivering a lackluster briefing on Russian military reforms, Russian Senior Military Representative Kuznetsov demonstrated previously unseen frankness in responding to Allies' questions in the September 29 NATO-R [...] | 2007-09-28 15:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU |
07USNATO536 | MISSILE DEFENSE: 9/25 EXECUTIVE WORKING GROUP- [...] (S) Summary: In the September 25 Executive Working Group- Reinforced (EWG-R) meeting, the NATO International Staff agreed to prepare a draft report in response to the Riga missile defense tasking for the October 24-25 NATO Defense Ministerial. The U.S. informed Allies that it is seeking a po [...] | 2007-10-01 16:43:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR KCFE RU |
07USNATO537 | MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM ENGENDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian delegation on September 20 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Many Allies commended [...] | 2007-10-02 12:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL MK |
07USNATO539 | GEORGIAN MINISTER BAKRADZE REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Georgian Conflict Resolution Minister Bakradze led an interagency delegation to meet with Allies in a Georgian-initiated discussion of its disputed territories. Bakradze's presentation, his forthright responses to tough questions, and Georgia's associated non-paper hit all the right notes [...] | 2007-10-03 13:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO GG |
07USNATO54 | AFGHANISTAN: COMMITMENTS FROM JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (C) The January 26 informal foreign ministerial at NATO HQ resulted in a reiteration of the Alliance's strong political commitment laid out at Riga. Though not a donor conference, the Ministerial also resulted in several Allied commitments of additional development and military assistance. [...] | 2007-01-30 17:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO540 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 3, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: MG Robert Cone, Commander of the U.S. Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),reported on progress and challenges training Afghan National Security Forces and noted new efforts to build police through &Focused District D [...] | 2007-10-04 07:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO541 | FRENCH PRESENT SHORT PAPER ON PROPOSALS TO [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please respond by OOB, October 15, 2007. 2. (C) SUMMARY: France tabled a paper on NATO-EU transparency measures in an informal NATO PermRep meeting on October 2. Allies, even Turkey, welcomed the step, and undertook to study the ideas closely. PermR [...] | 2007-10-04 07:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN FR |
07USNATO542 | REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE OF HQUSEUCOM 1206 PROPOSAL [...] This message requests USNATO support for a HQUSEUCOM 1206 proposal entitled Global Stability Operations Training Capability (GSOTC). This proposal will minimize gaps that impede foreign nation's military forces to perform efficiently in Military Operations Other Than War (MOOTW),and particul [...] | 2007-10-04 08:01:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN NATO |
07USNATO544 | RUSSIANS PUT THEATER MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) In a brief October 1 letter (emailed to EUR/PRM),Russian Senior Military Representative Valentin Kuznetsov informed the NATO International Staff (IS) that Russian MOD representatives will not take part in the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Theater Missile Defense (TMD) Computer Assisted Exer [...] | 2007-10-04 17:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR RU |
07USNATO545 | CROATIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM RECEIVES GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Croatian delegation on September 18 to review their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Allies were general [...] | 2007-10-05 10:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL CR |
07USNATO547 | DEA ADMINISTRATOR TANDY PUSHES NATO ON CN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Karen Tandy pushed NATO to do more to support Afghan drug interdiction efforts during a powerful presentation to Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 1. She highlighted the intertwi [...] | 2007-10-08 06:32:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | SNAR NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO548 | RFG: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD OCTOBER 11 & 12 PLENARY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting in Brussels on October 11 and 12, will consider: the eligibility for common funding and approval of outsourcing for International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in theater sustainment air lift; endorsement of the [...] | 2007-10-08 06:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO561 | SECOND FRENCH PAPER ON PROPOSALS FOR STRENTHENING [...] (C) Summary: Norway's deputy PermRep provided USNATO with a draft of a French paper on improving EU-NATO cooperation that was circulated at the EU on 1 October. This paper follows an earlier French paper on NATO-EU relations presented at NATO and provides more detail on French ideas. USNATO [...] | 2007-10-16 14:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EU FR XG XT |
07USNATO562 | DUTCH BRIEF US, UK, AUSTRALIA ON URUZGAN FORCE GEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. We found Netherlands Ambassador Herman Schaper unfocused and gloomy on October 16 in briefing key RC-S allies on Uruzgan backfill requests. Dutch engagement with its top three target nations has yielded some results, but not nearly enough. Slovakia is expected shortly to confi [...] | 2007-10-17 09:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL AS UK NO FR LO |
07USNATO563 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided a tour d,horizon on force generation, capabilities, funding, and NATO-E [...] | 2007-10-17 17:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO564 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007 [...] This is a resend of USNATO 00563, to add additional addressees. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided [...] | 2007-10-18 06:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO566 | KOSOVO TROIKA UPDATES NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL AND [...] SUMMARY: The representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. representative Frank Wisner, EU representative Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) briefed a special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on Monday, October 15, providing a general update on w [...] | 2007-10-19 07:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL KV |
07USNATO569 | REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on October 12 and 13, endorsed the Capability Package (CP) addendum for Missile Defense Feasibility Study to address the impact of the third U.S. site; agreed to forward to Council the report on analysis of expenditures for the NATO Securit [...] | 2007-10-22 05:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC MARR NATO |
07USNATO573 | FORMER KFOR COMMANDER OPTIMISTS ON KOSOVO, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing KFOR Commander Lieutenant General Roland Kather (Germany),gave his final briefing to an informal meeting of the NAC in an expanded session with all KFOR troop contributing nations. General Kather emphasized that the situation in Kosovo, while currently quiet, neverthe [...] | 2007-10-23 08:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MPOS KVIR |
07USNATO574 | CHANGING TIDES ON MISSILE DEFENSE? BRUSSELS THINK [...] Further evidence that we're making progress on missile defense with Europe, Russian speakers got an earful from a previously skeptical leading Brussels think tank at an 22 October European Security Forum entitled &Does Europe need a new Missile Defense?8 hosted by the Center for European Poli [...] | 2007-10-23 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO |
07USNATO576 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Mission welcomes Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan, Douglas E. Lute, and traveling party to Brussels for meetings, October 26-27, 2007. Control Officers for the visit are USNATO Political Officer John Cockrell, office: 32-(0)2-724-3136 cell 32-(0)496-198-008, and [...] | 2007-10-24 10:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | OTRA NATO PREL BE |
07USNATO577 | NRC: RUSSIANS ILL-PREPARED TO RESPOND TO US 2+2 [...] (C/NF) Summary: In the October 17 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reinforced meeting on missile defense, Under Secretary of Defense Edelman, EUR Assistant Secretary of State Fried, and Missile Defense Agency Director LTG Obering offered our vision for a joint U.S./NATO/Russia regional missile defens [...] | 2007-10-24 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR RU |
07USNATO578 | NATO/HLTF MEETING, OCTOBER 19 2007 - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. The October 19 High Level Task Force meeting focused on discussion of the "way ahead" for maintaining the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE) in the face of Russia's stated intent to suspend implementation. HLTF representative Karin L. Look provided Allies with a r [...] | 2007-10-24 15:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO579 | ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. MD OUTREACH TO RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies warmly endorsed recent U.S. Missile Defense (MD) proposals offered to Russia at the Oct. 17 reinforced North Atlantic Council (NAC) briefing offered by USD(P) Eric Edelman, A/S Daniel Fried and MDA. Dir. LTGEN Trey Obering. Allies further praised the U.S. effort to c [...] | 2007-10-24 16:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR PARM IR RS |
07USNATO584 | BOSNIA: NATO SYG TO ISSUE STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) Ambassador Nuland, at an informal meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives on Tuesday, October 30, informed colleagues that the U.S. would demarche Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Capitals leading up to the October 30-31 meeting seeking their support for High Representative La [...] | 2007-10-30 16:13:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO BK |
07USNATO585 | RFG: NTM-I 2007 PERIODIC MISSION REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 4. The Autumn 2007 Periodic Mission Review (PMR) of NATO Training Mission - Iraq (NTM-I) has passed NATO's Military Committee (MC) and the Policy Coordination Group (PCG) will meet on November 9 to consider recommendations to the North Atlanti [...] | 2007-10-31 18:21:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL |
07USNATO586 | RFG: HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TO COME TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, November 6. 2. (C) On Wednesday November 7, Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, will come to NATO to update and brief a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and [...] | 2007-11-02 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL BK |
07USNATO587 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 31, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG commended the good discussions on Afghanistan at last week's informal defense ministerial at Noordwijk and at this week's informal SYG coffee with PermReps. He also noted SACEUR,s recent letter regarding the strains placed on ISAF [...] | 2007-11-02 17:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO589 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...] | 2007-11-02 17:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ |
07USNATO591 | GENERAL LUTE, COUNSELOR COHEN AND DELEGATION SHARE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Deputy NSA for Iraq and Afghanistan LTG Douglas Lute and Counselor Eliot Cohen used an October 26 meeting with NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to discuss their recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan. State's Director for Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon and OSD DASD f [...] | 2007-11-05 09:22:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF IZ TU |
07USNATO596 | IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT SURVEY: NO UNSCR, NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) would be unlikely to continue without the cover of a relevant United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) mandate. It is possible that the mission could continue with a non-Chapter VII mandate, but without some form of f [...] | 2007-11-05 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ |
07USNATO599 | HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK BRIEFS THE NAC ON [...] (C) Summary: In a calm yet forceful address to the North Atlantic Council on November 7, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak called on NATO and the international community to recognize that the Bosnian Serbs are working with the support of Belgrade and Moscow to und [...] | 2007-11-07 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL BK |
07USNATO60 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 31, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) provided a readout of JCMB meeting in Berlin. The International Military Staff (IMS) Operations Director highlighted the need for more troops, the poor progress on staffing of ISAF X composite HQ, and the concern that misunderstandings abo [...] | 2007-02-01 15:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO601 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 7, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Balkans: The NAC discussion with Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, reported separately in reftel. -- Afghanistan: The SYG reported on his November 6 phone conversation with President Kar [...] | 2007-11-08 18:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO605 | SAAKASHVILI PROMISES NATO SYG TO LIFT STATE OF [...] (C) In his November 11 telephone conversation with Georgian President Saakashvili, NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer urged him to lift Georgia,s state of emergency, restore Georgia,s media freedoms, and not "lose your friends." He said that Saakashvili had pledged to lift the state of emergency [...] | 2007-11-14 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG |
07USNATO607 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 14, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG expressed his disappointment with the Amnesty International report on detainees in Afghanistan. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) Eikenberry reported on his visit to Afghanistan, noting among other things the operat [...] | 2007-11-16 10:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO608 | ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS U.S. PREFERENCES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On November 14 Armenian Ambassador to NATO Samvel Mkrtchian called on Ambassador Nuland to discuss possible Armenian contributions to ISAF. Mkrtchian said Armenian PM Serzh Sargsyan had been strongly encouraged by SECDEF Gates and other [...] | 2007-11-16 16:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV MARR PREL AM PINR AF |
07USNATO609 | ACTION REQUEST: FUNDING TO CONTINUE NATO-RUSSIA [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Russia, Allies, contributing partners, and recipient countries enthusiastically support the continuation of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) 2006-07 pilot project to train counter-narcotics officials in Central Asia and Afghanistan in 200 [...] | 2007-11-19 12:36:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR RU |
07USNATO610 | NATO-AFGHANISTAN: PRESSING ALLIES ON ISAF FORCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Given the disappointing results during NATO's November 6-8 Global Force Generation Conference (GFGC),Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) joins me in asking Washington to turn up the political heat on those Allies whom we believe could do more to help fill the International [...] | 2007-11-19 13:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
07USNATO613 | NATO/VCC NOVEMBER 14 AND 15 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 14 and 15 Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC) and VCC Experts made progress on several issues, but postponed others until the January VCC. Particular implementation concerns were discussed in regard to the potential Russian CFE suspension where HLTF policy guida [...] | 2007-11-21 17:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO615 | CFE: NOVEMBER 15 MEETING OF THE HLTF [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the NATO High Level Task Force on November 15, Allies welcomed U.S. updates on current U.S. ) Russian Federation discussions and considered appropriate next steps in anticipation of Russian suspension of implementation of the CFE Treaty on December 12. 2. (C) Allies agreed [...] | 2007-11-23 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS |
07USNATO616 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 21, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE reported that November through February historically has been a period of reduced activity by Opposing Militant Forces (OMF),but OMF would likely seek to retain a high op tempo in limited areas. Ambassador Nuland noted that she had [...] | 2007-11-23 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO62 | PAKISTANI PM AZIZ MEETS THE NAC: "WE ARE AN ANCHOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with the North Atlantic Council, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz vigorously defended Pakistani actions against Al Qaeda and Taliban terrorists, and his nation's commitment to a peaceful, stable Afghanistan. He asserted that Pakistan was "an anchor of [...] | 2007-02-02 08:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
07USNATO621 | NAC-PSC MEETING ON THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Richard Wightman (US) and EUFOR Operation Althea Commander Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer (Germany) briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council and EU Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC) on the situation in Bosnia and [...] | 2007-11-28 16:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL BK EU |
07USNATO623 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - NOVEMBER 28, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that the first draft of the Autumn 2007 ISAF Periodic Mission Review has been sent to the Policy Coordinating Group (PCG). Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault noted that SHAPE,s PRT initiatives are being [...] | 2007-11-29 19:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO624 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met on September 14th 2007 and October 11th 2007 at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. Both meetings were co-chaired by senior representatives of the United States and of Poland. 2. (C) A paper entitled &Maritime Int [...] | 2007-11-30 15:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO625 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met in plenary session at NATO HQ on November 14. The committee was co-chaired by Mr. Joseph Benkert (PDASD/OSD/GSA) of the United States and Mr. Cezary Lusinski (MOD) of Poland. Associated with this month's Plenary, the DGP [...] | 2007-11-30 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO630 | NRC: RUSSIA AND ALLIES WORLDS APART ON BOSNIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) discussion of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the head of the Russian MFA,s Third European Department, Vadim Gorelov, appeared as a surprise guest speaker and accused High Representative Lajcak of "misusing" the Bonn powers to fu [...] | 2007-12-06 15:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR RU |
07USNATO632 | UKRAINE'S A/FM KHANDOGIY TELLS NATO MINISTERS [...] (C) At the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) Ministerial meeting at NATO Headquarters on December 7, Acting Foreign Minister Khandogiy forecast a Ukrainian request to launch a NATO Membership Action Plan at the April 2008 Summit in Bucharest and announced Ukraine's readiness to contribute forces t [...] | 2007-12-11 14:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR KCFE PARM BO |
07USNATO636 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up efforts to hold Musa Qala are implemented across the civil-military spectrum. Ambass [...] | 2007-12-14 10:48:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO637 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 12, 2007 [...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted due to an error in the reftel number. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Ambassadors congratulated ISAF for excellent military and media coordination on Operation MAR KARARDAD in Musa Qala, but expressed concern that follow-up eff [...] | 2007-12-14 11:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO640 | HLTF: NATO ALLIES READY TO STAY THE COURSE ON CFE [...] (C) At the December 14 HLTF all NATO Allies - without exception - called for a continuation of NATO,s unified response to Russia,s unilateral actions on CFE and urged that the U.S. keep its "parallel actions" package on the table for negotiation with Russia. Praise for U.S. efforts to date wa [...] | 2007-12-17 19:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO OSCE RS |
07USNATO647 | SPS MEETING [...] (U) Summary: NATO held its annual SPS meeting October 19 in Brussels. A U.S. expert briefed on developments for explosives stand-off detection techniques. The Committee discussed finding alternative funding for the Virtual Silk Highway project. There was no objection to the U.S. Commercia [...] | 2007-12-20 11:26:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT NATO PREL TSPL |
07USNATO648 | RFG AND READOUT OF VCC AND VCC EXPERTS MEETING - [...] This is a Request for Guidance. See Para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At the December 19 meeting of the NATO Verification Coordinating Committee (VCC),Allies agreed to allocate and coordinate CFE inspections -- including for Russia -- based on data from the previous Treaty year. Allies also coor [...] | 2007-12-20 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
07USNATO649 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - DECEMBER 19, 2007 [...] No summary [...] | 2007-12-20 18:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO71 | PAKISTANI PM AZIZ DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MIL-MIL [...] (SBU) NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer distributed to Allies a report on his discussions with Pakistani Prime Minister Aziz on January 30 preceding Aziz's meeting with the NAC (REFTEL). 2. (C) Text of SYG's Report SG(2007)0095 follows. Note internal numbering. Begin text: ( [...] | 2007-02-06 12:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL MARR PK |
07USNATO72 | USNATO NOMINATIONS FOR MARCH 26-27 CONFERENCE IN [...] Per reftel, USNATO nominates the following individuals to participate in the March 26-27 European conference on insurgency, "A Comprehensive Approach to Modern Insurgency: Afghanistan and Beyond." a.) Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Ambassador Martin [...] | 2007-02-06 15:06:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS EAID PINS PROP PTER KISL AF |
07USNATO76 | MOLDOVAN MINISTERS DISCUSS PARTNERSHIP, REGIONAL [...] (C) Moldovan Foreign Minister Stratan and Defense Minister Plesca consulted with NATO Ambassadors in a January 31 "NAC 1" on Moldova's progress toward implementing its Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP). NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer agreed that Chisinau had made a good start, and calle [...] | 2007-02-07 10:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL MARR ML |
07USNATO79 | NATO-INDIA TO ESTABLISH DEPUTY-LEVEL POINTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest development of NATO's Global Partnerships initiative, NATO and India have agreed to establish points of contact at the level of Deputy Foreign Minister and Deputy Secretary General. NATO D/SYG Rizzo will likely visit New Delhi for consultations. End Summary. 2. [...] | 2007-02-08 06:13:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR IN |
07USNATO82 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 7, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Departing COMISAF LTG Richards highlighted NATO accomplishments and remaining challenges, including: continued force shortfall, the need for reconstruction, development and governance to keep pace with Afghan expectations, and the importance of driving a wedge b [...] | 2007-02-08 13:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL AF |
07USNATO87 | RFG: UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR KOSOVO AHTISAARI'S [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, February 15. 2. (C) On Friday, February 16 UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, Martti Ahtisaari will come to NATO to consult with and brief an expanded meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) including non-NATO KFOR contributing countries o [...] | 2007-02-12 14:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL |
07USNATO89 | USNATO WELCOMES JAMES STARKEY FOR VCC EXPERTS [...] Mission welcomes Mr. James Stakey to Brussels for the February 12-13 VCC Meetings. Control officer for the visit is Don Sheehan, work tel:(32)2-724-3486 and fax: (32)2-724-3421, home tel: (32) 2-779-2047, cell: (32)476-663-647. Admin. support is Lucia Krul (32) 2-724-3233. 2. Hotel rese [...] | 2007-02-12 16:03:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT NATO OTRA PARM UP |
07USNATO92 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 January 2007, Mr. Joseph Benkert, OSD PDASD for Global Security Affairs, and Mr. Ivan Dvorak, Chief of Defense Policy and Strategy Division, Czech Republic, co-chaired the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) Plenary session. The DGP discussed policy guidance from t [...] | 2007-02-14 11:35:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
07USNATO94 | WELCOME TO USNATO FOR HONORABLE JOHN TANNER AND [...] Mission welcomes the visit of Representative John Tanner(D-TN),Chairman, House NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and traveling party: -Honorable John Tanner and Mrs. Betty Ann Tanner -Honorable Dennis Moore and Mrs. Stephene Moore -Honorable Mike Ross and Mrs. Holly Ross -Honorable Ben Chandler [...] | 2007-02-14 16:41:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC NATO USEU OECD BEXP |
07USNATO95 | SUBJECT: BACKGROUNDER FOR NATO PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) We look forward to your visit to Brussels, where your presence will remind Allies once again of the strong Congressional support for the Alliance. Today, NATO is conducting operations on three continents bringing peace and stability to Afghanistan and the Balkans, while supporting peac [...] | 2007-02-14 17:26:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO OREP PREL PTER |
07USNATO98 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 14, 2007 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) stressed the immediate need to get ISAF X HQ fully staffed. SHAPE MG Stein detailed ISAF operational successes and plans. UK noted that the jury is still out on Musa Qala, though it believes that Taiban influence is wanin [...] | 2007-02-15 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
07VIENNA180 | AUSTRIA ON AFGHANISTAN AT THE JANUARY 26 INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Charge presented reftel demarches on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed ref (a) material on January 19 to Mayr-Harting's office. 2. (C) Mayr-Harting confirmed that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would attend the minis [...] | 2007-01-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK AU |
07VIENNA262 | COOPERATION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) EconPolOff discussed reftel demarche on February 2 with Alexander Benedict from the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Department of Arms Control, Disarmament, and Non-Proliferation. Benedict said Austria is very concerned about the negative humanitarian impact of cluster munitions (CMs) and e [...] | 2007-02-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO AU |
07VIENNA304 | AUSTRIA: NEXT STEPS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns met with Thomas Hajnoczi, the Austrian MFA's A/S-level Director for Political Military Affairs, to present ref (a) points on next steps on Afghanistan. 2. (C) Hajnoczi reiterated ref (b) message that Austria does not have the capacity to enhance its military presence in [...] | 2007-02-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL AF AU |
07VILNIUS129 | LITHUANIA SANGUINE ABOUT ICELANDIC PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) We met with Ambassador-at-Large Gediminas Serksnys February 20 to encourage the GOL to demarche Iceland against the withdrawal of its mobile patrol team from Afghanistan at the end of April 2007. Serksnys expressed only mild disappointment at the loss of the Mobile Liaison Observation Tea [...] | 2007-02-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL IC AF LH DA HR UK CA NATO |
07VILNIUS281 | LITHUANIA: READY FOR NATO HLG MAY 3 MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-23 14:17:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MNUC NPG LH |
07VILNIUS595 | LITHUANIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. NON-PAPER ON ADAPTED [...] (C) We delivered reftel non-paper to Algis Dabkus, Director of the Security Policy Department at the MFA. Dabkus expressed surprise at the fast-paced timeline. He said that the GOL has always been willing to ratify the Adapted CFE Treaty once the Istanbul Commitments are met. 2. (C) Dabkus [...] | 2007-08-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL LH |
07VILNIUS629 | U.S.-BALTIC A/CFE MEETING IN VILNIUS, AUGUST 30 [...] (C) Summary: U.S. HLTF Representative Deputy Assistant Secretary Karin L. Look led CFE consultations with Estonia, SIPDIS Latvia, and Lithuania on August 29 and 30, 2007 in Vilnius, Lithuania. On 29 August with Lithuanian MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis and on 30 August with all three Baltic [...] | 2007-09-07 05:36:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO KCFE PARM PREL ZB RS |
07WARSAW1295 | POLES OPPOSE RUSSIAN AGENDA FOR CFE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff, Polish MFA's expert on the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, Mieczyslaw Kozinski, labeled Russia's agenda "a non-starter," and called for "NATO solidarity" to oppose Russian goals for the 12-15 June Extraordinary Conference under t [...] | 2007-06-04 14:21:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL PL |
07WARSAW1331 | CFE EXTRA CONFERENCE: U.S. THINKING POINTS [...] On the morning of June 6, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on CFE Extraordinary Conference Preparations to Mieczyslaw Kuzinski, Head of Regional Security Policy, MFA. As per instructions contained in Calvin Peterson's June 5 e-mail with subject line "Urgent: Instructions to NATO posts for del [...] | 2007-06-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
07WARSAW1521 | POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-06 11:42:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL |
07WARSAW165 | POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...] | 2007-01-26 11:04:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL |
07WARSAW166 | POLISH FM ON AFGHANISTAN AND INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Per reftels, Ambassador met January 25 with FM Fotyga to discuss Poland's engagement in Afghanistan. (Reftel demarches were delivered to the MFA Security Policy Department upon receipt, but the Polish response was deferred until FM Fotyga herself could meet with Ambassador.) Given Poland [...] | 2007-01-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF PL |
07WARSAW1817 | POLISH INSIGHT ON THE NEW AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche by poloff on August 9, Krzysztof Debnicki, Afghanistan Desk Officer at Polish MFA, expressed support for the new U.S. policy and, to assist our preparation, offered the following rhetorical questions: - When compensating farmers who forsake poppy production, [...] | 2007-08-23 15:20:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS SNAR AF |
07WARSAW1930 | POLAND-NATO/GEORGIA: GOP AN ACTIVE PROPONENT OF [...] (C) On the margins of September 6-7 U.S.-Polish Missile Defense negotiations, Pol External Chief shared reftel points on the NAC visit to Georgia (including points intended for "cool" and cold" posts) with MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki, who fully agreed with the U.S. position tha [...] | 2007-09-12 13:05:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG PL RS |
07WARSAW2104 | CFE: POLAND SUPPORTS PARALLEL ACTION, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) Poland supports the U.S. proposal for parallel action on the A/CFE but has noted that since the Russians labeled it "insufficient" there is no basis for Poland to pursue ratification at this time. On October 11, in the wake of the of the informal CFE seminar held by all 30 state parties O [...] | 2007-10-16 09:35:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE PL |
07WARSAW2243 | ADDRESSING POLISH DISAPPOINTMENT OVER GAGOR'S NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although reactions vary in intensity, Poland,s foreign and security affairs community is clearly disappointed over the November 14 defeat of Polish Chief of the General Staff Gen. Franciszek in his bid to become Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC). A significant minorit [...] | 2007-11-15 16:39:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL PL |
07WARSAW2368 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLES WANT TO COUNTER OSLO [...] (C) In response to Poloff's deliver of reftel demarche, Andrzej Suda of the Security Policy Department at the MFA, underscored Poland's support for the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) and urged immediate action to counter the growing momentum of the Oslo process. Suda noted that Oslo [...] | 2007-12-13 14:36:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO |
07WELLINGTON442 | GNZ ON NATO/ISAF REQUESTS [...] (C) Acting DCM and A/P-E couns delivered reftel request to Paul Ash, Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Disarmament Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We conveyed Washington's appreciation for New Zealand's continued positive role in Afghanistan. 2. (C) Ash sa [...] | 2007-06-15 01:53:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR AF NZ |
07YEREVAN133 | NATO REVIEW PLEASED WITH ARMENIA IPAP PROGRESS, [...] (C) NATO international staffers gave Armenia high marks on implementation of their Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) during a February 2 briefing to Chiefs of NATO Missions in Yerevan. Frank Boland, NATO's Staff Director of Force Planning, said that the review was "very positive" and [...] | 2007-02-07 08:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO AM |
07YEREVAN332 | ARMENIA CELEBRATES NATO WEEK (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ITS [...] (SBU) Embassy Yerevan provided key support to ensure that Armenia's first "NATO Week," held March 12-16, was a success. The Week was launched with the NATO - Armenia Youth Educational Rally, featuring the departure of a NATO bus that traveled from one end of Armenia to the other giving present [...] | 2007-03-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO NATO AM |
07YEREVAN788 | KOCHARIAN DEAD SET AGAINST ATTENDING BSEC SUMMIT [...] (C) On June 16, Charge raised the issue of Armenia's attendance at the upcoming BSEC Summit with President Kocharian. Kocharian said that there was "absolutely no way" he would consider attending. In fact, he would have preferred that FM Oskanian also skip the event, but relented under Oska [...] | 2007-06-18 09:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE TU AM |
07YEREVAN827 | NATO OFFICIAL UPBEAT ON ARMENIA'S IPAP PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's special Caucasus representative found much to praise after his June 21-22 visit. Top Armenian officials affirmed strong political commitment to defense reform goals and the NATO relationship, and IPAP benchmarks are on or ahead of schedule. END SUMMARY 2. (C) TOU [...] | 2007-06-27 11:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MARR NATO AM |
07ZAGREB1011 | NATO ROAD SHOW VISIT TO CROATIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: USNATO PermRep Victoria Nuland led an inter-agency "NATO Road Show" visit to Zagreb on November 9. President Mesic, Prime Minister Sanader, Foreign Minister Kitarovic and Defense Minister Roncevic all expressed confidence to the U.S. delegation that Croatia was well-prepared for [...] | 2007-11-15 09:59:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO HR |
07ZAGREB1032 | CROATIAN RESPONSE ON BILATERAL SOFA LANGUAGE [...] (U) Croatian FM Grabar-Kitarovic on November 22 sent a letter to the Ambassador stating her "belief" that the language regarding "other appropriate US control" of US personnel (proposed in reftel) and the subsequent explanations (provided in ref emails),is "appropriate...thus contributing to [...] | 2007-11-23 15:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO HR |
07ZAGREB1040 | CODEL TANNER - CROATIA STOPS (FEB 21-24, 2008) [...] Embassy Zagreb welcomes the planned visit of CODEL Tanner to Croatia (Zagreb/Dubrovnik) February 21-24, 2008. 2. Embassy Zagreb control officer for this CODEL will be Political Officer Tom Selinger. (Office: 385-1-661-2260; Fax: 385-1-661-2178; Home: 385-1-467-4396; Cell: 385-91-455-1017; [...] | 2007-11-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO AORC BE FR HR |
07ZAGREB137 | CROATIAN MINISTERS SUPPORT A-3 PROCESS IN TALLINN, OFFER TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: At the February 5-6 ministerial meeting in Tallinn of the U.S.-Adriatic Charter members and observers with the three new Baltic NATO members, Croatian Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic and Defense Minister Berislav Roncevic expressed the GOC's strong determi [...] | 2007-02-08 06:13:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO HR REGIONAL ISSUES |
07ZAGREB173 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NATO, PROPERTY RESTITUTION, [...] (SBU) Ambassador met July 13 with Croatian President Stjepan Mesic to discuss Afghanistan, NATO, property restitution, and commercial issues. Their discussion of Kosovo and the Italy-Croatia dispute on Italian victims of Partisan atrocities during WWII are covered septel. NATO Preparations [...] | 2007-02-15 14:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD CASC HR AF NATO KIDE |
07ZAGREB193 | MFA HIGHLIGHTS NATO PUBLIC EDUCATION PLAN AT JOINT [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-22 14:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM PGOV PREL |
07ZAGREB265 | NATO ROUNDTABLE REFLECTS ENTIRE NGO SPECTRUM [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Nearly 20 local NGOs and a dozen leading academics debated the pros and cons of Croatia's NATO candidacy at a March 13 roundtable organized by DEFIMI, a scientific research NGO focused on defense and security issues which receives some government funding. Participating NGO [...] | 2007-03-19 14:55:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB395 | NATO OUTREACH IN HIGH GEAR, CROATIAN PUBLIC [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After a slow start, the GoC's NATO public education campaign is moving into high gear. Head of MFA's NATO Office Neven Mikec highlighted the GoC's now crowded public outreach calendar with Embassy PolOff, PAO, and DATT at April 12 joint communications working group sessio [...] | 2007-04-20 16:24:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO KPAO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB408 | (C) CROATIAN PM CONSIDERS INVITING KARZAI [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (C) Prime Minister Ivo Sanader told Ambassador April 25 that he was considering inviting Afghan President Karzai to the July 6-7 "Croatia Summit" - the second annual such conference with a Euro-Atlantic integration theme. PM Sanader and Croatian President [...] | 2007-04-25 14:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO HR AF |
07ZAGREB45 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES JANUARY 26 INFORMAL NATO [...] (C) Drawing on Ref A, the Ambassador discussed Afghanistan with Croatian Foreign Minister Grabar-Kitarovic on January 17. The Ambassador stressed the challenges that NATO would face with the spring thaw in Afghanistan and the importance of allies and partners delivering on promises made on A [...] | 2007-01-17 15:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PINS PREL MARR MOPS AF PK HR |
07ZAGREB460 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY DAN FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried met April 5 with Croatian PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic to exchange views on Croatia's NATO aspirations, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and other regional issues. 2.(U) A/S Fried and Ambassador met April 5 with PM Ivo San [...] | 2007-05-10 16:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN NATO HR YI BK OSCE |
07ZAGREB507 | PRESIDENT'S A-3 LUNCH SCENESETTER - SANADER [...] (C) Still enjoying the afterglow of his highly successful White House visit last October, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader is very much looking forward to seeing President Bush again at the A-3 leaders lunch in Tirana June 10. The PM views his relationship with the President as key to Croatia's int [...] | 2007-05-23 15:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO HR |
07ZAGREB561 | U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (U) Undersecretary Burns met with Macedonian President Crvenkovski, Turkish Economy Minister Babacan, Bulgarian PM Stanishev and Moldovan President Voronin May 10 and 11 on the margins of the Zagreb SEECP Summit. Macedonia --------- 2. (C) Macedonian President Branko Crvenkovski sought U/S [...] | 2007-06-08 10:26:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV OSCE NATO HR MK TU BU MD |
07ZAGREB565 | U/S NICHOLAS BURNS' MAY 10-11 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Undersecretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns visited Zagreb May 10-11 to consult with Croatian leaders and attend the Summit of the Southeast European Cooperation Process (septel). He met with PM Sanader, President Mesic, and FM Grabar-Kitarovic, and had several bilatera [...] | 2007-06-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR OSCE NATO HR YI BK SR |
07ZAGREB618 | CROATIA COMMITTED TO NATO REFORM RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador, DCM, and PolOff delivered ref A points during week of June 18 to FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic, Asst DefMin Igor Pokaz, and MFA NATO Office Director Neven Mikec respectively. GoC representatives were grateful for USG support and guidance and emphasized com [...] | 2007-06-28 13:32:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB74 | CROATIA SUPPORTS US OBJECTIVES FOR JANUARY 26 [...] (SBU) Following up on the Ambassador's conversation with Foreign Minister Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (ref B) on the January 26 NATO meeting on Afghanistan, DCM raised USG ministerial goals (ref A) with Pjer Simunovic, Assistant Foreign Minister for International Organizations and Security, who [...] | 2007-01-23 16:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO HR |
07ZAGREB789 | FIXED-WING FIGHTERS: TIME TO ENGAGE CROATIANS ON [...] (C) Since my arrival just over a year ago, I have repeatedly stressed to GoC officials that, as a future NATO member, Croatia did not need to procure fixed-wing fighter aircraft. I, along with my DAO and ODC staff, have argued consistently that the GoC could rely on NATO partners for air poli [...] | 2007-08-27 08:05:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB820 | GOC TO APPROVE SOFA IN SEPTEMBER, BUT ASKS TO SIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke on September 6 with Hido Biscevic, State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a close advisor to PM Sanader. Biscevic said that Sanader had told him on September 5 that the Government would give final approval to the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SO [...] | 2007-09-06 14:03:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR HR NATO |
07ZAGREB916 | NEW POLL SHOWS CONTINUED GROWTH IN NATO SUPPORT [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A poll contracted by the International Republican Institute (IRI) shows a continued rise in public support for NATO membership. In a Post-organized briefing to NATO-member embassies on October 2, IRI representatives highlighted a 10 percent increase in support for Croatia [...] | 2007-10-04 15:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR HR DEFENSE REFORM |
07ZAGREB994 | NATO ROADSHOW '07 -- CROATIA SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC feels confident approaching NATO's Bucharest Summit after repeated strong statements of support from President Bush and State Department officials (U/S Burns, A/S Fried) as well as positive feedback from Allies during presentation of their Annual National Progr [...] | 2007-11-05 14:44:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ABUJA874 | NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INTEROPERABILITY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-13 15:11:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NI |
08ALGIERS187 | OSLO PROCESS AND BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche February 13, highlighting U.S. humanitarian concerns with the use of cluster munitions, and expressing U.S. support for the ongoing negotiations on ths issue within the Convention on Conventional Weapons. We urged Algeria not to adopt any language that would i [...] | 2008-02-19 16:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AG |
08AMMAN3369 | JORDAN WILLING TO CONTRIBUTE TO ISAF ON ELECTIONS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Royal Court Chief Nasser Al-Lozi on December 18. Lozi responded to the Ambassador on December 21, agreeing in principle that Jordan would enhance its planned contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan to support [...] | 2008-12-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS MARR PREL NATO JO |
08AMMAN455 | JORDANIANS WILL CONSIDER U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-12 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN JO |
08ANKARA1138 | TURKEY: AMBASSADOR AND MFA U/S APAKAN DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting with MFA U/S Apakan, Ambassador urged Turkey to encourage Iran to accept the P5 1 package (ref a),sought MFA's assistance in modernizing U.S.-Turkish cooperation in counterterrorism, and recommended Turkey do more to develop a coordinated message on Nabucc [...] | 2008-06-18 16:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG NATO EUN TU |
08ANKARA1309 | TURKEY: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to acting Deputy Director General for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Elif Ulgen on July 22. Ulgen expressed appreciation for the information, and said although Turkey has not used cluster munitions in operations for over a decade, it retains a significant st [...] | 2008-07-23 11:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
08ANKARA1338 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (c) Ambassador spoke July 25 with Turkish MFA U/S Apakan to inquire about FM Babacan's plans to attend the Tehran NAM ministerial and to carry out the demarche in reftel. The Turkish press has been reporting for some days that Babacan may attend, and lower-level MFA staff had previously sugge [...] | 2008-07-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR TU |
08ANKARA1341 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY FORCE SIZE INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA South Asia Department Second Secretary Ilhan Sener on July 3. On July 10 MFA South Asia Deputy Director General Babur Hizlan told us Turkey was in favor of the proposal to expand the size of the Afghan National Army. On July 23, we followed up with Devri [...] | 2008-07-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF TU |
08ANKARA1401 | TURKEY/NATO-EU: NO SIGNS OF LET UP IN TURKEY'S [...] (C) Summary: While acknowledging recent French efforts to improve NATO-EU ties as a gesture of goodwill, Turkish officials are unimpressed. They view the recent French non-paper proposing a NATO-EU high-level working group with suspicion, and believe it is designed to circumvent the NATO-EU [...] | 2008-08-05 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EUN NATO TU KV |
08ANKARA1426 | TURKEY: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE PARM GG RU TU |
08ANKARA1472 | TFGG01: GOT URGED TO DEMAND RUSSIAN WITHDRAWAL [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 14 to MFA Deputy U/S for Americas Berk and DDG for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Ozturk. Berk agreed that Russia should fulfill the commitments it made in the agreement with President Sarkozy and that OSCE observers should have immediate access to areas curren [...] | 2008-08-14 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL GG RS TU UN |
08ANKARA1611 | TURKEY: PRESIDENT GUL MEETS U/S BURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 5 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, Turkish President Gul said his trip to Yerevan the next day is intended to lay the foundation for progress in bilateral relations. He spoke at length about his private "blunt" discussions with Iranian President Ahmadinejad [...] | 2008-09-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
08ANKARA1624 | TURKISH MFA INTERESTED IN EU OBSERVER MISSION IN [...] (C) During a meeting to deliver reftel demarche (reported septel),MFA NATO Security Affairs Section Head M. Turker Ari took the opportunity to note Turkey's interest in the proposed EU observer mission in Georgia. Ari inquired whether the US has received any information from the EU about the [...] | 2008-09-10 13:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU GG |
08ANKARA1627 | U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...] | 2008-09-10 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
08ANKARA1628 | U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC DIALOGUE TALKS, SEPTEMBER 5 [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a four-hour meeting and working dinner with Under Secretary Burns September 5, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan: -- underscored Turkey's desire for close cooperation with the U.S.; -- called for new impetus on the Nabucco pipeline; -- stated that Ankara seeks to strengt [...] | 2008-09-10 22:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
08ANKARA1629 | IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 06:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TU IZ |
08ANKARA1690 | MFA WANTS TO MAINTAIN NRC PREPCOM AS CHANNEL FOR [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin on September 22. While she took our points on board, Ulutekin said Turkey views the PrepCom as a useful tool to maintain contact with Russia, particularly on issues in the long-term interest of the Alliance, i [...] | 2008-09-22 15:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG RS TU |
08ANKARA1712 | TURKEY SEEKING MORE INFO ON NTM-I BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to MFA Section Head for NATO Military Affairs M. Turker Ari on September 25. We noted that taking a lead role in the NTM-I border security mission would provide an additional opportunity for Turkey to engage with Iraq on and help support Iraq,s effort in streng [...] | 2008-09-25 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TU IZ |
08ANKARA1714 | ADDRESSING AFGHAN CONCERNS FOLLOWING SHINDAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 11:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TU AF |
08ANKARA1737 | TURKEY: RATIFICATION OF NATO ACCESSION PROTOCOL [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche requesting an update on the status of Turkey's efforts to ratify the NATO accession protocols for Albania and Croatia to MFA NATO Policy Department Head Gulhane Ulutekin on October 6. She said the bills to approve the accession protocols have been drafted and [...] | 2008-10-06 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA TU |
08ANKARA1820 | TURKEY: STRONG NEGATIVE REACTION EXPECTED ON NATO [...] (C) We understand plans are moving forward to commit NATO assets to participate in Exercise Noble Archer 2008, an exercise scheduled to begin December 2, which includes a flight track over Agios Efstratios, a small island in the Aegean Sea. Turkey asserts that the demilitarized status of this [...] | 2008-10-20 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO TU |
08ANKARA1852 | TURKEY TO ABSTAIN FROM FIRST COMMITTEE VOTE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 15:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UNGA PARM TU |
08ANKARA1854 | TURKEY: A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 21 MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a three-hour meeting October 21 with EUR A/S Fried, Turkish MFA Under Secretary Apakan said that Turkey: -- hopes to wrap up an agreement with Armenia before the end of the year; -- wants both the U.S. and EU to join the Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform in its se [...] | 2008-10-24 07:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | TU AM GG IR IZ KNNP PREL RU US NATO |
08ANKARA2126 | U/S APAKAN ON BILATERAL RELATIONS, IAEA, NSG [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA U/S Apakan and Amb discussed U.S.-Turkish cooperation on energy, Afghanistan, and Iran. Apakan asked for U.S. support for a Turkish proposal to increase NATO-ESDP cooperation, and expressed concern for NATO's support for exercise Noble Archer. Amb asked for Turkey's continu [...] | 2008-12-17 09:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL NATO CY US TU |
08ANKARA2156 | TURKEY: RESPONSE TO NOBLE ARCHER LIMITED TO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for Maritime and Aviation Affairs Basat Ozturk told Pol-Mil Couns on December 22 that Turkey's response to Noble Archer is complete; it was limited to three letters: From Turkey's NATO PermRep to the NATO SecGen, from Turkey' Military Representative at SHAPE to [...] | 2008-12-22 16:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO GR TU |
08ANKARA2159 | TURKEY: REACTION TO READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
08ANKARA2167 | TURKEY: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to MFA NATO Operations Section Head Turker Ari and Afghanistan Desk Officer Emre Karagol on December 19. Ari expressed appreciation for the non-paper, noting that the information is timely: an interagency senior working-level (likely at the deputy undersecreta [...] | 2008-12-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
08ANKARA265 | TURKEY SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 11 to MFA Department Head for Arms Control and Disarmament Elif Ulgen, who is coordinating Turkey's interagency position on cluster munitions and was a member of the Turkish delegation to the Oslo Process meeting in Vienna on 5-7 December. Ulgen sai [...] | 2008-02-12 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO TU |
08ANKARA282 | CFE: TURKS SEEK COPY OF U.S. ACTION-FOR-ACTION [...] (C) Foreign Ministry Deputy Director General for Arms Control and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun told us February 14 that he appreciated being in close contact with DAS Karin Look and other U.S. officials on the way forward on CFE. Gun said he understood the U.S. had prepared a revised draft of [...] | 2008-02-14 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO TU |
08ANKARA296 | TURKEY SUPPORTS NIMETZ PROCESS, AMBITIOUS [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic and Deputy Director General for Balkans Affairs Hasan Asan. Both Kilic and Asan stated Turkey's support for the Nimetz process as the appropriate channel to resolve the dispute between Greece and Maced [...] | 2008-02-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL GR MK TU |
08ANKARA314 | TURKEY: NO OBJECTIONS TO US PLANS TO SEEK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM NATO PREL TU |
08ANKARA345 | PM ERDOGAN TELLS CODEL BIDEN TURKEY CAN DO MORE IN [...] (C) Summary. Turkish PM Erdogan briefed visiting Senators Biden, Kerry and Hagel February 22 on GOT efforts in Afghanistan, Iraq, the fight against terrorism and Turkey's relations with Armenia. Noting the senators' previous stop in Afghanistan, Erdogan said Turkey can do more in Afghanistan [...] | 2008-02-25 07:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PTER PGOV AF IZ TU |
08ANKARA410 | TURKEY: WILLING TO CONSIDER INFORMAL KOSOVO [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director General for NATO Affairs Serdar Kilic told us February 28 Turkey was willing to consider informal consultations among "Kosovo Contributors," but emphasized that a formal response to ref a points will have to wait until the March 6 NATO Foreign Ministers meeting. He ask [...] | 2008-02-29 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO EU PREL PGOV TU |
08ANKARA440 | DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ARMENIA, GEORGIA WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY. DAS Bryza stressed to FM Babacan and MFA Deputy U/S for Eastern Europe (former Soviet Union),Africa, East Asia and Pacific Cevikoz, March 3, the need to move forward on normalizing Turkey-Armenia relations and resolving Nagorno-Karabakh (N-K),though this will be difficult until [...] | 2008-03-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV NATO AM AJ GG TU |
08ANKARA565 | CFE: TURKEY WANTS NO MENTION OF FLANKS IN NATO [...] (C) We queried MFA Arms Control Deputy Director General Ahmet Gun March 25 on MFA reactions to the proposed NATO statement on CFE (reftel). Gun said he had examined the statement and consulted with senior MFA officials, who agreed that Turkey strongly opposes any reference to "flank limits" o [...] | 2008-03-25 15:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD TU |
08ANKARA567 | TURKEY/NATO: TURKEY AND OUR BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: Turkey broadly supports USG priorities for the NATO Summit in Bucharest. MFA and Turkish General Staff (TGS) contacts told us Turkey: -- continues to make significant contributions to Afghanistan and may be open to additional contributions to ISAF; -- does not oppose on-the-groun [...] | 2008-03-26 14:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU |
08ANKARA577 | TURKEY STRESSES TO FM SPANTA ITS CONTINUED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghan FM Spanta, visiting Ankara March 18, did not ask for more troops from Turkey, saying it was a NATO decision. He did, however, ask for more military training. Turkey is prepared to respond; FM Babacan will take up the issue with the Turkish General Staff (TGS). Spanta als [...] | 2008-03-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER NATO AF PK TU |
08ANKARA907 | TURKEY SHARES USG'S OSLO PROCESS CONCERNS [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to MFA Department Head for Disarmament and Nonproliferation Elif Ulgen on May 8. Ulgen said the GOT shared USG concerns about Article 1 (b) and (c) of the Oslo Process draft text, and agreed with the U.S. position that the workarounds developed for the Ottawa Co [...] | 2008-05-12 09:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN TU |
08ANKARA934 | HOST NATION NOTIFICATION COMPLETED ON USAFE PAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO TU |
08ANKARA941 | TURKEY/NATO: TURKEY REQUESTS SUPPORT ON EXERCISE [...] (C) Summary: In conversations with Ambassador on May 14 and 15, MFA Undersecretary Apakan requested the U.S. urge NATO political and military authorities to maintain NATO impartiality in Aegean disputes, stating that conduct of Exercise Noble Archer under the current scenario will escalate te [...] | 2008-05-15 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU |
08ASHGABAT271 | TURKMENISTAN: NATO CIVIL EMERGENCY PLANNING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two officials from NATO's Civil Emergency Planning Operations Division, Division Head Carsten Fausboll and Staff Officer Evert Somer, briefed representatives from NATO embassies on February 18 on their meeting with Deputy D [...] | 2008-02-25 08:28:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID MARR NATO TX |
08ASHGABAT435 | TURKMENISTAN'S PRESIDENT BERDIMUHAMEDOV MAKES THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Berdimuhamedov's trip to Bucharest April 2-3 for the NATO summit appears to have been a success, both in terms of promoting Turkmenistan's image as an engaged player on the world stage, and in confirmi [...] | 2008-04-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON MARR NATO TX |
08ASHGABAT632 | TURKMENISTAN EXPANDING COOPERATION WITH NATO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons discussed NATO's ongoing relationship with Turkmenistan and NATO's interest in an agreement for a commercial-based ground transport route for non-lethal goods through Turkmenistan to s [...] | 2008-05-15 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR MARR SNAR NATO TX |
08ASTANA1574 | KAZAKHSTAN - DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER SEMBINOV [...] (C) In an August 22 meeting with the Deputy Chief of Mission and visiting Marshall Center Director Dr. John Rose, Deputy Defense Minister Lt Gen Bulat Sembinov expressed an interest in discussing further mil-mil cooperation with the U.S. and NATO. He explained that while there were elements i [...] | 2008-08-27 02:08:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS KZ |
08ASTANA1774 | KAZAKHSTANIS TELL NATO THEY WANT TO ENHANCE [...] (C) NATO Deputy Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero held meetings in Astana on September 11 with Defense Minister Akhmetov, Foreign Minister Tazhin, Security Council Secretary Suleymenov, and officials from the Ministry of Emergency Situations. In a readout he gave to resident NATO-country a [...] | 2008-09-15 11:22:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KZ |
08ASTANA1968 | KAZAKHSTAN: MILITARY UNITS SOON MAY BE READY TO DEPLOY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified (military FOUO). Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A NATO evaluation team judged the Kazakhstani deployable battalion (KAZBAT) "interoperable and deployable," but did note some deficiencies. ARCENT experts believe that the deficiencies are not insu [...] | 2008-10-05 07:19:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO KZ |
08ASTANA64 | KAZAKHSTAN: PROGRESS ON PFP TRAINING CENTER, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan appears poised to move forward on opening up a Partnership for Peace (PfP) training center, as it had promised to do by the end of 2008. However, concerns remain about progress in Kazakhstan's cooperation with NATO. End Summary. 2. (C) Tugay Tuncer, Astana-based NA [...] | 2008-01-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | KZ NATO PREL |
08ATHENS1015 | GREECE: EXPANDED NATO TRAINING MSSION-IRAQ PAPERS [...] (C) On 11 July, A/Pol Counselor and Poloff delivered ref A points on NTM-I to Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU). A/Pol Counselor emphasized that now that the NAC had taken a decision to [...] | 2008-07-16 09:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR IZ MARR PGOV PREL NATO |
08ATHENS1023 | SCENE SETTER FOR ATHENS GREECE (U) [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Athens, we look forward to your important visit which comes at an important time in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. Since your visit last July, ADM Fitzgerald (2-3 April),Lt Gen McFann (2 July),and LTG Eikenberry (3 July) visited Athens and met with key Greek m [...] | 2008-07-17 08:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO TU MK GR |
08ATHENS1027 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS RESPONDS TO GRUEVSKI [...] (U) Greek Prime Minister Karamanlis has responded in a July 18 public letter (full text in para 4) to the July 14 letter from Macedonian Prime Minister Gruevski (ref A) in which Gruevski asks that Greece address issues related to property restitution and citizenship of ethnic Macedonians who [...] | 2008-07-18 14:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1030 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FURTHER PERSPECTIVES ON [...] (C) Embassy Skopje has provided useful ideas on steps the U.S. might take to advance the name negotiations. In that spirit we want to offer Embassy Athens' thoughts on where the Greeks currently are on this issue, and what it might take for them to conclude a deal. We believe the Greeks are [...] | 2008-07-21 08:13:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1073 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: STILL CONSIDERING A POSSIBLE [...] (C) Ambassador Heracles Asteriades, Director of the MFA D-2 Directorate for the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) and the Western European Union (WEU),told A/Pol Counselor and Poloff that Greece continues to evaluate the U.S. request that it lead a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanista [...] | 2008-07-25 14:28:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO GR |
08ATHENS127 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NEGOTIATOR NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM met January 24 with Ambassador Adamintos Vasilakis for a readout of the January 21 Ohrid negotiations on the Macedonian name issue, chaired by Matthew Nimetz. Vasilakis said that the opening remarks by FM Milososki contained some of the same "unhelpful" statements he s [...] | 2008-01-28 14:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1296 | FM BAKOYANNIS ACCEPTS INVITATION TO TRANSATLANTIC [...] (U) Post has delivered reftel invitation to the September 24 TransAtlantic luncheon to Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis. Bakoyannis has confirmed her participation in the luncheon. SPECKHARD [...] | 2008-09-12 08:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA EUN NATO PREL GR |
08ATHENS1301 | GREECE/NATO: NO SUBSTANTIVE REPLY ON ISAF OPLAN TO [...] (C) Upon receipt of reftel, we engaged with GOG interlocutors to press Greece to be supportive of an amendment to the ISAF OPLAN to authorize ISAF forces to interdict narcotics production and trafficking facilities where such action would offer a direct military advantage. On August 12, Polof [...] | 2008-09-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR GR |
08ATHENS1348 | GREECE/NATO: POINTS DELIVERED ON "NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) On 22 September, Poloff delivered ref points on "no business as usual" in NATO-Russia relations to Andreas Kintis, NATO desk officer in the MFA's D2 Directorate for NATO and Western European Union (WEU) Affairs. Kintis said he would forward the information to his superiors and to the Gr [...] | 2008-09-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL GR GG RS |
08ATHENS1356 | GREECE/NATO: DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO [...] (C) On September 19, Poloff delivered reftel points requesting for additional support to the NATO Training mission-Iraq to Andreas Kintis, NATO desk officer in the MFA's D2 Directorate for NATO and Western European Union (WEU) Affairs. Kintis said he would forward the information to his su [...] | 2008-09-24 13:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PGOV PREL MARR NATO IZ |
08ATHENS1400 | GREECE/NATO: GREECE WITHDRAWS FROM NATO AEGEAN [...] (C) Greece informed NATO military authorities October 6 that it has withdrawn from a NATO table top exercise ("Noble Aspect 08") on the Aegean. Greece sought to include "tracks" of a civilian aircraft overflying Agios Efstratios island (reftel) - an island that Turkey maintains is "demilitari [...] | 2008-10-06 15:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PGOV PREL TU GR |
08ATHENS1498 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS BRIEFS PARLIAMENT [...] (C) FM Bakoyannis told the Parliamentary Committee on Defense and Foreign Affairs October 29 that Greece will work from the most recent Nimetz proposal as a basis, but that certain (unspecified) changes are required. She asserted that Greece seeks a new, compound name with a geographic quali [...] | 2008-10-31 13:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS1517 | GREECE/RUSSIA: KEEPING THE GOG ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 12:13:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV ENRG RS IR NATO PREL CY IT TU OSCE GR |
08ATHENS1569 | GREEK RESPONSE TO MACEDONIAN ICJ LAWSUIT STRONG [...] (SBU) Greek reaction was swift and forceful to the announcement by the Republic of Macedonia that it had filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for violating the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord by blocking MacedoniaQs NATO accession (reftel). Almo [...] | 2008-11-18 15:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GR MK EU NATO |
08ATHENS1575 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR BRIEFS [...] (SBU) In a hastily arranged November 19 briefing for all NATO and EU Diplomatic Missions and the European Commission Representative, Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis made the following points: -- Greece intends to continue to work on a solution under the auspices of UN Envoy Nime [...] | 2008-11-20 16:06:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU MK GR |
08ATHENS1589 | GREECE/OSCE: FM BAKOYANNIS LAYS OUT OSCE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who will be OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO) in 2009, laid out her priorities for the OSCE in a November 13 speech at the Greek Foreign Ministry. She emphasized the importance of OSCE cooperation with other IOs, including the UN, the EU, and NATO. Sh [...] | 2008-11-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE GR RS NATO EUN GG |
08ATHENS1606 | GREECE/CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS - GOG [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL GR |
08ATHENS1688 | NATO/AFGHANISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELECTION [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered reftel points related to requirements for elections support in Afghanistan to Theodoros Daskarolis, Deputy Director of the MFA D2 Directorate for NATO Affairs. Daskarolis replied that Greece is aware of the requirement and following the force generation pr [...] | 2008-12-18 10:00:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR |
08ATHENS205 | GREECE/MACEDONIA -- CONTINUED INSISTENCE ON [...] (C) In our ongoing conversations on the Macedonia name issue, we have been highlighting the importance of the Interim Agreement, emphasizing the need to respond seriously and positively to Nimetz' framework and proposals, and pointing out the gaps we see in Greece's current approach. Uniforml [...] | 2008-02-13 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS226 | GREECE: CFE INSPECTION PLANNING AND DECONFLICTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 16:25:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL GR |
08ATHENS231 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM BAKOYANNIS WELCOMING [...] (U) In comments to the press on the margins of the 2/19 talks in Athens under UN Special Envoy Nimetz on Macedonia's name, FM Bakoyannis made a welcoming and (for a Greek official, uncommonly positive) statement to Skopje, calling for Athens and Skopje to work together to put the past behind t [...] | 2008-02-20 16:44:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV UN NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS239 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEKS READY TO ENGAGE ON [...] (S) Greek name negotiator Vassilakis reported that Athens will work from the most recent Nimetz proposal as a basis for negotiations, but will seek changes to it. PM Karamanlis and FM Bakoyannis emphasized to Nimetz that Greece will "engage seriously" as now is the time to resolve this issue. [...] | 2008-02-21 17:40:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS269 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR TELLS DIP [...] (SBU) Greek name negotiator Adamantios Vassilakis briefed the diplomatic corps on 2/26 on the state of play on the name issue. His key messages were: -- Greece believes Macedonia maintains extensive irredentist designs on Greek territory (and he provided handouts and books); -- Greece is co [...] | 2008-02-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS300 | GREECE/TURKEY: TGS CONCERNS DOMINATE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Athens has kept its ears to the ground and eyes toward Ankara in the month following Karamanlis, historic visit to Turkey (reftel). While we have not seen indications of a serious effort to capitalize on the momentum created by his trip, the GOG is cautiously optimist [...] | 2008-03-03 06:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU GR |
08ATHENS313 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON MACEDONIA, KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FM Bakoyannis told Ambassador Speckhard that she will tell NATO FMs March 6 that Greece is not ready for a NATO invitation for Macedonia and expects Alliance solidarity on this issue. Greece remains ready to make a deal on a composite name -- using "upper" or "new" [...] | 2008-03-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CMGT CVIS MK NATO AF GR |
08ATHENS320 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-05 15:00:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR |
08ATHENS323 | GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedonia absent an agreeme [...] | 2008-03-05 15:19:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP |
08ATHENS342 | GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting ith A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedona absent an agreement [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP |
08ATHENS347 | GREECE/NATO: MFA NATO DIRECTOR ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with A/Political Counselor, Ambassador Iraklis Asteriadis, MFA Director of the D2 Directorate for NATO and WEU Affairs, affirmed that FM Bakoyannis will tell NATO FMs at the March 6 informal that Greece cannot agree to a NATO invitation for Macedonia absent an agreeme [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK AF GG UP |
08ATHENS349 | GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CONCERNS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UNGA GR |
08ATHENS371 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: DEFENSE MINISTER MANAGES [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard met with Defense Minister Meimarakis March 7 to press for increased Greek contributions to ISAF. Meimarakis said Greece recognizes the importance of the mission and wants to do more but that more time is needed to prepare the public. Greece cannot provide helicopters [...] | 2008-03-11 11:44:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR MK |
08ATHENS411 | GREECE/CFE: NON-PAPER ON FLANK AND NATIONAL [...] (C) On the margins of March 17 meetings on OSCE matters with visiting USOSCE Ambassador Finley and A/DAS Robbins, Greek MFA Director General for International Organizations and International Security and Cooperation Ambassador Nicolaos Kalantzianos said he had an important CFE issue to address [...] | 2008-03-18 13:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS KCFE NATO GR |
08ATHENS450 | CFE: GREECE SUPPORTS PROPOSED NATO STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-26 13:10:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR KCFE GR |
08ATHENS464 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS AND BAKOYANNIS [...] (U) Following the March 25 meetings hosted by UN Envoy Nimetz in New York on the Macedonia name issue, the Greek press trumpeted that the proposed international name was "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)." Almost immediately, Greek officials publicly laid out concerns with the proposal, both t [...] | 2008-03-27 14:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS469 | SCENESETTER: ADMIRAL FITZGERALD VISITS ATHENS [...] (SBU) Welcome to Athens. We look forward to hosting your visit which comes at an important time, during the Bucharest Summit, in the U.S.-Greece bilateral relationship. As you know, Greece is an important NATO ally and strategic partner of the U.S., as well as a member of the European Union. [...] | 2008-03-31 07:47:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | GR NATO ODC PARM PGOV PREL |
08ATHENS479 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: FM DISMISSES "REPUBLIC OF [...] (U) During debate in Parliament on the opposition's motion to censure the government (ref A),FM Bakoyannis stated publicly that the most recent Nimetz proposal "Republic of Macedonia (Skopje)" was not acceptable; PM Karmamanlis was less specific, but equally negative, terming Skopje "intrans [...] | 2008-03-31 17:18:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS492 | NO GREEK AGENDA ITEMS ADVANCED FOR NATO HLG [...] Poloff delivered the refereced letter from the Chair of the High Level Goup (HLG) of NATO's Nuclear Planning Group soliciting agenda items for the HLG meeting schduled for May 8th in Brussels. The letter wasdelivered on March 27 to Mr. Andreas Kintis o the Greek MFA D2 Directorate for NATO an [...] | 2008-04-02 13:49:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL PGOV MCAP MNUC |
08ATHENS505 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: KARAMANLIS ADDRESSE TE NATION [...] (U) In the wake of Greece's veto of a NATO invitation for Macedonia, Prime Minister Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Bakoyannis have made public statements that reiterate the Greek perspective on the name issue, stressing their desire for continuing talks under UN auspices to find a mutually a [...] | 2008-04-04 14:40:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS627 | GREECE/MACEDONIA - FOSTERING PROGRESS FROM ATHENS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Bakoyannis and Prime Minister Karamanlis continue the public line that Greece supports Macedonian integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, but only after the name issue is resolved. They continue to profess that the next move must be Macedonia's to agree to a name acce [...] | 2008-05-08 13:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS647 | GREECE SHARES NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS ON [...] Poloff delivered reftel A points to Andreas Kintis from the D2 Directorate for NATO and the Western European Union (WEU). Kintis expressed appreciation for the background and Washington's acknowledgment of Greece's position to refrain from the Oslo Process based on concerns stemming from clus [...] | 2008-05-13 12:39:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GR PGOV |
08ATHENS665 | AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO RHODES DURING USS TRUMAN [...] (U) Ambassador Speckhard visited Rhodes May 7-9 in conjunction with the visit of the USS Truman, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier transiting the Mediterranean on its return to Norfolk from nearly seven months in the Persian Gulf. The visit afforded the Ambassador the opportunity [...] | 2008-05-15 06:50:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TU GR PARM NATO |
08ATHENS671 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: GREEK NAME NEGOTIATOR ON STATE [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard and DCM met May 13 with Greek name negotiator Vassilakis to press for robust Greek engagement in resolving the name issue and to probe Greek positions. Vassilakis said FM Bakoyannis is determined to resolve this issue quickly, but the GOG is pessimistic much progress c [...] | 2008-05-16 08:53:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS678 | GREECE/TURKEY: FALLOUT OF NATO DECISION NOT TO [...] (C) We understand NATO authorities have informed Greek military officials that NATO will not provide support for the proposed May 20 "Noble Archer" exercise, which involved overflight of Agios Efstratios island (but which had excluded overflight of the island of Limnos, which has long been a N [...] | 2008-05-16 13:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MOPS TU GR |
08ATHENS734 | TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FM BAKOYANNIS [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis said she and PM Karamanlis had told Macedonian President Crvenkovski that Greece seeks to conclude the name negotiations quickly. Macedonia must choose an adjective for "Macedonia" that makes clear the country is part of a broad [...] | 2008-05-28 13:52:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UNSC IR MK GR |
08ATHENS736 | PSI: GREECE OBJECTS TO NAME TO BE USED FOR [...] (C) In a May 28 meeting with DCM, MFA Secretary General Agathocles said Greece would "leave" the PSI fifth anniversary meeting in Washington, should Macedonia be present as "Macedonia" or "Republic of Macedonia." Agathocles said Greece had raised its concerns with how PSI refers to Macedonia [...] | 2008-05-28 15:18:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO MK GR |
08ATHENS92 | MANAGING GREECE ON KOSOVO AND MACEDONIA [...] (C) Managing Greece over the next few months is likely to be difficult on the key Balkan issues of Macedonia and Kosovo. To leverage Greek behavior we should: -- Engage the Greeks on Kosovo and Serbia, including through extending an invitation to them to participate in international struct [...] | 2008-01-22 16:24:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MASS NATO MK KI SR GR |
08ATHENS966 | GREECE/TURKEY - NEXT STEPS ON NATO AEGEAN EXERCISES [...] (C) In the aftermath of NATO's May 2008 decision not to support a Greek exercise that would overfly the island of Agios Efstratios (AE)(ref A),the Greeks are considering developing a new exercise that would again seek to overfly the island. Various Greek contacts have told us that they belie [...] | 2008-07-07 13:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO MARR PREL PGOV TU GR |
08ATHENS967 | FM BAKOYANNIS ON MACEDONIA NAME, HSPD-6, AND [...] (C) In a July 3 conversation, FM Bakoyannis told Amb. Speckhard that although UN Mediator Nimetz' recent meetings had been "positive," she was skeptical that the Macedonians were prepared to "accept and use" a new name. Ambassador Speckhard emphasized the importance of flexibility, noting th [...] | 2008-07-07 15:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV CVIS NATO IZ MK IS GR |
08BAKU1138 | USAID ADMINISTRATOR FORE - PRESIDENT ALIYEV [...] (C) Summary: In a November 24 meeting with USAID Administrator Henrietta Fore, President Aliyev welcomed intensified cooperation with USAID, especially in five key areas: water and sanitation, agriculture, IT/telecoms, environmental remediation and anti-corruption. Azerbijan,s leadership fee [...] | 2008-12-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AJ |
08BAKU211 | UPDATE ON U.S. MISSLE DEFENSE TALKS WITH RUSSIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-07 12:04:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS NATO AJ RU |
08BAKU230 | AMBASSADOR URGES AZERBAIJAN TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL [...] (C) During a March 1 meeting with President Aliyev, the Ambassador told President Aliyev that the U.S. would be asking ISAF coalition countries to increase their participation in Afghanistan, and that she would pass options on how to do so to the MFA. Aliyev said that he would consult FM Mam [...] | 2008-03-11 13:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ |
08BAKU256 | NATO ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR ATTRACTS DIVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's 68th Rose-Roth Seminar, focused on "Security in the Caspian Region," was held in Baku March 6-8. Speakers included a range of parliamentarians, scholars and government officials from Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; this was the first time that Central Asian states [...] | 2008-03-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARK MASS PBTS NATO AJ |
08BAKU44 | AZERBAIJAN'S INTENTIONAL AMBIGUITY TOWARD NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) has not publicly defined its ultimate goal with respect to NATO membership, nor do we expect it to do so. Azerbaijan's NATO policy appears to be movement toward the organization while intentionally remaining silent on the question of ultimatel [...] | 2008-01-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARK MASS PBTS NATO AJ |
08BAKU910 | AZERBAIJAN: NATO TRAINING MISSION-IRAQ DEMARCHE [...] (C) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs desk officer Hikmet Hajiyev on September 24. Hajiyev said he would forward the invitation for the September 26 NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) conference to the Azerbaijani mission to NATO. Hajiyev w [...] | 2008-09-25 08:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ AJ |
08BEIJING2644 | AFGHAN ARMY SIZE INCREASE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points regarding increasing the size of the Afghan Army to MFA Asian Affairs Department Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Division Deputy Director Xu Wei on July 3. On July 7, Xu said that the Chinese Government had received information that the Afghan Army was p [...] | 2008-07-07 09:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF CH |
08BEIJING2734 | BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON OLYMPICS [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing July 11, the French Ambassador reported that Sino-French relations have entered a "difficult period" following continuing friction over the Dalai Lama and President Sarkozy's public linkage of his attendance at the Olympic Opening Ceremo [...] | 2008-07-14 08:31:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR KOLY NATO CH FR JA UK |
08BELGRADE1291 | SUPPORT OF EUCOM'S 1206 PROPOSAL FOR THE SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Chief of Mission supports EUCOM's proposal for Section 1206 funds to establish a South-Eastern European Regional Airspace and Surveillance Center (SEERASC) in Serbia as part of the overall SEERASC initiative. 2. (SBU) Purpose and Background: EUCOM's SEERASC initiative will facilita [...] | 2008-12-12 16:02:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR MASS NATO SR |
08BERLIN1006 | MERKEL TRIP COMMUNICATES STAUNCH OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Chancellor Merkel delivered a sobering message on MAP and an EU membership perspective for Ukraine during her July 21 visit to Kiev. According to Chancellery Russia and Eastern Europe Division chief Norman Walter. Merkel made clear that Germany supported Ukraine's eventual membership in [...] | 2008-07-24 10:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1033 | NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM NON-DOD CIVILIANS: [...] (U) On July 21, 2008, Embassy Berlin received a letter (dated July 14, 2008) from Foreign Office Legal Adviser Georg Witschel on SOFA issues related to non-DOD U.S. Government civilian employees serving at USAFRICOM. Witschel's letter was in reply to the Embassy's June 19, 2008 letter, which [...] | 2008-07-30 05:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR NATO PREL AF |
08BERLIN105 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of January 13, Germany had 6,481 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7,173 in late December),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, re [...] | 2008-01-24 17:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
08BERLIN1095 | TFGG01: GERMANY CITES FRENCH-LED "PROGRESS" [...] (C) Acting DCM delivered reftel points August 11 to Chancellor Merkel's Deputy National Security Advisor Rolf Nikel and to Foreign Office acting Political Director Emily Haber. We also discussed Georgia with Office Directors for NATO and Caucasus affairs. Chancellor Will Go to Sochi August 15 ----- [...] | 2008-08-11 15:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG |
08BERLIN1102 | NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM NON-DOD CIVILIANS: [...] (U) On August 6, 2008, Charge d'Affaires Koenig met with newly appointed MFA State Secretary Peter Ammon and delivered a letter in response to the letter Embassy Berlin received (dated July 14, 2008) from Foreign Office Legal Adviser Georg Witschel on SOFA issues related to non-DOD U.S. Governm [...] | 2008-08-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR NATO PREL AF |
08BERLIN1108 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of July 30, Germany had 6,750 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7000 in May),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the ex [...] | 2008-08-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
08BERLIN1181 | TFGG01: CHANCELLOR MERKEL SAYS RUSSIA HAS NOT [...] (C) Summary: German Chancellor Merkel said in an interview August 24 that Russia had not fulfilled its obligations under the ceasefire agreement and called Russia's credibility into question. A Chancellery spokesman criticized the Russian legislature's recommendation of recognition of South [...] | 2008-08-25 15:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GM GG RS |
08BERLIN1204 | NATO SOFA STATUS FOR NON-DOD USG CIVILIANS AT U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In its most recent correspondence with the Embassy, the German Foreign Office retreats from some of its previous unhelpful positions, but continues to contend that only DOD USG civilian employees or dual-appointed non-DOD USG civi [...] | 2008-08-29 12:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AMGT APER GM XA |
08BERLIN1255 | GERMANS REMAIN WARY ABOUT EXPANDING ISAF AUTHORITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post delivered reftel demarche points to office directors and action officers in the MFA, MOD and Chancellery September 11, emphasizing that giving ISAF the ability to undertake counternarcotics interdiction missions is critical to achieving success against the insurgency in Afgha [...] | 2008-09-12 10:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR GM AF |
08BERLIN1295 | GERMANY: COLLAPSE OF ORANGE COALITION PULLS MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts at MFA and the Chancellery indicated that the collapse of the Orange Coalition in Ukraine makes MAP improbable in the near or medium term. POLOFF met with MFA Division Head for Russia and Ukraine Ernst Reichel September 19, who hoped that Germany and the U.S. would come [...] | 2008-09-19 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1337 | HNN FOR ACTIVATION OF MARINE COMPONENT FOR US [...] (C) On September 25 DATTOFF delivered reftel points in letter form to MOD contacts Lieutenant Colonel Juergen Joachim von Sandrart (North America Bilaterals Desk Officer - German Joint Staff J31) and Lieutenant Colonel Jared Sembritzki (Africa Bilaterals Desk Officer - German Joint Staff J31). [...] | 2008-09-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR NATO PREL AF |
08BERLIN1354 | GERMANY/ANA EXPANSION: MORE INFORMATION NEEDED [...] (C) As instructed ref A, post approached officials in both the MFA and MOD to ask that Germany consider providing $100 million per year from 2010 to 2014 in additional funding for sustainment of the expanded Afghan National Army (ANA). 2. (C) While open to making an additional contribution a [...] | 2008-10-01 16:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
08BERLIN1356 | U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met separately with NSA Christoph Heusgen and MFA Deputy Political Director Eberhard Pohl September 26 to discuss NATO operations in Afghanistan; NATO relations with Russia following the war in Georgia; Ukraine and Georgia; efforts to fight pira [...] | 2008-10-02 08:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1365 | GERMAN VIEWS ON MAP, STRASBOURG/KEHL SUMMIT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials at the Chancellery and MFA told visiting EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner October 2 that while they saw little chance of extending MAP to Georgia or Ukraine at the December NATO foreign ministerial, they agreed it was necessary to agree on a way ahead to fulfill the [...] | 2008-10-06 16:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EUN OSCE GG GM RS FR |
08BERLIN1377 | GERMANY: OCTOBER 2 CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the October 2 German-Russian consultations in St. Petersburg, Chancellor Merkel and Foreign Minister Steinmeier engaged in "friendly" and "non-confrontational" discussions, according to Chancellery and MFA contacts. While stressing that the consultations were limited in s [...] | 2008-10-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1411 | GERMANY: SMOOTH SAILING EXPECTED FOR RATIFICATION [...] (C) As instructed reftel, post contacted the MFA NATO Office to inquire about the status of Germany's ratification of the NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania. Desk Officer Karin Marshall noted that the Cabinet had approved draft legislation seeking approval of the accession protoc [...] | 2008-10-17 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO HR AL GM |
08BERLIN1444 | GERMANY UNLIKELY TO CHANGE STANCE ON DE-ALERTING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-24 12:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | GM MNUC NATO PARM UNGA |
08BERLIN1517 | DAS GARBER IN BERLIN: GERMANY SIGNALS ITS INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judith Garber's meetings with MFA and Chancellery officials on October 22, contacts shared concern as to whether the Russian actions in Georgia were a "one-off occurrence" or reflected a new pattern in Russian foreign policy. MFA and Chance [...] | 2008-11-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN1543 | MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...] | 2008-11-14 18:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF |
08BERLIN1544 | MERKEL OUTLINES GERMANY'S VISION FOR NATO: [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a major speech in Berlin November 10, Chancellor Merkel promoted the German concept of "networked security," emphasizing that NATO's experience in Afghanistan showed that "security cannot be achieved by military means alone." Merkel argued that the "networked security" approac [...] | 2008-11-17 05:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS UP GG AF |
08BERLIN1554 | GERMANY: EXPECTATIONS LOW FOR NOVEMBER 19 GENEVA [...] (C)SUMMARY. Contacts at the MFA and the Chancellery remain hopeful that the Geneva Talks will succeed in bringing all parties--especially Abkhazia and South Ossetia--to the table on November 19. Poloffs met with Chancellery Desk Officer for South Caucasus and Central Asia Agapi Nehring, who [...] | 2008-11-18 09:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN |
08BERLIN1567 | GERMANY SUPPORTS EU'S DOUBLE-EDGED APPROACH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany appears satisfied with how the EU-Russia Summit unfolded in Nice on November 14, according to contacts in the Chancellery and MFA. Germany was eager to restart Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) negotiations, but supports launching an Eastern Partnership with c [...] | 2008-11-21 09:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM NATO EUN |
08BERLIN1601 | STEINMEIER PLANNING FIRST TRIP TO IRAQ -- SIGNALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Minister of Foreign Affairs Frank-Walter Steinmeier is planning to visit Iraq in January 2009 soon after President-Elect Obama's inauguration -- his first visit as FM. According to the MFA, the visit comes on the heels of positive news from Iraq regarding the security and [...] | 2008-12-01 13:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN ECON |
08BERLIN1609 | MFA GIVES REASSURANCES ON STOCKPILING OF US [...] (C) Summary: PolOff discussed German thoughts and activities on cluster munitions with MFA officials prior to FM Steinmeier's December 3 trip to Oslo to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM). Seeking to allay US concerns, contacts noted that Germany already briefed NATO allies about [...] | 2008-12-02 16:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN1636 | GERMAN SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO REMAINS STRONG DESPITE [...] (U) PolOff met with German MFA Deputy Office Director for the Balkans Mark Bogdahn December 5 to discuss the fallout from the recent arrest of three German Bundesnachtrichtendienst (BND) officers accused of the November 14 bombing of the EU building in Pristina, as well as to review developmen [...] | 2008-12-09 12:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS |
08BERLIN1664 | GERMANY: POISED TO DEPLOY WITH ROBUST MANDATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: After months of interagency wrangling over legal issues, Germany is poised to contribute a frigate with a 200-man crew to the EU "Atalanta" counter-piracy operation on the basis of a robust parliamentary mandate that allows the Bundeswehr to carry out "opposed boardings" and to tak [...] | 2008-12-12 15:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN GM |
08BERLIN1669 | GERMANY: POST-MORTEM ON KEY ISSUES FOLLOWING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials are generally satisfied with the hard-fought compromises on MAP and NATO-Russian relations in the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers communique. On MAP, there is hope that this contentious issue can finally be put to the side for the medium term. While conceding [...] | 2008-12-15 11:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RS AF GM |
08BERLIN1684 | GERMANY PLEASED WITH EULEX LAUNCH; CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with German MFA Office Director for the Western Balkans Jutta Schmitz December 12 to discuss her thoughts on progress in Serbia and Kosovo, including the successful launch of the EULEX mission, and concerns about the latest developments in Macedonia and Bosnia and Herze [...] | 2008-12-18 12:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS BK MK SI |
08BERLIN1687 | AFGHAN ELECTIONS: GERMANY BELIEVES IT HAS RC-NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany has readily accepted the burden of coordinating the fulfillment of security support requirements in the north for the 2009 Afghan elections. In fact, German officials believe they already have most, if not all, of the requirements covered. Germany is hopeful that the rel [...] | 2008-12-19 12:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS GM AF |
08BERLIN1689 | ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING [...] (S) Post delivered the host national notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany. Poloff delivered the letter to MFA North America Desk Officer Wert Boerner at 1430 local time on December 18, an [...] | 2008-12-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR NATO PREL GM |
08BERLIN1690 | GERMANY: VISIT OF KUNAR AND WARDAK GOVERNORS HELPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18 visit to Berlin, the governors of Kunar and Wardak provinces pressed for greater German assistance with the training and equipping of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). In a surprise announcement, the Interior Ministry revealed tha [...] | 2008-12-19 13:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM AF TU |
08BERLIN1695 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of December 3, Germany had 7,200 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,700 in July),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with t [...] | 2008-12-19 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
08BERLIN173 | GERMANY AGREES THAT OSLO PROCESS TEXT ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Pol-mil chief delivered reftel talking points to MFA conventional arms control desk officer Burkhard Ducoffre February 13, stressing U.S. concerns that several provisions in the draft Oslo Process text that will be considered at the Feb. 18-22 meeting in Wellington could have a severe impa [...] | 2008-02-13 16:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN184 | GERMANY/KOSOVO: PLANNING TO BE AMONG THE FIRST TO [...] (C) Summary: While a hardening of the Spanish position on Kosovo is making the achievement of a EU "common platform" increasingly unlikely, Germany plans to go forward in any case in immediately initiating the necessary procedures to recognize Kosovo after its declaration of independence. End [...] | 2008-02-14 17:29:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GM AF |
08BERLIN235 | GERMANY/ISAF: THE OUTLOOK FOR BUCHAREST AND BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany is unlikely to make any new major contributions to ISAF before the NATO Bucharest Summit in April or the Afghanistan Conference hosted by France in June, despite pleas for additional forces. German officials see no reason to re-evaluate the current Bundeswehr force postur [...] | 2008-02-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GM AF |
08BERLIN250 | GERMAN OUT-OF-AREA DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) As of February 17, Germany had 6,657 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,481 in late January),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, r [...] | 2008-02-29 11:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF BK ET EUN GG KV |
08BERLIN286 | GERMANY SUPPRTS DISCUSSIONS ON KOSOVO OUTSIDE [...] (C) PolOff delivered points in Reftel to Dr.Steffen Koch, desk officer for Defense and Securty Policy at the German Federal Foreign Office. Koch said Germany shared our disappointment that the February 25 meeting with EU and NATO countries to discuss Kosovo could not proceed as hoped. He exp [...] | 2008-03-05 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO GM KV |
08BERLIN303 | GERMANY/RUSSIA: MEREL GOES TO MOSCOW [...] (C) Summary: Chancellor Merkel traveledto Moscow March 8, becoming the first foreign leder to meet with Russian President-elect Medvede since his election a week ago. During her one-day visit, she also met and held a joint press confrence with President Putin. At a March 10 de-briefing for t [...] | 2008-03-10 19:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MAR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN325 | CURRENT GERMAN ENGAGEMENT IN IRAQ: SMALL, STEADY, [...] (SBU) Summary: German engagement in Iraq remains small, but there are a few improvements of note. The opening of a new office in Erbil, revived and additional training programs, and participation in multi-lateral forums demonstrate that Germany is quietly investigating ways to increase its en [...] | 2008-03-13 16:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN |
08BERLIN326 | NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GET MORE OUT OF GERMANY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: German press and politicians have been responding with reluctant optimism to news of generally declining violence in Iraq over the past nine months. With this shift come fresh opportunities to engage Germany and increase German involvement with the Iraqi government, business, a [...] | 2008-03-13 16:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN |
08BERLIN345 | MARCH 14 QUINT MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY. At a March 14 deputy director-level Quint meeting on Afghanistan in Berlin, all welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the new UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and agreed it was important to provide him as much support as possible. There was also agreement that the upcomin [...] | 2008-03-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID NATO GM AF |
08BERLIN356 | WSJ OP-ED: GERMANS PUSHING FOR MORE DISARMAMENT [...] (U) Summary: Germany is a challenge for the U.S. on the issue of arms control and disarmament, often critical of our efforts and poorly informed about our activities. The January 15 Wall Street Journal op-ed by Kissinger, Schultz, Perry, and Nunn -- which supported inter alia the goal of elim [...] | 2008-03-20 09:37:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO PGOV NRRC GM MARR KCFE |
08BERLIN358 | GERMANY: STILL NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior German officials told visiting MDA Director Lt. Gen. Obering that at the upcoming Bucharest Summit, Germany can support tasking NATO authorities to develop options for how the Alliance might provide MD for NATO territory not covered by the planned U.S. European-based MD sy [...] | 2008-03-20 12:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GM |
08BERLIN408 | GERMANY ALSO QUESTIONS CANADIAN PROPOSAL, SHARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares U.S. concerns that the Canadian proposal on interoperability for the Oslo Process text on cluster munitions will not provide a long-term solution to the problem. Germany has put forth its own proposal for how to address the interoperability issue, which it plans to [...] | 2008-04-01 13:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN465 | GERMANY: HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS INITIATED ON [...] (S) As instructed reftel, post has opened consultations with both the German Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Federal Foreign Office (FFO) on EUCOM plans to close and return 15 U.S. military sites in Germany (Round 54). In a letter outlining the planned action, we have asked for any German g [...] | 2008-04-14 15:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN506 | GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON MACEDONIAN NAME [...] (C) Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA South Europe Deputy Office Director Felix Klein and Greece Desk Officer Gabriele Scheel April 18, to MFA NATO Deputy Office Director Gunnar Denecke April 21 and to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Joachim Bleicker April 22. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-04-23 08:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR GM |
08BERLIN507 | GERMANY CONSIDERS OPENING DOORS TO IRAQI CHRISTIAN [...] (C) In the past several weeks, German politicians have begun a serious debate to allow up to 30,000 Iraqi Christian or other religious minorities to resettle in Germany, with German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU) pressing the hardest for swift action. On April 17, 2008, the state [...] | 2008-04-23 08:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IQ EUN PHUM PREF |
08BERLIN508 | GERMANY SUPPORTS U.S. EFFORTS ON MACEDONIAN NAME [...] (C) Pol-mil/external chief delivered reftel points to MFA South Europe Deputy Office Director Felix Klein and Greece Desk Officer Gabriele Scheel April 18, to MFA NATO Deputy Office Director Gunnar Denecke April 21 and to MFA Western Balkans Office Director Joachim Bleicker April 22. 2. (C) [...] | 2008-04-23 08:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR GM |
08BERLIN545 | HOFF'S VISIT TO BAGHDAD OPENS DOOR TO NEW GERMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: German Parliamentarian Elke Hoff's March 25-27 trip to Baghdad was the first of any German parliamentarian since the fall of Saddam's regime. Despite the extremely difficult security situation into which she stepped, Hoff's visit was a notable success that already has sparked i [...] | 2008-04-28 13:57:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IQ EUN GM |
08BERLIN605 | GERMANY DISCUSSES POSITION(S) ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: POL MC pressed German Deputy Arms Control Commissioner Ruediger Luedeking on the interoperability implications of the Dublin meeting on cluster munitions, urging the "like-minded" group to remove paragraphs 1 (b) and (c) of the draft text and stressed the importance of a strong an [...] | 2008-05-09 12:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN621 | HOST NATION NOTIFICATION COMPLETED ON USAFE PAR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 16:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN641 | GERMANY: CDU/CSU STIRS THINGS UP WITH PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary caucus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),held an international conference in Berlin May 7 to unveil and seek comment on a 13-page proposal for a new German security strategy. The paper propos [...] | 2008-05-15 16:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
08BERLIN642 | GERMANY: CDU/CSU STIRS THINGS UP WITH PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary caucus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),held an international conference in Berlin May 7 to unveil and seek comment on a 13-page proposal for a new German security strategy. The paper propos [...] | 2008-05-16 06:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
08BERLIN644 | GERMANY: HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS CONCLUDED ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 12:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN656 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GERMAN MILITARY UNITS [...] (U) THIS CABLE RESPONDS TO REF E-MAIL REQUEST TO CONDUCT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING, AS REQUIRED BY THE LEAHY AMENDMENT, OF TWO GERMAN MILITARY UNITS THAT PLAN TO ATTEND INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES (ISOF) WEEK TRAINING IN TAMPA, FLORIDA, 19-23 MAY 2008. 2. (U) AMEMBASSY BERLIN POSSE [...] | 2008-05-19 15:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN669 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of early May, Germany had just over 7,000 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,657 in mid-February),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observe [...] | 2008-05-21 06:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
08BERLIN744 | GETTING GERMANY ON BOARD FOR MAP FOR GEORGIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. We will have to engage regularly with the German government at very senior levels over the next several months to have any hope of getting the Germans on board with extending MAP to Georgia and Ukraine at the NATO foreign ministers meeting in December. The German "nein" at Bucha [...] | 2008-06-05 14:33:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GM RS UP GG |
08BERLIN755 | CHANCELLOR MERKEL'S JUNE 5 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev visited Berlin on June 5 to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and other officials, his first trip to Europe as Russian President. In what was described by the German Federal Chancellery as a meeting to build rapport and a positive relati [...] | 2008-06-06 17:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM RS |
08BERLIN811 | JUNE 12 MEETING IN BERLIN OF THE WESTERN FRIENDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The June 12 meeting of the Western Friends of Georgia focused mainly on a German-drafted non-paper, which proposes a three-stage plan for the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, beginning with security and confidence building measures (CBMs),including declarations of [...] | 2008-06-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG |
08BERLIN839 | GERMANS WILL ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) Post discussed Ref (A) points June 25 with Chancellery and Foreign Office officials. POL M/C raised the matter with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and Security Policy Director Geza von Geyr on the margins of their June 25 meeting with Secretary Rice. They suppor [...] | 2008-06-26 16:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR |
08BERLIN90 | NATO SOFA STATUS FOR USAFRICOM CIVILIANS: GERMANY [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Pol-mil chief provided the U.S. diplomatic note in reftel to the director of the MFA Office on the Legal Framework for the Stationing of Foreign Military Forces (Referat 503),Onno Hueckmann, on December 20. On January 10, a [...] | 2008-01-18 20:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO GM AF |
08BERLIN906 | JUNE 30 GROUP OF FRIENDS MEETING: AD REF AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 30 meeting in Berlin, the Friends of the Secretary General on Georgia agreed ad ref to a three-phase approach for the settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia. The resulting document is far less detailed and prescriptive than the original German draft, proposed on Jun [...] | 2008-07-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS ZJ GG |
08BERLIN908 | GERMANY "DISAPPOINTED" WITH NEW U.S. POSITION ON [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the newly-arrived head of the MFA's Conventional Arms Control Division, Mr. Gregor Koebel on July 10. Koebel had received a "leaked copy of the DoD points through an NGO contact" on July 9 and was therefore already familiar with many of the points about th [...] | 2008-07-10 14:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
08BERLIN909 | GERMANY NEEDS MORE INFO ON PURPOSE AND DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Karin Marschall, desk officer for the Defense and Security Policy Division at the German MFA on July 10. Marschall expressed appreciation for the points, but noted that Germany does not yet have an official response due to outstanding questions concerning [...] | 2008-07-10 15:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | IO NATO PREL AF GM |
08BERLIN951 | GERMAN MOD REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION REGARDING A [...] (C) Following the meeting with German MFA officials on July 10 reported in reftel B, PolOff delivered reftel A points to COL Bernd Schtt, Armed Forces Staff at the German MOD, on July 14, 2008. Schtt appeared surprised about the timing of the current proposal for an ANA force size increase, s [...] | 2008-07-18 12:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM NATO PREL IO AF |
08BERN104 | SWITZERLAND RECOGNIZES KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE [...] (U) At 4:00 p.m. (CET) on February 27, Swiss President Pascal Couchepin announced that the Swiss Federal Council (cabinet) had decided in a meeting earlier in the day to recognize the independence of Kosovo and to "establish diplomatic and consular relations between the two countries." (full t [...] | 2008-02-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR EU KV SZ |
08BERN238 | OSLO PROCESS: PM/WRA CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary: Schraner emphasized that, as Friend of the Chair at the Dublin conference, she will seek to take a "realistic, balanced approach that can reach consensus." She said that it is her strong conviction that the convention will not be successful if the major military powers involved [...] | 2008-05-20 14:24:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN SZ |
08BERN618 | CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS AND [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed message in reftel A on December 1 with Daniel Klingele, Head of the Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Section of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Klingele reported that FM Calmy-Rey would travel to Oslo to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) f [...] | 2008-12-03 16:06:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL SZ |
08BRATISLAVA115 | AFGHANISTAN AND THE BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. In the run up to the Bucharest Summit, Slovakia is discussing with Canada the possibility of providing an OMLT in Kandahar. Meanwhile, the GOS continues to flesh out with the Dutch plans for additional deployments in Uruzgan Province. Based on increases already approved by the [...] | 2008-03-13 17:55:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR LO |
08BRATISLAVA124 | AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH NEW SLOVAK [...] (C) Summary. In their first official meeting, Ambassador Obsitnik and new Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska discussed Afghanistan, missile defense, and the MOD's pending transport aircraft tender. Baska confirmed that Slovakia had signed an MOU with the Dutch on the second phase of deplo [...] | 2008-03-20 07:46:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO LO AF |
08BRATISLAVA128 | AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. In an one-on-one meeting conducted in Slovak on March 19, President Gasparovic stressed the importance of strong U.S.-Slovak and U.S.-EU ties; urged a NATO agreed approach to missile defense; and expressed concerns about the potential precedent Kosovo sets for Slovakia's Hungari [...] | 2008-03-20 16:58:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO LO AF |
08BRATISLAVA132 | SLOVAKIA HAS NO PROBLEM WITH PROPOSED NATO [...] (U) DCM and German DCM Klaus-Jochen Richard Guhlke delivered the letter and proposed statement as per reftel to Karol Mistrik, Director of the Disarmament, OSCE and Counter Terrorism Department at the Slovak MFA on March 26. Mistrik had already received the letter and draft statement through N [...] | 2008-03-26 17:36:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR GG MD |
08BRATISLAVA148 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR NATO SUMMIT SUCCESS, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Obsitnik met on March 31 to discuss U.S. priorities for the NATO Summit and to register his concern regarding an interview Prime Minister Fico gave to Czech television on March 30 in which he stated that the Slovak "government" was opposed to missile defense and that [...] | 2008-04-02 10:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO LO AF PHUM |
08BRATISLAVA187 | DEFENSE MINISTER GETS OUT AHEAD ON AFGHANISTAN; PM [...] (C) Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska announced publicly April 23 that Slovakia plans to increase its troop commitment in Afghanistan to 250-280 by 2010 and that the contingent could, at some future date, also include Slovak Special Forces. (Note: the current deployment is 69 and will re [...] | 2008-04-28 06:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO LO AF |
08BRATISLAVA188 | DEFENSE MINISTER GETS OUT AHEAD ON AFGHANISTAN; PM [...] (C) Slovak Defense Minister Jaroslav Baska announced publicly April 23 that Slovakia plans to increase its troop commitment in Afghanistan to 250-280 by 2010 and that the contingent could, at some future date, also include Slovak Special Forces. (Note: the current deployment is 69 and will re [...] | 2008-04-28 06:32:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO LO AF |
08BRATISLAVA232 | SLOVAKIA SHARES NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief and DATT delivered reftel points to Director of the MFA Disarmament Office (and Slovak delegation lead for Oslo Process negotiations) Karol Mistrik, as well to the MOD representative to the talks, Captain Petrasik. Mistrik and Petrasik stated that the core of their negotiat [...] | 2008-05-16 17:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR NATO LO |
08BRATISLAVA290 | AMBASSADOR OBSITNIK'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. In a one-on-one meeting on June 18, Ambassador Obsitnik and Foreign Minister Kubis had a wide-ranging discussion that touched on Kosovo, Afghanistan, Slovak-Hungarian relations, the Lisbon Treaty, energy issues and the Foreign Minister's role and future. Kubis noted GOS support [...] | 2008-06-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KVIR EU LO |
08BRATISLAVA372 | TFGG01: SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT STRONG NAC STATEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel points to Acting Foreign Minister Olga Algayerova on August 11. Algayerova said that Slovakia will "of course" support a strong statement from the NAC, and that she will also support a firm united statement from the EU at the August 13 GAERC meeting. [...] | 2008-08-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL RU GG LO |
08BRATISLAVA412 | SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ISAF'S [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to new Slovak MFA Political Director, Ambassador Igor Slobodnik. Slobodnik, who recently completed a five-year tenure as Slovakia's first NATO PermRep, was receptive and expressed understanding of the need to move this topic into the NAC, even if the Military C [...] | 2008-09-12 14:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO LO AF |
08BRATISLAVA418 | SLOVAK CONSULTATIONS WITH RUSSIAN OFFICIALS: MORE [...] (C) Summary. PM Fico hosted Russian Deputy Prime Minister Secin for an interministerial working lunch on September 10. In a subsequent press conference, Secin and Fico confirmed that the "Slovak-Russian intergovernmental Committee" would henceforth meet quarterly, vice twice yearly, to intensif [...] | 2008-09-19 06:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RU LO GA |
08BRATISLAVA423 | SLOVAK REACTION TO "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met September 22 with Juraj Podhorsky, Director of the MFA's Security Policy Division, to deliver reftel points. Podhorsky said that the GOS would give serious consideration to U.S. views as outlined reftel, but that it had not yet taken a position regarding the advisabilit [...] | 2008-09-22 15:45:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS LO |
08BRATISLAVA445 | SLOVAKIA: 2009 NATO POLICY-MAKER TOUR PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Bratislava requests a date be reserved for a policy-maker tour early in FY'09. Post will nominate 6-8 junior-level employees of the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, the Government (Prime Minister's) Office, and Slovak Parliament. Post requests a tour that includes substantive [...] | 2008-10-02 11:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO KPAO OEXC OIIP PREL LO |
08BRATISLAVA446 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) I met with President Gasparovic September 30, and from his perspective the timing of his visit to Washington could not be more auspicious. The trip will link him in the minds of Slovak voters with accession to the Visa Waiver Program, one of the brightest spots in our bilateral relations. [...] | 2008-10-02 12:26:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO LO |
08BRATISLAVA464 | SLOVAKIA EXPECTS TO RATIFY NATO ENLARGEMENT IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel text with Martin Pangrac, Political Affairs Officer in the MFA Security Policy Department. Pangrac assured Poloff that Slovakia is aware of ratification and deposit procedures and predicted Slovakia will deposit its instruments before the end of the year. 2. (S [...] | 2008-10-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM MARR NATO PREL KTIA |
08BRATISLAVA558 | SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUSTAINMENT OF ANA VIA TRUST FUND [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis on November 28. Slovakia fully supports incorporating sustainment into NATO's current Afghan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund, according to Kubis. 2. (C) Kubis said Slovakia has provided material assistance direct [...] | 2008-11-28 14:19:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO AF LO |
08BRATISLAVA560 | NAC MINISTERIAL: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on November 28 to discuss the upcoming NATO Ministerial (septel reports Slovak views on NATO support for the Afghan National Army). Both the Ambassador and Kubis acknowledged that recent stories in the European press had led to some misconceptions [...] | 2008-11-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GA UA LO |
08BRATISLAVA593 | PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC RETURNS TEXTBOOK LAW TO [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting with President Gasparovic, Ambassador raised Slovak-Hungarian relations and Slovak engagement in Afghanistan. Ambassador urged President Gasparovic to sign the compromise "textbook" law, which calls for the inclusion of both Hungarian and Slovak place names in [...] | 2008-12-19 14:04:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PHUM LO |
08BRATISLAVA602 | PRESIDENT GASPAROVIC RETURNS TEXTBOOK LAW TO [...] (C) During a December 18 meeting with President Gasparovic, Ambassador raised Slovak-Hungarian relations and Slovak engagement in Afghanistan. Ambassador urged President Gasparovic to sign the compromise "textbook" law, which calls for the inclusion of both Hungarian and Slovak place names in [...] | 2008-12-30 09:52:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PHUM LO |
08BRATISLAVA76 | WHERE IS SLOVAKIA ON MISSILE DEFENSE? [...] (U) Slovak Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek, a nominee of the PM's Smer-SD party, expressed concerns about US Missile Defense (MD) plans following a February 19 meeting with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergej Naryshkin in Bratislava. Jahnatek said "Every rational person knows this is a t [...] | 2008-02-20 17:11:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PARM LO RU |
08BRUSSELS1046 | BELGIANS MAY RELUCTANTLY GIVE FUNDS FOR NTM-I, BUT [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Belgian MFA NATO desk officer Frederic Meurice, who expressed surprise at NATO's continuing insistence on training Iraqi security forces in Iraq. He noted the Belgian reservations about supporting the Iraq war and pointed out that Belgium has always sp [...] | 2008-07-11 12:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ BE |
08BRUSSELS108 | EUROPEAN UNION VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-22 13:00:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR EAID PREL EUN KDEM MARR NATO GR NL TU |
08BRUSSELS1308 | MEDIA MISINTERPRET BELGIUM'S AIR CHIEF ON NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A (possibly innocent) misinterpretation of Belgian Air Force Chief's comments about the F16 forthcoming deployment to Kandahar by a big Belgian paper has been corrected firmly by DefMin De Crem, but not without cost, the cost being future GoB maneuverability on maybe someday having [...] | 2008-08-26 05:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS AF NATO BE |
08BRUSSELS1340 | NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE SOFA: BELGIUM AGREES [...] (C) On August 29, POL/E Counselor delivered the referenced points and proposed MED-D SOFA Exchange of Letters (EoL) to Pol De Witte, Director of Security Policy and Patrick Duray, Legal Counsel, both of the Belgian MFA. 2. (C) Both De Witt and Duray agreed that Belgium does not support [...] | 2008-08-29 09:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN BE |
08BRUSSELS1420 | GOB NOT EAGER TO SEE ISAF ROLE EXPANDED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS MARR AF BE |
08BRUSSELS1437 | SOLANA AND FERRERO-WALDNER TO ATTEND TRANSATLANTIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-16 15:30:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU |
08BRUSSELS1444 | BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER KAREL DE GUCHT TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-17 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU BE |
08BRUSSELS1464 | BELGIUM: "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" DOESN'T EXCLUDE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Pol De Witte, the Director for Security Policy and NATO Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Witte said that Belgium takes a more "moderate line" than the U.S. on NATO-Russia meetings and sees value in dialogue. Poloff argued that Russia's re [...] | 2008-09-22 15:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS BE |
08BRUSSELS1806 | BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL BE |
08BRUSSELS1929 | REQUEST FOR SECURITY SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] On December 17, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper seeking security support for 2009 Afghan elections to Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Head of the Diplomatic Department at the Ministry of Defense and to Alain Hanssen, Deputy Director of the South Asia Department of the Ministry of F [...] | 2008-12-18 16:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF BE |
08BRUSSELS1930 | BELGIUM NOTIFIED OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (C) On December 15, Poloff delivered reftel notification of the planned Fried-Antonov meeting in Geneva on December 17 to Francois De Kerchove, deputy director of the Department of Security Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. De Kerchove said that the news of the Fried-Antonov meeting [...] | 2008-12-18 17:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM NATO RS BE |
08BRUSSELS348 | PRESSING THE EU'S ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: FACTS, [...] (C) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will soon have a political discussion about Afghanistan. We believe this is an opportune time for the USG to make a renewed effort at convincing the EU to increase its contributions. The EU institutions have participated in Afghanistan reconstruction since [...] | 2008-03-06 15:33:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID EUN PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO MARR AF EU |
08BRUSSELS381 | FEITH TO PSC: MAINTAIN EULEX DEPLOYMENT TO ALL OF [...] (C) ICR/EUSR Pieter Feith briefed Political and Security Committee (PSC) ambassadors March 11 on Kosovo. Feith stressed that UNMIK must do its job, particularly in northern Kosovo, in order to maintain conditions for deployment of EULEX. Feith asked for full PSC support for deploying EULEX [...] | 2008-03-11 16:40:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUN KV |
08BRUSSELS467 | BELGIUM ARTICULATES ITS POSITIONS GOING INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a tour d'horizon on issues to be discussed at the Bucharest summit, Belgium's Political Director for Multilateral Affairs told PolCouns on March 27 that: (1) CFE must survive; Belgium (GOB) welcomed Acting U/S Fried's continued openness in dealing with Russia on its concerns [...] | 2008-03-28 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR KFE RS GG MD BE |
08BRUSSELS54 | AFGHANISTAN: EU OFFICIALS SUPPORT ASHDOWN AND [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman and State Department Counselor Eliot Cohen met with EU Council Secretariat officials January 8 in Brussels to discuss Afghanistan. EU Director General for External Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper told Edelman and Coh [...] | 2008-01-11 16:19:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AF AID BE EU EUN IO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR NATO |
08BRUSSELS582 | BELGIUM CLARIFIES ITS ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the context of opposition calls reported in the media for Belgium to press NATO partners for a clear "exit strategy" from Afghanistan, DCM and PolCouns called on MFA Political Director for Bilateral Affairs Dirk Achten on April 9 to clarify Belgium's position. Achten said [...] | 2008-04-18 05:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF BE |
08BRUSSELS777 | PDAS VOLKER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, KOSOVO, [...] (C) Summary: PDAS Kurt Volker discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Georgia, and Iran at a lunch May 19 with Director General for Political and Military Affairs Robert Cooper and other EU officials. Cooper outlined EU priorities for the June 12 Support Conference for Afghanistan, including the need [...] | 2008-05-23 12:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS |
08BUCHAREST120 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ROMANIA NOT ATTENDING OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-15 10:44:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN RO |
08BUCHAREST181 | ISAF CONTRIBUTION REQUEST DELIVERED [...] (C) On February 28, PolOffs and DATT met with Daniel Ionita, Director of the NATO Department at the MFA to deliver reftel request for additional ISAF contributions. Ionita reassured EmbOffs that Romania remained committed to the mission in Afghanistan. He expected that both the quantity and [...] | 2008-03-07 16:08:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF RO |
08BUCHAREST253 | NATO SUMMIT 2008: ROMANIA CONCURS ON U.S. AIR [...] (C) Mission received at 22:40, March 31, the following Note Verbale registering the GOR's concurrence to reftel diplomatic note regarding U.S. Air Force support for the period of the NATO Summit in Bucharest. 2. (C) Begin Text: No. C1-1/1173 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania [...] | 2008-04-01 06:48:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO |
08BUCHAREST260 | POSITIVE RESPONSE TO DIPNOTE ON TRANSITING US [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-03 08:34:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL HR HU RO |
08BUCHAREST41 | ROMANIAN PLANS IN IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (C) This message responds to Ref. A request regarding EU member states' plans for their forces and other efforts in Iraq. Responses are keyed to questions posed in Ref. A. More detail can be gleaned from reftels B-D. 2. (S) Begin responses: Q. (S) WHAT ARE EUROPEAN LEADERS' LONG-TERM (I [...] | 2008-01-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PINR EAID EUN KDEM MARR NATO PREL RO |