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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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08BUCHAREST468 | COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR CLASSIFIED [...] (S) Summary: The Romanian Navy has requested a classified AEGIS capabilities brief from the USG. The Romanian Navy purchased two Type-22 Frigates from the UK in 2004 which did not include weapons or command and control systems. Romania is exploring possibilities for upgrading and refitting the [...] | 2008-06-11 14:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL NATO MOPS RO |
08BUCHAREST576 | ROMANIA: UNCHANGED SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANDED NATO [...] (C) Though the GOR fully appreciates the issues raised in reftel demarche and supports the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) program objectives, there are no plans to increase Romanian personnel committed to NTM-I, according to MFA NATO Director Ana Tinca. Tinca also noted that the current nu [...] | 2008-07-21 11:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ RO |
08BUCHAREST639 | ROMANIA STATEMENT; NAC POINT DELIVERED [...] (U) The Supreme Council for National Defense (CSAT) met on August 9 to review Romania's position on the events occurring in Georgia. President Basescu presided over the discussion that released the following statement: "The evolution of the frozen conflicts in the Caucasus and Black Sea Bas [...] | 2008-08-11 14:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG RO |
08BUDAPEST1008 | HUNGARY DESIRES CONTACT POINT DESIGNATION IN [...] (SBU) During a meeting on October 9, MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus asked PolOff to forward Hungary's desire to serve as the Contact Lead Nation in Montenegro. Commenting that "Hungary has no nasty roots in the region," he stated that Hungary has a special p [...] | 2008-10-20 10:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO HU MW |
08BUDAPEST1010 | HUNGARIAN, CZECH AND POLISH TENTH ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-20 11:52:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO HU PL EZ |
08BUDAPEST1151 | HUNGARY TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL HU |
08BUDAPEST165 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS TO [...] (C) Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed reftel with PolOff on February 15. Horvath stated that the Hungarians, based on presentations they received at NATO, have already "mandated" their Ambassador in New Zealand, representing Hungary at the Febru [...] | 2008-02-15 16:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU |
08BUDAPEST183 | HUNGARY ON MACEDONIA'S NATO ASPIRATIONS AND NAME [...] (C) Marianne Berecz, SE Europe, Western Balkans and CIS Department Head and Gabor Horvath, Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, discussed reftel with PolOff on January 15. Ambassador Berecz underlined Hungary's support for the Nimetz process, commenting that Greece's approa [...] | 2008-02-21 06:35:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GR MK HU MARR |
08BUDAPEST339 | HUNGARY URGED TO WEIGH IN WITH GREECE ON NATO [...] (C) Ambassador Foley delivered reftel points in a three-pronged approach to senior Hungarian Government officials in the Prime Minister's Officer, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense on March 31. The Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor, Karoly Banai, advised that, [...] | 2008-04-01 10:13:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV HU |
08BUDAPEST345 | U.S.-RUSSIA MISSILE DEFENSE NEGOTIATIONS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the fourth round of expert-level meetings in Budapest December 13, U.S. and Russian delegations, led by Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Rood and Deputy Foreign Minister Kislyak, continued to discuss U.S. plans to place a missile [...] | 2008-04-02 12:02:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM MASS PAO KNNP NATO EU EZ PL |
08BUDAPEST480 | HUNGARY AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head, Gabor Horvath, discussed ref A with PolOff on May 7. Acknowledging the potential impact on interoperability and joint military actions, Horvath reiterated the Hungarian position outlined previously (ref B) - "Hungary can only suppo [...] | 2008-05-09 15:25:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO HU |
08BUDAPEST696 | HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff on July 10. Horvath noted that, while Hungary intends to sign the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions, the final text provides flexibility to continue operations and training with thos [...] | 2008-07-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS NATO HU |
08BUDAPEST697 | HUNGARY WILL CONTINUE LIMITED SUPPORT TO NATO [...] (C) MFA NATO and Security Policy Division Head Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on July 11. Sztaray stated that the MFA "wants to maintain a footprint in Iraq" and is in discussion with the MOD to allow three trainers in the NTM-I to remain in place. He noted that, currently, more [...] | 2008-07-11 14:40:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO HU |
08BUDAPEST763 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 15:21:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER HU |
08BUDAPEST807 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] (C) Ref talking points were delivered on August 11 to Vilmos Hamikus, Acting State Secretary for Political Affairs at the GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hamikus agreed with the main principals of the talking points, namely the need for a cease fire and cessation of hostilities, however he also no [...] | 2008-08-11 11:56:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM RU GG HU |
08BUDAPEST852 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN HU |
08BUDAPEST903 | HUNGARY CAUTIOUS ON AMENDING ISAF OPLAN CN ANNEX [...] (C) Discussing reftel with PolOff on September 11, MFA's Security and Non-proliferation Department Afghan desk officer Margit Szucs stated that Hungary believes there is sufficient flexibility in the current OPLAN to allow for more efficient and effective operations without amendment. Undersco [...] | 2008-09-15 14:22:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR HU AF |
08BUDAPEST917 | HUNGARIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WILL ATTEND SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL UNGA EU HU |
08BUDAPEST934 | HUNGARY - WANTED OR NOT IN IRAQ? [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with Pol/Off September 22. Hamikus commented that although the Hungarians plan to keep their current NTM-I, three-person team in Iraq through the end of 2009 based on requests at the Bucharest summit, they [...] | 2008-09-23 16:16:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO HU |
08BUDAPEST936 | HUNGARY ON NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE NRC [...] (C) MFA NATO Section Chief Peter Sztaray discussed reftel with PolOff on September 23. Sztaray agreeing that the NRC meetings should not be held, initially commented that the Prepcom meetings would provide an avenue for discussion on areas of mutual NATO/Russia concern. Acknowledging the re [...] | 2008-09-23 16:38:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RS HU |
08BUENOSAIRES664 | ARGENTINA ON THE OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Foreign Ministry theoretically supports a total ban on cluster munitions but, in fact, expects and is counting on a decision of partial prohibition. Nor does the MFA anticipate a finalized draft to come out of the Dublin meeting, anticipating it will take until the [...] | 2008-05-16 23:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AR |
08BUENOSAIRES666 | ARGENTINA ON THE OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Foreign Ministry theoretically supports a total ban on cluster munitions but, in fact, expects and is counting on a decision of partial prohibition. Nor does the MFA anticipate a finalized draft to come out of the Dublin meeting, anticipating it will take until the [...] | 2008-05-19 12:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN AR |
08CAIRO1537 | MFA ON NATO VISIT TO CAIRO, EGYPTIAN VIEWS OF NATO [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for European Security and Strategy Mohammed Orfi briefed us July 8 on NATO Assistant SYG Martin Erdmann's mid-June meeting with MFA Assistant Minister for Europe Fatima Zara (ref),saying that the two sides moved toward signing an MOU on exchanging classified [...] | 2008-07-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO IS EG |
08CAIRO997 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-15 13:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN EG |
08CANBERRA1005 | AUSTRALIAN VIEWS ON REVISED CIV-MIL CELL FOR [...] (C) Australia is broadly supportive of the revised Civil-Military Planning and Coordination Cell concept but will not be ready to deploy staff by the November 1 target. In other comments on the revised concept paper, the GOA acknowledged the requirement for flexibility in the role and responsi [...] | 2008-10-02 09:34:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF AS |
08CANBERRA1201 | AUSTRALIA PREPARES TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),confirmed Foreign Minister Smith will sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) in Oslo this week. He advised that the Australian Department of Defence and Attor [...] | 2008-12-01 06:30:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM MOPS PREL NATO AS |
08CANBERRA1281 | AUSTRALIA CONSIDERS SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) Deborah Stokes, First Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia, Middle East and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told DCM on December 16 that Australia is very conscious of the importance of suppoQing the Afghan elections. The request for election support for [...] | 2008-12-16 06:17:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS |
08CANBERRA1292 | AUSTRALIA AWAITING SOFA DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) Poloff delivered information from reftel to the director of the Iraq section at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Lloyd Broderick, on December 18. Broderick said Australia is awaiting developments. One issue that is repeatedly raised by the Australian negotiating team in Baghda [...] | 2008-12-18 06:28:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO |
08CANBERRA230 | AUSTRALIA MULLS ADDITIONAL INPUTS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Beyond Australia's contribution of an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) to be embedded with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Kandak battalion in Afghanistan's southern province of Oruzgan, which Defense Minister Fitzgibbon previewed for the Ambassador and later announced in Par [...] | 2008-03-06 05:59:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS |
08CANBERRA697 | AUSTRALIA WELCOMES U.S. DOD CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C/NF) Australian officials welcomed the U.S. DOD's new cluster munitions policy, which was delivered in reftel demarche to Gerry McGuire, Director, Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and his staff on July 10. In addition to advising FM Smith, Mr. McGuire [...] | 2008-07-11 00:23:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MOPS NATO AS |
08CHISINAU400 | NEW PRIME MINISTER GRECEANII - A VOTE FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the new Prime Minister Zinaida Greceanii, the Ambassador expressed his confidence that her appointment was a vote for reform. The two discussed the new government, President Voronin's progress with Transnistrian leader Smirnov and trafficking in persons [...] | 2008-04-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS NATO MD |
08CHISINAU401 | FM STRATAN: SEES PROGRESS ON TRANSNISTRIA; IS UNHAPPY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador Foreign Minister Stratan discussed President Voronin's recent phone call to Transnistrian leader Smirnov, the NATO Summit, resignation of the NATO Documentation center leader and the EU Action Plan. The Ambassador asked whether the GOM wo [...] | 2008-04-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Chisinau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS NATO MD |
08COPENHAGEN171 | DENMARK ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT U.S.-GERMAN CFE [...] (C) Denmark warmly welcomes the joint U.S.-German draft CFE statement (reftel),Danish MFA officials told us and the German defense attache March 26, hailing the initiative as a significant step forward in uniting the Alliance on this issue. Jakob Nielsen of the Danish MFA's Security Policy D [...] | 2008-03-26 11:03:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS DA |
08COPENHAGEN183 | DENMARK ON GREECE AND NATO INVITATION FOR MACEDONIA [...] (C) We used the occasion of Secretary of Defense Gates's visit to Copenhagen April 1 to urge Denmark to weigh in with the Greeks on a NATO membership invitation for Macedonia (reftel). Secretary Gates told Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen the U.S. strongly supports NATO membership [...] | 2008-04-02 11:16:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV DA |
08COPENHAGEN22 | DENMARK: GOVERNMENT FIRM, PUBLIC NERVOUS ON [...] (C) Summary. Denmark's participation in ISAF enjoys broad parliamentary support, and the Danish government is looking to do more in Afghanistan. Danish public support regarding NATO's engagement in Afghanistan, however, is slipping, jarred by continuing casualties and the perception that other [...] | 2008-01-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF DA |
08COPENHAGEN231 | DANES PRESS BOTH SIDES IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 10:37:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR DA |
08COPENHAGEN384 | DENMARK TO MAINTAIN CURRENT STAFFING LEVELS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 10:23:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ DA |
08COPENHAGEN427 | TFGG01: DANES SUPPORT NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 12:41:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN RU GG DA |
08COPENHAGEN481 | DANES ACCEPT DECISION ON IRAQ COALITION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 08:33:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PRES MOPS MARR NATO IZ DA |
08COPENHAGEN485 | DENMARK SUPPORTS ISAF OPLAN AMENDMENT, BUT WARY OF [...] (C) Denmark recognizes the importance of giving NATO forces in Afghanistan broad and flexible authority to conduct counter-narcotics interdictions, consistent with SACEUR's recommendation, Ulrik Petersen of the Danish MFA Security Policy Department assured us September 11. Petersen maintained [...] | 2008-09-12 08:20:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF DA |
08COPENHAGEN61 | DENMARK READY TO MOVE QUICKLY ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Denmark will be among the first EU member states to recognize Kosovo's independence. Danish MFA Eastern Europe Department Head Ruben Madsen confirmed to us February 11 that Denmark is poised to announce its recognition "within hours" of a declaration of independence. Madsen told us Danish [...] | 2008-02-11 08:35:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI DA |
08COPENHAGEN630 | DANES TO BACK CHANGE TO ANA TRUST FUND, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 13:34:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO AFIN DA |
08COPENHAGEN79 | KOSOVO: DENMARK PUSHING FOR GROUP RECOGNITION [...] (C) Denmark will formally recognize Kosovo independence February 21 at the latest, Danish MFA East European Department Head Ruben Madsen told us February 19, reporting that the Danes are lobbying other governments to join them that day. Madsen allowed that he would prefer to move more quickly [...] | 2008-02-19 12:29:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EUN YI KV DA |
08DUBLIN251 | IRELAND AIMS TO ACHIEVE AN ANTI-CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rory Montgomery firmly told the Embassy May 6 that the May 19-30 Dublin Conference will produce a final Cluster Munitions Convention, ready for signature in Oslo in December 2008. Montgomery agreed that interoperability and definitio [...] | 2008-05-08 12:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI |
08DUBLIN306 | FOREIGN AFFAIRS TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador, Defense Attache, and POLOFF met with Irish Minister for Defense Willie O'Dea on May 28, 2008. O'Dea voiced unqualified support for a proposed immigration, customs, and agriculture full aviation pre-clearance agreement between Ireland and the U.S., saying that the Irish Governm [...] | 2008-05-28 16:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAIR PHUM MOPS MARR PARM NATO |
08DUBLIN398 | IRISH GOVERNMENT ON OUTCOME OF MAY 2008 CLUSTER [...] (C) POLOFFs met on June 26 with Nicholas Twist, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Affairs, to review the outcome of the May 19-30, 2008 Cluster Munitions Conference in Dublin (Ref A). During the Conference, the Irish achieved their two main objectives: the condemnation of cluster muniti [...] | 2008-07-03 14:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EI |
08DUBLIN567 | IRISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR ON REVIEW OF U.S.-IRISH [...] (C) In a wide ranging October 7 meeting, EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed foreign policy issues with Rory Montgomery, Political Director, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland has initiated a strategic review of relations between the U.S. and welcomes USG input. The Irish go [...] | 2008-10-15 08:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PHUM MARR |
08DUBLIN84 | IRELAND WILLING TO DISCUSS INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request; see paragraph 4. Ireland is still hoping for a complete ban on cluster munitions as part of the Oslo Process, although it recognizes that not all EU Member States agree with this position. The Irish Government recognizes that interoperability remains a [...] | 2008-02-15 11:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI |
08GUATEMALA160 | GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO OSLO PROCESS DEMARCHE [...] (C) On February 15, Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the upcoming Oslo Process meeting on cluster munitions. Poloff left the military utility and interoperability papers provided in reft [...] | 2008-02-15 17:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GT |
08HELSINKI462 | FINLAND: NATO TOUR PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Helsinki proposes two NATO Tours for FY09, designed to promote greater understanding of the Alliance in the wake of the conflict in Georgia. The GOF's security policy emphasizes the importance of multilateral cooperation, including with the US, NATO and in particular th [...] | 2008-10-09 13:27:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO OEXC OIIP PREL KPAO FI |
08ISLAMABAD2432 | NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PK PREL PARM MOPS KPOA NATO |
08KABUL241 | FRENCH ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: WINDOW FOR HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Charge has suggested that, if FM Kouchner returns to Afghanistan before the March NATO Foreign Ministerial, he should meet with high-level Americans and travel to Kandahar to see how other Allies are managing in the South. Paris is thinking about an expanded French rol [...] | 2008-01-29 12:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL FR AF |
08KABUL3175 | NATO SECGEN VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN, NOVEMBER 26 - [...] (SBU) Summary: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer followed a shortened schedule during his November 26-27 visit to Afghanistan but achieved his substantive purposes. He met with President Karzai and other senior Afghan leaders, UNAMA head Kai Eide, and a visiting UN Security [...] | 2008-12-08 09:20:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PGOV NATO AF |
08KATHMANDU534 | DEMARCHE ON INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN OSLO [...] (U) On May 8, Emboff and Defense Liaison Officer presented reftel concerns about the potentially negative impact that the proposed Oslo process treaty language regarding a ban on cluster munitions would have. They noted the possible harm to cooperation between states that join the new conven [...] | 2008-05-12 03:37:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NP |
08KUALALUMPUR386 | MALAYSIA: DEMARCHE ON OSLO PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-14 08:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MY |
08KUWAIT457 | OVERVIEW OF RECENT NATO-KUWAIT ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: On April 9, the Polish Embassy delivered a briefing to NATO member-country COMs on recent NATO-Kuwait engagement. On January 14-15, a team of NATO experts visited Kuwait to identify GOK security priorities and investigate areas for increased cooperation. On March 27, Kuwait hoste [...] | 2008-04-24 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR NATO KCIP KISL KU RS XG |
08KYIV1144 | UKRAINE: NATO INFORMATION CAMPAIGN GAINS MOMENTUM [...] (SBU) Summary. There has been no official launching ceremony, but a combination of recent NATO-related Presidential decrees, Cabinet adoption of a multi-year Euroatlantic information campaign, and passage of amendments to the 2008 state budget have given critical mass to Ukraine's NATO informa [...] | 2008-06-11 15:58:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV1201 | UKRAINE: NATO SYG/NAC VISIT [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The June 16-17 visit to Kyiv and Ukraine's regional capitals by NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) was seen as a strong positive by the MFA and Ukrainian pro-NATO political forces. Extensive positive press coverage, the constr [...] | 2008-06-20 14:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV1257 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL COOPERATION ON MAN-PORTABLE AIR [...] (C) Summary: Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction, Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., visited Kyiv June 17-19. During his visit, Bloomfield explained the special concern with which the U.S. Government regards trade in MANPADS and urged Ukraine to strengthen its cooperation with the [...] | 2008-07-01 11:46:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
08KYIV2241 | NATO PFP TRUST FUND DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) The Ambassador on November 10 delivered reftel demarche regarding the NATO PfP Trust Fund to Foreign Minister Volodymyr Ohryzko and Deputy Minister of Economics Natalia Boitsun. Ohryzko and Boitsun both noted they would review the demarche non-paper provided by the Ambassador, but did [...] | 2008-11-12 16:11:00 | Embassy Kyiv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP |
08KYIV2269 | NATO MAP: UKRAINE BEGINS LOWERING EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (C) The Presidential Secretariat has begun to de-emphasize the importance of receiving a MAP invitation at the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers' meeting in Brussels. Deputy Secretariat Head Honcharuk on November 18 said failure to receive MAP in December would not be a "tragedy." MFA cont [...] | 2008-11-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV334 | UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER YEKHANUROV PICKS UP THE [...] (C - REL NATO) Summary: New Defense Minister, and former Prime Minister, Yuriy Yekhanurov is an experienced bureaucratic insider with close ties to President Yushchenko who will be an ardent supporter of Ukraine's request for a NATO MAP and movement toward European standards and interoperabili [...] | 2008-02-13 10:47:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MARR PREL MOPS NATO KPKO PINR UP |
08KYIV358 | UKRAINE: RUSSIAN ACTIONS ANSWER MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary and Comment: For many Ukrainians, Vladimir Putin's February 12 threat that membership in NATO could result in Russian missiles pointed at Ukraine answered Russian presidential candidate Dmitry Medvedev's question about Russia's neighbors posed during a January 22 campaign appearan [...] | 2008-02-15 12:55:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL UP |
08KYIV527 | UKRAINE: PM TYMOSHENKO READY TO DO EVERYTHING IN [...] (C) Summary: PM Tymoshenko told the Ambassador that she would do "everything in her power" to get a MAP for Ukraine at Bucharest, during a 90-minute March 13 meeting. Tymoshenko said that she understood that it was important that her statements about wanting something positive at Bucharest not [...] | 2008-03-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UP |
08KYIV612 | UKRAINE: KOSOVO - GOVERNMENT HOLDS ITS GROUND, [...] (C) Summary: At a March 21 meeting, the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) determined that Ukraine should not change the nature of its participation in Kosovo peacekeeping activities in the wake of a March 17 incident in Mitrovica, Kosovo, during which a Ukrainian policeman was killed [...] | 2008-03-25 03:18:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KDEM NATO UNMIK KV UP |
08KYIV782 | UKRAINE: NATO/PFP TRUST FUND DESTRUCTION PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns, Polmiloff, and DATT met April 16 with Deputy Defense Minister Valeriy Ivashchenko to discuss the status of the NATO PfP Trust Fund destruction project and deliver the corresponding non-paper (ref A),and raise the possible mid-May visit of the Special Envoy for MANPAD [...] | 2008-04-18 12:32:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
08KYIV851 | UKRAINE: DEFENSE MINISTER ON REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Ambassador, Defense Attache, and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met with Minister of Defense Yuriy Yekhanurov at his request. Minister Yekhanurov came with a list of issues to discuss that concerned both relations with Ukraine's neighbors and internal mil [...] | 2008-04-30 15:16:00 | Embassy Kyiv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MCAP MARR ETRD EINV NATO UP |
08LISBON1999 | TFGG01: PORTUGAL NOT PLANNING TO SUPPORT STRONG NAC STATEMENT REF: STATE 85678 [...] (C) Portugal is concerned about the crisis in Georgia but is not ready to make a statement against Russian actions at this time, according to MFA Director for European Affairs Liliana Mascarenhas Neto. She told us that Portugal would wait to hear the French report at the special GAERC meeting on Au [...] | 2008-08-11 18:08:00 | Embassy Lisbon | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE PO RU GG |
08LJUBLJANA136 | SLOVENIA: DERMACHE DELIVERED ON PROPOSED NATO STATEMENT ON CFE [...] (C) On March 25, Emboff delivered reftel points, cover letter, and draft proposed CFE statement to MFA Security Policy Division official Darija Goroz, who stated that the GOS will review the proposed statement and provide a response as soon as possible. COLEMAN [...] | 2008-03-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS KCFE MARR GG MD SI NATO |
08LJUBLJANA145 | SLOVENIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, MFA Director of Division for Security Policy Stanislav Vidovic discussed with Emboff Slovenia's expectations for the April 2 - 4 NATO Summit in Bucharest. Vidovic expressed doubt that Slovenia will announce any increase or restructuring of its International Security [...] | 2008-03-27 15:52:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR EUN SI NATO |
08LJUBLJANA188 | SLOVENIA ENCOURAGES GREECE AND MACEDONIA TO [...] (C) On April 22, Emboffs met with MFA Security Policy Division official Darja Golez to deliver reftel points asking Slovenia to urge Greek leadership to renew its commitment and exert greater flexibility in negotiating a solution to the Macedonia name issue. Golez stressed that Slovenia strongl [...] | 2008-04-25 14:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK SI |
08LJUBLJANA205 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS LIMITED CHANGES TO OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) On May 8, EmbOff delivered reftel points to Robert Strazisar, MFA Security Policy Division official and a Slovenian delegate to the May 19 Oslo Process negotiating session in Dublin, urging that Slovenia not take any action relating to the Oslo Process that would have a negative effect on [...] | 2008-05-09 14:13:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN SI |
08LJUBLJANA310 | SLOVENIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 09:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO SI |
08LJUBLJANA313 | SLOVENIA CONSIDERS EXPANDING NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-11 14:07:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ SI |
08LJUBLJANA359 | SLOVENIA ON U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) On August 11, Emboffs met with Marko Purkart, acting head of the MFA's Security Division, to brief him and urge Slovenia's support for a strong NAC statement condemning Russian actions in Georgia. Purkart took our points under consideration and undertook to pass them to Slovenia's Mission [...] | 2008-08-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG SI |
08LJUBLJANA390 | SLOVENIA: MED-D SOFA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 12:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL SI |
08LJUBLJANA418 | SLOVENIA HESITANT ON ISAF OPLAN AMENDMENT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-11 14:41:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA420 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS RENEWED EOL FOR NTM-I [...] (C) On September 15, CDA met with Minister Plenipotentiary Stanislav Vidovic, Head of the Security Policy Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to review the renegotiation of an Exchange of Letters (EOL) with the Government of Iraq (GOI) for the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) (ref [...] | 2008-09-15 15:10:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO SI |
08LJUBLJANA434 | SLOVENIA FAVORS PREP COM MEETINGS IN THE NRC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 14:49:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO SI |
08LJUBLJANA456 | SLOVENIA WAITING ON NEW PARLIAMENT FOR NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR KTIA NATO PREL SI |
08LJUBLJANA459 | SLOVENIA: INCOMING PM PROMISES CONTINUITY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Future Prime Minister Borut Pahor assured the Ambassador October 9 that he would continue the current government's foreign policy. However, he did not allow himself to be drawn into a discussion of details, and he alluded to conflicting demands from his likely coalition partners [...] | 2008-10-14 06:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO PGOV PINR MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA460 | SLOVENIA: INCOMING PM PROMISES CONTINUITY, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 06:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO PGOV PINR MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA461 | SLOVENIA: INCOMING PM PROMISES CONTINUITY, BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-14 06:06:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO PGOV PINR MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA517 | SLOVENIA SUPPORTS NATO MAP FOR GEORGIA AND [...] (U) This is a guidance request; please see para 5. 2. (C) Slovenia strongly supports a decision at the December ministerial to offer Georgia and Ukraine's entry into NATO's Membership Action Plan (MAP). In a November 19 meeting, MFA NATO-policy Advisor Tadej Rupel said that Slovenia's suppor [...] | 2008-11-19 15:37:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA532 | SLOVENIA TO SIGN CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-28 11:28:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM NATO MOPS PREL SI |
08LJUBLJANA564 | "U.S. SUPPORT IS KEY" FOR SLOVENIA'S MOUNTAIN [...] (C) In a December 9 meeting with Ambassador Ghafari, new Slovene Defense Minister Ljubica Jelusic stressed that "U.S. support is key" to Slovenia's efforts to have its Mountain Warfare School accredited as a NATO Center of Excellence (COE) (ref A). In separate November 14 and December 15 meet [...] | 2008-12-29 07:50:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR SI |
08LJUBLJANA65 | RUSSIA'S EU EXPERT EXPOUNDS ON KOSOVO, ODIHR, AND [...] (U) Dmitrij Poljanski, Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry's EU Affairs Unit and member of the Russian delegation in town for the Feb. 13 EU-Russia Troika, was the featured speaker at a Tuesday evening meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Council of Slovenia. After remarks on Russia's relationship [...] | 2008-02-13 15:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN MARR NATO OSCE PARM PINR PREL |
08LJUBLJANA70 | SLOVENIA WANTS A NATO INVITATION FOR MACEDONIA [...] (C) On February 14, A/DCM met with MFA Head of Security Policy Division Stanislav Vidovic to outline our current thinking on Macedonia's candidacy and to encourage Slovenia to join our calls to both Skopje and Athens to use the Nimetz process to reach a solution on the name issue before Buchar [...] | 2008-02-15 07:21:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL GR MK SI |
08LONDON1017 | HMG LOOKING FORWARD TO BUILDING ON GAINS OF NATO [...] (C/NF) According to FCO Deputy Director for Security Policy Chris Holtby, HMG shares U.S. views that the results of the NATO Bucharest Summit were better than expected going in, and looked forward to working closely with us to move forward soon on the outcomes which fell short of expectation [...] | 2008-04-09 15:46:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO EU UK |
08LONDON111 | MISSILE DEFENSE: HMG CONCERNED POLAND WILL [...] (C) This is a State action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary. HMG is concerned that public statements by Warsaw since the Polish elections are causing other NATO Allies to begin to question whether NATO should approve MD work at the Bucharest summit in April. HMG suggests the U.S. Gov [...] | 2008-01-11 12:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL NATO UK PO |
08LONDON1112 | HMG WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH ATHENS AND SKOPJE [...] (C) HMG has been engaging, and will continue to engage with, senior Greek leadership to encourage Athens to be more flexible in its position on the Macedonia name issue. FCO Balkans Group Deputy Director Adam Bye said that the British Ambaasador (HMA) to Greece had met with Foreign Minister [...] | 2008-04-18 14:00:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU MK GR UK |
08LONDON1338 | (C) UK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON GERMAN OBSTINACY [...] (C) In response to refs a and b, Andrew Ford, Head of the International Security and Arms Control Security Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),reiterated HMG's position that the USG's unwillingness to participate in the Oslo process has been an impediment to a successful agre [...] | 2008-05-13 16:28:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS PGOV NATO GM UK |
08LONDON1898 | HMG CONSIDERING UPGRADES TO NATO AND BILATERAL [...] (U) Request for Guidance; see para 3. 2. (C) HMG is currently engaged in a cross-departmental discussion on its training commitments in Iraq, the results of which should become clearer by the end of July. According to MOD Joint Commitments officer Dan Hughes and FCO NTM-I officer Ian Living [...] | 2008-07-21 13:52:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ UK |
08LONDON1967 | IRAQ: UK LIKELY TO ASSUME ROLE OF "PRIME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-29 15:45:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ UK |
08LONDON2218 | UK PERSPECTIVE ON NATO MEDITERRANEAN DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 12:55:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV MARR UK |
08LONDON2441 | NTMI: UK WILL PROVIDE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES BUT WILL BE SHORT ON SPECIFICS AT SEPTEMBER 26 MANPOWER COORDINATION CONFERENCE REF: A) LONDON 1967 B) STATE 99701 [...] (C) The UK supports in principle U.S. views that NATO Allies and Partners should provide additional resources to the Nato Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) and HMG will make a significant contribution. However, according to MOD Deputy Director for Joint Commitments Daniel Hughes, internal decision m [...] | 2008-09-25 09:43:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PEL MARR MOPS NATO IZ UK |
08LONDON2833 | CTF-150/SOMALIA: OUTBRIEF FROM CANADIAN SHIP [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian vessel HMCS Ville de Quebec escorted five WFP vessels in and out of Mogadishu between August and October 2008, and the vessel's commanding officer noted that there is clear evidence of collusion between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and pirates in Som [...] | 2008-11-10 14:56:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PTER SO CA UK |
08LONDON2960 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY - UK WILL CONTRIBUTE TO [...] (C/NF) The UK concurs with U.S. views (reftel) that the NATO Afghanistan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund mandate should be broad and flexible enough to allow contributions from both NATO and non-Nato nations alike. FCO NATO/ESDP Team Leader Chris Holtby added that the disbursal system should be s [...] | 2008-11-28 13:03:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF UK |
08LONDON3183 | UK SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS - [...] (C) HMG concurs with points contained in U.S. nonpaper (ref a) on the need for ISAF nations to provide enhanced security assistance in the run-up to and during the 2009 Afghan Presidential election. FCO Afghanistan Office Director Matthew Lodge said that the UK is currently engaged in a cross-dep [...] | 2008-12-19 17:05:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS AF UK |
08LONDON954 | NATO MACEDONIA INVITATION: UK EFFORTS FAIL TO MOVE [...] (C/NF) FCO Political Director Mark Lyall Grant told DCM that high-level UK intervention with Greece, including an appeal from FM Miliband to Greek FM Bakoyannis at the March 29 EU Gymnich, had failed to shift Athens off its hard-line position. Lyall Grant has been in close contact with Actin [...] | 2008-04-02 15:29:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MK GR UK |
08LUXEMBOURG194 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 15:09:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL LU |
08LUXEMBOURG217 | LUXEMBOURG BRIEFED ON USG PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 14:52:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE RU CG LU |
08LUXEMBOURG301 | LUXEMBOURG WILL SIGN THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-02 07:19:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL LU |
08LUXEMBOURG69 | LUXEMBOURG SUPPORTS NATO MEMBERSHIP FOR CROATIA, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador discussed the Greece-Macedonia name dispute with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn on 11 March emphasizing points contained reftel. Asselborn confirmed that Luxembourg was in agreement that Allies must work with both sides and that he was committed to the Nimetz proces [...] | 2008-03-13 16:10:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PREL PGOV GR MK LU |
08MADRID1010 | SPAIN: NRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 16:10:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS |
08MADRID1021 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S SEPTEMBER 23, 2008, [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-25 09:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
08MADRID1131 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S OCTOBER 29, 2008, [...] (C) Summary. The Deputy Chief of Mission hosted MOD Secretary General for Policy Luis Cuesta at lunch October 29. They discussed the U.S.-Spain Agreement on Defense Cooperation (which governs U.S. use of the bases at Rota and Moron),Afghanistan, Georgia, nuclear powered warship visits, Som [...] | 2008-10-30 17:11:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO AF SP |
08MADRID1341 | DEMARCHE: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-22 09:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP |
08MADRID142 | AMBASSADOR NULAND PRESSES SPANISH ON NATO/ISAF [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Permanent Representative to NATO Victoria Nuland's January 16-17 visit to Madrid coincided with the announcement by the Secretary of Defense that the U.S. would deploy additional troops to Afghanistan, followed by misconstrued statements about the reliability of troop-contri [...] | 2008-02-11 14:16:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL PGOV SP |
08MADRID23 | SPAIN SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR NULAND'S JANUARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: I warmly welcome your visit to Madrid in the company of your Spanish counterpart. I am pleased at the initiative taken by Ambassador Benavides, and I know that you will be well received by his colleagues and our contacts. When you arrive, Spain will be emerging from the Holidays [...] | 2008-01-11 16:08:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR SP |
08MADRID372 | MOD SECRETARY GENERAL FOR DEFENSE POLICY CUESTA ON [...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met March 28 with MOD Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta to discuss SIPDIS the Bucharest summit. He stressed the U.S. interest in enlargement (Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia) and our support for Georgian and Ukrainian aspirations to be part [...] | 2008-03-31 06:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR SP |
08MADRID376 | MFA POLITICAL DIRECTOR DEZCALLAR ON NATO SUMMIT, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met March 31 with MFA Political Director Rafael Dezcallar, making the case for a more robust Spanish effort in Afghanistan, urging that the Spanish weigh in with Greece on Macedonia's NATO membership, encouraging Spanish recognition of Kosovo and [...] | 2008-03-31 16:45:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO SMIG MK GR BO CU SP |
08MADRID610 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S MAY 29 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met May 29 with Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta. They discussed bilateral relations, Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, AFRICOM, Cuesta's possible visit to Washington in June for meetings with DOD officials, a possible meeting [...] | 2008-05-30 15:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR SP |
08MADRID678 | SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER CHACON RECEIVES U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Spanish Minister of Defense Carme Chacon, who took office April 14 but has been on maternity leave since May 19, told Ambassador Aguirre during a congenial one-on-one breakfast meeting June 10 that she looked forward to working with the United States and would like to meet with her [...] | 2008-06-18 06:36:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO SP |
08MADRID741 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JULY 3, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission Llorens met July 3 with Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Policy Angel Lossada. They discussed Lossada's visit to Washington, our concern over the tone of some recent public remarks by GOS and Socialist Party officials, the Global Initiative to Comba [...] | 2008-07-07 11:21:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KV AF IR SP |
08MADRID751 | DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION'S JULY 2, 2008, MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spanish Secretary General for Defense Policy Luis Cuesta told the DCM on July 2 that U.S.-Spain defense talks in Annapolis and Washington the week of June 21 had been excellent, well organized, and uncontentious. Cuesta and the DCM discussed areas for follow-up from the High-Lev [...] | 2008-07-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SP |
08MADRID780 | SPAIN PLANS TO DESTROY ITS CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (SBU) Poloffs on July 9 delivered REFTEL demarche to senior officials in the Ministry of Defense (Brigadier General Munoz Castresana in the office of the Secretary General for Defense Policy) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Deputy Director General for Arms Control Ignacio Sanchez),and shared [...] | 2008-07-18 06:52:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO SP |
08MADRID848 | SPAIN RECEIVES NAM DEMARCHE [...] Spanish MFA Deputy Director General for North America Fernando Prieto received reftel demarche and informed Embassy that the Spanish MFA did not send a delegation to the NAM conference in Teheran. Prieto also verifed that Spanish diplomatic representatives resident in Iran did not attend th [...] | 2008-07-30 15:47:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PHUM PREL PTER SP IR |
08MADRID885 | SPAIN RECEIVES U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] Reftel points are being conveyed to Director General for External Policy and Common Security Carlos Fernandez-Arias, who was enroute to Brussels today. His staff is transmitting to Fernandez-Arias our unclassified nonpaper with key points regarding tomorrow's NAC discussion of events in Geo [...] | 2008-08-11 15:22:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG PREL SP |
08MADRID933 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SPAIN REGARDING NATO [...] (C) Polcouns and Pol-Mil officer met August 26 with Spanish MOD Deputy Director General for Defense Policy Brigadier General Jose Munoz Castresana, advising him that USNATO planned to raise the piracy issue in the August 27 NAC, asking the NAC to task the NMA,s with reviewing possible NATO res [...] | 2008-08-26 16:39:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PREL |
08MADRID984 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: AMENDMENT OF ISAF OPLAN TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 05:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SP |
08MONTEVIDEO75 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS [...] (C) A/POL Chief delivered reftel points on February 14 to MFA Americas Office Director Laura Dupuy. Dupuy confirmed that Uruguay would participate in the Olso Process following up on its participation in the regional meeting held in Costa Rica in September 2007. In addition to the other poi [...] | 2008-02-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN UY |
08MOSCOW1061 | MFA CALLS DISAPPOINTING ITS MISSILE DEFENSE TALKS [...] (C) In an April 16 meeting, MFA Section Chief for Strategic Stability Head Vladimir Yermakov characterized the April 8 MD talks between Russian DFM Kislyak and Polish DFM Vashikovski as "worrying and disappointing." Yermakov explained that Russia "simply could not understand" Poland's refusa [...] | 2008-04-17 11:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD NATO RS |
08MOSCOW1090 | RUSSIA "LOSES" BUCHAREST [...] (C) Summary. There is broad agreement in the Russian expert community that Russia suffered a foreign policy blow at Bucharest due to the future promise of membership for Ukraine and Georgia and Alliance solidarity on missile defense, with several arguing for a necessary change in tone with t [...] | 2008-04-18 15:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR RS |
08MOSCOW147 | RUSSIAN OPPOSITION TO UKRAINIAN NATO MAP UNCHANGED [...] (C) Russia's reaction to Ukraine's announcement that it would seek a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the NATO Summit in Bucharest (reftel) has been negative, but relatively low-key, reflecting the GOR's assessment that MAP is unlikely. MFA Counselor for NATO issues Gregoriy Sumkin told us Ja [...] | 2008-01-18 16:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE UP RS |
08MOSCOW1900 | RUSSIA-EU SUMMIT GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO NEW PCA [...] (C) Summary. The principal outcome of the Russia-EU Summit held June 26-27 in the Siberian town of Khanty-Mansiysk was, as expected, the approval to start negotiations on a new Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA)(to begin July 4 in Brussels). MFA and European diplomats confirmed that [...] | 2008-07-03 11:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN ETRD EAGR PGOV NATO RS |
08MOSCOW1904 | RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY AND [...] (C) Summary. Medvedev's proposal for a new European Security Treaty is not intended to create a new institution to replace NATO or other existing Euroatlantic organzations, but to eliminate remaining dividing lines in Europe and provide a mechanism for dealing with new threats and challenges [...] | 2008-07-03 11:56:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS |
08MOSCOW1972 | NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS PASSED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-10 09:57:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
08MOSCOW2039 | MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...] | 2008-07-17 13:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU NATO RS |
08MOSCOW2055 | AMBASSADOR'S JULY 17 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (S) Summary. During a 1 1/2 hour meeting July 17, the Ambassador and DFM Sergey Kislyak reviewed key issues in the relationship and agreed on the need to emphasize the positive areas of cooperation, as the Sochi Strategic Declaration had done. The Ambassador told Kislyak we expected a decisio [...] | 2008-07-18 14:48:00 | Embassy Moscow | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM NATO GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW2058 | MEDVEDEV SPEECH AND FOREIGN POLICY PAPER HIGHLIGHT [...] Summary: Medvedev's July 15 address to Russian diplomats and the release by the Presidential Administration of an official concept paper laid out Russian policy goals and concerns without breaking new ground (ref A). The paper covered in detail many of the same themes Medvedev made in his spe [...] | 2008-07-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EU NATO RS |
08MOSCOW2132 | SERBIAN FM JEREMIC REAFFIRMS TIES TO RUSSIA; GOR [...] (C) Summary. Russia welcomed Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic's July 17 visit to Moscow as reaffirming the importance of Russia as a partner in the face of the new Serbian government's pro-European integration policy. The GOR reiterated full support for Serbia's stance on Kosovo, and agreed to back Be [...] | 2008-07-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO SR RS |
08MOSCOW2297 | DAS BRYZA'S MEETING WITH GENERAL BUZHINSKIY [...] (C) Summary. Ministry of Defense Lt. General Yevgeniy Buzhinskiy told visiting EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza August 1 that Russia shared the U.S.'s desire to avoid an armed conflict in Abkhazia. If there were such a conflict, Russia would likely not become directly involved, h [...] | 2008-08-07 11:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO KCFE GG RS |
08MOSCOW2507 | TFGG01: RUSSIA REACTS STRONGLY TO NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly condemned the North Atlantic Council's August 19 statement on the conflict in Georgia, and said NATO Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin would be returning to Moscow for consultations on the future of NATO-Russian relations. In addition, the creation of a NATO-Georgia Comm [...] | 2008-08-22 03:29:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL MARR RS GE |
08MOSCOW2578 | RUSSIA RETHINKS ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH NATO [...] (C) Summary. Russia attempted to beat NATO to the punch, preemptively announcing that it would suspend military cooperation with NATO and individual NATO members, but would continue supporting the Alliance's mission in Afghanistan for the time being. The announcement followed consultations b [...] | 2008-08-27 14:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO RS |
08MOSCOW265 | NYET MEANS NYET: RUSSIA'S NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Following a muted first reaction to Ukraine's intent to seek a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the Bucharest summit (ref A),Foreign Minister Lavrov and other senior officials have reiterated strong opposition, stressing that Russia would view further eastward expansion as [...] | 2008-02-01 14:25:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP RS |
08MOSCOW2843 | RUSSIA FIGHTS BACK AGAINST ISOLATION [...] (C) Summary. While reactions to the Secretary's September 18 speech have been fairly muted, with the exception of the customary harangue from the MFA, the Russian leadership is at pains to show that Russia is not isolated following the events in Georgia. Moscow is seeking to push back on clai [...] | 2008-09-23 13:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG UP XH RS |
08MOSCOW2853 | MFA SAYS "FOREIGN ADVISORS" IN AFGHANISTAN SEEK TO [...] (C) MFA Afghan Desk Chief Yuri Kholkhov told us on September 23 that the MFA did not believe it was official U.S. policy to tell the Afghan government not to send law enforcement officials to counter-narcotics training in Russia, but suspected U.S. military officials in Kabul had persuaded the [...] | 2008-09-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR SNAR NATO AF RS |
08MOSCOW2895 | DEPUTY FONMIN GRUSHKO ON NATO, OSCE MANDATE IN [...] (C) Deputy Fonmin Aleksandr Grushko (whose portfolio includes NATO, OSCE, EU, COE) told the Ambassador that despite tensions, cooperation with NATO in Afghanistan remained strategically important to Russia. Grushko criticized U.S. support for Saakashvili and a MAP for Georgia. He shed no new [...] | 2008-09-30 08:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO OSCE RU GA |
08MOSCOW3109 | RUSSIA ON CFE POST-GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to press for the resumption of meetings between Russia and the U.S. on the way ahead on the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty (CFE). While acknowledging that the conflict in Georgia has changed the dynamic for such discussions, the MFA has nothing new to offe [...] | 2008-10-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO RS |
08MOSCOW3127 | HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS DUMA IRC CHAIRMAN KOSACHEV: [...] (SBU) Summary: Duma International Relations Committee Chair Kosachev told House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Berman October 14 that the difficult state of U.S.-Russian relations was due to Russia's "disappointment" over European security structures following the end of the Cold War. He [...] | 2008-10-23 13:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KNDP NATO MARR PARM OREP GG IR RS |
08MOSCOW3547 | RUSSIA REACTS TO THE NATO MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: The reaction by Russian officials to the December 2 NATO Ministerial was largely muted, with the MFA welcoming a "return to realism" as NATO decided to resume a political dialogue with Russia. GOR officials expect NATO to make the first step in reestablishing ties with Russia, a [...] | 2008-12-08 15:26:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR RS NATO |
08MOSCOW421 | MFA ON MULTILATERALIZING INF, NON-MILITARIZATION [...] (C) Summary. Vladimir Yermakov, MFA Director of Strategic Capabilities Policy, told us February 13 that FM Lavrov's proposal at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) on February 12 to "multilateralize" the Treaty on the Elimination of Medium-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles (INF) was necessary t [...] | 2008-02-15 10:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO RS |
08MOSCOW475 | RUSSIA'S MILITARY MUSCLE-FLEXING [...] (C) Summary. Russia's recent steps to flex its military muscles are designed both to impress the Russian public in an election year that Putin has reestablished Russia as a major player on the world stage, and to underscore that Russia will no longer engage NATO and the West from a position of [...] | 2008-02-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO PARM RS |
08MOSCOW54 | DEMARCHE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-10 14:38:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL AF IO |
08MOSCOW759 | ACTING U/S FRIED'S MARCH 17 MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary. Meeting on the margins of the 2 2 in Moscow March 17, Acting Undersecretary for Political Affairs Daniel Fried and Russian Director for Security and Disarmament Anatoliy Antonov led delegations in a long discussion of outstanding issues on the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) [...] | 2008-03-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFE NATO MARR RS |
08MOSCOW805 | DUMA LINKS KOSOVO AND NATO MAP TO FROZEN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-24 16:02:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GG RS |
08MOSCOW806 | RUSSIA'S EXPECTATIONS FOR NATO SUMMIT DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary. According to the head of the NATO section at the MFA, Putin's swan song at the NATO Summit in Bucharest was envisioned to be "constructive" and to call for more NATO-Russia cooperation, but recent U.S. statements of support for a Membership Action Plan offer for Ukraine and Georg [...] | 2008-03-25 04:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR PARM KCFE UP GG RS |
08MOSCOW86 | DEMARCHE ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-15 11:47:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL AF IO |
08MUNICH17 | PREVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, the "Davos" of the security policy world, is set to take place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests include heads of state, foreign ministers, defense ministers, parliamentary delegations [...] | 2008-01-11 17:03:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM NATO GM |
08MUNICH52 | OVERVIEW OF THE 44TH MUNICH CONFERENCE ON SECURITY POLICY [...] (U) The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, under the theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany. Invited guests included more than 200 heads of state, foreign ministers, def [...] | 2008-02-12 06:31:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM MARR NATO GM |
08MUNICH53 | ARMS CONTROL PANEL IGNORES REAL ISSUES AT MUNICH SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 44th annual Munich Conference on Security Policy, with this year's theme "The World in Disarray - Shifting Powers - Lack of Strategies?" took place February 8-10, 2008 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich, Germany (see reftels). The second panel on February 9, "From Cooper [...] | 2008-02-12 09:00:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM NATO GM MARR |
08MUNICH54 | AFGHANISTAN GETS TOP BILLING AT MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The need for greater Allied solidarity in meeting the demands of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan was the main topic of discussion at the February 8-10 Munich Security Conference (see ref A for full overview of conference). It was not only the subject of Secretary Gates' prepare [...] | 2008-02-12 09:01:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO GM AF |
08MUNICH61 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH UKRAINIAN DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried discussed Ukraine's NATO aspirations with Defense Minister Yekhanurov February 9, in particular Ukraine's interest in a NATO offer of a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the April Bucharest Summit. Fried highlighted the challenge of getting NATO agreement on MAP, given [...] | 2008-02-12 16:26:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR GM UP |
08MUNICH62 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH MONTENEGRIN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried met February 9 with Montenegrin Foreign Minister Milan Rocen. Rocen said Montenegro was ready for Kosovo,s independence and would control unwanted or destabilizing movement (e.g., paramilitaries) across the border while keeping it open for legitimat [...] | 2008-02-13 14:32:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM MW |
08MUNICH63 | A/S FRIED'S AND AMB NULAND'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference on February 9, EUR A/S Daniel Fried and US Ambassador to NATO Victoria Nuland urged President Mikheil Saakashvili to show leadership in convincing allies that Georgia is ready for a NATO Membership Action Pl [...] | 2008-02-14 06:30:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR NATO PARM PREL GG |
08MUNICH68 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH DUMA COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN [...] (C) Summary: A/S Fried noted that Deputy Prime Minister Ivanov's Munich speech was a welcome change in tone from other senior Russian statements. The discussion focused primarily on Kosovo. Fried urged Russia to be constructive with Serbia and Kosovo; the U.S. had a disagreement over Kosov [...] | 2008-02-14 09:39:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM RS |
08MUNICH69 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH MOLDOVAN PRESIDENT VORONIN [...] (C) Summary: In a bilateral meeting on the margins of the Munich Security Conference on February 9, EUR A/S Daniel Fried urged Vladimir Voronin, President of Moldova, not to succumb to Russian pressure regarding international guarantees for Moldova,s neutrality. Voronin should resist Russia [...] | 2008-02-14 09:39:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM MD |
08MUNICH70 | FRIENDS OF BELARUS MEETING ON THE MARGINS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania organized a meeting of the Friends of Belarus on the margins of the February 8-10 Munich Security Conference. The meeting was characterized by agreement that the U.S. and EU should maintain pressure on Belarus for the release of political prisoners, and by a commitmen [...] | 2008-02-14 11:55:00 | Consulate Munich | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PARM PREL GM BO |
08OSLO119 | NORWAY UNYEILDING ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Norway continues to assert that the Oslo Process to ban cluster munitions will be a success and is not swayed by arguments over interoperability. The GON is openly modeling the Oslo Process on the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and expects that the results will be similar, both in terms of forcin [...] | 2008-03-04 09:41:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NO |
08OSLO123 | NORWAY'S 2008 AFGHANISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Norway's Minister of Defense told Ambassador Whitney on February 28th that Norway had little more to give on Afghanistan. Afghanistan remains Norway's largest military commitment and with the 50 percent increase in aid for 2008 Afghanistan will become its leading aid recipient. No new mi [...] | 2008-03-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF NO |
08OSLO177 | NORWAY URGED TO ENGAGE GREEKS ON MACEDONIA NAME [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 14:47:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR NO |
08OSLO206 | NORWAY'S FM PRAISES NEW NATO, STRESSES RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a gesture indicating the importance Norway places on the Bucharest summit, FM Stoere authored a lengthy article in Norway,s leading newspaper calling the new NATO an opportunity and challenge for Norway. Stoere notes that NATO gives Norway security and is the anchor of Norweg [...] | 2008-04-11 14:36:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL NO |
08OSLO219 | NORWAY NOT INTERVENING IN MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE [...] As reported in ref A, DCM delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Raymond Johansen on March 31, asking that Norway contact Greece, particularly PM Karamanlis, directly on the name issue. Demarche points contained in Ref B were delivered on April 18. In response the MFA stated that Nor [...] | 2008-04-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR NO |
08OSLO374 | NORWAY - AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-03 13:58:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF PREL NATO NO |
08OSLO452 | NORWAY ON NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 15:17:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN RU GG NO |
08OSLO488 | NORWAY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S VISIT WITH A [...] (C) Ambassador Volker's August 21-24th visit to Noway featured extensive private and public discusions on Georgia and on Russia including a well received address at Norway's leading foreign policy institute and extensive media coverage. In private, GON officials, including FM Stoere and Deput [...] | 2008-09-02 13:06:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP NATO PGOV PREL NO |
08OSLO497 | NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR [...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...] | 2008-09-05 14:08:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PBTS PREL NO |
08OSLO500 | NORWAY CLAIM NATO ARTICLE FIVE PROTECTION FOR [...] (U) In remarks September 4 at a conference on the High North, Norway's Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere stated categorically that Svalbard was part of Norway and that NATO's Article Five protections applied to Svalbard. This is not a new statement of Norway's interpretation of the Svalbard [...] | 2008-09-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PBTS PREL NO |
08OSLO504 | NORWAY SUPPORTS AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF OPLAN TO [...] (U) Norwegian MFA Security Policy and Afghan experts agree that ISAF should have a greater role in counter narcotics. As part of a broader discussion on Afghan issues the Norwegians expressed support for greater ISAF involvement in counter narcotics before poloff made demarche points. Norway [...] | 2008-09-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NO |
08OSLO527 | NORWAY CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR ANA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | AF PREL MOPS MARR NATO NO |
08OSLO587 | PRESIDENT SAAKASHVILI'S OCTOBER 29 VISIT TO NORWAY [...] (U) Summary: Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili visited Oslo on October 29, meeting with PM Stoltenberg, and holding a public address at the Nobel Institute. Georgian FM Eka Tkeshelashvili accompanied him and met with FM Stoere. In his remarks Saakashvili firmly blamed Russia for the conf [...] | 2008-10-30 15:33:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO GG NO |
08OSLO675 | NORWAY HESITATES ON PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) The underdirector of the MFA Pakistan/Afghanistan section of the Norwegian MFA, and the special advisor on Afghanistan in the Ministry of Defense, were unwilling to commit at this stage to additional Norwegian military elements to provide security for the upcoming Afghan elections. Post [...] | 2008-12-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NO |
08OTTAWA1024 | CANADIAN AIR FORCE EMBRACES, RUSHES TRANSFORMATION [...] (C//NF) Summary: The International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan is a "transformation driver" that has obliged the Canadian Air Force (CAF) to develop a new Air Expeditionary Wing. The current deployment of about 350 airmen to the Afghan theater will grow to about [...] | 2008-07-31 17:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO CA |
08OTTAWA1054 | CANADIANS TO ORGANIZE RC-S MINISTERIAL ON MARGINS [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Director Richard Arbeiter said on August 8 that Canada plans to propose a meeting of ISAF Regional Command Sounth (RC-S) country ministers on the margins of UNGA. The Canadians envision limiting the meeti [...] | 2008-08-08 17:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS NATO UNGA AF CA |
08OTTAWA1064 | CANADA SUPPORTS STRONG NAC STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 16:21:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS RU GG CA |
08OTTAWA1090 | CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GORI [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 18:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1092 | CANADA REITERATES BACKING U.S. POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),called DCM August 15 to follow up on the Ambassador's demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Edwards (refs b and c). Swords said the Ambassador's points had been "well receiv [...] | 2008-08-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1122 | CANADA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C//Rel Can) Summary: Canada has shared with Embassy a draft of the Dubai Process's yet-to-be approved Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Action Plan (PACAP) to improve security and efficiency along the two countries' shared borders and legal crossing points. After the final Dubai Process meet [...] | 2008-08-21 15:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA |
08OTTAWA1137 | CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Minister Len Edwards called in Russian Ambassador to Canada Georgiy Mamedov on August 26 to encourage Russia to reconsider its actions and cooperate fully with the international community [...] | 2008-08-27 12:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1140 | CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Canada wants to deepen bilateral coordination on support to Georgia. Canadian officials have asked for specific advice regarding the potential deployment of OSCE monitors and separate explosives abatement capability to Georgia. They would also like to coordinate U.S. and Canad [...] | 2008-08-27 16:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA |
08OTTAWA1151 | CANADA IN RECEIPT OF DEMARCHE ON MED DIALOGUE SOFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 16:22:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO CA |
08OTTAWA1152 | CANADA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO PRESS ISI ON BORDER [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for South Asia Jim Nickel told pol/miloff on August 28 that Pakistani ISI Director General Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj had just canceled his September 4-5 meetings with senior Canadian officials in Ottawa. Nickel sa [...] | 2008-08-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF CA |
08OTTAWA1200 | ISAF AMENDMENT OPLAN TO EXPAND CN AUTHORITIES [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 20:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA1234 | U.S. AND CANADA DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation met recently in Ottawa with Canadian counterparts to discuss civilian and military cooperation in South Afghanistan. Canadian interlocutors described the strategic coordination and outreach efforts embodied in their Kandahar Action Plan. Canada seek [...] | 2008-09-17 21:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA |
08OTTAWA1237 | CANADIANS WORKING ON INTER-AGENCY RESPONSE TO RC-S [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior (DFAIT) Adviser for Afghanistan Policy and Advocacy David Fairchild expressed appreciation for reftel demarche of September 17, noting that the current version appeared to have taken into consideration earlier Canadian concern [...] | 2008-09-18 17:26:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA1238 | CANADIAN ELECTION WILL DELAY DECISION ON FUNDS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government will not consider reftel request that it provide $100 million per year in additional funding for the sustainment of the Afghan National Army (ANA) until a new government takes office after the October 14 federal election. End summary. 2. (C) On Septe [...] | 2008-09-18 17:31:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA1259 | NATO: CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW OF NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) Summary: Canada agrees with the U.S. position that there should be no business as usual at the NATO Russia Council (NRC),and at the NRC Prep Com, and Canada is making this point to its NATO allies. End summary. 2. (C) On September 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) [...] | 2008-09-22 20:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PARM KCFE RS GG CA |
08OTTAWA1317 | CANADIAN CHALLENGES RELATED TO ACCESSION OF [...] (U) Action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Adviser for Defence and Security Robert Bissett told pol/mil officer that Canada would move as quickly as possible to complete the ratification of the pro [...] | 2008-10-10 20:40:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MARR PREL KTIA AL CA HR |
08OTTAWA1318 | CANADIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON ISSUES OF [...] (C) Summary: Canada at the 2008 UNGA First Committee will most likely abstain on the resolutions related to "de-alerting" and depleted uranium munitions. Canada likely will vote for the resolution on telecommunications in the context of international security, but will not repeat its co-spo [...] | 2008-10-14 20:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MNUC UNGA NATO CA |
08OTTAWA1493 | CANADA SUPPORTS BROADENING ANA TRUST FUND MANDATE, [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In the absence of the Ambassador, DCM spoke to David Mulroney, Deputy Minister and Afghanistan Coordinator in the Privy Council Office, regarding the U.S.-led initiative to broaden the mandate of NATO,s ANA Trust Fund (ref a). Mulron [...] | 2008-11-26 18:36:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA1494 | CCM: CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR INTEROPERABILITY [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) Director of the Mine Action and Small Arms Team Earl Turcotte of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed to PolMinCouns on November 28 that Canada will make a "helpful" statement during the December [...] | 2008-11-28 15:24:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO MOPS CA |
08OTTAWA1501 | CANADA SEEKING TO KEEP EXCHANGE OFFICERS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada is seeking ways to keep its 13 military exchange officers in Iraq embedded in American and British military units after December 31, 2008, when the UN mandate for Iraq expires. In a December 1 meeting, Canadian interlocu [...] | 2008-12-01 21:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO IR CA |
08OTTAWA1558 | CANADA STUDYING SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTION [...] (C) Canada is well aware of the currently circulating SHAPE estimate of force contributions required for Election Support Forces (ESF) in Afghanistan, and is now actively studying the "realm of the possible" to enhance security in the run up to the 2009 Afghan elections, according to Departmen [...] | 2008-12-16 20:43:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA1576 | CANADA TO HALVE IRAQ EXCHANGE OFFICER CONTINGENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada has run out of time to secure an agreement with Iraq that would allow Canadian exchange officers to receive immunities consistent with the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Canada will halve its contingent of military exchange officers embedded with American units [...] | 2008-12-22 21:11:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO IZ CA |
08OTTAWA310 | CANADIAN FORCES RESUME DETAINEE TRANSFERS IN [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Adviser Cory Anderson confirmed to pol/miloff on February 29 that Canadian Forces (CF) operating under ISAF in Kandahar had decided to resume the transfer of Canadian-captured detainees to Afghan A [...] | 2008-02-29 17:51:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA325 | CANADA: SUCCESS AT BUCHAREST CRITICAL FOR NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CANADA WILL DEFINE SUCCESS AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST AS (1) AGREEMENT TO A STRONG POLITICAL MILITARY PLAN REAFFIRMING THE ISAF MISSION AS THE ALLIANCE'S TOP OPERATIONAL PRIORITY, AND (2) THE PROVISION BY AN ISAF PARTNER OF A BATTLE GROUP TO PARTNER WITH THE CANADIANS IN KA [...] | 2008-03-03 22:54:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA351 | CANADIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING AFGHANISTAN-RELATED [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director for Policy and Advocacy Christopher Gibbins, Canada was "keen" see strong U.S. participation and close coordination with U.S. officials at two upcoming meetings on Afgh [...] | 2008-03-10 17:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA358 | CANADA KEEN TO WELCOME EUPOL TO KANDAHAR [...] (C) In a discussion with pol/miloff about the positioning agreement required for EUPOL to deploy to PRT Kandahar (reftel),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director for Policy and Advocacy Christopher Gibbins and Senior Adviser [...] | 2008-03-11 17:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA372 | CANADA: DISCORD OVER OSLO PROCESS AND NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy discussions with Canadian officials March 11-12 regarding cluster munitions (CM) inter-operability revealed a worrisome lack of interagency coordination. It appears that the delegation head may be attempting more to burnish his own credentials with anti-landmine and [...] | 2008-03-14 14:23:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL NATO MOPS CA |
08OTTAWA373 | CANADA EXTENDS TROOP MANDATE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Canada's House of Commons on March 13 adopted by a vote of 198 to 77 a government motion to extend the mandate of the Canadian Forces (CF) in NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Kandahar through 2011, contingent upon NATO's provision of 1,000 more troops as well as adequate [...] | 2008-03-14 14:42:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA418 | DELIVERY OF NATO HIGH LEVEL GROUP CHAIRMAN'S LETTER [...] On March 25, the Charge delivered reftel letter to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Swords expressed her thanks. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://w [...] | 2008-03-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA |
08OTTAWA420 | CANADA ON PROPOSED NATO CFE STATEMENT [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge on March 25, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Colleen Swords expressed appreciation for reftel points on the CFE statement, explaining that she had not yet rece [...] | 2008-03-26 14:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA |
08OTTAWA435 | CANADIANS EXPECT FRANCE, OR U.S., TO DEPLOY TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: Canada has redoubled its efforts to convince France to deploy a reinforced battle group to the Kandahar region of Afghanistan by February 2009. The Canadians are especially working to allay French concerns about improvised explosive devices (IEDs),which have emerged from milit [...] | 2008-03-31 11:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF FR CA |
08OTTAWA443 | CANADA UNLIKELY TO WEIGH IN WITH GREECE [...] (C) In Ambassador's absence, DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Prime Minister's Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor, Susan Cartwright, and urged that PM Stephen Harper raise the issue of Macedonia's NATO membership directly with Greece's president at the Bucharest Summit. Ms. Cartwright, [...] | 2008-03-31 21:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MK GR CA |
08OTTAWA626 | REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA [...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...] | 2008-05-07 15:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA627 | U.S.-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF RC-SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: At their April 27 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S. and Australian delegations agreed the RC-South Plan should emphasize a counterinsurgency approach and retain its counternarcotics elements. The U.S. delegation agreed to include language in the Plan on a long-term approach and period [...] | 2008-05-07 16:01:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF AS CA |
08OTTAWA647 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT NATO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to ref a and b demarches, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) Oslo Process and CCW Head of Delegation Earl Turcotte observed that there was at best a "50-50 chance" that the Oslo Process (OP) on Cluster Munitions [...] | 2008-05-12 16:33:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO GM CA |
08OTTAWA651 | U.S.- CANADA BILATERAL AT REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Regional Command-South meeting (reftel),Canadian representatives provided an overview of their security, reconstruction, and rule of law efforts in Kandahar Province. The Canadians emphasized the need for close U.S.-Canada cooperation in the transition to a [...] | 2008-05-13 15:07:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA |
08OTTAWA773 | P/DAS VOLKER CONSULTS WITH CANADIANS ON NATO [...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials emphasized to visiting EUR P/DAS Volker the similarity of views held by Washington and Ottawa on NATO issues. On ISAF, the Canadians were pleased by the Bucharest Summit outcomes, but they are worried about the weak commitment and focus of some key Eur [...] | 2008-06-09 16:30:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA790 | CANADA FURTHER INCREASES AFGHANISTAN AID, WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government on June 10 announced an increase of C$600 million in its assistance package to Afghanistan, taking the total from C$1.3 billion to C$1.9 billion through 2011. Also marking a shift favoring some "signature projects" and increasing its diplomatic presence [...] | 2008-06-11 21:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA868 | CANADA WILL LIKELY ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) On June 25, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) NATO Officer David Hutchison expressed appreciation for reftel demarche and remarked that it looked like something Canada would want to do. Hutchison promised to seek approval to convey the talking points to Minist [...] | 2008-06-25 22:34:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF JA CA |
08OTTAWA880 | CANADA BRIEFS KEY PARTNERS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Deputy Minister of Canada's Afghanistan Task Force in the Privy Council Office David Mulroney on June 25 briefed Canada's key partners on Canada's new priorities in Afghanistan. Mulroney told the chiefs of mission or representatives of Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia, New Zeala [...] | 2008-06-27 20:57:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA908 | SENATORS MCCAIN AND GRAHAM MEET NEW CANADIAN [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on June 20, new Foreign Minister Emerson welcomed Senators McCain and Graham and Ambassador Wilkins to Ottawa, and emphasized progress Canada's Conservative government had made on re-equiping and enlarging the Canadian Forces (CF) as well as the political support th [...] | 2008-07-07 19:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS AF CA |
08OTTAWA929 | CANADIAN RECEIPT OF NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Mine Action Team Coordinator Carly Volkes expressed appreciation for reftel demarche on July 8. Volkes noted that Canadian delegation head Earl Turcotte and his colleagues were in Geneva for the July 7 - 25 Convention on Conventional [...] | 2008-07-11 15:03:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO CA |
08OTTAWA936 | CANADA BACKS INCREASE IN SIZE OF AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Anne Burgess said that Canada was "ready to support" the proposed increase in the size of the Afghan National Army fighting force from 80,000 [...] | 2008-07-11 19:59:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA |
08OTTAWA938 | CANADIAN DIRECT INVOLVEMENT IN NTM-I UNLIKELY [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Anne Burgess promised to float our request for support to NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through the Canadian interagency (septel). Burgess [...] | 2008-07-11 20:13:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO IZ CA |
08OTTAWA951 | COUNSELOR, CANADIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS PAKISTAN AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Canadian officials discussed challenges confronting Canada and the United States in Pakistan and Afghanistan with Counselor of the State Department Eliot Cohen in Ottawa July 2 and 3. The Canadians shared Dr. Cohen's bleak assessment of developments in Pakistan and raised [...] | 2008-07-14 22:38:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF IR CA |
08PARIS114 | SARKOZY, KOUCHNER ADVISERS ON NATO, RUSSIA, IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 16, Joseph Wood, Deputy Assistant to the Vice President for National Security Affairs, met with Philippe Errera, strategic affairs adviser to FM Kouchner, and Francois Richier, strategic affairs adviser to President Sarkozy. Errera and Richier provided their views on [...] | 2008-01-23 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO FR RU IR GG UP AG |
08PARIS1360 | FRENCH VIEWS ON NATO TRAINING MISSION - IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 17:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ FR |
08PARIS163 | TWO-MONTH TARGET TO PRIORITIZE FRENCH MILITARY [...] (S) Summary. French military and civilian authorities are "feeling the pressure" to step up France's military engagement in Afghanistan and are actively reviewing options that they plan to announce at the NATO summit in Bucharest. In addition to planning associated with President Sarkozy's [...] | 2008-01-30 14:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MOPS NATO FR AF |
08PARIS1697 | U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NATO DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, [...] (U) This message contains an action request -- please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary. On September 5-6, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Kurt Volker met with Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy and Michel Miraillet, the Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to di [...] | 2008-09-09 08:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO FR AF PK SO |
08PARIS1715 | FRANCE CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF EXPANDING ON ISAF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 17:17:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF FR |
08PARIS1751 | USDP EDELMAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On September 12, USDP Edelman and Counselor Eliot Cohen met with Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MOD, to discuss Afghanistan, P [...] | 2008-09-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS NATO AF PA GG RU FR |
08PARIS1845 | FRENCH PLAN FOR RATIFICATION OF NATO ENLARGEMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) The MFA wants the French Parliament to approve NATO membership for Croatia and Albania before the April 2009 NATO summit in Strasbourg-Kehl, according to DAS-equivalent for the Balkans, Thierry Guichoux, who discusse [...] | 2008-10-06 16:09:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PARM MARR PREL KTIA FR AL CR |
08PARIS1863 | FRENCH SUPPORT STREAMLINING U.S. COMMAND AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) During the recent visits to Paris of USDP Eric Edelman (ref B) and General David Petraeus (ref C),both men raised with their French interlocutors the recent designation of General McKiernan as ISAF as well as OEF co [...] | 2008-10-08 16:24:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF FR |
08PARIS2079 | FRENCH OFFICIALS: NATO UNITY REQUIRES NO DECISION [...] (C/NF) Summary. During PDAS Marcie Ries' meetings on Friday, November 7 with French officials Philippe Errera, Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner; Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy; and Jacques Audibert, Director of Strategic Affairs at the MFA; all of he [...] | 2008-11-10 15:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO FR RU |
08PARIS2162 | FRENCH CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR THE EXPANSION OF [...] (C) On November 26, Post delivered reftel demarche supporting the expansion of the Afghan National Army at the NATO Foreign Ministerial meeting to Nicolas Niemtchinow, Sous-Director (DAS-equivalent) of Strategic Affairs at the MFA. Niemtchinow appreciated our comments and noted general Frenc [...] | 2008-11-26 15:54:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF FR |
08PARIS245 | P3 MEETING ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (S) Summary. On February 7, Acting U/S John Rood and his delegation met his French and British P3 counterparts, Philippe Carre and Mariot Leslie respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. Unusually, the French were closer to the U.S. than were t [...] | 2008-02-12 10:58:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL NATO PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH EG IN RU |
08PARIS267 | FRENCH RESPONSE ON MACEDONIA'S NATO ASPIRATIONS [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche discussing Macedonia's NATO candidacy and the name dispute with Greece to Philippe Carre, Director of the Strategic Affairs bureau at the MFA (A/S equivalent). Carre said that France had been worried that Macedonia was treating the name dispute with Greece too [...] | 2008-02-14 14:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL GR MK FR |
08PARIS305 | GOF: U.S. PUSHING FOR "TOO MUCH, TOO SOON" ON [...] (S) Summary. In two meetings on February 14, one with Philippe Carre, the Director of Strategic Affairs bureau at the MFA and the second with Philippe Errera, the Strategic Affairs Advisor to FM Kouchner, the French expressed disappointment that an agreement that they understood had been rea [...] | 2008-02-21 14:04:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | MARR MOPS NATO PREL FR EZ PL |
08PARIS338 | SARKOZY PROMISES UKRAINE POSITIVE SIGNAL AT [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Damien Loras, President Sarkozy's Counselor for Ukraine (as well as Russia, Central Asia, the Balkans, the Caucasus and the Americas),told us on February 25 that Sarkozy told Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko during their meeting in Paris on February 20 that he will seek [...] | 2008-02-26 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO MARR PREL UP FR |
08PARIS365 | GOF WANTS TO IMPROVE NATO-EU COOPERATION [...] (C) On February 29, Political M/C met with Philippe Carre, A/S-equivalent for Strategic Affairs at the MFA, to discuss the demarche on improving NATO-EU cooperation (reftel). Carre was pleased to receive our message, because the current impasse has been both frustrating and worrisome for the [...] | 2008-03-03 11:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS EU FR TU CY |
08PARIS383 | FRANCE: ONE MONTH FROM NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST [...] Summary. (C) With the NATO summit in Bucharest only a month away, the French are solidifying their positions and anxious to find consensus on the key issues on the agenda: NATO enlargement, missile defense and Afghanistan. GOF officials believe that the Bucharest summit, President Sarkozy' [...] | 2008-03-04 16:26:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO FR AF GG UK |
08PARIS398 | FRENCH PLANS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Afghanistan Coordinator Patrick Moon met MFA DAS for South Asia Didier Leroy on February 27 to discuss next steps in Afghanistan, including an Afghanistan Donors conference and potential increases in French military contributions to the security effort. Leroy noted the Afghan D [...] | 2008-03-05 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EAID NATO AF FR |
08PARIS745 | FRENCH PROMOTE COMPROMISE, BUT WON'T PRESSURE [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post has raised with various French officials the need to urge the Greeks to renew their commitment to finding a mutually acceptable solution to the Macedonia name issue. However, in the post-Bucharest environment, French officials have not retreated from their ear [...] | 2008-04-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR FR |
08PARIS763 | AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT: GOF LOOKS AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. President Sarkozy is reportedly "very satisfied" with his first NATO summit, a meeting which demonstrated to the world the change in France's approach to the Alliance. President Bush's endorsement of a strong European defense in Bucharest gave the GOF the green light it wanted [...] | 2008-04-22 09:10:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR MOPS FR AF GG UP UK MK GR |
08PARIS77 | USDP EDELMAN AND COUNSELOR COHEN DISCUSS [...] (S) On January 8, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Eric Edelman, and Dr. Eliot Cohen, Counselor for the Department of State, met with Philippe Carre, Director of the Strategic Affairs bureau at the French MFA, and Michel Miraillet, Director of Strategic Affairs at the Ministry of Defens [...] | 2008-01-14 13:52:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR MOPS NATO FR RU CH GG AF IR |
08PARIS94 | DEFMIN MORIN ON HIS TRIP TO THE U.S., AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador met with Defense Minister Herve Morin to discuss Morin's upcoming trip to the United States. Morin offered views on the situation in Afghanistan and strongly advocated the French strategy of strengthening European defense capabilities "along side [...] | 2008-01-18 10:30:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO FR AF |
08PARIS957 | YOUR JUNE 14-16 VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) Mr. President, you will arrive in France as Nicolas Sarkozy begins the second year of a five-year term as President. You will meet a Sarkozy chastened by the experience of a first year marked by a sharp drop in his political stock at home, but during which he nevertheless reclaimed French leade [...] | 2008-05-19 14:41:00 | Embassy Paris | SECRET | ECON FINR KPAL NATO OVIP PGOF PREL PTER SENV |
08PARTO60602 | (U) Secretary Rice's May 30, 2008 lunch meeting [...] (U) Classified by: Kenneth Merten, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) May 30, 12:15 p.m., Reykjavik, Iceland. 3. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Ambassador Carol van Voorst Under Secretary Reuben Jeffery III, E Assistant [...] | 2008-06-06 18:50:00 | US Delegation, Secretary | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL MARR NATO ECON |
08PODGORICA217 | MONTENEGRO EAGER TO MOVE QUICKLY TOWARD MAP AND NATO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PM Djukanovic enthusiastically welcomed the USG initiative to focus the GOM on priority goals related to its NATO aspirations (reftel). The PM reiterated Montenegro's strong commitment to seeking membership in MAP in 2009 and membership in the Alliance in the longer term. He r [...] | 2008-08-21 12:37:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MASS MARR MW |
08PODGORICA233 | GOOD CANDIDATES FOR NEXT NATO CONTACT POINT EMBASSY IN [...] (SBU) As Montenegro works towards its goal of NATO membership, the decision as to which Ally's Embassy will serve as NATO Contact Point Embassy (CPE) in Podgorica is an important one. This is especially true in light of the GOM's goal of attaining entry into MAP at next year's NATO Summit, as [...] | 2008-08-29 10:03:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MW PGOV PREL NATO |
08PODGORICA246 | MONTENEGRO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy delivered reftel points for Montenegro on expansion of the Adriatic Charter simultaneously to the MFA and MoD on 22 September. Both welcomed the initiative and reiterated Montenegro's readiness to join and participate fully. End summary. 2. (SBU) PolCouns reviewed p [...] | 2008-09-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PREL NATO MW MK HR AL BK SR |
08PODGORICA251 | MONTENEGRO PARLIAMENT OPENS DOOR TO KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its first session since the summer recess, the Montenegrin Parliament adopted a controversial resolution endorsing Montenegro's policy of Euro-Atlantic integration. In the debate beforehand, FM Rocen and PM Djukanovic both suggested that integration with Europe implies a respo [...] | 2008-10-06 16:17:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR NATO MW |
08PRAGUE132 | CZECH CONTRIBUTIONS TO IRAQ (C-RE8-00009) [...] (C) Summary: The Czech Republic has maintained troops in Iraq since 2003, and its support will continue at a reduced level through 2008. While no final decision has been made on 2009, the Foreign Ministry would like to see a small number of Czech troops remain in Iraq so long as the NATO Trai [...] | 2008-02-27 16:39:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR EAID EUN KDEM MARR NATO PREL EZ |
08PRAGUE17 | CZECHS ON TRACK FOR MARCH PRT DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Czech government is moving forward with sustained enthusiasm and great attention to detail in advance of the Czech Provincial Reconstruction Team's (PRT's) March deployment to Logar, Afghanistan. This January and February the Czechs have several training programs planned for [...] | 2008-01-11 15:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO AF MARR MASS EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE207 | PROPOSED NATO STATEMENT ON CFE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 11:55:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS NATO KCFE MARR CG MD EZ |
08PRAGUE208 | CZECH REPUBLIC: MISSILE DEFENSE RATIFICATION END [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 16:19:00 | Embassy Prague | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ RU PL |
08PRAGUE224 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ALLIES TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 13:17:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK EZ |
08PRAGUE226 | RUSSIAN VIEWS FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON MISSILE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR PGOV NATO EZ RU |
08PRAGUE303 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NATO INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-16 14:31:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN EZ |
08PRAGUE339 | COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Commerce Secretary Gutierrez visited Prague on June 3. His program included meetings with PM Topolanek, FM Schwarzenberg, Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry Hovorka, and a group of NGOs and other activists on Cuban issues. In addition to Cuba, discussion focused on missile [...] | 2008-06-06 15:46:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PGOV PREL MARR ENGR NATO PHUM CU EZ XG |
08PRAGUE37 | CZECHS TWEAK THEIR MISSILE DEFENSE GAMEPLAN [...] (C) Summary: There are signs that the Czech approach to missile defense has shifted slightly in recent days, partly as a result of the Jan 17 Security Council meeting, partly in response to changes in Poland. For the most part these are not major shifts but simply adjustments to the Czech time [...] | 2008-01-24 14:13:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PREL NATO PL EZ |
08PRAGUE401 | DASD GETZ VISIT TO PRAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 9 2008, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Colleen Getz visited Prague for meetings with Czech MoD and MFA officials to discuss ongoing and future Czech contributions to coalitions in Afghanistan and Iraq. The meeting provided a good opportunity to review the [...] | 2008-06-26 06:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO AF EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE486 | CZECH REPUBLIC NOT PLANNING TO SUPPORT NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 16:06:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ EZ |
08PRAGUE487 | CZECH REPUBLIC: AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY FORCE SIZE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-28 16:19:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO AF EZ |
08PRAGUE491 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE ON NATO-EU CRISIS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-30 07:22:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EZ EUN |
08PRAGUE516 | MISSILE DEFENSE: USG ENGAGEMENT DURING CZECH [...] See action request in Paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Despite the delay in concluding the SOFA, we still expect that the Topolanek government will send the package of missile defense (MD) agreements to the parliament for ratification before the end of 2008. Success in the Czech [...] | 2008-08-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ MARR NATO PGOV PREL |
08PRAGUE535 | TFGGO1: CZECHS ENGAGED ON SITUATION IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs discussed the upcoming August 12 NAC with Czech MFA Director of Security Policy, Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova, who noted that the Czechs share a similar perspective to the USG and offered her assurance that they want to coordinate closely with us. As noted in Ref B., Czech Fo [...] | 2008-08-12 06:34:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PARM KCFE EUN RU GG EZ |
08PRAGUE612 | ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO NATO TRAINING MISSION - [...] (C) Pol/Econ Counselor delivered ref a demarche on September 18 to Czech MFA Security Policy Department Director Veronika Kuchynova-Smigolova. Kuchynova-Smigolova said the Czech Republic is considering transferring to NTM-I at least some of its approximately 17 military personnel currently d [...] | 2008-09-19 07:26:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ EZ |
08PRAGUE631 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SEEKING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO RU EZ MARR |
08PRAGUE640 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SUPPORTING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF EZ |
08PRAGUE667 | CZECH REPUBLIC: DAS MERKEL DISCUSSES ENERGY [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State (DAS) David Merkel held day-long discussions October 10 in Prague on relations with Russia, energy security, relations with the countries of the former Soviet Union, and Russia,s relations with NATO. He met with MFA Political Director Martin Po [...] | 2008-10-20 15:47:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EZ NATO RU |
08PRAGUE688 | CZECH REPUBLIC: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 12:43:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL KTIA HR AL EZ |
08PRAGUE696 | USDP EDELMAN,S 21 OCTOBER MEETINGS IN PRAGUE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-11-05 08:51:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EZ NATO EPET ENER MARR EU |
08PRAGUE788 | CODEL TAUSCHER'S DECEMBER 18 MEETINGS IN PRAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 18 trip to Prague, Representatives Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) and Doug Lamborn (R-CO) met with Czech FM Schwarzenberg, DFM Pojar and DPM Vondra. Representative Tauscher stressed linking a possible radar site in the Czech Republic to short and medium range missile [...] | 2008-12-19 14:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP MARR PREL PGOV NATO RS PL EZ |
08PRAGUE792 | STANDOFF CONTINUES AS CZECH PARLIAMENT VOTES DOWN [...] (C) Summary: The political standoff on Czech troop deployments to Afghanistan and other foreign missions between PM Mirek Topolanek and main opposition Social Democrat (CSSD) leader Jiri Paroubek continued on December 19, when parliament's lower house failed to approve a resolution authorizi [...] | 2008-12-22 15:52:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PGOV EUN NATO AF EZ |
08PRAGUE808 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-30 14:53:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL CZ |
08PRAGUE810 | CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-31 13:10:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM NATO EZ |
08PRAGUE84 | UPDATE ON EVE OF CZECH PRT DEPLOYMENT TO LOGAR, [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 11, the Czechs will send the first of their troops to establish a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Logar, Afghanistan. With the exception of a few remaining issues (see paragraph 4),the Czech PRT continues to be on track for a successful deployment by mid-Ma [...] | 2008-02-08 16:33:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AF MARR MASS EZ EUN |
08RABAT420 | MOROCCO CONSIDERS U.S. REQUEST FOR SHAPING OSLO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-05-09 18:46:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN MO |
08RABAT940 | MOROCCO: MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ALGERIA, SAHARA [...] (S) Summary: During an unexpectedly wide-ranging pre-UNGA discussion, MFA International Security Chief Karim Halim (strictly protect) complained about "bumps" in the normally good security cooperation between Morocco and Algeria. Halim griped that the current level of USG military assistance [...] | 2008-09-30 17:26:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PBTS MARR NATO AG WI MO |
08REYKJAVIK127 | CLOSING OUT THE ICELAND AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM TRANSFER [...] (C) Summary: Twenty-one months after the closure of U.S. Naval Air Station Keflavik, one major issue remains unresolved: the ultimate disposition of the residual parts and equipment associated with the Iceland Air Defense System (IADS). The Government of Iceland has made the IADS radar syst [...] | 2008-07-01 12:51:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PREL MARR NATO PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK139 | SUPPORT REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-16 15:54:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ IC |
08REYKJAVIK151 | ICELAND INFORMED OF NEW U.S. CLUSTER MUNITIONS POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPOA PARM PREL NATO MOPS IC |
08REYKJAVIK166 | NAC STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN ACTIONS IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 16:56:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG IC |
08REYKJAVIK173 | TFGG01: ICELAND ON RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN GEORGIA [...] (SBU) In discussion of the current situation in Georgia with Political Director Greta Gunnarsdottir, the highest available MFA official, the Ambassador urged August 14 that Iceland press Russia to take the necessary steps detailed in reftel. Gunnarsdottir will raise the message with the Foreign [...] | 2008-08-14 17:22:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PHUM NATO UN GG RS IC |
08REYKJAVIK198 | ICELAND SUPPORTS MOVING ISAF COUNTER-NARC DISCUSSION TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 16:55:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO MARR PREL AF IC |
08REYKJAVIK254 | ICELAND: NATO ACCESSION OF ALBANIA AND CROATIA [...] (U) PolOff contacted Icelandic MFA MinCouns for International Organizations Nikulas Hannigan on October 28 to follow up on reftel demarche. Hannigan said that the MFA's Legal Advisor is preparing a draft parliamentary resolution for consideration by the cabinet at the weekly government meeting [...] | 2008-10-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR NATO PREL KTIA AL HR IC |
08REYKJAVIK264 | Iceland's economic troubles: Implications for the defense [...] (C) Summary: Iceland's economic collapse is spurring painful but necessary cost cutting measures by the Icelandic government. One expected target of reductions is the defense budget, a very small part of the national budget but a line item with a high profile. Although a funding reduction i [...] | 2008-11-10 18:15:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO PGOV IC |
08REYKJAVIK46 | Demarche on Use of FYROM for NATO Candidature (U) [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 17:33:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR IC |
08REYKJAVIK52 | Scenesetter for the Secretary's meeting with Icelandic [...] (C/NF) Icelandic Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir's visit to Washington April 10-12 will be her first visit with a bilateral agenda. Since her Social Democratic Alliance party came into government last June, she has quickly forged a solid relationship with her center-right coalit [...] | 2008-04-03 16:47:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV PINR NATO KWMN IC |
08REYKJAVIK91 | Scenesetter for the Secretary's visit to Iceland May 30, 2008 [...] (U) The Icelanders are delighted to welcome you to the High North. Your visit to Reykjavik is the first by a Secretary of State since Secretary Powell attended the NATO Summit here in 2002, and the first bilateral visit since Secretary Albright overnighted in 2000. Under Secretary for Politic [...] | 2008-05-19 14:34:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINR NATO KWMN ECON UNSC IC |
08RIGA144 | LATVIA, BUCHAREST AND ISAF [...] (C) Summary: We assess that it is unlikely that the Latvian government will make significant new contribution to ISAF at Bucharest. Military op tempo, an unsure defense minister, and funding concerns all contribute to the reasons this is unlikely. Latvia is likely to continue with participatio [...] | 2008-03-19 07:32:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL NATO AF LG |
08RIGA199 | PRESIDENT ZATLERS' VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C/NF) Latvian President Valdis Zatlers makes his first visit to Washington April 23 - 25 significantly stronger in his job than when he started, but still not the dominant figure in Latvian politics that his predecessor was. Given the strong constitutional limitations on his role, this is on [...] | 2008-04-17 09:58:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS CVIS ENRG MARR NATO RS LG |
08RIGA38 | LATVIAN PLANS IN IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (S) In response to reftel, post submits the following responses to the questions posed: A. (S) WHAT ARE EUROPEAN LEADERS' LONG-TERM (I.E., BEYOND 2008) PLANS FOR THEIR FORCES AND OTHER EFFORTS IN IRAQ? (S) Latvian leaders believe that they have made their contribution to Iraq with their [...] | 2008-01-16 15:48:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET | PINR MARR PREL MOPS EAID NATO EUN IZ LG |
08RIGA391 | LATVIA WAVERING ON STRATEGIC AIR CONSORTIUM; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (C) Latvia is in the midst of making decisions on cuts for its 2008 budget (which covers the calendar year). As growth has plummeted from nearly 10 percent to 3.5, expected revenues have fallen significantly and the government is seekin [...] | 2008-07-02 12:12:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL NATO LG |
08RIGA401 | NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR SAC IN LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Despite our direct intervention with the Prime Minister and the office of the President and the Foreign Ministry, we see it as highly likely that Latvia will decide not to proceed with participation in NATO Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Consortium. Direct appeals to the high [...] | 2008-07-08 07:06:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV NATO LG |
08RIGA405 | LATVIA OFFICIALLY PULLS OUT OF SAC [...] (C) PM Godmanis called Ambassador Larson July 9 to inform him that the government had decided at its meeting on July 8 that it could not afford participation in NATO's Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) Consortium. Godmanis stressed that Latvia supported the project in principle, but simply co [...] | 2008-07-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV NATO LG |
08RIGA429 | LATVIA: FEW RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ LG |
08RIGA472 | TFGG01: LATVIAN FM WANTS STRONG NATO AND EU [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 09:57:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ENRG NATO EUN RS GG LG |
08RIGA478 | TFGG01: MFA STATE SECRETARY UNUSUALLY BLUNT IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-12 13:51:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EAID PINR EUN NATO RS GG LG |
08RIGA496 | TFGG01: WHAT GEORGIA MEANS TO LATVIA [...] (C) Summary: Events in Georgia have dominated the news and discussion here like few other events in recent memory. Latvians, at least ethic Latvians, look at Georgia and think that this could easily be them. As the EU and NATO have been unable to respond forcefully to Russia -- and many members a [...] | 2008-08-15 10:13:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO EUN RS GG LG |
08RIGA497 | TFGG01: LATVIAN NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-15 13:53:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN RS GG LG |
08RIGA511 | TFGG01: SUPPORTING LATVIA IN LIGHT OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Post leadership met internally to discuss ways the USG could show support for Latvia in the aftermath of the Russian invasion of Georgia, both to reassure the Latvians of our security commitment and to help them make policy adjustments to deal with the new international relationship with Ru [...] | 2008-08-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR PHUM NATO EUN RS GG LG |
08RIGA554 | NO LATVIAN POSITION ON EXPANDING ISAF OPLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-15 04:34:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL MARR AF LG |
08RIGA590 | LATVIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHE TO MOD FOR ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 13:00:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO LG |
08RIGA654 | LATVIA NO POSITION ON STREAMLING AFGHANISTAN COMMAND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-27 04:41:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PREL MOPS MARR LG |
08RIGA682 | LATVIA TELLS GEORGIA SUPPORT FOR MAP NOT UNLIMITED [...] (C) Summary: Latvian officials are telling Georgian counterparts that Tbilisi should not take Latvian support for MAP for Georgia for granted and that irresponsible actions/statements by the Georgians will cause Latvia to lessen its support. End summary. 2. (C) In recent days, officials at [...] | 2008-11-07 13:24:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GG LG |
08RIGA743 | LATVIA WILL NOT SIGN THE CONVENTION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Ieva Jirgensone, the MFA's Acting Head of the Arms Proliferation Division. Jirgensone stated that Latvia will participate in the Oslo conference as observers only, however, the GOL will not sign the convention. Of biggest concern to the GOL was int [...] | 2008-12-01 14:33:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL LG |
08RIGA84 | LATVIA FOLLOWING MACEDONIA NAME DISPUTE WITH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-14 11:26:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MK GR LR |
08RIGA88 | AMBASSADOR LARSON'S COURTESY CALL WITH LATVIAN [...] (C) Summary. On February 14, Ambassador Larson met Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis for introductory discussions on a range of issues. They discussed Afghanistan, Kosovo, Visa Waiver, and the Latvian economy. End Summary 2. (C) Ambassador Larson paid his courtesy call on Prime Minis [...] | 2008-02-15 15:35:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET | PREL PGOV CVIS ECON NATO RS LG |
08RIYADH986 | RUSSIAN ARMS SALE TO SAUDI - DELAYED [...] (S) In a routine diplomatic reception on June 18 hosted by the Canadian Embassy in Riyadh which included diplomatic representatives from various Embassies, Acting Pol Counselor inquired with Russian Political Counselor Alexander Bagdatiev on the status of the Russian weapons sale to Saudi Arabi [...] | 2008-06-24 05:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | ASEC CIA ECON EU INRA MASS MCAP MOPS NATO |
08ROME1018 | TFGG01: ITALIANS NOT LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL ON NAC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 16:30:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG IT |
08ROME1143 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY STILL SUPPORTIVE OF ANA [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Sergio Mercuri and MFA Political-Military Office Deputy Director Carlo Batori on September 3. Mercuri and Batori both reiterated Italian support fo [...] | 2008-09-12 08:26:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT AF |
08ROME1213 | IRAQ: ITALY TO CONTRIBUTE MORE CARABINIERI TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered Reftel Demarche to Italian Political-Military Deputy Director Carlo Batori on September 19. He said he did not believe that the GOI would be prepared to announce any new commitments at the September 26 SHAPE manpower conference beyond what has already been announced (na [...] | 2008-09-29 16:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT IZ |
08ROME1251 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY SUPPORTS ANA TROOP INCREASE BUT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Afghanistan Envoy Sergio Mercuri and Deputy Director for Political Military Affairs Carlo Batori on September 17 and followed up with them on October 9. Batori said that the MFA had circulated our request within the GOI interagency and the initial r [...] | 2008-10-10 14:06:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
08ROME1269 | YUSHCHENKO DISAPPOINTED BY ITALY'S TEPID SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. During his October 8 visit to Rome, Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko pressed for strong Italian support of Ukraine's MAP aspirations, EU integration and recognition of the Holodomor. Yushchenko's GOI interlocutors, President Napolitano and PM Berlusconi, told Yushchenko that [...] | 2008-10-16 10:53:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO UP RS IT |
08ROME1271 | BASING: CONCLUSION OF HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Post notified the GOI of DOD's intent to consolidate operations in Gaeta on the NATO pier installation and return to the Italian MOD that portion of the Monte Orlando Compound allocated to U.S. Forces' use via Diplomatic Note (no. 08-00763, dated September 11) to the Italian MFA and letter [...] | 2008-10-17 07:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IT |
08ROME1320 | AFRICOM COMPONENT COMMANDS: HOST NATION [...] (C) Summary: On October 14 Post completed an exchange of Diplomatic Notes with the GOI confirming Italy's willingness to host the USAFRICOM Army and Navy Component Commands at Vicenza and Naples, thereby concluding the Host Nation Notification process. However, the GOI has asked that Post del [...] | 2008-10-30 16:42:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT |
08ROME1322 | ITALIAN REQUEST TO DECLASSIFY BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 8. 2. (C) The GOI presented Embassy Rome with a Diplomatic Note on July 7, 2008 requesting the declassification of the 1954 Bilateral Infrastructure Agreement (BIA). As justification for the request, the note cites the length of time elapsed si [...] | 2008-10-31 09:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO IT |
08ROME1358 | MEDVEDEV SECURITY PLAN GETS AN ITALIAN ROLLOUT [...] (C) A November 5 op-ed in the Italian journal Il Riformista by FM Frattini commenting on Medvedev's proposal for a new security architecture in Europe culminates a several-month-long initiative by high profile Italian officials on both sides of the political divide to support the Russian initi [...] | 2008-11-07 16:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO RS IT |
08ROME1386 | BERLUSCONI’S COMMENTS ON MISSILE DEFENSE AND KOSOVO CREATE FIRESTORM IN ITALY [...] (C) During a press conference on the margins of the Italy-Turkey summit in Izmir on November 12, Italian PM Berlusconi said that the U.S. had "provoked" Russia by unilaterally recognizing Kosovo's independence, pressing forward on Missile Defense, and inviting Ukraine and Georgia to have a closer r [...] | 2008-11-13 19:16:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO RS IT |
08ROME1406 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR DECEMBER 3 VISIT TO ROME [...] (C) Summary. 1. (C) Summary. The political conditions in Italy are dramatically different from the conditions that existed when you last visited in July 2006. Silvio Berlusconi has returned to power after two years of a divided and ineffectual Prodi government. Berlusconi enjoys unparalleled levels [...] | 2008-11-19 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IT |
08ROME1451 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Emanuele Farruggia on November 28. Farruggia confirmed that the GOI intends to sign the convention but shares our interpretation of Article 21 as allowing not only for interoperability but also [...] | 2008-12-01 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL IT |
08ROME1452 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY SUPPORTS ANA EXPANSION BUT [...] (C) Charge met with MFA Director General for Multilateral Affairs Luca Giansanti on November 25 to encourage Italy to announce substantial contributions to the NATO trust fund for the Afghan National Army (ANA) at the December NATO Foreign Ministerial. Giansanti noted that Afghanistan remai [...] | 2008-12-01 07:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
08ROME148 | ITALY AND ISAF: NO NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN NEAR TERM, [...] (C) Summary: With the current political crisis likely to drag on for months, and a caretaker government prohibited from making significant policy changes, we see no prospect for new large-scale Italian military commitments in Afghanistan between now and the summer. However, GOI officials are [...] | 2008-02-01 16:54:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR EAID AF IT |
08ROME1485 | PIRACY: ITALY FAVORS ROBUST APPROACH BUT MAY LACK [...] (C) Poloffs raised reftel points with Italian MFA NATO Desk Officer Andrea Romussi and UN Desk Officer Gabriela Biondi on December 4. They said Italy shared U.S. concerns over the increasing danger of piracy and the threat it posed to commerce, maritime safety and the delivery humanitarian as [...] | 2008-12-08 09:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER NATO IT |
08ROME1567 | HOA PIRACY: EMBASSY ROME REQUEST TO INCLUDE ITALY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA |
08ROME1568 | ITALY SUPPORTS REGIONAL APPROACH TO SECURITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA NATO Office Director Massimo Marotti on December 17. Marotti said that Italy shares the view that a robust ISAF contribution to the Election Support Forces (ESF) is vital to the successful conduct of Presidential Elections in Afghanistan. I [...] | 2008-12-23 11:32:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
08ROME1573 | GEN PETRAEUS DISCUSSES IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN WITH ITALIAN LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Italy's leaders warmly welcomed the December 9-10 visit of U.S. CENTCOM Commander, Gen. David Petraeus. In his meetings with Prime Minister Berlusconi, Defense Minister La Russa, Foreign Minister Frattini, and Italy's military leadership, Petraeus stressed that the situation in Afghani [...] | 2008-12-24 10:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF IZ IR LE PK |
08ROME1590 | HOA PIRACY: ITALY PLEDGES FRIGATE FOR ESDP [...] C) The Italian MOD confirmed to Pol-Mil Off on December 24 that Italy plans to contribute a Maestrale-class Frigate or Soldati-class fleet patrol boat to the ESDP ATALANTA counter-piracy mission. The mission was approved by the Concil of Ministers in the year-end GOI overseas missions decree w [...] | 2008-12-30 16:11:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO EWWT PBTS |
08ROME17 | ITALY BRIEFED ON TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR UN SENIOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Coordinator for Afghanistan Sergio Mercuri on January 7. Mercuri appreciated the opportunity to review the latest version of the terms of reference/job description and was pleased to find that the Senior Civilian Representative would have t [...] | 2008-01-08 13:24:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | IO PREL AF NATO EU IT |
08ROME196 | PRODI TO ATTEND BUCHAREST SUMMIT, SEES NO EASY SOLUTION TO GARBAGE CRISIS [...] (C) On February 11, the Ambassador met with outgoing PM Romano Prodi to discuss a range of outstanding issues. Prodi said he had just spoken with President Bush and regretted that their February 4 meeting in Washington did not take place. He confirmed that despite the government crisis he would att [...] | 2008-02-13 09:50:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO IT |
08ROME201 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ITALY SEEKS TO PRESERVE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Acting Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Emanuele Farruggia on February 13. Farruggia was aware of the U.S. briefing to NATO allies on interoperability and said that Italy would oppose efforts of Olso Process leaders to push thr [...] | 2008-02-14 14:39:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO IT |
08ROME212 | ITALY: SUPPORTS MACEDONIAN NATO ASPIRATIONS; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-19 17:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL GR MK IT |
08ROME257 | ISAF: CARETAKER PRODI GOVERNMENT MAY ANNOUNCE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Director for Political-Military Affairs Gianni Bardini on February 27. Bardini explained that the current caretaker government of PM Romano Prodi has no mandate to carry out anything more than basic administrative functions in the run-up to [...] | 2008-02-29 16:24:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF IT |
08ROME260 | GOI WORKING TO IMPROVE NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-03 13:46:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS EU TU CY IT |
08ROME312 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY STRESSES LONG-TERM COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy hosted a "West 4" meeting of ISAF RC-West contributor nations (Italy, Lithuania, Spain and the U.S.) in Rome on March 4. Italian MFA U/S for Asia Gianni Vernetti, in his opening address, said that Italy is in Afghanistan for the "long haul" in both its civilian and milita [...] | 2008-03-12 11:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS SNAR AF IT SP LH |
08ROME357 | U.S. COORDINATOR SCHWEICH ENGAGES ITALIANS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with GOI officials and the Italian press on March 13-14, Amb. Thomas A. Schweich, Coordinator for Afghan Justice Reform and Counternarcotics and INL PDAS, drew a strong correlation between security and narcotics in Afghanistan. He presented new USG and UNODC data s [...] | 2008-03-20 15:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR NATO IT MARR MOPS AF EAID |
08ROME365 | ITALY/CFE: GOI "POSITIVE" ON PROPOSED NATO CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA OSCE Desk Officer Emilio Giribone on March 25. He said that Italy will be represented at the March 27 HLTF by Brunella Borzi, MFA Envoy for OSCE Political-Military Affairs, who has already seen the draft U.S.-German Statement on CFE. Althoug [...] | 2008-03-25 17:14:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS MD GG IT |
08ROME396 | ITALIAN FM CALLS GREEK FM TO PRESS FOR MACEDONIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-31 15:33:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR IT |
08ROME398 | GLOBAL HAWK: ITALY APPROVES BASING AT SIGONELLA: [...] (U) This message contains an urgent action request at para 2. 2. (C) The Italian Defense General Staff (IDGS) notified the Embassy in writing on April 1 that Italy approved the deployment of the Global Hawk UAV to Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily (text of approval note at para 4). Th [...] | 2008-04-01 14:09:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IT |
08ROME484 | AFGHANISTAN/ITALY: AMBASSADOR WOOD URGES INCREASED [...] (C) Summary. During an April 14-16 visit to Rome, U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan William Wood praised Italian civilian and military efforts in Afghanistan while encouraging a vigilant military posture in Regional Command-West and urging greater involvement in police training activities. He re [...] | 2008-04-18 11:08:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MOPS NATO MARR EAID IT AF |
08ROME528 | GREECE/MACEDONIA: ITALY IN FAVOR OF QUICK [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points on April 18 to MFA NATO desk officer Piermario Dacco. Poloffs requested high-level Italian intervention with Greece to urge renewed commitment in resolving the Macedonia name dispute as soon as possible. Dacco said Italy shared the USG concern and also w [...] | 2008-04-24 15:27:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR IT |
08ROME604 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: ITALY STILL FIRMLY WITHIN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Italian MFA Acting Director for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Laura Aghilarre on May 9. Aghillare stressed that the Italian position is still decidedly against any agreement that would compromise the "like-minded" approach and that the Italian [...] | 2008-05-13 06:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | IT MOPS PREL PARM NATO |
08ROME613 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY CONSIDERING SIGNIFICANT PARIS [...] (C) Summary: Acting PolCouns met with Italian MFA Director General for Asia Iannucci on May 14 to discuss Iannucci's upcoming trip to Kabul and Farah Province and to discuss the new Berlusconi Government's plans for Afghanistan. Iannucci said that Italy had not yet decided what sort of pledge [...] | 2008-05-14 16:01:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR MOPS NATO MARR EAID IT AF |
08ROME71 | ITALY: FM D'ALEMA ON KOSOVO, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN, [...] (C/NF) Ambassador called on FM D'Alema January 15 to run through key foreign policy issues in advance of PM Prodi's February 4 visit to Washington. D'Alema was in a constructive mood and said Italian foreign policy on key issues was largely convergent with that of the U.S. He said that Kosov [...] | 2008-01-16 16:57:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO UNSC EUN IT |
08ROME726 | ITALY: PM BERLUSCONI IN BROAD AGREEMENT ON KEY [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met June 6 with PM Silvio Berlusconi and U/S Gianni Letta to frame issues President Bush may discuss with Berlusconi during their June 12 bilateral meeting in Rome. Berlusconi said he saw no problematic issues in the U.S.-Italian relationship. In office for less than on [...] | 2008-06-09 11:52:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO ETRD IT |
08ROME774 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S ROOD TO ROME, JUNE [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Rome presents a well-timed opportunity to engage the GOI on a number of important security issues in the wake of the successful meetings between the President and PM Berlusconi on June 12. In particular, the positive atmosphere generated by the visit should contribu [...] | 2008-06-19 12:14:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA |
08ROME823 | ISAF: ITALY PLEDGES MORE FLEXIBLE USE OF TROOPS [...] (C) Summary. Poloff met with Italian MFA Acting NATO Office Director Carlo Batori on June 25 to review Italian commitments to ISAF in the wake of the June 12 meeting between President Bush and PM Berlusconi. Batori confirmed that Italy is "removing" geographic caveats on Italian forces unde [...] | 2008-07-02 15:00:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR AF IT NATO |
08ROME835 | AFGHANISTAN: ITALY RECEPTIVE TO ANA TROOP INCREASE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff delivered Reftel demarche on July 3 to Italian MFA Deputy Afghanistan Coordinator Paola Munzi and Deputy NATO Office Director Carlo Batori. Munzi said that the Italian government supports the Afghanistan Compact goal [...] | 2008-07-03 13:02:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF |
08ROME881 | AMB. PRESSES ITALIAN MOD AND PM ADVISER ON NATO SAC [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with MOD La Russa and PM Berlusconi's principal adviser U/S Gianni Letta on July 15, the Ambassador noted the importance of the NATO Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) to provide mission critical assistance in Afghanistan and lamented that an Italian withdra [...] | 2008-07-16 14:41:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO LE AF XF IT |
08ROME892 | ITALY SUPPORTS EXPANDED NTM-I; CONSIDERING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-21 16:55:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ IT |
08ROME893 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DASD WHELAN: AFRICOM [...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Italy offers an opportunity to engage the GOI at the highest levels on the pending issue of U.S.- GOI consultations on AFRICOM component headquarters in Italy. Initial readings from top-level Italian civilian officials are encouraging. However, the devil will be in t [...] | 2008-07-22 09:20:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IT NATO |
08ROME900 | FM FRATTINI TO COORDINATE WITH U.S. ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary. Italian FM Franco Frattini told the Ambassador on July 21 that Italy is prepared to do more to make EU measures against Iran more effective but opposition from Spain and Austria make it unlikely that it will happen during the July GAERC. In a recent phone conversation, Syrian FM [...] | 2008-07-22 16:29:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO ECON IT |
08ROME944 | ITALY WANTS TO HOST OFF-CONTINENT AFRICOM HQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD Whelan, the Ambassador and DATT briefed the Italian PM's principle advisor and U/S Gianni Letta on DOD strategic thinking with respect to AFRICOM and our desire to establish Army and Navy service component commands (at Initial Operational Capability) in Italy by October 1, 20 [...] | 2008-07-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IT NATO |
08ROME945 | ITALY: PROPOSED WAY FORWARD ON AFRICOM [...] (U) This cable is an ACTION request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. Post welcomes reftel instructions to begin official consultations on the establishment of U.S. AFRICOM Army and Navy service component headquarters in Italy. We have already broached the sub [...] | 2008-07-29 16:04:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IT NATO |
08ROME988 | U/S ROOD DISCUSSES IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Italian MFA Political Director Terzi thanked U/S Rood on June 23 for the U.S. assistance in including Italy in pre P5+1 consultations on Iran. He said Italy was pushing for stronger EU measures against Iran and wanted to include a robust discussion of Iran by the Quint on the m [...] | 2008-08-05 12:28:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PREL MNUC MCAP MARR NATO ETTC KNNP IAEA |
08SANJOSE119 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CONCERNS ON OSLO PROCESS [...] On February 12 we met with Carlos Cordero Madrigal, Director of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Section of the MFA and conveyed reftel concerns and talking points. 2. Cordero indicated he will gladly convey our concerns to the GOCR mission in Geneva for consideration, as the [...] | 2008-02-13 17:57:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN CS |
08SANSALVADOR240 | EL SALVADOR DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OSLO PROCESS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 20:21:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES PGOV NATO UN |
08SEOUL1355 | AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY FORCE SIZE INCREASE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-08 07:39:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF KS |
08SKOPJE104 | MACEDONIA: UNUSUALLY POSITIVE NAME ISSUE MEDIA [...] (C) Front-page press on February 8 covered statements on the name issue by President Crvenkovski, PM Gruevski and FM Milososki. A day after the Ambassador's meetings with Crvenkovski and Gruevski (reftels),the two leaders, who disagree on nearly every other issue, issued a unified message a [...] | 2008-02-08 16:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE13 | MACEDONIA: PLANS FOR IRAQ FOR 2008 AND BEYOND [...] (S/NF) The following responses are keyed to the questions in ref A: A. (S/NF) Macedonia's leadership is committed to staying the course in Iraq in 2008 and beyond, as long as the U.S. remains engaged in Iraq and indicates Macedonian support is needed. Macedonia recently doubled its troop d [...] | 2008-01-11 13:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KDEM MARR NATO PREL MK IZ |
08SKOPJE143 | MACEDONIA: CONSTRUCTIVELY LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) The government is laying the groundwork for public acceptance of a compromise on the most recent Nimetz name proposal (reftel). In an encouraging break with the past, it has moved a giant step away from its dual-name position toward acceptance of a name for use in international organizatio [...] | 2008-02-21 13:26:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE153 | MACEDONIA MEETING NATO MEMBERSHIP CRITERIA [...] (C) In striving to meet NATO membership requirements, the GOM is taking a constructive approach to resolving the name dispute with Athens, although there are concerns the Greeks will veto Macedonia's NATO bid even if Skopje demonstrates additional flexibility. The government has shown signific [...] | 2008-02-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE155 | MACEDONIA: "BIG FISH" CONVICTED IN CORRUPTION CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a landmark ruling, a Macedonian court has convicted two high-profile defendants in a major corruption case. A former National Bank Governor and a controversial businessman were convicted and sentenced to four-and-a-half-years imprisonment on February 25 for a financial frau [...] | 2008-02-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE157 | MACEDONIA COMMITTED SUPPORTING ISAF [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 14:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF MK |
08SKOPJE167 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION & [...] (C) IN A FEBRUARY 29 MEETING WITH THE CHARGE, FM MILOSOSKI REITERATED THE GOM'S STANCE THAT DEMARCATION OF THE KOSOVO-MACEDONIA BORDER SHOULD BEGIN BEFORE MACEDONIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO. SKOPJE ALSO WANTS TO AVOID ANY DISCUSSIONS WITH PRISTINA OF THE 2001 SKOPJE-BELGRADE AGREEMENT ON THE BORDER [...] | 2008-03-03 12:36:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KV MK GR |
08SKOPJE171 | MACEDONIA: HDAC CODEL SCENESETTER (CODEL PRICE) [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gillian Milovanovic and the embassy team warmly welcome you to the Republic of Macedonia, a strong NATO membership contender and the only multi-ethnic democracy in the region. Macedonia has made tremendous strides from 2001, when the country teetered on the brink of an inter- [...] | 2008-03-03 17:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MK NATO GR |
08SKOPJE173 | MACEDONIA: PREPARING FOR NIMETZ NAME TALKS, ROUND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-04 16:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE179 | MACEDONIA/GREECE NAME ISSUE: HOPING FOR A MIRACLE, [...] (C) In separate meetings March 6, Macedonia's name negotiator Ambassador Dimitrov and UN mediator Ambassador Nimetz briefed the Charge on the latest round of high level discussions earlier the same day. Still disappointed over the latest Nimetz proposal, Macedonian leaders are not yet prepare [...] | 2008-03-06 16:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE186 | MACEDONIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT: ACTING U/S FRIED [...] (C) During March 7 meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski, Acting U/S Fried urged both leaders to redouble efforts to close a deal on the name dispute with Greece to avoid a Greek veto of Macedonia's chances for a NATO invitation at the Bucharest summit. He warned that the USG co [...] | 2008-03-11 06:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO KV MK |
08SKOPJE194 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON NATO AND THE [...] (C) In March 7 meetings with ethnic Albanian leaders Thaci, from junior governing coalition partner DPA, and Ahmeti, from DUI, the Charge stressed the importance of resolving the name dispute with Greece as the key to ensuring Macedonia receives a NATO membership invitation this April. Both Th [...] | 2008-03-12 19:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE197 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN PARTY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Ethnic Albanian junior coalition partner DPA announced March 12 that it would leave the government, citing the failure of PM Gruevski to meet six key DPA demands. Although the DPA exit robs Gruevski of his majority in the parliament, it is likely that the government will wobble but not f [...] | 2008-03-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE198 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN PARTY EXITS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Ethnic Albanian junior coalition partner DPA announced March 12 that it would leave the government, citing the failure of PM Gruevski to meet six key DPA demands. Although the DPA exit robs Gruevski of his majority in the parliament, it is likely that the government will wobble but not f [...] | 2008-03-13 17:35:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE205 | MACEDONIA: MOJ REAFFIRMS ANTI-TIP COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) In a March 10 meeting, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Manevski briefed the Charge on recent MOJ prosecutorial and court consolidation activities that should enhance Macedonia's efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP). Additionally, on March 12 the National Commission for Combating TIP [...] | 2008-03-14 15:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE21 | MACEDONIA: NATIONAL NATO COORDINATOR ON THE NAME [...] (C) Macedonia's NATO Coordinator/Name Negotiator, Nikola Dimitrov, told the Ambassador during a January 11 meeting that it appeared increasingly likely that Greece would veto NATO membership for Macedonia in the absence of a resolution of the name dispute before the NATO summit in April. He sa [...] | 2008-01-14 16:38:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE212 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT & PRIME MINISTER ON VIENNA [...] (C) In separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski on March 17, the Ambassador said the US wants to help Macedonia and Greece reach a compromise on the name issue that will ensure Macedonia receives a NATO invitation at the NATO summit in Bucharest. Time is short, however, and [...] | 2008-03-20 15:14:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE213 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN LEADERS ON NATO AND [...] (C) In March 19 meetings with ethnic Albanian leaders Thaci, from junior governing coalition partner DPA, and Ahmeti, from DUI, the Ambassador stressed the importance of maintaining political stability and resolving the name dispute with Greece to secure a NATO membership invitation this April [...] | 2008-03-21 07:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE220 | MACEDONIA: ETHNIC ALBANIAN DPA BACK IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) DPA, the ethnic Albanian junior governing coalition partner, announced March 23 it would return to the VMRO-led government of PM Gruevski. The announcement came only 11 days after DPA President Thaci declared that DPA had left the coalition because of PM Gruevski's failure to meet six c [...] | 2008-03-24 16:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE239 | MACEDONIA: "YES" TO NIMETZ PROPOSAL ON THE NAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's and Prime Minister's Chiefs of Staff informed us today that the GOM will accept the latest Nimetz proposal on the name (reftel) without any modifications. Though areas of disagreement remain between the President and PM regarding the substance of the proposal, t [...] | 2008-03-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE240 | MACEDONIA: 110 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR TIP GROUP [...] (SBU) The Skopje Appellate Court upheld February 1 the sentences of 21 defendants in the 2007 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) case Jug 2 (reftel). Less than a year after the beginning of the trial, the court system has concluded this high-profile TIP case, giving the 21 defendants a total of ove [...] | 2008-04-01 07:20:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE250 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI AFTER THE NATO SUMMIT [...] (SBU) In an April 4 meeting with PM Gruevski in the aftermath of Greece's veto of Macedonia's NATO membership bid at Bucharest, the Ambassador urged the PM to re-engage in the Nimetz process to resolve the name issue as soon as possible. Gruevski said he was willing to re-engage with Nimetz so [...] | 2008-04-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE253 | MACEDONIA UNITED, MODERATE FOLLOWING GREEK VETO IN [...] (SBU) Macedonia's leaders, media and intellectuals responded to Greece's decision April 3 to block Macedonia's NATO accession with deep disappointment, but couched in moderate and sober statements. Emotional appeals for national unity and perseverance in implementing reforms have been the mai [...] | 2008-04-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE254 | MACEDONIA: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON EARLY [...] (C) FM Milososki informed the Ambassador April 7 that the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party intends to initiate the procedure for early elections. The earliest such elections could be held is between 60 and 90 days after Parliament votes for its dissolution, which could come as early as the end of this [...] | 2008-04-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE262 | MACEDONIA TO HOLD EARLY ELECTIONS JUNE 1; OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Following two days of debate, the Macedonian Parliament adopted April 12 a decision to disband itself. The decision starts the clock on the first-ever early elections, now set for June 1, since Macedonia's independence 17 years ago. Before stepping down, the MPs authorized the next regu [...] | 2008-04-15 07:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE276 | MACEDONIA: NATO SECGEN ENCOURAGES NAME RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) During his April 21 visit to Skopje, NATO SecGen de Hoop Scheffer pressed his interlocutors to resolve the name issue with Greece before July 9 in order to allow Macedonia to join Albania and Croatia in signing their NATO accession protocols on that date. He urged them to continue the na [...] | 2008-04-22 13:32:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE290 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI ON ELECTIONS, NAME DISPUTE, [...] (C) During an April 24 meeting, the Ambassador urged PM Gruevski to work for free, fair, and peaceful parliamentary elections on June 1. She also asked him to ensure his government refrained from provocative actions/statements that could make it more difficult to resolve the name dispute with [...] | 2008-04-25 14:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO ETRD MK GR |
08SKOPJE292 | MACEDONIA: EARLY ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS IN FULL [...] (SBU) In a series of meetings with Macedonia's political leaders April 21-23, the Ambassador and DCM urged all parties to ensure free, fair and non-violent parliamentary elections on June 1. Although the official campaign period begins May 11, parties already are floating their campaign platfo [...] | 2008-04-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE299 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR FM MILOSOSKI'S MAY 6-7 [...] (SBU) FM Milososki's visit comes at a time when pro-U.S. sentiment in Macedonia is at its highest level in recent years. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at Bucharest, coupled with subsequent U.S. actions to demonstrate our support for a fair and speedy resolution [...] | 2008-05-02 13:17:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR KV |
08SKOPJE301 | MACEDONIA: CHARTER FLIGHT BARRED FROM GREEK [...] (SBU) On April 28, an Egypt-bound Macedonian Airlines (MAT) charter flight was denied overflight rights for Greece without any explanation. This first-ever denial of overflight rights, coupled with other irritants such as the lack of a Greek government reply to Macedonia's request to purchase [...] | 2008-05-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO EAIR MK GR |
08SKOPJE304 | MACEDONIA'S SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP RECORD: THE CASE [...] (SBU) This is a request for reconsideration or guidance. 2. (SBU) Embassy Skopje has worked intensively with the Macedonian government (GOM) to bring their anti-trafficking efforts up to international standards. We have documented Macedonia's success in meeting Tier 1 criteria for prosecut [...] | 2008-05-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE310 | MACEDONIA: NATO SIDELINE DISCUSSIONS OVERSHADOW [...] (SBU) Macedonia's President hosted the 15th Summit of Presidents of Central European States, May 2-3, in Ohrid. Seventeen states, spanning a geographic region from Germany to Ukraine, participated in the meeting. Kosovo is not yet a member of the group, and was not invited to participate. Th [...] | 2008-05-07 15:19:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE311 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Milovanovic and the Embassy Skopje team look forward to welcoming you to Macedonia. Your visit comes at a time when pro-U.S. sentiment in Macedonia is at its highest level in recent years. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at Bucharest, coupled w [...] | 2008-05-08 15:43:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE314 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION COALITIONS READY FOR MAY 11 [...] (SBU) A week before the May 11 official kick-off of the election campaign (reftel),the State Electoral Committee (SEC) approved 19 party lists, including the VMRO-led coalition "For Better Macedonia" and the opposition SDSM-led "SUN - Coalition for Europe." Minority and small parties traditi [...] | 2008-05-09 12:58:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE32 | MACEDONIA: GETTING TO "YES" ON NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) A NATO invitation for Macedonia would strengthen domestic reforms and inter-ethnic relations here, bolstering Macedonia's positive influence as a factor for regional stability as Kosovo status develops. NATO Ambassadors in Skopje share that view, and believe Macedonia has met NATO perform [...] | 2008-01-17 10:13:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE328 | MACEDONIA: TROUBLED START TO ELECTION CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) The State Electoral Committee (SEC) gave the green light to the May 11 election campaign kick-off (reftel) with the publication of the 18 candidate lists. Tensions rose in northwest Macedonia, where ethnic Albanian parties DUI and, to a far lesser extent, DPA have suffered a number of vi [...] | 2008-05-16 12:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE339 | MACEDONIA'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION TROUBLES [...] (SBU) In the run up to the June 1 parliamentary election, tensions between ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA continued sporadically over the past week, with DUI sustaining most of the property damage to its facilities. The State Electoral Committee (SEC) announced May 20 the completion of ac [...] | 2008-05-23 11:18:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE356 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION CAMPAIGN ENDS ON A LOW NOTE [...] (SBU) The final week before the June 1 parliamentary elections has been marked by continued tensions between ethnic Albanian parties DUI and DPA. Although DUI property sustained most of the damage, there also were reports of DUI activist violence against an ethnic Macedonian spectator at a Ma [...] | 2008-05-30 12:15:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE359 | MACEDONIA'S ELECTIONS: RULING PARTY WINS, COUNTRY [...] (SBU) Macedonia's June 1 snap parliamentary elections resulted in an expected victory and absolute majority for the ruling VMRO party. Despite numerous international community (IC) and media appeals for free and fair elections in the run-up to Election Day (reftel),voting was marred by numer [...] | 2008-06-02 17:06:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE360 | MACEDONIA: FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS U.S. TO INFLUENCE [...] (C) Following the June 1 early Parliamentary elections, marred by violence and fraud (reftel),FM Milososki called to ask the Ambassador to influence the initial ODIHR report on the elections, due out later that day. Specifically, he asked the Ambassador to ensure that the report adopted his [...] | 2008-06-03 13:01:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR NATO MK |
08SKOPJE364 | MACEDONIA: OPPOSITION LEADER STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Following her party's defeat in the June 1 early parliamentary elections (reftel),Radmila Sekerinska, President of the largest opposition party, the Social Democratic Union of Macedonia (SDSM),stepped down on June 3. Sekerinska conceded ruling party VMRO's landslide victory, but noted [...] | 2008-06-04 15:02:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO PINR MK |
08SKOPJE366 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR USAID ADMINISTRATOR [...] (SBU) Ambassador Milovanovic and the Embassy Skopje interagency team welcome you to Macedonia. Your visit comes at a time when U.S. influence in Macedonia is higher than at any time in recent memory. President Bush's solid support for Macedonia's NATO candidacy at the NATO Summit in Buchare [...] | 2008-06-05 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE368 | MACEDONIA: PLANNING FOR ELECTION RE-RUNS, MORE [...] (SBU) Working nearly non-stop for 48 hours, the State Electoral Committee (SEC) by June 6 had ordered election re-runs in 98 polling stations (PSs),due to violence and intimidation or other irregularities that marred the June 1 elections (reftels). In the meantime, the police have charged 88 [...] | 2008-06-06 12:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE372 | MACEDONIA: STATE ELECTORAL COMMISSION RULES ON [...] (SBU) Following a review of political parties' complaints of irregularities and violence during the June 1 parliamentary elections (reftel),the State Electoral Commission has invalidated voting in 196 polling stations. The SEC decision opens a window for as many as 170,000 voters in northwes [...] | 2008-06-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE388 | MACEDONIA: SUPREME COURT SHOWS BIAS IN [...] (SBU) In a biased decision for which little justification was offered, the Supreme Court overturned the State Electoral Commission's (SEC's) decision to invalidate voting in 11 polling stations cited for fraud and/or violence in the June 1 parliamentary elections. The Court's decision decrease [...] | 2008-06-13 14:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE394 | MACEDONIA: ELECTION RE-RUNS PASS MUSTER; [...] (SBU) The conduct of voting in parliamentary election re-runs on June 15 improved substantially compared to the June 1 elections, which had been marred by violence, intimidation and widespread electoral fraud. Significantly and visibly increased police presence created a safer, more secure vo [...] | 2008-06-17 08:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE411 | MACEDONIA: SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS DICARLO'S JUNE [...] (SBU) Welcome back to Skopje! The country is slowly recovering from the post-election blues it suffered after the badly-flawed June 1 early Parliamentary elections. Re-run elections on June 15, despite incidents of group, proxy, and family voting, were an improvement over the June 1 balloting, [...] | 2008-06-24 09:07:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE418 | MACEDONIA: SECOND PARLIAMENTARY RE-RUNS -- MORE [...] (SBU) The June 29 second round of re-runs of the June 1 Parliamentary elections were again marked by instances of serious electoral irregularities (reftel). Although the security environment was improved compared to the June 1 elections, static monitoring by international observer teams did [...] | 2008-06-30 15:37:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE463 | MACEDONIA: CHOD'S CONCERNS ABOUT IMPACT OF MOD [...] (S/NF) The GOM's July 15 budget rebalance transfers 14 million euros from the MOD to the MOI, heavily impacting future Macedonian military readiness, and calling into question its ability to meet its commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to CHOD LTG Stojanovski, it also suggests the [...] | 2008-07-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE473 | MACEDONIA: FM MILOSOSKI ASSURES AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (SBU) Macedonia remains "NATO-ready" despite apparent recent steps away from democratization and a supplemental budget re-balance that directed funds away from the Ministry of Defense, according to Foreign Minister Milososki in his July 22 meeting with the Ambassador. He sought to deflect our [...] | 2008-07-24 15:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE48 | MACEDONIA OFFERS EXPANDED CBM'S TO GREECE ON NAME [...] (SBU) During bilateral talks on the name issue in Ohrid January 21, Macedonia offered Greece an expanded set of confidence-building measures (CBMs),including a joint committee to review and update historical textbooks; proposed high-level and working-level meetings and agreements on a range o [...] | 2008-01-22 11:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
08SKOPJE486 | MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI REAFFIRMS STANCE ON KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Macedonia remains committed to its NATO and EU orientation, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador July 25. He rejected claims that the GOM is stepping away from its democratic obligations, citing opposition intransigence and unpopularity. The PM insisted the recent budget rebalancing [...] | 2008-07-28 15:00:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO PARM EINT MK KV |
08SKOPJE491 | MACEDONIA/GREECE: WHAT THE MACEDONIANS NEED TO [...] (C) Embassy Skopje assesses that in the context of an agreement that clears the way for NATO membership and the start of EU accession talks, the Macedonian government would ultimately accept the following terms: -- Name: Republic of Northern Macedonia (or: Republic of North Macedonia) -- [...] | 2008-07-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO GR MK |
08SKOPJE492 | MACEDONIA: NEW GOVERNMENT LINEUP [...] (U) Summary: In the absence of the opposition parties, the Macedonian Parliament approved the new VMRO-DPMNE/DUI coalition on July 26. Much of the new cabinet lineup is familiar, with many key officials returning for a second term. This message provides biographical information for the ne [...] | 2008-07-29 16:08:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV NATO MK PINR |
08SKOPJE496 | MACEDONIA PASSES LANGUAGE LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: In a surprise action on a long-standing ethnic Albanian objective, the Macedonian Parliament adopted a new language law on July 25. The law consolidates existing language use provisions from other laws and adds new provisions for use of minority languages in the Parliament an [...] | 2008-07-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE507 | MACEDONIA: ANGRY SDSM RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AS [...] (C) President Crvenkovski reached agreement August 1 with the main opposition party SDSM to end its boycott of parliament and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS). The party returned in exchange for a presidential pardon on all charges against SDSM VP and Strumica mayor Zoran [...] | 2008-08-07 05:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE513 | MACEDONIA: ANGRY SDSM RETURNS TO PARLIAMENT AS [...] (C) President Crvenkovski reached agreement August 1 with the main opposition party SDSM to end its boycott of parliament and the Association of Local Self-Government Units (ZELS). The party returned in exchange for a presidential pardon on all charges against SDSM VP and Strumica mayor Zoran [...] | 2008-08-07 14:10:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE519 | MACEDONIA PREPARED TO CONTINUE WITH ADRIATIC CHARTER, BUT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, we discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter August 13 with Zoran Dabik, MFA Director for Political-Security Cooperation and Multilateral Affairs. Dabik responded that Macedonia was prepared to participate eagerly in a new Adriatic Charter arrangement with Montenegro, Bosn [...] | 2008-08-13 13:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV HR AL MK |
08SKOPJE559 | MACEDONIA: LEADERSHIP CRISIS IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On the eve of Ramadan the reinstatement of Skopje Mufti Taxhedin Bislimi by Islamic Community of Macedonia (ICM) President Sulejman Rexhepi marked an easing of tensions over leadership of the organization. The two sides had carried out a bitter battle in the media and in a letter-writin [...] | 2008-09-04 13:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE617 | MACEDONIA: DPA LEADER THACI ON ICTY CASES, NAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecution of the returned Hague cases by the Macedonian justice system is a violation of the 2002 amnesty law, ethnic Albanian DPA leader Menduh Thaci told Ambassador Reeker in their first meeting October 3. Thaci also said the October 2 meeting of the four major political [...] | 2008-10-09 14:05:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
08SKOPJE619 | MACEDONIA: DUI'S AHMETI STILL WORRIED ON HAGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Macedonian government is forming a task force to determine if the 2002 amnesty law should apply to the four cases returned to Macedonia by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),ethnic Albanian DUI Party leader Ali Ahmeti told Ambassador Reeker [...] | 2008-10-09 14:12:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
08SKOPJE669 | MACEDONIA: FORMER PRESIDENT GLIGOROV CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Still sharp and spry at 91, former President Kiro Gligorov met with Ambassador Reeker November 3 to welcome him back to Macedonia and to share his views on the current political situation and prospects for the future. Gligorov expressed his disappointment in the current Government's lac [...] | 2008-11-05 14:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV NATO MK |
08SKOPJE673 | DAS STUART JONES VISIT TO SKOPJE, OCTOBER 27-29 [...] (C) Summary: In addition to discussions on the name issue, Macedonian leaders discussed regional, economic, and bilateral issues with EUR DAS Jones during his October 27-29 visit. GoM officials pressed for further development of the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) U.S. cooperation [...] | 2008-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PHUM PREL KV AL MK |
08SKOPJE696 | MACEDONIA SUES GREECE IN INTERNATIONAL COURT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Macedonia has filed legal proceedings against Greece in the International Court of Justice (ICJ),claiming that in blocking Macedonia's NATO membership Greece has violated the terms of the 1995 Interim Accord. Proposed press guidance in para. 6 End summary. 2. (SBU) FonMin [...] | 2008-11-17 17:04:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MK GR NATO EUN |
08SKOPJE87 | MACEDONIA: PRESSING FOR NAME DISPUTE RESOLUTION [...] (C) During a February 1 tete-a-tete meeting with Deputy PM Stavreski, one of PM Gruevski's closest advisers, I pressed for resolution of the name dispute with Greece before the NATO summit in April, underscored the need for Skopje to offer UN Special Negotiator Nimetz some proposals before then [...] | 2008-02-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE91 | MACEDONIA: PUSHING FOR PROGRESS ON NAME ISSUE [...] (C) We are continuing efforts to persuade Macedonia of the need to maximize chances for a NATO membership invitation by embracing the Nimetz framework and proposing a differentiated name for use in international organizations (ref A). Our GoM interlocutors are sticking to their long-standing [...] | 2008-02-05 06:50:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE95 | MACEDONIA: SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE NAME AND NATO [...] (C) During separate meetings with President Crvenkovski and PM Gruevski today, I pressed for greater flexibility in approaching the Nimetz talks on the name dispute with Greece and urged that Macedonia propose some options to Nimetz before the next round of bilateral talks in Athens on Februar [...] | 2008-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE98 | MACEDONIA: PRESIDENT CRVENKOVSKI ON THE NAME AND [...] (C) The Ambassador underscored to President Crvenkovski during a meeting February 6 that finding a compromise solution on the Macedonia-Greece name dispute is the best way to ensure Macedonia receives a NATO invitation at the Bucharest Summit in April. Crvenkovski acknowledged that Macedonia [...] | 2008-02-07 12:30:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SKOPJE99 | MACEDONIA'S PM GRUEVSKI ON THE MAY 29 AGREEMENT [...] (C) In a February 6 meeting with PM Gruevski, the Ambassador began by highlighting two issues the GOM should close to complete its NATO accession tasks: the social package for victims of the 2001 conflict and a draft language law. Pledging his commitment to address these issues, Gruevski poin [...] | 2008-02-07 13:39:00 | Embassy Skopje | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MK GR |
08SOFIA191 | BULGARIANS EXPECT LITTLE FLEXIBILITY ON MACEDONIA [...] (C) In the temporary absence of FM Kalfin and Deputy FM Kuychukov, DCM had an extended discussion with Political Director Poriyazov, encouraging Bulgaria to push Athens to aim higher and achieve agreement with Skopje. Poriyazov acknowledged that flexibility was necessary to achieve a mutual [...] | 2008-04-01 13:50:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PGOV MK GR BU |
08SOFIA550 | BULGARIA: NAC STATEMENT ON GEORGIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 15:57:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG BU |
08SOFIA610 | BULGARIA UNDECIDED ON EXPANSION OF ISAF [...] (C) The Bulgarian Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministries have yet to reach consensus on SACEUR's proposed amendment to the Counternarcotics Annex of the ISAF Operations Plan to authorize ISAF forces to interdict narcotics production and trafficking facilities. According to COL Stefan Yanev, [...] | 2008-09-12 13:48:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MOPS MARR BU AF |
08STATE100723 | EXPANDING THE ADRIATIC CHARTER [...] (U) This is an action request cable. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (U) Objective: To capitalize on Albania, Croatia and Macedonia's affirmation that the Adriatic Charter should be expanded to include Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro by outlining a process by which they will offer them f [...] | 2008-09-19 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK |
08STATE100758 | ACTION REQUEST: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON [...] (U) This is an action message for posts in all NATO capitals, USOSCE and USNATO. It follows up on discussion at the September 11 HLTF regarding appropriate CFE contacts with Russia in light of events in Georgia (discussed in detail Ref A). Posts should brief this information orally, not/not [...] | 2008-09-19 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08STATE100790 | SEEKING ALLIED SUPPORT FOR NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On August 19, NATO Foreign Ministers agreed that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship, following Russia's brutal military action in Georgia, and Russia's subsequent recognition of Abkhazia and South Osset [...] | 2008-09-20 03:23:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS |
08STATE104222 | A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH BALKAN MINISTERS ON [...] (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones Cathy Westley, EUR/SCE Adriatic Charter 3: ------------------- Albania: Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha Croatia: Foreign Minister Gordan Jandrokovic Macedonia: Foreign Minister Antonio M [...] | 2008-09-30 15:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PGOV PREL AL BK HR KV MK MN SR |
08STATE104488 | UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Under Secretary Burns met with Uzbek Foreign Minister Vladimir Norov on September 26 in New York on the margins of the UN General Assembly. Norov told Burns that the Government of Uzbekistan was satisfied with the U.S.-Uzbek relationship, and hoped the relationship would grow in a balan [...] | 2008-09-30 20:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC NATO PHUM KDEM PREL KMAR AF RS UZ |
08STATE109115 | NATO/VCC: BIDS FOR VD99 VERIFICATION ACTIVITY IN [...] (U) This is an action message, see para 2. 2. (C/REL NATO) Ref document requests Allies submit national bids for Vienna Document 1999 inspection and evaluation activity before October 15, 2008, indicating the countries in which they plan to carry out VD 99 evaluation visits and inspections [...] | 2008-10-10 19:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL |
08STATE111775 | (U) Secretary Rice's October 9, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Dan Smith, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) October 9, 2008, 9:00 - 9:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist, EUR Sean McCormack, PA C [...] | 2008-10-21 00:18:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG LH EN |
08STATE118534 | URGING UKRAINE TO RESUME THE NATO PFP TRUST FUND [...] This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, see paragraphs 2 and 7. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S.-led phase one of the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) demilitarization project in Ukraine could fail due to lack of agreement within the Government of Ukraine on its commitment to dest [...] | 2008-11-06 21:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP |
08STATE120660 | CFE: NOV 5-7 ROMANIAN-HOSTED HLTF OFF-SITE: [...] (C) Summary. At the November 5-7 Romanian-hosted off-site HLTF, Allies discussed the current situation regarding CFE; examined options for a unified way forward; and agreed on themes for NAC communique language on CFE to deliver a solid NATO message at the upcoming NATO and OSCE Ministerials [...] | 2008-11-13 20:52:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO OSCE |
08STATE124486 | U.S. RESPONSE TO REQUEST FROM CYPRUS FOR OSCE [...] This is an action message; please see para 6 below. 2. (SBU) On October 29, 2008, the Defense Minister of the Republic of Cyprus formally requested from OSCE participating States technical assistance with the destruction of 324 SA-7s MANPADS and their gripstocks (Ref A). At that time the [...] | 2008-11-24 20:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | CY MARR MAS NATO OSCE PARM PREL |
08STATE125172 | DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING EXPANSION OF THE AFGHAN [...] (C) This is an action telegram, please see para 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: NATO Foreign Ministers will meet in Brussels December 2-3 to discuss the key issues facing the Alliance in 2009. Foremost among those issues will be our mission in Afghanistan. A key priority in that context will be supp [...] | 2008-11-26 01:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL |
08STATE125625 | DEMARCHE TO AUSTRALIA REGARDING CONVENTION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partners [...] | 2008-11-26 21:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO AS |
08STATE125627 | DEMARCHE TO NORWAY REGARDING CONVENTION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer. Norway was instrumental in the process t [...] | 2008-11-26 21:31:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL NW |
08STATE125628 | DEMARCHE TO CANADA REGARDING CONVENTION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign the CCM nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partners will sig [...] | 2008-11-26 21:34:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO PREL MOPS CA |
08STATE125631 | DEMARCHE TO GERMANY REGARDING CONVENTION ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer. Germany will sign this Convention and ha [...] | 2008-11-26 21:37:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO PREL MOPS GM |
08STATE125632 | DEMARCHE TO ITALY, SPAIN, AND QATAR REGARDING [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partners [...] | 2008-11-26 21:41:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PARM NATO MOPS PREL IT SP |
08STATE126440 | DEMARCHE TO NATO AND COALTION PARTNERS ON [...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 3-6. 2. (C) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The United States will neither sign this Convention nor participate as an observer, although many of our allies and partne [...] | 2008-12-01 19:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL |
08STATE127398 | RETRANSMITTAL: DEMARCHE TO NATO AND COALTION [...] (U) This is a retransmittal of STATE 125512 to include KOLONIA, KOROR, and MAJURO for INFO. Classified portions have been removed for transmittal to KOROR. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 3, the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) will be opened for signature in Oslo, Norway. The Unite [...] | 2008-12-03 18:37:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM NATO MOPS PREL |
08STATE128582 | THE WAY AHEAD ON ALBANIAN MUNITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paras 8-10. Department supports Post's reftel request for a one-year assignment of a uniformed US military EOD commissioned officer to the GOA Ministry of Defense as a technical advisor to the Minister of Defense. The Department is collaborating wi [...] | 2008-12-05 22:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL NATO SI AL |
08STATE128585 | GUIDANCE: SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD (SRB) DECEMBER [...] (C) In general, Washington concurs with positions outlined by USNATO in Ref A. Additional guidance is provided below. 2. (C) In response to Mission's request for guidance (ref B) concerning a one-year extension for SRB Chairman Pino, Washington concurs with Mission recommendation to suppo [...] | 2008-12-05 23:14:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL |
08STATE129943 | FINDING A WAY FORWARD ON UKRAINE NATO PFP TRUST [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Despite months of senior-level demarches, the Government of Ukraine (GoU) has not agreed to resume small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) destruction under the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) d [...] | 2008-12-10 22:25:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP |
08STATE130187 | FINDING A WAY FORWARD ON UKRAINE NATO PFP TRUST [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Kyiv and USNATO, please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: Despite months of senior-level demarches, the Government of Ukraine (GoU) has not agreed to resume small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) destruction under the NATO-Partnership for Peace (PfP) d [...] | 2008-12-11 16:20:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PARM PREL UP |
08STATE130577 | NOTIFYING ALLIES OF FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING ON CFE [...] (U) This is an action message for embassies in all NATO capitals and USNATO. USOSCE should follow up as appropriate. 2. (C) Posts should contact appropriate host government authorities (USNATO should inform appropriate members of the International Staff) as soon as possible to let them k [...] | 2008-12-12 14:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM RS NATO |
08STATE132140 | ACTION FOR CONTINUING IRAQI COALITION EMBASSIES [...] (C) Department requests Embassies Bucharest, San Salvador, and Tallinn, along with USNATO, share the text in para. four with host governments and NATO soonest to determine whether the formulation meets those governments'/NATO's requirements for authorities and protections for their forces in Ir [...] | 2008-12-17 18:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AS EN ES IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK RO NATO |
08STATE133417 | CFE: A/S FRIED'S DECEMBER 17 MEETING WITH [...] (C) EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried and an interagency team met for five-plus hours December 17 in Geneva to review the status of the CFE Parallel Actions Package with Russian Disarmament Director Anatoliy Antonov and his experts. The discussion combined Russian maximalism on CFE -- an [...] | 2008-12-22 15:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD |
08STATE133419 | ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF FRIED-ANTONOV [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals, Embassy Tbilisi, and Embassy Chisinau are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. For full readout of the con [...] | 2008-12-22 15:27:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS GG MD |
08STATE133540 | CORRECTED COPY - ACTION REQUEST: READOUT OF [...] (SBU) This is an action request. NATO capitals are requested to deliver the points in para 2 to the appropriate host government officials on the results of the December 17 CFE Treaty consultations between the U.S. and Russia. Department will brief Georgian and Moldovan officials in Washington [...] | 2008-12-22 18:55:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KCFE NATO PARM PREL RS |
08STATE1703 | RFG: UN-NATO AGREEMENT AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Reftel requested Department guidance on UNSYG Ban Ki Moon's suggestion to NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to conclude a "non-binding agreement," on cooperation between ISAF and the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). 2. (C) Department supports the idea of moving forward on an I [...] | 2008-01-08 00:03:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IO NATO PREL |
08STATE18141 | SUPPORTING THE USG'S PROPOSAL FOR CIVIL AVIATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-22 20:09:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO EAIR PREL AF |
08STATE19438 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 13, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee General Ray Henault briefed that ISAF is seeking to diversify its fuel supply away from reliance on Pakistani transit. SHAPE Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations MG Rudy Wright described a dramatic drop [...] | 2008-02-26 22:57:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08STATE19466 | USG RESPONSE TO ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR RC-WEST [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-26 22:56:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IT MARR MOPS NATO PREL |
08STATE24923 | ITALIAN CARABINIERI TRAINING FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C/Rel Italy) SUMMARY: A critical part of the counter-insurgency plan for Afghanistan is assisting the Afghans in standing up an effective police force. The U.S. is committing a number of U.S. Marine trainers, due to arrive in Af [...] | 2008-03-11 00:29:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF IT MOPS NATO PREL |
08STATE27268 | GUIDANCE FOR NATO INDUSTRIAL PLANNING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MASS BEXP |
08STATE27269 | GUIDANCE FOR NATO INDUSTRIAL PLANNING COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-14 22:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MASS BEXP |
08STATE30793 | NATO SUMMIT 2008: DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE FOR COMBAT [...] (U) Department requests Embassy Bucharest deliver the diplomatic note in para two to Romania to provide combat air patrol during the upcoming Bucharest NATO Summit visit of President Bush. The text of the diplomatic note follows. 2. (S) Begin text of diplomatic note: The Embassy of the U [...] | 2008-03-25 19:14:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO |
08STATE33647 | DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE FOR U.S. AIRCRAFT TRANSIT [...] (U) Department requests that Embassy Bucharest deliver the diplomatic note in para two requesting transit of U.S. aircraft to Croatia through Romanian airspace to assist with air support coverage during the President,s visit, April 4 and 5, 2008. 2. (U) Begin text of diplomatic note: The [...] | 2008-04-01 21:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MCAP NATO PREL RO HR HU |
08STATE48065 | (U) Secretary Rice's April 25, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: KURT VOLKER, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS, REASONS: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) April 25, 2008, 9:20 - 10:50 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Charles W. Larson, Jr. Acting Assistant Secretary K [...] | 2008-05-06 20:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA MARR PREL PINS NATO |
08STATE53286 | GUIDANCE: CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 20-22 [...] Washington concurs with positions outlined by USNATO in Ref A and reaffirms validity of prior Washington guidance (Ref B) concerning selection of CEPMO BOD chairman. RICE [...] | 2008-05-19 20:36:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR |
08STATE60837 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN GOF SUPPORT FOR THE NATO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) Since 2004, the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) has provided a variety of training programs to Iraqi Security Forces to help establish a more secure environment in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Min [...] | 2008-06-05 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR IZ |
08STATE63686 | U.S.-ICELAND SECURITY DIALOGUE MEETING, APRIL 30 [...] (C) Summary. U.S. and Icelandic officials April 30 reviewed Iceland,s defense developments and bilateral security cooperation at working-level Security Dialogue meetings in Washington, D.C. Iceland previewed creation of the Icelandic Defense Agency this year, its plan to host a high-level NA [...] | 2008-06-12 20:43:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IC NATO PGOV PREL |
08STATE68633 | CORRECTED COPY: REQUEST TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON [...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see paragraph 3. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) The Government of Japan (GOJ) is actively considering possible contributions to support NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) security operations in Afghanistan (REFS A [...] | 2008-06-26 13:10:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AF AS CA GM IT FR JA |
08STATE71264 | REPLY: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE TO THE MV LEHMANN [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Drawing from the points in paragraph 3 below, Department requests Posts respond to diplomatic notes from the Embassy of Estonia (received 24 June, 2008) and from the Embassy of Ukraine (received 23 June, 2008) requesting supplies and assistance to Ukrainia [...] | 2008-07-02 18:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHSA BM CY EN GM NATO RS SO UK UP |
08STATE72295 | RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON LATVIA,S [...] (U) This is an action request - see Para 2. Department requests that post provide Latvian response via front channel message. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel request for guidance, Department provides the following points for post to raise at the earliest opportunity with the Latvian g [...] | 2008-07-07 13:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | LG MARR NATO PGOV PREL MASS |
08STATE73257 | DEMARCHE: NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Secretary of Defense approved a new U.S. DoD Policy on Cluster Munitions on June 19 that expands on the policy established by Secretary Cohen in 2001. This new policy incorporates additional ways to address humanitarian [...] | 2008-07-09 04:02:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
08STATE73794 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO GAIN ALLIES' AND UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and Partner Ukraine that NATO agreed on July 1 to expand the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I),to encourage Allies and Ukraine to provide additional resources to support new training tasks in response to the newly expanded mission, and to ur [...] | 2008-07-09 22:33:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO IZ |
08STATE73807 | (U) SECRETARY RICE'S JULY 2, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAN SMITH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, S/ES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.4. (B) AND (D) 2. (U) JULY 2, 2008, 10:30 - 11:15, WASHINGTON, D.C. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. THE SECRETARY AMBASSADOR JOHN CLOUD ACTING UNDER SECRETARY JOHN ROOD, T ASSISTANT SECRETARY D [...] | 2008-07-10 00:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG AF IZ |
08STATE73923 | DEMARCHE: NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Secretary of Defense approved a new U.S. DoD Policy on Cluster Munitions on June 19 that expands on the policy established by Secretary Cohen in 2001. This new policy incorporates additional ways to address humanitarian [...] | 2008-07-10 13:28:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO |
08STATE78367 | GUIDANCE FOR JULY 22 NATO DISCUSSION ON NATO-EU [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 3-4. 2. (SBU) Background. On July 22, the French Permanent Representative to NATO will present to North Atlantic Council (NAC) counterparts a new French non-paper titled, "Initiative aimed at establishing a 'high-level group' to coordinat [...] | 2008-07-21 22:36:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUN |
08STATE7926 | GUIDANCE: CEPMO BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD) [...] (U) Washington appreciates useful background information concerning selection of chairman for the NATO Central European Pipeline Organization (CEPMO) Board of Directors (BoD) provided at Refs A and B. 2. (C) While Washington could accept either way ahead for resolving the chairmanship issu [...] | 2008-01-25 17:19:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PREL |
08STATE80088 | DEMARCHE REQUEST ON NATO MEMBERS AND ASPIRING [...] (SBU) The department requests that action addressees pursue the following objectives with regard to host government's potential attendance at the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers meeting in Tehran, July 27-30, 2008. Posts should: -- Determine from host governments wheth [...] | 2008-07-24 22:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR |
08STATE83017 | EUR DAS MERKEL,S JULY 1 MEETING WITH UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the Batumi GUAM Summit, Ukrainian Foreign Minsiter Ogryzko told EUR DAS Merkel that the most important factors affecting Ukraine,s NATO aspirations are Germany and Russia. The Foreign Minister said that Ukraine is trying to work with Russia but will not accept a [...] | 2008-08-01 16:13:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO UP RS BO GM PHUM PGOV MARR |
08STATE85678 | ACTION REQUEST: U.S. PROPOSAL FOR STRONG NAC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 05:47:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM KCFE RU GG |
08STATE91387 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: FR MUST NOT BLOCK NATO [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) With respect to UNSCR 1816 and increasing acts of piracy off the Horn of Africa, Washington requests that USNATO raise the possibility of a NATO counter-piracy role at the August 27 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, and in a [...] | 2008-08-26 00:45:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN NATO PREL |
08STATE92323 | DEMARCHE: U.S. WILL NOT SIGN THE NATO [...] (C) This is an action request for all NATO Posts and Embassy Tel Aviv to demarche relevant Foreign Ministry legal and policy offices at appropriate levels prior to the September 2 Meeting of NATO Legal Advisors. We would appreciate information on any comments or replies received; please slug [...] | 2008-08-27 22:30:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN |
08STATE93447 | NATO-RUSSIA: PUTTING "NO BUSINESS AS USUAL" INTO [...] (C) Pursuant to the agreement among NATO Foreign Ministers at their August 19 meeting that there can be "no business as usual" in the NATO-Russia relationship under the current circumstances, Washington supports Mission's view (reftel) that it is important "not to use" the NRC as currently str [...] | 2008-09-02 01:21:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PREL GG RS |
08STATE96741 | SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF OPLAN TO EXPAND [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On June 11, Supreme Allied Commander-Europe (SACEUR),U.S. General Craddock, proposed to NATO Defense Ministers an amendment to the Counternarcotics Annex of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Opera [...] | 2008-09-10 14:26:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
08STATE97395 | CORRECTED COPY: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE ISAF [...] (U) This is a CORRECTED action request. Please see paragraph 4. CORRECTIONS: demarche shuold be delivered only to NATO Allies and points in paragraph 4 are classified as Confidential/Releasable to NATO. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On June 11, Supreme Allied Commander-Europe (SACEUR),U.S. Genera [...] | 2008-09-11 17:08:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
08STATE99182 | DEMARCHE: REVISED CIV-MIL CELL CONCEPT FOR [...] (C) This is an action cable, see para 3. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: On September 13, 2008, the Deputies Committee endorsed the circulation of a revised concept paper among Allies and Partners with troops in Regional Command - South in Afghanistan, which outlines a proposed Civil-Military Planning [...] | 2008-09-16 22:59:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL |
08STATE99701 | DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND PARTNERS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request to alert NATO Allies and select NATO Partners -- particularly those that are departing the Iraq Coalition -- that Prime Minister Maliki has asked the Alliance to maintain the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) through at least 2009. We would urge Allies and Partn [...] | 2008-09-17 23:11:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ |
08STOCKHOLM187 | SWEDEN WILL INCREASE TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On March 6, poloff and Defense Attache's Office (DAO) delivered, in parallel to the MFA and MOD, reftel demarche seeking additional Swedish support in Afghanistan. MOD's U.S. Desk Officer Karin Hevert noted that Sweden's participation in the current EU Nordic Battle Group will end in June [...] | 2008-03-07 16:02:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF SW |
08STOCKHOLM799 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (U) On November 16, PM Reinfeldt announced that Sweden would sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CM) in Oslo. FM Bildt addressed the Parliament on November 28, reiterating the PM's statement, saying Sweden hopes the CM will have a positive effect on the Convention on Certain Conventional [...] | 2008-12-02 15:01:00 | Embassy Stockholm | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL SW |
08TALLINN103 | ESTONIA: PM ANSIP's VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip visited Georgia February 4-6 (his first trip as Prime Minister). Following the visit, Kyllike Sillaste Elling, the PM's Foreign Policy Advisor, briefed interested journalists and diplomats on highlights of the trip. -- PM Ansip met with President Saak [...] | 2008-03-11 14:03:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EU NATO GG EN |
08TALLINN111 | ESTONIAN AGENDA FOR 2008 NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Afghanistan is Priority One for Estonia at the upcoming NATO Summit in Bucharest. Estonia has announced it will send a mortar platoon to Afghanistan this spring as an additional commitment to ISAF, but is unlikely Estonia will be ready to contribute to a new PRT in Nimroz. Other [...] | 2008-03-18 14:38:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS NATO EN |
08TALLINN135 | SCENESETTER FOR ESTONIAN PRESIDENT ILVES' APRIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Estonia's own "Jersey Boy," visits Washington and Tampa April 17-22. President Ilves is fervently pro-American, and he supports strongly Estonia's military engagements abroad. In fact, keeping Estonia in Iraq will be high on Ilves' agenda during hi [...] | 2008-04-14 13:10:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG NATO ECON CVIS EN |
08TALLINN146 | ESTONIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO DISCUSS MACEDONIA [...] (C) On April 21, Poloff met with Kaili Terras, NATO Desk Officer, and Bjorn Piibur, Western Balkans Desk Officer at the Estonian MFA to discuss the Macedonia name issue, as requested in reftel. The MFA echoed the position it has taken in our previous conversations: the name issue is a "diffi [...] | 2008-04-25 07:35:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO MK GR EN |
08TALLINN154 | ESTONIA'S REACTION TO THE BUCHAREST NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an unprecedented joint briefing for the Parliament, the Estonian Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Defense Minister touted the success of the Bucharest Summit. The Prime Minister praised the strength of the final declaration's statement on membership for Georgia and Ukrain [...] | 2008-05-02 13:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS NATO EN |
08TALLINN196 | FIRST MEETING OF ESTONIAN CYBER DEFENSE CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the May 14 signature of a Memorandum of Understanding in which they committed formally to support Estonia's Cooperative Cyber Center (CCD),the seven Sponsoring Nations met officially for the first time in Tallinn May 29-30. This CCD "Steering Committee" (SC) reviewe [...] | 2008-06-03 12:04:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL NATO EN |
08TALLINN231 | TALLINN DELIVERS MV LEHMANN TIMBER DIP NOTE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Conoff delivered reftel's points verbally and in the form of a letter from Charge to acting Director General of the Estonian MFA's Consular Affairs Division, Kerli Veski. In the letter, CDA reaffirmed the USG's commitment to combating piracy and to assist the GoE's efforts to resolve the [...] | 2008-07-07 14:02:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHSA BM CY GM NATO RS SO UK UP EN |
08TALLINN294 | ESTONIAN RESPONSE TO PROPOSED REGIONAL SOUTH [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (SBU) In a conversation with Poloff on August 22, Christian-Marc Liflander, Director of Policy Planning Department at the Estonian MOD, Riho Rongelep, Director of Operations (MOD),Liis Jemmer from the Policy Planning Department (MOD) and E [...] | 2008-08-22 14:36:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL NATO AF EN |
08TALLINN326 | ESTONIA CHARTS LEGAL, MILITARY FUTURE OF CYBER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the August cyber attacks against government websites in the Republic of Georgia, Estonia has provided both material and technical assistance to Tbilisi. Lawyers at the Cyber Center of Excellence in Tallinn have produced a legal analysis of the status of cyber [...] | 2008-09-22 14:07:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TINT NATO RU GG EN |
08TALLINN346 | ESTONIA ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C) Post has engaged the Government of Estonia (GOE) Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Defense (MOD) on multiple occasions with regards to reftel. On October 2, the MOD informed Poloff that currently, the GOE is unable to provide any trainers to assist the Afghan National Army, but in 2 [...] | 2008-10-02 11:52:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF EN |
08TALLINN347 | ESTONIAN REACTION TO AFGHANISTAN CIV-MIL CELL [...] (C) Post has engaged the Government of Estonia (GOE) Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Defense (MOD) on multiple occasions with regards to reftel. Neither agency was able to provide a substantive response with regards to requests for contributions to the Civ-Mil cell. However, on Octo [...] | 2008-10-02 12:32:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF EN |
08TALLINN383 | SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF GATES' VISIT TO TALLINN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Secretary, I will be delighted to welcome you to Tallinn on November 12-13. Estonia is a steadfast Ally and your visit is an important sign of the strength of the U.S.-Estonian bilateral relationship and Estonia's commitment to NATO. In the wake of Russia's invasion of Geor [...] | 2008-11-04 12:20:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN |
08TALLINN402 | ESTONIAN COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS ON IRAQ INVITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Estonia approved legislation extending Estonia's mandate in Iraq on the basis of the preliminary letter of invitation from the Government of Iraq (GOI) (reftel). Parliamentary debate will begin in early December. However, the mandate renewal legislation will n [...] | 2008-11-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO EN |
08TALLINN440 | ESTONIA ON SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) On December 23, Poloff met with Lauri Abel, Deputy Director of Operations and Crisis Management and Liis Jemmer, Policy Planning Advisor, at the Estonian Ministry of Defense (MOD) to discuss the points in reftel. Jemmer and Abel indicated that the Government of Estonia (GOE) has not reac [...] | 2008-12-31 13:28:00 | Embassy Tallinn | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF EN |
08TALLINN54 | USG SUPPORT FOR ESTONIAN CYBER CENTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The experience of unprecedented and wide- spread cyber attacks in April/May 2007 prompted Estonia to accelerate its leadership efforts in promoting international cooperation on cyber security. The Government of Estonia (GOE) is working with NATO to make its national Cooperative [...] | 2008-02-07 11:45:00 | Embassy Tallinn | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PREL NATO EN |
08TASHKENT1123 | UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...] | 2008-09-30 09:46:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ |
08TASHKENT1124 | UZBEKISTAN: NATO ENVOY ON AFGHANISTAN TRANSIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons briefed a gathering of NATO Embassy officials on his recent meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials on NATO-Uzbekistan cooperation, including ongoing transit agreement discussions. Simmons said [...] | 2008-09-30 09:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ |
08TASHKENT177 | DIPLOMATS PONDER HOW TO LIFT EU SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) Summary. The French, British and German Ambassadors in Tashkent were pleasantly suprised by a "qualitative improvement" in the Uzbek government's handling of human rights during a Feb. 5-6 visit by Commission representatives. These ambassadors (protect) uniformly endorse termination of [...] | 2008-02-08 12:41:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR MARR EAID EU EUN NATO UZ |
08TASHKENT212 | UZBEKS REQUEST NATO ASSISTANCE WITH ROCKET FUEL [...] (C) Summary: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) officials, visiting per the invitation of the Government of Uzbekistan, briefed the diplomatic corps on February 13 after discussing a project to dispose of 1,100 tons of melange rocket fuel. NATO is currently finishing a similar project [...] | 2008-02-14 12:54:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MASS ENRG NATO UZ |
08TASHKENT374 | UZBEKISTAN: PROCEDURES FOR TRANSIT VIA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Post requests assistance in notifying Allied Joint Forces Command (JFC) Headquarters to disseminate required procedures for personnel transiting Uzbekistan territory via the Uzbek-German Air Base in Termez. Post also requests [...] | 2008-03-28 10:12:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR GM AF UZ |
08TASHKENT482 | NATO ENVOY: UZBEKISTAN POSITIVE ON COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. NATO envoy Robert Simmons gave a readout to NATO Embassies on April 15 of meetings with Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) officials. According to Simmons, senior GOU officials may be split on pushing Uzbekistan's "6 plus 3" proposal. Simmons reported on the NATO land transit agreem [...] | 2008-04-24 04:44:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ASEC AORC MOPS KTIA NATO AF UZ |
08TASHKENT487 | UZBEKISTAN STAYING CLEAR OF ABKHAZIA/SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-04-24 12:56:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GG RS UZ |
08TBILISI1228 | GEORGIA: USG RESPONSE TO OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE ON [...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered a copy of the USG response to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...] | 2008-07-16 13:01:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG |
08TBILISI1246 | GEORGIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel request, Poloff provided a copy of USG concerns and comments to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...] | 2008-07-18 13:28:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG |
08TELAVIV1575 | ISRAEL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-22 11:30:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO IS |
08TELAVIV1968 | ISRAEL: RESPONSE ON NATO MED-D SOFA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polmiloff raised reftel points with MFA Acting Director for Multilateral European Institutions Boaz Rodkin on August 28. Rodkin appreciated the points in advance of the NATO Legal Advisors' meeting in Brussels on September 2, and said he would circulate them with the MFA Legal Advisor's o [...] | 2008-08-29 04:12:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN IS |
08THEHAGUE1002 | NETHERLANDS/ FM TO SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 14:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL NL |
08THEHAGUE1013 | NETHERLANDS: DUTCH CONCERN ON IRAN STEALTH [...] (C) Summary. The Dutch are concerned that Iran's slick use of media and events may have ensnared the incoming European Union (EU) Presidency and numbed other EU members to Iran's nuclear program. Head of the Nuclear Affairs and Non-Proliferation Division, Henk cor Van der Kwast, told PolMil [...] | 2008-12-10 07:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO MNUC TRGY IR NL |
08THEHAGUE1047 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: LIMITED RESOURCES FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-23 15:12:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NL |
08THEHAGUE109 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: EXTENSION PLANS IN [...] (C) Summary: Dutch MOD working-level officials agree enhanced task force and Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) training is vital for new partners contributing toward the Dutch-led ISAF extension in Uruzgan, but argue obtaining financial and political support for such training will [...] | 2008-02-04 16:00:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
08THEHAGUE144 | NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTS "LIKE-MINDED" STATES IN OSLO [...] (S) The GONL appreciated reftel points in preparation for the February 18-22 Oslo Process meeting in Wellington. MFA Head of Arms Control and Arms Export Policy Matthijs Wolters told polmiloff February 15 that the Dutch subscribe to the group of 17 "like-minded" countries participating in the [...] | 2008-02-15 13:50:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET | MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NL |
08THEHAGUE292 | NETHERLANDS/CFE: QUIET DUTCH SUPPORT U.S.-GERMAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-28 07:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO KCFE MARR NL |
08THEHAGUE305 | NETHERLANDS: KEEPING A LOW PROFILE ON GREEK [...] (C) Summary: The GONL fully endorses reftel points regarding the need to support UN-led negotiations to resolve the differences over Macedonia's name, and believes such differences should not prevent Macedonia from receiving an invitation at the NATO Bucharest Summit. Yet according to MFA Se [...] | 2008-04-01 16:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MK GR NL |
08THEHAGUE330 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONCERN OVER RUMORED [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 8. 2. (S//NF) Summary: The GONL is concerned about rumors expressed in a recent Daily Telegraph article laying out U.S./UK plans to replace the Dutch during their upcoming command rotation of NATO operations in southern Afghanistan. Ac [...] | 2008-04-10 15:19:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
08THEHAGUE48 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH SUFFER FRIENDLY [...] (C) Summary: The GONL suffered its first casualties due to friendly fire January 12 when two Dutch and two Afghan soldiers were apparently killed by Dutch troops during a firefight in the southwestern part of the Afghan province of Uruzgan. Two investigations have been launched to determine [...] | 2008-01-16 09:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
08THEHAGUE52 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR ARNALL [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop summoned Ambassador Arnall January 16 to discuss an article appearing in the Los Angeles Times (reftel) in which Secretary Gates reportedly criticized NATO forces -- Canada, the United Kingdom, [...] | 2008-01-16 12:37:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF NL |
08THEHAGUE606 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH EXTEND NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-18 12:54:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR IZ NL |
08THEHAGUE680 | NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: SEEKING "BALANCED" NAC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 16:56:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCFC NATO PARM NL GG |
08THEHAGUE754 | NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: DUTCH SUPPORT AMEMDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-12 14:42:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF AR MOPS NATO MARR PREL |
08THEHAGUE793 | NETHERLANDS/NATO/RUSSIA: KEEP COMMUNICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 07:35:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RU NL |
08THEHAGUE827 | NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: NOT ENTHUSIASTIC ON CURRENT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-02 13:21:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NL |
08TIRANA113 | ALBANIA: CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-13 17:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA117 | "LOVE IS IN THE AIR:" PM BERISHA PROMISES [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha provided Ambassador with a very positive account of prospects for electoral and judicial reform, including the assertion that he believed opposition leader Edi Rama was dealing with him fairly and without subterfuge. In a separate meeting the same day, Rama provid [...] | 2008-02-15 15:39:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO AL |
08TIRANA174 | ELECTORAL REFORMS FOR NATO LEAD TO A "THIRD POLE" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Albanian political spectrum changed abruptly when Socialist Movement for Integration (LSI) Chairman Ilir Meta declared that his party would no longer participate in the left-wing coalition. Rather, Meta registered a new, competing coalition, to which he hopes to attract [...] | 2008-03-07 13:32:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA185 | ALBANIA OFFERS NEW ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Minister of Defense Mediu and President Topi have informally suggested Albania might contribute to an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT). Albania will have almost 500 troops deployed on various missions when it sends a second company to Iraq later this year. On a per capita ba [...] | 2008-03-10 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AL |
08TIRANA193 | ALBANIANS WILL WELCOME NATO MEMBERSHIP ... ALTHOUGH [...] (U) NATO membership is strongly supported by the Albanian public and officialdom -- over ninety percent favor membership, according to the media and GOA officials. There are numerous reasons for this. Emerging from years of isolation, Albanians want to feel and be recognized as the Europeans [...] | 2008-03-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PGOV PREL AL |
08TIRANA199 | DEFENSE MINISTER MEDIU RESIGNS OVER WEEKEND [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting March 17, Albanian Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu told the Ambassador that he would resign later that afternoon. The proximate cause of his departure, he maintained, was "moral responsibility" for the March 15 explosions at a military weapons depot that to date ha [...] | 2008-03-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO PREL AL |
08TIRANA200 | ALBANIA: FATAL EXPLOSION IN MUNITIONS DEPOT [...] (U) At approximately 11:45 AM (local) March 15, an ammunition storage facility near the town of Gerdec (N41 deg 24 min 40 sec, E19 deg 37 min 52 sec),between Tirana and Durres, caught fire. Shortly after 12:00, a violent explosion destroyed homes in the immediate vicinity of the depot and cau [...] | 2008-03-17 19:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS EAID NATO SENV AL |
08TIRANA202 | ALBANIA'S GOVERNMENT OCCUPIED WITH DAMAGE CONTROL [...] (SBU) Shortly after Minister of Defense Fatmir Mediu resigned on March 17 (Refs A and B),Prime Minister Sali Berisha held a press conference at which reporters pressed him to comment on the ties between Mediu and an American company, Southern Ammunition Company, Inc. (SACI). Reporters displa [...] | 2008-03-19 11:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MASS SENV NATO AL |
08TIRANA211 | ALBANIA'S DECAYING MUNITIONS - SO MUCH TO DO, SO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 15 fireball over Gerdec shown on international news programs reminded the world of Albania's enormous overhang of dangerous, decaying weapons. Over 100,000 tons of munitions, from small caliber to 160 mm artillery shells, are disintegrating in 44 poorly maintained and [...] | 2008-03-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA213 | AMBASSADOR WARNS OPPOSITION LEADER AGAINST LOSING [...] (C) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on March 20, Socialist Party (SP) Chair and Tirana Mayor Edi Rama declared flatly that "Prime Minister Berisha must go." In a lengthy monologue, Rama referred to Berisha's incompetence, corruption in his administration, Berisha's son's alleged [...] | 2008-03-20 17:51:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV NATO AL |
08TIRANA219 | ADDITIONAL ALBANIAN REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE -- SITE [...] (U) In the aftermath of the tragic Gerdec munitions explosion (ref A),the GOA has asked for USG assistance in site clean-up. (See also Ref B, which requests assistance in the investigation.) Deputy Prime Minister (and Defense Minister nominee) Gazmend Oketa sent the following letter to Ambassa [...] | 2008-03-21 16:17:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS EAID NATO SENV AL |
08TIRANA220 | ALBANIA ASKS FOR VICTIM IDENTIFICATION ASSISTANCE -- SECOND [...] (U) In the aftermath of the tragic Gervec munitions explosion (ref A),the MOI has now seconded PG Ina Rama's request (ref B) for USG assistance to identify victims' remains through DNA analysis. Interior Minister Nishani sent the following letter to Ambassador Withers on March 21. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2008-03-21 16:26:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS EAID NATO SENV AL |
08TIRANA222 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OKETA TO BE NEXT DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-21 17:06:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR NATO AL |
08TIRANA223 | ALBANIA: IN WAKE OF EXPLOSION, PRESIDENT TOPI [...] (C) Ambassador met President Topi on March 21 to deliver the President's condolence letter (Ref A). Topi was touched by the letter and noted in particular the last paragraph emphasizing Albania's good record on ridding itself of excess munitions and the importance of pressing forward with [...] | 2008-03-21 17:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA27 | ALBANIA PERPLEXED BY MACEDONIA'S PROPOSED VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Albanian press reports, starting on March 1 Macedonia will require most Albanian citizens to get visas from the Macedonian Embassy in Tirana instead of, as is currently possible, at the border crossing. Macedonia, an EU candidate country, claims the move is the re [...] | 2008-01-11 17:44:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA328 | GERDEC AFTERMATH - GOA INDECISIVE [...] (C) In response to the March 15 Gerdec tragedy, the international community has mobilized efforts to provide humanitarian relief and unexploded ordnance (UXO) clearance and stepped up plans to rid Albania of over 100,000 tons of decaying munitions before another catastrophe happens. The GOA ha [...] | 2008-04-23 13:38:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA332 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE WANTS TO GIVE UP MANPADS [...] (C) CDA, DATT, ODC Chief and Polmil Off on April 23 met with Minister of Defense Oketa to clarify the status of MANPADS destruction, requested by Oketa in a March 21 letter to Ambassador Withers (ref A). Contacts with the Minister and CHOD since that request indicated that Oketa might be reco [...] | 2008-04-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS PARM PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA388 | SCENESETTER FOR GAZMOND OKETA, ALBANIA'S DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Gazmond Oketa visits Washington May 21-23 for his first official visit as Defense Minister. Oketa is eager to fulfill all military requirements necessary for his country to enter NATO next year, and he would be receptive to any suggestions of what should be [...] | 2008-05-19 13:04:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL |
08TIRANA404 | GOA Acknowledges Risks to Inhabitants within 800 Meter [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha responded May 27 to Charge Cristina's May 2 letter in which the Charge asked the PM to warn area residents and other citizens of explosive and environmental dangers in an area up to 800 meters from the blast zone. Berisha stated that the GOA will actively inform ci [...] | 2008-05-28 15:52:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MASS NATO AL |
08TIRANA56 | ALBANIA: ASSESSMENT OF NATO READINESS [...] (U) The following headings track those in Ref A: All Intel Topics ---------------- 2. (SBU) Please see Ref B for an overview of Albania's intelligence services. 3. (C) Successive democratic Albanian governments, both Democratic Party (DP) and Socialist Party (SP) led, have worked to [...] | 2008-01-22 15:07:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PINR AL |
08TIRANA564 | GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...] | 2008-07-25 15:40:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL |
08TIRANA86 | ALBANIA'S PARLIAMENTARY RESOLUTION ON NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] On January 21, Parliament passed a resolution declaring it would do whatever is necessary to receive an invitation to join NATO. The resolution was introduced by the opposition Socialist Party and passed unanimously. This is the first time in the history of Albania's democratic Parliament th [...] | 2008-02-05 16:49:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO PGOV PREL AL |
08TIRANA895 | RE: THE WAY AHEAD ON ALBANIANS MUNITIONS [...] Summary. On December 16, Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel a to Minister of Defense Gazmend Oketa. In response, Oketa noted that he has agreed to provide a letter to either Secretary Rice or Assistant Secretary Kimmit reporting progress in Albania's demil efforts. Oketa reported [...] | 2008-12-22 06:25:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL NATO AL |
08TIRANA92 | ALBANIA WELCOMES CODEL TANNER [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes the Tanner Congressional Delegation to Albania February 22, to assess Albania's readiness for NATO. Overview -------- 2. (U) Albania has made good progress on NATO- and EU-oriented reforms and is committed to continuing implementation. Albania is a valu [...] | 2008-02-07 06:19:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP OVIP NATO AL |
08TOKYO1212 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN STILL WORKING CCW AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Oslo Process agreement that criminalizes the possession of cluster munitions (CM) and/or penalizes countries that support states that possess CM could block future peacekeeping operations (PKO) and embarrass Japan during the July G-8 Hokkaido Summit, PM Deputy Assistant Secreta [...] | 2008-05-02 07:02:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
08TOKYO1354 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN PREVIEWS DUBLIN MEETING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to handling cluster munitions (CM) in the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) but will likely join an expected consensus reached at the Dublin meeting of the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General Masatoshi Shimbo told Embassy [...] | 2008-05-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
08TOKYO1748 | OSLO CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS WILL NOT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan believes the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CM) will not interfere with United States Forces in Japan's (USFJ) operations or restrict interoperability with Japan's Self Defense Forces (JSDF),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director General Shimbo told the Embassy's [...] | 2008-06-25 09:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV JA NATO |
08TOKYO1762 | REQUEST PASSED TO ENGAGE JAPAN ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-26 08:11:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIL MARR MOPS NATO AFIN ASCH CACM GM |
08TOKYO2625 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN STILL WORKING CCW AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan still expects to sign the Oslo Convention banning cluster munitions (CM) on December 3, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General Asahiko Nakajima told Political-Military Affairs Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard on September 10. At the same time, [...] | 2008-09-23 09:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA PINR NATO |
08TOKYO347 | JAPAN PREPARED TO SUBSCRIBE TO WELLINGTON [...] (C) Summary. Japanese authorities will subscribe to the Wellington Declaration on cluster munitions (CM) if the parties attending the New Zealand meeting agree to treat as relevant four Japanese proposals which Tokyo will present at the April Dublin Diplomatic Conference, Foreign Ministry off [...] | 2008-02-08 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO JA |
08TOKYO3532 | CONSULTATIONS WITH JAPAN ON IMPLEMENTING THE OSLO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan is committed to ensuring that activities of U.S. forces in Japan will not be hindered or restrained following Diet ratification of the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM),MOFA Deputy Director General Nakajima told Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Ganyard during [...] | 2008-12-30 07:49:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM PINR ETTC NATO JA |
08TOKYO518 | JAPAN VIEWS AT WELLINGTON CONFERENCE ON CLUSTER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-27 05:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL JA MOPS PARM NATO |
08TOKYO70 | JAPAN UNDECIDED ON U.N. SENIOR CIVILIAN FOR [...] (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer met January 8 with MOFA Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano and Afghanistan desk officer Shizuka Morita to share reftel Terms of Reference and to advise of our strong support for the UK's Lord Paddy Ashdown to fill the posit [...] | 2008-01-10 02:16:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF JA |
08TOKYO804 | CLUSTER MUNITIONS: JAPAN'S POLICY OF AMBIGUITY [...] (S) Summary. This cable describes Japanese policy on cluster munitions (CM) and summarizes Tokyo's participation in both the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) and the Oslo process. The Japanese Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) possess CM, and Japan has no intention of supporting a t [...] | 2008-03-24 08:27:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
08TOKYO990 | EMBASSY AND USFJ DISCUSS OPERATIONAL IMPACT OF [...] (S) SUMMARY: Japan remains committed to addressing cluster munitions (CM) within the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) but may be forced to sign an agreement restricting CM under the Oslo Process, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) officials told E [...] | 2008-04-10 12:44:00 | Embassy Tokyo | SECRET | PREL MOPS PARM JA NATO |
08UNVIEVIENNA504 | TALIBAN TO BAN OPIUM IN AFGHANISTAN?? [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A talking points on eradication to UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on September 11. He urged Costa to clarify publicly UNODC's continuing support for a balanced, comprehensive eradication policy in Afghanistan. Ambassador also highlighted USG support to a [...] | 2008-09-12 14:42:00 | UNVIE | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL NATO PTER AF UN |
08UNVIEVIENNA588 | SEEKING GUIDANCE FOR NOVEMBER 18 VIENNA FRIENDS OF [...] (SBU) Ambassador will host the second meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan group (Ref b) on November 18. (Note: List of Friends follows in para 5. End Note.) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa has been invited to give a presentation on UNODC's activities in Afghanistan, as well [...] | 2008-11-06 15:54:00 | UNVIE | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN NATO AF |
08USEUBRUSSELS872 | CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS: [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...] | 2008-06-10 06:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS |
08USEUBRUSSELS882 | CSTC-A COMMANDER DISCUSSIONS WITH EU PERMREPS: [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to EU permrep officials in Brussels on May 23, MG Robert W. Cone, Commander of Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan (CSTC-A),provided a wide-ranging briefing on the challenges confronting the international effort to create a modern Afghan police fo [...] | 2008-06-11 13:15:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM PGOV NATO BO EUN GG IR MARR MOPS |
08USEUBRUSSELS930 | NORDICS SEEK DIRECTION FOR NATO-EU INITIATIVE [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Finnish PSC PermRep and Norwegian EU Ambassador approached Charge on June 18 to seek U.S. views on NATO-EU relations, which they are concerned could further deteriorate if there are no organized efforts to improve the present dynamic. Five Nordic countries -- some members of [...] | 2008-06-18 18:16:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PARM MARR EUN NATO |
08USNATO102 | NATO/VCC: MARCH 7 VCC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In addition to the usual exchange of information on VDOC and CFE activities conducted and planned, the VCC meeting was generally successful. No Ally volunteered to notify a CFE inspection in Russia in March, so the U.S. did so. However, the IS Chair urged Allies to reconsider a [...] | 2008-03-20 17:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
08USNATO103 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 19, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee Henault briefed the military chain of command's poppy assessment. In the operations update, IMS Assistant Director for Operations MG Li Gobbi briefed on the increased ability of Opposing Militant Forces [...] | 2008-03-20 18:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO11 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: NAC DISCUSSION OF MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Croatian Mission has informed USNATO that PM Sanader will head Croatia's delegation to NATO on January 16 to discuss its NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) Report with Allied PermReps. That discussion will conclude Croatia's sixth MAP cycle, and is the last scheduled meeting between [...] | 2008-01-10 08:29:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR HR |
08USNATO119 | NATO: MARCH 27 HLTF AGREES ON NAC STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the March 27 HLTF meeting Allies reached agreement on the U.S.-German-sponsored draft NAC Statement on CFE (ref b). While all Allies were fully supportive of the concept and much of the content of the draft statement, a few (e.g. Turkey, the Baltics, Romania, and Bulgaria) re [...] | 2008-04-08 11:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO120 | ISAF'S STRATEGIC VISION STATEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO and ISAF Heads of State and Government in Bucharest agreed a stand alone public declaration outlining "ISAF's Strategic Vision." The statement ) separate from the Summit communique ) was designed to reinforce to Allied and Partner publics why NATO went to Afghanistan, to hig [...] | 2008-04-08 17:47:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AFDB PK |
08USNATO121 | NATO'S BUCHAREST SUMMIT DECLARATION, CABLE 1 OF 2 [...] (U) Due to the length of the communique, this is cable 1 of 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: As reflected in the Bucharest Declaration (see para 3),the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Bucharest advanced U.S. policy objectives on a variety of fronts. NATO Heads of State and Government reaffirmed their strong s [...] | 2008-04-08 17:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL |
08USNATO122 | NATO'S BUCHAREST SUMMIT DECLARATION, CABLE 2 OF 2 [...] (U) Due to the length of the communique, this is cable 2 of 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY, repeated from Cable 1 of 2: As reflected in the Bucharest Declaration (see para 3),the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Bucharest advanced U.S. policy objectives on a variety of fronts. NATO Heads of State and Governme [...] | 2008-04-08 17:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL |
08USNATO126 | CORRECTED COPY - ISAF'S STRATEGIC VISION STATEMENT [...] (U) Correted copy sent to include additional addresses. Reference below to (para 4) was incorrectly noted in the previous cable as (para 9). 2. (C) SUMMARY: NATO and ISAF Heads of State and Government in Bucharest agreed a stand alone public declaration outlining "ISAF's Strategic Vision." [...] | 2008-04-09 13:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
08USNATO130 | READOUT OF NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING - APRIL [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The NATO IS was tasked to lay out how ISAF,s &internal plan8 agreed at Bucharest will be implemented. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) General Henault announced the opening of a Border Coordination Center in Nangarhar. SHAPE anticipa [...] | 2008-04-14 05:20:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO138 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General Kai Eide briefed the NAC in ISAF format (to SIPDIS be reported septel). A/SYG Howard laid out initial thoughts on implementing the Bucharest "Comprehensive Strategic Politi [...] | 2008-04-16 14:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO140 | UN SRSG EIDE SHARES INITIAL THOUGHTS WITH NAC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan Kai Eide told NATO and ISAF SIPDIS Ambassadors in a joint NAC meeting April 16 that the June 12 international donors' conference in Paris must leave no doubt about international commitment to the development and [...] | 2008-04-17 17:52:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF |
08USNATO141 | APRIL 15 VCC AND VCC EXPERTS, MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. At the Experts, Meeting, 17 topics for discussion and exchange of views for implementation issues in VD99 were identified and discussion papers will be prepared for future meetings. The VCC itself was mostly routine, although a conflict between the U.S. intent to conduct a VD99 [...] | 2008-04-18 12:55:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
08USNATO143 | ALLIES SUPPORT U.S. REQUEST FOR NATO MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an April 22, NATO Permanent Representatives coffee, Ambassador Nuland raised the issue of the Oslo process aiming to ban cluster munitions (CMs) and its potential for criminalizing military interoperability among NATO Allies. She stressed that the U.S. shares the humanitaria [...] | 2008-04-23 07:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO144 | PM MALIKI ADDRESSES THE NAC AND CALLS FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On Thursday, April 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki urged the North Atlantic Council to extend and expand the mission of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). Maliki stressed that Iraq needs to develop the security structures required to recruit, train, and maintain the Iraq Sec [...] | 2008-04-23 10:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL MARR IZ |
08USNATO15 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 9, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG reported that President Musharraf may come to NATO on his upcoming visit to Brussels, and the NAC will visit Afghanistan February 19-21. He urged Allies to nominate candidates for the unfilled NATO Senior Civilian Representative s [...] | 2008-01-10 17:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO151 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - APRIL 30, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said that Karzai urged caution in judging the Kabul security situation following the April 27 assassination attempt. IMS Assistant Director for Operations Li Gobbi stated that Pakistani "peace deal [...] | 2008-04-30 18:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO154 | RFG: NATO-QATAR COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 8. 2. (S/NF) NATO has been unable to conclude a Cooperation Agreement with Qatar, largely due to significant differences over the issue of jurisidiction: the Qataris continue to insist on sole jurisdiction over NATO personnel; the U.S. and oth [...] | 2008-05-06 11:19:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO MOPS MARR PREL AF QA |
08USNATO155 | NATO-UKRAINE AMBASSADORIAL APRIL 30: LAUNCHING [...] (C) Allied Ambassadors discussed NATO's invitation to "Intensive Engagement" with Ukrainian Ambassador Sagach in the NATO-Ukraine Commission on April 30. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer invited Allies to propose issues for consultation in the run-up to the December 2008 NATO Fore [...] | 2008-05-06 16:33:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR UP |
08USNATO156 | NATO-GEORGIA NAC APRIL 28: INTENSIFIED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) In the spirit of NATO,s new "Intensive Engagement" with Tbilisi, Georgian Special Envoy David Bakradze discussed Russian provocations over the breakaway provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia with NATO Permanent Representatives. Reiterating Georgia,s commitment to democratic reforms, B [...] | 2008-05-06 16:37:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO GG |
08USNATO159 | AMBASSADOR NULAND BRIEFS NAC ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a brief to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on Wednesday, May 7, Ambassador Nuland presented the NAC a Washington produced PowerPoint presentation entitled:"Stemming the Flow of Foreign Terrorists into Iraq." Highlighting the fact that foreign fighters account for 90 percent of [...] | 2008-05-08 13:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PBTS PREL PTER IZ SY |
08USNATO16 | USD/P EDLEMAN, COUNSELOR COHEN UPDATE NATO SECGEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ambassador Eric Edelman and Counselor of the Department of State Dr. Eliot Cohen used a January 9 meeting at NATO with Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to assure him SIPDIS that U.S.-led efforts among RC-South Allies to produc [...] | 2008-01-11 16:56:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EZ PL |
08USNATO160 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 7, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Secretary General announced his choice of an Italian as the new NATO Senior Civilian Representative. The IMS reported it hopes to have consolidated Bucharest force generation review from SHAPE by May 13. The ANSF are leading approxima [...] | 2008-05-08 14:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO167 | NATO: ALLIES RESOLVED TO ADDRESS INTEROPERABILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: At their May 13 coffee, NATO Permanent Representatives discussed the Oslo process to ban cluster munitions. The Chairman of NATO's Military Committee reported that preliminary military advice raised serious concerns about the impact such a ban could have on NATO operations, cap [...] | 2008-05-14 15:40:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO168 | RFI: STATUS OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION TO KSF TRAINING [...] (C) Request for Information: USNATO requests updated information on U.S. contributions to the training of the Kosovo Security Force. We urgently need to know whether the United States has/will respond positively to NATO's request for U.S. Voluntary National Contributions (VNCs) to be sent to [...] | 2008-05-14 16:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL KV MOPS |
08USNATO170 | CORRECTED COPY - NATO MILITARY ADVICE ON OSLO [...] (U) Corrected copy sent to clarify the subject line and update approver information. 2. (C) SUMMARY: At their May 13 coffee, NATO Permanent Representatives discussed the Oslo process to ban cluster munitions. The Chairman of NATO's Military Committee reported that preliminary military ad [...] | 2008-05-15 10:47:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO171 | NATO: MAY 6, 2008 HLTF MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the May 6 HLTF, Allies agreed that for now the optimum course for addressing CFE issues with Russia is to adhere to the positions set out in the March 28 NAC statement and the Bucharest Summit Declaration. Allies should remain patient, demonstrating unity and resolve, while w [...] | 2008-05-15 11:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO174 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 14, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Independent Directorate for Local Governance Head Jelani Popal briefed the NAC in ISAF format on his goals and challenges, and took questions on the Paris Conference, the delivery of assistance by PRTs, reconciliation, and Musa Qala. He c [...] | 2008-05-16 15:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO176 | NATO-QATAR POINTS DELIVERED TO LEAD NATO NEGOTIATOR [...] (S/NF) As reported in Ref A, Ambassador Nuland drew from Ref B points during the May 7 North Atlantic Council discussion of the ongoing negotiations for a NATO-Qatar Cooperation Agreement. To reinforce the message, Deputy PolAd Baez delivered the points as a demarche on May 13 to NATO's lead [...] | 2008-05-19 13:14:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PREL QA |
08USNATO181 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 21, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG noted that a draft report by UN Human Rights Rapporteur Alston was critical of international forces and ISAF in Afghanistan, but NATO was providing Alston with more information to make the final report more balanced. The SHAPE Ope [...] | 2008-05-22 15:24:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO185 | NORWAY PROPOSES SPLITTING NATO MISSIONS IN KOSOVO; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Norway has proposed that NATO create a stand-alone mission in Kosovo, separate from KFOR, to implement the Ahtissari tasks relating to new security structures in Kosovo. Supported by Hungary and Italy, Norway argued that keeping these tasks separate from the existin [...] | 2008-05-29 05:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO KFOR KV |
08USNATO186 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MAY 28, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Acting Secretary General (A/SYG) Bisogniero thanked the U.S. for arranging the May 22 brief with COMCSTC-A MG Cone. Chairman of the Military Committee Henault stated that 62 ANA kandaks would be fielded by August 2008, called for more pol [...] | 2008-05-29 12:06:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO196 | NATO: MAY 29 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts made initial discussions of six of the seven agenda topics (Ref A) as well as the eighth agenda topic on preparation of remaining issues. Virtually no decisions were reached and all of the topics discussed at the meeting will be further addressed at the Experts, Meeti [...] | 2008-06-03 12:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
08USNATO199 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JUNE 4, 2008 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Former COMISAF General McNeill commended Allied unity and enhanced efforts in ISAF over the course of his command, but stressed the need for Allies to fill ISAF force requirements, open a political avenue to address the challenge of Pakistani [...] | 2008-06-06 14:56:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO2 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TOUR OF AFGHAN REGIONAL LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, USNATO sponsored a NATO tour for Afghan provincial officials to Brussels and Berlin December 11-14. This joint effort with Embassy Kabul brought influential decision makers and leaders of society from vital Afghan provinces to the centers of decision making an [...] | 2008-01-03 15:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PREL |
08USNATO200 | ISAF COMMANDER MCNEILL PRAISES ALLIED UNITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former COMISAF General Dan K. McNeill, who turned over ISAF command to General David McKiernan on June 3, commended Allied unity and investment in Afghanistan during his June 4 farewell address to the NAC and ISAF Partners. Nevertheless, he reminded Allies that NATO's failure t [...] | 2008-06-06 15:46:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
08USNATO205 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JUNE 11, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) again urged more action on providing embedded trainers (OMLTs). SHAPE reported a 45 percent increase in theater-wide activity levels in May 2008, with the vast majority occurring in the south a [...] | 2008-06-11 17:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO206 | CORRECTED COPY: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - [...] (U) This corrected copy is being circulated to include information on the Medium-Term Resource Plan. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) again urged more action on providing embedded trainers (OMLTs). SHAPE reported a 45 pe [...] | 2008-06-11 17:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO208 | USD(P) EDELMAN BRIEFS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman used his June 5 meeting with NATO PermReps and a separate session with NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer to brief on his May 27-June 5 visit to Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Lebanon and to urge Allies to contribute more to Afghan police trainin [...] | 2008-06-18 13:26:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
08USNATO21 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 16, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Please note a typo in the Afghanistan portion of last week's notes. The corrected sentence should read: "UNAMA assesses that the areas of Badghis province that were the site of recent fighting are now stable enough for relief agencies to operate." 2. (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meet [...] | 2008-01-16 16:57:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO210 | NATO: JUNE 9 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (C) Summary: At the Experts, Meeting, the U.S. obtained all of the goals specified in Reference A. These discussions will continue on July 8 with new versions of the discussion papers transformed into shorter proposed NATO agreed papers to be distributed by the International Staff. At the [...] | 2008-06-18 13:27:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
08USNATO212 | ISAF COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGIC POL-MIL PLAN (CSPMP) [...] (C) SUMMARY. With Bucharest well behind us, we should use the new ISAF internal plan to strengthen ISAF's commitment to conduct counterinsurgency operations, to give more direction to NATO's drifting ANA training and equipping support, broaden Allies' involvement in police training, and keep [...] | 2008-06-18 13:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
08USNATO213 | NATO-GEORGIA NAC JUNE 18: FM TKESHELASHVILI [...] (C) Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili exchanged views with NATO PermReps June 18 on Georgia's democratic transition and its tensions with Russia. She acknowledged that the May 21 Parliamentary elections had not been perfect, but said they had avoided the worst shortcomings that observers had identif [...] | 2008-06-19 11:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL NATO GG |
08USNATO215 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 18 2008 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- The NAC exchange of views with Georgian FM Tkeshelashvili reported septel, USNATO 00213. -- Farewell to Ambassador Nuland: Secretary General Hoop de Scheffer (SYG) gave an emotional and affectionate tribute to Ambassador Nuland, in this, her last NAC after two tours at NAT [...] | 2008-06-20 16:55:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO217 | APRIL 16-17 NAC VISIT TO UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 16-17 visit to Ukraine, the North Atlantic Council found a Ukrainian leadership team--President, Prime Minister, and Speaker of the Rada, as well as the Foreign and Defense Ministers--united on achieving a positive decision on Kyiv's application to join NATO's Memb [...] | 2008-06-24 14:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV UP |
08USNATO22 | PM SANADER DISCUSSES CROATIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Sanader discussed with NATO PermReps on January 16 Croatia's progress in meeting NATO,s performance-based standards. He stressed that all parties in the governing coalition supported joining the Alliance, and that the new government would expand its contribution to ISAF, wo [...] | 2008-01-18 06:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO PREF PINR HR |
08USNATO221 | RFG: JULY 1 NAC DISCUSSION ON WHITHER NATO-PAKISTAN [...] (U) This cable contains a request for guidance in paragraph 4. 2. (C) As reported in reftels and other channels, the role of Pakistan as a safehaven for insurgents in Afghanistan and how NATO's political and military engagement with Pakistan should evolve has become an increasingly high-pro [...] | 2008-06-26 14:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK |
08USNATO224 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 25, 2008 [...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on recent events in Kandahar and Arghandab, emphasizing the role of the ANA and the fact that Arghandab was clearly a tactical and logistical win for the ANA. Responding to the briefing, Charge Olson emphasized the importance of the ANA and suggest [...] | 2008-06-27 13:40:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO225 | HOW UKRAINIAN, GEORGIAN MAP IS PLAYING AT NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-06-27 18:39:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO UP GG |
08USNATO229 | NATO: FRIENDS OF KOSOVO PROPOSAL UNVEILED [...] (C) The Belgian Permanent Representative to NATO at a July 1 lunch meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives formally introduced the "Friends of Kosovo" concept of bringing together representatives of nations and international organizations involved in Kosovo in an informal setting in order t [...] | 2008-07-01 15:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL KV MOPS |
08USNATO231 | PAKISTAN: ALLIES SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSALS TO DEEPEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Ambassador James Pardew briefed the NAC on his June 25-26 meetings in Islamabad (Reftels A and B) during a June 30 informal NAC "coffee" meeting. Pardew characterized his meetings as positive and productive, noting his interlocutors were [...] | 2008-07-02 16:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR KPAO AF PK |
08USNATO233 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 2, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG welcomed the new Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Admiral Giampaolo De Paola (Italy),and stated that the NAC would benefit from military advice from SHAPE on military preparations for the upcoming Afghanistan voter registr [...] | 2008-07-03 16:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO236 | JUNE 24, 2008 HLTF: ALLIES UNANIMOUS ON CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the June 24 HLTF meeting and meetings on the margins, Allies agreed to continue NATO,s current approach to dealing with the impasse brought on by the Russian Federation,s suspension of implementation of (i.e. compliance with) the CFE Treaty by: -- continuing Allies, unaltere [...] | 2008-07-07 07:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL OSCE RS |
08USNATO239 | RUSSIA OFFERS PESSIMISTIC VIEWS OF AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov informed the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) during its June 25 meeting that although Afghanistan is a more civil place than in 2001, the mission in Afghanistan was failing and that much more needed to be done in the areas of counter-narco [...] | 2008-07-10 07:37:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL PGOV MOPS AADP RS AF KV UP |
08USNATO241 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 9, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) provided an update of the EUPOL mission which currently has 166 personnel deployed to Afghanistan to assist the Afghan National Police. The SYG stated that there had been a number of additional [...] | 2008-07-10 16:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO242 | NATO, ALBANIA AND CROATIA SIGN ACCESSION PROTOCOLS [...] (U) In a brief ceremony on July 9, Albania, Croatia, and the NATO Allies signed the Protocols of Accession for the two countries to become part of NATO (Note: The original Protocols will be hand carried to the Department. End note). SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer described the day as a historic one [...] | 2008-07-10 16:44:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO AL HR |
08USNATO244 | UKRAINIAN DEPUTY PM NEMYRIA STRIKES THE RIGHT NOTE [...] (C) Summary: In a thoughtful and articulate presentation, Ukrainian Deputy PM Hryhoriy Nemyria briefed the NATO Ukraine Commission on his new role in coordinating his government,s cooperation with NATO, and the political situation in Kyiv. Allies offered encouragement, but those that would like [...] | 2008-07-11 10:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO UP |
08USNATO246 | RFG: FRIENDS OF KOSOVO MEETING [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, July 17. 2. (C) On Friday, July 18 Belgium will host the first meeting of the Friends of Kosovo (see Ref A),a gathering of NATO Permanent Representatives, PSC Ambassadors, and representatives from the United Nations, OSCE, Non-NATO tr [...] | 2008-07-11 14:44:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV PREL KV MOPS |
08USNATO248 | NATO: JULY 8 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the July 8 Experts, Meeting each of the papers on the agenda was basically approved with a few tweaks, and in accord with U.S. guidance. The IS Staff will prepare revisions for all of these papers and circulate them for further discussion as needed at the next meeting on Se [...] | 2008-07-15 11:35:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
08USNATO25 | D/NIO BRIEFS NATO ALLIES ON STATE OF PLAY IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On 18 January, John Dister, the Deputy National Intelligence Officer for South Asia, briefed NATO PermReps in a Secretary General's (SYG) Coffee format. Mr. Dister's presentation focused on three themes requested by the SYG: Pakistan stability; Pakistan's impact on Afghanistan; a [...] | 2008-01-18 16:18:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR NATO PINR PREL PTER PK AF |
08USNATO251 | JULY EAPC: OSCE BRIEF, UNSCR 1325, DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: During their July 9 meeting, EuroAtlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Ambassadors exchanged views with OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, covering issues such as Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Georgia. The EAPC also received a briefing on defense education and training fr [...] | 2008-07-17 10:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AORC AM AJ RU GG SW FI AF |
08USNATO252 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 16, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Much of the Council's discussion focused on the situation in Afghanistan in relation to its neighbors. D/CMC Eikenberry stated that the Indian Embassy bombing will not affect the transfer of security responsibility for Kabul city to the AN [...] | 2008-07-17 14:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO253 | FRENCH OFFICIAL JOUYET BRIEFS NATO ON PLANS FOR EU [...] (C) SUMMARY. French Secretary of State for European Affairs Jeanne-Pierre Jouyet briefed the NAC on July 16 on "Priorities Of the French EU Presidency," referring frequently to France's October 2007 non-paper on NATO/EU relations and the July 7 high-level seminar in Paris on the subject. Jou [...] | 2008-07-18 11:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EU |
08USNATO254 | "FRIENDS OF KOSOVO" MEET IN BRUSSELS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Belgium hosted on July 18 a meeting of the "Friends Of Kosovo" bringing together key stakeholders, including NATO, EU, OSCE, UN and contributing nations. The meeting had no formal agenda but was designed to initiate a process of cooperation among the players. Speakers urged gre [...] | 2008-07-18 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO UN EU OSCE |
08USNATO257 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Tajik participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, August 11-19, 2008. Post will forward the Afghan trainers names SEPTEL. [...] | 2008-07-23 12:36:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR TI RS AF |
08USNATO258 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 22, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Farewell to the Permanent Representative from France: In his farewell address to the NAC, departing French PermRep Richard Duque said the greatest threat facing the Alliance was the danger of being pulled into disunity, particularly on the issue of Russia whe [...] | 2008-07-23 17:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO260 | VETTING REQUEST FOR AFGHAN PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Afghan participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Dushanbe, Tajikistan, August 11-19, 2008. This request is an addendum to REFTEL concerning Tajik p [...] | 2008-07-24 13:50:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR TI RS AF |
08USNATO263 | CABLE-INTERN RESOURCE SOLICTATION-SPRING 2009 FOR [...] (U) Post requests four interns for the Spring 2009 cycle: one each for the Political section, Public Affairs section, Civil Emergency Planning section, and the Office of the Defense Advisor. In this period, USNATO will be diligently preparing for the April NATO Summit. The political and pub [...] | 2008-07-25 14:08:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO AMGT APER ASEC |
08USNATO265 | A/S FRIED WARNS NATO SYG, PERM REPS OF DANGER OF UN, EU DELAY IN KOSOVO AND OF POLITICAL DRIFT IN GEORGIAN-ABKHAZ CONFLICT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 15:45:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EZ GG KV MK PL RS UNMIK |
08USNATO267 | MEDVEDEV'S SECURITY TREATY: SO FAR ALL PLATITUDES, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador Rogozin provided few details on the new Russian Foreign Policy Priority Paper in the July 28 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, appearing to do little more than read his MFA-prepared talking points. He gave only a passing mention of Medvedev's much anticipa [...] | 2008-07-29 14:17:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL RS |
08USNATO268 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JULY 30, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Briefing on his recent visit to Afghanistan, NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer expressed concerns with suggestions by Afghan President Karzai that upcoming elections may not be held due to security concerns in the south and east of t [...] | 2008-08-01 08:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO270 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - AUGUST 6, 2008 [...] (S/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The International Military Staff (IMS) reported that that Significant Activities (SIGACTS) were at the highest levels since ISAF began operations, which they attributed to seasonal increases, ISAF operations in RC-South and RC-East, and op [...] | 2008-08-07 09:43:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO271 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL'S DEPARTURE DATE [...] (SBU) On August 4, post received from Danish Perm Rep Poulsen-Hansen, the Dean of the North Atlantic Council, a copy of a letter he sent to the NATO Secretary-General (SYG) confirming that the SYG has proposed, and the Perm Reps accepted, that the SYG's term will end on July 31, 2009. A copy [...] | 2008-08-07 09:44:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO |
08USNATO272 | USNATO DELIVERS READOUT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) USNATO delivered an oral readout (reftel) of the July 29 meeting between Assistant Secretary Fried and Russian MFA Arms Control Director Antonov to the NATO International Staff on August 7. The NATO POC thanked the U.S. rep for the readout and did not have any follow-up questions other tha [...] | 2008-08-07 14:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO274 | NATO PRESS STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN SOUTH OSSETIA [...] NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer released a statement on developments in South Ossetia early August 8. Text of the statement follows: "The NATO Secretary General, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is seriously concerned about the events that are taking place in the Georgian region of South Ossetia [...] | 2008-08-08 11:29:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU |
08USNATO275 | GEORGIAN NATO MISSION STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN [...] (SBU) On August 8, the Georgian Mission to NATO distributed the following statement to Allies: Statement of the Government of Georgia regarding the situation in the South Ossetia region of Georgia Over the last several hours, separatist rebels in South Ossetia have undertaken a series of m [...] | 2008-08-08 11:30:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS NATO PREL GG RS |
08USNATO276 | NATO STRUGGLES TO REACT TO SOUTH OSSETIA FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the crisis situation in Georgia unfolded on August 8, NATO Allies and the International Staff struggled with how to respond. While the possibility of an emergency meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) was briefly discussed, NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer does not supp [...] | 2008-08-08 14:16:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU |
08USNATO277 | RUSSIAN NATO AMBASSADOR DECRIES "TREACHEROUS" [...] (SBU) Late on the afternoon of August 8, the Russian Mission distributed a letter addressed to Deputy Secretary General Bisogniero on the unfolding crisis in Georgia. 2. (SBU) The text of the letter is as follows: Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO Brussels, 8 Au [...] | 2008-08-08 16:35:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL NATO GG RS |
08USNATO278 | NATO/GEORGIA: SITUATION AT NATO HQ AS OF COB ON [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-08 19:01:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS |
08USNATO279 | GEORGIA REQUESTS FORMAL NATO CONSULTATIONS NEXT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-10 11:44:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO GG |
08USNATO28 | USNATO REQUESTS DOS LEGAL SUPPORT ON RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The NATO Legal Office has proposed a meeting of legal advisors from all Allies, to be held in Brussels, to discuss Russia's understandings regarding the PfP SOFA. Post requests Washington's support, to include the participation of appropriate DOS legal experts. This is an act [...] | 2008-01-23 15:54:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL |
08USNATO281 | NATO ALLIES LACK COHESION DURING FIRST MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the August 11 NATO Political Committee meeting on the fighting in Georgia, Allies unanimously deplored the Aug 8-11 developments but differed on how these events should affect NATO's relations with Russia. The Balts and Poland would like to suspend the NATO-Russia Council, but Germa [...] | 2008-08-11 18:30:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS |
08USNATO282 | TFGG01: GEORGIA APPEALS AT NATO FOR IMMEDIATE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-11 18:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS |
08USNATO284 | TFGG01: NATO ALLIES STILL DIVIDED ON GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) met August 12 in emergency session to discuss a NAC statement on the Georgia crisis and to discuss whether to agree to Russias request for a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC). Although Allies agreed in principle to begin drafting a formal stateme [...] | 2008-08-12 19:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREF PREL |
08USNATO285 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR DECRIES HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 11 letter to the NATO Deputy Secretary General (see para 2 for full text),Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin accused the Georgian army of creating an ongoing humanitarian disaster in South Ossetia. Specifically, he asserted that the Georgian army killed 2 [...] | 2008-08-13 09:54:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO287 | DEBATE ON RUSSIAN ROLE IN OAE FORESHADOWS DIVIDING [...] (C) Summary: During the August 13 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting, the U.S., Poland, the Balts, UK, and Czech Republic, and Canada, giving teeth to the "no business-as-usual" approach to NATO relations with Russia, opposed participation of the Russian ship Ladniy in Operation Active Endeavor ( [...] | 2008-08-13 18:39:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO289 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT: AUGUST 13, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary: NATO Foreign Ministerial: Perm Reps welcomed the U.S. proposal to hold a NATO Foreign Ministers meeting in Brussels August 19 to discuss the implications of events in Georgia for NATO and the NATO-Russia relationship. Other topics were: --Afghanistan: SHAPE reported the IED [...] | 2008-08-14 17:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO29 | REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: NAC DISCUSSION OF MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) PM Berisha will head Albania's delegation to NATO on January 30 to discuss its NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) Report with Allied PermReps. That discussion will conclude Albania's ninth MAP cycle, and will form the basis for an Allied decision on inviting Albania to join the Alliance a [...] | 2008-01-24 16:00:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR AL |
08USNATO290 | UKRAINE, MAP, AND THE GEORGIA-RUSSIA CONFLICT [...] (S/NF) Summa... S E C R E T USNATO 000290 NOFORN SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/05/2017 TAGS: NATO PREL MOPS GG RS [...] | 2008-08-14 17:46:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO291 | TFGG01: AMBASSADOR VOLKER'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-14 18:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PINR GG RS |
08USNATO292 | TFGG01: RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN RESCINDS [...] (SBU) On Monday, August 18, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to NATO, Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin, circulated a letter to the Deputy Secretary General and distributed to all delegations rescinding his request for an extraordinary meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC). Th [...] | 2008-08-18 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PINR PREL GG RS |
08USNATO293 | TFGG01: TEXT OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (U) The North Atlantic Council released the following statement following its August 19 Special Ministerial to address the ongoing crisis in Georgia. Begin text of statement: STATEMENT BY THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS 19th AUGUST 2008 Â [...] | 2008-08-19 16:51:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU |
08USNATO294 | TFGG01: TEXT OF THE INITIAL NATO SUPPORT PACKAGE [...] (SBU) The North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting at ministerial level on August 19 approved the following package of measures in response to the ongoing crisis in Georgia. This constitutes an initial reply to Georgia's August 12 formal request for assistance in eight specific areas (reftel). Th [...] | 2008-08-19 16:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU |
08USNATO297 | RUSSIA HALTS MILITARY COOPERATION WITH NATO [...] (C) The Acting Russian Senior Military Representative to NATO informed the Chairman of the Military Committee in an August 21 letter that the MOD will halt military cooperation with NATO countries "until futher instructions" (text of letter para 2). In parallel, the NATO international staff r [...] | 2008-08-22 09:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO299 | READOUT: AUGUST 20 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary: At the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting on Wednesday, August 20, Allies extensively discussed the new NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) and the appropriate course to take regarding relations with Russia. Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) Bisogniero observed that the NATO minist [...] | 2008-08-22 17:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO30 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 23, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occurred in 40 districts, largely in RC-South and RC-East, and urged nations to provide forces to deal with this reality. SHAPE bri [...] | 2008-01-24 17:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO301 | NATO SECRETARY GENERAL REJECTS THE RUSSIAN [...] (U) The NATO Secretary General issued the following rejection of Russian President Medvedev,s statement recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on August 26. Perm Reps will discuss a possible North Atlantic Council (NAC) statement in their August 27 meeting. 2. (U) Beg [...] | 2008-08-26 15:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO303 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL CONDEMNS RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) On Wednesday, August 27, the North Atlantic Council issued a statement in regards to Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. 2. (SBU) The text of the statement follows: Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia reg [...] | 2008-08-27 13:49:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PINR PREL GG RS |
08USNATO307 | UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...] | 2008-08-28 18:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU |
08USNATO309 | RFG: NATO-RUSSIA: A PROPOSED WAY FORWARD [...] (S) This is a request for guidance for a September 2 NATO PermReps informal discussion of the way ahead on NATO-Russia. See paragraph 13. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On September 2, NATO PermReps will discuss how to take forward the August 19 Foreign Ministerial decision that it is not "business as us [...] | 2008-08-28 18:55:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO MOPS RS GG |
08USNATO31 | CORRECTED COPY: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - [...] (C/NF) The purpose of this corrected copy is to add additional addressees. The substance of the cable remains the same. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault stated that 70 percent of ISAF significant events in 2007 occu [...] | 2008-01-25 08:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO310 | UKRAINE TO NATO - RUSSIA THREATENS THE REGION [...] (C) Summary: At Kyiv's request the NATO-Ukraine Commission met August 27 to discuss Russia's intervention in Georgia and its implications for regional security. Deputy FM Konstyantyn Yeliseyev delivered a stark analysis of Ukraine's own relationship with Russia, and related Moscow's threats to [...] | 2008-08-29 08:21:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP |
08USNATO312 | NATO: EULEX CHIEF SEEKING KOSOVO-WIDE DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) Head of Mission Yves de Kermabon told NATO Permanent Representatives on 2 September that EULEX intends to deploy throughout Kosovo in accordance with the UNMIK-EULEX transition schedule, but is working to get a buy-in from Serbia to mo [...] | 2008-09-02 16:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS KV |
08USNATO313 | LETTER FROM AFGHANISTAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE WARDAK [...] (SBU) On Sunday, August 30, 2008 the Afghan Minister of Defense, General Rahim Wardak, circulated a letter to the NATO Secretary General on the issue of civil casualties, improving coordination between international and Afghan security forces and the Government of Afghanistan's desire to re-e [...] | 2008-09-02 16:49:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF |
08USNATO314 | RUSSIA THROWS ITS WEIGHT AROUND IN THE EAPC [...] (C) Summary: The EAPCs first meeting after the summer break featured Georgian protests about Russian action and a Russian response made memorable by a claim that, if the Russian response had been proportionate, "Tbilisi would now lie in ruins." Russia announced it has withdrawn from the PfP SOFA. T [...] | 2008-09-02 17:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP SP BO SR |
08USNATO316 | OUTGOING KFOR COMMANDER GIVES SOBERING ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Outgoing Kosovo Force (KFOR) commander Lieutenant General de Marnhac on 3 September told NATO Perm Reps and non-NATO KFOR contributors that KFOR needed adapted guidance from the NAC and that getting working arrangements right between KFOR, the EU Rule of Law Mission in K [...] | 2008-09-03 17:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS KV |
08USNATO317 | READOUT: SEPTEMBER 3 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY FROM THE NAC: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG reviewed his September 1 phone conversation with President Karzai, who said civilian casualties were now "beyond the tolerance and comprehension of the Afghan people." The SYG said he underscored that NATO is making every effort to avo [...] | 2008-09-04 16:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO32 | PM GRUEVSKI DISCUSSES MACEDONIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Gruevski discussed Macedonia's progress toward NATO accession with NATO PermReps on January 23, concluding Macedonia's ninth MAP cycle. He cited recent strides toward domestic political consensus, minority representation, decentralization, judicial reform, police reform, a [...] | 2008-01-25 17:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MK |
08USNATO320 | AFGHAN MOD WARDAK PUSHES ANA EXPANSION AT NAC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan Defense Minister Wardak briefed the NAC with ISAF contributors on September 4 on the current security situation in Afghanistan, the rationale for expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA) and methods to reduce civilian casualties. He portrayed the security situation as [...] | 2008-09-05 16:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF UN |
08USNATO321 | UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO Allies, partners, EU representatives and the World Bank on September 3 on UNODC's 2008 Afghanistan Opium Survey report. Costa reported that poppy cultivation d [...] | 2008-09-05 17:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF |
08USNATO323 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Kazakh participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, September 15-26, 2008. The DEA will be conducting the [...] | 2008-09-09 14:49:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS KZ |
08USNATO326 | SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES RUSSIA/GEORGIA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator Lugar and staff had a series of productive meetings with the NATO Secretary General, SACEUR, the principal NATO supporters of Georgia, the German Permanent Representative to NATO, and a dinner that included notable EU, NATO, and bilateral dignitaries. The Senator stres [...] | 2008-09-11 10:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO327 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) Corrected copy. This is an action request cable to Embassy Ashagat. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Turkmen participants for the NATO-Russia Counter-Narcotics Training course to be held at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, September 15-26, [...] | 2008-09-11 14:08:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS KZ |
08USNATO328 | ALLIES SEND A UNIFIED MESSAGE TO RUSSIA IN EAPC [...] (S/NF) Summary: At the September 8 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Georgia and Russia traded accusations about who was to blame for the conflict between them. In rare form, Russian Ambassador Rogozin accused the Georgian Mission of organizing protests and threatenin [...] | 2008-09-12 09:19:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO334 | NATO-GEORGIA JOINT PRESS STATEMENT [...] (SBU) On September 15, the North Atlantic Council at the level of NATO Permanent Representatives traveled to Tbilisi for two days of meetings (details to be reported septel),including the inaugural meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC). 2. (U) Following the NGC meeting, the two side [...] | 2008-09-17 17:06:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MOPS GG RF |
08USNATO336 | SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 HLTF: ALLIES GRAPPLE WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 11 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) and related meetings Allies discussed potential next steps on CFE in the context of Russian actions in Georgia and Russias continued "suspension" of CFE, based largely on the options advanced by the U.S. (ref a). There was general a [...] | 2008-09-18 10:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO337 | SEPTEMBER 15 2008 VCC AND EXPERTS MEETING [...] (C) Summary. In the VCC, Experts agreed with the U.S. position that discussion papers should not be tabled in Vienna prior to the AIAM. Papers on Sensitive Points and Concrete Parameters for Specified Areas were dropped, but the Chair will introduce a new paper on the Definition of Defense I [...] | 2008-09-18 10:18:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET | PREL NATO KCFE PARM |
08USNATO338 | NAC MEETING WITH AZERBAIJAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During his comments to the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov extolled his country's priorities of continued integration into Euro-Atlantic structures, increased practical cooperation with Euro-Atlantic partners, participation in Partnershi [...] | 2008-09-18 16:11:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO PGOV PINR AF AJ GG |
08USNATO339 | NATO SYG DISAPPOINTED ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (U) Charge delivered points in paragraph 5 of reftel to the Secretary General's Private Office on the afternoon of Friday, September 19. The Private Office noted that the Friends of Pakistan meeting was one topic in the SYG's discussion with Assistant Secretary Boucher at NATO HQ on Wednesday [...] | 2008-09-19 15:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK NATO |
08USNATO341 | NATO: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON FUTURE OF CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel briefing to International Staff Arms Control and Coordination Section Head Mike Miggins on 22 September. Miggins mused that the Russians consistently claim to want the limits and "discipline" that the CFE treaty imposes, yet there have been no concrete moves toward [...] | 2008-09-23 12:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS |
08USNATO343 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) Steering Committee met at NATO HQ on September 5. The meeting was chaired by Ms. Laura Gross of the US (OSD) and Mr. Knut Jahr of the Norwegian MOD. The Chair greeted Albania and Croatia as new members of the DGP with NATO Invitee status [...] | 2008-09-24 11:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO347 | READOUT: SEPTEMBER 24 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Chief of the Military Committee (CMC) updated the Council with details on the Autumn ISAF Periodic Mission Review including a &mixed evaluation8 on progress in Afghanistan and proposed recommendations. The SHAPE Deputy Chief of Staf [...] | 2008-09-25 13:01:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO348 | (C) VISEGRAD, BALTIC ALLIES DESIRE INCREASED NATO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-26 17:09:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR |
08USNATO35 | NATO/VCC: JANUARY 22 VCC AND VCC EXPERTS, MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Experts agreed and the VCC approved the text for the common understanding of Annex A, Section V, Paragraph 5 of the Final Document of the First CFE Review Conference as suggested by the U.S. in Ref A. The understanding will be forwarded to the JCG-T in Vienna. END SUMMARY [...] | 2008-01-28 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO350 | VETTING REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE NRC [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia October 7-22, 2008. No U.S. trainers [...] | 2008-09-30 14:58:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
08USNATO352 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL VISIT TO TBILISI [...] (C) Summary: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Georgia September 15-16 to take stock following Russia's invasion of Georgia, to reaffirm support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and to strengthen NATO-Georgia relations (including by inaugurating the NATO-Georgia Comm [...] | 2008-09-30 17:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU |
08USNATO353 | UNAMA HEAD KAI EIDE DISTANCES HIMSELF FROM NATO [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 29 briefing to NATO Perm Reps, UN Special Representative for Afghanistan Kai Eide painted a gloomy picture of the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, which he said was detracting international attention away from development agenda. He criticized [...] | 2008-10-01 12:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO354 | A/S BOUCHER NATO VISIT, 17 SEP 08 [...] (U) SUMMARY: During September 14 meetings at NATO, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher told NATO Perm Reps that NATO and the Afghans need to be more effective in holding territory, particularly with strengthened Afghan police, provincial and local governme [...] | 2008-10-01 12:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR NATO PGOV PREL SNAR UN AF |
08USNATO357 | RUSSIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN: SORTING THE WHEAT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Russian officials have expressed a willingness to continue cooperation with NATO for Afghanistan (reftels) despite inconsistencies in the Russian message, but have also said all bets on cooperation are off if Georgia is offered NATO membership. Russian Ambassador to NATO Rogoz [...] | 2008-10-03 11:16:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO358 | READOUT: OCTOBER 1 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- EXCHANGE OF VIEWS WITH SERBIAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE SUTANOVAC: Reported septel. -- AFGHANISTAN: The Operations brief noted insurgent activities were high despite the Ramadan holidays. MG Li Gobbi, Assistant Director of the Ops Division, briefed on [...] | 2008-10-03 11:39:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO36 | ALLIES HEAR U.S. CONCERNS ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS BAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Department and OSD representatives briefed NATO Deputy Permanent Representatives January 24 on U.S. concerns over the proposed international ban on cluster munitions and the effect it could have on NATO interoperability. Richard Kidd of the Political-Military Affairs Bure [...] | 2008-01-29 10:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO363 | SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER VISITS NATO [...] (C) Summary: Serbian Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac signed an information security agreement between Serbia and NATO during an October 1 visit to NATO and, in an address to PermReps, he said Serbia will expand its contact with NATO, but criticized the Alliance for taking on the task of r [...] | 2008-10-07 15:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL SR KV |
08USNATO365 | USING NATO TO ADDRESS PIRACY AND ENGAGE THE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Recent requests from the UN for temporary NATO naval escorts to World Food Program shipments to Somalia starting in October, and separate requests by France and the UK to the USG to provide direct military support to a planned EU anti-piracy operation starting in December, h [...] | 2008-10-08 15:58:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN |
08USNATO366 | RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TARGETS NATO, UN AND UKRAINE AT [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin took center stage at the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Ambassadorial meeting on Wednesday, October 8, taking out his anger over the situation in Georgia on NATO, the UN and Ukraine. In between rants by Rogozin, which generally [...] | 2008-10-10 08:34:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL RS UP GG |
08USNATO367 | READOUT: OCTOBER 8 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-10 12:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO368 | NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) held a Plenary meeting at NATO HQ on 2 Oct 08. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Joe Benkert of the U.S. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs) and Mr. John Laugerud of the Norwegian MOD. Major items disc [...] | 2008-10-14 09:22:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO369 | VETTING REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Kazakh participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from October 20-31. UNODC has proposed that the DEA conduct the se [...] | 2008-10-14 12:40:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
08USNATO37 | ITALIAN PROPOSAL FOR RC-WEST MEETINGS IN [...] (SBU) The Italian Mission to NATO passed USNATO a non-paper on January 25 proposing meetings among ISAF RC-West contributing nations, modeled after ". . . the one currently adopted by Australia, Canada, Estonia, Netherlands, Romania, United States, (and) United Kingdom for their political-mil [...] | 2008-01-30 13:29:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF IT |
08USNATO371 | NATO-RUSSIA WAY FOWARD: READOUT OF OCTOBER 14 SPC [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Allies delivered their initial responses to the IS-drafted policy paper "NATO-Russia Relations in the Aftermath of the Georgia Crisis." At its base, the document's language of "targeted conditionality" and "selective engagement" and emphasis on unity pleased most Allies. Fran [...] | 2008-10-15 17:13:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO PGOV KCFE RS |
08USNATO372 | MACEDONIAN PM: CURRENT NIMETZ PROPOSAL WILL NOT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Macedonian Prime Minister Gruevski told Ambassador Volker on October 15 that he has problems accepting the current Nimetz ideas for solving the name issue as a basis for negotiation. He said the Nimetz proposal would only improve marginally during a negotiation process, and n [...] | 2008-10-15 18:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MK |
08USNATO373 | MACEDONIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Macedonia presented its Annual National Program for 2008-2009 to NATO Allies for comment on October 6. Greece was less critical than it could have been, but several Allies admonished Macedonia for portraying Greece, in its ANP summary (signed by PM Gruevski),as the lone hold [...] | 2008-10-15 18:08:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO MK |
08USNATO374 | NAC MEETING WITH KAZAKHSTAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his comments to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) Kazakhstan, Defense Minister (DEFMIN) Danial Akhmetov extolled Kazakhstan's defense and domestic reforms and announced contributions to ISAF. Allies acknowledged Kazakhstan's progress, but pressed for further assistance and [...] | 2008-10-16 11:26:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV ECON PREL KZ |
08USNATO375 | DECISIONS BY NATO DEFENSE MINISTERS REGARDING [...] (SBU) On Wednesday, October 15, the NATO Secretary General issued a statement in regards to decisions made by NATO Defense Ministers at the recent meeting in Budapest. 2. (SBU) The text of the statement follows: BEGIN STATEMENT 15 October 2008 SG(2008)0770 To : ISAF Non-NATO Troop Co [...] | 2008-10-16 13:24:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO376 | VETTING REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of additional Kazakh participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan from October 20-31. UNODC has proposed that the DEA cond [...] | 2008-10-16 14:59:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
08USNATO379 | READOUT: OCTOBER 15 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: During the October 15 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer noted the request by Afghan Defense Minister Wardak for a NATO Trust Fund to meet the needs of the expanding Afghanistan Nati [...] | 2008-10-17 08:28:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO380 | NATO ENGAGES IN NEW FORUM ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to facilitate increased regional dialogue on Afghanistan, Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer presided over the first meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives with the NATO representatives from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan a [...] | 2008-10-17 13:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL AF KZ KG TI TX UZ |
08USNATO381 | LITHUANIAN NON-PAPERS ON POSSIBLE U.S. DEFENSE [...] (C) Lithuanian DCM Gediminas Varvuolis called on A/DCM Reid on 14 October to discuss Vilnius' ideas for increased U.S. military investment and cooperation. In addition to raising the Lithuanian MFA's non-paper which had been passed to the United States on the margins of UNGA, he also provided [...] | 2008-10-17 15:56:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO LH |
08USNATO391 | ACTION REQUEST: POSSIBLE FAILURE OF THE [...] (C) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: After ongoing failures by Ukraine to meet its obligations, the United States-led NATO Ukraine Trust Fund is one month away from becoming the first Partnership for Peace Trust Fund in NATO's history to fail. The project a [...] | 2008-10-22 15:19:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO PARM PGOV UP |
08USNATO393 | RUSSIANS PROVIDE EUROPEAN SECURITY PAPER TO EU-3 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-23 11:45:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL GM RS |
08USNATO394 | READOUT: 22 OCTOBER NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG announced he would soon provide a new strategic communications plan for Afghanistan since there were too many NATO persons doing interviews, and doing them badly, over the last few weeks. The SYG also said he would convene a smal [...] | 2008-10-23 16:38:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO395 | ALLIES SUPPORT MOREL, BUT MIXED ON GENEVA OUTCOMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite his claims of limited success, the European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Georgia, Pierre Morel, underwhelmed many NATO PermReps with his account of the EU/UN/OSCE-sponsored talks on Georgia held in Geneva October 15. Morel admitted that the talks did n [...] | 2008-10-23 17:16:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINR GG RS |
08USNATO396 | ALBANIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: On October 17, a senior-level Albanian delegation presented Tirana's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO'S Senior Political Committee. The presentation drew praise from Allies. At the same time, several delegations, led by the U.S., raised serious concerns about perceived b [...] | 2008-10-24 14:18:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO AL |
08USNATO397 | CROATIA PRESENTS ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL PLAN AT NATO [...] (C) Summary: On October 16, a senior-level Croatian delegation presented Zagreb's 2008-2009 Annual National Program to NATO Allies. The presentation drew praise from Allies in a warm and friendly meeting. Allies looked forward to Croatia becoming a full member of the Alliance. End Summary. [...] | 2008-10-24 14:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO HR |
08USNATO399 | UK HIGH COMMISSIONER TO PAKISTAN BRIEFS NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Robert Brinkley, UK High Commissioner to Pakistan, told NATO PermReps October 21 that Pakistan has a profound sense of insecurity and sees its relationship with Afghanistan through an "Indian lens." He relayed that Pakistan is not confident the international community will rema [...] | 2008-10-24 16:50:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR MOPS AF |
08USNATO40 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - JANUARY 30, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer said he will write to non-NATO ISAF contributors prior to Vilnius Ministerial to update them on progress in drafting ISAF's Comprehensive Strategic Political Military Guidance. Chairman of the Milit [...] | 2008-01-31 16:06:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO402 | RFG: NATO-RUSSIA: MAINTAINING CONSENSUS ON "NO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Our current approach on preventing any policy level discussions with Russia at NATO will become unsustainable once the EU holds its Nice Summit with Russia on November 13. In the absence of any other proposals, Allies are alrea [...] | 2008-10-29 19:54:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL MOPS GG RS |
08USNATO403 | USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS [...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Wightman and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on October 27 [...] | 2008-10-29 19:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS |
08USNATO404 | USNATO TODAY: READOUT FROM 29 OCTOBER NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2008-10-31 12:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO AF |
08USNATO405 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF NATO-RUSSIA [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia from November 11-26, 2008. Afghanistan [...] | 2008-10-31 12:32:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR RS |
08USNATO406 | RESULTS FROM 23 OCTOBER 2008 VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (C) Summary. During the 23 October VCC and Experts Meetings, the IS requested that Allies resubmit their 2009 bids for Vienna Document (VD) 1999 evaluation visits and inspections by 28 October in accordance with newly agreed procedures in the revised draft Implementation Coordination working [...] | 2008-10-31 12:32:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL NATO |
08USNATO407 | READOUT: GENERAL OBERING'S 28 OCTOBER MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lieutenant General (Lt Gen) Obering, the director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA),stopped in Brussels October 28 to address NATO Perm Reps on his way to Warsaw and Prague. He updated Allies regarding missile defense (MD) and introduced his successor, Major General (soon t [...] | 2008-10-31 17:33:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL PARM MARR CZ PL MNUC |
08USNATO41 | KREMLIN KEEPS AMB ROGOZIN ON A SHORT LEASH IN HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian nationalist politician-turned-diplomat Dmitri Rogozin launched into a lengthy litany of Russian grievances on missile defense (MD),NATO enlargement, CFE, and Kosovo at his first NATO-Russia Council meeting on January 30, albeit in a more measured tone than in his recent [...] | 2008-02-04 11:12:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR RU |
08USNATO416 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 5, [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) continued last week,s message of guarded optimism about the voter registration process and recent improvement in the Pakistan-Afghanistan political dialogue. He supports an &instructed8 NAC Away Day focused on [...] | 2008-11-07 13:31:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
08USNATO419 | READOUT: AMR MOUSSA'S 6 NOVEMBER DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 6, Mr. Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States, held a broad exchange of views with the North Atlantic Council at NATO HQ. Striking a conciliatory tone early on as he read from his prepared text, Moussa lauded the election of President-elect Obama, [...] | 2008-11-10 13:54:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PARM PREL AL XI XF |
08USNATO423 | VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Central Asian and Afghan participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on November 17-28. No USG trainers will be pa [...] | 2008-11-12 10:17:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC NATO SNAR TX RS AF KG KZ TI UZ |
08USNATO429 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: SHAPE Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Major General Wright reported an increase in security events, continued ISAF operations to support voter registration, and noted indications opposing militant forces (OMF) intend to continue a hi [...] | 2008-11-13 16:07:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
08USNATO43 | PM BERISHA DISCUSSES ALBANIA'S NATO ACCESSION [...] (C) Prime Minister Berisha discussed Albania's prospects for being invited to join NATO at the Bucharest Summit with the NAC on January 30, concluding Albania's ninth MAP cycle. The participation of opposition figures in his delegation, a recent unanimous parliamentary motion of support for NAT [...] | 2008-02-06 13:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR PGOV AL |
08USNATO433 | NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Steering Committee of the Senior Defense Group on Proliferation (DGP) met at NATO Headquarters on October 29. The meeting was co-chaired by Ms. Laura Gross of the U.S. (OSD(GSA)) and Mr. Knut Jahr of MoD Norway. Major items discussed during the meeting included the drafting [...] | 2008-11-17 13:37:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO434 | UKRAINIAN FM TO NATO - GIVE US MAP OR RUSSIA WINS [...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian FM Ogryzko briefed the NATO-Ukraine Commission on November 19. He called on Allies to provide the Membership Action Plan (MAP) to his country in order to strengthen the forces of democracy in Ukraine, and dissuade Russia from further destabilizing actions. Some Allied [...] | 2008-11-20 18:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF RU UP |
08USNATO436 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Deputy Secretary General (D/SYG) Claudio Bisogniero chaired the NAC and announced that the Secretary General will soon issue a &roadmap8 to the April 2009 Summit for Afghanistan, outlining ways for the Council to have strategic discussions [...] | 2008-11-21 13:53:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
08USNATO437 | CABLE-INTERN RESOURCE SOLICTATION-SUMMER 2009 FOR [...] (U) Post requests one intern for the Summer 2009 cycle. The intern will support the work of the political section. This will include preparation of briefing papers and support of NATO committee work. The intern will likely focus their work under supervision of an FSO in one or two areas, such [...] | 2008-11-21 15:52:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO AMGT APER ASEC |
08USNATO44 | USNATO RESPONSE TO SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: We assess that almost all NATO Allies will insist on the cover of a relevant UNSCR mandate to continue the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I) into 2009. With effort, we could likely sell something less than Chapter VII, given that NATO's mission is training not combat. We could [...] | 2008-02-06 13:25:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL |
08USNATO441 | VCC/EXPERTS: U.S. TO CONDUCT VD99 EVALUATION VISIT [...] (C) Summary. During the 17 November VCC Experts meeting, USDel secured all primary and secondary objectives for U.S. VD99 verification activities in 2009. Experts debated alternative language for the IS working paper on Implementation Coordination, putting off consideration of three alternat [...] | 2008-11-26 18:28:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO442 | NOVEMBER 21 HLTF: ALLIES AGREE TO CFE LANGUAGE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the November 21 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, Allies agreed on CFE language for the upcoming NATO Ministerial communique and how to deploy agreed language at subsequent key dates in December. The text (agreed via silence procedure on November 24) is closely based [...] | 2008-11-26 18:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO445 | USNATO SUPPORTS PROPOSED MILREP IN REYKJAVIK [...] (SBU) USNATO seconds Embassy Reykjavik request for a permanent U.S. military representative (reftel). Rising interest in energy sources, transportation routes, fisheries, and the melting of the polar cap have highlighted the importance of the High North to regional security. In addition, gro [...] | 2008-12-01 18:07:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS |
08USNATO447 | COMMUNIQUE OF THE DECEMBER 2-3 NATO FOREIGN [...] (U) The following is part 2 of the Communique from the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers' Meeting: CONTINUE TEXT: 20. We welcome the progress made by Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro in their cooperation with the Alliance and the development of ambitious Individual Partnership Ac [...] | 2008-12-03 16:43:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF |
08USNATO448 | COMMUNIQUE OF THE DECEMBER 2-3 NATO FOREIGN [...] (U) The following communique was approved and released by NATO Foreign Ministers following their December 2-3 meeting: BEGIN TEXT: MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL AT THE LEVEL OF FOREIGN MINISTERS HELD AT NATO HEADQUARTERS, BRUSSELS, ON 2-3 DECEMBER 2008 FINAL COMMUNIQUE Â [...] | 2008-12-03 16:43:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF |
08USNATO453 | ALLIES FIND BRIEFING ON AFGHANISTAN NIE “GLOOMY,†[...] (S/REL NATO) Summary. National Intelligence Officer (NiO) for South Asia, Dr. Peter Lavoy, briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) for Afghanistan on November 25. He said the NIE describes a grim situation in Afghanistan and predicts that negative trends w [...] | 2008-12-05 08:31:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO PTER PINR AF PK IN |
08USNATO454 | USNATO: FOREIGN MINISTERIAL NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-05 13:18:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS KV AF PK |
08USNATO456 | NATO POST-MINISTERIAL COMMUNIQUE READOUT [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 10:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR ECON PGOV UN XG XA AF GG UP |
08USNATO460 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) said election support was a time critical issue with Afghan elections taking place as early as May 2009. He received NAC approval to task the Military Committee to provide advice on a NATO Election Support Forc [...] | 2008-12-11 16:03:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
08USNATO469 | THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-UKRAINE [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: [...] | 2008-12-17 18:41:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PARM KCFE MARR GG UP RS |
08USNATO470 | THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 MEETING OF THE NATO-GEORGIA [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Volker Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried EUR PDAS Ries NSC Senior Director Damon Wilson NATO Secretary General Jaap De Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: AMB Lubomir Ivanov Canada: AMB Rober [...] | 2008-12-17 19:00:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS |
08USNATO471 | THE DECEMBER 3, 2008 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Kurt Volker EUR A/S Dan Fried EUR PDAS Ries Damon Wilson, NSC NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer NATO COUNTRIES Albania: FM Lulzim Basha Belgium: FM Karel De Gucht Bulgaria: FM Ivailo Kalfin Canada: AMB Robert McRae Croatia: FM Gordan [...] | 2008-12-17 19:46:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO PGOV MOPS KV AF |
08USNATO472 | READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING DECEMBER [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) obtained North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreement to task NATO Military Authorities to provide rapid military advice on elections support prior to the next Council discussion on January 7. He asked for cooperati [...] | 2008-12-18 16:14:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | AF NATO PREL |
08USNATO473 | UPDATE ON NATO AIR SURVEILLANCE AND TRAINING [...] (C) In November, the financial crisis in Iceland and the ensuing dispute between Iceland and the UK threw into question NATO air surveillance and training missions in Iceland. The UK was scheduled to fill the December 5 ) 21, 2008 rotation, but after a period of negotiation, the UK ultimatel [...] | 2008-12-19 08:51:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS NATO PGOV PREF PREL IC |
08USNATO48 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 6, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) is meeting this week in Japan at the Political Director level. Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC) General Henault reported on additional Afghan National Police in Musa Qala, in [...] | 2008-02-07 18:10:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO49 | NATO-RUSSIA 2008 WORK PROGRAM APPROVED [...] (SBU) NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Perm Reps approved the NRC 2008 Work Program under a brief silence on February 7 and NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer welcomed it during the informal session of NRC Defense Ministers on February 8. Post wishes to express it appreciation to EUR/RPM desk o [...] | 2008-02-08 13:26:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MARR RU |
08USNATO50 | SINGAPORE,S EVOLVING COOPERATION WITH NATO, THEIR [...] (C/NF) Summary: Singapore,s DCM in Brussels confirmed Singapore is considering an increased yet modest contribution to ISAF in the summer months of 2008. He has also been asking cautious questions about what opportunities could derive from deeper Singapore-NATO cooperation. He implied inform [...] | 2008-02-08 15:30:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PGOV MARR PREL SN AF |
08USNATO55 | NATO: JANUARY 31TH HLTF MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Allies used the January 31 HLTF to reaffirm and refine their strategy for a unified NATO response to Russia,s decision to suspend implementation of CFE. Allies see themselves united behind a substantive approach (the parallel actions plan) and accompanying diplomatic game [...] | 2008-02-12 16:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO58 | NATO SENIOR DEFENSE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) The Steering Committee for the NATO Senior Defense Committee on Proliferation (DGP) met at NATO HQ on January 16, 2008 and was jointly chaired by Ms Laura Gross (OSD/GSA) and Mr. Pawel Durys (MoD Poland). 2. (C) The Steering Committee received a briefing by the U.S. on plans for prov [...] | 2008-02-14 12:49:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL |
08USNATO60 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 13, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Chairman of the Military Committee General Ray Henault briefed that ISAF is seeking to diversify its fuel supply away from reliance on Pakistani transit. SHAPE Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations MG Rudy Wright described a dramatic drop [...] | 2008-02-14 19:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO62 | NATO: THE DAY AFTER KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The North Atlantic Council (NAC) met in a special February 18th session to discuss the situation in Kosovo following the February 17th Declaration of Independence by the Kosovo Assembly in Pristina. General Craddock, SACEUR, and Admiral Fitzgerald, Commander JFC Naples, briefed [...] | 2008-02-18 16:59:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PGOV PREL KV |
08USNATO78 | DAS KRAMER GIVES NATO ALLIES READOUT ON US-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22, Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer briefed NATO Allies in Brussels on Assistant Secretary Fried's February 19 meeting with Russian Deputy SIPDIS Foreign Minister and Disarmament Director Antonov regarding the CFE Parallel Actions Package. Kramer reported th [...] | 2008-02-27 12:02:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO79 | SUPPORTING USG PROPOSALS FOR CIVIL AVIATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. USNATO delivered reftel points on civil aviation in Afghanistan to NATO Assistant Secretary for Operations Martin Howard on February 26. Howard gave assurances NATO shares U.S. objectives for civil aviation in Afghanistan and said he would instruct NATO representatives who wil [...] | 2008-02-27 15:14:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO80 | GREECE: SLOWROLLING NATO ENLARGEMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what may represent an effort by Athens to change or slowroll Alliance accession procedures, Greece has delayed three key NATO documents for the Comprehensive Report on Enlargement which is due to NATO Foreign Ministers on March 6. While some of this may represent bureaucratic [...] | 2008-02-27 18:05:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR GR MK |
08USNATO82 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - FEBRUARY 27, 2008 [...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: SHAPE briefed on ISAF flood relief, and Ambassador Nuland urged quick work and additional resources to make flood relief a good news story at Bucharest. SHAPE described excellent cooperation between ISAF and ANSF resulting in a counter-IED s [...] | 2008-02-28 14:43:00 | Mission USNATO | SECRET//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO88 | NATO: FEBRUARY 28TH HLTF AND NRC (ACE) MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the February 28 HLTF, Allies agreed on key themes for the NATO-Russia Council Arms Control Experts (NRC (ACE)) meeting that followed the HLTF, and more generally for engaging Russia in the run-up to Bucharest. All who spoke stressed the need for a continued unified message; re [...] | 2008-03-07 15:04:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE |
08USNATO89 | NATO-UKRAINE AMBASSADORIAL MARCH 5: PREPARING FOR [...] (C) Ukrainian Ambassador Sagach discussed the broad outlines of next month's NATO-Ukraine Summit with PermReps on March 5. He reaffirmed Ukraine's request for an invitation to MAP and pressed for a Joint Statement at the Summit; both issues are controversial within the Alliance. He signaled [...] | 2008-03-10 13:09:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR UP |
08USNATO9 | UN AND NATO SECGENS DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN SENIOR [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche orally to NATO SYG on January 4. Charge delivered Terms of Reference on January 7. 2. (C) Separately, UNSYG Ban Ki Moon telephoned NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer on January 4 to discuss the proposed Terms of Reference for the Senior International C [...] | 2008-01-07 15:43:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | IO PREL NATO AF |
08USNATO90 | WELCOME TO NATO FOR STAFFDEL KENNETH MYERS, MARCH [...] Mission welcomes Senior Professional Staff Member for the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Kenneth Myers III to Brussels for meetings at USEU and USNATO on March 19 - 21, 2008. USNATO Control officer for the visit is USNATO Political Officer, Peter Chisholm, work tel:(32) [...] | 2008-03-10 13:40:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO EUN FR BR |
08USNATO91 | NRC: RUSSIA CHIDED KFOR AND ISAF WHILE OFFERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador Dmitriy Rogozin accused KFOR of overstepping its bounds in Kosovo and called for impartiality and strict adherence to KFOR's UNSCR 1244 mandate in the February 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC). Ambassador Nuland, other Allies, and NATO Secretary General (SYG) de Ho [...] | 2008-03-10 16:15:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MARR PTER RU |
08USNATO93 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 5, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General (SYG) de Hoop Scheffer thanked the NAC for strengthening the Senior Civilian Representative's office and, in later discussion, reiterated his disagreement with a U.S. intelligence report that concluded the Afghan governme [...] | 2008-03-11 13:20:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO96 | NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - MARCH 12, 2008 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in Afghanistan, and urged Allies to support him fully. Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee (D/CMC) LTG Eik [...] | 2008-03-13 12:42:00 | Mission USNATO | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | NATO PREL AF |
08USNATO99 | MESSAGE OF STRONG SUPPORT FOR SRSG DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Speaking at the informal weekly "coffee" gathering of the North Atlantic Council on March 11, Ambassador Nuland told Allies the U.S. welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the Special Representative for the Secretary General in Afghanistan and intended to put together a series of high- [...] | 2008-03-17 13:56:00 | Mission USNATO | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UN NATO AF |
08USOSCE181 | OSCE/FSC: SUBMISSION OF USG DATA FOR THE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-17 07:34:00 | Mission USOSCE | UNCLASSIFIED | OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
08USOSCE202 | ALLIES APPRECIATIVE FOR READOUT ON JULY 29 CFE [...] (C) USDel provided oral readout (reftel) of the July 29 meeting between Assistant Secretary Fried and Russian MFA Arms Control Director Antonov to OSCE delegations of NATO members on August 5. Although the OSCE is on its summer recess and most delegations are operating with skeleton staffing, [...] | 2008-08-05 15:03:00 | Mission USOSCE | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE OSCE PARM PREL NATO |
08VALLETTA134 | MALTA'S DECISION TO REJOIN NATO'S PARTNERSHIP FOR [...] (SBU) In the first foreign policy decision of his newly elected government, Malta,s Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi opted to rejoin Malta's membership in NATO,s Partnership for Peace (PfP). Tonio Borg, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to the NATO Secretary G [...] | 2008-04-04 15:44:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MT NATO PGOV PREL |
08VALLETTA135 | MALTA'S NEW FM GRATEFUL FOR PROGRESS ON DTA, PFP, [...] (SBU) Summary. March 25, Ambassador Bordonaro met with the Malta,s new Foreign Minister Tonio Borg. As this was the first time the Ambassador met with Borg since his appointment as Foreign Minister, she updated Borg on the progress achieved on key issues on our bilateral agenda, such as the [...] | 2008-04-07 05:14:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MT NATO PREF PREL PGOV |
08VALLETTA350 | MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED DEMANDING RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On the afternoon of August 13, Ambassador Bordonaro raised reftel points with Maltese FM Tonio Borg, urging Malta to engage the Russian government about continued reports of Russian military activity around Gori, and to urge Russia to investigate and end any possible ongoing atrocities in [...] | 2008-08-18 05:31:00 | Embassy Valletta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GG MOPS NATO OSCE PHUM PREL RS UN MT |
08VALLETTA44 | MALTA TO HOLD GENERAL ELECTIONS MARCH 8 [...] (C) Summary. Maltese Prime Minister Gonzi today (February 4) dissolved Parliament, and President Fenech-Adami called for national elections to be held on March 8. With elections required by August and expected by Easter, the two dominant parties -- the ruling Nationalist Party (NP) and opposi [...] | 2008-02-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | MT NATO PGOV PREL PSI |
08VALLETTA97 | MALTA: RULING NATIONALIST PARTY WINS A NARROW [...] (U) The ruling Nationalist Party (NP),led by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, won the March 8 general elections with a slim margin of 1,200 votes, which amounted to just 0.4 percent of the votes cast, over the Malta Labor Party (MLP). Though it,s clear that the Nationalists will remain in power [...] | 2008-03-10 13:19:00 | Embassy Valletta | CONFIDENTIAL | MT NATO PGOV PREL PSI |
08VIENNA1893 | AUSTRIA: SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, Econ/Pol Counselor, DATT and Polchief discussed reftel demarche with GOA officials across the government, as well as with the German Ambassador to Austria during a series of meetings December 17 to 23. Austrian officials said the MFA and Defense Ministry would rev [...] | 2008-12-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AU |
08VIENNA676 | AUSTRIA ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS: POLITICAL DRIVE FOR [...] (C) Summary. Despite serious concerns about interoperability in the armed services, Austria's Defense and Foreign Ministers are pushing for a robust, though not absolute, ban on cluster munitions. To achieve this, the MFA is prepared to discuss compromise definitions of CW and clarification [...] | 2008-05-16 16:07:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MOPS PREL NATO UN AU |
08VILNIUS1019 | LITHUANIA TO SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-03 15:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MOPS NATO LH |
08VILNIUS473 | LITHUANIA IN IRAQ: WHERE THEY ARE NOW [...] (C) Advisor to the Prime Minister Mindaugas Jurkynas told Ambassador June 10 that President Adamkus and PM Kirkilas are both committed to Lithuanian troops remaining in Iraq past July, despite DefMin Olekas's almost daily, public statements to the contrary. Jurkynas said the State Defense Coun [...] | 2008-06-17 06:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL NATO IZ LH |
08VILNIUS475 | LITHUANIA IN AFGHANISTAN: WHERE THEY ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: The GOL secured conditional funding from UAE and Saudi officials for reconstruction projects in Ghor province in a meeting facilitated and attended by USAID Administrator Fore on the margins of the June 12 Paris Conference. MFA U/S Talat-Kelpsa intends to combine a trip to Ghor i [...] | 2008-06-17 13:10:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL NATO AF LH |
08VILNIUS552 | LITHUANIA WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT NTM-I TRAINERS; [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 13:14:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO LH UP |
08VILNIUS594 | LITHUANIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN NAM MEETINGS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 11:47:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PTER NATO LH |
08VILNIUS716 | LITHUANIA SUPPORTS USG POSITION ON NATO-MED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 14:23:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO LH |
08VILNIUS757 | LITHUANIA WILL CONSIDER AMENDMENT TO ISAF OPLAN ON [...] (C) MoND Undersecretary Andrius Krivas told Post September 11 that the Lithuanians are still considering their position on authorizing ISAF to participate in drug interdiction activity in Afghanistan (reftel). He did speculate however that if they agree to it, Lithuanian SOF operating in the [...] | 2008-09-12 06:46:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR NATO AF LH |
08VILNIUS780 | LITHUANIANS WILL CONSIDER MORE TRAINERS FOR NTM-I [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-19 11:55:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR NATO IZ LH |
08VILNIUS868 | LITHUANIA WANTS INCREASED USG ATTENTION VIA [...] (C) Summary: Lithuanian political leaders have recently called in Vilnius and Washington for the U.S. to revive the 1998 Baltic Charter as a mechanism to get a more "muscular" USG presence in the Baltic region, and also have the U.S. help resolve Lithuania's security related issues. The Lithu [...] | 2008-10-17 09:52:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KTIA NATO XG ZB LH |
08VILNIUS877 | (C) LITHUANIA STILL CONSIDERING TRAINING PRESENCE [...] (C) Post discussed reftel points October 15 with MoND Acting Director of International Operations Migle Budryte and her Deputy, Bartas Trakymas. Budryte said the MoND is still considering an increased training presence in Afghanistan and will let us know when a decision is final. 2. (C) On [...] | 2008-10-20 08:07:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR NATO AF LT LH |
08VILNIUS957 | (C) LITHUANIA WANTS NATO CONSENSUS ON MEDVEDEV [...] (C) MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius discussed with Post November 5 Lithuanian views on both the Medvedev Proposals and the recent Russian announcement of plans to deploy the short-range "Iskander" missile system in neighboring Kaliningrad. Le [...] | 2008-11-06 15:16:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO XG LH |
08VILNIUS995 | RUSSIAN LOBBYING LITHUANIA FOR MEDVEDEV PROPOSALS [...] (C) MFA Director of Transatlantic Cooperation and Security Policy Vytautas Leskevicius told Post November 21 that the Russians are not lobbying the Lithuanians in Vilnius for the Medvedev proposals (ref). He said it would be a waste of time looking for support from the Lithuanians and the Rus [...] | 2008-11-26 12:18:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO RU LH |
08WARSAW1018 | POLISH MFA OFFERS NO RESPONSE TO MED-D SOFA [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-29 12:08:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL EUN PL |
08WARSAW1069 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. GOP will consider guarded support for amendment of the ISAF oplan to expand CN authorities, provided actions resulting from amendment do not have a negative impact on safety of Polish troops. However, the Poles believe that the priority should be training Afghans to take on thei [...] | 2008-09-15 14:52:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL |
08WARSAW1099 | POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-22 05:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL |
08WARSAW1112 | POLES AGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-09-24 05:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL GG RS PL |
08WARSAW1365 | WARSAW WILL NOT SIGN CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-01 14:31:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL PL |
08WARSAW1428 | POLES EAGER FOR DEBRIEF ON FRIED-ANTONOV MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-16 15:30:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PREF PARM NATO PL |
08WARSAW1448 | POLAND MIGHT RE-EVALUATE TROOP LEVELS IN [...] (S) Warsaw fully recognizes the importance of next year's presidential election in Afghanistan and will do its best to maintain the security and integrity of the electoral process, especially in Ghazni Province, where approximately 1600 Polish troops are stationed. Roman Strzemiecki and Domin [...] | 2008-12-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | NATO PREL MOPS MARR PL |
08WARSAW468 | POLAND ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: So far Polish officials have not begun to discuss whether to make a pledge at the Afghanistan Conference in Paris in June, let alone the possible amount. Like other European governments, they have been thinking of the Conference in purely political terms. Nevertheless, Afgha [...] | 2008-04-14 08:14:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NATO PGOV PREL AF PL |
08WARSAW945 | POLISH ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Plans are still being developed for a proposed Polish-Spanish-Emirati Agricultural Training School in Afghanistan. Poland's USD 1.3 million pledge at the Paris Support Conference will be used for a 2008 donation to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund. The Poles remain keenly [...] | 2008-08-11 14:11:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON NATO MARR EAID PL AF |
08WARSAW947 | GOP RALLIES NEIGHBORS, EU TO CONDEMN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has taken on a surprisingly forceful leadership role during the Georgia conflict. President Kaczynski has coordinated regional demonstrations of solidarity with Tbilisi -- including a planned August 11 joint trip to Tbilisi along with the Ukrainian and Baltic presidents -- and l [...] | 2008-08-11 16:46:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW949 | TFGG01: POLES SUPPORT GEORGIA, PREDICT RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Andrzej Kremer told Charge August 12 that the GoP welcomes the Russian announcement of a cease-fire, and hopes for early Russian-Georgian talks. Kremer said President Kaczynski's visit to Georgia today is aimed at gathering information, and demonstratin [...] | 2008-08-12 18:03:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08WARSAW953 | TFGG01: POLAND'S CHOD ON GEORGIA, UKRAINE, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Warsaw | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM NATO KCFE RU GG PL |
08ZAGREB128 | CODEL TANNER VISIT TO CROATIA (FEB 21-24) [...] SUMMARY: CODEL Tanner, with six House members from the US delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, had a successful visit to Croatia from Feb. 21 to 24. The CODEL met with both Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and President Stjepan Mesic on Feb. 21. Key topics were Croatia's NATO membership, [...] | 2008-02-26 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP PREL PGOV NATO HR |
08ZAGREB22 | NEW GOC AND NATO: REFERENDUM OUT, ENGAGEMENT IN [...] During approval of his new cabinet January 12 (septel),PM Sanader stressed his government's commitment to achieving NATO membership during this mandate. In the agreement between his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the Peasant Party (HSS) and the Social Liberals (HSLS),the new ruling coa [...] | 2008-01-14 15:30:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB286 | NEW ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS: CROATIA'S GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatia has steadily expanded its contribution to ISAF and has assumed increasingly complex missions. Croatian forces are currently in their 11th rotation with 203 soldiers. The MoD plans to increase this to 280 troops this summer and has Parliamentary approval to raise this to [...] | 2008-03-28 09:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB316 | NATO REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN DIES OF NATURAL CAUSES [...] SUMMARY: The "Committee for a Referendum on Entry into NATO," an NGO consortium, ended its petition campaign April 12 with less than one-third of the required 450,000 signatures needed to force a referendum. In an April 11 meeting with Pol Counselor, committee spokesperson Aleksandar Hatzivel [...] | 2008-04-17 12:11:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO KDEM MARR PHUM NATO HR |
08ZAGREB366 | CROATIA SENSITIZED TO NATO INTEROPERABILITY [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on May 8 to MFA head of Arms Control and Disarmament Section Mirko Capjak, who will be part of Croatian delegation at Dublin negotiating session this month. Capjak was previously [...] | 2008-05-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PARM PREL NATO HR |
08ZAGREB419 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPSEC ENGLAND DINNER WITH DEFMIN [...] (C) Sir, this is Minister Vukelic,s second trip to the U.S. since his appointment in January as Minister of Defense in the new Croatian government. Though his tenure as Minister of Economy in the previous government was unremarkable, in his short time as Minister of Defense he has brought a l [...] | 2008-06-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB46 | AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 21 MEETING WITH PM SANADER [...] (C) Summary. During a January 21 meeting, the Ambassador and Prime Minister reviewed a range of bilateral and regional issues, including the PM's intention to invite President Bush to visit after the NATO Summit in Bucharest, the prospects for an invitation at Bucharest to join NATO, key items [...] | 2008-01-23 13:39:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MARR EAIR HR MK KV NATO |
08ZAGREB476 | REGIONAL SEMINAR IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540 IN EUROPE [...] SUMMARY. The first UNSCR 1540 seminar held in Europe since UNSCR 1810,s adoption in April 2008 took place on June 5-6, 2008, in Rakitje, Croatia. Croatia and Romania hosted the workshop, entitled "United Nations Security Resolution 1540: A Path for Further Implementation," in cooperation with [...] | 2008-06-26 10:56:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | HR NATO PREL UNGA |
08ZAGREB557 | CROATIAN PARTICIPATION IN NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO PHUM PTER IR HR |
08ZAGREB597 | SCENESETTER FOR COMMANDER, U.S. EUCOM,S MEETING [...] (C) Sir, this is the first meeting since Croatia,s NATO accession protocols were signed. Your host, General Josip Lucic (LOOT-zitch) was unexpectedly reappointed for an unprecedented second five-year term as CHOD in January of this year. Lucic is President Mesic,s most trusted military advis [...] | 2008-08-13 09:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB602 | TTGG01: CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered points from reftel to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on August 14. Matek stated that the points about engaging Russia would be communicated immediately to the appropriate officials in the GOC. He explained that hol [...] | 2008-08-18 05:54:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE NATO UN GG RS |
08ZAGREB61 | SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CROATIAN SOFA [...] (SBU) After two years of difficult negotiations and a brief delay during the Croatian elections, the Croatian Government finally appears ready to sign our bilateral Status of Forces Agreement. I strongly recommend that the signing ceremony take place during the visit of the new Croatian Def [...] | 2008-01-29 14:02:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO HR |
08ZAGREB62 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW FM GORDAN [...] SUMMARY: New FM Jandrokovic told the Ambassador on January 25 that Croatia remains committed to close cooperation with the US, and would continue to strive to promote stability in its region. He confirmed Croatia's intention to recognize Kosovo's independence. He stressed the GoC's awarenes [...] | 2008-01-29 14:07:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO UNSC HR |
08ZAGREB620 | CROATIA WILLING TO PROCEED WITH EXPANSION OF THE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Pol officer discussed the future of the Adriatic Charter on August 22 with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue cooperation with the A-3 countries as well as with other potential new members. T [...] | 2008-08-27 11:01:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR NATO AL MK HR |
08ZAGREB629 | CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES [...] (U) Stu, the Croatia that you will be visiting on September 10 has changed greatly from your desk officer days and even from the time we worked together on NATO issues. Croatia has made steady progress in strengthening its democracy and rule of law, reforming its economy, cooperating with the [...] | 2008-09-05 11:22:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR |
08ZAGREB631 | EMBASSY ZAGREB WARMLY WELCOMES DAS JONES [...] Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Assistant Secretary Stu Jones on September 10, 2008, for consultations with embassy and host government. --CONTROL OFFICER -- 2. Control Officer will be Political Officer Chris Zimmer. Embassy telephone number is (385) (1) 661-2200; Mr. Zimmer's [...] | 2008-09-05 12:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA ASEC PGOV NATO HR |
08ZAGREB659 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY,S VISIT TO [...] (C) Sir, yours is the highest level visit since President and Mrs. Bush, and Secretary Rice visited after the Bucharest Summit in April 2008. Since that time, Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of [...] | 2008-09-18 08:19:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB668 | CROATIAN RESPONSE TO NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 22 discussed reftel points on the potential Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) meeting with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said she would pass on to the Croatian Mission to NATO before September 23 our request that c [...] | 2008-09-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL GG RS HR |
08ZAGREB674 | CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 23 discussed ref A points on the expansion of the Adriatic Charter with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue with the Adriatic Charter with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as [...] | 2008-09-24 13:45:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK |
08ZAGREB688 | CROATIAN LEADERS FOCUS ON REGIONAL ISSUES DURING [...] (C) Summary: During his September 29 visit to Zagreb, Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England discussed regional and military issues with Prime Minister Sanader, President Mesic, Foreign Minister Jandrokovic, and Defense Minister Vukelic. Sanader thanked the USG for its help on NATO acces [...] | 2008-10-02 08:09:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB69 | ASSESSMENT OF CROATIA'S NATO READINESS [...] (U) Following is Post assessment of Croatia's progress on key reform issues related to NATO accession and remaining challenges facing PM Sanader's new government in advance of a possible membership invitation at the Bucharest Summit. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP: COMMITTED TO STABILITY OF NEIGHBORS - [...] | 2008-01-31 10:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB705 | SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, USECOM'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Sir, your visit comes almost on the heels of the visits of DEPSECDEF, COMNAVEUR, and DCOM, USEUCOM. Croatia has continued its MAP process with an eye to full membership soon and increased its ISAF contribution from 200 to a maximum of 300 soldiers on the ground. There are 277 Croatian so [...] | 2008-10-07 13:10:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSEREFORM |
08ZAGREB721 | SCENESETTER FOR THE COMMANDER, U.S. JOINT FORCES [...] (C) Sir, you will meet General Lucic (LOOT-Zitch) at your headquarters the week prior to your visit to Croatia. As of this writing, the itinerary for your time in Croatia has not been finalized. I expect, however, that your meetings in Zagreb will mirror the meetings SACEUR had while he was h [...] | 2008-10-16 09:12:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | HR KPAO MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL DEFENSEREFORM |
08ZAGREB837 | CROATIA SIGNS CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-08 15:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM NATO MOPS PREL HR |
08ZAGREB841 | FRENCH FRUSTRATION WITH SLOVENIAN POSITION ON [...] (C) In a December 10 conversation with the Ambassador, French Ambassador St. Paul bluntly criticized the Slovenian response to the French proposal on a way forward to lift the Slovenian block on Croatia's EU accession negotiations (reftels),calling it "incredible" and "unreasonable." St. Pau [...] | 2008-12-09 14:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EUC SI HR |
08ZAGREB86 | NATO ENLARGEMENT: SUSTAINING CROATIA'S PROGRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Upon formation of PM Sanader's new government, the Ambassador met with President Mesic, PM Sanader (ref A),FM Jandrokovic (ref B),DefMin Vukelic, and Speaker of Parliament Bebic (ref C). At all of these meetings, he discussed the GoC's strategy to address Croatia's [...] | 2008-02-06 14:06:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO MOPS MARR NATO HR DEFENSE REFORM |
08ZAGREB866 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON SECURITY SUPPORT FOR 2009 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-19 13:28:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF HR |
08ZAGREB95 | CROATIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TANNER [...] You are coming to Croatia just six weeks after the formation of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader's second government, as he and other leaders look ahead to NATO's Bucharest Summit. After encouraging feedback from NATO allies during the January review of Croatia's progress under the Membership Action [...] | 2008-02-08 15:47:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AORC PREL PGOV NATO HR |
09ABUDHABI173 | REQUESTING UAE VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY [...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash took careful notes February 18 as the Ambassador delivered ref A points regarding U.S. interest in the UAE's "considered views" on goals, priorities, and actions that we might focus on in our Pakistan/Afghanistan policy review. D [...] | 2009-02-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI270 | UAE THOUGHTS ON AFGHAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's input to our Afghan/Pakistan policy review is constructive and broadly consistent with current US policy insofar as it calls for: supporting Pakistan; upping reconstruction assistance; urging Pakistan and Afghanistan to work better together; and looking skeptically at [...] | 2009-03-18 13:53:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID NATO AF PK AE |
09ABUDHABI371 | PRESSING UAE ON AID FOR PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and Assistant MFA Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al-Haidan (who will join the UAE delegation in Tokyo) U.S. goals for the Tokyo Pakistan Donors' Conference April 17. Noting $4 billion as a t [...] | 2009-04-14 07:35:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EFIN ECON MOPS NATO PK AF AE |
09AMMAN675 | JORDAN DEMARCHED ON AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered points seeking input for the Afghanistan/Pakistan policy review contained in reftel A on February 28 separately to Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh and to Chief of the Royal Court Nasser Al-Lozi. Neither Judeh nor Lozi provided an immediate substantive response. We have [...] | 2009-03-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF JO |
09AMMAN709 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS REGARDING MANAS AIR BASE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-18 13:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF JO |
09AMMAN798 | JORDAN DELEGATION TO THE HAGUE RECEIVES CONCLUSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL NATO MARR MOPS JO |
09ANKARA1033 | YOUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Turkey. Your trip will underscore Turkey's status as an essential Ally in every existing NATO operation and in what we seek to accomplish in this region. 2. (C) Issues to Raise: -- Turkey's primary security focus remains its counter-insurgency effort a [...] | 2009-07-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MOPS MASS NATO TU |
09ANKARA1053 | TURKEY BUSILY PREPARING FOR AFGHANISTAN ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials fully agree with the need to press forward on supporting Afghanistan post-elections and welcome a "whole of government" approach. The GOT has already obligated the USD 200 million pledged at the June 2008 Paris and January 2006 London Donors Conferences, and expe [...] | 2009-07-23 10:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TU |
09ANKARA1293 | NATO SYG'S INITIAL VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: During his initial trip to Turkey as the new NATO SYG, Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged senior GoT officials to provide significant additional training support in Afghanistan and received strong push back when he pressed Turkey to show more flexibility to help improve NATO-EU cooperati [...] | 2009-09-01 20:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU |
09ANKARA1312 | CFE: TURKEY'S REACTIONS TO A/S GOTTEMOELLER'S [...] (C) We briefed September 8 Turkey's HLTF Rep and MFA Deputy DG for Nonproliferation and Disarmament Ahmet Muhtar Gun on A/S Gottemoeller's discussions with Russian Disarmament Director Antonov (reftel). Gun expressed appreciation for the briefing and told us that Ambassador Sensoy will meet w [...] | 2009-09-09 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO |
09ANKARA1361 | TURKEY: MFA ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador made REFTEL points to MFA U/S Sinirlioglu on September 14, underscoring that congratulatory messages should not be premature. Sinirlioglu said Ankara already is aware of USG concerns and intends to be careful about extending congratulations. He noted that the Turkish Gove [...] | 2009-09-16 14:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA1373 | TURKEY: EARLY REACTION IN THE MEDIA TO MISSILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkish media reaction to the White House announcement on European missile defense has been limited thus far and ranged from straightforward reporting based on the Presidential announcement to speculation that the announcement portends a greater role for Turkey in the new "Phase [...] | 2009-09-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL KMDR NATO IR TU |
09ANKARA1528 | ASD VERSHBOW BRIEFS TURKS ON MISSILE DEFENSE: GOOD [...] (S) ASD Vershbow briefed top Turkish MFA and General Staff officials on details of the proposed U.S. Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European ballistic missile defense and presented Turkey with a request to participate in this effort to protect NATO territory by agreeing to allow a radar an [...] | 2009-10-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL NATO TU |
09ANKARA1608 | SCENESETTER FOR YOUR TRIP TO TURKEY [...] (S) I look forward to welcoming you. Missile Defense is at the top of our crowded agenda with Turkey and the Turks are fully engaged. They will look for you to advance the discussions which were well begun by Sandy Vershbow and others both here in Ankara and at NATO. They will be looking fo [...] | 2009-11-09 11:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL NATO TU |
09ANKARA1617 | TURKEY STILL SEEKS NATO MAP FOR BOTH BOSNIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA TU BK |
09ANKARA1618 | TURKEY STILL SEEKS NATO MAP FOR BOTH BOSNIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-12 09:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA TU BK |
09ANKARA1662 | NATO MISSILE DEFENSE: STRONG COMMUNIQUE WILL BE [...] (C) During her November 18 Missile Defense consultations in Ankara (septel),U/S Tauscher reviewed the basic outline of our proposed NATO Ministerial Communique Missile Defense Language (as per reftel para 2) with top Turkish General Staff and Foreign Ministry officials. While the Turks did n [...] | 2009-11-19 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL NATO TU |
09ANKARA168 | TURKEY/NATO ENLARGEMENT: ACCESSION PROCESS NEAR [...] MFA Department Head for NATO Policy Gulhan Ulutekin confirmed on January 31 that the Council of Ministers decree has been published in the official gazette declaring Turkey's ratification of the protocols for Albania and Croatia's NATO accession. According to Ulutekin, the only remaining step [...] | 2009-02-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL |
09ANKARA1702 | TURKEY/AFGHANISTAN: MORE TRAINING POSSIBLE, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed Turkish General Staff Deputy Chief Aslan Guner November 24 on the President's plan to announce a significant increase in U.S. civilian and military contributions to Afghanistan (reftel) and pressed Turkey to strongly support this announcement and provide signifi [...] | 2009-11-25 15:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TU |
09ANKARA1713 | TURKEY: ROLLING OUT THE MESSAGE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Mission Turkey continued on December 2 the strong press for additional Turkish support for the President's strategy in Afghanistan. In separate meetings with both Minister of National Defense Vecdi Gonul and with MFA Deputy Undersecretary Namik Tan, the Ambassador pushed hard for Turkey t [...] | 2009-12-02 17:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO TU |
09ANKARA194 | TURKEY ON FRENCH NATO REINTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: Upcoming local elections and an uneasy bilateral relationship with France make French reintegration into NATO's military structure a sensitive political issue for Turkey. A recent article in one of Turkey's leading newspapers highlighted the difficult decision facing PM Erdogan o [...] | 2009-02-06 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO TU |
09ANKARA271 | TURKEY'S PREPARATIONS FOR UPCOMING NATO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: At a Deputies-level interagency meeting in January, the GOT agreed on the general outlines of its approach concerning the upcoming NATO conference. MFA contacts called the contributions Turkey has already announced for Afghanistan as "ambitious," and said Turkey is unlikely to c [...] | 2009-02-20 14:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO TU |
09ANKARA337 | TURKEY STILL PLANS TO MOVE AHEAD WITH BLACK SEA [...] (C) Turkey acknowledges reftel concerns regarding the upcoming Black Sea Defense Ministerial (BSDM),but still believes that establishing a political venue for littoral states would enhance security in the Black Sea. A crowded political calendar may put off this meeting for several months: a [...] | 2009-03-05 08:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MARR NATO TU |
09ANKARA417 | TURKEY: EVALUATING ADDITIONAL POLICE/GENDARMERIE [...] (C) During a discussion about upcoming international conferences related to Afghanistan and Pakistan (ref a) MFA Afghanistan Department Head Babur Girgin told us on March 18 that Turkey is considering a number of steps to enhance its security contributions in support of ISAF. He noted that a [...] | 2009-03-20 11:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA461 | TURKEY'S PERSPECTIVE ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...] (C) Turkey's position on NATO-EU relations is tied to its policy regarding Cyprus and to its insistence on strict adherence to formal arrangements between the Alliance and the EU. Efforts to press Turkey to agree to any new formal agreements to allow closer NATO-EU cooperation, even if limite [...] | 2009-03-26 11:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO EU TU |
09ANKARA479 | TURKEY NERVOUS ABOUT ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] (C) We met with MFA Afghanistan Department Head Babur Girgin and NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari to discuss NATO summit deliverables on Afghanistan and Pakistan (reftel) on March 26. The MFA officials welcomed the news that the U.S. review process has concluded and said Turkey looked [...] | 2009-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR |
09ANKARA503 | TURKEY'S RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC ASKS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador raised with MFA U/S Apakan on April 2 the specific requests for additional Turkish contributions in Afghanistan (ref a). Apakan acknowledged that the request took into account Turkey's strengths and said that his government wants to be as helpful as possible. He said i [...] | 2009-04-02 19:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA523 | TURKEY STEPS UP TO THE PLATE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary and comment: Turkey will more than double its troop presence in Afghanistan, from about 820 to almost 1900. MFA officials provided clarification to the additional Turkish contributions listed in ref a and said that the GOT is actively considering sending an additional PRT to Afgha [...] | 2009-04-08 16:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ANKARA63 | TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO ALLIANCE GROUND [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MFA NATO Infrastructure and Logistics Department Head Deniz Cakar told us that although Turkey has decided not to break silence on the basing decision for the NATO AGS program, it was not happy with the process leading up to the NAC decision sheet. She made [...] | 2009-01-14 17:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO MARR |
09ANKARA78 | KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The list of potential flashpoints between Turkey and Greece is long, and both sides have tried to drag the U.S. or NATO into these disputes, particularly on the status of demilitarization of islands in the eastern Aegean. To help ensure Greece -Turkey relations do not go off track [...] | 2009-01-15 17:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO GR TU |
09ANKARA850 | MFA ON NATO SECGEN'S FAREWELL VISIT AND NRC [...] (C) Summary: NATO and Euro-Atlantic Security Affairs Department Head Gulhan Ulutekin provided a readout of NATO Sec Gen Jaap de Hoop Scheffer,s June 8 farewell visit to Turkey and briefed us on Turkey,s position regarding the NATO Russia Council (NRC). She also confirmed that the MFA is co [...] | 2009-06-18 10:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RS TU NATO US |
09ANKARA853 | TURKEY'S VIEW ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND THE CORFU [...] (C) MFA DDG for OSCE, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Affairs Ahmet Muhtar Gun said that Turkey fully supports the principles outlined in ref a regarding the Corfu ministerial and noted specifically that Turkey's approach will be guided by the language contained in Paragraph 3 of the December [...] | 2009-06-19 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM OSCE PREL NATO PGOV PHUM ECON |
09ANKARA949 | TURKEY'S NATO SUMMIT COMMITMENTS FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Turkey is on track to meet its NATO summit ISAF commitments (reftel),according to MFA NATO Department Section Head Turker Ari. The four military teams pledged for the Election Support Force, totaling about eighty personnel, will deploy to Afghanistan by mid-July. Plans to reassume comma [...] | 2009-07-02 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO AF TU |
09ASHGABAT1176 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-15 12:21:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO AF TX |
09ASHGABAT1231 | TURKMENISTAN: NATO-SPONSORED SEMINAR FIRST STEP IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO will hold a seminar on civil emergency planning methodology in Ashgabat, which is something of a breakthrough in its engagement with the Turkmen government. NATO's other Turkmen initiative, an assessment of a radioactive waster remediation project, is also queued up for impl [...] | 2009-09-28 12:12:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TX |
09ASHGABAT244 | TURKMENISTAN: AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) On February 20, DCM discussed reftel policy review with MFA Americas Department Chief Serdar Bashimov. Bashimov seemed gratified that the United States was inviting Turkmenistan's input. He said such a review, which sought the views of regional partners, was a "wise and correct" approach [...] | 2009-02-20 12:14:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO AF PK TX |
09ASHGABAT421 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE REQUESTING SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-03 11:22:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TX |
09ASHGABAT735 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 05:33:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM TX |
09ASHGABAT741 | NATO LIAISON PESSIMISTIC ABOUT COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) On June 10, visiting NATO Liaison officer, Evan Tracz, painted a negative picture about NATO-Turkmenistan cooperation for a group of political officers from the Polish, German, UK, Turkish and U.S. Embassies. The reason for Tracz's meetings with Turkmen officials was to solicit their rene [...] | 2009-06-11 12:57:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO TX |
09ASHGABAT916 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-21 12:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF TX |
09ASTANA1254 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON ASSISTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche requesting assistance to Afghanistan beyond the elections to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on July 23. He provided Zhigalov with a non-paper detailing Afghanistan's pri [...] | 2009-07-24 10:45:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF KZ |
09ASTANA1542 | KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARACHE DELIVERED ON AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) During a September 16 meeting with Talgat Shaldanbay, Chief of the Middle East Division of the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PolOff delivered the talking points (ref) on the Afghan Presidential Election. Shaldanbay agreed to pass the message to appropriate points of contact wit [...] | 2009-09-21 00:57:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL NATO AF KZ |
09ASTANA435 | KAZAKHSTAN: DFM ZHIGALOV SAYS KAZAKHSTAN WOULD [...] (C) SUMMARY: New Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told the Ambassador on March 11 that Kazakhstan would very much welcome a POTUS visit. He said Kazakhstan attaches great importance to hosting the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council's Security Forum in June. Zhigalov explained that [...] | 2009-03-12 07:28:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR ETRD KNNP KIRF OSCE NATO AF RS KZ |
09ASTANA494 | KAZAKHSTAN: NATO REP FOR CENTRAL ASIA BRIEFS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia Robert Simmons told NATO Ambassadors in Astana on March 18 that the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum is administratively on track for June 24-25 in Astana, even though Kazakhstani officials made [...] | 2009-03-19 09:43:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR NATO OSCE RS KZ |
09ASTANA626 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel A demarche on the conclusions of our Afghanistan-Pakistan strategic review and requesting specific Kazakhstani contributions to Afghanistan to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov on April 13. He provided Zhigalov with non-papers on both issues, expla [...] | 2009-04-13 10:03:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF KZ |
09ASTANA983 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ambassador delivered demarches on a possible Kazakhstani arms sale to Syria and on U.S.-Russian discussions on the transit of lethal supplies to Afghanistan to Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Kairat Sarybay (see reftels),and briefed Sarybay on his recent visit [...] | 2009-06-08 10:13:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL PINR MNUC CASC KNNP NATO KZ |
09ATHENS109 | KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...] | 2009-01-29 05:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO TU GR |
09ATHENS116 | KEEPING CALM IN THE AEGEAN: EMBASSY ATHENS' [...] (C) Embassy Ankara has shared an important message laying out U.S. interests in maintaining calm in the Aegean (ref A). We concur with Embassy Ankara on the importance of not getting drawn into the disputes in the Aegean between Turkey and Greece, and we share the view that our goal must be t [...] | 2009-01-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS NATO TU GR |
09ATHENS1331 | Greek-U.S. Partnership in Afghanistan and Pakistan [...] (C) The Government of Greece continues to respond positively to USG requests for increasing military and civilian assistance to Afghanistan and Pakistan, despite its dire fiscal realities. According to Hellenic Aid (HA),Greece's development agency, the GoG has pledged 3.7 million euro to Afgha [...] | 2009-07-27 07:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PK EAID GR SNAR CA UK |
09ATHENS1455 | NEW NATO SYG GETS MIXED REVIEWS IN GREECE [...] (C) Greek government and media reaction to the August 26-27 visit of new NATO Secretary General Rasmussen has been moderately negative. While Greeks were pleased to have the opportunity to brief Rasmussen on their positions on the Aegean, the new NATO strategic concept, and other issues, they [...] | 2009-09-02 15:14:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO MARR PREL CY TU GR |
09ATHENS147 | GREECE/NATO: ACCESSION PROCESS STATUS UPDATE [...] (C) Per ref A request, we have further followed-up with GOG officials on the status of the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to NATO (ref B). The protocols are now pending in the Parliament, and various contacts have confirmed that the Parliament is expected to approve them in "Fe [...] | 2009-02-03 10:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL HR AL GR |
09ATHENS1487 | GREEK RESPONSE TO U.S. MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN [...] (C) On September 18, Post delivered reftel points to the Greek MFA's NATO Directorate. They viewed the President's announcement in general terms as a positive recalibration of U.S. efforts, and queried as to the location of any future radar or launcher sites, given recent speculation in the G [...] | 2009-09-21 10:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GR |
09ATHENS1491 | EUROPE 2010: ATHENS PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) The following individuals from Embassy Athens will attend the Europe 2010 Conference in Brussels September 30 - October 1. Both hold valid NATO clearances. Hotel information is included directly below the personal data of each traveler. -- Ambassador Daniel Vern Speckhard DO [...] | 2009-09-22 13:19:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR OTRA PARM NATO GR |
09ATHENS1497 | YOUR VISIT TO ATHENS [...] (C) Admiral Stavridis: Welcome to Greece. Your visit comes at a time of political fervor and uncertainty, with early national elections called by an embattled Prime Minister on October 4 in which he and his party are widely expected to lose to the opposition center-left PASOK party. Beyond po [...] | 2009-09-23 14:08:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR |
09ATHENS1589 | SCENESETTER FOR ADM ROUGHEAD'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Admiral Roughead: Welcome to Greece. You are the first and most senior flag officer to visit Greece since the October 4 national elections. Admiral Stavridis (as SACEUR) and Admiral Fitzgerald (as NAVEUR) visited Athens in late September. Your visit comes as newly elected PM George Papa [...] | 2009-10-30 09:38:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MASS PREL PGOV NATO GR |
09ATHENS1623 | SCENESETTER FOR ASD VERSHBOW'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Welcome to Greece. Your visit is an important one and reinforces efforts by recent high-level USG visitors (SACEUR ADM Stavridis, COMNAVEUR ADM Fitzgerald, PM A/S Shapiro, and CNO ADM Roughead) to demonstrate to the Greeks that we are serious about our Alliance and about working with them [...] | 2009-11-12 17:08:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MASS NATO GR AF TU |
09ATHENS1627 | MFA VIEWS ON NATO ENLARGEMENT, NRC, CFE, OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Greece supports our goal at the December Foreign Ministerial of MAP for Montenegro, and agrees BiH is not ready. On NATO-Russia, he noted that the SecGen's draft ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats may be a bit overly ambitious, but that it was importan [...] | 2009-11-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF |
09ATHENS1629 | ISAF: GREEKS WON'T GO TO RC-WEST AFTER ALL, NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) As foreshadowed by MOD Venizelos in his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Greek press reports that the Government Council of Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA),Greece's NSC equivalent, decided November 13 to reverse the previous government's commitment to re-deploy the Greek ISAF [...] | 2009-11-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR AF |
09ATHENS1649 | ASD/ISA VERSHBOW'S PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The desire for an upgraded and substantive strategic partnership was a recurring theme of the Greek side when Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD) for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow met with Greek Alternate Minister of Defense Panos Beglitis for the 14th U.S-Gr [...] | 2009-11-20 14:51:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK AF ZL |
09ATHENS1651 | ASD VERSHBOW'S GREEK BILATS: AEGEAN/TURKEY, NATO, ISAF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings November 16 with the Prime Minister's Diplomatic Advisor Dimitris Paraskevopoulos and MFA Secretary General Ioannis-Alexis Zepos following his participation in the High Level Consultative Committee (reftel),Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Sec [...] | 2009-11-20 15:27:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR TU MK ZL AF RS IR |
09ATHENS1657 | SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO GREECE [...] (C) Welcome to Greece. There have been a lot of changes here since you last visited in June. We are now building on the opportunities presented by new Administrations in both Washington and Athens to cement a partnership that can confront common strategic challenges beyond the regional issue [...] | 2009-11-25 16:34:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON MARR NATO GR AF TU MK |
09ATHENS1665 | GREECE WILL LOOK AT ISAF OMLTS, BUT NOT KEEN ON FURTHER [...] (C) Ambassador Speckhard drew on reftel A points in a November 27 discussion with Minister of Defense Venizelos, emphasizing the importance of Greek solidarity with the President's upcoming Afghanistan announcement both in the form of a public statement by the Prime Minister and at the upcomin [...] | 2009-11-27 15:16:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO GR AF |
09ATHENS1673 | NATO: GREEK UNEASE AT UPCOMING NATO CAOC AND CC-AIR COMMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greek interlocutors, including Minister of Defense Venizelos and Chief of Defense Giagkos, have increasingly and more stridently expressed to us that NATO's new "Flags-to-Posts" (FTP) arrangement agreed by CHODs in May 2009 is not acceptable to the new Papandreou government, citi [...] | 2009-12-04 11:31:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NATO MARR GR TU |
09ATHENS1677 | GREECE: ENGAGEMENT ON OUR AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Athens took advantage of the Deputy Secretary's October 1-2 visit to press the Greek government for greater contributions in Afghanistan, and reinforce with the media the themes in the President's December 1 announcement. In a bilateral meeting October 2 with Greek PM Pa [...] | 2009-12-04 14:12:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO NATO MARR GR AF |
09ATHENS207 | PASOK LEADER PAPANDREOU READY TO ASSIST ON GLOBAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 12 meeting with Ambassador, main Greek opposition PASOK President George Papandreou offered his assistance to the new U.S. Administration on Iran, the Middle East Peace Process, Pakistan/Afghanistan, and other critical global issues. Citing his special status as he [...] | 2009-02-18 05:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GR PTER MOPS SOCI IS IR NATO AFIN |
09ATHENS252 | CODEL DURBIN FOCUSES ON CYPRUS IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their February 18 meeting with PM Karmamanlis, Senator Durbin and Illinois state treasurer Giannoulias focused primarily on how to achieve progress on Cyprus this year. PM Karamanlis noted improvement in Greek-Turkish relations in many areas, but not on "heavy political i [...] | 2009-02-26 12:24:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP CVIS PHUM NATO UNFCYP GR TU MK CY |
09ATHENS253 | GREECE/NATO: PARLIAMENT RATIFIES CROATIA AND [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Greek Parliament formally ratified the protocols of accession of Albania and Croatia to join NATO. Although Parliamentary approval is the last political step, the protocols must still be signed by the President of the Republic and published in the "Official Gazette. [...] | 2009-02-26 15:28:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR |
09ATHENS270 | GREECE/NATO: GREECE SUPPORTS CONTINUATION OF THE [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief met March 3 with MFA D2 NATO Department Deputy Director Theodoros Daskarolis and his staff to review reftel points on continued support for the NATO Training Mission-Iraq. Reftel points had been shared with the MFA prior to the February 27 Policy Coordination meeting at NATO [...] | 2009-03-03 15:03:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ GR |
09ATHENS272 | GREECE/AFGHANISTAN: VIEWS ON "ENGAGING ALLIES AND [...] (C) Pol-Mil Chief met March 3 with MFA D2 NATO Department Deputy Director Theodoros Daskarolis and his staff to review reftel points on engaging Allies and Partners on Afghanistan. Daskarolis thanked us for the paper (which had been provided previously),terming it a "very positive paper." H [...] | 2009-03-03 16:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GR |
09ATHENS287 | GREECE/NATO: RATIFICATION OF CROATIA AND ALBANIA [...] The Government of Greece has completed the process to ratify the NATO accession of Croatia and Albania. Law 3753 -- the Parliament's ratification of the accession protocols for Croatia and Albania -- was published in the "Official Gazette" and became official on March 4, 2009. MFA sources h [...] | 2009-03-09 13:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL AL HR GR |
09ATHENS366 | GREECE/KOSOVO: GOG SUPPORTS "IN TOGETHER OUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 16:17:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV GR |
09ATHENS435 | GREECE: Response to Afghanistan-Pakistan Stragegic Review [...] (C) POLCouns delivered ref a points to the Greek MFA's NATO on March 26 and to the MFA's Asian Affairs Department on March 27. MFA Counsellor Caterina Dimakis noted that, as the Hague conference was not a pledging conference - FM Bakoyiannis did not plan to make specific proposals for addition [...] | 2009-04-01 10:20:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AF NATO |
09ATHENS471 | Greek Contributions to Afghanistan [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A instruction to urge Allies and partners to provide specific support for Afghanistan, Post has reached out to a range of Greek contacts in the MFA and MOD. Ambassador spoke on April 2 with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, Chief of the Foreign Minister's Diplomati [...] | 2009-04-03 14:54:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR GR |
09ATHENS657 | Re-Shaping the U.S.-Greece Relationship [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overwhelming positive attitudes of the Greek public toward the new Administration offers an opportunity to reshape U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, moving Greece from a reluctant to reliable and proactive partner. To achieve this, we need to move the focus of our relationsh [...] | 2009-04-24 12:40:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GR PGOV NATO AF KNNP MK UN OSCE |
09ATHENS975 | GREECE: NATO'S LONG-TERM COUNTER-PIRACY OPERATIONS IN THE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 14:11:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PGOV PREL GR |
09BAGHDAD1408 | AMBASSADOR, CG AND PM DISCUSS DIYALA, UK AND NATO [...] (S) Summary: In their weekly meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on May 28, the Ambassador and MNF-I Commanding General Odierno discussed the timing of the PM's proposed visit to the U.S. (late June or July),the PM's eagerness to involve U.S. firms in oil contracting, possible m [...] | 2009-05-30 13:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER IZ UK NATO |
09BAGHDAD1606 | NATO REPS OBTAIN TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON [...] (S) Summary: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard conducted a successful trip to Baghdad on June 13 - 14, obtaining support from the Government of Iraq's authorized negotiator for new language in the proposed NATO-GOI agreement. This new language would provide NATO Tr [...] | 2009-06-19 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NATO |
09BAGHDAD72 | ACTION REQUEST: MANAGING NATO EXPECTATIONS FOR [...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (C) Summary: According to USNATO (Ref A and B),in the North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting on 7 January, NATO member states proposed to send Assistant Secretary General for Operations Howard and Legal Advisor DeWidts to Baghdad to c [...] | 2009-01-12 04:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NATO |
09BAKU195 | AZERBAIJAN: MFA DEPMIN FURTHER EXPLAINS [...] (C)Summary: Azerbaijan Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov described a stark situation in Pakistan and expressed fears of Afghanistan losing control of its southern regions in a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador. Social instability and corruption are exacerbating the situation, and many [...] | 2009-03-12 09:12:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AJ |
09BAKU299 | AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES SUCCESSFUL NATO [...] Summary. Ambassador Derse was a featured speaker at a one-day conference organized by the Romanian Embassy entitled "NATO at 60 Years, an Alliance at Full Political Maturity," which the Romanians organized in their new capacity as NATO contact point embassy in Baku. The well-attended conferen [...] | 2009-04-14 04:55:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | AJ NATO PREL RO |
09BAKU326 | AZERBAIJAN: DEFMIN SIGNALS TEP INTEREST TO CG [...] (C) Summary. On April 17, Commander, USAREUR General Carter Ham met with Azerbaijani Minister of Defense General-Colonel Safar Abiyev on the eve of the combined U.S.-Azerbaijan exercise REGIONAL RESPONSE 09 (RR09). During the meeting Abiyev expressed interest in a Train and Equip Program (TE [...] | 2009-04-22 03:41:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ RU IR GE NATO MARR |
09BEIJING1032 | CHINESE ACADEMICS ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Embassy contacts expressed cautious support for the new U.S. policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan, though our interlocutors argued that the new strategy did not appropriately address the Kashmir issue. They were suspicious of long-term U.S. intentions in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Citin [...] | 2009-04-17 10:23:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR CH PK AF IN |
09BEIJING1046 | SRAP HOLBROOKE'S APRIL 15 DINNER WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER EAID NATO MOPS MARR CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1680 | PRC: AFGHAN FM SPANTA VISIT AFFIRMS POSITIVE [...] (C) Afghan FM Spanta's June 9-11 visit to China provided both sides an opportunity to affirm positive bilateral relations but produced no new bilateral economic or security initiatives, according to MFA and Afghan Embassy contacts. While China reiterated its commitment to assist in Afghanistan [...] | 2009-06-19 08:41:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID EINV CH AF |
09BEIJING1698 | PRC: SCHOLARS DOWNPLAY POSSIBILITY OF HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) The United States "should not expect too much" from China in terms of high-profile advocacy of potentially controversial or unpopular strategies associated with the United States, particularly in Pakistan, Chinese academic contacts told the U.S. Embassy in recent weeks. They described PRC [...] | 2009-06-22 10:36:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING1969 | PRC SCHOLARS URGE QUICK ASSISTANCE FOR IDPS; WARY [...] (C) State Council-affiliated academics told Embassy officers that recent progress on counter-terrorism efforts in Pakistan could collapse if the basic needs of IDPs resulting from military operations were not addressed quickly. According to Chinese scholars, mistrust of U.S. military intention [...] | 2009-07-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MOPS MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING2456 | PRC CONCERNS ABOUT POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE IN [...] (C) In an August 25 meeting with PolOff, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID) Third Bureau Director Wu Baocai expressed concern about post-election violence in Afghanistan and uncertainty as to how to evaluate the strength of the Taliban. Whi [...] | 2009-08-26 11:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID MARR NATO PTER CH PK AF |
09BEIJING3072 | PRC/AFGHANISTAN/IRAN: SHARED U.S.-PRC INTERESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Shared interests in South Asia should prompt closer U.S.-China coordination in the region, according to an official of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee International Liaison Department (CCID). In a November 3 meeting with PolOffs, the official said that geogra [...] | 2009-11-09 11:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF IR |
09BEIJING3287 | COMPETING PERCEPTIONS OF PRC ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC contacts define Chinese interests in Afghanistan within the context of China's international image, security requirements, commercial goals and bilateral relationships with key countries. Afghan Embassy contacts here lament the PRC's narrow focus on projects in Afghanistan t [...] | 2009-12-09 14:18:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | AF CH EAID MARR NATO PARM PK PREL PTER |
09BEIJING3288 | PRC: SKEPTICAL REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Official PRC reaction to the President's announcement of the way ahead on Afghanistan and Pakistan has been limited to a cautious statement by the MFA press spokesman at a regularly scheduled press conference December 3. Party-run media outlets expressed skepticism about the Pr [...] | 2009-12-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING3323 | DAS SHEAR DISCUSSES AF/PAK WITH MFA [...] (C) SUMMARY: China welcomes a "constructive" U.S. role in South Asia as well as continued dialogue and coordination with the United States regarding South Asia, an MFA official told DAS Shear December 10. Responding to DAS Shear's suggestion of areas for possible U.S.-PRC cooperation in Afgh [...] | 2009-12-14 09:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PTER NATO MARR EAID CH PK AF |
09BEIJING751 | AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN POLICY REVIEW: CHINA'S INPUT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-23 09:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EAID NATO CH PK AF |
09BEIJING940 | CHINA ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Chinese MFA official said China is "still considering" the U.S. request for nonlethal supply transit through China to Afghanistan and recognizes the importance of counter-narcotics efforts in Afghanistan. The Chinese have reviewed and are discussing the U.S. Pakistan/Afghanistan [...] | 2009-04-08 09:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL AF NATO PK MARR MOPS CH |
09BERLIN1107 | GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 06:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM |
09BERLIN1108 | GERMANY: POLITICAL FALL-OUT OVER KUNDUZ AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chancellery is confident that Chancellor Merkel's policy statement to the Bundestag on September 8 has succeeded -- at least for now -- in settling the domestic political controversy surrounding the September 4 air strikes against two hijacked fuel tankers in Kunduz. Ironically, th [...] | 2009-09-10 06:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM |
09BERLIN1129 | GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: AMBASSADOR MURPHY'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 14 introductory meeting with Ambassador Murphy, Defense Minister Jung emphasized that the controversy over the September 4 air strikes in Kunduz should not be allowed to disrupt what is a fundamentally excellent bilateral relationship. Jung expressed understand [...] | 2009-09-11 16:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM |
09BERLIN1145 | A/CFE: GERMANY FAVORS FLEXIBILITY TO NUDGE RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. On September 10 Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA Office Director for Conventional Arms Control Michael Banzhaf. Banzhaf took particular note of Antonov's redlines with regard to abolishment of flank regimes for Russia and non-implementation of the "existing" CFE Treaty. Ban [...] | 2009-09-17 06:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL NATO GM |
09BERLIN1157 | FURTHER MISSION GERMANY VIEWS ON PLANNED U.S. [...] (S/NF) I understand that there will be a Deputies' meeting in Washington on September 18 to discuss the future of the U.S. military force structure in Europe. Since the U.S. European Command as well as the bulk of U.S. Army Europe (USAREUR) and U.S. Air Forces Europe (USAFE) are located in Ge [...] | 2009-09-18 10:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG GM |
09BERLIN1164 | GERMANS MOSTLY POSITIVE ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. German reaction to the President's September 17 announcement has been mostly positive, with both Chancellor Merkel and FM Steinmeier issuing public statements welcoming the new U.S. approach on European missile defense and hoping this paves the way for greater cooperation on MD w [...] | 2009-09-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR PREL NATO RU GM |
09BERLIN1247 | GERMAN CHOD EXPECTS SOCIAL DEMOCRATS TO TURN [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 29 dinner hosted by Ambassador Murphy in honor of SACEUR ADM Stavridis, German Chief of Defense GEN Schneiderhan expressed concern that with the departure of many Social Democratic Party (SPD) leaders and parliamentarians who were reliable supporters of the Bund [...] | 2009-10-06 05:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL NATO MARR PGOV AF GM |
09BERLIN1259 | DASD TOWNSEND'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DASD for European and NATO Policy Jim Townsend visited Berlin September 23-25 for the first annual bilateral defense consultations with the German MOD, and also had wide-ranging consultations with senior officials at the MFA and Chancellery. All were anxious about the current sta [...] | 2009-10-07 15:20:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO MARR GM |
09BERLIN1273 | GERMANS MAY BE WILLING TO SURGE IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-09 15:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN AF GM |
09BERLIN128 | NATO ENLARGEMENT: GERMANY TO DEPOSIT INSTRUMENTS [...] The NATO accession protocols for Croatia and Albania have already been approved by both houses of the German Parliament and signed by President Horst Koehler. A notice to this effect was published in the German Legal Gazette on December 31. The only remaining step is for Germany to deposit [...] | 2009-02-02 17:12:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIA MARR NATO PARM PREL GM |
09BERLIN1391 | NEW FM WESTERWELLE LIKELY TO RAISE NON-STRATEGIC [...] (S) SUMMARY. New German Foreign Minister Westerwelle will likely raise the issue of nuclear weapons when he has his initial meeting with Secretary Clinton in Washington this week. Given his very public advocacy over the past several months for the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons [...] | 2009-11-03 17:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MNUC MARR NATO PARM PGOV GM RU |
09BERLIN1402 | SOCIAL DEMOCRATS SHIFT AGAINST OEF; BUNDESWEHR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Just weeks after suffering its worst Bundestag election results since the end of World War II, the Social Democratic Party (SPD) is showing the first signs of a swing to the left on security policy. According to a senior SPD Bundestag staffer, the party will oppose the renewal of [...] | 2009-11-05 14:53:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM |
09BERLIN1414 | GERMANY SUPPORTS MONTENEGRO FOR MAP AT DECEMBER [...] (C) Drawing on ref B, post outlined the U.S. position on NATO enlargement for the December 3-4 NATO foreign ministerial with MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and Deputy Gunnar Denecke on November 2. Confirming what we had heard earlier from the Chancellery, Schlagheck said that Ge [...] | 2009-11-09 06:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO PARM MARR KTIA GM UP GG MW BK |
09BERLIN1415 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTER ZU GUTTENBERG ON MANDATES, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 5 introductory meeting, new Defense Minister Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg told Ambassador Murphy that one of his immediate challenges was dealing with five separate Bundeswehr mandates that come up for renewal in December, which is complicated by uncertainty about [...] | 2009-11-09 07:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO ETRD KNNP PARM EFIN PGOV |
09BERLIN1428 | NEW GERMAN AF/PAK REP: POLITICIAN OR DIPLOMAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Ruediger Koenig told us November 9 that a decision would be taken by the new center-right government "relatively soon" on a German AF/PAK special representative. The coalition agreement between the Christian Democratic Union/Christian [...] | 2009-11-10 17:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO GM AF PK |
09BERLIN1433 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HEUSGEN ON AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen told EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy in a November 10 meeting in Berlin that Germany strongly preferred that the proposed international conference on Afghanistan be held outside the country to make it easier to pre [...] | 2009-11-12 17:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO MNUC PARM KNNP GM IR RU AF |
09BERLIN1434 | MFA STATE MINISTER HOYER DEFENDS WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer strongly defended the new government's commitment to seek the withdrawal of all remaining nuclear weapons from Germany during a November 10 meeting with EUR A/S Phil Gordon and Ambassador Murphy, arguing that there was not one credible scenario in w [...] | 2009-11-12 17:49:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO MNUC PARM GM RU AF |
09BERLIN1442 | GERMAN VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND UKRAINE IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. position laid out in reftel: continued engagement with Russia on difficult issues such as Iran and Georgia remains necessary, and the negative developments in Ukraine reinforce the need for Ukrainian leaders to work together. Despite a negative [...] | 2009-11-13 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM EU NATO PREL RU UNSC PGOV IR UP GG |
09BERLIN1447 | SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES PROPOSALS FOR IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a November 12 meeting in Berlin, MFA State Minister Werner Hoyer and U.S. Special Representative Holbrooke discussed ministerial attendance at Karzai's November 19 inauguration, ongoing U.S. deliberations on a new Afghanistan strategy, and proposals for improving coordinat [...] | 2009-11-16 10:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR ECON EAID NATO GM AF |
09BERLIN1455 | GERMANY: CAMPAIGN AGAINST NON-STRATEGIC NUKES TO [...] (C) Summary. On November 10 MFA Arms Control Chief Peter Gottwald told the Ambassador that Germany would continue to engage with Belgium and the Netherlands in advance of a broader NATO discussion over the removal of non-strategic nuclear weapons from Germany. Gottwald insisted that tactical [...] | 2009-11-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MNUC MARR PARM NATO KNNP KACT GM |
09BERLIN1470 | ON THE EVE OF THE KARZAI INAUGURAL: GERMAN VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany completely shares U.S. priorities for the new Afghan government, and FM Westerwelle plans to reinforce these points in a scheduled bilateral meeting with Karzai after the November 19 inauguration. The German MFA remains skeptical about the idea of dual-hatting the U.S. Am [...] | 2009-11-18 14:59:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO ECON EAID GM AF PK |
09BERLIN1471 | GERMANY AND BUNDESWEHR TRANSFORMATION: COMMITTED [...] (U) SUMMARY. DefMin Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg in his first speech to the new Bundestag on November 10 emphasized that the Bundeswehr must be "sleeker, even more efficient, and even more focused on out-of-area operations," indicating that the new MOD remains committed to developing a more mob [...] | 2009-11-18 15:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
09BERLIN1480 | FDP PRESSING FOR GERMANY TO END PARTICIPATION IN UNIFIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new center-right German government decided at a cabinet meeting on November 18 to seek a six-month extension of the parliamentary mandate for the German Navy's participation in the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) when the mandate comes up [...] | 2009-11-23 07:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM LE |
09BERLIN1496 | GERMANY TO TAKE BACK SEAT IN ONGOING MACEDONIA [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director for the Balkans Marc Bogdahn told poloff on November 18 in response to reftel points that while Germany supports UN negotiator Nimetz's efforts to resolve Macedonia's name dispute with Greece, Germany had no plans to actively lobby the parties. Bogdahn was downbeat a [...] | 2009-11-24 09:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC PREL EUN NATO GR MK GM |
09BERLIN1502 | GERMANY TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER CONFERENCE TO ANNOUNCE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen responded positively to the news that President Obama would formally announce the U.S. way forward on Afghanistan and Pakistan next week before the NATO Foreign Ministerial. However, he confirmed that Germany would not annou [...] | 2009-11-24 17:28:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
09BERLIN1507 | GERMANY WORRIES THAT HOLDING SECOND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Both the German MFA and MOD reiterated that while Germany would rhetorically support the President's announcement next week of the U.S. way ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, any additional German contributions would have to wait until the Afghan government made the necessary com [...] | 2009-11-27 11:43:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EAID GM AF PK |
09BERLIN1508 | HEADS ROLL AT MOD WITH NEW REVELATIONS ON KUNDUZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Revelations that the German MOD failed to pass along or deliberately withheld reports about civilian casualties caused in the September 4 Kunduz air strike have reignited a political storm in Berlin, leading in quick succession to the resignations of the German Chief of Defense an [...] | 2009-11-27 18:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV GM AF |
09BERLIN1520 | ANNUAL MEETING OF ISAF RC-NORTH CHODS FOCUSES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an annual conference hosted by Germany, ISAF RC-North CHODs and representatives from SHAPE and JFC Brunssum discussed the deteriorating security situation in the north and the need for additional maneuver battalions and helicopters. While no major new contributions were an [...] | 2009-12-02 09:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
09BERLIN1527 | GERMAN POLITICAL REACTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German politicians across the political spectrum welcomed and endorsed President Obama's plan for the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan, seeing their own views largely confirmed in his speech. However, the opposition SPD and Greens criticized the CDU-CSU/FDP coalition gove [...] | 2009-12-02 18:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR NATO GM AF PK |
09BERLIN1554 | BUNDESTAG RENEWS ISAF MANDATE, BUT REAL DEBATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bundestag extended the mandate for Bundeswehr participation in ISAF for an additional year with a broad majority on December 3. While most opposition Social Democrats (SPD) supported the extension of the mandate, which was largely a roll-over of the previous one, the party pu [...] | 2009-12-07 12:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
09BERLIN1561 | GERMANY: OEF AND UNIFIL MANDATES EXTENDED, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Bundestag on December 3 approved the extension of the mandates for Bundeswehr participation in Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and the Maritime Task Force (MTF) of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). While the OEF mandate was extended for a full year, as per usual pra [...] | 2009-12-08 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV NATO EUN GM LE |
09BERLIN1569 | GERMAN-HOSTED CFE SEMINAR FORESHADOWS MAJOR PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German MFA hosted on November 25-26 a seminar on conventional arms control in Europe (CFE),continuing a series of Berlin seminars that are ostensibly designed to stimulate creative thinking about how to overcome the current CFE stalemate. This seminar drew representatives fr [...] | 2009-12-10 10:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KCFE PARM PREL MARR NATO GM RU |
09BERLIN1570 | GERMANY: WESTERWELLE STRESSES CONTINUITY DURING [...] (C) Summary: The MFA sees FM Westerwelle's first trip to Moscow last month as a largely successful introductory call. The Russians probed for policy changes following the German elections. Although FM Lavrov seemed reassured that Berlin's Russia policy would remain unchanged, the MFA is ques [...] | 2009-12-10 12:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM EUN NATO MARR OSCE RU UNSC PGOV IR PREL |
09BERLIN1599 | MEDIA REACTION: ENVIRONMENT, IRAN, PAKISTAN, U.S.-RUSSIA, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Environment) COP 15 3. (Iran) Nuclear Conflict, Protests 4. (Pakistan) Court Ruling on President's Amnesty 5. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 6. (NATO-Russia) Rasmussen in Moscow  [...] | 2009-12-18 11:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO |
09BERLIN1601 | ONGOING STRIFE OVER KUNDUZ AIR STRIKE ENSNARES ZU [...] (C) SUMMARY. The opposition parties smell blood after former Bundeswehr Inspector General Schneiderhan claimed in a newspaper interview this week that Defense Minister zu Guttenberg had "lied" in describing the circumstances of Schneiderhan's November 26 dismissal. While taking responsibilit [...] | 2009-12-18 12:07:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
09BERLIN1604 | GERMANY/RUSSIA: LOST THAT LOVING FEELING? [...] (C) Summary. German political decision- and opinion-makers are making a more sober assessment of Russia writ large, including its partnership with Germany and its trajectory. German officials describe themselves as the most avid supporters in Europe of the U.S. reset policy, but nearly a ye [...] | 2009-12-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM NATO OSCE PGOV PREL RS ECON |
09BERLIN1606 | ADAPTED CFE: DRILLING DOWN ON GERMAN'S PROPOSALS [...] (S) Summary. Germany believes allies should de-link the 1999 Istanbul Commitments from Adapted CFE (A/CFE) talks in order to make headway with Russia. Germany also thinks allies should formalize NATO's prior assurances of restraint and begin a discussion on the meaning of "substantial forces" [...] | 2009-12-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | KCFE PARM PREL NATO GM |
09BERLIN1622 | GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN: MOD STAFF PUSHES FOR TROOP [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The MOD staff is recommending that the German government seek an increase of 1,500 in the troop ceiling for the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan after the January 28 London Conference. Publicly, Defense Minister zu Guttenberg has remained non-committal about any troop increase, whil [...] | 2009-12-24 09:32:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF |
09BERLIN185 | GERMANY URGING OTHERS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (SBU) PolOff met with German MFA Deputy Office Director for the Balkans Mark Bogdahn February 12 to discuss the points in Ref. A. Bogdahn thanked us for sharing our talking points and noted that Germany continues to work actively to convince other nations to recognize Kosovo, including a numb [...] | 2009-02-13 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM KS |
09BERLIN217 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 7 meeting on the margins on the Munich Security Conference, Deputy Secretary Steinberg and German MFA State Secretary Silberberg discussed a wide range of issues, including Afghanistan, Russia, missile defense, Africa, and Iraq. Also participating in the meeting [...] | 2009-02-20 20:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PGOV NATO AF RU XA IZ UP GG GM |
09BERLIN229 | GERMANS UNLIKELY TO INCREASE THEIR SUPPORT TO [...] (C) PolOff delivered ref points to Gunnar Denecke, deputy in the MFA's Defense and Security Policy Division, and (separately) Klemens Semtner, head of the Iraq Unit, on February 24. While both expressed support for NTM-I's mission, Denecke reiterated Germany's oft-heard "no boots on the groun [...] | 2009-02-24 18:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN |
09BERLIN235 | STEINMEIER'S VISIT "TIMELY" AND "A SUCCESS." [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's February 17-18 visit to Iraq -- the first by a German FM in 22 years -- focused strictly on bilateral relations and particularly on economic and cultural ties. He was joined by three Bundestag (Parliament) members, seven business leaders, th [...] | 2009-02-25 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON ETRD |
09BERLIN245 | EUR PDAS RIES'S FEBRUARY 24-25 VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During EUR PDAS Ries's February 24-25 visit to Berlin, senior German officials warmly welcomed the commitment of the new U.S. Administration to partnership and consultation, and foresaw no major divergence between the U.S. and Germany on the key issues to be addressed at the Marc [...] | 2009-02-27 14:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON MARR MNUC MOPS NATO PGOV PHSA PREL PTER |
09BERLIN267 | GERMANY'S DEFENSE BUDGET: SMALL INCREASES LIKELY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Despite a nominal increase of 1.64 billion euros over last year, the German defense budget for 2009 will fall short of the NATO target of two percent of GDP by only accounting for 1.5 percent GDP. Transformation remains significantly underfunded. Plans to free up money for in [...] | 2009-03-06 11:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM |
09BERLIN268 | NATO/CROATIA: GERMANY PRESSING THE SLOVENES AT [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Foreign Office DAS-equivalent Emily Haber and MFA NATO Enlargement officer Ludwig Blaurock and asked that Germany weigh in with the Slovenians to encourage them to find a legal way to truncate the referendum process so that they can deposit their instrument [...] | 2009-03-06 11:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO SL HR GM |
09BERLIN282 | GERMANS SUPPORT NEW POLICY IN IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post discussed the new Iraq policy with MFA contacts who responded positively to the President's announcement and the decision to reduce U.S. troop strength in Iraq. While noting concern about future stability in Iraq, MFA reps indicated possible future German support for NTM-I. [...] | 2009-03-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ EUN ECON |
09BERLIN291 | GERMANY INTENTLY FOCUSED ON BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares our concerns about recent backsliding in Bosnia & Herzegovina (B&H),and is engaged regularly with Bosnian leaders at the highest level to press them to fulfill the "Five Plus Two Agenda." Foreign Office contacts stressed that B&H's future is "clearly" in the Euro- [...] | 2009-03-12 15:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO EUN SR GM BK |
09BERLIN293 | GERMANY HARDENING ITS LINE ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cluster munitions (CM) experts at the MFA are pessimistic about the chances for success at the upcoming CCW meetings on the issue in Geneva, and indicated a hardening of Germany's stance in the negotiations. Contacts emphasized that Germany would most likely only support a second [...] | 2009-03-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM |
09BERLIN329 | GERMANY TO STAY MUM ON MANAS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF GM |
09BERLIN330 | GERMANY AGREES ON NEED TO MAINTAIN "IN TOGETHER, [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA NATO Office Director Bernhard Schlagheck and MOD Political Military Affairs Branch Chief Col. Bernd Schuett on March 20, emphasizing the U.S. concern about the apparent intentions of several Allies to draw down their forces in Kosovo unilaterally in the [...] | 2009-03-20 12:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO KPKO KV GM |
09BERLIN332 | GERMANS WELCOME CFE COMMENTS AND HOPE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Michael Biontino, head of the MFA's Conventional Disarmament and Arms Control Division, welcomed "the constructive comments" from all partners and emphasized that he could foresee "no problems at all" accepting many of the ideas he heard at the March 12 HLTF meeting in Brussels. A [...] | 2009-03-20 13:10:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO GM KCFE RS PARM |
09BERLIN334 | BOTH GERMAN FM STEINMEIER AND SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Deputy Afghanistan/Pakistan Task Force Director Thomas Zahneisen on March 17, after coordinating with the Dutch Embassy, which briefed the MFA on their plans for the March 31 Afghanistan Conference the day before. 2. (C) Zahneisen warmly welcomed th [...] | 2009-03-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN34 | STEINMEIER'S OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) SUMMARY: A two-page open letter from German Foreign Minister Steinmeier to President-elect Barack Obama was published over the weekend of January 10-11 in Der Spiegel magazine. Steinmeier wrote that an incoming American president has never stimulated "so much hope and confidence," and he [...] | 2009-01-12 16:06:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN GM MNUC NATO PGOV PREL IZ IR |
09BERLIN345 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S BILATERAL MEETING [...] (S/NF) Chancellor Merkel will be focused on a productive, substantive meeting when you visit Baden-Baden April 3. Germany holds the greatest untapped potential in Europe for our transatlantic agenda; unlocking it will take sustained effort by the Administration, and the payoff will not be imm [...] | 2009-03-24 12:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | GM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BERLIN365 | GERMANY CONCERNED HOW ALLEGED SUDAN CONVOY ATTACK [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director for Near East Division Robert Doelger March 27 to discuss views on the Gaza smuggling interdiction Program of Action (PoA) (reftel) and the status of German efforts at assisting Egypt with land border interdiction. Doelger asked Poloff for any further [...] | 2009-03-27 14:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN MOPS NATO PREL GM IS SU |
09BERLIN368 | U.S. SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS POLICY NONPAPER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5 below. 2. (C) Germany welcomed the reftel nonpaper on U.S. space situation awareness (SSA) policy and noted the upcoming bilateral meeting in Washington at the end of April as an excellent opportunity to further discuss this topic. As a poss [...] | 2009-03-27 15:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ESA EUN MCAP NASA NATO PARM PREL TSPA XG XT |
09BERLIN369 | PRELIMINARY GERMAN RESPONSE TO AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Steinmeier has responded positively to the new U.S. Afghanistan-Pakistan Strategy, praising it for its emphasis on civilian assistance and development. While German officials had some initial misgivings about the planned creation of a NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A) [...] | 2009-03-27 18:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL NATO MOPS AF PK GM |
09BERLIN379 | GERMANY: DOWNBEAT ABOUT PROSPECTS IN UKRAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany views Ukraine as a significant partner, but Berlin is frustrated with the continued inability of President Yushchenko and Prime Minister Tymoshenko to work together. Contacts hope that the current economic crisis will force the two to stop "squabbling" and focus on the [...] | 2009-03-31 15:09:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP |
09BERLIN382 | GERMANY: SUPPORTIVE OF PROPOSED AF/PAK [...] (C) SUMMARY. German officials have been uniformly positive about the new U.S. Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy and largely supportive of our proposed deliverables for the NATO and U.S.-EU summits. The Germans are committed to covering almost all of the outstanding requirements in the north of Afghanis [...] | 2009-03-31 19:11:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN403 | German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update: March 2009 [...] (SBU) As of March 24, Germany had a total of 7,304 military personnel deployed in the following out-of-area (OOA) missions, up from 7,200 in December (ref A). More detailed information about each mission can be found in the indicated paragraphs of this cable: Mission Personnel [...] | 2009-04-03 14:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET |
09BERLIN431 | NEW U.S. AF/PAK STRATEGY GENERATES GOOD WILL, BUT [...] (S) SUMMARY. The new U.S. strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been warmly received in Germany and has engendered considerable good will, but it has thus far yielded only a few additional commitments from Berlin -- the chief of which is a contribution of 50 million Euros to the Afghan Nat [...] | 2009-04-10 10:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL MARR ECON EAID NATO EU AF PK UN GM |
09BERLIN455 | ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING [...] (S) Post delivered the host nation notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany and the relocation of several units from Schweinfurt to Grafenwhr. Poloff delivered the letters at 1100 local time [...] | 2009-04-17 15:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | MARR NATO PREL GM |
09BERLIN576 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...] | 2009-05-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK |
09BERLIN577 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...] | 2009-05-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK |
09BERLIN578 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...] | 2009-05-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK |
09BERLIN579 | GERMAN VIEWS ON THE MAY 18 EU GAERC MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German MFA completely agrees on the need to tighten EU sanctions against Iran to give credibility to the double-track strategy, but says several EU members are likely to continue to block any such moves until a new (hopefully) Iranian president and government are in place late [...] | 2009-05-18 12:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN IR NATO RU XF SO GG MD BK |
09BERLIN591 | URGENT REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON U.S. AIR FORCE [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3. 2. (C) U.S. Air Force Public Affairs in Washington issued a press release on May 18, announcing plans to retire approximately 250 aircraft from the U.S. inventory, including 18 F-16s currently deployed at Spangdahlem Air Base in Germany. W [...] | 2009-05-19 15:58:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM |
09BERLIN592 | URGENT REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON U.S. AIR FORCE [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3. 2. (C) U.S. Air Force Public Affairs in Washington issued a press release on May 18, announcing plans to retire approximately 250 aircraft from the U.S. inventory, including 18 F-16s currently deployed at SpangQQQxQQ_Qx0!Q]-QHt German author [...] | 2009-05-19 16:04:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM |
09BERLIN621 | GERMAN VIEWS ON FRENCH REINTEGRATION INTO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Germans say they welcome French reintegration into the NATO military command structure as an historic event and a symbolically important political accomplishment. They also hope it will lead to some concrete benefits, like improved NATO-EU relations. When pressed, however, t [...] | 2009-05-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR NATO EUN FR GM |
09BERLIN624 | SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO GERMANY [...] (U) Mission Germany is delighted to welcome you for your second official visit to Germany. Chancellor Merkel also welcomes your visit, especially to eastern Germany during an anniversary year when Germans are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the 60th anniver [...] | 2009-05-22 15:21:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | GM MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL |
09BERLIN694 | EUROPEAN SECURITY PROPOSAL: GERMANY FAVORS FOCUS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany largely supports the U.S. proposal for launching a constructive dialogue on European security within the OSCE at the Corfu ministerial, but warns against a comprehensive review of existing commitments or an effort to beef up the human dimension. Instead, Germany favors a [...] | 2009-06-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV |
09BERLIN703 | GERMANY LOOKING TO CONTRIBUTE TO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany supports a long-term NATO counter-piracy mission, believing its main value-added is giving non-EU Allies who are not already in the EU Atalanta operation a way to contribute to the counter-piracy effort. Behind the scenes, German officials are already discussing the possib [...] | 2009-06-11 14:13:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR NATO PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN806 | GERMANY: FORGING A PARTNERSHIP WITH POLAND IN ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. German contacts view Foreign Minister Steinmeier's and Polish Foreign Minister Sikorski's joint trip to Kyiv as indicative of improved German-Polish relations and a significant advance in bringing German and Polish foreign policy positions more into sync. Unsurprisingly, the mini [...] | 2009-07-02 15:39:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM UP |
09BERLIN807 | USNATO AMBASSADOR DAALDER'S MEETINGS AT THE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On July 1 in Berlin, USNATO Ambassador Daalder had wide-ranging meetings with Chancellery National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen and MFA Political Director Volker Stanzel. Heusgen asked for help in getting the memo between SHAPE and CSTC-A that would enable Germany to fol [...] | 2009-07-03 16:18:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MARR NATO GM |
09BERLIN835 | GERMANY: STEADFAST DESPITE DETERIORATING SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the deteriorating security situation and rising death toll in northern Afghanistan, the German government has shown no signs of wavering from its military commitment there. Polls shows that more than 60% of the German public favors the immediate withdrawal of the Bundeswe [...] | 2009-07-10 08:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PGOV AF GM |